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London, England, 1818-10-28 00:00:00

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SEVENPENC

LADY BRUCE;

Bow-STftEkt.—Yesterday t (Mice was throng-
ed at an rarlv hour, to bear the re-examination
of 'Lady. Bryce, whO, howeVer, was not introduced.,
sill a quarter.before one o'clock, When , Djlr. But -
ictts.found it necvsiary. to )dirct that her Lady-
ship shouhl he brought in, which was accordingly
done by the 0491 tr of ttri Ho4e of Correction.'
She was not, subjected to hr. placed at the Bar.-r 7
Having,firt Cleared, the.spectatortfl:om the frot4:
of it, her Ladylhip took her seat bi('ore the BarT
where she appeared in kfashiOnalkcloak, Lei.
horn bonnet, ana a black ye 11.... Before, she cant,
withip the Bar, some persons hat! spoken to her
clraracter while residing with thew, and an OfEcFF•
came forward to give evidence On her behalf.
Mr. Jt&pp, hatter, of Bond-street, in conse-
(pence of whose charge Lady Bruce stood com-
mitted, on being called for, declined to appear,
which was considered at) unusual line of conduct
ott his pat t, when his sister, Frances Dennett, had
supported by .lostph Rivers his porter, made so
serious a coarge against Lady Bruce on Friday
night.

Ilvrettpon a young.man., who salt! he was Clerk,
0 Mr. Jupp, came forward to assure the Alagis.,
rate that his master could not attend.
Mr. Birnie.—Why cannot Mr. Jupp attend ?
Clerk—Because lie is engaged upon very
tort business.

Mr. Bit-vie—Bat this also was very important
business for your master to have attended to, when
preferring a charge of felony against Lady 131 rice.
Mr. E. Lewis, of Melina-place, Lady Bruce's
Solicitor, now informed Mr. Birnie that Mr. Jupp
had beets requested to send for the amount of
Lady Bruce's bill ; that, notwithstanding-, he nei-
cher sent nor called for it ; and it was. not be-
lieved that lie intended to persist its his charge._

Mr. Birnie—l cannot, Sir, receive that repro.
sensation of the affair from you.
Mr. Lewis—l must admit that, Sir. - -

Mr. Birnie here observed, that he wished to be.
informed by Mr. Jupp what were his dealings
with Lady Bruce, and, particularly, if he had
been accustomed to give credit to her ?
Jupp's clerk replied, that he believed his master
had no desire to prosecute Lady Bruce.
Mr. Biraie,—lcan.have none, if he has not,
people will carry on business in such a manner as,
this, and apply to a Magistrate, and then, upot
some difficulty, choose to forego their charge, I
cannot but consider the transaction as. simply a
debt, and, upon this principle, must discharge the
present ckie, whether the prisoner be Lady. Bruce,
or not.

Persons were called on formally to prefer their
charges.
shopman of Messrs. Harding and Co. who
served Lady. Bruce, said he certainly would nut
have, let their goods go out of the house, had he
not considered her to be the Lady she pretended
to be ; but he acknowledged that lie was inca.,
gable of proving she was not Lady Bruce.
Upon the wine-merchant's case being gone into
at length, it appeared that he entertained no'svistt
to prefer a charge of felony.
Mr. Lewis (Lady Bruce's Solicitor) took occa-
sion to state, that wi h regard to the wine being
seized, as well as other property belonging to Lady
Bruce, sonic extraordinary, violent, and illegal
proceedings had taken place. Lady Bruce had
not left' rer house in Upper George-street ; but
during her absence, it was taken possession of-
either by take keys or some other improper means ;
and when Lady Bruce returned to the house, she
%vas barricaded out of it ; all her clothes and pro-
perty of every description had been removed into
one room, and even her private letters were open-
ed. The removal of the wine from the cellar, and
all these violent proceedings, were adopted with,.
out any rent being due. It w,as stated, that Mrs.
Tantield did not own the house, but that it be-._
longed to a Miss I3eazley. The wine had beets
removed to an auction room for sale, and all that
Mrs. Tanfield had said about the wine paying the.
rent was only in a jocular manner.
The Magistrate here observed, that as to the
`story about the wine, it would not make a case,
and Jupp*s case fell to the ground. As. to Hard-
ing's case, he considered it a mere transaction of
dealing. •
A Gentleman now asserted, that he had known
the prisoner as Lady• Bruce for two years ; and
Mr. Birnie observed, that they did not trust her
because, she said her name was Lady Bruce, or be-
cause she had said Lady Smith or any other name.
I-fe himself had received letters to . prove that she
was.known as Lady Broce. • ,The. Magistrate fur-
ther observed, that if Mrs. Tatifield had turned
Lady Bruce out of her house, it was no prout
that she had absconded. .

The young, men belonging to Messrs. Harding
still urged their charge.
The Magistrate informed theth they could pre-
fer a hill of indictment at the Sessions, which
were now sitting, if they pleased.
The Magistrate then called aloud to know if
there was any other charge against Lady Bruce ;
and no answer being given, be said she Was dis-
chatged. At the decision being pronounced,
some voices ituzzaed ; and it appeared to give
satisf,tclion ti► most present. Soon after tier
Ladyship went away in a coach, accompanied by
Lewis and several Gentlemen. A great crowd
remained to see her.

1,/v„—.77,l7estertlay the Court of King's Bench,
Sc►jeant's li a li.►ll, was occupied tl►e whole day
~i►ecial cases, none of which were of general
interest, being principally demurrers, and other
ditcus4ions on points of special pleading,