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London, England, 1818-10-26 00:00:00

TVESTMINSTER SESSIONS, OCTOBER ig4.

Mr. BARRY addressed the Court in behalf of Mr.
Robert Tyler, the confidential clerk of Mr. !loupell, ,
the Chancery Barrister. Mr. Tyler exhibited articles
of the peace against Miss Lucy Morgan, late of Po-
land-street, charging her with having committed
various attacks upon him during the last seven years.
Some of the breaches of the peace were stated to
have been committed upon Mr. Tyler, while attend-
ing his business at Mr. Roupell's chambers in Lin-
coln's-inn, and others in the public street. She had
also, it was stated, written several letters to Mr. Ty-
ler since her imprisonment (she was in custody since
the first of August for want of bail), declaring her
determination never to cease pursuing him, until he
fulfilled his promise of marrying her. One of the
letters contained the following passage :—" ll—n
me, if you sha'nt suffer for your Unkindness to are,
the instant I set my foot in Lincoln's-inn. The mo-
ment I am liberated, [ll go to you, and make self
no consideration to punish you." The learned Coun-
sel stated, that all Mr. Tyler wanted was a security
from the defendant, that she would cease the annoy-
ance she was in the habit of committing for the last
seven yeats. The unfortunate Lady was evidently
suffering under a mental delusion. She imagined
the cohabitant had shewn a strong attachment to her,
and made her several promises of marriage. All
this merely existed in her own imagination, for Mr.
Tyler had no notion whatever of forming such a
connexion. There had never been any cohabitation
or intimate intercourse between the-parties; and all
that Mr. Tyler required was, for the defendant to
give
her own solemn pledge that she would discon-
tinue her attacks upon him ; he was willing to let
the matter rest upon her own recognizance, if she
would make this promise in open Court. The learn-
ed Counsel conjured the Lady, fur her own sake, to
accede to so considerate a proposition.
The CHAIRNIAti—" Madam, you hear this offer.
Pray, what do you mean to say upon it ?"
" Sir, I have no wish to offer offence to any per-
son ; but Mr. Tyler has, for years, made honourable
proposals of marriage to me, and at last I acceded
to his wish. Ile thee, on various pretences, on one
occasion of illness, put the matter off, but prevailed
on me to live with his mother for a short time, until
circumstances would permit him to fulfil his promise.
I, with the consent of my father, agreed to reside
with his mother, and wait a short time ; but the
postponement was still continued, and my peace fif
mind became destroyed. I therefore made repeated
-applications to him to marry me, as he had so often
solemnly promised, and these appl:•ations were now
termed breaches of the peace. I became quite dis-
tracted at his having, another female in his house,
and often knew not waat I did. I declare most so-
lemall.y, that so far from bearing malice towards him,
I feel nothing but sincere respect and unaltered at-
tachment for him, notwithstanding his treatment of
me. My distress of mind is great beyond expression
at his cruelty."
The Citiazal7asr---ee Well, suppose, Madam, that
what you say be true, you have your remedy by law
for any breach of promise towards you which he
may have committed. There can he na excuse for
your persevering to attack him in Mr. Roupell's
office, and intetrupt his business in the manner laid
to your charge."
Miss Morgan—" I shall not distiirb him in his
business. I should be sorry to do so, particularly in
lie Roupell's cflice, for Mr. Roupell has behaved
with pleat consideration and kindness towards me."
The CiaatßMAS—n Have you no friends here?"
Miss Morgan—e, No, Sir, my father and family
reside in Ilrist

The CII A I 11:4AII.—" Will you keep the peace r
Miss Morgan-..." Certainly ; I &al know what a
breach of the peace means. lie has annoyed me in
the streets more than I have disturbed y is

Tile CIIAIRMAN—" Will you avoid him in future,
and put him out of your mind altogether r
Miss Morgan, with great emotion, replied-14 Be-
:ore I can put him out of my mind, I ruu.t cease to
have existence !" • _

The case was then ordered to stand over until the
adjournment day; and the Lady laid her head on
tie table, and wept bitterly.

1:N10x-1-TALL—William Ed/asndi, who on Mor.-
,lae last was brought to this Office from Putney, on
a charge of attempting to murder his wife and daugh-
ter, and :mother female all of whom he dangerously
wounded by stabbing them with a knife, was on Sa-
turday brought before the Magistrates for further
x unination.—Edward 'Wier, the Beadle of Put-
ney, wl:o took the prisoner into custody, attended,
and produced to Mr. Scrjeant SELLoN, the Sitting
Magistrate, a certificate from Mr. Shillitoe, surgeon,
at Putney, setting forth that Mrs. Dyer, one of the
wounded persons, was not sufficiently recovered from
the injuries she had received in her hea4, to attend
fur the purpose of giving her evidence. The Ma-
' gistrate remanded the prisoner, and directed that he
should be again brought up when the witnesses were
so far recovered as to be in a condition to give evi-
dence without injury to their health.
STATE Oti NEWEATE.—It Will be seen by the fol-
lowing summary of the Prisoners now confined in the
prison of Newgate, preparatory to taking their trials
at the next Old Bailey Sessions, commencing on
Wednesday, that although only four weeks have
elapsed since the last Sessions, there are more than
200 prisoners for trial ; and lamentable to state, this
only includes those committed up to Thursday morn-
ing last ; amon whom will be found three for mur-
der, three for forgery, and though last, not least, no
less a number than twelve capital charges for utter-
ing forged notes. They are as follows:

Murder, 3 ; housebreaking, 3 ; burglary, 4 ; sheep-stealing,
; forgery, 3; uttering forged notes, knowing them to be so,
12 ; highway robbery, 8 ; stealing in a dwelling-house, 17; steal-
ing in a shop, 2; cutting and stabbing, 1 ; manslaughter, 2 ; re-
ceiving stolen goods, 2; larcenies, 137; embezzlement, 4 ; steal-
ing from the person, 5; bigamy, 1.

There arc at present confined in Newgate under
sentence:

. Death, 36 ; transportation for life, le ; transportation for four_
teen years, 10; transportation for seven years, 45 ; felony, mis-
demeanors, &e.. 50; for trial, 218; making at present, within
the walls of the prison, 371.

Since the above list was made out, a proportionate
number have been committed for various offences,
among whom were two for forgery on Saturday.