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London, England, 1826-12-28 00:00:00

THE IVELLESLEY rASE.

1.1/1•1119 ►N.RD Ili THR COURT OF {MiIe:CERT IX THIL ♦ROVII CASE.
A FFMA VIT of IS'AAC TAYLOR, of No. 20, Paddington-
street, St. Mary-la-bonne, helper in a stable. Sworn Ist Decent-

ber, 1826.
&nth, that 1•e, ibis deponent, some time in the month
of March or April, 1821, entered into the service bf the
Honourable William Pole Tylney Long. Wellesley, as
helper in his stables, in Paris, and continued in such
service nearly twelve months; upon being engaged into
such service, he, this deponent, received very particular'
instructions from Jnhn Randall, who then lived coach.
man.to the said Mr. Long Wellesley, never to permit
his, the said Mr. Long Wellesley's sons to come into
the stables, lest they might there hear and learn impro-
per language; and these directions were ver7 frequently
repe iced by the said John Rindall to this deponent, and
'the other servants about the stables; which sAid instruc-
tions and directions to given by the said John Randall,
had ,been previously given to him by the said Mr. Long
Wellesley, as he, the said John Randall, informed
this deponent, who, he stateB, had frequently given him
such directions • and in two or three.instances, whey
the said Mr, Long, Wellesley's sons have come into the
said y'ard, the said John Randall bath taken them'away
Towards the, house; and this deponent saith, that from
his 'situation being
.exclusively confined to the said
stables; he was not in the habit of general intercourse
with the servants in the boost ; but this deponent saith,
that he always understood, and verily believes, the said
Mrs: Wellesley and Mr. Wellesley lived upon very good-
terms, and Mr. Wellesley always seemed very fond of
his children, but kept them under proper subjection,
and reproved them for their faults.
AFFIDAVIT of JOSEPH BURGE, of No. 72, Earl-street,;

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Liewairooe. Sworn Dec. 2, 1126.
Saithohat he is.now out of place ; but that until the
last three weeks he was in the service of the Hots. Wm.
I'. Tylney Long Wellesley as his groom, and was in
such service fifteen months or thereabouts; and during
the whole of that time, deponent was the only groom
kept by said Mr. Long Wellesley.
&nth, that be knows Susanna Scott, who was servant,
to Mrs. Heleni Bligb, duting the time she resided in
York-street, Baker-street, and which S. Scott has sworn
an affidavit in this cause; and having read that pant of
her said affidavit, stating that the groom of said Mr. L.
Wellesley informed her, said Mrs. Scott, that said. Mr.
Welle,sley would not come up to the door on horseback,
for tear of being seen, but that he was waiting for said
Mrs. Bligh's answer in Baker-street, deponent saith that
the whole of such statement is false, and without the
least foundation, for that he never informed said Mrs.
Scott to.rhat or the like effect, nor did said Mr. Wel-
lesley eVer'express any such fear, or give any such or
the-like directions. _ _

Sith, that he is acquainted with, and speaks the
French language, tad was informed by one Bergere, a
Frenchman, who lived in the service of said Mrs. Bligh,
attrhe.same time with said Mrs. Scott, but who is now,
as im bar heard and believes, in Paris, and which infor-
mation he believes to be true, that, during the time he
and said S. Scott were in such service together, very
improper familiarities, and an illicit intercourse, existed
between said S. Scott and him, said Bergere, and bath
beard, and ielieves, that said S. Scott was discharged by
said Mrs. Bligh, for that and other bad conduct.
Saith, that during the time he was in said Mr. Long
Welleiley's service, he resided at his house its Hall-place,
and that said 'Mrs. Bligh, to the knowledge or belief of
ddionent, never was at the house of said Mr. L. Wel-
Hall-place, aforesaid, and that if said Mrs. B.
lat,'heifi' there, deponent is certain be should have
knOiiii'or heard of same.
stPYWAVIT of MARY 'STOW, of No. 3, Hall-place,
Middle-
aez. Swan Nov. 29, H 196.
Baith, that she is now, and has been in the service of
said W. P. T. Long Wellesley, ever since he went to
Teri& in HAI-place aforesaid, as his housekeeper, she
being in the•house at the time he took possession, having
been in the service for upwards of twelve months of
Wm. Wright, Esq. of wham said W. P. T. L. Wellesley
purchased said house.
Sa,th, that in- answer to so much .of the affidavit of
Srrratma Scott, sworn in this cause on the 20th of Nov.
Whirein she lays that Mrs. Bligh and. Mr. Turner
therein mentioned, about ten o'clock at night, went in
Mr. Trirner's gig,
.and as she, said Susanna Scott, was
informed by said Mr. Turner, proceeded to the resi-
dence of said Mr. Long Wellesley, in Hall-place afore-
said; Or, this deponent, .saith, that said Mrs. Bligh,
to the knowledge or belief of deponent, never was at
said residence of said Mr. Wellesley, in Hall place
aforesaid.
Saith, that said house is inclosed with a high brick
wall aatd gates, the latter being always kept locked, nod
that* the•other servants of said Mr. Wellesley, except,
depOnent, and the housemaid, Elizabeth Humphtey,
being foreigners, and not able to speak English, the said
Elizabeth Humphrey was in the constant habit of an-
daering the outer gate to all persons who came to said
Mr. Wellesley's house; and this deponent invariably
opened the door of said house to all such persons, and
by that means became• acquainted with all that came,
there.
Saitb, that if said Mrs. Bligh had ever been in the house of said
Mrs. Wellesley in Hall-place aforesaid, she is certain she• should
have known it, and that she has never known or heard (save by
said affidavit f said Susanna Scott), doe does she believe, that said
Mn.s Bligh ever was in said house.

Letters have been received from Calcutta to the 18th:
July, but they are of no interest,,as previous intelligence
bad reached London, through the United States, to the
l3th August. They speak unfavourably of indigo.
DEATH ST FicruTlNG.—Garnett, a coachman, and
R.ltney, a bricklayer,.quarrelled at a public-house, hear
Ashford, on Christmas-eve : they agreed to decide it for
love and a sovereign the following day. They both ap-
peared in lighting trim on Mondry afterao,n, and beat
each other with heavy blows, about the head and body,
until both were frequently at a stand still. Garnett ap-
peared to have the best of the battle, but he was dropped
at last by a blow on :he head, and he died in less than
an hour afterwards.

The approach to the town of Umea, on the borders
of Lapland, is unlike any thing seen in other parts or
Europe; and the place itself may he best deist:bed by
comparing it to a number of large boxes, or deal cases,
some of w Inch a:e painted red, ,t.tnding by the water-
side, as if ready lot exportation. The Clutch is the
only object at 41 picture-que, but that is built of wood,
and partitpd red, the butt} standing separate by its side
in the churchyard.
Some of the. Imo roads. in SAeden are those which
trace se •bogs and mOcass?ci,• that in other countries,
_would be decmcd impassuble. lir constructing these
they link a quantity r,f ;timber, laying the trunks ol trees
across each other, over which the road is made.

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THEATRICAt • . •
anrolla
It appears now finally settled that ALVA was a
native of France, yet at the 'time whin last he visited
this country to give hisrveadings; and partake' of the
farewell dinner given to JOHN PHILIP Kll4ll,Le, by.his
brother actors, it was said he declared that he was born
in Frith•street, on the east side, -near Soho-square, in
the house which for many years was occupied by BXm.-
Nines, juts. and afterwards, on his temoVal Gower.
street, by.WATHati, the eomedian.. It was also there
asserted that'his father was the first of the dentists that
had a shop in Walker's-court, leading from Berwick-
street to Little. Pulteney-street, 'where so many have
since set np in that line of business.
- When Mrs. BRACEGIADLa, the actress, complimented
Mr. Secretary CRAW, upon his liberality to Mrs. CaNT•
Limas, to whom he sent 20 guineas, on her dedicating
to him her Farce, entitled The Humours of Elections,
and mentioned that his generosity appeared the .more
extraordinary as the. Farce had not been acted ; he re-
plied, thatise did not so much consider the merits of
the piece as whatwas becoming a Secretary of State to do.

Mr. and. Mrs. Wm, formerly of Covent• Garden
Theatre, were, in respect to person, the jolliest couple
in the kingdom. Soon after their engagement at
Covent-Garden;the Lady was invited to go down to
Southampton to play a few nights, as a star of the
flirt magnitude 1 Wass, determined to do the thing
genteelly, and astonish the natives," resolved that they
would travel in style ; but being an economical man,
he wished to procure a person to occupy a seat in their
vehicle, and pay a third part of the expense. For this
purpose he caused to be inserted in the Newspapers an
advertisement, for " an agreeable companion in a post-
chaise, to accompany a Lady and Gentleman to South--
ampton." A pertly Hampshire breeder of pigs, who
had fixed his headquarters at the Hog ix Me Pound,
in Oxford-street, having finished his business in town,
thinking this would be a comfortable 'way of journey.
ing home, applied, according to the address given in
the advertisement, at Wirm's lodgings, and heaving
himself up stairs with some difficulty, was introduced
to the pair of well fed comedians, and the countenances
of the trio expressed equal surprise, and the stranger
exclaimed, " What ! screw us into 3 post-chaise !
worse than three in a bed in the dog days..---a hot bath
would be an ice house to it. -You might as easily
attempt to march a picket of horse grenadiers into a
sentry box. By the Lord, if we were to make a grand
set out in a broad wheeled waggon, It would certainly be
stopped at the first weighing machine, for being over-
loaded." After some conversation, Wras and his wife
were so pleased with the blunt whimsicality of the
dealer in swine, that they invited him to dine wish them
on a fine round of corned beef. The invitation was
accepted, and a few days after he sent them-from the
country au enormous large ham, which perfectly satis-
fied Wean for the loss he had sustained by advertising
for ax agreeable companion in a post-chaise.

Oa the 15th of this month a remarkable shock of an
earthquake was felt at Aupburg; the motion was undulatory from
east to west, and continued several minutes.
A person named Soap was mitltreated and severely,
cut with a sabre across his nose, face, and shoulder, as
he was returning from a stable, with a lantern in his
hand, where he had been at work, late on the night of
Saturday se'anight, near the Ship Inn, Hastings, by one
of the blockade men, who was at the time in a state of
intoxication. The case has been heard before a Bench
of Magistrates, and the sailor has bees committed to
Hastings gaol for further examination.
The last papers from the Arabian Gulf bring an
account of the seizure and barbarous murder, at 13us-
sorah,of a courier, conveying letters from a rebel chief to
persons in that town. The unfortunate man was basti-
nadoed, to extort a confession, that might implicate
certain innocent persons, whose integrity, perhaps, bad
caused them to be expelled from the sunshine of Court
favour, but without effect; he was thin conveyed to
public cross road, where, on his requesting some water
to drink, it was poured into his mouth, mixed with clay;
after which, his two fe*t were fastened separately to
stakes at the sides of a pit, in such a manner, that his
head and body were hung reversed' within it; the earth
was thrown in, and the wretched sufferer buried alive.

The following are the forms observed in Spain, in
the extraction of arms and ammunition from the depots.
Everything belonging to the ordinary stfpply and con-
sumption of the fortified towns and army is obtained by
the immediate orders of the Commander of the district,
in which Oie depots are situated; but 'no supplies for
extraordinary service, even if they are to be sent from one
diitrictlO another, can issue without the King's special
mandate, communicated through the War Minister. The
dock-yards, and depots of arms and ammunition, are
under the immediate obese of the department Of Artil-
lery, and by it the nec'essmy stores are Obtained and kept,
•till they are delivered Veertq the regiments in want of
them; and when no longer wanted, the supplies so is.
sued return to thelloarter from which They came.—
.Therefoie, to obtain the issue of any militaiy stores, for
an extrfordihaty* purpose, the first step required is a
Memorial to the ICing. If the pray& is granted, three
Royal Orders made out by the War Minister; the
first addreited to the Director General of Artillery, com-
manding hitn to make the issue ; the latter forwards the
'Order to the SUb-Director of the departlent of Aftillery.
in whose care the stores are placed;' of the above de-
partments there are five in Spain. The Sab-Director
transmits it to the Artillery Officer commanding the
point where the magazine is situated, and he, together
with the store-keeper, makes the delivery. The second
Royal Order is addressed to the Captain General of the
province, announcing the King's resolution: The Captain
General sends the Order to theGovernotof the fortified
town in which the magazine is placed, and also to the
party who is to sign the receipt. The Governor also advises
the Commander of Artillery of the day on which the
issue is to be made, and of the name of the person who
is to give it receipt. The third Royal Order is for-
warded to the Minister of Finance, in order that he may
give orders to meet' the expenses of the issue. The
latter sends a Royal. Order to the Intendant of the
Army, for the• province in which the magazine in
question is situated, and_the latter forwards the coires-
pouting notice td the respective pay-department, and
also notifies it to the Captain General of the Province.
AM ILLIGAL MARRIAGL—A person on his death-
bed, who had not been the hest of husbands, was men-
tioning many things to his wi e that he wished her to do'
alter his decease, in the course of which she asked him,
aliethrr there was anybody in particular thit fiewished
her to marry ? " Marry I' said the
_roan,." wh_are.
you may marry the Dz.vil if kou " No, My
strar," replied the wife, " it is againskthe law to marry:
Iwo brothers."

THE-01119 STATE. .

* 'this portion of the United States of North Americ.
• affotcleone 9f the most striking instances ofkincreas...
in population and wealth. Only
.30 tears ago a desert,
which scarcely knew the step of civilised man, it his
already risen to the third rank in the ordef of the
Union, arid *before this decade has passed away, will
present I,ooo,ooo.active and happy inhahitants.
Five years ago this State counted 581,4.34 inhabi-
tants, and at the present time 850,000. an increase
which' surpasses all previous experience. Ohio sends 16
Representatives and Senators to the General Congress
at Washington; and 72 Representatives, with 36 Sena-
tors, fr'm the internal State. or the domestic legisla
cure. Four upper and nine departmental Judges
administer the law; rind a militia, consisting of cavalry,
infantry, yeomen, /cc. can station 150,000 men for the
defence of the country. For this view the State is
divided into 14 divisions and 48 brigades, under the
command respeCtively of the same number of Generals.
In the past year there were actually enrolled in the
State Office 99,997 infantry, 3,292 cavalry. and 1,530
artillery, making a total of 104,819 men. A small part
of these receive their arms from the armories of the,
United States; the rest furnish themselves at their own
expense. In the register of arms there appear 96,356
muskets, 2,131 pistols, 3,786 daggers and swords, five
6-pounders, and two 4-pounders. Yet all the trade of
Ohio has flowed through the sister States, and this
State has, properly speaking, no foreign commerce. Its
exports to the other parts of the Union consist of corn,
meal, horned cattle, horses, tobacco, ac. its in-trade of
the produ4ts of the Southern States. Trade is increasing
at an extraordinary rate ; and on the completion of the
canals, even this rate must be accelerated.
The first of the Ohio Canals is 306 miles long, and
runs from Portsmouth on the Ohio, to Alveland in. Lake
Erie. The second Canal, 68 miles long, runs in the
direction of Dayton to Cincinnati. From 5,000 to
6,000 labourers are constantly at work on theM ; in
1828 three-fourths of the Canals willbe completed. and
in 1830 the work will be entirely finished. The principal
navigation is on Lake Elie and the Ohio River. The
chief harbours on the former are Put.in-Bay, Manmee
Bay, the towns of Sandusky, Cleveland, Fairpot, and
Ashtabula. During last year (1625) 286 ships and
steam vessels put into Sandusky Bay alone. Between
40 and 50 schooners, and four steam vessels, constantly
traded on Lake Erie. The cultivation of the land is
adiancing with like rapidity; and is peculiarly pro.
moted by the level character of the country. Five
hundred and four post houses carry' on the quick inter-
change of letters. -
The national cuspid' .of the State, according to the
estimate undei the law of 1825, amounts to 59,506,451
dollars, viz. landed estate, consisting of 15,143,309
acres, valued at 37,714,225 dollars ;. buildings on the
land, valued at 1,549,889 dollars; property in towns,
7,821,034 dollars 138,074 horses, valued- at 5,517;810.
dollars ; 274,689- heads of, horned. cattle, 2,201,093
dollars ; capitals in trade, 5,202,400 dollars. Elemen-
tary schools are established throughout the State. 13
academies, and five allegesp-at..Atherts, Oxford, Wes-
tern Reserve, Kenyon, and Cincinnati, promote the
progress of science. Athens is exclusively devoted to
theology, and Oxford to medicine ; four other colleges
are already incorporated, - but they have not jet com-
menced their courses.. Sixty two newspapers, of which
daily;vrete published at the beginning of this year.

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