Star.
London, England, 1829-05-01 00:00:00

Of the Margraviperef*lspaub.• her on age defer ant's
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.Leitf TJtailthmee left the 'case to tfitijury, after ad.:
eating to the two questions for their awasideration, and
shortly recapitulating the evidence. .
The Jury; without hesitation. fotrndTer the plaintiff.
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COMMISSION COIjItT; DUBLIN, Await. 26.
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Mrs. Georgiaxi Lear, a lady apparently about 911 eft
94 years Oft age, was placed at the bar, charged with
having, no the Stb of January, 1829. married William,
Alexander, she knowing at the sametiete het first hus-
band, John Lem— was living. Mrs. Lear was very
fashionably dressed, and appeared to bean 'namely
handsome woman. She was accompanied byhet mother
into'Court. Mrs. Lear was dreadfully affected at the
situation in which the stookand during her entire.trial
endeavoured to conceal her features from the tree of
those collected in the Court: .•
Mr. JACKSON stated the case. The Charge which he
had to prefer against the lady at the;ber was ote of a
most serious nature. lad which therefOremade it in•
cumbent upon the Jury to examine the evidence that.
should be offered to substantiate it. The lady at the.
bar was the daughter of srprofessional gentleman, the
late Mr. Britton, of Cork, who also had a house in
Dublin. In that house his daughta:ball. early in life
became acquainted with Mr.J.Lear, sad at the age of
17 or 18 she was married to him in-AU. Peter's Church,
on the 2d July,lBl2; by that mertiage they had five
children; but previous to the birth of the last. a eeete-
tion between the parties was agreed to. The youngest
child was left with Mrs. Learfeheeldest wes given in care
to George Lear; the other three children *Ake placed by
'the father in a school in Rallinahinch. in 'the county
Down. IR the. latter end of lastotar: she lived in
Richmond-place, end endeavoured' to procure ad
introduction to Mr. Aleismden • sod eccordingly
wrote a latter to him. marked " prieate and confiders-
' tial." In this toter. Mrs, Lilt' Ttlescribed. Opp to Mt.
Alexander as a widow,, With oneahrld; stated that she
was in wastolpeeisniery iSsiitance,for which she could
give• secerity, and requested to have theAtasure of see-,
ing him. To this seat be, file,,A. that he
had no money to lend, and bethought, ender the cir-'
cumstances, an interview cterld be of Ao advantage.
Another later was Written by her, toad at length *Mr,
Alexander appointed to mat ha at his own place.' Se-
veral interviews between the- partiesuook place subte.
quently, and the consequence was, that the Lady io won
upon Mr. Alexander, that he, itnaginiog her to be what
she described herself, proposed_ for, and was married to
her. Mr. Jackson said that the matter was, at the
Lady's desire, kept a complete secret; but When it was
discovered, it gave considerable anguish and pain to
the family of Mr. Alexander, particularly when they
found that Mr. Alexander bad been seduced into so so-
lemn an engagement by a married woman.
The letters of Mrt. Lear to Mr. William Alexander
were thou read, and given in evidence,
Mr. %stern celled his Lordship's, attention to the
exception in the Act of Parliament. . . •
Judge VANDILSNR said, the defence here would be.
that the prisoner came within the second of these ex-
ceptions; 'that het husband was not beyond the
.Seas,
bet at the time of tbe.sscond marriage she did not know,
be was in existence.
The following witnesses weee'called for the defence—
" Charles Vernon-1 am in the Stamp Office; produced
a newspaper (baunderes) .140 Feb. 1823,. in which
.Learls death appeared.
Alderman,Dizonl knew' Joins Lear very well; 1
beard that be was dead; the *passion On My mind
Was that he was dead ; I heard .be went to America,,,
and have not seen him these nine ex ten years. • •
Mary Britton—l am the mother of the lady'who is
on trial; she was separated frons bet buiband ; I have
been On 'terms of intimacy with.her ever .since; the.
family thought Lear was dead ;I attended at her second.
marriage, and then thought he wai.dead ; she was taller.
the widow Lear ; it was Lear's iniptoper conduct to the
children, and not' any impropriety On her part, that,
caused the separation; she never received a *hilliest
from him, but I had to support her; a child was seat
to ns when we beard Lear was dead) and we seat is back
to the uncle by the coach. —
Cross•examinedhly husband.died three' year* ago.;
I have been living near Cork these ten or twelve years;
she resided with me, bet I cam* tell how long ; she
was not a year ; 'she 'resided watt :me since the sepata-
non, but I cannot say the exact period ; I thing she has
heed with me for cane month at a lime at least ; I cannot
say how often she lived with tae for that length chime;
my husband called her the .widow Lear; he died in
1826; when I came up, to•Litep. William Aleiaeder
pressed for ,the mattialle; .1 .Itommbete were five chit.
dren; I sent back the child•that was sent to me when I
heat d of Lear'. death.
Judge VaNnal,autilhafeliarged he. Jury, who, after
a few minutes' deliberation, brought in A verdict of
mg Guilty. •
The verdict was received with clapping of hands and
cheers in the Coot t. .4,;•

Abbot half pest ten ckloct ou WeJneaday night.' the
inhabitants of this town were claimed by the ringing of
the fire bell, and it was discovered that the new and
extensive Wenchnill at Mr. Humber, in the North road.
had taken fire. Thecause of the fire, as we understand,
was ;gnition produced by the frictiOn of the mill-stones.
At ;he time the calamity was first,discropered there were
two men on the pearl*" bet so follows and ungovern-
able was the urogress of the flames, that they found
then efforts to subdue them seas ailing testi. lifter lating
their best exertions for that iiurpenk they were con
relied to desist tot their own mtety.--Preston Paper.
Yesterday evening an Inquest was beid at the Mid-
dlesex Hospital, on the body of Gentle Pastime', a fine
youth, aged 14. • The lad way in Hie employ of Mr.
Earle, the hackney-coach master. of Di of y-lane. On
Monday morning last, between tour and live o'clo:k, he
was riding a gelding along Bedford-street,*fottenbam-
court•road, when the animal took bight, arra plunging.
threw its rider off its back, and one Of his feet unhap-
pily continuing in The stirrup -iron. he was dragged a
distance of between 500. end 600 yards. He was taken
up insensible, and conveyed to the above Hospital,
•here he died of concession of the brain. Verdict—
Accidental Death.
Thursday afternoon a flue broke oat in * range
of ci,lbeis houses, in the neighbourhood of :Govanhill,
which, for the resent has had the effect of unbousing
no fewer than 14 families. The 6re commenced at the
east end erf 14e.50w.-and spread with such rapidity, that
in less than a gnattet of .an hour the whole range pre-
veined one coitintied blase. The poor colliers were
thrown into a slate of the greatest trepidation; and it
was with no little exertion they succeeded in extricating
their furniture from the fury of the flames. One poor;
'aibn lbst Isratch,svhiehted been left banging about
the bed, and which- was cdrepletely melted. to less than
en hour after the fire'broke est the roof (gain. The
premises were insured.—Giargote Chronicle.