Star.
London, England, 1826-09-23 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

Wes. Drown, a miserable looking creature, was charged with ob.
strutting the highway, by carrying a placard before and behind
him. The placards were produced, and set forth that an extraor-
I dinary detail would be found in a Sunday Paper. It commenced
Fact: Tea eras osihi Magnates / Dreadful appearance of a troubled
ghost in the Church of St. Magnus."
The Parish Clerk of St. Magnus said, the prisoner was parading
about Fish-street-hill, collecting a crowd; and when he questioned
him as to his employers, he could obtain no satisfactory explanation.
He carried him before the Loan MAYOI with no better result, and
after that to the office of the Newspaper, where be got but quirks and
quibbles, and he therefore brought the prisoner before the Alder-
man to be punished. There was no foundation far the story, nor
were there auy parochial squabbles, or other circumstances, whereon
to ground a squib of this sort, if such it were.
The prisoner now said he was employed by a person in York-
street, and was to have 2s. for his day's work.
The Alderman warned him that he was liable to a fine of M. for
parading about with these boards; but as it was his first offence,
he said he would overlook it.

BOW-STREET.

POLTG ore.—Yesterday, Edward 2Wlasi Jarvis, who was remand-
ed last week on a charge of polygamy, was brought up for re-
examination. Not only the Office, but every avenue leading thereto,
was crowded to excess. Two of his wives attended, one of
whom was in deep mourning, and appeared to be much afilicted,
and far gone with child by the prisoner. She was averse to the
prosecution,not wishing to have it said that the father of her child
bad beep transported.
Mr. Macduff appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Humphries
for the prisoner.
Mr. Macduff commenced by saying, that he would prove the first
marriage by identifying the handwriting of the subscribing witnesses
who were now dead, and the handwriting of the prisoner.
Sir R. Blame—Did not wish to dictate his duty to the Solicitor,
ibut he should first prove the death of the subscribing witnesses.
Mr. blacduff said that he should be able to do so, and called
John George Leigh, Deputy Register of St. George's Church,
Hanover-square, who produced the certificate of the marriage of
Edward Jarvis to Rachael Pearce, on the Mk of December,l797.
This was signed by J. Ash, then Curate of the parish.
The subscribing witnesses were T. H. Thompson and Cabal
Gseville. This witness proved the death and handwriting of the
two subscribing witnesses, and ako that of the Clergyman; could
not, however, swear that he was dead.
Charles Macduff deposed to the prisoner's ltaidwricing, acknow-
ledging that marriage.
Mr. Macduff said that he would call John Stratton, to prove chat
he saw the prisoner's first wife three weeks ago.
John S:ratton was then called, but did not answer. _ _

Mr. Maeduff said, that Mr. Stratton attended last week, and had I
then stated, that he could give the evidence now proposed, but as he
had not attended he would call another person who could give testi-
mony to the same effect. -
Jahn Powis being sworn, deposed, that he lived in London-house-
yard ; was a builder; the prisoner had worked for him; knew him
to be a married man fur four years; saw him walk with his
wife and son • saw his wife within this year; bad been introduced
to her by prisoner's son.
Mr. Humphries—He may be an illegitimate son.
Mr. Maeduff did not care for that—there was suScient evidence
of his first wife being now alive.
Miss Finlayson was then called to prove that she saw the pri-
soner', wife ; being sworn, she said that she knocked at the house of
the prisoner in August last, in consequence of information which

r she had previously received ; she asked the woman who bad opened
the door, If she was Mrs. Jarvis? who replied she was, and as a
proof of It referred witness to St. George's Church, for a certificate
of her marriage to prisoner, which certificate witness produced.
Hr. Humphries—Was the prisoner then present?
Mr. Macduff—That matters not.
Mr. Humphries submitted, that anything said of the prisoner in
his absence could not be admitted as evidence aginst him.
Mr. Nl4duff—That may be in other cases, but not in such as
this—he then observed that John Stratton I=4 given his evidence
last week; on referring to the book, this was found to be the case,
Mr. Halls being on that occasion the sitting Magistrate; the sub-
stance of which evidence was, that he had seen the wife, son, and
daughter of the prisoner within these three weeks.
Sir RICHARD MINI' said, there was now sufficient evidence of
' the first marriage ; if it did not amount to demonstration, yet it
afforded a strong presumption, such as would warrant him in
sending it to a Jury, if they could prove any subsequent marriage.
Mr. Macduff then produced certificates of the prisoner's mar-
riage to Miss Whitehtrst on the 3d of July last, and with Mrs.
Gray on the 10th of August following, at the Church of St. Mark,
Kennington. These marriages have been clearly established, as
appeared on a former occasion.
All the parties were then bound over to appear at the next Mid-
dlesex Sessions, to prosecute the prisoner on the above charges.

When he was removed from the bar, the crowd in the passages
leading to the office pressed forward, eager to obtain a peep at his
person. A great number of females were among the crowd, to
many of whom It was said be bad paid his devotions.
Mites Whitehurst, it seems, is the most attached of those be has
deceived. She provides him in prison with every necessary corn-
fort, and continues to visit him with a singular devotion, consider-
ing the manner iu which he has deceived her.
lie contrived to obtain from Mrs. Gray, with whom he con-
tracted the last marriage, the sum of 2001. ten days before the
marriage took place, although the marriage settlement stated that
he was not to obtain any money until the ceremony was first per-
formed. This Lady had at her command upwards of 5001. besides
a leasehold property, which the settlement said she was to dispose
of by will. This proviso, however, not agreeing with Mr. Jarvis's
notion, he applied to the Solicitor to have it altered, and the old
woman was weak enough to consent that the property at her death
should revert to Jarvis. A very short time after their marriage, it
seems, he flattered himself that she was about to die; for, being
called on sudden business in the country, he actually wrote a letter
to a Mr. Crutibley, of Camden Town, saying, that if his wife should
die in his absence, he was to bury her aU convenient dispatch;
and it is positively asserted that he put his first wife, his son and
daughter in mourning, in anticipation of that event, telling them be
had lost an old maiden aunt.