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London, England, 1826-12-26 00:00:00

THE WELLESLEY CASE.

PATINE TILED IN THE COUNT Or CHENCIDT IN THE •DOTE CAME.
AFFIDAVIT OF LIEUT. COLONEL T. PATERSON.

SWORN TIM 25T8 OF NoVILIIIIER, 1826.

Saith, that he is father of Mrs. Helena Bligh, the
person merrioned in the affidavit of Susannah Scott,
sworn in this cause, the 20th of this instant N•ivember;
and th it he hath read such passages cf the affidavit as
refer the conduct, character, and conver,ations, of
the said Helena Bligh.
Saith, that, previous to the marriage of his said
daughter, she had received a careful and religious
education, and had been brought up with a due sense
of propriety and decorum, and with every attention to
her murals and conduct ; that the deponent and the
m ,ther of said Helena Bligh, being connected in blood
and kindred with sever.l Noble families, and having
associated with persons of the highest rank and respect-
ability, his children had been introduced into the first
circles of society, and had acquired the manners, ha-
bits, and feelings resulting therefrom ; and that said
Helena Bligh, after her marriage, continued to move in
the same circles, and to be well received therein.

Saith, that he bath read, with equal surprise and
indignation, the several passages contained in the affi-
davit of said Susannah Scott, in which there is attributed
to said Helena Bligh the use of expressions, in them-
selves most gross, vulgar, and indelicate, and such
a% could only proceed from the mouth of the most
abandoned and profligate woman.
Stith, that from the full and entire knowledge which
he. as a parent, possesses of said Helena Bligh, of her
education and feelings, and of her habits and manners,
he is convinced that said Helena Bligh is incapable of
having made use of the improper, gross, and abomi-
nable language, so falsely, in the belief of deponent,
alleged in said affidavit to have been used by her; and
that same is as revolting to her delicacy as it is foreign
to her habits, manners, and conduct.
Stith, that he is the more confirmed in this assertion,
as in the whole course of the intimate connection which
for so many years subsisted between him and his said
daughter, he never heard her express herself in the
terms or language imputed to her in said affidavit, or
in any terms or language of a similar tendency, or un-
becoming a female of delicacy.
Stith, that in consequence of the unhappy and heart
rending situation in which his said daughter had been
placed, by the late unfortunate occurrences of her life,
and the various misrepresentations of her conduct which

bad been made to deponent, he had felt it to be his
duty as a parent, and as an example to his other
children, to abstain from any intercourse with his said
daughter. and wholly to withdraw from her his sup.
port and protection; but having since had power-
ful and convincing reasons to believe that his said
daughter had been grossly calumniated in many re-
spects, and that exaggerated and false statement of her
behaviour, character, and conduct, had been made to
him, and having also upon his mind the conviction that
she WAS sought to be made the victim of a conspiracy,
for the purpose of promoting other objects, deponent
felt, that as a man of honour, and still more as a parent,
he should not be justified in principle, feeling, or
conscience, to withhold any longer from his said
daughter his countenance, support, and protection; and
in pursuance of these feelings, and this conviction, he
became reconciled to her, and ready to render her any
service that her melancholy situation might require,
although deponent has no hesitation in adding, that in
so doing, he had no intention or desire to extenuate any
erroneous conduct.

Saith, that on his first visit to his said daughter in
York-street, and which took place shortly before her
removal from the house in that street to her present re-
sidence in St. John's Wood•road, he saw said Susannah
Scott ; and from his then observation of her, and from
what, on inquiry, he beard of her conduct, he recom-
mended to his said daughter to discharge said Susan-
nah Scott, as, in deponent's opinion, she was a very
improper person to have about her, and said Susannah
Scott was accordingly soon after discharged.
Saith, that at this time not being desirous of going
often to the house of his said daughter, he desired her
to meet him in the evening in the New-road, or else.
where, which she accordingly did twice, and walked
with him two or three hours, for the purpose of con-
versing with him on her situation and the steps she
ought to pursue.
Saith, that it is not true, as stated by said Susannah
Scott in her said affidavit,,but utterly false, that whilst
she (said Susannah Scott) and said Helena high were in
said back parlour mentioned by said Susannah Scott,
upr•n deponent coming into said room, having the door
open, and said Susannah Scott saw Mr. Wellesley
(therein referred to) come down stairs and go into the
front parlour of said house in St. John's Wood-road ;
for that said Mr. Wellesley, at the time aforesaid, did
not come down stairs and go into the front parlour of
said house in St. John's Wood•road, and that at the
time last mentioned deponent and said Helena Bligh
had dined.

AFFIDAVIT OF MARIA EVANS, NOW RESIDING IN THE
SERVICE OF MRS. WALTER, AT THE ONE TUN HOTEL,
IN JERSON STREET, MIDDLESEX. SWORN THE 24TH
OF NOVEMBER, 1826.

States—That she lived in the service of Mrs. Helena
Bligh, in York-street, Baker-street, from the 10th day
of April until the month of October last past; and that
from the time of her enter ing such service, and down to
the month of July last, there also lived in the same
sere ce a person of the name of,Susannah Scott, who
was the Lady's maid of the said Helena Bligh, and that
she, deponent, thus became acquainted with the said
Susannah Scott.

That the duties of her situation led her to be more
with the said Mrs. Bligh than any of the other servants,
and that she had constant oppottunities of observing the
cond ct and conversation of the said Mrs. Bligh; and
she saith, that during the whole period of her acquaint-
ance with the said Mrs. Bligh, she never heard her utter
an oath or make use of any improper or indelicate ex.
pression, and that the conversation and intercourse of
Cie said Mrs. Bligh towards her servants were not of a
familiar nature, bur, on the contrary, were distant and
res, t veJ ; al,d that from the knowledge she has of the
character, conduct, and mode of expressing herself of
the sal.] Irs. Blight towards her servants and other
persons, and from the d;slike which deponent knew she
entertained for the said Susannah Scott, she does not
believe riat she was capable of using, or that she ever
did use, to the said Susannah Scott, either in a jocose
or in any other manner, the grow language Attributed
to her by the said Su ittrials Scott. in her affidavits
sworn in this cause, on the 20th of N-,ventbcr, or that
she oade to the said Susannah Scott Vie communica-
lions site is allebed iu the said affidavit to have made'

relative to her supposed meetings with said W. T. P. L.
Wellesley.
That •she was informed by Mrs. Nicholas, who had
lived with said Mrs. Bligh for some time before, and at
the same time with deponent, that said Mrs. Bligh had
scarcely ever quitted her house from the time of her
taking it until a few days before deponent went to re-
side with her.

That during the period of her residence with the said
Mrs. Bligh, she never knew her to remain out till three
or four o clock in the morning, and that if she had so
remained out, deponent must have known it, as it was
the invariable practice of the said Mrs. Bligh to come
into the bedroom of deponent to see her child every
night, immediately before she, the said Mrs. Bligh, re-
tired to rest; and that, during the period aforesaid, the
said Susannah Scott did not almost invariably sit up
for her, as a servant of the said Mrs. Bligh, callei Felix,
used to sit up for her when she had occasion to go out ;
and that if the said Susannah Scott sat up to a late
hour, it was for her own purposes and objects, and not
to let in the said Mrs. Bligh.
That deponent never heard of, nor does she believe
that thE occurrence stated by the said Susannah Scott in
her said affidavit, respecting the said Mrs. Bligh having
been compelled to come home without stays, for
the' reasons or in the manner therein mentioned, er for
any other reason, or in any other manner, ever took
place ; and she particularly saith, that during the whole
time of her residing with the said Mrs. Bligh, she, the
said Mrs. Bligh, never once was out all night, nor did
she ever know of hear, nor does she believe that, upon
any occasion of her going out, the said Mrs. Bligh ever
took her night clothes with her ; and she saith, that she
is the more confident of this, as the deponent was in the
habit of taking the child of? the said Mrs. Bligh to her
the first thing every morning ; and that the said Mrs.
Bligh (who slept in the adjoining room to deponent
during a great part of the time) used frequently to come
to her in the night, when the child cried or was uneasy.
That she never heard, nor does she believe that the
said Mrs. Bligh was frequently in the habit of borrow-
ing the apparel of the said Susannah Scott, nor does she
know that she ever wore any of the apparel of the said
Susannah Scott, save upon one occasion, when deponent
knows that she did put on some of the things of the said
Susannah Scott, for the purpose of going to the Court
of Chancery ; and deponent saith, that had the said
Mrs. Bligh been in the frequent habit of wearing the
clothes of the said Susannah Scott, or of going out in
disguise, she must have known or have heard of it, as
she was so frequently in the presence of the said Mrs.
Bligh, both on her going out and returning home.
Saith, she hath many times seen the said Susannah
Scott go out with her mistress's clothes on;" and that of
her own knowledge she knows that the said Mrs. Bligh
gave said Susannah Scott notice to quit her service, in
consequence of the impropriety of the conduct of the
said Susannah Scott, but was induced, at the entreaty
of the said Susannah Scott, to let her remain ; and that
she was at last discharged by the said Mrs. Bligh, who
peremptorily insisted upon her leaving the house, and
that after she was so discharged, she came into the
room where deponent was, and said she hoped her mis-
tress would let her stay, and keep her still in her service.
Saith, that the tradesmen's bills, and the wages of the
servants of said Mrs. Bligh, were very regularly paid
by her, and that she, deponent, never heard any cons-
plaints of the want of punctuality in such payments,
and that the detention of the linen by the washerwoman,
as deponent hath been informed and believes, did not
arise from any irregularity in payment of the bills on
the part of said Mrs. Bligh, but was occasioned by the
misconduct of the said Susannah Scott.

Saith, that she was informed by the nurse who imme-
diately preceded her in the service, and who she believes
is now in France, that very improper familiarities and
an illicit intercourse existed between said Susannah
Scott and one Bergere, the man-cook of said Mrs. B.
and deponent saith, she verily believes such information
to be true, for that she has herself many times seen
them coming from the bedroom of each other, and has
heard them talking together in each other's rooms at
unseasonable hours of the night; and that the improper
connexion between them was talked of by the other
servants, and was the cause of her being discharged,
when the same came to the knowledge of said Mrs. B.
Saith, she bath heard, and verily believes, that after
said Susannah Scott left her service as aforesaid, said
Bergere took lodgings for said Susannah Scott, and
that she was kept by him as his mistress ; and bath also
heard and believes, that said Bergere left England for
France, to get rid of said Susannah Scott.
Saith, that upon said Susannah Scott's leaving the
service of said Mrs. Bligh, she took away one silk, and
several other dresses, petticoats, and other things, which
did not belong to her; and that upon her applying to
have her account settled, said Mrs. Bligh refused to do
so, until she had returned the things she had so taken
away, and part of which she afterwards did return.
Saith, that she never saw or heard, nor does she believe that said
Mr. Long Wellesley was ever in York-street aforesaid, or that said
Mrs. Bigh was ever In Hall-place, the residence of the said Mr.
Wellesley.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
—.do—
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dsc. SS.

DITRICR V.

This was an action of trover, to recover certain house.
hold furniture which it was alleged the defendant bad
wrongfully possessed himself of.
It appeared from the evidence, that the defendant
having been considerably indebted to the plaintiff, the
goods in question were regularly transferred to him by
bill of sale from the Sheriff. The defendant having
beets arrested at the suit of another creditor, the plaintiff,
from motives of compassion, allowed the defendant's
wife and family to remain in possession of the furniture.
In the schedule filed by the plaintiff, according to the
provisions of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, the furniture
was represented to be the property of the plaintiff; but
when the defendant obtained his discharge, he imme-
diately removed the furniture to another house. The
plaintiff, in April last, caused it to be demanded from
nim, when he admitted that he had it in his possession,
but could not give it up, as his family could not do
without it.

For the slefence, evidence was produced that the plaintiff had
said be would give the furniture to the plaintiff.
The Loan Cniar Jesuca having summed up, the Jury found a
verdict tot the plaintiff.

LEA RSLIT V. CODD.

This was an action by a li;;;eis• maker, in Gate.
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, to recover front the defen-
dant, an Army Agent, in Fludyer-street, Westminster,
and a member of the London Carricr Company, the
sum of 51. 18s. 6J. the price of a set 01 harness furnishe.l
to that Company by the plaint ff.
Mr. Comm appratcd fir the plaintiff; Mr. Common SIMGLINT.
for the defendant.

Evidence having been produced of the delivery of
the harness at the Office of the Company in Queen-
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, a letter from the attorney
for the defendant to the plaintiff's wtorney was then
put in and tend, stating that the Company had consisted
of 50 persons, of whom Major Codd was one, but it had
now fail,d, and it was too much to expect that defen-
dant should pay more than his proportion of the debts
which had been incurred.

The Common SSIOIAWT observed, that this Company had never
been properly instituted.
The Luau Cuter Justice—Constituted or not, the defendant Is
by his attorney admitted to be "one of the Company."
The COMMON Seaceant—We are in a situation to prove that the
defendant has been a considerable loser by ibis Company.
The Loin CHM Justice—l% dear, no one can doubt that—
(A laugh).
Under the direction of his Lordship, the Jury found a verdict for
the plaintiff—Damages, £3 ISt. Rd.
The LORD CHIEF Jus•rrca observed, that when it
was publicly known that every Member of such Com-
panies was individually liable for the debts so contracted,
he trusted it would be a lesson to render people cautious
how they engaged in such undertakings.
The Court on rising adjourned to the Bth of next month:

YORK, Drcemsza 23.

Wednesday, the deposition of Francis Charlton, the
unfortunate man who was wounded in the affray %%WI
two poachers, at Gosforth, on the morning of the 9:h
instant, was taken down in writing, as was also the de-
position of the other man, Moore, in the presence of
the committing Magistrate, and of the two alleged
poachers, Thomas Armstrong and Jonathan Campbell.
Francis Charlton was examined in bed, where he still
remains exceeding ill from the wounds he received.—
Both
prisoners were then fully committed to take their
trial at the next Spring Assizes. The prisoner, Camp-
bell, has made a full confession of the whole transac-
tion, and as a great many witnesses have already been
examined, by way of confirmation of his statement,
little doubt remains but that it is the present intention
to make application for Campbell to be admitted an
evidence for the Crown, against his associate, Thomas
Armstrong, the latter being the person accused of firing
the gun at Charlton.
Thursday morning, one of the Scarborough cobles
met with at sea, and brought into that harbour, the
coble Cambridge, of Robin Hood's Town, with three
of her crew drowned, viz. William Moorsom, John
Marshall, and Benjamin Granger ; and the fourth
(Launcelot Moorsom) in nearly a lifeless state. The
latter, howe►er, is under the care of the Humane So-
ciety (whose prompt and unwearied benevolent exer-
tions on those occasions cannot be too highly spoken
of), and is likely to recover: From what has been col-
lected from the survivor, it appears, they had been on
board a vessel from the Baltic the preceding night (said
to be the Larpool, from Rostock, for London) to see
their relatives, and the general impression is, that they
had got too much liquor—fallen asleep in the coble,
and thus been starved to death.

Between eight and nine o'clock on Saturday evening,
a respectable young man, clerk to Mr. Parnaby, who
is steward to Wm. Fenton, Esq. was on his way to his
father's house, at Oulton, when he met two men on the
Wakefield Road, at High Goslam, who passed and re.
passed him two or three times between that and Low
Goslam. Feeling somewhat alarmed at the conduct of
those men, he stopt at a farm house on the road for
some tinge, and then started again. When he had got
a little past the Waggon Road Bridge, going up the
hill towards the John o'Groat's public-house, one of
the men knocked him down, and two others rifled his
pockets of a metal watch, and an ebony flute, and also
took from him two shirts and an umbrella. The young
man's head is severely bruised. They swore that if be
spoke a word, they would murder him. They each
tried his bat, and when they found it would not tit any
of them, they threw it back, saying " d—n thee,
take it."