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JL of the very large and cheap
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• the above Articles mach cheaper and I.
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AGENTS.
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Veen Ireland, and uant or behind Notes,
•• Wen, et *scorhed. • "••• -...extmaiitLed thex
roved method of Bleaching lltlSfi
Antrtra,ot want atm _ -.,ter ought to be +directed,
'shout Chemical Acid, adopted by the Basra's most positive terms, She was; however, subsequently 1 Mr. Bata, follgwedt,a4ct to.Ok A similar. Use Of a.
eir wsperior fabrio and durability, (owing to informed of a plan formed for' the purpose of gettincigurcient. •
now stood the test of thirteen years ogle- the marriage solemnized. Being met by a Lady ofi The Loan CeattceLtoit said, I will tell" t 64
the 'Public, thLir goods just arrived are•
high rank at the French play, she was entreated to .morroW, whet' I will hear this 'again. : „ ,
• previous importation, and recommend
vantage of this opportunity, as- an ad- form one of the party in that Lady's box, !or the sole Lord Yartisintimaspresenti andseveral tashionables.
'he intxparieaced can purchase with purpose •of speaking to her in the beha fof Lord COURT OP-KiNG'S BENCH, APRIL Si. -
is made, sr-d•the motley Leeurn=d if Stewart, but conceiving that the " intentiCn of Lord Mrs.. Mau Cori exhibited articles of the.--peace
1815, for the sale of warranted Stewart was to
_obtain the fortune of her niece,. she against her husband, Mr. Thos. Cori, on the ground
`tate price.—Brooksßirch, and
bury,
ma-street, Bloom: bury, facing strongly 'advised her to decline his addresses.' In that her life was in danger from the violence and bm,
consequence, Lady Frances went into the comr.ry for rarity of his conduct. 'Die parties lived in Assembly
--
L INLAID or TES- the purpose of avoiding him, Lnd declared that she Irow, Mile-end, Mr. Cori being the Captain of a ship
r Churches, Halls, Baths would not take any step without her (Mrs. 'Fltylor's) trading to Barbadoes and. it appealed that he had
n beauty and variety of • knowledge ; but, subsequently, Lady Ft anc was frequently thiratenAl and used persohal violetice to-
invited to dinner with' her mother, after whi h ,she wards the exhibitant ;, on one night in particular, •
Ow or old, are Faced was left alone with Lord Stewart, for whwti-khe when he told her that he would hire a house ire' the'
d, which adds con-
s Walls and effec. young Lady acknowledged to have some incli.tatinn, neighbourhood, and would fit up one room as a isri•
or doisture. • when he obtained a promise of marriage ft.om her.— son for the exhibitthit, Sedding for het• sister from
Exterior Plain Lady Antrim the next day instructed her Fon fter to , Wales to be her keeper. ...Mrs-Cori *as dremeel in a
ITER, Plas-
o d prepare the necessary documents for the ,to trriage,. splendid- crimson pelis'e, and i very large lace veil
- and on the I nth of April, a Petition was p:esented tv descendingfair below ner Waist. She took theAtsual
his Lordship by Lady Antrim, praying ar. fd.-ence to oath thai. she. did' not exit/lit the articles agaitist her.
a
't are
,ous the Master, to inquire into the settlen.ent, Lady ;husband. from malice or &swill, bur from the fear
NG Frances having agreed to marry Lord Steoart. Lord, lest he should do her some bbility harm. The Court
-tiv Stewart wrote to -Mrs. Taylor, acquainting bin- *of-his • ordered that the afticlerthotdcrbe registered in the
intention to offer himself to Lady Francis, bat Mrs. ordinary. form. . •
Taylor gave her decided.negatite' to the y roc eediug. K I STON 14t3stZES.—A CASE' Or SLOOD MONSVe
'n
reference to Qie letter sent by Lady Frances to the A res,:ctahlte looking young man, named Adana Ernmett, was •
• an indictna it charging
Edward m
dwitikathylltite.in
Tney, Sir Samuel submitted' it must be taken is highway, put kin; fear, and taken arfroni Lis persod' it
tore of a public document, and therefore he pocket-book, containing Tour bank-notes for ift each, a pines,
he was a waggoner, halved atAYMMts-
read it. It stated in substance, that Lady .156. inwirildvesrmi, &dic.
said,
`tad been invited .by her mother' to dine
gnonreevn;yinOgnathe night
nf ocfn,heepedrayfrostited in
erthetnindir,oestigpie
of March, when La,ly Antrim w,(5 to lead
our of the Prince Regent's company, but reached Thames Ditton, end 'Mica at the poet indy•sunivcs
'count of Lord Stewart, who obt tined about one e'eteat in the morning, mtienfont met wia'ast
loyal dlighness to be absent that day.- low) awallga, and ,heisted, " ALtu°b The witliesfeeolVed
boric' anannerchoed thsie::.hzt.nrtwine7f thne snarftzrthyennu.c..rieo wt—of
,ing met Lord Stewart by accident,
she promised hint mat :•iag She with their faces bla'ckersd, then collared hint while the
having an attachment for the others proceeded to rob him. The prisoner he could
oncluding the letter, Sir Sa- as having put his hand into the left pocket of his jack!', drawn
out
mhipsopvrasopm. anade to d rhea
wcar_t
averted to the affidavits filed ech,fuliZetfeire" calOnthritiPlcl'etkorts,LcretAitn
in which it was declared too well. The party were about to leave him, but one of them
- the attachment of Lord said—" D—n his blood, let us feel him again ;'• which they did.
tin the 16th of March,
perryVi une
ksstkeetnreated them to give him some, if not all his pros
the case, she did saybeggr lakug.,intLithatybwe
ohuat.ldl woerkkeithet hard
back to earn. it. ' Hke
'clered Lord Stewart containins some tivful memorandums. They answered, that
'v, howev !le high in this they would drip for him on the road t..and as they were
did not deny' the about to leave Inoue pistol was discharged over his head. lie was
but said that positive that the prisoner was one of the party who robbed him.
Robert Crawtoni said he was an accomplice; and came fur-
Lord Stewart, ward to give evidence for his own safety. He remembered that,
attachzpent oa the mornifig of the day on which the robbery was committed,
municauon a thief, named Brooker, (since transported,) came to him and
Antrim proposed-making, one of a gani'to go out that night and rob the
Esher turnpike. They were to be joined by two others (at pre-
atten- sent in Netvgate,) and expected to make as goad thing alt. Lb.
Innen, witness consented to go, and they met at night. Instead, how-
-1 in- ever, of putting their original plan into execution, they met the
,r_ prosecutor, with his waggon, at Thames Ditton, and agreed upon
robbing hint. (The witness here described the robbery in exactly
the same terms as Smith, but said, thatinstead of the pistol being
discharged over his head, it had gone off at some distance from
'dm by accident.)—The pistol was broken, and the knife, comb,
c. belonging to the prosecutor, were thrown on the road.
'V. Wiffron deposed, that on the night of the alleged robbery,
and the noise of several men at the gate of Lady Sullivan,
the neat day there were found, on the road side, the stock
cl of a pistol, a knife, comh, &c.
named Potter, assisted hi apprehending the prisoner.
that he had concerted with Smith, or talked to him
that would result from his conviction.
{ Hicks was then called by the COSIMON:SranAre
prisoner, and his evidence petrified the Court.
was the proprietor of the King's Head Tavern,
it-garden, and had left town to trans Let bust-
'eller. On his way he stopped at the Griffin
i there learned that a Gentleman, whom
'frown Assize Court, then sitting. The
',am the immense crowd assembled he
lance. He, however, stopped some
Among others, he obszrved the pro-
vas Potter. They were in close
heard the latter say to Smith—.
Emmett, we shall lose every
Smith replied'--" Swear to
'Sc !" The witness, alarmed
Mr. !libber; a gentleman
he fact.
of Mr. Hicks, who,
had related, said to
,es of men can thus
s had known the
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ASINt, ••• arm% =rm.,
mostpositive terms. She was;. however, subsequently,
informed of a plan formed for the putpose cirgettint
the marriagisolemnitecl. Being met by a Lod, of
high -rank at the French play, she was entreated to
feria one of the party is that Lady's bore for the sole"
purpose" of spftking• to her is the halal of Lord
Stewart, but -conceiving that the " imentien of Lied
Stewart was •to obtain the fortune of her niece', she
stronglradvisee. her to decline his addresses." In
consequenceeLady Frances went into the conwry for
the purpose of avoiding him, and declared slut .she,
I would not take any step without her (Mir. l'aylois)
6knowledge ; but, subsequently, Cady Franc !, was
invited to dinner witheher mother, after whiir
was left alone with Lord. Stewart, for whertiethe
young Lady acknowledged to have some imilieatieet,
when he obtained a promise of marriage feo/11 htt.—
Lady Antrim the next day instructed het Fah. itot to
prepare the necessary documents 'for the `lRwriage,.
and on the 11th of April, a Petition was p; eiented to
his:Lordship by Lady Antrim, preying a rs fdrence. to
the Master, to inquire into the settlen.erit Lady
Frances having agreed to marry Lord Ste Bart. tOrd
Stewart wrote to-Mrs. Taylor, acquainting h~r of-his
intention to offer himself to Lady Frances, bat Mrs.
Taylor gave her decided negatise' to the yrs:seceding.
In reference to ;he letter sent by Lady Frances to the
Lord Chancellor, and written 'by Mr. Whitt tri, the
Attorney, Sir Samuel submitted it must be taken is
the nature of a public- document, and therefore he
should read it. It stated in substance, that Lady
Frances had been invited .by her • mother. to dine
on the 13th of. March, when Lady Antrim vies to
have the honour of the Princeltegent's company, but
declined on account of Lord Stewart, who obt tined
leave from his Royeddlighstess to beebeeet thattlay:
Subsequently, having. met Lord Stewart by accident,
at the same plaCe, she promised him marriage. She',
also acknowledged having an attachment for the;
Noble Lord. After concluding the letter, Sir Sa-
muel Romilly briefly adverted to the affidavits filed
in behalf of Lady Antrim, in which it was declared
that she knew nothing of the attachment of Lord
Stewart to her daughter until the 16th of March,
when, on discovering that to be the case, she did say
to her daughter, -that she considered Lord Stewart
to be a match for any young Lady, howevie high in
rank and fortune she might be. She did not deny the
communication made by Mrs. Taylor, but said that
from the highly honourable character of Lord Stewart,
and being wholly ignorant .of any existing attachment'
between the parties, she treated the communication l,
with discredit. About a week after, Lady Antrim ,
acknowledged that she discovered a marked atten-
tion on the part of Lord Stewart. Mr. *Donnell,
in consequence, waited on Lord Stewart, and in-
formed
him that it would not be proper for the par-1
ties to meet at dinner, and Lord Stewart conse-
quently obtained leave of absence from the Prince
Regent, as stated in Lady Frances's letter. Lord
Stewart also denied having instructed the Lady of
high rank, to communicate the fact of his'intend-
ing to tender his hand to Lady Frances. After ar•
guing at considerable length in support of his mo-
tion, Sir Samuel observed, that from the first inter-
view, on the 26th February, till the 9th April, on
which day the consent was obtained, appeared to have
bcea the whole period of the party knowing each
other ; at any rate there was no occasion for the pre-
cipitancy evinced, and he trusted his Lordship would
refer it to the Master to see if this was a proper match.
• Mr. AZARCROMBY argued at great length and with
much ability on the same side.
Mr. HART deprecated the course pursued by the
former speakers, in exposing to the hearers the do-
mestic concerns of a family. Lady Antrim • sponte- '
neously consented not to have any communication
with her daughter. It was impossible that she could
wish clandestinely to marry her daughter, as com-
mon discretion would hinder her from interfering in
a matter of such vital importance to the happiness
of her child. He could not conceive the reason for
reading the affidavits, unless it was for the purpose
of eluding, rather than that' of stating a fact long
since past, with. which Lord Stewart had no con-
nexion, and consequently could not apply to him.—
Why had Mrs. Taylor consented to the order made
in 181&? Would the colour given to the present
affidavits warrant the conduct of 1816 ? The syno-
nymous communications were said to have created
great apprehensions. Why then not apply before
the present time ? What could be said of Lady
Antrire's.disregarding those communications in toto?
Why, from the honourable and brilliant character of
Lord Stewart, she did not believe them. The imi-
tation to dine with her mother was a high honour on
Lady Frances. Lord Stewart distinctly denied giving
any authority respecting the offer of his hand ; in
fact, he had absented himself, rather than prevent
Lady Frances beinttepsrsent. Could it then be real;y
necessary to read affidavits iu upeu Court ? In

:1.55. in Silver, &c.
Edward Smith said, he was a waggoner, taaaLlived atellfeseen.
green. On the night of .he day stated in the inditoamtvisre eat
conveying a load of copper froth Etter to mare •-•ift les&
reached Thames Ditton, and arrived at the gate of LadySu!Uvea
about one o'clock in the morning, WbeISAM: vigir
iaso dto.npai, and sisositod, " Isallob!" The vritnesrstopp •
'horses and echoed the shunt. One of theparty then cried int—
' I.l—n your eyes, silence, or we'll soon do for you." Two of
tliem, with their faces bkclstrod, then collared bins' while the
others proceeded to rob him. The prisoner he could Oscine**
as having put his hand into the left pocket of his jacket, drawn
out his prop-rty, and then carefully felt all his pockets. An
attempt was Made to get his watch, but he contrived to secret it
too well. The party were about to leave him, but one of them
said—" D--n his blood, let us feel him meant" which they did.
Witness entreated them to give him some, if not all his eon
perty back ; urging that he had worked hard to earn it. •He
begged, at least, that they would give him back his pocket-book,
containing some nvful memorazdumo They answered, that
this they would drop for him on the road aaand as they were
about to leave !anus pistol was discharged over his head. lie was
positive that the prisoner was one of the party who robbed him.
Robert Crawford said he was an accomplice; and came fur-
sea w give evidence for his oven safety. He remembered that,
OH the morning of the day on which the robbery was committed,
a thief, named Brooker, (since transported,) came to him and
proposed making. one of a gang to go out that night and rob the
Laker turnpike. They were to be joined by two others (at pre•
sent in Netvgate,) and expected to make a good thing of it. The
witness consented to go, and they met at night. Instead, how-
ever, of putting their original plan into execution, they met the
prosecutor, with his waggon, as. Thames Ditton, and agreed upon
robbing hint. (The witness here described the robbery in exactly
the same terms as Smith, but said, thatinstead of the pistol being
discharged over his head, it had gone off at some distance from
him by accident.)—Tbe pistol was broken, and the knife, comb,
&c. belonging to the prosecutor, were thrown on the road.
W. Waffron deposed, that on the night of the alleged robbery,
he heard the noise of several men at the gate of Lady Sullivan,
and on the neat day there were found, on the road side, the stock
and barrel of a pistol, a knife, comb, &c.
A man, named Potter, assisted in apprehending the prisoner.
He denied that he had concerted with Smith, or talked to him
of the reward that would result from his conviction.
Mr. Thomas Hicks was then called by the COSIMON:SranAre
in behalf of the prisoner, and his evidence petrified the Court.
He stated, that he was the proprietor of the King's Head Tavern,
James-street, Covent-garden, and had left town to transact busi-
ness at Ditton and Esher. On his way he stopped at the Griffin
Tavern, Kingston, and there learned that a Gentleman, whom
he sought, was in the Crown Assize Court, then sitting. The
witness went there, but from the immense crowd assembled he
was unable to gain admittance. He, however, stopped some
time in the passage, where, among others, he 'observed the pro-
neuter Smith, and the witness Potter. They were irt close
conversation, and he distinctly heard the latter say to. Smith—
'' If you don't swear point blank to Emmett, we shall lose every
farthihg of the money, To this Smith replied'-" Swear to
hio !—yes, tti.it I will, and nothing else !" The witness, alarmed
at such abominable proceedings, called Mr. Itibbert, a gentleman
of Kingston, to who,n he made known the fact.
M Hilbert confirmed the testimony of Mr. Hicks, who,
upon miring the infamous convocation he had related, said to
hl3l—" Good God ! is it p004:114t that the lives of men can thee
be swank away ?"
A g: eat number of respectable individuals, who bad known the
priso.ter for many eears, gave hint an excellent character. When
taken i no custody, he was found pursuing his employment.
Mr. Baum WI.OD summed up the evidence, in part Only, to
the Jtry. lie thought the story of the accomplice was more
pregnant with suspicion than ccmfirmation. But were it even
otherwise, the testimony of a disinterested and respectable wit-
ness, Mr. Hicks, was calculated to shake the whole. The Jury
were to ,ay, wheth.a. the story of an avowed thief was to be
received in preference to the evidence of the gentleman just
named, and if they could give credit to the latter; he could not
but add, that a more abominable conspiracy, or axon deliberate
act of leeway in seeking money at the expense of the life of a
fellow-creature, was never knowr..
The Jury could not suffer his Lordship to proceed, and loudly
declared themselves satisfied with the innocence of the prisoner.
The latter was instantly discharged out of custody, and, hasten-
ing from the dock to the doors, rasa up to Mr. Hicks in his way
I from the Court, fell upon his knees, and blessed him for the pre..
serration of his life. Ile assured Mr. nicks 4110, that his zeal
and humanity were not unworthily exorcised, as he knew mg
more of the alleged ruhloery than htmeelf. ,

COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 21.
1112• WAND OF CHANCERY.
TAYLOR 17. LADY ANTRIM.
In cinsequence of it being generally known that
this important cause would be argued before the
LORD CHANCELLOR this day, the Court at an early
hour became crowded to excess, so much so that it
was with difficulty the Gentlemen :f the Bar could
obvain egress and regress.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY rose to move that Lady An-
trim, the defendant, and mother of the young Lady
in question, migh.. be restrained from-communica-
ting, or having any intercourse with her, and that
Mr. M'Donnell might also be restrained from cor-
responding with Lady Frances, the Ward, or clmvey-
ing any letters or communications, or otherwise aid-
ing. or promoting the marriage, or procuring an in-
terview between the said Ward and Lord Stewart.—
It was difficult, he said, to separate the motion from
the Petition of Lord Stewart. He had a most paia-
ful duty to discharge, and he would be extremely
sorry to say any thing in the least hurtful to the
feelings of the noble parties to the cause. It had be-
come the duty of .the deponent, Mrs. Taylor, the
aunt, and one of the guardians of the young Lady,
appointed by the will of Sir Henry Vane Tempest,
to protect her niece, on grounds, to use the mildest
terms, of the defendant having attempted to procure
the marriage of her daughter to Lord Stewart, bro.
ther to Lord Castlereagh, without consulting one of
the guardians of the Ward of Court. He should best
discharge his duty by stating some of the facts as al.
leged by the deponent, in her affidavit, in which she
described herself to have personal objections to Lord
Stewart becoming the husband of her niece. If the
matter rested there, he would not say it would be
improper to refer the matter to the Master, but there
was one great objection in cases similar to the pre-
sent, namely, want of fortune. The Solicitor Gene-
ral had stated the other day, that Lord Stewart's for-
tune was such as to preclude any objection on that
score ; but it should be recollected that his Loraship
was only possessed of the life interest, and certain
other property in expectancy, part of which he would
derive in the event of surviving Lords Londonderry
and Castlereagh. The Noble Lord, though posses-
sed of considerable property, it should be kept in
view, could not make a marriage settlement it.—
With respect to the personal objections, he would not
say one word, as that would be seen by his Lordship
in the affidavits that had been filed. Amongst other
allegations in the affidavit of. Mrs. Taylor, v..a one,
in which. she alleged that the had been informed,