The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

REMARKABLE TRIAL
GL

Sm=ir v. S.

UCESTER

of a certain Sir Hugh Smyth, I

outline of

1 WMCI

life. It 1
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old, with

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hich occurred a few y
t of Justiciary, in Edinburgh, I
the Crawford and. Lindsay peel

.oman named Reed ; that

removed from this place by Grace, Sir Hugh's butler—the
person who was accused of eoncealing from Sir Hugh the
fact of his son's being
from varic

titer receiving instruc
quartera, he was entered at Winchester

lege as a commoner, under Dr. Goddard. His bills not
being paid, he left Winchester in 1810, and was advised by
Dr. Goddard to proceed to London, and call on the
Marchioness of Bath, who, with Lady Isabella Thynne,
had been accustomed to visit him when at school. The
marchioness refused to give him any information re-

specting his mother, but put him in possession of a sum
to the amount of £l4OO or £l5OO in notes, which had
been left him by the mother. Shortly after this he
travelled, assumed the profession of a lecturer on educa-
tion, and afterwards came to England, where he became

communication to the tenant of the estate,

It is not

cumstances, the falsehood of which- became graduall
apparent under the searching examination of Sir
Thesiger. It will be sufficient to proceed at once to th

startling termination of one 01

le mosl

ar cases

that has ever been brought into a court of justice. The
first decisive blow given to his story was when it was
shown that a letter in his handwriting, sealed with the
Smyth seal, was dated the 13th of March, he baring
before sworn that he did not obtain an impression of the
seal before the 17th, and had then to get it engraved.
What defence he would have made at this point in the
evidence it is impossible to say ; he turned pale, and re-
quested permission,to retire.
,At this moment, when the

telegrx

phic Message from London brought

the news that the police had discovered that the plaintiff
had applied to an engraver at 361, Oxford-street, in
January last, to engrave the Bandon crest on the ring
which had been produced as a relic, and the words "F.
Goofing" on a brooch, which he had sworn he had had in
his possession as another family relic for years.
Upon this a dramatic scene occurred. The plaintiff
admitted that this was true, and Sir F. Thesiger sat
down deeply moved. The court was hushed in silence.

After this Sir F. Thesiger rose again, and said he
should not spare his feelings longer. He then elicited
that at the time he (plaintiff) had sworn he was ill (for 18
months in 1811) the plaintiff had been lying in Ilchester
(Somerset) gaol, under sentence for horse-stealing. He
had been sentenced to death, but the sentence was com-
muted.

The plaintiff was then ordered into custody on a charge
of forgery and peijury.
Mr. Bovil having thrown up his brief, and expressed
his regret at his having had anything to do with the case,
Sir F. Thesiger said he had no doubt that Mr. Shad-
well and Mr. Catlin (the attorney) had been both grossly
imposed on.
The plaintiff was then removed in custody to Glouces-
ter gaol.

The Globe contains the following, in reference to the
above, which arose out of an audacious attempt made by
an impostor to establish a claim to the heirship of two
baronetages, involving property to the amount of £20,000
a year :

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ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGEX(

ILMENTS.-

of Ash

void by
a, W. Atkii

[d by death of
mbermere. Val

licensed b 3

VACANCY

DRAYTON

tev.

I Rev. F. E. Arden, 8.A., to the I
ham, Norfolk,
7 P Arn niii fn

Rev. J. Bwznal, to the CuT-a—c7
Rev. J. W. L. Bampfield, ILA
Imaum, Jamaica.
Rev. A. Bradaell, 8.A..

the cc

Vicaracre of St. Alartin.at-Palace of ,
X
Rev. T. Brooke, to the Vicarage ory
of B Rev. J. Buckley, M.A.. to the Recto
Hon. and Rev. F. N. Clements, M.AStockton-on-Tees, to an Hon. Canonry
Rev. G. B. Dawson. to the _

e, Co. Cork. -
?lain of H.M.S

y, Co. Kerry

ar of Norton, near
)urbam Cathedral.
ary of Gilbertstown, united

to Aghadoe, Countv ,
Rev. J. Dowdsley, to the Curacy of Killiabee, Co. Longford
npnßr ev. E. K. Elliott, ALA., to the Rept,..... •-•-
Worthing._

howeve

iroadwater

'erdict of " Wilfulit
s lodged in the coup

y and forty year-s-Waga°el
e of Arragon.

CROBTIAN

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well of his mod

ad at ti;eroots

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look g

horse tind twc

iced Lutrul
with blood. Ins
" !Ind found the

Whole div
wiling the

a varying conflict

ie head

tg his deatt
The jury

Lord Alf

of Cambridge

lay upwards of 40.00

sham eng4

• VISI i•-•
,Cment took place, but th tecin„ tEe. ea"Th(L ori
oops were much impeded by the e —avelten, --P. A
One man in each regiment on Hi,. crowd of :b8 of the

crowd
,tied

uniforms and kit, which it is
Wearn
introduced into our service. The area}
in the new dresses w

Vectars.
e the new
'e gerterary

'etmholeel-lrltted1;11;o1141te and outworks, which have
~._ —.Luce of -the men :--06.,_,,Ilitegne, naifoinreadsoe,twillhan
ni:otilhriee:taiizeien regime Tester-
been thrown up round the canp, were to be stormed and
blown up by gunpowder,
.dnring the operations of the),
grand field-day. To-day 'trill also witness the performanep
Of a grand sham battle, and to-lnerrir the same again,
daybi)i.' ct
ua
thegrees aciwtuloirl epbrouofvt
This latter day will be the last field-clay which is ever
likely to take place at Chobham, since hest year the whole
On Thursday the troppil
first division leave, and on Saturday "-cuing the whop
lovfilltherescotr
anodn wpillrepbaereenfcolroszte
ir
march.
On
Friday
the
encampment will.