The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-08-03 00:00:00

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NORTIMRN CIRCUIT.—Yonn, JULY 31.
CRISS. OSC-1114MA L AMY.
• WARR-U.l:v. ANDIRSON.
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Mr Scan amt. stated, that the plaintiff, John War
rell, 'Eli , a Linteaantain his Majesty's Navy. brongh
hie attion against the difeadant. WI liam Sanderson,
who i- a school-master at 1...t.10. f.. mover a ernapon-
Nation in damages for the sidoetion of the isl 'Wirt
v if.. No damsels were laid in the declaration, be-
close (observed the Learned Counsel) the demotes
conlil best be measured by thir inlnry sustained. The
Learned Counsel prefaced his address by challenging
the most vigilant suspicion and jealousy of the fir-
comstairial evidence whieh he should adduce. The
plaintiff (Lieutenant Worrell). after foreleg many
years is a Lieatenant is die Navy, end being digt,.'
pointed in his hopes of proniotiost bad thought pre.'
per to retire from the service Gimp, a small intlepends
eat income, just solficieit 'to euppore Mtn in the resit
of a Dentleman, to which be was loaded by birth,
education, and a. rPOoVitathis, in the year
!SOO, he llted fino pearls . , .of Portsmouth,
Where, he benne@ ,sequin Oa% the lady whoa,
unforinate alienation of noise* affections, wit
the 'object of this action. the was the object of
his earliest love, and Afterwards' bonen his wife.—
They wen married la frompshire 1s 1800, and their,
onion for many years was marked by the most tender
and intend affection: three children were the hall
traits of week. 'Previous tttjils Madman qv
log the Navy,,and subsequently JeLthat paTtod, the
lady. bad brought him three others, See of sibi4
children, sons asd daughters, are now Ilviog. Akir
he quitted Portsmouth hp jams to reside near Walt'
in 180. am/4pm the il:tio oplieir niarrlagein 180
to 1815, no rain Sok teat reason to he satisfielk
fOr no woman could be store, affectionate lath ailt
.site al d mutter; anti no min more hippy as a hue.
be. d In 1812, Ureic children. respirlog education,
choice was usarleof necluol at Aberford, and the
fesdatat, although sOlweier to Mr. and M rs. ill'oryp,
74-ille eirnirtuieyirof zsodin4 'theft 0110,40,,,
I
IV. Siorlitrin, tillip, itypt 0 *chocolat that 01,4 ,eta
_diked', serafrpittieltetween, the defeadiot aml the
piaiotilts, wife.
i'lieCtieqiaiotance beteini the 'ft.'
Unity of the, plaited!: 004 the tiefeadant (*So is bliri
self a married ion, with four children) gradaallyisSa
proved. The• plaintilif,Jor some reason, about tlke
yea;
.1814 or, 1813, thought . roper to rensove,loStts
milj_froin the; otiiihbouri, ." of flan to Iseeth,l., fie?
ai
:atm-wird: Sooderpon thp4 ' proper b' .intiptivt*
school to Ciatleton-Iscrese, wfsicli'Ll.oltelit dirStritge:p
froM Lewis, whether with the intention' 'of psi,reitlrtg
the unhappy object of his unlawful *usability, Oil
nut enetly appear, but so it was, and the children 4
4eplaimilf, two bop._ remilned at Ids sehool till the
rat till. , Notirees 1815 and 16, after the 1441'01
... , •
and hie fassilyteante to Leeds, circumstances of sus-
picionynee in the uniod:Virtfire plaintit. who felt his,
domestic felicity ioterrepted, the cense of which bad
doubtless fur some time previously existed, as would be.
~apparent from sir miniver, whiett would be kft.tatlipl
lodgment of the Jail: The plaintiff now begat to eryj;#l
tale strong satigitoil that hit wife's iffeeiluis Lea
seduced by theZsieadine, but which were deemed fa-•
seadheint to Jewett,• his bringing the defendant, be-
•fore a Jury. ; TAe defendant's v" became more
frequent trilhe,ladvespacially at intervals of the hos-
band'aabsertea tromp his house; these circuinstasees of
suspicion, altbilstgli sock is to folly warrant a snare:
'tin from hliNiffel were yet deemed not safficient wheni
it became necessary fo monk his legal adviser as tta
what evisleoce was seeessary tosabstantiste adultery so
the eatiifaetioa ofarlary. It was one thing to say what
..-radvive could 'Addy a Court of Justice, aid soother
what would wareast separation between the perties.;--
It was not until a very recent period atibsecinent to the
separation, which,took place uq the, plaintiff agreeing
to allow her 80/. per annum for her maintenance, on
coaditioa that she delivered up all letters that bad passed
between her and the defendant, which she everted she
,Len did ; so that the plaintiff's attorney. now in Court,
was enabled to produce the evidence which it was hoped
would prove conclusive. This short outline would ex-
plain why the action was not commenced when the
plaintiff separated from his wife in 181111. The plaintiff
haying occasion to go to London in 1815, sad being a
few wee.:s absent on private hosiers% the defendant bad
-Leconte a constantontitor to his wife, which somehow
connected itself with the birth of her last child in 1818,
' though under circumstances impossible to be proved.—
Many occurrences might past between husband and
wife, which could not be brought before a Court of
'Justice. There are irresistible proofs of the alieoation
ofd site's affections to satisfy the husband, which would
not satisfy a Jury; ouch as her not chewing the same
attention to her husband and her family anise bad done
before. Now, a letter was discovered, in the Defend-
ant's band writiog, under circumstances extremely
mysterious, to which the Plaintiff's mind attached the
strongest suspicion. That letter, although it might not
sr isfy the Jury, yet satisfied the husband that his
• ‘ll tfe's affections had been seduced. Those who were
conversant with- human nature, could beat know what
• circumstances would excite jealousy where lure had
once possessed the breast; and how impossible. whet,
Amor suspicions were once excited, that a Oentleman
coui.l live under the same roof with a woman who load
dishonoured his bed, although, perhaps, he could not
produce evidence of that fact, to satisfy a Court ofJus-
ti -e. The plaintiff keowing he could not substantiate
Lie charge of adultery, vet thinking he could no longer
WI hilli t to the painful situation In which lie felt himself
placed, alert:lined to separate from his wife, in order
that lie minis judge from her future conduct bow
far he might taly upon these suspicions sii h which
his mind was unhappily imp d. It was finally
agreed that from henceforth they should live apart,
she going to reside at Aberford, and her husband
.at Thorparch; and that the youngest child, burn the
preceding year, should accompany her. The special
cooditios of her allowance of 801. was, that she should
give up all letters of Mr. Sanderson'. hut be had so
incautiously expressed himself in all those letters of
hot uoe which subsequently fell into the hands of the
the husband, as to make it impossible that those
letters alone could be made the subject of evidence
in a Court of Justice. la reading the first of these
letters, the July would be ready to admit, that no si-
tuation could be more miserable, than that of a hus-
band haring ground of suspicion to fonts conviction
on his mind, of a nature so imperfect as to be told, ou
coosolting his lawyer, that it was impossible to bring
forward that circumstantial evidence, but at the risk
of prejudicing his chatter's, an aggravating his owe
nisery.

AI r, Sergeant fluLiocrr for the defendant, eoatend.