The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-09-11 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

THE EARL OF BERKELEY.

The following are some Ettrarts fro* the volu.
minims bp►dy of evultece given Worst be Coes.
suttee of thy bords:—

• Mr. Cacti CAltanfirro.N was savors and ex-
amined:

What are you ? A Clergyman, a'nd Vicar of
Berkeley.
What+, that paper ? A copy of the registry of
the pari.h. _

The book fres which yeu made that extract is
an old registry It *as an old irghtry.
What number itt the :registry- was that entry?
This was entered at No. 741

Wu it in iN place, following llo:73, and be.
fore 75 ? It war not

Where KM it, then ? Upon the last leaf, and the
*non; side upwardli.
Wrs there It blank betwecn 73 and 75 ? No;
there was another 73 in its place.
• By whom were you informed? By Lottl.B. '
If you hul not been told that such 'a reslibterex..
fitted, should you have sees it front a comofon in:.
Opectibo of the boat ? No, I do not think Ishouitik
Wad any petion ['tuba with you when ytitentatie
the discovery ? • Yes.
Who is that perms ? Tie is clerk, twin some
connection with Mr. Bootle 4 who ii the'Attorney,
I hplieve, of Lord Berketer.
Y.,ll'say there id II book of bads kW?
• Was there'any entilt' there ? Then; was istrentry
In the old ;loot of Mot.

Wee !list entry in its regular place, in its course
and ordes ? It was between two leaves‘pasted at
Oat: edges, and not in its course.
Was it *in the hand.writing of Hupsman ? n;
there is sesrcely an entry of bane in his hen&
writing. There may be a few, but the grilater part;
of them in other persons'.
Then the Committee bring informed that there
was a second marriage, and the Lord Berkelej, in
his place, ark uowledging the same; the Dike of
Richmond moved that Mr. M. Robinson IA celled
who produced a paper, which hesattl *aid firriet
from the registry of marriages of the paritrh7urt4!t.;
Mary, at Lambeth, in the county of
same was react, and is as follows:-- -
" No. 628.—The Right lion. Frederick Angus:.
tus Berkeley, FAH of Berkeley; •a'bittlieleror thei
parish of St. Martin in the Fieltg, htitleMset, dead
Mary Cole, a spinster, of this parish, wej mat.
tied in this church by licence, this Itfih' day uti
May, in the year 1796, by me,
" JOHN LLOYM
66 The marriage was solemnized between tear, ' !

" FREDERICK AUGUSTUS BERKELEY,
" MARY COLE.
l In the preSencts of

" WILLIAM Itrtidil
c. cahaiNG-PON. i-

The Reverend Caleb Carrington was again called
In, and produCed two books ; and was inked, itr
whose custody was the registry wirich you pro.•,
&cad I It was so far in my custody ('['fetched
from Berkeley Castle): that it was hr the enrol),
Mr. Simmons, in the evitlettee.hottseetoril Berke.
ley, and left there, at the thne'l dlsiovVind it, by
lay •'irectiiln.
Does it usually lay at Berkeley Castle? Warta
not there before I discovered the cdudealed ntstry
of marriage and bans.
How cline tney to-be deposited in.l3erkeley Casa
tle ? I thought they would be refer there in a boil
I provided for them, than lona at tbel Cottle's'.

Where were they before tbe•discivery t At the
Curateq.
Did you imagine; then, that to deposit Mehl'
Berkeley CAl(let is better (haul° *cop thefts in tho
wanner the iaw directs ? I Al'oof PtawgitielbSf.
Then Mr. VALLeAIi ruuof was erdminett.

Was ynu present it the marriage of the Earl (1.0
Berkeley, in the year 1783; as stated ill' that Pedie
greed I was present at the marriage of tItS EArl
Berkeley, on the 30th of March, 17i35:
Say whether that is your hmid-writittg%sa a sub:
scribing witness to the marriage? That is my baud.
writing.

Anil you saw it signed by the Earl of Berkeley)
I did.
And by the other subscribing witness? I did.
And lay the Clergyman, Lup►anao ? did.
Yuu were living at Berkeley at that ?• I
was uot.
It was intended to be a eon coaled marriage et that
time ? It was intended to be concealed far a short
time ; 1 understood so.
Was there. any copy of the registry given to
yourself or to Lady Berkeley I I did 10t take
way._

Was there any request to Mr. 11opstwaw to eon.
. ceal.ths marriage? Not in my hearing. I ender.
stood from my Lord, that it was Lady Berkeley's
request that it might be kept sHiretain time p secret.
Was the request made in your hearing Lord
Berkeley had requested me to keep it secret.
At what time of the day did the ft./triage take
place ? I cannot particularly mention the: prdcise
hour; it was in the morning ; whips it might be,
eight or nine o'clock; somewhere thertsabouts.
Did the marriage take piece in coast kuence of the
bans or Ireeoces ? Of bans.
Was you present upon the Sundae' before the
inirriageat the publication of the bans ? Not- the
Banday before the marriage. I was pteseut at the
publication of the bans once ; how lopg before the
marriage Icsnnot exactly say.
Do you recollect whether any oilier bass were
published on Me same day ? Yes, ati(' were other
bails. published at the same time.
'llo you recollect which were published first ? TO
She best of my recollection there weste some pub.
lished befpre Lord Berkeley's:
By whom was the body of the entry of the regis,
try written ? It was already prepared before I
went into the church for us to sign.
Whose hand-writing is it ? I caninit precisely
Sty. I have not seen the bans from that- nioment to
this. I hate not seen the books.
In what part of the book was it ? I cannot
. scribe the particulars, it is now fourteen ',Am ago;
I have been nine years abroad, and from th v multi.
Vichy of circumstances, I could not pesitiv by say
Wu it written in the course of the book r
apptitrod to me to be regular.

Du yOu mean it was artitt‘regulariy in a loaf in
tile hook ? Yeas I COUCCITO It to be entered as such
di thing Pegtii to be. '
•Thenlybil doeot abeoNect Out was a piece of
paper rut ised tamed sspitowrite it upon ? There
I:erissiubt was,not.
Adgr-esdiug to. your recollection, then, it wea...a
oonsason.smatry in the course of the book ? Year
Thomas* book was shaven to the witness, and: be
14, idpsoleng since that it really might be. It
apptaws‘iwasebow, provided this leaf •was turned
IMO wwy,• itappears to be now as it was then, with
titivilifiddrubse,ihat this was not torn frbm this part
of the boot: :Likewise, I ohseiee there is an addi-
tion of 'scat and writing on Ali Side,AiskiT do not
know any thing about.
Did ltippdar to you to, be written upon the top
or the buitom'of Oskar ? I haveeolyw feeble se•
collection of. its being one of* uutaiiie leaves.
• Did there appear to be any other • entry of mar-
riago before it ? I did not pay that attention to
,the registration of the marriage that 1 might have
dune, had I expected its being. brought forward as
kis now.

/

Was. you present at any other tuarriage of Lord
Berkeley ? I was pritent at the second marriage.
Liottwar that marriage solemnized, by bans ur
ii-
ceotte't". BY license.
Whe was present at that marriage ? M.Yvtg,
Mr. Csrr i ngt on, and the Clergyman of the Church.
Was there no other person.? The Clerk.
Did you witness the eutry.of the register of that
.marriage ? I
Ditliyou read the entry before you signed it ? Np,
I did not. .
Did yoicreadfinientry of the first' carriage be-
feve'you witotesedit? Indeed' I cannot ~rtrollect
at tinikient •
.
Theh the copy of the:registry of the second mar.
tiago .yrti aleiu to.the witness, and he was asked-
-13.0'44 to the best of your recollection, a correct
cop :? It may be.
How cAlls, you to sign the .certificate of Lord
Berkeley's marriage, he beiirg stated there to be a
40446 ,and. your, sister. a • spinster,' when you
rouesslT had before been, pretext- atAblivir former
marriage? Ant that time I was not comps of bring.
iiriletwaitd 'pacific proofs .to establish Ike firsts. I
Oviwitrett'tlillik or ask 'foils second Marritige
had previissitly-eoutialted Counsel to know whether
theiiiciatiatliarriatOwontd invalidate the first. The
atiftWit was Vo; yoti may marry. use hundred
Pines, and it cannot injure the first marriage. It
is only weonfirmation of it.
317hat,le sour name? William Tudor.-
. How came you to hear different name from
ytetv Olio"?' I was christened Tudor, and took
the name from that cause, and the desire' irritate of
my relations.
What was your. father's name ? Cole.
Did you ever go by any other name ? I never'
I sigileettiy•eit. ottiPr4ise t him Wm. Tetlur.
Vol say you have been abroad ? I have. I had
the borkeur of serving utilkw his Royal Highness the
ke of York two campaigns.
There.wai anther person a. witness besides your.
self:
,did you attest the mister first, or did the
.other person.? To. the best of my recollection I
signed first.
Iluw did the other? fie could not write.'
*hat was he? I really cannot- say what.

Ifitetryekticnow nothing of the man either before

er. since:? ..clothing.
Kr. Francis Townshend,,Windsor.ileraltis; pro-
duced several extract's froth the registry of tlielfterisli
of St. George', Hanover.square, iu the county of
Middlesex, tatifying that baptismhasliteen adminis.
'tete& to several children of the FlairEnt Berkeley,
aud;Mary Cole that church,. ara.., Jan. 1787,
Mattel 1788,, March 1789; and at SE Martin's in
.the Ficid'i, July 1793, and March 1795 ; but the
register of 1796, stated, " Right Hon. Thomas
`Fittliatdinge, Lord' Dursley, son of the Right lion.
:Frederick Augustus Earl of Berkeley, and Mary
Cisaatdas of Berkeley."
The ?fervid was then asked—
,lnthe pedigree offered to the Committee, you state
William, the son of Lord Berkelny, as. commonly
called Lord Donley ;. have you any: authority for
that entry —None, except the authority of ford
'Beileley, add that Of the registry
.9f Berkeley,
which I had seen, ei the marriage liming. beau
.celebrated at Berketey, In. !?13& tiptin that-
'groutuf, and upon the information of Lord Berke.
ley together, I thought myrell authorised to insert
k hr the preetigree.
Teti have read now an entry from the registry of
the parish of St. Martin, in whieli• there is another
entry Of Lord Dursley ?—I have, but since the first
marriage remained in my mind.
had you any evidence of the other ping by the
`,dame of Lerd Dinsley.l—No.
There trre not two registers of the baptism of this
~eftildi hr. IW-ottrish.;'.of• St. Makin's. in the Fields ?
1/4 tilt Ibis* lAa Cave rod. .

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A fete-der age Jells found at the bottom of a
*tll la the eastlo of Carlisle, which was cleaning
out! and at the depth of 84 feet, s very cartons
medal, which must have been struck in commemo.
ration of the victory gained by the Duke of Cum-
berland over the roirels, in 1745. It appears to he
a composition of copper and tin, or such like
Metals. Ou one side is a head of the tlukoof Cum-
berland, crowned with laurel ; and on the reverse
a number of baked and tinned Men' in flight, and
the inscriptioni " The Pteteader's and Rebels'
Race for Life, 1745." •
All the reports of our Agricultural Correspond-
ents, as well as. those derived_ front other sources,
concur in stating, that the ctortior Wheat, barley,
and oats, are extremely luxuriant and abundant.—
Every species of pulse, potatoes, and turnips, have
been equalls productive with the grain ; nor has
the latter exhibited any appearance of mildew. The
harvest has generally and eery auspiciously corn'.
menced in this neighbourhood. During the last
fortnight a great deal of corn has been well got in.
—(Nottinghaln. Review.)
At Queen-square Police-office yesterday, two
young women of respectable appearance werefollp
committed to Newpte for trial, charged. with hart.
ing stolen seven gold spits and a gidd watch .chatio'
from a silversmithl shop in tridge-stteett
minter.

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PO LICE.
Masstom-liousx.—Yesterday, a boy named
Norton, who follows the occupation of a custer.
monger, was brought up for examination, charged
with stealing, on Saturday last, a gold seal, in the
shop of Mr. Taylor, a jeweller, in LeadenhaH.
street. The Prisoner had gone into the shop under
pretence of wishitm to purchasf a gold seal; .* num.
ber were shewn to him, and ha. contrived tb secret
one in his breeches pocket. He was seen in the
fact by a lad in tile shop, and .the seal found .upon
him.

Re was fully committed for trial..
A. boy, 13 years old, named .Oakley, who had
been employed as pot.boy and tapster, at the
George Ptiblic-libuse, io lloundsditch, was brought
up on a charge of having robbed his master; who
having repeatedly missed money from his bar, and
having seen with the boy a silver wittOli, which he
thought he could have no lunsest !meths to purchase,
immediately charged him with the theft, but pro.
mised if he would confess the whale, he should be
treated with mercy. The • buy acknowledged his
thefts to considerable amonat, and on . searching
his box 3pwards of 131. were found, all; of which
he acknowledged to have stolen at different times
from his master's till. lie was remanded for further
etatnidatleit:'

GthroaleAtt•:.... Yesterday William flick:, a
black seams; who, had lost an army appeared at
,dlia.bar, wearing a. medal gAined.by fighting At the
battle of the Nile. Has was charged with disor.
derJyl condact at the door of a respectable inhabit-
ant of 'lLiii4litastrect, and it • appeared that • his
martial dispoiiition badofrequently gtvetr this offiters
gnat trouble. He was discharged.,,bat.threatened
with. severe punishment in Bridawetlii if he was
'brought up again on a similar charge.
A4O okdecent appehrance swore:. her, illegiti-
mate child to a young man, named Wethern. The'
Defendant offered to pay 101. to the parish, but
that sum
.was not' considered 'enough, and he was
reluctantly obliged to enter- into a bond• with the
Parish Officers to allow a proper maintenance.
At the Public-Office, Whitechapel, yesterday,
' Was. Edwards was charged by Robert Roberts, a
seafaring man, with rubbing him of 781. ss. in me-
ney; his peoperty, by breaking open his box on
board a vessel its the river. lie was fully committed
to Newgate for trial.
liow-mmaT.—Yesterday morning John Barnett
and James Kingston, were brought before the
'Sitting Magistrate, Mr. READ, on suspicion of
having stolen a quantity of lead. They were re.
mantled for further examination.

Saturday four fishermen were charged before the
Lord Mayortat iheMansion.house, by John R-ough,
Assistant Water Bail►ff, with using unlawful nets.
His Lordship ordered the nets to be destroyed, but
•onitcount of' their families, and their promising
not offend again, forgave them all the fine, ex.
cept Jbkl: Goodrick, he being an old offender) was
convicted in the penalty of 51.

By a vessel wn. . sal, from HeligolanOL,
ginnilg of last week, accounts have been reepived:
*that :t great alarm prevailed' among the Britiali in...
habitants 'of that Island:- An immediate attack
,hys
'a French fines was apprehended, the objert oil
which was to destroy the merchant% storehouses,,
which, iris sald,'could be.effectt;d without the ene-,
my Uniting. It wit understood that a considerable
light naval force was collected at Antwerp, fur this
pnrpbse, and that the attack might be soon expected.
They who ire one the spot slicialds esertaiinly' lie-tcder-
able pidaus of the feasibility of an. attempt of this
nature, but we have always understood that Haligo-
land was invulnerable to,a coup de mar'or or an At.
tack by sea. It is probable, however,.that the ne.
cessary precautions will,. it not alreadff he!. taken
to quiet the apprehensions of these Gentlemen.
The body of a man apparently about sixty years
of age, diessed genteely in ?Arch, was picked up on
Sunday evening id Chekea.reach, and cuitveyed on
shore to be owned: Thu deceased was discovered,
by a letter found -in his pocket, to he a Mr.
Clicaveney, a man of indepondant property,, who
had lodgings at Hammersmith, and who was for-
merly_ a cutler in, the City. -He was a man of eccen.
Ark habits, and at intervals was insane. He drank
four glasses of brandy and water ad a.publie-house
.at Slilbairk on Saturday afternoon, and he was
afterwards seen wandering on the bank: A valu.
able watch was found in his pocket, but no money.
On Sunday evening, about eight o'clock, a well.
,ilressed man, alcompanied by his wife and her sister,
was driving in a gig, with a spirited horse, rapidly
down Highgate-hill, and being rather intoxicated,'
be attempted to turn short into Maidea-lane, lead-
lattowards Pancras; but he had scarcely entered
the !sue when the gig was upset, threw its company
,into the road, and very nearly' overwhelmed in its
All two gentlemen, with their wi•ves and families,
.who were accidentally passing an foot •at the mo.
went, and had not tithe to get out of the way. The,
driver was thrown with great violence against the
ground at the.feet of one of the gentlemen, who
had just presence of mind to snatch away his son, a
little boy of six years old, and who must have boot;
died, hadAhe mart fallen.un him. The horse got
entangled in the harness, and plunged so violently,
as to excite considerable alarm in the ladies near
him, and who had not room to elealie. The
unfortunate driver was taken to an adjacent public.
house, to await surgical assistance, but with little
hopes of recovery ; tun' his
.female e.ompasions
were very severely bruised and wounded by their,
fall, particularly in their faces, which were stream.
tug with blood:
A bookseller in a country town, who had ac-
quired a considerable property by his trade *and by
dealing its rags, some time ago opened a Bank.
For this purpose, he erected sit eitensive mange of
buildings, in which were comprehended his former
shop—a large warehouse—and—the New Batik.
On' the front of a cellar, on the other side of the
street, which formeidy served ilehis warehouse, ap.
.
pears the following inscriptitirt .tit
.Thiti is to how
, •
notice, that the rag bustness, house lie'. how
tarried on at the shop opposite."
From a recent investigation of the Atagistra. cy it
plaip,lyy•
lawared that, the I,lzokzegior the forre9t en
of uheria stood` iCrtii

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