The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-15 00:00:00

7112 211111 V. WILKTS.

Mr. Anocenus moved for • role to show comae
why a criminal ;iformation should not be filed
against William Wilkes. It appeared, tbst for the
space of two years, !Men of the most abusive and
hideout nature bad bete sent to the females of a
family at Gravesend, and that some persons were
indoced to suppose that litey were written by Mr.
Cruder, a very respectable solicitor, who resided in
that town. At last, however, they wen believed to
come from Mr. Wilkes; and the present application
was made by Mr. Credits and his mother.
T►e Court, after hearing the affidavits, said, that
this application would give t►e parties an opportunity
of setting themselses right in their own reighboer-
heed; and that, if the facts were denied, the ordi•
nary tribenals of the country would be open to
them for further proceedings. Tbry did not consider
it necessary, therefore, to grant a criminal informs.
tine in this caw.

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CONSISTORY COURT, MAT 14.
TEAS= V. MULL

This was a gait of divorce, lesliteled on the pert
of Simon Fraser, Esq. of t►e Island of Beak*, by
reason of adeltery, spinal his wife, the daughter of
Beittlebenk, Faq. formerly Cavalier of that
place. The marriage took place in the month of
September, 1801, at Bethke, and they bad subse-
quently three c►ildree. le 1814, they awe to Log-
land. In conseqemsce, we Witte, of some pees-
platy embarrassments, Mr. Fraser, la 1815, meet out
to Batavia as a free matinee is the service of the Fast
India Compaoy. The Ledy, about the same time,
returned to limbic'', ender the are and peeteetiou
of Mr. Thome. Britilebank, a Gentlemen ►eatisg
the same name as Mrs. Situate Fraser before her
marriage, and with whom the adaltery was commit-
ted. Then parties speedily revisited England, and
in Tattoos parts of the country Med and cohabited
together es man and wife; they had one child bore,
at Litchfield, le 1815, seethe: at Alsop's.beildiegs,
in the New-road, in 1816, both of whom they se-
verally acknowledged on various occasions to be
theirs. Tbey afterwards resided for about a fortnight
at the Golden.eross, Charing-cross, where Mrs. S.
Fraser was traced sod recognised by ►er brother-In.
law, Mr. Ales. Frame. These were the priocipal
Isms of the case, sod have been already et some
length before the Public. A. action was brought at
common law by Simon Frew, Egg. (appearing by
prosy, in consequence of beiog compelled by hed-
ges. to remain is leas) against Btittlebank, the De-
feedaet, who suffered jedgestot to go by default, end
doe damages were assessed at 12501.
Sir WILLIAM SCOTT, is comeseetleg epee Wpm.
rel testier of the evidence, observed, Met theist* of
the marriage between Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, he Sep-
feebler, 1801, was clearly made oat ; that It was
equally certain that the parties continued to live end
co►abit together for some years afterwards, till cir-
cumstances, and the peculiar state of their affairs,
rendered it necessary for them to coma to England ;
and that in 1815, Mr. Fraser went to the Esse Indies.
Now the Court considered it to be satisfactotily
stated, that be bad been resident there ever since, the
prosy 'steeled by him beeriag date so lately as the
9th of August, 1818; it was therefore morally ea.
osier, that any children borne by Mrs. Fraser since
1815 Were not her harbend's. The *sty vivifies
the* tensed open the personal identity of Mrs. Fro-
set, rho bad bad, since that period, two children. It
appeared, that with the Mr. Brittlebank under whose
protection she went out to Derbies, in 1815, and
who was onto( the four attornies appointed by her
husband for the management of his property le Bet-
hke, she returned to England, and bad remained un-
interruptedly connected ever since. Now the tri-
dent* easels of the deponents was so positive as to
esteblish Mrs. Fuser's identity beyond contrediethro;
it really seemed equally indubitable, that Mr. Fraser
bed had no accent's berme since 1815 ; and the coo-
section between ►er and Mr. Britilebank admitted of
no doubt. Under all these circemstances, the Coed
could not hesitate to grant the husband the sentence
he prayed for.

Yesterday =prolog, between el►ven and twelve
o'clock, as a farmer's out, leaded with vase, was
'Meg aloag Oaford-street, It was followed by a num.
ber of children, who wen pleekiag some dowers
that wore wised with the grass. The driver bequest.
I, waved them away, which they disreprded ; at
With a stns little girl, le attempting to reach op to
the cart, was throws under the wheel and crabbed to
death. The driver (to whom no blame could be Im-
poled) was epprelmoded and monveyed to the watch.
boost, sod the body of the child token to an adjoin.
log public-house for a Coronet's Ingram.
A few sights back, between tight and nine o'slork,
Mr. Ilestiops, a jeweller, of Pentenville, returning
from a friend's, in Stormy, was met In the I.owdow•
road, St. Geeree's.fields, by a man who entered into
conversation with him, till they came to a lonely past
of
the reed, when he levelled a blow at Mr. Hastings
which almost knocked his down, and then spade a
sadden pelt at his wstch•chsin, which broke, end he
only obtained port of the chain anti four geld seals,,
with which he ran ovraj. Mr. H. raised as. alarm,
grad t weconssahle. perinea the thief, and appreaewded
him with the properly. He was folly commit•d.
A few dart ago a poor woman, named Petards!,
residing in Castly.street, Canterbury, at her *situ
hoer, put her family, ennbioing of fuer children, to
bed, ell in good health, het en vane to her or w•
rest, and tiling the last look at her children before
retiring, she found her yooneetit Child, ot...st tarn
years of age, dead, with an older child lying ecru=
its stomach, and Ike,. is ton meth season I. tUritelle
that this pigmy's cassia his death.

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