The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-12-19 00:00:00

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THE STATESMAN:

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la* MINA toIGVIKE. her to Cho ionsa:.payieo, While a Marti WO Plaintiff- Walt pet. i Vetdidt for the Plaintiklamagei 471.55.
I knitted to come to lendopf. r jostrUction. It was I The cases adverted to were, a recent one of Cowie
COURT op CHANdERY,Dec.• 18.. ! thought tit she* should:gp toWeymouth . for sea- 'v. Barber, which was a cprestion upon a South Sea Li-
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WADE '1). sceoviron. • 1 bathing, and'. t> happened that Mr. Baseley ar- . cence ; .I.ulibnck v. Potts, 7 East. 449 ; and Hobbs
This thy Mr. Charles Henry Bewley and Mr. ' rived at ih'iOsanse Ocoee on the- 4th of Octo. v. Hamm; 3 Camb. 93.
listelter, one of his assistants, in the elopetneat with ber ; they sow. each other seldom, and it did not
Miss Wade, attended the Court in pursuance of the occur to the' uardians that Mr. Baseley would take I COMMON JURY,
Lord Chancellories order, to answer for a contempt this child out of their care. By the means of cor- BRYANT v. • coin.
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of Ms Lordship's authority. • rupting servants- he contrived to elope with her oni. ...This was an action agoinst the Defendant for vio-
Public curiosity was much excited by this most in- the 12th of Octefier ; and here, the Lord Chancel- lently assaultiug -nil healing the Plaintiff upon his
teresting case. The Court was thronged to excess, for observed, he could not help, saying, that it ap.. back, arms, and other parts of his body, on the Ist
nod many of the auditors were Ladies. • . peered to him, from all he had. heard and read, that of May, 1814, on board the Marquis of Huntley
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it will he remembered, that the Lord Chancellor, there was as concerted plan
,to carry her off. She East lodiaman.
when this case was last before him, was pleased to went to Kensington, and was restored to her guar- ' The. Defendant pleaded, Ist, Net Guilty, and,
express that it might be his duty to direct a prow,- diens ; it then became necessary to apply, to this 2d, that he was Second Mate on board this ship,'and
tiro, to he commented against the parties-by the At- Court for her protection. Every step the Court the Officer then in cemmasid of the watch that the,
tortsey.General. In the mean time they were al. could take to protect her was made, but iteefforts• Plaintiff was a mariner on board that ship, ipd that'
lowed, if they were so dispelled, to . file affidavits as to that end had been based by a second conspireey. the Defendant, in the character of Seam', Mite,
to the respective share they had taken in the affitir; —The marriage of a ward of this Court was ar ton. had the care send Chat!ge of the ship, and it was his I
_ It tippers they availed themselves of his Lordship's tempt in itself,. but in this case the parties had gone duty to maintahOtocid 'oder and discipline on beard,
permia.ion, and on this occasion they all had filed further. Every body reading the affidavits on'both end- that the Plaintiff was behaving himself in an:
atTrdas its, which went flatly to contradict the deposi- sides, would my there had been a conspiracy.eisuch improper winner, and that he (Defendant) ha& a
flans on the part Of those who supported the appli- a nature existing between the time of the first and right to punish him• in the manner Compleined 0f.0.-
cation to she Court against them. It was stated, second elopement as.required the Chancellor to seed Upon this pier issue waijeincd. . .
that Mr. Baseley had not used any deception with re- the proofs before the Attorney-General. How•that It from the evideact of fear witnesses. 1
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Insect to the equipage he employed to carry off Miss Officet.wouldtleal with the case. was another ques. @Omitted on the part of the Plaintiff; that We (Plain-1
Wade from Weymouth. He represented that the;.tion! Hie Lordship detailed the mierete " eircam. tiff) acted awe musician on board the Marquis of
. Splendid livery Spoken of, was no more than a plain stance of the second elopement, and having clear. Huntley indittmett; and that the Defendant was Se.
'Abet cloth, 'With silver lace; his situation was de.:;iy -riled the contempt of Coed, observed, with Via Mite. On the Ist of May, 1814, the ship be.
scribed to be different from that of, a mere advents- j•respect to. Mr. Bewley and Mr. .Barker, then big then in the neighbourhood of the Cape Of Good
ref. He expected property from his father, and was attending, -!'t When remember what.,bie .been ..Hope, the Plaintiff was employed with others of the
entitled to some front his mother's family. It Was. done, I should not d.o.pty duty if I hesitated one me- ship's crew, in scot, eritng the gun deck, but, before 1
not true that servants were hired for. the purpose of
,toeut to sly they must both.be cemented ta as he had begun the duty he was required to do, he Wes'
carrying Miss Wade away.. The. general. statement Ceitody-of the Wardep of litsi-Fteet .for contempt. detected in making water on the deck. The Third',
in behalf of Mr. C. H. Bantry, teasthis :—lsis With' respect to the.cortums of ibis 'young Lady, it • Mate being then in command on the gun-deck, mil
failiet end mother came lo town oithe. 24th of Sep. l'itriltlMthe duty:of 'this Court to make her owner of ported him•to the Defendant, who was on the upper
' leather to settle some pecuniary, business, and they 1 evert Wiling of Sher property, and give her the deck, and the Plaboiff was immediately brought opl
conceiv,ed the project of sending, their .son and his ' ponertoiliapose of it. It is my duty to ,lake care, ; stairs, when the Defendattt ordered the boatswain'. i'
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:.sister to a aei.port for the benefit of sea-bathing. I 4 that if woman,. a ward of this Court, has been . mate to .give him a4' d--.--d and starting." Uponl
By accident
.they preferred W.erriouttis and ,went fotalifily persuaded to elope from- her protectors, 1 whichlltehoars naie took athree.inch rope, a fithoUt
' there. ' Mr. Harleeke,,n gentleman sulusinted with., mitt, forma matrimonial contract, she shall at, least : long, and belaboured the Plaintiff with it until 'he 1
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:Ilia th..a.;_bmirms for Ar. BroightoOA, the guarttian., kaait 4k the advantages of her fortune which the law : fell appintntly faiuting• upon the poop. He had
'l+l'Miss Wade, knowing that Mr. Charles Hitply I givei her." -The --Lord 'Chancellor concluded by then received 40 blows, when the Defendant ordered
Baseley was going to Weymouth, gave him a letter saying there had been a gross breach of the law, ! the boatswain to renew his task, crying ota it keep
of ' introduction,. ai his, particular friend, to Mr. wkich expired the interference of the Attorney. ion ; d---') him, cat his heart out." He received
Broughton, and entiesiettisini With a letter to the I General. If that Officer found a prosecution could eight or nine more bloirs, when the Plaintiff appear.
time gintlemadint builuelit.... Mr. Hurfocke declared ibe sustained Open public principtes, and that ex. -tag tellnk under'the punishment, the Defendant or.
..be never thought of writing the letter before he ample. should be made of the parties, he would en- dered the botittwain to :desist. The man was then
'knew 'Nit. liiseley was goiOg to Weymouth, when 1 doubtedly institute such. a prosecution. His Lord- I taken below by two of his messmates, who stripped
he formed the 'design 'Of availing' himself of Mr.
I ship was decidedly of ^opinion that it would,he a greet i.him end dressed his bruises (which appeared to
he se.
•Beseley's sereices. Mr.. Batiley seer the young lady, dereliction of duty if he did not direct.the attention i 'ere). with warns vinegar: For three or four days
,Mls. Wade, 'at Weyitiooth, 'on the 'gilt of Otteberi, -Gelb* ffittbrney-General to be Called to ihti ipat untie "to he :wet u 'to do any duty, to cat his
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WWI he reeelved an inipression a regitid,
god far., and thertifOyelse ordered all the affidavits to be- laid Iviessiels, or lift iris. bends to his head. Two of the
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Oil tint farmed thedeiliti to ettgafieherlifilii.
in rontiegitenies4( that design'
bilearried her
'of et the 12th:. • Tbe'allidevitit of the other piffle.
were itated fry Counsel 'they-all denied any oonspi.
• to ' ewL v Nrsti 'Wlde foe' the iperposi of

hefoire the itorney,Genervl. -
Mr. Baseley and Mr. Elarkeiiiierviglien conveyed
le the Fleet.
The proceedings lasted daring the day.

, wittsetaes admitted,- on ciossiesamination, that they
were at this momccit receiving a weekly allowance
from .Groiernmeat tirmaiiinvin them pending informa-
tions at the instance of the Customs against the De.
fetichist, and other officers of tke darquis of Hunt.

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reify [olakof
am flying-Net fcr''Mr INtsetey Th improbabilNi bf
auctialcinspiracy, Recoiling' In the 'aighaftwais 'ad:l
thief& was strikiag,. opOrt the fact, that Mr baby]
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COURT OF ICING'S BENOIT, I:OF.$.
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SPECIAL MIRY.

ley, for smogelihs,
The Arraltg rSr.:Gr ir.RllttatlVessed the Jury with
Ms usual ingenuity, en the• part of the Defendant,
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and proceeded'

had hi en In to pai for Ids journey.
It *as also alleged,`lWitk ilk.' Broughton, whose if-
' - 2d tifithfai•- fiact .diliClosed all the

GRANAIt V. Initt.l6.
Thie yas action apinst the Defendaatas !sc-
ot f• lifts Or Ezehtir Mind 6th

. to con the following witnesses :---Mr.
John Thacker, the Third Mate ;. Wm. ht‘ppenell,
the DeCendant't urgent; Mr.'itlets. Wirarlane, the

idasit'ir the this'morith __ ___ _
panithlars of &JAW, -conduct, had not 'acted
falai. Tito letters, which he had written to Mrs.
Baseley after her- marriagei were illid, as a prbo(
*rim ihed -

cPpfor iour Bil, _ _ Ake', viz. one
:'Norentbei, 8E44 payable. ite days 'after
date ; another 7th November, 1810, for 1509, leer-
able 70 days after date ;`thls thiral 1140o0osber,

surgeon ; Frederick Maze, thoboatiWahi's mate; and
Carter, the First Motes servant; hearth* sun
of whose testimony it appeared; that the Plaintiff's

formerly shown a disposition* coucllistel
tilsepbisinesi, rather thin' intio&ce AMA of et:
nation. One of those letters, arldritseit
ley, and dated the 17th of Juni, 1814, dootafiind
the following sentiments t
" Relieve roe. *dear Antal:ifter hi% repented erphnallin. I
will hurt" in Maisie!) all.that,lats pn-srd. Nesse I .kwew plus'
heart, that heart shall neves.sufer r wa.ne..t's pain fres any
towhee, of wine, With sincere respect fur AK refitip,
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• In the other, datetf the 25* July. 1814, be id-
wised Mrs. Baseley to be ni-ntirried at Reigate
Church, "and introdu•ceti the following mink
""Reing in possession of'yonrjortene, what n
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MU% for 9601. payable two months after date.; •and
lholassii; tillet-PicTobit„ '1.111!,•felk.11:0C1:-Iiwy-
•able twdmonths diter tate.
' • The Defendant pleaded, lit, Motile was not lie.
ida.,--2.l,•That he bad becalm' I bittkiePt since the
:.billis etre accepted -‘ond 3d (sproially)WitilmOseiner
inenkrept-on Diceinberilth, 48T41., iislt tbitite lltid
'lefirre been- discharged` by tr-formit coisinlsslen of
!'bankrupt in the year 1788,' In triettasel. the statute
of -6-Geo. 11.0. 30, erbietl declares the &tare effects
of bankrepts irlos•shall have been disarmed by any.
Irtsolveat bAct,...senpanuding with ••createn,,ni. 'by
becoming bankrupt shall be liable, iffecta
pound.?

not so srer'ere Its 'was cgsresented—
.4 kr bad beets gritty eta veryAithfat—tbet the
rope with which he bad'been beaten was not more
than an inch and a half circuinference.—that he was
not disabled for three or four days ;. boti on, draten.
41mry, had resumed hi&werk of scowering the gun.
4leek immediately after the.puitisbnient4—that he re•
anted hia place in the Captain's baud at dinner time
4—that he soled and heeled a pair of shoes (being by
trade a shee.maker) within the two following days
..—And that he never made any complaint to the wit-
loess,. of the imputed violence on the part of the De-
Trendant.
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of '4oFtines, ton weak. ip. limpid•
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msee is now c °sided by Chanrry, and this Cliineenir
C am afraid it will prove• much deafer
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Me expected." The above'letteri'wera
.represeinced
as casting a light upon the conduct of Mr. 13rtingh..
ton, /thich made him unworthy of belief, and it was
eontenstell that the Lord Chancellor could not direct
a-pristii;eutlon against the !Aides, upon a statement
made by such a person. •
Sir S. 'Rowit.t.r most ably vindicated the character

are suffieient to pay fir: in the __
joined open thertoessions, uhetier Defelithitt
weeetot before disdarged by libd pieeeding CANAL
igeott ; or, •in other trwrdsiputiretleer"ithe.estatelliii
paid 15.. in the ponied, so • at 114,11114dt to the•
boorAt of the AcEnteneioned. ' •
The Plaintiffs are fitessre: Grahatit and Simpsou,
merchants, and the Defendant was sued as sortieinj.
partner of his .on, Charles lienry Griik
The Defendant will stilted to have been Swedish

..ord -Lixsoitouon, in summing up tie _
deuce, chargeAthe• Jury to uy whether there was
aratescess in the !node of punishing this Plaintiff for
;the fault he had committed and if they should he of
!opinion that the puniAment was excessive, they.
mould give proportionate damages.
Verdict for the Plaintitf—Damages 151.

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Costs 40s.

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Lately a shocking eirenmstance took place in
Itathfarnham, county DeWitt.. A woman of the
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of Mr. Broughton, an described him as a gentleman ,i Cutout in this country its 1812, •atid had dommitted : name of Higgins, who had a cow or two gcating on
who 'bad been anilines, rafter the ttettlimonial coll. an act of bankruptcy by leaving Engleud end going the lands of J. P. Curran, Esq. late Master of the
traet had•been Made,'tti coricltintWehe parties, in or- ito reside in Sweden. I Rolls, called at his porter's lodge, end requested
der to 'ernmote the happiness of Mrs.' Haseler• Mr.! The bills in question were given to the Plaintiffs, the porter's wife to go out to the fields and Milk
Broughton; it should be recollected', had not COM. as security for advances; of money which they bad for her, alleging, that she was. very unwell, and notsilenced the 'appeal to the Lord Chancellor; lint - Mr: ! Made to the DefendentOn .the coarse of their mar- able to go herself, and promising to take care of
Wide, the *maternal uncle 'of the' young lefty.— , cantiletrausactimis. . . . the woman's children till her return. On the wo.
charges esuftweni beedght. against '.Mr. 'Brodg'htoti, l Mr. ...11.tiliYATT, ott the .part of Ore Defendant, man's departure, she put her infant,
iht,ae momentboutnine
which- heeinitonifplilied to answer by 'a statentent bf ' put in ,e deed esecutee SY..the parties, by which he months old,. info Higgins' eisenv, yr..h
s!! the foots. &
I contended, tViat Pain:tiffs had bound themselves the orthipPr'lleolhirigA the prace,. tucked the in-
Mr. Lattle, in support of the Petition; ......a."l,' 41..... t.. not to proceed for the amount. of these- bills its or. fant's clothes shout It, and deliberately
,placed it
till; the cheretss of conspiracy had not only 'beds sup.', slump:it bet hi corenent ; bat 4. . ion the fire, and threatening two weer children who
pestle/thy the affidavits of the perties themselves, bat ! 'Lord ELLiz ti zottouc, after bearing the deed read, were in the" helmet that if they cried• to awake the
those at its had' insulted the Court. Public jai.: was of opinion, teat it only operated as a collateral child in the cradle, as she termed the fire, she would
tic* required the parties should be punished.' If a Security, and did not deprive the Plaintiffs-of their whip them severely. Whets the poor 'Mother re.
rase like. this were to pass' without punishment, it . right to sue upon the.bills in arsunguit , turned she found•her child nearly burned to a cis.
would be vain to talk of the protection of Want I As. the cause advanced, it became material, in der.—We understand • this wretched woman was
wards in Chancery. • lie was persuaded the Lord order to determine the question stiletto, to produce beastly drunk, and Woolly mistook the fire for the
Chancellor would feel what was to be dune on such the Defendant's certificate andel thnecommissiots in emits'. The child lived but a fete hours. The we-
an occasion. --- 11782 i but due notice not having beha given to the man has been sent to Keimaittham Gaol. •
The LORD CHANCEM.OR gave a most elaborate I Defendant's attorney to produce it,
... • • I flemesutna •Peoterites.—On Wednesday last,
judgment ; his Lordship said, in s case of this kind : Lord ELLENnonottou orderwd tlisfPlaintiffs to be at sin o'clock in the evening, Isaac Bidds started on
it ais Impossible to prevent t portion of the punish. called..--Nousuited.
I vour s,
half lofm
etts h
tehe GEenzin irttihni road,flar an
antid
his Herculean task of walking-$0 miles in 24 mace's-
Went inflicted on the 'husband falling on the wife.--e I; lIENTIG V. STANIFORTII, at. P. s
greotinagrna-
The Court could take no step with respect to the' This tees an action upon a Policy- of Insurance, mileie h
and ahf
protection of a ward in the situation of Miss Wade, dated Nov. 20, 1807, on the ship Grove Hill, from ing. The pedestrian completed 48 miles in 10 bouts
in which the objection did not apply. It could not Riga to Hull.
and 23 mioutes, when -he retired to bed ; after rest.
commit a man who had married a ward without in. " The lateness of the action was accounted fee by ing about three hours he again started, and Ma.
flirting some misery on the person connected with reason of the absence of the witnesses necessary to
~pleted the 80 miles in 17 hours and 48 minutes.. . i
bini. if any feeling Of that' sort was, however, to prove the Plaintiff's 'case; in. French prisonae—e-; Hull has been le a ferment for these last few days,
driest tee end of justice, eery needy adventurer There ware two questions egitetedin the cause.-Ist, Owing so the corpse of a young female having been
would say, he might commit the same offence with Whether alicence obtained three days after the-ship taken op, supposed for anatomical purposes., Tam
impunity,. because the attention' due to a woman sailed from: Riga, would legalize that voyage, the body was found, having Mut ;the head and Io
weutreprotect,him against punishment for contempt inception of it having beeseconfessedly illegal.and, limbs cut off. A surgeon, two surgeon's eppres.
of that C rt. and breach•of theiestee Ilia Lordship 2(1, Whether assamiug the voyage to be illegal, the tires, and another person, accused of being cortte~ 1
rra-
vbe„ adverted to.the circumstances or the case. Miss' assured bad aught afterwards to recover his premium ed in the affair, have gives) bail to cutter the chirp.l
Wade, he said, the daughter. Orli person his Lordship • from the undererriter ?• • '...• .. : •.. 7, -' at the next Sessions. • . •
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knew well, at the age of seventeen was left, without Lord Etemseoaouott .was of opinion, epee the RtltAltiAlll.ll Clacvernect.—Monday weeks'
mimes To • enjoy •il -tartan. of 5 or 6000 pounds first point, that the- voyage was illegal, wide:ease. large Stump of a tree, 'of 600 dirt. fee from its place
a.r.,,,.! it -happened eimened to her to be left in situation quently that the assured could nut redeye, the Mee; in Smallcombe Wood, near Bath, and rolled down
in which it was difficult to
.find pwreees. to take care but as to the second, tbe a„„.red having couterapiat. the declivity, a di.taticc of more than 100 yards, u .
and finally resting on a bed. A mother, two • 1.
her to proper ed no feted, but trona fide intending to
.procure a cottage beneath, forcing
se stitsoirsviaye
escaped
the
eeez:
of her or who had means to introducethrough the roof
society;iibir was;triade a, lard'. pf the Chancery of a licence as soon as it could be obtateed,
etas
tli.edordte-
and a daughter.iuslaw, . .children.
Durham, lapel under Ate care of Mr. Broughton. ship thought the Plaintiff was in all mute
His Lordship said, be should iiiossag hive entrusted recover his premium. • • - • . • / • Pedal MIAs . • ' .
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