The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-19 00:00:00

Mr. Harr anted to suspend the pal latent of 3001.
a year, which the C. ere hid ordered In be paid for
the maintenance of El•zs Sorgess..is, the daughter of
the C..lnnel Francis Sergesson. The Learned
Coutivri staled, that the question to be brought for. ,
ward by the present motto, was, ahetber the child of
Colonel &mews rise a gepposititin,e• or a legitimate
child. The naafi's rave the Rev. Richard Surges-
goo tied the other nest of kin of the Colonel, who I
claimed the property is she event of the Illegitimacy
u his deadlier tsarina eventually proved. This mo.
Non was founded op 'be offi,lovit of the Rev. Rich. ;
erd Sereessoo, end these were besides the affidavits of ,
the sober Pleiatiffs. He might have bad the affidavits
of several witoesees. bet as he conceived the proper
mode of trying the (patios would be by praying an
hoe, he thought it would be the fairest way sot to
pet those &tomes to pledge themselves by swearing
to affidavits, bat to allow them to appear in the boa
hater' a Jury, with minds perfectly enprejediced.—;
The poeml statement of the ease wan !
urges., n, notwithstanding his rook in life, apparel
to have been ea 'streusel, dissipated man, end in the
year 1867 had bees confieed lo the Sheriff'. prison
la Debt's for debt. At this period his then vile
died without lase. About the lime, or soon after
her decease, he becalm acquainted alai Anne Sat- I
gesso', then called Anna Crowe, and it was ad-
mitted had intermarried with her. They (pitted
Dublin aril came to Erigleud, where they lived I
together rill he died, without issue, unless it I
should appear that Pliza Sorenson was his daughter.'
The affidavit of the Plaintiff, Richard &Digester's,
further stated, that on the 13th of Febreary last,
be received a litter from a person who signed her
named Eleanor Cuuningham, to this effect :—" Sir, I
address you as a stranger, and have a circumstance to
communicate to you that will add 30,0004. or 40,0001.
to year children's fortune. I hope yea will come
ever, as after my decease there will be en end of it."
There was a postscript, desiring that, if he wrote an
answer, be would pay the postage, as she was In want
of money. Upon the receipt of Ibis letter, be em..
played Mr. Bainboidge, of Warwitk.meare, desiring I
him to cause the watery 'mettles to be
Sense tiers after he received another letter, signed
" Palmer," directed to Mr. Surgesson, which stated
that the writer had beers with E. Cunningham, and
hod been informed by her that Elias Setgesson was
neither the awls( of Col. or Mrs. Serener's, bet
was the child of a servant of the name of Dews!, who
Lad lived with them. Da Plaiatill's a ffidavit then slated,
that be made diligent vagary as to ibe truth of this
haformatioa, and had every reason to believe it cot-
sect. Such was the nicker, contained In the affida-
vit of one of the neat of kin ; and Bit was not sof&
Meat to entitle them to an issue, more satisfactory
proof of the slreamatsaces of the tam would be laid
before his Lordship.
boas Cue NciLLoc—Yes have done right, as
(loose', in not tallies for other affidavits; bet as
this child has bees brought up as the child of the fa-
mily, I must hate sossUdeg mere than information
sod belief. I should be table( a very Won step,
Indeed, if I was to go a step towards displacing this
child from her condition I. life, unless I have very
good grounds for it. I refused the some kind of ap-
plication iu the an of Mr. Fellow's, who hod Jived
wish a *omen, and bed three or fear children cram-
med upon him, which turned out sot to be his. Ile
was so fond of being considered the father of thiswo-
man'' children, that she bad presented him with se-
veral, which some Other person had given her.
Mr. WI nc ri else red, hat Colonel S rgess en
bed lived fife yeses after the birth of the child, end
had uniformly acknowledged bet as his own. The
preponderance of the ',ideate was in favour of her
legitimacy.
The Loan Cue VCCLLOR stated, that when aids-
els went to alter the stain mad crinditioo of an ha-
lite, he would not decide up .m !beim without bting