The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-23 00:00:00

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WIFE-SELI,ING EiTRAORIMNARY.
About half-past half.past twelve on Thursday sennight, the
public were attracted to Plymouth cattle market, in con-
sequence of notice which hat been previously given,
that a man, at that time and place, was to dispose of his
wife by public isle! The report which accompanied
the notice stated that the lady was not only young and
handsome, but that she hail rode to town in the mora-
ine on her own horse, of her own free will and accord,
and with ronaent of her ha.hand, wit., was to Set the
part of as auctioneer on the occasion ; and that she
would, moreover, is the course of a tew days, succeed to
6'.101, %hid, het then (and as it still happens, her pre-
sent) husband could not tenth. The concourse of spec-
tator. was immense, and they were not kept waiting
/Ong, the husband and the wife having appeared in the
market-place exactly at the appointed time, the latter
accompanied by the ostler of the Lord Exmouth lan,
Old Town.
W The husband put the article up at once, and asked for
bidders—" Five shillings," was the first offer—" ten"
the next—" fifteen" the third, and so on, until the ost-
ler aforesaid bade " three pounds;" when, to the evi•
dent disappointment of the auctioneer, as well as of the
lady, two constables took possession of the :dads, and
with there the auctioneer, and carried them both directly
to the Guildhall, where the chief Magistrate was then
sitting. The parties were placed before the Mayor.'
The husband, named Brooks, and who resides at or is
the neighbourhood of Ivy Bridge, on being asked why
he had cemented so illegal an act as to attempt the
sale of bit wife in the way he bad bees doing? He very
innocently mid—" They were both willing, and be did
tot think these was any harm is it—they had net lived
together for a considerable time—they had been married
shoat two years and a half, mid she brought hies a
shad "three weeks after marriage!" Which, sell Air
it was born. be never knew any thing shoat; that the
child won after tiled; that he got a coin for it. paid
the expresso of the funeral, sad put it corafortally oat
.of the way, without over reproaching his wife with her
conduit but all would not do. She soon after deserted
hits, uotwitbstanding his kindness, and went to live
with asetber man, by whom she had one child site.
and be wee informed she was agals pregnant with as.
*titer.
0a being milted who had advised or told him that he
could sell his wife, he said many people in the country
told him be could do it ; and that to consequeaceef her
taming to him and saying that a person would giro hies
201., and take bee altogether clean of his bawds. (31. Is
bead, and Iff, more at Christmas) he had bad bet ad-
emitted fur sale in Modbory, Oa three separate market
days, and bad come to Plymouth that morale( by bet
appolatment to get the business finished.
The lady, a good looking young womaa. stated. that
she sad bee husband could not agree, and that la ewe►
queer" as she knew of a penes who would take her.
. aad give twenty pounds for the bargaie. she wished to
get separated from him, and sire bad bees told by differ.
eat perm t
its that the theneoeld be dose. by suit la the
Illarlostigace on a market day.
Os being asked the name of de perms who woe to
buy her, sire said it wee Ns" led Ad be Need Sear
. ?frosted : tie farther apid he bad d sted her Is
set couslag forward to bid seta prsealed said that is
trossegasses she bad employed the ides of tits law
where she pots up bar hens wild he her 41VIt
dial exceed twenty pomade. She eel& MR
bar ews Morse by the way In iisll.l St a
vere• tisk. and borrowed on Nett editors.
Ivy Bridge, wltti skein she stead Wag,
—idles of latissacy. • . . to,
After a good deal of ressoltatton. it sus determinist
upon daub* parties shoed be tweed env is saw
Os charge at the sassing melees ; bet theft awn tit.-
'naiveness ware takes, neither of ties beteg sblit to
lad swedes.

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gentlesiaa in this town, a trii lays:
*4l, 0/wired tbroegi the pest-oace a packet, &satire
on
which was IL 14s. led. Or being vpinoil it w
foamd to eowitst of a gown, *aloe theist Its., wbieb h.
• been Withosittbe asigbbwarbood .0 London, by a per.'
son to who be had rendered ease service, as a must
' UWE'S* •Is is sapposied tie packet bad been (ions so
• swams to send by the wail, and that tie saws sot
Itsawbog the dialed:dos, bad thought be woratwaiding
to tostressions le sending is by the post..(Mattehater
Uttordisa)

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• Miattivarraa.—Ndit 'BatLET VOITWU
ease was heard this day, which excited the strongest feel.
.Idg* of pity and commisseration in the Goers. A pang
mairrie4 lady, of very respectable cenneedoes. was
-' thirged alth stealing, from the shop of a draper ht this
'ieten, feet phenol lan% of the value of St it a
es Saturday, the west into the shop, and se to
• • hik at some lace. After examining all the oestesisof
k box, she was gohtg Sway without inalciag shy per.
Atm. when one of the rouse men, wheat suspiciesslad
• been raised by something which be observed is her maw
;•• per, told her he mist be 'soder the 'mentally of searchiNg a
''l mill basket which Shafted with her. With great reteetance
• silth permitted the basket to be examined, aed la It were
"'t three pieces of isce, which were immediately hies.
tiled as part of what bad been showi to her. She dies
• 1111111/hd that the lace mast have been taken up and put
."tato the besket along with her handkerchief end gloves.
• %bids bed been lyiag on the coaster.. She was sent to
"the police-office, where the basket was sgais searched by
)% Mr. Lavesder, and a fourth piece of late (which was U.S
-111* ere en the Previa*" soarek) was found by him. Wisata
t••t oohed os for her defence, stte repeated that the Forney
• bat horn conveyed into the basket by a mistake. Ms.
• Pierrieseld he was alder the painful necessity of earl
mining her for trial. Applieartoe was thee made halite
Magistrate to take ball; sad the Solicitor for the prose.
cube said Os sat inearnetedap join hi the epplieathee.—,
• Kr: Morrie. after a lade soosideratios. said-lits would
take bee hathand'seeeognizases is lOW. sod two sum
ties in bal. each. The bail was completed os the fellow-
log day, sad she was-thee diaskarged.

Yesterday morning at right o'clock, according to sa-
lind customs a large quantity of bread and cheese cut
into square pieces, was carried oat in baskets, and
thrgwa seam% the crowd assembled in front of Padding-
ton, chiral': the custom until within the last two years
mas tUttirow it from the belfry, but owing to the cots-
%slop hid disorder oseaslooed by that mode, the pre.
sent one has been substituted. The assemblage of per.
sons collected there yesterday was Immense. This cus-
tom of giving bread and chreve at-Pitldington church
on the Sunday.precedinrehristums day, is said to bate
Lad its origin in the will of twq' sisters (paupers) who
travelling to Loudon to claim an estate. in whirls they
succeeded, and being murli diatvessed, were first reliev-
ed at Paddington en that day. •
SNOCSINO MURDIR AND Rozation—A dreadful
murder was perpetrated in the village of Lleitherild, in
North Wales, on ?timidity night. Jane Williams. an
egol wi4low, many years a respectable shopkeeper in the
shrive village, and who was generally thought to have
•messed a little wealth, was found murdered behind her
vomiter on Monday morning. A little gracdd.nehter
said she beard her grandmother, in the night, cry Mur.
der! two or three times, but was too much frightened
is title. Three parsons are supposed 40 have been COll.
werned—that' had dragged their unfortunste victim (row her
beds the strop, drawers, &e. were broken open, and several
•rtktea stoles, as well as what coney ee might hare had
in them. We have rot newt of any clue being yet afforded
by waist to trace the wretches.

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