The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-18 00:00:00

tpfoorcelidete,ial:didarealit idefits Iter
tbre"fittily ; thjel‘p4ap.eprt cnipltnir4tienla —a.ll
" account" of its. dettlement; as will as a:Unites recolfectei
.defiendant ass Wasiak on his eon Thallidin the invirery kit
Itiabtown f on Mu son Itihkr, Johnivielf I and itpitti•the
`two eldest dationers. lOW. each • MittAntiteoji_ard
',her bratty 1001.Xiintr et-Osiris olei;sisdis,.• 1)4 Madded Visa
litasebitsonste he simile give MO acres of Lind, Proscided'lllr.
.flatelsitasen would Mg as lie premised: De7effiffto 001
'said to hire. Leonard, " What shall tdu haw ?" . She de-
!sired Ida to pit the papers into his Attorney's fiand.
replied, " I will go and Rive them to Attpfne7?, Twin,
Harcourt; witness walked with the M.-saint' rival the
house; be said lie thought Miss Leonard would make a
good wife; that Wl:family evereagainst the snatch, but Mat
he did not care; defendant said • lie was unfortenate, but
most get married," and told witnessto "tie prepaied ants; nst
toonorrow or the day after, as- Tom flartforifival fro h
liome;" defendant desired witness to he at the cottage of
Mn.s Leanaid the "day after to.morrow ;"inif FAL lier.
would . bring a friend, and that they. would be inserieif that
day (Friday), in St. Canice*s chorea ; lie promised.% la•
a carriake fir Miss Leonard, an l afrit the marriage they.
were to go to Craig ; witness did 'nut attend Ton Frithaye,
in • consequence of a letter which Mrs. i.e mare' sent to hitn.•
Itsititaby neon, Esq. extinined by Mr. Goitetirv.—Was
attorney. and lived he Kilkenny ; was acquainted with • Mr.
Aibby Hartford and Mr. Gregory ; reculj-cted their wailing oo
hint for the pnrposeof preparink• marriage melo's ill netween
the don:adult aad Miss Mary Ann Leonard; whilst (armory
wns speakiug to Him on the subject. the il ifeadant came into his'
office, who said he proposed settling then. a year on his in- 7
feinted wilt; witness intorme.: .1 lendaut that it would tie ne-
cessary to give him his title needs, and to lay them before
Counsel. Time defendant said he would go far Vann. but ditt
not return. Defendant Is considered to be a wealthy man. , •
Mr. DRISCOLL stateilthe defendant's cite. Ho eloquent!y
expatiated on the inaptitude of the defendant f.r matrimue)..
and the consequent ieipronabillty of his eutertuining any a. -
inane alfeetiou for the plaintiff. He told the Jury he woul I
produce evidence of the utoat atlimpenehatne veracity to 1a..:
hey them that the weakness of Ids cieut had been practised
on by the defendant mud her family.
The only witness produced for the defence was Mr. W.
Hartford, who was examined by Mr. Daiscot.c.--Withess k
eideat son of the detniii ; is between twen'y-fiior and .
twenty-tire years of age; silo -is is mar.led ; and loos a
by a firmer wife; is in the army; was ali-nt abut fo.o.
years; din not knew of any ee ;wont-ince betwein nil fatter
pisioliff tenth lately ; knew of it tram his TIMIS to Mrs.
Leonard ; witness was in Ireland when his mother died last r
Almost; has seen the plaintiff (Meet thinks stie is about ;E.
years old ; Ida father's health hiss been very bad Since his me-
dices &VII; there was a visiting seqUaiutance bet Ween his
sisters and Lie Misses Leonard.
The defendant's case closed fibre.
Mr. SHIM. spoke to evidence.—He insisted that the de.
fence which the defendant had endeavoured td institute,
should greatly aggravate the damages. His conduct was
consistent. After having done a flagrant wrong to Miss
Leonard out of Court, hecaluminated her In it. t was urged
that a snare had been laid hi entrap him, but no evidence
had been produced to establish that fact. The defendant
should not be permitted to seek a defence in the iutirmities
which his counsel hat so ostentatiously exhibited. The
fact was, that Mr. Hartford was by no means so inappropri• ,
ate a lover as be now thought it convenient to represent
himielf. He was not satisfied with the poetical descria- .
lion given by Mr: Driscoll of his unfitness fur love, but lie
had come into Court io ()Het to afford a kind of verification
to the graphic picture's of infirmities and age. lie bad in
vested himself with artificial hideousness, and misheard a
feebLeneas and incapacity which did not belong to him.
There be sat, to supply materials to Isis advocate; and bold
up a living commentary to his expatiatians ttpan the then
matism and the guilt. He (Mr. Sbiel) had read of an Athe-
nian orator, who, in pleading the calm of a beautiful wo-
man, and finding that all his arguments were vaio,_ be-
thought himself of a somewhat fantastic expedient. Ha
advanced towards his fair and weeping client, and .
drawing the veil from her bosoin,asked if guilt could reside
in such a breast? Mr. Driscoll has surpassed the Athe-
nian. He has turned decrepitude and age into purposes as
efficient as those to which youth and beauty were converted
by the ingenious Greek. This is the property of geniis!.
It draws its resources from the lowest as well as the most
noble sources, and compels evetidefortnity itself to mitti.stre
to its intents. " Behold this boson'," exclaimed Hype.
rides. " Look at these Shrunken shoulders," cries Mr.
!Mica, " Behold this pure and ale.baster flesh—theca
delicate and tender veins—this swell of life, and youth,
and beauty. exclainied the one: " Look. at this •
ihrivelle and , discoloured skin--these deep and
withered furnaws--this great accumulation of
disease," cries the other. " Can guilt be here ?" said.
Ifyperides. " Can love be here?" says Mr. Driscoll.. But
the Jury, should not be deluded by thes'e practical expedi-
ents ; anil upon taking a surrey of the defendant, thee- •
would find that he was not .half so degrepit as lie wishcl
to he.
Mr. Justice Jens then recapitulated the evidence With,
great precision, making suitable ,obsernations as lie went ,
along. lie remarked that the verditt mast be fur the plain.
tiff. but cautioned the jury.not to be swayed by the eluirient ,
and energetic address which they had just heard. The
qtiantuen of damages was a ingestion for the jury ; and 'lto .
had no doubt they would measure it out according to th.:
merits of the case, and not according to the eloyence of •
the advocates.
'flue Jnry then retired; and after about half an hones
deliberation, returned with a verdict for the '
Damages 3251, and 6 I. costs.

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PURRINU 01: rtiNIAING.

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J. Rothwall, V... H. Tuy/vi,were ioilktedteauving.kilted i
Samuel Yat•v on Sunday the t?Sth of April, in tbeltitrei pi.
Bury. . , • •
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Al r. ItRO‘FN stated the rase fur. ilte,proveentior. Tic loss
of life which hallooed was. to he iisapnted ru teat brutal .
prartice of 14111184 ieud outrage, which tot Jury ling* uti- .
fortunately ton mach prevailed iwaeverel parts of out ro1111.• •
ty (we believe) this brptal aod.savage practice, iv caileil, in
tkineashireil" burring." . • i ..
The brother of ilia .lereawl, yesteelay, proved the out- •
rage made by two young 'salt,. or vittlier boys. 'They.
litiork his heather iii various parts of tint body,
,and liieked .
hie repeatedly in the Wit. Ale did not idue:ify tie Pei-
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su net S. . •
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Another witness idepilAed the .priantiera. .. TbPY Lai
leather shoes on at the time, and nut clogs. ‘Vitiie.a