The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-07 00:00:00

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SOMERSET ASSIZES.
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A LADS'S WiDDING ?Alt ! ,
This cause, which was tried at the Somerset As.
sizes, excited considerable interest. it was brought
by plaintiff, in behalf of his wile, an eminent milliber
and dress-maker. at Tanwon, who had been empl
in May, 1819, by Miss Tolson, a beantiful daughter
of defendant, aged about twenty, to make her wed.
ding-dresses, with instructions that they should he
of the richest goods iu her power. These instrash
tious were followed, and a tolerably long Will was
the result--no less than three hundred awl fifty,
eight pounds ; but if Mrs. Dod had not checked the
young Lady, it would have amounted to mach more,
On one twcasion she was -hewn a fifty guinea dress!,
she said she should like it much, but must coasOlt
her father, who, she afterwards said, would not nes.
sent to her having. it. When the plaintiff su'unitteti
her bill to the defendant, sonic time after the mar.
riage of Miss 1 OISOII to Mr. Silionds, he (defendant)
refused to pay, and, allot% five months from the mar-
riaer, employed tan lath. s, eminent in the inilliaerr
line at Siduionth and Lyno., to value the artic!,s fur-
:fished fur his danghtcr: The estimate, h ),7ever,
given liy these Ladies, amounted to nearly the soul
char4rd by the plaintiff. Still the Major was diva-
!Hied. and refused pat ;tient of the bill. 'I he a. live
being brought, he pays .1:211U into Court, under the
atlviee of his Counsel, Mr. Williams ; w 1.0, after
th • above farts had been brolly ht forward in evidence,
a I.lrcst.ell the jury in a long, energetic. an I ingesbas
vcb, appealing to them as fathers of families, ass
to encourage by their verdict such extrav:latice as
this young Lady had thought proper to i:•dulge is.
tier father, though highly rest ectable, way far fres
affluent : his whole income it as little mere this
2t,ibi. per annum : n•id yet Mrs. LW had silf-re I his
datorliter to order thirfrjere dresses for her moldier
fit-o hese dresses too were but mere ihei4 as he
mar call them—for there were but two pair of stock-
ings in the whole bill. What the full aseonac of the
young lady's equipment was, he IllilSt leave to the
ideas of the jury. Mrs. Dud never mice applied to
the father, to know if this great es' mire was Cosurred
with his consent. and at his responsibility: which she
ought to have done, as he was lodging at a Incl short
oistanee f her Iseese. '1 he young lady had got
into this was c!foorthae,s, and unguardedly given the
extravagant orders. The Learned Crentleraan went
ore r the principal items in the bill, whirls cal .1.11
rider:Mt. nierrrinwnt. "Mein Altrila—Jdetou
de Lett At ,ro r-
chi'fo• Our a each, dlr." and et:minded by ear-
nest ly intreating the jury to show by their verdict, that
dies- dress-makers ought to apply to parents or guar-
dians fur authority. before they suffered town extrava-
gance to hr incurred, as appelred in the present case.
The Learned Judge, however, was decidedly of
.apinion, that the Major was wholly responsible, and
that his daughter was a mere agent in the case. lie
knew she was having her dresses made—be knew of
whom—and it was his duty to hare called on Yrs.
Mel and limited the expense.
The Jun., after a minutes consul tation,•garp a vet-
dirt for the plaintiff; to du/411111 amount.

The snpposed discovery efa fabricated Addressfres
the privates of the Leicestershire militia to the gams
has furnished an uhuo,t inexhaustible fund 1.4- the dis-

play of all that falsehood and malevolence could I—
rate on the part of the ministerial press. From 77. c
Cot, to The Leicester .borne/, all have bees lieu
lutely rioting in the rejoyment of the hoax which
they supposed has been played upon the Queen. We
mig;it till the greater part of our paper were we to
copy all the falsehoods and misrt•presentatiotis which
hare been tittered on this business. The Leicester
Journalist has, if possible, eteesuletl himself in this
most essential accomplishment of a ministerial scribe.
Ile asserts Mot we evil knew there was ow sate tams of
re ,acMt concerto dis tOe :hides rs. This assertion
we eau deny with the greeest confidence, as, some
slays before the regiment broke up, (me sy'thr millda-
ms a rolled st° oar office, in his regimes:tab:, and informed
U 1 that such an Address was in contemplation: and
we have the further aii:liority of souse of the persons
whose liana's appear to an advertisement, fur saving
that almost 'Troy meta in the regiment, who was pre-
sent in the held the day :bey broke up, had a know-
ledge of the Address. It was proposed to them is
companies, and carried by acclamation. 'lke signa-
tures of homes Staines and Daniel Brookes, two of
the tuilitiamem us re affixed to it as a deputation on -
the part of the whole ri•f;iusent, by consent of the men
themselves. The only irregularity which took place
was the signing the Address by deputation, when rads
individual militiaman ought to have affixed his siva-
tole. This omission the privates of the Leicester mi-
litia who were more immediately concerned in pro-
moting the address have endeavoured to Meth', mut
their sneer's has beets equal to their wishes. .01a0US.
to vindicate themselves from the scandalous impsintloa
of haring sent up an Address without the knowledge
of their 11/111 rad ex, they have this week writko another
copy of the Address, and have obtained the individual
signatures of aloof t to o-tlsirils of the militlausen. Seve-
ral villages in tls • county have not yet been applied to.
and in others s another of the men were absent on u•
count of the li:rvest. Very few of the men refasA to
sign, and these were Jets rred by certain threats souls
use of for the purpose, and not from any unwilling-
ness to address the Queen. Su much for the facts of
Colonel Ilulse, Querterruaster Deakin, and the Editor
of Vie Lcireadr Jo!,rNal. —( Leicester CA rim jar.)

MARRIED.
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On Tuesday Isar, et Ley ton. Essex, by the Rev. George
Millet!, A.M. lase [silo, of Christ's College, Cambritige.
Thomas Flower Ellis. jun. Esq. A.R. Fellow of Trinity Col-
lege. Cantbridve. to Susan, only daughter of the late Joke
Al l'aggart. Esq. of Ardwal.
On the 2d kerb:saw. F. 19. of Loadoe. to
Louisa Charlotte Durand, !erased daughter of the to ery
Rev. the Deep of Cuernsey.

DIED.
Yesterday. the Cruntess of tfhatraaa. st Masihesitate.
Ow Monday last, at Westerwite44ttaire. Susses, Frances.
the wife of the Rev. Jamas Tripp.
On Wednesday last, Aar a lingering illness. Yrs. Orilla.
of °tildes-square.

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