The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-05 00:00:00

eke, limed say vilivilme thz nett asebt Aortal,
lOW degree of intimacy takes place between
them. This was the lelier
:
" What will yea Mink of me. my dewed Miry ? Tim!
Idschherult ia this alike did am glee are your Truro till Mil
lastrai ire - all credit I. dne to you Ise tour OWPI lent coopi•RueP
- and I hall not forget Mrs. !Math ;the feumed soar by which
lb!, L.. 1, own ud rived) ? Sal whet did you tappose. apart
-reit tlndiug it !ewer foe that Ley yes must surely. 1 liar.
Twee err:owed before ibis ; bat I hope you did aril make sey
sadist el fleetirdar. I did sot, it is true, smite here limn the
city yesterday till all the clerks sem gime. bat they should
tart. WI my letter with the servant. tepid:owe of your pleat
it will do yery well foes hide I bat our best polity will be he
alrirge lima time le lime. as curiosity all, mad Ibex warpleicus,
dud !.ly detersios, the mutual oilipriog of these two, may
fol!no rnrh caber. If time is allowed for it. The elfeamOOderli
by shirt dime may he melted. you will easily &berme ha bre,
lA, sour appearsore (by aio memos earittractive), which wisehl
lend the worthies at the Pastrokke io Mink you mod haves,
house ..f seer own s Me fretmetury of your applications!
would. op doubt. istlyee them to sailluure your lettere to pow
der some peculiar Werra foe yea I and idly, the mammal
the plan to your owe boom smold aford great facility in their
attempts to discover the mystery. should their currisity be
saukesed. MI Mae. bowever, are but pem.bilities. ageism
which, yes !sow, ill my piss always is be as guard. •
[From this It will ha seen link the Defendant, if
young In years, was well advsnrel In artillesi.i
" Amd this w ill serve all the porpores of a emmeyasee foe
our comeiroodesee till lem able in Ix apes a hater. This
shall astleairoor to do at a greater distance from Irme. bet rot
so great as M bf ineastealeat to you-and where, if posaillky
sit re are no interfering sasiliaguild or young wows. laborer.
to sly are wonderful useavellen of secrets, when they cisme
to "'wain a elite. Yoe will by she time you have yrs Iles far,
say. or ihiak. a truer to paid/wile, coarideratimar-love hie;
sorbing to do with sorb. I acknowledge it, astl-ilesios, only
recornmesdiog la you dirermitio If.d I. year premise. sis
you say yes do is mete 1 forget all 1 wished witty ohm
see you. aid gibes 1 lave parted they all crowd upon my me-
mory at awe. I lava Warne maimed to 'hash you far year
Utile perms.. is every mow m gratifying to me. nod as de-
writing of estimation as its ..s• act out. You will, however,
am sure, Is. litre me. sites 1 my It peonies, la my eyes.
charms far superior is its owe Miriade se--whi.b yes sal.,
la thew arid, eta appreciate. I hope Ibis will reset you is
safety. I have met with at least • obsessed imerroption dace
1 began ibis, and that saw forced tamed abruptly.
• Saturday. Y.ers, eves. D. I."
lie should proceed to call witnesses to establish the
fact:

Thomas Putney, parish clerk of St. George the
Martyr, prodoced the registry of the marriage of the
Plaintiff with his wife. on the 43d of Now. 1811,
then being Miss Mary Ann Peek..
Mr. Lewis Peacock, attorney, and brother of the
Plaintiff, proved the hind-writing of the Plaintiff sod
Ms wife to the marriage registry. Mrs Peacock was
the daughter of Sir Henry Peak.. The Plaintiff and
his wife lived together on terms of affection, as far as
witness ever observed. They lived together until
September last, when they separated.
Fanny White lived servant with Plaintiff and his
wife, four years, nest September. They had two
children, • bey and a girl. As far as she observed,
Mr. and Mrs. Pesc‘ck lilted happily together. Wit-
ness chd not observe mach when her mistress went
00i. Never noticed any difference in the conduct,
of Mrs. Peacock towards her husband from what it
was when witness' first went there. Mrs. Peacock
used sometimes to walk in the morning, at tiers
with her little girl, and at times •ithoat. Geld
not say whether she went out eftesier latterly than
beret,. Remembered Plaintiff and his wife going
to France last year with Sir Henry and [Jody Peak..
After returning from France, Mrs. Peacock did not
go out oat oftener than usual. Sometimes the Plain-
tiff went out of en Evening, and returned at ten
o'clock. Remembered the diipute between Mrs. Pea-
cock and her husband in September last. Witness was
weakened by the disturbance, and went op stair.,
anti SS* her mistress standing on the lauding place!
studiessed. Did not know what the dispute was
about. Iler mistress left the house nest day, and
never returned again. Witness could not swear to
the Defendant, hut might have seen him.
Fliztheth Williams was nurse in the Plaintiff's
family a few days before Mrs. Peacock left her house.
In t'.e cows, of a night in September last, was dis-
t,. ihrd by a noise in her master's bed-room. Went
sip steiro sod saw her mistress undressed. Saw no
paper ; only heard a noise. There was no light, bet
the Piaintiff called for one, which was brought by
witness's fellow.sorvant. Mrs. Peacock blew the
light out.
Mr. ADAM ellieeled, that say thing done by Mrs.
Petcock, was net evidence receivable in this cause.
The CHIEF hist= said, it was receivable IS evi-
dence of the wooer in which the letter allotted to was
obtained by the husband.
Sarah Jenkins was • nurtory.maid in the Plain.
tiff's family the year before last, and had left the
service 16 months since. The Plaintiff appeared to
be en attentive hothead to his wife, and was fond of
his eli:lcires.
Mr. Santee% Peacock. a Lieutenant in the Navy,
end brother of the Plaintiff, stated that he was in
the habit of visiting the Plaintiff and his wife, and
they appeered to live happily Did not know the
Defendant—never aw him at Plaintiff's hoop.
Deft slept at Plaintiff's house en the sight the letter
in question was obtained by the Plaintiff. Heard an
altercation between Plaintiff end his wife. The lat-
ter said, " You shan't have it—it is my letter."—
Heard the bedroom door open, and • rash down
stairs. Witness was about getting up, when she
Plaintiff came to him with • light, and requested
him to get op. He appeared in great dottrel.—
Witness got up and went Get, end saw Mrs. Pea-
cock in her bedpan, without shoes and stockings.
Witness old, " For God's sake, what is the mat-
ter ?—compose yourself, and don't Peptise yourself
to your servants." The Plaintiff had a letter
grasped in his hand, and was going to read it,
'Then Mrs. P k snatched at it, bet rushed into her
bed-room, and blew the candle oat. A considerable
struggle and altercation afterwards enacted, bet the
Plaintiff succeeded in getting the letter. Nest day
Sir Henry end Lady Peak, called and took Mrs.
Peacock away. Saw the Defendant on Saturday
morning (the disturbance mentioned being on a
'rhumb', night); witness called epee him, and told
him that he came about an unpleasant business be-
tween him end Plaintiffs wife. The Defendant ap-
peared agitated, and said, " I find I am in a scrape,
end most set out of Ras well as I can ;" and added,
0, that the errors •f youth may lead es into acts
which we may afterwards regret, and tibia blast
*or future prospects in life." Witness asked him
for some letters belonging to Plaletiff's wife, and
requested him to deliver them up. He replied,
" Certainly act ;" bet if whams would ptedra his
word of honour that the Plaintiff's wife would con•
sent, he would deliver them-op. Witness said he
could pledge himself to no such thing. This was at
the ham of the Defendant's father. The De-