The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-07-29 00:00:00

'THE sTATEsmAN.

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bat terxiir untraterilito 0a4.14.411 beteleid yea,
Who oft gibed. their blood, on the biped aid the ware,
s'r affection acid coufige lend an In defend You
.Frii.n liosttk ifivaiiine, thy tuition to "wife. •
re'• 'Jo the froot:of Ike hattleo,,. ihe harp of green Erin
bolkun the wind, tO Ake proud tile's Carney
°Teas the standard of Erin, with nriton'conited,
. 'Which goin'd the bright raining Baromeeeleuetrday:

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&fore kti• Ihnb4r fltiVica4;NAliatcons.
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motto V. saopeel.
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The Vier-Cuasiceetort.this aiy;garel an elaborate 1 . --emsee-.-: . .
judgment in-this cause. The imsportaiice of vs hich , COM" in KING'S lteNete, Jure. 29;
; •• be stated to:he so great, in is cornmercial point °I ."'. ;e: •eue KING Y. iiRELsT.
view, that ithecame necessary beanimadvert on the : • Thie• wealth indictment, • cherging the Dgendarit,
many cases decided upon theobAskty or ae,abeire of ;Batty Verelst, with the crime .of perjury, in cer•
alien enemies. to sue in Courtse of, Law4nd ollquity hi taiinantwets given -in by him-to an allegation tiled
England, 'not only on lhi kit as formerly con. by his wife, Elizabeth Verelet; in a suit brought be
greeds' but as understood:since. the ifotioductiOn. Of !•ltiin against her, in the Consietorial Vetere, Doctors'
trade licences, upon the policy of which he • should i Commons, -to have her divorced, on the ground of
not ground his decision, but spikta the thence of the • adultery. ~.
law that took place
.of late yews, commencing in I • Theallegition charged the Defendant (the Paine
the time of Lord Alrantey, in the case of M'Connel . tiff in the suit in Doctors' Commons),
.with going to
0 Hector, reported in Bosatiqttet and Puller, and{ titilliOsise.bf to;Versois of the mullet:of:Kirkham, hi
Since followed by many decisiOns • IChinastowietariwbeth, for the-sake o&seeine a woe
The cause cerise on upon-a Plea in Bar, filed against • mutt, namod Elizabeth George„sehp had formerly
the bill of the Plaintiffs by the Defendants, who are ,fttterided. upon anotiterperson, trained-Elinor Grey,
factors and consignees in London for the commercial'• whom he had been in. tile balk of visiting at 'that
corporation, called Ciuco Mien Meyores, composed' lOtige, under the assumed name of Gordon, in or-
of five distinct commercial corporations 'and compie tier, to efideavourto prevail• on her (Biz; George) to
tiles, united into one great and extensive public body . keep out el-this. %Vey,- mot not to give evidence re=
aggregate, residing.at Madrid, with consuls, agents, spectiug the proceedings then independence betweee
mid factors, in all trading nations in Europe mad ,Life eedhis,wife ; with sending te,-.Rebecca Tucker,
other countries, pursuant to a Royal Charter of in. wife' of Tucker, to meet lien in a hackney.
corporation, granted to them by King Henry V. of coach; Which she • did ; with employing' her to per.
Spain.. • ..
, I suede Elizabeth George to keep out .of the way,
The Plaintiffs are two of the Company, residing holding.out to-her, that be would gettierher for life
in this country, as managers of the oemmerce in this if ashe would, be of. his side ;. wkeleackpowledging to
oitingderna and-prayed by.their bilk for an order upon •Jlebeeca Tucker, that his name was not Gordon, but
the Defendants, the Is:14114h factors, .requiring them jArefeiste,end that•lieload taken to Elitoor Grey, be.
.to sell a cargo of tine Spanish wool, exported by the ! cause his wifil had excluded Mm from her bed. These
company, into London, of. great value,- and to handl different allegations the present Defendant had negro.
over the price to the Plaintiff's, their employer's, for : tived-by his auswers,- sworn to A/ him,fon the 2d
the use of- selves and the company at large.• ; September. last, . before Samuel Pearce Parsons, Doc-
ThO.Defendant's plea in Bar-was grounded on the.: tor•esfeLaws, Surrogate to Sir William Scott, Vicsr-
filct, that the wool was the property of alien enemies,
.G-eit.e..raltlptlie Archbishop of Cantertuiryt and Chan.
or neutrals, now resident in a country under the doe' Collor •C'sf the Diocese of London; and on thesedif-
minion, or liable to fell under the jurisdiction of Went negatives, assignments of perjury were laid bx.
Franco, a Power at war with this country, and the . the present indictment.
Plaintiffs not qualified to sue in our Courts, upon i Mr...Scatter:ay, in slating the case, informed the
the authority of various decided cases, in which it Jury, that the Defendant, who was a Gentleman of
was ruled, that the funds should not be transmitted fortune,. had, in flue year 1803, married the daugh•
eve!' to neutrals, or even- to British subjects residing ; ter ef.a Gentleman, also of family and fortune,
in a meintry at war with us, lest they should fall into i Miss Herbert, daughter of the present Member for
the hands of the enemy, to encrease his resources.—; ' the cot:lofty of Kerry, a Lady highly accomplished,
Much discussion, saitihis Honour, had • taken place . and of an education the best which this country
on the distinction between aliens and natural borti could afford. Her fortune was considerable, and
subjects, who become commonest in, and adhered, • she -had an estate of which her husband became tenant
by choice or necessity ta.the rulers of a country- at for life. The greatest misfortune to both parties
'war with us, as also on the distinction between . ad-' was,. that there was no fruit of the marriage. The
tiering to the King's enemies in arms, or by aiding or ! present Defendant afterwardg brought an action
carrying on commerce with them, when possessing i against Major Staples, for Crim. Con. with his wife,
the power and meatis of quitting such residence and in *Molt he obtained a verdict, through what means
commerce. . the Learned Counsel should not say. He then went
Formerly the King seized all such-property as was . intielie.Ecclesiastical Court for a divorce against his
forfeited, and, of course; the parties could not be'. wife.. This. was the-'first time she eas actually a
permitted to sue, How far it yosscompetent for hie • patty to the proceedings ; and finding it impossible,
Majesty to grant licences tri sae in such cases, Was'. consistently with her own honour, or that. of her fa-
difficult to determine, as the decisiOns on that head': laity,. -to-he longer silent 7 she felt herself called on no
were variant and contridiCtOry; birethere were atm.; longer :.to .conceal what had -c.ime to her knowledge
wherein the King himself- crield not grant the licences spinets .husband who had done all in his power to
to any subject, to sue for his property inthis coup- . reigiiee. fame, character, and honour. She accord.•
try, while he was under the dominion of a Foreign In Iy'
..the allegation in question, in which she
Power at war with us; as, for instance, supposing eWrgtil-Ales, not only with carrying on a criminal
a subject to be found in arms with the enemy. connection pith. glitter Grey, but also with the ad-
Having promised that he should not in any degree : ditional incidental and corroboratory circumstances
ground his present judgment upon the deision4 made ; above :abided to.- The direct charge, as he was by
in the several important cages lately decided its the ; the rules of the Court entitled to do, the Defendant
courts of law, under the present or late system of the declined answering, but to the (Abet' allegations he
Trade Licences, hut minutely discussing each and gave in tile answers for which he wits-nost charged
every of them, he was of opinion that the case put • with the crime of perjury.
upon the record by the plea in bar, was not sot& The libel, the allegations, and the•answers there,-
ciently extensive, nor duly circumstantial, so as to to, duly sworn before Dr. Parsons, Surrogate to the
bring such plea, if otherwise valid, to bear on the Vicar-Generali Sir William Scott, were then put
peculiar circumstances of this case. In the first :in and proved.' :
place, it appeared that the Company suing were, ex- I Dr. Parsons was then called, and being* asked by
cept the Plaintiffs, resident in: Spain, a country in 1 Mr. Scarlett how long he had been surrogate to Sir
amity with us, and it was doubtful whether Madrid : W. Scott ?
be now, or was at the the time of filing the plea, in 1 . Mr. PAUK.objected to proof of the fact by parole,
the power, or likely to fall under the power, of the where the appointment was in writing.
French Government. This state of affairs relieved j ' Mr. ScAIILETT contended that where an officer had
his mind completely from any difficulty as to the iv) king acted, it was sufficient that he had been uni-
danger of clashing with any former decisions, since • formly recognised as such.'
the plea was, in his mature judgment, sufficient, ;. Lord ELLENBORO UGH thought it pima facie, an
both in form and substance, to attain its object, ; admission of his bearing that character, and that it
namely, that of meeting the relief prayed for by the; put on those objecting to prove that he held no such
bill,. independent of the law and justice that must go- ; character... .
there Escare.—A man of dashing 'appearance rern this case. • 1 Mr. PARK said, then he objected that Dr. Parsons's
was yesterday saluted with an unfriendly tapon• the i Of late years the King had not seized such pro- appointment was imperfect, as being contrary to the
right shoulder from an unwelcome messienger-Ofzthe j .. t.perty as a forfeiture, and •it was quite clear that the . canotise='• • -
law. Having understood the naturerof'qhe business I' There is a pear-tree';iiererlg „
tOWing in front a; plaintiffs here-residing had his Majesty's permission.) AIMS Rimistrar's book was then put in on the en-
iso which he was summoned, he agreed tteaccotnpany t Whitby Abbey, which has' three separate crops of i for such residence,by which they. were legally cum- trY...0f.,14t1t May, 1793, appointing Dr. Parsons Sur-
his persecutor; but had not gone .Matfy; yards, be_ S fruit on • it, and is likewise 'in fen • blossom for a 'veleta to sue the Defendants, in the maneer resorted 1 romete of ;1.4. Court, was read, from which it tip.
fore, to use- a fashionable phrase, he bolted: He ii fourth crop. - . His .
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• '• i to: Honour concluded with asking, since the ; peered. that there was a blank. as,to the Notary's
EXECUTION.—This morning Tilliank Smith, for
was instantly chased, and 'ere he hut reached the I King would not in this case seize The property, what; none piesent at the time, 'and required to verify the
King's Mews was seized by the skirts by the Bailiff; ; secreting and stealing a letter, containing ;Bank of i was to become of it ?. or what colour of claim mild toppoilitmente--Thia being so,
sa: resisted, however, most violently, and .the mob, I England Notes; and William ock9 - ,Bude Vdmokt, the Defendaets, as mere factors under the Plaintiffs,'S •:. Lord Fitrictesonouou could nist.fay,lio the circum-
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..3tniag to his amistanre, he happily . got ewer off, 1 Burkill, and Peter Patrick Eames, for forkeries,l,j;retend to set up for keeping it in their own . posses- i stews of tha case, that it-type:tie' to him there ss. $
with the loss of one of the lapels of ;Ns ?dads), The i were, pursuant to- their: eentencee,
,execetedebefoile! man s: Such -an idea could flitch. endured, . consist- ' here any competent authority to administer the oath.
officer-wail Most roughly handled. r,,, , ~,.. the Debtors' Door, Newgate, in PretencOof a greater eently with either law •or equity:. The Plea was Ohl' Leridehlp then informed the Jury, that iu or-
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A Clergyman, of iiidependeot fortune, in Diitset. 1 concourse of spectators. than has been remembered ; overruled. . _.. ~ . ; der to have a competent authority- to adroiriister an
'hire, Was merried, on Friday last, to, thodatighter i for-asters) ,
years, on suchen occasion.—These elder.; . Judgment for the Plaintiffs;:- i* • ' . . .- oathin such 'a case as the present, ,titif offieomnst he
of a chininey-sweeper, in • the , neighbourhood of tunate men were brought open the scaffold a fevAi TURN 611. V. 6011.EV.—DRINMAAVIII. .. . conferred on the person executing it irrthe•way. which
Bayswater, .after a courtship of two days, when the l minutes before eight o'clock, by the executioner;! . Sir Gregory Page Turner had contracted with the etlig eel opiete out.. Here the.ect. required the Kee
Ma,, Lady eloped from her Mama. . - .;.': .. !,v. ! Mid his assistant, who„ after preparing them to mete •Defendant for the purchase of Sortie pictures, `for,' s since pL. tbe Registrar,. Deputy .Registrar,
sot. of a
The. late Capt. .144 w it rvc v, of Ake eateekpenke.s the awful moment; .retired off the platforns, leavjeft-;• tom of 13,0001. He now filed his bill to. hi relieved) Wo'ler, 'Public. in the present instance, 'the tsp.
American frigate, was a native of owilingtotii,..flear i them in prayer with two Clergymen, •With wh.ore, from. this contract, on the ground that the ark-tete, 1 piiinffterit alfeCted to rest on theauthoo its, of a No-
Philadelphie, -adjoining a to en called ireisLor,_._i eer• ~they remained but a few moments; in the short Splie i had been represented as original works of the great 1 tory •itsiblic„but none such was named. there could
ramstanc„ which must have• tlitoll rise to the report i of which they seemed perfectly resigned to that fate, masters ; whereas, in fact,. they were. not io • stud I.be seepegjery, if there'was no authority ill the per.;
that be ik Le'‘ a native of • Bristol, iu England: j the laws of their country had doomed them to suffer, that the whole was an imposition. The bill j.seneadissinistering the oath. to administer it.—The
alent O and which, with becoming fortitude, they met. 'The prayed a-discovery from whom', and for what price, 1 Jury Accordingly found the Defenciant..Not Guilty.
Jo conserpsence of the-yellow f •rbeingp •
at Malta, and being supposed to be at Clirthigeui and bodies, after being-suspended the usual. time, were &c. the pictures had been purchased by the Defend-., .• ,
' cut down Red taken into the inner room, to be deli,-- mit. • IlifiNcaiteerr Stated this.to be an lailictmentler
other places. in the Mediterraneae,' W isiaicr to be .... .
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vered to their respective friends for interMent.—fiure. ,ollse
•' • ' Defendant answered, that the pictures really- a siteiltty offence againstthe Defendenf, whO had been
tar! Oritentiun of Goverieneet to titian-ill Yestefi to •
nf.t form quarantine which may arriv'ficuin that guar- kitt attempted to take away his own life; at twelve were original works of tlw great toasters as had been. examined as a witness, bot'h In the action before- hit
o'clock in the eight,-by discharging a pistol through represented ; but demurred to teat part of the,bill, Lordship, and in the suit in thelketesiastical Court.
Sr.- until it is known that the contagious disorder has i his left breast; • hut it had not the desired effeet, which sought a discovery of the pertrons from whom, The.ione objection, he was sorry to say, would be
disapirearstres -
• latod he was led by two of-the torekeye to the scatteld, and the prices at which, the pictures had been per. found (VI this case which had been sustained its the
A-few &ye since was committed to Newgate, .
4_, iu much agony from the wound inflicted. • chased:. on the ground that this was no concern of last ; that sells .his only reason fro not proceeding,
SA Itcr.t. Putts I!, Esq. a man generally knows' by the .1 BRIGHTON, Jeek 27.—There is new an !Aid of the Plaintiff, and had nothing to-do with the contract. •urilees,_ indeed, hietentied Friestd*woild ware the
reuse of Old Sisson, strongly suspected of being con- all expectation of seeing the Perecr. Realer. at . . The V ter-Cu. m Nc.ton said, that this objection objection. - - • . ,
corned hi the*
murder of Mr. STEECO. cu Hounslow.l
I. all
.•ghon. '
Hahn(' expretised his intention of coming • might in many cases be very propera as a discovery Meirettie said he would not. It weaver:Gnarly
Heath about eleven years ego. -• '
'.to the Pavilion for ten days or o fortnight, . but it is mig ht sometimes be sought to gratify an. impertinent 14to dety not to were such an objection its a..case like
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The Leda/ Etnil9 packet wail host, on her passage ;.given up; and yet we have not heard any: rumour of curiosity, or to pry into circumstances which the the present, where the witness might have been ins
from Jemsira to Bermuda. The whole of the crew.; the Princess of . WALO having thrown out a hint of . Plaintiff might have no huAiees to know; but in the ' dieted,. if-. there wall any grOgld,k4r, .AR‘lieting hint,
were saved; youte accounts state, also, Ant thexnailj her tooling to the sea.side:—Our races hem Will bo: preeeut rase the discovery might be eery material.— foistlie eat:knee-W.4m beforis'his toirs;elrip,„lmit. the
ha., been peeserblee me Ael4.„tu% weicar is areirredi:age dismal ; so. he Commander if the'-Diatrict sill, Suppose the mitaof a. representa,tictel.that certain ar•••' other party wares that, and in)lets'bqualot Ids Me
l'l the Downs ft um Buretuda, brought the :isollitki haw nothing. to do, and tickets 'for the' .stared will , tick, had .heen da.out efrfes.euinreottlercelanewm-;: -dear' e•lo- the fceleftestivitt timid :',4*. titg.lOrir us* id
settee. • J I •
• • twot-aidi atis Bonus. ' ii sad stspinise that tbe''articlei had beau sold at a Largay the Defendant Nat Guati.
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• :When the fleet of the foe boldly rusted . •. • •
vices. 14.
od dar'd on our island his baiment to pbreei
itneh true sou of Lrin•was quickly in motion;
And den to his colours„th' Invader to chats;
• No !Unger remember'd y WU bad dosealipat.
• The foe to'sosatil, each joio'd'heati and hoed;
-They -pray 'd. to their Gott to Smite kindly apart Shan,
• . And Gallic pollution they .fwept from t‘ land.'
We put pp our prayers to mercy's high fountain,
In thanks for each blessing our country yields;
• 140 the Got, Or Creation, who rais'd each Steen Moitataitti
And fruitfulnev potted o'er her galleys and 'Gelds, •
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. We pray in that form which our tarefatbers pray'd 10,
When the bright sow of truth 4rst illamitted the earth, 's
..11tottgh you, cruel liritons,•.our altars loyading, .
Would soacch from your brother'* the'rightiof.theit•ldOis
What was it thy great Cava DE ISDN iasplrei, • • 4.;is
On Palestitselshoie to lead forth thy breve bikkez,
'Twos a sign on his shield whichbis bosoms tatt mit '
To rescue that ero.s front the infidel's bands.
'We never will swerve from the faith wi were NM
• Apostatized men neer grew 00. our soil; • •'• . , . •
" Though still you may.treatin with horshneioaminean—liih.
The Goo ef. our faith on,greeo Erin shall#le: • • •
Again shall those days of our retires retanaM, , •• • ' '
.• Dry oilseey'i tear float eat einvery's crel.
The datighteli of :Erlaiiirtittastott• thefiltiills"ao vs.4l
And retie thelrtsireektemeharthe gariiiiiNifq;ju,
. .Again shall ant bode, by enetecnol,isnelleglotintaist, -
Boise a sang to the praisa of lltither4l94aetbi, .
••.` Again shall oar youth bouti4'o'er the mountain, :
And rouse lite her see' ryt-bCil..
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Stit sons of NariaAtirrAtAillw apage. rs beget •
Borst the Woe. lot ffetietion *hick darkens our 4.4 y 613
Let the braPtet !e.embraettbe the heaviest fetters. -
• Toed wish on the brave sons of Erin to lay ; `44.1
Then, fiiinly-iiiitteki; In love'and affection,
Whatfoe t lil dire Iliad on our heart-guarded ground ;
. Whilst thrones tresibk round him in abject suljection,
With freedom the Isles of the Ocean be erown`if.. •
• E. W.. ficrimshire Green.

THE MYSTERrUNRAVELLEICI

A young Lady, the daughter of a respectable
tradesman in Piccadilly, has for some weeks been
absent from her parent's house, but the alarm which
her mysterious absence was calculated to excite,)
eras considerably abated, by the receipt of letters
which were sent every day to her parents, assuring
them of her perfect safety and good health. The
anxiety of her unfortunate family, however, was
still great, and every possible means was pursued to
discoser the fugitive. At length it was observed
that th 6 letters always bore the same post mark,
namely, that of Bridge-street, Westminster, and
that they appeared to have been put in either before
eight o'clock in the morning or after that hour at
night. This circumstance suggested the expediency
of placing a watch opposite the post-office to observe
whether the young Lady was herself the bearer of
the letters. This plan was pursued with success for
'several days, but no distinct clue was obtained. The
person on guard at length noticed an• old woman, on
"three successive occasions, carry a letter to the office
• after eight o'clock in the evenings, and on the mornings
subsequently letters were received by the disconsolate
. parents. This circumstance led to a determination to
watch the old damsel ; and she was accordingly traced
after one of her visits to the Post-office to a house in
Fludyer-street, from whence, in a few minutes after-
wards,• the object of solicitude was seen to come in
company with a young man of genteel appearance,
and to proceed to the Bird-cage-walk in the Park,4
where they continued to promenade, while a messen-
ger was seat for the young lady's father, who in-
stantly obeyed the summons, and flew to the spot
where bis daughter then was. A. mutual recognition
took place ; and after a struggle of some time the
repentant fair one returned to her long deserted
home, where an explanation took place which did
not redound much to her credit. The young man
with whom she sojourned, is an officer in the Guards,
and had long been the companion of her stolen
walks. What may be the final issue of this affair,
we venture not to anticipate. The names Of the
parties, for obvious reasons, are withheld from our
Readers.

Since the first commencement of the war against
BONAPARTE, never was there, at ,any moment, a
brighter prospect of diminishing his power; never
was there a better hope of reducing him at least to
the limits of France ; his fate hangs in the balance,
and no man that wishes well ►• liberty cats hesitate
to wish which way it should incline.
I remain, &c.
Harlff,r4l, near Morpeth, July 24.

W. B.

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