The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-11 00:00:00

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CiIF.LM‘FORI). Mime', 9.
DOE, ON THR DENISE OP SAIIKETT V. HARVEY AND
OTHERS

This was an ejeetmesit to recover the possession of
certain premises, consisting of ewe team/nos, situate
at Witham, In this county, in the possession of Mat.
thew Bernard Harvey, trinkrept, and father of one
of the present Members for Colchester.
It appeared in evidence, that the premises in gees.
lion etlginallp belonged to s Mr. Baker, who, by
his will, devised the some to his see, Thomas Baker,
for life, with remainder in fee to the daeghtew of the
latter, Rachael Baker, who married the father
present lessor of the Plaintiff. Deering she life.
time of the setae for life, Me. M. B. Bare, per.
!hosed the ;Realises in question of hint nt fee, for va-
luable consideration, no en 'aprons sedertaking that
the mother of the lessor of the Plaintiff, oho, at she
lime of her marriage was soot.r age, should levy a
fine, and suffer a recovery under this contract. Mr.
Harvey had entered upon the ..... inn of the pre.
seats, end had espended besseen 30001. and 40001.
la improving the same; be the mother of the lessee
of she Plaintiff had Dever levied any boa nor s•tigered
arty ry, and the pres•ni amino was hrnaght by
het son and heir against site amignees of Mr. B Her.
vet', to recover the possessi..n of the pee leas.
The case, as above stated, was clearly proved, and
Ike Derendante Counsel being unable to agave any
substantial objection to the ejectment, a goodie, was
found for the Plaintiff
Mr. Jetice PARK. in the coarse of the argument
open the case, said, this, under the like circus-
stances be bad, when at the kW, on the Northern
Circeir, recovered for Lord Bs ron, property to the
mewed of 114.0001. is. Lancashire.
VOL ON THE DENISE Of lUNDETT, V WRIGHT.
This cast occupied neatly she whole day, and
Biotech doll in the detail of circumstances, was of
considerable importance, and of Magee circem.
stances. It was en action of ejectment, to recover
possession of an estate called Fanstead.ll•ll, is this
comotty, and of which she Defendant (a Lady) had,
some few years back, been pet into possession by
the Crows', to whom it had escheated for want of
heirs, she lassie' shows her deices. from Dee Ito.
bet Weight, •n ancestor of her family, the grand-
father of Lord Keeper Wright; bet since that period
the present claimant bad discovered that be was one
dept., allied to the last possessor—the son of
the smote from whom she made her descent.
Mr. Serjesnt ONSLOW stated the case, with the
wines persons from whom dot Plaintiff claimed,
until the estate vested In the last person, a Mrs.
Elisabeth Oglethorpe, the wife of Gen. Oglethorpe,
• Gentleman who died some years back at the ad-
vanced age of upwards of 100. She being possessed
of the estate, left it to Mr. Granville Sharpe, for his
life, with directions to him to settle the fee for
charitable uses. This devise being void as to the Chi*
(kW* uses, epos the death of Mr. Granville Sharpe,
the estate weed bete escheated to the Crown, bet
for the remote site made to it by the Defendast,
Mrs. Berbera Wright, to whom the Crown delivered
it. An adrettisemest was pet into the Papers calling
fat the belts. This predated a claim by • Sir Wm. MANIIION•1101.11.—The man who has oliciated
Bagnell Berdelt, of leeland, bet be could not sob. neer Temple...me for some time to preemie customers
entities his claim; how ,in the investigation of for a strong woman, named Gement. was charged by
his title, the present claimant was discemered—a little I an Olbcer with having occasioned 'brooches of the
tradesman /at Hell. TS. Learned Serjeant having peace.
given the details of the pedigree, I The Officer stated, that the Weeded was stated.
Mr. Cuawoon stated, that they should begin their ; isg at the door of the home where the mesa woman
eldest, with the common ancestor of the claimant sed•inaking a most Intolerable noise is de.
and person last seized, who was a Mr. Nathan scribing her qualifies.
Wright, • merchant of lesion, and Lord of the I Alehouse, C. Stunt asked in what inanser the
Manor of Crashes; la ibis county ; sad the first peace hod been violated?
evidence called was Mr. Bignold, Norroy King at Tin Officer said, the neighboorbood was crowded
Arms:Be prodeced a visilattoo, made ender the King's by pick.pockets, who look advantage of the surprise
Commisaiens, in 1664. by whirls it appeared, that into -which pamengers were thrown by the descrip.
at that rime the following was thee state of the fa. don gives by she hawker, who said his edemas was
milt' s—Mr. Nathan Wright hid • son celled B.+. able to lift threw cwt. with bet hair, bear 12 men at
min, who was • created a Barone : patent of his • time upon bar bud,', stand on her head (or half an
creation being produced, Nathan Wright's will was hoer, during which she world drink a pilot of por.
then read, god it appeared that at his death the family ter, and tarn any meet elbow on a table.
consisted of Beejamia. • daegbser, Susan, who was I Ald.eman Sutra told him the law would prove
tint deartiref to Stephen Potts, Eq. afterwards so toe strong for hi.: mistress if she did not cease to
Frolic& Drake, Esq. et ohkh marriages there were have her 'manliness published.
Hu tinkle". His nom daughter, Mare, was married The barker said she weed shift roe gem tors imam
to Robert Burdett, an Aldermen of Lowden ; a third diately.—The Alderman
was *111i116.4 with its
delights". Alice. married so a John Wolpi., a mar. ; ann., end dismissed the poor barker.
chant of Loftus ; and dime were too unmarried Yemeeday nine frait.merchanls, in Broolph sod
daughters. Sir Benjamin Wright was succeeded by Podding.fienem, were fitted 40s. each, for downing
his eon Sir Noshes Wright ; ski. Sir Nathan was • large quantities of rotten oranges, &c. into the in seetS,
succeeded by his son, Sir Nathan. The last t:.ir Pe to Mork op the goners. and ocr*sive a oust
Nathan was succeeded by his brother, Sir Samuel, , inteltwahle stench in the neighboorhood.
who was the las Baronet. H. egg succeeded by his I Gomm mt.—Yesterday Bastiolowes Brough-
sister Elizabeth. who mauled Gen. Oglethorpe, and toe. the Natal Officer, who has nedergoste mmetal
was the penes last seised of the fee, and in her •,..minationr, on mo.picion of having robbed the
ended the last lineal descendant of the Weights. Whitt Horse Inn, Fetter•lnne, and the Sean with
Mr. CHITTY thew called for lbedoceoests to prem. Two Necks, Lad-lane, where he bad slept at elif.
the pedigrees of the Posts and the Drakes, the dr. (*rent time., was brought •p before the sitting Ma.
scendaats of the marriages of the first &milder of gismo., Mr. Alderman ‘Varrnarax, for what was
Nathan W,igbt, the common aseeMor. The line in considered • final hearing, it bring understood that
the Potts ended in a siwgle female, who married Sir one oil the Beek notes motet, frees the White Horse
William ironies, of Btookaby,in Leicestershire, and ton, had been traced le Fi, possession. Oo his •a.
by his meriaistelal inscription; it eppeared then was art:..; the 0 'ice his cvc,:tc a, ace betrayed iu-

Mr. tir rifted Out.° w hawing replied skit a great
deal of hasoor, on the •rjsateol that a man be pre.
vested to have a site and children. the Jury, ender
the directing of the Learned Jake, (mead a vaidiet
for the Plaialiff.