The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-17 00:00:00

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Mansion: litoesa.-11111;-tuillier ins est igallon of • tbe charge-
made ag ~net Captain'Vettny. of Ike Ea,' India ship Caroline,
cr. suspicion of the-murder of Blitter John, his steward, occu-
' pied the outeatio'n of the Lord. Manor the whole of yesterday,
, this brine the third exaalinatiod.. •
The Lascars persisted in the. esideoce which they had before
• given.
Siodar Cawn (in addition to ids former evidence) deposed,
that three days after last day's examination before his Lord hip,
' Captain Fenny's servant, Dadon, came ttobins nt !hell:wracks,
~ and told him be.nsuet hot go against the -Captain, but cone with
hint() the Captain. Dar then took him in a coach to the
Captain's house. In the llaymarket. 'the captain onAisarrival
' there sent for witness up stairs. The Captain then said to him,
Sindar Cawn, what you have told the Lord Mayor is not
true." Witness answered, he hod only told sybarite saw. Cap-
lain then said to %item, that he ghoul, tell before the Lord
Mayor, that Serang bad paid him money for what hi was to say
al,out the Captain having murdered Butler John. After that,
Captain took the witness to his lawyer's house in another coach.
1 Captain's lawyer then wrote something on ar per, which wit-
; nets did not understand; but the Oaptain int him it was about
...his saying the Serang gave him money. Then Captain's lawyer
...sent witness to deliver this paper to Mr. Gold (Supertntendint
of Lacers) ; this is the paper produced. The Captain then
gave witness a 11. note, and said whey justice was settled lie
would give him more. Theo he gave ions another coach, in
which he went home to the barracks along with lawyer's clerk,
who gave the paper to Mr, Gold. Captain's servant, 1)adoo,
alsh accompanied them thither. Mr. Gold asked witness if lie
knew what was in that paper, wititetss said he did not know.
Mr. Gold deposed, that witness admitted to hlm, that he knew
the contents of the paper; and Ana it was all right.
. Captain Fenny new stated, that ta.ceusequence of Sindar
('awn askiogAins for money, hg took bird to Ms 'solicitors, to
know if it was proper toliielt bim;-and'Who End there was
no objection to it. •
Witness denied usl.lng th- Captain for inane); et this time, or
that he had said to Captatti's ervaut that be had told the Lord
Mayor what was not true. Witness penband Is the truth of his
several dipositions•before his Lordship..,.
The I oats Mayon .said, lie had atlen,lvety etainined the
ship. He had gone inn' the cabin and upterthri poop ; he had
gone round the ship '
and examined the Wreaks 01 paint, mid by
the description of the place where the spar was lived, with the
men shin upon it, his Ladship did tun think it •poseible that
these men could see into the cabin window ; ItOLas to the pas-
sibility of forcing a man out of the cabin window, the Def. • I-
' aat would do. wall not to let that he any part of his defence.—
' Any apinien of his own, his Lordship said, could net chinini,h
the truth; but he firmly believed these men could Lot hive sera
through the sabio-viudow•from the positi-a in w hick the str.r
'1 wits placed; 'nevertheless. the evidence was .n positive, . n I so
firmly per-isted in by the witnesses, that 'it svas• impossible for
his Lordship; (consistent with the task he bad pv perform) to
dismiss the case, "Ind therefore he should 'desire at to stand over
fur anotise,resamition ou Moodily ftrinieb.:' •
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INTERESTING CASE--11. case of peconat mien:tit
:will very shortly be brought before Ole tonn•COAti.
CELLOR. ft is a petition on a statute. of lunacy, pre.
fdrred by the brother of.
.a Noble Pier, who is pre.
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fidtaptive heir to the thls, #gainst the'Neble Lord.—
The facts are simply theso:7-His Lordehip Was, Jur.
tilt the rad of iiis first Wile,under. a &Nen trustee.
ship.. !partied again, 'with 'the.eltio# tlitpgitter of
otter of the Trusted, anti the trial 'iris 'eddied
!loon %Nell the new :fseilily.' Tfih Lordship's
brother ceitends that this stet, wairsio# Improperly
latii#44ll+ll Noble Gird?. general lircompetence was
11114tIchlarty well known to the worl4: and he has
tieteral affidavit's ti prove titClitealfeelty. On tile
othitr side, the father of the hew`-married Lady has
lied 87 tjfdarits to rebdt 'the chst/e tot-ill:testa( in..
competency .on the part of Aim Nehtetord. The
first hea-dsg will probably lei In_pririte.
A writer' In' the ,rreckli ffeven.crer of Sunday
'mentions, as a hardship.resalting from our Nsriga.
lion Laws, Ott esr Merchants are net permitted to
'build vessels at Chabot, Halifax, &c. It is notorious
.that this prevention does not.exist, a proof that the
writer knows ;waling of his subject.