The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-14 00:00:00

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hritiths•tf 1104160.111Wiii Owe for lie. -or three years;
from thence they woos to reside in Bloomsbury.
!rare, and from theuce to the Alpha Cottages.—
They ►hen removed to No. 49, Charlotte.street,.
Portlaud-place, and during this time witness had ao
opportunity of observing that they condeeted them•
selves particularly affectionate towards each
An the month of October last witness found the De-
fendant there; he.represented himself to be ■ physi-
cian. Witness understood the conditions upon which
be was at the Plaintiff's house, it was while cham-
bers were being prepared for him. He continued in
town only a few days, but during that time he ob.
served something in the conduct of Mr. Wilke
which produced a Idgb excitation in the conduct
of Mrs. Frances; be considered her not really
sane—hardly herself; and in the conduct of the
Defendant he sew a most hammer and base acquies-
cence to every thing Mrs. Frances (lid or said. He was
convinced that be was doing all he could to avail him-
self of her situation, and, in consequence, witness
communicated his suspicions to Mr. Frances, who
took immediate steps to remove the Defendant from
the house. Witness dictated a letter, and the De-
fendant left the house in consequence; and witness
took Mrs. Frances to his house at Tunbridge, and
she continued there three or four days. About two I
months afterwards witness came to town (this was
in the month of December), and he met Mrs. Frances
and the Defendant walking atm and arm together.—
lle observed a brooch in the Defendant's bosom which
he knew to be the property of Mr. Frances, lie
was taken in custody to. Union-halt ;Ow subject of
the charge was upon the brooch. Mrs. Frances said
she gave the Defendant the brooch, and the charge
was consequently ahatultmed. On the following
morning the fugitives were traced to No. 5, Joiner-
street, Westminster road.
Mr. Justice DALLAS.—Whit do you mean by her
not being sane 2
Witness.—Her conversation betrayed an erroneous
judgment.
Mr. Justice D tu.ss.—Tell me what that conduct
was which you hasp ascribed to the Defendant to be
()famous and base ?
Witness. Acquiescing in and adopting her

opinions.
Mr. Justice Da t.Las.—Did you see any Indecent
familiarity on the part of Dr. Wilke ?
Witness.—No ; I thought it impossible on her
part, for her manners were totally the reverse of
levity. The Plaintiff had 3001. a year in the Post.
office; he was very much distressed at the circum-
stance of her elopement. She was particularly fund
of her children.
William George Jarvis, a Sheriff's Officer, apple-
headed the Defendant for debt ; be asked witness for
some paper; and he wrote Mrs. Frances a note, and
addressed her as Mrs. Seymour ; he said he had taken
apartments for her in that name.
James Davis said, he lived at 5, Joiner-greet,
and recollected that in the month of December last,
a Lady and Gentleman came to his house in the name
of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour, took his second floor,
consistincof a front and back room (which was the
bed room), they lived there as man and wife fur a
fortnight.
Several letters, in the Defendant's hand-writing,
were then put in and read, to show the analogy of
his writing to the letter sent Mrs. Fiances, in the
name of Mr. Seymour, after his detention for debt.—
It ram as follows :—" flow to see you I don't know.
or whether you can come to me to-night. Oh !
what have they done with you! I shall apply to
It. 0. few WI. Oh! what shall I do, my beloved
Ilarinalir' Signed Seymour, addressed to Mrs.
Seymour, No. 5, Joiner-street.
This letter was compared with others, and stated
to be the Defetniatit's hand•writitig. In another
letter was the following passage :—" I aspire to your
affections, and if I fall, I fall for a noble creature;
I like Phaeton I shall fall, &c. &c." The reading of
the letters closed the case on the part of the Plaintiff;
when Mr. ANDUEWII addressed the Jury in mitigation
of damages, and lie contended that there was no
atrocity in the cue which called for heavy damages!
Mr. Justice D ILLAS recapitulated the evidence ;
and the Jury almost instantly found a verdict for the
Plaintiff—Damages, Five hundred Pounds.
In the examination of one of the witnesses it came
out, that the Defendant is now its prison for debt,
and that Mrs. Frances is still under the protection of
her husband, at a relation's house in the country.

CONSISTORY COURT, FEB. 13.
LADY KIRKWALL, V. LORD KIRKWALL.
This was a suit for a divorce, by reason of adultery,
promoted by Lady Kirkwall against her husband,
Lord Kirkwall, who was charged in the libel withl
having carried on an adulterous intercourse with a
person named Sarah Taylor, and with another per-
son named Webb, during the years 1814 and 1815,
snd that be still continued such intercourse with the
latter.
Dr. ARNOLD, on behalf of Lord Kirkwall, stated,
that he telt he thould best discharge his dory-by
submitting the effect of the evidence to the judgment
of the Court.
The esidence baying been read,
Sir WILLIL Scoxr observed, that there was full
proof of the marriage, both by the evidence and
the confession of the parties; that both the facts of
adultery were sufficiently established ; and that the
identity of Lord Kirkwall as the person who visited
these women, and their diversity from Lady Kirk-
wall, was satisfactorily made out : therefore it be-
came his duty to sign the sentence of divorce.

ACClDENT.—Tharstby afternoon, a young wo-
man, in going over Holborn from the end of Queen-
street, was knocked down and run over, by which
she had her arm broken, and received several other
bruises. The coachman was driving at a very Woos
rate, and refused to stop, though called to. A young
man followed and took his number.

DIE 1).
On the sth inst. In Cresol, street, Finsbury square. Mrs.
Letitia.Knos, thew ire of George Kunz, Esq. late of Devon-
shire-street. Portland-Id:ire.
On the.l3th inst. suddenly, Sir ItieJtard Croft, Hart. of Old
Burlington.street, iu the 571 b year of his ate.
On the 13th inst. at his house on Dohs icismosmou, in his 86th
year, Percival ?tomb. req.
On the 12th inst. iu his iiith yaw, P. F. V. Herbst, Esq. of
Turnhatu.greeu. •

MU D Eta a ROB Ogg GRE EN
A DJOUIINED INQUEST.-
Friday afteraooo,at four u'eleek:theJury reataseastaeditt
late
White Hart, Greenwich. The Mastiteines of Greene**, and
several County Magistrates tverepreseat.
The first witness was Mary Harris, wife of 'Mr. Harris, 'of
Limekiln lane. She said, abut on Saturday night last, bete:yea
seven and eight o'clock, she saw there men in London-street.—
They were not far distant from Mr. Bird's house. Tarr had
the appearance of cousurymen ; they bad light coats. Clue of
them went into Mr. Thoraton's, the baker's; she • west twee,
and saw no more of Bina. , • .
Jobe Christopher WeStlate, of: Bennonditty, that on
&today worniug, about 'Metre o'clock, he met a man Klee
Anchor-load, near the Swan turnpike, Rothestiobe; who was
covered with blood, and his hands and ee wile cut and more
bloody than any other part of his persoa. He spohe'in him and
said, s• you are in a very deplorable condition." He made no
reply. He was dressed in a dark green coat, corduroy breeches,
and gaiters. tie paned with him before he got to the gate, hav-
ing to call at a house. When he passed through the gate a short
time after he enquired of the keeper if such a man as he And
described had passed through the gate, aod lie was informed that
he had ant; he therefore coociteded that the man had turned
back again. It was not later than half-past twelve when he
saw the man.
Mr. John Lynch, Parker's row, Bermondsey. said, that on
Sunday. about 1 o'clock at noon. he was returning from Dept-
ford to London, and near Lilliput Hull turnpike, he met a man
in a bloody condition; his face was very bloody, his nose was
cut, and blood was dropping from his coat pocket. Two fingers
on his right nand were much eat. His coat was dark bottle
green. his breeches corduroy. he wore gaiters. He : looked at
has face, and said to him, •• if you have any homo yon better
gin to it." He trifide no reply. He had the appearance of a
bricklayer; his shoulders were very broad, his cheek hones
were *cry prominent. He could identify the man if he should
see him again. He did not appear to have been fighting with
any one man, hut appeared to have been set upon by many, she
blood was so thick upon biro.
Elieabeth Oldridr.e. servant to a Gentleman at Mill-pend
Bridge. near Ilermondsey, said, that on Sunday morning last,
between nine and ten o'clock, she was going from Sydenhani to
her master's hie se. and by the Black Horse Bridge in the Lower
London-road, observed spots of blood on the ground. whith
she traced for a mile fr 000 the Si. Helena (late to China Hall,
public-house. Opposite the latter place she met a man coveted
with blood and dirt; his appearance was precisely as described
by the preceding witnesses.—{This ettidence is only competent,
as itdraces the man front the Greenwich road towards tier-
mond-ey.] • -
John Metcalf, waterman, Queen's-head-alley. Execution
Dock, said, that on Sunday morning he conveyed a man in
bloody condition, answering the description of the man de-
scribed by the above witnesses, from novenae Dock to the
Surrey side of the Thames, except that he believed the coat was'
blue instead of green. Ile remarked that he had but two lingers
on his right hand. Th. 11811.11 informed him that he bad been very
ill sited in St. Catharine's.
John Armstrong. Officer of Worship-street. said that in con-
sequence of information that a man answering Me description of,
the prison described by the above w itnesses, was at the Unicorn
Public house, Shoreditch. he proceeded to the boute and spoke
to the landlord,who informed him that such a man was in a room
at the b:tck of the house. he went with the landlord to ate roam
where the man was, and interrogated him about kiiinp:tearance,
and remarked to him. that he had changellitis -impure since
Sunday; the man replied that he had. 1C Ltfd bls name was
Mansfield.
He acknowledged, that he was in the Greenwich road, on
Sunday night, in the situation described by witnesses. Ile
ac-
companied Mansfield to a house in Shoreditch, where he said he
generally lodged. and tre he found the clothes went tsy him
when seen on the Greensich-road. The coat *us green,
and the pocket appeared to have been lately washed ; there re.
mained marks of blood upon it; be 'saw a pair of corduroy
breeches and gaiters, and a (lazed hut. He thought it lies bit
duty to take the man to a Police-other. hot he was so much ex-
hausted and weak that he put him in a coach, and took hi is be-
fore Mr. Dyer, Magistrate of Shadwell Police-trice, and the
Prisoner was examiued. He bad lost two angers of hW right
lam& and the dress he wore was very diderent from that he
wore on Sunday. ale said that he was is Ureenwich I,ensioaer
and had been down that way ou Sunday bat, and got ill treated
when in a state of intoxication. lie accoohted for the blood
okopping front his coat-pocket by his lingers being sadly cat ou
the /eft hand. which lie put into his pocket as he walked along.
Ile denied having nay knowledge of the murder except by re-
port. The Magistrate ordered him to be taken to the House of
Correction and to be brought before the Magistrates at Worship•
street.
The Conine KR stated to the Jury that he had no more evidences
to lay lwfore them, and they might leave the ease with 'safety in
the hands of the Police.—Wilful Murder against wise penio
ur pawns unknown.
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