The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-29 00:00:00

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the public cliatncter, of his Lordship; end although
some persons going to thrfashionable parties at the
West.end of the lowly might.catth hold of pone idle
reports, he individually !toe* nothingegalost his Lord-
ship. But what was the cond.Xarn of any man placed
before the eyes of the world with such general litle-
liationsigaiwst his character ? lie could. do nothing
more than repel the calumny. A man might be the
favourite of his Sovereign for his great military es-
Ltploits tied_ diplotnatic. !refaces, and might, •as herb
tlieen observed, nateally attract the atierktilin
young girl ; dttd all this might propose nothing to'
doWteslic felicity; but, good 60,11. was it to be siEW
that becatise it •might he so, that tt stunt be so
And because this affidavit contained these allege..
tions, was it to be said that.Lord' Stewart njurt.
have been in dissipated and, irregular habits ?—•
lie slid not mean to say, that Isis' Lordship de--
cidedie *Ws not bo, eiCepting from his own
allegations la. his affidavit; but, fat any thing he
knetrto the eolltrary, Lord Stewart-might be lemma-.
'of as gond- a priviiN. life is any magus in' eaistence.;
Whether this was or was not the. fact, it was the'
duty of the Master to decide. With respect to the
reference to the Master, heoistred. bete to observe,
that, supposing that slanuld be his determina-
tion, shot referetwe. would have.no effect in deciding
•the question ; and the Master OW not undersrand his
duty if he entertained a untie.,, ti it, by sending it to
him it was deciding the ri hole matter. The question,
he observed, was then reduced so this pointwhether.,
Lord Stewart's conduct in the oegoniation NI; the
marriage bad been :such, that fcr• that reason, and.
'hat el rnP, the reference ought to be refused?" Ile
had no difficulty in saying, that it it was justly im.
puled in she affidavit that Lord Stewart hail been'
gritty of that conduct which amounted to collusion'
and concert, in order to acquire Onmeasion of the'
young Lady's fortune, be would not grant the refer.
'cirri; or even if that charge seas apparently made-
'nut, he should hesitate a long time before he slinuld
give sech a person the opportunity'r.rmaking his way
'to the young Lady's fortune. But had such a case
been made out ? When a man hagl conducted him-
self in life with so much propriety, as fat as his
honour and his character were concerned, as Lord
'Stewart; it was impossible to say that suck a charge
of direct misconduct hail been made out. But,
'although he said this, nothing' on eatth shnold• pre-
vent him from declaring that there certainly had
existed some indiscretion on the part of Lord Stewart
as well as. Lady Antrim. Ili& Lordship then entered
into a particular statement of the transactions frogs.
ihe—fir-t introdustioo of Lmil Stewart to Lady
Frances down to the 9th April. The anonymous
'communications had !him four in number; with the
'Woo stated in them lie was tint acquainted, therefore
he was unable to decide upon the effect which their
contents would have upon Ms owri mind, supposing
'allidoits were framed 'elinn 'them. While the letters
remained what they were, anonymous, he could pay
no attention to them. With respect to the Lady of
high' rank, about whom so much had been said, he
should say, that there was no evidence to prove a
concert or collusion on the part of Lord Stewart to
get poisessiou of the young Lady's fortune. As a
~fuilltP, the conversation which was said to have
tJheii place between that Lsdy and Mrs. Taylor
would liirve no effect upon him. On the 9th April,
the offer was made and accepted ; and he hail no dif.
ficulty its saying, that Lady Antrim should have beet,
a little more considerate !ban to allow these patties
to gooie to the point without giving them the oppor.
Vanity of further delibetition. ll,' was also decided-
ly 'of opinion, that neither Lord' Stewart nor Lady
'Antritia ihnuld have taken that hasty step without
first consulting the wished of the guardian, Mrs.
Taylor'. Under all the circumstances of the case,'he
could lee no objection, to the reference being made to
the Matter ; nor did he see any cause for delay in
the present enquiry ; on the contrary, he thought it
would be most 'advaiitageogs for all parties to have
the propriety of the union enquired into. it would he
icings unjustly towards both Lntd Stewart and Lady
Antrim, if enquiry were delaie4l; If the Master
iihotild be of opinion that this is a proper marriage,
it would he by 'no means a matter of 'course thrift this
Court would confirm that report. With respect to
the other motion, whether Lady Antrim shou!il he
continued under the restraint to which she had vo-
luntarily submitted herself, he felt no difficulty in
saying, that paying no regard to the high rank in
life, looking at what had passed with regard to the
transactions of the year 1816, and to the present
affair, it did appear to hint to he proper to order,
tbat until the Master's opinion should be given, the
restiaiist should he continued. If Lady Antrim felt
'uneasy at this restraint, she might have an oppor-
tunity of applying to the Court whenever she thought
proper, and of giving any explanation she might
think eapedlent ; but there were circumstances ire the
history of this transaction w hick did not appear to
Iloilo be quite consisieut with the duty of a guardian.
Sir S. ROMILLY.-1164 your Lordship any (objec-
tion to adding to the order that the parties shall be
examined on oath ?
The I.OaD CIIANCILLOR.-1 recollect no instance
of that ever having been granted.
Sir S. ROMILLY.—The novelty of the case T should
think would' afford a sufficient reason for its being

Ordered.
Sir A. PIGGOTT.—The Court is in possession of the
iffidavits.
Sir S. ROSILLY.—Thot is the very reason why the
Parties should he esamitted upon oath.
Th Loan CHANCELLOR.—The safest way is to
take the order in the usstal manner; anti if any thing
arises, that it should tie made the ground of an appli-
cation to the Court.
Sir A. Psta6otT.--..With liberty to make a separate
Report as to the question of the marriage ?
The Loon CHANCELLOR.—It is in the nature of
things, that if the Master reports that it is a proper
marriage, that that Report will embrace the proposals
! as to' settlement, because he who tenders himself must
vf necessity say something, as to his fortune. But
tio-'nbj•ctien to say, not only that the Master
ahnnid 'be at liberty, but that he should make a
se/toile Report if the party 'desires. it. A refer.
'menu- the Master with regard to the marriage, I
reprotti doe., net decide the question the least in the
wrirld.• Of -ohne, if the Master coneiaers it to
tit 4 in Improper ptirriego, there' will beast, cud Co the
enquiry.

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Dr. Lostrtntreollri,ort Whiff of Lard errebra)ne
mooed the Cositt• for 414 ielmbnarectr'nf 11,6:
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tairiebio fUe PirpfitrV squadron off
Basiiiiradri..iiiiitf4 the production of a certain
chart. fire.ittlibarti,oneAA*bt. French ressols.whieh
were..l4 of)twhickis now in the fly.
drogriptles office), upon'airatidasit made by Lord
Cochrane retitle* thereto. • ' ' . ~ •
This. motion wat opposed by. the K n'a, A nverc AYE
ond•Dr. ADAMS, oti' *the 'grubiid that the tprestitibbe.
foie the'Cau'ret .64 'riot rlitiol-re arrity issiktigite:. •
11.0di Navy reply, Fein.
teitbd: or.Jehohieesnie, in order
Ibibeieesr. fb:ii4eVotiiid. the naritiCat terms Nit *odd
'sa-a1 e the d* • '
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Sir Ikst;.SCOTT CroPO.Urrifi prnprietrof grant,
in/ the motion, in. order that• the Court might have
orrery 'possiblesmeens of-inforaiation upon a. &Scare
•ca.e, df.coiittad&-tory eiidelicr, 'this was, and
hy 'no to rang nnithporfrrit l'ho present*
Of the 'Trinity Mersters attic net, raietke purl ore of
mow olvivi..iiii•any pdtettleiii ue.f* I)4'
qurstiou, • but With a iiew to asiist (owl, in its
imperfect knowledge of matters simply nsuticol, re.
rpeciing • *hic.ii they poves.,ed more practical know-
ledge/And esperience.—Motion granted. •

POitedt.

N VISA ?ICE.
Malyeton.itouSi..--;Yr4tercley the. followitiLfg:
treeirdinarycase of cirnPliititWas lueestigaters
the LORD M A YOR
Mr. Valle, a chemist of high respectability..was'
summoned to answer the conqrlsiot of Mr. Wowe,
and other respectable- inhabitants of Corohill, for a
*pismire or the most revolting description, lamely,
the expoattre of fragments. of liemiati thejla: du the
top of h 4 horrid.' . t '• •r •
Lorfri'llltileott sari, Chit if Mr: Vide did not
imineiiatelyrentriilt cOniplaint, he should
dirt& an indrcttheirt agfildit him by' the City Soli-
citor.
BOW•SYREEr —Yesterday PhilipMarkwas brought
to the °lire, and underwent en examination before
Mr. Bigwig, charged with robbing Mr. Thos. Brown,
a tailor, of the Strand, of various rums of money.—
It appeered that the Prisoner had been in the employ
of the Prosecutor some years, and had acted as his
foreman for the last three years, sod ilutirig that time
the Prosecutor had the greatest confidence in the
sonar's integrity, incrusting him to reroitre swots of
money ; but, at length, he has• been discovered not
to be trust-worthy, end has beets detected ••in•
receir-
ing various sums and apply ingthem to his own
Ile was committed for receivisig.7l. a consideralde
time past from Mr. John • Fears+, of Grange-court,
Carey-street..
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STEALING LORD MOUNTCASIIF.L'S PLATE:-
M ARLBOROUGH-STREET.— Joseiih Jarvis, ISM An-
thony Jarvis, aid the hoosekeeper of Joseph Art ir,
were re-examined, charged wilt, stealing a quantity
of plate, the property of Loll Mounicashel. It has
thready been stared that Anthony Jarvis was detain. d'
in offering part of the lost plate at a pawnbroker's,
the articles having been lost since 1811. In addition
to the former evidence, William BarneS, who was
then servant to his Lordship, but who now lives in
the service of Mrs. Towers, of Wetbeck.streiit,
proved that he packed up the plate with. some
other
articles, in July, 1814, and he believed that the same
was put into a post-chaise, which accompanied bill'
master's private cam tee.' Lamed *Mountcashel withk
on a Oil, to Illylett Kingston's),
sin fins
way to Crotwar, Norfolk', .wltere he remained some
weeks, and witnesa wen( dovro• to Cromer by the
stagecoach, to await the arrival of his master'; and
it was some time before he heard that the plate was
Inst. The Post-cliaise was hired of Airs. Pearce in
Mary.le-hone-lane, and Anthony Jarvis was a post.
chaise driver at the time in that neighbourhood ; hat
Mrs. Pearce being since dead, it could not be ascer-
tained whether he drove the chaise which contained
the plate.
Joseph Jarvis, who has borne a most unimpeach.
able character throughout his life, hot in whose
house the plate was found, was again admitted to
bail'; but the other two Prisoners were remaided till
Loyd Mnentcashel arrives in town, the Magistrate
observing, that he would accept good bail fur the
woman.

Saturday night as Mr. Barr, of Islington, Wag
returning from Tooting, in his cart, he was stopped
on the cirmenon by a snail in a sailor's jacket, with a
crape over his face, who pointed a bayonet to his .
breast, rubbed him of 351. in Wink of England routes.
—Same night. as Mr. Fletcher, of Wandsworth, was
returning from the Elephant and Cistle In his house,
he was surrounded by tire desperate villains, one of
whim felled him to the ground by a blow on his head.
Mr. F. endeavoured to alarm the nelgltbourhood, but
they stoprd his mouth, and toy° him several heavy
Mow.. They rut off his pockets, containing his
II money and took his watch. Previous, to decamping,
they give him several more blows, and taking him,
up in their hands, threw him riser a-hedge.
The honour, delicacy, and inviolable secrecy con-
nected with the Medical Board for the care of pre.
veiling diseases, are manifested from the public con-
fidence it has acquired. Since the Medical Ifoard has
been established at Charlotte.house„Great Charlotte.
ovireet, Blackfriare.roatl.nrul Woodstuck•street,
Oz-
ford.street, upwards of Thirty Thousand Patients of
both sexes have been restored to perfect health; many
of whom had lingered for years under the most painful
and obstinate diseases, were pronounced incurable
by respectable practitioners, end several discharged
from Hospitals. Such are the effects resulting from
combined talents !!—Nlessrs. Cowan and Co. of
Medical and Surgical celebrity, after forty years ex-
perience in this Metropolis. are consulted daily at
both houses until tripe at night, and the poor have
advice, gratis, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
Mornings until twelve o'clock. l'atiente at a dis-
tance, describing their case, immediately attended to.
All letters to he directed to Cbarlotte.lintise,
Black-
, Marie-reed, hot none ars sus c red which do not con-
' lain a c9uisiting fee.