Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-05-16

chen disappeared for few minutes, but they
ooa appearcd again, and what took place af-
terwards. will explain the cause of their abb
sence. Mr. Turner was, you will recollect, in
London three hundred miles of, and Mr..
Grimsditch was there also. VIM. Wakefield,
when he returned, said to Miss Turner, 81
have been into the house. have seen your
father and Mr.. Grimsditch. They are conceal
cd in a back room, and those persons that you
see at the door are bailiffs lying in wait to aP-
prehend them. II is impossible, therefore, that
YOU can see them: but your father cntreats that
YOU will not lose a moment, but proceed to
get a certificate of marriage, which, II you
bring back, money will be advanced, and your
father will be liberated from his present confine-
ment." The young lady believed that story.
Can you suppose that she saw through the
whole tis sue Of falschood' Can you doubt that
she was drawn on from place to place, in the
manner have described, in the hope OF being
instrumental in retrieving the ruin Of her fami-
iy In order to give an air of truth to the whole
story, pretended letter from Mr. Grimsdtch
was read, in which he desires that Miss I.
would consent to do that which would restore
ner excellent parents TO comfort and independ-
ence. The defendants under this pretence,
carried her off to Scotland, and there, under
tho influence Of terror at the destruction of her
family and her friends, and in the hope OF saw
ing them all from ruin, she gave her hand to
edward Wakefield, in the presence OF a drunk
en- blacksmith, landlord, and French SER
want. After the conclusion Of the ceremony,
they set Off for Penrh, where they arrived IN
the evening. There beds were ordered for the
whole party--three separate beds, and there
they slept that night. No misfortune happen
ed on that occasion /; for, If any violation had
occurred there, the defendants would have COM
mitted an oftcuce which would have amounted
to a capital felony From Penrth they pro-
cecded to London, and arrived at the Bruns-
wick Hotel about eleven O'Clock. On the
Wednesday she had been taken into Scotland,
and on the Friday afterwards she arrived in
London. When they got to London, friend
of Edward Wake!ield's met them, and he told
Miss Turner, al have come from your father
with a message, and he desir.s that you will
not stay in London, as you will be apprehend-
ed if you do" They got horses Immediately,
and, having, as they pretended, obtained IN
formation of her fathers having gone TO Ca
iais, they hurried her away to France, where
they arrived on the Saturday evening this
young creature having travelled q or hundred
miles in days, in a state Of the deepest anxiety
and affection on account of the state Of her
family On the day when they had been in
Scotland, William Wakefield was detached to
at Shrigley for there was then hope, that
the defendants had done something irretreva-
BILE, and that the family would, even then, be
disposed to make the best of not very cred
liable affair The sole object Of the exertlon
of these defendants was, from first to last, the
money of the young lady's father their aim
was to pick the fathers pocket with the hand
Of his daughter William Wakefield went to
Macclesfield, to consult with Miss Davies, and
I will show you a letter which she wrote IN re-
lation to this affair, with her own hand, but
which has fallen into the hands for which 1t
was not intended At that time, although
Miss Turner had been carried away from Liv-
erpool on the Tuesday morning, the family at
Shrigley were not apprised Of the event which
had occurred, or Of the fact of her departure
from school, until the Sunday morning not,
indeed, until the maria &c had been ann ounced,
IN the usual manner, through the medium OF
the London papers. On Saturday evening, and
rot till then, Miss Daulby went over to Mac
ciesfield, with the forged letter, and conveyed
for the first time, the intelligence TO Mr.. and
Mrs. Turner, that they had lost their daughter
IN tho extraordinary way which has been de-
scrbed to you. Miss Davies was very busy OF
that day, and, before Miss Daulby arrived, il
was quite clear that she knew what had hap
pened to Miss Turner, and Of her departure
from the school, The fatal intelligence wa.
no sooner mlde known at Shrgey to Mr.. and
Mrs. Turner (for Mr. T. it is singular enough
had left London few hours before the time
Of his daughters arrival there, and must have
passed her few stages on the road,) than Mr.
Turner and his friends set otto London. Mr.
T. was unable to proceed to the metropolis
His brother, Mr. Grimsditch, and another gen
tleman, however, proceeded onwards to Calais
and there, on the pier, they saw Miss Turne
and the defendant, Edward Wakefield. The,
took every necessary step to recover the per
son of the young lady. The defendant Al frs
began to insist on his superior right to her per
son over the right even Of her own father
She was his wife, and he would not, he de
.clared. part with her. They found some diff
Guilty in getting the yohng lady away; but, a
soon as the veil was drawn aside, and the de
iusion cleared away from her mind, the youn.
lady was struck with the utmost adherence a
the unmanly conduct Of the defendant toward
her throughout this extraordinary transaction
She shuddered, and shrunk away from him int
the arms Of her uncle, to whom she clung TO
uroteetion from Wakefield. The defendan
still. however, claimed her as his property
and it was not until thev had been before
French magistrate, who listened TO the Who'll
case, that her friends were enabled TO recove
her from his possession. After this transac C
ton, Edward Wakeheld wrote letter 10 III
brother William; and there, if any where, W
may expect to find little truth. When h
wrote that confidential letter to his brother
little did he think that il would fall into tn
hands Of the prosecutor. 1t is as follows
&c Calais, Thursday"
"My Dear William. i write in haste, {
save the post, only to give you news, and moth
ing else Mr. Robert Turner, Mr.. Crtchley
and Grmsditch arrived by the packet to day
with warrants. = y soon knew wha
they were come for, but would not attempt I
avoid the question. Shortly saw them, an