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VNITED STATES. •' PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 94,1819. ROM A PRIVATE LETTER.) lympathize with me in the unexpected Ine experienced by our friend B— S, !nterprising individuals who embarked undertaking which at the outset pro ' to repay them for the heavy less sus sing up their establishment at Man- I as the peril and expense incurred in Never did an undertaking begin rourable auspices, or boll out a greater Lccess. You will judge then what the parties .must be when they find all blighted. and their hopes of success ated ; with the additional aggravating 111 exhausted finances, and an immense on hard, for which no market or vent As I apprised you in a former letter, and machinery were completed at an lerse, by the second week in January, kmen who bad been some time en- spot, they commenced operations im• .)r the first three monjlis every thing c,perous, in appearance, as could be e (:uantities ui .goods were manufac •nsive orders were received ; and al i,:quate cash returns were made, no , :rtained of the stability of the firms to B— and Co. had sold their goods. ....ever, doomed to be cruelly disap -4; expectations, as the two principal He; that received their goods, and who t , , ihem in an immense sum, were on o declared to be insolvent, and one of pected to pay a single cent in the dol le other, however, a mote favourable :NI, on the final winding up or their the mean time, our friends B— and obliged to di s charge the greater part _ _ ,lion in each lunch, and they do not fears that they will ultimately be com uk up their Establishment in Mo.—, it more peculiarly distressing on the ;oor workmen, the majority= of them ;lam!, (many of them with families) .tring promise of cheap living—no taxes i—and employment for life!!! This is I,lual sketch from the general picture of I:tress at 2resent prevalent in every part ar. States. ' ' * • • comply with your wish in furnishing fetal, : for my own part, I could wish med idle, as you are pleased to term rue, 'ng better worth communicating had airs, &c." ling accounts of the emigration of this gentle pvcts in the United States (which were at that in the extreme), were given in the Sun last K AND KENSINGTON GA R DENS—There equestrians in Rotten-row about four indeed, since the return of sultry wea i beea also the favourite drive, on ac beiog the direct road to Kensington ''he Promenade, from half-past four to boasted a crowd of fashionable'. The of striped muslin, with the green em a•er, increase in e,timation, and the boot le, Ltced on the sides and fringed, is a .endage to a well-turned ande. lEArae.—The Opera of L'lngamto Fc- Ballet of Adolphe et Matilde, were per aurday to a numerous and elegant au nfinite•edat. Among the company were, id Duchess of San Carlos, Duchess of Argyll, :.rlborough, Marchioness of Lansdown, Earls 'town, Count aid Countess St. Antonio, Lords Stupford, Bingham, Petersham, G. Caven &c. IiFATRE..... The Heart of Mid,Lothian is ionoured with a third itoyal Command. :ompany of last week were— of Guildford, Earl and Countess of Warwick, ion and Pollington, Sir Godfrey and Lady Web rnard, Sir li. Russell, Lady Dull' Gordon, Capt. c Bond, Admiral Campbell, General Dikes, &c. , THEATIIi.--ThiS Theatre, which has rated in a most profuse and costly style,' tse of little less than two thousand pounds,', the . Tragedy of The Gamester. Miss I announced for Mrs. Beverley. t..—Among the distinguished Fashion are visited this favourite place of resort week, were—Their Graces the puke of Beau ifss of Marlborough, the Marchioness of Lana ! of Yarmouth and Westmoreland, Lords Dillon, ...Carley Paget, Ladies Drummond, Clarke. and J. Murray, Sir B. Coddrington, Sir Lumley *olonel Hamilton, &c. &c. N, the . Actor, is seriously indisposed in Mrs. KEAN has been sent for express, town to attendupon her husband. evening Miss O'Namt., appeared upon (Dublin) boards, fo r the first time these in the character of Belvidera, in arwriv's terced. The places in the bc:xe. - , had been t least a week back, and the rush at the doors for admission was very rap of the curtain was loudly cafl r e e d a tr, - Mr. CHARLES KIMBLE presented him /Ter, he received the warmest marks of glance, which continued for some minutes. of Mr. CoEttAM, as Pierre, was also hailed midest plaudits ; but when Miss O'NEILL the simultaneous burst of applause was ,n we have ever ssitnessed—hats, handker. hands, waved from every part of the every testimonial that could welcome her native country, was displayed in the ne feeling of Irish friendship and hospi me played Juliet to Mr. C. Kamist,x's Rwnee, ; ar.d 15e61.-Eti on Wednesday evenilYik I . .'I (FRON 'con win spml of fortune e Lite otter enter extensive nn :1 so amply to •.. in breaking ..er, as well as • '603 hither. more favour ••::•,1 of succe , t il the p: ptospects bli annihilate , wil o:ances ttf e: g lods on he found. As •:;:rr;s2s and srous ( - Terse . kir 11-r2 spoi ay, jar L on as preps larse (:, ; .7 11 no atldqu en.s.rtai :1 Ne.ors. 11- ;.( •I•es 2 1 rt cxpect the o 7 ..1 the obi mon their fear cd to bre.ll. 1- rc.lt!ors it of 1:1e. poor r the allasin 1g1: wiges—a :1:1 indivtar: 'le mere:y con gloomy detai • tie remained 1 so .ething ,!red. Yours So= jute:. Itiag tis propect ere; - :raging in t dt tIE PARK A e many egret rt ock ; and hid( •, that has bee ,* of its hei,. • dens. The 1' '-fast five, bo. !:j te dresses of a :dered flower, • rter-bhie, I.t rd tiful api:ena . INC's Titans and the Ball led on Saturd .ce with infini ▪ Duke rnd to of Alarlbt it is ant Com tnve vcr, Sufaeld, S Wound( ) &c. LRHEY TUFA to he bona .ong the corn , e totultess of tie dc Palmerston a r.r A. Ben:ard :jer, Bon t ig ,ICHVOND T 1 • omamentet • n expe nse o f A ! ns with the Itte 1 :"LY is ann.,' a ; hu have the g last Wee and VII ;hest and ,th: Eul of ' gel 31 :Ad 11.1 itel air Colon. t. KEAN, ti errantry. 1 . 1, has left tow ~n.l, n day e v e n ip e -s• sect (1) cars, in th !, a re Preserve r4O ,T,Ol, at lea tag 0. , .(1 pit do )U3l .irav i n , . 111 lerS %lien ° Mr, a 9 Jrr/Ter, ;Ler ral applaw Yet 1 4e:reef M ate, the loade bees 'Ted, the b a t . (r than w( (real c• and hal fined and ev eta to he r emainc I lout Y. She p 1; ; 2 Till 4110 . • Saturday afternoon a tr oop of the 4th nragobn Guards arrived at Leeds, from Nottingham, to re place a troop of the sth, which has been stat;oned there for some time, ;Ind which, this day, to the re gret of the people of Leeds, marches thence for Bir mingham. There was a Grand Review on Hounslow Heath on Saturday. It was perhaps the most splendid mi , litary spectacle exhibited for many years. His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, with a long train Of Military Officers, escorted by a party of Life Guards, arrived on the ground at a quarter past twelve. In his Royal Highness's retinue were the Commander in-Chief, the Duke of WIELLINOTOS, Prince LEOPOLD, the PERSIAN AMBASSADOR, etc. The Brigade con sisted, on the right, of the 9th Regiment; the centre, the lgth; and on the left, the -12th. The whole was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel PONSONEY— his Aides-de-camp the Marquis of Wonecterea and Lord Russet- The different evolutions were rapid and expert. The.charges made in line, and by regi ments, deserve the highest praise. No . accident les sened the beauty of the scene. The Pantos appeared in excellent health and spirits, and was greeted by the company when he left the ground. Three Major-Generals, three Assistant Adjount• Generals, one Assistant-Quarter-Master-Genetal v aid one Major of Brigade, are immediately to be-struck off the Staff of Ireland. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Tuesday his Majesty's 814 Wvr, Captain Itsarmt, arrived in Ltitk Roads. The Admiral's flag is now hoisted on board the Wet, the Hvrratou frigate havir.; sailed from the itqads on Tuesday for Portsmouth. . The Eleanor, Honour*, front Yarmouth for Liverpool, was fired into on the 15th instant, off Eddystone, by a cutter, who sent his boat on board the. Eddystone, and took from him his Custom-house paper% They could not learn the cutter's name. no:oven, Juxv 23.—Wind W.—Arrived the Dukc of Kent packet, with a Mail from Lisbon in 17 days ; Prince Regent, Wax., from Antwerp for Liverpool; and the Joseph and Jane, - Fresco, from St. John's, New Brunswick, in :".0 days. Arrived off his port the Denmark, Lamer ' from St. Croix in 35 days, for Copenhagen; and the Minstrel, Bassrow, from Penang, for London. PLYMOUTH, JULY 24.—Arrived the Francoise Rose, ROBERTS, frost Bourdeauz. Dees., Amy 25.—Wind E.—Arrived yesterday and sailed for the River, the Regent, VlTEtaarnt, from .Manilla ; and Spring, Sentrox, from New Brunswick. Sailed the Zephyr and Crown transports for Sunderland. Came down from the River and sailed to-day the Sterling, BAHRETT, for Naples. Passed by at the back of the Goodwin Sands the Canton, SCHINOCKUTTI, from Batavia for Ilolland, sailed 20th January. On the 23d of May, in lat. 7. 41. N. long. 21. 15. spoke the John, l'aaasza, from Liverpool, for Rio Janeiro. Doves, Jety 24.—Sailed this day the Lord Duncan packet Captain Pascoe, fur Ostend, with a mail and passengers, also the Chichester packet, Captain Rerrsarand Cumberland, Cap tab lIAMMOND, for Calais, with passengers. Jrtv 25.—Arrived last night the Princess Charlotte packet, Captain llaLtrows, from Ostend, with a mail and passengers, al.o the King George packet, Capt. Kt.o, and a French packet, from Calais, with passengers. JULY 26.—Arrived this afternoon the Lord Duncan packet, Captain lhatatrox, from Calais, with passengers. I.avearoot, Jets- 23. Arrived the Indefatigable, SMITH, from Africa. Sailed from Port-au-Prince 22d May. (In 14th July, in lat. 48. 45. long. 22. 20. spoke the Cognac packet, from Li verpool for llalif ; and on 16th July, in 48. 44. long. 13. 11. spoke the skip John and Thomas, from Liverpool for New foundland. The Speedy was last on the Coast of Africa. Cap tain MESTARD died on board the Indefatigable. The Barton, Gra.lasess. from Barbadoes, sailed 14th June ; spoke on 18th July, in lat. 4P. 36. bog. 11. the Anna Marla, WAITE, from Liverpool for New-York, out three days. The Suffolk, Fawn., from Charleston, sailed 27th June. On 28th June, in the River, "yoke the ship Isabella, from London for Charleston. SMITHFIELD MEETING. MR. HUNTS LETTF.II To THE LORD MAYOR. " 5. Wych-street, Strand, Saturday noon. "MY Loan—l was just about to return into the country, when I took up a Newspaper to read an account of what passed at the meeting of the City House of Commons, alias the Court of Common Council, held yesterday at Guildhall. I could not re press a smile whilst I was reading the account of your Lordship communicating to the Court the Prince Ilageett's gracious appro bation of your own conduct in the measures you adopted fur the preservation of the peace on Wednesday last. I could almost fancy that your Lordship at that moment saw, or believed you saw, the sure indication of the high reward rising up Sir John.' I laughed out in good earnest, when I read the account of the pompous way in which you recited the heroic assistance you had received from the Bank, the East India House, and other Public Bodies. I was quite delighted to find that your Lordship had received' such information as would lead to the detection and punishment of the miscreant authors of the infamous seditious placard,' which was posted up with so much care from the Gamete Office in Whitehall, even to within a few inches of your Lordship's own nose. " But my risible muscles became paralyzed, when I found that you, the. Lord Mayor of Loudon, solemnly declared that you had received information upon oath, that the disaffected had formed the horrible design of firing this great city, and murder ing all the inhabitants. I involuntarily exclaimed, Parson Parks! Parson Parks!! ParsoD Parks!!! your discovery was nothing,to this—your plot was a mere flea-bite to the plot of the I.ord Mayor. I ordered my horse Bob to be unharnessed, and to have another holiday, as I was determined to remain In town to hear the result of your Lordship's examination of these mad and wicked inceadiaries. I therefore beg your Lordship to inform me where, and in what dungeon, they are safely lodged, and at what hour thee are to be interrogated; as I hereby offer your Lordship the voluntary assistance of myself, the Coromittee, and the Secretary, who shill all be ready, at any hour, to give an account, upon oath, before any three Al derman, of every particular that came to our knowledge previ. ous to and during the Meeting. " rcannot for a moment doubt that the vigilance of such a Lord Mayor has already not only secured the murderous in cendiaries, but that he has also heisted. and put in some safe place, all the dreadful instruments of deaih found in their pos session, front their roaring miner, dove() oven to their bread and cheese knives; also that he has safely stowed in some bombe , proof depot all their horrid combustibles, from Omit powder and tar-barrels down even to their tinder-boxes and tobacco: pipes; for we have now your solemn worda-the word of the, Lord Mayor—that this is a real and no shim plot. We shall not now be hoaxed with the isuggaboo of a handful of bullets,- put into the foot of an old stocking by a Government spy. We shall not now be told of the imaginary composition of Doctor Watsou, which was to soffocate and stink to death all the sol-' diers in all the barracks. No, no, this lOU of plot wiil not alarm John Bull in the year 1819. But we shall have now the proof upon oath, of a real plot, in a tangible shape—a goodly plot, in right earliest ; because you, Sir, the Lord Mayor of London, have waned the Common Council of the City of London it is so. " But, my Lord, if the whop of this plot should at last turd l ent to have been got up by the sante villains who fabricated and published the diabolical falsehood of the murder of Lord Fitz william by some Reformers in Yorkshire, the very evening be fore:tbe Meeting in Smithfield, in order, as the lamb-like PA. for of an Evening Paper observed, to shew what sort of person* the Reformers were ;—if it should turn out at last that the very same villains printed and posted the placards with your Lord. ship's knowledge ;—if it should turn out that 1,000 hand-bi 11, ,, containing this same inflammatory matter, were distributed in Smithfield, during the Meeting, in the presence and with tbs., connivance of your own officers;--if, I say, it should turn out, the same sat of villains preenaied upon your Lordship to send your officers to apprehend the Rev. ale. Harrison, in hopes of erecting riot and bloodshed; if this should be all proved, what will bocome.of the thanks of the Prince Regent 1 Why, I fear, your Lordship will bar to siotaio the mortification-14'ring out of your Mayoralty Without bean? dubbed a knight. I any Tont •Lordahlp's most übediiat e ierrant, u. teas." tytr Coitttn TO Till RIDITOR OP Tsll STAR. Ssit. 7 --The clouded state of the atmosphere of late having In a great measute disappointed public curiosity, with respect to the new Comet, permit me, through the medium of your valuable Paper, to offer a few observations upon the nature of Comets, and the general theory of these singular phenomena. Happily the cultivation of science has so far subverted superwition and Ignorance, that we no longer behold a Comet as an object of terror, the harbinger of divine vengeance ; but rank it among the sublime and regular operations of an all-wise and munificent Cittivroa. It was the opinion of our illustrious countryman, Sir Isaac Newton (and is now the generally received hypothesis) that Comets are solid compact bodies, similar to our Earth and the Planets, but moving in every direction through etherial space, in orbits extremely eliptical, having the sun in one of their foci or centres of revolution: that the nucleus or body is mr rounded b y a luminous atmosphere, and the tail, coma, or beard, an exceedingly rarified vapour (perhaps an emission of electri city), which is always driven ott* in a direction opposin. to Use Sint. Tbeir period; of tevolution are extremely long, and their farthest distance from the Sun immensely great. The small pin of a Comet's course, which is performed within Our sphere of observation, is to,, limited to determine with much certainty the precise period of its return: and the'few which have been observed with tolerable accuracy, form but a small portion of the whole number which are supposed to belong to our Solar 'system. With respect to the New Comet at pr,•sent seen in our honaiiphere, it appears to have passed its perihelion, or situation nearest to the San, about the end of June, at wilick time it was nearly in a line between es and that luminary, at the distance of about 64 millions of miles from the Earth and 32 millions of mile; from the Sun, since when it has been rapidly receding from him in an apparent course directed toward the should!r of the.constellatlpn Ursa Major (the Great lkar), hav ing appeared, as seen front the Earth, to have travelled among the small stars which constitute the I.yns, and is now some little _ distance - above the back of that constellation ; the beard is dim!. ni.hing in length and brilliancy by reason of its increasing dis tance from us, and though at present extending thrre or four depots in a direction a little to the left of the Pole Star, wili probably very much contract, if not be reduced to a small inde finite mist, long before the Comet altogether recedes from our observation.—lfour's, &c. • W. N. Chancery-lane. WILTSHIRE ELECTIOY. FROM THE SALIsIIVRY AND WILTSHIRE JOIHINAt. On the second day of this memorable Election,. (Tuesday), •great exertions were made by the friends of each Candidate to place him at the head of the poll. It is impossible to describe the ardour with which the cause of each was espoused. A severe contest for the possession of the hustings ground was again maintained, with sticks, by the partizans on both sides, who were much more numerous than on the preceding day. This teriific affray, which began at the commencement of the polling, continued with increasing severity for about three hours, neither party yielding. Showers of stones were then dis charged at the numerous respectable persons who were on the Hustings (many of whom were ladies), and also at the persons in the polling booths. The 'consequence of this shameful and unexpected attack was, that the polling ceased, and was adjourned till next day. Several hundred special Constables had been sworn in, and the High Sheriff's javelin men attended, for the purpose of keeping peace, but all attempts to suppress this disgraceful riot proved of no avail. Hundreds of heads were broken, and num• berless contusions received. The result of the whole was, that Mr. BENNETT'S party proved victorious, and drove their opponents off the field. Mr. A *TLEY 'S usual procession of friends did not of course attend him from the field, they being dispersed in all directions, and that Gentleman, in his return to SAli3bury, placed himself under the protec-. tic to of Mr. BENNErr's friends. The.polling of Ott day concluded in this abrupt manner at about fillf past twelve o'clock. In the course of the preceding conflict, a Shaftes-. bury man, named LONDON, was stabbed in the side with a knife ; twelve other.pei sons were afterwards brought to the Salisbury Infirmary, suffering from severe contusions. There having been a very heavy fall of rain on Tuesday afternoon, which continued Wednesday morning, the place of polling was removed, by order of the High Sheriff, from the election ground, near Wilton, to a large malt house, the property of S. WIIITC . HUIICIt, Esq. situated near St. Mai tin's Church, Salisbury. The polling commenced there onWednes day, about three o'clock in the afternoon, and termi nated at eight. 011 Thursday the polling was can ied on with great spirit on both sides, from nine o'clock in the morning till four in the afternoon, Mr. BENNETT still main taining his majority.—Nothing particular occurred at the poll on Friday and Saturday. At Warminster some disposition to riot was mani fested, during the time Mr. Bennett was canvassing. At Melksham, Trowbridge, and at several other places, there have also been serious disturbances, and many acts of violence have been committed. Majority for Mr. BENNETT on Saturday 281. Saturday morning Sir ROBERT GIFFORD, late So. licitor General, was sworn before the-Cu A NCELLOR into the office of Attorney-General, vice Sir SANltmt. SHEPHERD, appointed Lord Chief Baron of his Ma jesty's Court of Exchequer in Scotland. JOI/N OLETON COPLEY, Esq. Serjeant at Law, was at the same time sworn in as Solicitor-Geaerall Tuesday Mr. Set jeant CorLey, who had vacated his seat in Parliament son being apFointed Solicitor- General, was re elected for Ashburton without op 104lon. ()A IN I—CARROLL has experienced his mull sac ctss. On Thursday last th# Lottery finished, and No. 1',34.5 was drawn a Prize of £2 ~000, and sold in Eleven Shares by G. CARROLL. No. 1344, the Num ber immediately preceding k, and entitled to £l,OOO, vtaaalsosold.in Shares by CARROLL, making a larger amount of .Caiiitale sold by him than by any other Office keeper. Tickets and Shares for the New Lot tery (the last for 'the year), containing Two Grand Prizes of £36,000 Consols each, &c. and only 6,000 Tickets, are on Sale at Cataoct.'s, the Contractor's, fortunate Offices, 10, COrnhill, and 26, Oxford street. CORN-ElctiA NOE, MARK-I.ANE, JULY 2G.—The weather continuing few, and busting a very large supply of- Wheat, fyom..Fisserw.K.ent, and Suffolk, ,produced a great dullness in. the VV.heat Trade this 'nsornitl; and 4 . . hat sales were Made 'were at a re duCtion of fall'2siper 'qr. from the prices of this dayweek:-ilßarler goes off -very slowly, at a decline pet"qt.-o-Oats are &O m Is. to 2s. per qr. lower, r. oitgli . qte arrivals have not been large for sev,!ral days past.tkglish Be aus support last week's prices, hitt there is 14" degkand for Yonne, although offered on lower - • ' sioreestsidadunort, ?tux 9.6.—Beef 4s. 6d. to .Is. 4d. pet stn of Chet; Mutton, 43 6d. to ss. 2d. Vral, 4s. Od. to ss. ed.; Pork its - to ss. sd.; Lamb ss. to 6s.—Cattleat Market—Beasts icy:o ;- Cabers; . 160 ; Set ep and Larnbs,'l22oo ; Pigs, 520.—Hay , r : 0 ,,t, st. to a 6, lovt r, U. to 71. ot. Straw 10s. to V. Assixilk bitPORD, JULY 4. iiitoncrtow—oooxe v. nercuatAii. This was an action to recover a conipensattOn in damages for the injury which the plaintiff had sus tained by being deprived of the services of his dauglr ter, whom, it was itlledged, the defendant had se duced. The defendant pleaded Not Heil ,y, whete✓ upon issue was joined. Mr. TAIINTOSI stated the eat . , to the Jury. lid said, that the plaintiff was a respectable farmer living at llanwell, near Banbury, in the county of Oxford" where he rented an - estate under the Duchess of Dora set; and, on the present occasion, he had to Complain of one of the most serious injuries that could possibly affect a person in pia situation. The cause of action was for no less an injury than that of debauching and ruining his daughter. He had been for a long series of years a husband and a father—a father of a niost numerous family whom he had brought up %skit tenderness and care; and he had nv.er, except in the single instance now bkore the Court, had rea son to complain, that ally of them had swerved front the paths of virtue, or given him cause for uneasia ne,s. The defendant was also a fanner; be resided at Fullready . , in the county of Warwick, and came of age on the ISth of January last. He was a young man of considerable expectations in point of property: he was the son of a father who had left a landed ' estate of £2OO a-year, to be divided between him and his brother, when he attained the age of SI, and who had left considerable personal property on that estate. In the month of January, 1815, the 3C quaintance commenced between the daughter of the plaintiff and the defendant. They were both then extremely young, he being only 17, and she not having exceeded her 16th year. They were intro: duced to each other by Mr. Clark Middletea, a ne phew of the plaintiff, and brother-in-law of the de Pendant. The acquaintance went on for some length of time, grew, perhaps f into intimacy, but not, as would be given in evidence, ripened into love or af fection between them. In the month of- Decetnbee in that year, another of the plaintiff's daughters was married to a Mr. John Rose, a farmer of Blackwell, in Worcestershire. The marriage took place at Han well, where the plaintiff resided. Upon that occa sion, the defendant, as the particular and intimate friend of Mr. Rose, accompanied him to the wedding, and acted as father ; and Miss Cooke, the young lady who was the subject of this. action, was bridemaiJ. After the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Rose, accompanied by Miss Cooke and the defendant, paid a visit to the father of Mr. Rose, at Oxhill, in Warwickshire. It was then that the attentions of the defendant to the daughter of the plaintiff became more particular.-- The regularity of his visits to her father's horse alarmed the latter, whose conduct, from the com mencement of the acquaintance'to the completion of his daughter's ruin, had been most proper and cor rect. When he found the defendant so constant in his attentions, he waited on him for an explanation of his motives, and recelvedfor answer that he came on honourable terms. The plaintiff only rented a farm, and therefore .laid.. " Perhaps you may think my daughter's expectations are not equal to your own, and if you think so, you had better discontinue your visits." The defendant repeated his assurances of honourable intentions, and inspired the plaintiff ith security. In consequence of this, the families acquainted with each other: there had been • lir !airbag , between them till this period ; but as it became notorious that the defendant was the be , trothed husband of thit young woman, the families visited each other on the most friendly terms. In the month of August, 1817, the defendant requested Miss Cooke to meet him at a neighbouring wake. at Oshill: : but her mother advised her not to go, as it might be said that - she was going express - ly to see him. She did not go, and the defendant being. offended, discontinued his visits for some time. He then renewed them, and at length triumphed over her virtue ; she became pregnant, and was delivered. of a child. It was in the month of May, 1818, that this young woman was thus ruined, a period of three years from the time of their fit st acquaintance. The Learned Counsel said, he had been given to under stand, but he hoped that the proceedings of this day would prove that it was a misunderstanding, that his Learned Friend on the other side would endea vour to show that this young woman had behaved with great levity of conduct ; nay, that she had be fore been guilty of a criminal intercourse with ano ther person. He publicly dared the defendant to prove that fact to-day. if she had been a person of. this cbaratter and conduct, would he have been three years in triumphing over her innocence? He dared him to bring that matter forward—he chal lenged him to bring Mary Taylor, the discarded servant of Mrs. Middleton, into Court: but Le would, by anticipation from the defendant's own letters, and his own declarations, so refute the possibility of any improper behaviour in this young woman, that he should prevent his Learned Friend from making any imputation of that kind, if his instructions really were at present to make When this unhappr_young woman became pregnant, she concealed it. from her family, 'an& went to the house of her sister, Mrs. Rose. At that time she had not discloved it to the defendant himself; the then told Mrs. Rose, who desired her to communicate her unfortunate situation to him, and having done so, he renewed his promises of marriage. Those promises were repeated over and over again, as often as the subject was mentioned. He accompanied her home to her lather's, and, on the following morning walked with her in th e garden, when he named a Tuesday in December as the day on which he would marry her, as it was the anniversary of that very day on which her sister was married. He then returneg home, having first promised to visit her again en the Sunday week. Sunday came, but the defendant did not! A few days alter she wrote him a letter, in which .she informed him how distressed she was by his conduct, and urged him to perfoun his promise of marriage. To that letter he sent the following reply 3 "13438. Fullready, Dec. " Dear Elizabeth—This tomes with my kind love to. you, and I am very glad to receive the letter ut yours, which I have read with much grille lam very sorry for your situation, a gloat deal more than for my own, although. you icy in your letter that 1 have hardly any regard fur you; but if I had not I should not have met with the tro..ble and untangles" of mind which I now labour under for your sake alone. But I hope Nese few lines will find you Is a much more comfortable situ.t tion, and a mare contested mind on our misfortune nor the word of alt a br. u heart witich you montianad iu y.tur letter. I W N I , S I . ' • 11 , : 1 , 1 .. ! I 1 .11- ' ° l ' 11 1 , 1 1' , . 1 . . ~ . • I" 1 , t , ~. , • i, , i i • 1 1 1 . '' : 1 , l l t I i I , ') f I J k . 111 i . 1 '.• i 1 I ''. i I . , . I 1 ' • • i : ' 1 1 1 • 1 1 ,pp I •41 1 ; . , ~. 1 • . - - '--. . .. . , . .. . . • . 1 li I . .? i ,1 . . , • , 1 I , - , I i ' • . ' ll .: 1 I a I 1 I • 1 . 1 1 .• '' ' 14 ' . 1 .. . .' 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