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Mrs. Allardyce in a gig ; the witness and children tra velled in a carriagt. They slept that night at St. Omer'. and Mrs. Allardyce, contrary to hur usual custom. had a room to herself, not having any of the children with her. Witness used to help her mistress to dres,, tint on this morning she did not. Her mis tress knocked at witness's room-door, ready dressed., Witne,s helieved Captain Johnstone slept in the same hotel that night. Front St. Omer's they proceeded to Lide. and joined Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf. ' After a fortiii 2. lit's residence at Lisle, they returned to Eng la• d. to B nmptoti ; and soon after, Mr. Allardyce came to El land. and remained with her at Bramp ton a foi tnizht, at the expiration of which time Mrs. Allardyce removed to lodgings in Hans-place. Wit ness still a:tendei Mrs. Allardyce; her mistress ap peared to have got stouter within the last three months. Witness believed she was pregnant. Cross-examined.—Mr. Allardyce arrived the be ginning of October, and continued to sleep with his Lady for a fortnight. Whilst Mrs. Allardyce was at Boulogne, Captain Johnstone was residing with his sister, and she and Mrs. Allardyce used to call on each other occasionally. The beds in the rooms at St. Omer's in which witness and NI.. Allat dyce slept were small, and only suited to one pe son. On the morning they were to quit St. Oiner's Lisle, wit . ness overslept herself, and instead of calling her mis tress, she 'Vas sorry to say her mistress had the trouble of calling her. Miss Harriett Walker, sister of Mrs. Allardyce, collected her sister's marriage; her departure for India, and 'corm to this country, when Mrs. Allard yce returned to Whitby, and resided there some weeks. During that time it was arranged that Mrs. Allardyce, witness, and Mrs. MetcAf. should go to France, and they carne to London and took up their residence at Brompton, pursuant to the plan. Mrs. Allardyce ar rived in town about an hour before the rest of the party. About half an hour after the arrival of wit. ness and Mrs. Metcalf at Brompton, Captain John stone called ; Mrs. Allardyce was called out of the room to him ; and after being absent about five mi nutes, returned and introduced Captain Johnstone.— They continued at Biompton about a month in all. Captain Johnstone lodged nearly opposite, and used to call almost daily. On the 14th of M.tr, Mr. Met calf asked Mrs. Allardyce to go to the Opera ; both Mrs. Metcait and witness went, but she declined, saying she h.rd been so often, she would rather not go Witness and Mr. and Mrs. Mete did go, but Mrs. Allardyce remained at home alone. The plan of going to France together WAS altered by Mrs. Al lardyce; and, on the 27th of May, Mrs. Allardyce set off from Brompton alone. Previous to the plan of going to the Continent together being altered, Captain Johnstone had told witness he was going t , France. On the Ist of April, whilst Mrs. Allardyce was at Whitby, a report reached them that Mr. Al lardyce was dead, and the report was so far credited by the family, that they neither received nor paid visits ; and after they came to London, Mrs. Allar dyce declined going out. On the day before they went to the Opera, however, Mt s. Allardice received a letter from her husband, stating that he was well. Witness then deposed to the party returning to Eng land, and Mr. Allardyce's arrival at Brompton, where Ire and his wife continued to live together for ten days or a fortnight. Witness had had no suspicion that Mrs. Ailardyce was pregnant at this time. Witness recollected taking a letter from her sister to Captain Johnstone on the 16th of October; previous to this time, Mr. and Mrs. Allardyce had separate beds.— Two days after taking the letter, the witness again met Captain Johnstone, and asked him if he would send the letters which her sister wanted ? He said he could not. Ile wished it to be settled in as private a manner as possible, but it depended on the plaintiff. Ile was willing to make her all the reparation in his power, as he had intended to marry her, adding, that her skter had given him a promise not to speak of what bad taken place on board of ship. Witness was afterwards present at a conversation between Captain Johnstone and Mrs. Allardyce. Captain Johnstone said, if there was anything she would wish to have,' to mention it, and she should have it. At a subse quent conversation he said, will you take your oath tnat the child is mine? and she replied, yes. Mr. Allardyce had always, in witness's presence, behaved I in die kindest manner to his wife; and when this dis covery was made, be was very much distressed. After the discovery, they lived in separate apartments.— (Two letters were here handed to the witness.)—The writing was Captain Johnstone's. Cross-examined.—The letters which Captain John. stone had refused to give up were letters which lie had written to Mi:. Allardyce, which he had pre vailed upon her to return; and Mr. Allardyce now desired Mrs. Allardyce to write, and endeavour to get them back. Mr. Metcalf met Mrs. Allardyce and her two sisters on the 27th April, on coming to town from Whitby; he went to Brompton with them, and saw Captain Johnstone, when he was introduced by Mrs. Allar dyce. Witness was at that time paying his addresses to Miss Walker, and was in the habit of calling every day at Brompton ; frequently met Capt. Johnstone there, who generally sat him out. Witness remem. bered the report of Mr. Allardyce's death, but gave very little credit to it. On the 14th of May witness went to the Custom-House and obtained a letter from Mr. Allardyce to his wife. He took the letter to Mrs. Allard) ce at Brompton. On his arrival Capt. Johnstone was with her; and witness, on delivering the letter, congratulated her on the safety of her hus band. Witness then proceeded to trace, in detail, the circumstances deposed by the last witness. Since the discovery at Brompton Mr. Allardyce had resided with Is itar.:ss. Major F. Middleton, of the . 22d Dragoons, was at Dunkirk at the time Captain Johnstone and Mrs. Allardyce were there, but saw nothing particular between them more than might pass between corn won acquaintance. Two letters, written by the defendant to Mrs. Al. lardyce, the first dated October 16, and the second October '2'2, were put ia. The first stated, that the defendant had just received a letter from her (Mrs. Ailardycej which had given him the greatest con cern; and declaring that he had never contemNated any obstacle to a union until the discovery of the fatal error into which they had fallen respecting death of Mr. Allardyce. The second letter said, " any man apprehends that I intend to desert you, or to act derogatory to the maiiners of a Gentleman, they are mistaken. As the intimacy had not com menced till after they supposed Mr. Allardyce dead, in case of a divorce, he was ready to offer her his hand ; but, if any steps should be taken to injure his character, he should be under thenecessity of defend ing himself to the utmost." This; closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. SCARLITI*; for the defendant, said, after the evidence contained under the defendant's own hand, in the letters just now put in, it would be folly in him to attempt to contend that the plaintiff was not entitled to a verdict ; bin the circumstances of the case would direct the Jury as to the damages they would give; and he must say, that it wat a subject much to be regretted, that in a case where the par ties appeared to have lived so happily as Mr. and Mrs. Allardyce had done, that,without any necessity, Mr. Allardyce should have adopted such a course as he had done-...t0 place his wife, a young and lovely woman, of interesting and captivating manners, in the dangerous situation of an unprotected female passenger in a voyage from India—the most danger ous to the virtue of a female of any which could be conceived. By doing so, Mr. Allardyce had him self placed his wife in danger; and, though he had not the most distant intention of imputing the least design to the plaintiff, yet he had, by his want of caution, very much lessened his claim to damages. Another circumstance in favour of the defendant WAS, that here was no breach of friendship or con fidence—the parties, it appeared, were in fact stran gers to each other. Another circumstance in favour of the defendant might be drawn from the evi• dence : that was, that no criminal intercourse had taken place between these parties till alter a report had been received in England, and had obtained con siderable credit with the family, that Mr. AIIA - clyce no longer lived. The Learned Counsel also adverted' to the pecuniary circumstances of the defendant, who had nothing but his pay as a Captain in the Com pany's service; and heavy damages therefore would consign him to a prison, and prove his utter ruin. The Loan CHIEY JusTice, in summing up the evidence, doubted the bima fide character of the de fendant's letters; to him they seemed much like the letters of a man strongly desirous to avoid an action being brought against him. If no acquaintance had taken place between the parties except during the time of the plaintiff's supposed death, then—for that delusion existed only between the 27th of April, 1821, and the 14th May,'lB2l—the Lady must now be in a state of pregnancy much more advanced than her maid had described. His Lordship farther declared that no blame whatever could be imputed to Mr. All ardyce, whose uniform conduct, indeed, Iliad been spoken or as exemplary ; and told the Jury that the pverty of the defendant ought not to prevent their givii:g compensation to the plaintiff. The Jury, after a moment's consideration, found for the plaintiff—Damages £5OO. COURT OF REQUESTS, WESTMINSTER. ADELPHI THEATRE. Yesterday Mr. Rod well, the proprietor of the Adel phi Theatre, was summoned at this Court by a Mr. Cooper and thirteen others. Mr. Cooper stated that he and his friends went to the Adelphi Theatre on the evening of the 26th of December, in order to see the popular Piece of Torn and Jerry. They paid their money at the box entrance, and having implied whether there was sitting room in use boxes? ;hey were informed by the money-taker , that they could be accommodated with roum. They went in, but found the House so completely crammed that not a single place could be found in any of the boxes. They retired and applied to have their money returned, but the money-taker refused to do so, ob 'serving, that if they would call the next evening they would be accommodated with places without any additional charge. Mr. Rodwell attended with Mr. FISHER, his soli citor, who stated, that it was no less the inclination than the duty of the Proprietors of the House to pay all possible attention to the convenience and wishes of every individual of the Public, to whom they felt so grateful; and, on the unsworn explanation of Mr. Cooper, Mr. Rodwell would cheerfully return the money ; but it was material to the interests of the Theatre to have the point established, that Gentle men going to that House, and finding standing room, should not be entitled to call for the re-payment of their money, unless they had previously stipulated to be accommodated with seats. If a contrary doc trine were held, the Proprietors would be subject to be summoned by hundreds every night. The Judge of the Court said, that Mr. Cooper was entitled to have his money back again, because he and his friends stipulated for places. Mr. Cooper said, that he and his friends had no wish to act harshly, and, as evidence of their good feeling, they were determined to spend the money at the Theatre that evening. WESTMINSTER S F.SS lONS. These Sessions commenced yesterday, when Mr. E. Needham was indicted for assaulting L. Lloyd, Esq. brother to the banker of that name. _ _ Mr. ALLEY stated the case for the prosecution.— The prosecutor, he said, was a Gentleman of rank and honour, and allied to the highest families in the kingdom. The defendant had assaulted him in the year 1818, and had contrived to avoid appearing to take his trial till the present moment. The pvosecu tor had, in consequence of the defendant's various delays, been obliged to bring witnesses several times from Scotland. Mr. Lloyd stated, that in December, 1818, he was at the Blue Posts Coffee-house, in Cork -street, Bond street, with Sir J. Sidney, Captains Westcott and spiller, and another Gentleman, when the defendant and two others took their seats in an opposite part of the room. Witness had brought a newspaper with him, and bad placed it in his hat, and one of the de fendant's friends took it from thence, and was going to read it, when witness said civilly it was private property. The person gave it up, and resumed his seat, and he and his companions commenced a son of sneering dialogue, which continued for some time, and at length became so pointed, that witness went to the table and threw down his card, desiiing to have theirs; but they laughed, and threw his card back. Irritated at this, he said they were black guards and scoundrels, upon which the defendant struck him a blow in the eye. Grata-eramined by Mr. Aumraus.—The Blue Posts was not, that he knew of, a Beer-house as well as a Coffee-house. It was as well known, he believed, to all Gentlemen about town as Stevens's or 'Long's,in Bond-street. Mr. AnoLruus:-But 1 am not a Gentleman upon the town and never had tl•honour of dining withiurf of the Gentlemen of the Blue Posts, and therefore do not know it. Mr. Lloyd—l should think that is very likely. A rather smart colloquy took place here between the Learned , Counsel and the witness, in the course of which Mr. A Doyerius ' took - occasion to observe; that hedtad never examined such a witness: he could get no answers from him. Mr. Lloyd—l never was examined before by••••—• Mr. Lloyd did not finish the sentence. Captain Spinet, of the Artillery, who was in com pany with the prosecutor when the assault was com mitted, corroborated his statement in every particu lar. He said he came from Scotland twice to give evidence to the case, Ind came from Yorkshire to at tend the present trial. Mr. ADOLPHUS said, he should call witnesses to prove that Mr. Lloyd was the aggressor; that he snatched the Paper rudely from the person who took it up, and said, in a tone very like that which he had assumed to-day, " That is private property." Any observations that might have been made, on the man ner in which the prosecutor had asserted his right, would not warrant him in coming to the table where the defendant and his friends were, and asking them for their cards, that he might send a bullet through their boJies, and then doubling his fist in the de- 1 fendant's face, and calling him and his friends scoun drels and blackguards. The two per.ons in company with the defendant at the time, were then called, and swore to the facts as stated by Mr. Adolphus, but there was considerable variance in their testimony. The CHAIRMAN summed up the evidence, and the Jury found the defendant—Not Guilty: THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRII)AY, JANUARY 4, 1522. STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. Consols hold the advanced price of yesterday -78%. An effort was made by the Bears to effect a depression, by selling at low prices : some Bargains were made as low as 77 5 /x. An Account for Fe bruary is now open ; Consols for that month are at 78 1 / 2 .—Curreat prices: Bank Stock 236-3 per Cent. Reduced 76% 77 3 1 / 2 per Cent. 87 1 / a %-4 per Cent. 95% 96% Imp. 3 per Cents. 76 1 / 4 —lndia Bonds 725. 745. pr. Excheq. Bills £lOOO, 2s. 4s. pr.—Small Ss. ss. pr. Cons. for Account 7778 5 / 8 78%. At a late hour this forenoon we received the French Papers of Monday and Tuesday last. They are en tirely silent as to the causes which led to the depres sion of the Funds last week. On Monday they fluctuated between 85 1. and 84 f. 50 c. and the last price quoted is 84 1. BO c. The Moniteur of Monday contains an article, in which it is stated, that motives of economy, and a wish to unite the labours of his department, had induced the Minister of War to reorganize it, and that by the new regulations, some General Officers, Inten dants, and Sub-Intendants, would be dismissed as unnecessary. Thus is France, with a National Debt which is a mere trifle, and with finances in a most flourishing situation, teaching us thar great lesson of economy and retrenchment, which our Ministers con tinually evade, although every year the Revenue is unequal to the Expenditure. The Consiitutionnel of Tuesday exhibits an amus_ ing instance of the exercise of the Censorship. The Editor had begun to wish a number of good wishes for France, when the pen of the Censor cut through them, and rendered the paragraph ridiculous. The following is the paragraph 14 A new year is about to commence—may it be marked by the reign of the laws and the wisdom of power ! May—(Here follows the blank made by the Censor).—lt then continues, gi Economy preside over the expenses, good faith in political discussions, to lerance to religious opinions! May every interest be sunk in the nattional good." The accounts from Salonica, which arrived two days ago, of the capture of Cassandra by the Turks, on the 9th of November, are unfounded. By an extract which we subjoin, it will be seen, up to the 3d ultimo, the Turks had failed in every attack on that place. The report of disturbances at Constantinople is again revived : the town is said to have been on fire on the 28th or 29th of November. The following arc extracts from the French Papers of Monday and Tuesday : PARIS, JANUARY i. The King has appointed Lieut.-Gen. du Coetlosquet Director-General in the Ministry of War ; and M. de Perceval Secretary-General ; and a member of the Chamber ofDeputies has been nominated Intendant- General of the Ministry of War. A Royal Ordinance, dated the 29th of December, authorizes the raising the three months' taxes, and a provisional vote of credit of 900 millions, as agreed upon by the two Chambers, and presented to his Ma jesty on Saturday. On Sunday, the Marquis de Marialse, Ambassa dor Extraordinary from Portugal, had an audience of his Majesty, and presented his letters of recal. Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, the Duchess of Bourbon, the Ministers of State, Marshals of France, &c. &c. presented their felicitations to his Majesty. On Saturday the Marquis de Latour Maubourg, late Minister of War, took the oaths before his Ma jesty, as Governor of Invalids. French Funds, Dec. 31, Five per Cents. &if. 90c. TURKEY. BAGDAD, SEPTENIBER 28. EXTRACT or A PRIVATE LET rEft. The Persians, after driving the Turks from the province of Kus istan, have taken the cities of n.,,. sora, Knd, Samara, Lembrum, and 'Maniclnm. ther army having been recruited, pitched their tents at Hella, on the scite of the ruins of Babylon. On receiving this news, the Vizier of Bagdad marched against the Persians, at the head of more than 20,000 men, cavalry and infantry, with a park of artillery of more than thirty pieces of cannon, t o repel them ; but he has returned with the feeble re mainder of his soldiers, having lost his army, artil lery, baggage, and even his treasures. The confu sion in this city is dreadful, as we expect every mo ment to be surrounded by the Persians. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOVEMBER 25. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER IN THE JOURNAL DE LYON R, We may judge of the progress of the Greeks from the severe measures of the Divan, and the prepara tions for war. It is certain that Turkey will have to defend herself against Russia, Persia, and the Greek!, who have made great progress, and are very powerful both in number and discipline. It is expected that, with the aid of Russian auxiliaries, they will as cm the offensive next spring. If we may judge by re. ports, and by the Firmans of the Grand Seignior, the war will not be delayed until spring : the Russians do not care for ice and winter. The Grand Seignior has issued a second Firman, calling upon all Mussulmen to take up arms in defence of the religion of the Prophet. He com plains of the non•execution of his first order, or rather of the tardiness of the Turks in ranging them. selves under his banner. Ile does not mention the Per sians, but speaks of the injuries of Russia, and particu larly against the Greek nation, the spoliation of which he promises the Janissaries. lie thus concludes, a IN by do you delay marching against your enemy ? What fear prevents you? If, as I doubt not, ALLA give you the victory, you will overflow with phi, riches, and women ; and you shall erase from the earth that perfidious and impious nation, the Greeks, ' who are an abomination to the Prophet. If, on the contrary, you fall in the combat, you know the reward that MAHOMET has reserved for the defenders of the Alcoran, and this glorious death shall efface ali the crimes of your life." In consequence of this Firman, the Jancar:e. have believed themselves authorized to commit with in.'. punity every species of excess of which the suburbs of Constantinople have been the theatre. They lase pillaged, burnt, and massacred, and have seized on a great number of young females to be sold. It is cer tain that in this general disorder, several Terkish families have been ill-treated. The Aga, of the Ja nissaries, whom the Grand Seignior had rendered responsible for all these tumults. has been arrested, but it appears that the fears of exciting a revolt, saves him from punishment. FRONTIERS OF NIOLDAVIA, DECEMBER 9. The Turks cantoned in the neighbourhood of the Pruth, generally water their horses in this river. On the 6th instant one of the horses having escaped his rider, swam across the river and gained the oppo site bank. The Turks demanded their horse, but seeing that the Cossacs delayed giving it up, a patty of forty mounted Turks crossed the Pruth in or der to seek it. The Cossacs having been reinforced, sur rounded the Turks and conveyed them to Kischeuen. The Turks in Moldavia have been reinforced, so have the Russians on the other side the river. Many Regiments of Infantry are assembling on the Pruth, and a great park of Artillery is expected. The Turks continue their ordinary spoliations in Moldavia; the City of Jassy has Leen ransacked. FRANKFORT, DECEMBER 26. The Augsburgh Gazette reports that the famous Churschisi Pacha, who had been defeatei near Ther mopylss, had offered a large sum for the ransom of his harem, which had fallen into the puwer of the Greeks at Tripolizza : and that since the refusal Of Demetrius Ypsilanti to accede to this offer, it was not known what had becomeof Churschid. According to letters from Seres, the Greeks had permitted the Turks to enter the fortifications of Cassandra ; but it was an ambuscade, from which not one was able to escape. A letter from the banks of the Danube, dated 25th December, says, the eastern part of Macedonia has been again the theatre of a sanguinary battle. The Pacha of Salonica having promised the Grand Seignior to make himself master of Cassandra and Mount Athos, made several attacks on the entrenched position of the Greeks without success; but all these defeats did not induce him to relinquish his enterprise. —Having received new reinforcements, and, among others, a body of troops which had been stationed in the environs of Constantinople, he marched Lion' Sa lonica, towards the end of November, and renewed his attacks. The Greeks defended themselves with great bravery, and repulsed the Turks. Notwith standing some partial successes which they obtained. the Pacha was obliged to retire suddenly, and some of the fragments of his army returned to Salonira on the 3d of December. The other troops remained in entrenchments in the neighbourhood of Cassandra. It is said that the Pacha will not renew his attacks until he has assemhled new troops. The commerce of Salonica is in a state of great stagnation. The Greeks continue to blockade the port by a flotilla, and will not suffer a single ves sel to go in or out. The greatest excesses hate been committed in this city and in the .environs. A German Mail, received this monis& tosibst