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SEDUCTION-EXTRAORDINARY CASE. (Abridged from the Dublin Morning Register of Friday. and Saturday.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. REV. SAMUEL ADAMS D. MAJOR PHILIP DUNDAS• This ease, which has excited a great deal of interest, attracted to the avenues of the Court a much greater crowd than is usually found in the ball at an early hour in the morning. As soon as the doors were o pened, the Court was crowded to excess, while the place usually occupied by the Registers of the Judges was filled with different officers of the cavalry and infantry regiments now sta tioned in Dublin. Upon the Bench we noticed Lord Howth, Lord Dungarvan, and Lord Crofton. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Damages were laid at 20,0001. Mr. NORTH, K.C., rose and said—l am now, my Lord and Gentlemen of the Jury, called upon, under very pecu liar circumstances, to address you upon a case the most remarkable and the most distressing that in the whole period of my professional experience it has ever been my painful duty to state to any Jury. The plaintiff Mr. Adams, is a dean of the Established Church ; he is the Dean of Cashel ; he lived with his family in a very re tired part of the county Cavan, in a place called North lands. He married a lady of high respectability, and one of the best connections in the county to which be belonged; she was a Miss Harvey, of the county of Wexford. By that lady he had a family of six children, three daughters and three sons. The eldest of these children was Miss Dorothea Adams, who, at the period of this unfortunate transaction was about 19 years of age. The eldest of the sons was about 13. Caroline, the youngest daughter, was about 15 years of age, and the unfortunate victim of the defendant's sensuality and vice, was an interesting, a beauti ful, an innocent, an artless, and a happy creature, of the age of 17. In 1829 or 1830, perhaps earlier, this family resided in the county Cavan. Mrs. Adams, unfortunately for them, had very weak and infirm health, and had been recommended by her medical advisers to try the bracing effects of sea-bathing. She had on former occasions gone to Dundalk, and she had taken lodgings, such as sea bathers are in the habit of occupying. She had in 1529 taken lodgings at a place called the Blackrock, near the sea side, and about two miles from Dundalk. The Adams's repeated their visit to this place in the summer of 1830. They were living there in the July of that year, when un fortunately—most unfortunately for them—unfortunately for the interests of society— unfortunately for the character of the Church, and still more unfortunately for the honour of the army, there was quartered in Dundalk one of the finest regiments in the service—the 7th Hussars, commis sions in which are sought after by the noblest and most distinguished of the aristocracy of this country. You will not believe I am in any degree colouring facts in this respect, when I name as amongst its officers, Mr. Jocelyn, the brother of Lerd Roden, Lord Dorchester, one of the ancient and honourable nobility in England, " and though lest not least," the defendant himself, who has sullied the name and reputation of the family of Lord Melville; he is the nephew of that distinguished nobleman. It was the habit of the Miss Adams, to walk out from their father's lodging in the forenoon and afternoon, for the purpose of exercise. They were interesting from their time of life, and the two sisters, Elizabeth and Caroline, were singularly beautiful, and it is not to be supposed that they ecaped the attention of the officers in the neighbour hood. I think my brief states that it was about the 12th of July, upon a Monday, that these unfortunate young ladies first saw the defendant Dundas. The defendant was then a Captain, he is now a Major. '1 he defendant was on that occasion, accompanied by Mr. Philips, the riding master of the Regiment, he appeared to have rode out from Dundalk, and was riding on the Blackrock road. Pro bably he had seen this young lady before, and now carne there fur the purpose of forcing his acquaintance upon her. Finding the ladies walking along the road, he stopped short beside them, turned round to Philips, and declared they were " devilish handsome." When they saw these gentle men, they walked on, perhaps they heard what lit had said of them. On their return, the defendant and Philips crossed them in their path, and entered into conversation with them. The terms of that conversation I shall not now dwell upon. It is sufficient to mention that some words passed between them, and the defendant laid a foundation for a futua e acquaintance with this young lady. This took place on Monday, the 12th July ; I am not sure whether the par ties met on Tuesday and Wednesday, It is material, however, to observe that it so unfortunately occurred on the 15th July, which was the Thursday following, that Dean Adams was obliged to come to Dublin on particular business ;he left home on that day. On the 16th July, which was the day after Dean Adams came to Dublin, Captain Dundas, accompanied by 'Mr. Jocelyn, met Miss Adams walking again—this was about four o'clock in the day—he entered into conversation with her. He told her he was sure she would be late for her dinner. After telling her this, which was for the purpose of introducing a conversation with her, he then renewed his acquaint ance with her, and thus, by these successive meetings, the defendant established an intimacy with those artless chil dren—artless they were blond the common period of their life. They were brought up in extceme ignorance of the world —they had no governess to instruct them... Alley wet e under the guidance of a foolishly fond and indulgent mother. — At this second interview Captain Dundas was in company with Mr. Jocelyn, and these poor young girls were some what alarmed at the intercourse into which they were un expectedly drawn by apparently accidental meetings, but which would seem to have been purposely contrived. The next person with whom you will find the defendant con nected is Lord Dorchester. Lord Dorchester rode out on Wednesday, 21st July, with Major Dundee, and they saw these young girls again. The defendant then had men tioned his plane for the ruin of Miss Dundas, and he pro ceeded with military address to open the trenches and lay sic ge to the citadel in which her honour ought to be se cured. The scheme devised by Captain Dundas was, to ask them to see the scenery of Rostrevor. It is well known that Rostrevor is one of the most beautiful spots in Ireland, and inferior only to Killarney. It lies at no great distance from Dundalk, He asked Caroline and Elizabeth Adams had they ever seen Rostrevor. e y said they had not. " Good God !" he exclaimed, They see Restrover ! how happy I should be that you would see it, and that I should accompany you there." How easy could the snatter be arranged between them ! He proposed to them to get their father's jaunting-car —to persuade their mother she was too ill to stir out, (and it was easy to persuade her to that), that they would gu out on the car, and, then, said Captain Dangles, I can frame a story for you—no man un derstands better how to do so—you can say the car broke down, and in the mean time we can go to Rostrevor and spend a delightful day there. This party, however, was rat off, and the girls refused to think of it. Accordingly, another engine was to be used, one, too, that has been too often found to succeed with poor, fond, and confiding woman, with a woman who deliberates betwe en her honour and her love, that best, I should rather say, that worst of all the arts of the seducer was employed—the promise of marriage. Then it was that Dundee proposed that Eliza beth should he married to him, and her sister to Lord Dor chester. Captain Dundas proposed to the two young ladies that they should accompany Lord Dorchester and himself to Newry ; that there was a clergyman there who would celebrate their marriage ; that Elizabeth should be the honoured and the wedded wife of Dundaw, and her sister of Lord Dorchester. It is sufficient for me to say that the two innocent and artless creatures fell into the snare ; they agreed with Lord Dorchester and Captain Dundas that they would go to Newry for the purpose of being married, and the appointment was fixed upon; the meeting was fixed at a particular hour, eleven at night, when they were to ac company the two officers to Newry. The family of the Adams' were in the habit of retiring early to bed. On the appointed night, the family were in bed at ten o'clock. Eli zabeth and Caroline Adams slept In the same room ; they retired, but they did not go to bed. They watched for that signal which it was agreed Captain Duedae should give. When they found that their mother had gone to bed, they opened the chamber door and went down to the parlour. The signal, tapping at the window t wee times with a whip, was heard ; they opened the _al ud all door, and th e y g ot upon the jaunting car. Captain D as and Elizabeth upon one side, and Lord Dorchester and Caroline upon the other, and they drove into the town of Dundalk. Onw la their i way they passed by a small lodge, which belon ge d to tooi re Shirley, and Captain Dundas, as they passed it b mi lees Miss Adams very ar ;,ed much. oceasian to say—Major Shirley ad- not sc s rajor Shirley a u Elizabeth asked him W:l9 with him i s not 17iaan 7 s i aisal.:no ; , the lady that livers way for any man to live—it is inconsistent is 4 s ntw with virtue and I never Can and happiness , approv e of a moan submit ting to it. H e twined her also, if she would be very s glad to s ee her mother or: her return? She s eid to he u she would, provided her m other would se e her. Surely,L e . said to her, your mo ther will never be. angry with you, wh en you are married. He then told her stet he heard she had 3 for. tune of 6,0001. ; she said as he was. marrying her without getting her father's consent, he would not obtain it. To this he replied, it would be a good thing to get your fortune, but if I do not, I am rich enough without it, and it will only be an additional proof how much I love you. The car drove on to Dundalk, but the party in it stopped at a, Lords v.s Dorc iced hee short distance from the lodgings of which were near the harrickl;. 313ss Adam were str, they not going on to Newry ? " Impossible," said Captain I Dundas, "at this hour of the night." They then walked into this house of Lord Dorchester's ; into the lodgings of that Nobleman these innocent girls were inveigled. Caroline grew exceedingly alarmed. Dundas walked np to Elizabeth Adams, and said, " I do not lodge here, I sleep at the barracks ; there is a room for you in this house, and I will presently show it to you." He led her into a room, which was certainly prepared for the purpose. He there renewed to her his promise of marriage, his constancy, his fidelity—he won upon her—how ifar you Rill he able to get from the afflicted and half-phrenzied spirit God only knows ; but the circumstances will speak for themselves. We want no evidence of the transaction. She went into that bed as his wedded wife, and he re tired to his own barracks, leaving her an abandoned and a dishonoured woman. Her unfortunate sister was not carried away by the same love that betrayed Elizabeth— the same passions of our nature, in a moment of intoxica• tion, did not so fatally invade her as they had done her sister. She had some better glimpse of the situation i❑ which she was placed—she applied in an agony of grief to Lord Dorchester himself—she told him that her life de pended upon him, and I must say to the credit of this young man, that his better feelings returned—nature re sumed her sway—remorse struck at his heart, and he told her that he should not lose a moment in restoring her to her family. He armed himself with pistols, and he that very moment accompanied her back to her mother's, and left her there in safety between twelve and one o'clock at night. Mr. North here mentioned the conduct of Dundas to Elizabeth Adams the next morning, as de tailed in her evidence, and continued by saying—Gra cious God ! does there exist a being who, wearing the Di vine lineaments, shall thus insult and contumaciously treat the victim of his villany, and thus fling her off to wretch edness and ruin? Dare a man bearing the King's com mission, who would act thus, present himself to society, present himself amongst them, and above all things, dare to face a jury of his country ? Tell him, through your verdict, that the honour of an Irish female is not a matter of little worth. Show him that every Englishman and Scotchman, who is over wealthy, that comes here cannot traffic with the virtue of the daughters of our clergy and our gentry, as if they were the coin . mon prostitutes they are accustomed to meet in the I alleys of London and the streets of Paris. Tell him that if such things as these are the results of our con nection with Great Britain, we are ready to spurn at it. Miss Elizabeth Frances Adams was the first witness called on. Before coining on the table she sat for a few moments in the side bar, during which she wept copiously. When placed in the witness's chair she did not affect any feigned extravagance of emotions, nor any studied bye-play to extort sympathy. She told her tale of wrong and of sorrow with an ingenuous simplicity that made its way to the hearts of all who beard her. She seemed an exceed ingly mild, gentle, and guileless creature. Her personal appearance is very interesting. She is of the middle size, rather approaching to entonpoint. Her countenance even I in the wreck that grief has left, possesses a remarkably soft, gentle, and snare expression, and in the days of her innocence she must have been a sweet and prepossessing . . girl. The sisters very much resemble each other, but the youngest, Caroline, seems to be the prettiest. The same deportment marked them all in giving their testimony. They were fashionably attired in black silk, and wore fashionable bonnets of white silk. Elizabeth Frances Adams examined by Mr. WALLACE, K. C.—Whilst at Black-rock last year, met the defendant about a few days after she went; papa and mamma, and her two sisters, were with her at the time ; he made some remark when passing, which witness did not hear ; another officer was with him at the time; on Monday the 12th of July, she saw him again ; her two sisters were with her ; 'Mr. Philips, the riding-master of the regiment, was with him at the time ; he made some remark, and said, " they are very pretty ;" they met him and Mr. Philips a second time, when they passed 00, and after wards rode after them ; the Captain asked, " do you live in one of those houses" (rointing to her lodgings :) witness said they did ; he asked did we live together ; no, said witness, we have a father and mother, with whom we live. Are they old, said he; no, said witness; so much the pleasanter, sail he. He then raid he would like to take tea with us, and asked me would I introduce him to my father. I said I would not introduce to him any per son whom I didn't know. Mr. Philips then turned round and said it was a shame for him to be so rude, and they turned their hor-es and rode off. When going, Captain Dundas said, do you love your father ? She said, yes ; and he asked, would you love your husband better than you do your father? Witness said she supposed she would. On the Friday following was walking with her mamma, and they passed ; witness and her sisters met thew, Captain D. said, you won't get a bit of dinner, I saw the cloth laid, and somebody ea ing ; they did not answer, but hastened on. She met him next on Wednes day, the 21st ; her youngest sister and herself went out to walk ; her eldest sister had been out riding, and was taking off her habit. They met Captain Dundas and Lord Dorchester, and lie asked did her father return ; and he then said, allow the to introduce my friend Lord Dorchester and myself, Captain Dundas, and asked what were their names, and they told him ; he then said they are very pretty names ; Lord Dorchester said the same. Captain Dundas said it was in witness's power to make him happy ; Lord Dorchester said if her sister would not marry him she would never be forgiven either in this world or the world to come ; Captain Dundas said if they' would be ready he would come out at eleven o'clock, and give three knocks at her father's window, and !.e then asked would not witness positively go; he then looked at her younger sister, and said, you look more serious, won't you come; she said she would if her sister would come, if be would marry her ; he said never mind bringing any clothes, we will buy you plenty in Newry; they agreed to go on those conditions of marriage; he came at eleven o'clock accompanied by Lord Dorchester: they both went with them ; Captain D. held his arm to witness, and Lord D. to her sister ; the vehicle they went in was a car, but they did not bring it to the Rock; it was a quarter of a mile and they walked. The car stopped Just at the entrance of the town ; it did not come into the town, and witness said, sure the car is not going to stop here, and he said, it was too late to go on, and tat they would go to Newry in the morning; that she should sleep with her sister at Lord Dorchester's lodgings, and that he would sleep at the barracks; he then told his car to wait, and they went to Lord Dorchester's lodgings ; they all went up into the sitting-room, and Captain Dundas ordered candles., and Lord Dorchester lighted two candles that were on the table ; Captain Dundas said to witness, come, and I willshow you to your room ; she went with him; they walked into the room which was next the sitting room ; he turned round and bolted the door, and she asked was she not to sleep with her sister ; he said not, and that if she would go to bed he would most posi tively go and many her in Newry in the morning; he came over to her and asked her did her clothes fasten behind, that if she did not lot sen them he would ; she went to bed in consequence of his promise, sad he Caine after her ; he left the bed-chamber that night ; whilst they were in bed witness got out of the bed, and he en deavoured to bring her back ; be said if she would not cry and disturb the people of the house he would dress and go to the barracks ; she was crying at the time ; he said he would come back early in the morning to go to Newry ; in the morning got tip and sat a long time in the room, and when the clock struck eight she went to see about her sister; lie told her be would come back very early in the morning, and then they should go on ; she understood it was to Newry; she got up about six o'clock; about eight she went over to the door of Lord Dorchester's room to see about her sister, and she asked about her sister ; and he said lie had left her at home, and asked where was Captain Dundas she said she had not seen him since one o'clock the night before, and was surprised he had not ar rived ; make yourself easy, said Lord Dorchester, and I will send to the barracks for him ; Captain Dundas came in ten minutes ; when he came he walked over and attempted to kiss her, which witness prevented ; she asked him why did he not come earlier ? and he said, for what? she re plied, to !miry me as you promised ; he said he was sorry he could not, as he was already a married man, but that he would take lodgings for her, and she wool I b as happy as if she was married ; she said it was wrong of him to bring her away under that promise ; be said he would take lodg ings for her, and she said she would go to her father's house ; be walked out of the room ; she went to Lord Dorchester and told him Captain Dundas was married ; he told her he was not, and that he was an unfortunate man to have any thing to do with her ; she then went back to her room, and was not more than a minute there when Capt. Dun das retained, and she told him Lord Dorchester bad told her that he was not married ; he said was it not unlucky he had not depended on Jocelyn and he would not have deceived him, and he asked her would she go into the breakfast room, and she said she would not ; Captain Dun dies said, sure she would not tell her father ; she said she would tell him every thing about it; Lord Dorchester said t he would send fur a car, but she took her bonnet and walked out of the house without waiting for it, and then went home ; on h er way s h e was over t a k en by h e r cousin ir oit,er . . t Cosliy Adams ; h er f at h er was net at home, but her in Was ; she told her nothing, but she told all to her sisters ; she afterwards to Captain Dundas ; the first laeltltetrbastliehaaiejrzpVne.d ; at t 7 e mamma's consent , who then knew letter ut as written about a fortnilit after her return :o Northlands. On the follosv ing Saturday after the occurrence her family returned to Northlands; her mother was in ill health and her father had also been ill about seven months; he took ill at the retreat, her grandfather's residence, near Cootehill ; during that illness she attended her Either principally. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant O'LOGIILIN—Her father's illness was a year before she went to the Rock ; her sisters are in town ; it was in the litter end of June or beginning of July she went to the Rock ; she had been here two seasons before, three months the first and one the second ; knew the neighbourhood well. Knew some of the officers of the 17th, to whom she was introduced at a dinner party ; they were Mr. Mitchelson, Mr. Wilkin son, Mr. Nead, Mr. Wentworth, and a Mr. Tongue ; had met Mr. Tongue before at a pie nic party ; might have afterwards met him casually ; once she saluted him, he was in company with other officers she knew, and it was a mere passing salute. She got a letter which she thought was from him ; from the time she knew him in 1828, nothing else passed between them ; has not the letter which she burned ; the letter she got in June had no name. The reason she suspects it came from him was be cause it alluded to the plc nic party and came from Dublin ; all the officers of the regiment were at the ball as well as he. She danced more with him than any other ; she wrote a kind of humbugging letter in reply, but put no name to it, and directed it to Mr. Tongue, at Newbridge ; the rea son she directed it to Newbridge was, because she thought it would come from no one else ; she (lid not strew it to ker mamma or sister ; her youngest sisters saw the letter. She had never seen Captain Dundas before the 12th, ex cept a couple of days before ; the interview on the 12th lasted a few minutes. Never kissed hand to him nor to any one who was with him ; had seen but had never spoken to Lord Dorchester before the 25th, nor had her younger sister ; and after that brief acquaintance she con sented to go to Newry. She should think that the de fendant is about thirty. When she went to Dundalk that night she went into Lord Dorchester's lodgings ; Mr. Dundas took a candle and shewed her into the bed•chatnber next to the sitting room ; he asked were her clothes fastened behind ; he did not assist her ; she undressed her self ; she was some time in the room before the un dressed, but was not long undressing ; he was undressing at the same time ; about eight o'clock the next morning she went to look for her sister to Lord Dorchester's bed room ; lie was in bed at the time; she expected to see her sister there, and was surprised when she heard she was gone ; she staid in the room for a few minutes, Lord Dor chester being still in bed ; and it was whilst he was in bed she complained to him of Captain Dundas not coming back according to his promise. Catherine Adams examined by Mr. DEERING, K.C.— Is the third daughter of Parson Adams; cannot tell the day in July she first saw Captain Dundas ; her sisters, brothers, father, and mother, were with her at the time; it was on the road near the Blackrock ; heard that he had made some observation, but did not hear what it was ; Captai❑ Dundas was not more than three yards distant from her at the time ; her father replied to the remark of Captain Dundas, that it was hard to stand the impudence of officers ; that was the first time she saw Captain Dun das ; saw him a few days after; Captain Dundas asked her sister Elizibeth was she fond of her father and mother; she said she was, and lie asked her would she like her hus band better; she said she would, and he said it was a'l right ; she next saw Captain Dundas on the 16th ; he was then accompanied by a Mr. Jocelyn. The next time she saw him was on the 31st ; he then proposed to her sister to go and marry him, and he'd take her to all the balls and parties ; and her sister said if she could be sure he'd marry her she'd go ; Lord D was present, and asked witness would she like to be married, and that if she'd marry him she'd live so happy along with her sister ; they said they would not go sinless they were sure of being mar ried ; both gentlemen pledged th-ir honours as gentlemen that they would marry them in Newry ; their usual hour of going to bed was ten o'clock ; her sister and she slept together ; heard taps ; were then in the parlour ; she then went out and met Captain Dundas and Lord Dorchester ; the car stopped near Dundalk, and she asked Lord Dor chester were they not going on to Newry; he said is it at this time of night, child ; she then asked where her sister was ; he said she had gone on with Captain Dundas ; Lord D. walked twine with witness ; this was about half an hour after she came ; after this witness wrote one letter to Lord D ; they retired from Blackrock on the 24th July ; after her sister's return she was ill for some months ; heard her sister crying after she retired with Capt. Dundas. Dorothea Adams examined by Mr. LITTON, K.C.— Was not walking with her sisters on the 21st ; did not miss her sisters on that night ; it was witness's habit to remain some time in her mother's room ; it was some time after she got up the next day that she saw her sister Eli zabeth, about eleven o'clock ; her father returned about twelve ; her sister was after this in a very bad state of health. Mr. Cosby Adams examined by Mr. North—ls related to Miss Adams ;is about a third cousin. Has been ac- quainted with the family since he was a child ; always looked upon the Misses Adams as most artless girls, and had particular opportunity of knowing it. Rev. Frederick Fitzpatrick examined by Mr. DARCY, K.C.—ls a beneficed clergyman of the parish of Sher_ cock ; knows the plaintiff; the number of his children; his family were in the habit of frequenting the witness's church ; knows the family since 1813 ; a❑ interval elapsed; knew them latterly for five or six years; always considered the daughters well conducted, very innocent and artless girls, and from their retired education quite ignorant of the ways of the world. Cross-examined—flis residence is remote from Dun dalk ; only speaks of what he knows of in his own imme diate neighbourhood. Mr. Kilpatrick examined.—llas always considered the 'Misses Adams to be innocent young ladies ignorant of the world. _ . Edward Jenkins examined by Mr. Deering—Lives in Dundalk ; is sub-inspector of Police for the county Louth ; knows Dean Adams and his family : has seen them at the Black-rock three seasons ; he and his wife visited there ; the girls were young and innoceat, and seemingly ignorant of the world and its ways. Documents were read as to the amount of the defendant's property. Mr. John Whiteck proved the identity of some documents. When the book was handed to him, he re fused to be sworn, as being a seceder from the Presbyterian church. He then made affirmation after the form pre scribed, all the time holding up his right hand. The property left by his father between himself and his brother was proved to be 91,000/. The defendant's moiety Value of his Commission 45,5001. - - - - 10,0001. Amount of defendant's property 55,5001. This was the plaintiff's case. - Sergeant O'LouGnuN, as leading Counsel for the de fondant, said it was very strange that when their mother, who saw the officers pass on horseback, felt fatigued, in stead of preventing her daughters from going out, told i them they might go walk, and they went to walk n the very place where they were likely to meet the officers. They went on the public strand, and though the officers had saluted them without having been introduced, instead of appearing to resent it, they went to walk on the public strand, where they knew the officers were. Was this con duct that would induce those gentlemen to imagine that they were modest or respectable ladies, the daughters of Dean Adams ? The first time that Lord Dorchester s tw these ladies was on the 21st of July, in a car with their mother. He met them again in a few minutes after. They began to converse with him and Major Dundas without the slightest restraint, although they did not know the Major's name until that interview, and agreed after a con versation of twenty minutes, to marry them unknown to their fathi r. Recollect, gentlemen of the Jury, that Caroline had nevcf!,een Lord Dorchester until that day, when she saw him riding with Major Dundas. Now, we never heard of marriage until the 21st, and you know, Gentlemen, that when an affair of this kind occurs, the lady, in order to give some salvo, requires a promise of marriage. She generally says, " I am ruined ; I would never have consented to such liberties only he promised to marry me." Can you believe, Gentlemen, that two per sons in the situation of these two officers, would have agreed to marry those two ladies, after a courtship Of twenty minutes. When they arrived in Dundalk they did not temonstrate but went immediately into Lord Dor chester's lodgings. Gentlemen of the Jury, is this the conduct you would expect from an educated or respectable girl ? Is this conduct that you would sanction ? When she asked was she not to sleep with her sister, she was told that she was not, and instead of remonstrating, after a few minutes she went to another bed-room along with Major Dundas, and undressed hereself before him, he Un dressing himself at the same time. What opinion are we to have of the modesty of a young lady, even if she were married that day, who would undress herself in her bus band's presence? Was that modesty ? There is another circumstance in her own evidence which I would wish to call your attention to. It is this—when she went into Lord Dorchester's room on the following morning, she said she was surprised at not finding her sister in Lord Ws bed-room although she knew that Caroline was acquainted with Lord Dorchester but twenty-five minutes. Recollect, gentlemen, that she was not at all abashed when she went into his bed-room ; so far from that she entered into con versation with Lord Dorchester, he in bed, and she stand ing alongside the bed. I call upon you, gentlemen, to consider in the finding of your verdict, that thought there has been much indiscretion gt onggiAre these !ass been more on the other. . _ . H. Philipps, Esq., sworn.—Belongs to the 7th Hue ears ; knows Major Dundas ; recollects having met the I young ladies when riding with Major Dundas; was riding towards home in company with Major Dundas ; met three ladies, and of course cast a look ; the Major said, these are pretty girls; the ladies smiled; witness and defendant looked back, kissed hands to the ladies, and either one or two returned it ; Major Dundas rode after and joined them. Is a single man ; is not quite sure that lie did not kiss hands ; it made no impression him ; can't say whether one or two kissed hands—one certainly, but may he two. The lady with black hair was walking in the middle; she either kissed hands or bowed; perceived her hair dark. and took notice of her countenace ; he might have thought of the ladies that night. After passing, Major Dundas said, these girls will do for us pretty well—you shan't have my pretty one. Lord Dorchester sworn—Was quartered at Dundalk in July last; never before the 21st had spoken to any of the young ladies ; first saw them on a car with an elderly lady ; Major Dundas was with him ; saw two of the young ladies soon after coining after himself and Major Dundas; there were three roads; the ladies might have gone in two other directions if they did not wish to meet the officers ; the officers rode slowly, and witness went down to them ; they entered into conversation ; the ladies in the middle of the road, and the officers at each side. Witness told the young ladies they would send three ships for a clergy man to England ; they consented to leave their father's house at eleven ; did not hear Major Dundas say anything about marriage. Witness told the youngest girl on the car positively that he would not marry her; did not hear Major Dundas say anything about marriage ; she told wit ness who her father was, but he did not believe. When he arrived at his lodgings witness took out a latch key and opened the door ; all the tour went in ; they went up stairs ; thinks a candle was lighted ; Major Dundas held a candle to one of their bonnets, and said 'tis all right ; she went soon after to Major Dundas's room with him, after having made some observations ; saw her in the morning ; witness was in bed and one sheet over him ; she staid ten minutes ; did not appear to be embarrassed ; she said she had asked Major Dundas to marry her, and he said he had a wife; witness did not say Major Dundas had deceived him; witness told her that Major Dundas was not mar ried, and that it was a shame for him to have left her ; first conversation did not exceed twenty minutes, when they agreed to go off. Cross-examined by Mr. LITTON, K.C.—Had never seen the ladies to speak to them till the 21st, when Major Dundas and the witness were riding ; Major Dundas sail to witness he had got a job in hand, and witness might have a part in it ; Major Dundas told him that the job was two girls; defendant did not say which of the girls was to be his share; Major Dundas did nut tell witness that the only protectors the ladies had were two brothers, one thirteen and the other nine; is a peer of England; does not recollect that defendant knew the young lady's father , was to have returned the next day ; defendant left the country, as also witness, for they understood that a rape was to have been sworn against them ; witness did not wait to give the father any explanation of the matter; defendant then lived in the barracks ; there were two beds in witness's lodgings ; one of them was Jocelyn's bed ; it was into that bed defendant went ; he knew what de fend ant wanted by going into the room ; said on the car, and before they got to it, that he would not marry Caro line:; did not say any thing about the happiness of not being separated from her sister ; Caroline did not ask to go back; witness persuaded Caroline to go back, and he brought her borne, and put her in *he was rather ashamed of the thing ; does not exactly know why he brought her back ; it was mixture of remorse and shame; his con science struck him ; before his conscience struck him, he had taken the young girl upon his knee ; he put his hand round her waist ; he asked her to go on the bed, and she refused ; be told her he would not marry her; she would not go on the bed ; he then brought her home. The Learned Judge then charged the Jury. He said the ladies had acted with extreme levity and imprudence ; but that should not excuse the defendant's guilty conduct. He hoped they would steer a middle course in finding their verdict, and show by it that they were not influenced by passion. The Jury retired, and after about forty minutes re- :urned to the box, when their names were called, and the foreman delivered the verdict to the Registrar, who an nounced it as follows:—Verdict for plaintiff 3,5001. damages, and 6d. costs. This appeared to give very general satisfaction. We heard a slight cheer from the gallery. NEW PARLIAMENT. MEMBERS RETURNED. FIFESHIRE —Colonel James Lindsay. A RGYLLSEIIRE—.W. F. Campbell, Esq. PRICES OF STOCKS TIIP Bank Stock 3 per Cent. lied 3 per Cent. Cons. S37 41,4 4 3 per Cent. Ditto Red 9 0 % 7. New 3 per Cent % 3 per Cent Ann. 172' - 4 per Cent. 84?.6 9 9! 9 Bank Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 1860 l6 Oct. 10, 1859 l7 5-16 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 ?RICKS OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONZ O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds —'Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds —;Portuguese Bonds 4o l' ../.2 Chilian Bonds ... — Prussian, Old _ ...... ... _ _ Colombian Bonds —'Ditto, New — atto, 182-1 DaWsh 63M% . Spanish, 1521 — Greek BorWi 1823 - — Ditto, 1&25 Guatimaia — '— Exchange —f. —c. Pdexicarf Bonds 29i4 30 3 per cent...—. —f. .. Ditto, 1823 391 39 1 ,4 '— Exchange —t. —c. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 50 minutes after 4. I Evenfn;;... 9 minutes after 5. COUNTESS GOWER. j _A BELL ASSEMBLEE for June is embellished with a PORTRAIT of the Right Hon. Countess GOWER, from the celebrated Painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, splendidly engraved on steel by Dean ; also a View of the Cemetery at Liverpool, showing Mr. Huskisson's Grave, &c. ; and two Plates of Fashions, ex hibiting the latest London and Parisian Costumes coloured, and accompanied by appropriate descriptions, with the usual quantity of interesting Literature. Price 3s. 6d. Published by Whittaker and Co., London. DAY AT ONI O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds' 1 pm. par South Sea Stock 9'2% Old Annuities New Ditto :1 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex Bills, £l,OOO 8 10 pm. Ditto 50^ 8 10 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised — ,BAnk for Account (India for Account jCans. for July 20 47,', 4 • •- e Etf *M.IO LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1831. Brussels Papers of the 28th ins ant inform us that the feeling in favour of Prince LEOPOLD is becoming very general. In the sitting of the Na tional Congress on Thursday last, out of a body of one hundred and twenty-two, ninety-six members had given their opinion in favour of the Prince of SAXE COIIuRG ; twenty-four reserved their votes, and only two voted against him. This is, we think, conclusive of the business; but unless I.EOPoLD share the new throne with a French Princess, there seems little hope of a permanent tranquillity for Belgium, or of security to the King. To insure the cordial support of Fiance, she must have a deep interest in the present settlement as well as the fu ture consequences of the Belgian question. The news from Poland is daily becoming more cheering to the cause of independence. In Lithu ania the insurrection spreads with a spirit as enthu siastic as it is general. The insurgents have attained so much force and consequence that they have for warded a long report to the National Government at Warsaw of their proceedings. This interesting do cument describes the oppressions —more even than Polish—to which Lithuania had been long con demned ; the joy and the hope of the inhabitants at the news of the Warsaw revolution,—the cruel arts to which Russia resorted to break their spirit,—the nature and extent of the insurrection which subse quently broke out in that province. The information s upplied on this last topic is the most curious and important, as it enables us to judge of the pro bable result of the war. The insurrection is said to boe extended to rodno and Minsk, and the Go- ' t "- vernm en t of Vilna alone is said to have 60,000 in- Hu - gents under arms. They have established pro visional governments, and have begun founderies of cannon and manufactories of gunpowder. The peasants fight with the greatest bravery against their Russian oppressors, and " if Lithuania falls," says the report, " she will carry to her grave the con soling idea that she preferred to sacrifice every thing rather than supply arms and means to subjugate the Poles, and their common country." In Volhynia, too, the insurgents are gaining ground, and unless DIEBITSCH be able to defeat the main army of the Poles, his retreat, in the event of discomfiture, will be more hazardous than ever. The following are extracts from Papers received this morning Wansaw, MAY 19.—The Warsaw State Gazette in its number of the 17th says:—Yesterday afternoon, near the village of Dlugiesiodlo, between the Bug and the Narew, the van of the Russian Guards was repulsed with considerable loss, which is said to amount to 2,000 prisoners. Count Thos. Polocki, Aide-de-camp to the Generalissimo, was wounded in the face by a musket ball in the attack. Yesterday the same Journal says—" The news of a battle the day before yesterday, near Dlugiesiodlo, turns out to be unfounded ; there were only trifling skirmishes in which about fifty of the Finland Yagers of the guard were made prisoners. The Warsaw Gazette and the Warsaw Courier of yesterday also state reports of engagements with the van of the Russian guard, in which the Poles are reported to have had the advantage, but they say the particulars are not known. The Warsaw State Gazette says, " The corps of General Chrzanowski after marching from Kock, proceeded through the midst of the enemy's camp by way of Lu barlow, Lenozna, and Krasnyslaw, towards Zamosc. In three days it marched 81 miles, defeated the Russians three times with considerable loss, and took 800 prisoners. General Krysenski having heard the firing of cannon at the distance of some miles, went to meet the corps, but did not reach Old Zamosc till the Russians had already been compelled to retreat. Thus Volltynia is again threatened, and General Rudiger, if he should approach our frontier, will find an opponent. As soon as the corps of General Chrzanowski, notwithstanding the opposition of the Russians, had fought his way beyond Lublin, the lat ter began to send patrols to their former positions. On the 15th, 50 Cossacks agai❑ arrived in Pulawy, but were driven back by our infantry." The Warsaw Courier says, " We have certain informa- tion that the action near Zamosc was in many respects very advantageous to us. The advance of our corps to wards Volhynii changes all the enemy's plans. Among the doubtful reports is one that General Romarino was wounded." The State Gazette says, that the cholera has nearly ceased in the capital. On the 16th there was no new case. The State Gazelle says, according to private accounts, Ludwig Stecki, the Chief of the Volhynian insurgents, was not shot on the 27th April, but escaped to Gallicia." The same Paper says, that the members of the Provi sional Government of the kingdom of Poland, appointed by the Emperor Nicholas, have arrived at Bialystock, and in tend to go to Lublin. Prince Henry Lubomiski and his daughter, Princess Sanguszkowa ; Dr. Autotnmarchi, Napoleon's physician ; and a Parisian physician, wearing the cross of Italy, have arrived here. MEMEL, MAY IS. —On the 15th inst. the Governor- General, Count Pahlen, coming with his troops from Telsch, arrived in Russian Krottingen, where he joined Major-General Van Rennenkanpf. The Russian General, Schirmer, with his corps, arrived the same day at Gars den, and, without stopping there, proceeded on his march in pursuit of the insurgents. It is said that the bands of insurgents are going towards Georgeuburg, with the de clared intention of uniting there, and fighting their way to the kingdom of Poland ; or, if this should be impos sible, of taking refuge in Prussia. The Russian brig has left our harbour, after taking in water, and repairing the damage sustained in a storm. The Konigsbury Gazette gives the following letter from Schirwindt :—" The apprehensions of an incursion of the Polish insurgents are for the present dispelled, in consequence of the battle at Mariampol on the 22d of April ; the insurgents were commanded by Pusehet (who is said to have escaped across the Memel to Samogitia with forty men), and by Schonah, who was taken prisoner. The small Russian corps was commanded by Col. Naninka, Aide-de-camp to the Grand Duke Michael, who is at Lomza. The !libels were totally defeated and dispersed ; 1,400 Cracovites taken prisoners, and driven to Grodno to work ; 200 young Cracovites, after receiving each forty lashes, were sent to their homes. Six hundred were killed and eighty wounded, of whons twenty are since dead. By sentence of a Court-martiii, Major Madeisky of Lod winawo, and his steward, were shot on the 22d of April, and the ringleader Schon hanged on the 29th; the following prisoners, Captain Spestinsky, of Kalwary, the deputy ranger Baronowsky, of Warrabeck, the burgomaster of Olitta, the post-office clerk of Wogwera, a rashier of Wilna, and two other rebels, whose names are not known, were shot at Mariampol ; and Jacobowsky, of Wogwera, sent away to be imprisoned for life. The Russians kid two officers and 37 men killed, two officers severely, two slightly wounded ; 15 privates wounded. The Russians are said to have taken at Modeisky 40,000 rix-dollars, in silver, 15,000 rubles, 3,300 ducats, 1,500 sheep, 500 oxen, and 200 hogs, which were taken at Mariampol. Colonel Kononeff who 1 itely arrived at Newstadt, with 60 Cossacks of the Guatd, says he came along the Memel, by Pzlawa, Buda, Koslava, Ruda, Ponemon, and Kauen, which latter place he left on the 27th of April, pro ceeding by Denabona, Kydullen, and Izaky, to clear the country of the insurgents. His orders are to clear away every thing that is suspicious, and then to return along the Prussian frontier by Wistollen to Matiampol. The country through which he has pissed is entirely cleared. Several small pulks have remained in the above places to destroy the last traces of the relpls. On his way he arrested many suspicious individuals, and sent them to Mariampol. Detachments are also sent to Sarvay, Seyney, Ohete, &e., to clear the environs of the rebels. Colonel Nsinenka, above mentioned, commands in chief at Mariampol. The whole country from Grodno to Maretez, Trocky, and Kawen, is fortified, and has a garrison of more than two battalions of infantry and eight cannon. The garrison of Willis, which consisted of five battalions, two batteries of artillery, and 100 Cossacks, has been reinforced by a whole division ; de'achments of these troops also are sent out to destroy the rebels. Troops from Dunabuy, whose number is not known, have already arrived in Will kotaiz. On the 29th and 30th April the insurgents were driven from below Kauen and Zerednik, and the roads are free to the environs of Sossemen. The insurgents are dispersed or destroyed wherever they are found. The road from Kauen through Mariampol to Augustowa is cleared and free ; Mariampol, Kallwary, and Sawalken, have sufficient garrisons of infantry, artillery, and Cossacks. Eighteen regiments of Cossacks are coming from Kiew by way of Grodno, to join the grand army, but two regiments will remain to occupy the department of Augustowo. Accounts received at Konigsburg say that the cholera had appeared at Ostrolenka, Lomza, Szczweyne, Dro hyczyn, Ciechanowiec, and Wilna. Of the reports of cholera on this side of the Vistula none are confirmed, ex cept that symptoms of the disorder have manifested them selves in two places, Sochaez:tw and Lowicz. BREDA, MAY 24.—Private letters from Brussels of the 22d say it was reported there that a speedy arrange ment, to the satisfaction of both parties, would soon be made. HAGUE, MAY 24 —The Committee for revising the fundamental law has, as we hear, finished its labours. We hear that the Minister for Foreign Affairs has laid sefore the Second Chamber the Protocol of the Congress, the contents of which have been publishe I in several Pa pers. It is observed that the date of the Protocol is not ;iven. M. Warin's motion has been rejected by the Se cond Chamber, by thirty votes to ten. AMSTERDAM, MAY 27, Actual Debt, 9.Y, per cent 39yi to 40!:', Amort Syndic, per cent. Ditto, ditto, per cent 52.N to 531,i Exchange on London. . . 113 0 11 97 5-10 Two Months . 11 2 5-10 11 90 FRONTIERS OF GALLICIA, MAY 11.—When Dwer nicki's corps retreated into the Aus trian territory, it scarcely amounted to four thousand men. Dwernicki en camped near the Gallician village Chletanowha, and re mained with his troops under at ms till there w as a sufficient Austrian force to protect him, and he was as- Aired that neither he nor his corps should be delivered up to the Russian comm ander. He has sinc e gone r 0 the interior of the c ountry with all his officers and men, but their arms re main behind, and it i s no t yet known what is to be done with them. This morning news was received by express from Radziwillow, that all the magazines and scythes, of which as the time for selling them is at hand there may be at least half a million, have been sequestered by the Russian authorities without any explanation. This causes a great sensation; people con ;sect the measure with vague repo r t s , t h at t h e insurrec tion in Volhynia with the wealthy la n d owners , Stecki and Chizar at the head, still continues, an d th a t troubles in Podolia or the Ukraine engage the particular attention of the Russian Government. An improbable report from Venice of May 18, an nounces the death of the Sultan. VIENNA, MAY 18.—Four per Cent. Metalliques 71k; Bank Shares 1038. In another part of The Sun will be found a full report of one of those flagrant cases of perfidy and turpitude for which the law, by some strange obli: quity, seems unable to provide an adequate punish ment. We allude to the case of " ADAMS V. DUN DAS," in which are detailed the particulars of the seduction of an artless, thoughtless child--for she was scarcely seventeen--the daughter of a digni tary high in the Protestant Church of Ireland, and universally respected for his moral worth—by a Major DUNDAS, the nephew of Lord MELVILLE. A more aggravated case than this we never yet had the misfortune to peruse. O❑ the one side we find youth, simplicity, and the most perfect ignorance of the world; on the other, shrewdness, consummate acquaintance with life, a mature age—for the de fendant, it seems, was thirty—and a systematic spirit of libertinism which, we hope and believe, is with out parallel in the British army. But our chief ob ject in drawing public attention to this painful record of crime and suffering, is to point out the extreme tenderness—we might almost add, injustice—of the law towards offenders of the same dye as Major DUNDAS. Though this individual has carried the d eepest and the most lasting anguish into the bosom of a respectable family, where all before was peace and happiness; though one member of that family he has treatei with far more inhumanity that if he had valiantly drawn his sword and stabbed her to the heart; though he has blasted her prospects in this world for ever, and con signed her perhaps to that worst—most fatal of diseases—remorse and unavailing anguish ;—though Major DuNbas has been the callous, systematic author of all this weight of woe, yet he is let off with the comparatively trifling mulct of three thousand guineas—for what is such a sum to a man who possesses a fortune of 45,0001.?-- and, as the heartless circles of fashion at present view these things, with the character of a gay, dash ing roue, whom mothers must henceforth view with caution, but to whom the doors of society are still as wide open as ever. Major DuNDas, who, in very wantonness, and perhaps with a view of earning a reputation for gallantry, has he a ped anguish on the heads of so many worthy in dividuals, is let off with a comparatively insignificant fine, while a poor wretch who perhaps under the pressure of intolerable want, has been tempted to transgress the laws of justice, and to take from others what may be necessary to the support of his own starving family, is consigned without remorse to the scaffold Yet who shall institute a comparison be tween the two offenders ? The character of a se ducer—at least of such an aggravated one as Major DUNDAS, who must have known, as appears by the evidence, that the victim of his lust had no grown up brother to resent her wrongs and demand sa tisfaction of her betrayer—we hold the most in excusable, the most detestable in society. If ever cri minal deserved transportation and even death, the se ducer is that one, and most devoutly do we hope that the law may ere long be so amended as to meet . the moral as well as the commercial justice of the case. At present the father claims redress for the ruin of his child, and the husband for that of his wife, not so much on the score of their wounded feelings, as their impoverished pockets. They have merely sustained pecuniary damages, for which adequate compensation is awarded them, on the narrow principle that money is, and ought to be, a sufficient salvo for every thing ! If this commercial spirit be allowed to continue, the sarcasm of NA' POLEON, that England is a nation of shop-keepers will no longer appear inappropriate. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 28 and 29.—Wind S.S.E. moderate.--' Arrived from the river and sailed, the Hooghley, Reeves , for New South Wales. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 28 AND 29.—Arrived his 1113' jesty's ship Samarang, from Newcastle ; and Ocean, David' son, from Sierra Leone. PLYMOUTH, MAY 27 AND 28.—Wind E.—Arrived the Royal George, Embleton, sailed the 9th of February' and Lady Kennaway, from the Mauritius. FALMOUTH, MAY 27 AND 28.—Wind E. to S.S.E' fresh breezes.—Arrived the Wellington, Evans, from Madras, sailed the 2d of February, and from St. Helena the 30th of March. Sailed the Magnet packet fur Lisbon• PENZANCE, MAY 28.—Arrived the Caroline, Fewson , from Bombay, sailed the 10th of January. BuisTor., MAY 29.—Arrived the Charles, Birley► from Nevis. BRIDPORT, MAY 29.—Arrived the Jean, Strachan► from Riga. LIVERPOOL, MAY 28.—Arrived the Bellona, Hutebev son, from Alaranham ; Lydia, Parker, from New Orleans Collins, Smart, and Lorgao, Atkins, fi mu Mobile; arrd Vahmt, Tenny, from Baltimore. CORK, MAY 27.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Leggett from St. Domingo ; and Thomas, Richardson, from Trinidad. Off port, the Beatrice, Smith, from th e Mauritius; and Bolivar, Spear, from Pernambuco. STANDGATE CREEK, MAY 28.—Arrived the Earsdom Wightinan, from Alex uulria ; Love and Unity, from Tarragona ; Hope, Brown, from Liebau ; and Pall►" dium, Middleton, from Memel. LEITH, MAY 27.—Arrived the Staff of Life, Boyce? from Pillau. HULL, MAY 29.—Arrived the Sykes, Braithwaite, from Stockholm. Nahing of any public bnportance took 03 0 in the 1... Aw Courts this morning up to the period of ol if going to press. TRI-COLOUR—A short time since a 1 3d 7 made her appearanc e i n a b ox at t h e t h ea t re "Dell a Scala," in Milan, attired in three insurrectionary colours''' . red, white, and green. The police banded her out. 1311 , f the next day, th ree l a di es , eac h o f w h om had s ele c ted 0 0 " of those colours for her dress, were seen sitting in the sat l r box ; they wer e received with loud applause by the si h ' ence, and then dismissed from the house by the Argos' eyed minions of power. The claims of persons who had « P r ivate Bills" before the Parliament, on the rather sudden dissobti tion of tLe last Parliament, to have the Bills at least PT in stalu qu o i n the new Parliament, without any adu v , tionsl e xp ence to the parties, are the more entitled to ab, tention from the suddenness of the dissolution of the 169 two Parliament-. The extravagant fees on a single lir; sentation of a Bill arc amply sufficient without a repetiO of them. His MAJESTY has more than once si ' fi gn' e . O his displeasure at gentlemen appearing at the leve e I uniforms to which they are unentitled.— Court Journa l, It is at length decided that the new palace 1 : to form a national gallery ; a di s p osa l o f thi s interest in edifice which will a t once sat i s fy t h e murmur s of t j , v public and fulfil a purpose for which it is well adaP te ir Our readers will rev•ollect that in a late number of 01 0 ( r , Journal we annou nce d (exclusively) the improbabilitY, the final desti na ti on o f t hi s b u ildi ng as a Royal reside' e -- Court JournO. Last a good quantiti being sc day se't unalter dearer. There 1 Ittialter, last quc Wheat, Rye .... Barley Malt..., --- 1411 Pease, ARRI' From Ilaltirim Cork .. Dublin lialway Limeri Londoi Newry Youghz Stiaisu Wolga Coastv. ♦G( Rye, `.t9 In I thro4 and ` I and Pc PR Inferl( Secant Prime Prime Inferi( Secon( Coarse South( Abo 50 up from 1 folk, S and St in the Beet., Mutt° By Sebot Nord. 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