The National Register.
London, England, 1809-12-17 00:00:00

Tifg,NATIONAL REGISTER:

, it --liormw
,elf thus to. worm out the
.secrets of. a private and con-.I
tracte4 circlet, he should have been culpable ;. bit t at--
tempt lo Undermine, to fallen, as it went, ON Of, ifiil of
that illustrious , family, Which every subject tin the land
should reverence 'and love, an&Support—_it 'wail' aTriten't in-
'credible, although indubitable !. As': inich 4: MO asmoral
man : a competent accuser of a anotbar'S truth? This‘Was,
'of all others, a cause into which it was incumbent on the
Jury to carry * pure. unprejudiced, Unimpassioned mind,,
and here, he confessed, . high a value ailiehad for the ta-
lents of the. Counsel who conducted the prosecution, and
auguring hii future snecess at the ,Bar. as he did, still he
could not help reprobating his
.iiilroduction of so many
Flames into the. lid of witnesses, merely as it appeared for
the purpose of iisflamitiation. Was it not unfair and inflam-
matory to accuse (viithOut;prOof,) Lord Chichester of lay-
ing out Len thousand pounds of the public money in the
purchase of Mrs. Clarke', bOok 2 A most grievous charge
indeed '. , This, he
.w,ss sure, could only have taken' rise
from the anx,keti .Niid`, agitatittp id. the moment. On the
subject:ft Maerspodd, also, 440 introduced a melan-
choly la, :ntatAnConcei-ili.Lig Ws.fate of those who were
induce a lsistitlle Vo9k..artwnsi 'the interests of public
NI
:Ilk .
paqq, 4g.it e auTeriing acEpsioned by this? no proof what-•
everoias addgcedi; ,and lbqf,efore it could only be looked
'mpoatit‘.4.splensiid.tiirike, . intended. to inflame the 'passions
and fp,jsi.eati.tike -,itidgment. Again he had asserted that
Wrigl4,, jusisvAseap partner; of this not a•shadow of proof
was qd&fivi.‘Mthdrespect to" the principal juggler, who
aspiteOcsit,nipittkon to which neither his birth nor educa-
tion eft 10,11;4
,phy. wasle spoken of unless he could
be liptifeiliva4 164041019 prototype existed, why was he
inentweetk a..t..aß I 1 tie mention of such persons should
have blivb,llo4944ellis I,llat, mention was intended to be
substaiWiateskliswprostfi,-.lovas.aaketl, why Stokes did not
come-rfsinwl*f4 Isil,4lihetlformeg triil ; but the answer to that
was obyiniiiket Ayrprnios.& not wish. to'conie forward unless
it was allaisloksistisceiVail, as inthe case. to day ; iu the for-
mer.enetstharasktiesnumsuy,cocroborating witnesses ; in that
pf tordayosticlepeutleti iiiiulk_a written evidence, to support
which sggictitfinWoralesvesesinry. He was now obliged
to .“Abittept.ho4seiting?„ of all ttie other witnesses. Colo-
'Ad wardle.3ya4 fAmok.4l; to 4eny., this evidence : he Was•
compelled to it; .antis as: mished, to forfeit all character
and credit ;in the face. 4 'his, country.' Now the Jury
would consider whether;t4ese three witnesses; who might
have, been contradicted
.at the time of their testimony by
two witnesses,: not remote but present,. not backward but
.volunteering, and were not, should now be convicted of a
conspiracy ? But. Colonel. Wardle said he wrote notes to
haseibest witnesses called:: if he did, then why not call
Corfield, his attorney,• to-daiy, to prove he received these
notes 1 Or why, if he. attached such importance to the
Calling of these witnesses, did. he -not stir • his . legs, and
going into CourLhinaself for the,pntpose ?. Nothing in fa-
vourof-the accused should be effected in such a singularly
-.ted indictment. as this, .The-written evidence of
- - 1 and
~.ed_...;

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15ECL

Mk,
-SHERIFFS COURT, THURMAirt D*C. 14.
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SAUNDERS V. DYSO'N.'
The Plaintiff was a shopkeeper. at Watford, and the Defend--
nut was a farmer in that neighbourhood, who had become ar-
come acquainted with the family of the Plaintiff in 1804—his
daughter was at that time about )4 years of age, and had just re-
turned from school. The Plaintiff professed. an attachment to
Miss Saunders, and was admitted by her parents as suitor. la
1808, the lady came to town on a visit to a friend, and at this
time the seduction took place. He bad effected it by a promise
of inapria(rbe, which he would not afterwards fulfil unless the fa-
ther gayesool. fortune. Ile was afterwards willing to marry
the girl, and rely upon the father's generosity as to fortune.
After Miss Saunders was delivered of a still-horn child, he gaVe
out to save her character, that she was his wife, The Jury
however, found damages 5001.