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not flow in so fast as the Marquis had reason to expect froto.
Myers, and ultimately his Loroltip received but 1001. for all the
acceptances he had given to bins; and on the 2si of May, 1810,
his Lordship received a letter signed J. Yates, stating that some
friends of his held bills drawn by Myers, and accepted by his
Lordship, for 15001. which they wished to get rid of, having dig.
covered that Myers was a notorious character, who had bees
convicted of an unnatural crime, and advising his Lordship to
take up the bills for the sake of his own character. This letter
his Lordship (having discovered the character of Myers) took
no notice of ; and shortly after he received a letter from a person
signing himself J. Phillips, stating that he had an acceptaueo
from his Lordship for 5001. which, on account of the notorious
character of Myers, he was ashamed of presenting for payment
at Puget's, his Lordship's banker; and advising him to pay itt
least part of the disgrace belonging to Myers should attach to
him. His Lordship not complying, other letters, still more dis-
gusting in their language, were written, in one of which Phil-
lips threatened to publish 10,000 hand-bills, containing a state-
nient of the trausaction between Myers and his Lordship, toge-
ther with the notorious character of the former, who had beets
sentenced to the iillory twice for unnatural practices, and to
have them posted in every part of the metropolis. Upon le-
ceiving this last letter, Lia Lordship was advised to lay the whole
before the .Attorney-General.
It appeared that all the letters written to his Lordship in the
name of Myers and Phillips, were in the hand-writing of young
Sedley, and that signed Yates was written by Davenport Sed-
ley. Copies of all the letters were found in the house of D.
Sedley at the time the officers apprehended bins.
Lord Eeees BOROUG it suggested to the Attorney-General cis
his closing the case for.the prosecution, that there was no evi-
dence against Baron Kteriilit, although he had one of the bills
in his possession, and might know they were the acceptances of
the Marquis of Ileadfort, yet it did not appear that he was en.
gaged in the conspiracy to enforce payment, or concerned is
writing the horrible letters that had been produced. The Jury
therefore acquitted him by consent of the Attorney-General.
His Lordship sommed up shortly, and the Jury, without he.
sitation, found a vadict of Guist:, against Davenport Sedley.

SA fURDAY) JULY 13.
CRIM CON-
Mooltn V. isllll,Ell.

This was an action brought to recover damages against the
defendant fur criminal conewation with the plaintut's wife,
and was tried before Lord Ellenboruagh and a Special Jury.
The plaintiff was a gentleman of. property residing at Long
Melford, in Suffolk, and some years ago had married his present
wife, who was the daughter of the late Admi-al Cotton, ai.d by
by whom he had six children. In the month of January, lfilta.
it appeared that the defendant, who was a young man of some
education and good address, was employed ail his steward to
riratiage his estate. During the first few moeths he used to live
in the house, until a lodging should be procured fur him, and he
was in the habit of dining at the plaintiff's table with himself
am! family, and apparently corduettd himself with great pro-
priety ; but some little f .aailiarities were observable to scrutl,
nizing eyes between 1,..n and Mrs. Moore; and. in the month
of November, one day wheat the plaintiff was absent in town
upon business, the defendant dined with Mrs. Fissure and her
mother (who resided ea the Green, a little distance from the
dwelling-house) and abet:t ten o'clock at night, heir]; his isl*i
time fur returning t_ i.is lodgings, he rose to retire, .and was
lighted out by the lady. The servants having s.nure suspicion of
their mistress's conduct towards the yonng
.near, were on thy,
watch, and the coolant :v.l having placed herself at the crevice of
a convenient adjoining door, obse, ved her mistress go up stet*
wi:h a light, and having reconnoitred for a short tune, she vet,'
her return with a candle to the head of the stairs, and make.%
signal, upon which the defendant went up to her, and they wesit
together into a room adjacent. but the lady immediately lie-
turned to her mother, and, after sonic time had elapsed, she
said she must be off to bed, bid her mother good-night and
retired. In the interim the servant; searched the rooms up stairs
wh,re they suspected the (Milldam was cone algid, but could
not discover him; howtv,.'r, on coming to the china closet,
which usually lay open, they fintud the door 'locked against
them, and .they were satisfied he was there concealed. Ira the
course of that morning Mrs. Moore had been busily employed
in removing some of the china from the closet, so that a person
night stand in it ; and had ordered the-bed next adjoin-
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inito be prepared for her sleeping in ic.tnat night,, on pretence
that it would air it, although she was accustomed to sleop in a
chamber situate in another pan of the dwebiug. Soon atter the
nnstresi had retired to rest, the servant. held a conclave in the
drawing-room, which was immediately under 'the bed-roam
where theirlady was to sleep; they beard the door of the chnia-
closet Unlock, and the heavy foot of a roan in blots •4411 k ass