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that no man shoOld know where' she had gone to.
the Captain was for some • time at fault ; she was
found oveet.walking—he found her ailone.'nut even
little Caroline with ner—he went Isolate mils Ilse
lady to her led4itig. and staid a considerable lime.
Thar little visit at the lodging induced the lady to
change her opinion of the Captain. and, after foist
months, *lie allowed him to talk of love—she dad
not talk 9f love dentlemeo, hitt—
" 11. el roiseellitient, like • !Wm 1.1. the bud,

Prey on Ler damask cheek "
After love, matrimony was introduced; hut you
have Bern told that the Defendant had fixed Ma
siii ii 'mum ut 1,0001. n year, a►ul that when hr
learned that the Lady had but 4130/. per annum, it
caused a revulsion of blo►d from his heart—their
means were iosufficient for matrimony. and out
canoe the Learned Coumers tragedy handkerchief.
Elie Client had cousrnted to live a, a kept mistress
—hr would fain

"Drop • tear topowthe word, ••d

Blot it oars for ever."
G✓ntlemen, I ►eco;lrct 10 have heard of a relent.
less Jude; he was known by the name of the
hanging Judge, •nd was ri✓rer seen to shed • tear
but mice, and that was dining the representation of
The Beggar's !Opera, when Maeheath gets a re-
wirer!. Gentlemen, if you find that the Minna'
was a consenting party to her own dishonour,
you will not be seduced by the artificial tears of
her Counsel—you will not reward imnietulity; im-
purity, and prostitution—you will not give credit
to The evidence of • little whipper-snapper, that apt
scholar, that sagacious little animal, the pert Mtss
Caroline. tier mistress finished her education
at a milliner's in Bond-street—there goes the al►-
prrunce of a milliner. We know, Gentletnen, in
what manner apprentices are finished in
London. Who is this Mrs. Hamilton, or what
brought 'sir. M.Naiiiiira to lire? What brinks
any Irish►•an to a pretty amount ? Mrs. Hamilton,
we are tole, lived in Doke-street; but ladies of
light character reside in Duke-street as well as
George-street, and there is nothing extraordinary
an one kept mistress recommending a friend to an-
other. Matrimony war out of the question between
the Plaintiff and Defendant—they could live to-
gether in prostitution, lint not in marriage; and this
is the fiction of poetry which to to be sent up to you.
The Captain told the little ►mild that lie was married
to her mistress, but desired her to keep it • great
secret ; lie told it to her, a lady's maid, of all
others the most likely to keep ■ secret.—Gentle.
men, you find this hungry fortune-hunter using
the laoguage all.. honourable man to the Plain•
tiff—his words are, " All I have is yours.".—ls this
the language of a man living on the property of •
seduced and innocent woman ? We are told the
property of Plaintid's husband lay, part in India,
and part in Ireland ; it 'night be in the moon fur
all we know, and the entire of the case rests on
the testimony of this lit of all works. It up.
pear* that the Plaintiff es the quondam apprentice
of a milliner, the sister of it chicken-butcher's
wife, and the lady who sleeps with her own ser-
vant maid. By the testimuiiy of her own little
rusid, she always livid as happy as if she had been
marri(d. I will now, Gentlemen, read to you one
of the Plaintiff's letters to the Defendant—you
cannot but admire the at) le of this elegant man-
nered lady.
. . _

[%lr. Grapy then read a letter, • literal copy of
which we subjoin, animadverting, with much hu.
mom, ou every sentence. The comments of the
Counsel, who spelled most of the words as he pro.
ceeded, caused much merriment in Court.]

31, Upper Georg... Weer, Portman-square,
March 19, 1818,
_

My DWI RICHAIRD—I am much sorprieed you do not
write to rue I think nom mistak hes happend your letters
as I have beau from my house I much wish to know
what you 'Wend to do about coming to england or do
you moraine to remain in Ireland if you do I jhall go to
you as I have nothing now to prevent my goist anay place
I saw Major Hawker this day and be smith he is Koine to
Ireland in ten days and much wish to see you, Indeed
my dear Mac I thick you very unketed not to write all this
time, is it rally meleet or whet can you maim by it, I shall
wane the gives time for your answer, and if I do not hear from
you I shall set out for Ireland you may rent askurd tie not all
London you know can prevent me when I lake it in my bead,
is it poesable you can foe file all I have done for you, if so
somebudey shall mind you of it, renther what I did for you the
lust tune you left me and how you left me, if you can for Bite
then Um all mighty pod lotil chute you out if haoren. but
no Mac I eaunot think so ill of you, I do not wjsh to think
you have so bad hart u that—l shall hope to bear you in..
tend coming to eogland, and that soon; if you do not I shall
set off, es you know I do not mind the sea, but I shall gu
another way. I shall have nothing to do in London for
eight esoollte to eons, but if you like I can meet you anay
where you like in england or Ireland. Make up your mind,
and let me know by return of post—l have to nitrous you
my next dour neighbor, Walls, is dead.
Caroline give her hive to you.
Aud am, my dear Richard,
truely you, H ARET.
Yon can address to me at my Hutto, as I have left my old
lodgings. I shall expet an answer on recept of this.
Diretied—Captain R. Msenria.
[The words that we have given in Italics were underlined
in the original.]
The Lady says, Gentlemen (continised 'Mr.
GRADY). that she will follow the Delendant to Ire.
land ; yes. when a kept mistress is in rur,uit of her
keeper. the devil would nut stop her march. Gen-
tlemen of the Jury, I now conjure you in the name
of morality. virtue, and religiosi, out to rob the De.
fendant—and I pray that God tnuy direct you to
your verdict.
THIRD DAY.

Lord Norbary charged the Jury. His Lord-
ship observed, that there was scarcely any cause
of action with which we were more familiar; his
Lordship bore icsinuony to the great exertion of '
Counsel, on the present occisroli, arid to the talent
displayed both for the Plaintiff and Defendant. His
Lordship thought it somewhat remarkable, that
out of the hundreds of letter. which Mr. M‘Na-
mars must have received, that which wee read in
evidence was the only one produced. His Lord-
ship sincerely hoped the Defendant would not be
shut out of Heaven ; it was a solemn appeal,
and that letter seemed to be the only reliance
of the Defendant to inflict a stain upon her
character. Hits Lordship never heard a more chaste
or correct speech than that made by the Plaintiff'.
Counsel (Mr. Farrell), in reply to Mr. Grady.—
His Lordship concluded by leaving the case iu the
hands of the Jury.
The Jury then wired, and, in an hour anti a
half, returned with a verdict for the Plaintiff;
2.000/. damages and 6d. costs.
When the verdict was aunostaced there was much
applause itt the Court.