The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-15 00:00:00

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COMBeatiAell v. Capri'.
The followings suit, for the seduction of a daughter,
was tried before the above Court, on the 17th of March
last. The CIMUI1114:111Cri, as detailed in evidence, are
of a singular and aggravated chaarcter, exhibiting the
mist incredible infmtial on the one side, and unpa-
ralleled hypocrisy on the o►her. The damages were
laid at 50,000 rupees.
Mr. Ferguson addressed the Court on behalf of tile
Plaintiff. The Defendant, who was a married Willy
had conic out to this country with his lady and her fami-
ly in the year 1413, on board the same ship with the
two daughters of the Plaintiff. An amino:icy was for-
med during the passage between the young lathes amd
the faiistl, malt in rank and ►ituation, watt whom the
Defendant was comiected by marriage. and which con
mowed after itieir arrival its this country Soule time
after their arrival the Defendant became the parmei of
of the I'mi:stain his profesaion, and f this time he
seas looked 111X/11 and treated by the Planitilf and his
family as a member of it 'l•ne young lady hersell, the
unfortunate subject 01 tnat day's itiquirv, was also treated
!with the greatest kindness by the family. The Learned
sCotitisel here adverted to the Conduct of the
yisulig lady (tutored tin doubt . for that purpose by her
alsandourit seoueer) for some previous to his day.
•is bring calculaied to raise great atixieiv iu in. ds
bier parents, particularly her mother. ifer demeanour on
.several occasions was strange, and in particular she
dwelt more than once oil the siiirject of me lunatic asy-
lum, and the slate of the tiitiordmate beings who are the
object of tit .t institution. It would appear,. that on the
day in question, Miss C. took leave of her sister as 11 they
were auotit to separate her ever, but which dial nut then
•Cacite any eau:hullo's') feeling of AM pH.e in her sister,
as/ ell, 114,1 tar sonic hole poet lolls appealed to ha much
depressed ISA spuds. 'lce Learned tiesideintui 'hewed,
• that all the arts this t rbandourd ill &Awn roust 114 Ie
used, failed to break moonier those links by which !Wine
hind. us to our Loathed. What itiust have beta his feel-
ings (if the word ue not profaned by so apply mg tt) a hen
he saw tile last aguidanig pang mimed by nis sietim at
parting fi oat those to wlwui she had so lung been united
by every tie ill atici 'Mu that call hind us to each other!
Mr. Fergussuo than and oar to stale, that tor the following
morinue, 311iie as usual, roue early. Into
town. I hat 4hati(7 tu the non 1111 l ghr an* called
to the gat otos. by a note hum his wife, dvsii Mg hi
diate rt turn. Ou his arrival at the gardens he uu•t a
friend uptilltlie stalls, from whose CullhlChilllfir lie per-
eels eil that sonsesissag divadral had °erns-led. Ho welsh'
It awe to those a.. 0 lwand hiss. to imagine, fur be would not
attempt to describe, what most hate been the tigoirieed
feelings of a &antis fattier upon learning that his
lavuo-
'lie elsogliter had come to nu untimely tool, and that the
cause of this dreadful catastrophe Was a terra! approach.
jug insanity !
He th svs o,•erded to slate the conduct oldie defeudant
through the *holt-bribe scene ut villany. On the worm
big of the 4th lie appealed at Ilse gat dens, with all the out-
ward signs of gi iet anal of sympathy with the agonized
feelings tit the nitforlusiate parents. Alter shedding ass
abundance ol• tears, he rein wed to Down with the declared
in cilium of sore 111 l g upon emisisonlini: 11,1)CI. rut liir pot-
pose of ',maiming the assisimiceal his hurls and diver to
wait for 11111 1 veneer the bully ; stud at the sane lone ee-
trusted twit he might be allowed to take a ills lout the
letters and papers that bad been round, in miler in skew
them to his Taney and the Bien'' o 1• the plains of. He
/retooled to the garden in the eveiing, and, with his 11,1141
expressions of anxiety and interest for the family, said,
.that they ought not to lie left alone in such deep affliction, ,
mid that he was determined to I eisiain all night.
When the defendant neat appealed al the wallet's,
which ass the Sunday lollow Mg the day urns whirls he had
witusssed and tr plied over the scene of desolation lie
Jae had occa.iimeal, tie appeared in deep mourning, saying
that his relationship to 111 e family through Copt. Maddock
eidi ilcd bins tn appear AO, and that lie mourned her loss as
deep as he could that of a beloved sister. At that very
'moment this wretched young person was I.ving with him
)n Isis house, the object and victim of his brutal sensuality.
Was there any thing like this to be tumid In the 111117116 of
human depravity?
Mr. 1•'. aaid,he would gladly quits subject so disgusting,
and would proceed to call the evidence in &impost of the
case which lie had stated, _

The first witness called was Capt. T. Maddock, whose
testimony corroborated the statement made by the
Learned I. lie spoke of the imp' ession enter-
tained by the yneing lady's hiwily that she had drowned
bet sea; and deposed to her hasn't( been, after some lime,
discovered in a ilOll-e belonging to the defeedaut. He
staled that the I...bowing ICUcts were in the lounl-wrsting,
of Misst.:Lisisbes haelt :

" sly eser dear and respected parents,—Refore this
meets your ei e, your Louisa will have f lin a ;watery
grave the only setup. that is left to her truth insanity. 'fir
escape; the wen st of 1111111‘11 calamities, I shall, w lava all are
buried in sleep, hasten to the river, and Outs waters find
speedy, but out painful death. Yes, my dear mother, who
know that 1 have lung been a prey tu the tenors ut sp.
proachaug Insanity, will be less shocked and surprised
than my father, who knows not that his pour daughtti
has fur many %ems (beaded it; but of late, as the
vs ruploms have tub teased, the idea has become more root•
eJ and strung. 1 have Iberia ►ubject to horrible and
iu-
discrabmble pail's and in rising in the head, which will
even deprive me, fora time, 01 recollection: I have also
been subject to discharges of watt r fr um the head, which
I wiet unguardedly lulu you of, but you suspected not the
cane, the horrible cause of it ; hums knew bill myself.
My ',rioted parents, to leave you is misery; but to live
is to Lidict on you a still greate► one ; death is tar prefer-
able to itie tubs ui ; surely, yun would nut wish to
see me live, 'educed to this last state of human misery,
burden in my family, and au object aptly to the *mid I
truth II very rally age, 1 have been at limes subject to the
fears lam uu* root,' used ; before you, my dearest
talker, I have cods atom ed to appear elieertill, that I
night nut cause you unavailifig distress ; but the effort
Las of late been su patutul, that I have bete obliged to a-
void, as much as possible, your piesusiee. It is my last
eequest that you will break my death cautiously to my be-
llowedmotMrl tell her the greatest viola' of allictiuu she