The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-02 00:00:00

EDIYBURGIT, FEB. 27.

• pts
THURSDAY night, the Comedy 0f the B''`Ie
Stratagem was perfbrined at the Edinburgh `rhea"' '
for the Benefit of the Charity Work-house.
EsTEN gratuitously a&ed the ehara6ter of Letil';
Hardy, in her usual stile of excellence•
elegant, accomplished, and spirited' A6tress w 43
received with the most unbounded applaus.
During the Play, Mrs. EsteN and Mr. Ist; do'r,.
.the Minuet desla Cour, in a capital stile. Mei.
the Play, M.S. ESTEN delivered a short pociea •
Address, returning her thanks to the Audience. •
Ten Guineas were given for some of the boxes'
Places in the boxes were tos.-4.. °—
pit, ss. and the gallery 3s. The:iiouse- was ove,r''
flowing in every part, and many persons were dills;
appointed in not getting in. 'We suppose te
amount of the receipts would be about 4001. a I°g„-,
sum than was ever drawn at this Theatre in °—
night.
The following is a corre& copy of the occasl.,-2
lines, 'spoken by Mrs. EST eN, after the play

The mask thrown off—the mimic scene is &a;
Hear Nature's language, and I ask no more.
Once I found favour in your partial sight,
My aim, to please—your plaudit, my delight;
And in this heart, the Debt of Kindness due.
Remains a Tribute to be paid to yOu;.
O deign to take it, genuine, warm, and free,
Hallow'd the fruit—though humble be the T'ee'
• • His Royal Highness Moils' EUR generolj.o6s Sent
MI. to the Managers of the Charity ..W'-719-
,0
for that institution.

THE DUKE OF BEDFORD,-Yesterdav
fOll
ie
lowing Bulletin was exhibited 'to the numberless
inquirers inquirers at the Duke of BEDFORD'S house in t
lingron-street ; it was received by Lady WELIJAI..
RUSS E LL, from Lord WI LLtAxt, and her LadYsti,it,
sent it to the Duke's House:
" Woburn, Monday Morning, g'l.6
the
f` Between the hours of six and eleven last night,
symptoths created great alarm, since which the bad 5)1.'1'
toms haVe abated, and appearances are favourable.!' . •
After six o'clock, and before Awelire, .yesterday
forenoon, the disorder again atoclig4.-iiis- Grad:f
and a Groom was sent up expresmc town,
ther medical assistance.
Ear'
At two o'clock yesterday Sir-J-AV-Es-EAR, •
rived in London from Woburn, on business re,
the Duke of PoRTL4NR, after which he ag,jo
turned to Woburn. He brought Letters, t 9
PitltypE of WAi.Es.
;
It was reported at fOur o'clock that iL'5 Lxl,„t
was dead: we are happy to find, hoWevo4 e 3
intelligence of such a melancholy event wasireCeinv-isi'
at his:ToWn House at ten o'clock last?tliif life
the situation of the Duke is such as .to put aof
'in great -danger, 4nd the fears Of his friends, ar
self
the 111.04* distressing he has endeared •
to 4 large circle of friends, and•a general
in his sufferings prevails. • r.f •
I.4.f.triong the numberless visitors yesterdais,lXa
lingtop.sireet were the Pa INC E of\VAL ES Antl
of Yoßx. 0 •
0"
Between twelve and ace o'clock on Stioaqfory
in T.-o;rd'lg_ifN RUSSELL arrived in AATIT:
Stfect from vyiltsiiire, and r;ari kqo 411 p„rit}nif
anxiety,* and agitation for above an 'hour; "
for
post.horses to proceed to'Woburn,
•

Various accounts were given this mowing: ob thir4
.„
Bulletin at 11 ..s:race's house states that ai jilt
mortal had taken place At two o'clock this illar(ti 040
while other accounts assert that he dresci

The Right Hop. ;he Earl of Cov F.puro,l;l'
gerously at his 'house' in Piccadilly.-'l-„s Li
ship being, in the aoth year 'of his age,
ate entertained of his recovery. -
Died, on the 2oth,ulr. at wi
six days' illness, Captain Cott, LAMONT, ot -,;fi
, .nc„ester; tte pr. a:4111
or ICIY;11 Highland 'egirnent of Foot.
.1;e `s,,`l,
brave Soldier, had served twenty-seven ifs,.;lll
the Army, and is deservedly ni4eh'-iegretteo
who kneW him, particularly by his Brothero4',
and the whOle of that distinguishedit eii,ol;:enr!
Lately died, at her house •in Otibtlilfidts4f
MARKHAM, relia of the Rev. ROBER,T NrAl'gr
and
D. D. many .years Reetor of Whitechapeir,iooo
Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. Herc ;,
and useful life was closed by an exemplar,' low (it
her charity had its source in Religion ;_ her
her neighbour was the genuine circa of he, 1-f;iol'
God ; her resignation was the fruit of heirive4
and'she died in. hope, because she had
Christian, weig"
Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, a vVeo'
young Lady threw herself into the Thailles at
minster-Bridge, but was immediately Pk° fro',
a waterman, and carried to the Swan liq'by Pc'
whence she was soon afterwards taken
friends. •
On Sunday morning at six o'clock, as,°r'eviatq
patroles was hanging up his pistol at tile of ("';
house of St. Saviour, in the Borough, it
and shot the man through the hand. %,1 0
then penetrated the upper part of the head
boy, and lodged near' the jawbone' 1-0101°,;
ther of the slugs wounded a woman, thrre 10105 u
of the boy, They were all taken to St' j• rl ./
Hospital ; the boy .without hopeS of reePvearli
sife
is astonishing that the repeated accidencsie
from loaded fire:arms, will not make re,9„l'ott°lf
if
careful, particularly so in this caseas„.' t`1"; ec"
have stria orders to take out...2ttieF't4, tll7'
morning. To 141(
The InSurreetion among the—Negr°es,' 1 6(l' ev
was so serious, that had the plot .001 ",e,-..,011e,t1,
discovered, it is apprehended there w°u„la,f-but'citi
a general massacre ofWhites.
• and fifty men have been sent from I‘ll3rll
restore tranquillity: . jog
• Last week, as some workmen were __(l;igvvgtoo)
lee
vel in Mr. Langston's meadows near' iNeetb,
mersct, they discovered two elephant's tet
the
feCtly white and sound; six feet bo. eati
I face.

PAR/S„ Fgt. ii.

trhe following Letter has been communicated to us from
a Persoll of Distinction at Paris, on whose veracity out
Re.►dett may perfectly rely.]

Muck has been said on the general tone of Im-
titorality that reigns in this capital,, and, in short,
$0 much, that it is unnecessary to aggravate these
truel truths: in addition "to this, the total want
tif confidence, from the most respeffible Merchant
._,"3 the lowest Shopkeeper, in the usual commercial
ttalings, is so great, that Credit is annihilated.
When I reflea on the comparative situation of Eng.
-*ld, to what advantage does that little Island ap.
Pear in opposition to the overgrown and unwieldy
kiss of this infirm Government ? Yet under these
teumstances, it appears somewhat singular, that.
gold coin bears no agio, and the Loius d'or, -which
a little while ago bore a premium of a livre, is
114117 at par with the silver coin ; nay, .it is even
giicult to procure change for one in a shop, unless
)4 Purchase is made of some article : it may not,
lowever, be unimportant to know, that the Louis
"Its have been sweated and circumcised in such
various ways, that many are very deficient in
weight, 'which accounts for the disrepute in which
they are.
b Provisions, in general, are tolerably cheap ; but
read, and that not very good, has been as high
41 19 sols for the loaf of four pounds ; but living,
pith all this, is excessively dear in Paris. Lodgings
'2,1 particular are nearly doubled in price within
titese few stein, which indeed is not extraordinary,
Fonsidering the number and variety of taxes. Eng-
land, in short, can no longer arrogate to itself the
superiority in the system of taxation ; for ;Lode-
Pendant of general imposition on wine, beer; &c.
--43ce. there are a good colleElion which attach iin-
ltlediately on the householder.
Imposition Fonciere,V land-tax, about is per cent.
2. Porter et Fenetres, house and window.
3. Mobiliaire, on the furniture, the value ascertained
by Assessors, with a pleasing examination of the
whole house,, in verification of an inventory to be
delivered previously by the inhabitant.
4. Soroptuaire, or carriages, horses, servants, &c.
Finally, Municipa.le, Or lighting, paving, water, sec.
mac.' with the additlun of an Oftroi des Indigens,
levied on every article of eonsu "
mption, also on
public amusemeats, theatres, concerts , sec.
Ping clause; and there
The last, indeed, is a sweepin
exists nothing which it does not attack : but the
most melancholy circumstance of all is, that these
impositions are frequentl arbitrary,
the will or favour of theAsses' depending on
: i some De-
ttrtments also they are collet-Jed so
byrs then half year,
42 others by the quarter, and in others by the
LwaY
°f
'l'llth• Add to this, the mode. calltethrg, by
Welting of up the.happiness of this free and
Earr,. Peep!,. The householder is Itaaptd to
cei\je `he amount of his contribution, to the Re.
of r-Gznetal of his Commune, at the expiration
ceivthe !pool of payment.; failing which, he re-
,
eqk es, in a few days, a summons, and frevittntfr a
60
Ge , 4r, afterwards a couple of
•Garnrsa2res, tmo
nriernen who take on themselves the trouble of
tal
nagin
Per diemeg' yottr house, after the rate of two livres
ach.
next will send you an anecdote of a
63' s7elhierol'aPolri:e andanother relative to the
s, _
all tha purity and
energy of
which exists in
of despotic authority.

.1..........................Z.1/•••.•
ri-
Vgltett hat returned to London, after a very Suc-
tetsful ramble to Liverpool, Manchester, and
Stock_
Fort:
to For the honour of declining Comedy, we
pe see him stationary, on the London Boards.
neaThe celebrated I:Ir. GRAHAM'S celestial bed is, we
r, to be one of the chief ornaments of the new
ishioaable Theatre, and his Goddess of Health is to
l'e the presiding Genius of the place.
I They who suffer .their Wives and Daughters to
he. Subscribers or Visitants to the Picnic oust have a great degree of credulity, or mally indifferent to disgrace. The whole scheme
'ems to be inspired by the genius of Mother Coto%
It is a melancholy truth, that some Women of
fashion; who are Wilt?s, and Mothers, instead of
il'iog deterred by the censure and ridicule which
te4'Ve been direded against the new unlicensed Theo.
' have felt an-increased desire of becoming MM_ ti::: of that Institution, since it seems likely to
1,vr,11 theta into some sort of Public Notice, to
lent y
1h the could have no claim on the score of ta-
.
a' /Itttie, or beauty.
It'
ti, li proper to remind sortie of our public Singers,
-at the
fh.., re are many people in the-world who are
cu of thafifiav, and do not like to have a great
t°,4lPoser's original airs wholly frittered away.in
T,'"ftuary flourishes. If some of our departed Com-
-I:o3ers were to arise and visit our Theatres, it would
°e absolutely impossible for them to discover their
.104.
13j'adoftions amitist the exuberance of modern accord_
KOTZEBUE'S Narrative of his late Exile into
eiberia, by order of the Emperor Paul, is the most
interestin
issued from g and affeCting performance that has ever
the Press. In point of entertainment,
it dquals the famous Romance of Robinson Crusoe,
or any existing work of i
powerfully interests magination, while it more
attention, b the feelings and atrests the
truth, and by y
contai possessing the sterling power of
ning a
new and genuine informati
prodigious variety of
COURSING.—T on.
he Flixton Meeting,
ao frequently delayed by bad weather,
so long and
at length
brought a large Assembly of Noblemen Gentle-
tutu, and Farmer to the ground on Tuesday last,
When the day again proving extremel yit was
agreed to defer the running till the nextn dyay. It
accordingly commenced on Wednesday, and afford-
ki much t,port.
_ Mr. PoLumes bay mare, Baas/004 Front, by
black':ent6ur, beat, on Monday seinnighr, Mr.DALE'S
elding, Look-bad-for-Darby, by a son of
Syphonz list. each, four miles, for zoogs, over Sea.
Cr Moor, near Stukesley. Five to four on Bache.
(or's Frolic.
the Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh
are about petitionin the Lords of the Committee
aPPointed to consider g der the coins of the. realm, for
44 additional wale: Winage.

iAifr itEl,ditt

COURT •OF ANC's BENCH,
,MARCH I.
Si+TlNT.lll4l,oltt MX. JUSTICE GROSE, GUILDHALL,

LONDON.

'WASHINGTON, EXECUTOR, '2,. BR,YMEIt.

Tills was an anion for recovery of 4061. upon
a bond dated in September, 1766.
To which there were two pleas, That the De-
fendant had paid the money secured by it; idly,
That the bond had becn released.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, that this was
an anion upon a bond dated in September 1766,,
executed by the Defendant to a person of the name
of Michael Foster, who died upwards of eleven
years ago. The Plaintiff. was the Executor of Mr.
Foster. The Defendant married the daughter of
Mr. Foster, at the time the bond was given, upon
which no money was ever paid. The Defendant
thought fit, some-time ago, to accuse the Executor
with not duly administering the effects of the Testa-
tor, and he insisted the Testator's concerns should
be fairly examined. The papers being looked over,
one of the effeds of the search was to discover this
bond, and the Defendant Who had thought fit to
accuse the Executor, was himself a defaulter. The
Defendant said, that he thought the bond had been
cancelled. A suit in Chancery was instituted, in
which the Defendant made an affidavit, and it was
from the contents of that affidavit that this cause
was now to be tried, as this issue came upon that
affidavit from the Court of Chancery, to try whether
this bond was satisfied or not.—The affidavit stated,
"'That the Testator was the father-in-law of the
Defendant : that the Testator lent to the Defen-
dant 4001., upon which this bond was givr : that
six years terwards, a conversation Cook place be-
tween the Testator and the Defendant, in which
the TestatOr said to •the Defendant, ' he might do
as he pleased with :this money, at . that time due
and owing fromthe Defendant 'to the Testator, as
he should never ask him for it.' That 'afterwards
the Defendant wanting to botrow more money of
the Testator,
.he reminded the Defendant of his
having given him what he owed him on the afore-
said bond; and the Defendant further; stated,. that
in consequence of the Testator having repeatedly
declared to the,Defendant, that:he never meant to
calf upon him, the Defendant, for. this.. money, he.
never having been required to pay it, he•believed
the bond was cancelled."—Now the bonrwas not
cancelled, fora it was in Court 'with the seal. affixed
to it; and now. the defence was, that the money
was paid and the bond released, although the re-
lease had been destroyed or lost ; which was not
probable. The Testator had given to the Defen-
dant 5001. as a marriage portion with the Testa-
tor's daughter. The bond spoke for itself, and the
Defendant was novv called upon to pay ..the money
due upon it.
The bond being read,
Mr. ERSKINE, on the part of the Defendant,
contended, that according to the rules of law, he
was entitled to a verdid in this case, upon the
ground of legal presumption, that the money secured
by this bond, had been paid, or that the Testator
had released it, and the release destroyed. This,
he contended, was the reasonable conclusion to be
drawn from the fads as-they were disclosed in this
case, in the Defendant's affidavit, in the Court of
Chancery, and which was made evidence for the
Plaintiff in•tliis action. Here was a bond dated in
September 1766. .Fotea period of twenty-six years
no demand was made upon 'this bond. The Exe-
cutor, for eleven years, made no application for
the payment of this bond. He never applied until
he was griaded on to do some other part of his duty
as Executor, by the Defendant, 'in which he con-
ceived the Executor was' negligent.:: In the ordi-
nary course '-of things, if the 'bond had Oeen of
modern date, it `would have been *conclusive on the
Defendant, unless he could make a legal- defence by
the establishment of some fad to put. an end to the
bond.. But after a lapse of years, a presumption
was raised in law, that the deed, is. satisfied. The
statute of limitations had, been founded on wisdom,
and in cases which that statute did- not -specify,
Courts of Justice, by constant prktice, had-made,.
as it were,' a statute pf limitations forethemselyes,
and where a demand, was above twenty-years, old,
the law would presume payment, and;-.it lay with
the persem making the demand, to rebut ;that
presumption, .by evidence that the .demand
.was
not satisfied. If a man was notoriously insol-
vent, or if he be beyond the seas, or a lunatic,
or an infant : or if there be any disability on the
part of the Claimant to make his claim, such as
his ;being himself beyond seas, or' a lunatic ;' these,
• or 'the like circumstances, might rebut the pee,
surnption, but unless something of this kind
appeared on the part df the Claimant, irf a
CoUrt of Justice, the presumption' would be, that
the demand was satisfied,. although the Defendant
could not prove it, and without such a presumption,
no man could defend himself against old demands,
when witnesses might be dead, and docuMents de-
stroyed. . The Defendant, in this case, he con-
tended, from this lapse of time, was entitled to
call on a Court and Jury to Make that presumption
for him. The Atrott N EY GENERAL had not only not
offered any
this evidence, but any argument, to rebut
Presumption. What was the nature of that
presumption ? Why, in a ease of, simple contrad
debt, it would be at an end, for the presumption of
payment would be conclusive, unless a promise of
payment -had been made within six .years. But in
the case of a bond, or a deed under seal, the law
generally required that either that seal should be
Cancelled, or else that it should be done away by an
instrument of equal solemnity, which.was a Ae-,
lease; but still this did nut rebut the ,iaresumption
of payment, after a long lapse of time,4,,Whate.was
the probability here ? The Testator wattoe father',
iu-law of the Defendant:- He had Sool,Pottion
with the Testator's daughter. lie borrowed 4001.
of the Testator upon' this Bond. The Defendant's
circumstances became afterwards embarrassed : he
applied to the Testator' to borrow more money.—
The Testator alledged, that he had lent the De-
fendant 44001. already. That he. had given him
5001. as a marriage portion that the Testator did
not like to advance the Defendant any more. money,
but, he added, that as to the fool': he might do as
he ?leased' with it, and that he. would never call

Ilion fOr iiieii; • ihe 16*
had the promise of the Testator; that, he
never call on the' Defendant for this Bond. The
question then was, whether the Testator cVds as
good as his word, or had performed his proniiie ?
There were but two Ways• of legallY perforniini
that promise, on the part of the Testator. Eithet
by cancelling the Bond, or by releasing it. The
one he had not done, it was, 'therefore, fair to con-
elude, he had done the other. The papers of the de-
ceased were in the hands of the Executor—the
Bond was there found, so might be •the Release ;
but the Defendant had no power over either : the
Release might have been destroyed by the Executor,
for any thing that the Defendant had the power of
preventing it. The probability was; that. as the
Testator, who had made this proinise, to his son-
in-law, .never to call upon him for this money, had
performed his promise. The case of the Defendant
was, that the law called upon the jury to find the
fact, that this Bond was somehow or other satisfied,
and had been released.

Mr. Justice GRosE summed up the evidence, and
left it to the Jury to find the fa I, as the evidence
appeared to them to warrant.—Whether the Bond
was satisfied or not ? If they thought the money
was paid upon it, or that there was once a Release,
they would find for the Defendant. If they thought
otherwise, the Bond would be in force, and the ver-
dift would be for the Plaintiff.
Verdid for the Defendant.

:THE, KING V. MACLEOD.,

The ATTORNEY GENERAI. said. the Learned
.Judge had heard a good deal said 'on the stibjec`.l of
the delay of the trial 'of these Causes, which sub-
jea had been before the Court of King's
He had then pledged himself that there should be
no delay, on his part, in the' trial of • these
two Causes, for there Were two of them. He there-
fore intreated the Learned Judge to appoint a day
this week for the trial of these Causes. He hoped
they might be tried on Friday.
Mr. Justice GROSE said, he could not. fix any
Special jury.C-ause whatever, 'none had been 'fixed
yet. He had a reason that was satisfaftory in his
own mind for not fixing any
,Special.. Jury Cause,
yet he believed the justice of ihe'Couritry was
interested in.going through' a great'inimber of the
CoMmon Jury Causes first. As soon as any Special
Jury Causes were fixed, be should have no objeelion
to these Causes standing first, but at present he could,
fix none. .

The ATTo•RNEY GENERAL said, he wished very
much to press these Causes upon his Lordship's
notice for as early a trial, as possible.
Mr. EasKlNE.said, he had on Saturday pressed
another Learned Judge to appoint a Cause for trial
for a libel which wits of great consequence to the
Party, but be received the same answer as the AT-
TORNE Y GENERAL had just now received from the
Bench.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL .said;f there: was '3
vast number of Causes. of great .importance to be
tried, and it would be absolutely impossible to go
through an of them this week, and therefore he
wished some time might be appointed before the
Tenn for the trial of Causes which must remain after
these Sittings.
Mf. Ginn as said, there would be no Sittings
here after Saturday, as they were all going their
Circuits immediately after that day.
Mr. justice GROSE said, that he himself could
not stay any longer, for that he must open a COm-,
mission upon the Citcdit at that time.—He believ-
ed one of his' brothers would stay a day longer, or
some such time, but' not long. He therefore thought
it would be better to settle the matter, that a Sit-
ting should take place a considerable time before the
Term ; the delayfrwas grievous to the Parti.:s—for
his own part he thought, and so did my Lord Chief
Justice, that all the Causes now untried should, if
possible, be disposed of before the Term.
It was then generally undefstood that there will
be Sittings several days before the next Term to
try Special Jury Causes, which must stand over for
the present.

SLANDER.

• CHERILL w. CHERILL.
Mr. MINGAY said, that-'the Plaintiff in this
Aaion was a young person of; the female•sex,- who
was seeking to recover, by the verdict of the Jury;
as much as a verdi& could possibly be a recompense
to an injured character, and to that amount- the
Jury would, he hoped, give damages in this Cause.
The Defendant was a relation of the Plaintiff: The
Plaintiff was one of the three daughters of a decent
man, a farmer at a place called Dolthester) in the
county of Oxford--z-the Defendant kQpt' a public_
house in London. The Defendant had most grossly
slandered the Plaintiff; he had falsely said of her,
that she was, with child) and had been obliged to
go into the country to lie in: There were three
sisters of these young women. The one of them
lived inn decent .way Hof life by her 'industry-and
. abilities in _trade, in St.-Paul's Church-yard ; the
young girl, who was the Plaintiff, was apprentice to
• a young Lady of the name of Stewart, in Oxford_
road, arid she brought this Aaion for damages) fur
the wotds
.whiCh 'were uttered by the Defendant,
and he must admit; in the outset, that unless he
could prtive the -Plaintiff had sustained actual da-
mages, he could not sustain this Aaion; for the
• Law did not allow any Aaion to be brought by a
woman for any slander on' her chastity, unless she
proved that she.had sustained aaual‘damages ;. and
therefore he must prove, not only,the words utter-
ed,
.but also; that certain injuoo4.eprokquences had
followed the uttering
,saf-
preniium had been given_ With-this yoting woman
to her mistress, Miss Stewart, whi) v:camo instrua
her in the business of a Mantua:aw4r•,. -The De-
fendant said of her; tk The Plaintiit was gone into.
the Country-=that she and her sister had gone into.
the country—that they: were both with child. by a
person of the'natne
.of Adams.!' . There was not a
single tittle of truth in this.—This young woman
indeed went into the,countty,_ but it was.by per..
Mission of. her mistress, and for the benefit of her,
health. She•was, for these reasons, permitted. to
go and see her parents. . While she -was thus gone
from London, the Defendant thouglott fit to say, that
he knew she was with child that she and her

iistei *We with child by dii€ The
were diese'f'd
country to There was not a Syllatile Of,tititti
in this-she was gone into the country; indeed;
he had said; btit she was not with child: Th 6
Defendant did not justify this upon the Redord that
was a proof he knew it to be false; for if triie;
nothing could be easier than to prove, it; He Might
have called all the family to do so; they could not re:
fuse to conic, and when they came, they must hav6
established the Defendant's ease, if what he said had
been true. The Letter of Miss Stewart to this
young. woman's parents, was no evidence in this
cause, but he would read it to the Jury; because
MiSs Stewart was to be exarnined as a Witness; anti
he was instrualetii, she would prove the substance;.a,_'.
it on her oath to_day. [Here Mi. MiNome read .
the letter, which was a very sensible and hands4e,,
one; the substance of, it was, that of taking noti.ce7
of the slander upon the
.charatter of this young
man the reluCtance Miss Stewart felt in. taking
notice.of it, which she would not have donei had it
not been for her, learning her patents knew of it. al-
ready. But, guilty or innocent; Miss Ste Wart
could not, consistently with the care She had of the
character of other young women who were
her, receive this young woman. With such an impu.
ration as this upon her virtue, at the same time,
alledging that she had no knowledge of this young
woman's misconduct.] This young woman was not
received back by Miss Stewart, and that would be
proof of the special damage .stated in this Declara-
tion, which betnust prove for the reason he had as-
signed already. Nothing could be more foul than
this caluinny was. He should prove this case, and
wait to, hear, in Christian Charity; What this De.:
fendant had to urge in his defence, in this foul mis-
conduct. If he did not give ,a good one; and that
he could hardly do, the Jury would give to this
young woman what they thought proper, not by
way of recompense, that could never be made.---;
There were many who. had heard thiS slander; who,
probably, may never hear of their verdict
William Sawyer said, he knew both the Plaintiff
and Defendant. They were relaionsi bUt lie could
not tell how near. The Defendant lived in Broad.
street, Soho: He knew the Plaintiff's father, who .
lived at a place called Dorchester, in the County of
Oxford. In the month of May last; a conversation.
took place between the Witness and the Defendant.
The -Witness said, " I said to him (the Defendant)
that I had seen Letitia Cherill (the Plaintiff) in the
street, and I told him I thought she looked very
poorly ; he said he was very sorry for her; he wished
she was as well off as she used CO be. I asked what
he meant by it ? whether it was with respet,t td her
situation ? , He said, No, she is with child, she
and her sister, both- by one man.. I told him, I
was very sorry to hear it, and I hoped -it was not .
true. He said, you may depend upon it it is ; and
there is not the least shadow of doubt of it ; hut,
said he, I have a reason Co think that lie is married
ro Martha,, (which is the name of the other sister) ;
they are both with child by that one. man. He
did not name the man. He said, he .is a hue. •
-(or a foppish, I will not be-positive which he said)
kind of a man, and in every body's debt,. nod he
owes me 81. He said, he, had been to her Mistress
hiMself about it, and she told him, that she was
;"with child." .He said, her Mistress was a per Son in
•Bond.street, but did not say her name. That she
(the,Plaintiff) was 'going, down to
.her father,„on.
Monday next, to lie in.. Then I told him .1 had told
my friends and fellow:servants that ate looped nry
poorly, and he you May '.go nev,(alid' tell
yoUr fellow-serVants,' or any other, that.she_Atill
her sister were both with child fly. One Mart. 7-1.1
Witness.thensaid; he now lived, *iledhad Lived`six=
-
teen years With Sir.Chriitopher Willotthby,'avery
honourable Gentienian, retired frOnl':the ptofessiori
of the Law; and was a neighbotir Or this yhttlig
woman's fain-fly in the country.
Mr. W. Shee; Attorney -in'ToWri; gave-an
account of what- the Defendant Said to him in the -
presence of three others, one of ,whom was Mr.
Sanders, who paid his addresses' to this young
woman's sister, 'at the Old Bell, in Holbcirn, in a
coffee room. It was observed that this young
woman (die Plaintiff) was very poorly-7—the
fendant said, "Da you know what is the .matter
with her ?"—No; said Mr.' Sanders, Lunderstana
she is very poorly, and is gone down into the
country on account of her health. The Defendant •
said; " she is breeding''.--I. am. not positive he said
by Adams, but I think be
.did. Mr. Saunders said
be would -bat believe it ; that he would lay hin,
any thing it was not true. I believe he offered to
lay him a guinea or some such thing ; the Defend.
ant said, ", I will not lay 'so. much as that, but I
,will lay haif,a-crown bowl of punch that it is truer
and that he would find it so when he returned. _

Jane nonner; the maid, servant of Miss Stewart,
said, .that this .young woman, the Plaintiff,, was
with her mistress to learn'the-btisiness, and that
she went into the country for her health. That the
Defendant cane to her mistress's house, but she
was:not at home: -He asked for Miss Letitia, the
Plaintiff. The Witness said she was gone to the
stage, to go to the country. He said, that Mar-
tha, her sister, had gone into the country 'with
Child, and. that, he supposed, Letitia was in the
same predicament.
.Miss Mary Ann Stewart was then examined ;' she
said that she lived in Chapel-place, Oxford-street,
and is a ,Mantua and Fancy Dress-maker. The
Plaintiff came to her in 'January, last year, and
went away in June, with her permission, fur the
change of air.—She had a premium of zo guineas
with her, for instruaion m her business, for a
twelvemonth.—She never 'save the Defendant at all.
—She heard, from her servants, that he had said
she was with child, and that ht,t,had said it in the:
house of the witness.—Application was made to the
.Witness to let this young Woman return, but she
refused to receive here—lt being said by' the De.-
fendant that this young woman was with child, had
great weight with the Witness,—She refused to take
Jter back—She had several young Ladies in her
.house.

.00 cross,examination, this Lady said, that she
might have said the Plaintiff was rather idle.—
That she. once asked her leave to go to a dance,
which she permitted ; hut found out afterwards she
had gone to a Masquerade, which displeased the
Witness very much.—That a Gentleinaa, of Jilt