The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-12 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.

• Scoipion, Ann, and Vhcenix—FOr ;Ile capture of the Anne,
the tah inst. the Scorpion and Lady Ann at the Office of
Mr. A. H. Steward ; and Phcenix, by Mes's.rs. Ommaney
and .11ruce.

pence.

Captain. FANSHAW E, son Of, the Commissioner of
Plymouth Dock-yard, is made a Post.:Captain, and
appointed t►o the. S outhampf on Frigate. ' '

'Lieut. LANE, of the Harpy, is appointed to His
Majesty's Ship "Overysse 1 ; Mr. JoHN SHERID AN,
of His Majesty's Ship Dyad, • is made. Lieu-
teniint, and appointed to the Woolwich ; . Mr.
DoDsoN is made Lieutenant, and 'appointed to
His Majesty's Ship Ga Igo'', Mr. .EDIN.cARD MORR ES
'is made Lieutenant, ,andappointEd t6I-lis Majesty's
Ship Arrow ; Mr. H. S. Cot.,t'gT is made Lieute.
nant ; Mr. B. N. PA.TP.sHALi is made Lieutenant ;
Mr. CoLLIs, Purser Of the Savage, is appointed
to tbe Iris.—Mr. WM. YOUNG is appointed Purser
of the Savage.
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The Druid and Winchelsea are 4rdired to be.
ftted to take Troops on. board for the WeSt
The .21 .li,tiqlion of the 85th Regiment will embark
fOr

The-Br/Amnia, of too guns, that, went lately out
.off` Dock at Portsmouth, lias been so 'thorougiy.re-
•paired, that she is now reckoned one of the finest
and strongest Ships in the Service: when she was.
in Earl ST. ViticErcr's Fleet, off the coast 'of-Spain,
she was called iron-sides,, from the extraordiniry
firmness of her construction, and solidity of her
timbers.. '

- On Friditrtnorning, at nine o'clock, the signal
for punishment was made on board His Majesty's
Ship Aosta, of 38 guns, Captain FELLOWS, at

Mg,'l

Spithead, and a flag hoisted for a boat tram each
ship to attend the execution of. Thomas Drokin,
Marine, with- a number Of soldiers in each boat
with their muskets loaded. About a quarter be-
fore ted he was brought upon the platform erected
for the purpoSe, attended by a Roman Catholic
Priest and some of his comrades. After spending
about twenty minutes- in prayer, he--made a signal
he was ready, and ,be was launched into ,eternityl .
He acknowledged •the justice of his Sentence,
which was for uttering mutinous expressions, and
for throwing 'a bottle at an Officer, though. he said
he was drunk at-the time. He begged his shipma tea
to take/warning by his fare,; to be particularly at,.
tentive in obeying _their Officers, and while on board ,
never to drink to excess. He gave the Clergymars
who attended him a guinea, and, left teh pounds to
-pay the
,expences of his funeral. He was an Irish-
man by birth, about 3o years of
,age, 'and a remark-
ably strong man.
,On Satu rctare Nrening the -26th-ult.-Jelin, MiDou..
gal' (a small seaman onboard the .S•ultarr
rrison-ship, in Portsmouth harbour (Portchester
Lake), went down the Ship's side to make a boat
fast. It is supposed be fell overboard,' as he was
missed next morning. Search being made, the body
was found on the mud near the Ship, conveyed to
the-Royal Hospital, and there interred. 'lris be.
lieved he has some' friends living near NeWcastle,
whamay get some prize money by.his death.

BATH, JAN. I.

TH I re2-itiezvc:,:r. of 11.frnity and Fashion is not
so full as it usually'yis at the-present Season ; but
_a3

a proof that it- is not quite deserted, KING, the'
Master of the Cereinonies.of the Lower.Rooths, 'had

his Ball on Friday last, at, which upwards of -r+oo
persons' attended. TY-sorv, the rival Monarch' of
this place, had his Ball on the preceding Monday,
and his Court was attended by as numerous a train.
We have a variety of great_nien among us, from
Sir SIDNEY SM r H to Tim. Behh,r, the .bruiser.

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The pugilistic champion s accompanied by Gamble-,'
the fellow 'he beat at Wimbledon, and' they are both'

exhibiting their e/eirant art at the Circus. For the
honotir of our taste as well as patriotism, the Here.
of Acre is more sought after, and seen with more
pleasure than the Knight Arrant of the Fist. Sir
SIDNEY receives tvith becoming modesty, the at-

tendon that is _sheWn tä hitniThndgratifies general
curitAtjr,,by often appearing in public. He visits
theTurnp-roomin the morning, and' the Bail rooms
.atnight. He went last night to see the represen-
tation of The equ, at our Theatre. The part.of- ,
Sherva was so excellently performed;by ELListoN,

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that, I believe, all but the theatrical-fraternity in
London would hale seen him with pleasure.-
A, man has excited some attention here by his
addresses to the ladies ; as well those, whom hemeets
in the streets,-as others to whom.he pays epistolary
homage. He is by no means a lat,,ourite of Nature , !
as' to personalappeaiance ; and he.has a marked de-
tea which: has increased hispoprdariv. On Tyson's:.
ball night he was turned out of the Rooms. The
following day he placed himself ,in a conspicuous.;
situation in the Tump-room,-and msked-aloud-if,thc'
person was there who occasiqrted his 'erupt depar;,--fr
turf fro:n the Rooms- ilienightbefore. A gentle*
man, ‘.‘ nothing loth," carne lOrward, and acknoo,*
hedged that he was the person who bad advised ;hat`,
compel:Lams mode of removing what appeared to '
offensive to the company. The gentleman imme*
diately rTived a challenge ; but it was the zeneral.
opinion that it ought. not to be accepted. 'lllO
Challenger was.then taken before the Mayor; and;
not being provided with securities for his future -
good behaviour, he was safely. deposited in a seco-,
rity.bf another kind, yulgatiy denominated the
:As ti)is popular character has a name-obnoXious c. 41-
punliitg, the legal, part :cf our, society have beerl'
endeavouring, at least, to be very witty at his o*,

•
Many liiancttedS 'of the poor in the •neigllhourhoo4
• of tlenheim,parto6k last week
.of the annual Christ'.
mas bounty of. His trace the Duke. MARLDO',
Roupit, eight fat oxen, and a proportionabie uarld,
city of bread having been distributed amongst their
and at the same time. Her Grace sent her anntleu
botinty to be 'distributed to poor widows and trig'
tied women residing in the town of Woodstock.

. Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, a
terman, living in Strand-lane, was aliirmed by the
shrieks of- a-female voice,. appearing - to issuefrO
the ihames, near the stairs. He went otit with his
boat, and alter some time lost in Search; found, strog
gling in the water, a woman, whom he with gre's
difficulty- got into his boar, and brought to the snore'
She-was immediately taken .to the receiving_houo
in Strand-lane, where :Medical assistance being 'I
hand, the. means recommended by- the Humane S°:,
ciety were resorted to with effect. The unfortunit'v
woman was brought to her. senses in about an boil
Strong convulsion firs attended_ her, recovery, a%
about/six o'clock in the evening she was able
walk to her lodgings in a court near St.. Martins,;
lane. She about Sixty years of age, and bas,
appears, lived as cook in several .noble famili„,es;
She was lately. a servant at a Coffee-hOose- in •L'i
Strand. On being closely questioned by the SU('
goon,' she said she had slept at her sister's the Pre;
ceding night, and went to the Thames with at,
intent to destroy herself. She would not assl
any • reason for the rash atterript ; she appeared ivo,
from mental derangement, aritfdeclared to two sv
men, , between whoth she walked' home, that ,ie
would not, live long. .
to
On Thursday night last; an atteripr was made
rob a bnx belonging to a Benefit Society, contain l.
a considerable sum, at a public' house fampste'o't
pick-lock keys 'were 'founti before the chamber a°ls
in which the money was placed ; strange man sq(
seen descending the stairs, ,but who made his ese3r
during ihe hurry of busiresOn the houSe.'
coo •
On. Monday -sennight, as Mr: Patchell's wag ~h
was on ies return from Oxford to Murcoc, loaded %r,
'barrels of beer, it was overturned in a stone Subji
ry ; one of the casks fell on the carter, crusheo.
head, and killed him on the spot.—An inquisllo
was. taken on., Ttiesday last at treadington, by OJ,
fati
Macey, on view of the body, wittn the Jury
the barrel and beer dedand,

I-1Z I 11.8111 ACC.

Drury- Lane

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Tx F. historical dratna of Henry the Fourth was
revived at this Theatre last night, and attended by
so numeroti an audience that the House was nearly
filled in all parts. .
The character of Hotspur was always one of those
in which Ks.mßLE's talents appeared to great ad-
vantage. It might indeed be supposed, that it re-
quired a persevering fire and energy to which his
physical powers were inadequate, but he managed
those powers so judiCiously, that his vigour conti-
nued with due effed till 'the conclusion of his per-
'formance. The first speech, in vindication of him-,
self for denying his prisoners to the King, was de-
livered with a tine mixture of indignant pride and
Sarcastic huinour ; and in those passages which.de-
inanded an impetuous sort of spleen, he was uncom-
tnonlv successful. He also touched with ex.
pleasantry the little scene with Lady Percy,
and throughout excited great applause.

. The novelty of the evening was PALM!R in
Falstaf, a charader of high difficulty, but which
he undertook with such strong indications of modest
apprehension, as to disarm the brow of criticism.
The truth is, that though his performance fell much
short of what the part demands, it was on the whole
sustained with as strong eflea and full as much
merit as any representation of it that we have seen
since the days of HENDERSON. As PALMER, as.
sumed the part with such a diffident terror, it is yea.
sonable to suppose, that he performed it without a
sufficient degree of self:possession.
be T
sOaid speak particularly on his performance, it may
, that it was too much in the traditional
mode of representing the part, 'and hence we advise
PALMER to study the text, rather than the manner
of his predecessors. He did not want humour, but
his humour was too loud and indiscriminate. There
Vas not a full expression of the archness and shrewd
sense which mark the charaaer of the facetious, sar-
castic, and intelligent Knight. However, as his
powers most probably were too much influenced by
a sense of the difficulty of the undertaking, we have
no doubt that if he gives his own understanding fair
play, he will render the part .one of the best efforts
of the modern Stage.
CHARLES ItEMBLE'S outline of the Pr;yree of
Wales was very corrth ; but his colouring was
somewhat too faint and languid.
`l.lle Character of K;ng Henry WROVOHTON
oppprted with firinness, feeling, awd dignity.
• _The tlay ryas. so well:attended, and so well re-
eiVrci, that Kemp LE came forward and announced
it again for this evening, instead of The Pirates.
Ile also informed the Audience, that, on account of
the indisposition of Mrs. Pope, she and her hus-
band tt.ere tot. to a
day nextppear on Thursday, but on Mon-
on Mon-
J in Romeo and juliet. •

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, The Salisbury Theatre was advertised to open
last night with The Strangpr and Bopronl the elm-
Wier ,of L•zdy, Alinikin by Mrs. E3TEN.
Mrs. BILL iNoToN's readiness co comply with
the wishes of the Publk; Opoh every: occasion, is a
Sufficient security. .against her subjeding them to
4rlY.,unavH,lable- tlisappointment ; and the manner
in llicli her non-appearance on Saturday evening
was reteived, shews that the Public are satisfied
with her zeal in their service, as welt as enrap.
tured with her success:
The Music which belonged to the ProfessiOnal
lc onceyt hits been recently di,aided, by lot, aniong
the iurviring Members. The Concert was so a
inirable, that h d-
iss ; and Is to be regretted ,it no longer ex-
Ptrfor that the music should be dispersed among
mers, w
it so exquisite who rendered
weere ;n zin;son,when they
Polly . Flies , A
cial Towanss" ls flying through all the. Proyin.
in England, and the Managers of the,
Theatres find their accoNnt in it.
There m:,ty be said
to be the terrors of liank-
iiptq hanging over. the Alusicat World, When such
great dealePsin'inelody as BANT/, ViNCI, and Bit-
LINOTON, have had their noses stoned;
V EsTkis aid AIONDEN 'have to
death by telort ;- but we hope -to.
seboth been-
pu e both tithe
same time affording delight to the British' Metro-
polis.
Th % •
e Poets of the day are • a
'kith Epitaphs upon M musing themselves
uNDEN. That Gentleman's
-evirtia/ will be the "death of the labours of those
Witlings.
FlAYnx is said to have gained his eledion to the
rational Institute, by. personal intrigue at Paris.
This is most probably the eases and the Members
°F that Body probably eleacd him to prove' thzt
they have an ear foe music.. ,
NMI'. Fox, it is said, has been rejeaed by the
iNii tinntil Institute ! we apprehend that, bye-and-hye,'
.• ft,r„,*l?,°x will Meet with a More serious rejeaion
-.4,,'".unt.Eoleetors of Westmingteri
1) ''"::;r•STock and a Mr. STONE were two of the
_eneaCtOrs
te" Green' (with Ihipital. Thus we see,
Vat itl this land of Liberality, even storks and 4toles
Vat
capable of aas of the most princely bene-
volence,
i
TheLOttO MAYOR'S ad of justice, .in fining
l'imsel five shih'in r spews ihat-he is worthy of a
Civic Ceosun g '
The I'dies of
since Dublin are all upon the icer,
Canvas.
Mr. Ogle arrived there on his Parliamentary
For the honour of the Church we are tll:4, in a
-certan in case of
0-i glad to hear
mivaigallantrj, -the
the zst i
chief offender is ot, as reported, a Clergy:7hp. . -
totighbri
Ot) nst. died, at Aldtiviough, near 80..
dge, aged 25 years,- the celebrated and fa-
v°urite hi-cod-mare, Miss West, the dam of Star-
4zer, Telescope, Microscope, Rub
Ann of the Forest, Circassian y. Skypeeper,
, Ro
graph,
11, Hone seberry, Tele-
ycomb, Allspice,• and Quiz, whose an-
ces
Basto were
4nd
—Ygrk &raid.
1!, Soule nonurnal maranders• have been 'very aive
, the v:llage of F,..-rsham. In the course of last
.it•bu %day night, they- broke three
the mansion of
t‘li..'l--L-,l%l4N.t,Ciitfic,, Esq.. '9nd three-other loyses in
"etgl-lhourhood, ar7d carried, off many articles of
''AlsideraLie v4ke,

lACKSON 'V. LOAD V ISCOTAT WILSINGTPWN

A Jury was impannelled on Saturday last, hy the
Sheriffs, in order- to assess the Damages in the above
Cause, where Judgment was suffered to go by de,
fault. The Damages were laid at to,oool.
. Mr. Serjeant BEST addressed the Jury on the part
of the Plaintiff; informing them that it was an Ac-
tion to recover compensation in damages from the
Defendant, for having alienated the affections of the
Plaintiff's wife, 'deprive& him of the comforts of
her society, and indticed het to elope and-live with
him in adultery, which she still continued' to do.—
The elopement took place on The 4th of August
last. Unfortunately in these Corrupt and profligate
days, cases of this kind occurred so frequently, that
he should be going over a very hacknied subjea,
were he to attempt pressing upon them a due sense
of the heinous nature •of such a' trespass upon the
peace of a husband, or to aggravate it by represent-
ing the disgrace which such miscondud reflected on
the children, and the uneasiness which it could not
fail of spreading through all the branches of a fami-
le. These circumstances came home to the breasts
of all men of every description, for which reason,
and considering) the very respedable Gentlemen I
have now the honour of addressing, I may with the
greatest safety; leave ,that part' of the subject i to
their own feelings. •He was prepared to lay before
them, and support by evidence, a Case than which
none was ever . brought before a Court of Jus-
tice, more entitled to at least pecuniary da.
usages ; for as to compensation, taking that word
in its true import, it was evident that nothing.
could compensate as man for such an injury,to his
happiness. It was true,
.indeed, that the crime,
for such offences were really crimes, did not come
aggravated by those circumstances which sometimes
occurred, such as betraying -the confidence of a
friend, and making. that a conveyance to the affec.
tions of his wife; but there were some aggravating
circumstances which would merit the attention of
the Jury: lis client did not call upon them for
those exemplary and vindictive damages meant to.
operate as .a punishment on the offending party
but, he should look to them for a retribution at least
for the losses he had sustained.
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to explain
the nature of the case. The Plaintiff, Mr. Henry
Jackson, waS a Gentleman in the Professiou of the,
Law, very eminent in that line, and nephew to a
late distinguished Baronet, (Sir William. Middle_ and of most respectable family connexions.
The Defendant, Lord Viscount Milsingtown, was
the eldest son of the weafthy Earl of Portmore.
The unfortunate Lady, the objeCt of his seduttion,
was grand-daughter to a most respeCiable Baronet in
Kent (Sir C. Bishop), and niece to Sir G. Warren ;
her father was at this time a Colonel in the Army.
They would have in evidence, that this Lady was
by blood conneCted with many. of the first and
'most respectable fimilies in the kingdom. At the
age of 22, when married to Mr. Jackson, on the
26th of September, 1791, she was shining in beauty
and accomplishments, and adorned with every vir-
tue ; she was,• iii fact, a person of that description,
that the beleetion of such a woman for a wife must
do honour to the prudee and taste of any man.—
The husband and wire; it would be shewn, lived
'together in the most perfed love and harmony. In
the year 17.93, Mi. Jackson had the misfortune to
be afflitted with a paralytic stroke, which made it
necessary for him to suspend all, application to bu-
siness, and retire to the country, -for the purpose
of strengthening his, health. He took apartments
in Sunbury, where Mrs.. Jackson' attended on him
with all that care, attention,' and anxiety, that
could have been shewn by the most assiduous 'and
affeCtionate of wives. Their mutual harmony con-
tinued down to July, 1799, when 'Mrs. Jackson
went to Sporrenginn, in Sussex, on a visit to her
father (Colonel Bishop) and mother. Sir George
and Lady Warren being then at Brighton, invited
Major and Mrs. Vince, (sister to Mrs. Jackson),
and three other unmarried sisters, to pass the race
week with them; and shortly afterwards they were
joined by Colonel Bishop ; and Mrs. Jackson, and
her sisters, were invited by Lady- Charles Somerset
to a ball. and supper, which commenced the ac-
quaintance between Mrs. Jackson and Lord Mil-
singtown, who was introduced to her by Sir George
Warren. His Lordship selected Mrs. Jackson for
his partner,
.and it was remarked that he paid her'
v.ery. particular attention ; but she came up to Lon-
don a few .days afterwards: In the summer fol-
lowing the same Ladies were on a visit to Mrs.
.Middleton, sister to Sir William Middleton, and
uncle to the Plaintiff; at Eton,.and it hap&ning
that the Ascot races took place at that, time, they
made a party to it, and were joined by Lord M.,
who was afterwards introduced to. Mrs. Middleton,
at her house, both by Mrs. Jackson and Miss Bishop,
as a-suitor of the latter young Lady. Mr. Jackson
going down, in a day or two afterwards, 'a similar
introdudion took place between. him and Lord M.
There ensued several water parties on the
and things seemed so far drawing to. a conclusion,
that Mr. J. willing to promote so advantageous a
match with a Nobleman of Lord M.'s rank and
fortune, (which consideration was frequently pressed
uptin him by his Lady), 'and being solicited to do
'so by Miss Bishop herself, gave his Lordship an
invitation to his house, Which the latter accepted,
and continued his Visits there all the summer of
'Soo, still appearing to direft his attentions to Miss
Bishop. In conseqnence of the frequent reports of
the intended marriage, Lord Milsingtown, with
Mr, and Mrs J. and Miss Bishop, were invited,
and' paid frequent visits to Col. Bishop,- their father,
and several other
.persons, At length Mr. J. find.
iagithat his Lordship made no proposals, and hay..
ing suspicions of- his 'illicit intentions, comtnuni.
cated to his wife his design to break off with, and
inform him that his visits must be discontinued. The
Lady
_wished to dissuade him from doing to, under
different pretences, and even quarrelled with hirn
on,the.subjeCt ; but he persisted in his deteimina.
tion, and left it to Mrs. Jackson to inform Lord
Milsingtown -of it in what- manner she. pleased.
The communication being made, the Plaintiff's
eyes were soon opened, to his surprise and mortifi.
CaoOn, by the elopement of his wife-in a feW days
afterwards. In one of Mrs.. J.'s drawers he found,

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Upon search, a letter, which heft no further doiiiii
of what had taken place. The letter, as well as we
can recoiled, in Words; was nearly as follows ;
" I hope most earnestly very scan to see that my beldVed
Harriet wai not the worse for the expedition of yesterday.
I wished very Much to have called this morning, to have in-
quired after her, but thought if I did, I should not have the
pleasure of passing the evening with the only woman in the
world that 1 have the smallest attachment to ; an attach-
ment so strong and fixed, that nothing in the world can al-
ter. I vever can be happy till we live together, with that
dear little angel that so resembles the figure of its dearest mi:i
ther ; it makes„me-quire miserable, the thoughts of having
town. I cannorbear to be separated from you, my love ; I
hope is will not be the case ; I am sure we could be happy
together, and my only study the happiness of you, my, adored
Harriet, and the welfare of your children. Pray, myilove,
let me see you to-morrow if it .is in your power. I wish
veg,tfroy, much that we may meet to fix when we shall meet
not to part again. , Perhaps you will not have an opportu-
nity of reading this before Vain obliged to leave you,
,there-
fore 1 will be in Hart-street" at the usual place, at twelve,
O'clock to=morrow ; pray come as soon after as you can : and
believe me most sincerely, affectionately, and faithfully,
" Your's ever, M."
Thus then did :it appear that Mr. J. had only anti..:
eipated the design which Lord M. was meditating,
while he displayed the greatest art and deepest
knowledge of the human heart, by making his court
to the mother, by .a display of fondness, whether
real or affeaed, for her darling infant. The Jury
would therefore judge of the nature of the injury,
when they consider the fond attachment of the un-
fortunate. Lady to her husband, previous to her ac-
quaintance with a Noble Lord, whose superior ad-
vantages of title,, rank, wealth, and uncommon ac-
complishthents, could alone have succeeded in alie-
nating her -affeaions. The Gentlemen on the other
side may ask why he', did not bring. Miss Bishop for-
ward to prove any part of the case ? His reply
was, that she being the sister of the fallen Lady,
and having been the pretended ()hie& of Lord M.'s
address, his Client would Sooner forego all the ad-
vantage he could derive from her evidence, or even
forego all damages• whatever, than commit such an
outrage upon the delicacy of the young. Lady, and
the feelings of her family:
Mrs. Osborne proved, that in 5794. the Plaintiff
and his wife took lodgings at herhouse, at. Sunbury,
. kept one maid-servant, and resided there four
• months. She never observed in any wife a greater
degree of affeaionate attention, .or a more Correa
deportment. , In-several visits which she since made
at their house in, London, she could observe nothing
between them but mutual love and happiness.
On her cross_examination, She said she knew of
no other visitor Mrs. J. had at Sunbury but a Lady
of the name of Brooke, with whom she appeared to
be very intimate. '
M‘r Lambert-Middleton said he was nephew,to
Sir William Middleton;'and first cousin to the Plain_
tiff, between whom and his wife. he always saw the
most perfea harmony and affection preVail. He
was a frequent visitor at their house ever since their
marriage, and of late'was accustomed to meet the
Defendant there, whom he considered as a suitor to
Miss Bishop, to whom he always paid most partien-
tar attention.

On his cross-examination he said, -be observed
these attentions when there were younger ladies in
-company, as for instance the Witness's sister. He
acknowledged, however, that he never heard' Lord
M. make any declaration of that kind, nor did• he
say a word to l:ini on the subjea one night that
• they wtot home together in a coach from Mr. j.'s
house. He was present when Mrs. J. was visited
. . by Sir G. Warren and several other Of her relatidns,
and never before heard of any thing blaineable in
• her conduit.
iVirs.Middleton, mother of the above Witness,
deposed that she was aunt to the Plaintiff, she sel-
dom came to town, but when she *did she called a.;
his house three or four times. In, the two last
Summers Mrs. Jackson and her sister, Miss Bishop,
visited her at her house at Eton, and in the first of
these visits, in going to the Ascot Heath Races,
were accosted by Lord .M. with equal politeness to
all. She saw nothing particular in his address,
and if it was more. direeled towards Miss Bishop
than any other, it might be ascribed to her being
the youngest present and a single lady. His Lord-
ship was polite arid attentive to them
.all, supplying
them with sandwiches, and such refreshments as
they ,wanted, in consequence ,of which she invited
him tosup at her house,' which .invitation he accept-
ed. She however supposed him.to be a suitor to
Miss Bishop, or she would not have asked him,
and on asking that lady whether it was so or not,
she smiled, and neither affirmed nor denied it. There
was nothing particular in this lady's evidence re.
spearing the visit, last suMmer, when Mr. Jackson
himself was of the party. She was not present when
Mrs. J.-introduced her husband to Lord M. or, if
she was, had taken no notice of it. On the qties..-
1. tion being asked, she said that'Mrs. Jackson was a
very pretty, fascinating %vomit]. ,
A daughter of the foregoing lady said, that - she
had been upon frequent visits at Mr. Jackson's,
sometimes for a week arid sometimes for a month
together. She never. observed any thing improper
in the condua of Mrs. Jackson, or 'she should not
have staid there. During her last visit' she saw.
Lord M. frequently at the house, and observed that
he paid particular attention to Miss BiShop, but
never heard of him making any declaration, though
she always understood him to be that lady's suitor.
They kept two maid servants and a footman, were
visited by Mrs. Vince, sister to Mrs. J, and also
by several other fernale relations., She had dined
at Sir G. and Lady Warren's, in company , with
Mr..and Mrs.jacksOn, , . .
Tlie Letter from Lord M.'found in one of Mrs.
Jackson's drawers, was then put in and ready
The inspeaor of Franks at the Post-Office was
then called to prove the Letter to be Lord Milsing-
town's hand.writing; but Mr, DALLAS took an
objeOion,. that. the Witness having never seen his
Lordship write, nor held any correspondence with
him, was incompetent to the proof; the obje6tion
was admitted.

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is Lordship's Solicitor was ,next called upou,
and here again it was. objected that the Witness
never saw Lord M. write, and that his confiden-
tial communications with his agents should not be
suffered to operate against burr. But the objeCtion
was over-ruled on .the ground that this evidence
could betray nu part of the confidence reposed in
their correspondence. He deposed, that. he be-
lieved the Letter to be in his. Lordship's 'hand-.
writing. Here the eYidence Was dosed.

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Mr: Dett.Liki t resse ic Jury, ann said;
, . .
it was not in return for anycoinpltmetwpaiti hint by
his Learned Friend, that he now declared that get:
ileman to have exerted the utmost ability in thi
Conduct of this cause: By ability he did not mead
Merely that display of eloquence which may be de.:.
scribed as painting in words; but a nicenola of d;s:
erimination, arid a dek.terity of judgment in seleei:
ing those points of evidence. which might -make
Most for his purpose, and withholding ()theta that
would operate_ _unfavourably, thereby making the
case appear quite different from What it. really was.
But, notwithstanding all this, Joe would undertake;
in a very few obseraatiiins; to- prove that this,_ of
all the cases that ever came befbre any tiihapal, was
that in which the smallest damages ought to- be
given'. In 'the first place, Ile molt observe, that if
the law gave a hhsband certeri rights,, it also im.
posed upon him certain_ duties, which if he tiegiedecl
toperforin, his rights were forfeited. This,suniedt
was to be considered in two pbirits Of view—e-tirste
whether the husband was privy and consenting -.to
the seduetion of his' wife.? in which case he quoted;
amongst others, the authority of Lord IcEavreisi,
to shew that such, a man was not capable even
to maintain an action, for the law allowed hizil
none. The' second point was, where the,bas_
band was wanting in his duty, either .by tieing
defedive in precaution in
.guarding his wife from
danger, and Affording her protection, or by treat-
ing her with_ such negled, as might expose her to
temptation.; in either of which cases, though the
Plaintiff might be entitled to damages,. yet they
would be diminished, in. proportion to the eircarre:
stances which may be disclosed in evidence to a jury?
for the man who applies ,for redress to a Court of
Justice, must come before it with clean hands. He
did not excuse nor, palliate. the offence of Lord M.
but standing as he did with' the guilt of adultery
upon his head, he might, in the case first alluded
to, have pleaded not guilty, and have put upon the
record that' which in law would amount to a coin-.
pleat defence. It could not therefore be stpposed:
that in any observation,he abould make, he meant to
impute to Mr. Jackson that he connived at or knew
of this illicit condud; and Lord Milsingtoi,vn
admitted it in suffering judgnient to go by defaultet
but, on the other hand, if he was guilty of negihe
gence or inattention, that circumstance must weigh
materially in mitigation of damages.. The question
thereforeis, :whether he has -Concluded hiinseff as a
digereet, prudent, and attentive husband ; and
.whe-
ther by your verdict, after hearing -ail the circum.e
stances, your own charaders• and consciences will
allow you to proclaim such an opinion to the world?•
The Learned Setjeant ha; endeavoured strongly tcY
iinpress you with the deep artifices and dissimulif,e-
tion of my Client. • But I fnney he will find some'
difficulty to persuade you, that with all.suebknowee
ledge of the world which is 'ascribed to Mtn, he
would venture to pradise such artifices on 'an Ar_
torney, or that an Attorney was likely to become
the dupe of soyotmg a Nobleman. He could .nori
well be accused of meaning any thing, di,respaarut,
tit the profession to which he had the honour u
belong, when he observed that the occupation of an •
Attorney was poculiarly ealcidated to render men
conversant with the manners of life, clear-sighte4,`
observioi, and suspicious. 'lf so, how are we to
imagine that thiS affair should be going on so long'
a time, and that Mr..JaCksOn, with all the-guarded
caution or--an attentive husband about him, should.
be so totally unsuspicious as to take no notice'
h Lawyer, nor feel . the' least alarm at: the Noble.-
Lord's never having made auy propOsals to Misk.
Bishop ? Law and reason itself required that in'
such a process as this, even beyond all others,. that:
the best-evidence should 'be brought forward, which;
the nature of the case would admit of. Why then'
was not Miss BishOp brought forward, who might
have fully established the principal point which the
Plaintiff aimed at, and whidialone could-entitle-him'
to considerable damages ?, The piea.of indelicacy in
her appearing to prove the infidelity of,,her sister,
could have but little effed uPon- the
_minds of the
Jury.' On-the contrary nothing could be more:
-honourable than for that Lady to appear, -and,
vindicating the charader of the Plaintiff, establish
at the same time the purity of her own honour.—
Her testimony might justify them both_ for suf-'
feting scenes of this kind to pass for so long
a time under their own eyes. But if this delicacy
was to be.. observed towards Miss Bishop, why •
not produce the Colonel their father, and Sir G. and
Lady Warren, to corroborate what has been stated-
of the duplicity of the Defendant ? Surely it could
not be contended that these Parties were not to 'be
found. 'There were also the servant maids retained -
latterly in the family, and servants were known, by
some means or other, always to ghin some informa-
tion on subjeCts of this kind. It was extremely
remarkable that none of these had been produced, '
nor indeed 'any other person wild could positively .
assert that Miss, Bt had herself ever declared- the
Noble Lotchd be her suitor; and what was most
extraordinary of all, Mi. Jackson himeß:if through..
out the . whole very suspicious. pioceedings, never
once thought it necessary to ask. Lord IVliisingrown
what were his' objets, or whether they, were ho.
nourable. It. has been established .in evidence,
that the frail Mrs. Jackson was beautiful and
fascinating. It was 'asserted, also, as it. never
failed to be on all' such'occasions'o that before the
present affair she was viitudus•anti honourable. It
might' be
so indeed, but it 'was hard.-trusting to
such assertions 'Of. Counsel. There. was acaree:y
any married woman Who could not obtai,o,
jsuch
a charade% Experience, however, proved flo us 2!,.."'
that -frequently women who are saints here are
sinners in Bond-street. There was.ohly chic toeic
more to Which lie found it by any means necessary
to allude, namely, the inference drawn from inlet.
ter, the manuscript of which;. in his opinion, had.
not been. sufficiently. proved. • But, granting, for
the sake of argument, that the letter was genuine,,
and addressed by. Lord/M. to a Lady of the name of'
'Harriet, whom he would, for the moment, sup-
pose to be Mrs. Jacksort,--admitting also that the
objeff of that letter was to induce that Lady. to
elope to him with her child—he must contend that,
far from being an aggravation of the oance, it did.
honour to his feelings, whether or not it should so
happen 'hereafter, that, satiated with enjoyment, he
Should ever be -induced to turn her aTritft.' Though •
Miss Middleton stated, that Mrs. Jackson had be. -

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