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fma husband," what must have been Mr. Nelton's feel-

ings if he had been present ? He must have laughed in
his sleeve, and said, would to God I possessed those fine *
feelings which you advocate ; then there would have
been no occasion for the present inquiry, and I should
n t have violated the sacred rights of marriage.—
The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read and

comment on some of the evidence—and in re-stating
some of the circumstances of the elopement, said,
I denounce Mr. Newton as a wretch ; and if he
had been a man of feeling, honour, or humanity,
te could never have carried off this young person 1( r
the purpose of consigning her to an asylum, and sharing
her property with those who had fed his brutal appetite
to obtain it. The object of those by whom these pro-
ceedings had been instituted was to endeavour to rescue
Miss Bagster from the situation she was placed in, not by
her own free will, but by the acts of Mr. Newton, and
whose base motive was the desire to obtain her property.
It the result of the verdict was that Miss Bagster was of
sound mind, it would restore her to the arms of Mr. New-
ton ; she would be placed under his protection, and the
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Fortune her grandfather had left her would be under his

control. But, if she was pronounced of unsound mind,
the Lord Chancellor would order that protection should
he thrown around her person and estate, and if she disliked
her mother, some other committee would be appointed to
take care of her person.
Mr. Pollock's speech appeared to excite the most intense
interest, and was received with the most profound atten-
tion by a very crowded Court.
Mr. Follett is to be heard this morning in reply, on the
part of Mr. Newton.
The Court adjourned at four o'clock.
(THIS DAY.)
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This morning these proceedings were resumed. We
observed the Marquess of Abercorn and the Hon. Mr.
Phipps on the Bench.

FOLLETT rose to reply on behalf of Miss Bagster.
He regretted the course which the Learned Commissioner
had thought proper to adopt--a course which threw a
much greater difficulty upon him, not merely as regarded
the individual, but because he thought if the verdict of the
Jury should be unfavourable to Miss Bagster it would
establish a most dangerous preceden►. He was not surprised
th it his Learned Friend on the other side (Mr. Pollock)
had endeavoured to enlist their prejudices and exite their
feelings, because unless he could do so, be (Mr. Pollock)
well knew that his case was utterly hopeless. He (Mr.
Follett) kowever would not pursue that course, but would
ask the Jury to give him their cool and dispassionate judg-
ment, and if they did so, he would not despair of obtain-
ing an unanimous verdict in favour of this young lady,
because he firmly believed that if they acted according to
the received rules of law, and according to reason, it was
the only verdict they could give. He entreated them to
dismiss from their usinds all they had heard relative to
the conduct of Mr. Newton. He (Mr. Follett) was
neither Mr. Newton's advocate nor apologist, for be hail
never seen Mr. Newton upon this subject through-
out the whole of these proceedings—his whole atten-
tion being directed to protect this young lady. If the
verdict was unfavourable to her, it would condemn her
to a long doom of misery until it should please the All-
disposer of human minds to release her. The charge of
conspiracy against Mr. Newton had been proved to be
false. It had been insinuated that Mr. Newton kept a
woman, who was with child by him, but that had been prov, d
to have been false ; and there was no part of the case