The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-26 00:00:00

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case, an

called the person wird posted the bills in question,
who stated, that lie received them from Mr. Butt,
.and byi his direction put them up in the most
public parts of Westminster.
Mr. Butt addressed the Jury in his own de-
fence, and repeated that it was with regret he
had .brought himself to make • these publica-
finite. it was not till every other mode of re-
dress hail been denied him that he fled- done
it. He .read a copy of the petition which he
had presented to the Prince Itegeut,. which was
for a remission of the sentence alsogetism He did
not desire a remission of the sewence of pillory
alone-, as. would .appear front ,a letter written by
him to the Hon. Mr. Bennett, in-which he states,
that• preparatory to that evens taking place, he
had ordered a gown and wig, as nearly resembling
Lord Ellenhorough's as possible, to be made
for hint to wear on the occasion, lie felt more
hurt at the assertion made by Lord Castlereagh,
as stated in the Times newspaper of the I 2tli of
July, 1814, than et all the usher circumstances
and hardships attending his prosecution.
had endeavoured to obtain redress' by petition, but
could not,. and was ultimately obliged to adopt the
course he had done to bring the point to issue.—
lie should now throw himself on the July, as mess
of honour, as husbands, and asfathers ; and what-
ever their verdict might be, they would satisfy
him, and he ,should bear the punishment which
might follow with patience. He then proceeded
to. call : •
Mr. Bennett, .who stated, that Ise had received
several letters from the defendant, but bad de-
clined bringing any charges forward, unless he
could, be well assured they were well towies! ; be
" did not 'kink the .statement given in a Morning
Paper of what had been said. by Lord Castlereagh
Avail correct. .
Lord Sidmouth :arid Lord Cochrane were then
calledoteither,of whom answered.
Mr. But t said be would certainly bring an ac.
ion against Lord,Sidsuouth.
The ATT9I44ICY-ChNE444.. shortly replied, and

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the Leurned Judge haviug sumuutiptd., the Jury
after a short deliberatiaotouud defeudttut Guilty,

CRIM.

COURT OF COMMON, I►LEAS, MAY U.

GEN. GRIFFITHS V. BRO%VN, ESQ.

Mr. BOLLAND opened this case, and stated, that
it was an action for criminal conversation, In
which Charles Griffiths, E'sq: was plaintiff, and
Nicholas Brown, itq, tear defendant. The di,.
mager were laid at 50001. and the defendant hid
pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr.Serjeallt BEST addressed the Court antlJdry
as follows :---

",Aly Lords and Gentleman, we commence orir
proceedings thisAlay with an action arising nut of
adultery : a melancholy circumstance, when We
'elect how much the prosperity of a Statt de..
peuds upon the morals of its people. Mr. Grit*:
Gendemari of high sunk, a General in
the Army, and married the Lady, whose conduct
forms the subject of our inquiry, in 171)6;—she
was the daughter of a Baronet, and possessed all

Ease attractions 'calculated to fix th
ffictions of au lionotirhble At tlij,it

Mr. Griffiths had arrived (Ay et the rank of
Captain, but hi the course of Orores-
sit:flint career, he reached the rink Which he
At piesent hold,. In the course
viee's he was called to Gibraltar ; thither he t`ettis
aecolivanicd by his lady, with whoni he iiVed on
termsrif the greatest cordiality and affection.."
After remaining there some tine, Mrs,
became so ritoch indkposed from the effect of tht
cliwate, that it was necessary the retort's
to England for the recovery of her health; and ac-
cordingly early in the year 1815, she ernba.,ked for
her native shore It now becnnies necessary that
should ,tats to you who the defendant is. This
I shell do in a very few words. MK Brown was,
and I believe still is, a Captain in the Id th regi•
ment, in which General Griffiths hai also been an
officer, and was likewise a man connected with
considerable families in this country.. He was at

Gibraltar at the same period with Gen. Griffiths
and his lady, and was received ,at their table in
the most friendly Manner. Shortly after Mrs. G.
left her husband for the benefit'ot her health, Mr.

B. obtained leave of absence, and from what

owed, there was no doubt that be left Gibraltar

Or the express purpose of carrying on that mini-
:emus intercourse with the wife of his friend which

had subsisted bettveert them previous to her depar-
ture. Mrs.Grifliths, on her arrival in England, pro•.
ceeded to Illightoti to the house of the brother of
her husband, who %vas a medical Matt ; and after re-
maining there for a skirt !idle, she went to South-
ampton, where she took a house. She had
scarcely time to gvt Settled in her new habita-
tion When she was joined by Captnin Brown;
Who immediately after her arrival became perfect
mast erof the house, her husband knowing nothing
of her having such an inmate. I shall prove by
the different servants who lived with (qrs. Griffiths
during the lime that Capt. Brown was her inmate,
that his comforts and desires :ixere courted with
every possible attention. Previous to the arrival

of Captain Brown, Mrs. Griffiths slept in the sante
bed with one of her children, for she had five at
the time ; and here it may be necessary I should
state, that I
am
not furnished with the menus oh

proving an actual criminal ititercomie .between
the parties. • This fact must be collected from cir-
cumstances, and I apprehend when I shall have
detailed my evidence, that no doubt will exist in
your rnin4S on the übiect..' 1 waa observing that
when Mrs. Griffiths first went to Southampton,
one of her children was ini the habit of slteping
with her. After some timeo'however, it was dis-

covered that the child cried in the night-not 3
very surprising thing, gentlemen, when the hap-
less infant was deserted by that parent in wbose
bosom it had•been•wont to.seek its repose; for it
will appear, that it was not in her own bed Mrs.
Griffiths indulged in the Criminal embraces of the
defendant. in consequence 91 the crying, how-
ever, a crib was procured', to which the iutant was
afterwards consigned ; and thus banished from
the bed of its mother, it soon forgot the soothing's
to which it had in a less guilty Season been ac-
customed, That the aduttc►v had not been com-
mitted in the roo►n in which the Child- lay, but in
that of Mr. Brown•, will he interred iron) the ob.

servations Wide i were made by the servants iit the
house. I shull prove by these set yams that the
of Mrs: Griffiths frequently exhibited the ap•
peora nee of a person having only joy laid town in
it fur a moment, while that of Cwt. Brown,•whith
was in the room immediately adjoining, In use

the servants' phrase, wns " notch tumbled, or
n►uch kicked ►+bout," and evidently bore the marks
of two persons hiring slept in it. this'view
of tl►e eau it ealmot he ►loubted that Carlin
Brown and. Mrs. Griffiihs were the persons, who
slept in the bed. l'hings.contino,..d in this state

for some months, when General Griffiths suddenly
returned...to lii,nglatul. Captain Brown was then
residing with Mrs,. Griffiths at Southampton ; but
the mumeot Mrs.. Griffiths was apprised of the
arrival'ofher husband, he left her house.and.went
to London. General Griffiths was told by sonic
person of 'What •had taken place, and determined.
immediately to het aft for London to call Captain
Broth) to an account, and to obtain satisfaction
for,the disgrace and luisety he had brikight upon
his family. Mrs. Griffiths, however, apprebenSive
of: what was abOut to take place, sent for a person,
whom I shall call as witness,' and desire:l him to
go by a particular coach, and carry a letter from her
to Captain Brown, for which she gave him a ten
pound note. ,this coach was to setoff for Lon-,
don previous to-the mail, in which General Grif-
fiths had taken his 'dare; hut being full, and the
messenger hying unAble to obtnio a, passage, Mrs.
Griffiths desired lihn, to go up outside the
which lie did, and arrived in London at the same
time with the Geseral. lie contrived to read)
the hotel where Captain 13rown was before the
injured husband, and delivered to him the letter
with which be was entrusted and thus most for-
tunately the meeting contentplated by the General
was prevented. Calif'. Brown sent an answer back
Southanspton by the same messenger, who deli •
Vered it to Mrs Griffithi. Here is an additional proof
of,, the interconrse which subsisted between the
parties ; but I shail.carry nil! evidence Still further.'
-Gen. Griffiths having resolved to hold no Mather'
communication with his guilty wile, sent hisbrother
down to SonthaMpton to make some arrangement
for their separation. His Lady, however, lib•
mantled, and a considerable time elapsed 'before
she cowld be discovered. At length, by the us-
siduity,of the plaintiff's solicitor, she was traced
to gseter,- and there in the Cause with Captain '
Brown,: whose regiment was quartered- in that
place, she was found residing. It may be asked
whether I shall be able here to prove the exist-
enee of au actual oimimil intercourse—,myttoswPr
will be. "No for at this time. Mrs.
was su far advanted in her pregnancy as to tender
it unfit that the -should be the vent tier alter pare-
ntour's heti. She Was short lyafte r deliver ed ofa
of the illegitimacy of which there is no question,
for I .shall prove that it could not he the eane"l''
heyr~url „11 rint)bt, front the fact of his havjuit bc"
be-
fore the aild S6t horn;tertansdi ttli'avtelievea:lt
141.s"Ctitspt:T1
Brownsi is a conclusion to which you, Gentlemen
of the Jury; still fell iso difficulty in coining. YO,
fiud them living together tinder the drcumstanoes
which I hate described at Southampton; you find
L 6 them afterwards living together at Exeter; and,

ATI rtithohgli I cahoot
fth.}o.:,-, %:iil, tlacr tile smile root, i cilibl is laorn•
if, tht same bed; I spihrit,:titi tiikt the ohiy lac.
retice eein he itirit‘n front their COWItiCt il,
pi Orc they :Aria torther
th"t they Clived In ril iesprcis itii flion.allo;4.4e,
AM: alai the tilLtinflii I's fully cutitleci to PM' T.
.1

diet. . -
• The Statement of the !:earned Seileant ,Os
completely made but by the witnesses. 10
,11)4
course of the evidence it appeared, that tlie.(e.
neral was abbot iii years old, hint Wile sigiTli 4 -
and Brown about 28'. Nis. Griffith! was ntlegtil;'
by several witnesses to be an extravagattt roltitills,,,.:
wom:in, wii‘ose expences were tar beyond hertiat..,:.
band's Means : it also appeared, that wilco shjeL
%VHS in Eli:land St '.e rczeivc) trout the Genet';
eooi. A veer, being 30. W. more than the whole'o,'',
his unattached pay. . far
Mr. Strjeant VACduct vld J
reasci; etcthe y
~.!,
the defendant. Thi3 was not a case tvhiclt'heevl,:.
damages could tot .h. There was no brtee
the k.:01 '
Confidence or previous intimacy between O'':
fendant and the husband : seed in addition,,lt,iL. .:,
client having no more than his pay to "Prii:'
him, being now on foreign- service, any tionolil.
therefore, like immoderate damages he could .-?.
pay. ,
Mr. Justice DALLAS observe& -there *ere see
circumstances in favour of the defendant.
was no breach of confidence, and his beingl,
much younger than the %roman, but still.he 0.0.,
bound to reflect on the enormity of his crime:, ,
Ile had made miserable an unhappy and delta!
woman, and brought disgrace upon six chiltirtoloa,
of which she was the mother. Under theileilik
bf the circumstances, if !hes, thought the ":- 0 .
ant guilty, it followed that he was twenty
lit!
common degree i and if so, the Jury wo"'l :I,lf
under all those considerations which arosr.°7l4,:
all the facts and circumstances of the cafe, ',110,, ,
damages it would be fit and proper to give. aith •...
Jury instantly gave a verdict tor the pleintia,; , .
damages, One 7'housancl Pounds.
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A.--. ~,16$1. -
SHERIFFS' COURT, BEDFORI)-ROW4m-3
?ROUTER, ESQ. V. lITANDIsH, $14%. oi.pt
This was an action to recover cOmpeli's'slie....•
criminal conversation with the plaiatirf °fo ie di
The defendant having suffered .iiogtoci)i; e
default, the present inquiry took pitice,.ass"' ''
...°- ior
Under Sheriff and a special Jury, to .. '.
damages. - ' Ire
Mr. SCAELETT addressed the Jury °PI al ikof.
of the aintiff.. The plaintiff was a pill ,--,;(iii,
considerable fortune in the county of .it,;ll itig
and married his present wife, yr" :4-000-4
daughter of a Mr". Hill, also 11 gentle ,ICY IA 'i!,
tone in the same county, in Islo. ".ii,t(1.10.,
no children, although Mrs. Procter ihitili',';
after his marriage, proposed ' so tilok ail !'..
venal times miscarried. Mr. I'll3'oer, cortioill,'
, conceiving that it would Con" thiorv'
the hair,,itess of his wife. It was'ilori,!4„,,,st .
f.
C"tiintl at Rome, that the aefewisioQe- ot
A hatis4
ql"lialed with Mrs. Procter. The "ell g lOC '.'
a Mall of considerable fortune, ''lkli-cr Alf!
"lates in the county of Lancaster:- ~,fraOir4.
Procter quitted Rome he recCivra_ftittebusl
mem in itis wife's affections (or the.ll ,14',01.010: ';'
he had no suspicion of Mr., Stantil6Pl4rf;lif:
not till. some time afterwards that lt,„f ~,''ro:7; ~..',
to believe -that she hall formed Aotifr,°lll:ii
nection with that Gentleman, at P: loostfe -1
atn oad hc, had tvro servants with °trate I.'!;i
rettiele ) the latteiof whom on irci,r la tii.ll'fi
land (pitted his- service, and weitt'inlier rev:
6tiof b e r fantilv—and it erils not flo'll'' folly ill'.
.
from abroad a second tint,', that he wit.' ,
, ,o'lit
fled of his dishonour. Ihi'l° ; Vido
Dorothy Marque, the scrrnot e, ohms `l„er
Mr. Scarlet t, was next called-.-Irro; "-ovitil ',J,
'hum in Jul}, lsl4--tots R good ti,te4. W•
fleas
mistress, who miscarried once fibro'er one wito
them tit liiiine, iitsr mistress lob' Itoipc34e.
person would call whom she tvishe(o4 tot 7 ~,,
in her I i or.livess'•,) beet.room..--lic
,t ocordift
know it was Mr. Standish. ne Cl,OO, leo
ly, and witness s'lleWeil hint to her, ttoilefi .., 14,
hexas joined by her inistress. It..otie 90.00,
olilWe. lie frequently afterwordg it; 0:00 0.
maitre('-atone with her mistress-in° ro,, dic;:)
Several witnesses were called tg:0111.11,41 ''
fectiuttate terms on %chief] the pliii
4,oetioo. „f
his wife, up to the period of her gc'
.. oe pill; to
Mt. Gt./as:EY addressed the.Jary 700. oelito,
die delemlitift. ';'he yv bole titteiroitfto:lo
determine was, what damage illc tarn
prel oi
tnitied from the tfetentlata. Jt iraisoi odarf _iv
nor could it, that the defendant 1/4_ iovitoti,(7.ll,l
IA"1 Y ; be bad merely accent"' 'tit!lert sad: :ti,fe
ilt:tie)atettpttri pretended
time.
t.11:1. ;ill.:
etiltuitea that I:ve,hl tgl:,":iiiiis:e:ll.:e: sol'ir:yl-',:::,::::. eg iiilir16:;::::rt(01
hospitality or of friead)bip• rain, ,„Aed ',,iie[e
against the d,Acttdant but the , outoi 401
aCCCpting-an iiivitation tt„the,":„.4"ile-r otri°lo7ii!
he wal reeri%eti by the Ja( j _...stalle
.. et,
appointment anti rCgtieSt ; tb!1(1 GIL"
th'e OW
,ri
or tile ttFit,l4o. fit
deteildrlM'S CtlncitiCt ‘Vati eiltitlett tu 1.
citable consideration.
The secotidary- then soment., ,cO,lOl-7 too
of lite ilc' g ltvs?
the Jury, feltviog the case t. HI to ,tom
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bY the Right lion. and Ito., 14,44 .17 % f ,totri' ~ 1,
PbelPs, go+ to Ann Catherine, Colcr7ber4h. ,oirl,,
Ladrhip was giro) away by ViJeouot , ;if l°rtrardf 1,,
Same day, at Mary ftbode Choi": th.,, 100.
Dart. of chAtlitegtteo, it, Drrbysitit-e, ti -_„ Ito, ...:,...o.
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he rev* TER ati r. ,d 111! LI .
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in his .7Sd year, Witham Lewis, 464. ' geitib4 ."
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