The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-15 00:00:00

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

PArscEy,,Nov. 10.—I have this moment returned
from witnessing the most horrible of scenes. A few
days ago, a track boat, from Paisley to Johnstone,
was launches!, and daily since it has been filled with
parties of pleas re. To-day is a fan- with us, and
every lad and lass, wilo could muster eight pence
must have a sail.

About an hour ago, she landed at the basin, op-
posite Mr. Barclay's, with nearly one hundred on
board (for she is Go feet in length), and as many
were on the beach anxious to replace them, and who,
JJ
in spite of all remonstrances, pressed in before she
was cleared of the former load, in consequence of
which she upset, and plunged the whole, men, Wo-.
men, and children, into the basin, which is seven
or eight feet deep of water.
The scene to those .who saw it was awful. Num-
bers,
no doubt, were taken up, but numbers' too •
have perished. A gentleman told me, he tarried
till he saw 40, all corpses to appearance, and I have
just now heard that 51 have been dragged out, few:.:.
of whom, it is dreAded, will recover. The stirgednS
are-doing what they can, and every apartment in ;
Mr. Barclay's house contains some unhappy -vialimo,
Th,!. neighbouring 'houses have been thrown open.'
Every one wears the countenance of dismay, afraid
to inquire, lest sorm! relative may have perished.
Mr. T. Baker, has lost two of his daughters, and
it appears generally understood, that the sufferers
amount to from 4U to 50.

Our letters ftom Waterford state, that they had
experienced for some days paSt the coldest weather:
ever remembered, the snow in many parts lying
near a foot deep. Great apprehensions were enter-
tained for the safety of the potatoe crop, the greater
portion of which still remained in the ground.
Accounts have been received from Hayti, which
state, that an American schooner, having t 7,0n0 dol-
lars on board for the purchase or coffee at Aux Cayes,
was boarded by the boats from Chrisiophe's squa-
dron. The ruffians baying robbed the vessel, and
reordered the whole crew, consisiing of 14 hands,
concluded their. atrocities by sinking her.
GIBRALTAR, SErr. Lucena the inhabi-
tants of 16 villa es have risen against the French
vartere'd in that i-onntry, and killed, taken, or dis-
persed the whole of them.

Money and warlike.succours have been remitted
to the patriots. French detaclunent of the gar-
rison of Ronda, which a tow days ago ventured to
march out, fell into the hands of the peasantry, and
was completely routed.--Begettcy Gaz. 9.
Several mad dogs have appeared recently at Read-
ing and Thatchatn, in Berkshire, where they have
bitten two coachmen and several children.

The Theatres re-opened last night, and were
tolerably well attended, cousid'ring the badness of
the weather. The, Irdzeel ofFurtune was repre.seu twd
at Covent-Garden, and KEXELE peiformed Penrud-
dock with his usual skill, but was much oppressed
with a cold. The grand Ballei,d'ilelion of Perouse
was revived with great splendour and beauty ; Mrs.
PARKER was well received in Unita, and a Master
MORELLI in Champanzee.
The Lyceum gave the Clandestine Marriage,* bleb
went off with spirit throuthout.
NOVERRE, the celebrated Ballet Master some
years ago at our °pelt], died at St. Germains on the
18th of List month, in the 82d )ear of his age.
Although the late Mr. CRAWSHAW, the wealthy
iron-master in North Wales, 1-ft two daughters,
nearly the whole of his immense property, to the
amount of a million sterling, he has bequeathed •to
his nephew, Mr. HALL. , •

BOSTON, TUESDAY AFTERNOON', NcIv. 13.

THE STORNI.

The dreadful visitation in this part of the country
which we have. to-day the duty of relating to our
distant readers, and of recording as matter of refe-
rence IT those who are, our neighbours, is itself of
a nature so impressive, that we have nothing more
to do to rivet public attention to the subject, than
plainly to relate particulars.
On Saturday morning last, about seven o'clock, it
began to rain at Roston, and continued to do so
thronghorit the day. The. wind accompanied the
ran impetuously from E. S. E. and gradually in-
creased in roughness ; from eleven o'clock in the
day till six in the evening it blew extremely hard, and
from that hour till nine, a perfect hurricane. The
consequence of this continued gale for so many
hout's in one point was, that the tide in the evening
came in with great rapidity, and, rose, half an hour
before the expected time of full hood, to a height
exceeding by four inches what it is recorded to have
attained on any occasion preceding. What is called
a good tide ". was expeded; but the consterna-
tion produced by the rise of the water several feet
above its usual level may well be imagined to have
bee'n excessive. Houses which on no occasion
whatever before had been invaded by the tide, were
Dow, by its overpeering all probable bounds, filled
to a great depth with the wales., which rushed into
kitchens and cellars, and inundated every apart-
ment, until it found its level. Whole streets were
thus circumstanced; and some were for two 'r
three hours inaccessible but to those who had reso-
lution. enough to wade up to the knees. Witham-
place, Wormgate, and all the streetsand houses
near to the river, were in the same predicament;
and as it was night (seven o'clock), and rain fell
heavily, the situation of the inhabitants was most
(list ressing.

What was an extraordinary thing was, that the
tide, when it had flowed to its highest, did not per-
ceptibly subside for more than an hour. To those
who had any knowledge of the way in which such
an elle& could alone be produced, this was a sure
prognostic of an extensive calamity—to them it was
clear that the sea-banks had broken or were over-
flowed; and fortunate for the town of Boston (but
most miserably unfortunate for the surrounding
country) was it, that this thing happened ; for had
not the tide found another and less straitened course,
but flowed till it had spent itself in its accustomed
channel, it would have risen, in all probability, even
some feet higher than it did in the town, and have
swept almost every thing before it. As it happ.,m-
ed, the town was saved, and the neighbouring coun-
try deluged. Frisknoy new sea-Oink is broken by
the tide in two or three places ; Leverton new sea
bank the same ; of Frir,ston new hank scarcely a
'vestige is lest ; the old bank also in that parish is
broken in many i•I ices, as is Boston East old bank,
and the banks at Skirbeck Quarter, Wyberton,
Frampton, a. ,d Fosdyke.—li ivay be well here to
ousere, that the new banks are those lately made on
the inciosure ol the marshes from the sea, but are
not relied upon for the dLf:nce of the country at
largo. 'The old sea hanks, unhappily for the coun-
4ry, have proved insufficient in height, as the surge
'passed over them alinost along the whole line ; and
this was the cause of the breaches—the overflow
,having first scoured away the banks, from the sum-
mit to the base, on the land side. The situation of the
~cOuntty, in' consequence, frOm Wainfleet almoSt to
-Spalding, a distance of 30 miles, is such as exceeds
our poweis of description. The intelligence of dis-
tress which we have tor two days hourly had brought
in fo us, amazes and almost incap:!citates us from
'our duty of relating what we hear. •

. .
The foresight of man had not extended to the for-
mation of a barrier against such a tide as that of. S-
aturday night.; and therefore the whole extent of the
Eastern coast has probably been seriously nffeled by
'it. The calamity has been naturally more severe on
the low districts of this county, which with difficulty
find an outfall for their drainage ; and the tide hav-
ing once bruken into them, pm-suas its course irre-
sistibly for miles. All the fine pastures, the pride
of this neighbourhood, have in one night been laid
under water, and some ,thousands of sheep. and
other cattle have been drowned. The ruin came st,.),
rapidly and unexpectedly, that the farmers had no
time to save their cattle, had the thing been prac-
ticable; but in some instances the inhabitants of
tarts-houws have had difficulty in saving their own
lives; and one insianee is mentioned ro us in which
two persons at Fosdyke eeri,bed by the flood,
which completely swept away their dwelling-house.
At Fistitoft Mr. Smith Jessop (formerly in trade
as a grocer at Boston) lost his life in endeavouring
to rescue some of his father's sheep. On Saturday
night old Mr. Jessop, accidentally looking out of
his house, and mistaking the :approaching deluge
for a fall of snow on the ground, exclaimed to his
son. that care should be takers of some sheep on-his
pastures. The deceased immediately went firth,
and before he recovered from the astonishment ex-
cited by the scene, walked through the water; in
his way to Ilse sheep, 'into a pit, where' he was
drowned, before any assistance could be rendered.
The Hotel (Plummer's), at Frieston shore, was
for souse hours in danger of being quite washed
down ; the great bow-window of the dining-room-,
although a considerable. height from. the ground, was
.forced from tho building by the water, and carried
to the distance of several fieldS;

Dead sheep.are seen lying in numbers from every
road that is passable. The roads, Iron) Boston to-
wards the sea and Fosdike Wash are nearly iii)pass-
able, being horse-belly deep in water, and the corn-
rnumcation along the sea-banks is cut off by the
breaches in theme; but the Court of Sewers is sitting
daisy at Boston, is,uing orderS tor the security, of the
country.

Stacks of corn, farming implements, and articles
of household furniture, have been floated •away al-
most be) and number. The houses of Mr. Keall
and Mr. Dickinson, of Wyberton, have been nearly
demolished by the flood, and many others much da-
meged. In Holbeach Marsh, we are . told, the
greater part of the estates are three feet under v -

sea.

ter ; and the town of Holbeach has been much dis-
tressei by the inundation.

Some few farmers are said to have Inst near'v all
the stock upon their lands. Greit difficulty will
be experienced in supporting such cattle ;is may not
have perished on the inundated farms, all the ache:,
ponds, and wells in min)/ parishes being filled with
salt-water, w.l-Icli it will Jake some tittle to get rid
of. The appearance of the country from the Cop
Boston steeple is melancholy in the extreme. At
the seventh mile-stone towards Spalding, the water
runs ove; the road; and the country looks likb

We'are assured that, from the hour of three on
Friday morning last, till five, it hghtened as vividly
and repeatedly as is common in the season when we
most loOk for such phenomena. The flashes were
aiteniively observed by the toasters of two vessels
lying in Skirbeck Quarter.

On Saturday evening Capt. Massarn, of the Jason
accompanied by a man and a boy, went down by lb%
low road towards Wyberton, with a view of gelling
On board the vessel and giving assistance to
,Capt.
Barclay. The gale blowing extremely hat], the
party by some means lost their road. Finding this
to be the case, they resolved to return and make for
the. sea b::nk, but, in this retrograde moven-it-A.4. were
soon met by the tide, which in the course of a felr
minute 3 quite surrounded them, and made thew
seek safety on a hill or tumulus in the 'fields.

In this situation they all three continued until
between two and three o'clock on Sunday morning,
When Capt. Massam, thinking it possible that the
next tide might rise so as to drown them all, deter.
mined upon adventuring sway, with the aid of seam
rails which he broke from a fence. In the attempt
the boy gut into deep water and was drowhed; with
great labour the two others got to a house, Mr.
Smith's, in Frampton, where they were kindly
treated, and enabled to proceed to their ship. The
boy who perished was in the service of Mr. Clarke,
merchant, d Skirbeck Quarter.

The performance of divine service on Sunday in
the parish church of Bu:•on, was prevented by the
tide On the preceding eveni ig having compietel.r.
flooded the extensive area Rporopriated to pubf
worship. The water flown the river, entering chid'j
at the western door, and partly at tho.southero,
cd-
vered the whole floor of the church, as fir as 114
chancel ; and in the north aisle, to a considerable
depth. The height of the water against the wt stern
end of the steeple, was two feet eight inches and a
half—fou inches higher than in the year 1807.

A Gentleman who accompanied the King of SIVE.*
DEN from the Baltic, in the Tartarus, says, that it
-is impossible to conceive the delight of the Russians
at re yt g. his Majesty depart from Riga for England,
as it was known that a party of Bens durrnes was
pursuing him from Prussia. His Majesty- quitted
Riga under a salute of c t guns. We are likewise
credibly informekl, that the Emperor of Russia sent
his Majesty an atfelitionwe farewel letter, with a
present of 7000 ducats, which GUSTAVUS declined
accepting. •

A Correspondent at Oban, under dire of the fl 0t h
oh. writes.as follows :—" It is not. a little remark-
able, and no less to, be lamented, notwithstanding
all that has been done by the, munificence of Go-
vernment, and the praise-worthy exertions of pa-
triotic individuals, to ameliO7.ate the condition of the
lower classes in almost every part of the Highlands,
that emigration from thence to America still con-
tinues. No less than five-vessels, carrying between
four and five hundred emigrants; SaileZl this season
from the port of Oban, on the west coast. The
people were mostly from the islands of Rum, Co-
lonsay, and Mull*; some of them from the districts
of ArdnarnurChan,Strathglass, and the western parts
of Perthshire. They were bound to Prince Edward's
Island, in the Gnlph of St. Lawrence, and were in-
duced to go out by a Mr. Robertson, a native of
Perthshire, who went to-PrinCeEdward's with Lord
Selkirk, some years ago, and---who hbs since pur-
chased lands in that island. The same Gentleman
has lately gone to Skye, Uist, and Long Island, in
guest of more adventurers, to set out early next sea-
son!' •

, A poor washer-woman, who lives in Winter's-
court,- Black friar's-road, was yesterday morning dis-
covered by one of her neighbours suspended .id 'her
apartment, to all appearance dead,
_Upon medical
assistance being procured, however, she recovered.
On being vestioned as to the. cause of her cum.
initting so rash an ati, she said she had been .robbed
by a woman she employed, of two fine shirts, be-
longing to one,,of her best customers, to whom she
was already under pecuniary obligations, and, not
having it in her power to stake filfrn good, she cc.
tet mined to put a perio3 to her existence. A sub-
scription was immediately set on foot, and more
than ';he value of the shirts was collected and given
to her.

hXTRAORDINARY CASE OF DROPSY.--.ori the Ali
of September, Miss Margaretta Malta Downes, of
Fu-court, Churc istoke, Montgomeryshire, satvly
under wen,. the fitty.eighth operation of tapping for
the droi,sy. The'di;eharge of water at each opera-
tion has been float fourteen to twenty quarts,
though a small made verson. During two of the
seventeen years of her long illness, she was obliged
to undergo this painful operation regularly at periods
of a few days less than a month each; but for the
last twelve months (to the astonishment of the fa-
culty) the accumulation of water has been less ra-
' pid, so that she ha's been enabled Co go about three
months between each operation. This lady is the
eldest daughterof the late Mycidelton Downes, Esq.
and sister to the Rev. Ralph Downes, Rector of Pet-
ton, Shropshire.

A few days since, a boy, in the employ of Mr.
Brown, a farmer', at Dingey, in Essex, took up
blunderbuss, and not knoWing it wiit loaded, pre-
sented it at his• fellOW servant, -a young• woman
about nineteen, and touching the trigger, the piece
went off, awl the contents entered her head. She
is, however, considered in a fair way of recovery.
A few days since, the wife of an industrious firdi-
erman at Brighton, to whom.she had been married
twenty-two years, was safely delivered of the first
child !—The mother and her infant are likely to do
well..

P-Wl'` **`"l'ff


t.. 4 TV REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov !4.

In an asp; cal cause from Yorkshire, wherein cer-
tain persons had thought 'lit, of their own accord
and authority, to levy a ci)arge of I Ss:4d. upon'
constables every ear, hip Lordship declared it'to be
<it of the mu:A hatettied. ac-ts of intolerance he'
117,1 t-ver heard of, t.lai any Man, • or, set of 'then,-
sh.)111(.1. dare to irw:ose it tax upon the people,. and.
usurp all that the I..,.:ziilature could dO!

ART?CLES OF TIM PEACE.

Mrs. Doherty die ‘vite of a Mr4iklugh Doherty,
applJared in Court and exhibited articles of the peace
against her said husband. -It appeared that they were
married about eight years, and that outing the most
of that period site experienced a great varitqf of iil
treatment from him, that she had therefore exhibited
articles of the peace against him, and 'he was bound
to keep peace for one
_year, 'that being confined
for debt in the prison of the Kit:g-'s Bench, as soon
as be had obtained his liberty, reg,rdlessof her fOr-
fuer complaint, rand the articles so exhibited against
,he repaired to the house wlr.'re she had re-
tired to avoid his ungovernable temper, and there
he Idund her, and broke.. into it, and would have
proceeded to ads of desperation and violence, but
for th, Interference of some , persons whereby
Abe was then saved' froth his fury;
,but that ,he
peated his ViittS, atai threatened death to any whO
would presume tn-interrupt him. The articles went
on to, state ,reat ads of rage and violence up to the
iniddleot 6:tocer last, tAhen; to save.herselltrem
imminent peril; she waS obliged to seek rouge in
her father's mansion in 1110 county of Worcester.
The articles being so read; they were, on the me-
tion of the Attbrney General, ordertd to be filed.

MANDAMUS.

Mr. WAttrtEN moved Inn- a Writ of Mandamus,
diroOted to t Bishop of Lo,don, commanding him
that lie should grapt a lice se to the Rev,Mr. Povah,
to hold the situation of Friday Lecturer,"ai St.
Eartholcim6w's, Royal Exchange. Mr. Povah was
elected to this place, and approved of by the
for ; but 'on Tresenting-hwkielt to the Bishop for
the cprpose of plicnring the license, be was told that
his Lbidsitip would= not-grant the licenSe lcicause
he • w.as•-.Otily in .Deacon's orders. Ti'is obstacle,
bowevei-, -was-soon'"overcuine, -is the Rev. Gentle_
inanwn 'himself ordained in Pilest's orders bi the
BiThop'of§ouer and T..yrati. lie then pres...nite him-
self a sec'und.tirne to the. Bish.lp, but hew,-i% ;;gall
tefused, the hicri that lie heard, his
cioartnr was Tot • oribox, tOr he had .beld tenets,
and preached in- terms adverse t e received
pi ocipie in CarisrtatThy—ot Infant
:Pitts Mr. Po‘•ati -mostiboletnriy assured his. LOrd-
ship• was untrue, to: that •he had ever by his exam-
ple, and by his in,iitLAion, inculcate:'. • the doctrine
And :verity' of ;infant b.iptistu. Aker some- 'dif-
ficulty, and some lapse ol time, a third reason 4-aq
announced by ht .withhoiding the
license, and. was siguitie,:, in an answer sent itJ '
Povah's Solicitor by. the •I.;,liop's Secretary,
name.lY; that his did 'not think him
qualitied.7—Mr. Warren' .;ere contended, that
the 3,21 was mandatory, on the Bishop, unless he
could support some spec.fic reason, or sonic cause
'w4 the applicant was roused a license. • fic.ar-
. gthd, that: it ":+squite contrary to the spirit of our
and constitution to condemn any man tan-
heard, and he maintained that it was but just that
the Bishop should mme the' person . who had so,-
gesutd • that he was unqualified,. that: Mr. Povari
thight be . atl'orded theoppqrtunity be could).(2l
removing the accusation. At all events, he urged
that.me,-Pciliall was entith.d to their Lordships' jusr
fora rule 11isi, which world at ford the• Bishop
an ,opporiunify of
,rnote.:spe.mcally .accounting for
14,1e,,tetusal. .

• •
Lord tu..st,ipotpuoti,r after some observations
respetaing the discretionary power which he thought
was,.vesicu nithehopby the At, said he was per=
suaded that the best nu,de for the Court at present
to eursUe would be, (it\ account .of the.- delicicy of
.the,subject, and the situation of the parties al-
tpguth r, that the Court should take some little
- •
time,to consider the matter. In the mean while the
or the ruse is suspended. . .

NDGMENT:

CROPLEY U. CAVE, POND, AgD PEACOCK.

The deferktittotF,-.Tlionta4 Cave; Joseph Pond,
and AnPigieijPeActittk,'haci" been foot-RI guilty of a
agsatilt cfpaa,E4werci Cro iejf; and were ti,is
-day .btonglit lip :Ad (receive the jticlgtnent 'of the
`Court. action !had -been • rertioved. by the 'pxo-
seeutrir,''CrOpley; frctu the `treat Sessions i i the
Islo•of. Ely,' to, tire ebni-cor Bench. • -•
Mr. Justice B'AtiLEY-lizati oqer the minutes of the
'trial, by which it appears tWt the paTti•:s 11M:fret
together at the- Three Bflek Birds publicihotise it,
Ely, where they 'got intoxicated; arid the assault
was committedr-sj

?Ir. Serjeant S2LLON put in several affidavits, in
mitigation of '-fittnialrient.' From' therm it a ..-
pearifid,, that the defendants had been drinking fi-om
two o'clock in the', dly till about eleven 'at night ;
-that Cropley had come in,' and irritated the defen-
dants, which caused the assault to -be :committed.
One ,of the affidavi'ts was that of a inedieal man,
who had seen Cropley the morning after the affray,
u Hell stated, that the blood observable on the
gilt:eta of Crituley's bed did not arise from any blows
be had ieceiv'a, but was occasioned by deponent's
having bled him,. in consequence of his appearing
Ti.ry feverish.
Mr. Belea; on the part of the prosecutor, put in
4everal counter-affidavit's. That of the Iproseentor;
it:ited that the partieSAvere not intoxicated:
pfd li'LLEssotitouen—" This is an over-charged:
business. It is clear that these persons must Ldve
been in a state of intoxication, as it is sworn they
had been drinkingfroin two o'clock till eleven; and,'
hour before that time," they had been very riot
Goa, One .of the iwitnesses also deposes; that the
blood which was.found on the sheets did not arise
blows,but from, the use of the lancet."
Mr. BEST--"' We have the affidavit of .thy Lod-

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lord of the hous'tYtviii-on stales that il,e.
not intoxicated."

Loid'ELLE::Boabuon:z-:“"He'shonl-d 'gt) ti I'ttle
farther, and swear that-rum and bandy do not pos-
-sess intoxicating qualities."

Mr. Sefjeatit—Siiii-oN shortly -addressed-the Court
in behalf of the- defendants. He Rartictilatly-ad-
verted to the -vniclictive spirit which actuated the
prrsecutor,' in 'rejeding every-tiler of compromise,
and moving the business front the Ely Sessions to
the Court of King's Bench.
Lord Etf.,EN,aono.v6a.---L" Since the afi-1%.:y y' u
hare don every itiTng thinglO •-set-,:yOurselyes
and 'he has ex.erted Filmset rto'do every thing wrong."
Nr. RENT—" ThelProsecutorcan deny upon oath,
that any attempt at compromise was crude."
Lind ELLEIIMROUGt-1--"Atier what he has sworn
relative to the sobriety of the parties, Ave will not.put
him to the inconvenience .04 'swearing any thing
further."

AIr..BEST—" When'one of'the party was spoken
to about tie business nett morning,' (when, it .he
had been intoxicated 'overnight, it is fo be'suppthicd
have been •in -a stEte•of -sobriety), so tar
oin expressing regra at what he had done, be aid
he was grieved that he had not inflicted greJter
jury on the pro4er,utor," •
Lord:ELLENEottouctt—" We do riot tnoW
for they hats got sober next morning after this
grievous fit 'of ifitoxication. It 'Would appear ITin
your statement, that they are -scrinis6 when lit'unk,
and semi-tartarians when shber.

Mr. Justice 'GRosE, atter an appropriate ackl.resi,
pronounced the judgment of the Court on'thesde-
feadants ; which was, that Cave and Peacock shOuld
each pay pay a fine of QOI. to the King ; and Pond;
who did not appear to have taketn'so ak`live a part in
tite business, the sum of 51.; • which fines were iM.
tntdiately paid, and the 1/4defendatits di,chargeti•l

iika-1 CURT OF IUbItATURE, DuBLIR, Nov. 9

E RIGHT 110 N. ELIZA ';'.;tORCINA, BARONEr.S
CURRY, APPELLANT;

Tll4 RIGHT ZION. VAI.ENrrNE BROWNED 'LORD BARON

CL9NCURRY, RESPONDENT,

lencEsDLL.ec,yrs-Sir W, SMITH, Barr.. Mr. Justice
osgoRNE ; Mr.fttstice FLETCHER ; EDWARD WESTRY ;
and TimmA4 ELL s, Estirs.
This cause was brought by the appellant, upon a
dottole appeal---one from an alleged grievance;
and another from the final Sentence of the,Consis-
torial COurt of the Dioeese of which, ad,
judged the respondent entitled fo'a divorce and se-
paration fro.. appellant (on ,aCcount of the clear and
tssrablished adultery of appellant) from bed, and
board.
The libel in thisc,atie was exhibited by the re-.
spondent on the 17;1) (14 Of June, 1808, and con-
tains the following' taas,:—
It stated the matriage•of the respondent and ap-
pellant;pccordingto law, in the year
,1803---their
cohabitation,,and the issue of their riage—the
uniform gOod and exempl.);.y coiiduCt of the appel-
hint; until their arrival iii this kingdom—ar'id subse-
quent introdtithion of Sir John Benner Piers-to' op-
rt•ildnt, in the year tBO6-the manner and.time of
the introduCtion7-and a. criminal act of adultery
committed by appellant on "tire Bth day of April, at
Long, the resicknee of respondent, and in the ab-
sence 'of reTondent—the appellant's arrival and
stay in Dublin, during the months of Aprd and
Mar—the frequent visits-of Sir John Piers to ap-
pellant, during the occasional and unavoidable ab-
sence of respondent—appellant's continual corre-
'Spondence, by letters and notes, with Sir John
Bennet Piers, and his itritn..diate visits to her in con-
sequence of suet letters and notes, during the ab-
"pence of reSpondent-.--Sir John Bennet Piers being
constantly in private With appellant, and for several
hours at 'a time, in the, drawing-room, with the
doors closed and`bolted, and the positive orders of
appellant not to -adinit company--:-appellant and Sir
John Piers being surprised 'in 'the drawing-room in
a most indecent situation, and other Clear and dis 7
tinet instances Of leer" guilt—the frequent disorder
of her dress--continued acts of the 'most indecent
libertiei taken by Sir Sohn Bennet PierS, and per-
mitted by appellant—her great and visible grief at..
-leaving Dublin for Lyons, and' parting w;th Sir
Sir Jotin Bennet Pyers—Sir John Bennet Piers's
subsequent visit at Lyons —appellant's refusal
to walk with respondent and his company, and
mmediately afterwards being seen bylespondent,
walking with Sir John Bt-mner Piers in a retired part
of the demesne, and, hanging on his arm.in a most
familiar manner, the first cause of respondent's sus-
picion---4espondent's earliest' communication 'with
appellant on the subject, and her •ininnediate, free,
and voluntary confession'et her' crimeapPellant's
delivery to the respondent of the picture of Sir John
Bennet Piers,• a locket set with his_ hair, the letters
of Sir John Be.nnet Piers, and other clear proofs of
her crime--appellant's removal to England,' and her
continued: acknowledgment of her crime, freely and
volunt-arily mentioned and confessed, and in its con-
sequences severely; lamented in appellant's letters,
written from thence to respondent, and to other
friends;of respondent and of appellant.
Issue being joined on this pleading, and no-ex-
ception taken thereto, respondent proceeded to the
examination .of witnesses, and other evidences, in
support of his.libel,.and proceeded therein nearly to
4 close, when the 4ppellant, on the Bth day of June, !,
sog, exhibited a pleading in this came, called a
matter contrary and defensive..
Li this pleading appellant alleged, that respon-
&tit had been perfe6tly apprised and conesant of
;tie profs gate conduct of Sir\J. B. Piers, and
,parti-
cularly with resped to married women, betote his
incroduaion to the appellant ; and that with such
knirwledge."'ot his character, 110 had introduced him
to appellam, and indirectly attempted to refute the
charges of her crime, asalleged and afterwards prov-
ed by respondent ; and sought to do away the effect
of her crime aid her confession, by an allegation
that it that! been obtai;,ed .by a-pl'omise of forgive.'
ness, and that her crime had been forgiven, by rea-,
son of responttent'S having pertnittA bear to remain
at his..bouse until a,,out the .1 t h day of June, when
site, went to Locldon, under the-care of Cul. ;

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