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London, England, 1820-10-26 00:00:00

Ant. the concientious 'discharge of that duty:—
Hutt• it was alaseist unnecessary to tolotw the subject through
all its varions beatings, but if it was necessary to expatiate
on ;soother point, what must 1'1,4 lthaaKtit oft be offer of 50,0001.
ter year to live abroad, while charged with criminality in
fusri .parts, without our restrictior. to be pot upon her, that
the aritilterous-toottexion should-toot be cal-Vied on; veasThis
ofter made to•enable her, if she thlsught proper, to pursue her
criminality?. What wAs,such an offer but sayiog—tost in the
expressive word's ipsoted by his Learned Friona, yesterday, at
the close of his aisle and impressi've %peva*, " Go, and
sits at:, tactre"•-.-not go away and sin at, More, but, only
depart, and you way revel in lustful intercourse while
you . ore 'furnished With the means of-gratification. He
Wag baissirY here to 'Ohcerve, that it was "not necessarf for
hint to dwell on another topic. lie should lot advance one
word by way of reerieriastion, for those Learned Friends of
htY 55 15) advised tier Ittejtsty, bad, their diseegtion, tlion4-ht
it erOper to save their Lordships and the Pubtiti• from stteh.an
evil. llnt'ess their -Lordships were prepared to give tip all
evidence and all lase. in this important case, and miless
their Right Reverend - Bauch were prepared O forget-
aud allanden the ,tenets or that Gospel which it Was
their duly to practise and teach, they couid trot-, and
'stared not pronounce fur the divorce. Itnt, before he en-
tered sot the evidence us alfecting the ;Queen, be wished to
.tie permitted to state on what principle be conceived their
Lordships were iu justieu bound to try this case. He
world not -Consetst to Seri: his defence in arguments on points
of Law, much less on the plea of einsvity, but be would prove
that their Lordships bad beets misled as to the practice iu such
ca•ses by his Learned Friends on the otliJr side. It would he
remembered that -011 a formet occasion the Attorney-General
.11m1 gaoled the case of Lerender (vests) Leveakirr, in the
Coptistorial Court, from which lie inferra that species of
reati(t iffia4illed bore upon his Point, as
autitheised by the opiuirm of the Learned dodge who nresid-
ed there. Of the. lestowo talents aud ecied itseegrity of
that able and excellent Judge (Sir William `cott,) no person
thought,more highly than himself, nor had any mats more
;-rennin to esteem him. But he Was surprised .that his Learned
Vriend on the other side should, upon that'instance, have ar-
gued That adultes-y was a cruise the proof of which might, he
e.stablisbtif bg certain itiaietital things; so That it was not
ttecessai y to make- out a, direct case ; -hot it tl'4S Stlaititalt
that the manuers of the parties, and the incidental circum-
ewers, led to the conclusion of their guilt. What would
their Lordships SOillpOiC, feaos -t he teasoning of his Learned
Friend on the other .side, seas the situation of Sir William
Stott he decided that ease. The else bad heeu argued
at considerable length, and the Learned lodge observed, that
there 'were acts of indecenty as against the, Female, and ,above
all, that those acts were proved by wit nem;es to whom ti,
mulct lie no exception. There were also letters trinn Mrs.
Lavender to Me. Bilf tier, whose contents no weituatt that had
not entered a brothel would he ashamed to Mil.% Now, a bile
lie was talking of legal grounds. it AbOltid he mentioved,,that
riiime it evidence was permitted to he heard against the wife
in the Ecclesiastical court, yet in the Civil Court the %tIAI t
Was given for the defeudatit, and no damages were allov.•en to
the husband ou account of recriesiblation by Lis wife. It
was asserted that Mrs. Lavender had oass.ed a night in Mr.
Bather's room; but a doubt arose its this, and she had
the benefit of it ; soot her Cade was that of Mortimer
(versus) Mortimer, ;and was hied in July, IS lit, where
the pretest' a-as apparent ly so strong that: the Counsel was about
to decline the defence of the wife, when the Learned Judge,
who titter bad respect to the station or consequence 'id any
one, saw proper to pronounce that the husband had failed.—
" 1 may have (said that distinpistied Judge) • a moral con-
viction of her guilt, but I Inter no jndicial proof of
it." lie would, therefore, ash their Lordships for a verdict
in the present 'case, because there was no proof, except inch
as any man- of .honesty, discretion, **went, and common
diligence, must regard as destitute of ail credibility. The
present case could in fa mess be' proved by no other proofs, nor
Inv other tisenni, I hats in any other case. If he understood his
Learned Friend an the other side, there Was an opportunity
for the patties to commit the act, which he would admit, and
also there were circumstances which might lead to their gra-
tification, but he was pretty sure that not otte of their
Lordships would allow this species of proof in a comthon
case. He was not arguing tins as a nominal case, nor did
he propose to tt (softie their Lordships with lung argu-
ments sits,ntittor points; no, it was t tiongh fur his purpose,
that Dunnint had been perjured,• that Majocci had been per-
jured, that Sacchi had been perjured, that Itastelli haul been
perjured ; and. for hinrself, he would declare, that barite.;
*hewn the perjury of tone of the principal witnesses fur the
Bill. lie would have instantly thrown zip his Brief; would any
Cumin, be Ast 'ash their• Lordships, sit and allots. the party
accused to be tried on minor charges, when the principal
charge could not he sustained at all —(Left speaking.)'

P 0 E T It Y.

Tune-,-" Scots wha' Wallace bled."
Gulls, who've heard what Matto: sz said !
Guilts, whom JoUtql. Fly ME has led!
Who detni that PkrEst Nlootts. has ituad
For Plans of Liberty

Now's the day, and now's the hour,
See the face of GIFF 0111) lour,
See.avroach the Lawyer's power,
Bags, and Knavery !

believe Italian spies?
WI en honest " Tines:" indignant cries,
That all they say are monstrous lies,
Fuul conepiravy

Who for England's Queen so bright,
To purchase Plate sulnicrilies his niite,
Or signs Addresses, wrong or
To litandenbursh with um

By our fr7ood that shields the Queen,
By our 15room that sweeps all clear►,
11 a wiil go thrnugh thick and thin,
But she shall be free :

Lay tier proud accusers low,
Pure she'll prove as `• onsonned snow,"
Call we but persuade them so,
Let us on and see.

THE ARMY.

COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL FRENCH.

Colonel FRENCH has been fully and honour
ably acquitted of the 3d, 4th, sth, and 6tl
charges. He is pronounced guilty of only so
much of the first charge as relates to his keeping
a woman in barracks, whom he called by the
name of Mrs. French ; but, it is added, " that
the retired and quiet habits of life which Lieu-
tenant-Colonel French pursued with that per-
son, and the care which appears to have been
taken to prevent her obtruding herself upon the
other inhabitants of the barracks, have in some
degree counteracted the tendency" of such con-
duct. He is found guilty of the second charge
1 (that " of innting a greater punishment on three
serjeants than was awarded by the sentence of a
regimental Court Martial"); but, it is ,stated,
that he " appears to have been led into this irre-
gularity by his anxious desire to maintain the
discipline of the regiment."—The Court finally
recommends that he should be admonished upon
the breach of decorum involved in the first charge,
and reprimanded for his conduct as complained
of in the second charge. His Majesty approves
and confirms the finding and sentence ; hat ex-
presses his regret ."
that the Earl of Carhampton
should, in reference to the 3d, 4th, sth, and 6th
charges, have been induced, from misrepresenta-
tions conveyed to him, or from a misconception
of what had reached his knowledge, to withdraw
his confidence from Lieut.-Colonel French, who
appears from the result of this investigation not
only to have never forfeited his claim to the good
Opinion and confidence of his Colonel, hut to have
merited, by the discharge of his duties as Com-
manding Officer of the 6th Dragoon Guards,
Iduring a long series of years, the honourable tes-
timonials which he produced to the Court."