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London, England, 1802-01-11 00:00:00

proved. 11,it, granting for the fake of argument,'
that the :,•tt,.:r WAS genuine, and addreffed by
Lord bf. to I .ady of the name of Harriet, whom
he would, frr the momtnt, fitppole to he Mrs.
lickrou—admitting allit that the übjeCt of that
letter was to induce that Lady to elope to him
with her chili!—he mutt contend that, far from
being an a.t%;ravation of the offence, it did hon•ntr
to his feelings, whether or not it thould fo hap-
pen itereafter that, finiated with er.joyment,
fhould ever be induced to turn her adrift. Though
Mils Middleton hated, that Mrs. Jacklbn had be
fore that a mifrarriage, yet it was certain that the
never had a child before the commencement of
this 11111,o:et! intercourfe between her and Lord
/sI. and theretOre it was not unreafonable in his
Lordthip to conclude that the infant was his own.
That he did fo was evident from the fondnefs with
which he fpokc of tae a dear little angel," and with
filch an impreffion f.rongly operating on his mind,
it was rarely commendable in him rather to take
them both under his own proteftion,. than to
fact the Lady to remain nnporing a fputiotts
otTpring upon her hulband, and leave it to him
to rnal:.: p, ovition IT, and camels with the fond
partialitr if a parent, a child that was not hi, own.
In conein.lon, the Leatne.l Conniel adverted to
the circumflance of Mifs Bit:top's not having been
brought forward as a mime., the confequenee of
which might be to blaa all the Plaintiff's hopes
and psolPeds, fhould he be difpofed to intlitute pro.
cesdings in a (till higher ttihunal (the Houle of;
Lords) which would inflantly reject his petition
for a divorce, upon being informed that the pro.
clo:ticn of the belt pollible witnefs was refuted.
He was the more induced to mention this, as he
taw Some of thole gentlemen prefent, upon whom,
when fitting on a former Jury, he endeavoured to
prefs arguments of a fimilar tendency againa thofe
of Mr. ERSK IN E on the oppotite fide. The Jury
however by their verdict gave t,scol. damages,
and when application was afterwards made for a
divorce to the Houfe of Lords, their Lordatips did
not hefltate a mament to rejeet the petition ; and
this he trusted would opet ate as a caution to the
gentlemen of the prefent Jiiry, not to give great
damages upon inch flight evidence.
The SU:.r.tfv fummed up the evidence in a per
fpicuous manner, and aftet wards obferved to the
Jury that their prefent hutinefs was, not to enquire
into the guilt of the Defendant, for that was al-
ready admitted in his futnring judgment to pars
by default, hut to :Ores the tetribution in damages
for an injury which, under force circumftances,
was perhaps as great as anv that one man could
c•mmit againa another, and after a brief, but ju-
dicious ccrnin:Lt a;,(41 the feseral depofitions, and
the argnments of Ctomfel,lL them to decide upon
what fun they would award.
Atter about half an hour's deliberation, the jury
fotind a Verdi& of Two Ti.‘!•of.url Porto& damages
againa the Defendant, with colts of fuit.

WESThIINSTFR SYS::ION3, TT.:DAY, JAN.B.
RIOT AND ASSAULT.

Champncfs and Elizabeth Powell were
indiiled for a liar, and William Good-
enough. •The prolocutor am,d, that he is an In-
fpe,nor of she Watch, and Alfa a Conflable of the
parifh of St. Jelin the Evangcliit ; that on the
morning of the ie,th of November, about a quar-
ter pall one, he was coming down Pear-flreet,
when he was aceoßed by the prifimer Powell, who
Lid to the svitnefs, "Come, enckey, are you going
to give us this drop of bin r' The witncfs replied
by laying, " l de.:et know you ;" to which the
anfwered, " Yes, you do, you know you pomifed
me Come gin." witnefs ilill denied it ; the
then called him a hiackguard, and laid the would
d---7d if Lc mould not :;ise her fume; the im-
mediately call'ed out, when three men anst two
women conic up; one of the men. named Bolton,
knocked (be a it and while he was down,
the other prifoner, Charapacfs, :truck him en the
head with a Rick, and likewife beat him a'muti the
body; the witnefs called out " Murder ! watch!"
when the two men ran away, and he feized
Champnefs, who, however, contrived to make his
efeupe, but was afterwards taken at his lodgings.
In confequence of the bridles he received, the %va-
ses was obliged to keep his bed for near a month.
He was pofitive as to the identity of the two pri-
loners being conecrned in the riot and alfault, and
had made diligent karch after the other, but had
not been able to Lind them.
Another witnei's confirmed the profecntor's ter-
timonv—the Sargeon, who attended him, Rated,
that his life was at one time in danger, from the
violence of the fever which endued from the bruifes
be had received.
The prifoner Ciiampnefs, in his defence, Rated,
that he had been to fpend the evening with fome
friends, and was returning home, when he heard
a cry of watch ; be ran to fee ‘‘!:at was the mat-
ter, when he perceived fome men run away front
the fpnt where the prolecutor Rood, who, on
feeing him, chat ged him with ad-milting him, and
kncelted him down; that finding himfelf thus
wrongfallv accufed and afraulted in o violent a
manner, he did swat he conceived he was inftified
in doing, defended hinifelf againtl his unknown
adverfary, and Rruck him feveral times iitereturn,
ancl then run away. He denied all knowledge
of the parties, hut faid they apreared like tailors.
•Ile complained of having been taken out of his
bed by a numtier of officers, armed with pidols
and cutiaires, who hal no warrant for Co doinz,
and that they had treacesi him like a common
ruffian. He declined caitirg any witnettes or
friends.
The prifoner Powell, who is fine of the lowed
of fiati.d. ,that the was very
unfinliinve females,
drunk at the time, but fiiid file had no concern
in i 1 ufing the profccutor, and that i; was done
by louse failors, who made off opon his calling tor •
the watch.
The C 11011? I ',Verve& that the faas appeared
to he clratly made out, and there was no reafnn
to JOiiiit the identity of the priffiners, as-the pro-
fccutor bad (worn pofitively to them, and, in fact,
they ac'snowledged they were prefcnt.
The Jury pronounced them both Osaiy.
The t:HAIRMAN in palling fentxnee upon Champ-
con.
nefh obfervcd to iiim• that be was ausrmair