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COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JUNE NI.

SF.DUCTIQN -STIt A N I:: V. qtr..
This . vas an fiction brou,.",ht to recover damages
for tli( of service, &c. sustained by the plaintiff,
through the seduction of his daughter. The Lhmages
were hid at .C:54X00. _ _ .

Mr. Detest:Ea opened the. case as Counsel for the
plair tiff. His client was a respectahie watchmaker
at Kingston. and the defendant, who had accom-
plished the ruin of his :laughter, was a Captain in the
army, who happened to be quartered at Hampton-
Coert, which was only a short distance from Kings-
ton. ;Some time after January last, the defendant
found means to introduce himself into the society of
Miss Strange, who was then only 1 1 years of age, in
fact, a girl conic from ho''arding school. Gentlemen
of the Jury must be well aware how susceptible the
mind of a girl at such an age most be, and how liable
'to be influenced by the V. arm professions of ardent
affection. Accordingly all those arts were had rt-
course to by the defendant for accomplishing his pur-
p 'se with this unfortunate young woman. She was
plied by letters, breathing the most ardent passion ;
all the urts of intrigue were set at work, till at last
she was prevailed upon to accompany the defendant
to London, where her ruin was accomplished in a
brothel. The seducer was a man of rank and family,
almost twice the age of this unfortunate young per-
son, and though the injury she had sustained was ir-
reparable, yet he trusted that the Jury, who were
themselves mostly the fathers of families, and there-
fore could feel in its full force the loss which his client
Lad sustained, would give such exemplary damages
on the present occasion, as would spew that the peace
and happiness of families were not to be invaded with
impunity.
The first witness called on the part of the prosecu-
tion was Miss Strange, the young woman herself,
whose appearance was very pretty and interesting.—
The purport of her evidence was, that she had first
seen Captain Gore at Kingston, but had not spoken
to him on that occasion. In January last she had
gore upon a visit to a Mr. Bue at Hampton Court,
where Captain Gore was quartered. When walking
out with a maid servant of the name of Jane Hicks,
she met him near the barracks, when the Captain in-
troduced himself to her. A few days after she again
met the defendant, who made advances to greater
familiarity with her, such as kissing her, and swear-
jug that he never saw any one whom he liked so well,
and that he would go to her father for his consent.—
After this he sent her, at Mr. Bue's, a present of some
grapes, but he !era also a one pound note to the ser-
vant Maid, Jane Hicks. A day or two after this
she was prevailed upon to go to the Captain's lodg-
ings at Hampton Court with one of her female: com-
panions, where he got her to drink some wine, and
staid so late that she began to get alarmed, and said
that she was afraid to go home to her father's. The
Captain said he would take her to a young Lady
with whom he .was acquainted, and begged her not
to be at all alarmed. The defendant accordingly ac-
companied her and her companion from his ledgings,
pretending that he would take her to this Lady's
home ; and after having gone a little way, a Mr.
Leycester, an Officer of the same regiment, came up,
and found means to walk off with her companion, so
that she was left with Captain Gouts. After walking
together some way, she did not know where, they
got into the high road, and near Hounslow the Cap-
tain procured a post chaise, which he prevailed upon
her to ,eet into, and they drove to London. When
in London he carlied her to Chandos-street, where
they supped, and where the defendant accomplished
his purpose. The next night Captain Gore carried
her to a house in Soho-square, and the following one
to another in St. Martin's-lane. He then took lodg-
ing's for her in Thanet-court, near Temple Bar, where
they passed as man and wife, and from whence, on
being discovered a few days after, site was taken
home again by her father. Whiie at Hampton-
Court the Captain had written a great many letters
to her, which were full of the strongest expressionvoi
affection mad regard.
On her cross.examinatinn by Mr. Best, she slid,
that after her mother's death, sonic years ago, her
father had taken into his house a female, r ho sat at
his table, and whom she looked upon as her mother-
in-law. She acknowledged, however, she had heard
from people in the town of Kingston, that this WC-Irian
was not neceied to her father ; that she had been a
bat-maid at same neighbouring inn, and that site had
lately left her father's, and a uw went under the name
of Wood. She also acknowledged that the first time
she saw Capt. Gore, at Kingston, she nodded to him,
though he had not spoken to her, and that her female
comp eniens sometimes called her Mrs. Gore in jest.
:."'she had also expressed a wish to leave her borne, but
that was whan she was teased by her brother, and
others. Site acknowledged also, that when walking
out with this Jane Hicks, at Hampton-Court, that
female had thrown up small gravel against the Cap-'
tale's windows in the room where he lodged ; upon
which she ran away, and the Captain came out, and
followed her, and overtook them. But this was a
mere folic of the maid, and nothing impinper had
then taken place.
Miss Budd, who keeps a boarding-school at Rich-
mond, said, that Miss Strange had been two years at
her school, which she had only lately left. Her be-
haviour had been always proper, and becoming a mo-
dest young woman..
Mary Bruce deposed to Capt. Gore having taken
haleir es at her house for himself and Miss Strange,
„a
l,ele they passed as a married couple.
Mr. Serjeant Baar then addressed the Jury. He
commented with great severity on the conduct of the
plaietifF, who had brought into his own house a pro-
stitute from the bar of :in inn, with whom he had lived
in open fornication, and by this contaminating ex-
ample. had sapped the foundations of his daughter's
virtue, ca sakieh he was the natural protector. A
man so regardless of his daughter's virtue could not
feel very acutely for its loss, and though reparation
should be made to this unfortunate young woman,
if they gave any damages, could have
yet the Jury,
no security that they
would be appropriated to her be-
nefit. Indeed, the father, by his own conduct, had
cut off all hopes of an honour able alliance for his
daughter, for what respectable parent would wish his
son to marry into a family where such an example
bad been set before the daughter? It was her own
father. tad nit kis client, who had cut off her hopes

of a respectable mans age. He was sorry also til add,
that the conduct of this unhappy girl was such as
might have been expected from such an example be-
fore her eves. She confessed that she had nodded and
I beckoned to his client when an utter stranger to her;
she had gone under the appellation of Mrs. Gore
among her companions at Kingston, and by her fur-
-1 wardress she seemed quite ready to fall into the arms
!of Captain Gore, or of any one else. The fruit was
1 so ripe, the it was ready to fall without plucking;'
I and though he would not extenuate the conduct of
his client, yet he wished that the Jury would make
some allowance for- the culpable imprudence of a
young man not more than 'zti years of age, whom
• passion and oppcs-tunity had-incited to conduct that
• was certainly criminal. His client, like many other
branches of noble families, though a man of rank, was
poor in pocket ; and though he allowed that the Jury
Must find a verdict for the plaintiff, yet he trusted
that the circumstances which had come out would in-
duce them to give very moderate damages.
The CIIIEF BARON, in his ch.trge to the Jurr, then
'proceeded to sum up and comment upon the evidence.
They had been told by the Learned Counsel for the
defendant, that if a man sets such an evil domestic
example as this plaintiff appears to have done, it
could hardly be supposed' that his feelings could be
very acute, CT his loss great, on an occasion of this
i unh..JTy sort. But it was to be considered, on the
I other hand, that the plaintiff had brought this woman
? into his house at a period when his daughter was a
j mere child, incapable of remonstrating on her father's
l conduct ; and also that this young woman was only
lately returned from school, where her mistress had
1 given a very good account of her conduct and beha-
viour. We had also heard of several levities on the
part of Miss Strange, which were unbeComing a vir-
tuous girl. But here the Jury would probably think
it but fair to make some distinction. Were a woman
of the age of twenty, or more, to nod to a man she
idid not know, it might be perfectly significant, and
easily understood ; but it would be hard to interpret
too severely the levities of this girl, who in fact was
1 a mere infant, of little mere than fourteen years of
age. They would carefully distinguish between the
significant signs of a grown up woman and the levi-
ties of a child. There was a great deal of the appear-
anee of intrigue going on in the business. The defen-
dant first applies to the servant maid, Jane Hicks,
and gains her over to his purposes. While he sends
to Miss Strange some grapes, he accompanies them
with a one pound note to this Jane Hicks. The busi-
ness was pretty nearly done when he got this young
creature to drink wine with him at his lodgings, and
the conduct of Leycester, in getting away her com-
panion, had very much the appearance bf. a settled
plan for the seduction of this unfoilunate girl. It was
quite clear, that a verdict must be given for the plain-
tiff, and he left it entirely to the good sense of the
Jury to determine the amount of the damages.
The Jury then withdrew for a few minutes, and on
their return gave a verdict for the Plaintiff, Damages
Wl5OO.

On Monday the annual grand meeting of the An-
cient Freemasons wok place. At nine o'clock the
Society, to the number of at least fifteen hundred, as-
sembled at the Mont pellier G 2 rdens, at Walworth, and
marched in solemn procession, under the insignia of
their respective Lodges, to Camberwell church, where
a most dignified, impressive and appropriate sermon
was preached by the Rev. Dr. BARRY of Wallingford,
the Grand Chaplain. After service, the procession,
in reversed order, went to the Grove House, Camber-
well, where an elegant dinner was provided. The
evening closed with that regularity and order, which
characterise all the proceedings of that beneficent
Institution.

A duel was fought on Tuesday morning in Isling-
tem Fields, between Mr. SuENToy and Lieut. HARDY
of the marines, in consequence of some dispute at a
ball in Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, on the pre-
ceding evening. Mr. SHEN TON received the ball of
his auttgoni,t in the thigh ; it was extract •d yester-
day, but he lies in a dangerous state at his apartments
in Nottingham.buildings. The parties were relatives
by marriage, and they were on the most intimate
terms of fiiendship until this affair.
Yesterday Mr. Serjeant Sn EPPA ttD narrowly escaped
sustaining some severe injury, by the breaking down
of his can iage, in his way to the Court of Common
Inet. The carriage was completely separated from
the fore wheel; by the violence of the shock, and the
horses ran at full speed. The coachman svgs flung
Wend y against the pavement, bat escaped with some
slight bruises on his head. The. Learned Serjeant
fortunately received no hurt.
An elderly woman of the name of Maine, house-
keeper to Mr. Mabbot, in Devereux-row, Mary-la-
bonne, sitting up for her master yesterday morning,
tell asleep as it is supposed and set fire to her apparel.
The first alarm was given by a watchman, who disco-
vered I.
an unusual light in the first floor room, and not
being able to gain admittance he forced an entrance,
and found the room in flames. By prompt assistance
the foe was got under, alter destroying the wainscot
and furniture, but the poor woman was burnt to death.

Sunday night, at ten o'clock, an alarming fire broke
out at the Horse and Pond public-house, George-
yard, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, which con-
sumed the same to the ground-floor, with part of an
adjoining house.
Rrcounra's REPORT.—Yesterday, the Recorder
made a report to his Majesty of the prisoners capitally
convicted at the last Session, viz : J. Ware, T. Holinit,
alias Lacey, Thomas Andersen, and J. Fuller, for bur-
glary ; R. Watts, for sheep-stealing ; J. Wright, for
horse-stealing ; and T. Miller, for selling counterfeit
money, when they were all respired during his Ma-
iesty's pleasure.
A few days ago, as some men were digging in
Swanage rocks, on the island of Purbeck, a petrified
land tortoise was discovered, seventy feet deep from
the surface, in the highest state of perfection ; the I
Rev. SAM WOOLMER being in the neighbourhood,
the men brought it to him for his inspection, who,
being struck with admiration at so great a curiosity,
immediately offered them five guineas for it, which'
they declined accepting, but after exhibiting it about,
sold it to a gentllman of Uptvay; for eight-guineas ;
since which £3OO has been offered for it, but refused.
It v, a, supposed very probable that its mate might be
found near, as the male and female are generally to-
gether, upon which farther search was made, when
after digging some time another was dug up, but en-
tacly broken in pieces and spoiled.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON iirtIDGE TO-MORROtaI.
Morning 4 minutes alter 0
Afternoon 9. 0 minutes after 4

CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER:
Pret)ared by W. RANDAL!.? Chemist, Southampton:
1-7 HE supenofity of thiS Medicine in complaints of
-a- the Stomach and Bowels, Indigestion, Flatulency, end in.
Gouty, Rheumatic, and Spasmodic affections, is too well known
to require much comment. It is sufficient to observe, th::t this
Essence Is recommended by some of the firtt Medical men in the
Kingdom. It will keep any length of time, and in any climate
and though the Dose is small, and not more than from une to
two teaspoonfuls, yet that quantity contains more of the virtues of
the Ginger than three times as much in substance.
It is sold wholesale and retairby F. Newberry and Sons, N 0.45,
St. Paul's Church-yard, London; and retail by the Venders of
their Medicines, price 2s. 9d. a Bottle, duty includ,cl.
Many Persons having been disappointed by having a different
kind sent, please to enquire for Randall's Essence of Ginger.

TAMES SKELTON, Aged 26, of Walton on the
Hill, Epsom, Surrey, se;:s seems years afflicted with seven or
eight holes in his right leg, and between 90 and 100 pieces of
hone came away during that 'period. The discharge and weakness
isaroasing, ueahle unassisted to move, taking nif his leg was ~rop-
rosed to save his life.. He then confidently applied to SPS-
BLIRY's PATENT ANTISCOREUTIC DROPS; in a year
and a half, by them alone, he is restored to health, and it is now
three years since he has followed his laborious occupation. He
will satisfy any inquiries, personally, or by letter, rust paid. The
genuine Medicine has the words " .By the Kino-'s Patent," ex-
pressed on the bottle, bill of direction, aud•outside wrapper and
the King's duty is printed in black ink.. Sold at the Dispensary,
No 15, Soho-square, London, in small bottles of 56 6d. double
bottles 10..; and larger 11. 2s. Guntreend Essence to allay un-
pleasant irritation, Bs.

rf'AßEs DORSA LIS ; or, the Consumption
dent to Young Persons of salacious dispositions, is so little
treated of by she ancient practitioners of medicine, as well as
through the delicacy of modern physicians, that an adequate idea
of It moot be sollected from their writings. It is necessary, then,
to say, that the first symptoms of the 'Cabes Dorsalis are easily
discerned by involuntary nocturnal emissions ; pains in the back,
a, well as often in the head; fornication of the spine ; aching
pails, and weakness of sight; defect of memory, by an extreme
slejeatioo of the mental faculties ; and contingent to these are
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sensations, whisk, pr e ding a syndrome of hectic complaints,
ul.ixsiately close the fatal catastrophe. The efficacy of the Cordial
Faint of Gilead is daiiy demonstrated, in eradicating the worst
mid most dangerous symptoms of nervous disorders ; and nothing
has tended so much to establish the fame of this medicine, as its
certain success in those complaints which strike their roots so deep
in the ornatitutiost, and are so fatal to the snappiness of mankind.
sold in bottles at let. 6d. an(' 335. each, by Mathews and
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DR. lilt EF.M.AN'S GU (TA SALUTARIS.
THE value of this Infallible Medicine has been so
long proved, that nothing of the present day can bear a
competition with it in all thedifferent stages of a certain Disease,
which it 'effectually cures and eradicates from the habit, without
exciting the painful feelings and exposure that attends salivation,
without debilitating the constitution in any degree, or even requi-
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virtues of these in est imalsleDrops have proved their claim to public
approbation for nu re than §0 years. In all the debility of both
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They cannot he recommended too strongly to those who will re-
ceive a safe, speedy, and complete cure in all old stubborn Gleets,
and every weakness that affects the bladder and organs of urine. By
is efficacy many women have become mothers who for years had
been deprived of that happiness.
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tts. 9d. each, with ample directions.

DIXON'S CELEBRATED ANTIBILIOUS PILLS.
THESE PILLS have long obtained a just cele-
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Apothecary, aril from their great success in many obstivate Bi-
lious Disorders, our numerous patients of distinction and others,
particularly the Duke of Bedford, Sir George Warren, Sir Gre-
gory Page 'Furrier, the Dowager Lady Say and Sete, theViscoun
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public, under the approbation and sanction of their name.
The fedlowing is a proof of their efficacy :
" Deal Castle, Haverfordwest, South Wales, Feb. '2 4 , ISOM.
" Captain Lloyd presents his compliments to Mr. Dixon: al-
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the community."
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