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


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ficatibn, by the elopenknt of his wife in a few days
after yards. In one of Mrs. J.'s drawers he found,
upon fearch, a letter, which left no further doubt
csf what had taken place. The letter, as well as
we can recoiled, in words, Was very nearly as
folloWs
hope molt edmeftl y very loon to fee that my beloved
Harriet was not the worfe for the expedition of yetterday. I
wiled very much to have called this morning, to have inquired
after her, but thought if I did, I lout(' not have the pleafitre
of pairing the evening with the only woman •in the world that I
have the fmallett attachment to, an attachment fo ftrong and
fixed, that nothing in the world can alter. I never can be
happy till we Rye together, with that dear little angel that In
!Trembles the figure of its &arca mother; it makes me quite
mifcrable, the thoughts of leaving town, I cannot bear to he
feparated from you, my love ; I hope It will not be the cafe ; I
ant fare we could be happy together, and my only Ru•.ly the
happinefs of you, my adored Harriet, and the welfare of your
children. Pray, my love, let me fee you tomorrow if it is in
your power. I with very, very much that we may meet to fix
when we Hall meet not to. part again. Perhaps you will not
have an opportunity of reading this before I am obliged to leave
you, therefore I will be in Hart.ttreet, at the ulual place, at
twelve o'clock to-morrow : pray cone as loon after as you can;
and believe me molt fincerely, affedlionately, and faithfully,
your's ever, M."

Thus then did it appear that Mr. J. had only an-
ticipated the deign which Lord M. was meditat-
ing, while he difplayed the greateft art and dcepeit
knowledge of the human heart, by making his,
court to themother, by a difplay of fondncfs, whe-
ther real or affeEted, for her darling infant. The
Jury would theref“re judge of the nature of the
injury, when they confider the fond attachment of.
the unfortunate Lady to her hulband, previous to
her acquaintance with a Noble Lord, whole fupe-
rior advantages of title, rank, wealth, and un-
common accomplifhments, could alone have fuc.
ceeded in alienating her act:lions. The Gentle-
men on the other fide may afk why he did not
bring Mifs Bifhop forward to prove any part of
the cafe ? His reply was, that fhe being the fitter
bf the fallen Lady, and having been the pretend-
ed objeet of Lord M's addreffes, his client uould
fooner forego all the advantage he could derive
from her evidence, or even forego all damages
whatever, than commit fuch an outrage upon the
delicacy of the young Lady, and the feelings of
her family. _ _ _

Mrs. Olborne proved, that in 1794 the Plaintiff
and his wife took lodgings at her houfe at Sun-
bury, kept one maid-fervant, refidcd there
four months. She never obfcrvcd in any wife a
greater degree of afredionate attention, or a
more corral deportment. In feveral vifits which
the fince made at their houfe in London the could
obferre n,thing between them but mutual love
and happinefs.
On her, crofs.exarnination fhe fad fbe knew of
no other vititor Mrs. J. had at Suilvary, but a
Lady of the name of Brooke, with whom She ap•
peared to be very intimate.
Mr. Lawbert Middleton fiti,i he was nephew to I
Sir William Middleton, an.l &ft coufin to the,
Plaintiff, between whom and his wife he always
faw the molt perfet harmony and affection pre-
vail He was a frequent vifitor at their houfe ever
!ince their marriage, and of late was accultomed
to meet the Defendant there, whom he confidered
as a fuitor to Mifs Bithop, to whom he always paid
molt particular attention.

On his crofs-examination he faid, he obferved
there attentions when there were younger Ladies
in company, as for inftance, the witncfs's fit cr.
He acknowledged, however, that he never heard
Lord M. make any declaration of that kind, nor
did he fay a word to him nn the fabizet one night
that they went home together in a coach from Mr.
J.'s houfe. He was prefent when Mis. J. was vi-
fired by Sir G. Warren and feveral other of her
relations, and never before heard of any thing
blameable in her conduit.

Mrs. Middleton, mother of the above witnefs,
depofcd that the was aunt to the Plaintiff ; the fel-
dom came .to town, but when fhe did fh~ called
at his houfe three or four times. In the twn laft
fummers, Jackfon, and her filter Mifs Bifhop,
vitited at her houfe at Eton, and in the firs} of
there vifits, in going• to the Atiot Heath Races,
were accofted by Lnrd M. with equal politenefs
to all. She faw nothing particular in his addrcfs,
and if it was more direeted towards Mifs Bifhop
than any other, it might be afcribcd to her being
the youngctt prefent, and a tingle Lady. His
Lordfhip was polite and attentive to them all,
fupplying them with Sandwiches, and fuch refrefh-
menu as they wanted, in confequ.:nce of which
the invited him to fup at her hotik, which invita-
tion he accepted. She however fuppored him to
be a fnitor to Mils Bifhop, or the would not have
asked him, and on tinting that Lady whether it
was fo or not, the fmiled, and nzither affirmed
nor denied it. There was nothing particular in
this lady's evidence refpeaing the vifit lafl (urn-
mer, when Mr. Jackfon himfelf was of the party.
She was not pref.= when Mrs. J. introduced her
hufband to Lord M. or if the was, had taken no
notice of it. On the queftion being asked, the Paid
that Mrs. Jackfon was a very pretty, fafcinating
woman.

A Daughter of the foregoing Lady laid, that
the had been upon frequent vifits at Mr. Jackfon's,
fometimes for a week, and fometimes for a month
together. She never obferved any thing impro-
per in the conduit of Mrs. Jackfon, or the iliould
not have (laid there. During her laft vifit the
faw Lord M. frequently at the houfe, and oh-
ferved that he paid particular attention to Mils
Bilhop, but never heard of him making any decla-
ration, though the always underftood him t' be
that Lady's fuitor. They kept two maid 111 \rants
and a footman, were vifited by Mrs. Vince, filter
to Mrs. J. and alfo by feveral other female rela-
tions.—She had dined at Sir G. and Lady War-
ren's, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Jackfon.
The Letter from Lord M. found in one of Mrs.
Jackfon's drawers, was then put in and read.
The Infpeaor of franks at the Poll Office was
then called to prove the letter to be Lord Milling.
town's hand writing, but Mr. Dallas took an ob.
jeition that the witnefs having never Peen his Lord-
(hip write, nor held any correfpondence with him,
was incompetent to the proof ; the oblation was
admitted.

His Lordlhip's Solicitor was next called upon,
and here again it was objected that the wiuicfs

never law Lord M. write, that his conflcier:-
tial communications with his ..gents thould not be
luffered to operate againit lora. But the ohjec-
don was overruled, on the ground that this evi-
dence could betray no part of the confidence re-
poled in their correfpondencc.
Ile dcpofed that hr. believed the tette:- to be in
his Lordship's writing. .
Here the evidence was el iced.
Mr. Daesits then addreiTed the Jury, and raid,
it was not in return frr any compliment paid him
by his learned friend, that he now drained that
Gentleman to have exerted the utmost ability in
the condat of this cattle. By ability he did not
mean merely that difplay of eloquence which may
be defcribed as painting in words, but a nicenefs
of difcrimination, and a dexterity of judgment in
feleCting thofe points of evidence which might
make moll for his purpofe, and withholding others
that would operate unfavourably, thereby making
the cafe appear quite different from what it really
was. But notwithllanding all this; he would un-
dertake, in a very few obfervations, to prove that
this, of all the cafes that ever came before any
tribunal, was that in which the fmalleff damages
ought to be given. In the firft place, he mutt
°Verve, that if the law gave a hutband certain
rights, it alto impofed upon him certain duties,
which if he neglected to perform, his rights were
forfeited. This fobjeft was to be confidered in
two points of view-1 a, Whether the hufband
was privy and confenting to the feduetion of his
wife ? in which cafe he quoted, amongft others,
the authority of Lcrd Kenyon, to thew that fuels
a man was not capable even to maintain an ad-ion,
for the law allowed him none. The ad point was,
where the hufband was wanting in his duty, either
by being defeitive in precaution in guarding his
wife from danger, and
.affording her protection,
or by treating her with fuch neglect as might ex.
pole her to temptation in either of which cafes,
though the plaintiff might be entitled to damages,
yet they would be diminifhed in proportion to the
circumflances which may be difclofed in evidence
to a Jury : for the man who applies for redrefs to
a Court of Jake, mull come before it with clean
hands. He did not excuf nor palliate the offence
of Lord M. but handing as he did with the guilt
of adultery upon his head, he might, in the cafe
firs alluded to, have pleaded not guilty, and
have put upon the record that which in law would
amount to a cempleat defence. It could not
therefore be fuppofed that in any obfervations he
fhould make, he meant to impute to Mr. Jackfon
that he connived at or knew of this illicit condua;
and Lord Milfingtoum hinifelf admitted it in fuf-
fering judgment to go by default ; but, on the
other hand, if he was guilty of negligence er inat-
tention, that cireundtance more weigh materially
in mitigation of damages. The ntieft;(.n therefore
whether he has contlaCted himfelf a.. a difcrcet,
prudent, and attentive hufband ? and whether by
your veraliCt, after hearing all the circumttances,
your own charafters and- confciences will allow
you to proclaim inch an opinion to the world ?
The Learned Serjeant has endeav, tired it-ongly
to imprefs you with the deep artifices and diffimu.
lation of my client. But I fancy h.: • will find
fome difficulty to perfuade you, that with all Inch
knowledge of the world which is afcribed to him,
he would venture to praelice fuch artifices on an
attorney, or that an attorne,, was likely to become
the dupe of fo young a Nobleman. He could not
well be accufed of meaning any thing difrelpeet-
ful of the 'profefflon to which he had the honour
to belong, when he obfcrvcd that the occupation
of an attorney was peculiarly calculated to tender
men cenverfant with the manners of life, clear-
lighted, obferving and fulpiciotts, If how art
we to imagine that this affair fhould be going on
fo long a time, and that Mr. Jackfon, with all the
guarded caution of at, attentive hufband about him,
thould be fo totally unfulpicious as to take no no-
tice whatever, nor reel the leafl alarm at the Noble
Lord's never having made any propofals to Mils
Bithop ? Law and reafon itfclf required in fuch a
procefs as this, even beyond all others, that the bell
evidence thould be brought forward, which the
nature of the cafe would admit of. Why then
was not Mifs Bithop brought forward, who might
have fully ettablithed the principal point which the
plaintiff aimed at, and which alone could entitle
him to confiderable damages? The plea of inde-
licacy again(' her appearing to prove the infidelity
of her filler, could have but little etre& upon the
minds of the Jury. On the contrary, nothing
could be more honourable than for that Lad - to
appear, and in vindicating the clianocter of the
plaintiff, effablith at the lime time the purity of
her own honour. Her testimony might juilify
them both for fuffering reales of this kind to pals
for fo long A time under their own eyes. But if
this delicacy was to be ohferved towards Mifs
Bithop, why not produce the Colonel, their fa-
ther, and Sir G. and Lady Warren, to corroboa
rate what has been flitted of the duplicity of the
defendant'? Surely it could not be contended that
there parties were not to be found. There were al-
tlb the fervant maids retained latterly in the fami-
ly, and fervants were known by fome means or
other always to gain fame information on lubje&s
of this kind. It was extremely remarkable th;:t
none of thefe had been produced, nor indeed any
other pertim who could pofitively alTert that Mifs B.
had heifelf ever declared the Noble Lord to he her
fitizor ; and what was molt extraordinary of all,
Mr. Jackfon hinifelf, throughout the whole very
lufpicious proceedings, never once thought it lie-
ceffary to alk Lord Milfingtoun o hat were his
objeCts, or whether they we re honourable? It has
been effablithed in evidence, that the frail Mrs.
Jackfon was beautiful and fafcinating. It was
aliened allh, as it never failed to be on al, loch
occafions, that before the prefent affair the was
virtuous and honourable. It might be fo indeed,
but it was hard trufting to filch affertions of Coun-
fel. There was feareelv any married woman who
could not obtain filch a chargter. Experience,
however, proved to us that frequently women,
who arc faints here, are tanners inßond-Greet.
itn beyreat7yas meansonly one
nec e to allude, namely, the
inference drawn from a letter, the manufcript of
toirpdircy more to which he found
which, in his opinion, had not been fuffici:w4y