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was cool and indifferent to my *other. The change
happened soon after Mr. Yorston came to the house.
When he came to the house (which was commonly
at supper time) he went into the bar, or, if he was
up stairs, he.asked my sister to come up and take
supper with him. After my brother's trip to Mar-
gate, my sister went to Whitstable, to visit her rela-
tions: one of her children was there for its health.—
My sister stayed at Whitstable alsout a fortnight.
When she came back she seemed much agitated in
mind. She went np stairs as soon as she came into
the house ; and my brother went up after her. Soon
after my sister came down stairs, and seemed as if
she had been crying. On the everting of my sister's
return from Whitstable, Mr. lot stun came in about
eight o'clock ; he appeared surprised to we my sister,
and asked when she came. She said that she had
slept the night before at Chatham, and that she had
come to town by the Chatham coach. That was in
the year 1819. My sister afterwards went two on
three times to see her relations. Some time after this i
my brother was arrested, and Mr. Yorston's visits
were more frequent than before. One night, about
twelve o'clock, -Mr. Yorston came in and told my
sister and myself that Mr. Coveney had been supping
with him, and was gone to his lodgings in the Rules.
Presently Mr. Coveney himself came in; and Mr.
Yorston hastily went out by another door, desiring
us not to say that he had been there. I did not men-
tion it, nor (I believe) did my sister. When my
brother came out of prison, he kept a.l eating-house
in Salisbury'-court, Fleet-street. I was there with him
three months. Mr. Yorston came frequently, but did
not seem so friendly as he had been at theo.l'. Some-
times he camc when my brother was nut.
Cross-examined by Mr.G URN Ly.—My brother went
to keep the 0. P. about four years ago. Most of the
theatrical people came there: about seven or eight
of them used to come into the bar. The house was
famous for mirth and merriment: My sister never
went out with any of the Gentlemen who canie into
the bar. There was a Captain Smith came to the
house,'who kept (or said that he kept) a tilhury : my
sister did go out twice with him. Captain Smith'
commonly dined in the coffee-room, and never went
up stairs afterwards to take his wine : of course, my
sister did not go up with him. I never saw any one
take liberties with my sister in the bar: there were
not eight or nine Gentlemen who used to take libel--
ties with her in the presence of her husband. My
brother and his wife were happy in 1817 and 1818 :
there was no talk of a separation then. Sometimes,
after Mr. Yorston had made my brother tipsey, he did
use ill language to his wife. He was not tipsey twice
a week. In the years 1817 and 1818 I thought my
sister a well-conducted woman : I never heard any
indecent conversation used in her presence at any
time. I never saw any Gentleman kiss her. Yes, I
did see Mr.Yorston kiss her once : never any one else :
that happened in the bar : I cannot say at what time.
Re-examined.—Gentlemen were in the habit oil
coming into the bar at the 0. P. before my brother
took the house. He tried to put a stop to the prac-
tice, but could not ; and he lost several customers in
the attempt.
Mary Norman said, I live at Dartford, in Kent. I
was once chambermaid at the Bear and Ragged Staff,
at Crayford. I remember two persons coming to our
house in 1818, who called themselves Mr. and Airs.
Golding. It was either in June or July that they
came, and the day was Saturday. The Lady came
first ; she came by the coach ; the Gentleman came
afterwards in a gig. The Gentleman inquired for the
Lady, and they went into a room together. They
stayed two nights at our house, and slept together.
I have seen the parties since. I saw the Lady lately ;
she is Mrs. Coveney. The Gentleman is Mr. Yorston.
Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR•GENERA L.-I saw
the Lady at a house in Walwsrth. Mr. Coveney, the
plaintiff, took me to see her. Mr. Coveney did not
go to the house with me; he only went to shew me
where it was.

Re-examined.—How do you know that it was Mrs.
Coveney whom you saw ?—I knocked at the house
door, and asked for.Mrs.Covency ; and I was shewn
the Lady whom I had seen at Crayford.
And you took her to be Mrs. Coveney ?—Yes.
Mr. ScaaLETT.—That is my case, my Lord.

The Lotto CILIEF JUSTICE.—Then you have no
evidence of Mrs. Coveney's identity ? All you have
is, that the defendant went somewhere with a woman,
,and the witness saw that woman when she asked for
Mrs. Coveney.—Plaintiff Nonsuited.
This cause collected a considerable crowd of per-
sons in the Court, and Messrs. KEAN, OXBERRY, and
other leading performers at all the Theatres, were in
attendance as witnesses.

The plaintiff stated, that as his cause had failed on
account of the absence of a material witness, he would
take the first opportunity of moving to set aside the
nonsuit, and bring the cause to a new trial.

HYDROPHOBIA.--in February last, as a charity
boy belonging to Bridge, Dowgate, and Candlewick ,
School (in company with several of his school-fel-
lows), was picking sugar off a cask on Cox's Wharf,
Lower Thames-street, a strange dog came up, and
without the least provocation bit him on the back of
the right hand, so severely as to lay the bones nearly
bare to a great extent. The populace collected and
killed the dog, but not before he had bit two other
persons in their attempts. The boy and dog were
both taken to Mr. PRICE, a surgeon, in Cannon-street,
when the dog was opened and examined by several
surgeons, but they were unable to discover the usual
marks of canine madness, and it was not, therefore,
deemed advisable to amputate the boy', hand. The
bitten parts of the boy's hand were excised, and cau-
stic applied to every part. In the beginning of last
week (between four and five months from the bite),
he was attacked with evident symptoms of hydro-
phobia, at his father's house, in Garlic k-hill, of which
he died on Thursday; the dread of fluids, and the
convulsive state any attempts to swallow them pro-
duced, were particularly evident in this case. He
was visited by several Medical Gentlemen, and one
of the Surgeons of St. Thomas's Hospital, who had
no doubt of the nature of the disease. Of the other
two persons, one- was taken to an hospital and had
the part cut out, but has since died of hydrophobia ;
• the other went into the country to place himself un-
der a course of some celebrated remedy for the cure
[tof the bite of a mad dog, but he also died of hydro-
. phobia. The boy was buried on Stniday, all the boys
. and girls of the school, with a great number of their
• 'friends, walking in the procession.