Star.
London, England, 1816-01-31 00:00:00

hti bit* 0, thei y husband otherwlee disposed to
Int ditairteatalt, Irould riot. be. under Wow restraint
in their preience. He has not attempted to bring
ny Welber of what may be Mimed his I AMII r ercle ;.
he has not brought sent domestic, whit, froth his or
bee, .situatien, must of necessity be present at those
lintel, and on these occasions when unchecked Li
the presenee of a, stranger, a man's real temp r
and disposition towards his rawly will he etinced.
These witnesses, Gentlemm, tnight 'bah bet n pre.
duced if their testimony was not supposed to militate
against this mine. I will Gentlemen, if 'my instruc-
tions are correct, 'oe able to prove to ynti, that Cap.
lain end Lady }lntim Hirvey h tve net lived in c!rwril
terms fur the last &a years ; that he has niA ir ared
her with the kindness of a Fitorrand, and ;hat their
life has been a constant scene of qu airel .tn.; (!spti• e.
I will chew to you, that so far from tI inkn,
as a
husband should; his wife' soar e a source of pie,.
sure and happiness, he acted on a direct contrary
principle. He suffered her to lemain whale menthe
alone at a watering piece, without either visi!ing ate
writing to her.". [Here the Learned e:pric..Jit went
into a detail of several iastatices of ill-temper orincvd
by the plaint; towarale his wile i amon others, :;e
meritioned his having frequently gone out vita hers
sour: antis to the play. and iiJvir.g scarred her :to
return home alone, and of having ince charted her
with dressing in a particular manner, in or* to at
tract the attention of men.] " These," cni.tiztued the
Learned Serjeant, 4g are circumstances which will
appear in evidence, and you will draw from them
what condission shall to you appear most pr,pet:
As to the defendant, you have nut found iu his co
duct any of those aggravating circainstinees which
so frequently iettend cases of this kind—here .s no le.
doction, no Arts used i—he hot seen Lady Honor 4
Harvey iz 3 stage coach, in which her husharid hatl
suffered her to travel unattended, and by one ut those
impulses which are not always c.'irect, hilt too hr.
vently irresistible; he was struck with her yossal,,
beauty, and elegance of manner, he conceived the
unfortunate attachment which terminated 41 you haves
already heard. And, Geode/nen, he conceived this
attachment without knowing whether Lady Harvey
was married or !tingle, without any acquait:tate.e
whatever with the husband. The defendant,
denten, is a young man, he is at that period of I:fe
which most of you have passed, but of which lots
I still must have a strong recollection; when passion,
excited by such an r.lijeet as Lady Harvey, does net
take reason for her guide, and acts without regard to
consequences. But, gentlemen, you will not visit
those consequences, iin4er all the citcurniitances,
heavily on my client ;. he has nothing but his pay as
a Lieutenant in the Army to support him, and heavy
damages would subject .him to itnprisciin,:nit, if tait
for lite, at least for ten year:, b.lore !alder Plc
present insolvent Act, he could nag tae released from
the effec; s of a verdict in such an action as OM prtsen,.
litre the Learned Ser;e4r3 called and exemii,ed—
Anne Lane, Saliy Steen, Mary Stone, and Mary
Howard, all of wham had been in the service
Captain and Lady Harvey, deposed to stverai it,-
stances of gross treatment on the psi of the porintii
towards his Wife ; th it Lady Har7ey had Iraq lent!,
oeizted the bed of Captain Harvey, and clept tv,th
each of them, complaining that she could not rema..i
with Captain K. in consequence pf his brutal coodq. t
• towards her; that these visits to the servants to k
iriace at twelve, at two, and even four 044* th
course of the night; that s. in:times Capialli Have; •
induced or dragged Lady Harvey back bast,
while at other times she slept with each of the art-
vents all night; that Sarah Steen pm Capt. ifirboy
seize Lady Harvzy's a-rn $9 tiOlentli in the *peers
of Bath, at night. that her Ladyship screatpsd viv
the mob, :tweeted by the screen;;, 102 in %Ned **US t.,
their lodgings. Also, that Captain. U tryey once tore
off a lace handkerchief fto:2l 1.441/ Harvey's head at •
Southampton that C,firZia Harvey often told hti
wife, in w taunting manner, th.tt s4e dressed herse.t
on walking (.14, Wit a view ZA. c.ttc4 1.;;T:. At eapssl of
thie men, to procure admirers ;:seitt he was ireqwmt.7
absent front Lady Harvey fur three tagethk.rr
at* pn one of these occasions endeavoured to
Mary :;tone to b'44 a corresponder.ee with hint,
which she deemed derogatory to the .tote sbe tweed
to her mistress, and therefore declined it r' that Capt.
Harvey once eypressed 4 sespidion of Lady Hervty'i
imprcptr connection with a gr. Hogg, and proposed
separation, the articles of which were ordered.
Mr. Henry f:oppin, brother-in-law to Loth
coursic, deposed, 'that he frequently dined With Cap.
tale and Lady Harvey; that they were vet y nathappy,
perpetually quarrelling ; that he heard Captain IL;
vey say to his Lady, when she asked him to walk out
with her, that he would not walk with her its a chess
in which she resembled otrollop or woman of the rowo.
Mr, Barnard, surgeon, of 4oinhamptnn, deposed,
that a separation would have taken ple:ce. between
Captain and Lady Harvey in 1811, the soljcstors
being insirncted to prepare the articles, it be hail not
prevented it, by procuring a reconciliation: in 'my
' other instance, captain
.and Lady Harvey, as far as
he saw, lived in harmony; he was no; aware he rat
;flowed to speak from hearsay.
Mr. Land, of Cox and Greenwood's (Ace? der
med. that the defendant was a Lieutenant in 04
624 gtegiment, and that he believed be had nq otbee
resource. Defendant was with his yegiatert Al the
-Continent (tom MA to July, 1314 f, whets retutt.:
ed to Eugland, as witness ascertained, by consulting
the returns of the Horse Guerds. 'Saw defendant
lately in the King's bench prison, where be under-
stood hint to have been confined for mad ta0,411
back, in consequence of this action.
Mr. DAtUIfC.FY replied with great force F. 114; skil;ty,
endeavouring to 'hew, that all the dissention proved
to have taken place between the plaintiff and his lady,
were mere bicketiogs or miffs, which were often found
to occur is the married state, without affording pay
provocative a; palliation for adultery.
Mr. BURICUA),4 recapititlated the evidence, and
the Jury, after a very short deliberation, returned a
verdict of 41000 damages.
LONDON ADJOURIITED SitSfIIQNS.
yesterday was heard the Appeal against the cone
'.viction of the Gas Light Company, in Dorset-sheer
Blackfriars, when, after much legal argument tOr and
against die .Company, the Itscothaatt consulted the
*oat of Aldermen, sad said it woe tile opinion if
the Court, that the nuisance was not dune away,—they
allowed, however, that theetin4 eiep not so great al
it had been, and gave the Proprietnra three iD99.015.
Wye to Alsace the nuisance altogethat