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in g what hth passed, M4d requeWirz that she would
call on him as soon as she conveniently could. She
came in•abOut an hour after. Witness then repeated
what Mr. Aston had said, and pointed out. the pro-
?riety of their being reconciled. Mrs. Aston at first
hesitated, and expressed some indignation at the man-
ner in which her husband had Leliaved to her, but
she very soon consented to be reconciled. Mr. Aston,
who was Itt hand, was then introduced. Witness
joined their hands, and they were reconciled. It was
quite-evident to witness. though Mrs. Aston had at
first made some objection, that she was very fond of
her husband and wished herself for the reconciliaticn.
In the. conversation before Mrs. Aston came, Mr.
Aston had hinted at some reports in circulation, but
said he was convinced that his wif was perfectly in-
nocent. Witness believed that he left Paris that
evening. He heard no more of those miseries until
after his arrival in -England.
Cross-examined by Mr. GURNST.—Did not recol-
lect that Mr. Aston had mentioned any thing of his
suspicion of Mr. Elliott, or of any improper conduct
of his wife towards him. It was possible that such a
thing might have passed in the conversation, but Le
could dot take upon himself to say that it had passed.
Upon recollection he thought that no such observa-
tion was made.—Sere the defence closed, and .

, Mr. GURNEY, in reply, stated, that the evidence
,produced by his Learned Friend had fallen far short
of what he had promised in his speech ; for the only
testimony that at all corresponded with his assurances
was that of Mr. Ryan, who had been picked out of
a tailor's shop. The evidence of all the other wit-
nesses, with the exception of the Doctor, merely con-
firmed the statement upon which the action was
grounded.
But could the facts of the Doctor's state-
ment he said to authorise or justify an invasion of the
plaintiff's happiness, and in §uch a manner ? Could
the errors of the plaintiff Ice considered as a ground
for thus attacking him ? What a precedent would
this afford if it were for a moment admitted ! With
respect to the complaint that the plaintiff and his
wife had not lived haFpily together, had there not
been set up to meet that complaint the unfortunate
temper of the Lady ? It must have been seen with j
what sorrow the plaintiff contemplated the error into
which he had fallen—into which he had been driven
by the various, annoying, and injurious occurrences
which he had met. How penitent he was, and how
much reason he had given to suppose that the hap-
' piness of his family would have been continued even
to a greater extent than ever, had not this defendant
• iven the fatal interruption. What did the other wit-
ness prove?—that he had she Nn the utmost anxiety''
to be reconciled, and that his disposition to reconci-,
Nation was destroyed by finding the defendant and
his wife at the same hotel, and learning that these
was undoubted evidence of her guilt. His Learned
Ft lend (Mr. Scarlett) had called this a base conspiracy
against Mr. Elliott. From his soul he (Mr. Gurney)
believed, thertNnever yet-was a man who• imputed to
that honourable man (Mr. Aston) the villainy of con-
spiracy against his wife, which must have been-the
crime if he had conspired against the defeitdint.--
Mr. Gurney proceeded to answer all-the other parts
of the charge against the plaintiff with much EihME•
tion. His Learned Friend had, he said, cast a 'slur
upon the evidence of the French servants, but ad-
mitted that he believed that of Lawrence, the butler.
Why, what is to be inferred from the evidence of a
man, who raid that the defendant " bolted" when
the plaintiff rung at the bell, bat-that the defendant
had been occupied in a guilty acquaintance? An
objection had been made to the long-continued silence
of the servants; but he begged to know whether in
London, where the minds of servants were more pure
than at Paris it was not often the ease that the greatest
secrecy was observed amongst the 'domestics. Was
the defendant, he asked, without. the means of de-
fence? Where was the faithful Adele ?. Why had,
not she been sent for?—because she could confirm 4

all ; slay, more than had been said. • Why had Mr.
Elliott called her faithful ?—becayse she was -privy
to the criminal office in which he had been enraged.'
As to the letters which his Learned Friend-had' said`
were the letters of :an nnsatislied.passinn, he would
ask, when was a• young gentleman of 19 to be satis-
fled, who had made a most atrocious attack upon the
riihts of hospitality? But the defendant was called
indiscreet. It was unfortunately too muck the case,
that young men became old, and-that boys became
young men ; but it was 'very StitibM that a young
man of 19 was found.to carry such-evidence of can
along with his indisaetion,..ns to loolvto a sera.ii
.rate maintenance With kbPel- as to think of gilding
his passion by participating in 'the separate-mainte-
nance. Mr. Gurney concinded'with deblaring; that•
he viewed the conduct of the defensiatit' as- criminal
in the deepest degree, mid as partaking of meanness
as well as of guilt.

The CHIEF dOsTrcz now.-proceeded to address the-
Jury. - He obsefved,zthat -there.were• two queitions
for their consideration first, aitowffetliet the adul-
tery had been comtnittedl anil.reW if they Were
tisfied that it had, What Was ihe-aniotint of claZaiages
to which the plaintiff was;entitled? A great many
observations had been niaffeby the Learned Counsel
for the defendant, which :Certainry were not'at all
borne out by facts. The Jury would, therefore, con-
! fine their attention to the eviderice, and .upon that
alone form their eetcluslon. His Lordship then re-
capitulated.. the testimony of the witnesses for the
plaintiff ; and alluded to the letters written by the
defendant, and stated to be confirmatory of his guilt.
In conclusion, his Lordship yenlarked that this case
• was nct one for heavy daniAges, and left the Jury
to form their own judgment upon what would be a
fair compensation to such a husband Tor such an in-
jury.—The Jury, •after a short consideration, found
a verdict for the plaintiffinrages One HuAdred
Pounds.—The Courtdid not rice till .past eigln. o'clock.
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Frith). se'nnight, a hen partridge flew against, the
window of the office of Messrs. Twopenny, on College-
green, Rochester, and was so much exhausted that
it was taken up by a person who was near the' spot at
the time.

A young man, of Maidstone, named Mullindar,
was lately drowned near Rochester bridge, by falling
from the bowsprit of a vessel ipto the river.
Ftes.—About half past eight, on Saturday night, a fire broke
out in one of the chistnies of the house of Alt. Coot, baba.—
Sather, in Ifolborn, which, from the confi.ied situation of the
place, and the house being built of wood, caused much alarm.
It burnt rapidly for some time, but foruustely was eabdold
without spreadin ranker,