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London, England, 1820-09-09 00:00:00

'last. kis sufficient to say, that the stort, es related
by this witness, madikfor the plaintiff, aed was cal-
culated to excite pity for her humiliated situation;
and, as related by her husband, it involved the de-
fendant in as much infamy as the plaintiff.—We now
return to the eviditoce. of Edward Cartner He went
Jet.Tanses Gilkerson's iskinqsuirefor Mr. Faulder, some
time last summer; a girl said that he was up stairs.
Witness went-up stain and found him in bed, and
Mrs. Lawson standing by the bed-side.
On his cross-examination, he said he was sober the
night before mentioned; had been at work all day,
and in the course of the evening had drank a fourth
share of five quarts of ale, having a glass of rum or
brandy in each quart. Faulder never made His.
Lawson stand up, to shew she was with child.
Mr. Justice Pease asked the witness if he was
quite sober? and was answered in the affirmative.

His Lordship vehemently and indignantly repri-
manded him, and declared that his conduct made
him unworthy of credit. To understand this, it must
be explained, that in that part of the examination
of Canner which we have suppressed, he stated cer-
tain expressions of the defendant, and, on inquiry,
it appeared that they were used in presence of wit-
ness's two daughters and his wife. It was the per-
' miffing such language in the situation described,
and associating with the man capable of using it,
which called forth his Lordship's animadversions.
Thomas Taylor was the next witness: he appeared
a very young man. Lives at Burntkwaite ; was at
Gilkerson's the Thursday after Martinmas last, and
slept there that night with William Gilkerson. The
parts of his evidence which bore upon the case are
these:—The party at Gilkerson's, of which the defen-
dant was one, had had three quarts of ale, and about
a gill of rum. The defendant wanted some more
rum; it appeared he had made Mrs. Lawson a pre-
sent of two or three gallons; the plaintiff would not
confess to any more; defendant said he knew she
had another bottle, and sent her up stairs for it; de-
fendant went after her, and witness saw neither of
them again that, night. Witness went to bed about
half an hour after, and got up about five next morn-
ing, to pursue his journey ;
,it was quite dark. The
way to the room in which he slept lay through anoT
ther, in which were two beds, in one of which Mrs.
Lawson and her daughter, six years of age, slept ; in
the other her two sisters. Before witness got up in
the morning, he lay a short time awake. William
Gilkerson said to him, 44 there is Faulder there yet,
I think." Witness heard Faulder go across the room,
and discoursing with the two sisters ; heard
,the
voices, but not what they said. The remainder of
this evidence, which we shall not detail, proved very
clearly that defendant had no objection that witness
should conclude that he and the plaintiff occupied
one of the beds. Witness went down stairs, and
could not readily find his shoes,. Mrs. Lawson struck
a light, and came down stairs with a candle. She
appeared to be dressed. She said, " this Faulder is
a sad one ; there is no getting shut of him."
On his cross-examination, he said he told the story.
to George Bell and another, a day or two after; be
never mentioned it to Faulder.

George Bell has frequently been at Gilkerson's ;
his evidence was not material.

After Mr. SCARLRTT had replieJ,
Mr. Justice PARKE charged the Jury at great
length. The Learned Judge said, there could be no
doubt that the plaintiff was entitled to damages :
promise of marriage had been distinctly proved',
which the defendant had put it out of his power to
perform, by marrying another woman, and had not
shown any conduct on the part of the plaintiff to
justify his desertion of her. It had not been at-
tempted to criminate her with , any other man, and
believing all the witnesses, in every instance of cul-
pable behaviour on her part, the defendant was im-
plicated. His Lordship would not be sure, that if a
'man seduced a virmous woman, under a promise of
marriage, and so far debauched her sense of moral
gratitude, that she abandoned herself over to ano-
ther man, an action of damages would not lie against
hbr seducer.. But, in this case, the defendant had to
complain only of himself. The Learned Gentleman
who addressed the Jury on the part of the defendant,
would indeed have proved " a case more shocking
than any book which was ever written," if he had
been able to make out, in evidence, a case to the ex-
tent of his instructions. The Learned Gentleman

was not to blame for his statement of the disgusting
scene which 'was attempted to be proved, but the
proof of which wholly fulled ; the wife of Cannes
proved nothing of it; and if she had prevaricated,
and given a statement differing from that which she
hid made to the Solicitor for thoprosecution, wby
was she not asked if she had used such words to the
Solicitor ? and if she had denied then, then the Soli-
citor might have been brought forward. Thil had
not been done. Neither did he blame the Solicitor
for so instructing the Leaned Gentleman, he Must
have had the information from the defendant, who
was to have appeared a prominent actor in the
transaction, and on him let the infamy of bringing-
forward such an unsupported statement rest. His
Lordship said, be had come into this country thirty
years, besides being professionally engaged in other
F parts of the kingdom; but, in all his life, he had
never before witnessed anything in-disgusting as this
trial. His Lordship said that the Jury, in taking the
subject of damages into consideration, were not to
form their estimate by the fortune of dr defendant,
but by the injury received by the plaintiff; and that
she had received an injury, in the disappointment of
a comfortable settlement in life, was most apparent
They were to make a recom pence to the plaintiff, not
to inflict a punishment on the defendant. At the sane
time, it was proper to make a distinction between this
case and that of a young girl of 15 or 16. The pre-
sent plaintiff is a widow of 38 years 'of age, and
from her experience of the ways of men, might be
expected to have been more upon her guard than an
inexperienced female of fewer years. His Lordship
.concluded with recommending the Jury to give tem-
perate, but sufficient damages.
The Jury withdrew, and after consulting a short
time, returned a verdict,!-Damages

Dr. WAIELT, who was, so barbarously attacked a
short time ago, and had his house set on ire, is so
far recovered, that he was yesterday enabled to at-
tend and view the ruins of his house, and considering
his situation, he looked very well. No chic what-
, ever has been traced of the offenders.