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img trovisiosis Atria' the siege, were

General BOLLVAR, who made hi
by the invasion of Venezuela, in
expedition, at Port-an-Prinee, of ,
poled of the Emigrants from earth;
andel aid well supplied with ammo

'muskets: they embarked from St. Domingo, the be.
ginning of March, and landed at Cumana the 2111.
,This Province, as well as Barcelona, &rings, etd
the Isle of Marguerite, being still in possession of the
Patriots, we may yet entertain hopes that the islet
will be favourable.

Peru is in the power of the Spaniards, except rat
provinces of Upprr Peru, which are in a state
of insurrection. But we have no certain intelligeett
of what is passing, because the Royalists coma
whatever may happen unfavourable to chi, cam.
and the Pawiots are cot off from all cornmeal:at% •
with the provinces of Rio cie la Plata.

Paraguay is independent; and not being at paint
opposed by any inimical power, the Government
wholly occupied in preparing for defence in can of
an attack.

Chili is possessed by the Royalists.

The eastern part of the provinces of la Plats is as.
der the dominion of Aarums, who has an only
shaken off the yoke of the Spanish Government, but
has likewise separated himself from that of Buenos
Ayres.

The provinces of la Plata west of the river as fa
as Potosi, are subject to the President, or head (Atha
Buenas Ayres Government.
The army of Buenos Ayres is divided into three
bodies; one, commanded by General Sr. Means,
is opposed by the Royalists in Chili; another divi.
sion, commanded by Rowno, was defeated at Sipe.
Sipe, the gist of last December, but expected to re.
ceive re-inforcements in January to enable them ts
oppose the progress of General PUMA ; and the
third is at Buenns Ayres.
The Portuguese are encamped at Rio Grande, and
it is feared that Mamas will be attacked by them,
if this part of the country has been ceded by the Spa.
nish Government to the Portuguese, as is at present
supposed. v. c.

On the Promenade of Moscow, on Palm Sunday,
above 800 equipages were counted.
We stated in Monday's Paper, that the Magi..
trates of Norwich held a meeting on Friday, for the
purpose of devising means to relieve the distress pro-
duced by the sudden stop put to the circulation of the
old silver coin in that city. In the course of Friday
afternoon, upwards of £2,000 worth of Bank token,
were, by the direction of the Magistrates, exchanged
for the old silver, the amount to each poi. family
being limited to 9s. This plan gave general satis-
faction, and the great evil apprehended was removed
with as little inconvenience as possible.
The disposition to riot which lately displayed it-
self among the pitmen belonging to the different
collieries upon the Wear has entirely subsided, tran-
quillity is now perfectly restored, and nearly the
whole of the misguided men have returned to thee
work. Forty.eight of the most riotous have beta
committed to the Gaol, the New Prison, and Hass
of Correction, at Newcastle.upon•Tyne.

A robbery of 'considerable magnitude has .k.itis
place in the course of the week, but the principals
concerned in it hare nat yet been discovered. It ap.
pears that a Nobleman in the country having aces.
mon to remit to town 41000, he enclosed the same in
two or more franks. In the.usual course of the post,
the letters containing the notes were to pass through
the Inland Office. After a sufficient time had elapsed
for their arrival, it was found they bad not reached
their destination, and a strict investigation was set on
foot. The whole of the clerks on duty were made to
undergo a minute search : the keys found upon them
were taken away, and their desks and drawers exami-
ned, but without any thing appearing to attach to
them the smallest suspicion. All the persons connec-
ted with the Inland Office have stood their ground.
and have appeared ready to answer any interrogate.
ries put to them ; from whence it is interred that the
robbery may not have occurred in the Post Office
Department. The Marquis of SALISBUItIf. the new
Postmaster General, attended an investigation at the
Post Office yesterday on the subject, but without
bringing to light any facts which were likely to lead
tithe discovery-of the villains.
At Beverley Races, on Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday last, the Maiden Plate of ,C5O was svoi
by Mr. F. Watrs's ch. c. Gold Leonard ; the Mean.
Bert Plate by Mr. Bitowa's ch. c. George, by Clinker,
and the £5O given by the town by Mr. Kl:1018 b. c.
Fulford.
WATaal.oo NlLDALS.—.Yederdal W. Cdpia was bl'aSelS
up to Queen-square Office, charted by a private soldier belowng
to the Guards, with baying, on the previous n'ght, robbed him of
his medal. The prosecutor stated, that be went into a booth la
Totbill-fields Fair, and hada pint of .porter t while be was AKINS
there the prison's contrived to wrench the medal from die rib"
bon by which k was suspended from his breast : the value &it
was not snore titan Ss. this be did not regard; but having**
It would be an everlasting reflection of disgrace on bite y be ledr.
fought for his country, and It was a reword for Isaving‘deneen
as a soldier be was proud of and would lose a limb seal .
than be deprived of it.—The proprietor of thelooth corolicuMf •,,
the statement as to the prisoner being the person who hid ulite
the medal.—Mr. Flamm "ss, the Sitting Magistrate, elservatiiiii
was In hopes that the medal might be found. He wissirsishe
anxiety of the complainant in wishing to get it again into
possession. He would write a letter to the Officer of his colt
pang, mentioning the circumstances, and be bad no dram bet be
(the complabani) would be sequined of any improper Intorno"
in hosing it. As to the prisoner; be would conunk Mn to Tit
hill-Golds Primo wall Friday, en which day be hoped bewail
ibe abg to produceit—Continlttod fur se-eaustunatitpt.

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Wet}* the Hett-oluttpli.hii k, and. the'Thrtertwa
schooner, from a cruiaire and •the Grace Packet, from•
ryoo4,7—' Wind N..... *, ..• '.
1. i...t ...PLYNIQVTIi, JUNE 4. • . -
so*.gbg-Nsptunuse Pleacmisms,*for Amsterdam.
... 2,,,.... PORTSMOUTH, JUNE .5: •• .
mkpartilis 'Majesty's ship
..13RITOMIRT, from a
. WO his Majesty's ship,PaoluaTnitus, on
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;1111-e.,;WiOd W.N.W. . .
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HAitificH,JUtiE S.
soul" -- • the Auckland: Packet, for. Holland c and
tog pean Packet, for Coihaveibfith with
.1.1-di tli
mails...—Wind N.W. .
DEAL, JUNE 5.
Sailed the Caledonia, ROBERTS, for Calcutta ; and
die Nelson, I)AnTos, for Barbadoes. Came down
from the River the Nestor, THECKEIt, for Calcutta.—
hissed thrisugh-the DoWns veral homeward-bound
n —pisels.artitulrs•not knosewn. —Wind W.
s-•, . RAMSGATE, JUNE Z. - . ..
Anhor.i.amterday morning from Ostend the Eclipleri
Captain MINTER, with passengers.--Sailed this TROr 11.,.
ing for. Calais the Lively packet, Capt. WINOFI6.I.D,
with uOitifil; dr tii4Ynty passengers, fourteen of whoin
aniveplaitearening from London by the Marshal
Blucher, packet ; and• it is. expected this port -will
enjoy a very handsome portion of the Calais trade,
owing to the very great advantage we possess over
Dom, in running vessels' with passengers to and
from LiAdon daily, thereby saving the heavy expense
• of :loafing and paying fee luggage by land, to and
from the Coast. This as the first day of our 'running
a packet to Calais, whither we find two or three yes.
m. are to run weekly with passengers from this port.
There has recently been discovered on this Coast,
between the North Sand Head and the Galloper, a
Dew fishing ground, of many miles extent, from
whence an abundance of fine soles, turbot, and other
choice fida are daily brought here, so that.it is eit-
vete& Rirrisgate will shortly become noted for sup.'
plyitie ttic*London markets; for which purpose se-
veral -fish vehicles are in preparation, to convey the
fish thither upon the same principle as from Hastings,
Brighton, &c.
White shrimps have lately appeared so numerously
in the River Medway, near Rochester, that atter
supplying the whole city, a cart load was sent off'
for Billingsgate market. .
• - AIiI.FORD HAVEN, JUNE S.
Yesterday arrived at the. Quarantine Station heres
the Lavinia, MASON, from Galipoli, with oil, foe'
Liverpool : spoke the Lord Cathcart, from London
for Jamaica, all well ; also the Albion, Walther,
from Messina and Li•citer for ditto, with essence and
salphur (the Lavinia sailed the 23d March, and the
AbiOß on the 3d April last) ; Active, ANDERSON,
Sin Dublin ; Emlyn, HUGHES, from Berry for Wa-
Word ; Peace and Plenty, STARED AM, from Cardiff
for Bowling Bay.; Leda, SISTER, from Bristol for
Ulverstone ; Sy bill, Rases, iron') Chepstow for the
Ring's Deck-yard at Pater, in this port ; Grace and
Peggy, NICHOLAS, and Harmony, HUMPHREYS, from
Newport fur Cork ; and the Vigo, LEWIS, from Pool
for Livmpool. Sailed his Majesty's schooner SZA•
LAMIC mi a cruize.—Wind N W. .
GRAVESEND, JUNE S.
Arrived the Sir Godfrey Webster, BOYER; Londow,
Tomcat; and Valiant, FEIIRIMAN, from Jamaica;
Betsey, Lawn, from Amsterdam ; Mandarin, Lin-
COLN, from Virginia ; and New Phcenix, LAITHWAITZ,
from
_Trinidad.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND • APPOINTMENTS.
. Liam. 4 antes Andersoo and P. Loam:be,. to the Eurydice.
1 Lieutenant C. A. Antran, to the Prometheus.
The following Liantnauts are appo:nted to eominanertevenue
Ovisers—Hrgh Andenon, the Harpy; Robt. Fan-i
. the Griper;
P. Clutun, the Tartar • M. R. Lucas, the Mermaid ; Thomas
lager, the Hawk; I atatoieli, the Prince Augustus Frederick
eat Was. Morgan, the Nimble.

VOIN 'TIS

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By an Act passed also the 21st ult. the days of
muster and exercise of the Yeomanry Cavalry, to en-
title them to be returned as effective, is reduced from
12 to six, in every year, to be divided into two days,
or three equal parts, in each four months. And in
caw of five successive days of muster and exercise,
Pleb five days entitles each individual so attending,
to be returned or certified as effective.

LAW INTF.LLIQENCE.

COURT OF RING'S BENCH, JUNE 5.
SEDUCTION.

NARY 01115ERSON v. E. L. CHARLTON, ESQ.
The plaintiff is a widow residing in Queen-street,
Btiiraptoa ; the defendant is a person of property.
The action was to recover damages for the-seduction
et the plaintiff's daughter. •
Put Arroanav•GeNennt., in opening the plain-
Fri case, stated, that. the defendant was not un-
noVit iuWestminster-hall, his name having formerly
appeared to a transaction not very dissimilar to the
resent: he bad an ample fortune, residing princi-
Nlly upon his estate at Ludford, near Ludlow, and
having filled the important office of High Sheriff for
the County of Worcester a short time ago. The
charge against him was of a most flagrant nature,
and the case 'disclosed a scene of profligacy and im-
morality scarcely evalled in the history of the Courts
where such injuries were redreised. The plaintiff lost
her husband only a few months before the still more
afflicting calamity which had given rise to Otis action.
She resided in a house at Brompton, where she and
het husband bad carried on trade for upwards of 20
Years, and wee assisted in the business and the house-
heild duties .by a son, a lad, and. three daughters,
Hinnah, and Charlotte, the first about 20,
the second about sixteen, and the last not more
"teal years old. The Jury would scarcely
believe that the two lot had. become the victims of
the seductive:wets of the defendant and his friend Cap.
tainSeymour, of the Guards : these two gentlemen had
Inked their , exertions in the most cold-blooded, and
deliberate, 4041 persevering attempts to gratify nn-
elided licentiousness-1 hallow was unequal to the'
expression of the baseness of the design, the ducky
toe esecution, and tlie misery that had resulted'

i Imp, . The twos. thetplaititiff,
,Efann4h and Charlotte; adb , _Walking in Hide
Eirk, Fhluta_ .04tHicesacislOAT Ihkddesulal at
C.ptain'oryMette, itho lit vain efaleivoured tolet
.where they' lived; the gentlent -a consequeUtly, fol..
lowed •theth home, watched every opportunity of
speaking to the young females in the absence elf their
mother, their elder sister, or Other. ,advisers,
.writing.
' the most passionate and pressing letters, professing
that eternity of attachment which lasts *only to the
moment of gratification. and makingthose Most flit-
. tering premise* which are intended only to'delede
and betray. Having at length, sticceedeJ in .over-
-1 coming the scruples of Miss. Han•nah G;hberson (for
• - •
lit was to her that the defendant paid his asiidu-,us ad-
•
' dresses, while Capt. ScyMottr devoted himself to Char-
lotte), he prevailed upon her to qnh her home, that
she might-proceed with him tollath; end hersister con-
sented to the same step with her admirer. In pursuance
1 of the plot of these Gentlemen, however, they did not
find it convenient to leave London on the day of the
elopement, but promised until the next day to lodge
the Toting Ladies at the house of a friend. The Jury
would not be•astonished to hear, that that house was
the bagnio' called the Key, in Chandos-street, where
the gcilty design of _the defendant was perpetrated..
Within a day or two afterwardi, Mr. Charlton ex-
.cused himself on thegroand of pressing bdsiness, 1
which called hire immediately into Worcestershire ;
and he audCaptainSeynsourvputting thesetwo injured
and unprotected females inte,a. lodging it Seymour,
lice, there abandoned than, making them an....
Wetkble to the woman of the.honsei. where they were
kik:era* Confined for some 'menthe being unable to
pay for the -accommodation afforded. The Learned I
Counsel then read some of .the correspondence of 'the
defendant..... The first was a letter dated a few days
befote the defendant accomplished,his purpose. It il
vas in these terms :
." Friday morning, four edeek.
" My dear Hannah—How dieeppointed I was at Twee rest
coming to the play—such a note too beginning ' Sir; so colds
if you had been writing to your irad:mian fur a pair of shoes, it
could not 'have betn.less affectionate. • I. Was sadly grieved not to
see you yesterday or to-day, what Charlotte came s was this
kind ? Indeed, indeed, you are too cruel. I would have gone a
thousand nude, to meet you, but you could not stir as twiny,
inches to gratify me. If you do not come tomorrow I shall be
half distracted, and lila ass mind what 1 eh; 1 shall come to
Queen-street, be the consequence what it will. Pray, pray, coin*
to-morrow, and meet me at lour or Wit-past tour, where we
met on Tuesday : I stay in town but to see yoo. You may sup-
pose this sudden attachment-of mine is scarcely to be depended
upon, having seen you fur so short a time : but I know not how,
it is, hot I ani as much In love as if I had known you tau times
as long. if you are hind of poetry read the following Imes, which
will perhaps account for it:
" The panion which,by slow degrees, .
I's Hurst Into a flame,
Is habit friendship, what you please, - -
• But Low it not its name.
For love to be completely true,
hi death at -sight should deal,
Should be the lint one ever knew ;
la short, the one I feel.
• To *rite, to see, and to converse,
By turns to pity the fool,
Is ti send passion out to nurse
And put one's heart to whoa"
This billet was signed by the defendant's initials,
and was written on the Ist of January. On the 9th
of that month the seduction was effected ; and the de-
leaden' having left town, his tone soon changed, as
the next letter would witness : it was diiected to Mrs.
Hamilton. Seymniir.place. the name which he advised
Miss Gibberson to assume. It was dated from his
estate at Ludtord, 20th January : .
“ Pity dearest Hannah—l am grieved to say that the most
provoking business will detain me in the country some time
longes-''nevdtheless, I hope to be in town in a fortnight or three
weeks. • My dearest love, you do not know bow sorry I am to
&weever taken you away trom borne. Mary [her 'West sister]
1 trust TOY have seen, and that she has persuaded you to return;
if she has not been able to do that, let me add my humble sada-
yours. You know not the miseries that await you. Bin if you
are determined to stay away, I will do every thing in my power
to lighten them. But think, my dear love, if I was to go abroad,
where would you find a triend t-1)o any thing rather than fol-
low the hated We of a woman of the town.' Let me bear from
you in a day or two, and direct to me at the Hop-pole at Wor-
cester. At present I have not time to say half I could wish, only
that you may Was happy as I Irish you, is the sincere wish of
your true friend, . B. L. C.
" Give my love to Charlotte., She is wild, and may despise
my doctrine, but she may live to repent it." .
Again, nine days afterwards, the defendant wrote'
as follows : .he letter was addressed as the' former,
to Mrs. Hamilton. . -
. 46 My lave to Charlotte. • • I
" My dearest Hannah—Again-I am prevented coming to Lon-
don, andwail 1w• now fairly state to you the reason. I came down•
In hOpes of getting my rents paid, which my steward wrote to
say were very deficient. lam sorry to say I have been very un-
successful, and cannot get any money, aud I shall not be able to
come till I do; therefore you will not take it unkindly what I
ani going to ray : the truth is, you must triftingly blame yourself
for not craning down here when you were asked. Glad lam of
it now, as I could not have supported you ; .&et pis soy way I can
reesauesnl to yea is to so cad Nye tenet mesh s issoksisas woken yaw
law Ready as link as sar. Pretty and beautiful as you are, no doubt
you have had plenty, of offers. I cannot afford to keep you at
present; I cove you, however, as much as ever, and the hotline I
can cow to town, which I hope will be soon, I will call std see
you, and will keep you. Still,howsver„l hope you will go home.
DuStill,
not direct hem for a day or Wee, air l iim gologinto Yorkshire.
" Your affectionate . •E. C.', •
A fourth letter, in reply to one written by-the
plaintiff's daughter, was in these terms: , .. -.
" My dearest llaanah=lndeed, indeed, your litter is. very
uithind, and snore severe than I deserve. In reply .1 have to state;
that I knew my ripsence was necessary ailodkiw Wore I sisal
you, but I bad no Idea that my affairs would turn out so. 110,1
not blame you for not coming with me, for. I believe It was tit;
oblige your sister, to whom your company would be very sails.
factory. I know of but two ways. for you •to runic: either
returning home, or living with some otherperson till 1 can afford
to keep you. It seems perhaps not much like affection in me in
proposing such as alternative as the latter, but what is td be
done ? I have not the mesas to support you, and you will not,
return home. It was for your good, for your very existence, I.
recommended that you should bestow your affections upon so-
' *then I can only say, when l ern afford to conic to Loudon
and protect you, I would prefer you to all the world ; but I sadly
fear that will be some time first. You Mow not how miserable-
your letter has made me dt.c. Write a letter to me, my dearest
love, in a different and mots mmiollng style; and *Ph beet
' wishes to all, believe Me *ray rite's- 44 E. L. C." • .
The Learned Counsel made many severe remarks
upon the contents of these letteri, and Particularly
those parts which recommended, in such coarse terms,
that Miss Gibberson should throat herself into the
arms of some other man. He left ills cast to the
Jury to decide upon the question of slamages.,. •- • :
Thomas Coleraine was the first witness. • He was,
Steward to the defendant, and with obvitios Mo-
.
tance proved the hand-writing of his master to the,
letters above given. He mid, that lie 'had managed
the estate of Mr. Charlton for five or six years, ever,
since that Gentleman- was of age. The estate at
Ledford was worth about 412.000 a-year, and there
were 200 acres of Pink' attached to the dwelling ;
Lucien Bonaparte . ••
had been in trinity to tent it. • .

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livid ilirsilinao.
tbir ispr: threwPdategfsesrs;
rail 1 it appeared to her wise* well.regulated
..:•!nse- husband .4- the Plaintiff, before his
ioi,.carried on the business of a raitor.
Mrs. Susan Rogers aQJ Mr. W. Taylor deposed
0 the same effecf,
Miss.
Hatusakailabeirian said, that her mother had
been a widow ince' last July : she, bee two sisters
4.441 'lnd. one Toiii4ersi wi h Ateirbsoilter, lived
at. hostel the witness .completed her 17th yeat last
July, and .her sister Charlotte was a year younger.:
Dist Chris:alas-day was the first time she saw the de.
:fondant s she was walking with her sister. Charlotte in
Hyde Park, when the defendant and Captain Seymour i
*came up and asked where they lived ? the witness re.
fused to tell, and the d.feadant and kis friend. fol.
lowed them home. To prevent his coming neet'd ty,
the witness and her sister promised to meet them in
Bofid-street ; but the weather being wet, the tielen•
dant came to the house of the plaintiff ; the servant,
who opened the doors told the defendant they were
out. The next timd she saw the defendant Was in
St. James's-street ; the witness's sisters, Marty and
Charlotte, were 'with her : the defendant stopped
Charlotte, and afterwards-met them again in Bond- I
street ; and as .they: were going to tea in Bake..
ley-streeto. he said he would escort them. The
witness .appointed to meet him at ten at night;
whet; they came away, and he walked home with
them—sometimes he walked will the witness alone.
'fie told her he was leafing London for Worcester.
shire, wilted her to go with him, and promised he
would take care of her for life : he. addli that be
had never seen a girl he Eked better, at the same tittle-
disclosing his name and address at Ledford. —The
witness refused, but the defendant again pressed bia
proposalOtaying that the witness should never mint
a shilling as long as he had one, and that after
his dents he would provide for her. He begged
leave to write, but she said her brother opened all
her kttera, but not those of her elder sister, and the

FivrJli

witness consented to send his letters under cover.—
He asked, when they met again, it the witness and
her sisters ever went to the play ? and Charlotte, who
was with her, said they could, if they had orders.—
This*passed on the Monday ; and on the Wednesday
the witness, walking n ith her sister Charlotte in Bur-
lington-gardens, met the defendant again with Cap-
tain Seymour whom theyiliad known six weeks before.
'The defendant attain entreated the witness to leave
her home, promising her every- protection. Captain
Seymour obtained tickets for the play in the way home,
which Charlotte accepted, but the witness rejected.
On Wednesday night die witness sent back the tic-
kets to No. 51, Cut zonstreet, and on Fs iday morn-
ing the first letter was received; in consequerice of
which the witness met the defendant the next day in
Burlingtob-gardens, having made some excuse to her
mother : Chatlotte went with h-r. The detendant and
Captain Seymour were bcith there, and tho witness
promised to meet him on Sunday in the Park; and
they met accordingly. The defendant asked the wit-
ness to proceed with hits to Bath, as Capt Seymour,
wins was there, had persuaded Charlotte to go there
with him : both the Gentlemen promised to take care
of the witness and Charlotte as long as they liVed.
The witness appointed to meet him next day in Bur-
lington-gardens
; but, being wet,•they could not, v.— •
The defendant, in consequence; wrote another letter,
requesting the witness. tcrdeave her home with Chile.
lotte the following do: they did. se, between three
and four a'aelock on Tuesday afternoon, and met the
defendant and Seymour in Burlington gardens.. After
some persuasion they bath' consented logo to Bath
with the defendant and Seymotir, but for that night it
was agreed they were to sleep at the house of a friend.
They accordingly walked to a house of ill fame in
Chandos-street, and the witness there wrote a note to
her sister, to inform her that they were many miles
distant with two Gentlemen. Seymour went away to
dine out, and the witness, her sister Charlotte, and
Charlton, dined together at the Key, about nine at
night. Seymour returned at abotiteleven u'elock, and
they afterwards retited to bed in separate apartments,
the witness with Charlton, and. Charlotte with Sey-
moikr. Next morning they:Met at • breakfait :' the
two Gentlemen --went out, andssdid not return until
theievening : the defendant, and Mr. Seymour,- who
-was-in the Guards, excuke4 tlifoselves from leaving
sown for Bath, as the litter could not eihtain leave
from the Duke at York to be absent for an hour from
ditty. It was then proposed that the witness should_
go into the country with Charlton, while Charlotte re-
mained in town with Captain Seymour ; but it was
finally arranged that the witness and her sister should
live together in Seymour-place with the Captain,
while Charlton went out of town, promising to re:
turn in a week or ten days. The witness wrote to
Mr. Charlton, and in consequence received the two
letters read by the Attorney-General, Which, by con-
sent, were directed to Mrs. Hamilton, the name the
witness was to asume. They remained in the lodg-
ings' three or four months, but Mr.Sqmour continued
his iisits to Charlotte only for three weekt Charlton
gave the witness £lO .the first evening at the Key,
and itzi more the next morning. both sums to; bur
linen for the journey to*Bath ; and £llO were sent
when they were in Seymour place. At the end of
three oi topr months the .witness and her sister re-
turned to their mOther,• who was obliged to pay £l7
tothe woman' of the house where they had lodged. •
On her cross-examination by Mr. Torrixii, the wit.
ness said that the first time they were spoken to by the
defendant, they had Alps beep addressed by two other
gentlemen in a tilbury, but the witness mid her. sister
did not reply to them. When they went to Beikeiey-
stseet to drink tea, they took a, walk round by St.
James's street, as they were too early. Capt. Seymour
had several times walked with her sister Charlotte,
before the witness became acquainted with the de-
fendant. Before tlkat.time the witness and her sister
had not been much rn the habit of walking out.
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- To questions from Lord. ELLZNBOftOUG44, the said,
that she had no ream to believe that the Key, in
Chandos-mreet, was a house. of ill *fame before she
went out widttex sister to be; linen tor the journey
to Bath; They only saw one man there, and no beds
were ordered; they were abeam iotts sittiqg.:oom,
sad She.thought that the brothel. wit a family howl.
.biniToirtass addressed the Jury on behalf of .the
Ailifinditt..pressing all the topiesin his favour allowed
this ism,' sad particularly the facility with which
'he' had gained the favour of the lady.
Aftet a short charge front Lord.

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• This. Was an action to recover damages against.the .
'defendant, for an injury received .by the plaintiff's
child, in consequence of. the. el the dcfen.
dint's.pin, tinder the following cercumstence s—The
defendant, who Lea weedy come from the. Wes
Indies; lied occupied lodgings in the 'untie of. a•petsen ". •
earned Lemon, in, the Commercial-road, where the.. 4:...-
plsintiff was also a lodger.. Upon leaving his apart.4-°. -•
ments, for the purpose of residing. in a house of hi
own, the defendant had left behind him a loaded . •
fowling-piece, with notice to the lendlerd, that he • •
should send for it in two or three days.• Accordingly,
at the end of three days, he sent a little ..Mulatto
girl, about twelve years of age, with a message to
Mr.. Lemon, to take out the primink from the pan,
and deliver the gun to the girl. With these instruc.
tions Mr. Lemon complied, and gave the gun to the
oiil to carry home to her master. However, before
she quitted the house, she went into the kitchen, to
take leave of the plaintiff's child, a fine little boy,
and some other children, in the mean time leaving •
the g.unin the ;passage. The landlord (Mr. Lemon)
followed her into the kitchen with the gun in his
hand,. antletgaindelivered it -to her: In a moment
Of thoughtlessness, the girl took up • the gun, pre-
sented at the plaintiff's child, and • it • tentortunetely
went off.' ifs content a, which consisted a printer's
typecolOged in various parts erthe child's head,
and pot Mir one of his eyes. Urider, Oise arcane.: •
stances, the present' action was brow ;fit at(ainstihe
defendant, upon die ground OA he hid so oenli.
gently and impropetly conducted himself, in sending
for the gun by so careless. A seiYanto that. he,avits• ae-
swerable for the consequences. • __... : .- •
-The Jury, under Lord •Eorenceennven's (Vete-
tions,found a verdict ror the pliintiff---damages RM. '
SHERIFFS: COURT, JUNE 56 ,
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SIR THOMAS AND LADE HARDY V. 'Olt Munafseius,
• HERALD. . •
This was an action brought upon. the public:Men
of several paragraphs in the Morning Herald. The
defendants had suffered judgment by default; and
the Jury were now called upon to assess the damages.
The damages were laid at 410,000. After the plead•
ings had been opened,.
Mr. Serjeant BEsT addressed the Jury for the plairoi
tiffs. He said, the present proceeding Was one of
great importance, from the: high character of the
plaintiffs, and he felt much more than-commonly' •
interested in it, from having the honour to know them •
both. One of: the plaintiffs, Sir Thomas Hardy,
was beloved by all who loved their country; it wat
ettoogli for hint to say, that he was the friend of •
. Nelson, and that it was in his arms taut the Hero of
Trafalgar breathed Lis last—had breathed a spirit
which would animate him to emulate the glory of
his lmmortel leader. The other plaintiff urn the
I record, the lade, was descended from two fami'oes of
the highest rank and consequence which this country
could boast ; but those who had the happiness to o
know her, forgot her birth in the admiration of her
virtues. It•was against.such characters as these that
the calumny of the Newspaper had been directed.—`
He was a great advocate for the liberty of the press,
but it was not the liberty but the abuse of the press
to drag private character before the public. It was
for the press to discuss and enforce public tights, and
it degraded itself by intermeddlieg in the concerns
of private individuals, under any. circumstances.... % e..
Here, however, there was not, the least foundation ~-,•,
for the libel. .The defendant had, by allowing. '' ;
judgmert by default, put it outiif their power to. at.., . ,
tempt a justification cf the libel but'. he would wave:- • - •
the objectionoand even then allow ahem to give ant'
evidence whatever, if they could do it. But thil
was impossible ; they now knew that the imputation .
was as fake as it was malicious, and they could net • . .
make an endeavour to support it. The libel lie had, -
to complain of had appeared in the. Morning Herold,*,..,
highly respectable paper certaioly.-.. He only Wisitesto.•„
that the conductors of it had employed themselves
in a manner more worthy of thr'Or odents". He hits,:
had some experience in 'affairs Of this kind, and lie.• .../
was glad to ob;erve amongst the Gentlemen•or me . 0,..
Jury two or three who were also familiar with %them. ,
It was their:arctic(' first to set the world a guessing bjeto
a statement of a•gencral nature; calculated to excifer
attention, but Williaut pointing to any particUlei ..
person. This was afterwards followed up by hints
and insinuations more specific, until it was put beyond
a doubt who was mean: as the object of theattack.
The sooner, however, this plan was put a stop to; the
better.—He slioahl now 'read the offensive para.
graphs.: The first appeared in The Moreing Herald, •
of-ntli December, 181.5, and was as follows ,
" A new elopement is spoken of, the enormity of which Is
likely to throw other cases, of a similar stature, into a temporary . •
oblivion." .
The next paragraph appeared on the 6th of Janto;.
ary..lBl 6, and pointed out, a little more clearly, the
person tcowhorn the allusion was Made. It said— , 1
" The annual festivities, at Stanmore Priory (the seat, the •
iranternerjeant observed, of the Marquis of Abercorn), did not
take place, this Christmas. The omission is variously accounted
for. • in the circle of Old &las it is imputed to the influence or
she little urchin', Cu/id. But the Ladies significantly imitfire
Hole this can be r :
?
Now, let Gentlemen see what was here alluded to.
This paragraph must be joined with that which pre.
ceded it, and which spoke of the enormity of the
ease. What constituted the enormity of the case ?
That a young Lady, having a husband of suitable
years, had eloped with a hoary-headed lover. The
omission of the festivities, said the paragraph, " I is
imputed te the influence of the little urchin, Ceeid"
—tuut the Ladies were all astonished—they inquired,
6: How can it be ?" Or, in other words, how could
Lialy• Hardy leave such a husband, for such a para.
moot ? The nest paragraph appeared on the 10th of
January. It was as follows:
" Previous to a recent elopement, the Marquis and Mar.
•chiouess of Abercorn's seat, Barron's Court, in the county of .
Tyrone, exiahited scenes of almost unrivalled gaiety. Amongst
the company .6f rank and consideration expected, were.-
" The. F.ail and Countess of Caleden, the Earl and Countess
of Enniskillen, the End and Countess of Londonderry, Lord and
Lady Powerscourt, Lord and Lady Manners, Lord and Lady
Blayney, lady Gower and Lady Jullana-Gower, Lady Frances
Hamilton, Lord Cabir, Colonel and Lady E. Monck,Sir Thomas
and lady Hardy, Sir George and Lady Hill. Sir John Stewart, '
Major and Mrs. Humphries, Captain Rowan Hatuilion, the Rev. •
Mr,Bowatt 4.c.
" The Eliaud Countess of Aberdeen were prevents-riptides
the joyful groupe, in consequence ot opening Hatidow House, ali
Aberdeenshire, to all the neighbouring Nobility and Gentry?'
Any person that knew much ot Benue's-court,
on reeding this paragraph, would nor cleat. the,

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orte of the patty at. that place:uias all Oded to, And
that an elopement. had occurred.. But all obscurity
Was *OM after removed—a key was shortly presented
•by .witith all . the paragraphs could be dearly made
.'Mir:' Ott the 12th .If.J.tottisty,:aparagraph appeased
Miiising Herald, • vehich'explained .all that pre-
; (Wed it It set forSll7llt.te ti4—r—• of tk---"
•:(4d. was stated itt-the Aluelsiation to mean the Mar-
quis of ..A betcorn, and it was;Admittad by the Defen-
dants) 4‘. though cattirsedin'tbc.4oklap iptiluxury,l
'staid to he thr it,grylp-ettNrOblelli‘Sit kn.the
of she Britieh•Pteetvge.ll r In thii .paragraph .fiar4y
!was-printedin ;end separated from Pie..sylla7
ble est, by .I(hypbeil. Could soy man doubt :lihat
-Wax meant by this? ',could it 'be supposed, that the,
flartly:est was. not iniettedjri this manner, for the
porpose.of pointittO out ..ibdiasarties in the elopement
mentioned it fia preceding, paragraph, which was
.threw other el,vernents into temporary oblivion '?'!..7r
Afterthe prison had.- bees completely, prepared; no
.time.*as bit in stating against whom it, was directed.
j[ wars state.i..on.the,xecord, and admitted to be the.
facti.that this paragraph alluded to Lady Hardy
and the Marquis of Attercorn. Had it been denied,
lie7wooldlave called several Noble Persons, who,
frinn circumstances connected with the two families,
would. be. able. to declare their firm.belief,- that Lady •
itri~cly,asid the Marquisof Abercorn were the per-
loisiipoihted at. . He should hem thought that the.
Editarainight have been satisfied when theY had,
1461i.ahed a paragraph like this, which* imputed such
snMinaltondutt to these two persons. BOt they wete
On the ifitli of January the following paragraph
a.Pilcarett.in Tie Morising Herald :
" A Noble L'Ord, who, to the course of a 60 years life, has
sinned, eon amore, sufficiently, at least, for meihotlistlcal wpm-
tines, is chid to have applied for consolation to a faith devoted
Bishop, trusting, that, .under-the plenary indulgence which cha- ,
radterises that pious Prelate, he may receive full absolutiou,.l
without the common-place plea of :sod work."
• •Witii the Malignity, of the latter part of this para.
graph, he had, to-day,' nothing t: do. But he begged
leave to state; .that it'alluded to a Reverend Pratte,
'the presenr Bishop of London, who was, of all men,
the least 'Veit t.) the infamous observation, 44 that be
.Would give gbsolution without exacting the common-
placf ileaVf•good works."—This was followed by a
vost insulting paragraph—
"the'Lady, said The' Afirniret Herald, " 'cholas taken so
ikaltswable 'a trip, wide, her hoary paramour,, o the Paphian
. ine haslbut jest towed her issol year, was universally ad-
pysiredfor her beauty ant? accomplishments, and; till this unfor-
tunate siep, was held 'ifs hip esantauen also for her domestic
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There was not a' word of truth in this paragraph,
except what relatedito the age, to the beauty, and to
the virtues, olthisinjtirec! Lady. Could wickedness,
be would ask, go farther than this ? .. This Lady was
first held up to the public as having done that which
cancelled all her previous good qualities, and then
she was to be insulted by the recollection of 1.. r kn-
itter virtues. Yes, she was to be insulted with ti.e re-
collection of her fall Itom a state of-innocence to on:
pf vice (and GOD k;10 WS ii would be a dreadful fall)
under the mask of lauientin over her deviation from
the path of honour.. this unfortunate seep,"
said the Defendants, wslie was held iii. high estima-
tion for her domestic virtues." .1-Ie had not language
adequately to express his indignation at this para-
graph—this canting, hypocritical lanientation—sent
forth at the moment when its. author well knew, that
the virtue of Lordy -Hardy was as pure and as unsul.
• 'lied as when she first. came into the world. This
was the case he had. to lay before the Jury. He
Might state other paragraphs, but he conceived, that
:those which he had read contained slander enough to
satisfy any Jury.. This was a case that called for
large damages—it was a case bonded in entire, un•
. mixed, and perfect falsehood. .The Plaintiffs were
• living together at the present moment—and he would
tall a gallant officer, wno knew them before their
marriage, who would state, that they lived on terms
• of .perfect affection, and' that there was not the
slightest pretence for the scandalous assertions which
' had been promulgated.. This being proved, it would
be for the Jury to consider *hat damages should be
given in such a case. if he represented only an ordi-
nary individual;—if he did not represent one who he
.thoughthad some claim on the country—whose life was
Spent in protecting our laws—(and GOD forbid that, on
his return t.. his native soil, he should not be sup-
ported by those laws which he had so laboured to
protect !)—it he had not to represent a person of the
Most exalted worth—even in that case, what damages
• could be considered too large to be awarded against
the Defendants, who stood before the Court as the
author, of Loose malignant paragraphs? For, he con-
tended,. they did so stand before the Court. Let them
bring forward the author--let his Clients have a tangi-
. ble palm against whom they could proceed, and they
Would stop here. But, Utile Defendants would not do
that; they mufit be considered as the authors of theca-
lumny4.and. they: must take the consequence. He was
convinced, that he would not have an opportunity of
addressing the; Jury. ,a second time.. His Learned
Friend was .too discreet to Call sses, yet wit-
' tresses were subpcenatd. Neavhini sat his Hon.
Filend,....the: father of ibis, injured Lady. But :be
("ionid not be called. What, then, was he brought
here for. To be insulted—not by his Learned
• Friend, who had not advised him to be subpeenatd.
GOD knows by whom he was brought into Court—but
be was certain that he, would not be called as nwit-
ness. • His.Leatned Friend would make an excellent
speech,. but be- would not produce any evidence.
What defence could his Learned Friend offer ? and,,
116 was sure, if any defence existed he would find it
out. Would he say that those libels were copied
from other papers ? He defied his Learned Friend to
she w that. But even that would be no excuse. It
;a not sufficient for the Editor of a Newspaper to say
t., a person whom lie had injured in his publication,
,6 0, I saw that paragraph, in another paper, and
• copiedlt," The person aggrieved was not bound to
•'trace the.injuhr iti its iource. It was for the
.Edi-
, ter to be scrupulously nice in examining what he ad-
mitted-. into his paper. Let him adhere to th..t
• rule, and he •might proceed safely but, if he did
-spot, the libeity '0 the press, instead of being a
blessing, would become a. curse, unless lie was ren-
dered civilly criminally answerable for every
libel in his paper. He was quite sure that no such
;paragraphs could be found in any other Newspaper.
• .He , would state why he threw out this chal-
lenge—because Idortaing Herald Was not the
'paper he should. have selected for attack, if he
• could hare found the obnoxious paragraphs elsewhere.

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When hi /bb the* in the litiakkii. enteOdtkea btl
sinct that in other prints, but there was no: vestige of
them. He was therefore driven •to bring his action
-against that Paper. Perhaps. his Learned Friend
would indulge in the common observation which was
usually offered on. these occasions—that as the partiei
were living together with unblemished character—the
husband an honourable man, the wife a virtuous wo-
man ;. they therefore odd not suffer from the libel.
Certainly' a good name settiom,tmfferedsr slander ;
but Goriffirbid that. that *Mold be considered a de-
fence •ef the'i slanderer ! 'Every newsOper writer
who chose (8 adMinister to the taste for calumny.
which. Was said to exist in this country, and it was a
meet onnattral taste, first created by those persons who
now tdok care to feed it, Would escape with impunity
if such it doctrine were tolerated. But this argument
could not be pressed on the Jury ; it could not' be
stared; that the characters of those who Were thus
maligned slid not suffer. He would state boldly,
that Sir Thomas and Lady Hardy could not suffer
by this slander in-the estimation of those who knee,
thenf; but there were thousands'and millions of per-
sons inithil great country who did not know them,
and they might believe the calumny. Was it to be
allbWed that this amiable Lady should, day after
day, be'actused with the commission of the worst of
crimes ? Here a double adultery was alleged. A
married lady was stated to have left her husband,
for the purpose of living with•another married man,.
who was represented as hoary with age. The plain-
tiffs had besides three • children. Was it no injury to
persons thus circumstanced, that the mother of these;
children had it, circulated throughout the three king-
doms that she was guilty of a dreadful crime ? Was
it no injury that this report, some time or other,!
would reach the ears of those children ? On another

ground he conceived large damages ought to be Liven:
How were the Jury to state to the world their idea of
the character of Lady Hardy? How were they to
secure to the plaintiff., that for which they came into
Court, a toll reparation of character ? How were
they to state their belief that this charge was un-
founded ? There was but one language by which
they could speak their sentiments on th►i occasion,
and that was by the damages they gave ? If the
Jury were persuaded to give small damages, would
it not be ruinous to the character of Sir Thomas

Hardy and his wife ? Would not the world natu•
rally say, the man who had those claims on you for
damages would not have gone out of Court with such a
trifie,unless there was some ground for the accusation?
The only way, therefore, in which . the Jury could
satisfy Lady Hardy, the only way to set her at ease
with herself, was to speak in the language of da-
mages, and thus to express their belief, on oath, that
the libel was as false as it was wicked. He should

merely call One witness to prove the state and condi-
tion of life of the plaintiffs. This being done, he
would leave them and their character in the hands of
the Jury..
Admiral Sir John Beresford was then examined
by Mr. Serpent Ben.. He stated that be had been
acquainted with Sir Thomas and Lady Hardy ever
since their marriage. Sir Thomas was a Captain. in
the Navy ; Lady Hardy was Ole daughter at Admi-
ral Berkely, and niece of the Duke of Richmond ;---•
her Ladyship had three female children. Witness is
a. Rear-Admiral, lie was in the habit of seeing Sir
Thomas and Lady Hardy frequently. Nn man wag
fonder of his wife than Sir. Thomas ; and up to the
moment the witness was speaking, he believed there
was no Lady living more virtuous than Ladyllardy.
(Cross-examined by Mr. SEILISANT Cdt,LRY.)
He had seen one of the paragraphs, and thought
it alluded to Lady Hardy and the Marquis of Aber-
corn. He had not read the paragraph previously in
any other paper.
Mr. Serjeant COPLEY, for the defendants, began by
observing, that he rose with considerable anxiety to
address the Jury upon this subject. It was an
anxiety not referable to himself, but to the important
stake of the defendant which depended upon their
verdict. He felt a weight of anxiety pressing upon
him, from the eloquence 'which his Learned Friend
had employed instating the.case for the plaintiffs.—
Hqwever, he was sure the Jury would dismiss every
thing from their minds which did not fairly belong
to the question. There were certainly many points,
upon which he entirely agreed with his Learned
Friend, in the address which he had just made to
them. The talents,• bravery, and eminent services
of the first plaintiff, he admitted to be equal to the
most elaborate eulogium which it was possible to
pronounce ; and if he could borrow the eloquence of
his Learned Friend, he would obey the impulse of
his feelings, and follow, or endeavour to surpass him
in paying the just tribute of praise to the exalted
character of that gallant Officer. Such was the lan-
guage, and such were the sentiments, which he was
instructed to declare on behalf of his clients, for in
admiration of the splendid professional career of Sir
Thomas Hardy, they stood second to .none, who
knew how to appreciate. services like those. which he
had performed, He then went on to observe, that a-
tull.mcl unequivocal declaration was offered mi,the
;unit f, the defendants, that, there was,, not the least!'
foundation for the" slander. • which they. bad hew the:
unfortunate means of disseminating. Ho,would-asks:
was it the object of the gallant.pfaintig to °Whin.
money by,.this prosecution ? It wou)4.loe.doinc.fire
rankest injustice to his chew preppie to. pree it....
could, point out with . the . greatest precision .wh.a:,
,in all Oubability„ pass between Sir Tkomits-
Hardy and his Comisel in.the cOnferenee' upon this
•snbjeet.. He knew he, would say, here is
affecting the,peace of my family too deeply .to be
p:ls!:ee. over ; ,what must be done ?* My Learned'
Friend would answer, an enquiry mast take placeSi
we must ascertain what ia, the foundation :of, these:
reports, and whence they originated. With this vino
these proceedings had been instituted,m wipe, off the
imputation which had been cast upon a mostvirtucluet
and excellent Lady. , lie could assure thelury, that:
the first moment his clieritifjcnevi of ,any paragraph"
appearing in the Papkr• Of; ad eXceptinnabk. -kind ‘4loc
that in which th 4 stifepoipt4l Oft(4`the profit-
sicinal adviser, of tlie`Vintiffs, then ltiw
had been the utririst,' xtety ofteeleyelf Ond bf•
apology which. &tick bi Oquired,"(o :mite the fullest
retractions, anti' •islOr hi:the:that pitibpt and sin.:
sere acknowledgemedt of • the error into which they
had inadvertently fallen could do it, to atont.for the
temporary injury 'which had been committed on their
responsibility. Did he say, then, that the plaintiff
Iliad done wriostia bringing this caust to its present

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Wsi:joirtthsepl4•Of)rat,in'bitbill cinuColuatretd wthoruoludihintheatvherrey.
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kingdoms, .and the spOiless purity of Lady Hardi
would be attested, and gladly declared by those who
had, appeared before the'world to question it not
really, as he had before stated, bin ostensibly so.—
Every thiiig that could possibly be done to satisfy
the injured feelings'a ,the parties had been done.—
His cliehis aCknowledged their liability ; they proved
this by,the coarse they haire pursued. They made
their declaration throigh him, that there was not the
slightest foundation for the libel. They said, that
after.inquiry they hadfounitthat the Lady was pure,
spotless, and adorned with...every domestic virtue.—
Thecoasequencet of an attack upon such exalted
worth must fall upon
.theinselves.. This they admitted.
though at the same tripe averring, that their offence
was the offence of inadjertency. Every part of the
libel was admitted to be false; and every thing bud
been now done which could be done by this idqutry.jpi
The purpose of it was aosweted, and the reputation
of the injured and excellent-laady-'was repaired by
the hand which had tinconscitsly given the wound,
and her character would again go fbrth to the'world
as pure and unblemished as ever. He would not say
that his Leatned Friend:ought td stop here, be and
the plaintiff • were botind to go, farther ; they were
bound to go to the veidict. to prevent a suspicion of
collusion between the parties. He would again ad-
mit to the Jury, that his clients were 'certainly re-
sponsible in law, but not for any malice contained in
the paragraphs, for they did not write them. He
would suppose a case, to put this in a stronger point
of view : he would *suppose a person, having some
deep rooted enmitylo the plaintiffs, who should take
this mode of glutting his vengeance. But was this
the case with the defendants ? No, they knew
nothing whatever of the plaintiffs, and were merely
the casual instruments of a publication which they
would be as ready to reprobate and condemn, where
the intention to inflict pain was obvious, as his Lear-
nedliFf4ind;or arty one who heard him. But his Lear-
ned Friend had told them, that there was a series of
paragraphs,*and thence inferred, that the defendants
must be apprised. of them. He, however, would tell
the Jury that his clients knew nothing about them,
till they were brought under their view, for the pur-
poses of the present proceeding. Neither of them
had any share in selecting what should be published.
The paper was got up in a great hurry, in the night,
under the care of the EditoTr, and, from the great va-
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riety of matter of which it was composed, it 'was
easy to suppose, that articles might slip in, which
would have been re had more time been allowed
for deliberation. He should not resort to the argu-
ment, that the reputation 'of the plaintiff was not in-
jured by this attack, thought they had been taught to-
expect it of him by his Learned Friend. Did his
Learned Friend suppose,.:tha; Sir Thomas Hardy
wanted a large, award of damages, to.prove the false-
' hood of the imputations Upon his. Lady's honour ?-.-;
He was quite sure he did not. 'netb. seas one oda*.
point, which required ',some .notice;" apd then he
should conclude :—They hid been fold;that a highly
respectable individual }lifd been brought there; for
the purpose of having his eeelings harrawed up, by
witnessing the proceedings.. in this case, He• Was
quite sure, that excellent person would. not suffer in•
his teeliogc, by witnoccing a proceeding tendiniCop
every side to establish the purity of 'One so near to
him. He must be satisfied With' the manner in which
the. cause had been conducled. He courd ndi:Jeave.
that place with any degree. of inquietaide ; he must
depart with emotions of pleasure,. at.the unreserved
admissions which had been made' to tlft:character of
the plaintiff. Before he sat -cloviti,L Ire-would once
More entreat them not to submit their judgments to
the influence of his Learned Friend's eloquence-.-to
direct their minds to the impartial: consideration of
every fact which ought fairly to weigh with them in
fixing their verdict, and then lte
.should await their
decision with the fullest confidence-that his client
would not be punished for a maligbity-Which he never
telt, and for a crime, whre.puly anzrbr was com-
mitted.
Mr. BIRCUALL, the:Under Sheriff, then delivered a
charge to the Jury, who, after a short consideration,
assessed the damages at ,Q1(H)0. • I

OLD /MILEY.
Yesterday Saisud :la.th. was indicted -for feloniously
uttering a Ss. token, made with intent to resemble the
tokens issued by the Governor and Compafiy of the
Bank of Ehgland,,knowing the same to be ccunter-
feit, he having been before convicted as a common
utterer of counterfeit tokens. On the 3d of May the
prisoner entered the Rose and Crown -public.l;ouse,
Pitillico, about eight o'clock in the evening, and had
a pint of porter ; he requested the landlady to clobitn
a favour,• to which she. saidoell me what it is first ?
ht slid, he wanted tditite **child three shillings; ind
Would she give him!' klifee..shilling piece Or 'Mall
silver ? She save .141141 env,. and.he, gave her two
shillings and tao-sispenceii all of which were good :
hesvent out, but shortlyreturnede and:said to Lydia,
Hose, the landlady; is /. would thank you to change,.
'Ate .three shilling tiece; as tt.is * bad one,": but she,
;well knowidg, it sva.slnat ;the One.sbe gay.e.liirn,...tir •
ibat had the mark:of a hall- moon ....ttpan it, : said he
*as " a -rascal for saying that was the. one, -und had
%goad mind to, kridcir,him down. wi.th,tbe poker. ;"
imrgediatteti,ssiize.d.littegood,token; Witich: she Saw
imus in' his 'other-hand, add said he should :Wire_
neither till he Bad-bettijbefOrel the Magistrate ;:r:.
'the prisoner then pulled.off Kitt 'coat, and was going;
,aut, when the Landlord interelVto whoin the prlso.
'ner said•he wouidgive !satisfaction where lie got the.
•tokens, and went Out :without-his coat, although it
'rinsed very fast ; when thk-Landiqrd hid gothis hat
die found the prisoner had gonetrom the house a con-
's'iderable distance,. and wps walknig very quick; he
overtook him,..and ...walkedvaith. hint, when the pri•
.sorter three several ilitnesi7 endeavoured .to get away,
but at last was secured.—Gaiity.
; JAN Dreirraged 17.,• wasiadicted for • assaulting
al./Albans Stephens- on the:thighway, putting him in
learcand taking, from his person two•gold seals and.
key, his progeny.: • The ptofooseur deposed
ithitOo ens. SSd of Apriliast, when passing through
Air-streeti: Bethnal-green; he was. overtaken by a
udg wormany who said to him, -4' Beware—there,
arefour men behind, who are about to rob you."—
The prosecutor instantly quickened his pace, and
crossed the street. The prisoner, however, came up
wieh and passed him. In a minute he again turned
round and rushed violently opon.hints =mit hint vius

'4ently under the chin, and made a pull at Es svite
The ribbon, however, to which his seals
4,„1:
ded separated, and lie ran off with the Lit ter
--Death. The prosecutor rt'coti,mended
rnirt?
tr
on account of his youth.

caused mud'
ihteit:he:":
Elizabeth Edward, stood indictesdn.llodr
,stt;eaculiiiniltil:il
Bank notes, the property of James Diane. - t "
The prosecutor was-a labouring lad, who ii,d ra
the day the notes were stolen,
straw, for which he received ae3 He went 41'1.1
Red Lion public-house, Whilechl I i i.e., to .iaveA'at'e
of porter; while drinking which. he 1441 his mo.: •
upon the table ; the prisoner stee died it up; art r. 4
away ;he ran after, and did n lose sr-,ht 4,1' '••
secured.—Guilty. s ,s, lit: (3
dence of the parties being s ; contradictory:
flambeau ti',
Charles Collier stood ch".rged with assaeoilati.,„,
sheTwheasfosell
Walker, a servant to Lord Dedley, aed steali,..o
his person a silver Immune watch, A phi t " .'"
re!, a.,1
two metal keys. Ors the 23J of March, pr. tem
ytmecutor. si iwix
was walking up the. Haymaiket irons the. opt,;
door„to seek for his master's carriage,
six men Standing ; he had a flambeau in hi, tun:
the prisoner, who was one of the six, vi it meek
the arm of the proseCutor, iso that the
and at the Same moment his watch was drawn &R.
his pocket on the rigliz !laid side;
that.he saw. the man with liiewatch ant!, :
, anniedi4 e7Y
said bola: of, him, but the rist.tter acid ";,ibtr
dragged him away by the tail of his coat; pres„,nl,,r
cally-da t' Stop thief!" but uo one came; the peso.,,,r
then said with an oath, 4. You °lir •o 1.4 c c't•44.
watch;!' ,the prosecutor then canglif to hi of Ve-- K.
swirl', and said lie was the, cause of ;t• herb, ,4„kE,
the latter said he had iv:tiling to 0., With it, itt
would give him the number of his c'i ich if he lad
it (for it appeared he was a IlaCklity COACIIOLIIII;
Humphreys and another Offic,r then came up, „,.
soon secured the prisoner.
Humphreys corroborated the latter part of thee..
dence of Walker, as he heard it, having come gel.
upon them, as did the other Offi'er also.
On the part of the prisoner, two witnesses, both
hackney coachmen, were examined, the first of whet
was James Walker, a :loft man in a brown coat, who
swore, that on the night of the robbery he w is walk.
ing with the prisoner, and talking with him ablut a
fight ; he did not strike any one on the arm; a toot.
man came running up, hut did not speak a word; it
the same time, there was a cry about a man glee
under a coach ; the prisoner swore to the footman,
that he deserved to lose his watch, if he could tri
keep it ; upon which he accused the prisoner. a crowd
soon collected round, and witness walked 'off and
bought some nuts ; he heard the roe:cane say that
it was a short man in a brown cost that had taken lfs
,watch. Tnis witness farther Laid, tli)t the pvisecer's
coach Was near the kirb-stone ; while the officers and
prosecutor swore that it was in the middle of the
road. The other hackney coachman swore the pri.
sonef was, not near '?he prosecutor, for he MC the
•
.wti ele bus:h:less.: ..
Atteillip RecOnalt had addressed the Jury, they
ielii.ed, for near is o hour's and a half, and then re.
turned a yeriNct,OrNot Guilty.
Theseltbrated lie.%.itirts King was brmis-h!!° the
bar:charged will; fploroualy obtaining p:oreriyen.
der false pretences. ;b.'
,Richard Jarhes deposed. that he lived at N. 15,
Biihopsgate.street, and 'was a shoemaker ; the prise.
her lodgid with him ; oh the' Ist of April she i'b.
lemma. from .hini a hair 'of shees, under' th:? prri,ise
I%li that -. Thomas'etisuld ply for them when he came
to triwn, whi;.:Wavould be' on the Monday followjng;
on the Friday she :obtained two pair of shoes, and a
pair of boots, under the same fare pretence.
Mr. Serjeaet KWOWLYSfiere pus an end to the hid,
by observing, that (here was not sufficient ecdence
to convict the prisoner of felony, and althon't she
may have used a false pretence, there was nothia:
brought.; forward to prove it ; tnerefore, uner th:
deficiency of evidence, they !nest acquit the priwner.
The Jury immediately found a vtrdict of—Not
Guilty.
The -0-isoner, upon her entering the dock, appeared
to be much affected, and called tor a chair and a
smelling b.ittle, both of which requests were ine,ue-
-diately complied with. The remark et th? Ceeel
SLIIJEANT to the Jury, however, seemed to riot n
the recovery of the prisoner, as the smelling hot:::
immediately disappeared, and the handl:creme' wa
instantly put into her pocket.

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BIR 1 :IS.
At Tavira, in Portugal, the lady ut Colonel .lustin, Governor
of the two Algarvee, of a daughter.
At Danby Park, the lady of E.: Kendal, Esq. High Sheriff of
Breronshire, of a son. •
Saturday, at Haling Cottage, Croydon, Mrs. J. S. Wtastaelii,
of a son. u
'Sunday, at her house in Great George•street, the LAI
Goulkurn, Esq. M.P. of .t sun.
Mdtua, neat Gravesend, the I.adj of CApt.Sirrett;of awe.

MARR
On Monday tut,- at St.. James's Church, I.leutenintllarro.
port, 89th Regiment, to Henrietta, daughter of the Itv: Gro4=
+7etiltina, and niece to the late LiLuteuala-General Sir i4u0.21
*Piero'', K C B.
.% '1 hurstlay, at Eastbourn, Lieut -Colonel Golc*lch, Royal le
.gineers, to Cathea ine Eliza, younpst daughter the late Nti.
J.
Thornaf , En. of Cobb Court, S111?(.X.
M arch 6, at Cur.:coa, Capt.'fi:l.ucas, R.I).N. to Mice Lre:.4
Elizabeth, only daughter of Michael I.e Maiwn, Lbg. freake
of the Court of Justice cf that island.
'Thursday, ir. Dublin, the Rev. George Brittainr, to Arr.
Marla, fourth daughter of the late Lient.-Colorel

_ bIEW.
On Sunday morning, th.r. 2tl inst:.nt, Mr!. Valpy, wife of fa
Rev. Di .VAlry, of Reading. .
Satitalay selanight, at her house in Leices.er-wart, A.'"
78th year of her age, 11Irs.Pryee, the oldest au4 ply of the V."'
resrectable inhabitants of that place.
May 23, at the Cove of Cork, Sir Feritini
Dounden castle,County Kildare.
May 16, Samuel Arthur, infant son of Draiefacknightagditikltri
May 26, Mary Anne, daughter of the latc, 444.111-
:sister of Kinfauos .
May 27, Mr. James 11(140,:deaeon 'of the kmannermeg, OS'
gow. 11,4' death -was in cosieVileihos eta fall from a gig OilL6
preceding Moodily. • t ..! _• .0 v.1!7

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