The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-30 00:00:00

7rEIPAT, MAT 22.

At eleven • o'clock till, tu:)rtsing the Court
as-
s•u,bletl, anti. after the Jury were callril user, L.tJ
Nu;:oo xt t,•ul. -eat on Ilse Ileitis.
Air. Nerje.sui Its it roN beri,•,l Iras.• to pot io a letter
E Doyle to the plAin:iti, :u July, 1..417, pre-
11l I hril to.trragr, to sliest. ti.e ailleelicot which!
s!ie felt fur the than tt st it* to l,erutue her furore
I,u-baud.

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Lis was o'Jected to by the defenslant'a Counsel; teeted awl negle.-tetl. 'llse Learned Counsel here made
Isot his Lordship conceived that real": the letter "mev.•ryand ri0,1„,.,,t to the „tory,
...old ,h lin h trot. as the tlefenJadit wuuid he entitled on the nature of the evitlen-e adduced againat the .14.-
1' the benefit of ilnY legal ol'ieelioit luatie to it 114 fendaitt, wh.t, at the period he was first charged wiqi
the adulterous inter nurse, had never so notch as , ell
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he letter was read accorditi.zly, and pourtrayed in sir Juba!!ogle.Toe plaintiff, he coutended. teas
setT lively colours the feelings and ad:ration of the . in a state of open hostility with Isis wife, but hr
la sy for loll' lov.r. had the air to conceal his feelings until the death of
Dec:- der aunt ; after which the veil was rent, and b.-in.;
Mr. Noscrit stated the case Id- the tlef•nce. He asseure of his lady coming into the poesessiun of the
said, that exclusive o! being professismal:y rut:fated for , wealth loiliteathesl to her by that relative, he &mu%
Air. Browne, the deiendaist, he hail other thole. to dis- • broke open her writing-desk to obtain proofs of hi r
eitar.te towards that young gen r ; the task of ful- guilt, whirl) he had long previously suspected. When
tiling the ties of private friecilship w..s imposed on the lady duped from her husband, she wax cltierzeti
him. He hail been lung acquainted with Isis pilule with purluitsing diamonds to a great value, including
f:•iensl, who, notwithstanding the unfortunate situation a necklace, Ste. kr. to the valor of 2,00114 but the et -
is which he now stood, was possessed of libera'ity uf, spertable an I intelligent foreman of the Jury would
sestinieli:, and refinement of feeling, that would re- tell them, that those articles which he now held in his
ft,• •r credit upon the rhararter of any man. 'I here hand, would inereatie the damages about 211/. In
vas no man who hail more i rofound veneration for lookiug fur compensation to the amount of 30,0114,
the moral in,titutions of the country than the Learned the plaintiff ahouid be a man of the most pare and use.
I:mnsel, amougst the foremost of which be held ths• bullied character in public and domestic life ; he must ,
Ltarriage contract, as one tending to harmonize and be a luau of the must virtuous and enhlentish..." prio-
eiss ate human nature. The eloquence of the Learned risles—a kind husband—au affectionate partneri,
Couasel who opened the plaiutin 's case the dry before, %nothing, solacing, and cherishing his wife. But the
I ;et him but little to say on that subject ; for although loose olosesvations, the obscene company, the minion-
I:is client was charges! with a breach of those venerable ous intercourse of the plaintiff with his foreign Las lot,
uhl-sations, he could not agree that his guilt was at , dill not, in his opinion, entitle I.iiti to look fur that as
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a'! of such deformity as to entitle the plaintiff to da- unnieration which, under different circumstances, hr
u.ages of any considerable amount. The Joey were would probably he entitled to expert ; and with this
• assembled an teach a lesson of morality, tlit•ir dusty impression on Isis mind, be trusted the Jury Wisuitl
s.-as merely confined to an assessment of the damages ; feel that trifling damaso-s, if any, were all that cloth!
Lu• the tions;ael called upon their passion!' and feeling! ; Pni4ib::: he awartlrd, The Learned Gentleusaullihtlet
1. s railed ulna them to look hits their breasts, and chute" his eloquent amt truly energetic appeal to OM
t,om thence to estiusate the injury dune hint. If that Jury at a optima past one, havin4 occupied nearly as
s•ere the fact to be determined the task would ins -ell hour and a half delivering it, and at its terininatiost
las easy—but the measure of damages Will *lime their the bar and auditory manifested their approbation of
es is lace. The gen, of inestimahle value was of little the gentleman-like manner in which 'al r. North sho-
w nth to the uncultivated Indian, who preferred his ins- charged Ilia duty, by three distinct rounds of applause.
i,lements of fro •to the polished diamond—the works The first witness called was Arthur Baker, elm.
ol the great Newton were of use value to the dark mined by Serjeant Jor.—Livetl with Sir John Doyle
in:nd incapable of estimating their beauty and gran- as art rant, at Illark-rock, near Cork ; there was a
sear; the finest specimens of Dee-inn taste were lost child in the, family belonging to Sir John Doyle ; bis
to the untutored and unlettered view of hint whose toaster went every slay to Cork ; returned in the even-
t leas were Lye titable of admiring and benefitting by ing about fire or six o'clock ; went occasionally to
their application ;so it was with the plaintiff Ilia Fermoy, from whence he r turned sometimes the sasise
lady, placed in the arms of a virtuous and enlightened day, sometimes the next ; Lady Doyle was left alone on
man, would have been an ornament to society, instead those occasions. An Adjutant of the 211th used to come
of whi.sh she hat! been ruined by the cruel anti unreel- out on a visit almost every day ; Sir John Doyle knew
conduct of a husband incapable of appreciating this ; ot er persons used to visit there also ; a clerk
t .air value. Hr slid not however mean to dispute the of plaintiffs, ntaniel nrophy, came titers- frequently ;
vettinsions of Sir John Doyle to the character of a no respectable female lived in the fami:y ; heard Sir
distinguished and brave officer, butt lie could not see .!oiin I)oyle and his Lady scold at night in French,
stay tic name of Abercrombie should be introduced , and the Lady crying; at table it was frequently the
i.i the opening speech forth • plaintiff; it had nothing case; the maid of Lady Doyle died in Cork of a fever ;
to do with the question at is est., no more than ad the the plaintiff saw Mrs. WI/outsell, the mother of plain•
I meek whirls bound his hr or, iii the estimat' of the tiff's child, every clay ; she was frequently at the
oppotOe Counsel, hal to the asn.sunt of the sum de- home, came when his toaster wanted user; when Lady
mended as compensation front his client. One do- Doyle was absent she used to go up stairs; Sir John
iti.sst•c virtne was of more value to the circle of private ; Doyle spoke to witness in the garden respecting Lady
s iciety than ad the crosses of military fame, or all the 1 Doyle's ill conduct, but does not recollect the precise
g Andy trappings anl distinctions of a Knight Coin- ! words.
sndsr of the Bath--let those distinctions ornament ! Cross-seansined by Serjeaut HVPITON.-•-•-3411t11.111'd
domestic !elicit- the whole of a-hat he nu, swore to Mr. Liveass nit

otrawing rooms, lint in his opinion .u•ity
was of meek greater importance to society. The mi-
-1 !are fame of Sir John Boyle was blazoned forth, no
doubt deservedly, and he should state a particular
I.:rcum,tance con:meted with it of much imp quince
t•. the prevent question. It tt mild be proved that in
h s cempaigns on the Peninsula, he formed a connec-
tionu with a Portuguese lady, for whom, if capable ofl
f-elity; a warm passion, he entertained the gr,atest,
affection. Some time afterwards he however •' left the
t.,uted field," and at the mat tire age of forty-two he came i
to this country; a gallant but a pour soldier, and to
improve his fortune he determined upon marriage.,
With a view to this, and hearing of the great wealth
of Miss Bryan, he ob•aiued an introduction to the'
house of her father, where lie was hospitably and ge-
neruu•ly weived as an intimate acquaintance of the
family. lie exhibited his blandishments in pompous
array, he moved through the country a walking monu-
ment of Wellington testimonials, with a cross upon his
bread for every battle fought on the Peninsula. With
a polished tongue and his victories ever in his month,
no wunoler the amiable and beautiful Miss Bryan fell
iuto the snare of matrimony, and she was conquered
by the military hero. The first week after his ma:•-
risge he introduced to this innocent young woman an
illegitimate child of his own by the Portuguese
lady, already nanied, and commanded her to ad. pt
it as her own, apologising at the same time for
11s request. He afterwards took his wife to Cork,
where he was stationed as Inspecting Yield I Officer, and
w►ere the asothek of this child actually lived, and,
through the initroalintality of plaintiff, was married
to a mac Raised MiDonsell. This man was appointed

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fbr the defendant; the circumstances, he stated, or- assisted her in the hour of distress; and it served
coned in March and April, 1819; saw respectable mho to prove the absurdity of an insinuation, not very
ladies at dinner with the family at Black-rock occa- modestly published. as a charge of his having no chit-
sionally ; lived with the plaintiff for a year, and lefl siren. It was the first time be had beard that the mi-
his service in August last; saw defendant at 11, Hen- litary distinctions gained by his client we.e badges of
rietta-street, in August, 1819, the house of Captain disgrace, as br.tadly insinuated by his Learned Friend;
Bryan ; on one occasi•pn, the mother and step-father they were, however, tie., general inheritance of a brave
of Sir John Doyle, remained wish his wife at Black- soldier, and were to him what wealth was to a man in
rock, during the absence of ;plaintiff. civil society. The poverty of a soldier was proverbial,
Catherine Alle i examined by Mr. JOHNITON.— for he wanted not money in the camp, a few dollars
Lived with Sir John Doyle, as cook, for six months, being quite sufficient to answer his exigencies. On
after his family went to reside at Cork ; never saw la- the return of his client to his native land, after ac-
dies dine there; Lady Doyle sat generaly alone in a quiring well merited honours, it was quite natural he
back parlour; Mrs. WI/mitten clime there often, and should look for a wife possessed of a good fortune.,
knew her to he the mother of Sir John's child ; he as well as good connexions, and therefore them I
was very kind to her and the child ; war present in the cosh! be no crime in proposing for the hand of MINI
absence of plaintiffs wife, when he paid her and her Bryan, whose affections be won. What was the
husband mon.-y ; witness often left the kitchen when state of this lady at the present moment ? Had the
plaintiff and Mrs. Donnell were in it ; saw Lady Doyle conduct of the defendant raised her in the estima-
frequently in tears. Plainfiff sent fur witness in Cork tion of the world, or heaped additional honoun upon
Ito ascertain if she knew nay thing about Lady Doyle, himself? Nothing could warrant him in seducing the
but he did not think proper to subpcena her. wife of another, if even the conduct of her husband
Cross-examined by Mr. Beettowes.—Did not know were such as to render her unhappy. He was sorry
whether Lady Doyle or Mrs. M'Donnell was the band- to find that crimes of this nature were on the increase
'1 soapiest won's I. in this country, which, within his own recolleetiotee
Denis U. Moyia-,, Esq. examined by Mr. WALLACE. amid boast of being more free from such vices them
—Knows plaintiff awl his wife very well; thought Sir may other nation in Europe, and he regretted this
IJohn Doyle placed too much, confidence in his wife; I the more deeply as the inhabitants were proverbially
Ihe a!ways spoke respectfully of her; recollected at 1 brave, generous, and hospitable. The Learned Sea
IMr. Duggan's a conyervation of Sir John Wyk, wholjeatit then proceeded, in a style of close argument
said that it was rumoured he laboured under some ho- and great eloquence, to reply to almost every topic
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dily imperfection ; be denied this charge; mill be was introduced is the statement of Mr. North, successfully
a stout awn, and was ruhtincmi he was equal to his rebattiteg the insinuations thrown out as to the plaits-