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I will prove, that on the marriage 

 night she said, she would rather go 

 to Newgate than to the embraces 

 of her husband; and that day after 

 day, and night after night, she spent 

 her time in tears. 



Mr. Erskine here made a number 

 of very just observations on the aris- 

 tocracy of the country. He said, 

 these were the most extraordinary 

 times that were ever recorded in his- 

 tory, when the whole habitable earth 

 seemed to be in a stale of change 

 and fluctuation. This cause begot 

 in him many reflections. He had 

 heard much of the aristocracy of ihe 

 country; he had heard mwch of rank 

 and dignity, and long might he 

 hear of it, for rank and station must 

 alvt-ays exist, in some shape or other. 

 Would to God the nobles of the 

 land would imitate a little more 

 closely the example of their illustri- 

 ous ancestors, and instead of sroins: 

 from the opera to the play, and 

 from the play to Ranelagh or to a 

 masquerade, they v/ould attend their 

 hospitable halls ! let them, like their 

 fathers, spread innumerable blessings 

 among thelowerorders of thepeople; 

 let them set an example to others of 

 genuine morals ,• let them pay some 

 regard and attention to the affec- 

 tions of their children; let the nobles 

 of England do this, and they would 

 do more to prest-rve the country 

 tlian all the infornuuicnr, and terrors 

 of state enginery that could be de- 

 creed, l^he necessary effect would 

 he, an illustrious race of nobles. 

 Vigorous in mind and pure in morals. 



Such, lie said, was the inveterate 

 reluctance ol this lady to Mr. How- 

 ard, that he was not allowed the pri- 

 vileges of a husband for tnonths and 

 monlhs after the marriage. Her af- 

 if<;tion was irredeemably fixed upon 

 >*ii(jther. What was the cause of Mr. 

 Howard's uneasiness? Atcoruing to 



the plalntiit's case, it was the jealou- 

 sy of Mr. Bingham. But what if it 

 turned out on the other hand, that 

 lord Fauconberg's family had sedu- 

 ced the wife of Mr. Bingham? for 

 he said, he considered this lady as 

 the wife of Mr. Bingham, and he 

 could hardly consider himself in any 

 other light than as a plaintiff in this 

 cause. 



Mr. Er=kine said, he did not 

 come there to reproach Mr. Hgward, 

 but to pity him, and he called on 

 the jury to pity his client. He saw 

 the woman of his heart fall into the 

 hands of another. He went away a 

 desponding man. His health decli- 

 ned. He went into the country to 

 recruit it, and it appeared that for 

 months and months he never saw 

 thi^s lady. The defendant was one 

 of an illustrious family. He had 

 sisters, one married into an illustri- 

 ous family, and another yet to be 

 n:arried./ Lord Ltican was a person 

 of high rank. Mr. Bingham had no 

 property, though he had some expec- 

 tations. He was certain that Mr, 

 Howard did not come into court for 

 the purpose of taking a large sum of 

 money out of the pockets of Mr. 

 Bingham; and MnErskineconceived ' 

 it would not be very creditable to the 

 jury to give to the plaintiff that 

 which would be dis5;raceful in him 

 to receive. 



Mrs. Bishop was the first witness 

 called on the part of the defendant, 

 bhe said, she went into the family 

 of lord Fauconbers about five weeks 

 b':fbrethe marriage of lady Elizabeth. 

 Shewaslady Elizabeth's ownwoman. 

 She remembered, that on the morn- 

 ing of her marriage she attended lady 

 Elizabeth before she left her chanj- 

 ber. She cried very much, trembled 

 exceedingly, and seemed very unhap- 

 py, biie was young and very beau- 

 uful. Mr. Howard was neariy nf 



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