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Hk a friend and visitor, where he 

 had been previously a constant and 

 almost a daily one, and estranged 

 himself from all friendship towards 

 her; and instead of the reward she 

 had been promised, he and his fa- 

 ther refused to return her papers 

 which had been deposited in trust, 

 and the prosecutor's father assured 

 her he liad destroyed them, and 

 had burnt the said letter contain- 

 ing the promise of provision. A nd 

 this deponent further saith, that 

 the letters which she now hath in 

 her possession, in the hand-writing 

 of the said prosecutor and his fa- 

 ther, clearly prove the truth of the 

 above matters, respecting their 

 correspondence with, and obliga- 

 tions to, this deponents both before 

 and since the proceedings in 1809, 

 during a period of about fourteen 

 years. That deponent repeatedly 

 remonstrated with him on these 

 matters, but finding those remon- 

 strances unattended to, and being 

 vexed and disappointed in her ex- 

 pectations, and treated with con- 

 tempt, ingratitude, and indiffer- 

 ence, she, under that influence, 

 wrote and published the letter 

 which is the subject of this prose- 

 cution, and which has been very 

 little circulated. 



That this deponent at first plead- 

 ed not guilty to the indictment, 

 but being advised she could not 

 defend herself under that plea, 

 withdrew it, and suffered judg- 

 ment to go by default, and thereby 

 wholly submits herself to the con- 

 sideration of this honourable Court. 

 That this deponent hath two daugh- 

 ters, one of them approaching the 

 age of womanhood. That she hath 

 hitherto, under many adverse cir- 

 cumstances and misfortunes, giv^n 

 thetn an education, and brought 

 them up in honour and virtue. — 



And that should this honourable 

 Court, in its wisdom, deprive her 

 said daughters of her protection, 

 they will be left totally destitute; 

 and she humbly hopes, that these 

 circumstances, and the state of her 

 health, and that in the present case, 

 she has been actuated by no views 

 of a political nature, but solely by 

 the treatment received fron the 

 prosecutor in his private capacity, 

 will be taken into the consideration 

 of this honourable Court. 



Mr. Attorney - general, Mr. 

 Parke, and Mr. Scarlett, then ad- 

 dressed the Court in support of the 

 prosecution. The Attorney-Ge- 

 neral characterized the libel as the 

 most flagrant that had ever ap- 

 peared in a court of justice, as it 

 accused the prosecutor of nothing 

 less than felony. There was no 

 doubt that it was as directly meant 

 for an engine for the purpose of 

 extorting money, as if she had com- 

 manded a sum to be put under a 

 stone, under threat of the like re- 

 venge. Revenge, indeed, was 

 stated to be the motive of the 

 pamphlet; and the public is al- 

 ways the bar to which these libel- 

 lers drag their victims. "As yet," 

 said Mrs. Clarke, " I have shuwn 

 up no one who did not richly de- 

 serve to be exposed to the public ; 

 this is the only revenge I am de- 

 sirous of taking on those by whom 

 1 am ill-treated ; and having 

 brought them before that tribunal, 

 1 rest perfectly satisfied that impar- 

 tial justice will be administered." 

 " This hint," she proceeds, " 1 

 have just thrown out by the way, 

 as a caution to those who either 

 do not know, or require to be re- 

 minded, that it is not my disposi- 

 tion to sit down quietly under the 

 studied injury of ingratitude, and 

 the neglect of promises given to 



