APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 
advanced in life, had formed an 
intimacy with a young girl, and 
had permitted her to assume his 
name, and pass for Mrs. Walpole. 
Upon that occasion his learned 
friend, Mr. Jekyll, had made a 
very ingenious speech on behalf 
of the General; buat the Lord 
Chief Baron observed, that if 
young gentlemen would do such 
things, they must pay for them, 
and accordingly a verdict passed 
against the General for every ar- 
ticle with which the pretended 
Mrs. Walpole had been furnished. 
The present case was as clear 
against the defendant as any thing 
possibly could be. It would ap- 
pear that the lady’s linen was 
marked with the initials of “ Sarah 
Underhill ;” that her trunk had 
the same name upon it; that 
she was visited by the defendant’s 
brother : that the defendant repre- 
sented as a reason for his mo- 
ther not visiting her, that he had 
married her without his mother’s 
consent. It would also appear 
that upon the death of the defen- 
dant’s sister, the supposed Mrs. 
Underhill had gone into such 
mourning as was usual for a near 
relation. If the defendant was 
not liable, the plaintiff was alto- 
gether without remedy ; for with 
respect to the lady she could not 
be considered as his debtor ; she 
had made no contract with him, 
and he had therefore no right to 
call upon her for payment. 
Mary Johnson, the plaintifi’s 
daughter-in-law, proved that the 
lodgings were taken as for Mr. 
and Mrs. Underhill. ‘The lad 
was always styled Mrs. Underhill. 
All her linen was marked S. U. 
and the nails on her trunk de- 
scribed Sarah Underhill. She cer- 
tainly considered them as man 
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and wife, for they were very often 
quarrelling. Upon one occasion 
he proceeded so far as to strike 
her. The witness’s mother went 
up Stairs to see what was the mat- 
ter, and she, the witness, took the 
liberty of walking up after her 
mother. Mrs Underhill said she 
would leavethe house; upon which 
the defendant desired Mrs. Ben- 
nett not to mind her; he would 
pay the lodging, and every thing 
else. Upon her cross-examina- 
tion, she said that the defendant 
took her father’s lodgings; Mrs. 
Underhill was an entire stranger 
to the family. She had never 
known her go by any other name 
than that of Underhill, until sub- 
sequent to the defendant’s mar- 
riage to another lady. The wit- 
ness proved the visits of the de- 
fendant’s brother, and Mrs. Un- 
‘derhill’s going into deep mourn- 
ing upon the death of his sister: 
Sarah Cartney (Mrs. Under- 
hill), a very handsome young 
woman, stated, that she had the 
misfortune to become acquainted 
with the defendant in 1811. She 
accompanied him to Bristol, and 
lived with him till 1813, when 
they returned to the neighbour- 
hood of Manchester. She always 
passed by the name of Mrs. Un- 
derhill by his authority. She 
was- never, while she lived with 
the defendant, known by any other 
name. She had every assurance 
that he would marry her; and the 
first intimation she had of his 
having deserted her, was by hear- 
ing that he had married another 
lady. He had quitted her upon 
pretence of business but a short 
time before, promising soon to 
return, She said he was appa- 
rently a man of property and sub- . 
stance; he kept two saddle horses, 
