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danced all night in his room, nnd 

 was guilty oF such extravagances, 

 that it was her firm belief he was 

 insane. 



Mr. John Want, a surgeon, 

 thought the prisoner insane. 



Mr. Baron Wood proceeded to 

 sum lip the evidence. With re- 

 spect to tlie letters which had 

 been read, he said that they bore 

 evident symptoms of insanity. 



The Jury found the prisoner 

 Not Guilty, on the ground of in- 

 sanity. 



Hurse Guards, November 18. — 

 At a General Coui t-Martial held 

 at Camhrny, in France, on the 

 23d of September, 1816, and 

 continued by adjournments to the 

 'i6t!i of the same month. Lieu- 

 tenant tiie Honourable Augustus 

 Stanhope, of tlie l'2th regiment 

 of Light Dragoons, was arraign- 

 ed u|.on the undermentioned 

 charge, viz : — 



" F( r behaving in a scandalous, 

 infiimous manner, such as is un- 

 becoming the character of an offi- 

 cer and a gentleman, in conspir- 

 ing with a certain other person, 

 to draw in and seduce Lord Beau- 

 chamj) to game and play with 

 them, for the pur|)oses of gain and 

 advantage ; and that, in pursu- 

 ance of such consjjiiacy, he. 

 Lieutenant Stanhope, (having en- 

 gaged Lord Beauchamp to come 

 to his quarters in Paris, on Sun- 

 day tlie 17th day of .March, 1816, 

 upon an invitation to dine with 

 him), did, in company and in 

 concert with such other pei>on, 

 draw in, seduce, and prevail upon 

 Lord Beai'.champ to play with 

 them at a cei tain game of chance 

 with cards, for very high stakes, 

 whereby, on an account kept by 



them, Lieut. Stanhofie and the 

 said other person, or one of them, 

 of tlie losses and gains in the 

 coui se of the play, he, Lieut. Stan- 

 hope, claimed to have won of 

 I ord Beauchamp the sum of 

 8,0001. and upwards, and the said 

 other person claimed to have won 

 of Loid Beauchamp the further 

 sum of 7,0001. and upwards. 



" That in further pursuance of 

 the said concert and conspiracy, 

 he, Loid Beauchamp, at the same 

 time and place, was requited by 

 Lieut. Stanhope to write and sign 

 two promissoiy notes or engage- 

 ments to pay at the expiiation of 

 three years tiie said several sums 

 of money so claimed to have been 

 won of him. Lord Beauchamp, 

 by Lieut. Stanhope and the said 

 other person respectively. 



" '1 hat he. Lord Beauchamp, 

 was at that time about 16 years 

 of age, ignorant of and unused 

 to play, and affected by the wine 

 he had i)een pie\ailed upon to 

 take by ihe pai ties."' 



Upon v\hich charge the Coiut 

 came to the following decision : — 

 " The Court having matuiclyand 

 deliberately considered the charge 

 exhibited against Lieutenant the 

 Hon. Augustus Stanhope, of the 

 12th legiment of Light Dragoons, 

 t(5gether v\ ith the evidence ])i()- 

 duced on either side, do find him 

 guilty of the said charge, and do 

 sentence him, Lieut. Stanhope, 

 to be discharged his ^lajety's 

 service accordii gly." His Kojal 

 Highness the Pi ince Regent has 

 been plea.<ed. in the name and on 

 the liehalf of his Majesty, to ap- 

 pro^e and coiifirm the finding and 

 sentence of the Court : and the 

 Commander-in-Cl.ief directs, that 

 the foiegoing charge, jtieferred 



against 



