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Hi/iorical Chronicle. 



It had been faid that the de- 

 fendant was not fo opulent as 

 he had been ftated ; but there 

 was an old maxim, that he who 

 cannot pay with hispurle fhould 

 pa)^in bis perl'on. The indi- 

 gence of the defendant, how- 

 ever, had not been proved, and 

 the jury were therefore rjot 

 limited by that confideration. 

 The defendant's repentance 

 had been even urged. Wf.at 

 repentance ? Down to this very 

 moment tb» adulterous inter- 

 courfe avowedly exifts, the de- 

 fendant thereby fctting a public 

 example of fuccefsful treachery: 

 He braves it in the face of day, 

 and contributes ther-by more 

 to debauch an already debauch- 

 ed age. 



With thefe apologies, the 

 defendant jr.eets'the call for 

 ftamajes ; to eftimate which, 

 the jury (l)Ou!d cor.fider that 

 the plaintiff was an injured huf- 

 "bandy the eldeft fon of an 

 iionourable father ; had been 

 in pofleilion of an amiable 

 wife, with whom he had lived 

 in happinefs for 14 years, and 

 by whom he had three chil- 

 dren living, out of nine,the pro- 

 duce of his connubial felicity. 

 Thus he was lituated, till he 

 was precipitated by the defen- 

 dant from his ftation cf happi- 

 rcfs. To you, gentlemen of 

 the jury, whofe breads are the 

 repofitory of honour, he trufts 

 his cafe. The damaj:es laid in 

 the declaration are 20,000! . It 

 is for you to confider what is 

 proper to a:ive, in order to teach 

 iuch perfons that they will be 

 fubjedled to a fevere reckoning, 

 vho arc not reftrained by the 

 duties of lEorality. 



The j'lry brought in a«er 

 didt for the plaintiff— damages 

 10,0001. 



>Ir Petrie, againft whom a 

 verdi(5t was given for crim. con, 

 of no lefs than io,oool. was a. 

 member of the Conftituent Af- 

 fembly of France, and the only 

 En^lifhrnan in it. 



Mr D.dv, the manager of 

 the Theatre Royal in Dublin, 

 j and his brother, a counfellor 

 at law, have been fentenced by 

 I the Court of King's Bench of 

 I Ireland, the firft to fix months, 

 I the other to twelve months im- 

 ! prifonment in Newgate, for af- 

 i faultin;; a gentleman in one of 

 I the boxes of the theatre, dur- 

 j ing the performance of a play, 

 I On Monday the 19th of De- 

 cember a duel was fought at 

 Ramfgate, Yorkfhire, between 

 John Watfon, of Nenagh, in 

 Ireland, and C. H. Fox, Efqrs. 

 the latter of London j when, 

 after exchanging one fhot 

 each, Mr Fox received a bail 

 under his right brcaft, in con- 

 fequence of which he died 

 lince in London, where he was 

 removed by his own dchre the 

 day after. 



On Tuefday the aad De- 

 cember a duel was fought near 

 Leixlip, in Ireland, between 

 Lieutenant Grant, late of the 

 27 th regiment of foot, and a 

 Mr H:irrilon, of Gal way, at- 

 torney, which ended ratjily to 

 the former. 



The diftance, which was 

 feven pace";, being meaiured. 

 Lieutenant G. took his ground, 

 and waiting near a quarter of 

 an hour before Mr H. quitted 

 his carriage, at length called ty 

 know if iie was ready .•' 



