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I v - TUOCLAMJlTIOffy 9y Jmv H Wars*, Mayor, of the city of Savannah • Whereat, By an set of thngenenl assembly of the slate «f Georgia, the Corporation of (he cit7 of Savannah, are empowered to "establish a quarantine, “whenever they ■ball have reason to inspect that, any veaael or vessel*, parson otperaont hasot havesailed, or come from any port or place, infected, orsopposed to be infected with aqr malignant or contagious, disorder-* . , 'jind whereas, the corporation of said city has, by a re- dulution passed this day, declared itto be expedient tha 1 the intei course between tlie city of Charleston, in the state of South Carolina, and the city of Savannah its the of Georgia, and alio between the porta and places, Jn'iny of the West-tndies (Bermuda and Kew-Providence ■excepted) and the city of Savannah .should be subjected to-quarantine regulations? * Jt U therefore ordered. That all vessels, bound to this port from the city of Charleston, and from any port or place in the West Indie* (Birmudaand New Providence —‘tpted) opon their arrival at thia po:t, do come to an. tin Cockspur Hoads, or at suqh otlier place as may be designated by the health officer,. Masters and com- manor* of veaseft "ire hereby required, strictly to con. ‘ forma the directions ofthehcilth officer for the dean* Jpgam pjtnfitartiqp of their.veaseUj and po person; who shall live code from Charleston, or from any port or place in any of the West Indie* (Bermuda and Nevr-Pror vidence exoepfed) shall be aHowedlo enter the c.ity of Savannah, until fifteen days,,after such person shall have left the city of Charleston, or any port or place in the West Indies (Bermuda arid New Providence excepted.) All pilots and officers upon whom the execution of the quarantine law* of-this state is enjoined, are hereby .re- quired to perform tiieirduty,and every violation of the lame will be punished conformably to the statute in such case made and provided. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my same, and affixed the seal of the city of Savannah, die eleventh day of September, A. D. 1517, and in the forty ■ ceeond year of the independence of the United States. [U p.J Jims. hi. Waive. forensic. .MR. PHILLIPS» SPEECH. We are indebted to a friend for Garrick’s Dublin Morning Post, of July 12, containing another specimen of Irian eloquence in a spc. ch made by Mr. Puiluts, . in a esse of .rim. eon. tried at the courj of common pleas in Dublin on die 9iltcf July last. -The plaintiff was Mark Btowne, esq. urul the defendant Martin Joseph Blake.— ' 'The action was brought for criminal conversation with the plaintiff’s wife, ’l'he damages were laid at thirty thousand pounds. Such scenes of high life were disclos ed in the'conr: e. f the trial, which lasted two days, as to diteuvt both c- urt and jury. After the counsel had finished summing up, die judge, lord Norbunr, told tue jury thst a verdict for either party would satisfy him, and that they were at full liberty to find whatever verdict they pleased. The jury retired for eight minutes, and then returned into the court with a verdict of eix-petxe costs for the defendant—JVew- fori Evening Pott. * Mr. Pamirs, in stating the case ferthe plaintiff, spoke to the following effect: • Mt Lout UD Gimeus-I atn instructed by the plaintiff to lay his case before you, and little do I wonder at .he great interest which it, seems to have excited It is one of those cases which come home to the “business and the bosoms” of mankind—it is not confined to the indi- .vitluali concerned—it visits every circle from thehigli- est to the lowesti-it alarms (lie very heart of the commu nity, and commands rite - whole social family to the - spot, where human nature, prostrated at thebarof public jus tice, CaUartOud forpity and protection! On my first ad, drcisinga jhry upon a subject of this nature, I took the high ground to wh'Ch I deemed myself entitled—1 stood Upon lhe*|5urity of- the nstional character—1 relied up- *-od thrtbluatity which centuries had made proverbial, and almost drowned the cry of individual suffering in the violated-reputation of the country. Humbled and abash- ■ed, l must resign the topic—indignation at the novelty of the office has given way to horror at the frequency - of its repetition—it is' now becoming almost fashionable ainongkftB; we are impbrting the follies, and naturaliz ing the vices of the continent; scarcely a term passes in thes< courts; during which some unabashed adulterer or sedu ler does notannounce himself improving on the odi- cusn vs of his offence, by the profligacy of his justifies, tion/and as it were, struggling to record, by crimes, the P rogress of our barbarous civilization. Gen- is be Buffered to continue, what hoirie shall be safe, what hearth shall be sacred,what parent can, for a moment, calculate on the possession of his child, what childshall be secure against the orphanage that springs from prostitution'; w hat solitary right, whether cf life or jE,«» property in the land, shall survive amongst us, (/.hallowed couch which modesty has veiled and love eadeared and religion consecrated, is to be invaded by a vulgar and promiscuous libertinum! A time there was when that couch was inviolable“n Ireland—when conjugal infidelity wa* deemed but an invention—when marriage was considered as a sacrament of the heart, and faith and affection s*nt a mingled (lame together from the altar; are such times to dwindle into.a legend of tra dition! are tjie dearest rights of man, and the holiest ordi nance* of God, no more to be respected! Is the marriage vow to become but the prelude to perjury and prostitu tion! - Shall our enjoyments debase themselves into an adulterous participation, and our children propagate an incestuous Cutbfnur.it}! Hear the case which I am fated to unfold, and then tell me w hether a single virtue is yet to linger amongst us with impunity—whether honor, friendship or hospitality, are to be sacred—whether that endearing confidence by yhjph the bitterness of this life is svreetentdvia Tb become the instrument of a perfidy be- yondconceptiao; and whether the protection of the roof, the ft.tpr.iity ■of the board, the obligation* of the altar, •itul fh'gtfevotion of ihe heart, are to ne so many panders to the hellish abomjijxtiors they should have purified— Hear the case .which"' mute go forth to tbe'worlJ, but which I trust in Godyour ^rdict will accompany, to tell grid, thrt if there was vice enough amongst us to le jSnvV'V.reis virtue enough to brand it with hitpuni.uimer.t. plain! ifljMr. Browne, it ia quite i jipossibTel but you must E2rfrh«3«f'mt!cii—bV misfortune has given him asadcejtbrity^aod; it Hoc* seem a peculiar incident to such mSstoriune that the loss of happiness is almost in- ■varubly-saeieeded-by ttft deprivation of character, As , "the less gtsiffy mnrdewr will hide the course.that may lead to hadeteetion, so-does the adulterer, by pb; curing the repnlstion of his victim, seek to diminish the moral . responsibility behaxihtftrreil. Mr. Browne undoubtedly fonnsrio exception to ttiissystem—betrayed by bis friend, and abandoned by his wife, his too generous confidence, bis too twderidus e has been slanderefisly perverted into the soureesof his calamity—becanse he could not tyran nise oyer her whom he adored, he was careless—because he could not suspect him in whom lie trusted, he was careless; qnd crime -uf the infatuation of its cunning found itsj ustificuion even on the virtue* of its victim! 1 am '*Tte, the Dot good to the wm fairy jfone,nona on earth above her, J» pm in thought at argil, ere. So tee her. warlo love her/' What years of tongueUss-transport might not her happy 'husband have anticipate.!! . What ond addition coulffher be.tities gtdn to render then! all perfect! In the connubial rapture there was only' one, and she Was blessed with it. A lovtly family of infant cli ldren give her the.consecrated name of mother, and with it all tbit lieaven can give of interest to this wb. Li’s worthlessness. Can the miitd imagine a more delightful vision than that of such a tnotiier; thus young, thus lovely, thus bclojed, tic-sing a fmsband’s heart, basking in a world.’* smile; and while sue breathed into her l.Mc ones’ the moral light, shewing them that robed in slfthe light of beauty, it was still possible for their virtues,to cast it intottieshodc.- Vear after, year of happiness rolled on. and every year but added to their love, a pledge to make ii happier than tin former. Without ambition but her hit baud’s love, with out one object but her children’* liappmess, this lovely woman, circled in Iwr orbit, 'all ■ bright, all beauteous in the pro.-perous hour, and if tliat hour e’er da. kenvd, on ly beaming the brighter and lliie lovelier. Wliat human hand could mar so pure a' picture!—What pur.ishmen; could adt quately visit its violatidn! "Ok happy love, ahere love like thit it found/’ Oh H lhtftU rupture/ bhtt beyond compare!" . It was indeed the summer, of their lives, and with it came the swarm of summer friends, that revel in the sun shine of the hour^and vanish, with its splendor. High and honored in dial croud—most, gav..most cherished, most professing, it tod the defendant, Mr. Blake He was the plaintiff's dearest; fondest friend, to every pleasure call ed, in et gry case consulted.-hindtfy'sChmpaiion, and In* evening guest, his conttant,'trusted,, bosom confident, and under guise of .iff oh human nat.ro! he was his fellest, deadliest, final enemy Hare, on the authority of this brief, do I arraign him, cf having wound lumstlf in to my client's intimacy—of having encouragvd that in timacy into friendship, of hiving counterfeited .a syrup, athy m his joys and in briidfrtnvs; and u hen he seemed too pure even for scepticism itself Vo doubt him, of hav ing under the very sanctit of lii* roof, p.rpetruttd an adultery tlie most unpriced i.trd and pemdious! If tlii- be true, can tiie world’s we 1th deffay the penalty of such turpitude ! Air. BtoVvne, entlemon, was ignorant of every agricultural pursuit, aid, unfortunately adopting tbetedvice of his-fathcr-in-l w, he cultivated the amuse- rnents of Curragb. 1 say, t fortunately, for his own af- faris.snd by ho mean* in r Terence to tlie pursuit itself. It is nut for me to libel all < dcupatian which the highest, and noble st, and moat dhisti ous throughout the empire, countenance by their adopti m, which fasliion and virtue graces by its attendance, a d in w hich peers and legis- lators and princes are.not a Slanted to appear conspicu ous. -But if the morality tliK Countenances it be doubt ful, by what epithet shall w designate that which would make it art’apology tor tin most profligate of offences? Even if Mr..Browne’s pursuit., were ever so erroneous, was ip_ for bis bosom fr endto take advw-tage of them to ruin him? On this subject it is sufficient for me to re mark, that under circumst nces uf prospcr.ty or vicissi tudes, was their connubial happin.ss'ever even remotely clouded? In fact, the’t aiiteff disregarded even the amusements that deprived him of her society.—He tuok a house for her in tlie vicir ty of Kildare, furnished it witli all tliat luxury could requie, and afforded her tlie great- est of all luxuries, that of. enjoying and enhancing his most prodigal pffection. from the .hour of their mar riage, up the unforfUnalh discovery, they lived on terms of the utmost tenderness lot a word, except one of lovr; not an act, except < t mutuvl endearment, passed between them. Now, gentlemen, if this be. proved to y ou, here I take my stand, and 1 say, under no earthly circumstances, can a juslification of the adulterer be adduced. No mat ter with what delinquent sophistry he may blaspheme through its palliation, God; ordained, nature cemented, happiness consecrated tliat celesta 1 union, and it is com plicated treason against God and man, and society to in tend its violation. The social compact, through every fjbre trembles at its consequences;. not only policy but law, .not only law but natere, not only nature but religion, deprecate and denounce it—parent and offspring—youth and age—the dead from the tombs—the child from its cradle—creatures scarce alive, and creatures still unbi'rn; the grandsire shivering on'tlie verge of death; the infant quickening in the mother’s womb; all with one assent re echo God. and execrate adultery!. I say. then, where it is once proved tliat husband and .wife’ live together in a state of happiness, no contingency on which the sun Can shine, can warrant, any inan ni attempting their separa tion. Did they dosbf That is imperatively foftr first condderation. I only hope tln>t all the hearts religion lias joined together, may have enjoyed tlie happiness that they did.—Their married state, wa* one continued honeys moon; and if ever Cloud arose to dim it, before love’s sigh it lied, and left its orb the brighier. Prosperous and wealthy, fortune had no charms for Mr. Browne, but as it blessed the object of bis affections She made success delightful; she gave his wealth its value. .The most splen- did equipages—the most Costly luxuries, the richest re tinue—all that vanity could invent to dazzle—all that af fection could devise, to gratify, were her’s and thought too vile for her enjoyment. Great as. his fortune was, hi* love outshone it, and it seems as if fortune-tvas jealous of the performance. Proverbially capricious, she withdrew her smile, and left him shnm almost of evr»y thing ex cept his love, and the fidelity that crowned ti. grave decisions of tether* and of husband* and I ion. lore of you.'** J«*U vahae the blessings nf your home, not to eatmtenance.lhe calumny which solicits a' precedent to excuse their-spoliation. At the close of th.e year U09, the' death of my xKenl’sfaiher gave him tlie inheritance pf an ample fartane. OfaS the jays his prosper.ty creat ed, there was none but yielded to the extacy of sltarim- it with her he loved, the daughter of his (other’s ancient friend, the,tespretable proprietor of Oran Castle; She was then in the very sprinrof life, and neverdid the sun of Hea ven unfold a lovelier blossom—her look was beauty and her breath was fragrance—the eye that s»w her caught alus- tre from the vision; and all the virtues seemed to finger round her, like so many spotless spirits enamoured of bet loveliness. ‘ solved itevebia the bowl that hospitality liell-out to- hrs' 1 ' They preten.l that-hc is innocent! Oh effrontery ib't most unblushing! Cli vitest insult, added to the dead- licit injori! Oh b».-.c, detestable; snd damnable hypocri sy ! Of the tinai testimony it ia true enough their cunning has deprived us; hoy ur.dcri Priividence, I shall pour up on this ba-cncati sucli a Hood of light, that 1 will defy, .tot the most honorable man merely, but the most chari table sceptic, to touch tlie holy evangelists, and .say, by their sane.by, it basnet been SMDnutted. Attend Upon me, now, gentituien, stepdiy step, and witlime rejoice, • iiat, no nr-teer how c..utious m»y be thyoiupiracies of guitt, there is a power above te coufouno-andti) discov er thipi. On ihe 27th of last January. Mary Hines, one of tiic domestic*, received direction., from Mrs. Browne, to have breakfast ready very caily on the ensuing morning, a* the def ridant, then on visit'at the house, expressed an inclination to go out to hunt. She was accordingly brushing down the stairs at a very early hqur, when she observed the handle of the door stir, and fearing-the noise had disturbed her, she ran hastily down stain to avoid her divpressure. She remained below about three quarters i f an hour, when her master’s bell ringing vio lently she hastened to answer it. He asked her in some alarm where her mistress was? Naturally enough aston ished at such a question at such an hour, she said she. knew not, but would go.down and see whether,«rhot she was hi the parlor. Mr. Browne,however, had good reason to be alanped, fur'she was so extremity indispos ed going to bed at night that sn express stood actually prepared to bring medical %d from Galway, unless she appeared better. An unusual depression both of mind nesses suborned? Let his army of counsel sift and tor ture them. Can they prove it?— O yes, if itbc preye*- ble. Let thcr. produce her brother—in our litjr.d*, » damning proof to be sure; .but il,cu, tngltful, -affl;Cting „ nn turel—in thtir’s,'the. most ccr.salatoiyaiid delight* f u L the vindication of calumniated innocence, and tliat - innocence the innocence of a sister. Such is the leading outline of our eriSence—evidence' which you wul only wonder is so convincing, in a case » ho'.*u ve^ nature i.resumiosta the the m-st'cautious secrecy. Tne UW, indeed. genStmen, duly estimating the difficulty of fins! proof in tliis.species cfaction, has recognized,Uicvalidi- {y of inferential evidence, but on that subject his lord ship must direct you. . _ r go, they rely.tiiott on.tlie grouna.of nrnocrncyr H v*ey do, I submit to you on the authority of the law, that in ferential evidence is quite sufficient; and on the authori ty c f reason, tliat in this parttcwUr case, the uiferentnl testimony amounts to demonstration. Amongtt the innu merable calumnies ufluat. it has been hinted to toe indeed, that they mean to rely upon what they denominate the indiscretion of tiic husband. - The moment -they have the hardihood to result to that, they, of course, abandon ail denial of delinquency, and even were.il fully proved; it is then worth your mest seriouscunsideration, whether you will tolerate such a defence as that. It is in my mind beyond all endurance, -that any man should dare to come into acourt of justice, and on the shadowy pre tence of what he may term carelesrinss, ground the most substantial and irreparable injury. Aguinst^lie un manly principle of .conjugal severity, in the name of ci vilized society, 1 solemnly protest.. It is not fitted for the meridian, and, 1 hope, will never amalgamate itself and body preyed upon Mrs. Bl own* on the preceding uiffutLe manners of this country-—it is the most urge- evening. al,e freuueuty burst into tears, threw her arm* nerous snd insulting suspicion, reduced into the most tin- • • .jpsniy and despotic practice. . : "Let l urbareut nariont nhote-.ihkuman hvo It -mid detire, ferae at the tutu they feel; The hour of adversity is woman’s hour—in the Tull blaze of fortune’s rich meridian, her modest beam retres from vulgar notice, but when the clouds of woe collect around us, and shades and ilarkncs, dim the wanderer’s path, tliat tha; te and lovely Iglit slant's forth to chet r him, an emblem and an ’ emaiaiion of the heaven.-! It was iheii her love, her value, and lit r power was visible. No, it is ni t for thz. cheerfulness with which she bore the change I prize her—it is not that without a sigh she sur rendered all the baubles of prosperity—but that she pil lowed her pour husband’s heart, welcomed adversity to make him happy, held up her little children as the wealth that no adversity could tale away; anil when she found bisspirit broken and hiasoul dejected. With a more than masculine understanding, retrieved, in some degree, his desperate fortunes, at:d savrd the little wreck tliat solac ed ttic.r retirement. Wliat was such a woman worth, 1 ask you? If you can stop -d estimate by dross the worth »l such a creature, give me even a notary’s calculation, and tell me then what was I'.c worth to him to whom she had consecrated the blojm of her youth, the charm of hi; innocence, tlie splenibr of her beauty, the wealth of tier tenderness, the power of her genius, the treasure of her fidelity? She, the mother of his children, the pulse of his h-.art, tbe joy «f his prosperity, the sojsce of Ins misfortunes—wliat wsl site worth to him? Fallen as site is, you may st.lt estimate her; yon may see her value even in her ruin. Thb gem is sullied—the dia mond is shivered; but even ia its dust you may see the magnificence of its material. After tiiis, they retired to Itockville, their seat in tlie county ofGalway, where they resided in tlie most domestic manner. On the remnant of their once splendid establishmmt.'. 'The'.But'erllie* that in their noon-tide fluttered round them, vanished at the first breath of their adversity; but zinc early friend still remained faithful and affectionate,'and that was the de fendant. Mr. Blake is a young gentleman of about eight andtwenty, of splendid-fortune, polished in his manners, interesting in his appearance, with many qualities ta at tach a friend, and every quality to fascinate a female.— Most willingly do l pay tlie tribute which nature claims for him; must bitterly do I Lament that he has been so ungrateful to so prodigal a benefac-ress. The more Mr Browne's fortunes accumulated, the more disinterested- ly attached did Mr. Blake appear t > him. lie shared with him his purse, he astisted him with bis counsel; in an affair of honor lie placed his life and character in his hands—he introduced his innocent sister, just arrived from au English nunnery, into the family ot bis friend— he encouraged every reciprocity of intercourse between the females; and, to crown all, that no possible suspicion might attach tu him, be seldom travelled without bis do mestic diaplain! Now, if it sbal appear that all this was only a screen for his adultery—that lie look advantage of his friend’s misfortune to seduce the wife of his bosom— tliat be affected confidence only to betray it—that be perfected the wretchedness be pretended to console; and that m the midst or poverty be has left k > victim, friend- lew, hopeless, companiooless; a husbani without a wife and a father without a cilikl. Gracioifc God! it it not enough to turn mercy herself into an emeutioner! You convict far murder—iere is the hand flat murdered in- nopeuce! You convict for treason—her is the vilest dis loyalty to friendship!—You convict forrobbery—here is' one who plundered virtue of her dear at pearl, and dis- arounii Her husband’s neck say lug that die was sure er month would separate her fur. ever from him a dear children. . It was no accident-! omen. -Too surely the Warning of 1’rovidence was upon tier. When ihe maid was going down, Mr. blake appeared at his door totally undressed, anil in a tone of much confusion de sired that his servaut should he sent tip to him* She went uowu—as she was about to return from her ifieifictusl search, she heard her master?* voice in the most violent indigiialiun, and almost immediately after Mrs. Browne rushed past'her into the parlor, arid hastily seizing iter writing desk desired her instantly tu quit the apartment Geotlui.en, 1 request that you will hear every syllable cf this scene in your ricolltctiui), but most particulaily the anxiety about the writing desk. You will soon find that there was a cogent -.Cason lor it.' Little was the wonder that Mr Browne’s tone shouijl ‘ lc that ofviok-i.ee and indignation. He had discovered his wife and friend tu- taljy undressed, just a* they had .escaped from the guilty bed side where they stood in all the shutr.e and horror >if their situation! tie shouted .for her brother, and that mise rable brother had the agony of witnessing his guilty sister in the bed room of her pargmi ttr, both almost lit erally in a stale of nudity, bloke! Blake! escloimed the heart struck husband, is this the return you have made for my hospitality? Oh, heavens! what a reproach w.s there! It was not merely, you ;.ave dishonored my bed— it was not merely, you naveCkacrificetl„iny happiness—it -was not merely you hatte- widowed me in my youtl and left me the father of an orphan family— if was not merely, you have violated a compact to, ulnclt aff tlie world swore a tacit veneration—but, j ou—you have done it, my frieuil, my guest, under the very roof barbarians reverence; where youenjoyedmy table,whereyoupledg ed my happiness; whereyou saw her in all tlie luvehi ess of her virtue, and at the very hour when our little help less children, were wrapt in tliat repose of which you have for ever robbed their miserable parents! I do confess when I paused here in the perusal of these instructions, the very life blood frnze.witliin my veins. What,-said I, must liiot only reveal this guilt! must I,.not only ex pose this perfidy! mustl not only brand the infidelity of a wife and a mother, but must 1, amidst the agonies of outraged nature, make tbe brother the- proof of the sis ter’s prostitution! Thank God, gentlemen, I tnay not be obliged to torture you and him and myself, by such in strumentality. I think die proof is full without it, though it must add another pang tu the soul of the poor plain tiff’, because it must render it almost impossible that his little infants are not the brood, of ibis adulterous deprav ity. It will be distinctly proved to you by Honona Brennan, another cf the servants^ .that one night, so fi-r back as the May previous to the lost mentioned occur rence, when she was in the act of arranging tlie beds, she saw Mr. Blake xome up stairs, look cautiously about him, go to Mrs. Browne’s bed-room door, and tap at it; that immediately after Mrs. Browne went, with no otlier diverting than her shiff, to Mr. Blake’s bed- chan.her, where the guilty parties locked themat 1 v es.up together. Terrified anil astonished, the maid retired to the servants’ apartments, and in about a quarter of an bouriiftsr, she. saw Mrs. Browne in the same habiliments return from the bed-room of Blake into her husband’s — Gentlemen, it was by one of those accidents which so of ten accompany and occasion the developemeut of guilt, that we have arrived at this evidence. It was viry nat ural tliat she did not wish to reveal it; very natural -.at she did not wish either to expose her mistress, or afflict her unconscious master, witlwlie recital; very natural that she did not desire to be the instrument of so frightful adis- covery. However, when she found that concealment was out of the question; that this netion was actually in pro- gross, and that the guilty dvlinquent was publicly tri umphing in the absence of proof, and through a herd of slanderous dependants, cruelly vilifying the cliaracter of l.is victim; the sent a friend to Mr. Browne, and in his f iresence and that of two others, solemnly discovered icp melancholy information. Gentlemen, I do entreat of you to examine this woman, though she is an unedu cated peasant; u:t!i all severity, because, -' she epeaks the truth, 1 think you will agree with no, that so hor rible a complication of iniquity never disgraced the an- nsli of a court of justice. He had just risen from the table of his friend—lie left his own brother ami that friend behind him, anil even from the very board of his hor-pitaUty, lie proceeded to the defilement of his btd! Of mere adultery 1 had heard before. It was bad < noug).— a broach of aillaw, religion and morality—bu—what shall I call this?—hat seduced innocence—inruited misfortune —betrayed friendship—violated hospitably—tore up the very foundation of human nature, and hurled its frag ments at the violated altar, as if tq bury religion beneath the ruins uf society!! Oh, it is guilt might put a Daemon to tbe blush! Docs our proof rest here? No; though the mind must be sceptical that after this could doubt. A guilty correspondence was carried on between the parties,and though its contents were destroyed by Mrs. Browne, on tbe morning of ihe discovery, st.ll, we shall authenticate the fact beyond suspicion. A’otwshall hear it from the very messengeh they entrusted—you shall hear it from him too, that the wife and tlie adulterer both bound him to tlie utmost secrecy, at once establishing Hit ir own collusion and their victim’s ignorance, proving, by the very anxiety for concealment, the impossibility of conniv ance; -so'trae it is that the conviction of guiit wHl often- proceed even from the stratagem fur its security. Docs our proof rest here? No; you shall have from a gentle man of unimpeachable veracity, tliat the defendant him self confessed the discovery in his bed room—-I will save him.” said he, “the trouble of proving it; she was in her shift and I was in my shirt. 1 know very well a f'lry .will award damegts against me; ask Browne will lie agree to compromise it; he owes me some money, and l will give him tiie overplus in horses'.-’ Can you imagine any thing more abominafch ? He seduced from iiis friend tiie idol of his soul, and the motlitr ofhischil dren, and when he was writhing under the recent wound, he deliberately offers him brutes in compensation! I will not depreciate this cruelly by any comment; yet tiie very brute ..e would barter for that unnatural mother, would have lost his life rather titan desert its offs; ring. Now gentlemen, what rational mind but must spurn the asse veration of innocence after this? Why ike anxiety about the writing de-k? Why' a clandestine correspondence with her husband’s friend? Why remain at two differ ent periods for a quarter of an hour together, in a gen tleman’s bed chamber, with no other lab.Iirnent, »t one time, than her ted dress, at another than her shift. D tills C’lstomary with the married females of this country? Is this to be a precedent for our wives ar^ daughters; sanctioned too by you, their parents snd their husbands? fngtiful advance "of this calamity; it will be met now ««* IWhy did he confess that a verdict for damages must go maiked with vengeance; ifit be not, farewell to the virtues o f against him, and. make the offer of that unfeeling com- your countiy; farewell to all confidence between man and promise?—Was.it because be was innocent? The very man; farewell to that unsuspicious and reciprocal tendcr- loffer was a judgment by default, a distinct, undeniable ness, without which marriage is hut a consecrated curse: if corroboration of his guilt. Was it that the female cha- oatlia are to be violated; laws disregardei racier should not suffer? Could there be a more trump- trsyed; humanity trampled; national and et-tongi^d proclamation of hercrinjinaltj? Are our wit- or stained; and that a jury of tethers and oj Let Pattern tyrants, from the b'ght of J Si elude their baton tluvet, meanly polluted . '. Of a mere lift it violated form— If h:le tho-e vhim l.ve enrols in holy faith, j Md equal tnH.tpcft, free ct tuULre Hve, ’ 1 JJttduihing fear." ' But onccesiabtisli the principle of this moral and do mestic cvncorsliip, and then tell me where is it to begin? Where is it to end? Who siiall bound? Who shall pre face it? By what hitherto umliscovcrable standard, Enall we regulate the shades between solemnity and levity? Will you permit tiiis impudent espionage Upon your households; upon the hallowed privacy of your domes tic hours and fur wliat purpose? Why-, that tike seduc er and file adulterer may calculate the security of Lis cold-blooded libertinism!—that .he may steal Eke an as sassin upon your hours uf relaxation, and convert per haps your confidence into the instrument of yourdoin! If ibis be once permitted as • ground of justiffcatiotr,'We may bid farewe‘1 at or.ce td all the delightful intercourse of social life. Spurning as I do, at this odius system of organized distrust, suppose the admission made, that my client was careless, indiscreet, culpable if they will, la his domestic ieguJ.tions, is it therefore to be endured, that every .abandoned burglar should seduce his wife, or 'violate his daughter? . It is it to be endured, that Mr. Blake of nil men should roly on.such an infamous and Convenient extenuation! lie- bis friend; his guest, his confident, he who introduced a spotless sister to this at tainted intimacy; shall lie say, 1 associated with you hour ly, I affected your familiarity fur many years; I accom panied my, domesticated minister ot religion to your fa mily; I almost naturalized tbe nearest female relative X hod on caith, unsullied and unmarried os she Was, with in your household: but—you tool—it was only to turn it into a brothel!! Merciful God! will you endure bim when he tells you thus, and be ia on the watch to prowl upon the weakness of humanity, and audaciously solicits your charter fur such libertinism? I have heard it asserted also, that they mean to arraign the husband as a conspirator, because in the hour of Confidence and mbfofiune he accepted a proffered pecan- .ty assistance from the map he thoughtliisfriend. It if giu- he did so; but so, I wilt say, criminally cartful was he of his interests thst he gave him bis bond, and made him tiller ujf judgement on that bond, and made him is sue an execution ou that judgment, ready to be .levied in a day, that in tiie wreck of all, the friend of bis bosom should be at least indemnified. It was my im'pressioa indeed, that under a lease cf this nature, amongst hon orable'men, so far from any unwarrantable privilege created, there was rattier a piCuliar delicacy incumbent on the donor. I should have thought so still but for ft frightful expression of one of the counsel on the motion* by which they endeavored not to trust a Dublin jury with this issue. What, exclaimed they, in all tbe pride of their exetr.ible instructions, “a poor plaintiff and* rich defendant! Is tin.re nothing in that?” . Mo, if tap client’s shape does riot belie ids speiics, there is nothing in that. 1 brav ed the aistrtiun as a'calumny on human nature—1 call 1 on you, if such an allegation be repeated, to visit it with vindictive and overwhelming damages? I would appeal, not to this civilized assembly, but to an horde of savages, whether it is possible for the most inhu man monster thus to sacrifice to infamy, his character— his w ife—his home—his children! In the name of possi bility 1 deny it; in the name cf humanitv, I denounce it; in the name of our common country, and our common na ture, I implore of tiie learned counsel not to promulgate such a slander upon both—but 'j need not do SO; if the seal of advocacy should induce them to attempt, memo ry would array tbeir happy hemes before them—their little children would lisp its contradiction—their love— their hearts—their instructive feelings as far hers and ait husbands, would rebel within them, and wither up the horrid blasphemy upon their lips. They will find it difficult to pidUate such turpitude— am sure I tied it difficult to aggravate It is in itself an hypeibole cf wickedness, honor, innocence, religion, friendship—all that is sanctified or lovely, or endearing in creation—even that hallowed social, shall I not tay ■ndigenous virtue—that blessed hospitality—which for eign envy could nut deny, or foreign rubber} despoil— which when all .else had perished, .cast a hiuum on cur desolation. Binging its rich foliage overthu .-ath r., i rule, as if to hide tiie monument, while it gave a site Iter to the mourner- tvtn that withered away before that.pesti lence! But ubat <ln I sav! was virtue merely luc vie- ■ tim of this adulterer? Worse, worse—it u as his muni ment—even on tiie broken tablet of the decalogue did he whet the daggerforhis social assassination—what will you say, when 1 inform you, that a few months before he went deliberately to the baptismal fi.nt with- the waters of jrfe to regenerate the infant that, too well could be avouch it; had been bom in sin and he promised to teach it Christianity! And he promised to guard it against “the flesh!” And lest infinite mercy should overlook the sins of its adulterous father, seeking to make his God hi* pandor he tried to damn it even with the sacrament'.!— l See then the horrible atrocity of this case as it touches tpe defendant—but how can you Count its miseries as at- jacking to the plaintiff! He has suffered a pang ihe most agonizing to human sensibility—it has been inflicted by his -friend, and inflicted beneath bis roof—it com merces at .a period which easts a doubt on the legitimacy of bis children, and to crown all, “upon bim h son is bom” even since the separation, Upon whom every shilling of his estates has entailed by settlement?— Wh it compensation; can reprise so unparalleled a suffer er. What solitary consolation is there in reserve for him! b it love? Alas; there wss one whom he adored with all the heart’s idolatry, and she deserted bus. b it friendship? There was one of all tbe world whom he trusted, and that one betrayed him. hit society? Tbe smile of others' happiness appears but the epitaph of his own. b it solitude? Can be be alone while memory, striking on the sepulchre of his heart; calls into ex istence the spectres* of the past? Shall be By for refuge to his “sacred home?” Every object there is eloquent of his'-niin! Shall be seek a mournful solace in lus chQ. dren? Oh, be has no thildren—there is a little favor ite that she nursed, and there—there—even on its guile less features—there is the horrid smile of the adulterer!! ' Ogentlemen,amltkisdayonlythecounsdofmy client?' no—no—I am the advocate of humanity—of yourselves —yourhomes—yourwivea—yourfamilies—your little chil dren; lam glad that this case exhibits such atrocity; un marked as itisbyanymitigatory feature, it may stop the