mongst the former' it is with the deepest forrow I have to place the name of captain Richard Bowen, of his majesty's fhip Terpsichore, than whom a more enterprifing, able, and gallant officer, does not grace his majesty's naval fervice; and with great regret I have to mention the lofs of lieutenant John Gibfon, commander of the Fox cutter, and a great number of gallant officers and men. I have the honour to be, &c. Sir John Jervis, K. B. &c, &c. &c. Lift of killed, wounded, drowned and miffing, of his majesty's fhips undermentioned, in ftorming Santa Cruz, in the island of Teneriffe, on the night of the 24th of July, 1797. Thefeus 8 famen, 4 marines, killed; 25 feamen wounded; 34 feamen and marines drowned. Culloden -- 1 feaman, 2 marines, kiled; 12 feamen, 6 marines, wounded; 36 feamen and marines drowned. Zealous-3 feamen, 2 marines, killed; 19 feamen, 2 marines, wounded. Leander feaman, 5 marines, killed; 1 faman, 4 marines, wounded; 1 ditto miffing. Seahorfe - --2 feamen killed; 13 feamen and I marine, wounded. Terplichore-8 feamen killed; 9 feamen, 2 marines, wounded; 4 feamen and marines mifling. Emerald 5 feamen, 3 marines, killed; 11 feamen wounded ; 10 feamen and marines drowned. Fox Cutter 17 feamen and marines drowned. Total 28 feamen, 16 marines, killed; 90 feamen, 15 marines, wounded; 97 feamen and ma. rines drowned; 5 feamen and ma rines miffing. Officers killed- Richard Bowen, captain of the Terpuchore; George Thorpe, first lieutenant of ditto; John Weatherhead, lieutenant of the Thefeus; William Earnshaw, fecond lieutenant of the Leander; Raby Robinfon, lieutenant of marines, of ditto; lieutenant Batham, ma rines, of the Emerald; lieutenant John Gibfon, of the Fox Cutter, drowned. Officers wounded Rear-admiral Nelfon, his right arm fhot off; Captain Thompfon, of the Lean der, flightly; captain Fremantle, of the Seahorse, in the arm; lieutenant J. Douglas, of ditto, in the hand; Mr. Waits, midhipman, of the Zealous. HORATIO NELSON, 5. The gazette announces the following captures: Poiffon Volante, of four guns, and thirty-eight men, captured the 14th of June, 1797, off Defeas da, by the Tamer, capt. Mar. tin. Proceedings in the Sheriff's Court, teer of fix guns, and twenty-two exemplary manner in which fe men, by captain Boorder of difcharged the duties of a wife and L'Efpeigle. a mother. The unfortunate lady in queftion is a daughter of a Mr. Ashburnham, a gentleman of fome confequence in Bombay, who fent her over here at an early age for education, and, when he had acquired all the requifites to adorn her fex, directed that the fhould return to Bombay, which was to have taken place in the year 1790, and the was actually on board the fhip for that purpofe, when his client, Mr. S. Boddington, who had been fome time deeply enamoured of her, and almost reduced to a ftate of defpair by the thoughts of lofing her, followed her on board the vellel, then at Gravefend, and having obtained the confent of her guardians to await the fiat of her father for their union, perfuaded her to return; which was no hard task, as her love was then reciprocal. A period of ten months elapfed before the wifhedfor letter came, containing her father's confent, and approbation of her choice, and on which the union took place, the lady having 5000l. fettled on her by her father, and the like fum by Mr. Boddington. Two children were the fruits of this marriage, and they continued to enjoy the most unin. terrupted felicity till a fhort time. previous to Mrs. Boddington's elopement with the defendant, which took place the beginning of June laft, and which was conducted in fuch a way as to fhew that it was a premeditated thing, and a deliberate plan of feduction laid down. by the defendant, who had fo overpowered the lady's reafon as 'to make her forget the duties the owed to an honourable hutband and her children, and to perfuade her to elope with him. The means to ef A fpecial jury was impannelled by the fheriff of London, to affefs the damages to be awarded against the defendant, Mr. Benjamin Boddington, for criminal converfation with the wife of the plaintiff (Mr. Samuel Boddington) in which he had fuffered judgment to go by default, on an action brought againft him in the court of king's-bench. The damages were laid at 50,000l. Mr. Erikine, as leading counfel for the plantiff, opened the cafe, and, after expatiating, with his ufual eloquence on the enormity of the crime of adultery and feduction, which, he faid, ftruck at the very root of fociety, efpecially where there were children, as in the prefent cafe, and of which charges the defendant had admitted the truth, by fuffering judgment to go by default, proceeded to ftate the particular circumstances attending it, which, he contended, united in themselves the most fhocking inftance of depravity that ever entered the human mind, the defendant not only being partner with the plantiff in a very extenfive mercantile concern, but his firft coufin. They were the children of two brothers. The defendant, under the facred mask of friendfhip, abufed the confidence repofed in him, and by various acts contaminated the mind of Mrs. Boddington, a lady who, previous to this unhappy and fatal error, bore the moft unblemished character, and who, befide poffeffing a moft beautiful perfon and elegant accompliments, was remarked for the (I 4) fe&t fed this fcheme were the most abominable on the part of the defendant. Mr. S. Boddington having obferved fomething in his wife's conduct that gave him reafon to fufpect his honour was in danger, refolved to remove her for a time from the scene he dreaded, but did it in fuch a delicate manner as not to create the leaft fufpicion of the caufe, either to his wife or friends, propofing a journey to Bath, and then to Wales. He parted with the defendant in the most cordial manner, little thinking that matters had proceeded fo far as the refult had proved. He was to return to town immediately, if bufinefs required his prefence. A few days after he got to Bath, he received a letter from the defendant, informing him that the Weft-India packet had arrived, and that his prefence was neceffary in town, to attend a meeting respecting fome exchequer warrants. This letter unfortunately had the defired effect, Mr. Boddington immediately fetting off for town in the mail, leaving his wife at Bath. He must have been croffed on the road by the defendant, who went thither and carried her away. On Mr. Boddington's arriving in town, he found the following letter left for him by the defendant: When we parted on Wednesday laft, it was for the laft time. This night I go from London never to return again. 1 have deceived you in fending for you to town, and wish I had not in other things; if you fee my father, for God's fake break the matter to him by degrees. I have taken feven hundred pounds. (Signed) B. BODDINGTON.' Mr. Erfkine, in very strong colours, then painted the enormity of the defendant's conduct throughout the whole tranfaction, and which, he hoped, would make fuch an impreffion on the minds of the jury, when they heard the evidence which he fhould bring forward, as to induce them not to mitigate the damages in the finalleft degree. He faid, that he was well aware of the defendant's intention by plead ing guilty, and had himself oppofed the matter coming into that court for judgment, though he was certain their verdict would justify the decifion of the court of King's Bench, in fuffering it to be removed. The first witnefs called was Mr. Thomas Green, an attorney, who being fworn, was examined by Mr. ferjeant Runnington. Mr. Green faid, that mifs Afhburnham, previous to her marriage with Mr. Samuel Boddington, was principally under his care; and that, when her father fent for her to Bombay, he, the witnefs, provided every thing neceffary for the voy age, and faw her on board the veffel; but, on application being made to him by Mr. Samuel Boddington, he confented to her coming on fhore, and remaining in England till her father's will fhould be known refpecting the intended marriage, and who fending his confent in about ten months after the witnefs figned the marriage articles, they were united; that he vifited them frequently after, and conceived them to be extremely happy, and that the union was founded in love on both fides. Crofs examined by Mr. Law.-He faid he had no knowledge of Mr. Benjamin Boddington, the defendant, though he believed he dined with him once: he said that Mrs. Boddington was married in February February 1792, is now about twenty-two years of age, and extremely beautiful and accomplished. A lady of the name of Emerfon faid, he had known mifs Afhburnham (now Mrs. Boddington) when fhe was ten years of age, and had continued the intimacy ever fince; that the confidered her perfectly virtuous till this affair took place: the spoke of her as being extremely beautiful and attractive in her manners; and faid, that after she returned from on board the veffel at Gravefend, fhe was at the witnefs's house for some time, and then went to Mrs. Murray's fchool, at Kenfington. The witnefs was prefent at the marriage, and conceived it to have been the refult of love on both fides, and that Mr. Boddington appeared to make an excellent husband. She knew Mr. B. Boddington very well, and had frequently feen him in company with the plaintiff and his wife. On her cross-examination by Mr. Law, fhe faid, the thought the defendant, at times, feemed to exprefs too much attention and admiration to Mrs. Boddington, efpecially when they were not in mixed companies; which circumfance the once mentioned to Mrs. Boddington, about half a year before the feparation took place; after which he thought Mrs. Boddington did not behave with her ufual kindness to her husband. obferved any thing particular in the behaviour of the defendant toward Mrs. Boddington. Jofeph Street, a clerk in the houfe of Metfrs. Boddington, was examined. He defcribed them to be Weft India merchants, who traded to the amount of from 300,000 to 500,000l. per year. He faid, that the defendant was admitted a partner about three years ago; that for the first year he had only one-third fhare of the profits of the bufinefs, but for the two laft he had four-ninths. He fpoke of the great degree of happiness that appeared to fubfift between the plaintiff and his wife till their feparation, and defcribed her to have always been extremely referved in her behaviour. On being fhewn the letters before alluded to, he declared them to be the defendant's writing, as were alfo the drafts for 200l. and 500l. Crofs examined by Mr. Law. He does not know that the money the defendant had in the bufiness was advanced by his father, or that he had any other fource to refort to for money; he had trequently feen the defendant at his father's, and thought he behaved as a dutiful fon; he heard of his return to town on Wednesday week following the elopement, and alfo that he had been feen wandering on the Enfield Chace. He faw Mrs. Boddington once at his house in MarkMr. Cline, furgeon, faid, he had lane, after he had left the deknown Mr. S. Boddington for fendant, and that he came to fee feven years that he had frequent- her children. In answer to a ly vifited him after his marriage, queftion from Mr. Erfkine, he deand that he thought Mrs. Bodding-clared that the plaintiff was not reton appeared to be extremely at- conciled to his wife. tentive to her husband, and affectionate to her children, the eldest of whom was four, and the other two years of age. He had frequently dined with them, but never The evidence being gone through, Mr. Law, as advocate for the defendant, made a very able fpeech in mitigation of damages, and in which he endeavoured to convince the the jury that the matter was not a premeditated thing on the part of his client, who, he faid, was very young, and inexperienced in the ways of the world. It was merely the very powerful effect of the lady's charms, to the blaze of which he was constantly expofed, from the frequent opportunities he had of being in her company, and which receiving no check, expanded till it broke out in all the fever of distracted love, and led him to the commiflion of an act that must for ever render him a miferable outcaft of fociety. He had already forfeited every worldly benefit, and, if heavy damages were given, what must be the refult? he muft either perifh in a prifon, or the weight muft fall on the innocent and unhappy father, with eight daughters to provide for. Mr. Law admitted that his client merited a fevere punishment, but prayed that it might not be beyond his means of paying, which, he declared, did not amount to more than 3cool. the fum invefted as his hare in the business being advanced by his father. After fome other obfervations on his client's conduct, he conclude, by intreating the jury to tincture their juttice with mercy, and only award a fair retribution, Mr. Burgall, the deputy fheriff, then fun med up the evidence in a very clear and concife manner; and the jury, after retiring out of court for about twenty minutes, returned with a verdict of ten thoufand pounds damages. Extract of a Letter from Haver fordweft, September 10. "The trials of the two prifoners confined in our jail for high treafon, for joining with and affitting the French upon their landing at Fishguard, were brought on at our great feffions here. The folicitor for the crown came from London and the counfel for the proterutioal were, the attorney-general of the circuit, Mr. Phillips, Mr. ferjeant Williains, Mr. Touchett, and Mr. Dancey; for the prisoners, Mr. Milies and Mr. Blackstone. The two prifoners were brought up to plead to their indictments on Tucí day evening. Mr. Milles took fore objections to the form of them, at the fame time declaring his deter mination, and that of the prison. ers, to bring on the trials, and not to interpofe any delay. The judges over-ruled the objections, and Thurfday morning, at feven, was fixed for their trials. The public expectation had been much railed, and more than 140 gentlemen were fummoned upon the jury. A large additional number of perfons were fworn in as conftables, and every precaution was taken to preferve the peace. At feven the court af fembled, and the jury were called, and after many challenges and fome debate between the counfel and court upon points as they arofe, a most respectable jury were fworn; Mr. Barlow, the member for Pembroke, was the foreman, The attorney-general made a very impretive and difpaffionate speech, ftating the evidence moft diftinctly which he fl:ould bring against the prifoner: and after having examined two or three witneffes relating to the apprehenfion of the prisoner, called one of the French prifoners to prove the facts which he had ftated. He was an American, and could fpeak very good Englifh. He refused to answer any queftion relative to the proceedings in the camp, or to the prifoner at the bar, faying, that he would stay and hear what the other French men would fay, and then he would Say |