sellingout
the
sum
I
have
mentioned
.
By
certain
means
the
intentions
of
the
prisoners
were
discovered
some
time
ago
;
and
secret
information
was
given
to
the
Bank
directors
upon
the
subject
.
The
directors
were
not
,
however
,
permitted
to
communicate
with
the
Earl
of
Warrington
,
under
penalty
of
receiving
no
farther
information
from
the
quarter
whence
the
original
warning
emanated
.
Under
all
circumstances
,
I
shall
content
myself
with
stating
sufficient
to
support
the
charge
to-day
,
so
that
your
worship
may
remand
the
prisoners
until
a
period
when
the
attendance
of
the
Earl
of
Warrington
can
be
procured
.
"
"
State
your
case
.
"
"
I
charge
this
prisoner
,
"
said
the
solicitor
,
pointing
towards
Sydney
,
"
with
endeavouring
to
obtain
the
sum
of
forty-one
thousand
pounds
from
the
Governor
and
Company
of
the
Bank
of
England
,
under
pretence
of
being
one
Walter
Sydney
,
a
man
—
whereas
the
prisoner
's
name
is
Eliza
Sydney
,
and
she
is
a
woman
!
"
An
immense
sensation
prevailed
in
the
justice-room
at
this
announcement
.
The
disguised
lady
moaned
audibly
,
and
leant
against
the
bar
of
the
dock
for
support
.
"
And
I
charge
the
other
prisoners
,
Robert
Stephens
and
Hugh
Mac
Chizzle
,
with
aiding
and
abetting
in
the
crime
,
"
added
the
solicitor
,
after
a
pause
.
The
unhappy
lady
,
yielding
to
emotions
and
feelings
which
she
was
now
no
longer
able
to
control
,
threw
herself
upon
her
knees
,
clasped
her
hands
together
in
an
agony
of
grief
,
and
exclaimed
,
"
It
is
true
!
I
am
not
what
I
seem
!
I
have
been
guilty
of
a
fearful
deception
—
a
horrible
cheat
:
but
it
was
he
—
he
,
"
she
cried
,
pointing
to
Stephens
,
"
who
made
me
do
it
!
"
There
was
an
universal
sentiment
of
deep
sympathy
with
the
female
prisoner
,
throughout
the
court
;
and
the
worthy
alderman
himself
was
affected
.
"
You
must
remember
,
"
he
said
,
in
a
kind
tone
,
"
that
anything
which
you
admit
here
,
may
be
used
against
you
elsewhere
.
"
"
I
am
anxious
to
confess
all
that
I
have
done
,
and
all
that
I
know
,
"
cried
the
lady
;
"
and
in
so
doing
,
I
shall
in
some
measure
atone
for
the
enormity
of
my
guilt
,
which
I
now
view
in
its
true
light
!
"
"
Under
these
circumstances
,
"
said
the
alderman
,
"
let
the
case
stand
over
until
to-morrow
.
"
The
prisoners
were
then
removed
.
In
another
hour
they
were
inmates
of
the
Giltspur-street
Compter
.
And
how
terminated
the
26th
of
November
for
Walter
Sydney
?
Instead
of
being
in
possession
of
an
ample
fortune
,
and
about
to
visit
a
clime
where
she
hoped
to
enjoy
all
the
blessings
of
domestic
tranquillity
,
and
the
charms
of
rural
bliss
,
she
found
herself
a
prisoner
,
charged
with
a
crime
of
deep
dye
!
Oh
!
what
a
sudden
reverse
was
this
!
Still
,
upon
that
eventful
day
,
there
was
one
hope
of
hers
fulfilled
.
She
threw
aside
her
masculine
attire
,
and
assumed
the
garb
adapted
to
her
sex
.
A
messenger
was
despatched
to
the
villa
,
to
communicate
the
sad
tidings
of
the
arrest
to
Louisa
,
and
procure
suitable
clothing
for
her
wretched
mistress
.
But
,
alas
!
that
garb
in
which
she
had
so
ardently
desired
to
appear
again
,
was
now
doomed
to
be
worn
,
for
the
first
time
,
in
a
prison
:
—
the
new
epoch
of
her
life
,
which
was
to
be
marked
by
a
return
to
feminine
habits
,
was
commenced
in
a
dungeon
!
Still
that
new
period
had
begun
;
and
from
henceforth
we
shall
know
her
only
by
her
real
name
of
Eliza
Sydney
.
CHAPTER
XXXI
.
EXPLANATIONS
.
WITH
the
greatest
forethought
and
the
best
taste
,
Louisa
had
forwarded
to
her
mistress
the
most
simple
and
unassuming
garb
which
the
boudoir
contained
,
amongst
its
miscellaneous
articles
of
female
attire
.
Dressed
in
the
garments
which
suited
her
sex
,
Eliza
was
a
fine
and
elegant
woman
—
above
the
common
female
height
,
yet
graceful
in
her
deportment
,
and
charming
in
all
her
movements
.
Her
shoulders
possessed
that
beautiful
slope
,
and
the
contours
of
her
bust
were
modelled
in
that
ample
and
voluptuous
mould
,
which
form
such
essential
elements
of
superb
and
majestic
loveliness
.
Although
so
long
accustomed
to
masculine
attire
,
there
was
nothing
awkward
—
nothing
constrained
in
her
gait
;
her
step
was
free
and
light
,
and
her
pace
short
,
as
if
that
exquisitely
turned
ankle
,
and
long
narrow
foot
had
never
known
aught
save
the
softest
silken
hose
,
and
the
most
delicate
prunella
shoes
.
In
a
word
,
the
beauty
of
Eliza
Sydney
was
of
a
lofty
and
imposing
order
;
—
a
pale
high
brow
,
melting
hazel
eyes
,
a
delicately-chiselled
mouth
and
nose
,
and
a
form
whose
matured
expansion
and
height
were
rendered
more
commanding
by
its
exquisite
symmetry
of
proportions
.
The
morning
journals
published
an
account
of
the
extraordinary
attempt
at
fraud
detected
at
the
Bank
on
the
previous
day
;
and
the
utmost
curiosity
was
evinced
by
an
immense
crowd
that
had
collected
to
obtain
a
view
of
the
prisoners
,
especially
the
female
one
,
as
they
alighted
from
the
separate
cabs
in
which
they
were
conveyed
to
the
Mansion
House
for
re-examination
.
Eliza
's
countenance
was
flushed
and
animated
,
and
the
expression
of
her
eyes
denoted
profound
mental
excitement
:
Stephens
was
ghastly
pale
:
—
the
lawyer
maintained
a
species
of
sullen
and
reserved
composure
.
The
police-office
at
the
Mansion
House
was
crowded
to
excess
.
Sir
Peter
Laurie
presided
;
and
on
his
right
hand
was
seated
the
Earl
of
Warrington
.
Mr.
Pakenham
was
also
present
,
in
company
with
the
solicitor
of
the
Bank
of
England
.
The
moment
the
prisoners
appeared
in
the
dock
,
Eliza
in
a
firm
tone
addressed
the
magistrate
,
and
intimated
her
intention
of
making
the
most
ample
confession
,
in
accordance
with
her
promise
of
the
preceding
day
.
She
was
accommodated
with
a
chair
,
and
the
chief
clerk
proceeded
to
take
down
the
narrative
which
detailed
the
origin
and
progress
of
this
most
extraordinary
conspiracy
.
Alas
!
that
so
criminal
a
tale
should
have
been
accompanied
by
the
music
of
that
flute-like
voice
;
and
that
so
foul
a
history
should
have
emanated
from
so
sweet
a
mouth
.
Those
words
of
guilt
which
trembled
upon
her
lips
,
resembled
the
slime
of
the
snail
upon
the
leaf
of
the
rose
.
When
the
confession
of
Eliza
Sydney
was
fully
taken
down
,
and
signed
by
her
,
the
Earl
of
Warrington
's
solicitor
entered
into
a
statement
which
placed
the
magistrate
in
full
possession
of
the
facts
of
the
case
.
We
shall
now
proceed
to
acquaint
our
readers
with
the
complete
history
formed
by
these
revelations
.
"
The
late
Earl
of
Warrington
was
a
man
of
eccentric
and
peculiar
habits
.
An
accident
in
his
infancy
had
rendered
his
person
deformed
and
stunted
his
growth
;
and
,
being
endowed
with
tender
feelings
and
acute
susceptibilities
,
he
could
not
bear
to
mingle
in
that
society
where
his
own
physical
defects
were
placed
in
strong
contrast
with
the
fine
figures
,
handsome
countenances
,
and
manly
forms
of
many
of
his
aristocratic
acquaintances
.
He
possessed
a
magnificent
estate
in
Cambridgeshire
;
and
in
the
country
seat
attached
to
that
domain
did
he
pass
the
greater
portion
of
his
time
in
solitude
.
"
The
bailiff
of
the
Warrington
estate
was
a
widower
,
and
possessed
an
only
child
—
a
daughter
.
Letitia
Hardinge
was
about
sixteen
years
of
age
when
the
Earl
first
took
up
his
abode
in
Cambridgeshire
,
in
the
year
1790.
She
was
not
good
looking
;
but
she
possessed
a
mild
and
melancholy
expression
of
countenance
,
and
an
amiability
of
disposition
,
which
rendered
her
an
object
of
interest
to
all
who
knew
her
.
She
was
fond
of
reading
;
and
the
library
at
the
neighbouring
mansion
was
always
open
to
her
inspection
.
"
The
reserved
and
world-shunning
Earl
soon
became
attracted
towards
Letitia
Hardinge
.
He
found
that
she
possessed
a
high
order
of
intellect
;
and
he
delighted
to
converse
with
her
.
By
degrees
he
experienced
a
deep
attachment
towards
a
being
whose
society
often
relieved
the
monotonous
routine
of
his
life
;
and
the
gratitude
which
Letitia
entertained
towards
the
Earl
for
his
kindness
to
her
,
soon
partook
of
a
more
tender
feeling
.
She
found
herself
interested
in
a
nobleman
of
high
rank
and
boundless
wealth
,
who
was
compelled
to
avoid
the
great
world
where
the
homage
shown
to
his
proud
name
appeared
to
him
to
be
a
mockery
of
his
physical
deformity
;
she
ministered
to
him
with
all
a
woman
's
devotedness
,
during
a
tedious
and
painful
malady
which
seized
upon
him
shortly
after
his
arrival
in
Cambridgeshire
;
and
at
length
her
presence
became
as
it
were
necessary
to
him
.
"
They
loved
:
and
although
no
priest
blessed
their
union
,
they
entertained
unalterable
respect
and
affection
for
each
other
.
That
dread
of
ridicule
which
had
driven
the
Earl
from
society
,
and
which
with
him
was
a
weakness
amounting
almost
to
folly
,
prevented
the
solemnization
of
his
nuptials
with
the
woman
he
loved
.
She
became
pregnant
:
and
the
day
that
made
the
Earl
the
father
of
a
daughter
,
robbed
him
of
the
mother
of
that
innocent
child
who
was
thus
born
in
sin
!
"
Letitia
Hardinge
,
the
Earl
's
natural
child
,
grew
up
in
health
and
beauty
.
The
father
was
dotingly
attached
to
her
,
and
watched
her
growth
with
pride
and
adoration
.
She
was
sixteen
years
of
age
,
when
Frederick
,
the
Earl
's
nephew
and
heir
presumptive
to
the
title
and
vast
estates
of
the
family
,
arrived
in
Cambridgeshire
to
pay
his
respects
to
his
uncle
,
on
his
emancipation
from
college
.
The
young
man
's
parents
had
both
died
in
his
infancy
,
and
he
was
entirely
dependant
upon
the
Earl
.
"
Letitia
Hardinge
passed
as
the
niece
of
the
Earl
of
Warrington
.
Frederick
was
acquainted
with
the
real
history
of
the
young
lady
;
and
,
previous
to
his
arrival
at
the
mansion
of
his
uncle
,
he
was
not
prepared
to
treat
her
with
any
excess
of
civility
.
He
was
brought
up
in
that
aristocratic
school
which
looks
upon
pure
blood
as
a
necessary
element
of
existence
,
and
as
alone
entitled
to
respect
.
But
he
had
not
been
many
days
in
the
society
of
Miss
Hardinge
,
before
his
ideas
upon
this
subject
underwent
a
complete
change
,
and
he
could
not
help
admiring
her
.
Admiration
soon
led
to
love
:
—
he
became
deeply
enamoured
of
her
!
"
The
Earl
beheld
this
attachment
on
his
part
,
and
was
rejoiced
.
An
union
between
the
two
cousins
would
secure
to
his
adored
daughter
that
rank
and
social
position
,
which
he
was
most
anxious
for
her
to
occupy
.
As
the
wife
of
the
heir
presumptive
to
the
richest
Earldom
in
the
realm
,
her
origin
would
never
be
canvassed
nor
thought
of
.
But
Letitia
herself
returned
not
the
young
man
's
love
.
By
one
of
those
extraordinary
caprices
,
which
so
often
characterise
even
the
strongest
female
minds
,
she
had
taken
a
profound
aversion
to
her
suitor
;
and
being
of
a
high
and
independent
disposition
,
not
even
the
dazzling
prospect
of
wealth
and
title
could
move
her
heart
in
his
favour
.
"
There
was
a
farmer
upon
the
Earl
's
estate
,
of
the
name
of
Sydney
.
He
had
a
son
whose
Christian
name
was
Stanford
—
a
handsome
but
sickly
youth
,
and
by
no
means
comparable
to
the
polished
and
intellectual
Frederick
.
Nevertheless
,
Letitia
entertained
for
this
young
man
an
affection
bordering
upon
madness
.
The
Earl
discovered
her
secret
,
and
was
deeply
afflicted
at
his
daughter
's
predilection
.
He
remonstrated
with
her
,
and
urged
the
necessity
of
conquering
her
inclinations
in
this
respect
.
It
was
then
that
she
showed
the
temper
and
the
spirit
of
a
spoiled
child
,
and
declared
that
she
would
follow
the
dictates
of
her
own
mind
in
preference
to
every
other
consideration
.
The
Earl
swore
a
most
solemn
oath
,
that
if
she
dared
marry
Stanford
Sydney
,
neither
she
nor
her
husband
should
ever
receive
one
single
shilling
from
him
!
"
Reckless
of
this
threat
—
indifferent
to
the
feelings
of
that
father
who
had
cherished
her
so
fondly
,
the
perverse
girl
one
morning
abandoned
the
paternal
home
,
and
fled
with
Stanford
Sydney
,
on
whom
she
bestowed
her
hand
.
The
blow
came
like
a
thunderbolt
upon
the
head
of
the
old
Earl
.
He
was
naturally
of
a
delicate
and
infirm
constitution
;
and
this
sudden
misfortune
proved
too
much
for
his
debilitated
frame
.
He
took
to
his
bed
;
and
a
few
hours
before
his
death
he
made
a
will
consistent
with
his
oath
.
He
left
all
his
property
to
his
nephew
,
with
the
exception
of
forty-one
thousand
pounds
—
the
amount
of
his
savings
since
he
had
inherited
the
title
.
This
will
ordained
that
his
nephew
should
enjoy
the
interest
of
this
sum
;
but
that
,
should
Letitia
bear
a
male
child
to
Stanford
Sydney
,
such
issue
should
,
upon
attaining
the
age
of
twenty-one
years
,
receive
as
his
portion
the
above
sum
of
forty-one
thousand
pounds
.
Such
was
the
confidence
which
the
old
Earl
possessed
in
his
nephew
,
that
he
left
the
execution
of
this
provision
to
him
.
It
was
also
enacted
by
that
will
,
that
should
the
said
Letitia
die
without
bearing
a
son
to
the
said
Stanford
Sydney
;
or
should
a
son
born
of
her
die
previously
to
attaining
his
twenty-first
year
,
then
the
sum
alluded
to
should
become
the
property
of
Frederick
.
"
The
old
man
died
,
a
prey
to
the
deepest
mental
affliction
—
indeed
,
literally
heart-broken
—
shortly
after
making
this
will
.
Frederick
,
who
was
honour
and
integrity
personified
,
determined
upon
fulfilling
all
the
instructions
of
his
uncle
to
the
very
letter
.
"
The
fruits
of
the
union
of
Stanford
Sydney
and
Letitia
Hardinge
were
a
daughter
and
a
son
.
The
name
of
the
former
was
Eliza
:
that
of
the
latter
was
Walter
.
Eliza
was
a
strong
and
healthy
child
;
Walter
was
sickly
and
ailing
from
his
birth
.
Shortly
after
the
birth
of
Walter
,
the
father
,
who
had
long
been
in
a
deep
decline
,
paid
the
debt
of
nature
.
Letitia
was
then
left
a
widow
,
with
two
young
children
,
and
nothing
but
a
small
farm
for
her
support
.
Her
high
spirit
prevented
her
from
applying
to
the
Earl
of
Warrington
—
the
man
whose
love
she
had
slighted
and
scorned
;
and
thus
she
had
to
struggle
with
poverty
and
misfortune
in
rearing
and
educating
her
fatherless
progeny
.
The
farm
which
she
tenanted
was
situated
in
Berkshire
,
whither
she
and
her
husband
had
removed
immediately
after
the
death
of
the
father
of
Stanford
.
This
farm
belonged
to
a
gentleman
of
the
name
of
Stephens
—
a
merchant
of
respectability
and
property
,
in
the
City
of
London
.
"
It
was
in
the
year
1829
that
Robert
Stephens
appeared
at
the
farm-house
,
to
announce
the
death
of
his
father
and
his
inheritance
of
all
the
landed
property
which
had
belonged
to
the
deceased
.
The
widow
was
considerably
in
arrears
of
rent
:
Stephens
inquired
into
her
condition
and
prospects
,
and
learnt
from
her
lips
her
entire
history
—
that
history
which
,
from
motives
of
disappointed
pride
,
she
had
religiously
concealed
from
her
children
.
She
was
well
aware
of
the
provisions
of
the
late
Earl
's
will
;
but
she
had
determined
not
to
acquaint
either
Eliza
or
Walter
with
the
clause
relative
to
the
fortune
,
until
the
majority
of
the
latter
.
Towards
Stephens
she
did
not
manifest
the
same
reserve
,
the
revelation
of
that
fact
being
necessary
to
convince
him
that
she
possessed
good
perspective
chances
of
settling
those
long
arrears
,
which
she
was
in
the
meantime
totally
unable
to
liquidate
.
"
Robert
Stephens
was
immediately
attracted
towards
that
family
.
It
was
not
the
beauty
of
Eliza
which
struck
him
:
—
he
was
a
cold
,
calculating
man
of
the
world
,
and
considered
female
loveliness
as
mere
dross
compared
to
sterling
gold
.
He
found
that
Walter
was
an
amiable
and
simple-hearted
youth
,
and
he
hoped
to
turn
to
his
own
advantage
the
immense
inheritance
which
awaited
the
lad
at
his
majority
.
He
accordingly
treated
Mrs.
Sydney
with
every
indulgence
,
forgiving
her
the
arrears
already
accumulated
,
and
lowering
her
rent
in
future
.
He
thus
gained
an
immense
influence
over
the
family
;
and
when
a
sudden
malady
threw
the
widow
upon
her
death-bed
,
it
was
to
Stephens
that
she
recommended
her
children
.
"
Stephens
manifested
the
most
paternal
attention
towards
the
orphans
,
and
secured
their
unbounded
gratitude
,
attachment
,
and
confidence
.
But
his
designs
were
abruptly
menaced
in
an
alarming
manner
.
The
seeds
of
consumption
,
which
had
been
sown
by
paternal
tradition
in
the
constitution
of
Walter
,
germinated
with
fatal
effect
;
and
on
the
14th
of
February
,
1831
,
he
surrendered
up
his
spirit
.
"
Scarcely
had
the
breath
left
the
body
of
the
youth
,
when
Stephens
,
by
that
species
of
magic
influence
which
he
had
already
begun
to
exercise
over
Eliza
,
induced
her
to
assume
her
brother
's
garb
;
and
she
was
taught
to
believe
,
even
by
the
very
side
of
his
corpse
,
that
immense
interests
were
connected
with
her
compliance
with
his
wish
.
An
old
woman
was
the
only
female
attendant
at
the
farm-house
;
and
she
was
easily
persuaded
to
spread
a
report
amongst
the
neighbours
that
it
was
the
daughter
who
was
dead
.
Eliza
did
not
stir
abroad
:
Stephens
managed
the
funeral
,
and
gave
instructions
for
the
entry
in
the
parish
register
of
the
burial
of
Eliza
Sidney
;
and
,
as
Eliza
immediately
afterwards
repaired
to
the
Villa
at
Clapton
,
the
fraud
was
not
suspected
in
the
neighbourhood
of
the
Berkshire
farm
.
"
Stephens
duly
communicated
the
deaths
of
Mrs.
Sydney
and
Eliza
to
the
Earl
of
Warrington
,
and
obtained
an
introduction
to
this
nobleman
.
He
called
occasionally
in
Grosvenor
Square
,
during
this
interval
of
four
years
and
nine
months
which
occurred
between
the
reported
death
of
Eliza
and
the
26th
of
November
,
1835
;
and
invariably
took
care
to
mention
not
only
that
Walter
was
in
good
health
,
but
that
he
was
residing
at
the
Villa
.
His
lordship
,
however
,
on
no
occasion
expressed
a
wish
to
see
the
young
man
;
for
years
had
failed
to
wipe
away
the
impression
made
upon
Frederick
's
mind
by
the
deceased
Letitia
Hardinge
!
"
When
Stephens
introduced
the
disguised
Eliza
to
the
nobleman
,
as
Walter
Sydney
,
upon
the
morning
of
the
26th
of
November
,
the
Earl
entertained
not
the
least
suspicion
of
fraud
.
He
knew
that
Stephens
was
the
son
of
an
eminent
merchant
,
and
that
he
was
well
spoken
of
in
society
;
and
he
was
moreover
anxious
to
complete
a
ceremony
which
only
recalled
painful
reminiscences
to
his
mind
.
Thus
,
so
far
as
his
lordship
was
concerned
,
the
deceit
was
managed
with
the
most
complete
success
;
and
there
is
no
doubt
that
the
entire
scheme
might
have
been
carried
out
,
and
the
secret
have
remained
for
ever
undiscovered
,
had
not
a
private
warning
been
communicated
in
time
to
the
Bank
of
England
.
"
Such
was
the
complete
narrative
formed
by
the
statement
of
the
Earl
of
Warrington
,
through
his
solicitor
,
and
the
confession
of
Eliza
Sydney
.
The
history
excited
the
most
extraordinary
interest
in
all
who
heard
it
;
and
there
was
a
powerful
feeling
of
sympathy
and
commiseration
in
favour
of
Eliza
.
Even
Lord
Warrington
himself
looked
once
or
twice
kindly
upon
her
.
The
examination
which
elicited
all
the
facts
detailed
in
the
narrative
,
and
the
evidence
gone
into
to
prove
the
attempt
to
obtain
possession
of
the
money
at
the
Bank
of
England
,
occupied
until
four
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
;
when
the
magistrate
committed
Robert
Stephens
,
Hugh
Mac
Chizzle
,
and
Eliza
Sydney
to
Newgate
,
to
take
their
trials
at
the
approaching
session
of
the
Central
Criminal
Court
.
CHAPTER
XXXII
.
THE
OLD
BAILEY
.
THE
sessions
of
the
Central
Criminal
Court
commenced
.
The
street
of
the
Old
Bailey
was
covered
with
straw
;
and
the
pavement
in
the
neighbourhood
of
the
doors
of
the
court
on
one
side
,
and
of
the
public-houses
on
the
other
,
was
crowded
with
policemen
,
the
touters
of
the
barristers
and
attornies
practising
criminal
law
,
and
the
friends
of
the
prisoners
whose
trials
were
expected
to
come
on
that
day
.
The
press-yard
,
which
is
situate
between
the
solid
granite
wall
of
Newgate
and
the
Court-house
,
was
also
flooded
with
living
waves
,
which
rolled
onwards
from
the
street
to
the
flight
of
steps
leading
into
the
gallery
of
the
Old
Court
.
In
former
times
,
prisoners
who
refused
to
plead
,
were
pressed
beneath
immense
weights
,
until
they
would
consent
to
declare
themselves
guilty
or
not
guilty
.
This
odious
punishment
was
inflicted
in
that
enclosure
:
hence
its
name
of
the
press-yard
.
It
cannot
be
necessary
to
describe
the
court-house
,
with
its
dark
sombre
walls
,
and
its
huge
ventilator
at
the
top
.
Alas
!
the
golden
bowl
of
hope
has
been
broken
within
those
walls
,
and
the
knell
of
many
a
miserable
wretch
has
been
rung
upon
its
tribunals
from
the
lips
of
the
judge
!
The
street
of
the
Old
Bailey
presents
quite
an
animated
appearance
during
the
sessions
;
—
but
it
is
horrible
to
reflect
that
numbers
of
the
policemen
who
throng
in
that
thoroughfare
upon
those
occasions
,
have
trumped
up
the
charges
for
which
prisoners
have
been
committed
for
trial
,
in
order
to
obtain
a
holiday
,
and
extort
from
the
county
the
expenses
of
attending
as
witnesses
.
At
the
time
of
which
our
tale
treats
,
the
sheriffs
were
accustomed
to
provide
two
dinners
for
the
judges
every
day
;
one
at
three
,
and
the
other
at
five
o'clock
,
so
that
those
who
could
not
attend
the
first
,
were
enabled
to
take
their
seats
at
the
second
.
Marrow
puddings
,
beef-steaks
,
and
boiled
rounds
of
beef
,
invariably
formed
the
staple
commodities
of
these
repasts
;
and
it
was
the
duty
of
the
ordinary
chaplains
of
Newgate
to
act
as
vice-presidents
at
both
meals
.
This
ceremony
was
always
performed
by
those
reverend
gentlemen
:
the
ecclesiastical
gourmands
contrived
,
during
sessions
,
to
eat
two
dinners
every
day
,
and
wash
each
down
with
a
very
tolerable
allowance
of
wine
.
We
said
that
the
Sessions
commenced
.
On
the
Monday
and
Tuesday
,
the
Recorder
in
the
Old
Court
,
and
the
Common
Sergeant
in
the
New
,
tried
those
prisoners
who
were
charged
with
minor
offences
:
on
the
Wednesday
the
Judges
upon
the
rota
took
their
seats
on
the
bench
of
the
Old
Court
.
Richard
Markham
's
name
stood
first
for
trial
upon
the
list
on
that
day
.
He
was
conducted
from
Newgate
by
means
of
a
subterraneous
passage
,
running
under
the
Press-yard
,
into
the
dock
of
the
Court
.
The
Hall
was
crowded
to
excess
,
for
the
case
had
produced
a
profound
sensation
.
The
moment
Markham
appeared
in
the
dock
,
every
eye
was
fixed
upon
him
.
His
countenance
was
very
pale
;
but
his
demeanour
was
firm
.
He
cast
one
glance
around
,
and
then
looked
only
towards
the
twelve
men
who
were
to
decide
upon
his
fate
.
Close
by
the
dock
stood
Mr.
Monroe
:
Whittingham
was
in
the
gallery
;
—
the
Baronet
,
Chichester
,
and
Talbot
lounged
together
near
the
reporters
'
box
.
The
Jury
were
sworn
,
and
the
counsel
for
the
prosecution
stated
the
case
.
He
observed
that
the
prisoner
at
the
bar
was
a
young
man
who
,
upon
his
majority
,
would
become
possessed
of
a
considerable
fortune
;
but
that
in
the
mean
time
he
had
no
doubt
fallen
into
bad
company
,
for
it
would
be
proved
that
he
was
arrested
by
the
police
at
a
common
gambling
house
in
the
evening
of
the
very
same
day
on
which
he
had
committed
the
offence
with
which
he
was
now
charged
.
It
was
but
natural
to
presume
that
this
young
man
had
imbibed
the
habit
of
gaming
,
and
,
having
thereby
involved
himself
in
pecuniary
embarrassments
,
had
adopted
the
desperate
and
fatal
expedient
of
obtaining
money
by
means
of
forged
Bank-notes
,
rather
than
communicate
his
situation
to
his
guardian
.
Where
he
procured
these
forged
notes
,
it
was
impossible
to
say
:
it
would
,
however
,
be
satisfactorily
proved
to
the
jury
that
he
passed
a
forged
note
for
five
hundred
pounds
at
the
banking-house
of
Messrs.
—
—
,
and
that
when
he
was
arrested
a
second
note
for
fifty
pounds
was
found
upon
his
person
.
Several
concurrent
circumstances
established
the
guilt
of
the
prisoner
.
On
the
evening
previous
to
his
arrest
,
the
prisoner
dined
with
Sir
Rupert
Harborough
,
Mr.
Chichester
,
and
Mr.
Talbot
;
and
when
these
gentlemen
proposed
a
walk
after
dessert
,
the
prisoner
requested
them
to
accompany
him
to
a
common
gaming-house
in
the
Quadrant
.
They
refused
;
but
finding
him
determined
to
visit
that
den
,
they
agreed
to
go
with
him
,
with
the
friendly
intention
of
taking
care
that
he
was
not
plundered
of
his
money
,
he
being
considerably
excited
by
the
wine
he
had
been
drinking
.
Ere
he
set
out
,
the
prisoner
enquired
if
either
of
his
companions
could
change
him
a
fifty
pound
note
;
but
neither
gentleman
had
sufficient
gold
to
afford
the
accommodation
required
.
Now
was
it
not
fair
to
presume
that
the
prisoner
intended
to
pass
off
upon
one
of
his
friends
the
very
forged
fifty-pound
note
subsequently
found
upon
him
?
On
the
following
day
,
the
prisoner
—
the
moment
he
was
released
from
custody
on
the
charge
of
being
found
in
a
common
gaming-house
—
hurried
home
,
and
ordered
his
servants
to
prepare
for
his
immediate
departure
for
the
continent
.
He
moreover
wrote
two
letters
,
which
would
be
read
to
the
jury
,
—
one
to
a
lady
,
and
the
other
to
his
guardian
,
—
and
both
containing
unequivocal
admission
of
his
guilt
.
The
learned
counsel
then
read
the
letters
,
and
commented
upon
their
contents
at
some
length
.
There
were
several
expressions
(
he
said
)
which
clearly
tended
to
self-crimination
.
—
"
Circumstances
of
a
very
peculiar
nature
,
and
which
I
cannot
at
present
explain
,
compel
me
to
quit
London
thus
abruptly
.
"
"
I
could
not
have
remained
in
London
another
minute
with
safely
to
myself
.
"
"
I
conceive
it
to
be
my
duty
—
in
consequence
of
rumours
which
may
shortly
reach
you
concerning
me
—
to
inform
you
that
I
have
this
moment
only
awoke
to
the
fearful
perils
of
the
career
in
which
I
have
for
some
weeks
past
been
blindly
hurrying
along
,
till
at
length
yesterday
—
—
.
"
"
I
am
penitent
,
deeply
penitent
:
let
this
statement
induce
you
to
defend
and
protect
my
reputation
.
"
The
last
paragraph
but
one
,
which
concluded
so
abruptly
with
the
words
,
"
till
at
length
yesterday
—
—
"
clearly
pointed
to
the
crime
with
which
the
prisoner
was
now
charged
;
and
the
last
paragraph
of
all
undeniably
implored
Mr.
Monroe
,
the
young
man
's
guardian
,
to
hush
up
the
matter
the
moment
it
should
reach
his
ears
.
The
clerk
at
the
banking-house
,
who
changed
the
five
hundred
pound
note
for
the
prisoner
,
then
gave
his
evidence
.
At
length
Sir
Rupert
Harborough
was
called
into
the
witness-box
;
and
he
deposed
that
the
prisoner
had
dined
with
him
on
the
evening
previous
to
his
arrest
;
that
he
very
pressingly
solicited
him
(
Sir
Rupert
)
,
and
Mr.
Chichester
,
and
Mr.
Talbot
,
to
accompany
him
to
the
gambling-house
;
and
that
he
moreover
,
enquired
if
either
of
them
could
accommodate
him
with
change
for
a
fifty
pound
note
.
Mr.
Chichester
was
called
next
.
He
stated
the
line
of
defence
adopted
by
the
prisoner
at
Bow-street
,
and
positively
denied
having
ever
given
the
prisoner
any
notes
to
change
for
him
.
Markham
's
counsel
cross-examined
this
witness
with
great
severity
.
"
What
are
you
,
sir
?
"
"
A
private
gentleman
.
"
"
What
are
your
means
of
subsistence
?
"
"
I
receive
an
allowance
from
my
father
.
"
"
Who
is
your
father
?
Now
,
take
care
,
sir
,
how
you
answer
that
question
.
"
"
He
is
a
commercial
man
,
sir
.
"
"
Is
he
not
a
tradesman
?
"
"
Well
,
—
he
is
a
tradesman
,
then
—
if
you
like
it
.
"
"
Yes
,
—
I
do
like
it
.
Now
—
upon
your
oath
—
is
he
not
a
pawnbroker
in
Brick-lane
,
Bethnal
Green
?
"
"
He
is
a
goldsmith
in
a
large
way
of
business
,
and
lends
money
occasionally
—
—
"
"
Ha
!
"
complacently
observed
the
counsel
for
the
defence
.
"
Go
on
,
sir
:
lends
money
occasionally
—
"
"
Upon
real
security
,
I
suppose
,
"
added
Chichester
,
taken
considerably
aback
by
these
questions
.
"
Upon
deposits
;
let
us
give
things
their
proper
names
.
He
lends
money
upon
flannel
petticoat
—
watches
—
flat-irons
,
etc.
,
"
observed
the
barrister
,
with
withering
sarcasm
.
"
But
I
have
not
done
with
you
yet
,
sir
.
Was
your
father
—
this
very
respectable
pawnbroker
—
ever
elevated
to
the
peerage
?
"
"
He
was
not
,
sir
.
"
"
Then
how
come
you
by
the
distinction
of
Honourable
prefixed
to
your
name
?
"
Mr.
Chichester
hung
down
his
head
,
and
made
no
reply
.
The
counsel
for
the
prisoner
repeated
the
question
in
a
deliberate
and
emphatic
matter
.
At
length
,
Mr.
Chichester
was
fairly
bullied
into
a
humble
acknowledgment
"
that
he
had
no
right
to
the
distinction
,
but
that
he
had
assumed
it
as
a
convenient
West-End
appendage
.
"
The
cross
examination
then
proceeded
.
"
Did
you
not
travel
under
the
name
of
Winchester
?
"
"
I
did
—
in
Germany
.
"
"
With
what
motive
did
you
assume
a
false
name
?
"
"
I
had
no
particular
motive
.
"
"
Did
you
not
leave
England
in
debt
?
and
were
you
not
afraid
of
your
bills
of
exchange
following
you
abroad
?
"
"
There
is
some
truth
in
that
;
but
the
most
honourable
men
are
frequently
involved
in
pecuniary
difficulties
.
"
"
Answer
my
questions
,
sir
,
and
make
no
observations
.
You
will
leave
me
to
do
that
,
if
you
please
.
Now
sir
—
tell
the
jury
whether
you
were
not
accompanied
by
a
valet
or
coachman
in
your
German
trip
?
"
"
I
am
always
accustomed
to
travel
with
a
domestic
.
"
"
A
man
who
runs
away
from
his
creditors
,
should
have
more
delicacy
than
to
waste
his
money
in
such
a
manner
.
When
you
were
at
Baden-baden
,
were
you
not
involved
in
some
gambling
transactions
which
compelled
you
to
quit
the
Grand-Duchy
abruptly
?
"
"
I
certainly
had
a
dispute
with
a
gentleman
at
cards
:
and
I
left
the
town
next
morning
.
"
"
Yes
—
and
you
left
your
clothes
and
your
servant
behind
you
—
and
your
bill
unpaid
at
the
hotel
?
"
"
But
I
have
since
met
my
servant
,
and
paid
him
more
than
double
the
wages
then
due
.
"
"
You
may
stand
down
,
sir
,
"
said
the
counsel
for
the
defence
—
a
permission
of
which
the
witness
availed
himself
with
surprising
alacrity
.
The
counsel
for
the
prosecution
now
called
Mr.
Whittingham
.
The
poor
butler
ascended
the
witness-box
with
a
rueful
countenance
;
and
,
after
an
immense
amount
of
badgering
and
baiting
,
admitted
that
his
young
master
had
meditated
a
sudden
and
abrupt
departure
from
England
,
the
very
day
upon
which
he
was
arrested
.
In
his
cross-examination
he
declared
that
the
motives
of
the
journey
were
founded
upon
certain
regrets
which
Richard
entertained
at
having
permitted
himself
to
be
led
away
by
Messrs.
Chichester
and
Talbot
,
and
Sir
Rupert
Harborough
.
"
And
,
my
Lords
,
"
ejaculated
the
old
domestic
,
elevating
his
voice
,
"
Master
Richard
is
no
more
guilty
of
this
here
circumwention
than
either
one
of
your
Lordships
;
but
the
man
that
did
it
all
is
that
there
Chichester
,
which
bilked
his
wally-de-shamble
,
and
that
wulgar
fellow
,
Talbot
,
which
called
me
a
tulip
.
"
This
piece
of
eloquence
was
delivered
with
much
feeling
;
and
the
Judges
smiled
—
for
,
they
appreciated
the
motives
of
the
honest
old
domestic
.
The
officer
who
arrested
Markham
,
proved
that
he
found
upon
his
person
,
when
he
searched
him
at
Bow
Street
,
a
pocket-book
,
containing
between
thirty
and
forty
pounds
,
in
notes
and
gold
,
together
with
a
note
for
fifty
pounds
.
A
clerk
from
the
Bank
of
England
proved
that
both
the
note
for
five
hundred
pounds
changed
at
the
bankers
,
and
the
one
for
fifty
just
alluded
to
,
were
forgeries
.
The
case
for
the
prosecution
here
closed
;
and
the
Judges
retired
to
partake
of
some
refreshment
.
Markham
had
leisure
to
think
over
the
proceedings
of
the
morning
.
He
was
literally
astounded
when
he
contemplated
the
diabolical
perjury
committed
by
Sir
Rupert
Harborough
and
Mr.
Chichester
;
but
he
entertained
the
most
sanguine
hope
that
the
discredit
thrown
upon
the
character
of
the
latter
would
render
his
testimony
worthless
.
He
shuddered
when
he
reflected
how
ingeniously
the
counsel
for
the
prosecution
had
grouped
together
those
circumstances
which
told
against
him
;
and
then
again
a
ray
of
satisfaction
animated
his
countenance
,
when
he
remembered
that
his
counsel
would
speedily
show
those
circumstances
in
a
new
light
.
The
Judges
returned
:
silence
prevailed
throughout
the
hall
;
and
the
prisoner
's
counsel
rose
for
the
defence
.
Richard
seated
himself
in
the
dock
,
and
prepared
to
listen
with
the
greatest
attention
to
the
speech
of
his
advocate
;
and
Whittingham
placed
his
hand
in
a
curved
position
behind
his
ear
,
in
order
to
assist
that
organ
on
the
present
important
occasion
.
The
counsel
for
the
defence
began
by
giving
some
account
of
the
family
and
social
position
of
the
prisoner
,
who
was
born
of
parents
accustomed
to
move
in
the
first
rank
of
life
,
and
who
was
the
heir
to
a
fortune
of
no
inconsiderable
amount
.
During
his
minority
,
his
guardian
,
who
was
then
present
,
had
promised
to
allow
the
prisoner
six
hundred
pounds
a-year
.
With
these
pecuniary
advantages
,
it
was
absurd
to
suppose
that
a
young
man
of
education
—
a
young
man
whose
noble
and
honourable
feelings
had
been
the
object
of
remark
on
the
part
of
all
his
friends
,
and
who
had
only
to
express
a
want
to
his
guardian
,
in
order
to
receive
its
immediate
gratification
—
it
was
absurd
to
imagine
that
such
an
individual
would
either
enter
into
a
conspiracy
with
others
,
or
plan
by
himself
,
for
the
purpose
of
raising
money
upon
forged
notes
.
No
—
this
young
man
was
one
of
a
most
generous
and
confiding
disposition
;
and
,
as
he
had
seen
but
little
of
the
world
,
he
was
totally
unacquainted
with
its
wiles
and
artifices
.
Thus
was
he
made
the
dupe
of
some
designing
villains
,
at
his
very
outset
upon
life
.
The
whole
history
of
the
present
transaction
was
to
be
summed
up
in
a
few
words
.
A
gang
of
conspirators
had
hit
upon
the
desperate
mode
of
passing
forged
notes
,
in
order
to
retrieve
their
ruined
fortunes
.
Not
as
magnanimous
as
the
highwayman
who
perils
his
own
existence
while
he
perpetrates
a
crime
,
these
men
required
a
tool
of
whom
they
might
make
use
,
and
who
could
be
at
any
time
sacrificed
to
save
them
.
This
instrument
—
this
scapegoat
,
was
the
prisoner
at
the
bar
.
The
witness
,
whose
real
name
was
Chichester
,
but
who
,
by
his
own
confession
,
had
travelled
on
the
Continent
under
another
denomination
,
was
not
a
person
on
whom
the
Jury
could
place
any
reliance
.
He
had
assumed
a
distinction
to
which
he
was
by
no
means
entitled
—
he
had
affected
all
the
arrogance
and
importance
of
a
man
of
rank
and
fashion
,
—
whereas
he
was
the
son
of
a
pawnbroker
in
the
refined
locality
of
Brick-Lane
,
Bethnal
Green
!
Endowed
with
much
impudence
,
clever
in
imitating
the
manners
of
his
superiors
,
and
well
versed
in
all
the
intricacies
and
subtleties
of
the
world
,
this
possessor
of
assumed
distinctions
—
this
swaggering
imitator
of
a
class
far
above
him
—
this
adventurer
,
with
fascinating
conversation
,
ready
wit
,
amusing
anecdote
,
and
fashionable
attire
,
—
this
roué
of
the
present
day
,
with
jewellery
about
his
person
,
and
gold
in
his
pocket
—
allowing
ever
an
engaging
smile
to
play
upon
his
lips
,
and
professing
unmitigated
disgust
at
the
slightest
appearance
of
vulgarity
in
another
,
—
this
individual
—
this
Mr.
Chichester
was
the
principal
witness
whom
the
counsel
for
the
prosecution
had
brought
forward
.
But
no
English
Jury
would
condemn
a
fellow
creature
upon
such
testimony
—
the
testimony
of
one
who
was
compelled
to
fly
ignominiously
and
precipitately
from
Baden
,
on
account
of
some
rascality
at
cards
,
and
who
left
his
domestic
in
a
strange
land
,
pennyless
,
ignorant
of
the
language
,
and
surrounded
by
the
odium
which
also
attached
itself
to
the
name
of
his
master
.
The
prisoner
had
no
motive
in
passing
forged
notes
,
because
he
was
wealthy
;
—
but
Mr.
Chichester
had
a
motive
,
because
he
evidently
lived
far
beyond
the
means
which
his
father
could
allow
him
.
The
learned
counsel
here
related
the
manner
in
which
Richard
had
been
induced
to
change
the
larger
note
,
and
had
become
possessed
of
the
smaller
.
He
then
proceeded
to
observe
,
that
the
letters
addressed
to
Mrs.
Arlington
and
Mr.
Monroe
related
to
the
fact
that
the
prisoner
's
eyes
had
been
suddenly
opened
to
the
characters
of
his
associates
,
and
to
the
career
of
dissipation
in
which
they
were
leading
him
.
The
phrase
upon
which
so
much
stress
had
been
laid
—
"
till
at
length
yesterday
—
—
"
alluded
to
the
suicide
of
a
young
officer
,
which
had
taken
place
while
the
prisoner
was
at
the
gambling-house
,
whither
he
had
been
inveigled
instead
of
inveigling
others
.
"
He
could
not
have
remained
in
London
another
minute
with
safety
to
himself
.
"
And
why
?
because
these
associates
whom
he
had
accidently
picked
up
,
would
not
leave
him
quiet
.
They
regularly
beset
him
.
"
He
was
penitent
;
"
and
he
hoped
that
Mr.
Monroe
would
"
defend
and
protect
his
reputation
.
"
Yes
—
when
the
newspaper
reports
conveyed
to
the
knowledge
of
that
gentleman
the
fact
that
his
ward
had
been
arrested
in
a
common
gambling-house
,
and
fined
for
being
there
.
The
letters
were
written
hurriedly
,
and
were
ambiguous
:
thus
they
were
susceptible
of
more
than
one
interpretation
.
Let
the
jury
interpret
them
in
favour
of
the
prisoner
.
It
was
better
to
send
a
dozen
guilty
men
back
again
into
society
,
terrible
as
that
evil
would
be
,
than
to
condemn
one
innocent
person
.
Then
,
with
regard
to
the
precipitate
departure
:
the
witness
Whittingham
had
shown
,
in
his
cross-examination
,
that
the
prisoner
's
object
was
to
escape
from
the
three
men
whose
characters
were
suddenly
unveiled
to
him
.
It
was
said
,
that
the
prisoner
had
requested
those
three
individuals
to
accompany
him
to
the
gaming-house
,
and
that
they
at
first
refused
.
Oh
!
amazing
fastidiousness
—
especially
on
the
part
of
Chichester
,
who
had
been
compelled
to
decamp
from
Baden
,
for
cheating
at
cards
!
Then
it
was
stated
that
the
prisoner
asked
for
change
for
a
fifty-pound
note
;
and
it
was
said
,
that
he
would
have
availed
himself
of
that
accommodation
to
pass
a
forged
note
.
Why
—
he
(
the
learned
counsel
)
had
already
explained
how
that
fifty-pound
note
came
into
the
prisoner
's
possession
—
his
own
gold
having
been
transferred
by
Mr.
Chichester
to
Sir
Rupert
Harborough
's
writing-desk
!
The
learned
counsel
concluded
,
by
asking
how
it
happened
that
no
other
forged
Bank
of
England
notes
—
no
copper-plates
to
print
them
with
—
no
materials
for
such
a
fraud
,
were
found
at
the
prisoner
's
house
?
Could
it
be
supposed
that
a
young
man
with
his
prospects
would
risk
his
reputation
and
his
safety
for
a
few
hundreds
of
pounds
?
The
idea
was
preposterous
.
The
prisoner
's
counsel
entered
into
a
few
minute
points
of
the
evidence
which
told
in
favour
of
his
client
,
and
wound
up
with
a
powerful
appeal
to
the
jury
in
his
behalf
.
Richard
followed
,
with
absorbing
interest
,
the
able
defence
made
for
him
by
his
counsel
;
and
his
soul
was
filled
with
hope
as
each
fact
and
argument
in
his
favour
was
divested
of
all
mystery
,
and
lucidly
exhibited
to
the
consideration
of
the
court
.
Mr.
Monroe
was
summoned
to
the
witness
box
,
and
he
proved
the
statements
made
by
the
prisoner
's
counsel
relative
to
the
pecuniary
position
of
his
ward
.
Snoggles
,
the
ostler
,
followed
,
and
very
freely
stated
all
the
particulars
of
his
late
master
's
precipitate
decampment
from
Baden
.
Thus
terminated
the
case
for
the
defence
.
The
counsel
of
the
prosecution
—
according
to
that
odious
right
which
gives
the
accusing
party
the
last
word
in
those
instances
where
the
defendant
has
called
witnesses
—
rose
to
reply
.
He
stated
that
neither
the
wealth
nor
the
social
position
of
an
individual
afforded
a
certain
guarantee
against
crime
.
Besides
,
the
law
must
not
always
be
swayed
by
the
apparent
absence
of
motives
;
because
some
of
the
most
extraordinary
deeds
of
turpitude
upon
record
had
never
been
traced
to
a
source
which
could
satisfactorily
account
for
their
origin
.
The
perpetration
was
the
object
which
the
jury
had
to
keep
in
view
;
and
the
use
of
evidence
was
to
prove
or
deny
that
perpetration
by
some
particular
individual
.
A
forgery
had
been
committed
,
and
money
obtained
by
the
prisoner
at
the
bar
through
the
agency
of
that
forgery
.
The
defence
had
not
attempted
to
deny
that
the
prisoner
was
the
individual
who
had
thus
obtained
the
money
.
The
point
to
be
considered
was
,
whether
the
prisoner
knew
the
note
to
be
a
forged
one
;
and
he
(
the
learned
counsel
)
considered
that
an
assemblage
of
circumstances
of
a
most
unequivocal
nature
stamped
the
prisoner
with
that
guilt
.
Mr.
Chichester
's
evidence
went
to
show
that
he
himself
never
gave
any
notes
to
the
prisoner
.
Even
if
Chichester
were
proved
to
be
a
disreputable
person
,
there
was
nothing
beyond
the
prisoner
's
mere
assertion
(
made
through
his
counsel
)
to
prove
that
he
had
received
the
two
notes
from
Chichester
.
Mr.
Chichester
had
certainly
assumed
another
name
during
his
German
tour
,
but
it
was
for
the
purpose
of
avoiding
arrest
in
a
foreign
land
upon
bills
of
exchange
which
might
have
been
sent
from
England
after
him
.
He
had
,
moreover
,
assumed
the
distinction
of
Honourable
—
a
foolish
vanity
,
but
by
no
means
a
crime
;
for
half
the
Englishmen
who
were
called
Captain
,
were
no
more
captains
than
he
(
the
learned
counsel
)
was
.
The
senior
judge
now
summoned
up
the
evidence
to
the
jury
;
and
the
most
profound
interest
was
still
manifested
by
all
present
in
the
proceedings
.
The
learned
judge
occupied
nearly
two
hours
in
his
charge
to
the
jury
,
whom
he
put
in
possession
of
all
the
points
of
the
case
which
it
was
necessary
to
consider
.
The
jury
retired
,
and
debated
for
a
considerable
time
upon
their
verdict
.
This
was
the
dread
interval
of
suspense
.
Richard
's
countenance
was
deadly
pale
;
and
his
lips
were
firmly
compressed
in
order
to
prevent
any
sudden
ebullition
of
feeling
—
a
weakness
to
which
he
seemed
for
a
moment
inclined
to
yield
.
Mr.
Monroe
did
not
entertain
much
hope
;
the
summing
up
of
the
judge
had
been
unfavourable
to
Markham
.
As
for
Whittingham
,
he
shook
his
head
dolefully
from
time
to
time
,
and
murmured
,
loud
enough
to
be
heard
by
those
near
him
,
"
Oh
!
Master
Richard
,
Master
Richard
!
who
would
ever
have
propulgated
an
opinion
that
you
would
have
been
brought
into
such
a
fixture
as
this
?
It
's
all
along
of
them
fellers
which
call
butlers
tulips
!
"
How
singularly
reckless
is
the
mind
of
man
with
regard
to
the
destinies
of
those
to
whom
he
is
not
connected
by
any
ties
of
blood
or
friendship
!
While
the
jury
were
absent
,
discussing
their
verdict
,
the
various
barristers
,
assembled
round
the
table
,
began
chattering
together
,
and
laughing
,
and
telling
pleasant
anecdotes
,
as
if
the
fate
of
a
fellow-creature
was
by
no
means
compromised
at
that
moment
.
The
counsel
for
the
prosecution
,
who
had
done
his
duty
by
exerting
all
his
talents
,
all
his
energies
,
and
all
his
eloquence
,
to
obtain
the
conviction
of
a
youth
who
had
never
injured
him
,
and
whom
he
had
never
seen
before
,
coolly
took
up
a
newspaper
and
perused
it
with
evident
gratification
;
while
,
at
a
little
distance
from
him
,
stood
the
individual
whom
he
had
so
zealously
and
earnestly
sought
to
render
miserable
for
life
!
How
strange
!
—
how
horribly
depraved
and
vitiated
must
be
that
state
of
society
in
which
hundreds
of
talented
men
are
constantly
employed
,
with
large
recompense
,
in
procuring
the
condemnation
of
their
fellow-creatures
to
the
scaffold
,
the
hulks
,
or
eternal
banishment
!
And
what
an
idea
must
we
entertain
of
our
vaunted
condition
of
consummate
civilization
,
when
we
behold
these
learned
men
calling
to
their
aid
every
miserable
chicanery
,
every
artificial
technicality
,
and
every
possible
exaggeration
,
to
pursue
the
accused
prisoner
either
to
the
platform
of
the
gibbet
,
to
loathsome
dungeons
,
or
to
the
horrors
of
Norfolk
Island
.
Does
society
avenge
?
—
or
does
it
merely
make
examples
of
the
wicked
to
warn
others
from
sin
?
If
the
enquirer
who
asks
himself
or
us
these
questions
,
would
only
attend
the
Central
Criminal
Court
,
he
would
hear
the
barristers
for
the
prosecution
imploring
,
coaxing
,
and
commanding
the
jury
to
return
such
a
verdict
as
will
either
condemn
a
human
being
to
the
scaffold
,
or
separate
him
for
ever
from
home
,
wife
,
children
,
kindred
,
and
friends
!
He
would
find
men
straining
every
nerve
,
availing
themselves
of
every
miserable
legal
quirk
and
quibble
,
torturing
their
imaginations
to
find
arguments
,
calling
subtlety
and
mystification
to
their
aid
,
shamefully
exaggerating
trivial
incidents
into
important
facts
,
dealing
in
misrepresentation
and
false
deduction
,
substituting
and
dovetailing
facts
to
suit
their
purposes
,
omitting
others
which
tell
against
their
own
case
,
almost
falling
upon
their
knees
to
the
jury
,
and
staking
their
very
reputation
on
the
results
,
—
and
all
these
dishonourable
,
disgraceful
,
vile
,
and
inhuman
means
and
efforts
exerted
and
called
into
action
for
the
sake
of
sending
a
fellow-creature
to
the
scaffold
,
or
separating
him
for
ever
from
the
family
that
is
dependant
upon
him
,
and
that
will
starve
without
him
!
O
God
!
is
it
possible
that
man
can
have
been
made
for
such
sad
purposes
?
is
it
possible
that
the
being
whom
thou
hast
created
after
thine
own
image
,
should
be
so
demon-like
in
heart
?
Oh
!
if
the
prisoner
standing
in
the
dock
had
inflicted
some
terrible
injury
upon
the
honour
or
the
family
of
the
barrister
who
holds
a
brief
against
him
,
then
were
it
easy
to
comprehend
that
profound
anxiety
on
the
part
of
this
barrister
,
to
send
the
trembling
criminal
to
the
gallows
!
But
,
no
—
that
barrister
has
no
revenge
to
gratify
—
no
hatred
to
assuage
—
no
malignity
to
appease
;
he
toils
to
take
away
that
man
's
life
,
with
all
his
strength
,
with
all
his
talent
,
and
with
all
his
energy
,
because
he
has
received
gold
to
do
his
best
to
obtain
a
conviction
!
Ah
!
what
a
hideous
traffic
in
flesh
and
blood
!
And
if
any
one
were
to
say
to
that
barrister
,
"
Thou
art
a
blood-thirsty
and
merciless
wretch
,
"
he
would
answer
coolly
and
confidently
,
"
No
:
on
the
other
hand
,
I
subscribe
to
philanthropic
institutions
!
"
The
jury
returned
;
and
the
feeling
uppermost
in
their
minds
was
satisfaction
at
the
prospect
of
being
so
speedily
dismissed
,
to
their
respective
homes
,
where
they
would
pursue
their
efforts
after
wealth
,
and
speedily
forget
the
youth
whom
they
had
condemned
to
punishment
,
and
whose
prospects
they
had
blasted
.
For
their
verdict
was
Guilty
!
And
the
judges
hastened
to
terminate
the
proceedings
.
Richard
was
commanded
to
rise
,
and
receive
the
sentence
of
the
court
.
He
obeyed
with
a
kind
of
mechanical
precision
—
for
his
mental
energies
were
entirely
prostrated
.
The
voice
of
the
judge
addressing
him
rang
like
the
chimes
of
distant
bells
in
his
ears
;
—
the
numerous
persons
whom
he
beheld
around
,
appeared
to
be
all
moving
and
agitating
like
an
immense
crowd
assembled
to
witness
an
execution
.
He
stood
up
as
he
was
commanded
;
and
the
Judge
proceeded
to
pass
sentence
upon
him
.
He
said
that
the
court
took
his
youth
into
consideration
,
and
that
there
were
circumstances
which
would
render
a
very
lenient
sentence
satisfactory
to
that
society
which
had
been
outraged
.
The
court
accordingly
condemned
him
to
two
years
'
imprisonment
in
the
Giltspur
Street
Compter
,
without
hard
labour
.
"
That
's
all
!
"
said
the
spectators
to
each
other
;
and
they
appeared
disappointed
!
The
audience
then
separated
.
CHAPTER
XXXIII
.
ANOTHER
DAY
AT
THE
OLD
BAILEY
.
RICHARD
was
conveyed
back
to
Newgate
in
a
state
of
mind
which
can
be
more
easily
imagined
than
described
.
The
Judges
returned
in
their
handsome
carriages
,
to
their
splendid
abodes
;
—
the
prosecuting
barrister
,
that
zealous
and
enthusiastic
defender
of
social
morality
,
hastened
to
the
Temple
to
entertain
a
couple
of
prostitutes
in
his
chambers
;
—
and
the
various
lawyers
engaged
about
the
court
,
hurried
to
their
respective
homes
to
prepare
writs
relating
to
fresh
cases
of
turpitude
and
crime
for
the
morrow
.
Richard
had
shaken
hands
with
Monroe
and
Whittingham
over
the
parapet
of
the
dock
—
he
would
not
be
allowed
to
see
them
again
for
three
months
!
They
still
believed
in
his
innocence
—
although
twelve
men
that
afternoon
had
declared
their
conviction
of
his
guilt
!
On
the
ensuing
morning
the
trial
of
Eliza
Sydney
,
Robert
Stephens
,
and
Hugh
Mac
Chizzle
took
place
.
As
on
the
preceding
day
,
the
court
was
crowded
from
floor
to
roof
.
The
bench
was
filled
with
the
ladies
and
daughters
of
the
aldermen
;
there
was
a
full
attendance
of
barristers
;
and
extra
reporters
occupied
the
box
devoted
to
the
gentlemen
of
the
press
.
The
case
had
created
an
extraordinary
sensation
,
not
only
in
consequence
of
the
immensity
of
the
stake
played
for
by
the
prisoners
,
but
also
on
account
of
the
remarkable
fraud
practised
by
one
of
the
most
lovely
women
that
had
ever
breathed
the
air
of
this
world
.
Eliza
was
dressed
with
extreme
simplicity
,
but
great
taste
.
A
straw
bonnet
with
a
plain
riband
,
enclosed
her
pale
but
charming
countenance
:
there
was
a
soft
and
bewitching
melancholy
in
her
eyes
;
and
her
moist
red
lips
were
slightly
apart
as
if
she
breathed
with
difficulty
.
She
was
a
woman
of
a
strong
mind
,
as
we
have
said
before
;
and
she
endeavoured
to
restrain
her
emotions
to
the
utmost
of
her
power
.
She
did
not
condescend
to
cast
a
look
upon
her
fellow
prisoners
;
nor
during
the
trial
were
her
glances
once
turned
towards
them
.
Stephens
appeared
to
be
suffering
with
acute
mental
pain
:
his
countenance
was
cadaverous
,
so
pale
and
altered
was
it
;
—
even
his
very
lips
were
white
.
Mac
Chizzle
still
retained
an
air
of
dogged
sullenness
,
approaching
to
brutal
indifference
.
The
earl
of
Warrington
was
in
attendance
.
When
called
upon
to
plead
,
Stephens
and
the
lawyer
replied
Not
Guilty
;
Eliza
answered
Guilty
in
a
firm
and
audible
voice
.
As
the
entire
facts
of
the
case
are
known
to
the
readers
,
we
need
not
enter
into
any
fresh
details
.
Suffice
it
to
say
,
that
when
the
Jury
had
delivered
their
verdict
of
Guilty
against
the
two
male
prisoners
,
the
earl
of
Warrington
rose
,
and
in
a
most
feeling
and
handsome
manner
interceded
with
the
court
in
behalf
of
Eliza
Sydney
.
Eliza
herself
was
quite
overcome
with
this
unexpected
generosity
,
and
burst
into
a
flood
of
tears
.
The
foreman
of
the
jury
also
rose
and
observed
that
,
though
the
female
prisoner
had
taken
her
case
out
of
their
hands
by
pleading
guilty
,
the
jury
were
nevertheless
unanimous
in
recommending
her
to
the
favourable
consideration
of
the
court
.
The
Judge
proceeded
to
pass
sentence
.
He
said
,
"
Robert
Stephens
,
you
have
been
guilty
of
one
of
the
most
serious
attempts
at
fraud
,
which
,
in
a
commercial
country
and
a
civilised
community
,
could
be
perpetrated
.
You
have
moreover
availed
yourself
of
your
influence
over
a
young
and
confiding
woman
—
an
influence
obtained
by
a
series
of
kind
actions
towards
her
mother
,
her
late
brother
,
and
herself
—
to
convert
her
into
the
instrument
of
your
guilty
designs
.
The
court
cannot
pass
over
your
case
without
inflicting
the
severest
penalty
which
the
law
allows
.
The
sentence
of
the
Court
is
that
you
be
transported
beyond
the
seas
for
the
term
of
your
natural
life
.
"
The
culprit
staggered
,
and
leant
against
the
dock
for
support
.
A
momentary
pause
ensued
,
at
the
expiration
of
which
he
partially
recovered
himself
and
said
,
"
My
Lord
,
I
acknowledge
the
justice
of
my
sentence
:
but
permit
me
to
observe
that
the
female
prisoner
Eliza
Sydney
is
innocent
of
any
attempt
to
defraud
.
Up
to
a
few
hours
before
we
called
upon
the
Earl
of
Warrington
to
sign
the
release
and
obtain
the
bank
receipts
,
she
was
ignorant
of
the
real
object
which
I
had
in
view
.
Even
then
,
when
I
unveiled
my
designs
,
she
shrank
from
the
part
she
had
to
perform
;
and
I
was
compelled
to
make
use
of
all
the
specious
arguments
and
all
the
sophistry
I
could
call
to
my
aid
,
to
blind
her
as
to
the
real
nature
of
the
transaction
.
My
Lord
,
I
make
these
few
observations
in
justice
to
her
;
I
have
nothing
now
to
lose
or
gain
by
this
appeal
in
her
behalf
.
"
Stephens
sank
back
exhausted
in
a
chair
which
had
been
placed
in
the
dock
for
the
accommodation
of
Eliza
Sydney
;
and
the
lady
herself
was
melted
to
fresh
tears
by
this
proof
of
latent
generosity
on
the
part
of
the
man
who
had
been
the
means
of
placing
her
in
her
present
sad
position
.
The
Judge
continued
:
"
Hugh
Mac
Chizzle
,
you
have
been
found
guilty
of
aiding
and
abetting
,
at
the
last
moment
,
in
the
consummation
of
a
deed
of
almost
unpardonable
fraud
.
You
have
taken
advantage
of
a
profession
which
invests
him
who
practises
it
with
an
appearance
of
respectability
,
and
gives
him
opportunities
of
perpetrating
,
if
he
be
so
inclined
,
enormous
breaches
and
abuses
of
confidence
:
You
stand
second
in
degree
of
culpability
to
the
prisoner
Stephens
.
The
sentence
of
the
court
,
therefore
,
is
,
that
you
be
transported
beyond
the
seas
for
the
term
of
fifteen
years
.
"
There
was
another
momentary
pause
;
and
the
Judge
then
proceeded
as
follows
,
while
the
most
breathless
silence
prevailed
:
—
"
Eliza
Sydney
,
your
share
in
this
unfortunate
and
guilty
business
has
been
rather
that
of
an
instrument
than
a
principal
.
Still
you
had
arrived
,
when
you
first
assumed
a
masculine
disguise
,
