It appeared in this trial that Lord Mohun, with a Captain Hall, had formed a project forcibly to carry off Mrs. Bracegirdle, the actress, to whom, or rather, to whose successful career on the stage this Hall pretended to be attached. The worthy pair hired a coach to go to Totteridge, directing the driver to have six horses in readiness, and to be waiting, for them at Drury Lane, near the theatre, with only two horses to the carriage, about nine o’clock at night. The party had dined together at a tavern in Covent Garden, where Mrs. Bracegirdle became the subject of their conversation; and both admitted their belief that she was upon terms of more than common intimacy with Montford, a popular performer at that period. They therefore formed a plan to carry her off forcibly that very night into the country; for which purpose Hall had secured the assistance of a party of soldiers belonging to his company. In this conversation Hall told Lord Mohun, that unless they could be at the theatre by 6 o’clock, their plan would fail. They accordingly repaired to the playhouse, and went behind the scenes; where they were much disappointed in being informed, that Mrs. Bracegirdle was not to perform that night. Upon this intelligence they withdrew; but found, upon further inquiry, that she was to sup at the house of a Mrs. Page, of Drury Lane; and they therefore lay in wait for her near Lord Craven’s house. About 10 o’clock Mrs. Bracegirdle, accompanied by Mr. Page, her mother, and her brother, were returning home towards Howard Street where she lived, when these ruffians seized her, and, assisted by the soldiers, endeavoured to force her into the carriage, while Captain Hall at the same time strove to drive away Mr. Page; but Mrs. Bracegirdle’s mother firmly grasped her, and struggled to protect her daughter. The uproar had now become so great, the neighbourhood being alarmed by the women’s shrieks, that several persons rushed to the rescue, the desperate project was defeated, and the soldiers were dismissed by their commander. Mrs. Bracegirdle and her party returned home; but Lord Mohun and his companion watched near her house at the corner of Norfolk Street, pacing up and down the flags with drawn swords, waiting for Montford whom they expected to pass in that direction, on his way home. Tired of thus standing sentry, these worthies, it appears, amused themselves by drinking two bottles of wine in the street; some surly watchmen, who observed their extraordinary conduct and their naked swords, had the presumption to question them, upon which Lord Mohun told the insolent guardians of the night that he was a peer of the realm, and dared them to molest him: at the same time he condescended to inform them, that his _friend’s_ sword was drawn in consequence of his having lost his scabbard. The watch, therefore, very respectfully withdrew, apologising for the breach of privilege, of which they had involuntarily been guilty.