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og Bad me ever the same, though I say with' /odd, I banish you." She left me yesterday for bad not beet the case I could not have written to watched more closely than Bonaparte at St. Helena, 'rich I have never been three days in a place. I for Whitehaven, where I play till Friday, the ,r the Play for London; if you could manage , of suspicion, how happy! shoyld be ; but beware, overclouded now with care, and you must lighten, not about meeting me at Barnet on Monday morn thing should concur smoothly in bringing you to nild not go through Barnet, but take another road remember, caution is the word, and true love will I.ject from dangers than incur them. 'peon, care of Miss Tidswell, Covent-Garden, London. (Post-mark, Exeter. 6th Jan. 1823). istrauDENT Gtac—Your incaution has been very acquaintance to the most lamentable crisis; of Inv you the letter I have written him; appear to ind let him think we are never to meet again, and as lost a Friend ; leave all further arrangements ta l i desires her best wishes to you, notwithstanding her of your conduct before him. Love shields the ob.' not exposes it. All shall be shortly as you wish.' care of Mrs. Matthews, 12, .row, Covent-garden, Loudon. (Post-mark, Exeter, 6th Jan. 1823). Cox—l have been seriously considering the mass of by us the two last nights at Salisbury. I must tey have given me great uneasiness. If I have paid .o your family than any other of my acquaintances, :ire was to thew the world that I valued my friends Iversity as when I shared their hospitality in their am sorry my conduct has been misconstrued, as the 'worthy of yourself, me, and a being, whose conduct, utimpeacluble. To remove all doubts upon the sub anteract the effects of insidious men, I shall beg leave friendship rendered unworthy by suspicion. wont of villains ' if I could take that man by the litating towards him an act of injustice. You do Cox; mine are follies--not vices. It has been my .he good I could in the world ; and when I am superior bourne, my memory may be blamed, but not Vm.hing you and your family every blessing the world_ believe me nothing less than, 's, most sincerely, EDMUND KEAN. a, Wellington-street, Waterloo-bridge, London. (Post-marl, Portsmouth, 16th Jan. 1824). Love—l wrote angrily to you yesterday, forgive me; seed at not receiving a letter from you, and wrote In teed, love, I would not doubt you for worlds, for I 'king of you, and if I lose you, I ant sure my heart lo not come to London till the following Monday; it Southampton for the next week ; direct your next ; I do not know how to answer you about your roposal, is it not hazardous? whenever you leave eyes will be upon you; think of it well, and let me have determined; let me find p letter from you, Southampton.— Love to aunts and sisters.—Mrs. Miss Tidswell, 12, Tavistock-row, Covent-garden, lost-paid). care of Miss Tidswell, 12, Tavistock-tow, Covent.. garden, London.—( Post-paid). (Post-mark, Southampton, 21st Jan. 1t 20. perceive, still dear L. B. an obvious change in the letters, and a less observer of the world could easily change of circumstances effects a change of sentiment. ago I was the only subject of your epistles, every page ?our love ; and your terminations, the hope of passing me ; it seems now, as if you had become weary of it think it necessary to fill the paper, that I may not ,f perceive a change of feeling. You now tell me of going to plays, and give me long critiques of singers and whose merits or defects I ant totally indifferent, and srly to have made up your mind to a circumstance, was vain enough to think, would have broken your . parting to meet no more. If such is your feeling, it, I shall release you from your bonds before my de. ,merica. That simple style of. writing that you had. used to clasp to my heart, kiss with my lips, and sleep pillow, is changed to the slang of fashionable coquetry. give the Colonel one smile to night." Why any night s les belong to me? but above all, dearest, for I still must , you have betrayed a littleness of mind, which, if I had under your own hand, I never could have believed. rejection of his offers upon the plea of giving up houses, ser i society—is this my Charlotte? No. I will believe that ' has usurped her character, for if you can so coolly ba ld's enjoyments against your love for sue, I have been you, and think with uninterested observers, that it was not love ; mark the difference—l could, for you, banish lie of this life, shut myself in the most dreary cavern, • privation, lose even the recollection of my language use, if, even at the end of twenty years, I was sure of ,ou for ever—that is, with the mind that has captivated last six years. I 4;11 say no more, there seemed but , secure our after happiness, and that, it seems, you have shall never again repeat it, nor tempt you for a moment powerful sacrifices as houses, servants, concerts, and , arewa Your unhappy, but fortunately proud EDMUND. (Post-mark, Southampton, Jan. 22, 1224). in:, darling Love, writes to me in affliction, and every for her happiness has subsided; she flies to me for refuge; ty whole heart, is open to receive her. My advice, my if you can, secure Miss W. to your interest; if not, fly in ; all I ask is, that fora few months you will hide It when the hue and cry is raised, they shall find nothing me. " If the goods are not found upon the thief, there conviction." Make up your mind by Monday, and meet I possible, close to the Diorama, Regent's Park, by one 'ep the meeting an entire secret, if you can; if that is do not let any other person be prepared to see me moment I stand before them : what money you may want have in three hours notice • indeed, my love, I adore it becomes your determina tion to proceed to extremities, ever find in me your lover, husband, father, friend ; but i t my darling ever again degrade herself in the opinion of ,nipper, by placing in the same scale houses and servants, against feelings of affection. There is het one point on which I am firm, that is, my duiy ts my family, after that I am all in all yours, for ever. Mrs. Elbe, care of Miss Tidswell, 12, Tavistock. row, Covent-garden, London. New can I thank you for your flattering solicitude? By no other means than by obeying implicitly all your commands. lam Jae- Ditely better this morning, and impatient to convince you that your suspicions are unfounded, which I hope to have as opportunity of doing to-morrow, twelve o'clock. " Doubt that the Stars are fire, Doubt that the Sun doth move, Doubt Truth to be a Liar, But never doubt I love 1" Ira Cox, Little B. Dna Lovx—l have been so ill that it is with the utmost diffi culty I could consent to act to-night. If every part of my conduct is to be so misinterpreted, and deprive you of the joys of riding in friends carriages, perhaps it would be better that we made no do not say this sincerely, for I love you dearer than my life, but very angry at your note; if your feeling was what I could I, you would pity my illness. Love—and do not provoke. L.B. 1 forgot Mrs. !!! Alleyn. Mr Buz Lures Love—l shall be a fortnight longer away than I spotted; could I have dreamed of such an event, I certainly would have had you. with me ; but your feelings must be reconciled my interest. I shall have the only thing I love in the world, Miry, the 31st, in my arms, and that is you, my dear. dear, dear, dear. L. B. I go by Glasgow and Edinburgh to London.--L. B. Br Duals; Drainer, Lenz Lays—Walk every day in my 165. elsce; they will soon be tired of watching ; change your route each time ; the receiving house for letters shall be here, on both slits, under the name of Sexton and Mrs. Elbe ; put all letters is th!Pesl yourself, whether twopenny or general: On my return, I so contrive our meetings, that a lynx's eye shall not penetrate ' retreats. Oh, my soul, my love, life without you. is valueless. Anew 'Rutin now the extent of my adoration. Mn. gibe. lick°Me my life, my lore, my soul—l cannot see you till after . which I act in to-nig* for my benefit. How does my Arhag? I introduce to you my friend, Mr. Crooke, an officer Waives, wh o m Iju o re commissioned to be in attendance, all honours so, his Captain's lore. I shall hurry through You sba • uY a World, vs - ; i f t hat bad not or.l am watched Nl J e st of which I • o ff now for erg - ; 2 , 6 o ff after th X. a s h a dow o f ills ' 6 ove rclouded in • z ye a hint abou ? I everything 'l4 I would no L , Ine ; but remem its object f car ! I LL . S im pso n, est y,;i,Lask-row, Cos are isi. D o -, Druz Neel Pe , b r inging our acq 5)? tf, be will shcw To 1s 7 c os cc it, and let ail d n itig he has lost lis. :11y Aunt desires POD re. she says, of you ry of its wishes, not Vfl • Simpson, care tea T iv i a tock-row, C aVe ion :th. Thug Cox—l ate ow uttered by u :its sme c bktwiie they hat not e a ttention to you and , simple motive mou xwch in adversity t sus rity. lam sor 'ch. ~rence is unworthy s ure, is unimpea 3;,d to counterac Ahdraw a friend tun I must he the woe: nso- while meditatii laps know me, Cox ; i sdt :0 do all the g and w . l to a superior b and • 5t ..3 Wishing j as' ' 'orsa .ise you, believe Your's, too C3U. , A. Cox, Esq. a, 1 our- lust. fully 31y pass Love— ime, Ins disappointed a u!!!crtati,; indeed, h Wind by thinking rill break ; I do not I sin t vgaged at Sot krter accordingly ; la). Airsetsbire proposa to his lenduti their eyes tt w 4 l's t!s,w when you has x felt an Monday, at So! lit" De, care of Miss I this laden.—(Post-pai , that ham- I.s. Elbe, care of ecalls ga ce in. then, Too plainly I per nor of your letter terpret that clung Six months ago 1 osurances of your l'eento roar life with cue; the subject, but tbi 2). :co suddenly perce us be nncerts, going to i vet," -;tors, to whose letter• rem very clearly l w the hi:h once, I was Larliug art—that of par unded nd upon it, I to my tore for Amevi better which I used Idol is ids on my pillow ( did not give th if ;we nt smiles beim I stn loos so, you ha not read under you 122). Your rejection o nu are 'ants, and society- , why some fiend has usu inswer bate the world's e m her niitaken in you, a e; we Fission and not 1w raven's every pleasure of 1 times mdergo every pri' would for want of use, ii re you, possessit:g you for tilt me re for the last six lr love, sot way to secure which rejected; I shall kr my to make such pos Mae oc Colonels. Fares them, ! My darling, da thought but for ht my heart, my wb lose, is this, if yo 424 to ray protection ind fate yourself, that whi ots• aP' to criminate me. as um- On be no convict n Ariz me alone, if possi hOshitUg o'clock ; keep th see the impracticable, dc 414 311 till the moment 3 1 10se you shall have i ttist. pe t yon, and if it be( MY WIT you shall ever fit pointed do not let my da oust not her worshipper, faith in against feelings c . . 04 ; but —, ...my, •airs Mat . I an in- Mrs. Elbe, ea' ig in the TOW to own, new can I thank yi 1...c0ttn.. means than by obeyini me l o ok Dimly better this morr ' jay, the suspicions are unfosim have 00 doing to-morrow, twe like you 0 Doubt t ee urban Dout rill have Doubt ' , if be is But i oDubrin Ira Con, Little B lay there you MY Dun Lora—l ha our offer coh be y I could consent ed ; bur, to so misinterprt . _ . . d to kind friends' carriage 4 13 :71 r0m tutus appointments. ril round I do not ay this ail entangled I netvery angry at moven, Irish It, you would ph amour to No--I forgot Mts. ! forget it• Dr Dui Limit Edgibe• — ",_ : ,, 1 petted ; could I vor, s _Pr o ; would have had you ri es ) so " o 7 40 . In .. my interest. lal rriday, the 31st, in dear, dear. w, I to by Glugow 1 tot 2.) )IT Duals; Di rite much ; absence; they will le rt ugo r o lett w e . ea ch time ; the rece . '9 s ites, under the natr the past yourself, wk r Night. will so contrive our r, our retreats. Oh, n I knew not till no w r. 1412 2 1 Ain. Elite. little bra . _. Wekome my life, aly love ul , e farge, which I a b e n enter stde darling? I int! t . abroad. / d the Wolves, who ail COntatri sod pay a il hooopse the Tobacconist as fast as ;ossible....Tt mattered not What subject,` Little Breeches. • Dusts? Lora—l am sorry we could not Meet leStairr, as if I should not chance to see you to-day. I cannot meet you tW Mender To-morrow I must be with the Fund, and on Sunday they bare co.' gaged rise in home service. If you receive this before two o'clock. I shall leave the theatre at that time, and want through the Cows home ; shall take care of the box ; glad the clothes fit. On my soul I expected a Fund Committee to-morrow. I shall be, at one, at tha place I appointed to-day. I have te ceived a note—that I have had suspicion of. Mrs. Elbe. • • • • • t When the letters had been read, the LORD Clint' , JUSTICS withdrew from the bench for a short time; during which the noise in the gallery was renewed, and a struggle for places occurred, in which we think some, blows were given. At his return, the tumult ceased. Mr. John Coles, the plaintiff's attorney, of the firm of Amory and Coles, was then called. He stated that he received the letters which had been read, and others, from the plaintiff, shortly before the commencement of Idle action, tied round with red tape and sealed. They had been ever since in his possession. On cross-examination by Mr. SCARLITT, Mr. Coles said be sued out a writ, at the suit of the plaintiff, against Mr. Watmore, on the same day that he sued out a writ against Mr. Kean, and for a similar cause of setion. He had proceeded in that action as far as the declaration. Alice Humber was then called, and, after several minutes' delay, from the pressure of the crowd, exa mined by the COMMON SERJEANT.—She said, I lived with Mr. Cox before he married his present wife, and 'till my own marriage. On that occasion 'I left him, 'but returned I t years ago, on my husband's death. I recollect his marriage, and lived with him some time afterwards before my own. During the first service, Mr. and Mrs. Cox seemed to live very happily. They appeared very much attached to each other. When I returned, they were living at Wandsworth, and ap peared to live on the same terms as before. They came to live in London'six or seven years ago, and lived in Wellington•street, leading from the Strand to Waielloo bridge. I recollect Mr. Cox breaking a rib in 1823, by an accident, and he was detained in the country. 'During his absence, Mrs. Cox, being about to go from home, gave me a letter for my master, to be kept for him in case he should return, and given to him. If he, 'came after Thursday, I was to tell him she was gone to Miss Warwick, and to deliver the letter. I was to order a chaise to come the Monday evening at seven o'clock. She went away in that chaise, which was or dered fur Salt-hill, and returned on the Saturday fol lowing. She then gave me a letter for Mr. Kean. I carried it, and between ten and eleven that night Mr. Kean came with Mr. R. Phillips, who is called his se cretary. Mr. Phillips went in about half an hour: Mr. Kean stayed. Mrs. Cox ordered me to make up a bed for Mr. Kean in the room next the drawing-room, where Mr. Robert Cox slept when at home, but who was then out. When Mrs. Cox retired, she ordered me, if my master came, to look out at the window before I opened the door, and call her immediately by knocking at the door of the room where Mr. Kean was to sleep. Mr. Kean slept there that night. The next morning one of Mr. Kean's dressers came with a note directed to my mistress. I went and knocked at the door of his room. My mistress came from the bed, and unlocked the door, and sent me to see who brought it. I came up and said it was Mr. Kean's servant. Mr. Kean was then lying in bed, and Mrs. Cox in her gown, but without her shoes, standing at the side. I after wards saw Mr. Cox loo kingl over papers in Mrs. Cox's drawer. He found them in a little cabinet in his own bed• room. This was after Mrs. Cox left the house: I believe only one day after. Cross-examined by Mr. _....grAnuerr.—l live with Mr. Cox now. At the time of these affairs, I was a servant of all work. I know nothing of a gentleman found in the dressingloom. I recollect nothing of the kind. Eight years ago my master and mistress went with Mr. Kean to Tamworth. • Here the noise, which had been for some time in creasing in the gallery, and which exactly resembled that of the over-crowded pit of the theatre, became so meat, that it was impossible for the witness or the Counsel to be heard. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE interposed, and desired that the Under Sheriff would remove some of the per- 1 sons on the outer parts of the gallery, as more had been admitted than the place would accommodate. " This Court," said his Lordship, "has been built with a yery liberal view to the accommodation of the public; am anxious they should enjoy that accommodation; but while they do so, they must not interrupt the ad ministration of justice. If the noise is repeated, I will order the whole gallery to be cleared : I should regret to do so ; but at all events the administration of justice must not be impeded. Silence being in some measure restored, the witness proceeded. - The first time I ever saw Mr. Kean was at Wands worth, ultra than seven years ago. After this visit Mr. and Mrs. Cox lived in Little Biitaiu, five or six years ago. Afterwards, Mr. and Mrs. Cox frequently went to the play on the nights when Mr. Kean acted. Mr. and Mrs. Kean both frequently came• a to my mas ter's house. Mrs. Kean ceased to come four or five years ago, and my Mistress then ceased to. visit Mrs. Kean. After this my master and mistress still went to the play, and Mr. Kean visited them as before. Three or four years ago they removed to Wellington-street. My master and mistress sometimes accompanied Mr. Kean when he went to play in the country. I recollect twice. I recollect their going to Croydon two or three years ago; I believe two: I went on that occasion to call Mr. Kean's servant, I think at three in the morn ing, by Mrs. Cox's desire. I was not in bed ; I think my mistress was not. I think Mr. Kean's carriage was waiting at the door. At four in the morning, my master, mistress, Mr. Kean, and Miss Wickstead, set out in Mr. Kean's carriage to Croydon, Mr. Kean driving. Mr. Cox returned at seven, alone; but started again for Croydon in the evening, and brought the Ladies back on the following morning. On another occasion, Mr. Kean came after my mistress was in bed; he was admitted, and I think once she got up, but I cannot say whether she joined Mr. Kean ; he came at one or two o'clock at night, and remained till the morning ; my mister sat up with him ; the visit to Croydon was in winter; I do not recollect anything about supper that night, or that my mistress was in bed; when she desired me to call Mr. Kean's servant, she was not in her night-cap ; the journey to Salt-hill was in the spring of 1823 ; Mr. Kean had slept in the house three or tour times when my master was arhorna, after the intercourse with Mrs. Kean ceased; I sus ' pected, when Mrs. Cox said, For GOD'S sake, don't let me be caught," what she was about ; I had suspected before ; I have seen Mr. Kean- and my mistress in the 'parlour before, but nothing I then saw Mee me sus peck anything improper ; letters were sent, and this ex cited my suspicion I I did not suspect my mistress with any one else;-my mistress was very cautious. Here the witness was asked whether she had not expressed het self (in too strong language for our columns) as to her mistress's disposition • she replied she did not think she had; if so, it was very lately ' indeed. In continuation, the witness being asked respecting Mr. Watmore, said, Mr. Watmore was my master s l clerk. He had bees so a year and a quarter. y master was unfortunate in business. The discovery of' the papers was the day after my mistress left. My master was in the house when she left it. I think she went away is the morning with Miss Wickstead, my thaster's niece, who returned in about a Ice tnight. My master found the papers in the morning ; 1 went to take hot ,water for him to dress, and saw hint find them. When my master was not at home, Mrs. Cox often went out by herself; some times she stayed till ten o'clock. Sometimes Miss Wickstead was with her; sometimes she was alone. She walked. My master did not dine out very often. I have known her stay at home,but she more frequently went out, not directly ; and when she went alone, she came to the door alone. I sometimes opened it. Ido not recollect Mr. Kean making my mistress a present of a horse. I know of no Sir James visiting at the house. Re-examined—The cabinet was never locked. Mr. Watmore was received in the house as Miss Wickstead's lover. Mr. Cox became a bankrupt in 1821. This was the case for the plaintiff. • Mr. SCARLETT commenced his address to the Jury by telling them, that he was too well acquainted with the nature of these cases, and too well aware of what belonged to his own character and duty, ever to at tempt, either in public 'or in private, any vindication of the offence which, by the testimony of the witness who had just quitted the box, had been attached to his client. Whether his Learned Friend was right in ascribing the fiequency of these actions to the depraved morality of the age, he would not at that moment pretend to say. The knowledge which he had of mankind, induced him to believe that the morality of the present generation was at least as great as that of any generation which had preceded it. Mr. Kean was an Actor of great fame and talent, a scholar and a genius; be was a man who, from the very nature of his profession, had become a public servant, and was consequently placed in such a situation as to render it perilous in him to resort to such a defence as might otherwise avail him. If the object of Mr. Cox had been to obtain a separation, he (Mr. S.) wished he had selected some other individual on whom a verdict might be attended with less fatal consequences. The Gentlemen of the Jury could not fail to have ob served the skill, the care. and the cunning with which the plaintiff's case had been brought forward, keeping back such testimony as might, perhaps, discover too much, and presenting to the Jury just as much as, was barely necessary to make out a case, and no more. His Learned Friend had been so cautious of not calling one to connect the correspondence which had been read with Mrs.Cov, that,with one solitary exception,the letters were not proved to have any reference to her. He might have proved, if he would, that some circumstances therein stated referred to Mrs. Cox. The Jury did not now know that the letters which had been just read were the same found in the cabinet, which was never locked. There was no evidence that one of those letters were even found there. The fact of Mr. Cox ordering Mr. Coles to bring actions against two individuals for the same offence, and on the same day, threw a doubt as to what letters were really discovered ; and what right had any Jury, sitting upon their oaths, to infer that of, I which no proof had been adduced ? Besides, was it to 1, be believed that this woman, represented as being so cautious, would keeto such letters in an open cabinet? Another question might arise as to when he became possessed of them? Had his Learned Friend offered any reason, in putting ie a letter addressed to Mr. Cox, why a letter in a feigned name should be assumed to be ad dressed to Mrs. Cox? The Learned Serjeant had left them in the dark as to when the plaintiff first discovered his dishonour; but if he expected to go before the House of Lords, he must ascertain that fact before he could get a divorce from that Tribunal. He must. prove that he took such measures as would be taken by a husband jealous of the honour of his wife; for there the mere statement of Counsel would be considered far from sa tisfactory. It had been said that Mr. Co: had been a patron to Mr. Kean ; but he (Mr. Scarlett) denied the .fact. Mr. Kean had been the object of public at traction for more than thirteen years, and had raised himself to fame by one great effort of his own genius. It was evident that the writer of the letters had formed a strong iatimacy—tbat his mind was subdued by a violent passion--and that he subsequently became jea lous of its object. If Mrs. Cox was the person to whom those letters referred, then a light must open upon the Jury; for they must have observed that passion, and sot love, must hays prompted her to make the firsp ad vances. If he (Mr. Scarlett) should prove that she was then carrying on an intercourse with another man, and that she had employed the same artifices in deceiving Mr. Kean, which she had done is deceiving her hus band, then must they acknowledge that she was a more consummate actor than was he himself. It appeared (that when Mr. Cox dined out, Mrs. Cox usually went lout by herself, and staid out till ten or half-past ten o'clock at night. With regard to the letter in which a Lady is desired to favour the contents of a letter de- Isigned as an imposition on Mr. Cox, he would con tend that they had no right to conclude that that letter was addressed to Mrs. Cox ; but even if it was, it only proved her imprudence, or want of caution, had driven I him to the necessity of saving her from an exposure.— The very idea was absurd. If he should prove that Mr. Watmore, who was apparently paying his addresses to Miss Wickstead, was actually intriguing with Mrs. Cox, he had a sanguine hope that he would receive a verdict at their hands. They had heard in the course of the cause, that the defendant was accustomed to call fre quently at a very late hour at the plaintiff's house.— They had heard from the plaintiff's own witnesses, that upon one occasion, Mrs. Cox had been called up to en tertain him. Perhaps he "should be able to prove that she had been called up on more occasions than one.— They had heard also of a very extraordinary visit which the plaintiff had made to Croydon, with his wilt and niece, when Mr. Kean sat upon the coach-b ix and drove them down. They had heard that Mr. Cox's servant had been sent, at three o'clock in the morning, to call up Mr. Keati's servant, who most likely brought to his master a supply of clothes. They had heard how Mr. Cox had returned to his own home betiteen six and seven o'clock in the morning, and how, he had left his wife and niece under Mr. Kean's protection. They had heard how he had left them in the same cate for the whole of the next day and night; and could not, be trusted, have forgotten that it was not till the succeeding day that he had broeght them back again to his house in mins They had evidence here, if not of collusion, at least of weakness, such as he did -not think could be found in any Alderman in London--(Loaed Lankier). The first introduction of Mr. Kean into Mr. Cos's tensity arose out of the following circumstance Kean was performing Othello, at Taunton, seven years ago, when the performance was interrupted by the fainting of Mrs. Cox, who was violently affected by his perform- mice ; Mr. Kean lent his assistance towards her recovery, and led her to the. Green-room ; the next day, Mr. Cox calied, and thanked him for his attention, and invited him to his house on his return to London, which invi• tation Mr. Kean was two modest to accept, until re peated in London. All these powerful emotions which had been excited by his performance, induced her to go 1/0 the . play every night he appeared, when in London.— Site was in the habit of going into his dressing-roorn, while he was occasionally not half dressed, and from thence to his box, and this frequently, so much to Mr. Kean's annoyance, that he has made excuses to exclude her. They seemed as if they could not live without him, and this was before that degree of intimacy which he (Mr. Scarlett) was willing to admit had taken place. He also slept in their house, and that subsequent to Mrs. Kean's having declined to visit Mrs. Cox. Mrs. Kean had. desired, in the presence of the Alderman himself, that the intercourse might cease, as it must inevitably lead to improper conclusions. Nutwith. standing this, he called on Mr. Kean, and took him to his house, where he passed hours, and often remained until four in the morning, until at length Mrs. Cox's passion could no longer be commuted, and an intimacy took place. He called the attention of the Jury to the letter in which Mr. Kean, while offering . protec tion to her, still reserved as sacred his duties to his family. Mr. Kean, in his most violent profes sions, never permitted her to suppose that he would neglect his duty to his wife. If the Alderman, notwithstanding the advice of Mrs. Kean, still fre quented the Theatre with his wife, to what damages was he entitled ? He entreated the most liberal consi deration of the Jury in the course he was about to pur sue ; for he was about to make out a case by calling hos- - tile witnesses. He intended to prove that, long before Mr. Cox came to London, he went home one night and discovered a man in the closet adjoining his wife's bed room. He caused an interchange of letters, and then, taking his wife away with him, put up tamely with his dishonour. illso that Mrs. Cox, on another occasion, had left town for Brighton, but he soon after learned that she had gone to Birmingham, after Mr. Kean ; that he sent his son thither, and then Ms. Cox returned, and was received. He (the son) was astonished that she was so received on her return; but he is not called on this occasion. Mr. Kean was going to Exeter, and as far as Salisbury, Mr. and Mrs. Cox accompanied him; that journey cost Mr. Kean about 601. and Mr. Cox nothing ; to close the scene, he would state ' a fact, which, if he proved, he would entirely destroy Mr. Cox's claim to a verdict. What would the Jury think, if he should prove to them that Mr. and Mrs. Cox had been seen walking very lovingly together since the commencement of this action? What, if he could prove that Mr. Kean had produced a sam of money and paid his rent for him? What could be inferred from such facts, but that Mr. Cox had been in collusion with his wife from lieginning to end, in order to get a sum of money, or else a di vorce. The Common Serjeant 'had not given him 'an opportunity of examining a single member of Mr . Cox's family, but Mr. Kean was bound to call them, in order to vindicate his own character from the charges of breach of friendship, of the ties of • gratitude, and of the laws of hospitality. Mr. Kean, went to America, as they had all heard, a few years ago. What would they think, when they heard that the Alderman, so shortly after the solemn warning which he had received from Mrs. Kean, had invited Mr. Kean, though he knew him to be a married man, to come to his house, to sleep there, and to make it the last place of his repose before he left England ? It was Mr. Cox, net Mrs. Cox, that made this proposal; and that, too, after his suspicions had been somewhat rudely awakened by the defendant's wife. 6 6 In my humble opinion," said Mr. Scarlett, 6 4 it would have been safer and wiser for the plaintiff, after the warning he had so lemnly received, to have said to the defendant,' I wish you every success and happiness, but come not under my roof; seek not my house, but let my wife and me in future admire you as the rest of the world does, at a respectful distance.' His conduct was exactly the reverse of this, and you will shew your opinion of it by your verdict of the present day." The Learned Counsel then called his witnesses. James Newman examined by Mr. BROUGHAM—Was a servant to Mr. Kean at the theatre of an evening, and acted as one of his dressers. Mr. Kean has a diessing room to himself at the theatre, and in which witness had often seen Alderman Cox and his wife. The room was furnished like other rooms of that description, with tables, chairs, and a sofa; has seen Alderman Cox and his wife in the room when Mr. Kean was dressing; they were in the habit'of coming there Ttir five of six years previous to his going to America—they have also con stantly been there since his return from that place; they have been in the room when Mr. Kean has only had a pair of silk drawers on; they are made to fit as tight to the shape as possible, and are worn under what they call trunks, which come only about half way down the thigh; on his bedy he has sometimes, when they were present, only had a flannel waistcoat, with his arms bare. Witness has seen Mr. Kean in ral times when they were present. Mt was not locked oa the. inside while he Mrs. Cox has frequently come there alone, times with Miss Wickstead. Alderman _ wife used to come before the commencement play, and witness has seen Mr. Kean come off his common dress, when he has requi' leave the room, but not before he had to cept what he (witness) had stated, namely coast and silk leggings; the litter are intended to fit tight, are fleskliolour, Ai mesh. Mrs. Cox has come reptatedlY, has, through him (witness)•told her she, mitted ; has prevented her from cominl seen the Alderman and his Lady at the in Mr. Kean's box ; they mostly used his Mrs. Cox after the play was over, sometimes stage and sometimes in Mr. Kean's room: was not there at all times; has seen Mrs. box, and when she was there, there was vided for the Coxes, should they come. John Stewart was, in 1822, a Drury-lane, and was so till March, 1824 No. 4, allotted to the friends of Mr. Alderman Cox there several times, and most at all tithes on Mr. Kean's nights C s . stcoar, wan ms n this state sere- 'lr. Kean's door he was dressing. lone, and some- an Cox and his 'entente= of the erne in, and take e 1 t ak en , e l fl s k t , e n v s do n o f le wove, them e a i l a e a l i t : t o e : ind represent the when Mr. Kean could not be ad- ng in often ; has stage-ioor, and is box ; has seen nnetimes on the gym; her husband Nits. Kean in the I another box pro. e: ate box-keeper at I l i 24 ; attended box . Kean ; had seen and Mrs. Colt al• 1 of pet fortunate ;