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• r , df this cotinfry to the Courrof Naples. Mrs. Bligh hart ibeen under Mk care ; she was. acquainted with her up 'to illation of her marriggel i she saw her in 1817, shortly After her marriage; At iaeriber at Naples, and visited Captain and Mrs. Bligh ; they were very well re ceived, and visited in the most respectable circles ; she Aever saw anything objectionable in the conduct of Mrs. B. Mr. L. Wellesley was residing there at the time they visited ; they were introduced to each other At the house of the Minister; Mr. W. introduced him self as an old acquaintance; Mr. and Mrs. Wellesley After this visited Mr. and Mrs. Bligh, and continued to do so until Mrs. Bligh left. Mr.W.'s attentions to Mrs. Bligh were particular ; she learned from Mrs. Bligh that she vseant to leave; she gave as a reason that she would not stay another hour in the house if her friends were refused admittance; Mr. Bligh had refused Mr. Welle sley ; Mrs. Bligh,said that Mr. Wellesley was her best end only friend; Mrs. Bligh afterwards became part 'of Mr. Wellesley's family; she was not alter that re veived.in the families where she had before been ad 'mined ; she had seen them sitting together on the terrace ; she informed Mr. Bligh when his wife left the hbuse ; he was very much affected, even to tears. Cross-examined—Mr. Nigh gave notice that Mrs. 'nigh was not - to be trusted ; she never saw any thing 'objectionable one toward the other ; she was aware of a second marriage; before the month of July she had `heard some trifling disagreement ; it was after she be *lone acquainted with Mr. Wellesley; she could not 'lay that Mrs. Bligh had lived as a happy woman with Mr. Bligh. She had thought so till she told her to the •contrary ; she saw them about six weeks after the mar riage; Mr. Bligh was not there; she saw her about 12 *months afterwards; she dined with them in London, at a 'family parry atCol. Patterson's; she afterwards saw her at Cambray ; she had a house to herself ; Captain B. was -Obliged to go to England on account of his health ; he was absent abort two months. She heard Mrs. Nigh say she was intimate with Lady Aldborough ; she did not know that Mrs. B. was left in Lady Aldborough's •care by Mr. Bligh. Mrs. Bligh made a eommorrication to her, to which she'replied, " I could not have believed it possible it related to Captain Bligh's conduct at the Valais Royale it was of a gross nature. Mrs. Bligh made some complaint, that her life was mi,erable, after she became acquainted with Mr. Wellesley ; what she said was, that she would not remain another hour in the 'house, if any of her friends were not admitted. She was Always complaining that she was unhappy. She could tot exactly say the time; she never said any thing of her unhappiness, until after sl e became acquainted with Mr. Wellesley. She never told her that she had been -unhappy ; she, therefore, considered her happy ; she did not refer her unhappiness to any thing in particular; she did not consider she was unhappy with Mr. and Mrs. d ward Biigh. Re-examined—They sat up at Mr. Bligh's during the night, with is light, to receive hers she made application to Mrs. Nigh Auk "neat day to return, and assured her sire would be kindly received. Mr. Edward Bligh—He saw his brother in 1817, 'when he returned from Cambray ; he was not much in the habit of seeing him till he joined him at Florence, on his way to It .me; he then appeared to be on very good terms with Mrs. Bligh; at Naples he lived at 'the same table, and was constantly with them.— From his {Captain Bligh's) state of health, it was not thought 'advisable that they should sleep in the same apartment. He was subject to violent perspirations.— They appeared to be very happy together, but Mrs. B. was of a very bad temper. He saw no change until the renewal of the acquaintance, as Mrs. Illigh tailed St. She was after that very violent in her conduct, and appealed to act under the controul of another.... lie accompanied her to Mount Vesuvius; he missed her for some time, arid afterwards found her at the Hermitage, and learned that she had fallen down; Mr. W. was with her; he thought they were about three quarters of an hour ; Mr. Wellesley's attention was very Marked. On the 31st of July she eloped ; Captain Bligh was very much affected when he was told of it. Wit ness sat up until two o'clock in the morning, in case she shculd return ; when he went to her apartment, he found it locked; he found the key, looked into the apart anent, locked it again; and put the key in the same place. Outside of the window there was a mark of a boot. He examined the apartment the next day ; there was some of Mrs. B.'s linen on a chair, and a mark on the floor. Cross-examined—Saw his brother at S.indgate in 1817; he was there two or three months; his wife was tiot there. It was in Duke -street, Manchester-square, that he first saw Mrs. Bligh, in the year 1820; he next saw Mrs. Bligh in 1821, after his marriage, in Sussex. Mrs. Bligh was there a month, Captain Bligh about a week; he believed they slept in separate beds at that time. He next met them at Florence. He was, gen.. rally speaking, on good terms with Mrs. B. There was a coolness when ti , ey met at Florence, on account of what she had said of witness and of other mat ters; there was a proposition that the families should join ;. there were quarrels, some . imes they were violent; her temper was bad, the Captain's was not much better. He did not think they had any quarrels wail they went to Naples, they were then violent; they never came to blows; he never saw his brother behave but as be should do; he never struck her, nor had he heard Mrs. Bligh say that he had. He did not know who inhabited the Hermitage on Mount Vesuvius; there are persons that live there; he never saw any Monks there; there was a foreign Nobleman with them at the Her. mitage, but no servant. At the foot of the cone of the mountain there were guides. The Hermitage was the place where strangers usually stopped ; there were three Ladies, foreigners, of the party ; there were four bearers to carry each Lady. He arrived at home before Mrs. Thigh ; he left the party at Potoche ; be did not think it usual to go there after being up all night at the Mount; he understood that she went to an Hotel ; he did not know that his brother sent a notice there not to trust her; be (Captain Bligh) published notices through out Naples not to trust her, and that he would not be answerable for her debts. He did not know that he did all he could to prevent her having credit or protection horn any one ; he sent every where. He might have advised his brother to have published those bills; if he did, he had forgotten it. On one occasion, Mrs. thigh applied to him to advise his brother to let her go to a party, of which the defendant was one. Upon her asking this, he told her that he thought his brother was quite in the right not to give her permission, and that she ought net, consequently, to go. She replied, that she would go, whether be consented or not. She did go, and witness went with her. He had a quarrel with his brother at Naples, in the carriage, about her, and he (witness) certainly used violent words; neither of them quit ted the car r iage. Hi:brother told him that he had told his father he was bound in honour to marry this Lady; he did not tell him thathe had told his father that be was bound to marry her because he bad seduced her ; he was noteonspelled v lpy her Lather, Colonel Patterson, to marry her; he did not tell him that he had run away with her; he Conceived that in' point of law the first marriage was not legal—he supposed because she was not of age. It was from a feeling of honour on her account. fie never heard him say that be married her with Colonel Patterson's consent. He certainly drew the inference from what was said, that his brother had seduced her. He had no knowledge at all of his having represented that to her father. lite-examined—He believed from what bad been said, that he had cohabited with her before the first marriage. When he left Ms wife at Cambray, be certainty said that he was sorry that his circum stances would not allow him 'to bring her with him to Cheltenham and the other places. He should certainly say that his brother was unable. The declaration of his inability, was made the first time ha saw him after his return to England. He knew that Mr. Ha milton offered her money after her elopement. He frequently saw Mrs. Bligh and Mr. Wellesley together at Naples after the elope ment; he had seen them at the Opera; Mrs. Wellesley was of the party. By Mr. SCARLZTT—Mrs. Bligh was not living with Mr. Wellesley's family; she was received there ; it was some weeks after this that his brother sent Mr. Welles ley a challenge; he could not say that it was on the 2d of October ; he did not know dirt it was a few days after they left Naples. During this period Mrs. Bligh lived %%kit Mrs. Wellesley, and there was no reason then to think that there was anything imprope►. Wm. Richard Hamilton, the then Minister to the Court of Naples, was ezAmined respecting a corre spondence that had taken \place, in consequence of air application that watt made to him to present Mrs. Bligh at the Court of Naples, which he declined, in conse. quence of her having left her husband's house, and Mrs.' Hamilton having declined receiving her at her house. Dr. G. Hyde, Physician to the Embassy—l saw Mr. Wellesley and Mrs. Bligb frequently at Paris in 1824; they lived only a short distance from each other; 1 knew Mrs. Bligh ; in 1817 1 attended Mrs. Bligh ; in 1824, at the request of Mr Wellesley ; they quitted Paris in July, 1824 ; they passed by the name of Smith ; had several communications from Mr. Wellesley of a private nature respecting his situation with regard to Mrs. KO ; "cannot tell whether she had a child or was pregnant at that time ;I attended Mrs. Bligh on the 15th of July, 1824 ; she was at that time passing by the name of Smith. Mrs. Parker—l live at No. 9, Seymour-place, New Road: a Surgeon named Arnold, took lodgings for a Madame Ronzi; the Lady and Gentleman came on the 26► h of June, 1825 ; the Lady said the Gentleman was her husband ; she was very near her confinement ; they slept together; in the evening the Gentleman went to bed, and the Lady took up some coffee to his bed•room; afterwards heard that the Gentleman was Mr. L. Wel lesley, and the Lady, Mrs. Bligh ; was then satisfied that the Lady was Mrs. Bligh ; they left my house in a great hutry ; a Police officer came to the house on the Satorday following ; the Thursday they left the house, Captain Bligh also cattle to the house, and claimed the boxes and papers. The letters were heve offered in evidence by Mr. Jones, after an objection from Mr. Scarlett, which was over- ruled by the Lord Chief Justice; they were admitted in evidence, and read as follow, by the officer of the Court : (The letters in the opening statement of Counsel were read according to their dates.) LETTER IROM DIR. RAMILTOR TO - MR% EMU. Naples, August 16,1823. MADAMI cannot help expressing some surprise that you should ask of me to introduce to this Court any Lady with whom Mrs. Hamilton does not think it proper to correspond. Indeed, I wish that you had given to that circumstance its true interpretation ; you would then have relieved me from the disagreeable necessity of de clining to comply with your request, it being quite out of my power to present to his lUsjesty a Lady whironly a few weeks ago thought fit publicly to leave her husband's house and protection. I sincerely hope you will, upon this, abandon all thoughts of appearing at Court on Tuesday next. Intase.you should be otherwise advised, I shall certainly not•besitate to desire the servants of the Palace not to ad mit you into the drawing room. I am, Madam, your obedient humble Servant, W. R. HAMILTON. The following note, in the hand-writing of defendant, is indorsed on this letter This letter was written in answer to a very kind application made by Aln. liligh to be presented at Court. The day that Mrs. Bligh quitted her husband's home, Mrs. Hamilton called upon her at the Isle Britanoique Hotel three times, but was not let in, as Mrs. had given directions to see no one. The following day, when Mr. Wellesley saw her, he recommended her to write to Mr. Hamilton, regretting the mistake of the servants at the Hotel, and with other expressions of great civility, to which Mr. Hamilton gave her no answer. PROM MR. HAMILTON TO MR. WELLESLRY. Naples, August Is, 1823. MT DIAS SIR did not at all fancy that the purport of our cor respondence was to carry on a legal dispute ; but as I saw that that could be the only result of it, I thought it not worth our while. I still regret that you should think it derogatory to the character of• an English Gentleman, for so I must interpret your objection to apply to the Consul General for information, or on what may con cern you for an explanation of anything be may have done, or be supposed to have done, as unjust to you, or tending unjustly to cri minate your character and conduct. And I cannot at all see why the delicacy of your situation, or the pure dictates of humanity, which have induced you to take up Mrs. 13ligh's cause, should ope rate to prevent your applying to the Consul General, provided you have no other objection to such communication. It certainly has given both to Mrs. 11, and myself very great con cern to be under the necessity of declining to present at Court a Lady, who was about to go there under the protection of Mrs. Long Wellesley. but in such a case I had only to look to the person in question, not to any other individual. The countenance which Mr. L. Wellesley may think proper to give to Mrs. Nigh, can in no way alter or excuse Mrs. HUgh's conduct, and had I acted other wise,•' am confident that all the biker Engligh Ladies who propose to go to Court on Tuesday next, would have staid away ; besides you must be aware that I cannot present at Own any one whom I could not admit in.my own house. It is with great reluctance that I have said thus much, which may appear harsh, but 1 could not let pass your observations without some kind of reply; and as to wards the end of yogis this mogrng, you seem to imply that Mrs. Hamilton was swe of those who, as you say, fen off from Mrs. Bligh bs the hour of bw deep distress, I must ask you how could she do otherwise, 'wombs', as she did, that she had left her husband's house on the most frivolous pretences, and had avowedly put herself under your protection, the very person, the prohibition of whose visits by her husband was oast/ the alleged causes for this unfortunate step? I hope, therefore, that Mrs. Long Wellesley will do justice to Mrs. Hamilton's conduct, and that she will allow, both that there has been no want of charity or liberality on her part. and likewise that she is not in a situation to require forgiveness.—Yours, very faith fully, W. B. HAMILTON. P. S. I hope there is no occasion for me to assure you or any other English subject at Naples, that I shall not be wanting in the performance of my duty whenever I may be called on for inter. Terence of the Government, or application to the proper authorities, whereeor and whenever it can be done with propriety, and in the spirit d the instructions under which I act—namely, to see that justkliT is done to them, and that every proper assistance is given to the* in all their lawful proceedings. Yours, &e. W. 1L H. ?ROM MR. HAMILTON TO MR. WELLRSLRY. Pal. Calabk. Aug. 18, 1825. MY DIA IL War.r.usim—lt is, indeed, high time that our cor respondence on this unfortunate subject should terminate, particu larly after the words you have thought proper to introduce into yours of this evening ; but you must allow me to observe, that if you will refer to mine of tbb morelng, you will see that I did not say that Mrs. Bligh flew hens bar linsbowl's haw to throw her s& upon your protection. beg dpt dr kad kit hrt husband's Wow and put herself under your protection.atwo facts which, ll ant afraid, cannot now be disputed. With regard to my expression of frtvo. knee pretences, t need not tell you how happy it would make both myself, and all connected with me, if the disclosure oftbe teal cause should give me occasion to recall my words. At Y am still anxious to set myself right in Mri: L. Wellesley's eyes witlerespect to my motive for declining to present Mts. 'Nigh et Court, I must beg of you to allow me to add, that when I alluded. in reference to that subject, to her husband's prohibition of your visits, I ought to have said her husband's threat to prohibit your sits—a distinction which, of course, could make no difference in my conduct. In a ll !may have said in the coursed this our rapid inter change of billetuleux, Ibog youwill believe had nothing more in view than to account for my own conduct. I can have, and have no partial'. ties, either on the one side or the other. I have uniformly pointed out to you the way in which you can apply for what you want in the common course of business, nor can I for the life of me under stand why you should object to apply direct to the Commissioner- General. If I were to attempt to use any authority over him, whoa, in truth, I have none beyond what may be a matter aeons mon courtesy between us, to oblige him to make disclosures which he could not, or ought not to make, I should be labouring in vain, or I should be committing an act of injustice. For the last time is this subject, believe me ever yours, truly, Hon. W. L. Wellesley, Cap. Vecchia. W. R. HAMILTON. 1 The following promise made by Mr. Wellesley to' Mrs. Bligh, was found in a Souvenir of .'Nis. Bligh's, at their late lodgings, at Seymour-place: " I promise Mrs. Bligh that our separation shall not be permanent, provided she follows my wishes in going to England. (Signed) " W. L. W ELLESLEY." This was supposed to be written about September, 1824. Copy of a letter in the band-writing of Mrs. Bligh, and addressed to" Monsieur Long We:lesley, Poste Restante, a Geneva." It bears the post mark, " Genoa, 17 April." IThis date must be April, 1824, for it appears by the entries in Mrs. 1111gh's bails, that she arrived at Florence, October 15, 1823, and 'eft Florence for Paris on April 11,1824.] Geneva Albergo, della vista, Friday Morning. I arrived here late last night, perfectly knocked up, and in conse quence have been obliged to remain here to-day, as I really am very unwell, and I am quite sure, were I to go on without stop ping, I should be laid up on the road. I ant quite astonished to hnd you have not as yet made your appearance at this place. What am I to conjecture? I met a family on the road who bad left •6chneideriifs on Monday; and they told me you were still there; I cannot, and will not believe thi4, as I am quite sure you would not deceive me, or break your word. It would, indeed, be cruel of you were you to attempt to deceive me, for I have always placed such perfect confidence in you, and in what you here told me.tbat it would be a sad return. I must confess I cannot possibly think what has occurred to detain you on the road. Surely Pisa can have no charms to detain yoq. I told you that the plan was to stop there,and also to do so here, and at Turin. My Goo! if you allow this, you will be I don't know how long on the road. I cannot say I am flattered. I have done all that woman can do for you, and you prefer obliging every one but poor me,who, you must be perfectly certain, is wretched. I left Flo rence and hurried on bere,because I knewyou wished it. I have made no objection whatever to all your plans, and in return I only expected you would make our separation as short as possible; but alas ! you prefer amusing yourself on the mad in every town you pass through. Ah,Wellesley, is this kind of you ? Excuse me for writing thus to you; but I ant wretched—l am ill—and my thoughts are enough to distract any one. For Goes sake do not deceive me. I have never—never done so to you. Pray remember your promises, and your word of honour. Do not—oh, d• not make me have cause to be more wretched than lam ! I shall leave this to-morrow morn ing; but ere I go, I shall once more endeavour to find out if you have arrived. What I would give to ice you for a few minutes! Write to me, pray, and tell me all, and how you are ; I hope and trust that you are quite recovered. I shall be at Turin on Monday, and shall leave it next day if I am able; therefore inquire when the post that leaves this to-morrow will be there ; if you think I cannot get your letter there, direct it to C.unbray. I have seen no one here, nor have I been out of the hotel since my arrival. GOD bless you! and ever believe me with truth, yours, &c. H. Excuse this scrawl. • A blothieur Long Wellesley, Poste Restante, a Genoa. Copy of a Letter in the hand-writing of Mrs. Bligh, addressed 4, A Mon. Long Wellesley, a L'Hotel St. Marco, i Livorno." Post mark, Pisa, 23d April. [The account of defendant's travelling expenses, dated April 1824, Leghorn, containing entries paid fot medkines for Mr. L. Wellesley. Wednesday night, 12 o'clock. I have just received yours, and I must say I think it very unkind, and what did not expect tivin you. If I have offended you by re turning here, I ant sorry for it. I did so, because I heard, when I got to Genoa. that you were very ill at Florence, and unable to proceed on your journey. I immediately determined to return, that I might be near you. When I gut here, I heard you were quite well, and at Leghorn, where you had been for ten days, which surprised me much, as you never told me you had any intention of going there. On the contrary, you assured me you would make all the haste in your power to get to Paris. What made you change your plans I know nor, but I think you ought ro have come on as you promised me. Excuse me for being so candid as to tell you this. I left Florence at your request, when I really was very un well, and made all the haste in my power to go to Genoa, and I intended to have proceeded immediately to Turin, but when I heard you were still at Florence, and ill, I returned. I shall say no more on this subject, until I know the reason why you went to ILeghorn; but surely you ought not to treat me so unkindly, and write me so harsh an epistle, when I think you are to blame. You must know and allow, it has ever been my wish to please you, and to shew you I am still the same, I shall obey your order and pro- ceed to Paris, where I .hall remain in misery until you arrive, and GOD only knows when that will be ; for it appears to me, that it is your intention to remain as long as possible on this horrid journey. You cannet love me, my dearest Wellesley, if you treat me thus, and stop, in every town you come to, eight or ten days: I knew this was the plan, and I told you so at Florence. Oh ! have some compassion for me, and come on, for Gon's sake !—do not drive me mad with despair !—surely you will make no stay at Genoa now. lam most wretched and ill. The family who told me you were ill at Genoa, pitied me, and asked me if they could assist me? I love you dearly and sincerely, and, therefore, do not—oh ! do not forsake me! I cannot bear this life much longer. Oh ! come to me! Write to me again at Turin ! I shall expect you will oblige me in this request, and tell me when you will be at Paris. Yon appear to me to wish to please every one but ne. I dare say lam boring you with this letter, and I fear my requests win not be at tended to. Remember your promise to me, and your word of honour. Nod, Goo bless and protect you, my dearest Wellesley. For Goo's sake, come 00, and pray, pray, do not stay at Genoa and Turin ! Write again to me at Turin. Excuse any thing I have said harsh or unkind in this scrawl. I know not what I write, I am so miserable. Pray come to me as soon as possible. lam off this morning for Paris. Adieu, my dearest Wellesley ! Forgive me if I have offended you, and thew me you dos* by coming on. You will find a letter for you at Genoa, in the Post-office. A Mon. Long Wellesley, a L'Hotel St. Marco, I Ileum. Mr. Sergeant VAucums then put in a deed made by the father of Mr. Bligh, settling sonic property on hint, and entailing it on the issue of the marriage. Mr. ScAacret objected to the admission of this deed as evidence, as there were no special damages stated in the declaration. • Chief Justice Beer said, that the only grounds on whith the deed could be admitted, would be,to shew the affection which the plain tiff had for his wife; but as it did not appear that ate deed con tained any provision for Mrs. Sigh, it could not be admitted. A Clerk from Doctors' Commons produced the last Will of Mrs. Wellesley, in order to prove the amount of the defendant's property. It appeared that a probate of the Will had been granted to the defendant. The personal property of the deceased was sworn to be an= der 10001. but her real property was encumbered with a charge 0r50,0001. for the use of the defendant. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. SCARLET? addressed the Jury for the defendant.l He knew how dangerous it was for an Advocate to offer an excuse for the violations of morality, and that be, often incurred opprobrium for lending himself to the as- sistance of a man who had been guilty of an offence which was reprobated by society—but there was danger lest the judgment of the Jury might be warped, by lending an ear to the evidence on behalf of the plaintiff,. who having it in his power to make selections, brought forward only what w,as material to his case, and left out what might operate in favour of the defendant. He never heard a more extraordinary opening than that of his Learned Friend, whose object was something deepe than mere - compensation for the wounded feelings o. _ _ _ Mr. Bligh. But he hoped the Jury would disw ss hew I their minds those extraneous topics relative to die con. 'duct of the defendant towards his wife, introduced by the Learned Sergeant, obviously with a view of exciting their prejudice against Mr. Wellesley, and thereby to swell the damages. Having made these preliminary remarks, he would now enter into the facts of the case. It appeared that the defendant had first become ac quainted with Mrs. B. on the sth of Junb, at the house of the British Minister, and that on the 15th, she scam ' parried him, along with several other persons, on a tour of pleasure to Mount Vesuvius. Was not the inference drawn from this the most eetrovagant ever known? -The plaintiff could not assign any place for the first commis. sion of the act which he complains of, but on the bosom of Mount Vesuvius, and that among foreignera severalDk persons u o e f . both sexes, nay, in the presence d The mountain itself must have trembled at such an act, as that a woman of unbounded affection for her husband should, in ten days after her first knowledge of a man, confer upon him the greatest favour that a woman can bestow, and renounce all her attachment for her husband ,Could any man believe such an assertion? If it were true., who could consider that Mr. Bligh had suffered a serious loss, in being deprived of the affections of such a woman ? but there was not a tittle of evidence to support the fact, and in the absence of all testimony, that part of the charge must be rejected as contemptuous and frivolous. With regard to the allegations of de fendant's getting in at the window, and committing adul , tery in the plaintiff's house, there was not the least at tempt made to connect the print of the feet which were aiscovered under Mrs. Bligh's window with Mr. Wel lesley; it had net even been said that he was suspected at the time, if he had, the matter ought then to have been investigated. He was not instructed to deny that the crime of adultery bad been committed at all ; he only meant to say, that it had not been committed until a considerable time after Mts. Bligh had eloped from her husband, who it was evident was incapable of performing those duties which are expected from hus bands ; for it appeared in evidence, that after the first year of their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bligh had always slept in different beds. Lord Bacon had said, that young men marry for mistresses, middle aged men for com panions, and old men for nurses. It appeared that Mr. Bligh had married for a nurse. He admitted that the Jury must find a verdict for the plaintiff; but atto damages, he could not see with what face the plaintiff could come into Court, and ask for damages, for the loss of the affections of a wife, whom he himself seduced, and aftetwards left alone among officers et Cambray, at Paris, and several other places, without the protection of any friend; and lastly, who abused her in such a violent mariner, that she was obliged to leave his house in disgust. The Learned Counsel concluded a powerful and eloquent address, by exptessing his hope that the Jury, under all the circumstances of the case, would give but very moderate damages. The LORD Ciller Jusries, in changing the Jury, ob served that Mrs. Bligh had allied herself• to families of higher distinction than she had been entitled to, and in consequence thereof, had been for som time unplea sandy situated ; nevertheless it appeated from the evi dence of Lord Darnley, and several others, that Mr. • and Mrs. Bligh had been on good terms from the period of their first marriage until they, had arrived at Naples, and became acquainted with the defendant. It would, • he a dangerous doctrine to diminish damages on account of the little bickerings, which Mr. Edward' Bligh stated to have occasionally existed between them; the adulterer ought not to be allowed to take advantage of such things as may sometimes take place in the hap piest families. Mr. Bligh was perfectly right in not admitting the visits of the defendant at his house, if his conduct excited his suspicions, and the fait Of Mrs. Bligh having been walking with the defendant the evening subsequent to her elopement, in a retired place, strongly warranted the suspicion of an ittipidliet intercourse having previously taken place. Yet, if the Jury were satisfied that Mr. Bligh bad beaten his wife, as was alleged, they ought to give him'ne more than one farthing damages, for nothing could justify a man in doing such an act ; but it was not likely that a woman of such a violent temper as Mrs. Bligh is repro. sented to be, would tamely submit to be beaten, with.. out calling the servants to protect her ; or at least making some noise, and of this there was no evidence. With regard to the letter of the defendant, representing her as mad, in his opinion it was a falsehood on the part of Mr. Wellesley, for Mrs. Bligh was at Paris at the tint-, and a D Ictor who visited her (alluded to in the letter) was examined here to-day, and not a single question was put to him respecting the state of her mind. It was for the Jury, under all the cireurn. stances of the case, to decide on the amount of damages, guided solely by the evidence produced, and uninflu enced by the statement of Counsel on either side. The Jury then retired, and after deliberating for ten minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages —Six THOUSAND POUNDS. The verdict was received b the Dicer, the Judge having ad journed the Court whilst the Jury was absent. The Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Darnley, the Earl of Fife, and Colonel Lincoln Stanhope, were on the Bench. The Court was excessively crowded. When the verdict was delivered, a tumult of applause was heard in the Court. A Journal of Lyons announces that a house is in a state of forwardness, to be bulk entirely of cast-iron. LITRRP3OL ) TUESDAY EVENING.—Our Cotton mar ket, so far in this week, has been dull. The sales yes terday were estimated at 1200 bags, and those of to-day at .5 to 600 bags. Tuesday, however, being Mancha.. ter market-day, there is always less doing on that day. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that im mediately after the last Summer Assizes we detailed the proceedings instituted by Major NORTH, of Thur. land Castle, against one Jackson and his wife (two dis carded servants), for having propagated certain slander ous reports, and of his having, at the last Lancaster Assizes, obtained a verdict against them, and indis putably proved the falsity of such reports. Subsequently to that period the whose case bad been laid before Mr. Pm., Secretary of State for the Rome Department, and we have now the pleasure of presenting the public with a copy of a letter from him to Lord DzABY, the Lord Lieutenant for the county, by which it appears that the Right Hon. Gentleman's sentiments upon the subject perfectly coincide with the opinions which were expressed after the trial: Whitehall, September 30. Mr 1.011.11-1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 24th instant, transmitting a detailed account of the trial Instituted by Ms* North against the propagators of the slanderous reports reflecting on his character, and of the verdict ob , tained in his favour ; and in reply, I have to state that I entirely acquiesce in your Lordship's view of the case, and im of opinion that Major North is fully entitled to retain his comndwion, and to he considered perfectly innocent of the infamous charge which was preferred against him by Jackson and his wife.—l have the honour ur be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, Earl of Derby, &c. ROBERT PEEL! kamCniter Gazette, Oct. 4,