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1.1..ied interest was not affected by the change of currency; but he thought that when the change was attempted, then the protest should have been made • but it was idle to think now of violating all contracts which had been made since that period, and it was still more idle to look to the plan as a mode of substantial relief. (Hear.) lie would be deceiving the people if he told them that no remission of taxation, compatible with our engage-1 ments and good faith, could yield them relief : but he did not tell them to look to the remission of taxation alone; and he was desirous to impress on them, that no remission of taxation could affect paupers, who were no contributors to the State. He ad mitted that those who dispensed charity would have more means of so doing, but the paupers, even through them, would be bene fitted but in a small degree by a remission which did not go to remove the great impediment on trade. For instance, the reduction of the beer and malt duties would have very little effect. However benevolent the feeling of the legislature, it could not per. manently assist men in a state of pauperism, because they would bid:against each other, and, as a demand sprung up , the numbers seeking employment would bring all to a level again . He wished for a committee of the whole house to inquire into these topics, and he thought it could be done in the house with more effect than in a committee up stairs. The proposition he maintained was to this purport—that the sum raised and appropriated to the relief of the poor, and bearing on the landed interest, was to be considered as a tax, and subject to all the circumstances attending any other mode of taxation. Also, that if a pauper population existed, for the labour of which there was no demand, a remedy was to be found in colonization at home, or in the colonies abroad and that, if the re dundancy were removed, the remainder might continue in a state of comfort at home. He further submitted that, if the redundant population was to be withdrawn, parishes should be enabled to raise capital for that purpose by the mortgage of the poor-rates, and that such a plan would be beneficial to the landed interest, as well as to the poor. Neither could any class, and especially the landed interest, be anything but benefitted by an alteration, for while a pauper continued so, he was not capable of maintaining any tax. Finally, the capital that might be employed for coloni zation would be much more beneficial to the labouring classes than any timing that could be done either in the way of r ed uction of the national debt or of taxation. Upon examination, he would convince the house and the country that this would be the ease; and if so, the house ought to turn their views to the relief that the kingdom might experience. lie thanked the house for the patience with which they had heard him, and would remind them of an aphorism of Lord Bacon, who had been considered the great enemy of cola nisation. It was to the effect, that if things went on spontaneously to the worst, if no remedy were designedly applied, they must tad. mately come to that end. The right hon. gentleman concluded by moving for a committee of the whole house, to take the condition of the labouring poor into consideration. Mr. PORTMAN seconded the motion, and thought the country was deeply indebted to his tight honourable Mend for the labour he had bestowed on that most important subject. He agreed with hint that the distress of the poor arose from a redundant population. Last year, when there was a talk of emigrating to the Swan River, th ere wir e applications from no less than three hundred and seventy persons in one small district of the county he represented, who were willing to go to any country where they could live by labour, bur were wholly unable to remove themselves. Mr. Burke bad long ago said that labour was a commodity, and should not be in. terteml within the market by legislation. He could not agree with his right hon. friend that a reduction of taxation would not relieve the condition of the poor; whatever Improved the condition of the employer, would improve the condition of the labourer, and by consequence the condition of the poor. He thought it would be wise to pass an Act to enable a large majority of Avery parish to make a law that should bind the whole parish to the payment of a labour rate, by which the poor would be employed ; instead of the horrible system now practised in some parishes of keeping them con. tined by day within walls to prevent their doing mischief, but enabling them to plot mischief for the night. The only way of giving tile poor man a free market for his labour, was to alter the present law of settlement, which prevented his finding employment Oct of his own parish. Ile also thought that to give the labourer a small portion of land would enable him to maintain his family in comfort, and save him from pauperism. He thought it essential that the landlords of England should bestir themselves In behalf of the poor, if they expected to preserve their own situations. Mr. JOHN SMITH said he I'ad, three years ago, given small portions of land to labourers, on the condition that if they received any parochial aid, they should forfeit their tene men t s , he under taking to relieve them in case of any calamity. The consequence was most grateful—he was never called on for any relief—they re. gularly Raid their rent ; and they were all in a state of contentment' and prosperity. He hoped the committee of the whole house would be granted, because he believed that if something was not done to assist the poor, there were districts is which violence and murder would be the consequence. There were districts where numbers were employed on the road at sixpence a day —a state of things which wan not consistent with good conduct on the part of the las bourer, or safety to the community. Mr. BENETT said, the right hon. gentleman had astonished him by saying that a reduction of taxation would afford no relief to the poor. it was true, the pauper did not pay taxes ; but, if the farmer was relieved rom taxation, he would employ more la tourers, and that would diminish the number of the poor. He was et opinion, that emigration could not afford any efficient remedy for pauperism. Mr. T. P. COURTNAY was of opinion that no good result could, by possibility, accrue from the motion of the right hon. gent. The house ought not to enter into any committee at a period when time was so valuable, without there being some reasonable prospect at least of deriving some betoitit, which was not the case in the present instance. For the last century and a half the house, from tine to time, considered the question ; and the hon. gentleman to.night had not brought forward any reason for a new line of conduct being adopted. Under these circumstances he would ask if it would not be better fur the hon. gent. not to press his motion at present. SLANEY said, there never was a time when it was more incumbent on the house to take the poor laws Into consideration, rid lie would call upon the house calmly, sedulously and firtnly to look at the present state of the working population who alone it was that suffered; it the Southern parts of the kingdom in particular, the distress was great ; in proof of it, the rates Jetted in Sussex, amounted to 7s. 6d. in the pound, whilst in Northumberland they were only Is. 6d. in the one county the rates were as one to forty ; in another, one in three ; and of all schemes of mistaken benevolence, that of reducing wages, and making up the amount in parish allowance, was the worm. A few years ago the pauper population was one in twelve; afterward s it came to one in nine, then one in seven • at the present p er i o d i t was one in six of the whole population that de pended on parish allowance. He was perfectly satisfied that unless scone steps were taken immediately, things would grow worse instead of better. Ile bad stated that one in six depended on parish allow ance; he Was satisfied that in and about this vest metropolis one mum in every tire was in a state of pauperism; those magnificent pique s which were raising their heads to the country were built on rotten foundations, when such was the state of the labouring pope. lotion of England. After a few words from Mr. DArIzWPORT. Sir F. BURDETT said, that if the Irish labourers were with eta% n from this country a great relief would be obtained ; he did sot mean to say t h at the lash labourer ought not to be encouraged, tor from it—he was industrious, and ought to be supported; but it quite notorious that the English gentleman had his estate burdened with Irish labourers. If the right hon. gentleman would confine his motion, and bring in a bill for sending the poor to those fine colonies of which England made so little use, meat good might ra tionally be anticipated; those who emigrated and those who re stained at home would thus be benefitted. He would ask if it were not possible to draw a greater portion of colonists from Ireland alone ti r which purpose a distinct rate might be levied in Ireland. Sir OEOROM MURRAY concurred with the hon. baronet in support of colonization ; he had given the subject mature delibe- Lawn when in Canada; no doubt could be entertained that much gisitl would arise front the measure, both as regarded the mother country and the colonies themselves. He had given the subject 1 considerabl e attention, and the system of letting lands by means of autliorizttl agents had been contemplated, so as to afford facilities ,or arrangement with gentlemen and others who wished to encou. rage emigration amongst the poor in their neighbourhood. Go vtinment had slways held out encouragement ; he ought to ob inn "vt, that there were three classes to which government had allotted in the colonies • to the first class the land was sold to the "Om bidder ; to the second it was allowed for the expense of sur vey; sad to the third class the land was given free of all charge, wi th asgistance at the same time ; that, however, was done with great caution. After a few words from Mr. BARING, Colonel o'Oisnir, and Lotd ALIFIORP, hi?. E observed that there were certain fees charged on emigrant', which operated as impediments; they should rather rece.tve mon e y than have it exacted from them. Oft . MURRAY was willing to allow that the f ees c h arge d migh it t be vies u l in the light of impediments. .%h. WILMOT HORTON, in reply, observed that if there was one million of surplus revenue appli e d to f ree t h e country from its undaat population, by encouraging emigration, more good would vise than from remission of taxes to t h e same amount. H e withdraw his motion for the present, on an understanding ''out durin g the session he sho u ld bring before the house certa i n . oqilutions on the subject, upon a hich be should take the sense of 'ir house. wELCII JVDICATURZ. The ATTOII NEYOENERAL said he had now to call the 4:41.ti0n of the huuhe to a subject which had been advestrd to in the spttch from the throne. The proposition which he had to sub w.t% dividrti into two panto--tirst, the abolition of the Couit of Grand Sessions in the county-palatine of Chester and in Wales; and next, the introduction of certain measures to facilitate that ob. jest. He intended that the system of the administration of justice in Chester and Wales should be assimilated to that which existed in England. (Hear.) There was at present 20 Judges employed in the administration of justice o 12 in England, and eight in 1 1 Wales. He proposed to reduce the number to IC with their at. I tendant officers, who formed an important part of the patronage of the crown. The house would, therefore, see that, in reeotu. mending this alteration, the crown had no object of patronage in view, but•wished rather to consult the service of the public. At former periods the number of judges varied occasionally front 12, 15, and 16; but for the last 130 years 12 was the regular number, and more causes were tried within that time in England than in any part of the known world, though there pas no other with so small a judicial establishment. He proposed that his Majesty should appoint an additional judge to each of the common law courts; and, that one of those judges should transact business in chambers during term, three judges remaining in court to assist the chief justice. He proposed, likewise, that each of them should have a common jurisdic tion in all matters where the courts themselves had a common juris diction, no matter in which court such matters might arise. The hon. and learned gent. then adverted to the devotion of the several terms according to the present system, and proceeded to state the 'Altera tions which he meant to propose. At present no time of recreation was afforded to the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench and the other Judges ; therefore some alteration was absolutely neces sary. No man could possibly entertain a higher respect for the noble person who presided over that court than he (the Attorney. General) did ; and he should be extremely sorry to suggest any thing that would not meet his approbation ; but he must at the same time say that, indefatigable as the learned judge was to whom heal. luded, still the business was considerably In armor ; and the only re. medy appeared to be to render the other courts more efficient. He proposed that the Michaelmas Term should commence on the 2d of November, and conclude on the 24th. There would afterwards be a short vacation till the Bth of January, when Hilary Term commenced, and by this arrangement Hilary Tern: would gain two clear days. He proposed that the Spring Circuits should termi nate at the beginning of April, and that the Easter Term should begin on the 15th oithat month, and end in 24 days. There would be then a clear fortnight between these two terms. He proposed that the judges should sit only one week between these two terms. The month's sittings after Trinity Term would give somewhat less than two month's vacation. He proposed that the judge who was out of court should transact at his chambers a great part of that business which was now transacted in court. In the measure ,he now brought forward he did not propose any alteration of the law, or in the procedure of the courts. These would be subjects of else. nor consideration, and would be brought before the house on distinct and separate grounds. The learned gentleman also proposed that no arrest should issue for any sum under 1001. unless upon special application to the judge. His object was to diminish the power of arrest as much as possible. He stated that one great ob ject of the measure would be to abolish the court of great session in Wales. He then described at great length the forms of proceed. ings in the equity courts of Wales, and the remedies that were re quisite: his bill would propose the remedies. The bill should be printed as early as possible, and circulated through Wales. He concluded with moving for leave to bring in a bill to amend the ad ministration of justice in'Englandisnd Wales. Mr. O'CONNELL lainented to observe that the bill pointed out nothing that amounted to amendment as far as suitors were con. cerned ; the convenience of the Judges and practitioners in the courts only appeared to be considered. As to the arrangement, which was coutemplated, of not arresting for sums under 1001. that would be an improvement. He wanted to see the law cheap, expeditious, and intelligible; but nothing was here proposed that would effect such object. Special pleading iinpecied justice. Violent changes were dreaded, and yet the jurisdiction of Chester and Wales were to be destroyed. The local tribunals were to be annihilated, and new Judges provided ; and justice was to be carried from their own doors, instead of to them. He saw no improve. meant, except for the judges and great practitioners ; because where would be the advantage of allowing the Welch to come into the English Court of Chancery, where theh cases might be heard by the generation after next.—(Hear, hear.) He was against the mea sure, because it went to annihilate local jurisdiction, to which the people were attached, and consequently against the wishes of the people; and seconeßy, because it wou ld increase rather than di minish the expencea. Sir J. OWEN also said that the new measure would increase the expenses, and that the bill would not pressed till after Easter so that hoped be might know a little of what was intended.— (Hear.) Alr. 'WILBRAHAM thought the bill might be generally use ful, yet be did not see the necessity of destroying the local jurisdie. l tiara of Wales. Mr. C. WYNN thought the bill would be of the greatest benefit to Wales. The SOLICITOR.OHNERAL observed the additional judges were required, and would enable the system to work out the bud. ness, regularly in England and Wales, which was not now the ease. He question whether it was advisable always to have justice at the door—squity was more likely to be administered by men who were abstracted from localities. At present the judges were only barristers at the English bar—ought that to c.mitinue P Barristers were men who abut their eyes to the truth—they only sought to pro. mote their diets' interests. Mr. O'CONNELL neither wished to have local appointments, nariudges in Wales, who were practising barristers in England. Mr. GREEN observed , that with all the influence of the Wynne in Wales, at the late meeting in Denbigh, every man was against the proposed ineasure--(hear.) This was the first time that new measures were forced on s people u their desire, contrary to their wishes. If three new judges were wanted in England, let England have them and pay them; but do not disturb those institutions of which the people did not complain. Having pracdsing barristers as judges, might be altered; however, after what he had heard, he thought poor, despised Wales, ought to be grateful to the Attorney. General for even leaving them the trial by jury. Sir C. COLE said that his county was entirely for the abolition of the Welsh judicature. Mr. FEROUSSON said if the bill were not palatable to Wales, that would be to be regretted; but that fact was doubtfuL Mr. PEEL said, that this bill was by no means all that was in. tended to amend the Courts of the country; it was to amend the Welsh judicature; and two county members had spoken in favour of the change. Even the hon. member for Clare wu not satisfied to have barristers for judges; but without occupation in England, how could they pay for judges for Wales exclusively. .4.t present almost every ease of Importance was transferred to England. The ATTO NEY.GENERA.L replied. Mr. HUME wished that they would attend to Mr. Bentham's plan, and Introduce unifoemity of principle and practice into our law courts. Motion agreed to. Mr. P. THOMSON obtained leave to bring Ina bill to amend the 4ws:relating to usury. The Game Laws Bill was read a second time. The remaining orders having been disposed of, the have ad. journed at a Quarter past Three o'Clock. HOUSE OP LORDS—TuEsDAY. LORD ELLENBOROUOWB DIVORCE BILL. Their lordships assembled at three o'clock; shortly afterwards, the counsel in attendance on the above named divorce bill were called in. In support of the bill, Mr. ADAII and Mr. WIGIAM appeared. On the part of Lady Ellenborougb, Mr. DAMPIER attended, ra. tber with a •lew to watch the proceedings than oirer any opposition to the bill. Mr. ADAM then proceeded to address the house to the follow' effect:—My lords, I have the honour to appear here on behalf Lord Ellenborough, who seeks, at your lordships' hands, a divorce from Lady Jane - Elisabeth Ellenborough, his wife. It has never been my practice, in matters of this description—and now, unfor tunately, they are not few—which I have had the honour of stating at your lordships' bar, of dilating on the circumstances which I have to offer. On the present occasion, my lords, I shall not, most assuredly, deviate from that course of practice. This I will take the liberty of saying in the outset, that in no case ever presented was there clearer evidence produced than I shall lay before your hmiships to entitle a. party to the relief he seeks. With this short introduction I will proceed to state the facts of the case, as briefly as I can with perspicuity. My Lord Ellenborough was married to the daughter of Admiral Digby in the year 1824. There was no disparity of age between him and hi s la dy; nor in rank was there any material difference. The lady was herself en dowed with considerable talents, was highly accomplished, and possessed great personal attractions. I think, my lords, I can safely say that no marriage could be more qualified to pro duce happiness than this was. By a large circle of acquaintance they were known, respected, and visited; and, for a considerable pe riod after their marriage, those promises of happiness were not dis appointed. I must state, my lords, that, up to the spring of 1828, no couple could lead a more happy life than did Lord and Lady Ellenborough. His lordship, who had a house situate in Park-lane, after he had been appointed to a situation in the government, took a house in Connaught-plate. Lady Ellenborough, after the birth of her son, appeared to take a greater interest in fashionable society than she had hitherto done. This led his lordship to roman waste with her; but there were then, as be ibelieved,; no grounds for a separation between them. She was a lively. thee messing many ca ptivating qualities, and, pr obably, hitwheat ment of gay hisklenable society. Un Innately In her, mil WU more unfortunately fee her noble husband, Laily Ilabolhoiragh, about the spring of 1828, became acquainted with Pelage Illebetart. senburgls a person, I am told, more calculated to espy the, affections of a woman cannot be pointed out. The Prince •was at. I tached to the Austrian Embassy of Prince Esterhasy, whose resi. dente is in Chandos-street. Prince Schwartrenburgh and Count Diepitchein, who was also connected with the Embassy, resided at No. 73, Harley.street, no great distance from Prince Estethazy's residence. Admiral Digby, Lady EUenborough's father, also lives in Harley4treet, at No. 86, within a few doors of Prince rxhwart. zenburgh's dwelling. The Prince and Count Dtepitchein oc cupied the first and second floors. The drawing-room on the first floor had folding-doors into the bed-room in which Prince Swartzenburgh slept. They were both unmarried men. In the house were two female servants living, who, with the Prince's valet-de chambre, had access to the apartments. Very shortly after the spring of 1828, Lady Ellenborough was frequently seen in the neighbour hood of Harley-street, drawn in a phaeton by two ponies, which she herself drove, attended only by a lad, who acted as groom. Lady E. was in the habit of getting out of the phaeton, leaving the boy in care of it—this happened twice or thrice a week—and going to Harley street, Cavendish •square. Sometimes she got out of her carriage in Wimpole-street, at other times in Queen Anne-street, and other streets in that neighbourhood. This she has frequently done, leaving her carriage in the manner 1 have stated. Her father, lAdmiral Digby, living in Harley-street, no suspicion was attached to her visits, it being supposed that she was in the habit of going to his house. Instead of this, your lordships will find, if it be to go into that part of the evidence, that she was in the I n Z e i li t as o r i regularly calling at Prince Swartzenbutgh's lodgings, as often as I have stated—.viz. twice or thrice a-week. These visits were so frequent that they became a matte- of observation la the neighbourhood. The attention of several persons was called to the circumstance—a lady of her appearance leaving her carriage, day after day, and day after day calling at the residence of two un married men, naturally enough excited the attention of apemen who was residing in a house nearly opposite that in which the Prince and Count lived. From the evidence of a person whose name is Ward, your Lordships will find that, when Lady Ellenborough went to the Prince's house, the Prince himself let her in. The Prince, about the usual time she visited him, from two to four o'clock in the afternoon, was in the habit of leaning out of tile window, as if looking for her. When she appeared, he then went down stairs and let her in. At other times she would go to the house as a person would do if approaching their own resi dence. This sort of conduct was carried on from blay 1828 to the 25th March 1829. Without travelling into more detail on this part of the case, I shall proceed to state one particular fact which Ward, who resided on the opposite side of the street, related. He had fre quently observed Lady Ellenborough and Prince Swartzenburgh together in the drawing-room, by themselves ; but on one occasion he distinctly saw Lady Ellenborough standing before the fire, nearly undressed, and Prince Swartzenburgh was occu pied in lacing her stays. This was the situation in which the witness saw the parties. I ought to state, my lords, that the bed.room communicated with the drawing-room by folding doors. When Lady Ellenborough left the residence he very shortly afterwards went out. The woman servant of the house, Ann Lewis, and her sister, Mary Lakington, who spent no inconsiderable portion of her time in visiting her sister, were in the habit of going into the bed-mom after her ladyship had gone out._ The curiosity of these two women was naturally enough excited by a person of Lady Ellenborough's appearance visiting a single man in that manner. To satisfy their curiosity, as soon as the Prince had departed, they betook themselves to the bed-room, and some times they found that the bed had been lain on, sometimes lain in ; sometimes upon the bed, at other times between the sheets, it was obvious that two persons had been lying. I will not particularize the facts more to which these women can speak, but only remark, that no reasonable man can doubt that the act of adultery has been committed; and that this did not occur once or twice only, but was often repeated, sometimes more fie quertly than twice a week, ftom the period in the month of May 1828, down to March, 1829. The adulterous intercourse was not confined to Harley-street, but was carried on in Holks-street, to which the Prince afterwards removed. The same course of adul tery was carried on in Holies-street, with this difference, that probably her ladyship, having become accustomed to these vi. sits, became more emboldened, for she actually had driven in her own carriage to the door of the house where Prince Swartzenburgh lived. lamin a condition to show to your lordship that, on many occasions, Lady Ellenborough and Prince I Swartzenburght have frequently committed acts of adultery. If I prove this case in the manner stated, I have not the slightest doubt that your Lordships will pass the bill ; but I have a still stronger case, which will leave no doubt that the act of adultery was coon. mined. The case does not rest here ; on many occident, during the summer months, the Prince and her Imdyship, accom. ponied by their sensate, when riding out together, put up their horses, and went into the houses, where they remained a considerable time. This occurred at Highgate, Richmond. and other places, where they continued an hour, or more, in the pm., and then came out, mounted their hones, and returned home, when the Prince went one way and Lady Ellenborough an other. This, of itself, was enough to imply that a guilty connection had taken place, but I have a further fact to state. On one occa sion, a lady of distinction, whose name I do not wish to state, had a party at her country seat, at Wimbledon. (This lady's name after wards came out in evidence. It was the Counteu St. Antonio.) The circumstance to which I have alluded took place in the month ef De cember, 1828. Lady Ellenborough was driven up by her groom to town, and she directed him to be at Wimbledon (at that lady's re sidence) by ten o'clock in the evening, to fetch her home. I shall show you, my lords, that Lady E. went in the carriage to Wim bledon which conveyed Prince Scb wartzenburgh —it was a hired car riage and post-horses—that they separated a short distance before they 'reached the house to which they were both going—and that, on leaving in the evening, her ladyship got into her own phaeton at the door, rode a short distance in the phaeton, then she got out and went into the prince's carriage, and accompanied him es far as where the road to London and Itoehampton separated ; but she then descended from thel prince's carriage and got into her own. They were together in the prince's carriage that evening a time far more than sufficient for a criminal act, such as that Im puted to Lady Ellenborough. I have seldom, my lords, been en gaged in a case in which the adulterous Intercourse has been so clearly established—in which so distinctly is brought home the cri minality of the parties. The unhappy lady herself has never de nied that adultery has been committed; on the contrary, she has acknowledged the fact. I engage to show all these circumstances, if your lordships think it necessary—but I hope you will not require so much proof. lam not anxious to feed that appetite for slander and censure of persons moving in the highest ranks of society which DOW rages in this country. But if your lordships require all the evidence, 1 am in a condition to go into all the details, however painful they may be, to prove the facts from first to last, in the manner I have stated. 1 have now concluded all the observations which I thought it necessary to make on this part of the case. It only remains for me to state the facts with respect to the transaction which occurred at Brighton. The infant son of Lord and Lady Ellenborough was sent to Brighton for its health, and when there, at the Norfolk Hotel, her ladyship went to see the child. This was in February, 1829. At the time that she was at the hotel, one evening, about eight o'clock, a foreign gentle. man, whom I shall show to be Prince Swartzenburgh, arrived there. He was shown into an apartment, and when he had dined he took an opportunity; of inquiring who happened to be is the house. This was done, ;no doubt, for a blind. He was told that Lady Ellenborough was thine; and on inquiring whether it was the Dowager Lady, to which an answer was returned in the negative, he said, " I have the honour of being known to Lady Ellenborough," and sent up his card to her. She sent down to invite him to tea, and he want and drank tea with her. About half-past ten he retired to his bed-room. The waiter gave him a candle, and he proceeded to his chamber. His apartment was in a different part of the house from Lady Elleuborough's. Her's was in the eastern part ; different staircases led to each of the bed-rooms. The Prince's bed-room was in the west part, and approached, as I have said, by a different staircase. In the night, about W, one of the waiters beard a noise OD the staircase, which attractedlisis atten tion. Some depredation bad been committed in the house a short time before, and he thought that a similar proceeding might be then attempted—and he perceived the foreign gentleman (Prince Schwaztsenburgh) coming down stain from his bed-room. The Prince, perceiving that he was observed, stopped, and retired. The waiter, however, continued watching, and be presently saw the Prince descend the staircase, and go up that which:led to Lady Ellenborough's apartment.' The waiter distinctly saw him go into her bed-room. The man had the cariosity to listen at the door; he heard the door locked ; be heard a conversation between them ; he heard him take off his hoots; be beard him get into bed. Your Lord- Iships, I apprehend, will be satisfied with this evidence. 1 have traced the Prince to Brighton, to the bed-room of Lady Elleabormighjeav ing the witness to state what be beard. If I prove this part of case I shall have done enough to entitle my Lord Ellsoborough to the Bill, without calling any evidence to the former part of the case. I trust that it will be considered sufficient if the particular circum stances of this part of the ears be proved. I am Dot in the pommies of the finding of a jury on an action for damages against Prince fiehwartsenburgh. I have stated that be Idt England theillid May, 1829. I shall show your lordships drat, on die 2sd of that month, Lord and Lady Ellenborough bad serious conversation t that led to their separation. The lady was taken to her a rb b e er r's house is consequence of that disagreement. Cortaialy the noble husband had then no moon for bellabg that any criminal set bad been committed by her. The saly Mrena that existed between them arose from the cressees of fashismairie Ute, in which 1 will take the liberty of stating that nos ladies an in the habit of indulging, to the serious di pleasure sod hassaverrisece of their husbands without imprilas to diem Mahal desires, to which I ban already alluded ; but net the slightest idea every mused his Wad that she had be* ustaithlld to Ids heal had Ile thought of NO a. rwdeithe set as this whisk is ua duty to state is yaw boaelps. Is t. pet a littbraingular, however, that wee ;tight of the 11111 dairy the sUPeradee took face be . tween the Noble Lord and his faithless lady, aad that on the morning of the 23d of that mouth Prince Swartaenburgh left Lou don.. His departure was known in April—i. c. my lords, it was known that the Prince was recalled from the Em bassy. It is very like!, that the chagrin which Lady Ellenborough felt at the prospect of losing all opportunity of meeting the Prince in the manner she had been in the habit of doing, that caused her ladyship to disregard the admonition of her noble husband. Lord Ellenborough sent her to his re sidence at Roehampton ; he did not abeam, her, but rant his own brother to reside with her. She continued there a abort time, and was also attended by Miss Steele, a lady who had educated her when with her father. Lady Ellenberough then removed to Ilfracombe, in Devonshire, where she continued to remain until the 3d of June, and then she went into Dorsetshire. It so happened that, when at Admiral Digby's, about this time, her y was no longer a matter of concealment. Indeed, on L r lit g i n t a t il it c restioned respecting it, she admitted to Miss Steele, %thaw I shall call before your lordships—that she was pregnant, and that the father of the child was Prince Swartzenburgh. I shall call Mr. Freshfield, who will prove that he was not able to collect any evi dence against the prince until the month of July. The prince, yonr lordships will be so good as to bear in mind. left England in the month of May. The learned counsel then proceeded to reads letter, dated May 23, 1829, from Lady Ellenborough to her noble husband, couched in the most endearing terms, and ac knowledging how much to blame she had been, but at the same time assuring him that her honour was still preset ved. hie lett! r, my Lords, could only be intended to deceive her h us b an d, feat he might entertain a belief prejudicial to her honour—lest he should discover the individual who had heaped so grievous wrong upon him—which would lead to a duel between him and Prince Swartzenburgh. Lord Ellenborough, on this or. casket, and every other, had acted towards his unhappy Idy in a manner that was highly satisfactory and honourable to MI feelings. My business is to show your Lordships, out of the evi dence--even the evidence furnished by herself proves it—.that the fact of adultery had been committed. But it is gratifying to find that this lady has never complained of her husband ; on the control y, she wrote from Ilfracombe, two days before she quitted that place. tin the 28th May, acknowledging her gratitude towards her husband for the generous allowance which he had furnished : and this is the only letter in addition to that which I have already called your lordships' attention, that I trouble you with. If your lordships should be of opinion that all the evidence ought to be produced, I am in a condi. tion to produce it, otherwise I shall confine myself to the act of adu I- Itery at Brighton, trusting that the house will consider that to be suificient. iVitnesses were then called, who detaihd tic facts exactly as stated by Counsel. Mr. DAMPIER then shortly addressed their lordships, contend. ing that the evidence failed to establish the identity of Prince Schwartsenburg. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-HALL Yesterday Edward Naylor, the boy belonging to the Licensed Victuallers School, in Kennington-lane, charged with wilfully at. tempting to set fire to that Institution, was brought before Mr. Chamber, and Mr. Elyard, for final examination. The prisoner, it will be recollected, was remanded in order to give the school. master of the establishment an opportunity of attending, to de. termine by his evidence whether the said boy had ever manifested, in the course of his scholastic duties, any symptoms of imbecility of mind. It appeared that he had shown decided symptoms of in sanity ; and the charge not being pressed against hint, he was de. livered over to the Overseen of the parish on which he had a claim for support. QUEEN-SQUARE. Maria Williams, a cyprian, was fully committed for trial for robbing Richard T homas, a servant of Sir Henry Hardingc, Bart. M.P. The prosecutor had drank freely, and, having met the prisoner in the street, took her to his master's house, where he fell asleep, and she took the opportunity of going away with his CO M, waistcoat, hat, and 19s. in money. She was met in the street by a policeman, who, seeing her with a bundle in her hand, suspected that she had committed a robbery, and took her into custody. The Parliamentary Commissioners for investizating the condition of public charities arrived in Shrewsbury on Mondg, and immediately proceeded to their labours. It is rumoured that they have detected in one of the churches a string of ancient chari ties, over which the Decalogue has been painted, and the ptpus be. quests thereby obliterated.--Biratinghans Journal. It is worthy of recollection that Mr. Lefroy is nearly connected by marriage with General King, who was dismissed for voting against the Address on his Majesty's Speech ! We will not say that the present is the reign of terror; but assuredly. it our's be a liberal Government, it has a very singular mode or evincing its liberality.—Dublin Warder. COUNTRY THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT.--Ou Fri day night week, being the last night of performance in Hull, Mr. Cummins addressed the audience, and took his farewell leave of them. In that address he stated that 2,300/. would not make good , the law he had sustained by the engagement during 18 months; and also that the said loss was exclusive of the services of himself land Mrs. Cummins. lacer/slim DAY.—Yesterday Sir Richard Birnie, Mr. Minshull, and Mr. Halls, sat in Petty Sessions at the Policy Office in Bow-street, to license public-houses for the three pariahs-. of St. Paul, Covent-garden St. Mary-le-Strand, a nd St. Cl ement - Danes. In the whole district, comprising these three parishes, at :d In which thae are 129 licensed public-houses, there were two li censes only suspended—the ship, in Chandos.atreet, and the Ft s. that, in Hart-street, C o nvent - garden . In the parishes of St. Mary le.Strand and St. Clement. Danes, all the licenses sought for were granted without hesitation. Sir R. Birnie observed, that probably his brother magistrates and himself would not be again required to meet upon a similar business. as it was likely that the beer trade would be thrown open to general competition, a consummation he devoutly wished for. Monday evening, an inquest was held at the Cheshire Cheese, Surrey-street, Strand, on the body of Cordelia Sutton, a child seven years of age, the daughter of Mr. Sutton, a solicitor, re. siding in Surrey-street. It appeared that the ciold, having struck one of her sisters, was, as a punishment, sent up into the front attic. and desired to remain there till she was called. She went up ac cordingly; and having, it is supposed, either got out of the window or over-reached herself in endeavouring to look from it into the street, she fell over the parapet, and stuck on one of the spikes of the area railings below. She was taken off immediately and carried to a surgeon's, where the wound w as d resse d, an d she lingered till Sa turday last, when she expired. The Jury returned a verdict—That the deceased was accidentally killed by falling from the parapet. The Stamp duty on a Newspaper amounts to more than one hundred per cent. and the duty of 3t. 6d. on each adver tisement amounts to mere than one hundred per cent. on small advertisements, and may, on an average, be about 70 or 80 per cent. This is a very heavy duty, and we are convinced, as we shall haw diately endeavour to show, that a diminution of duty, coupled as it may be, with a provision, that the price of the newspaper should be lowered in pro portion , would ultimately no loss to the treasury. The net annual produce of the stamp duty on newspapers in Great Britain may be reckoned on an ave. rage 360,01.101. per annum. If the duty were reduced to 2d. in place of 4d. and if it were at the same time provided that the news. paper proprietors should not be (added to the low duty unless they sold their papers at 4ed. a prodigiously increased demand for news papers may be fairly anticipated. If the demand were to be doubled, no loss would, of course, /Malle to the treasury. But if it were only to blame two-thirds, the annual produce of the stamp duty would only be less than the present revenue by 00,0001. But we have to consider that the increased consumption of paper, occasioned by the increased demand for newspapers, would augment the produce of the paper duty. We might also calculate that the advertising duty weak be improved by this increased circulation. OPATA DaticE.—On the first day of the year, a cer tain number of highly adorned damsels dance in a circle round a pole of about twelve feet high. To the top if the pole are fastened as many long strips of different colours as there are ladies, each of whom holds one of them in her hand. Half the number of females dance to the right, the other half to the left, passing each other right and left alternately, so that in a certain number of revolutions the pole is completely covered with a variegated platting, which most ingeuicusly conceals the wood, and presents a particularly pretty appearance. The party walks to the tune of a song composed in honour of the occasion. The poet con siders the seasons of the year as dancing with great har mony and regularity, and he represents them as con tracting and expasulity their influence. nue, when the pole is entirely encircled with the platwork, the dancers L itre then confined within so narrow a circle that their charms can scarcely be seen, and the seasons are there fore said to be wound up. But as the damsels proceed to undance the platting, the circle widens, their beauty apd graceful figures delight beholders, and the seasons are said to expand and extend their influence over the whole glebe I—Mardis Travek its Mexico. ... i I,