The National Register. — London, England, 1814-12-25 00:00:00

DEC. 25. Lord Ellenborough expressed his doubts hoW fae,the.llle fendapt was entitled to recover from the underwriters, that howetee was., a question between them, and the present Plana bad nothing to do with it.—The Jury now found a verdict. fur - the rlaiutiff, sub.., ject to a case en a point of form. '.• . • THE COUNTESS OF ROSEBERRY AND SIR H. MILDMA Y. The following are.further extracts from the letters read upcin the • ' A letter begins— " Oh, my love, to what has an unfortunate attachment-reduced 113 both? God of Heaven, is it possible! and has my Harriet suffered for her attachment to one so unwor thy of her, but one who among all his faults, will Hever be charged of infidelity to her. Whatever distance shall be interposed between us, you will ever he present in my thoughts. You desire my secrecy. You say that --'s earlier departure for Scotland than you expected will not allow yon t• go to the masquerade. For God's sake, prevail on kim not to go to Scotland so early as Friday. Tell him whatever comes into your thoughts—tell him I will give you up entirely. If you are absent what can the masquerade have to entice me ? By all our loves I implore you—by every happy moment we have passed in each other's anus—by every burning kiss which I have ever implanted on your heavenly lips—contrive to avert this blow. Go, my love, to the Opera; go any where; and don't hang your lovely head. What ever Roseberry may say, shall have no influence on me ; I shall not allow myself to be affected by any impertinence he may choose to adopt towards me ; you may rely on my temper." Anther says— - " There is nothing which I will not attempt—no mean disguise which I will not assume—no desperate hazard to which lam not ready Jo expose myself for the sake of passing my life near yen— in your heart I know I shall ever be.—Friday !!! That will always be a dreadful sounding day to me--Oh, no, no, no! Let what will occur, I shall always reflect with•delighr that I• have been blus hed with your love anti - affection. If I lose you, I will leave my coan• y for ever--you are the only tie which bindi me: to it. I will leave it, hut in what way Heaven, who wilrbe my conductor, only knows. Reflect, angelic creature, that we may never meet more — think that your smile ; when your Harry last met yon, may soon be turned to a tear on his grave. Throw all the blame on me--but do• not think ill of me, Harriet—no, darling angel, dearest of human beings, I would sacrifice every thing for your sake. sin mad—raving mad. What 1. shall I lose my Harriet ?—Forthe sake of Lord Roseberry, I will readily part.with my character--he will be satisfied when 1 have left England--Arlirit! my Harriet! Affect a gaiety, Wynn have it not.—Once more adieu ! I..et me but live in your artni. Shall I never more touch thy angel lips?—slisll I never more exchange vows with my Harriet ?. Nothing shall pie vent me : our hearts will be ever joined, though we can scarce trust our persons." In another lie says— • " Yon could not deny to your father that the subject of our con versations have not always beet( perfectly innocent. • What: a wretched man Kul I, who have involved in unhappiness a heavenly creature, whose one smile is worth all the world besides; but . 1 have been blessed in being beloved by my Harriet. Dearest' of women, you can judge by ymir own feelings what mine are—that 1 am able to pronounce these talismanic words: I have loved, and loved unhappily, but not the less perseveringly." - - _ Though boundless waves and oceans ri:11 hytween my love and me, They never, never shall divide my heart and soul from thee.' Another letter begun— " Goddess of my idolatry, my charming Harriet! I shall g ► the Panorama a quarter.before three o'clock, where I sh ill wait till . I sec you! I was glad you were not last night• at the supl.er -- what %Could you do among the Ithichers? IVC 1191 not at the masc i u Igo where - mv iiarrtet is not y I think my angel does love me. But, oh! separation! the bate -idea is wore than death. lam not, it scums, allowed to. band you to your carnage. I eau bear it no longer ; and though I would not lot!t one hair of hit head hitt I rattier Igo wankd take my life than go on a.: Ido now. It it is not possible for site to see my Harriet, I should rejoice if I ivirtit would release me. My Harriet. if you Aral take the resolute deter. and. throw yourself into your Harry's artnA, I' should have something to bind me So the world,•blit no, I an dreAryw; desolate, and atone. I see no possibility of our intercourse not being cut off during your stay,—After Roleberry has bad his satisfaction ; he -THE - NATIO N AL FOCISTEIL • • . must alter his conduct towards nit. I will Lear any thing if I am allowed to see 'you, otherwise 1 cannot esulure his cond,let ; but, be shall not have to say, if in our friendship we have been unfortunate butthal he has met with a generous+ enemy.--It; indeed, he can call me enemy — God knows I um set! Oh! how long the' hours till flute o'clock will seem—like a love-sick boy, I languish for the hoar of our meeting," Ike; • In his next note he says-- " I. mart see you somewhere where we may give. way to our feel ings before yon go; Oh! Harriet can you co? I have formed-a Mon sand romantic schetges of seeinz you before you go. t —l have esili.tell mitt Nattier, I have driven cattle, *c. &c.; all idle day dreams, utterly *impracticable. For some time past I have worn yellow gar ters, but I have at last locked them up, lest Hulse (his valet) should see them and wonder where I met I . met with them. Dear little tiling., Aid' have remained for hours at a time twilled roatul my Harriet' thighs—chanting idea." POLICE. BO W-STR F. ET. James Banks, a foreman in the employ of Messrs. Smith and Co. salesman, in Houndsditch, was yesterday charged with sit:olio:: a variety of remnants from his master's premises. It appear( d that the nephew of the prisoner waa stopped by the pi trole in Bethnal Green, with a bundle which he said lie had received from his aunt. the prisoner's wife. This woman on coining up, gave so ousattsfac tory an account of the articles, that she was taken into custody- Her lodginrs were afterwards searcheA, and other . property of the same kind found ; and the prisoner, on coning home, was seemed and searched, when a piece of brown holland was found in his pos session, which it was ascertained he had that night cut from a piece in his master's shop. -The prisoner was remanded; and the evidence of the nephew taken against him. The driver of the haciiney coach, 321, was filled 103, fur taking is. tid. when his fare was hat ts. MANSION HOUSE. • - - George Treble was yesterday charged with stealing several ar ticks of jewellery, &c. its the shop of Mr. Smith, a cutler, is Lom bard-street, on the 9th of November last. The pri-oner, accom panied by another young man, went into the shop multi. pretence of pitrehasieg a knife, and watching his opportunity, took several small articles. On enlist; out the articles were missed-. and applica tion was made to C. Mathews, the officer, to apprehend him. The activity of Matthews soon led to this, and the prisoner wos taken anti fidly identified: A knife stolen from Mr..limith's shop was found in his possession. J. Abraham was charged with defrauding the Isnaiord of the Stock Exchange Cofke House of 151., by meats a a false cheek. The prisoner, it appeared, had• gone several days miming to the Coffee House to dine, and seemed to keep Mast respectable socit On Thursday last, however, on Laing to pay his bill, he said he 11.. k.: not enough of cash, mat pritpo‘targ,iving a clientse on his hooker, observing it would be au accommodation to him at that 1 ,te li t ote to Rive him the change. The landlord,- trona. his respectability, agieed to meet his wishes. The prisoner theo tlfewca cheque on Rains bort,tin and Co. for 151., with whirl, he paid his bill, awl receibed the difference. This cheque, on living presented, was proved to be a mere piece of wastepaper, no suet' person ;14 the prisoner ketp;tog cash there. Means were then taken to apprehend him, a nd 11e was seenred. It was then ascertained that a similar frandolent cheque for 61. had been changed by the prisoner al the Three Tons Ia the Borosnzli. The Lord Mayor remanded the prisoner, to afford an opportunity for other persons, who may have been wrttilarly defraud, d, to attend. Crtsnoc oF MunnEn.-- —Penning, Captain .of the co- niry - ship Caroline from Bombast to Europe, was enarged on swim ion of having murdered, on Friday the 2d of October last.. Joan Desizer, a quarter-master on board of, the said ship, "as the passage to Ens ape. In support of the prosecution, several of the ship's crew appearo d to give evidence. Their testimony went no plow., that oil the morning on which the dereased his death, the ship briiig then within a few days sail of the Isle of France, the Captom preferred souse comp l aints agaiokt the dect:ivied, anti he w.ts tied up to the mast, when, after receiving a slight punishment, he was.releatted. After breakfast time, however,* the deceased was ordered into the cabin, where the Captain demanded an inspection of bis papers and accounts. The Captain's servant, and another person who was then in the cabin, were ordered to withdraw. and the deceased mod