The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-29 00:00:00

THE EARL OF LINCOLN'S DIVORCE BILL.

HOUSE OF LORDS.--Yrsmaky.

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The house met at three, Lord Langdale, *raker,
to ea:eider the squad reading of the above bill. There
were about twenty peers present, bet Lord Brougham and
Lord Redesdale truly took pert is the proceedis.
Mr. Robinron attended n coma for Lord Lincoln, in
support of the bill. Rommel appeared for Lady Lincoln ;
her solicitor intimated to the house that she would not give
any °put ition to the bill.
From the statements of Mr. Robinson and of the numerous
walnuts whom he afterwards examined, it appeared that
the petitioner, the Right Hon. Henry Pelham Billeat Cita-
ton, commonl_y ealledßal of Lincoln. was married in Nov.
1831, to the Coasters, then the Hoe. Lod, Susan Catherine
Douglas Hamilton, spinster, daughter of the Duke of Hamil-
ton, at whose mansion in the parish of Hamilton, in the
totality of Lanark, in Scotland, the marriage wee duly so-
leaeised scuttling to the harms and law of Scotland. The
earl and hi. said rounteee lived together ikon the time
of the marriage until the 2nd of August, 1848, with the ex-
etpnon of occasional temporary separations; and there we
kiss of the marriage, four sons and ens daughter : soother
child has bee. born in Italy ante 1848. Oo the 2nd of Aw
gnat in that year, the cantatas left London without the
earl's knowledge, and unaccompanied by any of her or his
relatives, and has been travelling abroad, la different parte
of Europe, ever since. On her arrival at Baden-Baden, a
few dap after her departure from London she wrote • short
note to the earl, laying she had jut arrived there, was very
tired and VI, bat hoped she would be quite well epos gulag
a doctor. She sent bet love and bles.ing to him and their
chiAree. She soon departed from Baden, and travelled
through fiwiturland, stopping at Lausanne, Geneva, de.,
and thaws to Italy, frequently in company with Horatio
William Walpole, commonly called Lord Walpole, eldest
see of the Marl of Orford. That they were on the most in
taut(' terms was quite clear from the evidence. Toe soon-
test travelled and passed by the name of Mrs. Law-
rence. She gave birth to a male child et or
neat Verona, in August or September, 1849, and
the child was baptised by a catholic priest there by the
nerve of "11 ,ratio Walpole Lawrence." Is the month of
Julys, that year, in consequence of the reports that reached
this euntry respecting the Countess's c anduct abroad, some
her
gilder the character of inclination only to
her sets, whi'.• others thought they bore a more
immoral cheratter, Mr. W. E. Oladateme, M.P., who
had been for many years on the most friendly
terms with the East mad Countess of Lincoln, went
with the Bal's suede& to try to a-certain what was the
real eharieter of her aria. She had tett Naples haore be
arrived there, but be traced her to Milan, and found her,
or • lady whom he supposed to be her, pastor se • Mrs.
Lawresee, Lesf the Lek. et Como. Ile seat is his said,
and also write a rote to the lady, but both said and note
were returned, with a verbal mto.sge slat no lady was
known there se Lady Linada or Mrs. Lamson. He sew a
travelling anise at the doer, and observed the figure
of a lady in the beim whom he believed to
be the Clueless of Liarioln. As he was going away,
the sum marriage drove by him in the direction of Ver ens,
and then he saw it was Lady Liee dn. Ho did rot see any
teatimes with her, but from a:I lie dircovered Le had no
I doubt of the ui eiaral character of her proof. dings. Oa his
it tura. to iteg:usid, • Mr. Repusal, a solicitor, was a at to Italy
in conviany with • person who oat been servant In the
family kn,o, Lady Lincoln well. From their disc,
[arias it was most apparent that her ladyship and Lord