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cause which he had now brought forward. hut a line of conduct
similar to that which he had now adopted. The three wh-
arves, O'Meara the valet, Bicknell the butler, and 1)r. Bulkeley,
had all sworn to the commencement of the adulterous intercourse
before :held of August, yet Mr. Wellesley swore on the 2d e.
gun, that till then no adulterous intercourse had taken place be-
twt re hen and Mrs. llligh.. They left Naples in October, and
tee result was that his Lordship would be obliged to give credit to
eMeare, whose testimony had been corroborated by two other
witnesses Mr. O'Meara had sees a paper tenth 'hewed that the
house hired by Borden in the neighbourhood of Captain Bilgh's,
was hired for the use of Mr. Wellesley, for the purpose of carrying
on hisentercourse with Mee. Bligh. and that it was ao hired at a
period antecedent to the date of Mr. Wellealey's deposition, in
which he swore that no such intercourse had then taken place. Mr.
O'Meara also swore that Air. Wellftley was in the habit, while at
Nipples, about this period, of going out late in the evening, with his
nee muffled up to prevent the porter from recognizing him. Mr.
O'Meara also swore that he had ceased to cohabit with Mrs. Wei-
kele, after the period when his intercourse with 311 s. Bligh began ;
that lie had not been in her bed-room, nor she in his, on any ac •
count whetenn. Int a long time previous to their leaving :eaters
amid tnatelle. Wellesley seemed evidently to avoid as much as ro-
sette tbeeompary of his wife, and to treat her with neglect and
harshness. The interview with Mr. O'Meara, in which Mr. Wel-
!ratty expressed his apprehensions about the regions concerning
him and Mrs. Bligh, took place on the Ist of August. All
these events therefore happened before the 2.1 of August. and Mr.
O'Meara, in mentioning the interview, hail given here a date which
corroborated his former affidavits. The master, it appeared, ad-
mitted at that time that this intercourse bad taken place, and was
anxious to prevent it from getting abroad, and to prevent it font
being believed, at least. if It could not be suppressed. He could
therefore call the mater's own testimony to corroborate the
esstisiony of the servant. •• Let us hear. no more," said he,
" of any difference in the degree in credibility of oar witnesses as
such gmounds." He was not solicitous of occupying his lord-
ship's time in going through the particulates of this story. He was
confident that his headship would have no doubt in deciding upon
this dilemma. Mr. Wellesley and Mrs. Bligh were introduced to
eac.h.other by Mrs. Wellesley at Naples. about the 341 of August,
and from that time till they went to Paris the intercourse con.
tinned to be =Tendon. The profligacy of the defence itself sup- •
plied a second ground for withholding the prayer of the petition.
Could it be believed that 3lrs. Wellesley would have invited 31rs.
Bligh to come under her protection, if she had known her to be
guilty, as had been stated, of an adulterous intercourse with her
own husband. Notwithstanding the extraordinary assertions which
had been hazarded on the subject, it was a then; unheard of in the
annaht of female history, it was inconsistent with the principles of
the female heart, that a woman of honour and delicacy should in.
vile the paramour of her husband to lire under the seme roof with
herself, and thus become the instrument of her own dishonour. The
invitation took place on the Sth of .tugtuit, and no one could doubt
tor a moment that the letters which hail been produced were mitten
under !lir. Wellesley's influence. He alluded to the letter in which
she had written to Mrs. !High, that • see eiebelieved the reports
natant at Naples to the prejudice of 3/r. %Vellealey and elre.
Rhea. Inviting her at the same time to come and live under her
own roof, as she had then been separated tram her husband. Capt.
Vie. It was Impressible, Mr. Wellesley well knew, to get Mrs.
Wellesley, who was alone acquainted with the truth its this case, to
lee an affidavit is contradiction of his statements. She was gone
to that piece when she could neither be his victim nor his accuser.
Relating on the strong barriers of the grave, he came now to show
elate, letters; he came to prove his innocence by those docu-
ments which he had himself taken =rent prepare for the purpose.
fie ODIC to allow that hie .rite was uninjured, because she had
been so completely in his power as to write that, which,
even if she believed it at the time, served only to prove bow anxi.
ottale she desired it, and how credulous her atf:ction for her un.
worthy husband had rendered her on the subject. The Solicitor.
Central did not care whether the writing of such p.letter were a
compulsive or a permissive act on the part of Mr. Wellesley ; corn-
pulse e or permissive, it was an act which reflected eternal disgrace
on him who dared an far to abuse the power which he had acquired
new an &lineman woman. 'Was this the man whose control over
her was so small that be could not prevent her from forming an in.
tunacy with Mrs. Jingle contrary to his express injunctions?
Jae mean to say that he could not regulate her in the company
which she kept? lie who possessed so entirely her heart and her
affections—he who had all her feelings and all her interests laid
prostrate like vassals at his feet—who had multi and squandered
.anay her property to the amount of forty thousand pounds a-
year, who hall mortgaged her estates, who had even prevailed
spun her to gito up half her pin-money to supply his extrava.
genre could he expect any one to believe that he had not
anfficient irfluenee over her to enevent her from contracting an
intimery with Mrs. Bligh ? The tic= which were sworn to in
ter= of the affidavits were totally inconsistent with the &stump-
tint that MIS. Wellesley wrote thisletter contrary to the wish. or
even %idiom the commands, oilier husband. How did lie come to
ye: domiciled in the house of the lodging-hieing Italiamtesehing
IS widen. near the house of Captain Bligh ? The whole eircum. '
stances with respect to these letters—the wording of them—the as.
sertauos now made respecting them—all authorised him in what he
lint Resumed, that Mr. Wellesley's zonduet in this, formed the
most bitter, the most disgraceful, the moat unpardonable tonna-
"anon of his offence. 'Who were of the Vesuvius party, he would
nit ? %Vas Mrs. Long there ? Who accompanies) Mrs. Bligh
on that occasion ? This very same prison it was, who was only
forced. kite slier. iota that lady', company by the over-ruling in.
Bueoce of lila wife. This very same person who had so cautiously
shunned her eompany—this very sane ;anion accompanied her
alone on that occannn. Mrs. Wellesley did not accompany theru.
lii,,, eh* was 'Mined at the time with an aneurism. Wu there
not. in that damniag fact, evidenceeufficient to show that their cle-
ment connexion commenced there? This was lout, five, or six
atetitin Wore the letter was written. Did Mr. Wellesley imagine
Jest the eonlosionif dates which he had sought to introduce would
aliened his Lordship ? Could he hope to persuade him that his
woe iris ehe cause of his introdunno to el rs. Meth, that she it
on who threw him thus into the way of temptation, that she
brought this lady into her house, full as she was of charms, so able
and an willing to undo her ? Could he hope to persuade his Lord-
ship of all this, when he knew that all these transaction' which had
tom mentioned hail taken place, at a JAW long antecedent to the
writings( that letter, and long before their departure for Florence.
They left Naples for Athena, and arrived at Florence on the
Bth (jet. 1823. It was not till then that 31ft. Wellesley became
aeenetitite.l with those disgraceful circumstances. When at last
connected of her husband's infidelity, and of ens. Bligh's guilt,
she burst into warn and threw herself immediately upon Dr. Buie
keley's protectione but did not separate from Mr. IVellealey till
their arrival at Paris, when use saw Lind Mazyborough. It
tees appeared that Mr. Wellesley _had made 114 wife the instru.
wont of hie own dishonour for twelve months. Ile wined now
take the liberty of referring to some circumstances in Dr. Intim-
loy's affidavit in reply. The part of Naples where Dr. Bulke-
ley met Mr. Wellesley when it was quite dark, was one where
there was a light, a circumstance which removed ale doubts arising
Of this subject. Dr. Bulkeley had swore to a whole course of im.
proper meduct which had not been contradicted. Even if then
parts were left out where Mr. %Vellealey's affidavit conflicts
with Dr. Bulkeley's, the substance of the case would still
ferule'; but Dr. Bulkeley swore to the cotiversaion in the
carriage, and if 3lr. Wellesley swore that no such conversation
took piece, the question was, which of them was to be believed ?
Itie had still some other circumstances to allude to, as tending to
wove that it was improper for Mr. IVelkiley to have the charge of
Lae children. It was not proper to ask, as 31r. Heald had done, it
anti pertiattlar charge separately was • fit ground for refusing the
petition. The qofttian was, whether all together formed a NA-
eien ground. Mr. IV. had sleeked the 31 ewes Long on the
subject of religiensfanaticiam ' • but they had sworn that the asset.asset.
yell of air. %Venetic, on that head were unfounded. He could
not determine the degree of heat which was adtnisaible on throe
subjects: those tracts width one person coesidesed as abound.
lag with fanaticism. might be considered by others as liable to no
Boob objection. The Alines Long anti Mr. Bnuverie had sworn
that they were not so. There was another branch of the case which
bemeeht the question immediately in contact with the care of the
et:Jaren, and inert/ducal the question whether they were likely to
be brought up io a proper manner by the petitioner. Mr. W.
had said that it was not filthy sort obscene expreesionethat was,
taught them in Pale, but words used by the litihwomen an invoca.
lions to the saints who protect the fishes. But the eaves-
eiona spoken (invert not only the expressions used by the poittordes,
but by the groom and poteillion—expression which could not be
repealed, anti which were the fruits of the degraded state of the
bane people. whose language abouralel in cap 'ors to which
peen of the vulgar in our country were purity little It was meted,
ihpt tnitatth the girl did not understand them the two boy, did; but
aatte supposing that they were oely the expestakeui of the flea-
women, they woe not expressions proper fur young lattice of their
rank. There were certain seasons when, though it eenuibly
sat bOSSitt that it was absolutely wrong to hunt the hare, yet sport,-
mien in general maddened it as improper, aid the animals. when
with among, were left undisturbed by gentlemen. Master Welles-
ley, hue ever, was not entrained by then feelings, and as sonic one
wished to prevent his sport, be 'nee his father, and it was kitten-
serer to that leuer that his father gave the advice to d-.-41 the fel-
low, which b el been reed to the Court. Mr. Beanies had read a
gnat minty letters written by Mr. W., just in that canting strain of
which he had accused the Mines Long; but they were all written
after the separation at Paris, and seemed to be a mere compilation,
got up eke a proloeue or epilogue—for some particular purpose.
His (the htAillitar General's) object in reading the affidavits was
merely to egoist his Lordship in his pilgrimage through this mass
of papers, by supplyieg dates; but he could easily fill up the out-
line by an amplification on every circumstance to which he had
alluded. He was glad that his duty was at an end, If the course
taken by the other aide had been different, his task would not have
peen so disagreeable. They had accused his witnesses of perjury,
red he was therefore obliged to assert, from the facts of the case,
thet the affidavits of Mr. Wellesley were untrue. Thu° on the
oilier side were. he asserted, in every particular borne out by the
ewe, of the e use. Saki could nut be disproved by any affidavits which
Mr. ‘l'ellealt y might lilts in contradiction.
The Leen °IAN(' gi.1.011, in delivering his opinion. ob-
served that the case was one of vast importance. It was of vast
topestaren to the parties immediately cuucerned ; of importance to
all the fawn= in the country ; of imponaine to the great body of
the poblic. It would be improper for Mai to make any °beeves.
deo on the merits of the can in the present stage of the proceed-
wee He had said that he did not intend to come to a decision till
lea should read over all the affidavits, and that it was his Intention
mote anxiously and carefully to do so. If the jurisdiction of the
Court were questioned, history proved, he observed, that it had
such jurisdictinn. However painful the exercise of that jurisdiction
Bright be tend that painful it was no one could deny, nor had any
one ores been called upon to exercise such jurisdiction without feel-

ing that it was painful), however painful it might be. noUtel
sitting there hod a right to repudiate the exercise of that jurisdic-
tion. The duty was a delicate duty. It required the utmost care
and attention on the put of him who was called to perform it. it
was his duty to take care that he should not, witbout strong reasons,
interpose his power against the exercise of the parental authority,
in the education of the children. But there must be coupled with
these general sentiments, • due regard to those qualities In the
parent which rendered him unfit to perform his duties aright
VVitii these general sentiments he would address himself to the task
before him. endeavouring to exercise his jurisdiction as he ought.
The case, important as it originally was, had received an additional
Importance to that which at first belonged to it t because it appear-
ed to him at present to he utterly impossible (he hoped he should
be able to correct himself), he believed it to be utterly impossible
to divest the ease of a question of perjury either on the one side or
the other. lie would at present confine himself to these general
observations, and would endeavour during the rvesa to make him-
grit' master of the facts, in a case of so math difficulty and im-
portance.

VICE-CI!ANCLI,LOWS la, TVESDAT, 51Ascu 21.

MENDIRAISAL V. MACHADO.
This ease came on for judgment to-day. It was en applirstion
nn the part of the plaintiff, who is the holder of bills amountitia to
2004100f.drawn by the Spanish Government of 11111 on the de-
fendant, for a commission to issue from the Court of Chancery to
the Brazils, for the purpose of obtaining tile evidence of an im-
portant witness, to enable him (the plaintiff) to proceed in .an
action at law, brought by him, to recover the amount above
stated.
On a former day the case was fully argued by Counsel. The
facts are briefly these ;
A convention was entered into, after the restoration of the Bour-
bons, between the Governments of Spain and France, in which it
was stipulated that the sum of 300.0001. should be given by the
latter power to the subjects of the King of Spain, alto should be
able to move injuries sustained by them in consequence of the late
war between the two countries, previous to the return of the French
Monarch to his country, and Mr. Machado received the money,
which he was to pay to the claimants. In the year Itll3, the ac-
tual Government of Spain, being desirous of obtaining this money,
drew bills upon the defendant, and these bill•, to the amount of
200,0001.. wire in the possession of the plaintiff. It was proposed
by the Provisional Government of that country to place Mr.
Machado among the list of public debtors, If he paid the hills
thus drawn, but he, not spproring the measure, declined acceding
to the request. He having left Paris, and taken up his residence
in London, had an action brought against him by the plaintiff, and
hence the present proceedings.
The VIIISFIIASICELLOR having entered at some length into
the question, sad having referred to several cases which were in
point, decided that the commission now sought could not be
granted, inasmuch as it was requisite, according to the esta-
blished rule in applications of a similar nature, for the affidavit on
which such application was founded. to state both the name of the
witness, and the nature of the evidence which he could disclose.
Sow, neither of these things had been done in the present in-
stance, consequently the commission was refused.