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there about a month afterwards- The peraoo Who cute there Wel
°A. 4i iriitted out to ma e? Sir Gowns Murray. They. were cob.,
rtartur together, dined and walked out together, and lived ent:tely
tutteher. •
ny. the Jury—They 1.4 d separate bed-rooms ; their rooms were
or. die came law. I meant by living ther, eating together
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as hitods. lady Louisa bad a seneat-maW who wan since dead.
fanily were uneasy that the gentleman did not reside at ea
100. t endeavoured to learn his name from the servant, bet could
siilg get for ansger—" Mr. Tbingamy" (a she had for.
wten --anil similar answers. The apartments were taken for
".i; trad, " ;rut we could not accurately learn the name of the
Eady—Lady IsoulSa came to Mrs. Rob's haute while I
was time. A gentleman came there eherdx afterwards, who dined
with her and breakfasted with her, but associated with no other per.
TOO. assisted to make theta:4lw Lady Louis,s's maid made her
hid. I did pot attend at the table. I tried to get at his name, but
n4l procure no answer but " Lady Louisa:a friead," or
TbtAtamy." A laugh,
by Attorney-Cenral—Mrs. Cutler slept on
MN^ 00 harm in persons sleeping on the same
bole
Stirling was • servant at Chipping Ross near Dumblane.
tams Lsdy. Louisa there, and a gentleman whom I haft not seen
ittec or since- He was a dark.looking tall gentleman. I saw
sham walking at Chipping Ross, and they sat down upon the brow
As marry, but did not see them afterwards, as I did not think it
vary besourale to be looking rt them. The quarry wan very re-
*9l; I cannot say whether they entered it. It was situated so as
then might ace very tar, but they could not be seen. They were in
the most couvenient situation to go into it If they pleased. I saw
diem Lfterwards walking in the park ; they generally went into the I
PA; ;• t one o'clock, and remained there until three or four.
.Capri-examined—l did not think it proper to look after them.
.Re-examined by 3lr. BIOI;OHAM—The quarry is in a retired

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44ti 3itness—lt is.
lir. Buontiitsm—lt is well known to the "lards"' of that
plea?
Witness—lt has been ; but not to the lairds of the present gene-
reams.
Jaime Doacan-.-I am clerk to the plaintiff's attorney. 1 went
wit Miss Eady and Miss Rob; I placed than at one end of Old
.13' -street, and I stood at the other end. I saw a gentle-
anan, S r George Murray, cone out of the home No. 11. I showed
him to His. Rob and Miss Eady. and to'Adam il'rawford is the
"aerie manner. They knew hint to be the same man they had seen
nit Lady ErAine at DunibLAie.
my Braitford—l was at Medlock at a boarding house in lifie;
Sillti Lady Louisa came then Sir G. Murray arrived shortly atter-
teases : I waited upon them • they dined in a private apartment t
' I came to her Ladyship in fundas afterwards to Maddox-street,
inhere sheeesidetl, end went with her theurne evening to Earl's Court,
Brampton, on the box of the ainiage. Ido not recollect to have
SOLI a gentleman coating out of the carriage when we arrived there.
1 staid there fifteen months at Bronipton; Sir O. Murray was living
withha thereat that time; their bed rooms were on the same floor, op_
posits to each other ; he did not live there the whole of the fifteen
mondis ; Sir George seldom appeared before visitors; vdheneverany
of Lady Louisa's tantily came Sir G. Id urray's room was locked ;
he did not appear ; I recollect Sir George Murray joining her lady.
ship when she was on her way to the Isle of Anglesey ; I was en.
raged as housemaid to Lady Louisa and to wait upon her.
Kilian Creswell lived as servant in the same hone; Sir George
Al4ll also lived there; several persons tailed while 1 lived there:
pifini they called Sir George Murray was hid up stairs; I know
. -Hai beauise when I went up with the tray I missed him and looked
lum4h the key-hole of his room, and I saw General Sir G. Murray,
, Isna that's ad I know about it.
~. phmiate Bostingt—l was at Finehley in 1822; I lived in the
dnikt of Sir G. Murray in Ireland. At Finchley they went under
fheee e: of Mr. and Mrs. Evans; Lady Louisa was delivered of
• there in April, 1822; they went &ow Finchley to Morrell
: ' and from thence to °dawn.
'A,TTORXEY.OENELAI. said that it was nrinecreary to
. lergthess the ease ; be would admit the birth of a child in April,
IfiV.
„Ar. Murray, a writer to the signet in Scotland, proved the masa.
Ina= of a suit in Scotland by Lady Erskine against Sir James, in
. Dumber, ilLn. Witness here described the nature of the suit,
wltleh entitled a female to sus for a divorce if four years separated'
hum her husband. The law admitted the wanan to be entitled to
her dairelt or jointure as if her husband were naturally dead. If
thelusbend were served with a citation to take back his wife, and
did In, the suit would be at an end. The suit, he understood, was
edifl Feeding on a point of law raised by the party suing. Four
pimp must have elapsed from the time of the desertion to the insti-
. ti. of the I suit. saw Sir James Erskine in January 182, and
make a communication to hies. He was then in a very un-
e mate of mind; rodred to such a degree that I was the
• riiiri obliged to cake tl:ei communication. At that time he knew
. Of the,adultqy of his wife and Sir G. Murray. I have not seen
Al' ram wore easily excited; lie is a man of strong Aleutian.
3 r. N
oseysaw Sir James Erskine after the above commuoi-
ea on was made him ;he was in a distressed state of mind. The
, w;thess best patted his forehead whithis hand, and shut and
opOed his eyes with rapidity in order to convey to the Jury an idea
of the.extrense and oppressive agitation with which Sir J. Erskine'
via* Misted when he saw him.
;tty. Bnottiba.3l here intimated that the case of the plaintiff was
ci,:sed.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proceeded to address the Jury in
en;tyacatien yf damages. lie agreed with his learned friend that the
• P4lltlyt caw was one deeply to he regretted, but was of opinion
that,the evils it entailed on Sir James and Lady Erskine, on Sir
Ortroellueray, and on the respectable friends of all the patties
trigDt have been avoided, and, this exposure been evaded by a little
Ices writs' and a little more dispositioo to spirit of conciliation
on the prat of Sir James Erskine. The circumstances of the plain.,
t's own use would sufficiently 'hew this ; it was impossible for
toe gentitinaniwitom heeepresented, to give that particular evidence
titileh would prove the irritation be labouted under, and the
Manner lit which he_ embittered thie lady's life to which, and
cot to Sir Deorge Murray, Irr.i% attributable the separation
C:at took pine, and the alienaioa of his wife's affections. Die
it was true, was a man of high military rank and
'4WriUotr;lvain ; iberu,t, " had
although Coen
hilraenlltweredbiyistibyis ini.ntOcTile 31%
s end had arrived at a high station in it, yet his property
• •
4L. not correspond with his military rank and services ; so much
"AA* the me- that he bad in Perthshire, the county which he
iipresented, barely suiScient to qualify him for a seat in Perlis-
te,ent, which was more than 4010/. a-yoar. One assertion which had
been advanced by his Learned Friend, he was prepared to deny,
eimely, the alleged intiniacy betweer Sir J. Erskine and Sir 0.
kv.rtay, no such intimacy eves subsisted. They Met together in the
army lona short time in 17:13. A slight acquaintance was dies formed,
• which was not renewed until the period of Sir J. Erskine 's visit to
rubs ie • Ind, after the battle of Waterloo; no intercourse what_
es, took plane between them in the interval ; their acquaintance
wyy then renewed. Ile said this to direst the case,of one feature
or aggravation, which his Learned Priced endeavoured to give it.
That the alienation of her affections took place before the visit to
Paris, was proved by, Col.. Sl•Donnel, who observed it himself in
Lpodon, and his private observation he admits to have been con-
- faced' by general observation. On their arrival at Pans a new
seeps presented itself—very different from that to which she was ac-
uqtoired, um the retired habits in which Sir James and Lady .
Erskine hid lived. It was natural that at that time the sister of
the Noble Marquis, who, with the illustrious Duke of %Vei. I
ICagtoo, bad but a short time bdirre achieved so glorious a
victory, should be courted in society, and sought after in
the scenes of gaiety, and the voluptuous intercourse of so-
e,iely at that time prevalent in Paris. This presented quite a con-
trast to her former tr.ode of living. It was not improbable that at
that time the menial& and accomplished mannem of Sir G. Murray
milde his satiety agreeable to Lady Louisa, and that that of Lady
Erskine, who was a hely of great accomplishments, and great
Wrote,. was also acceptable to Sir George Murray. An intimacy
grew up between them, but at that period not a suspicion war en. I
tertalnetli as was admitted. by bis Learned Friend, that their con-
duct exceeded the bounds of propriety.
Itfr:Bitottimast.—Pray don't state what I said. too strongly.
The ATTORNET.ORNERAL.—His Leaned Friend certainly
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. patil that he entertained a doubt : and if he, with an ex pork state.
went laid before bun, and viewing die case with the partiality of
,11:1 advocate, could not snake up his mind ii to any impripriety,
hu.
elt much more zehmeant would the 4ury be to do so. Sir
, beet Wilson, who was conversant with whole transaction,
,-rd, that he was of opinioo, and is of the same be.
• ' wow, that no criminal conversation took place between the
. Sethi ilitrio% their residence in Paris. And from what was the
evidence of improper conduct to be inlayed ? Surely not from the
. tietre inp which took place at a lady's house, whose name his 1
: fled Friend thonght proper not to mention, bin who be knew 1
so a lady of the first distinction, visited by the nobility and first
• Military persons then in Paris. And who accompanied her there ?
S:r J. Erskine and his sister. The house was situated in one of the
'.tux;foshio..ablep arta of Peris,and attached to it gardens btautifully I
laid out which shelved the rank and consideration of the party I
to whew It belonged. As to the knees which passed between
them, they lied it in evidence that the verbal answers by the laquey,
were sent frequently, which chewed that there could be nothing
criminal in the communication. Bat examine the evidence of Miss
Erskine; and they would see that this alienation of affection, (thin
causes that were not explained in evidence, took place long before
Sir James Erskine had any suspicion of Sir George Murray. First,
there was the partial estrangemeut of her affections which ass no.
Wed by Colonel 3l'Donald, in England:. and afterwards, it ap.
teased, that they lived in separate apartments at Cambray, and at
spa, meeting ohly at dinner, and on formal occasions. If Sir J.
Erskine suspected Sir George Murray at this time, would be have
retewed his acquaintance with him in Path ? would : c have dined
with him, and permitted his wife to visit him? Certainly not.
lie would have required the expbutation which he afterwards sent
S* Ashen Wilson to receive. Dere, then, was an actual sopa-
ration proved, Wore even suspicion was harboured.by Sir James
Erskine. Again, what wis the conduct of Sir James Erskine on
Melvin,/ the explanation from Sir ti. Murray, with which he de-
, viand himself saiisEt.d. Did be nitwit to his wife? And, if he
piece really satittli,4 with the explanation which had been given,
..as he, not bound to do. so? The laid topic in•roduced by his
Rom ,Friend required hit particular attenuon. The Scotch suit
. wee introduced ; but what evidence was there that Sir (I. Mur-
ray tad any thing to do with it. The suit was instituted by Lady
Eyikine, by theadviceof ba Wends. It was institutes! with pearl).
pearl).,
prim in erder toiIITC herself, her husband, and tlaf Noble family to;
which'she is allied, from the exposure which& trial of this kind entails.
lie thought it would hare been better to do that quietly, and without
the knowledGe of the would. which is now sought to be effected by one
out of Parliament, and a public trial by winch all the particulars
of dies anfortunate cue will be bruited abroad, and communicated
tram one end to the other of the kingdom, through the medium of
"tie Preis. The Eight Rum (Mad= an dice proceeded to corn.

mist with pest formes the evident:sof the several wham ea, whirls
be eodessettred to establish oh alienation of affection, Wore the
ONO dila* it
of Sir George Murray. was harboured, and
that the Mal cause of the separation was the irritation and turples.
Pennine that had been mutually created in the society of each
other. On their return from the Continent, and arrival
at home, no improvement takes place in their domestic
felicity ;at len he finally deserts her, and leaves bee
alone at Torrey, w ere the remained for several months, until her
brother, Mr. Berkeley Paget, arrived from England, and took her
to her friends. In this situation, dmerted by her husband, was she
placed when Sir G. Murray returned from the Continent, and thom
helingeof admiration which he felt before, grew into a wanner feet.
ing , and a wore intimate acquaintance unfortunately took place.
So far from this being a case of aggravatioo, he never knew ens
which had so many excuses and palliatives Mextennato
the
injury of which the plaintiff complained. Beadier.
damages could not be the object of the plaintiff. IC
could not, surely, if he were the man he wu descrlbed m be,
desire to make money at the expense of his wife's„yittus. Sir 0.
Murray was a high and honourable character. If agreed; and
always with honour and distinction, with Sir John Moser, the
Duke of Wellington, and other most distinguished Generals ; and
be bed every confidence, that the Jury would act towards him with
that fairness and just consideration of his cam, which his merits and
services demanded and deserved. •
The Urinal Solon. r would not address the Jury after .he
evidence they had heard. and the commentary with which it had
already been accompanied. In reviewing the case it would be ien.
portant to consider, whether the separation of Sir James and Lady
Erskine was to be attributed to the defendant or to some other
own. With this observation he would leave the use in tbeir
Mods.
' The Jury consulted together for about a quarter of an hour, and
Maned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2,5001.