The National Register.
London, England, 1815-06-04 00:00:00

(FROM THE GAZETTE HE FRANCE.)

known how easily a woman who'is to blame is put out of temper.
Madame I-1 . . . changed her style—" Sir," replied she, " I shall no
longer waste my time in justifying myself fora fault of which I am
not guilty." She proposed to the Colonel an amicable separation ;
his honour and her reputation alike required it. "We may still keep
up the appearance of loving each other; if, however, you are deter-
mined upon a divorce, I shall keep FOk Tux!, for to tell you the truth
I AM A MOTHER." The mother of Estelle proposed a divorce by
mutual consent, and the Col,nel, who was a much better soldier than
lawyer, took her advice, being ignorant that his wife could not consent
to such an arrangement, in consequence of her being a minor, that
besides they must have been married more titan two years, And that in
that case parents must give up a portion of their property to the chil-
dren, and the Colonel knew the origin of the one which existed ; what
was he to do ? The law grante I but two months for the husband to
disavow the child. There was but one manner he could proceed in.
and that was to demand a divorce on account of adultery; the step
was violent, but it was necessary ;in fact it was the only one. The
Colonel cited his wife—she replied to the Citation by making a last
effurt. "My dear Adam," she wrote to him, "my father has in.
formed me, that you would consent to receive back your wife, if you
believed that she still loved ) Ott. When I reflect upon what I have
done, lam inclined to believe that I have laboured under paroxysm
of madness. Pardon your Estelle, who has been wicked, but who ib
again become good. 1 still feel rt”silf capable of ensuring ycur hap-
piness ; I know not how you will receive my embraces, but I em-
brace you with all my heart." Here the faithful memory of Mensieue
Parquin brought to his recollection that scene of the painter of Na-
ture in which Angelique, almost surprisel by her husband, makes
the of every feminine stratag m, and nearly persuades her kind spouse.
that his sight is troubled with one of those phantoms, which so often

hover over the imagination of hu.ib.mds. Wel informed people re-
c:•guisecl the new Angelique, and pitied the Colonel for the resem-
blance he bore to the husband of 14.1oliere. He sent no answer to this
letter, which contained so many sweets. She sent a fresh message,
and even ventured upon a visit, but the Colonel was out. His Ave.
cate carried on the proceedings, and the Court ordered the Ciarnina.

tions to be heard with closed dcors. Estelle appeared, and by one of
:hose stratagems which our sex are incapable et' putting into execu-
tion, she petr.fied the Judges, the Attorney, and her husband, by the fold
lowing question which she addressed to the latter : " Have you not been
married before, and are you not so at present ?" The Colonel collecte
his ideas, and confessed the fact. Estelle triumphed; but it war. ()lily
for a very short time. 'Colonel H . . . had really married at Pi-a
the beautiful Clorinde de Lucca, but his marriage was not legal ; a
priest only had received their vows ; agreeably to the military regula.
Lions, the Colonel had been refused permission to marry by his supe-
rior officers. The ecclesiastical authority alone had united them, yid
the same power dissolved their union. With one consent Clorinde do
Lucca and her husband solicited from his Holiness the Pope, a disso-
lution of those ties which were unpleasant to them both, and the
Consist( ry Court pron unced that they were free. Clorinde con-
tracted another marriage, and wa; at present widow of Ger. Ralocca.
Three witmsses proved these facts. The father-in-law himself, wl o,
as quarter-master of the reg'rnent, kept a register of its acts, could
not prove to the contrary. Madaree H . . was now d.iven to her
last resource. What more could she do ? She named two objections,
which the talent of Mr. Berryer, jun. rendered unexceptionable. Mr.
Parquin terminated by endeavouring to do away the force of these ob-
jections. " Can it be looked upon as a crime," said he, " for the
Colonel to have seized and opened the letters of his wife, and ought
procuring them to prevent his making 1154 Of
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