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'felt •onsething favourable towards him, which in.
slimed I on the morning of the Oda of April to
writ tin the Countess of Antrim mid to make his
proposal of in image to her for Lady Frances, and
requested her to communicate it to Laely Frairees.
He had been invited, with others, that day, to dine
with Mr. %l. cdonald, but the other minion)y did not
contr. iderly F. came in the evening to go wish her
mother to • party; he thought this a favourable
opportunity to press his suit. Mr. Maedoneld,
boaever, opposed it, and they went iistu the draw-
ing-room where the Countess sitsil Lady Frances
were. They 'sever were left alone; but in the pre.
saner of the Countess and Mr. Macdonald he made
his proposal, and it was accepted, and on the next
morning he wrote to Mrs. Taylor informing her of
the mull. As to the charge of contrivance or
concert, he denies that there was ever any 'Between
him and the Countess of Antrim, Mr. Macdonald,
or any other person; or that he ever authorised the
lady of high rook to intercede for him with Mrs.
Tinton As to the comionnicrition of the lady of
highs rank to Mrs. Taylor, his Learned Friend (Sir
Samuel Hominy) expressed I. self surprised, why
Lord Stewart shoes' try to viodicate himself
against ale knowledge of such a communication.
He would inform hint why he did so. It was a
point of delicacy in Lord Stewart, that he would
net have the feelings of Lady France* under any
improper influence, as he wished to have her
imbiardeed affection before lie ever mentioned
the subject either to her mother or astist.....
The atEdavits of the Countess of Ant * and Mr.
Alacdouald, denied in the most positive manner
that there had been any contrivance sir collusion
between them and Lord Stewart. Would it he
said that there was any thing wrong in the Countess
of Antrim approving of Lord Stewart as the lons.
band of her daughter ? %%rook' it be contended,
that because Lady Frances was a ward of Court,
that he must first apply to his Lordship, anal snake
is proposal of marriage, before he hail glinted the
affections of the young Lady ? His Lordship
would also bear in mind, that Mrs. Taylor could
riot be ignorant of Lord Stewart's attentions to
Lady Frances; fur he was introduced to Mrs.
Taylor by Lady Frances, at Almack's Rooms.
He (the Learned Counsel) then contended, there
was nothing reprehensible in the conduct of Lord
Stewart ; he had acted in an open and manly mall-
tier ; he had obtained the approbation of the young
lady's 'outlier, from her knowledge of him as a Mass
of honour sod of high rank. He could not, there-
fore, consider that his Lordship could save airy
objection to its being referred to the Master.
Lord Stewart certainly felt great anxiety as to what
the decision of his Lordship might be, for he curs-
ceived his honour at stake.
Sir Aaruva PIGGOTT and Mr. HORNE followed
ten the same side.
Sir S. RONILLT. in reply, stated there were two
distinct applications before his Lordship : one was
to restrain the Countess of Antrim from having any
intercourse with her daughter; the other was the
Venom' of Lord Stewart, contra g a proposal of
marriage between him and Lady Frances, and that
it might be sent to the Master to consider rod re-
port what marriage settlements ought to be made.
Although distinct motions the facts in both were the
*ante--and although his Lordship might think it
slot right to grant the first, he could toot think
the second was to be granted as • matter of course,
for lie could not bring himself to the belief that
the Court would refer it to the Master on the mo-
tion of Lord Stewart. Great complaint had been
made by his Learned Friend (Mr. Hart) as to the
publicity which had been given to this case, and he
bail gone so far as to say, it was for no other pur-
pose than to hurt the feelings of certain individuals
by making it a matter of public conversation.
This was not the wish or the intention of his client.
She was placed in a peculiar situation, not only as
the testamentary guardian of the infant, but also
she was her paternal aunt. No person could have
a greater affection for her niece than she had, and
too peaum would have leas desire that she should
be made a subject of public conversation theta
she had ; hut its desperate cases simple 111CallI
did not always prove au antidote. She was a
another, and wished to throw the same mantle
of protection over her niece that might be
hereafter necessary for her own offspring. There
were, its his opinion, extremely good reasons that
the case should be discussed to public, for if his
Lordship had heard it ill his private room, there
might have beers any thing but truth gone out to
the public. Such an instance occurred shout •
year bark, that a father had beets deprived of the
care of his children because lie had writteu a de-
istical hook, which be had distributed amongst his
friends ; this was not the fact. hut the public be-
lieved it, mot what caused it but private hearings.
lie was far horn saying that what occurred finer,
or any where else, which was rent out to the public.
were Correct, but they seldom differed from the
actual niteintig. There were other reasons which
lie might mention why this case should not have
been 'wird to private, but it was unnecessary.
But iontriing that occurred in the publicity of this
case, could attach to the young lady, or hurt her
feelings, except that she was dazzled by the
rank and high situations of Lord Stewart, which
caused her alliqf to he carried away by theirs.
As to the personal objections of Mrs. Taylor to
Lout .Stew rot, he had declined saying any thing re-
' hove to them; not because that it was not neces-
sary. hut, of his Lordship thought it proper to
sedid it to the Mailer, lie thought it might hr better
discussed •before Inin. He did not mention them,
but the Counsel for Isis Lordship thought ;wooer to
;amphora of his statement that he opened this 111110
nose with. and by way of reialialiou brought them
torward this clay before the Eves, as to thr
questiiiii of Lord Stewart's fortune he would not
rare vamp one wool, if lie had root beets goaded on
by the Solicitor-6,8,mi,, who stated, that in point of
tortoise he was entitled to be allied to the tint family
its the laird ; hat even troth the Learned Solicitor*,
it ;weaved to lie all cootiogrut property.
Ile had been told there Wen Ott precedent why
Lord Stewait's proposal should mint be acceded to;
Ise could tell them there was; for there was Ms ups
Aral to the House of Lord., where Lord lieoyou
refs-ed a *molar order. lire Court had been asked,
could It he supposed that Lord Stewart, with his
great spoon sssss ruts, and ass income of 20,0001. per
amount, Volt it was for this young lady's fortune he
wished to marry her. Ile would be sorry to say that
it was the case ; but there had Wen iodation of user

with much greater income, that wished to grasp
at more. It would be also recollected, that Lord
Siewart's income was derived from public appoint-
merits, which caused him great expense in uphold-
ing them. He would return to the personal objec-
tions which had been handed forth to the public by
his Learned Friesids--those of his bring in embar-
rassed circeintrtain'es, sod of his habits being irre-
gular and dissipated ; sod in his affidavit he denies
it, and says g • g and drinking were wholly w-
known to him. lie would give him full credit for
his assertion—but it must be recollected, that a
men was nut the moat tit person to give a character
of himself, for mei, in general were not the fittest
prreans to judge of themselves. lie believed him
most emisciesitiously when lie raid he never was
intoxicated or gambled ; but it was argued by his
Learned Friends that the assertion that he had dune
so, was only that of Mrs. Taylor's; then iu reply,
he must say that it was only negatived by the as..
sorban of Lord Stewart himself. His Learned
Friend, Sir Arthur Piggott, stated that he thought
the high honours Lord Stewart had received, were
objections to the marnage, as they were contrary to
conjugal happiness. He never thought of such a
position ; what he said was, that they were not neces-
sary to conjugal happiners; fur how often has there
been wen a wan high to office, while at Court his
face full of smiles. and when he returned home
they were changed to frowns, and destroyed the
happiness they had enjoyed iu his absence. He
could only say, that if the Court did believe that
Lady Frances had affection for Lord Stewart. and
that that affection was ceured by contrivance, no
matter by whom, it would be contrary to its duty
to make the order prayed for by Lord Stewart; for,
on his own *hewing, it was only au acquaintance
of two months, and an intimacy of a few days ;
sisal to make use of a vulgar expression, he
thought he would strike the iron while it war
hot. There could be nothing more improper
than the argument held out by Sir Arthur Pig-
gott, that if the Court did not send the pro-
posal of Lord Stewart to the Master. that Lady
Frances would be hereafter in danger of falling
iota the hands of some fortune-hunter at •
watering-place. He deprecated such an argu-
ment ; fur, if allowed, would it not be the answer
of every person who run away with a ward of
Court, that she might have fallen into worse
hands than his' He did not say this was a contri-
educe to have this marriage take place • bat sup..
pose it was. he could riot bring evidence, they
must take it from the circumstances. The young

lady was introduced at Court to see Lord Stewart
in all his decorations, receiving the favours of his
Monarclr—then meeting her in public, paying par-
ticular attention to her-411111 then the Prince Re-
gent invited to dine at her mother's, and Lord
Stewart also—to give her an opportunity of seeing
her intended husband on terms of intimacy per.
haps that might be going too far. He did not say
this was the case, but it would he the natural sup-
position of every man of common understanding.
The affidavits certainly deny that there was any
concerted phut, but he would have expected that
they would have denied these facts. The Learn-
ed Counsel then took a review of the case, and
contended that his Lordship must look on the infant
■s if he was her real parent ; and he was sure he
would not be daszkd with either the rank of the
Countess or Lord Stewart, but act as if it was a
proposal for marriage to the most humble ward of
Court. It was true that Lord Stewart denied

all knowledge of the communication of the lady
of high rank to Mr.. Taylor, but it would be
recollected that he got himself introduced, by
Lady Frances, a few days before to Mrs. Taylor.
We do not know what passed between the Countess
of Autritu .and Lady Frances when she told her
that Lord Stewart was a fit alliance for the fist
family iu the land. Might she not have said,
the fashionable world has given him to you as
your future husleand, and you cauuot refuse him ?
Ile did not say this was the case, but it might
have been. There was no evidence that Mrs.
Taylor knew that Lady Frances had au affec-
tion for Lord Stewart, but the letter of Mr.
Whitton; and he would venture to assert, that
there was spot a Solicitor in that Court, or the
King's Bench, that could write so dull a one on the
same subject—it was so much so, that it could not
be taken as the repreventation of the young Lady.
How many drafts of the letter he had made, he
could not tell, but if he made 500, he could not
have produced a colder.
The LOUD CustscEt.t.ott--" Hand me up a
copy, for I have misled the original."

Sir SAMUEL. ROM I LLY—After the farce of the
gth of April, Mrs. Taylor was written to by Lord
Stewart for her onnient to the marriage, to which
she answered. 11.41 without any disrespect to him
or Viscount Castlereagh, she must decline giving
her consent—and would immediately apply to the
Lard Chancellor to interfere. He (the Learned
Counsel) would ask, dad Lord Stewart shew this
ati,wer to the Countess of Antrim ? for, on the
11th of April, she applied to the Court, not to
sanction the prupoirds of marriage, but that it
might he referred to the Muster to report what mar-
riage, settlements ought to he made. The Learned
COMM! then replied to the several arguments that
were opposed to him, and contended, that Mrs.
Taylor was correct in attending to the anonymous
lettere, particularly us they were confirmed by the
commuuicatiuns she had bow the lady of high
rank.

The Loup CHANCELLOR —I4I wish to see these
umwsymous letteir, merely to compare the writing
with some that I have received."

Sir S. Itoutt.ty did tint hold that anonymous
letters at any Brie were proper, but when thieeted
to the Bench there Na. uu terra too but to be at-
tached to theni. But the minis question was,
whether the C teas of Antrim should be re-
:mauled from having any c tin cation with Lady
Frances, or whether it ohoultl 1w sent to the Mater
to inquire and r. port tin Luril Stewart's petition.
The Leariwd Counsel then contended, if • marri-
age w•s to take place at any time between the
parties, this was not the period for a reference to
the Mister; but if his Lordship thought otherwise,
he trusted he would may send it to the Master to
impure and repuit whether at was a proper intolJu,,ul
of marriage.
The LultD CHANCELLOR—a, That is the proper
way, Sir Samuel, first to inquire if the propo.al of
inarinqie is proper, and, if the Matter reports it is,

they for hisn to report what settlements ought-to be
mode." .

Sir SAMUEL 1101111T.LT—" I did not underirtand
the two °niers were ill one."

The LORD CIi;NCI.I.I.OR—" They may be se-
parated, which will give as opportunity to except
to the first."
S r SAMUEL 11071ILLY-4' That is what I al-
luded to, my Lord."
The LORD CHANCRILLOR—" I shall not be able
to give my judgment in this case before Tuesday.
for my opinion is, that .1 must see this young Lady
and converse with her, and if I shall remain in that
opinion. I will mention it to you to-morrow. But
if I should see her between this and Monday. I
will come here at nine o'clock in the morning of
that day, and then give you my judgment.—
Which ever course I take you shall have sufficient
bike of."

The SOLICITOR-GENIMAL requested that his
Lordship would take the correspondence between
the Lady of high rank and Mrs. Taylor, and read it.
The LORD Casucet.Loa-,-" Let them be haud-
ed up to me."

COURT OF RING'S BENCH. Westutinsit,
FILIDAY, Aran. 24.

Mr. GURNEY moved for a rule to shew cause,
why a Lady (whose name it was not necesssry• to
mention), who had brought actions against several
Daily and Weekly Newspapers for a libel, should
not give security for costs. fle made this applica-
tion on a variety of affidavits, stating, that the Lady
to whom he had alluded, was living separate and
apart from her husband, and that she had instituted
the different suits without his knowledge or consent.
Mr. Justice Anorr, who presided before the
other Judges came into Court, observed, that Mr.
Gurney had stated special tuatter to entitle him to
take a rule to shew cause.—Rule granted.

POLICH.

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