The National Register.
London, England, 1820-07-10 00:00:00

MONDAY, JULY 10, 1820.

damages (anti in this instance the mulct would alone
fall on the accused wife, and not on the partner of
offence), the party accused has a right to adduce
these matters in palliation, if any can be brought.
Besides ali this we say, would those who arc to de-
cide upon that which is to be in the nature of
punishment upon the party accused, not look to the
distressed, the friendless state in which this unfor-
tunate lady has been left for so many years.
With a spirit above submission, and a blood from
high mettle, which has raced in the veins of a long
ancestry superior far to mere pretensions of royalty—
with a soul raised above the petty and transient
distinctions of the world, and not above stooping to
the humbler walks of humanity to seek that friend-
ship and confidence which was vainly sought for.in
the paths of greatness—we understand, from all
quarters, that she is a brave and generous creature;
and, if the current of the soil turned from its natural
and proper channel, may have burst even the
bounds of formality at least, and exceeded the cold
calculations of the etiquette of the Court, front which
she has been banished, there is, after all, more to
pity than to detest ; there is, at all events, no fail;ng
beyond that which grows of infirmity, and though
we are no apologists for female indiscretions, yet
would we call upon mankind to distinguish between
♦ices of hell and vices of flesh and blood alone.—
Human nature prompts to sinful weakness—the

devil inspires malignity and revenge—and we ask,
what husband in private, having left, we were
going to say committed (but we will not) his wife
to the winds and tides of life, could go to an insur-
ance office to be repaid fur her s;tipwreck ? Not that
we mean, in our comparison of vices, to insinuate
any disrespect toward, or application to, the illus-
trious individual, who must naturally feel much
irritated under all circumstances, upon a supposition
that one-tenth of the charges pushed upon society
as truth against the distinguished lady in question
be true; but we ask, as a private injury, viewing
all circumstances from the cradle to the grave of the
affair, are there not such grounds for mitigation of
what we may call, though not literally, damages, as
to make it unadviseable fix- Lis friends:it least to bring
the suit in toCuurt? Unhappy connections may subsist
—they are peculiarly likely to subsist in that walk of
life where the choke is too confined ; but where
they happen, though we may pardon any fair attempt
to dissolve them, yet we cannot but think, on both
sides, all spirit of rancour should be allayed by a
sense of mutual mistbrtune; and, at all events, in
such a case as that of a civil injury in case of adul-
tery, the remedy of divorce ought to be sought, as
by other subjects, in the ordinary course of law ;
and though certainly a spirit infinitely strong in fa-
vour or the Queen exists, so as to afford a plea, per-
Imps, that a fair trial might be difficult to be
obtained, yet we have no doubt that by mutual con-
sent of both parties challenging inquiry, a jury may
be arranged upon which themselves and the country
might rairly rely.

Lastly, let us consider the expediency and justice,
in case el' oil'ence committed, of seeking for any
remedy out of the common course of things. It is
alleged that theve is a difficulty to proceed by im-
peachment, is consequence of the alleged offence
being committed with a foreigner; and front the
exatninatiun of Count Munster, which we hear has
taken place, we should not be surprised ii something
relating to a pecuniary transaction (an etknee, by