The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-29 00:00:00

AN EDINBURGH SCANDAL.

We alluded lately to a disgraceful circumstance,
in which a military officer of high rank, resident
in this city, was the chief actor ; and, as the affair
has been, by a recent circumstance, again
brought before the public, we need have no hesita-
tion in stating what we know about it, but without,
in the meantime, giving any names. As we stated
before, the persons inculpated are a married mili-
tary officer of some standing and an unmarried
lady of great personal attractions, the daughter, it
is said, of a gentleman who held a situation as
tutor in a family in the north of Scotland, and who
married his employer's widow. The particulars of
the faux pas, so far as we have been able to gather
them, are as follows :—The lady of the gallant
son of Mars, an attractive and accomplished woman,
had, it seems, for some time back suspected h
husband of being unfaithful to his marriage
vows, and in order to be at rest on that point she
engaged the services of a well-known detective to
watch his outgoings and incomings, and also
to keep an eye on the doings of the young lady,
who lived in Inverleith-row. The officer (of police)
had great difficulty in fiuding sufficient evidence,
for law purposes, of the amorous propensity of the
" gay son of Mars," but was at last, after a
lengthened vigil, successful in his mission. Having
traced the gay Lothario to a well-known garden in
the Stockbridge suburbs of the city, he at once saw
that the purport of his visit was to meet a lady who
had preceded him on the ground, What then took
place will doubtless be speedily made public, as, we
unierstand, the outraged wife has placed her case
in the hands of an eminent consistorial lawyer, with
a view to suing out a divorce, and notwithstanding
the rumour of her having forgiven the naughty
colonel, and condoned his offence, the case for a sepa-
ration will go on. In the meantime a near relative
—in fact, the stepbrother of the young lady, who
holds an important office connected with the orga-
nisation of our volunteers—having heard the
rumours which were afloat in connection with
this very flagrant case of seduction, immediately
started off to England, where " the victim" of
the officer is at present residing, obtained an inter-
view with her, and was successful in persuading her
to give up a couple of letters which she had received
from her seducer, one signed and the other without
a signature. Armed with these, and accompanied
with some friends, cne a general of the army, an-
other a major of volunteers, and a well known phi-
lanthropic baronet of this city, he repaired on Sa-
turday last to the New Club in Princes street, and
at once sent for the delinquent. Upon his arrival
he was showntwhleedgleeatterst,
their
rd after some
hesitation, acknowledged
whereupon the valiant volunteer officer proceeded
to administer to him an exceedingly sound thrash-
ing, accompanied by some indignities that the
" gallant" gentleman will not soon forget. Daring
the scuffle the colonel contrived to burn the letters.
It is rumoured that since then the officer has been
ordered under arrest. As the whole affair will so
speedily come before the Divorce Court, we do
i not
require at present to say any more about t.—
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