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London, England, 1831-05-24 00:00:00

IRELAND.

(From the Dublin Morning Register.)
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MA r 20.
CRIM. CON.-INTERESTING SPECIAL JURY CASE,

SIR 11. CARDEN, BART. V. LIEUT. C. TROLLOP.

Mr. STOKER opened the pleadings in this case.
,t was an action of trespass for criminal conver-
sation with the plaintiff's wife. The damages
were laid at 10,0001. The defendant pleaded the
general issue.
Mr. BENNETT, K.C., stated the plaintiff's case.
He was a Baronet of the highest respectability, of
character, of connexions, and of conduct. The de-
fendant was a Lieutenant in the 36th Regiment of
Foot, allied and connected with an English family
of high respectability and opulence. The father of
the unfortunate lady was a gentleman whom he,
and perhaps many of the Jury, hew—Mr. Thomp-
son, late the Deputy Chief Remembrances for Ire-
land—a man whom he had intimiitely known and
highly esteemed. In 1818 Sir Henry Carden was
married to Miss Thompson, with the entire consent
and approbation of their friends. Sir Henry's re-
sidence was at a place called the Priory, near
Templemore, and that of Mr. Thompson at Merrion-
square, Dublin, at this period ; but the latter, on his
daughter's marriage, removed with his family to
Borris Castle, near Dorris-in-Ossory, a few miles
from Sir Herhy Carden's seat. Sir Henry and his
lady lived happily together for a period of ten years,
during which they had eight children, the last of
whom was born in 1828. They were much esteemed,
and consequently much associated with by the most
respectable families in the county Tipperary and
Queen's County. The first indication of any change
in the lady's feelings towards her husband was in
November, 1821, though the circumstance excited
no suspicion at the time. Their eldest son was at
school, at a place called Wartield (he thought),
about twenty or thirty miles from London, and Sir
Henry proposed, as the Christmas vacation lasted
but a month, and the neighbourhood where the child
waF, w4s a geed sporting country, that he should go
over alone and enjoy his son's soc'ety, and his sports
at the same time, as it was not worth while to
Lring him over for such a short interval ; she ap-
peared pleased with the proposal, and said, " You
can take your hunters over and amuse yourself?'
However, Sir Henry changed his mind, and men-
tioned to her afterwards that he did not intend to
go, on which she seemed displeased, and urged him
to go by saying that he should not bring the child
over for so short a time, particularly as he had only
recovered lately from the measles, and she never
had that disease. This satisfied Sir Henry at the
time, and lie did go to England. On his way there
she accompanied him to Dublin, where they stopped
at the Hilton Hotel, and he left her, recommending
her to the care of his brother-in-law,
Mr. Wade,
who was then in townuand having made arrange-
ments for her departure to the country immediately,
to her father's house, at Borris-in-Ossory. When
site got home, it appeared she declared to Mr.
Thompson, her father, that she did not wish to
live with her husband in future, but this was con-
cealed from Sir Henry's knowledge, and her father
endeavoured to dissuade her from such a resolution.
Sir Henry at length returned, and was received
with a coldness of manner by his lady which madehim uneasy, but no suspicions of any thing criminal
arose in his mind. About a fortnight afterwards,
she left Sir Henry's house, and proceeded to her
father's, and said publicly, for the fist time, that
she would no longer reside with he: husband.
She seemed restless and uneasy in her mind, which
was attributed to ill-health, astd it was at one time
proposed to consult medical advice on the subject,
hut it was abandoned. Sir Henry, however, took the
advice of some of his friends, and sent a Mr. Butler,
his brother-in -law, to ascertain her reasons for leav-
ing him. She said she would no longer live with
him, and that her father approved of her resolution ;