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London, England, 1831-05-14 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY LIVENING, MAY 14, 1831.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

ffice of •the Lord Chamberhin to the Qdcen, Queen's House,
St. .Tames's, May •:3, R:3l.
Notice is hereby given, that the•Kirig's llivh-day being ap-
,ninted to be he'd on the 28th :or Slay, her l‘l&esty has been
teased to postpone the Drawing-rooni of Mav 2T, until June 23.
The Queen will hold ilrawing.robms, at May
James's Palace.
)n the following days May 2S and June 23.

)face of the,LOrd Chamberlin to the Queen, Queen's 'rause,
• - St. James's.
In consequence of the great number of Ladies who. are-itill
nxious to have the honour of being presented to. the Queen,
ier Majesty has been gracious!), pleas to rescind the order of
',lay sth, respecting presents ions on the King's birth-day.
Ladies will, therefore, have an opportunity of being presented
n her Majesty on that day, in conformity with the usual re-
gulations.

Whitehall, 112 y 12,1.831.

The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to 1)e passed
under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Baron, Viscount,
and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
unto George Fitzclarence, Esq., Colonel in the Army, and
'he heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, b,;'the names,
-Stiles, and titles of Baron Tewkesbury, Viscount Fitzclarence
and Earl of Munster. ,

St. James's Palace, May 11.
The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood on Joseph WhatlK Esq., Groom. of HA Majesty's
Bedchamber, 'Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian
Guelphic Order.

Lord Chamberlain's Office, May 12.
The Kin has been pleased to appoint Dr. William M'Aichael,
one of his Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary.

Whitehall, May 12.
The ling has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Laurence
Lord Dundas to he Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shires
of Orkney arid Zetland.

Foreign Office, May 13.
The King has been gracious!}' pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Sir Frederick J, Lamb, G. C. B. to be his Majesty's Ambas-
sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of
Austria.

Crown-office, May 13

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE TN THE NEW PARLIAMENT.
ABINODON.—John Maberly, of Shirley-house, in the county of
Surrey, Esq.
BEDFORD.—WiIIiam Henry Whitbread, Esti ; Frederick Polhill,
• fsq.
11F.oroansittaE.—Francis Russell, commonly called Marquis of
Tavistock , Sir Peter Payne, Bart.
BERKSHIRE.—CharIes Dundas, of Batton-court, in th's said county
of Berks, Esq. ; Robert George Throckmorton, of Buckland-
house, in the said county, Esq.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. —The Right Hon. Henry Goulhurn,
Master of Arts; William Yates Peel, Esq., Master of Arts.
CAMBRIDGE.—The Right Hon. James Graham, commonly called
Marquis of Graham; Frederick William Trench, a Colonel in
his Majesty's service, and one of his Majesty's Aides-de-Camp.
CA MBRIDGESHIRE. —The Right Hon. Francis Godolphin Osborne,
commonly called Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne; Henry
John Adcane, Esq.
COLCHESTER.—DanieI Whittle Harvey, of Cannon-row, West-
minster, Esq. ; William Mayhew, of Fenchurch-street, Lon-
don, and Coggeshall, in the county of E.sex, Esq.
ESSEX.—CharlesCallis Western, ofFelix-hall, in the said county,
E.q. ; the Hon. William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley, of DO-
ver.street, in the county of Middlesex:
Horwico.—The Right Hon. John Charles Herries ; the Right
Hon. George Robert Dswson.
UNTINGDON.—Jonathan Peel, Esq.; Frederick Pollock, Esq.
HUNTINGDONSHIRE.—TiIe Right Hon. George Montagu, com-
monly called Viscount Mandeville ; John Bonfoy Hooper, Esq.
11A DDINGTONSIT IRE.—James Balfour, Esq. of Whittingliame.
MIDDLESEX.—George Byng, Esq. ; Joseph Hume, Esq.
Moxiitotrru.—Benjamin Hall, Esq.
MoNMOUTnSHIRE.—The Hon. Granville Charles Henry SomerSet,
commonly called Lord Granville Charles Henry • Somerset ;
William Addams Williams, of Elangibby-castle, in the county
of Monmouth, Esq.
Mst.noN.—Thomas Barrett Leonard, Esq. ; Ouintin Dick, Esq.
MORPETIT. —William Ord, Esq._; the Hon. William Howard.
NORTHUMBERLAND. —TholnaS Wentworth Beaumont, Esq.;
the Hon. Henry Grey, commonly called Viscount Howick.
READING.—Charles Fyshe Palmer, Esq.; Charles Russell, Esq.
WESTMINSTER.—Sir Francis Burdett, Bart.; John Cam Hob_
house, Esq.
Wrsosoa.—John Ramshottom, of Woothide, in the county of
Berk., Esq. • the Right Honourable Edward Geofily Stanley,
one of his 'Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and
Chief Secretary for that part of the United Kingdom called
Ireland.

WALLINCIFORM—WiIIiam Lewis Hugh 6, Esq.; Robert Knight,
Esq.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Suet,lk.
The Right Hon. Frederick William Earl Jermyn to be De-
puty Lieutenant, March 2 ; John Edgar Rust, Esq. to be ditto,
March 5.

West Suffolk Regiment of Militia.

J. G. W. Poley, Esq. to be Captz.in, March 7; S. Young,
Gent. to be Lieutenant, Feb. 14 ; W. Quarles, Gent. to be ditto,
Feb. 21 ; P. Nicholls, Gent. to be ditto, March 15.

•
East Suffolk Regiment.
B. R. Heath, Esq. to be Capt,:in, March 15; C. It. Wood,
Gent. to be Lieutenant, March
Ist 'troop of Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry.
P. Bennet, jun. Esq. to be Captain ; IL J. Oakes, Gent. to be
Lieutenant; J. I'. Waddington, Gent. to be Cornet, March 31.

%klford Troop.
Sir H. Parker, Bart.• to be Captain ; flallifax, jun. Gent. to
be Lieutenant; N. C. Barnardiston, Gent. to be Cornet, Aprilll.

DECLARATIONS OF- INSOLVENCY.

JAMES 61IIM AN, New Sleaford, Lincolnshire, victualler.
THOMAS OWEN, Fore-street, ripplegate, auctioneer.
• BANKRUPTS.
PHILIP SANSOM and THOMAS REES, Lornhard.street,
;a,
Atbankers,hiletcAoLut surrenderEoNf
cr uni siMeEter3res! at
Lovell,oe,
Strand,76,
rialacnyed: Junee..rni
nonn. g
.2e 4r
.117,tnzrdIooLn
ch, loamy
sJi
ounneer
s 3. , aot
st
bu e d
a• !Ls
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andJm June 21u1r,,, at y , oLnoen,daotn
London-street,
Court
tr,
church-street.
WILLIAM BEETLES ant 4 WILLIAM KEEN, seri. Powell-
street, builders, May 17, 27, at twelve, and June 21, at eleven, at
the Court of Commissioners. ChAnb.'rs. Finsbury-circus.
SAMUEL LUCAS and JOHN SHORE, Beer Ferrk, Devon
refiners, June I, .2, and 24, at eleven, at Oliver's Hotel, Bodmin-.,
Cornwall. Smith, Basinghall-street • Husband, Devonport.
JOHN JACKSON and WILLIAM JACKSIJN, Strand,
stationers, May 20, at three, June 3, and 21, at two, at the
Court of Commissioners: King, Lyon's-inn.
JOHN THOMPSON, Catterick-bridge, Yorkshire, black-
smith, May 24, at three, 25, at ten, and June 24, at eleven, at the
King's Head Inn, Richmond, Yorkshire. Williamson, Gray's.
Inn-square, London ; Maddison, Richmond.
ENTRY ARD ALL, Old Gravel-lane, wine-merchant,
May "0, at twelve, 31, at eleven, and June 24, at twelve, at
the Court of Commissioners. Birch and Garth, Great Winches.
ter-street.
DAVID COHEN M A CNIN, Philpot-lane, Fenchurch.street,
merchant, May 24, as one, 31, and June 24, at twelve, at the
Court of Commissioners. Holt, '1 hreadneedle-streft.
WALTER Y I ES, Tunstall, StaflOrdshire, innkeeper, June
10, 11, and June 24, at live, at the Talbot Inn, Stoke-upoa- I rent,
Staffordshire. Smith, Basinghall-street ; .Harding, Burslem,
Statibrdshire Potteries.
JOB HOPKI NS, St. John-street-road, brush-maker, May 17,
at nine, 31, and June 24, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners.
Lawledge, Newgate.street.
THOMASFULLER, otherwise THOMAS CARTWRIoHT
FULLER, Tooley-street, Southwark, chandler, May 17, at eleven,
27, at ten, and June 21, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners'
Hartley, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars
JOSEPH ADAMS, Birmingham, victualler, May 19, 20,
and June 24, at eleven, at the Union inn, Birmingham. Chil-
ton and Son, Chancery-lane, London ; Benson, Birmingham.
HENRY HA GE and JOHN HAGE, Newark, Nottingham-
shire, printers, Slav 30, at tour, 31, at ten, and June 24, at
eleven, at the Nvhite Hart Inn, Newark. Lee, I.:mark-upon-
Trent ; Milne and Parry, Tandeld-court, Temple, London.
THOMAS CHANDLER, Bristol, coach-maker, May 26, 27,
and June 24, at twelve, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol.
Poole, Greenfield, and liamlen, Gray's Inn-square, London;
Cornish and Son, Bristol
WILLIAM EAMES, Fulham-bridge-yard, Knightsbridge,
horse-dealer, Slay 17, at twelve, 2 at eleven, and June 2t, ar
nine, at the Court of Commissioners. Carlon, High-street,
Marylebone.
FREDERICK SPENCER, Leeds, druggist, May 2',, 21, at
ten, at the Session's-house, Leeds, and Julie •i 4, at tots, at the
Sesslons.house, Wakefield. Hardwick and Guest,, Im.aeur•crheiatneet:
upon
-Hull.
e;Aitdal sit.;
~,,C`f Nn' Kos
a,na,gst,s, Kingston
Ultl ip;eoC
1(lreol Kingston.
London.

Leman-street, Goodman's-fields, si eve.m a nu far t urers—J. Wh eel e,
d W. Parnall, Newington Butts drapers—W.N. Clay and Co.
Lancashir", manufacturers of glass bottles—B. John.
;on and S. Wood, Wond-street. warehousemen-4 and J. Palin
Chester, grocers—W. Gaitsl/4ell and Co., Rotherhithe, surgeonF
ss far as regards C. V. Field—W. Harris and Co., tscuisham.
Denbighshire, paper-makers.

POLAND.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED WARSAW. MAT 2.

We have had the Polish army ar Milosna apt',
two miles distant from Warsaw. The following is
A despatch -mom General Skrt znecki
" General Diebitsch had concentrated all his forces, an,
in per-on, at the held of his advanced guard, attacked o.
the 25th our rearguard near Knflew. Colonel Dern.
'drtski commanded the Polish troops, in a battle of aevera
hours, against the enemy's overwhelming free, who h.:.
eighteen pieces of cannon, whilst the Poles hail onh
four pieces. The Rus.:iart Field-AT traltal endeavourer
ro surround the Palish right wing with his main army.
According to the plan formed by Skryznecki in the corn
merle, merit of the Campaign. he dial not intend giving bay!•
to the overwhelming force of the Russians in that part
tae country, which, it appear., is not :Avant:Tempt ; co
saquently he gave orders ta the troops to retreat to Ko•trzya.
a retreat which was effected. General Gielgud and par.
of General Skrzynecki's corps formed a reserve guard to
Minsk, which was attacked the f llowing morning at
eleven o'clock. . The enemy presented a great mass of in
!wary and cavalry, as well as a numerous artillery. but all
his attacks were repulsed, after a battle of several hours.
which did all honour to General Gielgud, wbo afterwards
rerirod to his former position. I can assure the National
G vatont nt that the enemy. has not made one prisoner,
unless it is the sick of the cholera. which were le't in the
rni esti., Yesterday General Uminski, in marching from
Okuniew to Stanislawaw, at the head of two aquadronani
Lublin cavalry (quite new troops) met General N.ssalon's
cavalry brigade ; the squadrons attacked them bravely, and
dispersed them. The enemy lost upwards of thirty men
and one officer killed, and a captain with 72 men an 1
horses were made prisoners. We had three officers and
five soldiers wounded, but not one killed. The detach-
ments sent into the forests continually bring in prisoners
of the dispersed brigade.
4 Milosna, April 28. (Signed) " SKRZYNECKI."
You may depend upon this information, as Skrzynecki
never exaggerates, but keeps all his plans secret. It is
~id that he made a feigned retreat, and wished to bring
the Russians to Warsaw again, being a good position for
a battle ; but Diebitsch thought it better not to follow
him, and has now retreated faster than he advanced. It
is believed that he wishes to get over the Bug again ; but
if he does, the Poles will attend him: they are now fol-
lowing hint up.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S LEVEE.

(From an article At the Metropolitan.)

His levee is held on a Saturday• evening, at the
unsuitable hour of ten o'clock ; it was rather late
before I could come up, and I found the whole
square in the vicinity of his residence crowded with
carriages. Threading one's way amidst many ob•
structions, I reached the house, and which (to ob-
serve
,on a matter so.small),l 'should remark, ie riot
very suitable for the residence either of its former
(Earl Grey) or present occupant. It is expected
that a.Noble Aristocrat should be found in ample
halls, surrounded by suitable magnificence, but this
is not the house in which the lordly capital of the
Peers should be lodged. The principal rooms are
of moderate dimensions, and the suite consists only
of two. The prep .rations for announcement were
those which ate usually observed. The Chancellor
took his place at a corner of the room, backed by
his Chaplain, and was soon encircled by the visi•
tants ; his dress rema•kably plain, being a simple snit
of velvet, in the Court cut. The names Were an-
nounced from the bottom of the stairs, arid each per-
son, as be entered, walked up to the Chancellor, and
offered his respects. The numbers were so great that
it -was impossible to devote any marked attention to
each ; as soon, therefore, as the visiter had made
his bow he retired into the thrOng, or took his de.
parture through the adjoining team.. I was nor
pfesertt at the first of the levees which, were held,
and at which. the attendance was very distinguished;
but a. friend,. who was, spoke very highly of the
mentor •in which the Chancellor performed his
novic]ate. The Archbishop of Canterbury came
early,. and .was very kindly received ; he was fol..
Yin k, and sever!l other
of
gave proof that, differ
~113.1s:tel',odepybm'y ‘ivtghhheotsef rArchbishopoautiteLtd
sordll attendance
Brougham, they surely did
not ciinsider him an enemy to the Church. There
something uncommonly bland in the appearaece
and expression of the Primate; he is. the very r -
which we-entertain of a high-feeding
ofsveeernsiehi h
itghte fuil•bluwn dignity who is commonly
to diseharge. Nut so the•present
places. One's no ions of a Bishop nee
duty that is of much real. conse-
meek, as well as lethia)irg.aicitlye.r
I,:alispirtoethrtletier.oeis,b"cbe' in:tlitift:wl,ii.;eittoll-net a mo-t exalted nation of such duty
extremelyebticeomplished, servant of his Nlaster. I know not
boW-.he ascended to the Primacy, but I ton sure
ha it is not dishonoured in his hands. Brougham
ei.itlemtly likes his Grace. The most remarkable
bisholitf obfeCizsitittleoirbta,
visiter of that evening was the Duke of Weldrigton ;
the crowd wag astonished, arid I dare say the
Chancellor liim.elf was surprised when his name
was sent tip—
I doubt if they had ever me in the
,ame room before. Their politeal lives, with the
exception of the Catholic question, were one un-
varying course of opposition, if not enmity. I sus-
peer
that for a time the Duke despised the talk of
the other t 14
the lawyer; and, 01i
of, en declared, that the la spec, which he entertained
for military glory was not very loft'. Some of his
hi'terest
tirades weie levs lied at the Duke person-
;dly. 111
No one will deny that it was high.,llded in
1)
~ Doe, to lay aside resentment of eve.), sort, and
eff, r this mark of respect as well to the matt as the
Are. The Chance!lei• was flattered by the atten-
tion, and shook the Duke by the hand vety cor-
diaep, There is not much he tailless of manner
abate the Duke, whatever may be the reality ; and
hisdiy fe itures,Lhiimed by the gtea labours in which
his life has been passed, do
not easily or readily re-
lax into a smile ; but on this occasion it
was rt.-
frlaiked that his countena • countenance was more ex •
piess ve
cif g,od-will that, usual ; he engaged in a
ant• short
co"-
versation with the Chancepo,,
then gave place
to the sub•eqeent visitors who pressed for audience.
Grace ilintediatel • •
who had p
erioust,. y Joined some military ft tends
be•-n teemed. Nut the least
eemarkab!e person.. Y,
ini3 the room was the Lord
Advocate of Soote:igodi
rougham and lie tare very
old fiiends, and have been much engaged in tle•
same species of literature. Br I one; IHM was his pre-
decessor in the editorship of the Edinburgh Review
fact which is
certain; oneinffi generally kn but which
f was not the first editor.
gfilled that Uffi'aitie r'
Smith
wit tairew • or a short time after Sidney
from the situation. Jtff,ey np-
ed extrentel
p, y petit in his court-dress and did not •
;tea very much
at
bit, few of liis home; he was acquainted wait
suers, and bad too much good
taste to occupy ranch of the Chancellot's attention.
They did not seen) to hold any conversation beyond
the usual commot
ioquiries.

. _
JOURNEYMEN BAKERS.--At a meeting of
Journeymen Bakers, held at the Great Mogul, Drury-lane,
on Thursday, May 12" Resolved,—that this meeting,
particiPatirn, in the general joy of the nation, and highly
approving of the conduct of all Reformers in contribming
to the Loyal and Patriotic Fund, do immediately enter into
a subscription to a,sist•in defacing the endbornughmongers,-
set-ming the return of Members to serve in
Anent Who will really, and not virtually, as it is termtd,
represent the interests and maintain the rights of the
people.,'

PRICE 7D.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY IS.
LANDSEER AND WIFE V. ROBINSON.
• Mr. a EVANS opened the pleadings. Thomas
tamdseer and Belinda his wife were the plaintiffs.
Lucius Hook Robinson was the defendant. The
lec;aration charged the defendant with the publicae
-ion of certain letters, imputing to the plaintiff, Be-
nda Latelseer, that she ha I ceonm tied adultery
vith the defendant, and that she was the mita her o•
t child of which he was the father. The defendant
sad pleadedafirst, the general issue, nor guilty; and-
secondly, a justification, alleging that the matters
published were trite.
Sir JAMES SCARLETT addressed the Jury on the
aim of the plaintiffs. This he said was the most
-xtraordinary case which in his long experience he
ad ever had the misfortune to he concerned in.
rite Jury had often 4,1 cases before them in which
the plaintiff chargel the defendant with the crime
af adultery committed with the plaintiff's wife;
.nit this, he believed. was the first time that
they had ever heard of a defendant placing upon
the record, by way of justifiration, a plea alleg-
ng thAt he had been guilty of adultery with
'he wife of the complainant, and seeking to
orove his own infamy in a Caurt of Justice.
The plaintiff, Mr. Thomas Landseer, was an ea.
araver. His father, Mr. John Landseer, was a
gentleman of the same occupation : he was an artist
of some celebrity,—so was the son. Mr, Thomas
Landseer was married some years ago to his pre-
sent wife, a very agreeable and respectable young
lady, the daughter of Captain Pocock, who bail been
formerly in the service of the East India Company,
lnd had died since the present proceedings had been
commenced. Unhappily for Mr. and Mrs. Land-
seer, they had been introduced to the defendant and
his wife,—the defendant being a married man. The
iroroduction took place at the house of the father,
and an intimacy very soon commenced. The de-
fendant was a money-agent,•••••••3 person who enabled
gentlemen to borrow money on security, lie some-
•imes made his appearance in a cabriolet, and
lived like a man who, in point of condition, was
somewhat raised in the world. He had taken
opportunities of improving his acquaintance with
Mrs. Landseer : he ,had been allowed to visit
her, and had undoubtedly paid hrr some atten-
tions. Whether he had in fact succeeded in the
attempts which he had made upon her honour, it
would be for the Jury to determine. He said he had.
The Learned Counsel proceeded to say, that he had
never heard- or met with in real life such incidents
as those upon which this case was founded, though
he had read. in a French novel some years ago a
narrative which this case somewhat reminded him
of, and which contained a description of a character
somewhat resembling that of the defendant. Mrs.
Lsndseer was in the habit of visiting at the house
of her father,. Captain Pocock, who lived in Kent;
and she was staying there in July, 1829. During
her absence from home, an anonymous letter '.was
received•at the house of Mr. Landseer. It was ad-
dressed to Mr. Chaff lea Landseer and the Misses
Landseer, his sisters, and appeared to be written tot
the purpose of pointing out to the family, that Mrs.
Landseer had been guilty of an improper intercourse
with somebody. This letter falling into the hands
of several members of the family, during Mrs. Land-
seer's absence, naturally excited suspicion ; and that
suspicion was greatly increased by the receipt, next
day or 'the day after, of a letter from the defendant
addressed to Mrs. Landseer herself. It was opened
in her absence, and of course excited great uneasi-
ness in the minds of the family. Other letters, of a
similar-kind; were afterwards. received. They were
addressed to Mrs. Landseer: they spoke of an in-
tercourse-as having actually taken place between her
and the writer, who repro ached her for her unkind-
ness in not seeing him ; expressed the most violent
passion for her, and said he was ready to go to the end
orate world to serve her,with other s:mdarexpressions,
Now he would put it to the Jury that these letters
furnished, of themselves, strong internal evidence of
the utter falsehood of the fact of adultery having
been committed. The passion which they described
was a passion of lust, and the Jury knew enough
of human 'nature to be convinced that a man who,
like a brute beast, had gratified his appeti•e, could
feel no affection for the object of that passion. Se-
veral of the letters contained the most beastly allu-
sions—allusions such as no decent man would write
even to a pros lode: After the receipt of three or
four of these let erg, the family thought it right to
inf rm the husband of the c reumstatme. This was
in the absence of Mis. Lands er, who, on receiving
some intimation of what was pa,s'ng, came to town.
The subject of the letters was communicated to her
in general terms, and the defendant's name was
mentiotted. She wrote two or three incoherent
notes to him desiring him to explain his conduc ;
but nit explanation was given, arid Miss Landseer
was treated by her family as a person who was
no longer fit to reside in her hush old'a house.—
She returned to her father's, and was obliged to
walk thither, a distance of twelve miles, alone,
having no friend or relation to afford her protection.
l'he Learned Counsel went on to say that after Mrs.
Land seer had stayed for some time under for father's
rooc she was allowed to return to her husband.
Some investigation had taken place, and the husbaial
hail acquired a knowledge of some circumstances—
cirewnsiancei which crud not, according to the rules
of evidence, be laid before the Jury on this occasion,
—which had perfectly satisfied his mind of her en-
the innorrnce. The defendant, after he had heard
that Mr. Landseer had azant received his wife into
his house, wrote sevrral letters to him, persisting in
the calumnies which he had before expressed ; and
he even had the good nature to inform him, that the
child which Mrs. Landseer hal had, was his (the
defendant's). Could the Jury have colic, ived stnh
aulacity as this ? He (the Learned Counsel , rem: m-
itered no parallel to it. Tite defeadant told Mr.
Landseer that he had been guilty with his wife, and
was desirous of seeing the child, of which he was
the father. He was referred to Mr. Landseer's at-
torney, Mr. Hugh Emits, and he then wrote to that
gentleman in a similar style. The Learned Counsel
was not at liberty to sty what his information had
been upon that subject; but as the defendant, he
understood, was to be seen driving about in a cabrio-
let,—as he had not yet been incarcerated as a lunatic,
but was living with his wife and family,--the Jury
would arobably assume that 1:e was sane. But what
could they conceive to have been his object in adopt-
ibis most extraordinary course of proceeding ?
Could he have had any other object than that of
wishing the husband to abandon his wife, in order
that he (the defendant) might Aet possession of her
person, and so gratify his lustful feelings ? It was
for the Jury to say whether that was not his ebject.
His letters were not couched in ambiguous terms
he spoke in language too plain to be misunderstood,
and represented by a description of pre ended scenes
between him and the lady, that he had enjoyed her
in the most sensual manner in which lust could be
gratified. In one of his letters, speaking of the child,
he called it his " dear Georgy," and desired her to
kiss it for him. All his letters were full of insult,
end of a character altogether new to the Jury and
every one in court,
Mr John Landseer, the father of the plaintiff,
Mr. Thomas Landseer, spoke to the fact of receiving
the anonymous letter, and three 'other letters ad-
dressed to Mrs. Landseer, in July, 1829. Two of
them came enclosed in one envelope. Mts. Lund-,

seer was at that time on a visit at her father's, at
Ashmore, near Bromley, Keen.
Mr. Robert A. Noble, an artist, was slightly ac-
quainted with the plaintiff; Mr.' Thomas Landseer.
('he defendant had some time sTnce lode, d at his
( witness's) house. He quitted about December,
1828. The anonymous let
ter, and sver:l of thenthers, were put into the witnesss harid,arid he was
!wired to say whether he could stlinarokh%tit:itrinhaizos:
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LETT—I am sister Of Mrs. Landseer. She hiss
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nlnia,riaeird,irno:lrP:eorlick,.e, examine
yea a. My father
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i first became acqueinrud wi!li the defendant at ,vlr.
marriage.l:tt cas's, in t
m sort and a d.ttefrlt-
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Landseer. [The 1.-sttrs were shown to the teirriesa,
who, after minutely examining them, stated her
hu-
;it•f that all. of them were wiii ten by the defendant:
l.e, then saitl]-1 rementb,r my s'.ster beteg on a
visit at my father's in Jelv, 1829. -I tbii:k she
s7ayed sisr weeks
.or two rnooths. I rerriernbei• tiiat
fur ng that tonne she came to !owo aoti t:nted
tee sanlo night, having wsiked he way fr in ti!e
Elephant and Castle. -
Miss Poreck, in her cross-exem;reition by ,the
ATT,RNEV-GENERAL, pointed ma several< Leiters
and words in .the anonymouteletter to
he belief that that letter was written-- by ,t)-eih.
f relent. He,s seer, she said, was inairisd
Landseer about . the year 1826. They bail • one
boy, who was bto in' 1829. He wlis
low about a weir and a. hall
The enone molts lover was then pie in arp! rev].
Sir J. SCARLETT observed, that it was I:ot one
or the le! tees set out in the declaration. It had been
sent in an envelope, addressed to Mr. Charles Land-
seer, or the Miss LastusL-e.s., Southamprort-street,
Fitzroy-square. , .
Detesting-anonymous communications, it is with the
greatest reluctance I adopt this means of 'disclosing cir-
cumstances, to which it appears that: your anti:llle and
meritorious family are the only stran;.;ers. Commis,.ra-
thin for yourselves, indignation at the dissust i•Elr.in,, ry
of the guilty parties, and finding the tiishrit,oor of your
family is daily becoming more publicly expi tied. I am at
length prompted to address to you lair Ictnr. The most
barefacA and abandoned profligacy has bur too long dis-
graced your. roof, and your unsuspect:rs brother ern 'sled
the ridicule and I-welling-stock of an exensive circle, to
many of whom such a circumstance is sr: amusitts subject
of conversation. During the past year, in every society
where the parties are known. the adulterous corn exinn of
Mrs. Thomas L with Mr. inr son by
that person, has been not merely the silent box and whisper,
hut the general and unrestrained topic. of conversation,
ac-
conipanied by jeers as to the probable increase of eft-spying
which the husband is likely to have palmed upon him to
support and cherish as his own. How, you are to get at
proofs against the pair of profligate hypocrites I leaae to
your own judgment, but I will locution what I have hsard,
and some occurrences to which I can myself affirm. First
then, look to circumstances: an intimacy arises between
your family and the gentleman alluded to;—for months
she is seen riding daily with him alone, driving to the
retired environs of the metropolis, and also alien to
enter unoccupied and unguarded houses adjoining the
Regent's-park, a boy holding the horse during the
time of their absenCe. Their visits to the same or
contiguous houses were frequent. Now what could be
their purpose, but one, that of adultery, there being no
one to detect their guilt? She was kuown to, be fres
quently visiting at his house of an evening, when he
always either walked or rode home with her ins coach.
Your brcther was married, as I am told, three yews,
having no issue. Within two or three months after the
intimacy with this person, what is the consequence? The,
lady is all at once pregnant, in due time a child is horn, and
your brother stands reputed father ; but whst a tale will
the course of years unfold! ll.iw much more public will,
this adulterous connection be then exhibited ? The poor
innocent child, by its probable resemblance to its fattier,
will hut too openly betray and denounce the shame of its
profligate mother. The situation of the man is nit less
horrible as regards his family. There is an amiable wife
and children, whom everybody does and must pity, stand-
ing, unsuspiciously, on the brink of ruin, from his licen-
tious disposition. Presents and money, I have heard, are
lavished in profusion upon the object of his illicit amours,
thus depriving and taking from a worthy family those
comforts and that support they so much require. Rut
what Will not a man sacrifice to gratify the adulteress who
receives him in her arms ? I hear Mrs, T. L----- is out
of town, and it would he well she should remain so for
ever. You must not be surprist:d at the gradual diminution
of roc visitants, as the respectahilly of your family must
be compromised while a woman who has become so noto-
riously exposed tor depravity is a member of it. Ile a.-
gored no one will continue their visas, when by so ristag
they are compelled to associate with an adulteress. Ctaufd
I be assured of safety, I would openly avow thyaelf, but I
do not see how I con do it without involving Isy sell in
'rouble. This communication is sol ly with a view to
protect a family whom every one must esteem and respect ;
therefore, from this hint you can adopt time course for de-
tecting ut the ci iminals. An attack without proof would
tie futile, as they of course will both firmly day every
thing, and he like all such litiertines, probably will be the
first to desert her."

Mr. Edwin Landover, a brother of the.p'ain. iff!3,
was then called. He had heard of the defendant's
driving Mis. Landse4r out in a cabriolet, and had
once seen her in a cabriolet with the defendant. A
meeting of the family to investigate rite su' jest of the
tteis took places at a itoess'a h,use. MN. Landseer
was present. She was of erwards " distmosed" with
lor husb knowledge, and twat to 11:r fa..hef's.
She .s now living with her husband.
A letter of the 12:11 of July-, 1829. addressed to
Mrs. Lundseer, as h re put in, arid read as folio, s
My st,ll dear Belintla,-4.lter your coodirez whi -I-
,
really is so sad that it wants a name. I oug:.t to renounce
yin at once and for ever, hot my afT•eti,n to,. deeply
grafted to allow of my doing so a•sd Cie dear child •s a
siered tie which will for ever prevent nor se station.
Why do you accuse Me of threat,ning you ? it is pu who
threitm me with effecting toy ruin !.y a fa'tric,dir:n of
bl ‘sphetnous as.ertions, Kr, urv'ed and to be. supported by
perjory. Good God ! how c its you key sttring.my threats
—I make none: I cannot logo, your reputation without
injuring myself, therefore why suppose that I shotildgq.to
iles,rny you. It is our Inn ua l and jo;rt interest to stand
by e:cn other in case of attack, hut I do riot .know tont we
Ire in ,lamer of any—From who,. ?-41,,w? But, Be-
linda, it seems that the very devil has t;.lc,n possession of
you. You seetn to desire so exposure :hr heaven's sake
'eflert. You atta,k me ; indeed I defy yno; it. :loinz as
you will destroy tourselt for evtr. recover
you ; no time ; nothing could resiore the it vvoold
inflict upon yourself. Fortunate indeed is it that I did
not destroy your letters, Os t ant you coif crime,
and pray for forgiveness. You have forgot what you have
written. As to my letters, shoW then-, and wexotne, I
care not, f.r they wid speak to my lemonr, as y.roving die
sincere attachment on my part, the most ea voted affe,.tion
and kindness. The prodnetion of ono let.tar would not its
perrni ted, all must lie produced. you fore not tr, Lick arid
uh such as may suit your conveni, ne. But, mer-
ciful Heaven ! is this to he the end of your love? Wore
your embraces thus cautiously Ite-,:c,ved to gratify your
lust for the moment only. Your resent couduct is so
disgraceful, ann unnatural, and a'. brutal, thr.t I shiolikr
when I read your notes. All that eon t,Lit me are da-
mages ; an l an action weuld be useless, as thet wou.d re-
cover none. But you, 13,1inda. you, oh ! my Gt,d what
wolitil het...time of you. I could not ruccuur the. viper, the
wretch who caused all my tni-t•ry anti ruin ; your father
cou d not, and witulti not, keep you in his house, • Pot
such wickedness as you rontenspl de would toir., a punish-
ment up tn you no tbresi ht can pronounc, how dreadful.
Hut what is all this for, &dhoti ? There is not the
sligh,est occasion for our being other than the hest and
most attached of friends, even though our as xual inter-
course is given up and discontinued. You call upon me
to think upon my wife and childrem. Alas! did you not
this time last year talk in a very different strain to this?
You could then make her a convenienve to ensure our more
frequent and secure meetings. Did I not exclude my poor mo-
ther from my roof at your -desire, that she might not be a
spy upon us? Was it not your wish, and did you not
say you would not come to our house, as she was always
there ? All ! all! have I dune to gratify you in every,
way, and now you reward my 'affection try.assaming
centre, or rather. a .the at to denounce me as Itavain,,,,,tl:
ied
to seduce you, , and that you woual
wit-
a scheme. What a pretty kore you wo,u;
of
ness-box against me. The firs:_cro,•!..l'
~ual
, past ell re /rine it is
cannot help hmrsting with laug':ter.whneont r
would eximite you