The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-12 00:00:00

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oii the record. Altei a scasol) 'or tCt i -
theist in the fatuity Of Lord itbseberry, thoy.sltitnia
hear hOW Mililinay expres-sed him •:elf owthe
shbiect of'tbe attentions that had been pankto
Addrcs;ing the plaiitritF,who Wi.is then Lord Prim-
rose, lie wrote to Mn a letter, beginning " Dear
Piirnrose," andstating, that :anxious, as he was
to convey' to him his ft!eling-s: -bad gratitude 'for
the excessive kindness ;)6 had experienced from
him and his lady, he could not prevail upon hint-
self to do so great an act '('•,:f injustice as 'to 'at..
tempt the dest-eiption ; to be tintniridful, of, them
would. shetv him Co. be destitute 'of comiti6n
sense and feeling ; he desired his Lordship
to place hiniSelf for a moment in his situa-
tion, and 'then say in what terms he ousht
to eNress himself ; •he desired to be remem-
bered to Lady 'Harriet, the plaintiff's _wife,
and concluded by assuring hint of his warmest af-
fection. Such was the account which_ Sir Henry
Mildinay gave of his sentiments with respect to
this family ;„--be was so impressed with gratitude
for the attentions shewn hint, that he could hardly
express his feelings; he was not a common ac-
quaintance—he was not a person against whose
visits to the wife the husband could be supposed
to be 'on his guard. It would be seen how sincere
he was, in his professions of gratitude, and how
safe it was to trust to hint—he had returned from
retirement to society, and it might he supposed
he had overcome the sensations for the loss
be had 'sustained.' At this -time Lord RoSe-
berry was liv-ing in the most affectionate happy
state wliich a man could be,supposed to enjoy—
his Lady, blessed with every accomplishment,•
appearing 'to derive, and no doubt deriving,
all her best satisfactins front her duties as a mo-
ther and it wife. It baopened that in the month
of Male!' in the present year,:the late Earl of
Roseberry, the father of the plaintiff, was taken
ill at his seat in Scotland, and it became neces-
sary that his son and heir should visit his father,
to be Tr esent in case of that calamity which even-
tnallyi!id happen. Upon his departure for Scot-
laml, Lady Rosebervv, attended by the Countess
Dowager, left London for their seat in Norfolk,
and,, during thiS period,
.Sir Henry Mildalay was
coustaut in his visits ; aml he believed the
Jury xvoald have no diflicultY 'in persuading
tlh,emiselrcg most coo vinci ugly, that he there
availed himself of opportunities to' ingratiate
himself *with this lady, to alienate her affec-
tions; seduce her mind, and debauch her person.—
for it certainly appeared, that recently after her
return from Nortolk, and joining her inisband,
Lord Roseberry, Who had come from Scotland,
there was a visible difference, in her behaviour
towards him. There was no other human being
who could be thought to have taken any pains to
have seduced
.this amiable creature—anti the de-
fendant, front the relationship in which he stood
towards her, could not he suspected ; but in colt-
segnence of some altera?in in her conduct, which
had before been most exemplary, Lord Rose-
'berry found it necessary to remonstrate with
the defendant upon his marked attentions to
Lady Roseberry. Without some very sufficient
cause it must have appeared extraordinary that
any one should - talk cif too marked. attentions
between two persons so situated as Lady Rose-
berry and the defendant were ; Ge hail been mar-
ried to her sister—his brother had married an--
‘•-atir. what aiteolions there mat any nosy
could think imptoper, or what reason -was' there
that he should not have access to any privacy riot
in its nature indecorous, to which the Coantess
Dowager herself 'night , not Have been admitted ?
What frequency of visits could have justified the
iaterdietion of them ? But it was considered that
nobody else had access to her, and her altered
conduct made the husband look about him, and
then he observed what he did nbt approve; he
desired the • defendant to discontinue the visits
lie made in' a morning, generally choosing a
time when Lord Roseberry was not at home.
—lt would appear that the venerable father
of,thiS lady had-a conversation with .the defen&
ant, in which he warned him that he was bring-
ins ruin Oil all that was valuable within the circle
t domestic happiness. At thiS time the de-
fendant was writing letters 'to Lady Rost:berry,
in terms which any Man of honour should he
ashamed of; he was telling her that he would
roam 'the world with her whom he had before
debauched ; he was pressing her to leave her
Intiband and family, and to take hint as a pmsrtuer
for lite. Lord Roseberry, finding it necessary to
remove from a agent that was irksome, in July
retired from London, and went 'to his seat near
Elinburgh. lon will he prepared for he.aring
you will find that Sir
these' letters read, and
Henry Mildmay soon after came to Scotland.
Why, should he not ? Because his conduct had
rendered it impossible that lie should be per-
mitted to enter Lord Roseberry's house. He
should have stated, that during the illness of the
late Earl Roscberry, which bad Called the present
Earl to Scotland, and when Lady- toseberry and
her mother \vela to Norlopia Sir, Henry Mild»
plays son WAS a part of :ibe',company ; this
gave the defendant an opportunity of going
wore into. the company, `of, Lady Pebreberry
than he could otherwise 4aves had a pretence
for -when. her altered contr4l;. made, it neces-
sary that Lord Roseherry 'slwild take her
down to his seat in Edinburgh; 'the falnily con-
sisted of Loud and Lady Rosehertiyt lion. Mr.
Primrose, and the Dowager Lady- Roseberry ; this
was the society in the house, besides occasional
visitors. He had observed that Sir Henry Mild-
may had formed a 'project of going to Scotland.—
Why should lie not ? What could be more natural

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than that lie should wish to become one of this
agreeable party? There was no. reason, but that
his presence had been interdicted, in consequence
of the altered conduct of this Lady, which could
have reference, only to him, unnatural and hor-
rible as such an idea was. He would be found

going down to Scotland. how ? was a
,man of high. and respectable family, a man of
-very large fortune : he could travel like a
centletnan ; certainly no one would expect that
be would-, disguise himself, or use any conceal-
trcnt to,divert attention from him, still less, that
.he worth( pass for sonic other character than that
which really belonged to him. If he waS ping
upon any.iiOnourable purpose, he would be found
travelling tinder his own name and with his own
equipage.; or, if he preferred such a journey by

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'the 44?..ail cc,acW, it woold at leap be evleetedthUt
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he 11;o0it filbtol to have tait'eo
,his •plaeq in The
nante Of Sir Ilenry : tr3V'elied in
,itry other rulrde,. it riot charjtaltle to sop,
woe that ruusl. some ,;base pan-
pose. lie would he
,foOnd to Itak beentra-
yelling, under the name be.,Orey,
Of the Foot%Cmards, and 'tinge, g his way to au
inn in the
'what purPOse ? lt,c6nld not be an -honourable
- He had -been admonished oat to
.pnrsue
this object further ; by 'Velum) -? by Loid Rose-
beery, Of whonv it would be 'found the defendant
11ail been speaking ; that he had carried .11Aalissa-
tisfactIon to the defendant EC)1:01',.: that when he
met him in the Streets he did not hOw to him, or
speak to him, butt let hint pa`; unnoticed.. When
thd defendant reached Scotland, under the -assumed
naive 4 Ile Grey, he engaged the assistammet.of a
waterman, he let his beard grog, and he trill be
found in thealisgniseof J a sailor, gOing out on
the same errand every livening. 'the habit of Lord
Roseberry's family was Co dine” about sik o'clock.
The -Ladies retired to the drawing-room about
sevenothe Gentlemen remaining together till about
nine, when they. joined the ladie;s. Dining the
period which was marked by the arrival of the
defendant in disguise, it was observed, that Lady
Roseberry, after dinner, did not continue longin
the society ocher mother, but that. as soon as she
left the difling-room, she retired
.to her own
.hed-
chamber ; this led to a suspiOon that something
was going on which was not well. It was con-
jectured it could be accounted for by no cause
except that , Sir Henry Mildmay was in the
neighbourhood. This led an honourable per-
son, Mr. Primrose, the brother of Lord Rose-
berry, to,ohs,rre her on a particular day after
she had left the room ; he tried the door of
the bed-chamber, which he found fast locked,
though under ordinary circumstances it would
not have been. so ; be then endeavoured to
break it open, when the door was opened by Lady
Roseberry, curl in that room was Sir Henry Mild-
may in the disguise of a common sailor, , armed
with 'a brace of loaded pistols , a scene took placu j
which the Learned Counsel said lie would not at-
tempt to describe, but it ended, as might have
been expected on the part ,of a person of such high
honour as Mr. II! invoNe, by a peremptory order
to Sir H. to leave the house in the saute way he
hail come into it, clandestinely, which was
through the window. Lady Roseberry at that
seasmoof the year cloth! not. quit the house the
same night ; she was soffered to remain there till
the morning, Lord Roseberry, in the mean time,
not having the least intercourse' with her. . Next
morning she took her departure ; but instead of
repairing, as she had regoected and advised, to
the house of Mr. BM, rene, she followed the de-
fendant, detined to become his partner for life
on time Continent, to which place he had carried.
her. Having thus stated the circumstances of
the care, he pot it
,to the Jury whether any ob-,
serrations cooLi be required, %dill a view to the
b dantages. If it had bcen customary to say that
1 the breach of friendship enhanced the guilt ; that
the forgetfulness of every thing esteemed honour-
able among tMtokind greatly enhanced, the da-
mages, what could be said in a case like this ? Ile
would state -nothing butt in the language of the
defendant himself. Ile 'should tell the Jury who
t. giO a, itaL tii3 t, 1115..-hWcVia I.
views with respect to the duty times Jay were ful-
filling at the present Moniemo ; for after the dis-
closure of this scene, by which it was iMpossibie
to entertain a doubt of the guilt of the parties,
this Lady's desk was Opened -io the presence of
Mr. Primrose,.and a number ot letters were found
addressed to her. in unhappy suceessiop. lie
begin those'letter§. with ate that :would"
make the Jury acqutiinted with ,:sir 11. Mildmar,
as he had pourtrayed himself. The Learned Ai-
ooroey then read a letter, the contents of which
were nearly as follow
" I, who,leamhitiaa unlaces me to attempt every thing
that could make a.man notorious and respected--WinTS pride
of family is exceeded by none—whose views are hounded try
nothing in the power of man to attain—l will give up every
thing- for you. Blest with your society, I will retire from the
world-1 wiltconscnt to live in seclusion with you-- •
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.'
I will leave my home, 111 V friends, and all, if you will he the
partner of flight! Witli you will I roam the world! If
you have resolution to accompany cute, I will quit the world
with you, aid bless the bout that gave me all that is dear
to ma."
The' letter,
,observed the Learned Gentleman,
then went on to speak'of some woman, to whom,
it seemed, he had paid some •attention, in order
to create jealousy in the mind of Lady Rose-
berry.—This was the tray in which the. defend-
aut had stated who he was, and what his views
were ; be had described himself as a man whose
family pride was exceeded by none, and whose
ambition , was only to be satisfied by attain-
ing every thing he sought after. The Jury
would say bow 'such a man ought to be dealt
with--a malt, the object of whose ambition
was, to debauch the wife of his friend, the
sister of his deceased wife, and the sister of the
wife of his own brattier. It would be found by.
the letters that he had a difficult task in accom-
plishing the destruction of this ill-fated lady.' It
would be found that the seeds of virtue implanted
in" her mind had made her long resist this man in
his attempt to debauch her.' In the character he
Intl ;liven himself, it wid(' be seen. that his am-
bition to be notorious, was only to be gratified
by his obtaining the posges3ion of her, whom, of ,
all God's created .beings, he ought never to have
looked -at with a Licentious. eye ; one whom, he
ought to have protected against the approach
of any person who was contemplating her with
the eye of lust. How ought such a man to
he dealt with, after he had accomplished his ob-
ject ? The letters had no dates to them ; but
there were circumstances alluded to, that marked
the periods at which they were written, and
shelved that they were written after the visit to
Norfolk, and before her.departure for Scotland ;
there were many passages that sheaved they were
written about the period when the late Illustrious
Visitors to this. country were partaking of the
festivities prepared tOr them, and jti:lt on the eve
of her going to Scotland. Font these letters .the
Jury wool(' entertain 110 doubt that the criminal
act had been accomplished at that time. F:,would
be found, that site was addressed in language
which a man of the most libidipous character
would not have used towards a Lady-of rank,
even if he bitd succeeded iu debauching her per-

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the follow,ing effect :-- . . ' ..
re °ill'.
ti::::aurge,.slitimde,e,aitre:st
toif eft.l,y -eil)r,ey,.. htoll: 'I:;1e'
ji, ..
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b' gs' Sl'
e 1011.1.'
!venting to inerceSe the misery into D'D'" iioe'si 4 0 '.. '
daeltlll•Zteslit adoration--ie9stiBileantFc-un7„,,reulidstlFal:llP7,;?;:i.;tal:eleill
press my lore for ou—,-;il erpi g r 161'13';''..)°t• YOs'le,'
_toy thoughts. I :ace, bev-4..11,1-it°ll alone th3:..e A.O ',
England on Priday next. ‘.l' e' treat you to JO'', jo 1,!,1,
..to protract your journey. !With ICha•rcgl:6ol.,l',!4°l'
!iutaginati.on, the :wage of her 1.10r.e, in tfi—befos 1001'
1...:.;d ebsuale front ,tne. 1 bave,bpell irk ".".,,V':hiliel r h,
t fancied so; but I never felt -the alt-Ge°"'"" ,t h•
;::::::).eeczo,
in
siaol,voevvn,ietif.trilTisoßliNly:.s6 :::..111'.:1:t'iettil!.,:
~ :y„,. ~ . , ,
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•ste. ..,
. , . dot - lie, t;
he, tan
• - c cl.eo so. 11e was marricd t°•l 0:11..,,,,j
Lad
.a.son by her. And the,LadY t°,`l3.'.tell'ii
writing thcise licentious. lettcrs, "35 ' d'Vl5; qr"
tn.o.hue:iiitchbeil(l.lvr:ll—en7;:aus;obu°lril,a;l6d4.7t:"'° :11::ttibit'i .'i'
cereal care of their ainiablde P3ren'‘;qll"t:` '
lArati, ~
Rictiug on tirew-the most dcacßY "" ' will
The letter, went one thus ;-- . '''iret'lc;P:
" I :ball visit the II01;:se of Coomcori3 tillS, , 1
.dt
ashall attend to n4..thing that rt.,e,; there. 2.idd 1,,‘.,, 'III,'
~,yocoot:lttili.l.teurx.lcs'i'itlluil
f:duygO:l:lii:intoeili:ildsd.oe;_sleiiileir.it)L;l:lla.eitl,tie...,
tiglalol'.::itorigeibi':;;4.',!lB-'ir.i!,o:l: (V1;0:::,:,
a walk , elttiluttue
must
be
ern:at:101:i: :
olo:iviss Recall.
,ul. deay4:il.4ol ::.1
seet le )s.piHolt Ivhere you maybe.
sitb:(re.,,ti:.aits.,bc.i:i.esii,aoSi‘stti,..lo-I.llcl:::lyiliota,:als,•rieetisaii.ico'llic.tdurßteli;i:sltrin(ll;o4.Lefie:co‘__lctor.)l::oir7l:va:::':),.de ,ij-lite:cla::::c1.11111::!e!!';'''
a ID ' ,
are
w.e staov. aillwoymnyue:::ll.s) tell( ut
w:Ytyll:attio.):1e.'jf'111111:::1 '''
to blame if our hearts are so c)
00. 'lit re. ,ilit''
each. other ?"

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Some of these letters, observe° ,•
General, were written at a period, 'clertePt,4*
profligate person would hare heel, des-acb
writing to the wife of his friend °
and upon such a subject. St a 13eri'''
husband 'was visiting, as he '-'llgrof
afterwards turned out, the tlea.h-u,-;„ Art/
ther, that was the period he hail 410-foj'
to select. In another letter, he 't,'ltenty'iiibe,it'
ing her as the most agreeable ofe r!
that he had just returned fi 010
meaning souse eirAe of his ac4-:4 04).-ctor
which he had spent all ev jog
had experienced nothing but agol:
ment. It was her correspondencer, t
-only consolation ; he stated,. that 4?
leaving Devonshire-house, whet e
a fete, given in honour of the HeY " • rt
being in England, had Stabbed bin) i,
.
It grieved him to be wished gm);,l,rll°(tc9
dreatifill and cold :2ppeilation —e.10:5el;;1
stead of dearest Harry. 1,, awn her
that it wl)tild be difficult to describe
suffered in company of some fatly I 0 11:0
luded ; lie described Lady It osii:netil j',FolVg
creature who made his existence 51,10 id
stating the restless night he pg'se:rbel's0ur
dreams try which he had been (ii'tt'rpisl
that he would not for kingdoms `Oi`,l,l''
another night. It 'would apreMt.: 00"
Learned Counsel, Irian the fir't '11:4,
ters, that this defendant bad ;...°lllof.
ceedcd in the object. 4!f cri:lY,l4l
session of the person of this ladY•
attention would genuriqe a slispicioos'‘ ~,:
44t1.4414.A ro 'hadp ;i1 Ai the ineatisrficreij'Ar
jeslousy which had prodnOed solve stetlsl y
tween the defentarrt ,and Lady Itose,i
1
reciinciliatiOn had .t,,fken ,rpclollli.
.
take, as the.meass,iire. Of their daioaof
mate of the del:en:law vas to the 1(,54 )OAt
ar
woman, calling her his dearest r,
stn"e),llo",V,
his dearest ilia riot, lie asks to
nnfortunate attachment reduced
In the foliner letters there tVii.s 1“'"11)iii
lug that she was reduced rep itstee:
any ways- compassionate. it ,v°`-iT-d b
n je.Pe
iti
that his rule of action was never, ~,s
snip
that
a
tohljttiti.
e,e)t‘,%)dlitic,ivi
accomplishment of his desires•
the li.!iiguage of his former lettvr'3• 1(1
in an altered state ; there catty! be 41ditif,1
he had by this time itecomnli-dird 11`5
debauching this Lady ; he
the state to which their unfortuna,--
-
had reduced them: lie observed, til4;
not he accused of infidelity to prc,i
that however great might be the °l.,' ece;
separated theta, her image would `icebeKoie,
sent.. lie observed, that Lady Ws ,'chit!;
recommended seeresv. secrecy V't
the Learned Counsel—secrecy aislel/"`' po,'"ti/
long and honourable viSiting secrY:
Lord Rnseberry, was that to be hei-cyog t 4011)
No ; it was- their mutual guilt whielifoadell
kept a secret. It should seem she:ll;ol,o,so,P'
reproaches-to him as to the niantieci:ol
!aming with other Ilidies, and she 1,1 511;11/j
him to observe secrecy. (ire°. 6°'
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defendant in his letter, could she sc°P.Popctlipia,
depraved and so lost to all sense cl.tv l'';erre'
could she suppose that it was neeeB'2ll;ye
him of tile necessity of keeping their tOs,
--he urged her, for Heavens s'"‘
vail on Lord Roseberry to dell', oit,;$111;i
Scotland, which he had declared 3)-
~
lilt
of doing, desiring her to represent t- y,e
might he thought of so sudden a stcr;'ol‘.l4;rii
hey to tell Lord Roseberry that sb? site ,tr ti
biro, the defendant, up, providet"..ciag
be
tt
arms
—yeirlytibnilyisod,nielDetvineleetia.yirrels(tnllesar(lii)tr)get‘tiryn:il:tinncti;;Yorii,t'.;'l
suffered. to stray in town. Addfc''.le
they had passed its
c 1 ip'ii 1
burning, kiss he ll9cCt' list`
on her heavenly lips, if
Parttire.- it was a hapPpitsiess to' "'"°lle
Was breathing the same air with heriiog tiri;l
mended her to be cheerful, nut t° -V-r°llll/
her-darling head—to go to the OPeP i!'e;r/
have
the ring in Hyde Park, whelieioal
lave an opportunity of a smile h'.001H:1;!:
With regard to what Lord Rose; low' te':
conjecture, he desired she wouhl 11°`i, 1d5101;
self uneasy, she might depend tjliorit
per ;
berry h
--a,. any conversation with 13,1; 004
be knew perfectly tvell that c lt/er
have been to have it reiterated °'to
tbp defendant not to have any tbiug