The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-29 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

INTENDED DEMOLITION OF
KiNti.STO'2.-. 110 USE.
This fine old residence at :Kensington Gore, at
present tenanted by the Marquis of Wellesley
is about to be entirely pulled down, so that in.
few weeks probably no vestige of it will remain'
The purpose for which it will be demolished, if
to make way for a series of grand edifices to be
erected on its site. Before, therefore, the yen&
rable fabric falls under the inroads of a Vai'dtt-
that pays no reverence to celebrated (1,
ancient buildings, we turn with the devotion 0'
antiquaries to indite a few lines to its Mono,'
and origin.
The celebrated Duchess of Kingston, who was
in the year 177 G tried before her Peers for
bigamy., and who defended herself in her own
person in Westminster Hall, was the builder °(
this Mansion about a century ago. The apart-
ments were fitted up and designed Under her
own immediate direction, and great taste is 0,,,
servable in many of its arrangements. The CO"
servatory and the hot-houses have long bean
admired by horticulturist. Little more tus,
sixty years aga the Duchess herself tended t!le
fine exotics that bloomed within them, and 'lis,
severed many a fair rose from its branch to ;liter,
twine amid her hair, or decorate her breast' is
Kensington Gore, on which this I„ausionojs
situated, was called in ancient times .igYncs.4
Gore, as appears by a record dated 127°1 of
Hen. III.), and it is there stated to be a P3'nit-
the ancient demesnes of the Crown. Ketisi
ton itself, in the antiquated spelling of D°°ther
day Book, is called Chenisitun, and °sin.
ancient records Kenesitune and l'eli.oper
tune. Chenesi appears to have been a Pia of
name : a person of that name held the mad
~ard
Huish, in Somersetshire, in the reign °f E
the Confessor.
there
In the year above-mentioned, however,. her
was but little peace for the good Duchess, nirage
Kingston,new-gilded apartments at and il°ture
Walpole, who, with the fine and sarcastic natter
that ran through his veins, loved nothing bessip
in the midst of his correspondence andigiLke
than to have a sly fling at some coronetteu ace
or Duchess, found in the calamity of her
tat
of Kingston, abundant food for his ina"itieS•
and severe wit to exercise its darling proPeu-thae
The following arch letter, written at the.. iles.
was addressed by him to the Countess 0t..„-;:--
bury, dated Dec. 11, 1775. and runs tuZiht-
"Did you hear that scream?—Don't be "..'sr of
ened, Madam : it was only the Doefill,,,,e'oel;
Kingston last Sunday was seven-night ati-ii-lerit
but it is better to be prepared; for she ha,s are
word to the House of Lords that her nert- two
so bad she intends to scream fbr her
months, and therefore they must Intt: L-9consi-
trial. They are to take her throes loifficient
deration to-day, and that there may bes.";ii and
reason for the length of her veil'and.,l47-vfrest-
attendants, have a mind to treat her wit'
e to see
minster-hall. I hope so, for I should li•-=n, Jude
this comedie tarmoyante, and besides'igg shall
it would bring your Ladyship to towno
-
have timely notice."
4ortlY
The circumstances of the trial whicai- 176.
after ensued, viz., on the 15th of Apr':'
1,45 of
have doubtless passed away from the ti;ll,,yae
most men of the last generation,- and as t
n-ose at
curious, and so pleasantly serve our
the present minute, the following. short i The
rence to them will not be ungratifying.
thus:
charge against the Duchess ofbigamy ston_ , she,
The indictment on the occasion set forth tbiffthe
Elizabeth Duchess of Kingston, indicted hs Job,,
name of Elizabeth Hervey, wife of Aug" yea(
Hervey, did, on the 3d of March, trie
of his Majesty's reign, marry Evelyn ,Pielf.oh
of
Duke of Kingston, deceased, at the "Zeit tbe
St. George's, Hanover-square, she being tu
wife of the said Hervey, living; and the& first
wise found that she was married to her eigtll Of
husband, Augustus John Hervey, on
August, in the 17th year of the then lattrisly of
at the parish of Lainstone, in the e°"
t Gui"
SouthamDuchess
The pleaded firmly, - N °Attorrier
Mr. Dunning and Mr. Thurloe, the first vat'
General, opened the pleadings. Her when she
riage, it appeared, had taken
Place'n ale year
wheacci_.,l,to the
was plain Miss Chudleigh, and
1743, she was appointed maid of 11 nut'svas de-
then Princess of Wales : at this time?in
who v"
also the
Glared this tieared she was under ag e
time when she married Mr. ileiiyiejs
_first mar-
then a Lieutenant in the NavY'n tweed: by Dr'
no
riage had, however, been pr°--° marriage
Collier, in the Ecclesiastical Court,
that MiSs
at all, and declared authoritatively
-the
Chudleigh was never legally married' 4- Abr
strength of this decision that the case ,_,
rested; and, indeed, it was upon the saq,be
thus given by the Ecclesiastical Court tbl"4-cre,
had alone entered upon the second mania
tic e
At the close of the day's trial the D h ag the
a paper, extenuative of her marriage, .0, her
Court, and showed the grounds on whicj'After
alleged bigamy had been brought to pass. - the
the evidence and witnesses had been heard,
pa-
Guilty question was put to the Peers, "
Guilty ?" All of them answered in the aMrsilaid,
tive, except the Duke of Newcastle, who
lip
" Erroneously, but not intendedly guilty'
my honour."
00
She
ever this the Duchess was disebarge-,T /be
paying her fees; but warned that, sllOlO
alive
ever be guilty of a similar offence, or anYcapital
amounting to felony, she would incur a,_ this
punishment, without being allowed, as
case, to claim the benefit of clergy.
The white staff was then broken, and ev,ceirla
person was ordered to depart quietly home;
God's peace and the King's peace." imuchess
The -1-• s,ed
Thus ended this celebrated trial.
exculpated of all her alleged criminality,
the remainder of her days in the tran.q,u, row
cincts of the antiquated mansion which
and to
about to be levelled with the g,rouno,:f wore
make way for fabrics and improvements :rriruerit
modern cast. The scenes of courtly merry
hng-
which once took place in its saloons and
.09 eld
rooms, at a period when the Court itself ar
'renew'
at Kensington, have, with all theiria a feig
brances as utterly passed away, as.: that epee,.
months, will the very walls and floor' beneath
resounded with their festivities, or shond merry
the tread of princely companies an
dancers.

BELtIUM.
By a letter from Brussels of the 25th, the of
pore.o
Chambers have voted the following sums in sup
the various persons attached to the various departivn
of education, literature, science, and.fine arts:--- ho '-
PRIMARY EDUCATION.-1. For salaries to SC- t°llo
masters in the nine provinces, 250,000 f. 2. For s,
vv
building, repairing, furnishing, &c., of sehool-h°l3,!eat
75,000 f. 3. For assistance to necessitous teachers itlie
employ, and schoolmasters' widows, 10,000 f. 4. t
or
instruction of the blind, and deaf and dumb, 20,000 f.
LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.-1. For encouragerefnoy
subscriptions Sciences
anadnd
Bellespurchases,
et
tre 85,03,000,000E0f! . For 3. Ftohre
the
auulo
of al
Lt'
Observatory of Brussels, 22,0001: 4. For the 11°Y3
brary, 65,000 f. 5. Pensions in favour of laureats, 5,°,°.0r
6. For the Brussels School of Engraving, 20,000 f. 7
the Museum of Arms and Antiquities, 10,000 f.
FINE ARTS.-1. For the encouragement of, for sub'
FINE
scriptions and purchases, 60,000 f. 2. For the C°nsee
toire of Music at Brusses, 35,0001. 3. For the tienlArt:
Liege, 12,000 f. 4. For the Royal Acadamy of Fin hoop
at Antwerp, 31,000 f. 5. For other academies and se
of fine arts, 25,000 f.
lef

ASPERSIONS OF
ta taking the averages, now only —...The tlliog,
THE JEWS.
liberal M. Christopher having said, in his famous Cord
laiw. speech at Lincoln, that- " the fictitious mode ~..
lators of the Continent andofthis country, for °ll, the
~., cos _
Continent the Corn-trade ', is entirely in the hand-,, salo
Jews," has been called to account by Mr. Davl'corn-
• w delinquencies. Mr. Salomons asserts
benefits the Jews Plijo
law
for improperly attributing to the Jews then few or
none of the great grain firms are Jewish
houses, and he has succeeded in convincing Die' Chrlsv,
pher that he has unnecessaril as aspersed the Jews' I►ve
cordingly that gentleman, w)h*o seems to have soit.e
respect for the money-owning tribe, has addressed the
following letter to Mr. Salomons, with view by
ons, a
publication to make them some amends : 1841.
" Bloxhohn Hall, Dee- 26, b I
" Sir—T
- regret that • •ii the speec
delivered any expression i .
at Lincolnshould
have given pain to pere'
te,tioo
of your pers • uasion, especially as it was not my, in 3ie
to attributeexclus'
The expression to those who profess the Jewish religiono_,
theolitot niel•ctioal_
xpression of which lain was a useless oe,
you comp
and not necessary for my arg
have made use of it unless I had been credibly inform
1,0
when I was last on the Continent, that the Corre:rt;
was carried on by persons of your nation.--I have
honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
11
unient, and I should:
"David Salomons, Esq. (Signed) "R. A. Cuafsi‘orue ~,
The spirited Ex-Sheriff desel ves credit for having' °'
torted this acknowledgment from Mr. Christopher.
Lout
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.--This morning/ au s of
half-past five o'clock, a young man about 21 e,arrker,
age, of the name of William Michel's, a pearl worker,
who resided with his father in I3erwick-street, c'_.1.,,0.
committed self-destruction. It appears that the young
man had been out all night drinking, and that he called
upon his uncle, who resided in High-street, Lambeth :vie
mentioned to him that he had disposed of a Vtliti?„. ,
packet of pearls which his father had had to work 10,_
customer, and that he did not know what to do, but "1:
was determined never to show his face at home ag::1 1..
His uncle expostulated with him, and promised to ace his
pany him home, and broach the subject of the loss t.oari
fither; for which purpose they were walking Sinrin . r,
together under the walls of the Archbishop of Cal"erd
bury's Palace, when Michaux suddenly darted forii;,,,
and precipitated himself into the water, and was drow ,_“,
poto
The Duke of Leeds, after visiting the
yard at Portsmouth has returned to Hornley Castle,
Grace' old baronial' seat in North Yorkshire