The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-08 00:00:00

"MAMMA AND PAPA."

MRS. THATCHER v. COL. D'AGUILAR.
This case came before the public again at the
Brighton County Court, before Mr. W.°Furner .
a jury, when Colonel D'Aguilar was sued by 111
forsaken inamorata for the sum of 50/.' Parca of
60/. (plaintiff abandoning the excess), for monY:
payable by the defendant for the support by her ot
his illegitimate child from the month of April'
1855, to April, 1857, and for money agreed to be
paid by the said defendant to the plaintiff towards
the maintenance of the said child, and for menel
paid by the plaintiff for the use of the defendant,
and for money found to be due upon an account
stated between them at Brighton.
As on the previous occasion, Mrs. Thatcher de'
ni,-11 that she had ever been charged with inlPr°
priety of conduct, that she bad ever been rolled
the bed by any gentleman, or that she had ever Pa'
she was not sure who was the father of the cbi-13'
but that the colonel was rich enough to-pay for !t,
Mr. Sergeant Parry (for the defendant) sublllia
ted that there was no case to go to the jury, 313 a
that there was no contract which could be sustaiec
in point of law. • ea
Henry D'Aguilar was then sworn and exanllll,l
by Mr. Roupell---I am defendant in this acr-,i
It was in 1853, about the middle of February,
I first met Mrs. Thatcher. I met her on the Pall,
nearly opposite the Bedford, towards dark, I t,b.`„aul,ei
about five o'clock. That was the first time -t
her. She overtook me on the parade, passed me, arcs
looked back, as a woman does who wishes to attract
your attention. I passed on and looked at ber, arc%
I then spoke to her. She almost directly asked be
to go home with her, to a narrow street behind ;he
Bedford Hotel, where she lived. I saw her the
following day, and I saw her from time to tinaeB;r.
visited her up till the month of May in that roll
I had some conversation with her about a Pers.,ho
named Granville. The first night I asked her Poo
and what she was, and she told me that she es
the wife of an officer. She mentioned Granwo
name ; but she said that she was living 'with 0.13/00
whose name she would not tell me. She also t
me this on the second day. She told me that
t,i4
kept her, in fact. She said also that she disu",t
him, and had taken a fancy to me in' the etre3;
She said that she should get rid of him as saetior,
she could. I afterwards saw Mr. Turner, tber„o
geon, on the subject of an allowance. I said "be.
not sure that this child was mine, as she said, lecl
cause I knew she had told me that she was vistii,is
by o:her people. She told me she had met to
to
Granville in an omnibus, that he had taken berg
an hotel in Charing-cross. and there had conneliot
with her. As this was the case, I said I was notio
all sure the child was mine ; but as she knew
name, and my family were living in Brightc°'o
said I was willing to pay. 30/. a-year as long or
she did not in any way annoy or irritate In
my family. I said, from what she had told nlYb'iO
and Dr. Turner, I was very doubtful of the cog
being mine, and I could only make that alloo of
on condition that she did not annoy me or snot
my family. lam quite sure I mentioned it in re.
way to her, through Dr. Turner. She was t,.°00
ceive the money, because I was doubtful tbaity
child was mine, and I was not going to pa 1,04
money to anybody but herself. She was to !alp
after this child, but the money was to be Iwo,
herself. The payment of that money was 3,01;
wards discontinued by me because she vvr°""
anonymous letter. This
During the time you were acquainted wit-d
woman, did you ever make her a promise of Aar
riage?—Never, so help me God. Marriage 0
never mentioned except once. She said ono t
"I wish you would marry me." 1 said, • " Tuoth
quite impossible. I never dreamt of marrying'
and I never could marry you." ibex
When you met Mrs. Thatcher, as you deg° lot
what did you say to her /—Well, I went up tc'e
of
and asked her what she wanted, add that °IV
thing. (Laughter.) She said she was the ivicisio
of an officer. I asked her where she lived, 1113 ,0
said in Montpellier-street. She asked me "ii;t",
home with her, and I went with her to MoniPe
street, there and then. An old woman, le
Mrs. Butcher, let us in. I did not see be'
Butcher there. Nothing improper took pi°
tween us that night. t there
Will you tell the jury, then, what you went
for ?—Well, I considered her a person on the to
and I went home with her for that purpose. „ tot
Mr. Sergeant Parry (to defendant)--Un if
word I would decline to answer such questiol3
I were you.
Cross-examination continued : I asked ror,
Thatcher upon what terms I was to visit.d
She said, what do you mean ? Well, I sal
only come here, of course, for a certain PurPt°ol
She said, what do you mean ? I don't under
you. I then placed money on the table',
placed 11. on the table. She told me that s/11,er.
an officer's widow, and the daughter of an 04;00
I did not see the portrait produced (that 00
deceased Thatcher) when I went there. ti"l96
I have teen it in her bed-room. She asked
to call the next day, and I did.
Did anything improper take place then t--1006.4;
What time did you call ?—ln the afterriber,
Nobody was there. I looked upon Mrs. That„,r•
I won't say as a common prostitute, bet 1,.';-0.
tainly did look upon her as a prostitute. I tivolicl
r,
gave her my likeness. 1 took it to show he
she kept it, I suppose. I never saw it hangit op
ip
in my life. I never gave her a lock of roY kof
I swear I never remember anything about all:014
hair (lock of hair produced). 1 don't think It cut
my hair. (Laughter.) I dare say she IniPtlist'
it off her own hair ; she is quite capable of spar
I won't swear that I did not give her the Pcr
produced (that in which the lock of hair wag bad
served. I never gave her a ruby ring. 511.,80t1r
it from myself. It was given to me by a
to
man, and I told her I could not give "tit it
her. I showed her the ring, and sbe P bolt
on her finger. I really cannot remember, oe
it was ; but I think she said she put ;" I.o°
her righi hand. I will swear I did not virriitoll'
letters to her, nor 50, nor 20, after I left Brici 00!
I once sent her some flowers. I swear Idi
bile
take or send her flowers almost every day i° et
at
was in Brighton. I never took her a bollq-ose
all. The improper connection between us Vhell
about the end of April or beginning of MaY'• ivg
I placed the money on the table the first °viva;
she said I mistook her. I said, " Very well, tottle
if you are a virtuous person, give the mone9,l ob°
servant, and I wish you good evening." "'blto'
swears that I called the first evening and savifor
Butcher, and delivered my card to her, it is 3,000
hood and a lie. I never left a card at her Zit I
in my life. She may have one of my cards, "'eller
never left one there. I never asked Mrs..Tb3
to return that ring, but she did so voluntarObscl
wrote to ask her for my letters, because 811°0
00
shown me Granville's letters, and I did not c"

my letters to be shown to other men.
A number of witnesses were then, as on the to*"
vious occasion, examined, for the purpose offiiie,
ing that Mrs. Thatcher led a grossly inamora'boo
The jury retired, and, after an absence of alto'
twenty minutes, returned with a verdict for I)
tiff for the full amount claimed.

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BIRTHS.
OF A SON.
Wife 4
On the 6th inst., at 26, Hyde-park-gardens, the . ,
James R. Robertson, Esq. COrr
On the 4th inst., at 38, Acacia-road, the wife Of
Poto, Esq.

OF A DAUGLITER,
Pra
On the 6th inst., at 280, Oxford-street, Mrs-
Lover idge.
On the sth inst., at Woodslee, near Brighton, 131°
of Dr. Henry R. Madden.
MARRIED. Sol;
On the 4th inst., at West Hackney Church, Stoke toll'
ington, W. T. Pittmar, of Great Carter-lane, 1:1W13/.
commons, to Margaret Martha, eldest daughter 0'
Gill, Espartero-terrace, Shrubland-road, Dalston• waever;
On the 4th inst., at Marylebone Church, Wr0,,",-h 141';
Esq., of Clifton, Glocesterehire, to Margriretta uclio-g
Anne,
soutwow
Do f Colonel
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ri3t, a
nJd. Fl
late
eS S.
fClarke,
Royalcom sing t ate
DME D.
On the Gth inst., at Enfield, Middlesex, Edvv-•
Esq., aged 36. tb°
On the sth inst., at Richmond, Ernest Brandrp'rridge
youngest son of J. Brandram Peel, Esq., of 21, Caur
square, Hyde-park, aged 2 years and 6 months. °f At(.
On the sth inst., Joseph William, the eldest so d°,
Wm. Dawson, of Bayswater, and Burlington-area
cadilly g
eWifb
On the Gth inst., Sarah, the wife of Mr. L. A. --
Fleet-street, aged 58.
On the sth inst., at Send-grove, near Guildford,
George Rickards, Esq., aged 78. gnolvaell'
On tho 3d inst., at Windsor, Chas, Montagu -
Esq., J.P., aged 71.N0'
e
On the 3d inst at Paris, Ellen, Countess de Maud. i,te
•,gni
widow of the late Count de Mandelsloh, formerlY at the
of Wurterabeig
Plenipotentiary from the Kingdom
Court of St. James'.
Store,

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