The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-13 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

HAMPTON RACES.
(THIS DAY-By EXPRESS.)

(Continued from our Third Edition.)

The Hurst Cup of 40 sovs., in specie, free for all
ages, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. Once
round and a distance.
Mr. Stanbrow's b h Isleworth, 5 yrs, won the first

heat.

Mr. Balchin's Crocus, 4 yrs, a good second.
(Tho other heat had not been decided when our
.Express left.)

ROUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
THE SUSSEX PEERAGE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
"Thursday is our day. You know to-morrow is exactly three
weeks, my soul, that we have been married. How time flies
`away when one spends it happily. I trust all the others will
'run in the same style, to our mutual satisfaction."
• " I will be quiet, and hope that our Thursday will still be
'consecrated to happiness, as till now, since our marriage, it
has ever been."
- " This is the hour I ought to be with my dearest Augusta,"
land, after some passionate exclamations regarding his wife,
speaking of himself, he proceeds thus] " he makes no merit
of climbing over houses to come to her. What would he not
do for her ? 13tit at the same time he must add she ought to
reward him with a sight of her—a dear sight of his own
amiable Augusta, which suffices to make him happy, and
-ever will do so
" I own it is very hard to be forced to conceal our mar-
riage as we do, but prudence requires it.
" I own I think it most prudent to remain a couple of
days at home; suspicion might make them curious, and the
discovery, though it would be of no use, might be attended
with some disagreeable consequence or another for us. It.is
better to submit quietly to such an inconvenience, in order
to enjoy ourselves the better, and more securely. Do you
not think so, my dearest Augusta? Is there not reasoning
in this?
" If I cannot contrive to go to Florence you must remain
as long here as you can, for if. I cannot go there I shall not
move from this place, for here he cannot, he shall not, prevent
my seeing you, and some months passed will put the whole
business to an end, and then complete what we have so
luckily succeeded in executing." . . . . .
" Wednesday morning.—My soul I trust has reposed well,
and is longing for her husband. Well, my treasure, Ido not
promise to come to-night, but if every one was to go I would
ace how to settle this. .So pray let me know this afternoon
at what o'clock your mother goes out, that I may see if we
can do any thing. The weather irtruly desperate; but if I
can come it shall not prevent me from visiting thee, my
heart's delight; I am dying for it
" I have not promised quite to come, I will do what is in
my power, but more you cannot expect from me."
" On coming home, my dearest Augusta, I read the news-
papers through for safety sake, and found the report of our
marriage refuted, which gave me great pleasure. However,
as I thought it not safe to fall into my gentlemen's hands,
I burnt the paper, after 'cutting out the paragraph for my
wife's instruction."
• " Saturday morning, April 1793.—5T0u must send me Lord
Hervey's letter this morning, that I may answer it; for it
-will require some little difficulty to answer it in such a way
as to give no cause for suspicion, and at the same time not
entirely to assert the contrary, My only reason for making
it a secret at present is to get something to live upon inde-
pendent, else I should not care to make it known imme-
diately ; but as that is not the case yet I must be a little
cautious. It pains me to act so, for, in one point of view, it
Makes me act as if wronging you, whilst, indeed, c'est autant
votre interet que le mien to conceal it still for some time."
" October the 26th, 1793.
"My intention-is, as soon as you are arrived in London,
and that I know of it, to take an apartment for you here;
but you must change your name for the time, and follow
exactly all my directions; for your own welfare, as well as
mine, depend most entirely upon it. My mind is not accus-
tomed to deception ; but if we wish to work for futurity we
must carry on the deception for some months longer. I
have most minutely examined every thing here, and find this
most prudent. You may repine at this, my soul's dearest
delight I but your Augustus, your own Augustus, who must
solely think for his-own Augusta, after mature consideration,
has found this absolutely necessary; therefore my dearest
'wife will submit to it with readiness: You must desire Lady
Dunmore, if she loves me, to conceal her arrival as much as
possible, to see very few people in London, and you none at
all, for fear-of a discovery ; and then, while she goes into
the country, I will contrive your coming here; but, my
Clearest Augusta, you must not expect to see much of me,
except in the afternoon."
" My dearest Augusta knows that I have but vervfew mo-
ments to myself, wherefore she will not be angry, f trust, to
find my letter short, but take will for the deed. That you
are got quite well makes me very happy; at least je me Platte
that you by this time are so, and intend informing me when
I may have hopes of seeing you. My dearest Augusta
will, without doubt, believe that I most anxiously look
forward to that epoch which, though not in all pro-
bability a very long one, will yet be pleasing, and give
us a great idea of what future times will be, when we never
shall part. 'We will certainly employ our time well when
we are together; won't we, my dearest wife? We must
settle .everything. together, that after your being brought to
bed we may join immediately. With what pleasure 1 look
forward to that moment, my lovely Augusta! words cannot
tell, but my actions shall prove it; as also that I am worthy
of possessing her in my own house, who has only a right to
be there, and to be second in- command."
"It had been my intention, my dearest Augusta, not
to have wrote to you before my letter had been de-
livered to . his Majesty, and an answer was returned.
As this is not yet done, though my letter is finished,
I write to you now, and inform you of the reasons
which have kept me back from doing so, and not
coinciding with your wish, so desirous as I am, and must be
at all times, to make everything that concerns you happy and
our little offspring. No sooner, my life, did I get your letter
than I set about (ill as I was) preparing one for my father,
Which when finished, I carried to my sister E., who you know
is most warmly attached to me, and is informed of every-
thing that is going on. She seemed very much agitated upon
my reading the letter, when I told her my intention was to
leave the letter behind, and secretly to come up to London.
This was first approved of, but afterwards I resolved to re-
main here. She promised me before the end of the evening
to send me some information of the remarks she had made
List night. She sent me a note, desiring for God's sake I would
not deliver in my letter, from the following reasons :—` That
every person who shall knowingly or wilfully presume to so-
lemnise or to assist or to be present at the celebration of any
marriage with any descendant of George the Second, or at his
or her making any matrimonial contract, without the King's
consent, shall, being duly convicted thereof, incur and suffer
'the pains or penalties ordained and provided by the statute
of provision and premunire in the thirteenth year of Richard
the Second, which is transportation and confiscation of pro-
perty.' My sister seems afraid that the King in his anger
-would resent my behaviour, and revenge himself, not only
upon me, but upon you also, which would be the ruin of us
both. That I had much better not say a word till when
?-ou are gone abroad, and of course out of danger.
These are the motives that have kept me back.
;Should you still wish, my Augusta, I will present the letter
to-morrow to the King the moment your answer arrives.
If it is your desire, and you care not for the consequence, I
am .ready to submit to everything, for I can have, and truly
have, but one idea, that of making you happy as far as is in
.my power. I see the motives which engage you to make the
4demand. I honour, I respect, I love them as much as
you do; but consider, pray consider, whether we ought
to cautious or not. Our whole future felicity depends
upon it. I will be soleland entirely guided b -ou,
lever I may suffer or endure, - When it. is for yyAyugusta aor
to make her comfortable, I will risk with pleasure.m Should'
'they not choose to acknowledge my children here, I can al-
-ways settle that abroad, and though they may not he able to
live, in England, I am sure of their being • able to do so
abroad. In short, whatever can make you happy, Augusta,
I will do. Ism rn danger and every thing to make you
ap
py. I your husband and protector. Without
'you: I cannot live, and with you, and for you only,
-will I live. I trust in some days to be better, but I am, as
yet, most dreadfully weak. In six nights I have only slept
one ; but Farquhar, whom I have consulted, assures me that
any asthma is nothing but the debility and irritability of the
nerves; and that with care I shall certainly get better, and
-entirely cured. I would give the world, my dearest Augusta,
for to see you and comfort you. Pray write to me to-mor-
row, and let me know your desires, and I will arrange
myself accordingly. I got your letter last night, for
-which I return my warmest thanks. Sorry, very sorry, was
I- to find von complain so, and though all my bag-
gage is on board a ship, yet should you want me to stay,
Augusta, I will, Coute gut coute. May Heaven protect—may
the Almighty shower his most benign blessings upon thy
bead, my adored wife May guardian angels protect thee
from every danger, and every stone that may be under thy
feet', and may I see thee soon, is the constant prayer of him
who subscribes himself, With truth and till death, your ever
devoted and attached husband and friend,
Windsssr, Jan. 9, 1793. " AUGUSTUS FREDERICK.
~“ Psay send me an answer to-morrow, or to-night, and Girl' aitto my friend Barton. It will certainly come safe." _." Portsmouth, Jan. 15, 1794.—1 n any other situation, my
'dearest Augusta, it would have been impossible for me to
have
-parted without taking leave of you, but as such a circum-
=stance might have endangered your life, it was not to
be thought of. The very night that got the infor-
mation of your being brought to bed was the last I was
ao spend in England. Nothing in the world
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have prevented me from seeing-you you; and my word. At leaving the little infant, I kissed and blessed
my boy—our boy. I prayed form y wife—for. thee, nay
angel !—and returned yvearensisestt thanksgivings to the
Almighty for his peculiar goodn me at all times. My
preceding letter, which you have not read yet, will show
you my confidence in the Almighty, and you 's Ido ceived. The Lord is a cm rock which eenevearrnginvoest
-way; whoever rests on Hisa never falls, but is constantly supported. You: see, my angel I the Lord has protected us
en all occasions, and has done so now; therefore, my own
cleareSt Augusta, do not forget yourself, but rely on the
Almighty, and that will: 'make us soon meet. Gunn is to
call once a week to knots if you have any orders, and is to
bring you, from Major Price, by my orders, three hundred
pounds, which is all I ct.n afford till you come to Bologna,
and there you shall find money at Sir Robert Harris's
banker; whose name you will have upon paper ; for I
ghoul I advise you to send your money to that
banking house, and get notes from him to that amount, by
-which, wherever yeusgosyou will always be able to get the
coin of the country, and to lose less. My friend Domford will
tend you au account of the road as far as Augsburgh, which
you must pass, in order to get through Tuttle, and from
Gibraltar I will send you your route as far as Rome. Gunn
is to attend you always, and to be your servant; a courier
you must have, arid find out yourself, for else you will be
cheated beyond description. Domford is to get you your
!passport, also, under the name of Mrs. Stuart, for two servant
maid=, two wo servants, and our little boy. Therefore, whenever
I write to you abroad, I shall always direct to Mrs. Stuart.
Your first letter to me, directed at Leghorn. Stopford talks
of my being there in sixteen days, which will give me great
satisfaction.
• " Rome, April 4,1794.—8 y your own account, my love,
and which I most firmly believe, you must have wrote many
letters 1 have never received. This is peculiarly unfortunate,
and most Partieelarlv so at this moment, when I -wish to
k noW....every Sentiment of your heart, in order to give you
consolation, and ro wife that that confidence she
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The next piece of documentary evidence put in was a
volume of Shakspeare, containing the following entry, in the
hand-writing of his late Royal Highness :—" April 4, 1793
This moment I have come from my Augusta. She is mine
to all eternity. God has given me her. She depends hence-
forth upon me, and upon no one else. Oh! Lord, protect us
and bless us with all godline§.s 0 serve -thee, who liveth
and reigneth with the Father and tbr-Holy Ghost, world
without end."

A volume of Blair's Sermons was then put in, containing
the following entry, in the hand-writing of his Royal High-
ness, " Augustus Frederick gave this book to his dear wife
Augusta, May 22d, 1793, at Rome." ,
Another volume of the same work, containing the words
" Augustus Frederick and Augusta," was also put in.
A will, in the handwriting of his late Royal highness, and
sealed with the royal arms, was then put in. It was regu-
larly attested, and was dated " Berlin, sth Sept., 1799," and it
stated that the testator was duly married on the 4th April,
.1793, at Rome, to the Lady Augtsta. Murray, daughter of
the Earl of Dunmore, and that the ceremony of marriage was
again performed between the parties at the parish church of