The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-27 00:00:00

heard some one walk across the room and do something to
the blind. It was a very few minutes after they had joined
each other that I heard the noise. I also heard some one
go into did tsittli drawing-town, and shut down the window
and do something to the blind. At twenty minutes past
seven Lord Cardigan left the house, and Lady Wil-
liam went up to her own room to dress for dinner.
She was to dine that day with the Duchess of Richmond.
When the coast was clear I went to Winter. He had come
out from under the sofa. He appeared heated, and we went
together to communicate to Lord William Paget what he had
seen. We found Lord William Paget in Berkeley-square.
The communication appeared to occasion great excitement
to his Lordship. He immediately returned home where
Lady William was. He jumped out of the cab at the cor-
ner of the street. He slept in my room that evening. Be-
fore that he had been in the habit of sleeping with
Lady William. Lady William did not go out again that
night. Lord William went out that evening with a gentleman.
Lady William's youngest son is 12 years of age. Frederick
is at sea, and the youngest is at home. Lord William was
very fond of the children. Lady William was not so fond of
them. I lived with them five or six years. They did not
keep much company. Lord William, generally speaking,
was kind and attentive to her. He generally stayed at home
of an evening, and seemed attached to his home.
Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—For some
months before he had been at the White Bear, in Piccadilly,
and his wife was at Portsmouth. He was there for his
givens h e gave pleasure.
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visit him. Not the Mr. Douglas that was with him in Paris.
Mr. Fiske used to be frequently there. Ido not know what
he is. Mr. Foster and his brother were there. He went down
to Portsmouth several times. I never saw but one woman
at the White Bear. I did not see her till the morning. He
brought her home unknown. The waiter let her out. He brought
her home to sleep with him. It was during the latter time
that we were there. I have never known him do such a
thing before or since. I told him it would be a great injury
to the hotel if it was known. He said he could not tell how
he mine to do it.. He supposed he must have been tipsy, but
that Bidford and myself must get her out unnoticed. He
said he was sorry it had occurred. I cannot tell if this
was the day before Lady 'William arrived. He told
me ha had sent to Portsmouth to desire Lady William to
come. life did not tell me why he had done so. She came to
town on Friday, I went to meet her in Mr. Gompertz's
carriage. He is a friend of Lord William. I have seen
him at the White Bear. Ido not know that I have seen Mr.
Ilyner. I have seen Capt. Canty there. I have never
heard Lord William speak of Martin' de Beauville.
The apartments In Queen-street had been taken
a few days before for Lady William. .1 think I
heard Lord William say he took them for a week.
Lord and Lady William dined at the Duke of Richmond's on
Friday. Lady William ave me a note for Lord Cardigan.
there. Lord William knew Lord Cardigan was to come there
at six o'clock. I did not know at the time what Lord Cardi-
gan came for. I know he was at the time to be asked to get a
place for a friend of Lord Cardigan's. Lord William did not
tell me he had sent for Lady William to ask him.
I did not know why he was sent for. I was present when
Winter told Lord William Paget what he had heard on Sa-
turday. He told me that he had heard kissing. Lord and
Lady William Paget went to the Opera that Saturday night
,in a box of Lord Cardigan's, and they slept together
that night. I believe Lord William slept in his own room
on Monday, but I cannot be positive. I was present
during a conversation between Major Close and Lord Wil-
liam Paget. I did not hear Lord William say that he did
not believe the story. I will not swear, but to the best of
My recollection ha did not say so. I believe Lord and Lady
W. Paget spent the evening together at the Duchess of
Richmond's. I think the Duchess was at the house in
Queen-street on the Monday. I think she came on the
Sunday evening and took Lady William out in the• car-
riage. I will not be certain -whether she. did so on the
Monday. I do not know if the Miss Closes were there
on the Monday. I do not know that Major Close is dead.
Lady William remained in Queen-street until Wednesday.
She then went down to Portsmouth. Lord William went
down there two or three days afterwards. Lord William was
in the house 'when Lord Cardigan was there on the Saturday.
Ile went out shortly after Lord Cardigan arrived, but I can-
not tell where he went to. He returned early, dined with
Lady William, and went to the play. He appeared kind to her
that day—just as he usually was. I have known othef Hus-
bands more attentive. I never knew him behave unmanly to her.
I have seen her crying, and have heard him use abusive lan-
guage. I believe he struck her on the Saturday evening,
and I sali a blackness in the eye. I had never seen that be-
fore. I have known him stay at the Cavendish a month,
while Lady William was away. That was in 1843. He was
for some months, in 1840, at Dubourg's in the Haymarket.
I never saw any woman there. I cannot recollect who
visited him there. I was at Brussels with Lord William
and Lady William, and at Bordeaux with them also.
Lady William was very intimate with the Duchess of Rich-
mond and Lady Conyngham, but not with the rest of Lord
William's family. I never saw any of Lord William's family
at the White Bear, except Lord Uxbridge, who, I believe,
called once. I was with them at Mr. Hamer's. Lord William
took his wife to stay there. Winter, at that time, was living
with Mr. Hamer. Lord and Lady William were both there
when the note to Lord Cardigan was sent. I have
seen Winter with Lord William Paget a great deal ; after
the trial was first settled, but not much since. I have seen
him at Lord William's apartments in Oxford-street frequently.
They sat down together. I have known him dine there, but
not often. I suppose he came to communicate with him
about the trial. He was there down to the time fixed for
the trial some time since. I saw him in Oxford-street yesL-
terday ; he was there twice. He was in the room
with. Lord William, and I think that Mr. Theed was
there. No one was there when he came in the
evening. He, did not dine there. I have never seen
them smoking together. I have seen them walking together.
It is only within this fortnight that he has come there lately.
I cannot say if I have seen them walking arm in arm together,
I' never observed them. I knew of clothes being got for Win-
ter. Lord William gave the order for them. On the Sunday
Lord William was in Berkeley-square, sitting in a cab wait-
ing the result: < I do not know what he had done with his son.
1: think he said. -he should see Master William on board
one of the steamers to Woolwich. I think Mr. Fishe met
us. He was with him when Lord William went to the house.
I rather think Mr. Fishe had been there in the morning. He
, is very intimate with Lord William. He is in Court. He
ilid. not sup there that evening. Winter supped with me.
Re-examined by Sergeant TALFOURD—Lord William was
in Parliament at the time he was at the White Bear,
-,. and used' to tbe House of Commons. He went to Ports-
mouth frequently. The Baroness de Rottenburg has
always been with-Lady William.. I have no reason to believe
. that he ever slept with Lady William after the Sunday. By
his own room I.mean the dressing-room. . Lord William had
given me directions to prepare a bed ' 'elsewhere on Sa-
turday, but 1 persuadedltim to sleep with Lady Wil-
liam, as she might ? have ',some, suspicion if he did
' 'not, and he would not discover „what had taken 'place.
Ido not know how they came to meet at the Duchess of.
Richmond's, or what was the object of their meeting. I was
'not there. I cannot tell what the disputes to ivlali, I have
',alluded were occasioned by. He went out directly after he,
had called up Lady William on the Saturday. Winter has
been asked to take a piece of steak when Lord William was
eating himself. Winter has never, _ b,een asked to dinner.
While Lady Willia:m was at home he was always at home
in the evening. Lady William had not returned from the-
Continent while he was at Dubourg's. I was in attendance
here when the cause was to have come on in December.
Winter met Lord William and myself at Mr. Webb's, in
Argyle-street, at eight o'clock in the morning. 'We set out
for Guildhall, and .I. expected Winter would be here in proper
time. I have not seen him since until about a fortnight ago.
The Court adjourned at-two o'clock for a few minutes for
refreshment.
The Duke of Richmond, examined from the Bench by Sir
T. WILDE—I am the brother-in-law of Lord William Paget.
I have known Lord and Lady William Paget some time. I
have seen him behaie very affectionately .to his wife, but
sometimes not so. In general he behaved very affectionately
to his wife, and particularly to his children.
Cross-examined by the Soucrrou-GENERAL—I have seen
him,sometimes very attentive to her, but I think his absence
was too frequent. •Lady William Paget was very young at
the time of her marriage.
'lie-examined by,Sir T. WILDE—Lord William was also
young. He has been much straitened in circumstances, but
I do not know' that his absence was occasioned by it.
Cross-examined-by the SoLicrrort-GENERAL—Lady Wil-
liam Paget, hits visited the Duchess of Richmond since the
commencement of these proceedings. The terms of intimacy
are the same as they were before the occurrence.
This finished the case for the prosecution.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then proceeded to address the
jury for the defendant, and contended that it was impossible
that any person could have-heard the evidence without being
convinced that this was a scheme and a plan to extort
money from Lord Cardigan, and that, to do this,
the plaintiff had attempted to sacrifice the • wo-
man whom he had sworn to love and cherish.
It was an atrocious plan concocted. from the
,beginning.
Lord W. Paget brought Lord Cardigan to the house ' • he
brought Lady William Paget to town ; and he made all the
appointments ! What must they think of a man who could
post a person to be the witness of his dishonour, wait quietly
in a cab to gain intelligence, and then coolly come back to
prepare this action ? , Lord William knew the character and
the destitution of Wider well. He knew him when he was
in Hamer's service:. He knew him in Paris. He knew him
when he was living at the White Bear, associating with Mr.
Gompertz, Mr. Cassidy, and Col. Canty, persons well-known.
This iv as the man whavvas set by Lord William, not to watch
Lord Cardigan, bid to swear what might be necessary for the
purposes of the trial. This was a plan concocted between Lord
William and Winter, and whom else he would not say, for
his Learned Friendhad not chosen to call Mr. Fishe, who had
made the agreenient with Winter. The letter to Lord
Cardigan on the ' Friday had been sent, in the pre-
sence of Lord William. He was a party to it.
Now, either Lord or Lady William Paget must
have been scheming- together to put money into Lord
William's pocket, or.:Lord William must have been doing it
himself. Lady -William had had nothing to do with it.
The charge of adultery against her was untrue, and there
was no stain upon her character ; but it was evident that
Lord William Paget knew by the note, that he was
in the house . ep. the Saturday when Lord Cardigan
arrived, and —that he led Lady William Paget
into the room himself, and left her there with the person
whom he now designates as an adulterer. He did not be-
lieve that Lord William imagined that adultery would be
committed, but that he had placed a man there to swear
that he saw that done which, if true, would have covered
Lord William: _Paget with infamy, as the panderer
to his own dishonour. Let it be remembered there
was not even ,a_ suggestion that the doors of the draw-
ing-room were fastened, so that any person might have gone
into that room While the act of adultery was being com-
mitted. Could pie jury believe that the act of adultery
could have been committed under these circumstances—in
broad daylight—in the month of August ? This man had
told. Lord William Paget what he had told them
to-day. Now could any one worthy of the name
of man have received such a communication as
Lord William had received ? He was calm, quiet, placid,
and planned a fresh assignation with Lord Cardigan, in order
to procure *tiler evidence, and then he dines with his wife
in as kind' and affectionate a manner as usual, within one
half-hour after he had been informed that she had com-
mitted adultery' and then he takes his wife to the opera, to
Lord Cardigan sbox, and the three spend the evening together.
Could they believe for one moment that Lord William Paget
really believed that adultery had been committed? It was
perfectly consistent with an attempt to extort money, but
not with a.belief in Lady William Paget's guilt, nor did it
rest theree. He actually slept with his wife, as he say.s, At the
recommendation of his footman, to prevent Lady ;William from
spoiling his.plan for getting Lord Cardigan there. . The next
morning a note was sent to Lord Cardigan; requesting him
to come at six o'clock. Lord William knew of it, and the
servants knew of it. There was neconcealment whatever
about it. Lord William was perfeetly well aware of the note
being sent to Lord Cardigan: 'All the parties were expecting
Lord Cardigan at six o'clock, to keep an appointment made
by Lord Millianadinself.
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Immediately after the conclusion of the Solicitor-General's
speech, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, which
Vas xeceeived with applause in Court: