The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-11 00:00:00

LORD BL: IWE I,El'.

[The following additional statement relating to'the marriage
of the late Bart of lletkeley har appeared in the same tr,o-
, vineial Paper front which the first account was taken ,
The yegular evidence. of his natri[tge being tlils
Atated. to be unexpectedly recovered, all that remain-
ed. for.. Lord B. to do was to put the fae.A, and ihe
evidence in sUpport of it, Upon record in a. oi-ripe-
tent Tribunal. For this purpose .he availed himself
`of a standing Order of the HouSe of Lords, directing
that all-Peers, on taking their sects, shouid deliver in,
and establish by proof, pedigree, she%.ving by. what
right of descent they succeeded to the-titir.ror which
they claimed to take, their seat..
His .pedigree-was ace(.'irdingly delivered in at the
bar of the House of Lords, on the 27th of May, 1799,
BUt after leveral days passed in'the examination (2:
witnesses, to the discovery of the register, the busi-
ness
was suddenly dropped at the recorninendotion
of several of the Liw Lords, partly front a cOnside'r-
atiOn that the decision on the contested evidence. he-•
longed More properly to the .Courts below in ibe
first instance ; and partly to avoid the unpleasant
circumstances that must have arisen, had a further
prosecution of the business developed evidence which
would have implicated Lord B. himself in the trans-
•
action of secreting the registers. Hitherto, the only
hint of'hit, participation was contained in his•speecti
which has been before alludcd to, and . from, which
the following. ore eXtraCts :—•
• " I come, my :Lords, to do justice to a wife and children'
who.l trust will not sutler from my seeming inconsistency of
colidutt.
As.to my reasons for so long concealing my
,first marriage,
I trust the Committee will not press my decialing them pub-
licly. 1 nave imparted them to two of my friends, Noble
Lords now I.Pesent, who have acknowledged to me, and I sin
sure' will pledge themselves to the Committee, that they are
hotiourahle reasons, of such a nature as cannot without the
most serious conssquence6 to a very respectable faintly, be
maue public.
Ihe ceremony of the second marriage was-gone through
.from thelullest.couviction on my part that the registration
my first marriage was clestr.iyed, anit as 1 had io some inea.
shre sanesioneitt he act, it was nut in stature for me to bring
Mr.. fiupsmati -to punishment. Before I married first, 1
urr:ed to Mr. liipsinan, its the strongest manner, the nees-
sity of secrecy, and of keeping the register its his own hands
but when 1 found,. among other instances, that the late Sir
luhn Guise had written to my brother, sit) ing that the rue
inuurwas too strong nut to be true, of a marriage having taken
place between the ALAI Lady Berkeley, which letter Admiral
Berkeley chewed to a friend of mine ~;• I then gave Mr. ps-
man to understand, that tie would torleit my friendship tor
ever, it he did not ,prevent all possibility of discovery. I re-
ceived in answer a iew lines, saying in every tiling I should
be obeyed. Nor was I aware of the latitude I had given him,
till atterwat..s, when he wanted money, I ticaitt front him
that he had riskeJ his lite for me in destroying the register ;
and tilt that moment I knew not the penalty.
Circumstanced as I was, I could nut in honour do any-
thing that might expose him to punishment. what then
was to be done: Incase Mr. Nupsinatioutiivei rho; or Mr.
Tudor shoultithe, who ran mote risks of death from his pub-
lic capacity, Wliat then would be Lady Berkeley's situation ?
What proof could she bring of her 'marriage ? i-low be
in the world ? A,s soon therefore, as the cause& of secrecy
were removed, we were married again. Anti I sin sure. this
Committee wilt feel, in my situation, that the second mar.:
riage must, at all events, have been a prudential
•* As to the manner in which the baptisms of my children
were registered, it was the natural and necessary consequence
of that secret. I thought it might be impossible to prove,
my first marriage without the registration of it, antl,conse.
•quently not only the children 1 tnen had, but any other I
Might have, would be deemed illegitimate. I did not, how-
ever, risk this measure, till 1 had been infornaed by aheini=
neat Counsel, that such second marriage could not have the
effeet of invalidating the firstrin case the solemnization °lit
could be proved.-
" If the leait doubt should remain in the breast of any
Noble Lord, as to the tact of
my
personal mrea:tri:ntgoeii-yLoardiyt Bi
myself are willing to give our
manner the Cotninittee may think proper to require; for I can
no longer Withhold the justice which 1-feel duel° my. wife
and clitltifen4 for sutler then to' remain victims Of my family
pride, or stay own false -notions of honour.',

• On Monday; Aug. 27 , between 1) and 6 o7clock,
Capt. V-,-aod Lieutenant------, belonging to the
oth regiment, fought a duel at Violet Hid, near
Newry. The fortner received his antagonist's: ball
in the groin, which caused his immediate death.
An experiment of a new kind was tried last Sum-
mer, at Philtpstbal, in East Prussia : this" was, to
split a rock by means of lightning. An iron rod,
similar to .a conduelor, was fixed in the rock, and
on the occurrence of the first thunder storm, the
lightnirig was concluded down the rod, and split the
rock into several pieces, without displacing it.

About 4 o'clock on Friday evening, as two brew-
er's servants were passing by the wall of the, Lon-
don Ducks, their attention was arrested by the groans
of a sea-firing man,' who was lying on the ground
in a dreadfully wounded state, and weltering in his
blood. They inquired the cause, and were inforMed,
with difficulty, by the miserable vidimohat he had
been beaten by some Portuguese sailors, who after-
wards robbed him of about 41. ; that he had endea-
voured to escape from them, but they hal 'overtaken
him in his flight, and wounded him with a knife in •
the back. The robbers had .not taken his watch,
which was found in his hat.' This was all that could
be colleted, as the unfortunate man died-whilst speak-
ing. During the day a crowd of people resorted to
the spot, and the blood. which must have flowed
copiously, was traced for nearly half a mile from
where the deceased tell. As-diligent search is mak-
ing after the murderers, it is hoped they will be.ap-
prehended, and meet the fate they so justly merit.
Thursday night between the hours of nine and
ten a most alarming fire broke out in the stables of
Captain Nowell, at the village of .If near Ox 7 •
ford "; and, altltougb the whole of the out-hours
were in one entire blaze in a few minutes, nine
cart-horses were enticed from the devouring flames,
%ill-lout any injury. The dwelling-house being ra-
ther detached, remained
.sale, as did some valuable
hay and corn stacks, although. within the small dis-
tance of a tew yards.
servant, who had lived Upwards of twenty
years with a Gentleman in Cra‘en-street, attempted
on Saturday morning to terminate his existence by
cutting his throat with a razor, in the passage,
while his wife (who was likewise a servant in the
house, and with whom he had had words) was
washing the steps at the door. 'A surgeon was im-
mediately OroCured., who sewed ‘tip the wound,,,
which the unhappy wretch, bent upon self-desiruc-
tion, twice 'tore opeti. His hands were then se-
cured; and he was conveyed to the hospital, where
he was invested with a strait waistcoat, and the
wound,-which was considered 'Mortal, was sewed. .

' COLONEI. DOWIgIeS FOURTH AND LAST SA".
(A SPANISH SHEAP.--IFrida}l inornitig 30 Paul°
rams, 80 Patthic ewes, and 1-0 Riu!ar wethers, tli'l, •
.;retnainder or the Meritiosliqp bektiging tocolonei
Downie, were sold by Mr. Daniel.Siniih, the MC-
tioneer. .T lie 30 rams fetched 2611. 9s ; or gl•
i-ts": al. each, Oti the average: Tlie .80 ewes pro`
;or to!. tss. gil. each,-on the a'er"
Tine_ 10 we.thers,l.v•bich were. large and Orel
. well' made, produced -171. Gs. Gd. Owing to the
•tow persons who attended, or knew of-t-leisadjonro•
ed saie,, for wantlof previous advertisetnents, these,
sheep, triany of which were very pritil6, PaUprs,
sold-lunch below their value.: four of the rams were •
knocked;dow n at only three guineas each.