The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-02 00:00:00

COURT OP COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 1.
CRIM. CON. IN HIGH LIFE.—BLIGII v. WELLESLEY.
(corrrtxtrxri molt Our rarer. or ICESTIOADA.Y.
[ln the first pact of our inlpression yesterday, the - evidence in
chief of Mr. Edward Bligh was accidentally omitted, and his
cross-examination follovred that of Mary Anne Milton. We now
teSedy the mistake.]
Mr. EdtVerid Bligh, the brother of the plaintiff, was then
examined-at great lr*gth, and stated that he vieited his brother at
Naples, where Mrs. Bier lived with him but slept in a different
apartment. They were very aMeetionate ; Afr. 'Wellesley visited
the family two days after their arrival at Naples ; soon after that
Mrs. B. became quarrelsome with her isetrend. Mrs. B. aceom-
ponied the party to Alpena Veservieut, rand aftetwanls 'eloped from
her husband. Witness then described the suloeqtont oontluet of
Mrs. High; since her return from Paris and arrival in this country.
Mrs. Bligh was only 15 years old when his brother married her
his brother told him that he was coinpelled to many bet-
a second time by Colonel Paulson, her father. He did
not state that she was a minor, and married without her Attlee's
consent. He believed that his brother had seduced her.
Cross-examined by Mr. Scastraorr-1 did not visit Mr. and
Mrs. Wellesley after the elopement; it wee about six weeks sf-
tex that I law them on the road ; it was not known that Mrs. 11.
had lived with Me. and Mrs. Wellesley eller the elopement ; in
point of fact she did not live with them. Mr. /High sent a chal-
lenge to Mr. Welltaley about seven weeks after the elopement; I did
not seed a challenge after my brother had reuivol an answer;
1 do not lino* that the challenge bad been sent two days after he
had left Naples, it Might be about six weeks after the elopement,
In conecqucetce of my brother writing
.to Mr. Wellesley, the lat.
ter returned an answer, stating that be had no improper inter-
course with Mrs. 8., and consequently any brother Mid he had on
grounds to go upon.
Re-examined by Sergeant Vatic U.AN-Iftl'idfl me that he Led
sent a challenge to Mr. Wellesley, saying, at the some tires, that
he had not sufficient grounds to call him out,
Wm. Richard Hamilton, examined by Mr. Joins-1 was
British Minister at the Court of Naples; I was acquainted with
Captain Wan. Bligh, who was visited by my wife; after Mrs. R.
had left the Captain, I endeavoured to induce her to return ;- she
told the she never would ; before I left the house, I told her
that if she wanted money, she should apply to no person
but ; ehe did not accept any offer; I afterwards saw her at
the Opera. with Mr. and Mrs. Wellesley; she applied to me to be
admitted to Court; the letter now produced is my answer
to her application ; the letter being read, it expressed surprise at
her attempting to make such au application after her oondust to-
wards her husband, and stated that he could not admit any person
whom Mrs. Hamilton did not visit, and if after this, she slimed
attempt to come, he would give the servants orders not to admit
her to the palace..
Cross-examined by Mr. Scastat-r—.When I applied to Mrs.
Bligh to return, she said she would not, as' she had been beaten
by him, and that shq would never return ; shy Paid that she had
written to her friends in England, and would take no stops until
the should receive an answer.
Dr. G. Hyde sworn and examined by Mr. Sergeant Wit.ne—
I am a physician attached to the Embassy at aance ; 1 eilVf
Welleeley end Mrs. 'Mg!, frequently at Paris in 1824 ; they lived
only a short distance from each other ; I saw then, first in the
month of July 1824 ; I knew Mrs. Bligh ; in 1817 I attended Mrs.
Bligh; and again, in 1824, at the request of Mr. Wellesley; they
quitted Paris in July 1824 ; they passed by the name of Smith ; I
had several communications from It. Wellesley of a private na-
ture respecting his situation with regard to Mrs. Bligh ; I cannot
tell whether she heed a child or was pregnant at that time ; I do
not recollect Mr. Wellesley's ever mentioning to me the corn..
mencing of his intimacy with Mrs. Bligh ; I attended Mrs. Bligh
on the 15th July, 1824; she WOO at that time pining by the
name of Smith; I did not see them altar the year 1824 ; I heard
of Mr. Wellesley and Mrs. Bligh being in Paris in 1825, but I
did not see them.
Mrs. Parker, sworn, and easmined by Mr. Sergeant
Vauonate—..l live at No. 9, Seymour -place, New-road; a Sur-
geon named Arnold, took lodgings for a Madame Renal, the leery
and gentleman came on the 26th of June, Is2s, the lady slid,
the gentleman was bet husband ; she was very near her confine-.
ment ; they slept together, and left her lodgings 6th of July; when
they left, desiring me to take care of the things, and said they
should return in the evening ; the gentleman returned; he went
to bed ; and the lady cams home and took some coffee up to his
bed-room ; afterwards beard that the gentleman was Mr. L.
Welleeley, and the lady Mrs. Nigh; I afterwards saw her at Na.
Yorle-otrees, Peetattsus-eittare I saw a vial the room :
r was then satisfiesd that the lady was Mrs. 13ligh ; they left a greatt many papers behind, when they left nay house in a great henry;
a police officer came to the house Oil the Saturday following the
Thursday they left the house, Capt. Ethgh also Caine to the hoisse
and claimed the boxes and paper..
Cross-examined by Mr. Scant:in—Severe paper, were taken
away by Capt. Bligh. The papers found in Mre. Parker's house
belonging to Mrs. Bligh were then put in and read as follow, :
Copy of a Letter in the hand-writing of Mrs. Bligh, anal
dressed to " Monsieur Long Wellesley, Posta Reiterate, a Cie.
nova." It bears the post-mark " Genova, 17 April."
(This date must be April, 1824, for it appears by the nitrite
in Mrs. Bligh's book that she arrived at Florence, October 15,
1823, and left Florence for Paris on April 11, 3824.)
Genova Albergo, dells pasta, Friday morning.
1 arrived here late last night, perfectly knocked up, and in con-
sequence have been obliged to remain here to-day, as I really area
very unwell, and 1 am quite sure were I to go on without stopping,
I should be laid up on the road.

I lam quite astonished to find you have net as yet made your
appr.arance at this place. What am Ito conjecture? I nut a
family on the road, who had left Schneideriffs, on Monday, and
they told me you were still there ; I cannot, and will not believe
' this, as I am quite sure you would not deceive me, or break
your word. It would, indeed, be cruel of you were you to at-
tempt to deceive me, for I have always placed such perfect confi-
dence in you, and in what you have told use, that it would be
a and return. I must confess I cannot possibly think what has
occurred to detain you on the road ; surely Pisa ran have no
charms to detain you. I told you that the plan was to stop
there, and also to do so here, and at Turin. My God ! if you
allow this, you will be I don't know how long on the road. I
cannot say lam flattered. I have done all that woman can do
for you, and you prefer obliging every one but poor use, who,
you must be perfectly certain, is wretched. I left Florence► and
hurried on here, becalms I knew you wished it. I have made no
objection. whatever to all your plans, and in return I only ex-
pected you would make our separation us short **possible, but,
alas! you prefer muting yourself on the road in frOary town you
come to. Ah, Wellesley, ill this kind of you! Excuse sue for
writing thus to you ; but I am wretched-4 my
thoughts are enough to distract any one; for God.* sake do not
deceive me! I have never—never done so to you. Pray remem-
ber your promises, and your word of honour. Do not—.oh, do
not make me have cause to be more wretched than I ant ! I shall
leave this to4norrnw morning, but are I go, I shall ones more
endeavour to find out if you have arrived. What I would give to
see you for a few minutes ! Write to me, pray, and tell me all,
and how you are ; I Lope and trust that you are quite recovered.
I shall be at Turin un Monday, and shall leave it next day if I ant
able, therefore,' inquire when the post that leaves this to.morrow
will be there; if you think I cannot get your letter-there, direct
it to Catubray. I have seen no one here, nor have I been out of
the hotel since my arrival. God hives you! and ever believe me
with truth, yours, &e.
Excuse this scrawl.•

A Monsieur Long Wellesley, Pieta Restante, a Germ,

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you. When I got here, I
heard you were quite well stud st Leghorn, whore you lied bean
fur ten days, which surprised me much, ea you Dover told ant you
had any asong there. On the eentrery, you osurell
Me you
would wka cll the haste in your power to pt to Ptri3.
What mute yop change your phuis I know not, but I think you
maw cu as you promised ins. Excuse me for being
ought to have
so candid as to tell you this. I left Florence at your request,
when I teas really very unwell, and made all the haste in my
poke,,
to
go to Genoa, 4114 intended to have proceeded imum-
dicudy to Turin, but when I heard you were still at Fictexic,, „„a
rvturnod. I shall say no more on this subject, until I know
thereavou why you went to Leghorn; but surely you ought nut
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to treat too so unkindly—and write me AO harsh an epistle when I
to blunt.
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ant God only knows when that will be, for
it appears to me, thatit is your intention to remain AS long Ai pos-
sible on this horrid journey. You =not love too, ray den tet