The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

:Whatever variances as to minute detail may be foun
1; in the private eorrespondence to the Ist inst. which read
ed us yesterday.; arid is elsewhere inserted, the genes
cotrtptexion of the intelligence favours a belief that Chave
and therother rebels are in full retreat by the road of C(
!orico towards the Spanish frontier. And as a movemee.
of that nature might have been expected to follow
contact between the rebels and the British troops, ha
the former been bold enough to wait for such an experi
meat, so is it doubly satisfactory to know that the retro
grade movements of these traitors in Spanish pay, wen
'produced by the spirit, activity, and loyalty, of their owe
Constitutional countrymen, who appear to have beaten
them in several petty actions, and to have defeated their
whole plan of operations, before a single. British soldier
set his foot on the shores of the Tagus. The extent to
which corruption had spread itself throughout the Portu-
guese army, may be judged by the number of officers who
•deserted their standards, among the last of whom was the
Colonel commanding inter in the fortress of Almeida,
wh. o deliveredit up to the rebels without firing shot.—
The importance, howevir, of Almeida has been grossly
exaggerated in the Quotidienire gild other servile Papers,
where they talk of it as Cl 4, of the most valuable fortresses
for the defence of Portugal. Almeida was never any
thing but a foci.: Of very limited dimensions, the proper gar-
Jason of which, when its works were perfect, did not ex-
ceed, if we remember rightly, 1,000 or 1,200 men. The
French officer who commanded there during the Penin-
eular war,e,scaped the necessity of a capitulation to a corps
of the iiiuke of Wellington's army, by the desperate ex-
Pe"..C.ient of breaking out at night—an enterprise which was
conducted with surprising skill and gallantry, and with
complete success, the garrison blowing up the fortifica-
tions. Almeida has not since been repaired, It now pre-
sents little more than a post, which forms the point of
convergence for the several roads, as well from Lisbon as
Oporto, to the north-eastern frontier, and embarrasses the
march of an hostile army, for a few hours at least, until
the position shall be turned: Opinions differ, as appears
from the correspondence) respecting the precise duty to be
undertaken by tk British troops, in their character of
allies to Portugal. If it be true, as asserted by some of
the writers, that conspiracies were still hatched, and poli-
tical 'explosion; looked for, at Lisbon itself, so late as
when the I:illiforcement from England was lying at anchor
in the oay, it seems probable that the protection of the
ca:intal would, as the most essential of all services, de-
' volve upon Sir William Clinton. Lisbon, on the other
hand, being once fully provided for, a line of posts occu-
pied by British troops towards the frontier, with Elvas for
the centre of their movements, would soon, we suspect,
quiet any troublesome disposition in the Spanish Court to
make further attempts on the independence or territory of
its neighbour. In the mean time, unless the Camarilla
be gen-, altogether crazy, or unless it be conscious of some
secret resources and reliances which we do not yet under-
stand, the real state and prospects of the insurrection
which it has instigated, may be judged with more accu-
racy by the tenour of... Mr. Lamb's despatches, when that
gentleman communicates the resolutions of the Spanish
Ministry,. than by any information accessible to the public
from the side of Lisbon.—Tintes.

The hasty manner in which we yesterday published our
extracts from the Lisbon Papers, prevented us froni taking
a nearer view of the positions and movements of the Por-
tuguese Apostolicals. We had already, by our previous
remarks, prepared our readers for a kind of military cam-
paign, which commenced from the moment the Marquess
de t'haves crossed the Douro in front of Lamego, all his
previous operations since his entrance into Tras-os-Montes,
and advance to the line of the Tamega, having been little
else than desultory attacks for an object in which he was
foiled, and, as we several days ago stated, on that account
compelled to change his plans. We are not even now, at
least from the papers and letters before us, which were
not delivered at the Post-office till yesterday, enabled to
state more accurately than before, the precise number of
the rebels, and the class of_ troops of which the main
army cf the Apostolicals is composed ; but it is very
clear that the regulars have not much increased since the
Silveiras crossed the Spanish frontiers, and as to the
Guerillas following in their train, or operating on their
flanks, they cannot be taken into account, in a military
point of view, unless it is as far as they create confusion
ai the open and defenceless towns and villages which they
approach, as they are not prepared to fight, their only ob-
ject being plunder. We have been induced to say the
main array of the Apostolicals, not because of its numbers
or imposing-attitude, but because it is commanded, such as
it is, by their leader, the Marquess de Chaves, who has left
behind him a division, or, from its size, we should rather
say detachment, operating in his rear, and intended, no
doubt, to secure his retreat into the province of Tras-os-
Montes, in case of emergency. It is the movements of
these two divisions which it is necessary now to trace, in
order to understand the present state of the war in Portu-
gal, which will become perfectly intelligible, when the
positions and counter movements of the Constitutionalists
are also explained. It is very clear, as we have on seve-
ral occasions noticed, that the main object of the Marquis
de Chaves, in penetrating into the North of Portugal, was
to enter the province of Minho and proceed to Oporto,
whilst his colleague, Magessi, advanced from the South,
in a menacing attitude on Lisbon, eventually intending to
form a junction, for the purpose of moving towards the
capital. Both, however, found, in the course of their pro-
gress, that the inhabitants were not so ready to side
with their party as they at first expected; and that the
lare:e sums of money, which had been confided to agents,
scattered over the country, with the view to bribe the
soldiery, had not produced the number of partisans on
vehose co-operation they relied. Magessi, it will be re-
Membered, was early driven back from Alentejo, be-
yond the Spanish lines, and although he is again stated to
have made his appearance, by the accounts of yesterday,
at Almeida, we have not been able to discover whether
he brought thither the -foiee with which he retreated into
Spain. If he has brought back with him any force, we
can only-say, that it is an additienal proof of the duplicity
and fraud with which the Government of King Ferdinind
is'acting; as, in the Circular put forth by M. Salmon, he
distinctly asserts, that express and peremptory orders had
been given to disarm Magessi and his party, at the same
time that We noticed the reception he met with at San Vi-
centi, after liireturn, by the Military, Civil, and Ecclesi-
astical Authorities, who refitted him, and accompanied
him part of the, way to the Portuguese frontiers. If he
has now a force, it is evidently employed as a garrison at
Almeida; which place, we find, contrary to our expecta-
tions, is in the hands of the rebels, owing, it is added, to
the illness of the old Governor, Pego, or rather to the
treachery.ofhis subStitute. Almeida, however, which has
evidently been a bloodless conquest, and effected, most
Prct4a4lY, -in French francs, is no other than an isolated
point on the Spanish frontiers, without affording any faci-
lities of access into the interior. It is, besides, no longer
in the same state in-which it was in 1762, when it cost
Count De Aranda a whole campaign, and by the delay
thus occasioned to the Spaniards. saved Portugal, for the
remaining part of the war
ings and countermarches was spent in uncertain wander-
, , without any
n decided or proper
object, similar, in snort, to the
co
Marquess de Chaves, whilst, in the
of the present
the interval, the ef-
feetive defence of the kingdom sea,. organised, and the
people roused from the state of doubt and torpor into
which they were sunk. But to return to the military
movements. After failing in his two attacks on the
bridges of Amarante and Caves, the Apostolical Leader
changed his plans, and leaving behind him a
division
prepared,
or
rather, as we have already said, a detachment, he
to cross the Douro, in front of Lamego. Before we ac-
company the Marquess de Chaves into Beira, where it was
not likely, for the moment, lie could meet with any oppn:
sition, we will briefly state what happened to the de.
tachment left behind, on the eastern bank of the Tamega.
From the Lisbon War Office Reports, it appears that
this force, commanded by Colonel Cachapuz, and con-
sisting of 500, men, armed with Spanish muskets, on the

21st of December, attacked the advanced posts of Co-
lonel Zagallo, near Ferrel, and the bridge of Miserella,
and were completely defeated. The object of this de-
tachment was evidently to open a road to Braga, by the
pass of Salamonde, the only entrance left into the pro-
vince of Minho, when once the line of the Tamega and
left bank of the Douro are covered. This detachment,
therefore, and the loose parties of Guerillas co-operating
with it, have only the range of the province of Tras-os-
Montes, that of Minho, the most important, perhaps, in the
kingdom, being completely protected by the Marquis de An-
geja, whose head-quar_ess were at Braga on the 26th, and
General Mello and Colonel Zagallo, who covered the long
line of the Tamega. The defence also of Oporto was
complete; several corps of volunteers had been organised
and were doing duty there, the inhabitants making every
possible secrilice, and General Stubbs, the Governor,
writes in the highest spirits and confidence. On-the side
of Minho, therefore, all is perfectly secure. We will now
follow the Marquess de Chaves' movement with the main
army. After crossing the Douro in front of Latnego,
where that river ceases to be navigable, he entered the
city, and immediately occupied himself in forming a Re-
gency, and doing acts in the character of Regent, of which
we will give an outline to-morrow. Finding, however,
that he was losing time, and obtaining no reinforcements,
he pushed forward to Vizeu, by the open road. This is
an episcopal city, situated between the rivers Mondego
and Vouga, in the centre of the province of Lower Beira,
and famed in Portuguese history. It contains the tomb
of Roderic, the last King of the Goths, besides many cu-
rious remains of Roman antiquity. This movement de-
notes his wish to make an attempt on Coimbra, having
failed on the side of Oporto, provided he could gain
strength in the line of his march, and he pushed on
his vanguard as far as Tondella. In the mean while,
however, the Constitutionalists had anticipated this
movement, the more completely, as the Marquess
de Chaves had lost time by quietly sitting down at La-
mego, to perform a few acts of sovereignty. General
Claudino, having come down with sixteen hundred
men from Amarante, crossed the Douro by the bridge of
Oporto, and, according to the last accounts, was left ad-
vancing along the sea-coast and road of eire, towards
Aveiro, evidently for the purpose of co-operating in Lower
Beira, in front of Coimbra. On this side, General Aze-
redo, the Governor of the province, had also collected his
forces, when finding that the rebels had come on to Vizeu,
and pushed their vanguard to Tondella, without waiting
for General Claudino, he advanced on the latter place,
which, on the 27th (Dec.), he says, " he entered, the
vanguard of the rebels having retired, after plundering
some !louses in the town." He then adds, that the rebels
were withdrawing from Vizeu by the road of Mangualde,
but that he intended to march en Vizeu the next morn-
ing, the rebels being then only five leagues in advance.
If the rebels have taken the road of Mangualde, it is
very clear that, foiled on the side of Coimbra, although
General Azeredo had only a small force, and had not
yet been joined by General Claudino, they feel them-
selves compelled to take a devious route towards Al-
meida, having on their left flank Count Villa Flor,
who was at Guarda on the 25th, whence he announces
his march on Celorico, ins the direction of Vizeu. It is,
therefore, easily deducible, that the Constitutionalists
have not only been active, but that they have proceeded
with judgment. The rebels, leaving behind them the
chief forces of their antagonists, pursued their march forty
or fifty miles into the interior of an open country, where it
was evident they could for the moment have an unob-
structed range, and try the pulse of the inhabitants.—
Their position, however, in the centre of Beira, became
more dangerous, from the moment -Gen. Claudino was
known to be advancing on their right flank, Gen. Azere-
do in front, and the Marquis de Villa Flor on their left.
The several movements of these three officers, tending to
the same centre, could not fail to place the leader of
the Apostolicals in a critical situation, as he was without
a point d'appui, at a distance from his resources, and,
besides, exposed in an open country, without cavalry or
artillery. Unable to advance on Coimbra, with the
Estrella mountains in his front, no other, movement
was left him than a retrograde one towards Almeida.—
The movements of the Count Villa Flor may be consider-
ed extremely judicious. It is acknewledged by military
men, that the most eligible line of positions that can be
taken for the defence of the most important part of Por-
tugal, is drawn from the Douro along the Sierra de Es-
trella, commencing at Lamego, and passing through Tran-
coso and Celorico to Guarda. These are all excellent
stations, and if the plan was intended to obstruct the ad-
vance of a regular army, a denomination which can
scarcely be bestowed on that of the Marquess de Chaves,
they may be strengthened by field-works. The only line
of retreat open to the rebels is towards Almeida, and
there consequently they must be closed in as their pur-
suers advance and concentrate. The rebel party which
attempted to impede the entrance of Count de Villa Flor
into Guarda, and were beaten, also retreated towards Al-
meida, and we notice were commanded by a new person-
age, in the Apostolical Cause, viz. Baron de Molelos.—
He is a military man, and created a Viscount in 1823, as
a reward for his anti-constitutional principles, although
his political tenets, apparently at least, were of a dif-
ferent stamp. He held, ad interim, the portfolio of the
War Department, at the commencement of the Revolution,
and when the Junta of Oporto joined that of Lisbon. He
was, however, discovered sending private letters, in order
to counteract the T--!blic dispatches he forwarded to
General Victoria, the Commander of Beira, at the time
he was attempting to counteract the progress of the
Revolution, in concert with the late Count de Amarante, the
Marquess de Chaves's father. He, however, subsequently
held a seat in the Cortes, aithough he was always known as '
an adherent of the Silveira party, and a man of a double cha-
racter. He is, nevertheless, a prudent and reserved man, and
must have had some stronginducements when he entered into
the Apostolical cause, at this late hour, and in the stage in
which it now is. Of course, we must wait for further
advice's before we can form a correct opinion of the future
plans of the Marquess de Chaves, and whether his last
movement is connected with any aid expected from the
Spanish frontiers. The effect of the arrival of British
Troops in the Portuguese capital, and the demonstrations
made by our Government, can scarcely have been felt at
any distance in the interior, when the packet came away.
The Lisbon letters we have seen are full of confidence ;
and we learn that dispatches, reported to be of a very fa-
vourable nature, dated the 2d instant, have been received
by Government, conveyed on board of the packet when
she was under weigh. We further notice, that there have
been some movements of Spanish troops on the side of
Galicia, but their object does not seem to be known.—
Morning Chronicle.

The affairs of the Peninsula have, for some time, pre-
vented the state of South America from attracting that at-
tention, which it would otherwise have excited. That
quarter of the world, after all that it has suffered from a
long succ',;ssion of revolutions and changes, seems still to
be at a distance from the enjoyment of that internal quiet
and permanent repose, which are essential to the progress
of industry and wealth. Specks have made their appear-
ance in its political horizon, which augur future tempests
and convulsions. The foolish war, so madly commenced
by the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, against Brazil,
has plunged Buenos Ayres into the greatest pecuniary em-
barrassments. But these embarrassments have not pre-
vented the Government from making great exertions
against the foe. Considerable bodies of troops have been
collected, and are now on the frontier of Brazil. Their
destination is to invade the provinces of Rio Grande and
San Paulo; and if that invasion takes place, the Emperor
of Brazil may find himself in a very awkward situation.—
In these two Provinces, particularly in San Paulo, a spirit
of discontent prevails ; and the adherents of the party,
at whose head the Andrades formerly were, are
still numerous. The appearance of Republican invaders
will call forth insurrection, and Brazil will have to struggle
with civil as well as foreign war. Another important fea-
ture in South American politics is, the refusal of the pro-
vinces of the Rio de la Plata to acknowledge the new

State of Bolivia; a refusal, which may embroil it with its
neighbours, but which is entirely consistent with the prin-
ciples on which it has acted of late. BUenos Ayres claims
the Banda Oriental from Brazil, because' that province,
having formerly been a pal tof -the Spanish Vice-royalty
of La Plata,, ought therefore to be a part of the new re-
public. Upon the same principle it must next make war
upon Paraguay, and must refuse to recognise, Bolivia; for
the ancient Vice-royalty comprehended within its limit
the whole of Paraguay, and those provinces of Up-
per Peru, which are now included in Bolivia. It
would not be easy to discover any rational ground for
the pretension, that the new republic of the Rio de la
Plata has a right to whatever belonged to the Spanish
Vice-royalty. The pretension, however, is not only
advanced, but it is acted upon; and it is most ex-
cellently adapted to propagate dissension and distrust
among the new States of the American continent.—
The late proceedings of Bolivar, too, menace the tran-
quillity of the New World, and tend not a little to justify
the worst suspicions which have been entertained with re-
spect to his projects. The authority of such a man, even
if he should not abuse it, or attempt to augment it by
execrable means, is accompanied with so many circum-
stances calculated to inspire distrust, as to render it per-
nicious to South America. It is an authority which cam-
not be contemplated as laying a foundation for the peace
and tranquillity of those countries to which it extends; on
the contrary, it keeps them in a state which will be deem-
ed transient and temporary. They have still changes to
go through, before they attain to a condition of permanent
repose; and the apprehension of those changes causes
them, in the mean time, to be in a great measure lost to
the commerce of the would.—Anew Times.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, TUESDAY, JAN. 16.
WELLESLEY V. THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT.
(Concluded from our paper of yesterday.)

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would now address himself to the
facts of that part of the case which related to the continuance of
the illicit intercourse between Mrs. Bligh and Mr. Wellesley. He
was quite sure that no person in the world, and much less that
any lawyer, would contend that simple adultery would incapacitate
any man for the guardianship of his children, if he had enbse-
quently recovered from the commission of such offence, and re-
traced his steps from vicious paths. .In this view it was, that he
(the Attorney-General) thought his Lordship's question respecting
the continuance of the adulterous connexion a most proper one.
Agreeing, however, as he did, with his Lordship, that the continu-
ance of the adultery had been fully proved without the subsequent
affidavits, yet he was happy that be had those affidavits, because
they would prove that that witness was not unworthy of belief.
The first of these to which he should call the attention of his Lord-
ship was that of Mrs. Hodges. This deponent swore that she
was employed as house-keeper to Mrs. Bligh, who was then re-
siding in York-street ; that she was in the habit of convey-
ing letters to Mr. Griffiths, at No. 1, Baker-street, Portman-
square; that Mr. Wellesley's groom used to come to York-
street with letters to Mrs. Bligh, riding upon one horse and
leading another, which deponent had seen Mr. Wellesley ride;
that Mrs. Bligh was in the habit of using the lowest and most
vulgar expressions, expressions which, although they were in the
affidavit, he (the Attorney-General) would not disgust the Court
by reading, but he must remind the Court, that when Mrs. Scott
swore to the fact of her using such expression as "d
—d b—h,"
&c., it was objected that Mts. Scott's assertion could not be cor-
rect, because no lady could possibly have made use of such lan-
guage. Here, howeVer, was another witness who corroborated
Mrs. Scott's statement, and proved that Mrs. Bligh did use such
language. The learned counsel then read the affidavit of Eliza-
beth Campbell, who deposed to the same effect, and also to having
seen Mr. Wellesley in the house, in his dressing-gown and slip-
pers. The learned counsel then adverted to the affidavits of the
Misses Long in answer to that of Mr. Wellesley, in which they
stated; that among the papers in their possession, which Mr. Wel-
leaky stated to be important for his defence, there were none
which were at all connected with the subject now before the
Court. He then went on to observe, that he thought the fact of
the' continuance ofthe adultery preyed to demonstration. And the
learned counsel then concluded by praying his Lordship not to
give up the children to the-guardianship of Mr. Wellesley.-
SnanwaLL-would, first -of-eelli -call the attention of -his
Lordship to the affidavit of Mr. Wellesley, which was sworn on
-the 2d, and re-sworn on the-6th of February in the last year. Mr.
Wellesley,there deposed, that in cdetseqUence of a letter from his
late wife, on the 6th or 7th of the preceding July, he came from
Calais, as soon as his health would permit him, to see her, in
Clarges-street, &c. In contradiction to this affidavit, Mr. Shad-
well then read the affidavit (which has been published) of the
person at whose house Mrs. 'Bligh and Mr. Wellesley lodged,
under feignednames, in which it was stated, that they caine:to
her house in June, and continued there until the end of .July.
July.
The learned counsel said, that upon a comparison of these affi-
davits, he would ask, whit sort of honour (which had been talked
so loudly of) could be supposed to dwell in that man s breast, or
what faith could be placed in that man's oath, who could swear
as he did about coming to his wife in July, as soon as he saw
her letter.

Mr. Wellesley here attempted to make some observation.

Mr. SHADWELL..--I Will not be interrupted.
Mr. HART said, that gr. Wellesley had not sworn in that
affidavit that the letter came from hie wife to him. He had
merely sworn that he left Calais in consequence of a letter from
his wife : he had no where said that he received the letter.
The Loan CHANCELLOR read the affidavit.

Mr. SuarivrELL here read that parr of the affidavit from his
brief, by which it appeared that• Mr. Wellesley had deposed that
he (Mr. Wellesley) received the letter. Mr. Shadwell continued.
He had been interrupted and contradicted; but he certainly had
stated the matter correctly, at least according to his brief, when
he said that Mr. Wellesley had deposed, that about the 6th or 7th
of July he set out for England, in consequence of a letter received
from his wife. He had also to state to his Lordship, that this
letter, which was set forth in the affidavits of the Misses Long,
would not have been read if Mr. Wellesley had not been sworn
that he had always treated his late wife with affection and respect.
The Learned Counsel here read the letter which was addressed to
Lord Maryborough by the lat. Mrs. Wellesley. It complained of
the bitter• wrongs and the cruet sufferings which she had received
at the hands of her husband ; of his having made her the victim
of infamous women, and declaring-that she would not forget the
respect due to herself and her family by continuing any longer
even the name of a connection with him. This, continued Mr.
Shadwell, was the man who treated his wife with respect and
affection. Mr. Shadwell then referred to another letter; upon
which

The Loan CHANCELLOR asked if that was the letter found by
Parker, and marked in the affidavit by letter A.
Mr. SitAnwxu—Ycl, it is.
Mr. HART said it was very easy to say yes, but that it was
obtained surreptitiously from Mrs. BHA.
Mr. SHADWELL said that the letter was stated to have been
left by Mrs. Bligh at Seymour-place, where it was found. It I
was a letter from Mr. Wellesley to Mrs. Bligh, and Captain
Bligh had allowed them to use the document. Mr. Shadwell
here read the letter, which acquainted Mrs. Bligh with his being
ill ; that the doctor said, it must either be the disease
or the king's evil ; but that he (Mr. Wellesley) would be - if
any of his family ever had the latter disease. It concluded by
stating, that he had only had twelve dozen (as we understood the
number) women since he last saw Mrs. Bligh, but that he should
soon make up the 1,003. The Learned Counsel here alluded to
the expression in Mrs. Wellesley's letter, of her husband having
made her the victim of infamous women, and observed, that it
was easy to understand the meaning of it.
Mr. Wellesley—Hallo ! Not a bit. No such thing. I beg
your Lordship will not allow any such imputation.
The Loan CHANCELLOR __l know of no such fact, Mr. Wel-
lesley; no such fact is in evidence.
Mr. SHADWELL repeated the expression, bad a right to reason
upon the expression, and believed his, to be the right interpreta-
tion of it.

Mr. HART here rose, and mid that he objected to this letter
altogether; bat more especially did he object to the falsification of
documents. Much stress has been hid upon Mr. Wellesley having
sworn that he came to England in consequence of a letter which
he had received from hit wife. The impression upon his (Mr.
Hart's):mind certainly was, that Mr. Wellesley had not sworn any
such thing.
The LORD CHANCELLOR here consulted his copy, and said it
appeared that Col. Shaw was stated to have received this letter,
and not Mr. Wellesley.
Mr. Wellesley.—Ah ! ah ! There
it is, you see.
The LORD CRAVCRLLOR.-Mr. Wellesley, I will have decency
observed.

Mr. SHADWELL would now continue, insisting only, first,
that it had been proved that the adultery of Mr. Wellecley and
Mrs. Bligh was being carried on at a house in Seymour-street ;
and calling attention to the affidavit of Dr. Southgate, who
swore, that he attended Mr. Wellesley in September, 1824.
who was laid up with secondary symptoms of a complaint; that

he had a relapse in December, 1825, in consequence of which he
(Dr. Southgate) advised him to go to Paris for advice, where
he was under a course of mercury, in consequence of his jaw
becoming carious. The learned counsel said, that be now came
to the important part of the case—the issue of truth which had
been solemnly tendered by Mr. Wellesley. In an affidavit sworn
by Mr. Wellesley on the 3d of February, 1826, he denies that he
(the deponent) is living in open adultery with a 3lrs. Helena
Bligh; and in another affidavit, of the 23th of February, 1826,
sworn by Mr. Griffiths, he (Mr. Griffiths) deposed, that he had
not seen him living in adultery with Mrs. Bligh, and that to the
best of his belief he was not. Now, he (Mr. Shadwell) was
very well aware, that if one of them were in Paris and the other
in London, the adultery could not then be actually going on ;
but if it had existed prior' to their separation, and if measures
were taken to renew it upon their meeting again, then it was
much the same thing as if it were actually going on.
The Lott') CHANCELLOR. said, it would be very important if
it was proved that it was merely a temporary absence which en-
abled Mr. Wellesley to make this affidavit.
Mr. SHADWELL then referred to several affidavits which have
been previously published, all which tended to support the
continuance of the criminal intercourse between Mrs. Bligh and
Mr. Wellesley. The Learned Counsel also read the affidavits of
the servants of Mrs. Wellesley, which deposed to the conduct of
Mr. Wellesley„, when he got into the house of his wife in Clarges•
street, on the 7th of July. The Learned Counsel thought that
there could not be, after reading these affidavits, any doubt as to
the existence of the adulterous intercourse at this time; and he
must now call the attention of the Court to the affidavit of Mrs.
Scott. Mr. Shadwell here read Mrs. Scott's affidavit, which has
been published, and speaks to her being engaged by Mr. Turner
in February, 1826, to go to Calais to fetch Afrs. Bligh's child ; to
her subsequent engagement with Sirs. Bligh as housekeeper ; to
the conduct of Mrs. Bligh while she (deponent) remained in that
capacity ; to her returning home at the hours of two, three, and
four O'clock in the morning, to York-street, and to her disguising
herself in deponent's clothes. He then read the affidavit of Maria
Evans, a servant of Mrs. Bligh's, Who deposed that Mrs. Bligh
was not in the habit of using bad language ; that Mrs. Bligh seldom
quitted her house at all ; that she never knew her stay out till
three o'clock in the morning; that she must have known it if she
had so stayed out; that Sirs. Scott did not always sit up for
her mistress, but that she (deponent) did so also. The Learned
Counsel here commented upon the inconsistency of the deposi-
tion. The deponent first stated, that her mistress scarcely ever
left the house, and then said that Mrs. Scott used not always to
sit up for her mistress, for that she (deponent) did sometimes.—
The deponent went on to state, that she did not believe that Mrs.
Bligh was in the habit of wearing Mrs. Scott's clothes ; she never
knew her to do'so except on one occasion, and that was for the
purpose of going to the Court of Chancery to hear the Wel-
lesley cause. Mr. Shadwell then read the affidavit of Sarah
Little, another servant of Sirs. Bligh's, who deposed to the same
effect, except that she did not believe that her mistress ever wore
Sirs. Scott's clothes; and Mr. Shadwell observed, that the first
affidavit, that of Maria Evans, supported a part of Mrs. Scott's
statement, while Sarah Little contradicted them both. The
Learned Counsel went on to read the affidavit of Elizabeth
Hodges, previously referred to by the Attorney-General, and
which corroborated the whole of Mrs. Scott's statement ; and
deposed that from the 29th of June, the time at which deponent
entered Mre. Bligh's service, the adulterous intercourse con-
tinued.

The LORD CHANCELLOR asked if there were any contradiction
about the brothel bills mentioned in Scott's affidavit?

Mr. BEAMES—Yes, my Lord, it is expressly contradicted in
Turner's affidavit, by whom she pretends to have been told of it.
Mr. SHADWELL said, that Turner had merely said in his affi.
davit that, to the best of his belief, he never told her so. The
Learned Counsel then recapitulated the various depositions, and
contended, that by the evidence of the watchmen and others, the
nocturnal rambles of Mrs. Bligh were observed, soon after the
11th of February ; that other evidence showed that she went at
such times to meet Mr. Wellesley, and that Hodges' affidavit
brought proof not only of the continuance of the criminal con-
nexion between the parties up to the 29th of June, but that then,
and subsequently, Mr. Wellesley•and Mrs. Bligh were sleeping in
the same room. Mr. Shadwell concluded by drawing a
picture of the state in which these children would be placed if
given up to the care of their father, with a debauched woman for
their step-mother, a bastard brother or two for their playmates,
and utterly excluded from genteel society, few of the members of
which, and certainly none of the females of it, would condescend
to visit at a house the honours of which were performed by Mrs.
Bligh.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL-JAN. 16.
THE XING V. DIXON AND OTHERS.

Mr. GURNEY stated the case. The defendant Mr. Dixon was
a respectable auctioneer for the sale of horses and carriages in the
city. The defendant'Haselden had formerly been in his employ,
and also carrying on business as a horse-dealer in Coleman-street;
Gray was an aLorney who had rendered himself serviceable to the
other defendants, in carrying into effect the offence they were
charged with ; and the other defendants were persons moving in
humble stations, but who had lent their aid in this transaction,
by proving debts against the estate of Haselden which had never
been due to them. The prosecutors were Messrs. Tattersall of
Gro. Yaor.place. The facts of the case were shortly these :—Hasel-
den ' 4 - ig become considerably indebted to Messrs. Tattersall and
tithe', ', .endants, it was considered that the beat mode of discharg •
ing those debts would by his being made a bankrupt, and in order
that by that proceeding he should suffer as little inconvenience as
possible, it was determined to get a friendly commission. sued
The
alludedh e lear nteod,
andeou counsel
out against him, and two of his friends appointed assignees.
This was accordingly accomplished, and as the. bona fide creditors
the bankrupt, in order to prevent
.detlectio were
part of the horses he had
could not be quite shut out from an exar.nnin,ataiosnetofofthheoaokffasirs of
produced, showing that the princiapa
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enteredha d be been
into
profit. letter also from Messrs. Tattersall
had sold atA aloss ; in the other it was proved
bofdtdheiedbOok
real accounts kept by Hese:den, showing in the one where he had
to Mr. Dixon, relative to his employing Haselden, although he
had said he was a great rogue, also read, together with Mr.
thatrepresented
he had
sold he et
ah
Dixon's answer; stating, that washe did not think it required a
oliainatexaamloisnsa,toiorn
man of moral character or honesty to buy a horse, and although
Haselden might rob him by getting in his debt, he dared not run
away with his money. The learned counsel, after stating that
'p
thealenddg ead newhimself
exceptiono n eo ft oi
ti
issued,ther . accuracyDuinxdoen under which
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hf
yet the
the accountsproved aproduced by Haselden, that the commission of bankruptcy had
prosecu-
tors were appointed assignees, and under which none of the de-
fendants, beenlir
d.a Dixonna ut spe rwc e dhi
tahcdd
single debt, concluded by expressing his conviction that the result
would be a verdict of guilty against the several defendant*.
John Charnock, from the Bankrupts' office, produced the com-
mission of bankrupt issued against Haselden on the 4th of August,
1823.

Mr. Smith produced the order of the Lord Chancellor for
superseding the said commission on the petition of Messrs.
Tattersall.

The second commission of bankruptcy awarded against Mad-
den was then produced.
George Yates, clerk to Mr. Imacke, the attorney for the prose-
cution, having proved the hand-writing of Mr. Dixon and Mr.
Grav, as petitioning creditors under the first commission, stated
that.he attended one of the meetings of creditors, at which Mr.
Dixon and Mr: Marshall acted as assignees.
Cross-examined by Mr. Anor,mics.—There was an appeal from
the Vice-Chancellor's judgment to the Lord Chancellor. There
have been several meetings under the second commission. The last
order was made in August 1825, and this indictment was preferred
immediately after.
Cross-examined by Mr. BROUGHAM-His Honour the Vice-
Chancellor made great complaints of the affidavits not being made
in time; he thought it a very serious charge, and complained
that the respondents should have delayed putting in their affidavits
so long.
George Wettenhall—l am acquainted with the defendant James
Haselden ; he was a horse-dealer in Grub-street before his bank-
ruptcy, and also in Coleman-street. I met him at the Castle
Tavern, in Moorgate, in the year he was made a bankrupt. I had
been intimate with him for fire or mix years. He said that he
wished to become a bankrupt, as he could not pay every one their
own, and wider these circumstances he should pay no one : he
wished to have a friendly docket struck against him. Mr.
Gwennett was present at dinner at this time; he spoke of some
hills, which should be drawn by Gwennett, that should be placed
in the hands of another person, and might be proved under the
commission. This must have been about the commencement of
July. There were several meetings at the Castle, and at the next
Meeting he spoke of a bill to be paid into the hands of Captain
Bailey. We had a meeting in Epping-forest. Haselden, Mrs.
Ruthven, myself and wife, Gwennett, and Gray, were present at
the time. Haselden said, if he could make Mr. Dixon write, he
could get him to strike the docket. There was nothing said about
bills till we returned to town. When the bills were drawn at the
Castle Tavern, Gwennett, Haselden, and I, were present. (The wit-
ness here identified three bills of exchange, one for 200/., and two for
90/. each, accepted by Haselden.) Before the commission issued, I
heard Haselden say he had plenty of money; and at that time he had
plenty of horses, both in Coleman-street and Grub-street. I never
saw Mr. Dixon on this subject before the issuing of the com-

mission. Haselden and myself, and I think Gwennet, had.
a meeting at the Castle in August, before the issuing of the com-
mission. Haselden said lie had made i►lr. Dixon all right, but
net without tipping. I heard afterwards that the commission of
bankruptcy had issued. On the first meeting at Guildhall there
was a meeting at the Two Brewers public-house. I was there,
with Gwennett, Haselden, John Henry Nairne, Oddy,
Gray, and several others. The papers were made out there by
Gray. It was arranged by Mr. Gray and us that we should
prove under the commission. A bill was drawn then in the
room by Nairne. Sealy had introduced Nairne as a person who
could be relied on; he was to prove respecting a horse which)
it should appear Haselden had purchased of him. I fetched the
stamp for the bill myself: it was given to Nairne, after it was
dirtied, and made to have the apr.,•:rance of an old bill that had
been due. A proof paper was then made out, and we went to-
gether to Guildhall. Nairne proved before the commissioners.--
I saw him prove and sign the deposition. (The deposition
was was here produced, alleging that the debt was for
46/. 165., for a horse, chaise, and harness, sold to the
bankrupt.) ()tidy also went to prove under the com-
mission; he was the bankrupt's foreman. I saw Mill-
wood and Sealy prove also. Ilaselden said he lodged with
Millwood at the cottage, and he was to prove for rent. I beard
Sealy tell llaselden he owned him 24/. ; and Haselden
" Yon must take this bill for 1401., otherwise I shall not have
enough in number and value." I think I saw Sealy and Mill-
wood sign their depositions. I proved myself, unfortunately, to
the amount of 87/. ss. Haselden owed me that money. I was
responsible for him for double that amount at that time, and he
now owes ins a great deal mbre. On one occasion, when I went
up Dixon's yard to see Haselden, I saw Dixon, who said to Ha-
selden, that if he could not bring him through his bankruptcy,
he (Haselden) should go into the rules of the Fleet, and he would"
take stables for him in the New-Inn-Yard, in the Old Bailey,
and would furnish him with horses, and the creditors should
never have a shilling.
Thomas Griffiths here produced several notices served on the
defendants to produce the papers alluded to ; and the last exa-
mination of the bankrupt was then read, from which it appeared
that 1/. ss. 6d. and a silver watch, together with his books, bad
been produced by him as the residue of his property, and were
returned to him.

Examinationcontinued.--We dined at the Three Cups on that
day, and Rase'den paid for the dinner. I heard him say, that on
the day he was examined, Mrs. Ruthven had money concealed in
her stays. I dined also at Millwood's house, where Haselden
lodged. There were present Gwennett, Bailey, Marshall, Oddy►
and Gray. We conversed generally on the business, and after
Gray had got intoxicated, he told Heselden that it was in hie
power to put it either one way or the other; and if he did not
behave himself, he would get into the wrong box. I signed
Haselden's certificate. It was signed by Dixon, Allen, Nairn.,
and Oddy.

Francis John Gwennett—ln 1823 I was introduced to Hasel-
den, the bankrupt, by George Wettenhall, at the bankrupt's
stables in Coleman-street; I afterwards saw Haselden several
times, and met him at the Castle in Moorgate. I was asked by
George Wettenhall to accept a bill of 901. odd, for his accommo-
dation. Some time after I had accepted that bill, Wettenhall
informed me that Haselden was about to be made a bankrupt.
It was proposed that Haselden should accept bills which should
be proved under the commission ; the bills were subsequently
and accepted by the bankrupt. (The witness here
identifieddan the bills.) These bills were afterwards put into Bailey's
hands
me,
after
r the commission was issued. I believe those bills were
proved under the commission ; there was no consideration passed
between me and Bailey when the bills were handed over to him.
I dined at Haselden 's cottage with Bailey after the first meeting ;
Gray, Oddy, and Wettenhall were also there. After dinner
some words arose ; Gray had taken some liberties with one of the
females present. Haselden remonstrated with him, when Gray
said, " Be civil, Sir, for I have it in my power either to bring
you through your business, or ruin
issued.
you." I only knew Haselden
by report before the commission I know Richard
Dixon ; and I bought Haselden's break, which Was put up for
sale at Mr. Dixon's. I have
.heard Dixon say to Wet,-
tenhall and Haselden, " Never mind ; I will put you np in
business."

On his cross-examination by Mr. BROUGHAM, he stated that
he did not recollect that Captain Bailey, when it was proposed to
him that he should prove under Haselden's commission, made any
objection on the ground that Haselden owed him nothing. He
debts,o s d
ohissmiwtto
give a memorandum
would not swear that he might not have said that it would be ne-
necessary to work on Bailey's feelings to induce him to prove. He
never suggested a mode to Bailey, by which he might prove on
these bills and. endmvuer his
t()
be conscience.
accountable
he might have suggested this mode to Bailey.
y
Benjamin Sealy, examined by Mr. GURNET—Was a horse-
B after theserproposed
dealer in 1823, at the Leaping Bar, in 01d-street; had attended
two meetings under Haselden's commission, at the Two Brewers.
At the first meeting, Haselden, Wettenhall, Oddy, Marshall,
Alillwood, Gwennett, Bailey, and several others,
were present. The conversation related to Haselden's bankruptcy.
They all pall met there to arrange the proof of debts. Gray did no-
thing in witness's presence. Witness proved a debt; he gave no
instructions to Gray or any one else, to prepare his deposition. A
paper was here shown to witness, which he said was the deposi-
tion on which he proved a debt under Haselden's commission. It
stated that the debt due to him from Haselden amounted to 1731.
l2s. 6d. for horses sold, Rze., for which debt he held no security
whatsoever, except a bill of exchange for the like sum, drawn by
Haselden on Rawlins. In reality, Haselden was not indebted to
witness at that time in this sum, but he had such bill drawn by
Haselden on Rawlins. It was given to him the morning ke went
to prove the debt.

Samuel Bailey examined by Mr. DENMAx.—Had proved cer-
tain bills under Haselden's commission at the request of Gwen-
nett, who had delivered them to him a few days before they be-
came due.

Richard Oddy had been foreman to Hazelden, and proved s
debt pf 50/. under his commission ; he had been present at .two
meetings at the Two Brewers in August. 1823,-and had met Bai-
ley, Gwennett, Millwood, Marshall, Sealy, Haselden, and Gray'
there. He had voted at a choice of assignees for Dixon and Mar-
shall ; the latter did not interfere ; Dixon was the acting assignee.
—(A paper was here shown to witness, which was an account eff
the sale of Haselden's effects, and which witness stated to be in
Dixon's handwriting. In this paper Haselden's corn was stated
to have been sold to Oddy.)

David Pennington knew Marshall, when he was living, as
clerk with Robinson, dbout five years ago. After he left Robin-
son, he had no employment ; heard Haselden say to Dixon that
he could not go into the country until he got his affairs arranged;
on which Dixon replied to him, "Never mind, we will set that
right for you."
Richard Tattersall was in partnership with his brother, Edmund
Tattersall.. They were sellers of horses by auction. In May and
June preceding Haselden's bankruptcy, he had bought horses of
them to above 400/. Witness had examined the bankrupt's books,
and found several false entries in them respecting horses which
Haselden had bought of witness. Dixon bad represented them
books to be correct, saying that he himself had examined them:
Mr. Sergeant Wane then addressed the jury at sortie length for
Dixon, and observed that no credit could be given to witnesses,
who, in the same breath that they give their testimony, ae.know-
ledged themselves to have been guilty of perjury on a 'former
occasion ; besides, it had not been shown that Dixon had attended
any of these meetings, or that he had` had any communications,
with the other defendants ; and he should bring forward a number
of most respectable witnesses to speak to Dixon's character.
Mr. AnoLruns addressed the jury for Gray and Haselden, and
Mr. BaciuGuasi for Marshall, Millwood, and Nairne. Both these
learned gentlemen contended that the witnesses on the part of the
prosecution were totally unworthy of credit.
Above 20 witnesses were then called, who gave Dixon a most
excellent character.

Mr. GUAM then replied, and observed that he should not
press for a verdict against Millwood, because he did not think the
evidence sufficiently strong against him ; but his opinion as to the
guilt of the other defendants still remained unehanged.
The LORD Cutzr JosTica then recapitulated the, evidenso, ob-
serving that the Cash which had been made out against Dixon and
Gray did not appear to be so strong as that which had been made
out against the other defendants.
The Jury then retired, and at half past mu this morning brought
in a verdict of Guilty against all the defendants exeept. Dixon aid
Millwood whom they. acquitted.

BIRTH.
On the 14th inst., at York-terrace, Regent's Park, the lady
of H. Suard, Esq. of a eon. •

MARRIED.
On the 13th inst., at 'Winchester, G. D. T. Tretman, Esq.
of Siston Court, Gloucester, to Elizabeth Anne, only daughter of
T. Deane, Esq. of the former place.

DIED.
On the 14th init., at Carlisle, Wm. Pitt, Eaq. in the 78d
year of hia age.
On the 18th inst., in Gray's Inn, Thomas Whittard, Eaq.
solicitor, aged 69.

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