The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-14 00:00:00

LORD WILLIAM I'AGET AND

MISS BELLEW.
" LORD WILLIAM PAGET'S STATEMENT.
" If I have deferred till the present moment to circu-
late any refutation of the infamous calumnies which have
been published against Lady William Paget and myself,
in various newspapers, it is not because I been re-
gardless of public opinion or indifferent to the just cen-
sure of the respectable, portion of the public press, nut ,
because I have observed through life, that exactly in
per-
portion as both are hasty to condemn in the first -
r Rh
stance, and upon ex parte statements, so, in the end,
they are sure to do ample justice to all parties ; and for
this reason alone I determined to await all the attacks
eta
with which I was threatened, and then to state (as e°11"
cisely as possible) the true facts' of the case, in so far as
I know them, and which I here beg leave to do.
" On or about the 6th of January, Mr. Cassidy,
I had known intimately for a considerable period, and
who had always represented himself to me, and whom If
believed to be the son (or nephew, I forget which) Of lot
whom
Colonel Cassidy, of her Majesty's service, and a men • odi
independent circumstances, introduced Lady WilLhu.' „ye
Paget and myself to Miss Bellew, as a lady w'uos"
acquaintance lie had made in Devon-hire, and to "hoot
he hoped and believed he was shortly to be married. d
" He stated, and which. was the fact, that she bad
arrived in London from Devonshire with himr' the day
before, travelling with him in his carrirre
parried by a Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, both of why?Litijad
had met in London two years ago, but svhoni .010, ,
never seen before or since that time; and
Lady William had never seen in her life. A few days r;
afterwards Miss Bellew invited us to dine with her
..t :t
m ih
Euston Hotel ; and after dinner, taking Lady W 1111;
to her room, shOwed her a shawl and a set of iew'byliv-- se/
which she said had been presented to her that day L'a
Mr. Cassidy (by him estimated at 8001.), but she obseqr.
that they had been accompanied by a letter from 31
Cassidy proposing marriage to her, which she had rea.4
jected (not having known him sufficiently long), all ;1,,,,ap
that she intended returning the presents. t° tit
" The following evening Miss Bellew announce-
Lady William that she had been induced by Mr. a' Car.
sidy to withdraw her letter refusing his hand, and to e -
thin the presents. Thus, it appeared to Lady William
that nothing could be more clear than that at least );I',S
Bellew looked forward to the possibility, if not probain-
lity, of a marriage at some period or other, with Mt' ,
Cassidy. But Lady William took not the slightest in-
terest in the matter.
" She had then seen Miss Bellew but twice in her life ; •
and although (from my having known Mr. Cassidy f0r1,3
long period, and esteeming him exceedingly, and fir. _d
believing him to be in every respect her equal), I rejoc'
myself at the prospect of his marrying so well. Ladyi
William knew little of him him either, and cared as littl
" But if there ever arose any doubts in the mind
Lady William as to the intention of Miss Bellew toot"'
Mr. Cassidy, they were entirely removed (as well they
might be, I think), on hearing from MisS Bellew that she
projected an excursion to Paris with him ; and on learnt;
ing that she had proceeded to that capital, travelling wit
him in his carriage, as usual, . accompanied, however, by
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, and who were the persons that in•
troduced Mr. Cassidy to her in the first instance. .01
" A week afterwards I went to Paris, occompani
by Lady William and my sons. We were in the sat
hotel with Miss Bellew, and dined (that is, Lady Willia""
and myself) with her, at her particular invitation, dal-.
ing the only four days we were there together. Every'
thing went on amicably. I thought I had never see-
,
two lovers play their parts better (according to al
humble notions of those matters), when the denote'
ment took place of Mr. Cassidy being found in Miss
Bellew's bed-room. The next morning Miss Belle
ig
sought refuge with Lady William, and proposed to her
to take charge of and protect her.
" Many reasons prevailed with me for refusing .°
listen to such an arrangement. The first was, that lgtscl
Bellew, being some years older than Lady William (all
Lady William has a son thirteen years of age), and SP-
pearmg to me to be fully as well acquainted with al;
ways of the world, and quite as capable of taking care ,
herself, I did not think she stood in need of any su
#c:;
protection ; but, if she did, I naturally referred her ''''
her particular friend Mrs. Douglas, who had originally b d
troduced her to mr. Cassidy, and with whom she a.
travelled from Devonshire to London, and from thenc,- •'''
to Paris, and with whom she stated she had lived °-
,
terms of intimacy in Devonshire for nine months. ie
" Another trifling circumstance had also some ht.` ,
weight in deciding me, which was, that upon my ren°,,-„ ;
strating with Mr. Cassidy on the brutality and indecell'l
of his conduct, lie exculpated himself by placing in my
hands a note, bearing the initials of Miss Bellew, inak
I,lllr.
t; an assignation to receive him in her bed-room* "e;
these circumstances, I ventured to decline the honour
proposed for Lady William, and Miss Bellew took her
departure from Paris, I heard no further on the subie"
until I learnt, by the public journals, that Lady Williani
and myself had been engaged in inveigling a Ynavg ;•71
heiress from Devonshire to Paris
"Unfortunately, however, for the veracity of theior :11
informants, neither Lady William nor myself had
in Devonshire at all ; nor had either of us accompant, r
' Miss Bellew to Paris, nor did we leave London
several days
,after her departure with Mr. Cassidy; 114 „1,00
had our original intention of visiting Paris the 414
remote reference to her, although, from the acciden;r„'
circumstance of my detention in London, owing tc)
illness of two of my children, I unfortunately mad 9
acquaintance, and thus became entangled with hecolii
her friends in this affair. And, after all, our iknol'.oo
knowledge of this amiable young 'lady extends 1,11
Cite days' acquaintance in London (if, indeed, suet 41f/ 1
trifling intercourse as we had with her during so-.r SiAr' /14
a period can be called an acquaintance), and four '2OB
• ,„ 1
in Paris.
laaY iAf
" The public, I think, will wonder that a young
of rank and fortune (and with clean hands) shoitla rrel—et:
41,0
to the columns of the Satirist, instead of the laws °,l-1 f,O
country, to redress her wrongs and to establish her
cence. * * * * And here I may ask, had Miss ltlet,./,
friends, no father, no uncle, no brother,,no male relatts“°pif
to come forward, and bring to-a just account, by Sqllip .
means or other, some one, at least, among those who; 0, .0
so wronged her ? It would appear she had not.
It has always been been quite clear to jct
what has been the head and front of Lady •J,;l
offence and mine towards this young lady, nanle.;
the rejection of her appeal to us for protection, ti
circumstances in which, I think, as a husband, I "'a;
fully justified. But even for this Lady William is 11°0
to blame (if blame there be), for so utterly, ignorant wre
she of my motives for declining to make her the o°l o
depository of Miss Bellew's virtue; so entirely withonbus
suspicion was she that Miss Bellew entertained all
the most friendly feelings towards her, that, unkneo
to me (and quite as a matter of course), on her arti/ie
in London; she wrote to know when and where s
would see her. Ido not feel called upon to make,4
single remark upon the conduet of any person comnee't-i
with this affair but that of Lady W. and myself ; ha
at
cannot help declaring (WhiCh I most solemnly do)
never saw, on the part of any of the famous cola;
rators, the slightest attempt to influence or control
Bellew in anything ; or anything but the grea,,tog
kindnesS shown to her ; and without attemPa)
to defend the conduct of Mr. Cassidy,
say, that no man could receive the encourageMent._4`;—,4
he always received from Miss Bellew without Plv-Lnc'fe,
right to suppose that she intended to ',become his "it
For my own part, I am quite ready to confess , l than;; •
looked upon a marriage between Mr. Cassidy and
Bellew as so probable an event, and I believed the .rioo
ties to be so equally matched in point of worldly 1M51,1,0'
and circumstances, and both so fully aware of what h'ich
were doing,. that if I did 'say or do anything v`i:thi:t
might have had a tendency to the furtherance oi in
object (but of which- I am ignorant it was 00tic(
accordance with my feelings, and with my,b jot
that there existed ho grounds whatever agcy di
it ; and I am sureif I had been asked by Mr. "'air
to do any thing to forward it, I should unhessie
tingly, have done so. On the other hand, if Mr. Casbo
was himself aware of his impending bankruptcy (fapY
does not at all follow as a matter of course), or 211.. b I' •
of the other parties mentioned were aware of it, wi'le-stit.
do not believe, I can find no words to express my detyfiss
Lion and disgust at such atrocious villainy towards,. je •
8., as well as towards Lady William and mysell',hieh
concluSiOn; I shall only add, that every syllable':„. or
has been tittered or written, whether by, Miss rie"Lt.ftaa
her friends, to the prejudice of Lady William Pag'e
myself in regard to this affair, is a scandalous an"A
Ramous falsehood."
* This letter is in the hands of my solicitor, t 0 tbs
Argyle.slreet, who has my full permission to 'hew "
curious in such matters.

IGN WOOL TRADE,
steF:ily:Ear
firm
mand for the middle and lower qualities of forei
• STATE OF TRADE. The de-
FOREIGN
; but for the finer di‘eisAcßricplitgi
are limited. .
__ Sol,e's;,,
ENGLISH WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARCH 1' '' iitr`e.
.., 1$ 1
during the present week have been limited 'to the itr":. bor '
requirements of the manufacturers, and last week's Pc.-
be "
en with difficulty maintained. ,g light
TRADE FL o EEDS.—With the exception of afe tie
tweeds and fancy goods, suitable for the serhalf..tillee;Oe
market for goods of a general description'continues interriers
dull state which we have notic.d for seine weeks past- wee'
are far from being satisfactory to the manufacturer. The ,or
remare applies to the business transacted in the warebotooetisotry
abhough there have been rather more buyers and c have
001:1: wool ci on egttii
inrei
co,
drapers in the market during the week; their pure lisle to,.
been so exceedingly limited as to cause no pereePt"
provement. ad only
e'
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAII.--We have h
_., by D.
limited attendance of buyers in the p:ece
alters all`borun;
means an active demand. No tiarticular ion. . .0. in
. s dOl P. I
the week there has been about an average business 0 woo
yarn, and prices without alteration. The business dnir_ 'Acting
during the week is of little importance ; buyers efuletest!.
with extreme caution, and only supplying their, 70,100
wants. The Ili istel wool fair was held on Wain business
Thursday, last week. On the first day scarcely anY2; to ac•
was transacted, the holders of wool not being PreParon the
ceps such prices as the buyers could affi,rd to give._ , bet 00
latter day some transactions took place at lower rare; b., tee
the whole, it was a dull fair. The prices denial !Lt.; cost •
grower render it extremely difficult to obtain more
Er
and expenses of transit in this market.—Leeds Mere 0
__—._--r.-_--_..--.---------____—__ of Sic-
A paragraph, headed " Unfounded charge
....r, of
fault at the Treasury," appeared in the morning
trairLto of
Tuesday, copied from the Globe. It had reference to
cfl:ir Ser.
Air. Perkins, ca hier in the office of Paymaster of observer'
vices, which was noticed in the last number of the friendlY
We sincerely wish that the injudicious, but, doubtless, had
of
meddler, who wrote the paragraph in the Glef2tespon of
compelled us to return to this subject, and, in 'nu' _ d• un- •
our own veracity, to state that the charge is not only 11,reiend. of
founded." but unfortunately founded on fact. The :,ad tbeY
this public officer would have acted the wiser pirt
._'l. 0 the
confined themselves to such extenuating circurnstalfZiede a
case could admit of, instead of denouncing as ~ uincre_ toe.
charge of malversation of office, which was notori uaiY
Observer. d J ellkills'
It is reported that either Sir Richar _
_..,i,.
M.P., or William Sprot Boyd, Egl-, the Political Conic
lament.° •
sioner at Paroda, will succeed the ever to be
William M‘Naghten, Bart., as Governor of Bombay.

AND

o circu-

ich have
myself,
seen re-
ast cen-

ess, Olt
r in pro.•
first In-
the end,
and fur #
attacks
(as con-
) far as T
ssr•sy°

whom .
.od, and rod
whom 1t%4
Filch) of vo
man of
og
whose
o
ied.
sh, bad 400
the daY.loo4i J.'
accom-;;! .14111 Q".
whom F firt;l9ll
I had, ..qlOOl
„hom Ai4f
„,
days
r at the
-,
fi
jewels, <,..; al:a
day bYA
erveu
ibinn
3/r.
:had
ig), 1111

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owed t°
dr. Cad.
Id to re.
William
ast );i"
probgb Mi' '3,4
with r' •;„,/
itest
,10
her
dy fora 4
id firm!):
rejLadioiceu ;of
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littie•
mind "`
arc's
tow
roll they
that she •

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lug w'tP
r by
reVe
that in'

,mpant „it
the si.ole
Will
on, dal-.
piery' ,f,
ver seen.
to Ind,
;o1
'denotr"
in rims
;s Bellew
!d to her

fusing
hat Ali°
am (and
and er
with the,
▪ care 01
in Y such
i her to
finally in'
she had
• thoca
lived 0

tS.
Me little
pr remelt.
IdeCeeel
ig in DIY,: .0
makirla
Under
honour
,00k her
subject'
a young

e of df-,f
par„ or
he ca:4r.
-
Observer.
ndlY
frie of
had °of
Ovation
uafnot "
frien, 0
had thef
as tbss
unaeu
asly "tie.

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