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biried in T. duties of hof.pitality, he repaired -in a
, wrll aware that his visits must in the
en.] L'asc Awed to the disgrace of the noble family
to t,-:ac;. under so many obligations and

howl.l by s) many ties.—To passe condign Sefites)Ce
is rzoil.. shottid use the words wh;eh Lady
r.o:obetr% Wt, red when discovered by her husband's

bro:1),-/. I- t',.e law of Engian.l, instead of consider-
,,,i„lLLl-jr as a civil injury, had inflicted on it the
ponkhinent known to our criminal law, the
1•11...tt,e •it'llstile defendaht deserved, and which in
that case w ul I have been passed on him, would tall
stmt of, cts on any mind not entirely seared
:ma callous, of Ova which muit have been produced
tie words with which the partner of the detend tnt's
trim,' upbraided 4, 0 Milimay, you found m-±
innocent ! keine:ober what I was !" The condition
to which the gtilt of t:iis man had reduced Lord
w,s only to be imagined by those wilt) had
exper:enced the 10,s of a wile. Such a loss to a man,
how;ver,•surr,ainded by friends, by kindred, by all
the pleaWr,i•eif the worl.l, was the acme 411.1(11.w
; lit: ov much was the mizery of losing h
wife by death h. low that of reflecting that she was
nor only but wt!tched ; that her children were
not only deprived o 1 a mother's care, but shared a
mother's riiamy. The Jury were to tell 13t itish so-
ciety, whetla.ir or no it was to be liable, in future,
such inroads on all that was sacred in its institutions,
and they would answer well or ill by giving or not
giving e:3O,OtA as damages in the atrocious case be-
tore them."

The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call wit-
nesses.
Mr. Thc,mp,on, from the Consistory Court, Doc-
tors' Commons, produced several letters which had
been tiled there in consequence of a libel propounded
in that Court. _ _ _

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Isaac Hulse WAS acquainted with the hand-writing
of the .Defendant, the letters produced were his hand-
writi:.g.—This witness was valet to the Defendant.
Some of the letters quoted by the Attorney-Gene-
ral were then read. • .
The Honourable F. J. Robinson said he knew
Lord and Lady Rusela.rry, and had had many op-
portunities of observing their domestic life. Lord
Roseberry was a tender and affectionate husband,
and he did not imagine, from any thing he saw, that
Lady Roseberry was iusensible to his kindness. He
never could have imagined that such an event as that
which had occasioned his presence in that Court,
could have occurred. Since the Summer of 1813
he had nut dined so often at their house, and had
consequentiy only seen them in the world.
The other letters of Sir Harry Mildmay were then
plOduceif they contained nothing material in adsli-
tion to those paaseges aohich we have inserted in the
Speech of the Attorney-General, with the exception
Cr a letter to Lady Roseberry, ,after she had left
London, in which he describes his affliction at her
absence, and says that he had left his hair to twist
aod curl-as it would, and utterly neglected his diess ;
he compares himself to Child:. Harolde, Scc. &c.—
This letter ()evil thus—" Angel of Light what a
Heave* of bliss has my Love condensed in one small
letter, but it was not without a mixture of pain, for
she is unhappy, &c. &c. We had a dreadful scene
in the HousrolCommons with poor C. I cannot
but think him innocent."
Lord Volk sedge was acquainted with Lady Rose-
berry the greatest part of her life ; Lord Roseberry
net know •till his marriage; Lady Roseberry
was daughter to Mr. Booverie, witness'a uncle. From
every observation witness made, from a frequent in-
tercourse, no individuals could have lived happier
than Lord. and Lady •Roseberry. they had two sons
and- Replpeghters; Lady Roseberry seemed to be
veg-f0e:4.4.4a; children.
oc:4s-examined by Mr. BROUGHAM..-..Witness had
Married Sir. H. Mildniay's sister;. could not say of
his Own knowledge that Sir' Harry was embartasaed,
litho:Ili he believed the case to be sic
Tl.e Solicitor-General, whose son married a sister
rlf 1.061 Itoseberry, gave evidence to the same effect ;
he always them& Lord Rosebetry's house a perfect
icene of domealle happiness.
L,',rd 'Binning knew Lotd and Lady ROseberry ;
knew the farmer previous to his marriage : after their
Marriage, had opportunities of obierving that they
lived open terms of great happiness. The condo& of
Lord R. tohis Lady was always excessively kind.—
The kindne-s was reciprocal. Lady R. was very food
oF her. children. Sir 11. M;ldmay had a son;who was
nephew to Lady Rose'oerly.
The Honourabte Mr. Primrose, brother to the
Plaintiff,- was neat called. He knew the present Lady
Roseberry previous to and since her marriage, most
intimately. He passed much time with them, and
never salt' two people *who seemed to litre happier to-
gether than Lord and Lady Ruseberry : they were
mutually affectionate. He lost h s &titer in the
month of March last, who was taken 711 at his seat in
Scotland. Witness, in comp:my with his brother, Lord
Itoseberry, -went down to Scotland, to their father's
seat ; Lad-y Roseberry remained in town, with the
Dowager Countess of Roseberry, for a week or ten
days, and then went down to the Roseberry estate, in
N rtolk. The wife of Sir H. Mildntay having died,
that baronet spent some time in Lord Rosebeiry's
family.' The last time witness observed any particu-
lar ellange in the conduct pi Lord and Ludy Rose-
biary was in Scotland, where vaults,- joined them.
He there remarked that they did not live upon good
terms : Lord Roseberry did not seem satisfied with
his Lady. In consequeace of observations which wit.
:less made, supinions were engendered in his mind '
that Lady Roseberry's derneauour was not correct.—
Nothing, however, had transpired which led hint to
believe that there was any thing criminal in her con-
duct. He never had the slightest suspicion of Sir
I 1 Mildmay, and no other person entered his mind.
A c•:mmunication had been made to him on the
Tuesday preceding the Saturday on which the final
discovery was made, which excited in a stronger de.
glee his suspicions, and led him to be more watchful
of Lady Roseberry's conduct. On,; the Saturday,
Lord and Lady Rosebtory, the Ccitanteas Dowager,
and witi,eas, dined together 01 familia. They dined
about six o'clock. As soon as dinner was over, Lady
Raebeiry and the Countess Dowager retired, as was
usual. In about ten minutes after they had r, :Fred,
te Countess Dowager returned to the dining-room,
and stated certain things which immediately led wit-
'less to go out and summon some of his Lordship's
taunts to his as‘iatance. Having called together
hues Pusan, be sent some of them outside of the

castle to keep w.►tch, while he two others, hi, owl•
scrv,lnt and Lorcißbseberry's val .t, prc.ceeded towards
the red bed-chAniber, to which there were serious

ways Olapproli..h. This was Ltdy Itiseberry's cham-
ber. He tried two of the doors which led to the cham-

bee, but found them locked. On corning to the thir.:,
I finding it unlocked with the key (.11 the outside,
and having lucked it, he went to the other door where
the serv.ints were, and attempted to break it open.

The door being 01 nik tcsiste.i their blows for some,
rime, btu- :it length it w.is op,.ned by Lady Roscberty.
Sir H. was then ditcovered by the side o!
the bed which sr,od Ironting a window that oper,c.!

upon a terrace. The curtains of the bed were nut
drawn. Sir H. Kidniay %vas dressed in a large blue
jacket and trowsers and a ri!,l waistcoat, which was

covered with small pearl buttons. His beard was
much grown, and his appearance altogether so dis-
guised, that witness was 01,ged to look twice before
he rec,:g•iised him. Sir Barry came for waid ;
witless did not see any thing at the time is his livid
of th.:m, the witness could not say which, then

said we are iu your power." Lady kosebeiry then
in an entreating tone called upon witness not to chal-
lenge Sir Harry. She exclaimed passionately " pro-
mise me not to challenge him," which witness did
fiery solemay, telling Iner that neither he nor any per-
son connected with him over whom he had influence

should take such A step. S:r Harry MilJmay or Lady
K. then said, he could not tell which, no person but

these present reed know any thing of this ; witness
said this could not be. Sir Harry Mildmay now

alled what %vas to be done ? Witness said, 44 I don't
know of any other course to be taken than for you to
quit the house." Sir H. asked what was to become
of Lady R. ? witness replied, '• the only question is,
whether she is t qu.t the house this night or to-mor-
row morning?" Witness added, that after all that
had happened, he was anxious that no further expo-
sure should take place. He also stated, that the
house wits surrounded, but that he would secure to
Sir H. a safe exit. Sir H. upon this said, " I fancy
that no person can say, that a person in my sititatioo
cannot command a safe exit." He then held out hi>
hand, in which witness, for the first time, beheld a
pistol. Witness then said it would be best that he
should leave the house quietly, as he must feel con-
scious he was bound to go. Lady R. was now cling-
ing to Sir H. while he was swinging his pistol about
in all directions. Witness told him he did not seem
to know what he was about, and. added, " You had
better deliver that pistol to me." Sir H. after some
time, said he would deliver it up, but upon condition
that it should be returned to him on his (pitting- the
house. Witness acceded to this, and Sir 11. deliver-

ed the pistol, saying, " be careful how you use it, for
it is cocked and loaded." Lady Roseberry now ex-
pressed a desire to see har Lard, but witness said
this could not be till his Loidship's permission was
obtained, and this he should not ask till Sir Harry
Mildmay was DAC of the house. Witn.:ss here said
he had forgotten to state, that about ten minutes
after he had got aotinission to the taoin, Lady
Roseberry shevied symptoms of griiag into hyste-
rics, and witness procured leer some salvol wile, for
which Sir Harry Mildmay called in great agitation.
After this Sir Harry Mildniay walked about in great
distress; he said he had nothing to say for himself..
Witness finding him delay so lung, said, " Really,
Sir H. you must go:" In ten minutes afterwards
Sir H. said, " I will never leave her ; you shall not
tear me from her !" Witness being now quite out of
patience, called to Stretch, Lord R.'s servant. who
stood by him, to open the window, which lie was
proceeding to do, when Sir H. produced a st.cond
pisto!. Witness entreated him to be Cahn ; he as•
cured him he meant him no harm, but he must lnsi.a
upon his going out of the house. He wished him to
gir quietly, and had no d.:sire to wound his feelings
untiecessal ay. Sir H. naw begged leave to be left
alone with Lady R. fir a minute. ' Witness said he
• would grant this request, upon condition of his
giving up his second pistol. Sir H. now looked to.
wards him wall a feeling of surprise, and exclaimed,
" Do you tbink, then, that I would do her ( Lady
R.) any harni i'' Witness answered, " No, Ido
not ; bui I should no: feel myself justified in leaving
you together w ita that pistol."- Sir H. gava it up
upon the same co i lition as the jtormer. Witness
having acceded to this condition, Sir H. delivered it
'nto his banal, saying, as he did when he gave up the
lormbr one, '• it is corked and loaded." Witness then
left them. Go going out Sir H. said, " I desire that
no improper cortrlusamb drawn from our being thus
left alone." Witia:ss said with a smile, " Certainly
not." On going into the adjoining dressing-room,
witness unprialed the pistols and poured water into
the pans. In a minute he went back, :rid again urged
Sir Harry to ga, saying, that he would send his bro-
tlitr's servant with him, to prevent interruption. As
lie was preparing to go, L irly Roseberry jumped up,
and exclaimed—" 1 will see my children; nobody
shall prevent me !" Witness flew before her as she
was atteteptiag to leave the apartment, aral, with
gentle violence, detained her, saying, he could not
permit her to go to the children without his brother's
leave, and repeating he would not ask that leave till
Sir H.ary Isllimay was gone. Sir Harry here said,
14 he can do no otherwise." Witness now turned to
Sir 11..rty o ice more, and said peremptorily, " Go,
Sir Harry, I entreat you to go through the window
by wi ich you entered." Sir Harm who still seemed.
unwilling to depart, at length threw himself on his
knees before Lady Rosebeiry, and embracing her
ki.ees, exclaimed, " will you forgive me r' Although.
witmaa could not hear the answer given by L..dy
Roseberry, lie understood her to give an answer in
the ailirtnative. Sir Hairy then. rose and prepared
to go. He took up a large plaid sloth from some
part of the room, and wrapped it round his person
with the „to eatest deliberation and composure: To
Stretch (Lord Roseberry's servant) who assisted him,
he said, " thank you, Stretch." He then asked for
his pist As ; putting them under his jacket, he ran to
the window and jumped out. Witness then adverted
to the period when he first entered the room; he said
he thin remarked, that a neckei chief which Lady
Roseberry had worn round her neck at dinner was off.
She had on a coloured silk goWn,.which was not cut
quite so low in the bosom as the fashion sanctioned ;
one corner of this, he observed, had become unpin-
ned, but still tier Ladyship's bosom was not hide-
cently exposed. On looking to the bed, he perceived
that the centre of it was much indented, as if it had
I been pressed by some extraordinary weight, or as if
Wile persons had leaned forcibly against it. 1