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London, England, 1823-02-15 00:00:00

cut me across the face—don't you see ?"• There was a
large weal across his jaw. Lord Portsmouth told,
witness, one Sunday, that Alder had knocked hins'
down. Ills Lordship had just got up; Mr. Alder
was standing by his Lordship, who got behind witness
to keep him hetween Alder and his Lordship; he
cried very much, and his hand was tut by the graael,l
which witness extracted ; Lady Portsmouth was at
the time standing on the steps, near Mr. Alder;;
Lord Portsmouth went and sat under a tree, and cried'
much ; witness sat down by him ; Mr. Alder came
up, and shaking his fist in Lord Portsmouth's face,
said, " Prepare to fight a duel with me to-morrow
morning ;" Lady Portsmouth was then only twenty
yal-ds from Mr: Alder; Mr. Alder then went and
walked into the hall, arm-in-arm with Lady Ports-
mouth; Lord Portsmouth remained upwards of two
hoars under the tree; no one went to him but Charles
Want, the footman; at the time Lady Portsmouth
used to go to London every day, .Mr. Alder was not
at Fairlawn : this was in 1818. ,Lord Portsmouth
came to witness one morning, about seven o'clock,
and told him Lady Portsmouth had pinched him ;
believed he said in his bed-room : do not now think,
nor ever have thought, Lord Portsmouth of a sound
mind, or capable of managing his private affairs ;
left the service in 1819, in consequence of the ill-
treatment to which Lord Portsmouth was subjected;
gave Lady .Portsmouth warning.
By the Jury.—Lord Portsmouth paid witness what
he borrowed of him ; once paid him two shillings six
weeks after he had borrowed it ; once ptit down in
his account money lent - to Lord Portsmouth ; her
Ladyship paid it to him, but ordered him not,to lend
his Lordship any more money. Lord Portsmouth
and Mr. Alder did not associate. Mr. Alder and her
Ladyship were friendly enough, and always walked
arm-in-arm. Mr. Hanson. sen. was very seldom at
Fairlawn ; thinks he has seen Mr. Hanson talk to
Lord Portsmouth, but it was very seldom indeed.
When his Lordship had taken any one's dung away,
he would say, " he had done them ;" and if he did
not accomplish his object, he would say, " I should
like to do them." Once wanted witness to go early in
the morning to Mr. Webster's, to cart away his dung.
Thomas Broomfield examined by Mr. Tvsuat..—
Lives next door to Lord Portsmouth, at Fairlawn
Grove ; could hear anything that passed at Lord
Portsmouth's, if tolerably loud ; has heard cries of
murder, violent screams, and cries which appeared
to come from Lord Portsmouth. Witness has heard
those cries frequently ; has seen Lord and Lady Ports-
mouth together on the common before the house;
one Sunday was in front of his house with • his wife,
when they saw Lady Portsmouth and a Gentleman,
whom he understood to be Mr. Alder, crossing the
common ; Lord Portsmouth followed them ; Mr. Al.
da turned back and pursued Lord Portsmouth, wins
ran within the enclosure in front of his Lordship's
house; Lady Portsmouth followed; immediately af:er
heard a dreadful noise and outcry, as of a person
being beat severely. Ilas frequently seen Lord
Portsmouth walking about the common in a very
dejected state.
Cross-examined by Serjeant PELL—Lord Ports-
mouth knew- the witness by name; often asked hin;
bow he was, and inquired after hii
Joseph Magg, examined by Mr. PowELL—Went
into the service of Lord Portsmouth as under-gar-
dener and carter in April, 1516, and left the service
el his own accord in 1817 ; there ale two flights of
steps to the house, one at the front and another at the
back ; once saw Lady Portsmouth, a Gentleman, and
Lord Portsmouth, standing together in the hall, and,
Lady Portsmouth 'struck his Lordship violently in
the face ; Lord Portsmouth cried out ; the Gentle.
man then took a whip out of Lady Portsmouth's
hands, with which he whipped his Lordship severely;
he cried out •' Murder," and ran towards the en-
trance; the Gentleman followed him and pushed him
down the steps ; Lord Portsmouth fell at the bottom
of the steps ; he then struck his Lordship again ; Lady
Portsmouth did not interfere. Was very young at
the time ; dues not know who the Gentleman was ;
his Lordship cried very much, and tried to make his
escape, but the gates being locked could not; has
heard Lord Portsmouth say he would not stop there
to be so beat by her Ladyship.
George Teak deposed, that he kept a public-house
in Whitechapel ; formerly worked in the service 'of
Lord Portsmouth, at Fairlawn, as a carpenter ; re-
membered Mr. Alder and Lord Portsmouth walking
together, and saw Alder strike his Lardship two vio-
lent blows on the breast, which made him stagger ;
Lady Portsmouth saw this; thought she and Alder
conducted themselves more like man and wife than
anything else; remembered having seen his Lordship
sent for by her Ladyship to frank a letter, and. his
Loisiship refused to go ; she sent word back, that if
he did not come he should be horsewhipped, and
his cart and horses sold; his Lordship was very
much frightened; once saw her Ladyship horsewhip
Lis Lordship in the saloon, as hard as she could, for
tire minutes. On one occasion, when Lord Ports-
mouth was going into the carriage, Alder pushed him
aside, and -got in himself; his Lordship then came into
the stables, and whipped about the 'servants.—
• One time Mr. Alder and her Ladyship were digging
together at a strawberry bed, for amusement, with
the gardener; Lord Portsmouth was sweating with
the tatigue of wheeling barrows full of dung; he had
no hat on, and the sweat ran down his face, when
Alder patted him on the head, and said, " Well done,
you d—d old fool l"—( A laugh)—and sent him of
fur another barrow-full. Once witness told Lord,
Portsmouth that he had been in Scotland about black
jobs for six weeks, and his Lordship believed it, al-
though he had not been out of his sight more than
an hour at a time.
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Thomas Grahaso, a surgeon, at Turnham-green,
was once called in upon an accident which Lord
Portsmouth had met with in a- knee joint. Asked
how the accident happened; her Ladyship, who was
by,• said it happened in consequence o 4 his Lordship
baring jumped. His Lordship turned round, and
in an indignant manner, said; it was in consequence,
of her Ladyship having thrust him down stairs.
Josses Ristip—l was in Lord. Portsmouth's service,
to work in the garden, from 1816 to 1821. His Lord-
ship NM left employed with a horse and cart, often
p to his knees in mud and filth. Lord Portsmouth'
• wild to me. he hated the sight of that d—d Alder. I
have sees Mr. Alder ill-treat him. The first time was
its the front of the lawn. Lady Portsmouth was stand-
ing on the steps. There were Miss Laura Hanson, his

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Lordship, and my Lady. Mre...Mdtr struck' my Lori
a violent blow with his fist ehe cried out, and •Was'
dragged jn, and the doOr Was Cteieci: • Lady Ports-
nrsoutKivas close IT X suist recto of the Ladies de
anything to defend him" One 507..1 was going
to fetch the pail to kars a milkine I met Mr. Alder
and Lord and Llidy Portsmoodi. Mr:Alder. struck
Lord Portsmouth with both bands; my Lord fell
against the gates, and tried out " Murdecr Lady
iPortsmouth ran into the shrubbery. I saw a person
named Capey strike his Lordship with a stick.
The Rev. William Antrobus, examined by Mr.
TYNDAL.—.I am Rector of Acton. I was acquainted
with Lord Portsmouth between 1816 and 1821, while
he lived at Fairlawn. His manner of singing was'
very loud, with a voice very discordant. I received'
a letter from Lord Portsmouth in 1820: here it is.
It was dated from the House of Loeds, at the time of
the Queen's trial.—(The letter was put in and read).
It was a request that the Rector would reprimand his
clerk, who had offended his 'Lordship, by desiring
him not to join in the psalm-singing.
Re etimined.—From that picture of the mind
which his conversation presents to me, I think his
Lordship,incapable di'` understanding the serious du-
ties of religion.—Adjourned at four o'clock.

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