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dition of both of them in society, he had to add the
melancholy and afflicting task of describing the con-
dition in which they stood related to each other:—
The Plaintiff was a Noble Earl, of ancient creation,
in the northern part of the island ; and in speaking
of him as a friend, a husband, and a father, though
he had no opportunity of knowing this himself, but
had derived his information from a quarter which
had never deceived him, it was impossible to make
use of language too strong to express the high cha-
racter which he bore in all these relations. - His
Learned Friend, when describing the character of
Lord Roseberry to him, expressed himself in language
like this .. 0, my friend, it you or I had a daugh-
ter arrived at a marriageable age, and such a person
as Lord Roseberry should offer himself as a husband,
we should at once conceive that all our cares for her
future happiness were at an end." He was the best
of husbands, the most tender of parents, and his con.
duct was marked by the most affectionate attention ;
when he said attention, he did not mean those silly
frivolities which but too often mark the character of
fashionable life ; but every thing which a rational
and sensible mind could desire, to promote her hap-
piness, was to be found in the character and conduct
of Lord Roseberry. His Lordship married in 18011,
Miss Bouverie, then eighteen years of age, and in
possession of every charm and every female grace
which could captivate a husband. She was one of the
daughters of a man of the most amiable and philan-
thropical character, whom they must all know ; for
at all meetings for benevolent and philanthropical
purposes, he was sure to be present. Who of them
had not beard of Mr. Bouverie, the brother of the
Earl of Radnor ? This lady had been educated in a
manner the most exemplary by him, and she was
distinguished, admired, and looked up to by every
one to whom she was known, as a pattern of educe.
tion and propriety of behaviour. He had said this
lady was one of Mr. Bouverie's daughters. Who
were the others ? Another of them was married to
the Defendant, Sir Harry Mildmay. She bore him
a son, and he had the misfortune to become a wi-
dower. He lost this lady in 1810. In this case he
had not alone committed adultery ; he had not alone
been guilty of seduction ; be had not alone violated
all the ties of friendship and hospitality ; he had
added to all these crimes that of multiplied incest.—
Such was the case which he had at present to lay be-
fore them. After the death of Lady Mildmay, wheu
he seemed, and, he was afraid, only seemed, to be
plunged in affliction for the death of the mother of
his infant son, where was he to seek for the consola-
tions which were necessary in his situation, but in the
family of his friends ? He found all these consola-
tions in the family of Lord Roseberry. As to this
point, Sir Harry Mildmay himself should be his wit-
ness—he had spoken en this subject, and by his own
language they should judge him, and arrive at his
own conclusion. He would say thus early, what.
would be his concludingaentiment ? that they would
Ai-Wein-I the justice al the country, if they did not.
distinguish this case of infamy by a verdict to the full
extent of the damages demanded. After the period
which he passed in the family of Lord Roseberry was
over, and on his re-appearance in the world, they
would hear how Sir Harry Mildmay expressed his
sense of the attentions which had been paid to him.—
The letter began thus—" My dear Primrose (Lord
Roseberry, the father of the plaintiff was then alive).
Anxious as I am to convey to you and Harriet an
idea of the feelings which your kindness has given
rise to within me, I am compelled to relinquish the
task, as I can find no language sufficient to express
my sentiments. To say that the attentions which I
received at Duddingston will only be erased from
my memory with recollection itself, would only, be
to say that I am not destitute of every principle of
gratitude—to say that my feelings are so great as not
to be described, would be only to say that I am not
destitute of common sensibility." He concluded his
letter thus—" Pray remember me most affectionately.
THE EARL OF BONERERRY V. SIR HARRY lIIILDMAY, BART. to Harriet, and believe me, with the warmest sends
Mr. JONES stated, that the Plaintiff, the Earl of menu of gratitude," &c. Here they had his send.
Roseberry, having brought an action of trespass meats with respect to the grateful attentions which
against the Defendant, Sir Harry Mildmay, for cri- were paid to him by that family. He was no come
minal conversation with his wife, in which he laid the mon acquaintance—be was not one with respect to
damages at £30,000, judgment had been allowed to whose visits to his wife one could be supposed to be
go by default, whereupon the Writ of Enquiry into on his guard. As he could " find no language sufli.
the damages sustained by the Plaintiff, in conse. cient to express his sentiments," they would do it for
quence of which they were now assembled, had been him. He returned to their society afterwards, when
issued. he had recovered from the disconsolate sensations
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, it became his duty, which he had formerly felt, or affected to feel. Lord
in consequence of the numerous professional applica- Roseberry was living all this time in the most happy
tions which had been made to him, to lay before the state which could be enjoyed by man ;he was in pos.
Gentlemen of the Jury the circumstances of the pre- session of a lady who returned his affection, and dis-
sent case. He had been long and earnestly solicited played all the attention and duty which could be ex-
to undertake this task, by a Learned Friend of his, petted in a mother and a wife. It happened that in
connected with the family of the Noble Lord who was the month of March, of the present year, the late Lord
the Plaintiff in this action, and after the length of Roseberry was taken ill, and it became necessary for
time during which lie had been professionally em- his son to visit his father on the bed of sickness, from
ployed, and the experience which be had had in causes which he never again rose. Before the son could
of this nature, and he had had much more experi. reach his father he was no more. Lady Roseberry
ence, indeed, than was agreeable to him, it would was left behind with the Countess Dowager of Rose-
, seem like affectation were he to say that he could find berry. The defendant availed himself of this oppor-
; any great difficulty in now appearing before them.— tunity of ingratiating himself with this lady, and of
Those who were acquainted with him knew that he alienating her affections from her husband. Very
had seldom any difficulty in expressing what he felt. soon after this journey the Earl of Roseberry was
He could assure them, however, that he had never , sensible of a difference in the conduct of Lady Rose-
before found himself in any thing like the embarrass. berry towards him. No other human being but the
ment which he felt at the present moment. He had defendant could have an opportunity of seducing
conceived that he was called upon to put his thoughts her; and Sir Harry Mildmay, who alone had the
into something like a formal arrangement ; but this opportunity, was the only person who could not have
was a task which he had found it absolutely impos. been suspected. In consequence of some alteration
sible to execute; for the circumstances of the present in her behaviour, Lord Roseberry found it necessary
case differed from every thing of which he had either to remonstrate with Sir Harry Mildmay, on the too
seen, heard, or read. The extraordinary atrocity marked attentions which he paid to his wile. It was
by which it was marked, above every other case certainly singular enough that it should be found ne-
which had come within his review, obliged him to cessary to interdict attentions to one sister, from a
confine himself to laying as many of the different man who had married another ! What access cou d
circumstances before them, as his memory presented be denied to such a relation ? What of constancy, and
to him, while he passed along. The strong disgust secrecy, and frequency of visits would it occur to any
which he felt, rendered any other course impossible. man to interdict between such persons ? Lord Rose-
In
berry desired Sir Harry Mildmay to discontinue the
the first place, he bad to state to them who the
parties were, and after siring an account of the Goa, .vibits which he made very frequently in the morning,

FROM SATURDAT NIGHI'S GAZETTE.

FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 10.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in
the name at i.. 1 on the behalf of his Majesty, to approve of the
Sher Angrand as his most Christian Majesty's Consul at Malta
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in
the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to appoint John Fal-
conar, Esq. to he his Majesty's Consul at Leghorn.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has also been pleased,
in thit natie a;•d on the behalf of his Majesty, to appoint John
Mordauat Johnson, Esq. to be his Majesty's Consul at Genoa.

CROWN OFFICE, DEC. 10.
Member returned to serve In this present Parliament.
Borough of IVestbury.—.Ralph Franco, Esq. in the room of
Benjamin Hall, Esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
January 25, Matthew Jones, of Welch Pool, Montgomeryshire,
banker, at ten, at the Royal Oak Inn, Welch Pool.

PRICE SIXPENCE-FiALFPENNY.

when he Lord Roseberry was not at home. The ve-
netable father of Lady Roseherry hid a crsniersatio. n
also with him• on ahe impropriety of breaking in on
the comforts of this domestic circle. The use whisch
he made of it was to write a letter, couched in the
most disgusting terms,.offering to elnoe with her, and
to roam the world with her. In the latter end of
June or July, Lord Roseberry Lift Englat;d,
anti re-
turned to his seat near Edinburgh. Sir Harry Mild-
may also went down to Scotland. Why not ? Why
should he not visit his relations there ? Because his
conduct had rendered it impossible that his visits
should be endured. During the absence of L^td Rose
berry, on the occasion of the last illness of his father,
Lady Roseberry and the Countess Dowager of Rose-
berry were at the house of Mr. Bouverie, near Nor:-
wich, where his, Sir Harry Mildmay's son, then was;
This gave him an opportunity of going into the
.drawing-room at all hours, till the. alteration in the
conduct of Lady of Roseberry. When the family
went down to the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, 'it
consisted of Lord and Lady R,,seberry, the Countess
Dowager of Roseberry, Mr. Bouverie, and the mother
of Lady Roseberry. In the month of October, Sir
Harry Mildmay went down to Scotland also. 'Why
was he not one of this agreeable family party ? Be-
cause his improper conduct shewed the danger of re-
ceiving such an individual as an •inmate. How did
he go to Scotland ?• Did he travel like a man of a re-
spectable family and large fortune ? It would•cer-
tarnly be expected of him that he would travel like a
Gentleman, that he would practice no concealment
to divert attention from him, that he would not sup-
port another character than his own, that he would
have his own equipage, and if he went by the mail..
coach that his equipage would at least follow him. If
lie travelled in any other mode, it was not uncharitable
to say that it must have been for base and dishonour-
able purposes. He travelled under the assumed namts
of Colonel De Grey, of the Foca Guards, and in this
disguise found his way to an Inn near Lord Rose. .
berty's. He had been admonished by Lord Rose-
berry not to pursue this course farther; and they would
hear him in one of his letters say that Lord Rose-
berry had carried his dissatisfaction at his conduct, so
far as not to how to him when they met, and that he
conceived this to be indiscreet, as it drew the attentien
of strangers. He was thus cue off from visits to Lord
IL's family. What means did be fall on of overcoming
this difficulty? He engaged a ,eaterman to attend hi m, .
he ailuwed his beard to grow, and he was in the pray=
rice of going out, disguised in a sAlor's dress, on:
some errand or other every evening. At Loid 3tos6
berry's house, the ladies were its the habit of with-
drawing sometime after dinner, mid- the ietiriqtpet.
joined them in the evening in the drawitig.rootti.•DO
these occasions it was observed that Lady Rtisetießt
did not continue in the company of the 'Ctfrintas
Dowager and her mother, lent eitit'ed• 14;ii
room ; that her behaviosu became AnitealteTed, and
this led to suspicions that thinni were 'riot so s:4IZs
they'ouiffifoTh.iii—bien7-itricrThsat Sir Harry -NfirX - .
may must be in the seighbourhood. This stespicina
led Mr. Primrose, the brother of the plaintiff, asho-i
nourable a man as breathed, to proceed to the .
of Lady Roseberry.'and on being•denied admittance •
to attempt forcing the door. The door was however
opened by Lady Roseberry, and in that room was
found Sir Harry Mildmay in disguise, and with a
brace of loaded pistols before him. And Ae sc•.ne
ended by this person of high honour issuing a pe-
remptory order to Sir Harry Mildmay to leave the.
house clandestinely in the way he entered it, namely,
by making his way through a window. Lady Rose-
berry could not with propriety be turned out also, so
she remained there all night; and she was pressed to
go to her father's ; but she soon after joined Sir H.
Mildmay, whose partner she was fated to be on the
Continent. Having thus detailed this case in a plain
matter-of-fact way, because a case like this involving
a breach of the duties of friendship, hospitality, and
relationship, required no observations, he would now
ask what could be said of this case of complicated
guilt ? From him they should hear nothing but whut
was in the language of the defendant himself. Sir
Harry should himself tell them what his views were
in perpetuating•this guilt; for after the disclosure of
this scene there could be no longer a doubt that he
was guilty ; and if any doubt could for a moment be
entertained, all such doubt was removed, on the'derk
of Lady Roseberry having been' secured and broketa
open, and the letters addressed by Sir Harry Mild-
may to this unhappy lady having been there found.
He was only acquainted with Sir Harry Mildmay's
character as he pourtrayed it himself' In No. 2of
these letters which he should afterwards read for other
purposes, Sir Harry Mildtnay thus etpressed himself
I, whose ambition induces me-to attempt every
thing which can make me notorious and respected."
Notorious enough he certainly had.rnade himself, but
respected was another matter. However he went on
—" I, who in pride of tamily Will yield to no man—
I who have ambition td attempt every thing, I am
willing to leave. family, country, and c.nnexions t. ir
your sake, and with you to roam the world, happy in
the sacrifice of all which makes me bles•ed by the
possession of you." Aker this passage the D•!fea-
dant gave an account of his reconciliatien with a:. o-
ther woman, principally, as It would seem, with a
view of rousing her j,:alcusy ; for there was Tenon
to think that it was by availing htmsblf" of mean's
like them, and every thing whin the most consum-
mate art could suggest, that la: had been enabled 3.;
last to .accomplish her ruin.* As he new hid ens
lady for a partner of hie exiie, he whits, pride of fa-
mily was exceeded by none; he who posiissed amt i-.
tion to attempt every thing; it was tsar the Jury to
say how such a man ought to be' dealt with, who
placed his ambition ill debauching the wife of his,
friend and the sister of his own a ite. They would
find that in accomplishing this object he had had a
difficult task to perform, lor the seeds of the virtur.us
education implanted in tie:, had long resisted all the
attempts of this worthless man to tcletweill her: In
his ambition to be nowt rums and respected, he had