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of which expectation prevailed _
an official situation in another country. To this pro..
spect, repeated allusions were made in the defendant's
letters. In aletter of the 17th of July, 1822, la which he
addressed her as "-my dearly beloved girl," he said, " I
cannot help hating the cause of our separation : let but
that great cause be removed, and we shall be happy.".
Again, on the 21st of July, he referred to some alarm
which had existed, cautioned his " little darling" to be
more wary in future, and anticipated the time when
Mt. Cox should leave England, and he should " sleep,
in spite of thunder," in her arms. On the 22d of Ja-
nuary, 1825, when matters were drawing to a crisis.
he addressed her as " his darling little love r advised
her to secure her female friend if possible ; and ex-
pressed his readiness to receive her for ever. " All I
ask," said he, " is, that when you leave your husband's
house, you will hide yourself for a few months, till the
hue and cry is over, that I may not be suspected ; you
know, if the stolen goods are not found on the thief,
there can be no conviction"—(Great laughter, in which
the Lord Chief Justice and the Bar heartily joined). But
the stolen goods were found 'on him !—(Renewed laugh-
ter). The defendant proceeded to appoint a meeting
near the Diorama—to beg Mrs. Cox to come alone—
and assure her she should have whatever money she

wanted, no doubt to assist in her meditated elopement
and concluded " you will find in me a lover, father,
;
husband, friend to which was added the old quota-
tion from Hamlet. At last the anticipated " hue and
cry" was raised, and the thief was detected with the
stolen goods on him. This took place in March, 1823;
and, up to this period, Mr. Cox, living in affectionate
harmony-with his wife, was utterly blinded to her frailty.
It was clear, frOm Mr. Kean's own letters, that neither
he nor Mrs. Kent was aware of the intercourse so in-
jurious to both. He had no sense of " those stolen
hours of lust" by which he had been dishonoured.
Mrs. Kean herself, visiting as she had done with her
husband, was one innocent cause of this blindness.
—What defence, whet palliation could be urged for a
man who had violated friendship and abused such a
confidence as this, he knew not ; unless, indeed, that
should be relied on, which he could hardly believe
though he had beard it, that Mrs. Co: was a woman of
abandoned character, and that she had admitted other
men besides Mr. Kean to her eisbrices. Whom had
Mr. Kean to charge but himself, if Mrs. Cox was now,
in truth, degraded to the utmost? He had found her
the faithful wife of an honourable and indulgent mast
the careful mistress of his household ; the accepted as.
sociate of modest Ladies; and the pride of the friends
among whom she moved ; and it was a painful, a
miserable) an odious thing, if the first seducer was
now voluntarily to exhibit the melancholy contrait
which he himself was the origin and the cause.--;-
Whatever ground might now exist for such a charge,
certain it was that there was none when this-unhappy
intimacy began. the letters he should produce were
strong evidence to shew that Mr. Cox was ignorant of
his wife's dishonour, there was still stronger to demon-
strate that Mr. Kean entertained no suspicion that her
favours were shared by others, but conceived that he
enjoyed a complete monopoly of her affections. On
this point the ardent language of the letters already
read was conclusive. At last, after many manceuvres,
in the absence of her husband, Mrs. Cox consented to
receive Mr. Kean at Wellington-street, where she re-
sided. Arrangements were made to prevent discovery,
and to give time for Mr. Kean's escape. He came—he
slept there—circumstances occurred which left no doubt
of the criminality of the intercourse; but Mr. Cox re-
turned before the arrangements for concealment were
in full activity; and a disclosure was the consequence.
Mr. Cox immediately took such measures as his charac•
ter and as justice required. He had, however, only
laid his damages at two thousand pounds, and when
the Jury came to be possessed of all the facts—when
they saw the 'extent of the defendant's perfidy—they
would only regret that he had asked, and that they
could give, no larger compensation. It was fit that
they should know, not only that the plaintiff had been
hoodwinked by the artifices suggested in the letters al-
ready read, but that a yet meaner and baser scheme had
been formed and executed to perpetuate that delusion.
lu January, 1823, Mr. Kean had a professional engage-
ment in the West of England, and invited Mr. and Mrs.
Cox to accompany hint oa his little tour; they ac-
cepted the invitation,'and went in company also with a
respectable Clergyman, the Reverend Mr. Drury. The
excursion .was attended with those circumstances of
pleasure which a theatrical expedition was likely to
produce; but in the course of it, Mr. Cox saw some-
thing which excited unpleasant feelings respecting his
wife and Mr. Kean, and took occasion to speak to him
on the subject. Mr. and Mrs. Cox had left the party,
and returned to London, whither Mr. Kean sent the
following letter, addressed to the Lady, under the name
of Mrs. Simpson : it was without date, but bore the
post-mark "Exeter, January 6, 1823:"—" My dear
little imprudent Girl—Your incaution has been very
near bringing our acquaintance to the most lamentable
crisis. Of course, he (meaning Mr. Cox) will *hew]
you the letter I have written him: appear to counte-
nance it, and let him think we are never to meet again,
and in sekdoieg he has lost a friend: leave all further
arrangements to me." The letter written about the
same time to the plaintiff, which his wife was " to
countenance," bore the same post-mark with the last,
and also was written from Exeter.—Here the Learned
Counsel read the letter, which will be found subjoined,
commencing *My dear Cox."—Was it poisible, after
this (continued the Learned Counsel), for the plaintiff to
suspect, that a human being, to whom he had been a
friend and benefactor, and who could thus allude to his
reverses, was living in habitual adultery with his wife?
" But I see,. Gentlemen," said the Common Serjeant,
" that no comment of mine is necessary—that you per-
ceive the artifices to which the defendant has resorted
—and that you feel justly indignant at such great,
such almost unexampled treachery. You feel it due to
the plaintiff, to society, and to jostice, to mark your
sense of that conduct by your verdict. It is unnecessary
for me to occupy you longer,—l will call the witnesses
—I will produce the letters I have stated, and a few
ethers ; and when yon have heard them, I am sure you
will feel that it is right to manifest your opinion, that
no imputation rests on the plaintiff, already afflicted
with so great and so unmerited a misfortune ; and that
you wmild deem it a betrayal. of your duty to him and
0 the' Public, to withhold from him the amplest com-
pensation -which he has demanded."
Mr. Robert Hemming examined -by Mr. Calm,

place .805, - sting
and his wife. They lived a few years in apparent hap-
piness at Dorchester.
Cross•ezamined by Mr. SCARLIII7--Mr. Cox was a
widower, and had one child by his former marriage.
Mrs. Cox was more than 21 when he married her.
Thomas Fellowes, Esq. e;amined by Mr. LAW, said
—I was acquainted with the plaiitiff before and after
his marriage; I was accustomed to visit Mr. and Mrs.l
Cox; they always conducted themselves very properly;
his conduct was affectionate and attentive, which she
appeared to return.
Cross-examined by Mr. BROUGHAM—Miss Anne
Wickstead, a niece of the plaintiff's former wife, lived
in his house; his son came there when not at College;
I have seen Mr. Watmore at the house) but I do not
know that he was intimate with the family ; I do not
know frclm Mr. Cox that Mrs. Cox is now living with
Mr. Watmore; I dined with Mr. Cox yesterday; I do
not know from him that he brought an action against.
Mr. Watmore.

Watmore arcs Mr. Cox's clerk.
Mr. Wheeler, examined by Mr. LAW--1 am a retired
member of the medical profession ; in June last, I re.
signed the office of apothecary to St. Bartholomew's,
Hospital ; I attended the plaintiff's family in sickness,,
as their medical apothecary—in health I visited them
as their friend ; I knew 'them for sixteen years, and,
during that time, Mr. Cox was an attentive, a kind,
tender, and obliging husband ; and I thought Mrs. Cozi
an affectionate and tender wife. _ _

Cross-examined by Mr. SCARLETT—When did you
cease to attend as their medical adviser?
Witness.—l cannot exactly say, Sir. Mr. Cox never,
descended to the low practice of compelling me to mice
out n bill ; so I have no memorandum, and am past 70;

my memo) y is not so good as it was.
Mr. ScA RILETT.-4 do not speak of the precise day ;
about what period ?
The witness.— At the time wben I retired from my
situation at the hospital; but I have visited them since

as a friend.
Mr. SconLerr.—And have they always seemed as
affectionate as when you attended them?
t nest. —Without variation, or the shadow of change.
The precise and emphatic manner in which this Gen-
tleman gave his evidence, excited loud laughter in the
gallery, where, we suspect, the audience could gener-
ally hear very little.
The LORD CHUM Jusvica observed, that this bois-
terous laughter was unbecoming • Court of Justice.—
Those who wished to indulge in such merriment should,
go elsewhere ; and if the interruption occurred again,
the gallery must be cleared.
Mr. Robes t Blenk inson, a clerk in the house of Messrs.
Courts and Co. of w hich Mr. Kean was a customer,
proved the hand-writing of the defendant to a num-
ber of letters. • -

The letters were then put in, and Copies read by Mr.
Abbot ; the Lord Chief Justice looking over the origi-
nals. They were read in the following order :
Mrs. Allen, to the care of Mrs. Price, 19, Martlett-court, Bow-
street, London.

Lynn, 4th (post-mark, Lynn, sth April, 1840).
Dennis: DV is the trick of letter-writing, to pane-
gyrise fine covntries, to comment on antiquities, to relate anece
dotes, and in taco to tell your Correspondent that you are a person
of great observation. Now, as I do not aspire to that character,
and my pen is guided only by my heart, I shall tell my dearest
Charlotte that I have been so lost in the thoughts of her, since I
left London, that I have paid no other circumstance the least atten-
tion. My dear, dear girl, every mile that bore me from you, con-
vinced me how dear you WAS to my heart, every day I have
passed without you, how essential you are to my happiness.
I am satisfied we were formed for each other, the assimilation
of disposition in all its characters proclaims it, and I could, if I was
not a philosopher, revile, most impiously, tile fate that has given
you to another ; but to answer some of your darling questions, the
Theatre was last night crowded to excess, and the applause as en-
thusiastic as it could be for the country; but Charlotte did not
hear it—the neighbourhood of Lynn is beautiful—the walks en.
chanting—Charlotte does not partake of them • thus everything
that I might enjoy, bears with it its counterpoise of mortification.
Our separation is, however,but transient. I have not yet made any
arrangement for the next week, and consequently expect to return
on Sunday, and hold my dear little girl in my arms—" Fly swift,
ye hours." But should any circumstance interfere with this, I shall
let you know. And nowt my dear, dear girl, banish from your
mind every supposition of a chanze in my, affections—they are un-
alterable : from the first moment I saw you, I loved every hour;
that passion has increased, and in Ose possession of your inert I
acknowledge, with gratitude, that rhave obtained the very summit
of my wishes—do! not doubt me, Charlotte, I write you from my
heart, a heat overflowing with love, a heart that while it beats
shall own no other mistress.
Dear, Dear, Dear Girl, more than fame, more than wealth, more
than life, more than Heaven, I love you.
I have received your dummies letter, do come if you can ! !
Crown Inn.

For Mrs. Allen, care of Mrs. Price 2, Craven-buildings, Drury.
lane, London.
America, Feb. 6, (pest-mark 9th March, 1821).
My Deanywr Lanza Love—l have received' your enchanting
link epistle, though I am almost angry with you, to suppose that
for a moment I could cease to love you ; do believe me, when I
tell you that every hour of absence, I feel more and more the in-
fluence sou have over my heart ; one moment I think of my fogy
in not encouraging your proposal of coming with me, and the nest
applaud my fortitude in repelling the foremost of my wishes; but
wt _shall meet again, sweet. I bear of all the adventurers at
Drury-lane Theatre ;in your next tell me their successes, whether
1 the humble spark of talent of the Enka still glows in the dramatic
world, or if some unexpected meteor has dazzled the perception
to the total extinction of the minor light. I ant almost tempted to
say, cane over and tell me all yourself; but then you could never
return, and I must ; besides, you would, by such aR act, lose your
rank in society, which you are so well qualified to adem. I fancy
I have yen near me, and cannot help, boy like, kissing the paper,
that I know will shortly be in your bands. What project for the
summer do you allude to, darling? I shall not qui* the United
States till the fallowing year. I wish you could prevail on some
one (1) to come and look after lost property. Oh, dear, dear,dear
girl, if I had but you la my arms, amidst the acclamatioas that at-
teed my professiooal career, I should think this the promised
Elysium. Everything, both ea and off the stsge, in this country,
has exceeded sty most sanguine expectations. lam getting a great
deal of money, and all is going of well. Give my love to my
aunt (2), and mil her I am as prosperous as I !Ask to be, whisk I
know will be pleasing to her; remember me with affection and
gratitude to sister Anne, and my dear, dear, dear little girl.
" Doubt that the Stars are fire,
Doubt that the Sun doth move,
Doubt Truth to be a Liar,
But never doubt I love r
April 1, (America).
How shall I thank my darling little girl, for all her solicitude
and affection, and how shall I tell her bow much I love her, and
how great my deske. to have her ones more in my arms? in my
heart she reigns triuilaphmet, and ever will reign there while one
pulsation throbs to reasibedea biked, love, I sincerely repott
of my folly in resteabsliepew Out
indeed, I base you Wishes • there is stet a
• night or day passes but sams p=isriossonibeaaCe makes me say,
if she was but here • dearly love
ton, and though I always rho & I do mordlastion of sb-

(1) This alludes to a thin which the defendant bad, in right of
his wife, detived through her tabor, who had. kit his family in
England and settled in Anodes.
(s) Min Those&

idea nth* towel* wain sits yea shinains letters
source of ddlght and inacrectiso.to tae; as of course
are deeply Interested theist:cow of Drury-Lane,
receive all the dents with doable satisfaction when they come
you, as I am well assured yes In pdro Into them only for
dilation; it will be some time before I shall thank my littl
ling in person. I stay another year in America, and the only
have to reconcile it is, that it is to my interest. I ii
.vna NEw York to Liverpool on the 16th of neat April,
IBM Oh, what joy I shall then feel in clasping my dear,
Charlotte to my heart. You ask me what money lam making
My love, it is almost incredible. lam living in the best st,'
Yelling magnificently, and transmitting to England one
pounds each month.
_

It gives me great pleasure to Ind kiloton is doing so well
his great kindness and indulgence to me, be is entitled to
wishes; it is likewise doubly fortunate forme, as he cannot
any scruples in granting me an extension of my leave of absence
.it is pleasing to find London does not forget me, though th
cat lsbenoawetta may have cast a temporary cloud over ti
meteors of the dramatic hemisphere. Well, bin how (In
Are you in health? Are you in spirits? What ere your occui
Ale flatterers about you, I hope. 1)o not let any one rival--or,
"veins, supersede me in your affections. I have now, Chatham
Poinienately and reflectively placed my whole heart and km,'
'you II! It may perhaps be burdensome to you, for I am It 41a.-
pains. I know, as yet, I have no cause; but absence t•
.dansuran. I have given up all the frivolities of my nat nr e,
an correspondences that could interfere with your feelings.
t of you with the affection of a lover, and with the a:.
tol2trid. I have weighed the incontestible proofs of your love
dwelt with rapture on the retrospection of the most happy
Ginty life spent in your society ; and, on summing up, ha,
to this conclusion—that through life, when impel iota duty
interfere, I am, my dear Charlotte, unalterably, determinati
Affectionately your's, . EDW.
My love to sister Ana. Say everything to aunts.—Mrs.
Allen, care of Mrs. Price, No. 2, Craven-buildings, near
street, Drury-lane, London:
July 17.—(Post-mark, 17th July,
MT DIAS swans Grat.—Though I rejoice that a'l is sat
hate the causes of our separation, but it must be our mutu,
lation, that we shall meet again with greater pleasure, and
devise some means to make us as inseparable in person, as .
sured we are in heart ; let but the great cause (3) be removed,
I shall laugh et all 'agencies, though they may pursue in
four; in other words, let him but go abroad, and I will dare
may threaten (with the exception of •not making them •
whom I am bound to protect), which by being a little
tious we can easily avoid. We will in future depend ,
selves; confidence creates presumption, and presumption
You can, lam sure understand me. I will write to you
on Sunday, which you know is the day, the only one, l .
and I can now, only ay, deareg than my life I love you, mall
and so shaltdo, till eternal dissolution.
bits. Simpson, care of Miss Tidswell, 12, Tavistock-row.
Covent-Garden, London.

(Postmark, lath April,
My dear little love knows her Edmund too well to atti
absence to neglect, er forgetfulness of that form which
present to his eye, and is so mingled with his nature, that
in every pulsation of his heart. My dear Charlotte, tit •
but that I love beyond everything this world can give ❑i
little absence (however tedious it may seem) only. cow
you alone are necessary to my happiness. I ani now
hers, where every article of furniture, every circumstance ,
you. I could say return immediately to London, but prudence
terferes,•and advises us to get rid of our annoyances, (4
my dear, dear love, we me►t to part no more.
To Mrs. Alleys, Post-Office, Dorchester.
L. B.

Mrs. Simpson, care of Miss Tidswell, 12, Tavistock-row,
garden.
(Post-mark, 21st July,
MT Dyne Mama—Thank Heaven, all is well, and
more wary for the future. I received your darling letter,
much I fear I wrote, or that you interpreted harshly, my
Indeed, my love, I would not grieve you for worlds. I
necessity of his departure, and I would then hold my lii
to my bean and "sleep in spite of thunder." lam so
by visitors that I can scarcely seize the moment to dim
love the sincere emotions of my heart, but that I love L
than all the world, and will continue to do so till the end
a feeling that I never can be dispossessed of.
Do not mind my short letter.
I really am so bothered I cannot sit down one minute.
greatly successful here.

ed..—llis Learned sliia.i reakle.at Dorchester, and-Agit lona thite.: thei m
Friend bad disclaiZte dercanttia
e Verti ,chkwas provided niani.yean ; I Anew Mr. CO:And his wife
.betbrn her Ent so
liar him br public raliniur; lilt as *it rumour had anarriagei she was Miss Newnsan ; I was concerned for ~r. ,Z,
existed,he *odd rh.w canclitsivelythatit was ground- the family many years; there• was property in sever- you, u
less:. ft waiprdlinbLifoot tiaknownliese Airy that Mr. lion settled on her. She was a Latly of educaticatand tilt:aim
Cox met with some reverses of fortune: in consequence family. I waf present at the marriage, which took
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of which an expectation prevailed that he would obtain place in 1805, and was in the habit of visiti we gng Nr..C.ox fn~n e in
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