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London, England, 1826-12-21 00:00:00

THE WELLESLEY CASE.

PAIKRII ►ILID IX VIZ COUIT.OIf CHANCIVIT 111 TUX 111011 Z CAM.
AFFIDAVIT OF THE HON. W. LONG 'WELLESLEY.

(Continued from the STAR of Tuesday.)
That about this period he was taken seriously ill, as
sAid Thomas Bulkeley well knows, and confined to his
bed for some time ; and it was not until after he had
sufficiently recovered to resume his place at the dinner
table, that his said late wife informed him of her de-
termined resolution, that said H. Bligh should form
past of his travelling st►i!e, and not go alone to Paris.
Tf,at deponent, finding he could not deter his said
late wife from her purpose, requested Sir Richard
Church to use his influence with his said late wife, to
persuade her to relicquish ss hat he, deponent, considei ed
a. most imprudent step.
That when said Thomas Bulkeley returned, the said
Cathei ine Pole Tylney Long Wellesley informed him
of what had passed, and begged him, said Thomas
Bulkeley, to attend the said Helena Bligh in his pro.
fessional capacity, and to administer relief to her.
• That it is totally untrue that he ever encouraged or
allowed either of his three children w swear, or to re-
',eat t.bscene or indecent expression; nor did ever hear
either of them use indecent or obscene expressions.
nat his daughter, then a little girl about six years
of age, was in the habit of mimicking the gestures.of
the Lararoni women at Naples, and which was a
source of occasional amusement to deponent and his
said la•e wife.

That said Lazaroni women are in the consta.)t habit
of invoking all kinds of imaginary saints as the Iloly
-Sekts of the Fishes ; and that his, deponent's daughter,
used to mock and repeat. by gesture and expression,
such absurd invocations with much youthful vivacity,
Ind being at the time perfectly ignorant of the meaniog
of the words she repeated. •
That said Catherine Pole Tylney Long Wellesley,
his s tid late wife, was net only amused, but used to en-
courage her said daughter in this trifling ; but that as
she, said Catherine Pole Tylney L• ng Wellesley, did
sun understand c,ne word of the Italtan language, and,
consequeutly,could not have detected a grossly indecent
or obscene expression from that of congratulation, or
gthetwi,c, it was quite impossible that she should, as
stated by the said Thomas Bulkeley, have checked her
said daughter, for the seasons alleged by said Thomas
Bulkeley for her so doing.

That she never did check her when deponent was present. or ex-
press to deponent any disapprobAtiou of her daughter's using such
expressions or roimickry.
That said Catherine Pole Tylrey Long Wellesley
was in the habit, when their children were introduced
alter dinner, of making the little girl mimic these
sent, and the amusement was also to scold depo-
rent, as the lazy husband who had brought home no
&c. &c.

• That frequently said Thomas Bulkeley has witnessed and been
party to such ►ours.
That he was constantly in the habit of attending the
0, era with his said late wile, who was accompanied by
%aid Helena Bligh, and sometimes the said Thomas
; that the box was so small that not only
every motion was distinctly seen, but a whisper could
be heard ; and that he, deponent, denies that in this
situation, ►uch loose conduct as is stated by said Thomas
Bulkeley to have taken place between said Helena
Bligh and this deponent, if it had been attempted,
could have taken place. But deponent denies that
such conduct ever was practised ; that said Catherine
P..le Tylney Long Wellesley was, as the said Thomas
Bulkeley well knows, subject to nervous affections and
hysterical attacks, and that she was, on seteral occa-
sions, seized, when at the Opera, with slight returns of
this disease; and that the same attacks frequently
caused her to leave the dinner-table when large dinner
partii-s were with them; and on one occasion, at Paris,
she fell froM her horse, suffering from a similar hyste-
rical affection.
That about the latter end of the month of Decem-
ber, 18'23, deponent received inhumation of the very
severe indisposition of his father ; chat he sent for the
said Thomas Bulkeley, and inquired what he thought
of the accounts received of deponent's father's indispo-
sition ; and after conversing for some minutes on this
subject, the said Thomas Bulkeley made an observation
irrelevant and impertinent, with regard to the said He-
lena Bligh.

That the depenent thought the said Thomas Bulimic/ was intoxi-
cated; and after having reproved him, the said Thomas Bulkeley,
sharply for his impertinence, desired him to leave the room.
That the statement relative to the loose and profit-
g Ate conduct of deponent towards said Helena Bligh,
in the presence of the said Catherine Pole Tylney Long
Wellesley, is also most grossly falw ; for deponent posi.
tively saith, that he never once used, in conversation or
otherwise, towards the said Helena Bligh, the slightest
degree of familiarity, of a nature to wound the feelings
of the said Catherine Pole Tylney Long Wellesley, or
to cause her to imagine that his attentions to the said
Helena Bligh were of a criminal nature; and that to the
moment of the said Helena Bligh's quitting the roof of
the sa d Catherine Pole Tylney Long Wellesley, she,
tie said Cathetine Pole Tylney Long Wellesley, evinc-
ed the strongest regard and affection for her; and always

after such period last mentioned, used to regret that she
had advised her so to quit her protection, the reason for
which advice is manifest from •the• following letters,
addtessrd by the said Catherine Pole Tylney Long
Wellesley, to the said Mrs. Patterson, after her said
daughter, the said Helena. Bligh, had left the said Ca-
therine Pole Tylney Long Wellesley's roof, viz :
FLOILZSCII. Dn. 30 100.
I

Daaa 'Maeastl am under the painful necessity of giving you
information, which, I am sure, will cause you the deepest distress.
From the frequent communications I have received from my own
family, and from that of Mr. Long Wellesley, who urge me both
for the sake of Mrs. Bligh and himself, whose characters are mate-
rially suffering by her continuing to reside with us after she had
been advised and invited by her own family and friends to return
to England, to induce her to accept such advice, I feel I was bound
to communicate to her my own and their opinion of the absolute
necessity, under these circumstances, of her quitting our family, and
of her returning to the protection of her own relations. I assured
her I was convinced of her innocence; that I was most anxious to
extend my protection to her in every possible way which could be
of service to her; but that I was thoroughly convinced that her re-
maining with us was so very injurious to her character and Mr.
Long Wellesley's honour, that I could no longer allow her to reside
With us. Mrs. Nigh received this communication, which I re.
quested Mr. Long Wellesley to make to her, from me, in a manner
which I could not have expected from her. She said she would
instantly go out of the house, nothing should induce her to go to
her friends ; and that, as she was mistress of her own actions, she
was resolved to remain in Florence. I hope you will do me the
justice to believe, dear Madam, that I have used all the means in
my power to serve your daughter, throughout this •ad affair; un-
happily, she has now put it out of my power to render her further
service. She is most assuredly, as she says, mistress of her own,
actions; but I sincerely regret she has acted thus. I feel sincerely
grieved for you in this melancholy affair. I send you a copy of a
letter I wrote yesterday to Mrs. Bligh. I wish it had had the desired
effect ; but, also; !it has nut. Pray, believe me, dear Aladam, very
sincerely, yours, C. LONG WELLESI.F.Y.
Florence, Jan. 1, 1824.

MAR MADAM.--I had not time to Inclose you': a copy of Mr.
Bligh's note to me, in anawet: to mine of the 29th of last month,
(of which you will possess a copy before this reaches you) by the
time the post left this place on Tuesday last, but I take the earliest
opportunity of doing so. It never was my desire that your daughter
should thus bave quitted my house. I was satisfied that her con-
tinuing now to remain under my roof was iniplicatory of AIL Long
Wellesley's honour, and that her father and mother's home was the
cnly abode for her to seek without censure. I never have doubted
of her innocence; I may err in judgment, but I am fully convinced
your daughter's best interests will be consulted by her repairing to
her friends in England. The countenance of her relations, however
innocent she may be, (as I believe her to be fully) will alone save
her in the eyes of the wo: I,!. Any further support of her by me,
in the present stage of her affair•, will only add to her difficulties.
It is upon this opinion I have and continue to att.

Believe me, tilear Madam, very sioct rely, yours,
C. LUNG wELLFsLpt

That after the period that
quitted the roof of the said Cathei ine Pole Ty lney LOng
Wellesley, deponent denies most positively that his
conduct or manners towards said Catherine PoleTylney
Long Wellesley were in the least degree altered, or that
his hours of retiring were aanged ; but, on the con•
trary, that deponent's conduct, both to his wife and
children, was kind and affectionate. s •

That so far from watching the of the time-
piece at a certain hour, it is a positive fact that there
was nn time.p.ece cr clock in the motn,which deponent
feels fully satisfied said Thomas Bulkeley,folits-Aleara,
and Henry BckEell, a:e sell acquainted'sith.
That so far from said Catherine Pole Tylney Lone
Wellesley being obliged to go to the Opera, or private
parties, without deponent, or bring oblig-d to depend
on the prittection of i.theis, tat be can call to mind
only twu occasions when .he did not. accomi•any the
said Catherine Pole Ty;ney Long Wellesley into pub-
lic, and on those occasions se; tqls indisposition pie
vented him. •

That the statement relative to deponent's refusal to accompany
his said wife to the Opera, and the whole statement alluding thetetu,
is untrue.

• That as regards his treatment of said Catherine Pole
Tylney Long Wellesley; r"..nr .the 'period. of their union
until the hour that she quitted him for England, he posi-
tively d(clarrs that it was always fOunde.l in affection
and respect; and that he never used 'either an express
:ion, in e,nduct or other wise, of the most trig ng degree
of disrespect towards her; a.id that the statemea sworn*
to by said Thomas Lulkeley, of deponent encouraging
his said children to direr and tt.e commands of their said
late mother, is totally untrue. Nor can he, deponent,
call to mind,during de whole period Le was acquainted
with his raid late Wife, ever to hare used a harsh word,
or rebuke her, in the presence f a third person, save on
one occasion, when deponent eisecivered that the said
Catherine Pole Tylney Long Wellesley had, unknown
to deponent, sent for Lord and Lady Maryborough to
'Paris, as after particularly mentioned. •
That deponent's said late wife was continually, when
writing to his, deponent's family, in the habit of stating
the kind attention which she received from deponent;
and in a letter which I e, deponent, received from Co.
lonel Shame, when at Cala•s, is the following passage:
" Mrs. Pule has a letter from your wife, written in a temper of
mind that has gratified her extremely. I have not seen your mother
since List your father told nie that she says your kindness to her,
since she joined you at Calais, has bests all she could wish, and has
made her perfectly happy.—Yours, sincerely,
M. SHAWL"

That in several conversations which he held with said
Thomas Bulkeley, relative to his said late wife, he was
particularly anxious respecting her state of health, and,
at his inquiries, was very particular; but deponent de
vies that he ever attempted, in the most trifling man-
ner, to disparage the abilities of his said late wife ; but
on the contrary, as is acknowledged and sworn to by
the said Thomas Bu:keley, in another part of this affi
davit, he (deponent) always spoke of his said late wife
as a most amiable and excellent woman.

Westbrooke, the letter-st.imper at the Twopenny
Post-office, who, it will beremembered, nearly lost his
life, about two months since, by Vie explosion of a con.
siderable quantity of fulminating powder contained in a
letter, has recovered. The right hand; however, pre-
sents a very shattered appearance ; and at one time
great fears of mortification were entertained. The Post-
office have evinced the greatest kindness towards him,
and he has since been yromoted.

A respectable Gentleman, who came through Bally-
carry, near Carrickfergus, yesterday morning, learnt the
following particulars of a melancholy occurrence which
took place on Thursday evening. It seems that about
twenty men assembled at the only public-house in the
village of fsallycarry, where they were (lesirous (it
forming an Orange Lodge; but the landlord objecting
to such proceedings in his house, the party at lengt s
came to the deter minatiln of holding their meetings in
an old uninhabited house in tine town. Accordingly,
having ascended to the loft of the house, and begat
their of-mations, in an instant the crazy tenement fell in
with a trerntndous crash, burying most of the unfortu-
nate intruders in the ruins. Four men, we are sorry to
say, were taken out dead, others are much bruised, and
it is added, that those who escaped fled from the town,
leaving their companions to their fate. The above are
all the particulars that have at present reached us. When
the Coroner's Inquest sits on the bodies, we shall pro-
bably be able to •'btain some more minute information
on the subject.—Belfast Commercial Chronicle.

AGRICULTURAL CLUB DINNER.

Monday, about 180 Gentlemen, patrons aod sup-
porters of the Smithfield Cattle Club, sat down to the
annual dinner of the club, at the Freemasons Tavern.
At five o'clock Lord ALTHORP took the Chair, sup-
ported by Sir JOHN &outwit and. other Gentlemen,
patrons of Agricultural science.
After dinner, the ordinary toasts of "The King" and " Royal
Family" were drunk, when
Lord ALTHORP said, that considerable difference of
opinion had lately existed upon the utility of the pre-
sent Meeting. For his part he thought it of general
benefit to have a means of comparing together the dif-
ferent merits of the various flocks, and of drawing ge-
neral conclusions from the isolated experiments which
farmers might make on their breeds of cattle. By the
exhibitions which the present Society were the means of
bringing together, a farmer might gain more in two
days in Smithfield, than in two years on his own farm.
If the present Club were not to be continued, a great
deterioration of agricultural science would soon be wit-
nessed, to the injury of the country in ger mai. His
Lordship successively proposed the Healths of the
Stewards; the Judges of the cattle; the several suc-
cessful, and lastly the several unsuccessful, candidates
for the premiums."

After thanks had been returned for these respective toasts, his
Lordship proposed the " Health of Sir John &bright," which was
drunk with great applause.
Sir JoliN SLBRIGIIT returned thanks, and assured the
Meeting that lie was deeply impressed with a conelc
lion of the gte-at utility of the Club to the country at
large, and that he should be always happy to promote
its objects to the utmost of his power. _ _

After a just and appropriate eulogiuto upon the Duke of Bedford,
as the late President of the Society, the •• Health of his Grace"
was drunk with great approbation.
Lord AI:AMORY then proposed the " Health of Mr. Coke, of
Holkham," which was drunk with three times three.
Upon Sir Jona. SzsatonT proposing the " Health of the
Chairman,"

His LORDSHIP 'aid, he felt that no situation could
give him more satisfaction than that of presiding ovcr
so large a body of the principal agriculturists of Eng-
land. He had already expressed his conviction of tie
meat utility of the present Meeting, and lie could only
add, that he should always be happy to give the So-
ciety his zealous support. (His Lordship sat down
amidst re;terated applause.)
The awards of die different prizes were then read by
the Noble Chair mu) ; and amongst the number of suc-
cessful candidates we noticed the names of the Marquis,
of Exeter and Mr. Pallmer, the Member for Surrey.
A Gcntlentan prrsent then gave the " Health of Earl Spencer,"
which was drunk with applause.
Lord ALTIIOIIr returned thanks in an appropriate speech.
A Gentit man now addressed the Meeting, begging
them to take into considers: km the state of the agticul-
total poor ; but the disapprobation of the company was
so strongly expressed, that he was obliged to sit down.
Lord At.rooftP said he could assure the Meeting that
he was fitvotri able to any measure that would effect an
ameliotati n in the condition of the agricultural poor ;
at the same time he thought that the agricultural, ma-
nufacturing, aird commercial classes, could only flout ish
when they sympathi,ed %%jib each other—(.Applause).
At a quarter to nine the Nibble Lord left the Chair, and the
greater pert of the Company retired.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARL BOROU G ULSTREET.

Yesterday a female, named F.llzsbeth lawless, applied to the
sitting itlagiiirate, Mr. Delta, to know in what way she was to
proceed, to recover the sum of 51. which had been obtained from
her by Salmon, the BOw.street officer, under the following circum-
stances:—Between five and six months ago, the lion. Captain
Earley was remiiiiing at the Quadrant Hotel, Regent-street, kept
by Mr. Smith ; and while residing there, he was robbed of Bank
notes.tu the amount of 401. as was supposed, by one of the female
servants, who fled the following day into the country, and is not
yet apprehended. The applicant had the misfortune to be related
to the supposed thief, who called on her at her master's, a Mr.
Martin, a respectable tradesman, in Maddox-street, and gave her a
I.W. note to change. Mrs. Lawless accordingly procured two 51.
notes; one of which her retation took, and the other she left in Mrs.
Lawless's hands. in case she might want it at any future period.—
Salmon, the officer, was applied to, and he traced the 10/. to Mrs.
lawless, who immediately explained in what manner it bad passed
through her hands, and she instantly gave up the 51. which remained
in her possession to Salmon, who however insisted an her making
good the remaining 51. In vain she remonstrated, and endeavoured
to make every satisfaction, by 'hewing two letters which she had
received from her niece at Bristol—Salmon was peremptory; and
ultimately, being intimidated at his threats, she made an application
to Thomas Green, Esq. M.P. for Lancaster, who kindly lent her
, 51. which, with the other 51. was paid over to Captain Blayney.
At a subsequent period, being informed that she had no legal right
to pay the second 51. she came before Mr. Dims, at this Office,who
recommended her to apply to Captain Blayney on the subject, tel-
ling her that he was confident, when Captain Blayney should be
made acquainted with the nature of the circumstances under which
she had paid the 51. that he would return the money. Repeated
applications were made to Capt. Blayney, but the money never was
returned ; and the list time she called, she was informed that he
declined having any thing more to do in the affair. She now, ac-
companied by Mr. Martin, appeared before the Magistrate, and so-
licited his advice as to what course she was to pursue.
Mr.. Martin said, that he was present when Salmon told the wo•
man that she must make up the 101. with her own money, and fully
corroborated his set vanes statement.

Mr. Dean expressed his surprise that such a transaction as the
above should have taken place between the poor woman and Sal-
mon; and further remarked, that he was decidedly of opinion that
she was not bound to make up the 101. as long as she retained the
money in her bands which she bad received from the actual thief ;
the proper course to have pursued would have been to have brought
her before a Magistrate. Mr. Dm also said, that he had spoken
to Salmon, who denied part of Mrs. Lawless's statement.
Some further conversation passed, in the course of which Mr.
Dram addressed the applicant. and told her that, throughout the
whole affair, she had behaved like a very honest woman, and he
was not surprised Mr. Green bad befriended her.
It was then arranged that a message should be sent to Salmon,
to attend on Saturday next, when the affair might be settled.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Amongst the dlsorderlies yesterday morning was a respectable-
looking Gentleman, who gave his address Mr. Francis Burrows,
London-street, Fitzroy-square, charged by a watchman with being
drunk.

Doyle, a watchman of St. Margaret's parish, stated, that on going
his rounds about two o'clock in the morning, be found the defend-
ant in King street so intoxicated, that be was unable to take care
of himself, and he took him into custody.
"It was one by Shrewsbury clock, (exclaimed Mr. Burrows)
66 I had been spending the evening with some friends in Gower-
street, and was perfectly sober ; this is nothing more than a vile
conspiracy against sue. These men are in the practice of taking
Gentlemen up and swesriug they were drunk. I:have been most
shamefully used in the watcbhouse, and confined in the blackhule.
Is this to be borne?"

Widirs--Do you mean to deny being intoxicated?
Mr. Burrows—Certainly I do.
Mr. WlllTZ—Kingstreet could not be exactly your way home
from Gower-greet.

Mr. Burrows—Why, Sir, I was going to visit a friend of mini in
Heniming's-row.
!Ir. Wurrz—Pray do you always take such an early boor to pay
your morning visits?
Mr. Burrows hemmed and stammered a little.
Mr. Wens—You must pay See shillings for being drunk.
Mr. Burrows—l wish to ask you, Sir, if lamto be hauled into
the blackkole by main fbrce?

Mr. Wilma—Certainly if you are disorderly.
Mr.BUTIVWS (turning to the watchnust)-11ere,Gentlemen, you
are to do as you like you see. The five shillings was paid, and 3lr•
Burrows left the office grumbling.

Imams rrinied and Palgked b:, S. F. KEALT, at the SIAS Oft‘Als

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