Star.
London, England, 1826-07-25 00:00:00

TO EARL GREY.

Dl► Loan—Being convinced, on calm reflection, that my conduct
towards your Lordship has been unjustifiable, I do not hetitate to
offer your Lordship an apology fur it.
Warren's Hotel, October 26, 1823. T. W. BEAUMONT.
After this, Lord Grey told Mr. Beaumont's brother that he, like
Sir J. S must decline further intercour..e.

THE RIGHT HON. EARL GREY.
Me -Loan—lly the conduct of most of the Gentlemen whom I
have mrt on the Continent; tliough more particularly of the Whir,
towards me, as well as by general report; I have collected that it is
intended that on my return to England I shall not be spoken to.
T. W. BEAUMONT.
[Nu answer was riven to this letter]. Lyons, Jan. 4, 18.24.

This was an action brought. by the levee of the
plaintiff, to recover possession of a most valuahle and
extensive property in Merionethshire, extending into the
celebrated vale of Llangotten, which has been in higa-
tion since the year 1793. In 1794 the case was tried
here, when the present defendant was one of the then
plaintiffs, and recast:red possession. On that occasion
the late Lord Erskine came down, specially lot the
P.issingham family, and the present Mr. Baron G MOW
was also brought down specially, to oppose his g,eat
abilities to the learning of the late Noble Lend.
Mr. TAUNTON stated the case to the Jury in a very-
elaborate and perspicuous speech. This was an action
brought by the heir at lads in the tight line of a Mrs.
Catherine Lloyd, to recover possession of the propet ty
in question. Mr. Ewen Lloyd, the common ancestor,
was, in the year 1740, possessed of the pi ope.t y called
the Hendeur estate, in Merionethshil'e. In six yea s
after he bec.i me so poressecdof the propel ty in question,
he intermarried with a Lady of the ancient and respected
family of the Hills, in this county ; and settled upon
her and the. issue of the m trriage, in strict settlement,
the whole of his real property. Mr. Ewen Lloyd died
in 1774 without issue, and his widow sutvived him till
1782, when she died. Mr. Ewen Lloyd hid a!so two
maiden sisters, Miss Catherine and Miss Mary Lloyd,
who, upon his and his wife's deaths, inherited the estate
as copartners, and for several years received the rents
and profits of it. Catherine L:oyd, upon her death, be-
queathed her moiety of the estates to certain rdatives
for life, remainder over to present pl.intiff, who was
grandson of, the common ancestor. His right as re-
malnderman did not accrue until last December, when
the last life tenant died. It was necessary to state to
the Jury that, in the year 1794, the family of the Pas.
singhams brought an action for the recovery of this
property, as the lineal descendants and right heirs of
Mr. Ewen Lloyd, being issue of a marriage said to have
been contracted by him antecedent to his union with
Miss Hill, and they succeedt'd. According to their
account, one daughter, issue of this marriage, hat mar-
ried the father of the present defendant, and according
to such a pedigree, he was of course grandson to Ewen
Lloyd, Esq. That supposed prior martiage was alleged
to be with a woman of the name of Elizabeth Taylor ;
and the verdict which was obtained on the fog mer occa-
sion was the result of a deep laid conspiracy. The
Learned Counsel did not, however, mean to insinuate
that the present plaintiff p irticipated in the plot that
had been laid to obtain that verdict, but it had been
procured by pet ury and forgery of the blackest de-
scription. The Learned Counsel would not dispute, as
it was unnecessary, that this Elizabeth Taylor was the
mother of the ,Passinghams, by Mr. Lloyd, hut he was
capable of proving, beyond the power of delight, that
Mr. Ewen Lloyd had never been mat ried until he en-
tered the holy state with Miss Hill. On the former oc-
casion, evidence had been tendered and admitted by
Mr. Justice Heath, who tried the cause, .and. who was
unquestionably a most able judge, but on this occasion
he erred in judgment as to the prior marriage. He,
however, admitted proof, such as it was, that the
previous marriage had taken place with Elizabeth.
Taylor. Every one now knew the benefits resulting
from the late Marriage Act, but previous to its passing,
and during the reign of George the Second, a scanda-
lous and infamous practice long prevai:ed, of marrying:
persons at a house assigned, and arranged for the pur-
pose, in the neighbourhood of ne F.eet D.tch, and these
contracts were termed 44 Fleet Marriages." Cler-,
gymen, who were the outcasts ,of their cdEing, and
the disgrace if their cloth, offiziated at these unholy.
unions, and a regular registry of them was kept; but
hat registry having been repeatedly made the instru-
ment of fraud, falsehood, and impoition, the first law
authorities in the kingdom ruled that they were not re-
gni ir means of proot upon any occasion. Mr. Justice
Heath, on the former trial of this cause, admitted proof
of a marriage of this description-between Mr. Ewen
Lloyd, and this Elizatet'l Taylor, and such it was, but
he was principally ii,fitsenced in that admission by the.
production of an attested copy of entries in the parish
register, of the parish churclloof g‘ the Fleet marriage"f Sr. Pancras, which went
to corroborate the probability
between Mr. Lloyd and this Elizabeth Taylor. The
Learned Counsel was now prepared to prove that these
gnu ies in the parish register of S. Pancras were forged