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London, England, 1826-03-18 00:00:00

'society. That deponent has always observed the great
kindness and affection he entertained for his children;-and
on one occasion remembers Mr. Wellesley remonstrating
with his wife on the subject of her taking out her
daughter and exposing her to the night air.—.Thete
was another affidavit of 'Captain Thomas Garth,
who visited the family when at Naples; and he stated,
that he never witnessed the most distant degree of
sternness in Mr. Wellesley's behaviour, or any want of
affection, and that he was always part cularly attentive,
and indulgent towards his children. That deponent
remembers Mr. Wellesley telling him that Mr. Pittman,,
the tutor, kept a book, wherein he inserted the good
and bad behaviour of the young gentlemen, which was
brought to Mr. Wellesley every week, and the young
gentlemen rewarded according to their deserts. Mr.
Edward Lambton, in his affidavit, stated, that *hen he
was resident at Naples, he always thought Mr. W. was
a very kind and affectionate father, and has often heard
him say how strict he was in correcting his sons when
they told a lie. Then there was the affidavit of Mr.
Brummell, who, whatever might have been his misfor
tunes in lite, he believed no one ever doubted the ho-
nour and veracity of that Gentleman. He stated, that
when Mr. Wellesley was at Paris, he was in constant
and habitual intercourse with him, and that hit conduct
always appeared to be most kind and affectionate to his
children. Mr. Dart went on to observe, ti;at the s•ins
of Mr. Wellesley were sent to Drayco:, the family seat,
tinder the care of Mr. Pittman, and with the approval
of Mrs. Wellesley. While the sans were at Draycot, a
cnrrespondence was kept up between them and the
father, of which his Learned Friends on the other
side had only stated a part. In that correspondence,
Mr. Wellesley told his son to let it be his first duty to
take care to have so much respect for himself, as
never to utter a falsehood, and to avoid that lisle cun-
ning which always degraded the character of a Gentle-
man. He likewise told him to imitate the by-gone and
leading characters of the day, and amongst others
introduced Mr. Sheridan, for the purpose of shewing
how his brilliant talents were degraded by the total
want of economy. In some of his letters to Mr. Pittman,
he requested- that these young • gentlemen, as far as
regarded their religious education, might be confined to
reading the Book of Common Prayer and the Bible.
He would now read to his Lordship a letter in Mrs.
L. Wellesley's own hand-writing to Sir It. Church,
which would clearly shew how Mrs. Bligh came to be
introduced to Mr. Wellesley's house, the letter was as
follows ;

" Deal Sin Bulimia—Forgive me for taking the liberty of re-
questing you to send me the address of --, it being my inten-
tion to call on Mrs. Bligh, and I wish to make my first visit without
the knowledge of Mr. Wellesley. My reason for doing this, is, that
an ill-natured world may not have it in its power to say, that Mr.
Wellesley has influenced my conduct in any degree on this subject."
The Learned Counsel observed, that in this state of
things he apprehended his Lordship could do nothing
more than refuse the prayer of the petition, which asked
the interposition of the Court, which interposition when
called for was most useful, but which, he considered,
when granted at the request of third persons, always
turned out to be mischievous. .
Mr. Hunts followed on the same side, and observed that his
Lordship would have considerable difficulty in deciding between
the conflicting affidavits of Dr. Bulimic), and Mr. Wellesley. These
circumstances might operate more or less to degrade the children,
if his Lordship was to consider the evidence as not deserving credit
when contrasted with the testimony of Dr. Bulkeley,
The Loan C.nancant.oa, interrupting the Learned Counsel, ob-
served, he could not proceed any farther with this matter today, as
he was obliged to go to the House of Lords.