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hig heavy damages. He did n(4 kilo* if a member of the
Noble House ef Richmond would descend tome such
a plea; but the 1.4 of England said, th it a violater of
the law must pay in his person if he cannot pay is his
purse. Did the defendant con,ider the deep injury be
inflicted, and the happinecs he destroyed ? Did he pause
for a moment, and ought he to plead that he was not able
to pay? The robber who plundert you of 40s. suffers
capital punishment ; but the thief who plunders a man
of that which is valuable beyond all riches, the slave
01 vice, is to be permitted to plead his inability to pay.
One of the greatest Law)ers who had ever graced that
B t r. had endeavoured to make this offence cr rut inal, for
which the parties might be indicted; and he said, with
that, force and eloquence for which he was so remark.
ah;e, " you hang a man for robbing you of a few shil•
lines, but you inflict only a pecuniary fine upon the in-
diviJual who plunders you of all that you hold dear,
an.l makes life endurable." If one of the Jury, on
riinp home, should discover that his house had been
robbed, or that his premises had been set on fire, would
he think the crime of the party the less. because he was
told that a stranger had done it. The Jury should look
at one point of the ease—the rank of the parties; the
higher the character the more acute the injury, as they
became the universal object of the world's pity, or per-
haps the world's opprobrium. The defendant was
honourable by profession, and noble by birth, and was
therefore bound to afford a virtuous example. It would
be quite in vain for the Jury to extort from rags the
penalty due to justice, if they did not visit the elevated,
for the rank of the adulterer was an aggravation of
his guilt. He did not know by what juggle the de.
fendant carried off the Lady from her husband and
children; but he knew there was a splendour about
rank and title, delusive and imposing ; and there could
be no doubt that the rank of the defendant bad aided
him in completing the seduction of the plaintiff's wife
He did not wish to make anything like an appeal to the
feelings of the Jury, be would rather have the verdict
of their judgment than of their passions. Not a year
ago was he in possession of that object, which, above all
in this world, he thought most desirable. He was in
p issessian of a loving and virtuous woman, the mother
of his children. Now, alas I he is doomed to be a wan-
derer in the world. His mind became afflicted by
the endearments of those little ones, who were the,
emblems of their mother's beauty, but now of her shame;
and this was the work of the defendant—the work of
lust and dishonour. The Learned Gentleman then said
he should call witnesses. who would prove the facts he
had stated, and the guilt of the defendant.
Mr. John Howard was the first witness ; he produced the
certificate of the marriage of the Baron and Baroness de Robed',
which took place in the year 1320.
Major General Brown said, I became acquainted with the Bum
and Baroness de Itobeek, immediately after their marriage, and I
visited them as often as they came to Ireland, which was generally
wee a year ; the Baton was is the army ; it was fespewable for a
more exemplary husband to exist; in every respect they lived most

happily tog;thei.
Mr. Placates said. that he bad several witnesses to prove that the
Baron and his wife lived upon the best terms.
Mr. Resents, who appeared for the defendant, said he did not
doubt Major Brown's evidence, and therefore it was not necessary
to call any more witnesses to corroborate his statement.
Mr. Geo. Morgan said, I am cousin to the Bartmem de Robed' ;
I recollect the time the Baron and his Lady were at Brighton; on
their return, I visited them, and the Baron appeared to me to be-
have towards Ms Lady in the most affectionate and conciliating
manner; in December, last year, I accompanied eke Baroness to,
Brighton, and left her in the care of her grandmother, Mts. Morgan.
Mi. Pnu.tars—Did the Baron state what be went to Ireland for ?
Witnees--I have it from his own lip.; be said he went to Ireland
to rai.e money to supply the eatravagancies of his wife.
Mr. Tupper a medical Gentleman, said, in the autumn of 11126,
I visited the Baroness de Robeck; she was not then hi a perfect
state of health; her child was also unwell, aid I recommended bee
to go with it to Brighton ; the infant was about three or (oar
month; old.
Wm. Coffey said, I lived for three years as servant with Bartel
de Robeck ; be at all times appeared to be a most kind husband ; I
remember the Baron going to Ireland, in October, 1128; I
accompanied him there; he remained In Ireland about BM
weeks, and I returned with him to London ; the Lluo• led
myself then went to Brighton, where two of the children Went
left, one was flee years, and the other three years of
age. We thee went to Paris, and to the apartments vi-the
Dowager Baroness de Rnebeck, accompanied by Madame Merge&
On the 13th January last, the Baron dined with his mother; the
Baroness excused herself on the ground of illness, and did not join
the party. in the evening, 1 was sent out with a message by the
Baroness, and on oty return, I found the Baron in a state of great
agitation, in consequence of the Baroness having left the house; he
applied at the Police-offices and other places, to And out where she
had gone to. but without effect.
Mr. PliaLlPS—Are you still in the Baron's service T—T am.
Pauturs-- Have you observed any alteration in his conduct
since this melancholy circumstance took place? Witness—Soon
after the Baroness left his house, be seemed quite abstracted, and
neglectful of his person, and there now appears a great alteration in
his person.
Mr. Femurs—l believe you went with a Professional Gentle-
man from the Ecclesiastical Court to Blois?—Witness--Yes, I
went with that Gentleman to Mutt, the residence of the Baroness
de Robeck. On inquiring at the house, I was introduced to the
Baroness by I.ord Sussex Lennox; when I saw the Baroness, she
inquired after the Baron, and then, in the most affectionate terms,
asked bow her children were ? and at the same momeat burst into
teats; she inquired most affecikmately after her children, and said
she hoped the Dowager Baroness de Robeck was kind to them.
Pierce Butler said be bad been many years in the service of Lord
Cloncurry, and upon leaving that Nobleman's Family be entered
into the service of the Baron and Baroness de Reheat he went
with them to Brighton in the autumn of 1826; Lord Sum: Len-
nox elated the Jiaton's house at that time, and witness knows that
letters passed between Lord Lennox and the Baroness • the Hon.
Mrs. Whalley, the*Baronesei aunt, lived about 200 yards from her;
all the children were with her at Brighton.
Dorothea Louisa O'Dwyer said—ln the autumn of 1626 I lived
in the family of the Baroness, as governess; Lord Sussex Lennox
visited at the House. Mrs. Whalley resided near the Baroness;
the Baroness appeared to be a very kind and indulgent mother.
Mr. Robert Taylor said-1 am acquainted with the family of
the Baron • I occupied a house in Regency-square, Brighten, at
the time the Baroness was there; I and my Lady were on terms of
intimacy with her, and frequently visited her. Mrs. Whalley re-
sided in my house, and often visited her niece. The Baroness was
visited by persons of the greatest respectability in Brighton ; belong
the Baroness went to Brighton, the Baron went down to select
comfortable residence for her.
Margiret Memard, a very pretty young woman, was examinedial
'French: She said, I lived at the Hotel de Douvre, at Paris, with
the Baron and Baroness, in January,lB27; I recollect the Baron
'dining out on the 13th January; I know the Hotel Joseph.
Do you recollect accompanying the Baroness to the Hotel
Joseph?—lda
Do you know Lord Sussex Lennox?—Yes.
Did you see him there ?—Yes, I saw him at the Hotel of the
Sweetie Joseph.
Did the Barimess return to her own home after you accompa-
nied her to the hotel?—She did not return home afterwards.
Who did she remain with?—She remained with Lord Sus-
ses Lennox.
Did they leave the Hotel Joseph, and go to any other Hotel?—
Two days after they quitted the Hotel Joseph, and went to the
Hotel Luxembourg.
How loos did they remain therel—They remained there about
a fortnight.
• Where did they go to from the Hotel Luxembourg?—From
the Hotel Lusembours they went toe house, in the street called
Rue de Beni, In Pails.
Did the Baroness live there with Lord Sussex Lennox?—Yes,
they always lived together.
War the Baron at home or absent, when his Lady went awi
with Lord Steeez Lennox?—He was absent at the tt..te.
le what capacity did you live in the family ?—As Lady's-maid
and I was hired by the Baron.
Crow-examined by Mr. Resents: When Lord Sussex Lennox
was in France, was be knows by that name, or did lie use the