The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-29 00:00:00

shoe Plaintiff nor, tat cotniounicere *hue bad passed to
Mrs. Key, or her guardian, Mrs. Taylor ; and she
bas heard and believes That Ades. Key had no know-
ledge of such intended Marriage until a request was
made to her by the Gendarme before alluded to, to
permit his Mead to see and communicate wit:
Plaintiff, who had been Ordered for her health to the
me side." Mrs. Taylor then mated thin, in Conse-
quence of her remonstrances, ell communications
were broken off, and she insisted that she diciThis
'entertaining jest and proper feelings as guardian to
the Plaintiff. These were cireurnstaoces, his Lord.
ship observed, which might not only have been Can.
tradicted by Lady Antrim, bet by other perms,
goevereant with the affair. Rut these facts told met with
!ato contradiction. Mrs. Taylor had reasoned; upon
.this conduct of Lady Aside, that it was inconsistent
-with what was doe to the 'Plaintiff end to herself
-sae essediaii; to this observation he woad add, that
if were true that the Countess had • been guilty of
each enwdect, it was altogether inconsistent avitirthe
defy Lady Anttim owed to the Court, considering
the situation iet- which. be was placed. Not long
dttw this transaction an application Wig made to the
Cori, and indeed it was high time an application
shield beam& to vary the plan of education which
had•beoriadopti:d; and it now appeared upon a R.
port which the Master had not been enabled.to make
audit Rth March, 1818, that, in his opinion, an
'liberation :eboold be made with reference to thie
-peidglady's allocation. This Report had been mods
iitteenseqwenre of an application made to himself in
the year 1817, that the yoonglady- might be intro.
Arced at Court, and into society ; and the Master.,
-le hießeiport, hid declared 'that 'by agreement • this.
"iterreg lady was to be intradoced at Court.by Lady
-slllntrim, and to visit-wish • Mrs TSylor gm, Lady
ltti~trtita; hot added, theta any inconvenience should
ellie felt by this arrangement, a notice by Cacho( the
:parties *field operate as 11 diftliergie of his opinion.
LOrslship then prociteded—"•l thought it' my.
'ditty to state these circumstances, for the purpose 14
intimating that it k the opinion'of the Court that 'ILI
'proper care of the interest of the ward' has.not been
.laken by, Lady Aturrim, and Ifeel it my dot? to .041
mis, it having been hinted to me that therro•na
at
qiet that I should not 41o'rny• duty. The world
Iphall know this, that I; will not go out of this
'world disgracing myself try • entertaining those
ciples whir* here never affected my heart. There
sever esisted :a more Inflict 'lodge in one revert thin
myself; for I am always Aerial lest. I slosald
snoop. Let those who think ;wiper-re slitoderme
with limns mons letters, know that I serve erria.ter
whore I would not serve, if it were possibte to be
4torteeived. that I shoo-brivetliviny duty. ll'aving
laid thus mach thialobjecs, I will now pro-
seed with the question beferitme" Ilia Lotelship
then adverted to the proposal of marriage which had
New made, by Lordli.eviart, end accepted by Lady
Fratweeen the Oth of April. That hiring been coin
manicatvd to Mrs. Taylor .witon the' MA of Aprils,
It produced a Petition frotathm Lads. supported by
an effidavit. In affidavit Abs. Taylor had stated
the grounds upon which* rho opposed this eeittn,
's that recollecting the pita formerly entered into It
the employs% to effect a marriage Amerces her dtieghter
and a Nohlemair, without hewing consulted the
wishes of the i'laintiff, the Ditlierseetbearesteapprea
bensise lest a similar projectltiright eipteirees. twee
advise I without the knowledge of the ilaiwriff."...+
The affidavit then proceeded to enumerate the airless
personal objections to Lord Stewart,' Aril;
st that he is 40 years of age,• oc thereaboatte:'-..-
His Lordship would be 39- years of age'io the
month of May oral : and again, tothat he is •a'
widower, with a son, nut many years younger than
the Plaintiff." That, his Lordship observed, wag a
very material tic!, and one which might illustrate the
anaiety which esisted not of doors with reaped to
this case. It was thought, be said, necessary, by
sompbo.'y, to address an: anon) moos leiter to him,
to inform him of a fact which the writer suprisod be
could not have known (wrote, that it was yoitt right
he should' recollect that this Nohterosn wa. a sreanst•r•
and had a'son, which son would interrupt the de-
scent of the title and of the property to too issue of
this marriage; if it should take place. Ile had a
very retinas command' last DWI, to desire that he
would notiotiget 'that fad. With regard to this
anonynvole hotter:. although Instances did esiit where
there attOnfinous commossicatious had a beneficial
cited ; setsc.with regard to private families, they did
in itifinitoileal of trri,irhief; and by those who ad.,
dtew' such letters to Judaea in their jetlirial rapacity,
it ought to be'elArSighWd ttber Chet are criminal in
AlOlllO9O degree. %Olathe eroded' of Lord
Hardwirke, whyrrhe discdettOettOrritain pifrarons pub-
iishitig partial accounts of sentthetwall
to prison ; end thoao olineregellty of willing sew.
,nytnoos letters to Judges are demising of on less a
ppaishment: The east sfarement iw the affidavit was,
that fierd Stewart es is the' joiroger son of an Irish
Teer,•Wfrfteut any fortune/Or provision." The• Court
amajarie what was the mischief of ;limb reprosen.
titian. finv shrobtained That information she did
swot gee, bpi di 'Week of Lord Stewart had most
fully gentradigtekthisallegation: In the sabre affi-
dath it was tithe alleged; that ••Lord Stewart • was in
embafrossissi cheississtotalot, 'soil that his' habits- were
dtssli„l inpsiLlair and that there were other
circutiloatu4atapypeti6soble which, ought not to be
mentioned in open Cooit.. Pints then, with respect
- iii llre'atlegatien thel Lord Stewart•trea forty years
ortirs;ithe Infonisation wit trendy' ceirectv and the
ballet iris well 'founded.. It Wes 'a circumstance in
Ids judgment Which •slantild be atPailvd to. lu tha
fetter written by Mi. Whitliiit for\iradY Error's, it
hail been treated lightly''; but It well slaCt deserving
great consideration. That • Laid' 'lite* art *was
widower, with a son not milt" yoengee than the
Plaintiff, were circumstances which also acquired
consideration. With regard' to the imputation,
that Lord Stewart had' no forlohei and' elk in
embarrassed circumstances, he coot-eked that tie
assertion was groundless, and might 'to have'
no credence, considering the inanner in which it had
been met by the R111(1444 hf MS Lordssilp. Ile had
to less e' sum than 28,0001. in 'personal property;
end was Tree from all debtit. The nest •pointin Mn.i
Taylor's affidavit was, that Lord Stewart was
in
dissipated and irregofar liaiaits:. What the habits of
Lord Stewart werehe-cOulri not • say ; bet .he
meld
with greet troth affirm, ihnthe k 'nOthing egalrilt
the Iri Vile' efill.rattir;''eftif et Cif thiegthr fiioilt -of