The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-01 00:00:00

LAW INTEILIGEN6E.
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COURT OF LIMB BENCH, him It

/Videlcir.r istirstrard Sittings (Ore Trinity Term, Wore
the Chi(/' Jastlcc arid a Special Jars.
CRIS! ('ON.
t twi:Ol:NT OLERAWILRS C. ItENICT JOHN BURN, ESQ.
T'ais was an action to recover a compeusation in da-
mage. against the defendant, for criminal conversation
with the plaintiff's wife. The damages were laid at
90.00 W.
The plaintiff's case was conducted by Mr. Scanterr,
Mr. Pc ht.sa, and Mr. Haulms, and the defendant's by
Mr. Ilitocaseass and Mr. MANNINO.
Mr. SistiLSTT opened the case with his usual ability.
The fulluwing is an outline of the rase presented to the
Ji' :—The plaintiff was st:rteal to be the Honourable
41 illiam Richard AnnesleY, commonly called Lord
V iernatet tilerawley, eldest son of the Earl of Animate'',
in the kingdom of Ireland, and the defendant was the
son of the late licneral Bunt, who served in India, a
loratenaut of the 10th Hussars, now on half-pay. In
the vomit of May, 103, the plaintiff being then about
43 years a age, was married in Dublin to Lady Ise-
brlta St. Lawrence, second siaugt.'er of the Earl of
limed,. then about 2U years of age, a lady of distin-
'Meisel accomplishntents, and uncommon loveliness of
person. The only fruit of the marriage was the lion.
Mary Anneeley, who was born in March, ISM. For
the first eleven years of the marriage, the plaintiff and
his wife lived most happily together. Until the year
l'O7 they lived ie Dnblin and its neighbourhood, and
then came to England, and resided successively at Chel-
tenham. Bath. Clifton, Stowey, in Somersetshire; Queen-
street West, Oreleard-street, and Berkeley-square, Lon-
don, In the year Ibls, the plaintiff, in consequence of
the expensive habits of his wife, which had involved
him in pecuniary difficulties, determined to remove his
family to some provincial town in France, with a view
ef retrenching his establishment, and accordingly
Arniens was fixed upon, whither he removed with his
lady and family, and took a furnished house. In the
latter end of January, 1816, the plaintiff left his family
at Amiens, for the purpose of animating his Ntlianient-
ary ditties in London, he being then Mend* fur the
L .rungli of Downpatrlck. The Ttsmily n Lich his Lord-
ship left, consisted of Lady lilevawley, Miss Anneslev,
It:• daughter ; Miss Catherine Cecilia Westrop, the eat-
s...rums ; three maid-servants, and two man-servants. In
Slay. INK the plaintiff returned to his family, and re-
mained at ith then until January, ItilL when he again
l'Allle 41 England fur the purpose of attracting Parlia-
ment, and Ulna beck again to Amiens in July of the
-.:a.• year. About the latter end of 1241:i, the defend-
:alit, a young man, ?.t.t year' of age, of handsome person.
and genteel mermen, then residing with his neither and
sister at Amiens, was introduced to Lady tilerawley,
ae.l becaine a constant visitor of the family, but nothing
a.....iirreal at that time to occasion any suspicion on the
1..1:t of the plaintiff. Mutual visits were paid Ity the
1 ...:iititf and his Lady and the linrit family. In August,
111;, the plaintiff and his family removed to Versailles,
a here a house was taken on lease. The plaintiff re-
I.:Jilted until Jannary. Itsl,, nisei' hr returned to Lun-
atop, and went from thence to an election contest in I re-
I .nal, anal did not return to his family again until May,
lel9. From the eeidence in support of the case, it
w•auld appear that a very intimate intercourse took
place between the dcfendaut and Lady lilerawley, from
.I.anisary, 1,111. When the first act of adultery was
committed did not distinctly appear. At that period.
however, Lady tilerawley desired to have a separate bed.
under pretence of eonstitotional infirmity. At first, the
1.. allies were timid anal cite peal in their proceedings,
and it was only by frequent repetition of their guilt
the they hecoute shameless. hardened. and unmindful
of the consequences. Daring the intervals of the plain-
tiff's absence from Frames, the defendant became a con-
want inmate of Lady ftlerawley's have. assuming a do-
minion over the servants. and over her Ladyship's lor-
an,. When his Lordship molten/la be always alisap-
pyreal. and was never seen by the plaintiff. The first
suspicious circumstance discisiseal in the evidence was,
tl.e fact of her Ladyship meeting the defendant at a bath
a:, I public garden at Amiens, and retiring in privacy
writ him' and remaining for about an hour. From
tt it period until June, when his Lordship returned to
Ai-liens, the defendant spent whole days with Lady G.
et'''lllr and drinking tea with her. The same conduct
✓ as observed during subsequent intervals of absence.
Dais and days were spent by lain, with her Ladyship in
the drawing-room, connected with which was a bed-
PUPIL lie was often seen sitting on the bed with Lady
l;., which was observed to he discomposed, as if two
poisons had reclined upon it. This bed was Miss Au-
to:'. y's. During the period of the plaintiff's absence
trom January, Me. to Slay, 1519, the defendant as
• the complete domiuitin of Lord o.'s house at
Versailles. The winter and spring of those years were
spent by ti.e guilty parties between Versailles and Paris,
*here the defendant bad taken apartments at the Hotel
(flange Battelliere. There was no doubt that they con-
s'antle cohabited together, their bed-rooms communicat-
ing with each other, and the defendant being frequently
ape,. in his dressing gown in Lady o.'s room whilst she
MEI in bed. This illicit intercourse was constantly kept
up until the month of May, 1619, when the plaintiff
alerupely returned to Versailles. He had previously sent
a fetter to his Wife announcing his intention of return-
ing, het the letter miscarried. When he arrived at his
Umiak the defendant and Lady D. had gone together to
the opera at Paris. ThverriatOlof Lord O. created the
greatest consternation amongst the domestics. The de-
ter lanes groom. a matt named La Roche, immediately
sei off for Paris to inform his master and Lady U. of the
eircatrustance. He met them in a carriage about one
o'clock in the morning on their return to Versailles, and
oommunicateritheintelligence.The defendant andthe lady
iteoesliately altered their plans, and returned to Paris for
she remainder of the night. Herlodyship's footman, Theo-
dare Lorenam was seat forward to the house at Versail-
les to remove away clandestinely the defendant's appa-
rel, and join her Ladyship in the morning. The former
part of his mission being accomplished successfully, he
joined his mistress in the morning and brought her
bark without the defendant to Versailles. The latter,
however, still continued clandestinely to visit Lady D.
as mighte.oesnettioes meeting her in the back kitchms
tha stable, the and her bed-room. which be
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nissaged to toter er at the window. Down
eVen to this period is
eintiff had not the slightest
suspicion of his wife's Mighty. The shameless =linnet,
I, swerer; in which the intercourse between her and the
&deadest was carried on, at last indoced Theodore Le-
r•riza, the footman, secretly to disclose to his master the
manner instellielg Ids honour was so much injured. The
plaintiff at first received the intelligence with doubt and
aerie:ion. As was coafronted with his mistress, and
lite latter had so much art as to prevail upon the plain-
Mf to larlieve that it was a fodVand infamous calamity of
die aea'vant; in consequence of whicif Lorensa maim-
neellistily dismissed (rota the plaintiff's service without
. a character. his p, howtivet, soon became con-
vinced of dm iratb •
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melaachols communication, in
sisitesimata 4 a received by him itastadiataly of
fain . at, who into a midi-
crave of ' • sad ids own, accusing the '
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messes 4 the umber of a feel attack upon
the chores* mistress. This circumstance deter-
mined üba.pidatilf.to watch her Ladyship's towline.
He immediately removed her Ladyship aid ,the rest of

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