The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-23 00:00:00

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Worre;tee bile 4 peciahle; were still
annoy Wow& He found in looking over the papers.
that Lord Londonderry and Lord Castlereagh had I
proposed to postpone their own inteiests, in order
that the provision for the younger children might be I
secarred to the amount of 80.0001.—With Teepee! to
Jr. y.trinpeses property, it appeared in he
erre thospirnod four hundred pouted. a year, in Ire.
1;4, vrres to her English property, its !value its
oir'e litace dePended upon collieries, one of which wag
he 4 under a lease from the Dean aod Chapter of
Tiurnern, which woolci 'spire in abornt eight years,
,
Eno it was ouderstood there was a Coll Sider•
stile dillicuilY time
.the subject of renewing.-:
She had, however, independent ,e( that, a very
ceetticlorahle fortune, but teach less than the
ii,ofilar heat given her credit for, es it bad happen-
ed io her, as to many others, that thq world sup-
Willed her to be three times as rich as she really was.
should not enter into en esaminatiott of the rea-
stilling in the Master's report, as to 'lie advantageof
a young Lady having* kqbend of mature age. His
Lordahip considered the objection of the disparity of
eft bad totally Clited, hut for his own pert he could
sec thkrth disparity of age was any recommendation.
IS wok ,poitst which it was the duty of the hinds of
the Lady to represent to bet. 'Although it did not
!Wlma, that because a man was 40 years. of age, that
bei was theteforts of mature judgment, yet it seemed a
11,4 inference of the matter that Lord Stewart hat.
jog spent hi. if. in the attainment of every honour
th4t every country in errors.. could corder on him,
Wag entitled to he looked upon as a person who had
well cohducted himself, and es a man of sound iodic. it
tient and high character. With, respect to Lurd
S;eaart's having a son who might intercept the bo. I
saws of the family, if ibiswas a eartiass est which
tire affections of she Lady were engaged„,iag,he to
say, merely because her son could not have a British
Veerege, that therefore it was an improper marriage
The nest charge, was that of Lord Stewart having no
adeqoate fortune:bet, on this point he felt. himsej(
bound to refer to a cast in which Lord Thurlom 'hod,
derided against a marriage, on 'the ground ,of Opacity
of fortune, though the Master hail repotteekin %ester
of the maniage. The opinion of Lord:Theriatichad
been coorBrmcl, on appeal to the House of Vordp..4-
That cite, differd widely from the present one: there
the peteswitarho had proposed, the marriage hid only
5001 P a ar illowid him by his father, three bandied
, • yoj
pesnd- a ,yrrer. ss Rouser of e Park, 1001. year its his
wart right. Another rase was that, of Lord Carteret,
oho, harl.paid his addresses to Miss Watson. lord
Carteret was a man of rent', but of no fortune.—_
Lord Thorlow's mind bad long vacillated upon tba,t
eataSii;ii, as indeed was said to be the case with the
preaent Chancellor, but at last, tensible that the
egectioris of, the young people were too closely
DO. 41 to be seated, he had consented to the mar.
rose. In the present case there was rants, fortune, he,
hoped cberscter, and very great connections. The.
I.ody had a fortune *goal to a provision fur trey fa-
tuity, therefore neither the authority of the cases
tint!, nor a ju4 view of the subject, led him to
think there was any disparity in point of ((Weep,
particularly when it was considered that. Lord Stew-
art had purposed to make sus h settlement as .the
Court should think proper. This proposal hiving
Leers carried before the Master, Mrs. Taylor had off
fetid Isor,,ohjections : they consisted of, a refotation
of all * gaiements in the affidavits ; she objected
to, him as s suitor to her niece on accuant of his age,
cheracter..lite situation of his property, and other
circumstances stated with regard to hiefarnilyr She,
ropresented his age at forty, that ofher neice's at Is,
and added, that after the most diligent enquiry, she
felt herself coatpelled to repeat, that she believed his
dispors•itimp opd habits were dissipated and irregular,
end ill-seited to promote the. happiness of domestic
life. The nest and. most painful task was, as 'elated •
tothechorecter of Lord &smart. Upon that most,
diarresoiog part of SIMI,CaS., he Mrs. Taylor cre.
dirt for her.cotttictioo4 that the representation made.
to het. saaltree, hes$114:01•41400 11110, hew he could
act upon. such a state .of,thitsgs according try the dutie;
of the erasion heheld,lostin aalfret Aso lb. Fborite of
dissipation, Lord ,Stewaridiad pledged liimtelf by his
oath several limes, that hit, habits of life had not
been dissipated. or
.irreestlat,aottited.exprested the
headship of suck general imputations in ,an affidavit,
its which be had ehallensed the whole world.to slate
a single 40 on which tech. an assertion .could he
coosidered as well founded.: If it wits meant to make
any charge against the. moral character .of fiord
6teirett, it ought to half been- dilltieCti.Y pet- He
ovg.l.t to know what, were the.habits of life, which.
had betto.refersert to as furnishing: evidence of disci.
patios, Row could he say whWther Mist -habits were.
illreuited 40;promete the happinescof fdoevestio
without lusowing what wale those habits? Thejelia.
diction he exercised w (mid he moat erne!, if he Suffer.
ed any cam o's character tn.'se attacked by anonymous,
ititestrotes,,without an opportunity being given to the
patty to refute their easertions.. It appeared to him,
that, he could not, as a just man, a father, or a
Ju;lgel„ act upon the objection as to character.
The treat objection was of a nature which expose the
Court to a great deal of difficulty,.but it: was the duty
of the Court fully toconaider it. Tboae who kisew Lord
qteoart's family., knew it was very numerous and
very reapectahle. The only. instances brought for.
ward as proofs of hereditary insanity were two ; and
what did they.amonnt la It appeared that the mired•
of Lady Caroline Wood, by tnismassagententin child.
bed, and afterwards-by bathing in the nee, had be-
come ern wed ; betthis was only a temporary allbc•
roe. God forbid he should it take as evidence of an
hereditary faint • that it. was only temporary, he
must conclude, for this.reaser, that the medical men-
bad spoken in a way which left-it impossible todoubt
the fact. The only other instance, was that of Lady
Londonderry, in 1782, at ohiels• period the ear
Stated to have been deranged. ilex milady. bad beam
accounted for mei:My in the same moaner. Hii
Lordship said, he had gone email, adkeil of
the circumstances waives ItOthae-proposals of'snar-1
tinge. Sir Samuel Kornilly4, for obese judgment aril
140)er, a man, a fsitar, and ti • Judge, PO -anal
had higher respect, aside do whosit4opinims he.(LorilS
Chancellor would pis much deference as be *mold
to that.of any man 10In had titer hereof that Hes, fie
mein could he trctuitad by cberiee eistortmetiotafi
;orioles, had asked how he tadlEbsct Isaiah*/
1 • rept), he would say, he wisuldtkhavr, onmebedr
;tt'u thesase exactly the sante way, brat 1,44,114041,