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kelej, On the 3tttto of lierreh, 1785, to. Mary Coles •
d imghter of a trailesinau at Wooten, neer Gine.
ceeter. By ambiguous oaoreS;ions it was con.
,rived, that the Imes should be legally ittildished
and yet mite Ile 31130110 i in the congregation of
who the tee parties were : this was newer eeplained;
nut is it well important, The ceremony was per-
formed privately at oai early hour in the meritioe, no
person beiie4 present iii the eherCh hot Mr. Mot-.
man, the curate, owe the clerk of the parish,
and the brother of lady Berkeley, a yne tit of 15
or 11. All the parties received the strongest. in.
junction* to keep the marriage inviolably secrct
acid Mr. Reesman was particularly chatted ht.
Lord Berkeley to k•tp the 'register in his owe •
hunds, and nut to enterit in the regular manna..
Leidy B.'s brother was immediate, after sent to, •
Louden, when he toed the name of Tudor, and
front these* to it, and remained abroad foe .
some years, first at College at Vihcennes, and at.',
t..r wards atached to the Commissuiat of thellritiah
Army. •
" The motives which preened ne &IN B. to
keep isiß marriage secret, shetrgh *sty have never
bon thoroughly explained, may be reasonably
euunted for by the situation iu life of Lady B.'S
rely, and a declaration Ler.l 11. was understood to
have made previously to the marriage of his brothers,
Admiral B. to Lady Emily Lennox, of his
dins Never to starry.
however, ill the precautions. •
that were taken to keep the marriage secret, to:
*movir* Of it gut abroad, and at letigth.-hecante so
*lron• as to induce a friend of Admiral Berkeley'S
.to,strritet-tat hint upon subject,. istforming that the
're erne e(, his brother's- marriage weft MI general,
rhtl'it was almost ..impossible the). should be false.
Thia Cake to Lord Berkeley's Italia-64e, a hdi
Atennettiately wrote to Mr. Hupsmati, informieg hies.
Of the reports that were in circulation, and giving
Alva to understand, that if he did nut takkt, cities
tual,means to prevent the possibility of the mar.
stage being discovered, ho, would forfeit his (Load 1 •
B.'s) friendship and patronage for ever. To. thlt
114sliaii answered in a few lines, that Lord o..'s
brill should be punctually obeyed—and thus • for
some time matters remained.
66. Hultman appears to have been a man often in
embarrassed circumstances, and in the habit of sett.
citing pecuoiary assistance from Lord Berkeley.—
On one-. of these occasions, not receiving the supply
he requested, he reproached Lord Declivity With itt...
gratitude. And now Lord 8.-himself asstried, that
he fot the first time saw the full extent of the di.
lemma be had drawn himself into., All registery
his marriage, he had every reason to believe,.was de. .
strayed. " Circumstanced. as I was, (said he, in a
speech made iu the Committee of Privileges, when the
subject. of his marriage was before them in the year
1.798), I could. not in honour do any thing that
might Impose him to punishment.. What then was to
be done ? In case Mr. Hewlett outlived me, or Mr,
Tudor should die, who ran more risks of death from-
-his public . capacity, what then would be We,.
Alet,keiefs'sitoatiotsi What proof could she brims
of her, marriage ? , now be.heard iti the w0r1441.;45:,i..
laraisteareeefore, as the teases of secrecy were N'
on'yed,•‘Ps were married again. I 4id uot„ hoer.
Mary risk thip measure, till I had been informed by
an eminent -Counsel that such seeond merrier
could not hoe the effect of- invalidating the first,
in case the solemnization of it could proved."
• 11 'l'bis second marriage was solemnised in Lam.
Petit Church, on the 1611, of Nay, 1796.
'1 At length, in November, 1798, Mt...Hemmen
tsjed, It was suggested, that though the reeler ch-
ary made at the time of the marriage qf' Luttl. and
Lady Berkeley had beep destroyed, yet some traces
vre• memorandum of it. might perhaps be foetid,
'either in ,the Register, or among Mr. Ilupsnian't
papers. Thijsaggestion Lord Berkeley determined to
aceopuo •i .arsdepeordingly,early in theensuing year,
Mr.CarringtOnovho had fur some years been tutor to
-Lord's 13.'s.,ehilitreat. and had been presented lay
him:to timlining„cif Berkeley,on Hupsman's death,
went doten to Berkeley for. the purpose qf search.
ing fur any_ traces that might remain, accompanied,
by a Mr. ffctiten, as assistant in the Lace of
Beetle Lord la.!ettilicitor.
'theses Oetitlemen arrived at Berkeley Castle
on the 7th at Xarch) 1799, and sending for the
risk Registers, then in the custody of 'Mr. 'Leg*
the Curate, immediately entered upon a cantle' tilt-
minatioa Of them ; for some trete, boweverf witheut
the smallest prospect of success. At length, on
elathirairgi leaf that ap peered thicker than ordinary,
ih•tbe *Wrap registry. book,it wad diteovered that
two leaves had been', there. potted together by the
edges, On separating them, aim ..entry *for the •
publication Of ths., pan's lor Lord Berkeley's mar:-
riage was disepwayeid written on the inside of ootic.:
a. the testes se •together. After 144151-!,
*thermostat, the'elerriage entry was Ow
at% d concealed upon the inside of the covet of the
' book, upon the pasteboard.. It appeared to hive
• .been 'written between lines ruled wide ink for the
platted% epoitilie feet blank page of the book,
but the wrong aide upwards. The leaf appeared-
to hotelmen diiintal in a hettf, from side to side,
• without separation. (rein the binding. ,tether
:f partiage irt#lo*red,ripott the upper ,side of
the same loc. Oir Abe part left uncovered
.4- the .piece leaf everted, which. contein.
*.red the e..ittt, 'was tetited down ou the- paste.
‘; beard coveter the book like 4 stritih • the writing
downwards npoo Ibis was pasted elitlf sheet of
-6 popes, 'Which, ge a ,elfght observer, was effectual.
At a strap, 0101 whale seemed to be
‘4oeal nova of the book, upon a
old paper. was stitch. with wafers.
I.4..aiscovery by a pricker or
4 eising in the paper. Not knowi
might be any thing tender, ur if
manner it might be placed, we
' the bottom of the book fist (it was
but completely separated), by
4 tore the (tatty from the book, of
....fain it had been part, by comear
4 pirated, and the Ordeals meetly
a After taking a pgrect copy,
fastened to the 'cover' of the
• leaf, or half sheet of paper that ,
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" Such is the account of the dfiesneiy asbit
Mr. Cartingtou."

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