The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-10-12
The InpTis 1ned Lady.

We derive the following curious passage of life
one hundred years snce from the second series OF
Mr. Burke's Anecdotes Of the Arstocracy"
Lady Cathcart WAS one of die four daughters
of Mr.. Malyn, Of Southwark md Battrrsea, in
Su rey. She m ri d four times, bit ev HI d
any issue. Her first husband WIS James Fee.
Esq, OF the city Of London Lord Of the Manor u
Tewing ler second, Captain Sabine yorn ,er
brother OF General Jos phi Sabine of Qlinuhall ;
her third, Charlie, eighth Lord Gail c RI, of the
Kingdom Of Scotland, Commander in Chief If tie
forces in the West Indies; aud her fourth,* HUI h
Macguirc, M officer in the Hungarian service + r
whom she bought a lieutenant co,Jncr- commits.
Ion IN the British amy, AMI whom -. alsn sur
viyei. She was 10 encoNrayd boweyer b his
treatment, to verify The resolution which she in
scrib'd as a raSy on her wcllnggis:
III SURVIVE,
will have five"
Her avowed motives fnr thee several engage
n.cnys were for the first. obedience 20 her parents.
FOR ,he second money; for The taird, title; and gor
the fourth, Submission to the fact that the devil
owed her a grulgc, and would punish her for her
sins 10 the last union she met with her match.
ghe Hberian fortune hunter wanted only her
money. Soon after their marriage she discover
ed her grievous mistake and became alarmed les.
the colonel, who was desperately in ioyc. not with
the widow but with the widows ionturcl land ="
designed to carry her off and to get absolute pow
er over all her property; to prepare FOX tile worst
her ladysnp plated some Of her Jewels in her
hair, and quilted others in her pcttcoat Mean.
while the mistress Of the colonel so lr insinuatei
herself into his wiies confidence that Sic learned
where her Will was deposited; and Mncguire got.
ting sight of it, insisted m alteration in in lbs
"a.
Cathcarts npprehensions cf the loss Of her mr..
F'nal freedom 'rovcd 70 he not without .,ti4.
ten, one mu,'ng when he and hor. ..-..ud
YEA: out from lewing {, take an airing. She pro
posed. after lime, TO return. but be desired 10
20 little further. Tie co,chnan drove en-; ~.
demonstrated. they should not be back By din
nertimc.' BE not the least uneasy on that nc
count rcjoincd Macgurc We do not dine to.da,
at Tcwing. hut at Chester whittier we ARE ioui
neyng." Vain were al the la,ly's efforts AMI c1
Postu.asiors. Her sudden Disappearance excited
the alarm Of her friends, and attorney was son,
IN pursuit, with writ Of hdjeas corpus or nc or.
at Tsgno. He overlook tho travellers ut an inn nj
Chester, and succeeded in obtaining an interview
with the husband, demanded sight Of LADY
Cathcart. The colonel, skilled in expclents. and
aware that hls wife pagsOn was unknown assur.
cd the attorney that he should see her ladyshit
immediately, and he would find that she was 90
ing to Ireland with her own free consent There
upon Macguire persuaded woman whom he had
properly tut0red, 10 persona,e lis wife. The n,
torney asked the supposed captive, If she accom-.
panied Coions! Macguire 10 Ireland of her own
good viii Perfectly So" said the woman
Astonished at such an answer he begged pardon
made low bow. and set out again for London
Macguire thought thit possibly Mr. Attorney
might recover his senses, find how he had been
deceived, and yet stop his progress and in order
10 make all safe. he sent two or three fellows nE
ter Inn, with directions TO plumber linn Of oil he
had, particularly of his papers. They faithfully
executed their commission and when the colonel
had the writ IN his Possession. he knew that he
was safe lie then took my lady over to Ireland
and kept her there, n prisoner, locked IN in his
own house st Tempo, IN fermanaeh for many
years; during which period he was visited bv the
neghboring gentry. mud it was his regular custom
at dinner to send his compliments to LADY Cath.
cart, informing her that the company had the
honor to drink her lsdyships health, and begging
TO know whether there was anything ut table that
che would ike to eat The answer was ALWAYS
Lady Cathcar.'s compliments, and she has ey
cry thing that she wants" An instance of hon
csty IN a poor Irish woman deserves to be recor
ded. Lady Cathcort had some remarkably fine
diamonds, which she had concealed from her
husband. and which she was anxious TO Get on,
al the house, lest hc should discover them She
had neither servant nor friend to whom she could
Intrust them, but she had observed besgar who
used to come to the house, she spoke TO her from
the window OF the room in which she was coufin.
ed the woman promised to do what she desired
anu Lacy .a'hcart threw parcel containing the
The poor woman carried them to the per,on 10
whom ,hey were directed; md severa wears af
'eiwafu' when Lady Cathcart recovered her lib.
cry she received her diamonds safely. At Col.
ohei Macguires death. which occurred in 1864
her iadyshlp was released. When she was first
informed OF the fact she imagined that the news
could not be true, and that il was told only will
AN intention Of dcceiving her. At the time Of her
deliverance she bad scarcely clothes suffcient m
cover her; she wore red wig, looked scared and
her understanding seemed supplied: she said tba,
shc scarcely knew one human creature from an.
other: her imprisonment had lasted nearly TWEEN.
~ years, The moment she regained her freedom
eho fastened 10 England, to her house mt Towing
hut the tcnnut, n Dir. Joseph Steele, refusing 10
rcnlcr up possession Lady Catbcart had 10 bring
al action Of eieetmont, attended t,,e sssixcs in
person, And gained the cause. At Tewiuy she
continued 10 reside for the remainder of her ie
The only subsequent notice we find of her is,
that, az the oge Of eighty. she took part in the
gaye'ies Of the welwyn Assembly, and danced
with the spiri, Of a gill. She did no, die until
1859 when shc was IN her nuetyeishth yenr.
IN the mansion house Of Tempe, now The iron.
cry o. or John Emerson Tenncni, the room IA
attn shown In which Lady Ca,hcart was in,pris.
Lady Cn'hcsrIs marriage to Macroire took
How do you sell pcachosr asked young pcn.
tlrman yesterday 81 one Of tho boys who deal in