Colonel Berkeley And Miss...
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We yesterday published. letter,from, Colonecl Berkeley, coain- Ing entractsof lettets senit bgy ilit to Aliss Foote. The Colonel would have-acted vAth morc candour, at least, if he had published the whoklc correspondence on the .subjest in .question. We have it in ourower to nspply the omissibn, ahsd shall merely connect the letters, =ith a few- words -to pointiot-the occasions on which they were sent, wyhere the.letters themsaivc4 qrr nut sufficiently explana- torg.'i-g Darting the long Aintirracy. although years had clapsed,. Aiss Foote hnd very litSe of Colonel Berkelev's cqmpany; and she was in the habit, wihenseparated frotn him, (and which was mostly 8 or 9 montho outof every year), of'tvriting to hlmevery olay. Manty ef1ers of marriage were maude to her, and Colonel Berkeley was always Informed of the overtures, and in one instance he answered the pro- posal himself-that.is, he. indited the letter to decline the ohfer. On the 5tli or 7th of Januarv, 1822, one of the offlecrs in the Prince of WVales's Dragoon Gluards, and a man of fortune, wrote a letter to D1 iss Foote, declaring hbnourable love and attachment to her, soliciting an interview, and efferinta marriage. Ile called and -sent several times for an answer; but Mias Foote did not give him an interviewr being engaged to Colonel Berkeley. On the 12th he vwrote another letter, again declaring his mosNionoarable intentions, and courting inquiry as to his family, counexions, respectability, rank, fortune, &c. All this M1iss Foote communicated by letter to Colonel Berkeley. On thie 16th Mr. Foote had an interview with this suitor, who was informed that Aliss Foote was engaged to Colonel Berkeley and that therefore, his offers could not be re. ceived by Miss oote, wo shortly afterwards received another letter from that gentleman, with some game, which sbe Itnmm- diately returned to him with a aote, desiring that he would not send her any more letters, as she could notreceive them. C(olonel Berkeley was alvays very indignant at these, offers, and reviled the per. sons making thein, desiring IMiss Foote, if they calledl or. sent any more, to have a policeofficer, and be no more troubled 'With their solicitations, not considering, that as thieir offess were honourable, that at least in the refusal there Was some civility due. ir, Fopte,' in consequence. resolved that no more overtares should be made known to him. On Monday, the 1st of December, Colonel Berke- ley came again for a few minutes in the day, Aliss Foote having tq perferm that evening; but she was so very unrwell, that slie. was fearful she should not be able to go to the theatre. She did act, how- ever but was so extremely ill both in health and 2pirits, that the wvhole audience imast have observed herpainful situation. It washer last performance, and Colonel Berkeley was in one-of the stage-boxes on the occasion. The marriage of his brother, took Colonel Berkeley out of towll on Tuesday, but he wrote a note previous to his starting, to requlest Mliss Foote to secare him a private box against his return for Thurs- day, toaee the news entertaminent of Corte_. Mliss Foote did so; but feeling that Colonel Berkeley had not satisfactorily eonvinced her of his intention to marry her-not that he did not fullty say he would narry but be was not distinct enough as to when., which had ever been tilepoint of contention, arnd now the great one. M Aliss Foote, knowing thanCulonel Berkeley would come -to her juist the same as before, end tht he would see her if she were at home, when she migthtbave aUl the same argumnentES over again, determined to quit her home, first bwndsng she following letter to him :_ M y"ecember 4, 1823, Thursday. My dearest Berkeley,-Since thu left me I have reflected on al that you said, and as it is still a matter of doubt whetlher you can make up your mind to perform your promiaes to me or not, I vrill be honest, and tell you that it is mydeterrnnation never to see-you again, unless you write to me, and tell me that you wiU immnediately make me yours, and that my parents shall not be discarded nor ex- cluded from me-c.-eondhions that I never could have imagined you could have proposed to me, and which you must feel assured I should reject. I will not deceive you: I feel convinced that I could not be happy even as your wife, if my father and mother were to be entirely shut out from my society. It is not vour providing for them that would compensate nie for the spisery they would en- du re, for I am certain they would rather share poverty with me, than affluence separated from me,and under such circumstances separated too. Whatever errors they may have been guilty of, they have never arisen from any bad intention towards me or you. They have always been kind and affectionate to me, though I have brought nothing but disgrace and censure upon their names. They have endured the taunts and abuse of the world, by seeming to coun- tenance my conduct wvith you; and do vou think I could desert them when I had it in my po*er to restore them to respectability and happiness? No! I could not bear the reproach which such unfeeling conduct would cast upon me; I am convinced it would send them to tlleir graves, and it wotuld make me more miserable than I am even in my present situation. It is in vain for me to uee you day after dav, and suffer my feelings, during those inter- views, to get the better of my resolution, which wheu you leave me is as firm again as ever. W6 rite all you have to communicate to me, for I stall be trom home, nor sliall I return but as the ba. ture of your answer may direct; for I cannot again subject mnyself to interviews that terminate so unsatisfactorily to my feelings. I entreat you to write me a decided answer, and believe me, my dear- est Berkelcy, ever,. ever thine." "To Colonel Berkeley, &c., Soring-garden House." This letter produced thc following from Colonel Berkeley to Miss Foote:_ "Thursday eve. r am just returned, and have read your letter. If I come to your house, it will be to accede to your request. If not, I shall leave liondon to-morrow morning, atid trouble yeu no more, leaving you to the enjoyment of some ether aociety or establishment, which (from that whilci I have just now read) seems to be contemplated by you, or your fathier and mother. If I come, I will be with yeu by half-past 12, and Il the mean time I shall think." Colonel Berkeley's note in answer to Miss Foote induced her to return honme, wvith the Xull expectation that he had reflected, and that he was prepared to marry hier. He came accordinvly, and de- clared it to he his intention to marry her, bitt said, that if he did so, he would not be bound by any conditions respecting her father and mother; that he would take care they should be provided for with respectability; and that he would do nothing towards them that should-make Mliss Foote unhappy. JThe following letters will account for M[iss Foote again visiting Colonel Berkeley at the Castle as nsual at Christm as, and on his birth-day in particular, which, for the five years before, she had never failed doing, with her father or nlotheror bath. Miss Foote always went to the Castle accompanied by her father or mother, and often other ladies with her :_ MIrss rOOTE TO COLONEL BERtKELEY. " Monday, De.c 8,1823. iAt our last intervie I 'ave no ldoubt you left nie with an idea that I was coming to the Castle. Finding it was in vain to contend, I was induced to nufflr you to depart under that impression. For my reasons for not corning, I refer you to the letter I sent you on Thursday last (Dec. 4), vour reply to which deceived rhe into an interview. You said, '&ff I come to your house, it will be to accede to your request' In no instance did you fulfil vour promise. I therefore am not coming to the Castle." COLONEL BERKSELEY TO Miss FOOTE. " Tuesday. " I never deceived you Il my life. You have deceivetl me. There was no contention betvween us wheni we last met, for I yielded all pmints. 'What has occurred to you I know not but I will know. That you have ceased to love me (if ever you did) may pain and grieve me, hut ought not to surprise me. Why, then, not avow the tact, and, as in common honour and dutv bound, say that you have placed your affections elsewhere. I have a right to ask this treatment at ycur hands, and you may be assured that this want of candour on your part can in no way be conducive either to your welfare or your interest, be your future views what they may; fbr, that you have some unknown, to me is now but too evident. Itly object in writing thlis letter is, simply to require you to tell the man who has loved you faithfully for more than five years, on whose bosom your head has been pillowed in all the fondness of true affec- tion, to tell hin) openly wllat your plang and intentions are. I re- eat, that I have a right to ask and have this infornmation. I must eave it, or I shall adopt a line of conduct that may not be looked on as most gracious to you, and those concerned with you. Fare thee well, mny once-loved Maria! Aly heart sheds drops of anguish as I writc! I loved thee with a tenderness that would have prompted me to make any sacrifice to ensure thy happiness, and thou ibast crnelly and heartlessly torn asunder the ties that bound us together. Had the act been mine, I had merited the opprobrium of all honourable minds. Thou bast struck tfie blow: let the consequences rest with thee and thine! " Y ou will receive this on Thursday. I shall expect to have a plain short statement frorm you on Friday, and also a decided assur- ance as to whether you are certain of your situation as to having another living claim on mc." NUJSS FOOTE TO COLONEL BERxELEY. "1 Thursday, Dec. 11, 123. " My dearest Berkeley,.How canst thou imagine I have placed my affectiOdn elsewhere ? getting aside every other feeling, consi- der mypresent situation, which is certain; and then canst thou doubt? I solemnly assure thee that my affections lare, Wthey havc ever been, firmly fixed on thee and that I have no wish in tie world but to become thy wife. As to my plans and intentions, what can they be under existing circamstances? That! am wretched thou mayest appose. It is in thv power and thine obly to restore me to happinass, and nothing shall keep me from thee, if thou wilt write to me and tell me that thou wilt marry me, and name the exact timne when it shall take place, and which must be before there is another livilg claim: on thee. Without this assurance from thee, therc is nothing that would induce me to see thee again: tbr I -slall feel convinced, if you hesitate in-giving it to me, that You will never make me your wife; and all the misery I have endured and- still endure, I m'iht again have to encounter. Thou wilt find me firm in my resolution. Thou wilt also find that I am firm in my attach- ment tq thee. DQ net doubt ill, dearest Bcrkeley-,ever, ever thine." YltOas COLONEL BERrELEY TO 11558 FOOTE. ." Saturday eve, D)ec. 13. Tlhy affiections are not as they ever have been. Thy own let- ters and thy actions prove the contrary. How many nights have the lorses been in waiting till thou wert released from the theatre, that no time imight be lostiin bringing thee to my arms? And now, days after days elapse, and thy aff'ection is 6o mucih on the wvane, that no attempt isn made to come to me, though there is no obstacle to prel vent it-a line of conduct as heartlegs as it is unwise. Hlow 'ost thou ever hope to accomplish the main object of thy wishies ? Thtinkest thou that absence froni nie will carry the point ? Alass! the first four days that I passed here without thee were weary, sad; and notliing partook of tie contentment and happiness whicn thy presence wras wont to throw over the scene. Each object presented to mne theghostofadepartedpleasure.1 But even nowI Iam much more reconciled to the loss of thee th4m I thoulghit I should be. I feel nowf the convcti n, that if it becaiie necessary I could part from thee for -ever, whiclV IIalways doubted wlhen under the habitual in- flueuce that thy presence, time, and my own honest love-comubinedl to tender so powerful. So niuclu-foiritheiprsent state of my miid and senstiments. Now to the point. On the Thursday tliat. Ilast saw thee,l explained myself onst tully and most satisfactorily to thee as to time,circumstance.s,&c.,and thou hastnererknoovinmedepait fronm my resolutions, nor will lnov.Conie her', then. Forn years best thou been present on my birtbm.day. Do not thou abscnt thyself from the 6tih. If thou dost, we may never meet again, for I shall not conic to Lon- don uhless it is solely for thy slhke,and to give tCies satisficetion, wvhich ahall never be unnecessarily delayed. If thiou meanest to come, write on Mlonday to Williaum Reynolds; 'saying that thou wilt be here on Tuesday, and he waill have the rooms ready, as I may be at Lord Ducie's, and not retLrn mtCl betore thou arrivest. Write al- so to me, and mistrust me not.-T'lhine'" An answver (nf which there is no copy) to this letter was sent by Miss Foote to Colonel Berkeley to say ehe would go, atid trtust in hitm. Mlse Fob e, with her mofnr nd usuaIt ,ee,n,o fis~ -?si?r I9e: Sth ifi,LectEberwfi: 'he v/anY +e-' celveu;.brfiUoo? .fl?Xegrele~t xuttl'tve klli.diiess;. tind4 7er' vnth,,X,c ith-,eVry. tapcet~i?jis a? c'Hef t-Mrta4 riiatuclkeii'r attent,ie tit.tlic, never re.eo id;tl." kethamderol thi' n'otb;' whih waa-~hth extgnts?theit i SP 8 ,a ithoVi th't 4bjdcti of their mari,,ge having Been m patiently thougis anxiously e'pected eac5k.duy,woald he e iyp on by him. On, til tilay.,(Dec. Sorsee. t e'reptted shtt the ceremnony. shpald take iliice befis.rethe' Vir& of` th& tchild,:(fid that if it.was a bppnthematriX uata:be iidubllix,'d1t 9ab' then settle,d ihat,sheshould go .o'the Cattle iq Febs'iisry,- which she did, Mr.and Mrs. Footc,ithn,'h yofng1edybefoe.mentloned, being of the party :and- they remlned there untiihe t?j of that mnonth (February, last),..h en th-ey rtdr to'ndon, Miss Foote wvith tile xpetatiow. that-CalonePBerklevois'd'bow her to redeem his promise;' since whleh tmle hiss Pth'rnever seen Colonel Berkeiev.. - How Mliss Fobteconductetl her,elf',at the theatre during the Pe- riod of nearly ten years may:perh6ps be best representedl by the fol.I lowing letter from iMlr. Fawcou; the manager, on being informed.bV AIrS. Foote of her :daugh,ter?s -determsiatonft-o?-'et 6iLngnmarriLa to Coloncl.Berkeley, :.Or forev separatinp.berrofihi and of her having.exprcosed that retolutlon to CoIonel&keley' and being. ill from uneasiness of minds :.&c. it -was also-nreees2ary dhe shoeild' withdravw hersielf frQm the'theatre: ' . , , - a " Theatre R1yal, Covent;garden, Jarr'12, 1824, Wly dear lMazia,-(for #0 I.hopg yoi vwill prermitmeetoeali you without affe,tation, or the least pretence to, feeling,n which' I do not possem,s,-1ost heartilv do I regret your absene on the score of illness. The" lons. ef- do good and usefttl an ac. tress als yoU are, w7ould, t have no doubt (by our -eropletoys), beregretted under any circumstanes.; but I confeasL Ifeel a sort of parental reganl for you, which sqlpersed rld selfish considerations, and I acknowledge there nright be a cause f0rey.our:ebandonlng the stage, which would give me,great delight ;;that yourvifrtue and. your merit descrve wbat I hint at,, I shatl .ver,Kafe tomthlni ' But if your absence be only temporary, bP .assured-this -doors o,F Covent- garden Theatre-will be always open to ypu,with. i'joyous; wel6orne. If pereanent, it woul. be the acmA of ingratttud not to deeiare you to ave been one of the best subjects. that, ever ditLhonour it.. To- my love MIrs. Fawcett desires meto ad,d hexy, anpi tp belfqyveyme' ,"Aiost affectionatlyi. yours, .- " To Mis8 Foote. w.. '6S %f . XFtC T.'^ 'the following letters form part oft the c.rrespoadence.wichb thTen ensued between Colonel Be,ikeley anhd Mifs Foktea": COLONEL U94KELEY TO SIlSS FO '--'T - - . -. -^sufda'It4ti'h'rc 1824 "I am uncertain asr tom mncomifoi Tiin ons. I am in daily expectation 'of a lettirf -ma boliItosi which uiU brin gme up, and I-do not wish v t6i'af od il tint time, it being so ttoublesomre and e pe'neith1 iez backwrds and forwardi. At all events 'd`&thottlE the' f6ileavs4g Lan doni and the probability is, that FS e ttla' IThine."- -- + *- --- FWS OOTEi TO c0L4X;nUtErY EL V J"' J, St,'wjahdoIth7 * 1024. "ly dearest Berkeley -heetthefIi. i' c f'j'Nd'W6m thed'th& day in reply to the one I sent thee br ' iirsii'4, i' extremely un. satisfactory to me. Th'outhlnkest-there is only trdbabliv of: thy: coming toiown on business'befdre1 leaei thd 2"5tliUT eamanxious to knowrin sthat nanneru-ndvwhereo+ thou Fintndest-e t nakb' nie? thinebefore a certainmevent, -which uisveryl'ftIt ap chin"g, flor' it' will be either the'beginning.pr corn tMmedutiisg he next rntob. 13 confess I exp7ected that thou wouldst hav co s twLorontdo duto4ng this month, for the jarposeof :ma'rryingrnie,:.for'tkore IPtno time to be lost now ; 'but-when-I read thy ,etter,'-ia wFich thouxhppearest' to consider that 'tLereis- no other call for ythvpre:nco in 'London than to see thy solicitor, and-only mention:the-probeibility of beIng here before I. leave, I anm inducedito rnention asubjeetewhleh'thou treatest witb too great a silence to satisfy.mny"anxietims. I must, therefore, entreat, my dearest Berkeley,' that thou 'wilt-be - less reserved, and comTmunicate to me thy intentionts, &c.; for, under exitting circum- stances, thou canst not 'be surprised cit my desise 'to be made c- quainted with them, and to be relleved;frorn the;terrible state of QsU pense that I am at present in. " Yours, - M "lARIA." COLOLEEL JIEKItEtL TO's 7ss P'OOTt. " Tuesday4 M1arch 16, 1824. The letter whichl I have received fromr thee to-day has brought recollections to my mind which I had hopedl oever tohaverecalled, because they must tend to destroy happiness between 'theeand me. I can neither come to liondon immediately, nor-can -I fix-thecday on which Lshall come. ThoutoldestmelnDecember thafthou'oaldi t make utp thy mind: to leave me (after having lived: togother for five years and a half), and that thou couldst be' coriten&neirei to behold me more. And yet, for tWfe years previously, fhnu w7roiest' letters constantly that thou' hadst no other wish than to, leave the'sitge wid live continually with mc thus proving, that in the courae of two years there was not an increase, but4 verygreat4iecreaseofafec:hh. To what.am -I to attribute thia-circumstsance.?'- " Two persons extremely objectionable to me, 'aid.-with avowed pretensions to your favour, bnve been' hinhe habit of esning to ybur house (though 'this' fabt was most studiosly'concealed;from me); and 'yoar::father and mnother and"'nost intinath4riends- have been lilkew/itse'jn the habit cft- receiving. frbmn thern; *b'AaftW't- theatre, &c., and1iav pursuee a.1ine o? conduct'on-'tlia-s[id'lieh:Fshall not comment on. I have no-doubt that.thoul'wilt-not deem this let- ter sathsfactory;- but at present 1 can write nothing that will be more so.-Thine." TO MISS FOOTE TO C-OLONE-L BERKELEY. "London,' larch 17, 1824. "It is very evident to use, from the letter 1-have this ilay received, that thou hast no intenition of making me thy wife before a certain event takes place, and which I fully expected, from the letter thou wrotest to me previous to my gaing to the Castlc in Dccember, and from a conversation [ had with tlce-during,rty visit there. I am afraid I have been deeeived, but the least thou' canst do now is 'to give cne a decided answer-on the subject, for I cannot be trifled ivith any longer.-Thine." COLONEL BERKELEY TO 3MlSS FOOTE. ' "Thursday, March 18, 1824. " I have never deceived thee nor trifled with thee, and I dotubt much whether thou canst with-truth say that thoa hast always acted in the same manner by me. I have no answer'to give furthor than that which I have already given:; and if I had, the tone of thy last letter would preclude it." 5IISS FOOTE TO COLONEL BERKELEY. " March 19, 1824. " Since thou art determined not to give me an answer it is in vain for mc any more to entreat for one. I can only therefore form my own opinion on the subject. Thy treatment of me in the distress. ing situation' in which I ian 1laced, and ih which I have not-one consolatory feeling, is more unjust and mere unkind than any thing I could possibly have imagined." COLIONEL BERKELEY TO MIISS FOOTE. " Sunday, Mtarch 21, 1824. " I gttcrly denv that T' have ever done an unktid act by thee. For nearly six years I have loved thee with the 'truest' affection. Thou hast not repaid that affection with the truth-and love that it has deserved. I know more than thou supposest." '31rSs FOOTE TO COLONEL BERKELEY. 44 London, 3arch 22, 1824. "If thou imaginest thou hast any just charge to inake against me, 1kould like to be acquainted with it. All 'these accusations are only made as excuses for thy not fulfillingr thy promises, and yet' tlhou canst deny that thou art behaviig unkindly to me. I did in. tend to leave London on Thursday but I fear I cannot go atall now, for 1 have not the means, and my helpless situation renders it i possible for me to provide for myself. I do not like the disgrace that nIll tall upon me from the publicity which must inevitably attend a certain event taking. place here, but I must endeavour to strugale through it. It will be the last misfortune of that descrip- tion that I shall ever be exposed to. '; Fare thee well, dearest, for that thou6t.il art, and ever. will be, to thine own " IMARIA." COLONEr. BEnXELEY TO DMiSS5FOOTE. (Tuesday, Mvlarchl 2, 1824.)-(2tth deliverypost-mark.) have just received thy letter. I will write more fullv te-mor- row,'and fairly tell thee what charge I have to make: the-object of this hi mnerely to~ say that fheuknowest thou canat command the means for leaving London for I will ' send lthee what money thou wantest If thou wilt let me Inow what it is.-Thine." MiSS FOOTE TO COLONEL BEIRKELEY.. (Extract.) "' Wednesday, Mlarch 24, 1824. I I shall be anxious to receive thy letter to-morrow, but I have no fears from the threatenied charge against me." (then, alluding to'tbe approacliing birth of the child) STIt ougllt have been a very happy event, but now all hope is over ; and when I think that I am about to bring into this world another anfortoaate being, who, like the last, will betotally unpro. vided for, my heart aches, and I wish: that I had never seen thec -the cause of all my miseriesLnd anxieties. I am getting into a strAin of reproach that I would avoid: therefore I shall 'onit assure thee that whatever thou art induced to think of rue, 1 am. thine, ever and ever, &c." COLONEL BERECEEYE TO 5n5 FOOTE. " 1Vednesday, Mlarch 24, 1824. " Having hintedyesterday I halonlytime tosavthatwhatnmoney may he wanting tar thy renioval, thou mayest command, if I have it,-In umnsver to thy letter of Monday, I deny that I ever made a promise to thee that it was not ray intention to fulfil, unless pre. vented by circumstances which I could not control, or thvyown con- duct. This is my answver to thy charge, and I defy thee to disprove it. Now, to mly charge against thee. Aftir havin4 lived with thee, and lovect ullee faitht"uljy, more than five_y_ea-Ts&-(1durirng the three last of which thia didst repeatedly urge nie botil orallv and by letter to take thee offlthe stage, and permit thee to live wfth me openly and avowedly as my mistress), thou callest on .me to make thee my wife, or (mark the alternative) thou statest thy determination to quit' me altogether. I will not atop to inquiregenerally into the jiatice of such a demaud, but I must bc pernnitted to examnine the particular and relative situations of each.other at the period this demand was made. It is quite clear, that a compliaiice withi this demand could only result from the strongest affection or. my side, aud a conviction that thy love for me flourished, at least, it all its former vigQur, and that it was not on the wane. Could 8uchI a fact evei haye been sus. pected, thou must have presumed on my being. one of the most ab. ject and weakest of mel), to have acceded to thy propopal. And yet, I defy the most Ingenious sophister to.prove tfiat thy affection is equal to what it was. It was strong enough to induce thee to wish for an open avosval of an intercourse, which, at niest, cn only be suspected. It is now weak enoughi to enable thee to propose a total separation; so much for affection. Now for conduct. A person calling hiimself Mr. Horatio Claggetthad (as was atimitted bi thy. Helf, thy father, and mother) some kind of preiensions towardsthee,' That these were what is called ' lionourable,' is. a f(rce.to suppose, as thou knoweat that he went to the kitchen to inquIrchow long thou hadst been my mistress, and when I 'was goingcdut of'tqwon ; and in conseq-lence, such a letter was writteu by thee to. hint as to preclude all in ercourse, direct or indirect, between you. Yet this very per- son (with avowed dcesignl "on thie) was frequently admitted.to thv house witl1in this year (without mni knowle gc ,and thy mother anth most intimate friends were receiving booxes at tle play frn him and pursuing a line of condduct tlc.5sing to tWetrevlting' toIne, and which was absolute encouragemeim. tohwi,l Av laggett. "A similar plan was pursu1 d to a Mr. Pea-Green H Cyne. If the facts I tiavc here statet are incorrect, thii 'caiit csi' show me how or where. If corrct, I humbly ubmrtiithat: tehirast no right to complain of my conduce" Driss ~ P tl' .r OLOMSrE BEitEEL ; - Thv charge against nie I prgioune. to be unfair, on his prin'. cipIe :-Whcn lrst our intimnacy e6uimnc d if wok txtidr an idea beco,mpthljwife. Year after ye4r passdc away, and, sviearted wit ,t assol tryand unprotected situation min whicb I was -,glnced, insalted by the wor3d'from the st'pposed intimcy vith tltee, wteifila, ould rathier, have baecome thy mistress, ;tnd to hase . , yXpvce ,omtle i'nsuhlt w las --daily iaceivingt, till circann. .eitafcee woald'ha,ve permtit6'd thsee to Iiave.inade me-tfy wife But 'telefudt'a'havols neither makee tue wife.nor. wristresx, em1djt. tl~ tpere a,ppetred to be no chance of a termtination to she n,i- sprles of situyrn.tisaton, and aicirct astanec occurrin a.tecend time uvhsch fully authonized my claiming to be thlaewitsdoutnsey furtber .delay, I resolved to-separate nyself from thee, if thy afeetion. Wvi nat strong enough toe induce tbee to rnarry me under Eiuch dir. unsttaces;. Altthis I told. thee in N;ovember; and wherr you urged. iormethung abopt .r. Cl2ggett as an excuse for not doing that which .X aset,' i wrote ansd told thee I would not see thee again, unless thout didat promise to make me thy wife imitediately: to which thy answer wa5 -If E. come tobthy house, it wtill be to acdede to your re- Ouesti Thoii eamest, and on that evenlng I uromised to follow thee Ato0theCastle- but, on refection, iot feeling fully satisfied .of thy in- ten;tions, .l wrote.and told thee I should not go to the Castle, unless dthou gavest Te a certain promiae to rnake me thy wife before a cer- aitn ,eent ThS ~'yon apswered in a manner that left no doubt on uiiiiil of your intention 6lmarrq-me immediately; and in con- fqa-ege-I<wenrt~heCastle in December, and 1 repeated ny visit in tR'ou,wty;unilttie idea that I was to become thy wife, which was etfengtje led by vwhat thou saLidst during my stav with thee. Now5 w7hen 1. ask thee to prferam thy promise, thbou urgest -asa an':cilset fd- 'riot, fulfilling, it, my conduct with respect to lIfr. CIgett,: &c Uut thou should-ta not have deceived me abbut'it, and have lea me-rfrom December to this time with up idea th.at I -was to become thine (which thou must have known wsas the Impreation on, my mind), when it appears ahat rhoubadait r Vpeiriishlon o u marrying. It is that of which I Hour-complain, lf the. thingsr you chargedc me with were such that thu couldest tot overcome, thoa shouldst have told me so before I wentwto'rhe Castle in December, and not have deceived me into meetng thee the'e, '7ith an idea that I was to be made thv wife im- med%stely It wouild-iave been mrch more honourable conduct in .thee, and I shaould have -had less cause to complain." In thes coirsa oF the above correspondeNce Colonel Berkelev, s 3eaking? Of his .Vwnt duus at Ct3ri.stmas time, says-."But I cian 4trust thee wel for that, for extravagance was never thv fault." IAlfts Foote, with a presentiment that Colonel Beetcley did not ltaYend to mahy_ hef, iotwithstanding all he ha'al said and written, sumaofted all her n,id'e and teselution, and once more left London foM nl.brldge,wells, oi the 20th of March, where she again took tin her abode, under ad feigned natm, and resigned herself to, doMitudeland sececy,-with hePr mother for her only coDmpa- '-on5 unta-i sld~nlghti'rettirs ~to Lorndon free from further dan- ger; of such- rnothet- disgrace. The following we some of his let- tera to her wzhilst ir the- dotntry, 'with-her answers:- - -. COLOL3ELitE ELEY TO MXISS FOOTE. :' av ohigpatcla II Friday, April 16, 1824. -l bave nothing pat-ticular to say nor do I think that thou hast muel reason to: be surpried that 1 have not written before, when thoud:knowest tat -there must-bc a conviction pressed on my mind, that thou. hast not the- same affection for me that thou hadst tbr- tnerly " - - . COLONEL IERKELEY- TO MIISS FOOTE. t Tuesday, April 20 1824 - Thou canst not deny my - charge, and thou only recrirninattest on me. And if thy accusation were true, thy conduct to me was a ftfil- jnsriicaronnfor all thou hast laid at mytdoor. I repeat, there was perhaps never such an instance of continued love and con- fidene:as--in mny conductto thee.- lBut my affection has riot en- -tirely destroyed--my umderstattdintg." M1ISS FOOTE TO COLONEL BERKELEY. (Extract.) - " Thursday, April22, 1824. I rerceived tly letter to-day, and I have onlv to say in reply to it; that thou canst bring no charge against tne to justify the ill con- duct I have experienced fomn thee in not making me thy wife be- fore a certain event, after the late assurances I received fromF thee. I bad determined never to' write on this subject aggain, for the last letterR I received from thee previous to nmy leaving London, con- vinced me that thou hadst no intentiori of fulfilling thy promises to me, and therefore there coulP no longer be a communicationon the subject that could giveany pleasure or satisfaction to cther." COLONEL sBERKELEY TO 2t1SS FOOTE. (Extract.) " Saturday, April 24,1824. h I nave received thy letter of the 22d. If thou callestan encou- ragement of two men, notwithstanding thy eonnexiknn with me, no juistification, I admit that I can make none that will appear suffi- cient in thy eyes." - MIISS FOOTE TO COLONEL BERKELEY. (Extract.) "April 28, 1824. " I write to acknowledge- the receipt of thy letter, (yesterday), &c. &C. - a o a a1I deny.most firmly having encouraged two men, or any man, during mv engage- ment with thee, though I feel convinced that thou dost not re- quire such a denial from me." COLONEL BERKELEY TO 3SISS FOOTE. " Berkeley-House, Thurslay, Alay 13, 1824. - "-l left CheltenhaRm last Saturday .week, and arrived here last Tuesday. I have never rnade an excuse rcspecting thee. I have Bspoken downright truths. I hase ever loved thee honestly and faithlfully, and I never kept a seCret from thee in my life, even concerning those affairs which conetrned me and my fimily most nearly. Thia p1lasce mTankes me feel thy absence severely, but thou abandtonest me,-not I thee." COLONEL BERKELEY TO MIISS FOOTE- " Thursday, May 27, 1824. " I wish I -could cheer thee, aid that I do not is thy own fault. I wish to ask two qnestions. The first is of much importance to me, if thou thinkest that hereafter anysortef connexion or conimunica- tion is to be kept up between us: the second (though but of little consequeace in comparison with the first) relates to a matter, which if true, I did expect to have been made acquainted with. To the fisat then. Are you awvare that your f'ather les borrowed a sum of mone,v fro one of those two persons whose pursuit of you has been notorous?P The second is-. have you* authiorized ;Mlr. Moore to make proposals to Drury-lane Theatre, for an engagement ?" 14ISS FOOTE TO COLONEL BERTXELEY. (Extract.) " Friday, May 28, 1824. " Although I caanot for a moment suppose that any thing re. lating to mae can really he of the least interest or importance to thee now, I will so far satisfy thee as to reply to thy letter of to-day. I know nothling of thle circumstances thou hast mentioned. I iever had an idea of rmaking proposals to -Drury-lane Theatre for an en- gagement." _- COLONEL BEXrKELEY TO IttSS FOOTE. (Extract.) " Monday, Ality 31, 1824. "You bave not replied clearlv to the i;nportawt part of my letter, viz. the money borrowed by your father. If yen know nothing of this circumstance, 'tic time you should, and of its consequehces. But, from the nature of the transaction, and your rnanner of writing, I r,nspect that vou do know. The time is iast approach.. ing when some decisive step will be taken between you and me. It may, probably, involve my happiness tbr a time: it must your welfare to the extremity of your life." COLONEL BERKELEY TO MISS FOOTE. (Extract.) ' Friday, June 11, 1824. " My principal object now is, to ascertain from you what intcr- course and what communication you wish in future ta exist between us. Amn I to consider that my society and my protection are no longer either agreeable or serviceable to vou; or do you conceive that vou still have claims- on me, (I1 do not alludle to the living ones- they undotubtedly have). and if so, what line of conduct do you mean to adopt with regard to me ?" MiSS FOOTE TO COLONEL BERXELEY. " Suntay, June 13, 1824. " Yesterday morning I received your letter, written in a style of which I have latterly had too many. On the I answer. ed too questions that you asked me, by saying that I knew nothing of the circumstnnces you tmentioned. This I consitlered suTficieut to have satistied yeu on both points. There was a time when it would have done so;and I am now weary of being falsely accusedY. ou have refused me the protection T wished crom vou-that of a hus- band. During our engagemeAt, I could not call myself protected by you: you separated yourself too much from me to be a real pro- tector. Your society was ever most dear to me_which on reflection you must be convinced of, and what have I not sacrificed to enjey it ?-my health, my rest, msy reputation, every thingr ! iladi known that you were so bound by uncontrollable circumstances, and could not have nmade me your wife, before this last event, I might have been reconciled; but the excuse you made tor not per- forming your. prornises to do so, made to me in November, and agaitn repeated in December, convinces me that vou have no real and proper affection for me; and if you conceived it to be true (which I cannot believe) that I had given encouragemrent to two otner nien, and which supposition prevented your fulfilling your promise of making me your wife before-pray whiat htappiness could I an.tici- pate from vour society after that? I was contented while I thought that circumistances connected wvith your family delayed vour making me your wife; but I must beg to declinc the honour of being a suspected mistress. I shall make no claim on you; but it is a dutv I owe my children to claim a provision for them-to enable mne to educate and bring them up as gentlewonien, and which I aum sure you will not refuse. 1. am also reduced to the necessity of entreat- ing you will send me 501. to det'rav my expenses here, aS I am anxious to discharge my doctor andt nurse as Noon as possible, theybeing expensive tot me, and I cannot dismiss them till I re- ceive a further supply of monev. I suppose you do net intend to relieve me from the debts I mentioned t_ von in a firmller letter, for you have not replied to my request. Wefl ! if you do not feel in-, cined to assist Ine, I have but one resoure, and that I told i ou wlien I made the appeal to you. AVhien next you write, direct your letter to Aliss Foote, Keppel-sqreet, and it rill be forwavded to me wherever I may be." COLOfEL RlERKELEY TO 3115S FOOTE. " Do not emplain of the style " Wednesday, June 16, 1824. -t Dp not rtmpeain of te style of my lettera ; you adopted that ?tyl irst, because I did not comply with a demand that uncontrol- table circumstances, and your owrn conduct, tlidt not authorize you to snake. W'%hen I say your own conduct, I do not apply the expres. sion so much individually arI personally to you, as to your f4- ther and mother: but you have identificd yourself with them, and have given me up, to follow their counsels. They presumed to ask me to make you my wife, at tlte saens tinme that they gave positive encouragemnett to two othler men; and ybu yourself told me that, even to become my wife, ou would not give up their society. I think I am warranted, tfien, in including you as responsible for some of the acts which they have comnnitteti. As for your father, his conduct har been such a compound of folly, knavery, and indc. licacy, as I dlefy you to match under any circnumstgnce6, or in any situation of lite. That youn may not hereafter say that vou are igno- rant of the conduct he; has pursued, I will p7ace before you two or three facts, and leave you to fornm your own jtutgment on tihen. I shall confine myself shnpily to tlat whieh hal passed between him and Mr. Ifayne. I take it for granted that vou will not thinik nme ap ex- acting too much in a determination, that if I were vour accepted and acknowledged lover, no other person with the same pretensions should be reteived or countenanced by you, or your family. Now, Mr. Hlayne is openly and avowedly a lover of voturs also. fIe has a miniature of you-(how he obtained it-I do not know, but for the fact IlpleAtc myself)-which I-Ie does not seruple to show to most of bis acquaintance. Now mark, during the very petiod that your family were making the modest request that you sbould become my w lfe, (the demand] at least-shold have been sustained bv perfect cor- - ectness of conduct on 'their part), your father -ent to this other has Leca' Asr.yne, and borrowed a sumn of mojiy from him. What the-consequence? 'his- tt is universsily known, and Mr. gIayne's firiends i ve asked htim5 naturallty eno6gh5 what his inWteontla wore repectgye; and he mcacxalav 'emwap rpieti- "1to mnake v.. his MLStce factlmn ol ol~ia. know~thiasoh~afact. Yor father last wetik, vs~Jne te wultheLo.Ve toAr,ecotvirth himn. -if 1. had looked gn you i thli fa inr,e13n. m ttie only,Y .1- would -not hav'i eadtureid t sr'. jDa yjm' u'lia othtir indiznWtes would;yrf6sriv-_ 'A-real, an''.~ ~l s4b- -it to ? I nefer' eotild. hi&va 4ba1n'd=c,4.` "C 212t ~r h abandoned mae, and-- thie, dcgeailaekOL-%qm 1 ~ -r hved i Novembr le a i'approachin'g yo wth 1 ~ 2 regartl.to.the chladr6ii -)4ur lw ~tte imi -tthc; ire bth girls, theticlh you. diiiiotdo roen'the h~u j, entu corn- municarlon~seiU. m -cl -~ eate C s:.' aen and fit to hold that pcein soit ich h ' "be f m miarrying may render- raller an' sipornt'le la r*cehes L shall allow, you to have -the-charizecf theit.e_ tn illtil getber5socertain. Certainly not.i h-~ut~"h~ ~~s o ciety of Mle=ar. Claggett arnd Hayne. 4nCl. cicb~fsa'lais. Nor, if they are to aeanwt o,wf Ilae-ei~.~noco occUpiation a mystery, as your lest letter oenti. to:ni b'~ ut 1 will have free ana constant ilcess to them Whe'never 1 tileasc. Itsnierm wish nor Intention 't'tayhn c~~yyou, and o yo 1 souldnot fear to intsist the -edpetilpn of .the. girls to acerienpoit; but your father t?nd- inenliar: (mid thze socity hich1 frese they will fell, intoj -trid; Zra-- you witlh shoud b obieedto resort ol,ezarftdens to obtzaini emmsl.Ths hower iJl nizo srl'. nor driv meto d. Isend 601. Asto the,i L da.,niadlbi lan id, terinie more when I hear snore from yon. I certainly CLi =e pay t he x pcnopeus so Ub ha,t ho u se, i f I t i s t Dbeo ~nvfh,- b6%f Mr. r Rayne. One word more wit1h regad itothig; genLrMasAyhisi I hav psals of marria-ge-to yo through your_fathtpr. ga nw-Deeea~ fly: ifi;Zisiio, anal yoit think .youia~-Tlia m ea'wu'd beris~:.ilted in. aceingsichproposiil3 I ledgigern cryd-tthat-K will nin, oal.y nor thowanyobaacljathetv,1Ffyabt. 'I11filurither nu, meeo. plisbment o. yoar wishes by everymeznsi3nTm pwr.y'x Te1llytnar fatherand mother thisafroin-me, and.that-ifthey-ito -med ese-pro. posals, I can give them thiat advice, wtothb y6r Ifistber is .But it' there ist no truth in the-report thz4teach prapat=ls haje beir -made, I insitit tbetnothing the chijldren. [a. bet-thizsfwir?Andiao-fny [ GECersg to assist in making a'nmrriagw for Tyou; that. I hzav ct- to love you. I lov-,yotu tenadrly: .bat 1hoid myaif' bound In -horour-to give way to a maR that really.mlLiaaz-rjy, e if irst (of wvhatever natture they may.he) prevenit imy doing in. lat eie hean-z wher -orPicture 25; 1 feel sthe viant af it nowihzt thcae la a rzo- babir`y of sain ypu." - MISS F-OOTE TO COL0OFEL "'Ireelved your-lctr *hi monn) iddrmmnyobJne to you f or the b0L~ aclaaed in it. But there a-renan.' things t'in that letter that I wvish you had spared me-the pangthey gtve:nle.tla p-per- use. I thina you have heaped miserics and distretses enliugh upon me already,-.wsthout insultin me.- The indelicati5 4bsa rVrtia you made in November on my fItu ture proseM if I peplva?eds myelf' from you, [had notforgest'ta. oaejn ridf3s.I I cannot make-ss4i my -mpind to beyour'itesepn-a Lsbhis not be thle raistress.ot any other. [ think yoiunmtsi Itav mistalken me, for wheni I as~ked. you aboat my.debra, I cerW!liuy-d1A - hot ex~- pec-t you to pay Lay debts cbntracted by me after our ceag 'meat is at arn end. You mnight have refus ed It, rzithcut 'm-kig-atzEiofsuch an indecent and insulting exptessien. 'But do natfec,re. FS12all not auny longer be a burden to you.I lneverashrl-atiwapply-tlyou to pay thoseadebtg; fbr I vwould rather gosrrsn,ni etainu thero the remaindcr of maywretehed 1if'e. threet-ie'llenI shall consider it my duty to gsve . yout every opportunt l'arn them at all times, and of your prornetinig thcsr futuewlaeat prosperity; bout I an nevcr consenit to their-b:aing etrl iaa from me. and Iam sAuke you-icould not be soufeig aopo pose such a mneasure. I shall-only remain here enlngsizi e cessarev; and nmy fuiture occupation w~ill. be the prfto. I have been for a time driven from by. moat unfortunate c'ircurmstances, and which, thouih 1 ever disliked, affords me -the wily meants of sup-. porting myse fand Iamily. Whate-ve i migh?ihave "-id inoy lest with regard to the direction of your lettersi to Kirppel..stcet. I bad no intention whatever of conceaHing my aboe firm you. The pointat in your letter respecting my father and Mr. Hlayne I1 de not feela competent to anawer. I can only tay, that I mearely Inok uioss hiti as a friend and aeqnaintznce of my father's. 1 cannot help whiat the world may choose to consider him, and I do' not thine my father (whom I have ouly seen once for these last ebIree mnonths)- would consider you' were now entitleA' to inrike inquiries, having refused to marry me yourself. I imust, however, say, injustice to mny fatber and mother, (,whesa conduct yatisomucis condemn), that I am eonvinced they niever did, nor ever would ish& to encourage or introduce any person, tG me on a dishonoarable foot- ing. My picture isatl1r. Luptorithee e~aer'a.; I forget the name isVth stec, bt t s smeher nar n.crescent. As to the lnL'istra ou avehead i inthep2aseasion of DI1r. Hayne, i kno nohin o, nr hw e cme oseased of it. You say Yom stil lve nc endrly yo mut frgve me 'if I doubt that-.I hav hd te roos ora lnglon tme f uc a feeling, and a mans COLON~EL EEnKELEY TO MISS FOOTE. "'Su-nday, June 20. "ttIuttarlv dear that I have ~ heaped misery ordistrea,ea'en you. Thte diatrcss'es thit are about to come, ate of your GM~s creacting, and not of maine : neither haveI I 'insulted' you. Btut I have written plain truths, which are disagreeable because they are undeniable. One circumstance I mnust again take thie libery- to notice, w;ithout any intention, however, ofI inoulting.' lit Niscember you told me that no power on earth shbould induee you to re'turntaL tge stating as onie reason for such determinatinon, uamoniF many othLrs, the insults you were there exposed to. Willthose intultiibecome fewer when it becomnes generally known that the interceuree between you and me is at an end ? And does not thtis vacil1atitaol'fpurpose warrant me in concluding that somne other very good retiolutions which you now entertain mnay also from ctrcuaFstarice be changed, and rendler youanai unfit guardian for the girls ? To the youngest this mnay niot iltmwdiatelv apply, hut the eldest is already ocran age when first impresions wfll with ulifinculty be erased; and' with recgard to her I oiall very specdily adopt somie decisive meesures,...witb your comlent,...I hope, hiut wit.hoat sliould I deerA it necessary. I never clharged your father or nmother with wishing to encourage mny one on .1 ishonoarable termn.,; but theabsurdity and indelicacyof thelircondluct will always induce your followers to try to haLve YOU on suchi termis, to say niothing of your namne havin been alreadiy cou- plea with mino and Lord Woercester'it. By the by, the mnentio-n of that nobleman's name p lroanta nie to nalt, what honourable purpose your father and mother could have had in view in ezromraj.. ing hisattentions (then a mnarried moan), anid in suffering hint to carry Ithese to suich a point, that 1, and nine-tenthis of therworld, firmdly be.. lived thiLt, yen were his mistress ? "1 have nothing now further to trouble you with, bat that I re- quest to be informed whien you arrive in Leaden, that I m2ay then . be acquainted with the proposed r.esidence e-nd future plan of life tot- the girls, which must be determined on with,all convenient-sp6ed. I quite agree wvith you that I have no right to inquire into the preten- sions of aniy one towards you, and that von are as comnpletely inde- penident (if 'ic as you can possibly wish to be ;-that is, if you give up the childreni, which I hiad rather you did at once. iltitif I uffer theni to remain with yon, I shall take upon mnyself to examine the pretensions of every onie with the strictest scruitiny ; and I give vou fai noice tat!wil no b trfle wih,either on the eubjert of Mr. ~lane r ay oe ese,norbe ut ffwith the subtetfuge of their beig ourluhe's riiid; ndtheefreI eremntorily repeatimy demad o beng ifored f th naureofIthe pro'posals mentione'd in y lst ettr. f tisdemnd s nt cmpledwith, I hale-ll with.. Outlos f tme aplytohae te hidre gve op to me." bliss FOOTE TO COLONEL BsERKELEYr. Tuesday,.June-22. 1824. "If I ami well enough, I intend to be in LoidiEon in a few daye, when I tshall have an opportunity of'speaking to my father respctang Mlr. Hayime. The zesRult of our communicauion you sihall 'he rmade a2q-iainted wish. There are other paints in your letter which I will thlen also reply to." miss Fr)OTE TO COLOIcEL BEREELEY. "I witethisin eppestret, "Monday, June 28, 1824. I witethi i Kepolstrt,where I have retuirned with UuLdine -thie oilier I have left en the care of the nurse. The enclosed letter from mtiy fatiier wiltl, I trust, satisfy you as to the ralture of Dir. Harne's proposals. Now, to samue points in your last leattr, which are yet unanswered, tllyvbreaking rny resolutionsrespcting c,my re- turn to thle stage, will 'be firom neeccEsiy and not frnti, ely `fro choice. But 1 cannot think you are justified in con lading that r mayrener ysef a unit uarianforsoychildren, by-a6so chang- ingthoe rinipls nd eeing ofprpritywhinceI -xrut will ever reguatemvfuurecondce;and elivetoe I shall never shriak- fromyou strctet scutiy ino m coduct at all times." amI. fOOTE TO COL.ONEL 33EItEELEY. " Msonday June28 Ia2n "Sir,_Having consideredyo vaLs ithe plightialhustenel of my daughter for these six yeats past, I did not communicate to her ithe many honoumablceand ~dvantageous oetri aet teirata period to obtain hier htand in marriage; tint yourconduce Ilaviuiglately taken mo very tneaxpected-aturn, I have, sfince her return to tewa, pro.. mu!gated to her the proposals of AMr. B-ayne. which proposals ame of a perfectly honoum-able naturc..viz.....marria-g, with a good settle. silent; and It wvill consequently remain for her considleration wise.. ther aihe will accept thiem or not. Thiese eircumstuaces(;t her par- ticular requea,t) I now make known to you;, and Ahall onl'y add, that [ti-ia comf'ort and respectability of' an only daughter --re naturally ob- jects moazt dear to a fenid and devoted father, and these motives alone influeace th-e conduct 4of, Sir, yrour very obedient' buihble ter- vanit, " SAMIUEL FOOTE." It is here worthiy of remnark, that Coonel Berliely never mlade any provision whatever-for -Mr., hmrs, or Mlies Foote, nior was he ever asked to do, smih a thing, nor did be evzr ziche aniy offer of the sort 1 neither had Mim Foote any alloairnce whatever from himi, nor has she now; and the pres-ents whicih have been giveni to her by him, from- time to timle, de not exceed invulue. 1001. in the' whole. On Tesely, te 2kb o J~~~'wile AMiss Fboo'e mind her moa- ther &c., wme repringto eetMr. Havac, at the O'pera, at eigt oclok, ccodin toup oitmet, wo eteeswr brought to her,houe totu oloel erkeey..soe adesdo r.Foote, anad thc the toMis Fooc-..ofwhih, wth he nswssthmereto the ftd. COLONEL aEntEELEY- TO MIR. FOGOTE. ~ Sir,.l haerkl h-ouse, Spring.gmmrdenq, Jumne9,. 1824. -lbaerecive~youletter oh vcs-ierday' date. Ifyo i consiider meas the 'plightedbhumband"of yu agtrfrtes six~ years, I think I might, in that quality, fairly- have=pcEpaisd that you woul have comimnutdcrttd to me the thect of those messy- Iho.. niourable and advantLageous overtures which were Mtade for ber hand during that-period, and likeviise, the various times ard o-pon'tniejs whiich the said overture-niakesa must ha:ve enjoved in eutzithtini~her' acouainrtance anid obtaining: that -knovledge of her tread qualmties wh~ich most overturenjak,n.i bave, belfhre thety ash the batid dfuladvy In niarriage. I can onily accounit 'ler youx hiaving totally omaitted to nequnins me with this, by the iniffrmation having meached yon (its-Job 271wrl-. bc-r-i, stays-) 'at siome of your lhours not se-t eloart f'or buttive,0.' lio*reve,to the proposal nowv in question. 1 'have 1oV4.4s _xctr dauglhter siinceely. That affectiona is abS: simjot aliatea,nmstig I may lament her co duit rid Klue err, yo*u shll.I fir-d that I wvill work- as zealonl.rhr uueedperm-anent 1tvelf=r usz tLe'rt yptu or her.. mother. o aesae-htU,H j hast ecunny- proposed marriae ihgo t;temn.--fhi the th rze, r 'Maria-thinkas tiuhsaIpus~ol be uted'yreetn his proposals, I peensefsetalnny,t-o that inat-a4 of thirewitug allyobtceithWa,1wld ,j n my r.ower V~ '%rin9 the aff:Ir to Fso hoanourable a conclu.sion. Yet I will riot be hidwt.Inever rilouild have abandoned hen, She sthe'mothe'r Of _lk awiil nd I wvill be consulted, and ninoteacquainted with all- r,t-CPa relative to her, till my authority shall cease to exist by, lai~r ZZtitrai&ing a marriagre with somecother mnan, t-nd as.1 hive-said- b4. ilire, th-at 4Qd I rrlU endf your to promote. B3ut to speak cand'Idly on albe present propeals, I dloubt lAir. Hayne's intentions, asdd F'will a1:) uffeir him to follaw hier1 unilem you cadn convince mie of the ginl- criritv of his prcfptfsl.~. I do, not in the least distrust yottsr anxiety tc have M1aria honoiirably :Ietttle; but I fear that yout may. ba de. colve-d ty yotur hope-s arid wishes. I take it for granted, that lilt. X ayne is w/holly unacqguainted withi the intercourse between me and .A (aria, and that if the marriage takes place, he must remain still Ig.norant of it. However, on this poinit and sorme otherts it will be inmiesaRy that you and I should mneet with as little delay as possible. I h2d raher not spe )laria at preaent. I will either come to your. bituse, or you shall ecome htere - or we will m-eet in Henrietta.-street, or, atiy other place you shallI fix, toi-night, at 11 o'clockt, or at any hour te..morrow, fromi three to six. "1 I am, &c. "iiW. FIi'ZLIARDINGE BERKELEY." "To S. P. FQ*te, Esq., 34, Ktppel-street." COLONEL nElIKEL.EY TO MISS rooTg.Tes_y You arrive(i in Ke-ppel-strett on Thursdav last, and yesterdav alresnoion. Mlr. Hayne paid a. visit there, whicii he repeatedI at night. I maercl' mention, this to show the inutility, as 'tell as badi taste and fe r-iing,.in endeavouring to keep siecret, or axt lea-it not to acquaint nrc with those circum&tances which I have a right and amh tetermin- 'io know.It can answer nio good puirpose thus to treat me, and may bt productive of unplea8ant -consequences to you. Yore have known nhe nowv lang.and, well enough, I hope, to be aware that I am ivt inclined toa act rahlly, or to miakec empty thre-ats; bi,t -if these vitita go on.withinut my-sanction, and unless- the gentlemian's mnar- riaca with you is-placeed beyond the possibility oF doutbt, I shall take the liberty of giyingz. the companiy the benefit of my presence ar.A good cournqela t one of therie sanie visits, whert certain miotives shaill,be explainedl, whlether to the satisifaction ot' all parties ot not wil.rcmairi,tohe proved. Do.not thinkirielharsh; I love you new/ siiicerely. and the (leep interest 1 tak(e in you and the girls niakes in r t'hus decitderi in,-, my conduct, and impels mne to try to save you froni the fate which is imoaending. ThL businesst is nlow redfaced w: thin a emallcorapass. In aletter which yougenclosed ito mefrom Yo-ur fatlher, he states, that Mr. Havoc has actually and pooitively proposedamarriage to you. D yountiseatsto accept it? In justice to roe, to Mlr. H-lyne, anti to yourself, act openly aind honie, ty: con- .ault your. own happiness; and however keenly I miay stiffer at the id es, of an eternal separntion,- I again solemnly pledge myself to at- fie all selfish reelinr!s, antd to co-operate with von by every means in miy power. I lied intended to have seen von ; but now I had yz-ther rnot: but your. faiher I must sce. I haj'e been informied that viuir itond zning to the Play, -or Opra, either in corpany' with 51r. ii ayn.-, or in hisn box,, Li.sruld advise ybu not tr do- that till I hiave th .full explanation I have asked for fromn youir fathier. If you do, you te II Immediately Place ineunder the nece'ssity of seekink the exifla. ri i-tion from Alr. Hiayne. On this l'oint, give mne an ainwer by thze bmarer: the others you can answer at your leisure." MR. FOOTE 'ro CODLON;EL I5ERtELrY. "Sir,-nder ll eicumstne,u hich Tue5day, Jun" 29). Sir-Uner ll iremtiancs wichhave taken place, I cannot er tertain any doubts whatever of Mr.- lanyne's hsonourable inteni- tions, which I trill more fulily exp lain to, ynu tc-morro%~ ini your or,n hbqseat Spring.gardens, at hlalf past 3 o'clockt. according to Your appointmnent. TIo..night I am going with m~y wife anid (lauhte totheOpera; ITn abox-which Mlr. ifay-ne has procured] (he certainly, butrnot in his-%own.bbx; lIb has gciven that up a"d Sumis li;i, the lettinx of It. Air. 11ayrne's last two visits (NL.k. MOnda evening anti Tuesday morning) hiave been to mitke the offer of his li:iudl &c., to my daughter,.which hiail before heeh uiade to mc,'and I have only to request. that you will do me. and my faimilyi the jus- tiwe to suispend your judtgment or interfierence until you see me to- ninorrow, when. upon all the othier poinita that vou have alluided- to, I whal haenojcinwhtvrt os with you, &c. Thiis I he p you wildti ufcetase oyu er, Without my darigh. te9 relIavhsmmnt;adIcnol repeat onr-unitedl re- qi ar hatyouwil nt tkeay genswhtevr berore our initerview, w~te I eelnssre4tha I hal bebletoi cxplain every thing satis- fa:oriy; nd m, ir,you's,"S.F. FOOTE." 1T5S FOOTr TO COLONTEL BERELttEY. " Xr0 -re zoine to the Opera, hnit T m-u't entreat yQu will wait till tdie interviewvrwith my father to-nuorrowv." These letters were immedicately succeededI by anothier from Cobe. nil l3crkelcv to )ia.i Foote, saying, thait something' was dlue to i fe!elingis on the occasion, zand that he should comne to thle opera - adtil lr,that if l4bb wast there, he. shostild immnediately s~eek Mlr. ifavne urdl call upon hiim himself for the exilanation ot- h1a intrinliong,'anni cc ncluding with these words-t " You can feign il~s Miss Foote, with her father and monther,.after hiavitig been detain.- ml iore thao an hlour and a half beyondI the time appointed to meet Al r. I-Iay.ne at th5 Ones-a, arrived tliere, when they informled him thre cause of their del.ay, and that they hail -bet-n occupied in a re- pceated corresisontlence with Colonel Berkeley, whm from his threts he (lf1myne) might expect would trouble hiom wlith a visit. CslnlBerkeley came to thie pit of' the -Opera, espiied the oh-. ;cts ofhi searchi, and shortly afterwards sent his friend, X.r. Afaxse, into the box, with a reque-st to Air. Hayne to fqu-e aL meetinig to Colonel Berkeley, then waiting in thte lobby. ?'l1r. Havroc, with Alr. F'oote, left the box for that purpose. C-lonel Berkeley then introduced himself to MUr. Hayne anc tie- si ed v. niceting the folloinig (day. Mlr. Hayne sail It haA been ar- rangedIforhim to leave town, hut thiat hewould makea pointof remaini- ing for the purpose of mneeting him. Colonel Blerkeley then signified .h! desire tthat Mtr. Hayne wouild he provided with ai friend, for that lbf (Colonel Berkeley) intended to brinig onie on his owni account, and they parted. On the following morainet (We-lnestday, 30th June) Air. Foote re- cc ivcd the following letter from Colonel Berkeley:- "BerLeley.hiouse, Spring-gardenst, Vednesday noon, " Sr,-In pit o th reeatilJune S0, 1824. Sir-Inspie o th reeat(Iwarnings that I gaye to you anti f'ur ill-.adviseg ldauehter, your wan:c of' candarir andii plain d.rd,ing has reluctantly forced inc to c-all oni Mr. Bayne for that ex- phlrnation which I wished to have received from you. Into whut .1-tail that may lead it is impossible for me in forexsee: you heard 7,e make an appointment withi him for foutr o'clock this afternoon. It', t6erefore, you have any cluing to commutnicate which mnay avert nri exposure of your daughter's situation, youi most be here by half- p; st two. But recollect, that unless volt are prepared to give uip'all inystery, and for your own sake to acCas I hiave cntreerted you to do, yonur visit will be wholly usmeless. " I amp, .ct. "'V,17 FIT1ZEIARDINGE BERKELEY." " P.S. Volt bad better send an answer abont 12. To S. F. Foote, Esq., 34, Keppel.,street." MItR. YOOTE -ro COLONEL IEISXELEy. It Wedniesdayv morniing, June 30, 1824. "Sir,-l will be withi you punctually at halt-pa.-tt twqo, as You rcquest., when you shallri not find any want of candlour' or 'plain dIraling' on my ptrte; anid I am truly sorry you shouldl suppose that I have not observed them, at the same timne 1 trust that I shall be et iabled to convince you that there neither has been (nor will be oni 'air interview) any want of thlem. Sir, your obedlient hutmble servant, To Colonel Bcrkele-Y, &e., &mc. "S.-AMUEL FP. FOOTE." %fr. Foote met Colonel Berkeley according to the appointment, aid again explained AIr. H-ayne's intentions, thori"h he (M4r. Foote) diil not think Colonlc Berkele:y entitled to any suA~ explanation, hie Irv=n boken all his promises arid engagemnents with i lss Foote, by Whichh (C;olonel Berkeley) had released her from his control or in- ierfererice. . In the initerview with MAr. Foote, C~olonel Berkeley re-c r-(--ttedly expressed his uniabated love for Al ias Foote, andt lamnentedt tIe unhappy circumstances thiat prevented hismiiarryinig her, slsying that' he . would gzo to Mlr. flayne, anid peak In suich a manner of her asm Ar. Hayne might congratuilate himself on the possession of a woman he (toonlBrely)souldf resign with so miuch regret-a woman, so worh isam rato, and mc. i7ell calculated to -make him happy. ClnlBree a then informed by Mr. Foote for what purpose e mnyhdben sri- vnnced to him (Foote), and7 that-it was still onphe ota r any ,other purpose. Colonel Berkeley then stogl rgdsercyo ti-earubject and. nature -of the intercoursebtee i adsimm F3oie; and when told that it was arrange that Mirs. Foote should nicke the )disclosure to Air. -Hayne, Colonel B3erkeley saidi, " Ilf' .li!aria is qo silly, surely her mother weaild not be such a d--d fool." C:lionel Berkcley shed, tears, and was- (apparently at 'least) greatly nfreeted at this interview, which rtermiriated In his requesting Mlr. j,ntuito immediately to MVr. Hayne rond to say that he (Colonel Blerkeley) mneant. no hostility, but mereLy to ascertain thle nature of Ihis 6fitrs, vihich, if honourable, -he-should be satisfied; anti Mr. Fo3ote left Colonel Berkeley with thie inp-ression thatt, iiastead of in- jriring , he (Colonel Berkeley) would iti every possible way repair the 'a rong he had daone Mlisa Foote by not .viarrying her himself. Mr. F tote made the communicationt accordingy to Mlr. B ayne, whom lit found preparecIto meet Colonel Berke ley in the mnanner he had cea:pec-ted, and determined, should Colonel Berkeley demand . what ,wrre Iris intentionLs towards Mimr Foote, that he woul'd refuse an an- sviter to ~uch Interrogatory, -conceiving that he had no right to Inter- fere lor malrea such inquiry. j Thhe meeting took place. between Colonel Berkceley (with Mr. 21[axsey ao hips.frlendi);and Air.: R-ayne (with Air. Best, who shot _1.srd Camelford, co his friend); but of the result of vs hich Miss Foote and her family were in total Ignorance until the receipt of itil- follolvAing letter from Mir. Haynle, which led them to concldde, anid hieh afterrwards turned out to be the fact, that Colonel Berka. lev had informied Mrl. Hay-ne of those circumstances which lie (<Vohonel Berkeley) had ~urged iMiss Foote and her family not to reveal-:... ' Afr. Hayne bege to be distinctly understiod to Mliss Foote, that uItder ncir qcumustance whatever can any acquaintance hencefotth be pi oper on the part of M1r. Hayne.-Wednesdav, June 30." .hisrletter was closely followed by one from Colonel Berkeley to 3Miss Foete, wherein he says "I anm hurt and wounded naore than I can gxpress. L will not see you yet. Wars it necessary for vou, to deceive me ? I coon must aee vouf relative to the children. V our fadher borrowed 1,1001. from Air. Hayne, as he stated, on vqpr account." Thii letter enclosed one to Mr. Foote, stating that "Mr. Rayne positively refused to state his intention of marrying youlr-dughter, and a discussion ensued that slowed me that it never could have been his intention le-terly, and disclosed huch a scene of un essorydonble-dealing, both to him ani me, that I can only sum uP hp:whole by saying thbt I am thoroughly disgusted." IThe foloyvrg fg es copy of a letter fromn Air. Foote to Colonel Perkeley, after the meeting between Colonel Berkeley and Mir. H avne, agd; befqr the Bth of July : "~Yoa may hehig-e me or not, just 5s You like, for now (after yiim l4te conduct), JL:sa reckless of either your good or ill opinion. n the finit piap, I TmoatDs6sitively assert that all I stated to you on lV, ededy nring lYza true. I did not deny that Air. ;Hayne had atv e4 rretoiey. bui at the same tirne I told You it was so ,ad- vnafij pccifi purpotrmof procuring me promotion in the cai y,.-tch bpth his fether.inalaw and. his soliditor gave every pos. GI saietan,e o. That money was, cad is now, lodged for the ohovrapecihie.purpose ;.,and tZhat 1isaid to you was this..that ttithir I roranypasrtofmy family hod ever received a single shilling of Ar. alypo's .money but in the way before stated ; nor have we ever done po w-hlchcan ard will be detmornstrated to him beyond the pos:ribllftyfof ca doubt Aiu to itg having been (as you state) advanced fc my daughtera use, nothing of the kind was ever Intimated di- retly or indirectly in. any -.ay whatever wtith my knowledge; and, with re7ard to Ir. Mayne'a irfusing to -setate his honourible inten. 6i,na-tosards e-ydaugbter, it-must iaave-arisen solely from this .cucq-vr., tha,t.bls.aulvisera :decldedly objected to yourj calling unin hlm ,o do sP. which upon eotuletlnit was not very natural they hould do; thereibte,if he eisherhesitated orrefused toallow of hjs hononrrble intentions, hemuse have been talked out of it by his adulreg, mint) i,hich your conducst gasve them so full -an opportlunity Of doirng. In short I a'n thoroughly cptIvr,00a that it. ilia not. emanate-frowj himiself, fb;hfis intentiosmt deiddl . .r 1 married nigr dattghtte, ihe M,OsL t ersnteinoeld.o: nadwee to iF had'not paurt(in mY t m inmoh) venry unirtMhfiablec handuaet it.Thinss.l haeerl you their awno ser6r tIonjuvry to the folviiry Mo. Hayne,eore inyce oF teparty, acuhterand he fhamily odfb .t m Dicurst ithaot ha word on trong us ? Idenyu,-mto expresit.iht and er oth~ fel t yur tulybh~andm~ttllhonQdrable con'.. duct tarymoeyws o evepl Inurroek,ad trow (by, yo)*tse4t dagtnyvywaer; bu i hll nhctanI sheal os. otneimang.r'n risfiglroote, the gubject arn person n zaoitvreePied anotdb ured ir3 their debate, tiniding berselt thusrleft witheot anr c esputna'on from FO h uprtyv at tpee meeting, tne memrbers of WhilH him diately reply bo inesqueIt seented, to their own 'atisficoi,dte the .l-' letter to wclonel 'lerkeley MISS r6OOT TO COLONEL, BJKELRY, BThu rday. July 1, 1824. "The only inotive I havc for n6" fto'lef.Mng yo~i, Is to aako.un sIimple queation. Did you, ,ycsterday diirccrly i;r,21direetly n-e' ayne, or any Of the Party, ayquo jnfa wlitihe natuare of. the intercourse that hua exIsted etwc;en us? I dlny,- most.psitively, that any moneyrwas ever borrowei troiiAir,. fi'ayne fwromud nt in pan wey wbatever, antl which I hfiall 16se. dio y ioiuii makng..knewn toal cncerned, and the sftictest in VqWg4igaln off th6 valail1ois and treacherous conduct that has been practised towvards mxe. sAOl talke place, for I will io longer submit to the .yrhse,utlona -and injurieyo aopenrudtly heaepu i upori I re would v will immediately r eply the estion euske(n in this etter."a To which Miss passote rIceive athe followisig from Colond Berlde- ley:-... chnc do cnmu t" Berkele-hiouse, .Spring.oardeve , I uly. h ,. [824. I dotatelUrtink you autity a id toas), tie psreticlars of thetneter view that took place yesterday betweenrinie.ind Mtr. Haync. Z ga:ve yoai and your father repeated. warwingsd that ifnyoit would. not exhi plain to i0e most flearly the fpOotinse th.at you and. Mr., Playni were on, before his visits were sanctioed in yaur hous' fand beotre you appeared in public with hi r, I[would secla (though most reluctantly). the explanation from him miytelf.t You'were. tstapleL, and Io kept. my wor(l. WVhat passed betaweenusI at'that e6cplination,. L shilI de-. chine to communicate. Tbis Much, however, 1 have no Objection, to ptate-war. Hayne diztinet!y seMdto. rae, in presenpe of rmy frind, and his own, that your father fad borrowed thi moniey of!himt, umounting to 1,1001., for the purpose of payinyh. ylurlbills, hbduecse you were sobhinig aild cryinsg at-hmo,e fet; wanit of the~Me~n sof.p'0.y. log hemyourelf An ItI. Hyn~declared ttat helenti thie-ino-, neyrtnerthe iiurs~ia hatitw~,V1-',~ s aplied4. You .wihi adop wht mesurs yo chose u4~ . t~eecircumstances. I onlyhopethattheymay e ofa moe pr~dnanidi less 'deceitful natue tan omeof hos whch du.siv lael~hlid repourse to." COLOEXL- DER ThRtr AND MISS FOOTB.