Meffages to Lords have Three pre cading Bills. Militia Enlift. ment Bill. 66 "Copies of, or Extracts of, the Inftructions to the "Commanders or other Officers of His Majesty's "Forces in Spain and Portugal, in the Year 1808; together with fuch Communications as have been re"ceived from the faid Commanders or other Officers, relating to the Execution of the faid Instructions, as "far as the Production of the fame may not be attended "with public Inconvenience; together with a Lift "thereof." Which Lift, being read by the Clerk; A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, Corn Diftilby Mr. Wharton and others: With a Bill intituled, " An Act to prohibit the Dif The faid Bill was read the First Time. A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to fufpend the Im- The faid Bill was read the First Time. lery Prohibi tion Bill. Spirits Im portation Sufpenfion Bill. A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, Bank Notes, &c. (Ireland) Bill. by Mr. Wharton and others: With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the more "effectually preventing the Forging of Bank Notes, "Bank Bills of Exchange, and Bank Poft Bills, and "the Negotiation of forged and counterfeited Bank "Notes, Bank Bills of Exchange, and Bank Poft Bills, "of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ire"land;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this ORDERED, That the faid Copies do lie on the Houfe: ORDERED, That the faid Copies be printed. Hodie 3 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An Act to "allow a certain Proportion of the Militia in Ireland voluntarily to enlift into His Majefty's Regular Forces." The Question was put, "Whether this Bill fhall pafs?" 66 It was refolved in the Affirmative. Hodie 3 The Queftion was put," Whether this Bill fhall It was refolved in the Affirmative. Hodie 3 vice leta eft Billa, intituled, "An A&t for enclofing Lands in the Parish of Hurley, and the Manor "of Merdon, in the County of Southampton.' The Queftion was put, "Whether this Bill fhall It was refolved in the Affirmative. And Meffages were, feverally, fent to the House of To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to any The faid Bill was read the First Time: A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, Denfhaw by Mr. Robert Lawrence Dundas and others : With a Bill, intituled, " An Act for enclofing Denshaw Moor, in the Township of Quick within Saddleworth, "in the Weft Riding of the County of York;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this House. Moor Enclofure Bill. ORDERED, That the Confideration of the faid Bill Referred to To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act to allow a "certain Proportion of the Militia of Great Britain to "enlift voluntarily into the Regular Forces ;" and to acquaint this Houfe, That they have agreed to their Lordíhips Amendments made thereto. and Mr. Juftice Ofborne in Ireland, who are forthwith to The The House being moved, "That a Day may be apagainst Strat-pointed for hearing the Cause wherein George Powell Efquire and others are Appellants, and the Honour"able John Wingfield Stratford is Refpondent:" ford Goldfmid et al. against Johnfton and Wight. Metcalfe to take the It is ORDERED, That this Houfe will hear the faid Cause, by Counsel at the Bar, on the firft vacant Day for Causes, after thofe already appointed. Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Meffieurs Aaron Goldfmid, Son, and D. Eliafon, general Merchants in London, and their Mandatories in Scotland, complaining of an Interlocutor of the First Divifion of the Lords of Seffion in Scotland of the 15th, and figned the 16th of February 1809; and praying, "That the fame may "be reverfed, varied, or altered, or that the Appellants may have fuch other Relief in the Premises, as to this "House, in their Lordships great Wisdom, fhall feem meet; and that Meffieurs Johnfton and Wight, Mer"chants in Leith in Scotland, may be required to answer "the faid Appeal :" It is ORDERED, That the faid Meffieurs Johnston and Wight may have a Copy of the faid Appeal, and do put in their Answer, or refpective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Thurfday the 30th Day of this inftant March; and Service of this Order upon the faid Refpondents, or upon any One of their Counsel or Agents in the Court of Seffion in Scotland, fhall be deemed good Service. Hodie 2a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An A&t to enable "the Reverend George Marwood (lately called George Name of Mar- "Metcalfe), and his Iffue, to take, ufe, and bear the wood, Bill. "Surname and Arms of Marwood, pursuant to the "Will of Jane Turner Widow, deceased." ORDERED, That the faid Bill be committed to the L. Clifton. L. Walfingham. ington. L. Erskine. Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Monday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please. The Order of the Day being read for the further ConCampbell's Divorce Bill. fideration and Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, " An "Act to dissolve the Marriage of Peter Campbell Junior, Efquire, with Elizabeth Lewis Woollery his now Wife, "and to enable him to marry again, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned," and for the Lords to be fummoned: 66 66 was able to give any Teftimony upon that Occa"fion ?" A. "Some Weeks before that he had called upon me to state, that in confequence of an anonymous "Letter, he had reafon to fufpect the Conduct of Mrs. "Campbell and Mr. Sheridan; and to confider, as much of "the Evidence as would depend upon Mrs. Brotherton, "whether it would be fafe to commence the Action, "taking the Hazard of what she would fay." Q. "Was it therefore in order to examine what "her Testimony was, that he brought her to your "Office at the Time you have mentioned ?" A. "Yes, it was.' "Teftimony?" Q. "Did you at that Time take down her A. "I did." "When did you first hear of Frances Metcalfe ?" A. "In a Converfation with Mr. Campbell himself, "whether before Brotherton was examined, or immedi"ately after, I cannot undertake to fwear." Q. "When did you firft fee Frances Metcalfe ?" A. "I never faw her." Q." What is become of her now?" A. "I do not know." Q." Did Mrs. Brotherton, in her Account of this "Business, in February 1804, ftate Frances Metcalfe to "have been prefent at it, and to have taken Mr. Sheri"dan by the Collar?" 66 ' A. "I believe fhe did not by the Name of Frances Q. "Do you know what is become of that Wo man?" A. "I do not know; fhe was examined at the Commons, but I never faw her. Before the Sheriff I had "Two Witneffes, which was quite fufficient for my Pur"pofe; and I understood that One Witnefs was quite "fufficient at your Lordships Bar; and I have never "made any Enquiry after them." "Q. Have A. "About Ten Years, as near as I can recollect." Q. "How long did fhe continue to live in the Family "after the Month of February 1804?" 66 A. "She left Mr. and Mrs. Campbell in the Year 1805." Q. "Do you know whether the mentioned to Mr. "Campbell the Circumftances that had occurred under "her Obfervation?" A. "I do not know whether fhe did or not." A. "I did; it was fettled between her and me, that "it should not be mentioned till I was obliged to men❝tion it." Q." When did you laft fee her?" A. "Laft Year, in February or in March; I am not "certain which." Q." Had you any Talk with her as to the Time "when she first mentioned this to any Body?" A. "I do not know that the ever mentioned to any ❝ one." Q." State what passed?" A. "He mentioned the Circumstance of 1804 in the "Month of February; the laft Day of February; of Mr. "Sheridan and Mrs. Campbell." Q." What did you fay to that?" A. "I did not deny it; I could not deny it." Q." Did you confefs it; did you relate it to him?" A. "I did not whilft I was in Mrs. Woollery's Houfe; "Mr. Campbell had no fatisfactory Answer from me in regard to the Particulars of it." 66 Q." You had left Mrs. Woollery's before you met "Mr. Campbell at the Lawyer's?"' 66 A." I had." Q." Did you leave Mrs. Woollery's twice in confequence of any Quarrel?" A. "There were Words concerning that I left Mrs. « Woollery's! Q. "How long, after you left Mrs. Woollery's Service "was it before you firft faw Mr. Campbell?" A." The Twenty-first of April I left Mrs. Wool"lery's?" Q. "How long after that was it before you first faw "Mr. Campbell?” A." As near as I can recollect it was about the 9th " of May; I believe I am right in the Day." Q. "Did Mr. Campbell call on you on the 9th of May, or you call upon him ?" A. "I had a Letter from Mr. Campbell to meet him <6 at Mr. Moore's." Q." How did Mr. Campbell know where you were; "how did he find you out?" A. " Upon my Word I cannot recollect the Cir"cumftance." Q." Then you went to the Lawyer's Mr. Moore's, "and there you gave all the Information you have stated "here?" A. "The Reafon was I had lived with Mrs. Campbell "Eleven Years, as I mentioned before; I was attached "to Mrs. Campbell; I was then under her Mother's "Roof, therefore I did not choose to give it whilst I was "under Mrs. Campbell's Mother's Roof." Q. "Do you mean to ftate that that was the only Rea"fon why you withheld the Information at one Time, and gave it at another?" A." I do." A. "I believe, as near as I can remember, that Frances Metcalfe was the Perfon." Q." Were there more than Frances Metcalfe?" A. "I cannot call it to Mind fufficiently for that." Q." After that last Day of February 1804 how long "did Mrs. Campbell remain living in the House with "Mr. Campbell?” A. "Till the Year 1805; I believe it was in February " 1805." Q." Had he lived one whole Year with Mrs. Camp"bell after that Event to which you have fworn?" A. "Yes." Q. "More Perfons than one having examined this, "was it not the Converfation in the Houfe, that fuch a Thing had taken place?" A. "No'; it was never mentioned in the Houfe." know when Frances Metcalfe firft men " Do Q. you ❝tioned it?" A. "I do not know." Q. "Do you know whether Mr. Campbell was re"ceived by Mrs. Campbell with the fame Kindness he had been received before?" A." From the Year 1794, when first I knew Mrs. Q." Did they then live happily together?" A. "I never knew in the Courfe of my Life a more "affectionate and fond Hufband, nor a Woman who "feemed to be more attached to her Husband than fhe "was. I never heard, till about the Period when this "Question arose, of the leaft Difference of any Kind "between them." Q. "Do you know when Mr. Campbell went to Ja"maica, and the Occafion of it?" A. "I do not precifely recollect the Time when he 66 went; I think it was in 1802. The Occafion of his "going was this: By the Death of a near Relation of "Mr. Campbell's Father, a very confiderable Eftate had "devolved to Mr. Campbell's Father in the West Indies; "this Eftate had been under the Management of an "Agent, who fhortly afterwards died, and as it was "stated had left very important Interests in a very un"fettled State; it was thought neceffary either that Mr. Campbell fenior, or Mr. Campbell junior, upon whom "the Estate was entailed, fhould proceed to the Island "of Jamaica, for the Purpose of regulating the Bufinefs. "Mr. Campbell fenior was very much advanced in Life, "and it was thought by all his Family and Connections, " and more particularly by his Son, that it would be a "Reflection upon the Son, if he allowed his Father, to "whom he was fo immediately to fucceed to that very "Eftate, to proceed at his Time of Life to that Cli "mate, whilst he remained in England with his Family." Q. Do you know whether any Settlement was "made upon Mrs. Campbell before Mr. Campbell went "abroad?" A. "Mr. Campbell, as I always understood and was "informed, had married this Lady without his Father's Knowledge, and no Settlement had been made upon "the Marriage. He had therefore a great Difficulty in foliciting his Father to do fo at any Time till this Period; " and then, at his Requeft, I made the Propofition to his "Father; that before he should expofe himself to the "Perils of the Climate he was then going to encounter, "that fome Settlement fhould be made upon his Wife; "and, accordingly, that Eftate in the West Indies, "which I understood to be of very confiderable Value, "was then re-fettled for the Purpofe of communicating "to this Lady a Jointure in cafe of his Death, and also "of entailing it upon the Iffue of Mr. and Mrs. Camp"bell." Q. "Do you know whether the State of Health of Mrs. "Campbell was fuch, as to have made it fit for her to "have attended Mr. Campbell to Jamaica ?" A." Mrs. Campbell had her Option, and having be"fore experienced, as I understood, very bad Health "in that Ifland, fhe preferred remaining, more particu"larly as fhe had Two Infant Daughters, to whofe Edu"cation at that Time fhe was very much devoted." Q." Do you know what Establishment was left "with Mrs. Campbell at the Time Mr. Campbell went ❝ abroad?" A. "I do not remember the Particulars; but the fame "that fhe had had whilft he was here, very refpectable " and adequate to his Situation and Circumftances." Q. Do you recollect Mr. Campbell's Return to "England?" A. "I do." VOL. XLVII. A. "Not of my own Knowledge; I had Reafon to "think from what I heard Mr. Campbell fay, that he was "not; indeed, if I may be allowed to fay what I under"ftood from him, fhe had denied him all Access to her Bed, after his Return from the Weft Indies." Q. "Do you recollect Mr. and Mrs. Campbell going "to live at Edinburgh?" A. "Yes." Q." Did you ever hear Mr. Campbell affign any "Reafon for Mrs. Campbell denying Accefs to him?" A. "Except that he ftated, which fhe alfo ftated to "me, that he had loft all Affection for him. I did not "know this at the Time of his Return; I only was made "acquainted with it fince the Period of Mr. Campbell's going to Edinburgh, for he kept it entirely fecret "from all his Family and Connections until that Pe"riod." Q. "Do you recollect when Mr. Campbell communi"cated this Circumftance to you?" A." Mr. Campbell had quitted Town, I think, fome "Time in the early Part of the Summer of 1803, for "the Purpose of paffing the Summer with his Friends "in Perthshire, and then proceeding to Edinburgh, "and he did not mean to have ftaid in Edinburgh; but I "was informed, that Mrs. Campbell would not be pre"vailed upon to go any further than Edinburgh. He "remained there till March 1804, and I then faw him at Lancaster, either in his Way to London from Edin burgh, or upon his Return, I do not recollect which "it must have been upon his Return, and he then com"municated to me, for the first Time, what I have now "been stating to your Lordships of his Wife's Conduct "to him." Q." Did Mr. Campbell mention at that Time, or "when, that Mrs. Campbell had refused to fleep with " him?" A." He then informed me, that upon his Return "from the West Indies fhe had refufed him Access to her "Bed; that he could not imagine the Reafon of it; "that he conjectured that he might poffibly have "formed fome Attachment; that he had watched her "with the utmoft Care and Anxiety, that he had at"tended her to every Place; and that whatever his Suf- ' picions might be upon the Subject, he could not be"lieve that was the Cafe; that he had been in a State "of extreme Unhappiness upon the Subject; he would "not communicate it either to his Father, or me, who "was his moft intimate Friend, until he at last began "to apprehend that there was no Hope of her Affections "ever being reconciled to him again. He then told me "that fince her Refidence at Edinburgh, although he "had done every Thing that he could to conciliate her, "had gratified all her Wishes, and at the fame Time had paffed over many Things which he did not alto"gether approve in her Conduct, with regard to his "Children; yet that at length Matters had come to "that Pafs, that he doubted whether or not it was "confiftent with his own Honour to permit her to "refide in his Houfe as his Wife any longer, unless "there was fome Alteration in her Conduct; and the "chief Object of his Vifit at that Tine was to break "the Matter to his Father and to me, and to know our "Sentiments upon it." 2. "Did you fee Mrs. Campbell upon this Subject?" A." It does not become me to ftate what I recom"mended Mr. Campbell to do upon his Return to Edinburgh. I understood he had taken his Wife to a "House U 77 66 66 "House that he had in Perthshire; and in the Course "Did then it come from a Female Servant ?" "of the following Winter he brought her to Town. At A. "That it originated from a Female Servant, but "that Time he told me, I think it was fome Time after "I do not know whether it came immediately from the "Christmas 1805, that no Endeavours he could make "Servant to Mr. Campbell, or fhe had communicated it "could reconcile his Wife; and that she had expreffed "to fome other Perfon. I recollect, that in confequence "the strongest Defire to live feparately from him. I "of this Information he made it a particular Request to "ought to tell your Lordships that at this Time I "me, that I would fend for that Servant when I went "never knew an Example of a Man who poffeffed fo "into Yorkshire, which he knew I fhould do in the Month "romantic an Attachment to a Woman as he did to "of July, and that I would ask her the Circumstances, "Mrs. Campbell; he therefore defired me to reprefent" in order that I might form a Judgment whether there "in "to her the Situation fhe was in, and to entreat of "was any Probability of Truth in them, as fhe related "her not to perfift in her profeffed Intention of quit-" them. I had no Opportunity of fending for her, or "ting his Protection, but to ftate what fhe would have "done for her Comfort and her Happiness; at that "Time he not entertaining, as I am confident he did not, the flightest Sufpicion, that her Perfon had "been violated. I had this Converfation with her, and "took all the Pains that I could to reprefent to her "how much herself and her Children would fuffer by "the Conduct fhe then pursued; that she had rendered "her Husband's Life unhappy, and that unless fhe "permitted him to be more Master of his own House "than I understood he had been at Edinburgh, that she "alfo rendered it difgraceful. No Remonftrance I "could make would fatisfy her. She told me her Huf"band had been moft liberal, moft generous to her; "but that the Affection fhe had for him originally was a girlish Affection, that was her Expreffion, and "fhe had loft it, and they could no longer live hap"pily together. Mr. Campbell then took a separate "House for her, and to prevent any Sufpicion that "he had feparated from her, in confequence of any Thing improper that fhe had done, he permitted his "Children to live with her Six Months, reprefenting it was a Difference of Opinion between them." 66 66 Q. "At what Period did he take this Houfe?" A. "I think it was early in the Year 1805, I cannot "recollect the precife Period." Q." In confequence of this Request that Friends "fhould vifit Mrs. Campbell, did Mr. Scarlett, Mrs. "Scarlett, and others of the Family vifit her?" A." Undoubtedly, with a Hope which I own I was not fo fanguine in entertaining as he was, that fhe "would by and by come to a Senfe of her Situation, "and return to her Duty." Q." Where did Mr. Campbell live at that Time ?" A. "He then refided altogether with his Father, or "at a fmall House that he has in Scotland." Q." Do you know from Mr. Campbell when he was "first informed of the Event which had taken place in "Scotland?" A. "In the Summer of 1806 I was first informed by "Letter from Mr. Campbell, that he had received fome "Information that led him to fufpect an improper Con"nection between Mr.Sheridan and his Wife. I ought, perhaps, to ftate to your Lordships, that One Subject "which had caufed him great Unhappiness was, her "permitting the Attentions of Mr. Sheridan, although " he did not fufpect that they were more than the Atten"tions that fuch a Gentleman might pay to fuch a "Lady; but that he knowing the Situation in which he "was with his Wife, it rendered him unhappy that she "should receive the Attentions of any Man, even in the "most common Forms, and he had therefore in"tended upon his Return to Edinburgh to have shut his "Doors upon Mr. Sheridan; but I rather think upon "his Return, Mr. Sheridan had left the Place; I was "informed fo. He informed me that he had received "Information, either immediately or remotely, from a "Servant who lived in his Family, but I do not recollect "which, neither do I remember her Name; but the "Information was, that Mr. Sheridan had been feen in "his House at an early Hour in the Morning, during the "Time he was abfent from Edinburgh, and that Mrs. "Brotherton could tell him every Thing about it." 66 "I certainly should. Mr. Campbell was then living with "his Father in the Country. Upon my Return from the "Circuit I faw him; he was very defirous then of applying to this Mrs. Brotherton; it was in confequence of σε my Recommendation that he forbore fuch an Appli"cation. I told him that as she had lived fo long with " Mrs. Campbell, and I apprehended then lived with her, "that the Woman muft have fome Reafon for concealing the Fact, if it was true; and that if he difcovered by Application to her that he was apprized of the Fact, "that it might be the Cause of her Removal from him "altogether, when he might want her Attendance in a "Court of Juftice, and therefore I advised him to let it "remain till I had investigated the Matter further through "other Channels; in confequence of that, I know that "he published an Advertisement to refer the Servant who "lived with him to Mr. Moore, his Solicitor, to make "Enquiries of him in the Course of the Winter of 1806. "Mr. Campbell, who had not feen his Wife for many "Months previous to that, never indeed fince he had "this Information, informed me, that he had had Intel 66 ligence that she had quitted London in a Manner fome"what mysterious, and that none of her nearest Con"nections either knew where fhe was, or had been ad"mitted to her Prefence; and fhortly afterwards an "anonymous Letter came to my House, addreffed to me, written in a Hand evidently by an uneducated "Person, but it seemed to me to be a feigned Hand; "which Letter enclosed a Letter from Mrs. Campbell to fome Female Connection of hers; it contained Ex"preffions of a very myfterious Nature, which led me "to imagine that he had fome Caufe to conceal the "Place of her Refidence for fome Time to come, not only from her Husband but from her Mother, who was then in England, and in whofe House fhe would "have found a natural Protection; and fhe alfo men"tioned in her Letter the Name of Mrs. Brotherton, defiring that the Perfon to whom fhe wrote it, would "not allow Mrs. Brotherton to know where fhe was, "with fome Expreffion of that fort, fignifying fhe was "not fo fure of Mrs. Brotherton. Mr. Campbell was "at that Moment about proceeding into Scotland, but "I thought this Letter fo important, that I prevailed fary he fhould then make an Application to Mrs.Broupon him to remain in London, and thought it necef"therton, who had quitted Mrs. Campbell's Service, and "was living in the House of her Mother. What paffed "between him and Mrs. Brotherton I do not know, but "I was informed by him, that Mrs. Brotherton refused "though fhe did not deny the Fact, but told him the "to answer any of the Questions he had put to her, "would not mention the Facts until fhe was called upon " in a Court of Justice. I told Mr. Campbell I thought it very imprudent that unless fhe would ftate what she "had to fay, for him to commence any Action. I thought "perhaps the Woman might be induced to state it to his "Lawyer if she came before him, and I believe Mr. "Campbell wrote her a Note, and there I understood "fhe difclofed the Fact that has been stated." Q." What Family had Mr. Campbell by Mrs. Camp"bell?" A. "He had three Daughters, the eldest of whom "died; the other Two are I believe now living." Q. What is the Age of the youngest?" |