278 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



buthnot, which sufficiently betrays 

 the anguished state of mind which 

 followed the imprudent step she 

 had taken. 



" It would be the height of in- 

 gratitude were I not to try to con- 

 vey my thanks to Henry Wellesley 

 for his most kind and generous 

 offer of taking home a wretch, who 

 has so much injured him. I dare not 

 write to him myself; but I implore 

 it of you to say every thing which 

 gratitude and feeling can suggest, 

 to express my sense of the kindness 

 of his conduct. His note was for- 

 warded to me this morning; but, 

 degraded and unprincipled as I must 

 appear in the eyes of every body, 

 believe me I am not lost to all sense 

 of honour, which would forbid my 

 returning to a husband I have 

 quitted, to children I have aban- 

 doned. Indeed, indeed, my dear Mr. 

 Arbuthnot, if you knew all, you 

 would pity more than blame me. 

 Could you tell all the resistance that 

 has been made to thiscriminal, most 

 atrocious attachment, could you 

 know what are my sufferings at this 

 moment, you would feel for me. 

 Henry has not deserved this of me. 

 We have had some diflFerences, and 

 he may, perhaps, sometimes have 

 been a little too harsh to me ; but I 

 can with truth assert, and I wish you 

 topublishitto the world, that in es- 

 sential, and, indeed, in trifling sub- 

 jects, he has ever been kind to me 

 to the greatest degree ; nor has the 

 person who may be supposed to 

 have attempted to lower him in my 

 estimation, in order to gain my af- 

 fections, ever spoken of him to me 

 but in the highest terms of respect. 

 About my dear, dear children, I 

 must say one word. Do you think 

 1 dare hope, by any remote or in- 

 direct means to hear sometimes of 



them ; you know how much I love 

 them ! You are aware of their me- 

 rits, and what I must feel at having 

 quitted them ; but I have the satis- 

 faction, the inexpressible comfort 

 of knowing they will be taken care 

 of by their father, though their mo- 

 ther has abandoned them. My dear 

 little Henry and Charles— Oh! God 

 bless you !— I wrote every thing to 

 my brother last night." 



" Tuesday morning, 7 o^clocJc. 



" Since writing the inclosed, I 

 have come to town, and if it is not 

 repugnant to your feelings, I think 

 I should like to have one interview 

 with you, but not if you object to 

 it in any way. The bearer can bring 

 you to me instantly, if you will see 

 me ; but if not, ask no questions.'' 



Henry Wellesley wrote to her in 

 answer to this letter to Arbuth- 

 not : — 



" That for the sake of her wel- 

 fare, and that of her children, he 

 would consent to receive her again, 

 provided she would return, and 

 break ofFall correspondence or con- 

 nection with the person she was then 

 with ; but that she must return in- 

 stantly, for the next day would be 

 too late." 



The result of this unfortunate 

 affair has been, that lord Paget 

 returns to the bosom of his family. 

 He is to live with lady Paget, and 

 has left town with her ladyship for 

 Beaudesert, in Staffordshire. He 

 has purchased a house for lady 

 Charlotte Wellesley, in which she 

 now resides, and has made a settle- 

 ment upon her — while Mr. Welles- 

 ley is eagerly proceeding to obtain 

 a divorce. 



Rolls Court. — Lord Mahon v. 

 Earl Stanhope. — This cause, which 

 we reported at length on its first 

 hearing, was re-heard on Wednes- 

 day, 



