News from January 1815

London News January 1815 from New British Lady’s Magazine Vol. 1 Issue I January 1815 at 79-80.

With much regret we record an action brought at law by Lord Roseberry against Sir Harry Mildmay for adultery with Lady Roseberry, in which the damages were laid at 30,000l. Judgment was suffered to go by default; and the Sheriff’s Jury, by Sir Nathaniel Conant, their foreman, gave verdict for fifteen thousand pounds.--In the event of the marriage of Sir Henry and the Countess, their offspring cannot succeed to any entailed property; not even in the estates of Sir Henry (supposing the death of his son by his first marriage), as, by a recent decision of the Court of King’s Bench, the espousal of a sister of the first wife is declared contrary to the civil as well as canonical law.

The Duchess of Wellington has excited the admiration and envy of the French elegantes, since her arrival in Paris, by the taste and beauty of her dresses. On one occasion, her Grace appeared at the Opera in an unique tippet, made of the feathers of the humming bird which was brought by the Duke from India; the eyes of the whole house were immediately directed to the box, and at the conclusion of the performance her Grace could scarcely pass the lobby, from the crowd collected to witness the novelty of the night.

At the rising of the Court of Chancery, on the 23d of December, a motion was made for admitting the Lady and wife of a certain noble Lord (D----) to exhibit, before the Chancellor, articles of the peace against his lordship, to compel him to give sureties of the peace for good behaviour towards Lady D. in the amount of 1000l, or 1500l., as the noble husband was in the receipt of 15000l., a year, and considerable future expectancies. The lady read these articles, with the register, under his lordship’s seat; after which his lordship perused them; and shortly interrogating her ladyship in a low voice his lordship granted the motion, and referred it to the Master to settle the bond.--This motion excited considerable interest; the precedents of such applications to the Court of Chancery being very few.