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ATROCIOUS PIRACY. , 1 ‘IIXTDACT 01 , A LETTRIt To Mass Rs. IL AND A. 1107.1. Htbdi Janeiro, May 24. Gentlemen—lt is With much grief th .t I have been 'compelled to put into this port, after being plundered and most inhumanly treated by pirates, who have tubbed w o of albour stoi t of our sails, rigging, provision., co mpasses, sett:lnt, quadrants. charts, chronometer, log glasses. nautical books, the whole of obr clothing, about thirty tons of cargo, boats--in fact it is impossible td 'numerate what is gone at this moment. On the 7th of May, in lat.-2. So. south, 10ng.22. SO. west, just after day-light, we saw a vessel right ahead am, standing towards us. It being a light breeze at the time, we hoisted nor colours. At SO minutes past 7, foontrher to be an armed brig, and full of men. She passed under our stern, hoisted Colombian colours, hailed us in English, and told me to go on bond of him immediately with my papers.. Seeing him put his own boat out, I thought it was not necessary for me to do so. I perceived hum taking the tompions out glhi . s. guns I hailed him, when he again repeated.' Hoitt Sht Tor boat, and y ot,(the Ca pt sin)cnme on bond with your papers." Whet, I got on board of him, the Captain took me lam his cabin, and while examining 'my papers, said an English man of war five days before had ''fired into him, killed and wounded several of his men, cut his sails and rigging, and thrown three of his gore overboard, and that be hid sworn to sink the first Eng lish ship he fell in with. and destroy the crew.' I remon strsted with him on 'thetrhelty of such a proceeding in punishipik us, who isirpVclnnocent of the transaction. He said t e should detaiutie on board, and should supply himself with sails, rope, provisions, &c. from as, and give me an order uton - ItirsGnirernment. I questiond his tight to keep me piisoner and rob my ship; when he spoke in Svan•sh,and several of his men seized me, bundled me down the hold, just.abart the mainmast, beat me most crpelly with their cutlasses, and lished me down on my back to ring bolts on the statboard side below, and even refused me a drink of water when I asked for it. I soon heard my pigs, fowls, &c. tome alongside.. Between eight and nine the two sentries; armed with pistols and cutlasses, which were placed our me, con dotted me into the cabin, which was darkened. At the farther end sat the'eaptain, and I perceived a dagger glittering in his right band.. He addressed. me • thus -44 Where is your nsoney concealed? " I said there was . none except what 1 bad in my bureau and writing : desk—in English and Spanish money between seven pounds and eight posods. ' , Sp:, no, be replied, "it is the money you have so purchase your"lterepe. ward cargo that I went. I knovr irehat.thu Indi a *side is, so tell me: if yOU refuse, your life shall pay tho,ter.- kit." I assured hies there was ." Is that your answer?" be said.. I topliod, r.Yes,", r h e a" li<taid . something in Spanish; Two mete sise ,Miioip 1 bad not seen: each put a pistol to ifit head: Hq said, " Mind, money cannot recall' or its the • least avail you when you are genii' , if you. regird your life, .at once acquaint Cod 'rot life • shall be safe, for this is my •professioui, in 'pvig,ijoy it I am inured tai blood, so expect too 'mercy'. II you are obstinate, cie a n y' idaY:''cleee d iee-me, I shall either scuttle or , burn • tho ship, loci . leaire nooks' to. tell tales." . I stilfassared him there lwas be told his men in English to prepares the, caked _their pistols, .81.4,1 fell 'o* 'my - I . tiseess and in• in agony of feeling implored hii,nierey,, fpf'fbe sake of my wife and children, who would he thrthin destitute . on the world. Ijii`Aptftitsmsoftenithis.hesirt: .Be • vse orders, and my mite was brodglte down, end threatened with deaths if.be did not tell. He combo. rated my statement. • I was senr back ip my prison; a c id told I had haft an hour 'to consider' between life and death. About three fife next !reigning I was. again ushered into the presence of the'':Wretch, who-asked me for the key of ray sexton, and told me he had released my crew ; my long-boat was alongside; that he had lost my other boats ; and that I might think myself well I of, for his determination was to have destroyed us, ship and all. I got into my boat with tome 'difficulty, sore with liaises, and weak saitlithemannner tf . my confinement. std got on board, it theft' blOwing very strong. My heart was almost broke when I saw the.havock that was made with the cargo ;— broken eases, casks, bottles , about the deck--everything to the greatest contusion. Tarpaulins cut to pieces, hatches broken to pieces, run ning rigging, sails, cordage, provisions, 'guns, muskets, cutlasses, powder, ,ghot....the whole of Irsj,, wear. kg apparel. and that of shy . mates u . together with my own private *atom all 'Sauteed iistriments,. eta gone, cabin stoles, in fact,. completely • gutted of everything. not nee ._knife sat fork er 'spoon, ten CT sugar, or a setassel-`ollbt 'ME back left.— While on beard of him, I obVetelrln botite;. on which, although much faded, T diatinet y saw " Cumberland" painted in black letters on a white oviL• • This-bucket had been painted green with black hoops • judge what arty feeling,must have been then. and whe n 113 y life wa threatened, it prechided hope. for it struck me kome. diately of the fate Of poor Cunt. There was also an Efiglish binnacle, mahogany, with a brass revolving top, standing abaft' *at be mast have sobbed from man ship. The brig was entirely black. no channels, same as the Clorinda when she was bought ; American built. ap peared to have.hems: originally a schooner, was about *XlPione, very sharp, sailed f ast , bad a. d ea l o f overhang abaft, a billet bead ; her topsail-yards nearly as square es her lower-yards ; and royal-yards rigged abafe ; had a long 18 or 24-pounder on a pivot on the forecastle; *4 four long guns; apparently 12-pounders, on the stoic deck, and two in the hold dismounted; the Cap tsin seemed tome to ben New Orleans French or Aim titan, spoke rather broken . English, but very rampagi ngly ; his crew chiefly Spanish. but some.Englisli and Americans among theft; at times a good deal of Eng. ush was spoken. The English frigate Thetis is,i believe, going to cruise alter this villain, also a Ffench brig-of-war. (Sped) GEORGIC CARREW, bark Clacked& - Sunday 'morning, i)evonshi,e College, Kennington, the lesidence of W. Scow, gill. was • broken upon, sod two gold watches, and several articles of jewellery vac stolen. Saturday, a young lad died at Pettis under peculiar tjiteessiances. He was a slater by business, and along %int another of ttie . same crafti'fiad got out at an attic window to make some small repair Din* the roof very high house. As is the custom is" such eases, they managed their business t 7 throwing.* rope over the rigging stone, the one bowing fast un the, one side to baiaftethe pu ler , w h o was perh.roi . lng•the work on the t'PlJobne side. The latter having occasion to give a signal to the other to shift the rope, was surprised by Li tepested calls net bring answered, and therefore ascrpded to the top. when he found bit comrade had erased to live. 'fine escape of the survivor was most providential : .. if his unfortunate companion had held the rope by his hand, the other must have been I. k loose and disisheci go piece but the rope being wound around ins thigh, was the means of sawn% the other. ASSIZE INTELLIGgstcs. •- .. • GUILDFORD. Jest vo. Cameo SiOg 7 —Vet4re Mr. Baron Gaisow. HIGHWAY Rosaeßv.—William Hunt, a .11m youth, only 17 years old. stood charged with havine fel° funnily assaulted STK Tones, on the Eines highway, at St. Paurs, Deptford. and put him in bodily fear, and forcibly taken hom his person a gold chain, three gold seals, and a ring, his property. The prosecutor had been spending the day with some friends at Greenwich, and had taken; as he admitted,.a chef, ful glass or. two after dinner. On his return, when between Deptford and New (`,rose to *as overtaken by. the prisoner, who entered into obnversation with him, and after_a few 'Ordinary .observaCions, offered him his km. The .p.tosecutor declined taking it, and walked on briskly; in hopes of getting rid of the prisoner, but the latter kept up with him, and nn their math ing . at lope patt of the road, struck him suddenly .a violent blow on the face,, which knocked' him down, and he fell into a ditch. The prisoner then made a snatch at his watch, but it being secured by a guard-chain, it tesisted his effort, and he only succeeded in p,ettiog the chain and seals, with which he ran eff. The chain was broken off near tire bottom. link by the violence of the pull. A person who heard the alarm given by the prosecutor, followed in pihsait, and did not losesight of the prisoner till he.was stopped by a watchman. On searching him, the chain and seals were fotiwd in his possession. MNADoLettos called several witnesses to the prisoner's chdruter, but none of them answered. Verdict—Guilty. • The Learned „lunca, addressing the prisoner, said it was dreadful to see so young. a., man charged with - a ; crime of such an aggravated kind. He should take time to consider what was tobe done with him. • _ _ ....... Shortly after, on the prosecutor applying to recoils- Mend him to mercy, on the ground' of his youth, and the. respectability of his connexions, Mr. Baron GAR.. Row said, that in all probability his lile would be spared. Throughout the day no-case of interest was disposed if on the civil side. OXFORD CIRCUIT—STAFFORD, JULY ms. live —Before Mr. Justice Gamma. 1111.1W.4 OF .rAo?stbe or UARRIAOS —ISADELLA,LZAKE • • ; e n* 'was siwection brought by the plaintiff, a most o,sßitrible ilia- accomplished young ,Lady, the step. daughter of a Captain in the Royal Marines, to recover from- an. opulent gentleaiiirfarmer, tesiding at Whit. thigtonahall; akar Whittington, in this county, a corn.' plifls4titM in damages for the noa-fulfilment of a pro-1 Apse, to 'hake her hi: wife. Mr; R. V. RICHARDS opened the pleading:. Mr. Jitavis ~- Gentlemen of the July, I have the' horibui to iik . pta i r here this day as <<ninuel for an amiable itteaccOMplished yorsaw lasiyiwts,6 is one of sit stir 'Wog children of Mr. Leake, now nn more,who was an eminent iron-master in the county of -Deems. He died j many year . Eagcli leavine hicrespected widow,with seven, children, one df whom has since died. 'Sonic years lifter. his:- death. his- widow- unities' a gentleman ofJ cslivie of smms, who bore the honourable rank! • it Otpl Ott in the Marines, , and the widow, pet -0014 a faired duty 'in fulfilment of the .wishes her .disee l aWfd • &china had .expreised, settled VOL pn :each - : . of 'his' children previous to her second aiseridges; Captain Simms_ (who - had received hOnoui able wounds in the service of his' country, .1)11 the tier , tweintirable cicc4sion of the mutiny at the Hort, Where wie.ans * lite ef Sir John Colpoys was sived) 'at a illiag6 called Kinglike, in this county, with his wife and three daughter!, of whom one alone is mar ried. 'The plaintiff is youngest but one of the the and thi Lady whsi comes benne you, Gentlemen, has great personal charms; and it is not fit that I should . conceal from you, she is now about thirty years of age., The defendant, Mt . ..Griffi th s, is an opulent and scieil tific farmer, occupying two large terms under _Lord Stamford. One -of them is at the village of Whit.' tingto, , and it is' callet_Whittington-hall, near where plaintiff resided, and tlere the . subject minter of the present action *Use. Both these. farms Were held together at a rent' exceeding 700/. and these, farms ate completely Stocked ; so that you can easily cbnceive, Gentlemen,. this defendant is.a man of no in considerable substance.. Captain Simms, at whose, hOuse tilt plaintiff lived, resided at a place called S cone " Cottage,,lll the door of which the defendant had con-' Dismally passed in his road to his residence. Having stated the age of Miss Leake, Gentlemen, I will now give .yon my understanding of the age of the defenil dant. He is, I understand, to all appearance. about 1 , the age of fifty, though I Understand it is to be al. leged that he is older. , He is a widOWer ' and he 'has; one only son, who is about nineteen years of age. The defendant having frequently seen Miss Leake. as was easy to be supposed, in passing by the door, solicited to he. allowed the honour of paying her matrimonial addresses. He was received in the family as a friend, but when he.pretended.courtship, Mrs. Simms remon strated a ith him upon 'the' diSparity of years between the plaintiff arid the defendant—tipon the smallness of, Miss Leslie's fortime--upou her incapability of ma. naging a farming concern sogreat as that carried on by the defendant. To the first point the defendant replied that he felt no inconvenience from the circumstance of Miss Leake being his junior I to the second ob jection, he urged that motley was no object to him; and to the third, he responded: that he kept a house,' keeper, who managed all his 'dowitistit affairs; and as to the • small fortune, he.' would 'Mot condescepd to• tooth a 'farthing. of it. A fount) suggeition was made by Mrs. Simms, which was, that the' dVfendast had a son by his former Marriage:a— This fact was met by the defendant stating, that Such 'son was wholly dependent upon him, and therefore he should never dare to offend the feelings of the plaintiff. He continued assiduous in his addresses,•Gentlemen ; but tile elder daughter knowing her father was lacked with a paralytic affection, thought it her duty to make Certain inquiries as to the defendant's real intentions.— The courtship had commenced in 1825. la the month of September, of the lime year, the Lady alluded to, who would be called as* witness, returned home, and , then trederstood from the lips of the defendant, that the marriage with bier sister was to take place in that month. He Axed the rime by - word of mouth, and he more so lemnly identified it by writing the following letter : Whittington Hall, 19th October, 1927. MT XV[ll DIA' Imucta—No doubt my unusual absence from Kingfare has excited souse surprise (and I will now candidly state the cause.). The overwhelming depression which has happened to myself, and, Indeed, every one engaged in agriculture, has moot materially altered our future prospects in life ; and lest I bring others info difficukies as well as myself, I am, my ever dear girl, only avilinis that oar union may be pialimmi for a short time, in older to ascertain what may be the event. If it should be asked why was not this communication dtade i 4 person ? I answer, the Close ensnare in which the family have.preeisd i be matter, lett m e li t tl e c h ance o f explaining so delicate ab AOC satisfactorily. Far be it trust me, my dear girl, to twin efii . solemn promise I have made to many you in the most unquallked sense of thrwled, and with the best hopes and wishes to Make fat happy. It this letter Amid be received in the spirit 'with which it al written, it wig relieve my mind Isom that mutiny which has lately preyed upon it in a ntanaer which nom but this [ who feel can know. It, dahappily r It should be tow/6W ea a snbterfoge or till:44ola evit& rat4niti47:,:, It Win of chum lead to a separation; and then, nay .augiil,'nuthilsg will be lgt Ole bat fir offer of my alarm trienddlip. and the esertssion . 'of every good wish for the happiness and prosperity of every part of the family. I am very truly, my ever deer isataella, Most sincerely yours. , W. GRIFFITH& Gentlemen, t!e d it was fixed and the hour appointed, but the defendant did not come to the meeting he had assigned, and conkuently the family felt as they ought to do, a just indignatiitn. After this the defendant felt, I sappobe, iome compuneti , in at his conduct, and with i propriety which-I do not condemn, he wrote. the fol- Lowing letter to the mother: W. Griatlis most respectfully takes the liberty to ask Mrs. 'Bitumen' there win be any objection Wilk calling at Kingfares " speaking with Miss'lsabella? Whittington Hall, 13tb Feb. ISIS. Atter this, Gentlemen, the acquaintance was allowed) to be. resumed, or :rather, .1 should' say, - Mr. Griffiths was peimitted to revisit the plaintiff, and the mm u Mg of marriage w a s re-assigned. This Is what we lawyers should'call St new assignment. The defendant actually went as far as iiispecting the silk's ashes which were to grace the intended; or rather unintended bride sin the morning of the mardige. He fixed the day anew,•and' the. Wight before, when taking his supper at Captain I Simms"s house at ten o'clock, .he stated, that he some-' times saw.suspicious . persons inthe-road he usually took home, and therefore he would like Acelaave his watch with her far fear of being robbed. It was a handsome watch, and no cloaht a valuqlle one; bur his subsequent conduct shows, Gentlemen, a subterfuge, under which he intended to inflict an insult. I think, Gentlemen, you will be perfectly of my opinion ss hen you come to see the ins, lent epistle which here follows: Abandon me a. the eery Worst of men. Pray. accept my 'watch and keep it, but detest us onee owner. Ica newt traltyvaisetable. Match 112. W. 43. Gentlemen, it is r f course unnecessary for me to in form you that this watch was returned; it was.sent back with the disdain it deserved; and the impertinence was repudiated withpromptitude. The most melancholy past of the tale, I regret to state, remains to be told : the effect .of so gross an insult qn an informed mind, you. could conjecture; despair it might produce, but. it was hot so. 1 lament to say, however, that it has left trace. which perhaps may never be eff ace d.' Mis.s Leake, I la ment to say. has lost her love, but I hope *not lost her loveliness; she if still, however, in ill health. Though the 'watch was returner', that could not, ease her feel ings. She felt that the man who once held. her heart could disown her and then whistle her back again. My friend,Gentlemen, who is On the other side, is not afraid of my observatioire ► a IWish he may think them wadi! of a remark. to c a l( forth the opportunity of a reply. .He mey, however,. think I am asking an unfair admen tage to expect the last word. About damages I shall say nothing.. Pecuniary recompense is neither:sought nor can it atone:' 4 t woman who was happyood who ever wears the besiveputati in, has been insulted in the grossest.osanner. lt is for' that indignity she. seeks the best redress when she appeals to the feelings and the honour of her own.countrysben, oho, I believe, are all Englishmen in the true sense of the word. Miss Martha Leake, examined by Mr. RIO akt.tie—l am the daughter in law of Captain Shinn., And, Jiny sister, who is plaintiff, is also Cal)- tain SiMtna married my unothee altar* ago, and we., live at Iciagfare, in this county, where I via, bred. Cap.' rain &Mme.'s on the half pay of the Royal Marines, and has n private fortune of his vein besides as well as, my mother. The defendant lives. at' Whi , tiisgtonthh3l. Th a t is a ..large extensive mansion. The witness 'then de. scribeti the course of pretended courtship,and Went on as follows:-.When my sister received the last note, she was very much affected, and I formed an answer :to n certain extent. My sister Went from home shortly after this. My sister Haonab hearing hoe distressed she was, came to fetch her. She could not leave home for a week. ,On the 13th of February the note was re ceived.,reque'ging to speak with her sister. He opened the door as usual, and came in ; I was writing ; I would not-notice him—l was silent. • After tea my mother', asbed the what Wes the. matter? I said I was.very much bust that he should be received again. and then; askedlim if he catbe to make tools of the family' second time? He said he was - sorry for what had . passeclf end he came with a full wish to marry my sister. I' felt disgusted with huh, and I left the room. I saw him on the Suadar following at Captain Simms's.-- My sister had felt hurt at my conduct, and in conse-' quence I made up my mind dial I wotfld be friendly with Mr..Griffiths.. I told him so, and he rose from his seat and shisok hehds with me, and said how happy) ha should be. " Well, Sir," I said, 44 bow long is our friendsbip to last?" • He said, " For ever, L hope;" and I said, 44 That entirely depends on your conduct." 1 said, " . Now we are on the subject. I should like Iso know when the wedding is to t k e pl ace ;f ir I t hi n k yqu h ave kept our . house in a state of agitation quite long enough. He said, he wished to marry her soon. I said," Pray, Sir,shat do you call stain? After hai vest, I presume; and I suppose it will be a long hat vest this year, as 'you have taken another farm." He took that for a joke, and:tit:rued it as such. I saw him on the following Sandiy. It was in March. I had been absent from the-room; on my return. the said in the presence of Griffiths, " Martha, I shall leave you in the latter end of the month to be married to Mr. Griffi*.hs." I said, ff I shall be sorry to part with -you, Isabella; but I hope you will .be happy. I hope Mr.Griffiths, how ever, is not going to deceive you a second time." The defeadant appeared extremely indignant, and 'said that it was a matter entirely for his and my sister', atmhgensent: I told him he could not be surprised at my interference. After that he called a few days after), and he was in the sitting room with my sister. He said' be could not stay tea. at( hit horse was at the. gate. but he wfould.cillthe neat day. I said, " Well.tbea, I will ask you to-morrow when it will be convenient to ac company my sister And me to Birmingham;" and he said, "On the 25th of the month." He said] if we went by ourselves, we should spend too much money., I observed he was rather premature'in his notion, and that the money would not come out of his pocket.— He replied, ." It would come out of the 'family, and that was all the same." I added, that if he meant I to trifle with my s i s t er . as I expected be intended, be should not bilge with sue ; and if I did not go to Birmingham' that week, I never would go upon that errand. I told him. it the same time, it was MY wish that he should not marry her, and I much feared, from his conduct; `thy sister would have cause to repent for not taking My advice. He said I inter. fered too much, and he' asked, " What can you suppose could be. my mOtrie to come to your house a second time, wrings . I wished to marry your sister soon?" I replied, ".Tian why procra.tinate r I said. " Sup posing yeti Were the father of daughters, and a prison 'erne constantly paying his addresses to one of them, and oontintially assigning a, time for a wedding, and ,breaking it off, what would .you do—w ould _ you not make him Ss a t i me r H e sa id, most tbstainly be should. He much commended me for that said-sitad Itad said nothirag what waXper. He said be would come oo th elellowing da bich was • • Mid-tent ' Sunday, , nd eeer:y tbinik should he ward. told 4ira 1 hoped he wnuld stop ,away ii he wished io. break it off again. He came on the. SUnday ; and aPben patterns of silksioV • the vaedding were produced,• he made a selection. He had everything in his houst dot: a woman could want, and if Isabella waited anything afte)-they were •nuerried, she should have it, and he would keep a gig for her to take her from one taint to • another. .00 the Thursday following the lOth of April was fixed upon for the wedding, sold a chaise wai or dered to beat Captain Simms's house on that mtnnitag by eight o'c l ock.. He never came, but he sent this not. about a quarter before eight: Absindoe the as the very verse of men. Pray accept ray watch, and keep it ; but detest Its ones owner. I am new treaty 'Wettable. 5121 March. W. G. The watch was of course returned. My sister became extremely agitated. She has been %bleat from home ever since. My sister is•3o, and I stould suppose the defendant is about 50. He has a son, whom I should suppose to be about 18. Cross-examined by Mr. Casteani—l am not Luis- taken. about the age of my sister ; she is only a year younger than I am ; one of my rosters is married to a Mr. Homer. I did not interfere with that courtship, and the match took place. 1 never said there was no keeping Mr. Homer back, and there was no getting Ma. (irithths forward. I have beard that Mr. GI iffiths was unwell. I went with my sister on the 29d of March, to consult Mr. Homer, my brother-in-law, to bring an action against Mr. Griffiths. My sister never told me that Mr. Chitty's opinion had been taken, and by thought no action could be brought before the 10th of April. I know the Reverend M. Housman, who is clergyman pf the parish. a • Mrs. Simms, examined by Mr. Jeevra—My Chris tian name is Sarah, and I am the wife of Capt. Sit la% I we% formerly married to Mr: Leake. Upon my mar riage with Capt. Simms I settled 4001. upon each of myt children by my first marriage. I recollect the defendant coming to live at Whittington Hall, stud applying to me to visit my daughter Isabella, as &lover ; I'•trild him I did not think she was capable of managing-so large a Carat.- He said he did not.care, for he was always la the -habit of buying in pock himself, mid be had housekeeper. I objected to the match on account of hie having a soon. He replied ) that son could make no dif ference, as he was dependent wholly upon him, and he would take care that he should never insult her. AO ter the rupture occurred the defendant appliftl to renew the acquaintance, and...said he had been mdse like a madman that a man ever since it had taken place, and •he could • stop and cry every time he passed the door. The witness went on to. state, that the night. before the day appointed for the wedding the defendant took the plaintiff by the hands and said, " Good. by ! Goo bless you, Bell! I shall be. here. by half-past seven in the morning." Bu t t he never came. Witness had told him that her daughter had 400 i. for her fortune, but he said be wanted no money, and he only wanted herself. - Mr. CAMMLL then addressed the Jury o n beh a lf t f r• the defendant, and said he had no doubt that a very costeiderable impression had been made on them-r-fiist, by the eloquence of his Learned Friend ; and secondly, ey.the chairs of Miss Martha; and thirdly), by the , venerable but still less important evidence of the Lady 'who was the mother of the plaintiff ; . hut still he knew that although he was contending at fearful oddsagainst his Learned Friend, he should be listened to by a Jury. He kile* . thrit the Jury would be unaffected either by the tempeitithus eloquence of Mr. Jeivis, orby the affect. ing tears' of . Miss Martha, but they would s"iberly and dispassionately make up their minds to what the verdict ought to be. The filet question tor their consideration would be, whether the verdict ought to befor the plain tiff or • the4efecdant? and Whit the Learned Counsel meant to Insist wawhat - the defendant was not entitled to a verdict at all. That therehed been in this case a pro nine of marriage. no ore could deny), Out the Jury were to take into consideration and determine, whether that promise had been hrolfen off by the plaintiff and her lviends or by the defendant? If it turned out that it bad been broken off by.tbe plaintiff or her friends, then 'this action was wholly unnecessary; and as in his (Mr. ,Campbell's) opinion there was ncthing in law or in jus tice in this case which could be construed into a breach of contract, the defendant, he contended, was entitled to a verdict. Previous to the 224 of March, 1828, it was adniitted that no breach of contract had taken place. They had heard of various little tparrela and acts of courtship for two years previous, but till that period there was no pretence for saying there was any 'breach of .contract. It was acknowledged, that his (Mr. Campbell's) clienr, the pool old gentleman, was not in a very fit condition to undettake the manage. merit of the plaintiff, and that under a hope of re-. cruiting his health, to fit him for the holy state of ma trimony, he had gore on. a voyage to Leamington; but, alas ! with his health very little improved, he returned, and it was then that- this amatory old farmer was alleged to have been guilty of the shocking breach of contract which was now under their consideration. He (Mr. Campbell) was now preeared to contend, th t this breach was the fault of -Miss Isabella; and if bis client could have been so ungallant as to take any prep. ceedings against a Lady, he art, much more entitled to complain than M is:lsabella, and oughtto have appeared here this day as the plaintiff. It the Jury consideredX leiter which had been so severely a .imadvei ted on, t would find that it contained only the fair and rational doubts which the defend.tnt entertained (perhaps most justly) of the happiness of the proposed union. Here the Learned Counsel proceeded to read and explain se veral of the passages of the letter of the 19. h of Octo ber, contending that the defendant was rather entitled to praise than censure for the canal's', sincerity, and prudence which had distingui bed his conduct.. if the agriculturists in that part of the country were not depressed at the time, his Learned Friend, Mr. Jervis), might have called the steward of Lord Stasoferd to prove their affluence. His Learned Friend had ea. hausted great ability to prove the 7004 which the defendant had paid for his farms, in order thattbeJoity might inter that he was a rich man. If, however, the defendant had not been actuated by the motives ex pressed in his letter, what other object could he have had io view? It was not asserted that he was actuated by-any motives contrary to religion mad (Wow. It was admitted that he was much attached to the plaintifE The question was, why did he not marry her? Why, that letter explained his reasons; it spoke most power. lolly in his behalf, evincing his discretion in pausing before he committed himself, in order that he might *wit and learn the result of the everts whi.b a ere in progress. The family of the plaintiff, it must be ad. nutted, had not conducted themselves with discretion regarding this young couple. Matters of this sort were always much better wiser, left to the parties theme. selves; something must have occurred, for be (Me. Campbell) saw nothing in the letters to lead to bitipit off the marriage. 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