Star. — London, England, 1821-09-10 00:00:00

FIRE IN GRACECIIURCH-STREET. Abort two ...cloLk ..rday morning a fire was discoveted in the batik part of the premises of Messrs. Sanded and Fossick, umbrella-manufacturers, who t hieve is situate ac the I: ma of White Horse-court. Gracechurch-street. Befine any fire-engine arrived. the flames had communicated to the premises of Mr. • Ryan, cheesemonger : and on the arrival of the first engine the file made its appearance at the front of both houses. The fire had advanced too far in the house of Mr. Fossick to attempt to rescue any consi derable part of the property ; but the fit emen having, with difficulty, roused Mr. Ryan, they proceeded with the greatest vigour and alacrity to remove a much as they could of his stock. The file-engines began to come in rapidly, and there being a plentiful sup ply of water, they began immediately to play upon the premises; but as the flames spread chiefly at the back part of them they had a great difficulty in ope rating from the court. The firemen in the front of the buildings had succeeded in removing a consider -Po able portion of the stock of Mr. Ryan, the cheese manger, v. hen thme inside the premises were called off, as it was considered they could no longer exert themselves with safety. Two, however, remained within longer than the rest, and the house had been on fire about half an hour, when, dreadful to relate, it fell in with a most horrid crash. One of the ad venturous firemen was at the time in the house, and must, without doubt, have been crushed to pieces in a moment . The other, who remained behind, just got out of the building; but a considerable portion of the ruins fell upon him, and he was removed in so mutilated a state that he died shortly after. The body of the other unfortunate man still remains buried under a pile of ruins from which it cannot be yet extricated, as the spot was overhung by a fright. ful stack of chimnies, which were momentarily ex• petted to fall. Daring the occurrence of these melancholy cir cumstances in front, the fire spread with a degree of fury that defied the united energy of the firemen. The extensive premises of Messrs. Low and Pewtress, stationers, were on fire and their entire stock in a Max . The Quakers Meeting-house took fire, and f was in ruins in a few minutes; and in it, we are in for wet e consumed an extensive library and other pro f city, of importance to a numerous class of the Society of Friends, besides much property belonging to the perior. who has the care of the establishment. From the re.istless progress of the flames, the Bank ing-houses of Messrs. Spooner and Attwood, and of Messrs. Masterman and Co. were in great danger, and, indeed, at one time their destruction appeared inevitable. The firemen, however, performed won ders. The house al Messrs. Master man and Co. was three times on fire, but was each time subdued by astonishing exertion. On the fate of the house of Messrs. Nlasterman and Co. it was considered de pended that of the greater part of the neighbourhood, as adjoining are the prcn:ises of Messrs. Allen, die chyurists, which are filled with combustibles, and it was stated, had sufficient gunpowder deposited in them to blow up all the adjoining houses. From this connection the event of the eaeitions to save the house of files rs. Masterman and Co. was watched with intense anxiety by the inhabitants of the conti guous houses, vkho were preparing their goods for remora?. Tot firemen by directing a constant stream of water upon the house of Messr , . Spooner and Co. succeeded in preserving it from material injury. At about four o'clock, the houses which were .n Eames fell in successively, when the firemen e ere enabled to direct their efforts for the preservati n (i -lk surrounding property with success, .sad after that time the flames made no further progress. The house of Mt. It) an, the cheesemonger, in the a uins of whico the unforttaiate firemen perished, was very old and dilapidated, which accounts fur its havin ,, fallen in in so short a time, although but partially consumed. It cannot at present be ascertained where or in what manner the fire originated; but it is considered to • have proceeded front the back premises of Messrs. Fossick, the umbrella-manufacturers. The property destroyed was but partially insured, and the house of Mr. Ryan was not insured at all. It may be supposed ▪ that the thieves, who generally assemble ea masse on such occasions, %vie upon the :ilea ; but the City Police were especially prompt, and proceeded imam ' diately to remove as many of the thieves as they could lay hold of from the scene to places of security.— Many, however, had begun the work of plunder, and divided upon the spot the cheeses which were saved from the tires but the property was taken from them 4 by the officers who guarded the avenues ; and we have not heard that any considerable property was stolen from those inhabitants who were employed in • removing their property to places of safety, nor that any other lives were lost than those of the two unfor tunate men above mentioned, and who belonged to the London Insurance Company. The fire was perceived at a distance of twelve • miles around the metropolis. Time poor fireman whose body still remains under the ruins has left a wife and five children. The firemen were actively em ployed the whole of yesterday and this morning in discharging water on the ruins. e Messrs. MASTERMAN and Co. beg to return their thanks to their friends and neighbours, to whose kind exertions, during the late fire in White Hart { court, they are greatly indebted for the preservation of their premises. White hart-court, September 10, SCI. ANOTHER DREADFUL FIRE THIS MORNING. About five o'clock this morning a dreadful fire broke nut at the house of Mr. Myers, pencil-maker, 40. 37, Prince's-greet, Soho, which, in less than twenty minutes, consumed the whole, and greatly damaged the houses on the opposite side of the street. At one time the house of Mr. Clinch, stationer, was on fire, but by his timely and incessant exertions it was put out, although the window frame and cur tains of the bed-room were in flames. We lament to state that some lives were lost; it is not exactly ]mown how many. Mr. Myers and one o f hi s sons Jumped out of the second floor window, and were dangemusly wounded ; they were carried to the flos- Pita Another of his sons is missing, and it is feared has fell a prey to the devouring element. The whole of the house was let out in lodgings, and many poor families are now in St. Ann's Church-yard, with scarce a vestige of their efeas saved from the Se me: al tuiu. tHE ARM r. Tuesday the Regular, Lieutenant .roux Tnerstrsox, arrived at Portsmouth, from Halifax and Newfoundland, with the remains der of the idth Regiment (now in garrison at Portsmouth), and limited service men from the 60th, 6!d, and 74th Regiments.— She landed detachment of the 74th Regiment at St. John's. She also brought invalidid seamen from both stations, and naval stores. 'lle liegulus sailed on Friday for Chatham, to land the limited service men. Thursday the Ocean and Crown, under lieutenant Munoz, sailed for Plymouth, with part of the 10th Regiment for that garrison. Them transports, after landing this Regiment, still re ceive on board the 11th. for Ireland. The Guards at Dock, Plymouth, are ordered for Chatham. where it is said the whole will be reduced. In the last particular we should presume the report is erroneous. Wednesday the .71(1 Regiment of infantry marched from the Royal Barrack., Dublin, for Naas, previous to embarkation at Cork for Jamaica. Monday the 18th Hussars and 19th Lancers were disembodied at Newbrldgv Barracks, near Naas. These excellent Regiments separated with great regret. The 18th Hussars, formerly the Drogheda Light Horse, were raised by the present Marquis of DROGHEDA nearly sixty years ago. Upwards of 300 non-commi&sioned Officers and privates, dis charged from the Army, agreeably to the Kum's order, on the 24th of August, arrived last week in Dublin, to be present at a Board at Kilmainham, previous to an award of pensions being made for their services. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. WAR- 01? ICE. SEPT. 7, 1821. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Charles Chitty, from half-pay of the 50th Foot, to be Paymaster vice Hick man Leland Rose, who exchanges. 10th Regiment of Light Dragonns—Cornet and Liebtenant Lord John Ilentinck to he Lieutenant, by purchase., vice Drummond, promoted in the Ist West India Regiment. Coldstream Wainscot of Foot Guards--Lieutenant Humphrey St. John Mittinlay to 1w Lieutenant and Captain, by pur chase, vice White, who retires; Lieutenant George Charles ()motley Fitzharetinge Berkeley, from half•pay of the Regi ment, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, trice Mild may • Asalatant•Surgeon Shetingten Gilder, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Septimus Wor- rell, who exchanges. 56th Regiment of Font—Lieutenant Henry Edwards Hill to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gualy, promoted; I. sign Robert Shaftoe Vicars to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill; Wil liam James Fraser, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vicars. 79th Ditto—Lieutenant Allan Cameron, from half•pay of Don kin's Garrison Battalion, to be Paymaster, vice 3PArtbur, superseded. 2d West India Regiment—Hospital-Assistant M,lcolm Ritchie to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hugh Kelly. whose appoint ment has not taken place. 110NPITAI. STA VP. Assistant-Surgeon Duncan Docksrd to be Surgeon to the Forces ; Hospital-Assistant James Christie, from half-pay, to be Hos pital-Assistant to the Forces, vice Robcrt Moir, who resigns. Co!oriel William Chabot, on half.pay of the 50th Foot, to be slajor-General in the Army. NAVAL L%TE.LLIGENCE. Mitroan, Sm. 7.—The Amelia, NIASTERMAN, from Cork for Newport. parted her anchor on the sth instant at the entrance of St. Bride's Bay, to the north of this harbour, and having brought up further in, her anchor broke, but a Pilot gut on board and succeeded in getting her into • safe roadstead on the south side of the Bay named Goldtop, a good anchorage in the event 01 any vessel being driven into th uangerous Bay, and one which, as affording shelter whet, otiminent danger, it is ' desirable should be more known by Masters of vessels. Patmonvii, Strr. B.—Wind W.—Arrived the Loyalist, PAR WIN. from London for St. John's, N. B. with loss of main top mast. Sailed the Allus, KIRTON, for Corunna. PLYMOUTH, Strr. B. Wind E.—Arrived the Union, JEFFERY from Sierra Leone, in 88 days, for London; Como, WiLimisos, from London for M.,g4iidre ; and Betsy, Iluisvaa, from Prince Edward's Island. Sided the Carlo ta, WOLF, for St. Petersburg& Cowes, Sarr B. Arrived the Clarkstone, Seavicr, from Lon don for Qui.bec, wi:h troops. Potivsmotmt, SEPT. 9.—Wind S.—Arrived yesterday his Ma jesty's ship C0N111.1144M, from Jamaica. Passed by for the Downs, the Dunira, Hautmos, from China. Sailed the Estafette, Wet.. sow, for ..lemel. Arrived to-day, the Cumberland, MALLISON, from Dantzic. Doyen, Sari. 9.—Arrived the Vriendschap, Coot, from Leg horn for Amsterdam,_ detained by his Majesty's ship SEVERN. DUAL, Seri. 9.—Wind S.—Arrived and sailed for the River, yesterday, the Caledonia, nlow.v, from St. Domingo; Prince, BRAITIIWAIT; all.d William Parker, PRAINGZULL, from Quebec; Betsy, Rrtn, from Grenada ; Albion, Icarus! ' from Quebec for Yartnoudi aod Naiad, I !imam:sou, from Foal; the latter remaies. ('acne down from the River and sailed, with the whole 01 the outward bound. the Carle*, CHIVERS, for Madras, Ike. Criterion, AVERT, for New Turk; Perseus, Jacesux ; and Charles Forbes, CHOAK• for St. John's (N. 8.); Essex, Roerev- SON, for Bourdeaux ; Jane, Ressin.i., fut Miramichi ; and Archi bald, RICHARDSON, for Barbadoes. Arrived to-day, and sailed for the Rivet, the Dunira, I lAAIILTON ; and Marquis of Bundy, M'Ltoo, from China ; Ann, Lewis, from Miramichi ; and seve ral others. The Ann remains. Put hack the Ganges, for Madras, etc. Came down from the River and remain, the Samuel and Sarah, Castrintw., for Africa; immix, for Irma; Jane, Al•Ct.ver, for Jamaica; and Datrosuer, for Can Dieman's Land. WHITEHAVCN, San. 7.—Arrived the Providence Success, Bowes, front Liverpool to St. John's (New Brunswick), with loss ot both topmasts. llaawrcu, San. B.—Arrived the Lady Nepean packet, with a Mail from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Lord Nelson packet for ditto; l'rince of Orange packet, for Holland ; and Charlotte packet, for Gottenburgh, each with a Mail. SCAM/ROI:ell, &XT. 7.—Arrived the Charles, WATSON, front Dieppe, with considerable damage. SUIICLION Sxrr. B.—The Surly cutter has brought in here the Danish lugger Galathea, Hor.r.anoae, of and from Altona, with a quantity of spirits on board. LirearooL, Sen. T.—The Four Sons, DYSART, from hence for St. Andrew's, North Britain, was lost last Tuesday night, upon the Stockholm shore, about two miles south of the Come val Light-house—crew saved. The George Spites, BIM', from this port to Quebec, Wab lost last Tuesday night, near Strangford—crew and part of the cargo saved. Coarom.llouse, Sari. B.—Ships Entered Inwards :—The Henry, front Palermo; Ann, from Stockholm; Samaritan, front Santander; Twee Jonge, from Worcum ; Manning, from Memel • Nancy, from the Cape of Good Hope; Hermes, from Zante ; ' King George the Fourth, from Calcutta; Jane, from Jamaica; Royalist, from Gottenburgh; Urania, from Memel; Doncaster, from Quebec; Sirene, front Calais; and Reothers, front Quebec.—Cleared Outwards : The Princess of Wales, for Calais; Joseph and Ann, for Amsterdam; Plushy's for Bre men ; Venus, for the Cape of Good hope ; Stain es , f or Stettin ; Duke of Kent, for Rotterdam; Prince of Waterloo, for Ostend; Resolution, fur Dublin; and Scipio, from St. Übe's. A twerp—At Jersey, the Charles, Clement, from Bahia. At the Clyde, Leopold, Wilson; and Britannia, --, from Marseilles. At Palermo, Norfolk, Pestill, from London. At Leghorn, Union, Clinch; and Mary Ellen, Donaldson, front London; Intrepid, Finlay, from the Clyde; Edward, Mor gan, from Philadelphia • and Anna Margaret, — , from Lie ban. At Calais, Julie:Preager, from London. Ac Para, Blues, Blues, from Cadiz. At Demerara, Harmony, Woodall, from London. At Havre, Louis, —, from Pernambuco. At New York. from Leghorn. At Boston, Cuba, Barnes, from Leghorn. At Cork, Fulham, Foster, from Quebec. CORN Etc:taxer, MAILIC-LANZ, Sm. 10.—Our market being very thinly supplied with Wheat that morning, what new sam ples appeared being very rough, together with the unfavourable state of :he weather and the reported injury which the new crop has sustained by the late rains, caused a brisk demand for Wheat, and ;rime samples obtained 10s. more than on this day week. Bartel is from 25. to 35. per quarter dearer; and Beans and Peas sold full 35. per quarter higher. Oats are 2s. per quarter dearer, and met a tolerable brisk sale at that advance. Hour is expected to rise 10s. per sack. ' limxirttsto 31.tawr, Stl-1. 10.—Beef, 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. prr stone of albs.; :Mutton, it,. Od. to 35. 3.1. Veal. 35. Od. to 4s. 0.1. Pork, 25.6 d. to 3s. 115 d. Lunt), ss. od. to 4s. 4d.—Cattle at Mar ket. lhasts, r. 000; Colves,32o; Sheland Lambs,2s,loo 1544 5 and Straw per load, lisp, 36 IDS. to 41 4s. ASSIZES. CARLTSLE, SEPTEMBER 3. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIACE. WILSON, SPINSTER, V. EIRRELL. After this interesting cause wit" called on, Messrs. BROUGHAM and ALDERSON continued for some time in consultation with their client, the defendant. The result disappointed the more curious part of the spec tators in Court. Mr. Scartut : ry.—This case is settled, my Lord, by an arrangement, to take a verdict by consent, for two hundred pounds. The parties have agreed to the suggestions of their Counsel, I believe from very ho nourable feelin gs on b ot h s id es . Mr. BROUGHAM.—The defendant has no objection to pay £2OO from very honourable feelings. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £2OO. CRIII. CON. RENWICK V. MATTHEWS. This was an action for damages by the plaintiff, a hairdresser in Carlisle, against the defendant, an aged Gentleman in the same place, for having de prived the plaintiff of the affection and comfort of a faithful wile. Scarcely had the abrupt termination of the breach of promise in one Court been known, when the crim. con. was announced for the other. The Ladies at the same time were cruelly dragged out from the other Court, through an opposing torrent of the roughei sex rushing in with unbounded curiosity.— Scarcely had every corner an passage been com pletely packed, when Mr. BROUGHAM rose, and said, it was agreed to take a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 40s. Never was an Assize Court so rapidly and exces sively crowded, and there has been seldom witnessed disappointment so complete, so sudden, and yet so re luctantly believed. TUESDAY, SEPTENIBER 1. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAG EBY WIDOW SCHTSON T. HARRIMAN. A full Special Jury of the most distinguished 'Squires in Cumberland attended, Sir PIIILIP 'MUS GRAVE, M. P. Foreman ; Sir JAMES GRAHAM, of Netherby, Second. Mr. WILLIAMS opened the pleadings. Mr. Sea aLsrr.—My Learned Friend, who has been so obliging as to open the pleadings, has stated to Fu the claims which the plaintiff presents for your consideration. When I have the honour of addressing Gentlemen of your consideration, it would be great indiscrel ion to offer any remarks to you upon gene ral topics. Actions of this nature excite considerable interest. Transactions which arise from feelings and passions common to all mankind, excite a greater degree of attention and interest than any other. To me, questions of this nature never appeared to be Ca pable of being treated in Courts of Justice as in poetry and romance. Love, its influence, its ardour, and its delicacy—is infinitely too fine for the rude treatment and rough-handling of lawyers. To claim a pecuniary reward for di s appointed passion is ab surd. The only claim for remuneration arises from a just and rational view of our relations in life. No man living is so indifferent to the effect of such rela tions, as not to look forward to a settlement in society as a leading object of his solicitude and exertions. I represent not here a client who formed an attachment from a romantic passion which the poet cr the novel list could introduce into tales of romance. When an attachment is so founded, a Court of Justice is the last place to afford consolation for disappointment. I shall not, therefore, hare to represent to you an ardent, romantic, disappointed lover, whose hopes are for ever frustrated, and who must ever pine in exclu sion from the sex. The defendant is a widow, young, handsome, and possessing attractions which might well excite feelings of the nature which she excited in my client, in any man. Yet she is not the fit ' object of romantic passion. I consider both to be of a time of life when they would love with due regard to more permanent and solid interests. They felt an interest in one another, and the injury which my client has sustained by the violation of their mutual engagements is of that nature which is capa ble of being estimated in money. Mr. Scotson I have not the honour of knowing; but he is, I under stand, the son of a very eminent and respectable tradesman, and one of my constituents in Peter borough. The father is well established, of great re spectability, and as well connected as any of the family of the defendant. Mr. Scotson, the plaintiff, was employed by a house of considerable business as lacemen and glovers in London. He had the confi dence of his employers, and was led to look forward to a share in the business with his brother-in-law, Mr. Wells. The house, I believe, is Wells and Seward. In the course of his excursions as a traveller or agent for this house, he came to Whitehaven, in February, 1820. Then it was that he had the fortune, or mis fortune, to see the defendant, who had become a widow in January, 1819. She was 2G years of age, handsome, agreeable, and possessing pleasant attrac tions, which might justify or excuse passion in any man. She had come into possession of a fortune by her connexion with her former husband. She was placed in a situation of independence. Her circum stances were affluent, and she had the entire charge of her fortune, with two young children. There was a real estate from which she had a dower, and she had her share of personal property left to the amount of £16,000 or £17,000. The plaintiff arrived at the Black Lion, in Whitehaven, of which the landlady, Mrs. Jackson, was sister of the defendant. The house being thronged, he was invited into the bar-parlour. The defendant and another Lady and Gentleman were there. He was asked to partake of their hospi tality, and the defendant inviting the rest to a party invited the plaintiff too. Ile was 27, handsome, well mannered, and his conversation was by no means un suitable to her society: he was extremely likely to please any woman of that description and rank. He visited Mrs. H arriman more than once, and was much attracted by her accomplishments during several days that he then passed in Whitehaven. The young, handsome widow appeared di-posed, and not unlikely to favour the feelings which she inspired. I say nothing improper of the Lady. I hold it to be im proper, if parties come into Court with misfortunes , of this nature, for their advocates to treat their suf ferings with ridicule. Her manners were perfectly respectable and decorous; but I am told that it is possible for a woman, particularly if she be possessed of previous knowledge and experience on the sub ject? to receive an individual with marks of regard perfectly consistent with deciarunt, but perfectly in telligible. Ile was her equal in age, manners, and connexions, and he was received as might be expected. —She did not jump into his arms, hut received, or rather refused, his addresses in a manner that left hope of ultimate success. I will read to you her letter afterwards in reply to a letter from him. Of • the letter, Dinah Scott, sister of the defendant, and bar-maid to her sister, Mrs. Jackson, is the writer.--s- Though the defendant wrote most sensible letters, they were not distinguished by the orthography and diction which mark superior education. She there fore employed Dinah Scott to write it.—(The Learned Counsel read the letter. It contained nothing re markable, but a prudent declaration of her interest in Mr. Scotson.)—On the 22d of February site writes —" My sister Dinah sleeps with me every night, and speaks highly of you. She does all she can to com fort me and keep up my spirits." It appears that he afterwards renewed his visit, and was as well re ceived as before. After some hesitation on her part, whether she should delay marriage till two years after her husbands death, or, as he naturally proposed, fix an earlier period, October or November in that year was fixed for the marriage. He left her, satisfied of her truth and attachment. She now addresses him, " My dear Frederick," having formerly only written " Dear Sir." In this letter 4re urges delay till her husband should be two years dead, and expresses her affection in strong terms for the plaintiff. Gentle. men, I beg leave to say, that though men may smile at such declarations or love when they feel them nor, yet they are perfectly natural coming from a woman's heart. There is nothing extravagant in it. (She pro fessed the entire surrender of her heart. " I look upon you, my dear Frederick, as all but my husband, and by that title I hope soon to be yours." " I live but for your sake." " Yours, and yours only, for ever?) She writes again, a letter, which I read only for the purpose of sheaving that the intercourse of corres pondence was continued, and naturally became mixed up with considerations perfectly rational, and by no means to be omitted in such circumstances. She had a house at Tivoli—l know not whether the beautiful name was bestowed upon the house or upon a village—and another house in Whitehaven. She wished to dispose of them, and take a house in London. But in the month of April she began to think that more was due to the memory of her hus band, and that she ought not ti , marry so early after his death. It occurred to her, that the world might put a malicious coestruction upon her conduct, as it was ton apt to do. Ile urged the contrary. Men do not feel these things so strongly as won—n. He argued with great wisdom that life was short, and delay was dangerous. Every letter afterwards became more encouraging. She got his route in order to know where to write to him at all times. She even opened a correspondence with his sister, Mrs. Wells, in London. For a moment pause here to consider the plaintiff's situation. Every letter gave renewed proofs of attachment, and a correspondence war formed with his sister by the defendant as one of the family. Thus was he prepared for the ridicule and contempt of all around him, should he happen to be disappointed. In July, she writes that her former husband's sisters were coming to see her, and that she did not wish them to see him or know of his intentions. Feelings of this sort are perfectly natural. But I will now open a scene which must affect you with susser prise, as it did him. When he came to the hospitable mansion of Mrs. Jackson, in Whitehaven, he was re ceived perfectly well as formerly, hut this letter was put into his hands. Judge ye what effect it must have produced. (This letter declared all correspondence to be for ever at an end.) Invited as he had been, encouraged, treated with every mark of unchange able affection, he could not believe that she wrote this letter. .It was not her hand. He saw her. She said it was written at the suggestion of her friends, for the purpose of putting an end to all appearances, in order to satisfy the Misses Harriman, her husband's sisters, but that her mind was unchanged. She wrote to his sister, to remove every suspicion of caprice and inconstancy in her towards her lover. He, as was natural, believed this ; and it seemed likely that she was sincere. On his next visit lie was great part of the time in her house. I'he alarm of her letter only increased their love and impatience to be married ; as an ancient writer, Terence, remarked, " Amanlium . ire, amoris redintegratio est." Lodgings were taken in London for them. He was to he taken into part nership with Wells and Seward. Boxes of her furni ture, containing linen and other articles necessary for their accommodation, were actually shipped for Lon don, addressed to Wells and Seward. In this stage he received a letter from Mrs. Rothery, a friend of both parties, directing him, by desire of Mrs. Harri man, to put himself in the mail, and come down without delay. This was in August. He came down directly. This was the story she told :—She said, that such had been her agitation she could not write herself; that Mr. Perry's partner (Mr. Perry is her • attorney now) represented to her that the removal of her furniture was felony. Ile stated that it wits wrong in law, and had an unworthy opinion of him. At length the marriage settlement was actually drawn out by Mr. Perry. At the Black Lion they had not treated him with proper respect, and he would not enter it. Mrs. Harriman said, " if you don't enter it, I will net." But Mr. Perry, whose partner, Mr. Adam son, was paying his addresses to Mrs. Harriman, got the meeting of friends to execute the settlement removed from his office to the Black Lion. Mr. Scotson would not go there. Mrs. Harriman was so offended at this, that she put off the settlement altogether, and desired the plaintiff to rut in his , account the moment it could be made out, and Ihe has been treated with indifference ever since.— Thus, then, after having been bandied about from pillar to post, after his sffections had been engaged, and his whole situation was deranged, I put it to you whether he ought to have passed it over without fur ther notice? Unless then my Learned Friend has a defence which I am a total strairger to, and which I cannot conjecture, I put it to you what damages he is entitled to in these circumstances? having been identified with Mrs. Harriman altogether, save the last ceremony, he was exposed to the ridicule and scorn of every one he knew. In the case of a man it is not so much an injury as in the other sex. I'he injury to a woman is greater. In a young lady ca priciousness may be a charm, adding to the effect of all the charms of nature to the sex. The difficulties of winning increase the ardour of pursuit, and to fix that which others have tailed to fix gives the plea- I