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ever. To this loiter, the plaintiff's friends wished for an explanation ; the defendant turned short round, and said he could not find fault with the plaintiff's conduct, as to her being virtuous, but she had kept company with a female that was a common prostitute. He, the Learned Counsel, was ready to prove that , tnis was not the fact ; and if lie attempted to pro duce evidence for that purpose, his Lordship would ; stop him, and would be excusable in giving a rebuke, by saying, 44 Mr. Garrow, you ought to have known better." But let the defendant produce witnesses, if any he has,.to the conduct of this young woman.— Then he would have an opportunity of rebutting it by the most respectable witnesses. He would not rest the ease upon the Virtue and chastity of the plaintiff ; ' but he defied even the most acrimonious mind to point out a single impropriety in her conduct that could excuse the want of feeling of the plaintiff. Un dei these considerations, he had nat a doubt but the Jury would give a verdict for the plaintiff ; he would; therefdre, proceed to call his witnesses. Sir Richard Phillips deposed, that he had a know-, ledge of the defendant ; he was an engraver ; he had done some work for him ' • but had no knowledge of his hand-Writing, never having seen him write. • Mr..lohn Vincent, the plaintiff's attorney, then proved that the defendant had acknowledged to him that the letters were his hand-writing. The letters were then rend by Mr. LOWTEN. The first, dated 25th October, 1808, to the plaintiff, contained a decla r ition of the defendant, with a promise of marrying her within a year from that time, or sooner if possible, and concluded by declaring himseif her 64 devoted sweetheart." A second letter, dated the 11 th of November of the same year, to the lather, complains of his not saying any thing about the house which he was to give the daughter on her marriage, instead of which the plaintiff's brother had handed over to the plaintiff nothing but a bunting £2O, to prepare her wedding clothes • and declaring, however fond he might be of the plaintiff, yet he could suffer matters to proceed no further. A letter of the same date to the plaintiff, says, " I suppose you have seen my letter to your father, and will believe that what I do is on your account, not mine. I would, cn my soul, make you a queen if I could; and if your father thinks 11i ant .you for the sake of a home, he lies. I beg of you to meet me on Sunday night in Bloomsbury-square, and intreat you • not to disappoint me, as my soul is wrapt. in you." The next letter was to the father, dated April 8, 1809 ; and, after regretting his former condact, re quests permission t 9 renew his acquaintance. In a letter, dated July-3, 1809, he regrets, that from cer tain circumstances, he cannot fulfil his promise to ,the plaintiff; he is aware that he is behaving is „scandalous and shameful manner to her ; he knew not whether it was Fate or Cod that had set a mark on Lim ; but he was not worthy of her. He most .in fu ture live single ; for such expressions hld passed be tween him and the plaintiff, that were he to marry Any other woman, he.should fear punishmemt would follow him to the other world. He should, however, immediately inclose a bond for the payment of 4100 to.the 'plaintiff, on the day of her marriage with any other man ; and requests she would forget there is such a person as P. Tomlinson in existence." The last letter, dated October 10, 1809, to the father, declines in strong terms any union with the plaintiff, only wondering how he could ever entertain an idea of entering into a family, a connection with which must have proved his ruin. Mr. Vincent, on his cross-examination by Mr. PARK, said, that it was oh the 9th of January, 1810, that the defendant acknowledged the writing to be his, at which time he gated his reason for breaking off the marriage, was, that he heard the plaintiff herd kept company with a • woman of bad character. A man of the name of Browne had told him So. He sent a clerk with the defendant to Browne ; when he rourned he informed him, that.Nirs. Phobie war the person whose charaCter Was. Aobted• that Browne said she was a wanton wordan'. He never said to the defendant he had better marry the 'plaintiff; for, if he did not, he would have him up in ewhite.sheet bef . -re Lord Ellenhorough. Elizabeth Collier deposed, that she was netniainr. ed wii•!, the plaintiff one year and a half.' Shedined at M. Blankley's on that day twelve Months—it Was the plaintiff's birth-dak. The defendant was present; nothhg particular occurred. It was un derstood they were to be married in ten d r vs. She recommended the mantua-maker to make the wed ding dresses for the plaintiff. She cut the plaintiff after that day, as she thought she appeared haughty on the projected marriage, and the defendant did not appear to think that she or her sisters were good enough company for her. She did not know when the marriage was broken off. Ann Collier corrobo rated the evidence of her sister. The Rev. Mr. Pesten, Rector of St. John's church, Bloomsbury, produced the register-book of banns of marriage ; in which it appeared that the plaintiff and defendant were called three different Sundays in church, in the year 1808. John Edwards knew the plaintiff seven years, and ; always thought she was a well-conducted young wn. ! man. She used to visit his daughser. fie never ; saw the defendant in her company - but once, that was about fourteen or fifteen months ago, at :t tea. house, the Earl of Vernon's Arms, Pentonville.— The defendant's sister was present, and he was in. ;* troduced to the •witness as the intended husband of the plaintiff. _ his closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. PanK, for the defendant, said, that he always felt anxiety forfemales who were under the necessity of bringing such actions as the present; he would therefore refrain from making any comments ; but if his instructions were grounded upon tact, the de fendant must be entitled to a verdict, for no law would enforce a man to marry a woman whose con duct had been incorrect. It was not necessary for him to shew that the plaintiff had been actually guilty, that she had lost her chastity ; but if he proved that the plaintiff had been guilty of that kind of conduct, that no discreet Mil could accept her for his wife, it would make out the defendant's case. He then proceeded to call his witnesses. William Browne lodged in the plaintiff's father's house three years ; he left it about the,l4th of Octo- - ber last. The family consisted of every kind of dirt and filth. He had never, seen tke plaintiff chinking spirits, although her brother had told him she used to get drank. He once took an indecent book from her. Suns/sy morning, Mrs. Oetpri;.: Shuttlewortii, Austin Friars, of a son. MARRIED: On Saturfay the 30th of June, by the Rty. i ns'o, Mr. John Dobson, of London, to Miss Barker, a Caclot:tn Chelsea. 'I hurstey, at Mary-la-Bonne Church, Cap tain Edward Cht thaw, of leis Majesty' s ship Leyden , to kargaret, youngest dsughtyr of the lste Peter Dean, Esq. of the ahama DIED. AI Paris, Ott the 9.lst ultimo,. kis Eminence Cardinal Caprara, Archbishop of Milan. He was born at Bologna, on the Mb. of May, 1733. At Cambuslang Manse, the Rev. D:. ! skies Meek, Minister of that parish, in the Ils: year of his age, and 15th of hi' IninistrY• At Carlisle, seed 75, Richard Jacksun, Fcq. one of the Alder men of the Coiveratitin of Carlisle. Saturday fast;'Ufter a lingering illness, John Carroll, Fcq. of Vale-place, Hamniersinitli, in his 59. h year, deeply regreasd by his family and nuistecous friends. 0 TO-MORROW. 9un rises, 1. sun sits, I Mo on r i ses , 46 minutes Mier ft 14 minutes after 47 .ntioutes after 8 He e9Mmtmicated this to tl:e defendant, "Ye heard . •- aßril lat i a ltl l dif ia: l O E t A L3d c.; June. Total 1,45 quart, next door neighbour complain to her brother, that Mark - lm., ark.. 1,1., blending out! , he could not sleep at night on account of tht uproar that the plaintiff and other girls kept at his door.- , -- ' Average 103 s. &LA-to. 211. hi;;ILT ILI last tett , He had seen her in company with Mrs. Phobie, and A RE . :Ir •: JF F,iit_ 3l , afterwards she told him that Mrs. Phobic admitted Front the 16 1! of lone to the 221 of Juac persons to her bed in the absence of her husband; Twat 18,157 %ack*--Avera) 9P' 'lid. . that she knew Jemmy Hobbs had slept with her ;. be C. 14d. loss tr titan last retJrn. was told that the plaintiff was seen going into an ini- INSP EC FOIL'S RE 'IAN AT uxßitinta, her proper house in Oxford-street ; the plaintiff told him Wheat per ins,' 241. O s . to 331. Barley, per quarter SBs. -d. to .. that an acquaintanco of her's, residing in Drury-tuie, Oats Us. --d. to 43 . .. was debauched by her own father. He asked her Beaus 48s. -d, to e,„ . • several times if she had a regard for the defendant ? Peas " 00s. -d. to -1. - 4 1 she said she did not care a - for him. The whole SMITHFIELD MARKET, hilt 2. family were given to swearing. To sink the offal per stone of alb. (4 John Bacon, who did not appear to be more than lie'[ ss. Od. to 6.. Od, Veal S S . 03a to Id . Rd t o k 1G years of age, deposed, that he was married to the Mutton ss. Od. L t a o mb ss S. Id . to Is. 6d Ss. 111 to sa , plaintiff's sister; that lie had heard her say, when UCAO OE CAT ILE Toss DAT. she was married to the defendant, she would be kept Beasts, about 1890-Sheep end Lambs, 17,180. • as a lady ; she would pull off her ring, run into the Calves, 280-Pigs, 2.:;:) NEWGATE AND LEADENHAI.I. MARKET. • street, and have a piece of fi.n •; that she would be 1 Per stone of Stb.by tke await. drinking wine, while her - sisters were drinking : Beet 4s. od. to ss. 411 Veal 4. 41. lc f, rpi water. He saw Jemmy Hobbs taking improper Tiber- : Mutton 4c. 4d. to ss. sd. Pork .5%. St to lis. s,t ties with her at the bead of Parker's-lane, at ten I Lamb 4s. Ed. to (JR. Od. o'clock at night. The PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW. witness had seen her reading 1 indecent books, which he had taken from her, an d ST. JAMES'S. Wssircceato i . Sven to her brother. Hay 51. 10s. to M. Os. Hay 61. I s . to RI. g, g. Straw 31. Gs. to 31. 121. Clover 71. Its. u• v. 0 Frances Dussellere lodged in the plainti ff 's father's straw 11. 4s. to 21. 14 house five ,ears. Never saw any thing improper in - PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW IN SMltllFiEt.n, the condt;ct of the plaintiff ; never heard her swear ; Meadow Hay 71.105. tc 91. 9g. .Clover 71.:0. . il os sometimes, when disagreeing with her sisters, a'eristen New ditto 01. Ms. to 01. 00, ROWIII. 01. OS to U. Ss • word would slip out ; once she saw her with an Stn- Straw 21. 15s. to 31. tug, . proper book in her hand, but did not know what it RAW HIDES. . Best Heifers and Steers (per Ordinary es. Od. to es. sa. was. " stone) 2s. 10d, to 3s: Od. hlarket k.salf i 10 . 0,;. ~h . Lord ELLENBOROUGII--" There is quite enough Middlings 28. Gd. to 2s. Rd. English Hors e 1: s . to 16s. (4. of this case ; in my opinion no blame can be attached PRICE OF TALLOW. to the defendant. Mr. Park ? in mercy to the father, st. lames's Market 4s Id Town Taltiw le! f; whom I suppose to he the real plaintiff - , agree that a Clare Market 4s lid ifehow Rusiia 7_. M Juryman should be withdrawn." . Whitechapel Market 4s OA White di:to 6 8 . A. 1 per stone of Mb. .----. Soap eatto Gris ti Mr. PARK-" My Lord, I offered it before." 12s 3d Whiny, stuff eth ot , s is Lord Et.t.eNnottoucat here suggested, whether this , Average 4s 1d Ditto rough 4.., ~0 s of . was a case in which the defendant could be held to Graves 12, Od Good Dregs 12. ri.! his Contract. 1 Yellow soap, 90.-Mantled, 100, od-Curd, 104. r od, , Price of Can dle,, per dozen Ills 04-Moulds, I& Od. Mr. GARROW-" I assure your Lordship I shou ld dl COAL MARKET, July 2. not have pressed this case so far, if I had not been led, Sh . ps at Market Ships cold Price on minute inquiry, to believe that it would have borne 291 Newcastle goals i;-.4 • 475. 6d. to 59.. BJ. quite a different appearance. T.,is much I have said - --.. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE ID-hIORR O W. in justice to myself. I now submit to whatever vour !Vomit .7 Lordship directs." i afapi--tti ..... ..... Lord EI.I.ENT.OROUCTI-I have lnoked carefully to • _ the last witness-certainly an tinwillinv witness-vet her testimony eciefeens Cron n and Bacon in Llvti GRAVEL, STONE, AND LUMBAGO. IC KMA N'., PI LLS is an effectual C ure f or t h e pointc.. She ',etcl seen the plaintiff •ai!la an impr.,:).e II book in her 11.-ntd, and heard her use :1...1i'M 1.1:1glile. • (t ea d l:A .l 3nd tir:inti, S.uppitge of 1..7i.r.e, Complaints to tat Back 4 , Kutner.. rut lilailler, LuiriliAt• c:c Surely a man ought not, by way of experiment, to risk of til,„.aori.„,'„ corgis i m id et tto the lomat ; Nita \ , 4r l his Lappine-s in ti ying experiments, by talci . . i.; such a are roast more dreadful to their nature, nor inner alarmi n4 ', il woman fer a wife. Whatever may have been the tli-ir consepimeeg, than ihe Gravel and Stone. 11,, y ~f , . c.w . o. conduct of the plaintiff, that of the defendant has Leval reliots to which every iserbon, even the most al), etiiL. is, is battle, as the air we breathe and the water we drink at.• ini:mg. ti illiil7. Withdraw .a .1111 For. need with particles iv hit li not only cause these escreciri g let. A jurymrin was accordingly withdrawn, which cure!, but ar,: .1 fourtl.nion for every other slice es or Uis , attar I.•aveS tli:: differcea patties to pay their cots. . .Me h. NIA :.., Oli c iPal PILLS comptiett t•I tits niter iniroc.ri ia. MAIISHALSEA CO!: R I', JUNE 29. : treti:C:l,.,' hire hien found of ,ingular I.lseucy, fn He: oily i stivi'tliedirg . the yes-els contalniry the urine, bet liai t il‘ e.t.. mroyir g the :'e I II) i;);i quality of it. from which iirts::til . the A c• -e came on to be heard inecresting to all , 1 ;10-v, Loeildainis, tee renti.ving the calculi, orgrsay c enemies hotel and tavern-keepers, wherein Wm. Cuff, of the anii liani.•hing every I.c.i.iciouseandenty to rSode asurilen, with. Min:n ics, was plaintiff, and .1. Grifliths e of Great lie- "" c(mlinenient• .. f s i o:.: iv:wit:sale and r il trait : t Mr. Butler's, 4, CLapsitle., ctenee stie , et, Goodman's-fields, vintner, was defendant,. 1, ~,m. .• 1 ::! .%. 1 , - o ro u sv ai ; i r.: c e , v; r tß a . ;4 a t..: j o s:, F s .dinbu v ig u l bi l j a n ts . ..l t i ; )ec l.. i gc a o r: 'lint; action rose from -the differetn-e cl accounts 1e:..- d twcea the rarties, anal the plaintiff woiild MA consent Torior, min ; lioxland and iiaydon, thynsouth ; and moo to any set off, altlintigh he had run le, heavy scores 1'"r'1; Pliers in ~'cry t"w" , in ii"e' it =i. 9 d. each. for wines and other things, accompanied with a fe- ' male, m horn lie bi (night to the house of the defon- ; dant, and to whom he appeared ve t y much a tt a ched. • The Judge lamented notch that he colild not relieve the delseidant in the present ca , ;e ; but !trough.; ;e -commended .". , Ir.Cief to satisfy liiin a; a man of fir noun LONDON MARKETS. celebrated R.F.S . IOItATIVE Tovni powl.Eß BEAT:TY of Countenance, and rcgniality of Fe I. torte, are allowed to digiuguish the British Fair;*but the Proprimor of BITTIALR's TOOTIi POW,DER sioultlbrit I:sit to r( tnind his Cottutryswomen that the lo:tre of their Wrys lows half its influence where the Teetb are discoloured, or sgsw a r"tteq at unhealthy a2pesnince— t hiq iithe more ini:xcusshir s as the iu—s, or rrtparation affords the infallible meant of removitg . _ . Jon:lrina G , .!T, conYi.:10(1 : f intir,!er :It the late Win- : &cry it'-rhish of the mama, and is salt iii its -application, being compona Ve ~.r g etahles. • chaster A.,:siy: , i, and who lied beeim•spited from time . It is me:mu:tended .to the attention of g ail rinks, as cleartig to time, Las h ow recei vod a- conditi , mal pardon, and : a wa y every i nilar f ec: i on, e i t h er i n the colour, or the decay ot i!a is to be traiFporte I for lilt.. : enam e l of t he . 1' retie, as rendering tite.Ereatlt sweet and cte!ects• FATAL Fittr.—Fridav morning the in.) at which the bit, antl.nialcieg the Chine of - their proper shape and verarilbe mail co;icli stons hi Cas!l..bl.litt-,•.k-•ot iw Mr. Fa ii ,, he )• -,.., , hoe; and a h in d eventive agaittst the Tooth-ache. Novel. position of this ever hcought forevarl to Tub* no j..e, to was burnt to the ground, and Mrs Faligllcy, It two not ..tic): univer.al approbation; and the Proprietur.has , ol'okt children, two maids, a - 1,1 Iwo dragoons pet idled 10 the j that it is in daily use of Royalty itself. • ' Emu's. • About two o'cl.u-ls Mz. l'aitglwy was awoke r,o!,!,‘vliolessie Lod *retail, by Mr. rkitlef , • No:4; Ch.apside, -row }flattter and Co. I:Arabia:lr :,...• (Ai,- by a.safrocating tune)) proceeding from Cie :that tio••lit " r "'„ i ' l , P '",'?"'" , . below, a nd ne tustantly got itis to explore Oat! ,titse. ll ow ; ne.A it, v. r smooth ; Newb ry 7 and Son, Lhel.:• ; I , lot and '1 oilier, 41 iii; I lexland an.f tiay.loo, Plymouth.; and rn' sl On coming to the rooi» which ha I excited his s.l..pi- Country Medicine Vender; and Perfumers, iii wises at 24. - 9 d. eioa, lie found it all in a blaze ;at tint tit'iment the cacti . •• • - • --,..--..---. door burst open, and a body of flame forced its u•ay RENOVATV.I) HEALTH. " ! • . top the stairs, which rendered all acce.o . to the spin t. .. . .. meld wlec.li he had just quitted impoesii&i, and their' i T has been too 4equently the subject of just and lay his wife and infant children—he C r u me di a t e ly gave 1 p.stierat rnrst,atio,; tha; meirdefititute Of the elements of the ineciical atile.:veY bflaed t lieneselte a as candidates far pia: the al.trm and endeavoured to procure assistance; a pairova,!e in the pcofi.s.ion ot Physic. Fax thy yii . rrose of da'rt ladder was brought with as little loss of time as p 0 s . justice to the result of our st odic, and experience, and tors -rill sible ; his wife and children Were has first Ore, and• us front being classed arm% thaw enipirics whree imitul ,, nt pre tensions hair, uhttihrnately tar lit , cietv, been e• o Leourably I,la. he placed the ladder to the front of their bed room— cruel, we beg leave to su e tutor l itres! and „„tiou d ie ' • a the flames raged with unabated fury, but the tender i faithful statement of our pursuits and acquirmients mother was seen to approach the window, I.)!:tring a I After having received a regular medical eduction, as tl.e mils child under each arm—a gleam of hope took posses- of AL ssts. (timid.' and latzAr% • lylose lez;ures and pracfc , Sr , aretully att.:nth:l, as Prole-Au: seant A it i zeo n s 4th e louldoc;'6.• sion of every countenance, but, alas ! it was only for c • pica), we entered rairselyeseßs7studeots in that justly r: .acrd a moment—the floor gave way tinder her feet, and *6°,l for medical acquirtmenta, the Roy; l :Al. ze ef . Edit), the parent w ith her helpleAi offspring sunk together burgh, nits! were :,isarte.re.l lathe. air,rent branches of .'...4• 4 40• The feeling's of thelsve->tanders, p ar into eternity. Surgery, the Illeary end Practice of Ph) sic, Chemistry, Niles* tieUlarly the distracted husband and f at h er , m a y be wifely, B. , fany, &e. tk, . Szc, by those emin lit Proles , so. ihs. . imagined but not described. Three of five tirwronas N is t lottro, Greo Black, liatnit, , n, Duncan, and Ittelerfortir zs ' 9 c trust we -h alt not b.: &rated .prc.annsetueitis in suyillg ths t in the house, were rescuesi from the flames, and a on: proficiency and ace:Like:m.lA. a l e Out incaoshleraFe. H 504 third servant maid, after suffering severely, precipi, fur a lung series of years made VENERI.AI. COMPLAINTh tatted herself from a window, and was slio,:kinfriv and the v tr:Jus diseases cf DEBII.II l',• the particular oti , ctVi mangled on the pavement . her i ; there is n, hope of ' our studies and to ' • tice It will , f • e be allowed that nt:!a rt frurvivillg., besides other disabilities, she is clepCved acquired superi:mrknow i dedge Of tliric P ;reeottent and titre. lr• slitht and rt•Cillt cases of laection, a perfect re.ertabriAmen: if of both her eyes. The cause of the confiagrati,m has • completed in coe sh:or pzrio,l or . two days, and in throe fl tid not yet been discovered. t etiaost ieveteracy, wiwre other practitioner. have tailed of see ces, a proper pet severance in our klan of treatmerk err:tame: ol kt patient a safe ami radics: ce.u.c. Antieht toot imleneholy variety of disorders which .ere .het ects of a habit I.nig and in..ct unhappily pursued by the youth 0 1 both - :es, there arc mere more alarming or ntosedistivssint than 1 hose rkliciem let ant delolitiei which trequeufly prylera or el.. biter the watt-into:nal state. To such persons it roust be a "P, fOlllll4 relec(1011 to ktiti that they may now, by a new z .lima" lade :node of treatment, be restored to that greatest Or all be'' , blelsii-ts, a strung, manly, and vigorous constitution. Is al: zas e of debility, from whatever cause arising, as well as in O'er It Ci , 'S of Venereal infection, we may lie consulted by palicul° either sex with the greatest secrecy and honour. Hours of cssP sults, ion at home from ten to three, and from six inter crag till ten at slight. • • j ar s of Patients in the country are requested to state the partmu their case, age, and geeeril habit of living, &c. indosingb b reo!, tance trir advice and medicines, when the same will be giveo c sent to ;icy p tit of the kingdom. .I'o ensure twat secrect" 0 sential to our undertaking, the . postage of letters m ayWow" the account for medicines. CURRIE and t.. - 1. Surgeons, N 0.107, Hatton -GAM --.../ LONDON : Printed amtpublished by LEVEL KENT, of CO' terhory-Place, Lambeth. at the 3rmt-Orrtca, Na 1, COW street. Kb' :bed also at Clit • LAW IN7ELLIGEATCE. COURT,_OS KING'S BENCH, JULY 4. TUE "WING V. GILES AND HAWKINS. The Commox Sengeaser moved for a writ of Ma- tins Corpus, tar bringing up the bodies of James Min and James Hawkins, who had been committed to Maidstone Gaol, charged with a rape on the person of a girl of the name of Hytlie, in order to their b -ing liberated on bail. The , affidavits on which the applkation was founded, stated, that the prisoners had , had no opportunity of confronting the prosecto- t :x, on whose testimony they had been committed. The prisoners,. who were horse-dealers, laird been at Horsham fair nn.the 6th of June, the day on which the supposed offeace was stated to have been commit- ted ;. and, on their passage along the Kent road; in a gig, between nine and ten o'clock in the evening, over- took the prosecutrix,,to. whom they offered .to : give a lift. She 'Caine sup into the gig, and after they had proceeded about a tnite, the young woman told them that a house they were then passing belonged to hen- . • father. They offered to wait - for her till she spoke-to her father, but this she declined, and they proceeded about a mile further to the house of the prosecutrix's master.' Both of the' prisoners swore that neither they: L ace- tither of them had had any carnal know- ledge of.the young woman, the prosecutrix. The road was ciiiite public, being the day of the fair, when greater number of persons than usual were passing - s -it was also covered thick with houses, and the pro. secutrix was a stout, healthy young woman, capable of calling out for assistance, so as to have rendered any attempt of the kind abortive, had it been made. In this statement, as to the nature of the road, the prisoners were corroborated by an affidavit of a third party, who was well acquainted with it. There were also affidavits to the prisoners moral character, and that they were married men having families. • Lord ELLENBOROUGH asked if both prisoners were sworn to have been guilty ? The Costmos, SERJEANT answered, that the crime was charged against both the prisoners, one being said go have committed it in the gig, the other in a place off the road. • Lord ELLENBOROUGLI doubted of the expediency, on the prisoners' own account, of bringing them up. • The Court was unwilling to make observations which might afterwards prejudice persons accused. Here there tras one positive oath against another. It t be inexpedient to grant the au Lord ELLENBOROUGH aftero:o - zis sa' at Nisi Peius at Westminster. . BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. ANNE Bt. ANKLEY V. TostoessoN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to ye- torer damages for the loss she had se tained by the defendant's promising her marriage, which :. ,- "mise* • he had refused to abide by. Mr. GARROW stated that the plaintiff was .: young woman, only eighteen years of age, the daughter of a respectable tradesman, a poulterer, in Bloomsbury- Market. The defendant was a mechanic, and, by his own account, possessed of no small property ; he *as an engraver. He had won the affections of - the plaintiff, after which he applied to her parents few their consent, and in the most solemn matinee . by let- ter. This was not a tre:it yor agreement conked by g . the plaintiff, which the Coen anti Jnry must be con- vinced of, when he read the defendant's first letter, dated 23th October,*lBoB : " Mr DE4RICST NANCT—To remove every doubt in your • atind;AAPbat of your family, I do hereby give you my nt Ist V A= lento promise, that I will marry you at the end of a year, or be- fire that time, if i can get things settled to my wish. You are at liberty to make what use you please of this letter, so as that May be received on a familiar footing at your father's. Many thanks - to you for the goodness you have shewn, and the hind • 'Manner you have received my addreues. Your ever lov'rg sweetheart, " P. TOML . IP:i 3 ON." Before the year expired, the banns of marriage were published, the wedding-day fixed, the wedding. clothes bought, and even the wedding dinner provid- ed—when the defendant pleaded an excuse, that the pl tintiff's father had promised him a house, as the dowry ts•jth his daughter ; which promise he bad not performed. The fact was, that the father had never made any such promise. Here was a man that gain. ed the affections of a young female, and the moment he thought himself thoroughly in possession of them, he deserts her, even after the letter he bad *linen, with the promise of • marriage, and which gained him an admittance into the house of the plain- tiff's father, whose family, by a misforoane of the most severe kind, were pin in a state of disorder, the; female duties of which devolved on the plaintiff—her mother fell down stairs, and, 'from the effect of the • fall, had been el- r since delirious. He comes again to his senses, ana writes* the following way to her father : 4( MAR SIR—I am sorry to inform yon that it is not in my power to perform my prmise, as I feel myself totally unworloy of your daughter her,perfections soar so I:lnch above mine, that I would be afraid of a comparison. But - as I hope a safety for my soul hereafter, I will engage (I would say . my honour, but that I - have forfeited) to give her one hundred pounds on her marriage to any other person, and bind myself at my death to leave her poisesslon of half I am worth, for I never can marry any other After this, he wrote to the plaintiff a mo s t conc ili- atory letter, blaming his past conduct, and begging tab& forgiven. A young woman ~;s placed in an unfiortunate situation, when it became known that she was the iinended spouse of any man. No man of ho- nour would approach her, under such circumstances; and, if the veil was-withdrawn; and it appeared that they bad broken sbeir engagements, it would make ot'. rs shy ; for the naturabreflectioa would be, there must be something, wrong on the part of the female, or the male would not have broken his chains. In this state the plaintiff . stood. She was young ; this ) was he: firsf affection ; she allowed the defendant fo renew his addresses. • On the 2d of July, 1809, the birth day of the plaintiff, there was a dinner party at her father's house ; the defendant was one of the guests, and was introduced as the intended husband of the plaintiff, the wedding day being appointed for • the I(2th. The Nveddi ng clothes were again purchased; II but, on the day before the marriage w a s to t a k e pl ace , the defendant wrote such a letter to Mr. Ill an kl e y- -1 such a compound - of stuff and nonsense, that he (Mr. 1 (;:arrow) having once read it, had felt so much eh- hotrenee, that he would not recapitulate it, but leave it to the proper officer to read. In fact, the substance was similar to that of his last.lctter, when he broke off the marriage, except that it stated, it would be - better to stop at this side of the precipice, than, by trying to get v. the other side, to be miserable for, kit / 1 4 in rs. tur6 it 28. • Vs.