The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-04-10 00:00:00

. k . . . . 1.. ' * f ' t I r 1 I 1 1 . 1 I i . .: . , . ... . . . . . I • . . • . i • i , • . • •i 4 . t i ; . i i '.i • - 1 . . , . . . / • 1 1 . t i' ill II 1 , • i 1 ii f • • oLoairsit - eilistes, .11 , 01, 6. siesmiMr.Bares °Lanai mai a 1194;e1a14eny.' - INS ZINO O. CIIANOS. If,. LI7DLOW Mated, that the declaration oomph's ed of a breach of premise of marriage. and that she de fendant bad pleaded the geseral i.e... Mr. 'saws addressed the Jury os the behalf of rite plaintiff. They had, he said. beard the nature of the action which they were sworn to try, sad which was brought to, recover damages for one of the most , cruel blade' which could be indicted on the sex. He wonld, bower. restrain his feelings, and state to them *elects. which would be proved is evidence, %Atli all the simplicity in his power. Miss Mary Ans King, the plaintiff. was now thirty-two years el. age, bet was only twenty-sis at the commencement of this disastrous courtship. She was the daughter of a most respectable man, who obtained his livelihood by the management of a large factory at a salary of little more thus 60f. a year. Mr. Chimes, the defendant, now 98 years of age, and who was 32 when be began to address the plaintiff, was a gentleman of consider. able fortune, and of fascinating mentors. who bad served as a Lieutenant in the Olorestershite Militia. Attracted, no doubt, by the beauty of Miss King, who moved is an inferioiatation of life to his own,Assd • wbo then was asecessfally .attempting to add to' 'tasty income of her 'father, by her exertions as a fan ey.dress-esaker, be early in 1815 began to visit her. and to pay her marked attentions. Her father, soli atone for the welfare orbis child, thought it necessary to demand of Mr. Chance the meaning of his visits, sad that gentleman offered to satisfy him with all the apparent frankness and honor of a soldier. On the invitation of the defendant, they walked together to ao inn, called the Old Bell, where Mr. Chance exclaim ed, "-What can I say, or what possibly can I do, more sine I have done, to conflate yen of my honor ? Mafia) , hand drop from my body. may my tomes cleave to the roof of my month. if ever 1 deceive you we your daughter; and no one but she shall ever call Ind husband." These e'spressions were strong, bat they were beautiful. for they were taken in no small degree from sacred writ. Mr. King, anxious that the defendant should not mealy pledge him• sett, reminded him that his daughter would have no fortune; to which Mr. Chance replied, " I desire no fortune bat your daughter—this is all I desire." Mr. Kiel( 'bee ob cl, that he had a mother and rela tiers who probably would disapprove of the con nexion ; to which he answered, " I am not a boy s sorely lam old enough to cheers for myself. No; neither mother, nor aunt, node, nor any other ehall make a choice for me ; I bare made my choice, and by that I will abide." But even on this distinct pro slims 'he (Mr. Jervis) would not rely; he would read extracts from a series of letters addressed to the plain. tiff daring the whole of the protracted courtship, width' were fall of the strongest and teaderest espres lions of love. In selecting thelle, he bed endeavoured as far as possible to avoid wound's' the feelings of the defendant, fur be stood in that court not to gratify the curiosity of an expectant audience. bet to obtabi redress for ueinerited suffering. Here the leaned coattail read *sweets frees the kitten of the from August 1815 to 1819, which expressed O. *mien affection, and while they lamented circum stances which did sot permit an insestdiate marriage, 'aborted Miss King to sustain her spirits le the full assurapce that a time would come when their mutual wishes would ist;completesl. But io 1819 (continued Mr. Jervis) his love began to decline. In that year the plaintiff lost her mother, on which occasion the defendant addressed to her a very common-piste letter, far different from that which she might have expected from him (titan event which left her half as orphan. In the February after tie wrote to her, intimating Ihat he had no prt,vect of marriage, nod :veld mot think of bringing ea her pessary and wretchedness : but, to bit homer, In allusion to her fears lest her imputation. shosild suffer from the breaking off of se lung anintimacy, declared that her character was seise peed:able, and that be would maintain her innocence with his life. "Never," said be, " did 1 witness hey thing from you in word or is deed which could traits a blush on the most innocent cheek." What, 'however, would the jury think when they beard, that in May. 1820, after more than -five years' courtship. be paid her a visit to inform her that -he had formed an attachment to another lady named Maria Beans, to ask her consent to his marriage, and to demand )ice letters from her heads. On receiving this cruel iptimation she fainted, sad fell into violent hysterics, Mer father returning home from his daily occupation. 'rushed We the room, and supporting is his arms his ;401, doubly endeared to him by the lose of his Mite. and by her own sorrows, asked the defendant what skis could mean ? Mr. Chance replied, " Ask :Mary ;" but abe was astable at first to speak.— :!4,lfy dear child." said her father. " speak to , me; ; what is the.matter?" "Oh father," said she. "it will be the death of me," and again fainted. When !alas recovered, she exclaimed. " Mr. Chance is come, bore to tell me himself that be has formed a similar - t eopeexion.with another for some time, and to ask my. cermet to his marrying her, and insists on haring bin . 'letters." Mr. King then asked the defendant bow be could think of breaking off a connexion which had lasted so long, and demanded to Anow if he temetss bored the promise made to him al the ion? "I don't know that I do, exactly," was his answer. His own remarkable expressions were then repeated to him ; but he only aid. " I do not know if it was exactly that.", After some time be begged Mr. King to go to his mother at City, and to tell her he would never . leave his daughter. 3lr. King accordingly went; and it was to be. feared that this was only an expedient to procure his absence; for after he was gone Me. Chagos was overheard demanding his letters of the scantly conscious woman. and threatening to break ore every lock in the house if they were net gives to bin. Dlr. Xing returned, after seeing the defendant's mother, and informed Mr. Chance that she bad refused to bear him on the subject. as het sun had formed a ion with another lady. • Shortly after §Ol defendant left the house. and returned no more. in a few days be wrote a note in the coldest terms, agsia demanding his letters, and offering to Mara ammo( the plaits:tiffs which ho represented is disia teressed conduct. best calculated S. secure their met' teal happiness. On the 9th -of Musk 1891. his mother died, and with her ceased all obsfasilesaf his oaks with Mho King, for ha same tato pooooraioa of eonsidersble *nano: Me sum; Ititareur, redeemed his pledges. so often and so solemnly repeated s hot ma the .*lst Oho. last. pat It fin overeat of hie power to do the plaintiff jostles. by snarryieg Miss Mario. Evans. - No attempt would be now made to east a ghee over the character of** plaintiff—he knew batter We delicacy of Mr. teller's mind; bat of this Ise-.was sere, that if all her conduct were subjected to time se verest scretiey, anti all her letters exposed to the world, nothing would be fogad which. is the words of 1 the defendant, " could raise a blush on the mut ians cent cheek." la estimating the amount of the damages. there were many circiostances which they would consider. They would remember the age of the par ties: the defendant of mature years, and competent to decide for himself; the plaintiff at that period of life what a protraited courtship. followed by desertion was an irretrievable injury. Those six long years of deferred hope, could world. That beauty which charmed the defendant had faded ; grief had forestalled the ravages of time; for, from that moment when I.e dared to request her consent to an unholy onion with another, her health had hers utterly broken. Those eyes which he bad d in the language of poetry u of " heaven's • a tin " were dimmed with weeping ; and *at cart whin had butes only with love for hies, was bust- r ever. If be did her the justice to de e a at there was no stain on her honour. calumny would still be busy, and insinuate that after so long a connexion, she was not forsaken without cause. Who would desire to marry one who hail so lot k lavished her affections, though innocently. on soother? The , torch of love was exhausted, and there was no Pro- Inethean heat by which it soeld be rekindled. She had anticipated an eleration in raok ; a participation in the enjoyments which the fattens of her lover could supply; the pleasure of an alliance with a gen tleman of a profession whose gallantry and honour justly gave its members peculiar fascinations in the eyes of the fair. For the loss of these—for an almost broken heart—for rained health—for a fransebrught to the verge of the grave. they would give the on►y halm within their power to apply—in those ample. damages which justice required at their hands. John King, the tallier of the plaintiff, was then sworn, and examined by Mr. TAUSTON. He stated the conversation hetweea the defendant and himself at the beginning of the connexion, and the interview in which it was broken off, precisely as they were described by Mr. Jervis. His daegbtqr was. he said, in large business as a dressmaker, when Mr. Chance first paid his add ; but since he had forsakes her, she bad keen incapable of attending to any thing. and her busiaess bad therefore declined. She was so altered as to be aphids the person she mice was. The witness was so much affected while giving his evi dence. that be was at times almost unable to pro ceed. Miss Jane Woodward. who was apprenticed to tale plaintiff two months before the connexion was broken off. corroborated her father as to her condition at the last visit of the defendant, and her subsequent illness. She had slept with bee since, and knew that she scarcely obtained any repos!._ Chance after Mr. King had gone to blamether, de mandirg his letters, and threatening to break open every door and lock in tits house if they were net given him. He said he would ask the servant for ihem. Miss King replied it would be useless, for she did not know where they were kept; and if *be did, she would not give them up to him. Miss King was in bed all the next day, and had never been well since. Mr. Claim was in the habit of visiting and walking out with her up to that evening. 'l' he letters of the defendant were then proved and read: though not without some extravagaNcies, they were feelingly and elegantly written. The death of his mother in March, 1821, and his marriage with Miss Evans, were ad uitted. Mr. Morgan deposed, that be rented the patrimo. Dial estate of the defendant at 4001. a year. On big cross-examination by Mr. CALPIISLL, be stated that Mr. Chance s was originally a clothier, but bad failed in business, and had afterwards d as a lieutenant io the South Ulocestershire Militia. After the peace, he was entirely dependent on his mother for support, and was now far from affluent. Poi.s.sa then add d the Jury In mitigation of damles. He urged that the coonexion ought never to have subsisted ; that the father ought to have communicated it to the relatives of the defend. eat; that the plaintiff had lost little in a marriage which would have introduced her into a family who would have treated her for life with anger and bitter score ; and that the issue was only that which might have been anticipated as the result of a eonnezioni which could only he completed when a mother was , laid in her grave. Hs was authorised by his clieat I.lllllat entegnivecally to declare, that the coadnet of the plaintiff was above all reproach, and that if lay car Oremerhad.amailed her, it was totally This, be thought, would be • better balm to al wounded feelings than those damages which aro; or rathec her friends, sought to recover. The der'' fondant was new far from rich, and large dimages would cause his. gals. fir. HileulkOasaew, recapitulated the chief circum stances of the ease to the jury. It had bees said, be observed, that this .coaneition ought not to have sib slated. ;1 the plaintiff bad bees an artfal woman, eldee than the defendant, who had taken advtistage of jai ardour and inexperience to entrap him Ist° as engagement, this would be tree; but each was net the case before them. His.chief offense, and it , was aq'ligbt one, consisted in.hie continuing to pretend affection to the plaintiff, when he was actually paying his addresses to another woman. He had toned her is the bloom of life. and in cireumatmtoes of health and comfort ; and had left her shattered. forlonr. and hopeless. He had not indeed deprived her, of the• cona.:iousneas of virtue. for this she bad .herself pre. served ; bet it was all he had left bee is the world. Demsgrs were as loelficientisalm for &skew wounded like her's ; but they were all,of which the case ad enine'', and these the jury were booed y They would however, consider the eircumstamie of the defendant, and, not press him, with. the pot : oahlr innocent' partner of his joys and 40111 . 01144 Mt/ rain. •- . • • Thojury retired fora shove eleaM.aad whom tiptoe sensed late Court gave a verdict for the ilia/sages .fsoo. THE • ErrkTESM AN. • . ~, -. S . .7 ICS. • Cilitmoneet..—Yesterday Somme/ John Irittrixt„ a respectable looking young man, was brought up before Mr.!lsiderman Iffitcnorpon the charge of Mr. Hough ton, law stationer, of Chancery-lase. who stated that the prisoner applied to him on Thursday last for stamps to the amount of 1/. bd. and tendered him a Stamp Office allowance ticket in the name of T. M. Seneett, for 101. 14a. wishing him to diteount it and give him the difference. He gave the prisor..tr all the change be bad in the house, ansonntisg to 31., and de sired him to call nn &turd ,y, and he would give hill the remainder. In the interim. baring occasion to go to the Stamp Office. toe learnt on inquiry, that a tielet far 3L, which he had diarminted for the prisoner two days before. was correct, but that the ticket which he had last discounted was for en amount of 9s. only in stead of let I 4.. The prisoner call,-.1 on the Satur day morning according to his appointment ; and, on the facts being represented to him, stated, that the difference 11/01111 from part of the stamps beiei coun try ones. and that he had received a letter from the Stamp Office to that effect; hot that be would rectify the mistake by an additional affidavit, on the next al 'Formic* day, which would be Taesday. Some for th" conversation pissed between them relative to a bill 0601. which the prisoner wiebod him to,diecersat, and the former was to call agaiq sod leave him, the particulars. He accordingly caned again on Monday morning. when sir. 11. give hint Is custody to an officer. Mr. Howes, the Stamp Office clerk, who granted the allowance ticket, and Mr. Twyfoird, who took the affidavit. deposed to those facts, and also that the amount for which the ticket was granted was only 95., The prisoner, in his deletes, allowed the correct ness of the facts stated by Mr. Houghton, but said that both witkregrad to the ticket for 31. and that fur 101. 14e. be had been employed by. and acted only as the agent of, Mr.-Bennett. whuse name appeared oa the affidavits. Thomas Must Bennett, descObiog himself as re. • siding in Warwick court, Holborn, and formerly of DevonAirestr e Qtressquare. f which latter direc tion appeared is toe affidavits relative to the 10/. Ids.). allowed that he had employed the prisoner to get thei Gest ticket (for 31.) discounted, but with respect to the ticket for 101. 14s. and the atidarit that accompa nied it. be had no knowledge whatever. Under these circumstances it was judged proper to remand the prisoner, that the' facts of the case might be laid before the Commissioners of Stamps. - Tnn Muanes or Alas. Dotarrer.—The Magistrates of. Hatton-Oarden Police Office yesterday received a letter from the Gavernor of ilorsemosger-lene jail, in consegeence of private information, ebargieg a man in that prisms with the above named horrid murder. The person charged was apprehended es 'the Monday after the murder (or a burglary committed by Ms some time before in the county of Surrey, far which offence he had ►een tried at the last Safety Assizes, and capitally convicted.. One of the Magistrates, ae• lionspeaiod ►y some of the Police Officers, repaired to sbeamfoon, where a priumAgtiosinosimi Wit _place I Was sot suffered to be usidopahlic. _ — CORONBIte- INQUISTS. - • —.11. • Last night an inquisition was Wren on the body of John Smith. a sailor, who was found hanging from a lamppost in St. Clement's church-yard. John Beech, a pressman, - about a quarter before fire o'clock on Sunday morning. passing tbrosgh St. Cle mant's chards-yard, observed the deceased suspended from one of the lamp-irons, on the north side of the western gate; he called for assistance to some other area, who assisted in cutting him down. Of the as 'serous witcheries in the vicinity of St. Clement's chstch-yard, only two or three appeared ; ogle watch man was drank, and lying on the door step of the coffee-house enjoining the Angel Inn, who, had be attended to his ditty, must have frustrated the intentions of the deceased. and most have seen him climb up the railiocs.—When he was est down, it was discovered that his bands were tied is front with • leathern brace, whish a man would find a difficalty in fastening himself. Charles Loceck, a newsman. saw the deceased kluging by a thin piece of oakum ship cord. and loth his hands tied fast before him with oat of his braces. He was quite dead. r--.-- Humpbriee, one of the gas lamplighters. who was passing at the time, cut the body down. Jobe Lsegfield, a constable of St. Clement's, re ceived the body at the watch-house, and seat for Mr. towel!, the parish surgeon, and Dr. Hearer, but their efforts to restore animation proved fruitless. Had Wows the deceased from his childhood ; he bad saved, 4s the navy, and resided. since he came bowie, with his ildelser is Clement'.-lase;. did not kaltesee. Item his , ral condaet and demeanour, that he was le his ; met him is Pickett-street tea days aged aid then talked wildly of his affairs; he spoke is isel iilig teems of his mother's continued illness. sod said bp would go to ma to relieve her ; be also said that, lieirvicous to going to sea. he bad paid his addr,s s's to ii.yerang woman, and whilst he was gone she Emptied time maw. , He canre.home a little before Cbeiemtme.: with about 1001. saved, and inteaded to marry-bigol bet when be discovered that she was irrevocably peso he desponded. and spent all his money foolishly is • few weeks; the unfortunate man was tspeatrese pp* of age. Witness found ss. is silver, and some half peace, is his pocket, besides some pawnbrokers &pH catei; be Also produced the brace with which be bad p ee . ..scared his hands; and the Jury were of opision, Ikea the. narks on the leather, that he had tied the knee with his teeth. Mr. Powell. the surgeon. deposed to bavieg mined the body of the deceased, and the various steps taken to restore him. A vein is the neck was opened. ' .0 hied .freely ; and the lungs were iodated, bat wieboat Prodociag any sensible effect, as he hal bees, died eta, tiu/c. t * Ysrdiut That abar lowed laid vielast bode was bloseelf, in a fit of delirium, produced by me lasehali." • ;r• •-•-• . alileNilArAka till by takken plane to. Ai price ef eseie at Newcastle. which ought, of ape i egailly to teems Ow price. la the Leaden Enact. LONDON MARKErs.—,‘,ars77 llll. fyorfoCor ititeonneicoadteselstnes.posesi Then le little doing is the Markets, on mem of the holidays. particularly d e ma ndart larl ear anTeren .— sje b , the sales are nearly 2800 bags. COFFER—The market gave way last week 2.. a 3s, per cwt. the demand became in consequence medh animated, oo account of the reduction in the priers, sae towards the close of the week, the market regai ne d the previous currency; good and fine ordinary Brasil s o ld Ites. a Infs. 64.; afterwards nearly the lames's*. lity resiired 101 s. atoll's. SA IaTPE IRE.—There have been very considerable p nee fi ases of Saltpetre. chiefly on speculation; the quest oil Saturday was exceedingly brisk, and an ago vance of fully Is. was obtained ; the rumours of war tweed Russia and Turkey are still circulated, bat the reports are not given (rum any official euthority, an d they have less effect un the market to-day. Sl76Al4.—Tbe Sugar market last week was in every languid state, and some parcels of low browns sold at a small redevien ; no general decline coati!, however, he stated. There were nu Altiscovales un allow this fete. noon, on accorint of the holidays: the market may de stated exceedingly heavy, and, in some instances, It lower themes Tuesday fast. Refined goods were ma w ed upon the market last week, and several person s showed themselves determined setters, and, i n one L. stance, brown lumps were, we believe, forced ed . PO lon as 765. 64.; the market, however, insamiliandy recover ed this depression, and several sales were effect, d at 77„ . 64. and 7,11.; in other descriptions of goods th ere was little ea ri in the prices, but the market was he.,,. RUM. BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.—the hies market has been heavy, very few sales are lately report. ed, and the currency is rather lover.—The rei;seat far Brandy Ism increased considerably. and the prices may to-day be stated Id. a 24.. per gallon higher:4 4 lk. aeva there is no alteration. • OlLS.—There has been little doing lately hi Me e k. Oil ; the prices fur parcels here are without variants.: for the present semen's fishing there are Wrote at 2a4 hut no sellers under 241. hire and 25'. The Spe ro lately brought forward by public sale, has bees thidy bought in, Ilse quality at 551., inferior 521. RICE.—By public sale 4th inst.-97 tierces new Ca rolina Rice, of a very middling quality, sold 30e. 6.t. and 31s. HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW.—The Fite retort of the market having Seen generally circulated in the COW, try. has had the effect of bringing very considerable... dere forward, in the anticipation that pnrrhases would be made at very low prices; the greater properties of these orders are limited to rites below the, iirevionsesr. rency, and cannot at present be execn.ed ; there hate, however, been several purchases of Yellow Candle at as.. which enables us to give to-day correct rpsoratiom, which, from the state of the market for several weeks past, we have been Doable to do; seye:al contracts far early arrivals are reported Meth. 6J.—ln hemp sr Flex few purchases are lately reported, the mires are submit variation.—The letters, yesterday, from St.Tatershire, 17th nit., state tha exchange a shade lower, about Rd. East-India Cowpony's sale of Indigo, this day, consisting of 726 chests. has gem trms6d.aia. per lh.lower than the sale in J y last, with the ex ception of a mark of 24,chests, per the Hehe, which 11,r. raged fall last sale prices, avid a mark of 15 chests, per the Smyrna, all taken at prices above that sale. A Return of the number of 'Convicts sent est of the United Kingdom. free iho Sth of Ju.. 1814.% ttn men, tot females, total 1,4411 11 1817. 20139 realm, 189 fe males. total 2,328 ; I. 1818, 2,757 sales, 229 females. total 2,386 ; In 1819. 3,036 males. 127 fe- males, total 9,163; in 1820.3,405 males. 225 females, total 3,650 ; In 1821, 2,43% males, 183 tussles, total 2,639 $ in 1822, 186 males, 100 females; totcl 286 ; general' total. 15,373. Fiers.—On Monday evening, shoat eivlit o'clock, a fire broke out os the premises *fhb. Entomb. ofeewbc near Stownerket, which in a abort time ransomed shoat 70 coombs of wheat and some barn implements, his pro perty, together with the straw of about 200 combs of corn, a valuable cart mare, harness, and implements, be. longing to Mr. Wallinger, of Burball, who has joss taken the farm; and a ban, stable, and cart-lodge, be longing to Sir R. Pocklingtoe, Knight, their landlord. There is no doubt but it was occasioned by an lace,. diary, against whose diabolical act, we understand, nom of the parties were insured. And, on Thursday sight , another most alarming fire. in this county, also *cm: sioned by an incendiary, burst forth on the premises o f Mr. Jobs Veasy, of Frantsden, at a quarter before nine A barn containing about one hundred coomhs of ors' beans and wheat; a stable, in which was a valeable pe; mare in foal, whose shrieks amidst the Dames, white one could approach her, were distressingly heard ' • and all the outhouses, were destroyed. The whole of dies, farm-buildings were very near the dwelling-bonet which, had the wind driven the flames is that directiou must sLo have been beret to the ground, as well, pro • bably, aranOther farm-honse and buildings, which ars situate on the opposite side of the road. The Dysart family ars the proprietors of the estate ; but ice bare net beard whether any part of the property was insurvl— these fires were seen Ist great distances, and like others that have preceded them, were instantaneous—catchi a l the eye of a first beholder like a dash of lightn:eg. it Is inconceivable bow, and by whore, these direful eri" ars committed" and whatpirpose is intended to be am swered,—(Sefolk Chron i cle, 4pn76.) iinty!--Mainz and Co. on the last .ioy of diawiog in w.forn]er Lottery, when there were ody Two Prise, of 20,00014 sold. them both. The lass day of drawing the present Lottery will be 231 at this month (April), when both the 20,0001. Priv, now is the Wheel must be drawn. Tickets end Shares warranted undrawo, are on sale at Martin and Co.'s Office. 8, COMMIT. and 120, Chford-etteet. MARRIED. Yesterday, tie 9th test. at Lewisham, Mr. Samuel OWN• a. a 'AIM Thalllol4rigeft. to Miry, widow of the Ist , Mr. Thomas Wilson, of the same place. Yesterday. the ilfik Inst. at St. Marple.boor, J ohm Proar 3 l Davie, FAQ. • of Birtilturaulodge, near Cro)don. to Ers:i!. fourth daegnter of the late Lacut-Col. Humptow, 01 Or, Bengal Eegineers. • Ott tie ath {aslant, at Lewisham Church, Robert loom. Req., second son of the late Captain A. Jones . R. S.. ' 0 Wilelndua Townsend, widow of the late John Fill" Req. • DIED. Do the 711 a isst.ls Olooester-pleee,.New-road, John Ova . palm, Esq. late of the Bengal Civil Service. iostoodoy, ass Elia Inst. most siseerely lamented, it IN NW yr of Ids sii. Mr. Cliorles Watts, of the Bea If Qlsod tisi MI Si Oen pig. u imil v ai Mosey . In Loraine, Euphespia, War daoghfor ofTbsotoo klonoek. Esq. Is her Sid year. 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