The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-04-04 00:00:00

ALLEGED BEOCA.CII 9v F,'ItO_MISE.

At Liverpool, last week, the action of Colsbrooke v. Rain
was tried, brought by the plaintiff, a young lady, who
had formerly been on the stage, to recover damages for an
alleged breach of premise of marriage. The plaintiff. Miss
Artie Colebrook, stated that she was 27 years of age, and
at the time she made the acquaintance of the defendant,
Mr. Michel Antonio Ralli, was acting at the Alexandra
Theatre, in Liverpool. After a few weeks she consented to
go and live with him, and he subsequently took Pool
Cottage, Lear Poulton, in Cheshire, where they resided.
While there the alleged promise was given, the defendant
continually repeating it, swearing, by "the grave of his
dead mother,' to marry her. An obdurate uncle was his
excuse for postponing the marriage ceremony, but be
promised to do so as soon as possible, which he bell:eyed
would be soon, as, according to the witness, he said, 'God
is good, and might remove his uncle." After • time the
plaintiff and defendant came beck to Liverpool, and took
lodgings. The plaintiff then returned to the stags against
Mr. Ralli's with, appearing both at "the Prince of Wales"
and "the Amphitheatre." Owing to the repeated requests
of the defendant, she at last gave up the stage, as he did
not like his future wife to appear behind the footslighta.
They sule.quentiv resided together at New Brighton, and
again at Pool Cottage, where they went by the name of
Mr. and Mrs.ltslli, having carriages and horses, and
living in • luxurious style. In April, 11175, the defendant
asked the plaintiff to go away to London or Wales for a
short time, as his uncle was "making such a ft,a, that he
wished he would die." Under the promise (she alleged)
that the defendant would follow her at the end of the
week, she fin illy consented to go. A touching farewell
MIA taken at the station, when the defendant cried freely.
A friend of the defendant, Mr. KAAIILLIIII, who was at the
station, accompanied her to London, as she seemed
in such distress. On arriving in laAnlon, she uent
to stay. at "a boarding-husv-e, where there were
surgeon s wives, barrister's sisters, I all sorts
of people." Before leaving Liverpool, Mr. Galatti, on the
defendant's behalf, offered to allow her .1.:211 a th.
During the time of the alleges, engagement the 40200dmit
refused several advantageous chances of marriag.., but he
told her "one girl had too long • 1104 C, and another too
bad a figure," and Ise always said "lie would not marry
those, as he loved Isis little .%rtie." After leaving Liver-
I peal she never saw the defendant again, and on the 15th
of October she reasl in the Daily Telegraph the account of
his marriage to another la.lv. She made repeated
, attempts to get his address, and communicate with hisu
through Mr. Kassanly, I.ut they failed, though she re-
ceivol her CM per month. Mr. Kassanly comdswated
' the evidence as to the prsmsise, lii cross-examination she
admitted that at the age of ten she had run away front
the family where she lived, and appeared at the Royalty
Theatre. At the time she eft laver‘ssol to go to London,
the only things also left belliesl which belonged to her
' were " tW., ,1"0. parrot, 81111.1 a pet lands." She stated
I that defendant's lies were proverbial all over Liver-
pool," bog that she always Is-tiered defendant's oath
on the grave of his dead soother," and that " she always
believed in dead peoples graves." The defendant's case
I was that no promise of marriage had ever been given.
I Mr. Ralli was called, and distinctly denied the evidence
02 the promise to marry as given by the plaintiff, and
relied on the correspondence to substantiate what he had
stated.
The jury immediately founds verdict for the defendant.

The first trial of • shipowner on a charge of sending a
ship to sea In an unseaworthy condition took place at the
Liverpool Assizes. The defence was that the ship in
question was perfectly seaworthy, anil that a large suns
had been spent to make her so. Tlie jury acquitted the
accused.
A horrible crime is repelled from Blackburn, where a
little girl, seven years of age, has heen murdered and her
remains roughly cut up. The trunk, wrapped up in
Paper. was found near tha cemetery, and her legs at a
place about four miles distant
At Cambridge assizes • farmer named Cornelius Brown
was sentenced to penal servitude for 20 years for setting
fire to some form premises until receutlY occupied by bi_fit
TROUSANDS are unable to take Coma neCILIM the
vsrietim issiumonl,y sold are mixed with Starch, under
the plea of rendering them soluble; while ropily making
them thick, heavy and, indiretible. This may he easily
detected, for Cf(10011 Wakens is the cup it votes
the addition frank CADBURY'S COCOA Essence is
czianizi; it is ors three times the idraltgei then
and a refreshing Beverage like Tea or