The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-08-24 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1869.

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE

St the Liverpool assizes, • very amusing ease of
hie .ch of promo., wai tioed• Ti jane
Spei.ht, II years of age, the daughter of llr.
• hrash m tuttfactur,r, at Lancaster, sought to recover
caw ii.tes from Mr. Laurence Hewitt, a postnia•ter in
that town. The caw, with the commit of both parties,
was tried by five jurymen, there being only than number
In non, when the eu.c wo, 0,1101 un. Another
peculiarity of the trial was that under the new Act
11. e plaint if heiaolf gime evidence. From the state-
ment of Mr. Tour, who appeared for the plaintiff, it
seemed that elout three yetis ago the thfendaux woo
left • widower with three children. He sod the
piaintilts fnnuly were next door nerlitlllyalra. and the
totimatcy which naturally ex.stsal between them in
in time jounced the defendant to decilitre biiiiaelf no
the plaintiff's lover. In Ind year 1866, wh..ti the
defendant became vely merited in his 81141160ns to
plaintiff, she •ent on a 'Wi to bone of her friends who
resided near Windermere I.ake. While she was there
Mr. Hewett went to see I.er, and he also wrote a
number of love letters. In one of the letters he
addressed her im "My dear Miss Speight," said he alm
raid that he had been le Icing forward with very great
pleasure to hie next visit to her, but be was afraid he
would not be able to suty all night. Another of the
defendant's letters *as couched in the following laconic
terms : .

Mi.., ercight -
" All.. right. - Llf."
In a longer communication Mr. Ileeitt said, " Yestar-
day I went to church, and hail the turtle doves before
me— (laughter), In the afternoon I had tea with
Nancy and her father" (tLe sister and father of the
plaintiff). Sulrequently the defendant wrote to the
Plaintiff expressing the hope that when he called to see
her he would find her quite well and prepare for a good
ramble. The jury would no doubt know, arid the
keened counsel, what • good ramble would mean in
the lake dis•rict. During that ramble, or at all events,
immediately afterwards, the defendant proposed to the
plaintiff, and on being auhsequently asked by her what
he really meant, the enamour. d postmaster wrote her
as follows :—"lfy dearest Jane, I was indeed glad to
hear that you bail arrived all safe among so many
friends. It would, I am sure, be a great pleasure to
you to meet those you did not expect. Well, Ido hope
And pray that you will thoroughly enjoy yourself.
And now for the revelation I made to you on Thursday.
I was really in earnest, and what I meant was this :
Can you give me any hope of being my wife? Oh,
could you have looked in my fain when at the boat.
bonus you would thee, I am sore, have no longer
doubted my sincerity, and I now beg your acceptancie
of the accompanying ring as a token of that sincerity
for your engaged finger—(laughter). Your answer to
thin in impatiently expected," Subsequently the
defendant addressed her as "big own dear Jane," and
signet himself, "your very very own and affectionate
Laurence." In that epistle he asked her to accept a
little present, which was one he prised very much, and
"with God's blessing may you be .pared very many
yea's to wear it." A short time afterwards the defend-
ant was confined to his bowie with • coold, and acknoe-
lodged in one of his letters having taken • mixture
which the plaintiff had sent him, anti whieb had he
said, "eased bite—(laughter). In the next letter the
defendant wrote as follows Here I am, still behind
the door an usual, though somewhat better, and as it
appears a fine sort of a day I had a consultation with
the table and sofa—(laughter)—whether I should go
out for • time or not. However, we could not agree
upon the subject, no it ended In a toss-up for it
'head.' won, so I walked to the gar len and round by
the station. I was fearfully done up when I got hack."
the defendant, it appeers, hail taken offence at the
plaintiff's father, partly on amount of his taking too
much beer, and partly on tecount of his (defendant)
having been turned out of the house. It was alleged
thet he had is., taken some dislike to the plaintiff'.
si.b.r, whom he was in the habit of milling "Moe
Fidgets." This young lady is the Nancy Owes referred
to. Subsequently the defendant's ardour cooled,
and he drooped from these highly sentimental and
romantic and loving and endearing prunes to •
more prosaic and matter of fact style of addresaing
his lady love. Ile had not visited her while in
Liverpool, and as he had not call, ii ti see her after
a week had elapsed after her return to tho Lancaver,she
wrote to him saying that he di I not know how very
much hurt she felt at his oaduct in not coming to
see her. She was qnite sure it was not in his bout to
act thug without some 0.0158 or other, and as the was
I ignorant of what it could be, she armed him, on a Man
of honour and • gentleman, to tell her, for she could
not btu to go on lrlin day to day no she was. She
ail led—" You must in tome meaaure know what •
woman's feelings are, sad to be treated in this un-
accountable way, and by one who iins caused me to
love him, in more than I can bear." She signed herself
"Ever your affectionate, JAWS." No reply was sent
to this letter; and the plaintiff's father haying taken
the matter into his own hen 'a, consulted an attorney,
who Lased • writ. The defendant was not called,
though he was in court. The jury awaited the
F2OO ilatnages—eeectly a year's salary of the defendant,
as attnitted by hie catuuseL It wa. explained, how-
ever, that that salary was ruluond ea/ by the experia,s
uf his postal establishment.

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The Aun4.7T LyE Mrs w
.opplia. ed
".".° on ...a Us& • firm, on former Wane The
mattsd In* fairly Numb.' Tragemeker were
rudrieted. sod prices Kid •dr,..ong to„d,,,wy. Latsbo Iwo
mars songht atter, at Ista mac Caves were geed)* in "Inn
Sad inquiry.

Per 51155. tosink the 016 L
. d. 5. a. 11.
d.
Inf. waive biuta 3 10$ 8 Primellestbdenne/1 2to 5
4econJ #30111114... 3 1 10 4 6 Lrg. coarse CoPrile 4 010 5
?runt largo caen 4 Co 5 0 Moo small
Soo,. b.,3 to 5 2 Lane begs ...... lOU. 4
otr..h.p 3 1,, 310 ,1404111101. porkan 4 810 5
40e co quebt• . tn 4 10 tieksg. ealvespeb 21 u to 25
cyant IVII4 t'' 5 2 ,ge...'lest 0,48. 22 01025
44. to &a 104.
117131. 116111.2. 1118011011 BCPPI.T.
I °Cada

1 312 Beam..., ...
Sheep . Sheep •••
Calves
Pigs. Pigs
Bauttot, Thursday.- Very large Mpidr 01 beef including
about 100 animals front Ireland, and °wine, to the wenn
weather, and the feet that the eIPPIY ``." In ex.." thn
demand, trade tam very dull. la only superior deseriptlons
were last week'. prima (from 70a. to 724. per cwt.) nallsod, and
ltderior sort. were most ditgeolt to rell at from (10.. ti 6.5 a. The
shalt market was abmovenaocked, and we received tlit hat than
between 3,000 and 4,000 sheep and land. front Ireland. Small
choice wethers,weighing from 1811. hi 191 b. per quarter, realiaed
744., but ewea and the heeler sorts changed hands at from 6ed.
N. Ti. per lb. The best qualities of lamb sold at Bd., but any.
thing ulterior was dil6cult to sell, at low prices. In eons.-
queue° of the small amount of Intent,' done during the Plat
few weeks, the supply of store tattle was abort, and emmi'ded
mostly of the animals left on hand from last week. There was
however, quite enough for the demand, trade, owing to the
want if keep, being dull, and price's showed • downward tend.
ency. I snitch cows we had • limited show, and there mat
quiettradeat prieiw ranging from Lift., t.l9.The supply of pigs
front Ireland (at the Wost-atasset wil)er.. very short ; it proved
Just etough for the demand, and all on offer wild at an advante
In prime, Leant pigs realiaing from ISt. to fis. 3d.. imd Porkers
from lb. Yd. to Ids. per mitre, The Itorse trade wan, little
more a,ti,e, but only a 'stall burnt., tao done.
114111.01.01ffIrt 316.44 Manage. Fliday.—il,4lerste supc.
have been on ,ele. The trade has been /mist, and prime en
ruled as under :
Pee gilbe„by the carom
ad, s. d. ad. a
d.
Inferior beef .. 3 ft. 310 Inferior mutton 3 to 4 2
Middling ditto 4 0 „ 4 4 %fiddling ditto 4 a„ 4 11
Prime large do. 4 6 „ 4 8 Prime ditto . 410 „ 5 2
Prime small ditto 4 10 „ I 0 Large pork ... 4 0 . 4 6
Veal
Lamb, ba to In. 011.

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PROVISION MARKETS.
There have hem. gulp euppiles .4 fornign butter on fele, but
, the demand for Irbdt qurtities basi ruled weedy, and price. have
been mpported. Erie.land b. quoted at lite. to tine. ; Zwolle
1..1 Kampen, 100 e. to 100 o.; Leer, 84, to gba. Nonnandy, 90s.
1.. 12:4. per cwt. There hex been a moderate Inquiry for bacon
and the quotations hate teen fully maintained. Hamburg
nizeable and light weight.. have .old at 70.. to 77.. lanikal. Bed
arid ban... have sold nlowly. on *inner tonna. 'Aril and pork
are unaltered in value.

BUTTER MARKETS.
Darizza, Thurslay. -The fon...lug were the current Vire"
at thi. nrartet to-day - Milk butter, per lb., la bid. to la. 44.1.;
whey butter, la. to la Id.
LoNoter. - -Donet butter I. wiling at 120. In 126 a. ;Frt
land, Ilta. to Ilea. " Cheshire Cho, 00a to 40s. ;
Gloucester, tgla. to 70..; Ehoda". 7_ 66.; At...1L...*
eiti. to Ws. ; York Hann, 10. s. 1100.. ; iol IoW., Sea to 120.
per cwt.

POTATO MARKET.
11401'011 AND Srrrametne, Friday.—The suphliee of potatoos
are ihaal. The trade la quiet, at lato ratan Lagliiiit shorts, DOD
to ; Repot., PO. to 10fie. ; Freheß. 00. t. 70. pr

110 P MARKET

Very little Meaner has been doing In any deacriptlon of
h,,p, and the quotations are ahnoat nominal. On the
whole the plantation accounts are favourable. Mid mid
It Kamm, CI M. to ea Weald of Keats, £2 Ss. to
; Sueass, £2 V. 15e. ; Farnham, £310.. to £6; Country,
£3 Ina to £4 10. ; Bei arias's. C.'. to ; lielgtans,
£2 to £3 10.. ; Yearlings, £2 M. to £3 LU..; American, ,C 2 to
£3 10s. per cwt.

IIAY ANI) STRAW.
Prime tail hay. 100, to tie,..; itilerior ditto, 80a. to 9 prime
new elover.l7, ; inferior ditto. fiOn. to GO, ; prime old
cloter. Ili, to 1:19, ; ilitte. non. to 10+..; prim.. new
clover. DO.. to 110, ; inlerlor ditto. 719 i. to Istle.; straw, 325. to
10. k. pis lota.