The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

(turnoff TO 'ASPIRING SUITORS.
Of all the MO la the pltrish of Ilfrecontbe, flaring
this last week, awes, seys Ike Nora Dews Ammo!, hoe
bees inquired about so much, talked about so freely, et
lagehed about se heartily, as Charity Blackmon. Charles
is • sober, plodding, armies sou of the hammer and trowel,'
.ho, if his wit is not so speckling, or his toe,» so volable,
se his teat so remarkable as some others, has always an ap
I. mein »nape." He had framed a resolve it Ido
owe mind le sheep hie »edition. If love fired, ambition
directed his elm Is loddog round fee a partner,"
Chalks Mein,' to think of the roes en his own low level;
be lifted his *Mkt, to a higher quarry ; he saw a Hide
beycad has perlikehanits a limilisime dwellisg, the property
of a end comely wide, of fortune ; be »collected
tee with the sang boa there were sundry annual
hundreds coming in, med on this prise it was that
simple Charley find his thoughts. He fell desperately
in love. There are many kinds of that article; like
most other Map in nature, it is seldom found is
pure state, it is generally mixed with some been ingredient
The hope of winning, in this ease, to a more rational mind
than Ms would have bees too small to lead to imilkm, hat
not so to this man of one idea; he had Mad. link er
dreamt of wonderful esploita in this line, sad MI am» •
twelvemonth ago Charles commenced the siege by welt»,
the lady a letter, which, of course, was treated with the
humorous contempt it deserved. To the lover's great air
tress and mortification, no answer cams to it; ho wrote
again and again, until his frequent addresses become a bore,
and the brother of the lady gave Charles a call, forbade him
to write any more of his " scrubby " letters, or he should
be obliged to apply to Sir James Meek for protection against
the annoyance. Charles, however, still wrote oa, until the
lady, lode', all patience, sent her manservant down from
Titching, ' where she had been staving with her
mother, to her eldest admirer in Ilfracombe, and
requested him to pay her a personal visit. How must his
heart have palpitated within him at the prospect» success.
What else could it be toe but to make bun a happy man /
He had pressed for an answer long and earnest to his
fervent addresses, and begged " her ladyship" to " fulfil
her womanly part ;" he was now invited to pay a poisonsl
visit to receive that answer he so long bad prayed for. But,
alas 1 the "answer" he received was • sound horsewhip-
ping, administered by that fair head he had hoped to lead
to Hymen's shrine. This most unlooked for reception
moved him to seek redress from British law before a bench
of justices, He accordingly procured a summons, and on
Mondry Mrs, Mary Davy was called upon at Conibetartio
to answer for an assault cammitted upon Charlie Black-
more, on the 28th day of February last, by striking him
divers blows with a whip. The plaintiff aided his OM to
the Bench according to the tenor of the above nanstima.
He said he had been writing letters to Mrs. Davy for 89110
months peat, for be loved her, and could get no answer ; that
on the day I. question he received a message from Mrs. Davy
by her setvaat man, Thomas Simmons, desiring him to come
to " Titekieg," to receive en answer to his letters. He
obeyed the invitation, as he wanted to say some words of
'oscillation and the sower be received was a horsewhip-
Ong, and that she also " gring'd at him," and called him
a " fool," sad for this assault he now called upon the
Bench for redress.
Thomas Elbaniocs was called upon to prove the delivery
of the maul»
The Chairman observed, somewhat archly, that he
thought the plaintiff had little chinos of briogiag ene-
cessfal action for having been dubbed a " fool," -
pretty clearly that in the judgment of his worship
sot been greatly miscalled; and that the defendant had
some ground to plead a justification.
Mr. Palmer, solicitor, of Barnstaple, appeared for the de•
fondant, who was not herself in court. He described the
kind of annoyance to which his client had been for a long
period subjeet, and justified her in the use of the corrective
she had administered.
It appeared that Mrs. Davy bad not even spoken to the
plaintiff, nor had any sort of acquaintance or communica-
tion whatever with him on any terms.
Mr. Palmer read the plaintiff's letters in court, and any
eollector of the "curiosities a literature" would do well to
lay his hand on the originals. The following is a sample
" Ilfracombe stp. 18th 1851.—Dear Mrs. Davy,—l am
very unhapy yet in this Conflict Benue you are *boded
whith me I hops you will not Conceal all your affections
from me I am any that my proceeding should offend your
Ladyship—l Could not help my proceeding I have Given the
Beater of my affections to thine own self Because I love thee
then has Conceal all thy affection from me I have engraved
thee on my hand and written thee on the table of my Heart
Because I have made this known unto yon now you frown cm
me I wish to Be friendly I hope you will be friendly with nee
it not my wish to do otherwise I hope my steps is Right if net
my grateful thanks for directions whatever document you
Require from me I am ready to give I have a thursty sad
a longing hapite to hear from your Ladyship I hope that you
will not [argil the words of my declaration 1 am very sory if
my letters trouble you at your respective Habitation it not
my wish »confound you aot en say Concoderatioo my heart
desire is thins heart iris to love me thou would reit»
thou knows': that I Love thee with all my boat I wish this
Conflict was at an end my love. I Remain Yon Faithful
Respecter CILAALIIS MACKIN/L."
The learned advocate having finished reading the letters,
considered he had made out a »Menet reams fee the fir
;WM» ; and so thought the hemshoplet elkeelassdi Iko
ease, sad granted a certificate to the delsemkat to her the
complainant from bringing the ease in may other seen.