The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-22 00:00:00

AISSIZB INTELLIGENCE.

HMI CIRCUIT.—Lursa, Masca 21.

The bashers of the using wee prooesded with ibis
morels& the Lord Chief Biros presiding ee the Crowe
side, sad Barra Bramwell at Nisi Pries. There me 15
mum catered for trial, three al which are marked to be tried
by speciel jerkin
(Bolan Mt. Berea Bramwell and a Commas Jag.)

VINIALL. V. VIIIOIIIII—/aLLOO OF PllOlllBl or MAILLIAWL

Thieves; as anion to recover damages for • breach of
Pettlithto of marriage. The defeedaat pleaded that he did sot
promise to many the plaintiff, sad also that he wee willing
to wry her, and that she was not willing.
Mr. Lush Q. 0., and Mr. Hansen. appeared for the plain-
tiff ; Mr. Hawkins, Q.O, and Mr. Begley, were for the
defendant.
The plakitiff is this adios, Elisabeth Viand', was •
yoan wow shoot nix sad twenty years of see, the &ugh.
tar al shrew sear Wadburd, sad the detoodaat, at the
time they were %traduced to each other, was aesistant to •
draper sad groom in that town, sad shoat the same age as
the plaintiff. It appeared that the %Unary costumed
doves to the year 1864, the partial' having tint be-
come acqsaisted is the year 1860, but is 1862
the &deadest seemed to have some into • fortune
of about 6001. by the death of en aside, and it was alined,
as the wt ofthe plaintiff, that this mosey bad something
tsdo with the alteration that ratesqueotly took piece in
his views respecting matrimony, so fez am she was °ac-
cented. Ia order to make out the promise • member of
letters were put in, written by the defeadast to the
plaintiff, but they ware all of a most commonplace charac-
ter. Is sae of them letters the defesdant said that " after
a beg esselderatioa ha had made up Ws mind to marry the
aad that his heart sod soul went all hors." Is •
posteeript he maid that as it was bedtime be ems soaeluds.
(• isegh.) He also said that be did not wish her to make
tip km mind to have him in • harry. and be had received
the "Cuts for Love" she bad sent liar, but it was of so
is. la his ease ; they bad hem • beg time about it, mad bad
sot made mash progress, but now he hoped they should get
oa quicker, sad be should have no sleep till he heard from
• Nearly all the lettere mociaded by the IMO moteoce
about bedtime, sad it beteg nseeccesmsasereyy oa that socinat that
be sheald eoncfuds. Is Oetober,lB64 it appeared that the
defendant expressed hie determrastooo sot to marry the
plaintiff, sad the arrest anion was the molt.
Mr. Jibe VineelL the father of the plaintiff, was the lint
witness, sad upon his Wog asked whether he stood in that
pwidos to the plaintiff, he suited some laughter by reply-
"flares that blrireaTigecertosld him that this gnawer was a very
slily one, and something won*.
The whams the. went on to detail the oirctunatanosa
nadir which the &deadest sad his daughter because
sequaisted, and said that is aosesqueoce of the asolsese of
the defendant, and his breaking off the oorrespoodeam with
his daughter, he went to see him is October, 1864, aid
asked bun what his %teatime ware, sad he said that he
did sot intend to marry his daughter. He asked the de-
tesidaat if it was his daughtees fault, aad be said it was
sot ; sad he them said. " Surely I am not obliged to marry
bar ; • good spas; people °hasp their Wads." (A laugh.)
Croon-11,111Dgaid— Waal= 1111 sot aware that the defen-
dant was • very bashful young man. (Laughter.)
1 Mr. Hawkins, pointing to • young man who wee often
behind him dressed in • smock frock, Inquired whether this
1 was sot the defeadast. . . . .

-411 h• witawrMiddTh—at it was, but hi had a cost on before
he cams iota court. (A. laugh.)
Mr. Hawidea— Did 'he appear to be on very hied and
affectionate terms with your daughter?
Witham —He was rosy bled to me.
Mr. Hawkins—Hs was act osertieg you. I want to know
how he behaved to your daughter. (tt roar of laughter.)
Witness—Be seemed to do as most people do who am
about to be inserted. (Resewed laughter.)
Mr. Hawkins media most humorous spina to the jury
Is mitigation of damages, sad he said fist it appeared to
him that this was about the most unromantic mac of breach
of premise of marriage that ha had ever heard of, and,
mirtiito tads:, tizwisat. tot stthVpialttiffl"kiatavderlYory.
lslittle bald in losesnee
of such a h oasis, and that a rely
nary
moderate 11100•11 i of ages wonkramply satisfy the Ise.
tine of the aim . . . . .

—TI;e. jury Waned • verdict for the plaintiff—dam/4w,

—The greater portion of the day was oesapied in disposing
of a hone came M a man nahatereethig character, which
was originally oonialemed is the minty court and removed
Irmo thence by the defendant into this mark The jou in
the emelt gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with 254 damps,
and the loaned Jodie expressed his opinion that the de-
fendant had beam very ill-adviaad is the mow ha bad
taken.

NORTHERN CIRCITIT.—MANcEems.
MARCH 21.
(More Mr. :adios Mellor sod a Special Joy.)
DAMS V. CLIATOR.—BRZACH OF PROMS&

The plaintiff la this case was Wm Elisabeth DI M'S, and
the defendant Mr. John William Clatter. The action wee
brought to recover damages for breach of promise of mar.
Age • and the defendant pleaded that be *ever promised,
that he had bass exonerated, that the contract had been
mutually rescinded, and that hi entered into it under the
belief that the plaintiff rime chaste and modest, wherries ob.
was net an.

Mr. es—pie, in opening the cue, said the defendant had
put several inconsistent pleas epos the renord—not en un-
usual thing in these cases. He said, 6ml, that be did not
promise, and thee, that after be bad promised be discovered
what he did not know heiere, that Miss Davies was •
M"sof chade and immoden conduit and main.'.
wipleistiff's father was formerly a coal dealer la Mee-
eherter, and added for some time in Dawsounreet. He
failed about 1866, bat be carried on badness to duet 1860.
Tbe ildendaet was the nephew in the i2lll of John
Williams sad Nephew, woolly cloth dealen, Manchester,
who did • souidereble and nereadag trade. A little time
before the death of the plaintiff's father the family was
as terms of gnat intimacy with a family named Oldlield,
and there was a young mu, a member of the family,
wreathed to a chemist and druggist is this city.
Young Oldffeld paid hie addressee to Mies Davis., they
were remind by beg sad auctioned by the family, end ha
was looked upon es the suitor sad the future husband of
the yowls lady. After her Infant's death she had a child,
sad yang Oldfield disappeared, aid the plaintiff's family
bad not beau able to dinner hie whereabouts. A little
after the father's death. a brother dthe plaintiff, Mr.
I Joseph Davis.. become intimate with the defendant. They
belonged to the same boating alag sad Weeded the new
danetas ; sad the result of the intimesy was that the
defendast became dussiated with Mies Danko, the plain-
tiff. A her the acquaintanee lad hided sun time, dust
Yarn, 1864—there was every 111100111 to supped, it was ea
the 18th Yank bat he could sot give the .net dater be-
nne be Gould not call the young lady—the defeedent made
a proposal of marriage. Beton the yeag tray penntred
the defeedast to cam tate ezeastiois any prude* to merry
her, sad been she panelled Wm to penned la his snit
gar that plums, she eammieniciated to bias the whale
dresametanees of bar snideness with Mr. Oldield--she
Warmed him of the fast of the chiles exideue, and et
• her being ita mother. Fortunately Ibis scald he preset
bemuse the defendant saw Yr. Joseph Devise, and le-
i formed kite of whet his dater bad mennineleated to him.
Ids approbation of bet mmilser, nod al the nen
tionPr2 It had said, se digennee in hal effsetbeg end
dould nitre mese in his dews end letesticue. A eon-
venstin would ales be shown latish be had with enether
pence, Mie. Markin Weed, el wheat he embed questions
3vlathig to the child, enpruileg himself le bar ie the roe
way. beeesneepeense evened when the patios were
anon meth ether, bet es there
ffetaday in the whole sewn of theirs==disaarel
• defeeild did rot wed id* lb* *Wit Ms