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

aeon was eat extensive. It was not to trouble
the mud with the whole, bet sulbeient be reed to
show the promise of marriage, sod that the round hide I
sod her hillside bad every reason to suppose this
time of here, which occurred whoa she was 18—ehe tieing I
mow 22—would sot stand is the way of bar prospects el
bappirwejle life. Be should *seclude from the laoseago
wad spellhig of the letters that the defirodeat had sot beau
highly edwisted. The first lettw he would reed aset-
werwood

•Tythe Baru Farm, FAWS Marry, Apra 10, 1864.
Dearest Lima—Father and mother are eery glad to aceept
your mother's hied foritatioo to toe on Moeda, iriuming."
_ _

He palmed then. The defeadast had aoumunicated to his
ows father and mother the eagageroeute into which he had
watered. They resided at the lde of Mao, but were over
at floodwater ; the toothy of the youus lady invited the
father sod soother of dafeadast to Ise, sad this letter was
writteo to taosequeaso

" They intend to ISO Dr. Olay about 3 o'clock, doing soma
shopping, kn., aid so will get to Dawson-street about 4 to 5
o'clock, and keys agate for Lissrpool by the 6.45 es 7.45
train. I hope Joe will be able to get home for pw, as I
should like him to meet them. Do oak be worroantessa ; I
as sure their visit will only ea the good opiakm they
has already famed of my owa west Limie.—Your woe
faithful but troublesome "Jon."

Certabily a great source of trouble he bad been. After the
lapis of time, the defendant's father and mother invited
the pbsintiff to visit them at the Isle of Mao ; and she re-
mained seder their roof for some time. The next Uttar be
would nod was as follows :

TA's) Bars Farm, Eaton Money, June 16,1864.—Y
own dear LIMO—You do see ksow bow down !waned I

was this morals, whoa Haws was soli • lottar from you
sod what &Wad it was to nosh. Gas trona Harry thii
. .

;itCrocus sayieg you were well sad sejoyiog jour-
sole. I bid made up my mind for the last two days
that there would be ono for me to-day, and it Henry's had
not come I think I should have turned eoward and gone
down to Dawsoriatreet for sews ; sad I was so sold, too,
for I had a hitter from Joe, sad also sa sevelope ia hm
handwriting enclosing the enclosed. At the first gknos
the milks waa sofikiontly like yours to deceive me, arid
1 %Magid she his got an old envelope that Joe has directed
for her. Whoa what a sell. It ill ail very well in ha way.
. .

but sot what I was looking for—a lonic from my ova
sweet. They say that—
' Absence makes the Inert row fonder.•"

This was beg after his aoquaintsoce with the fact of the
'Auld having been bora. He imetiotted
hod although I do mot think it posaibis for me to be
much (cedar time I was last week, still you an morn prrent
is my thought, sow you are away, sod ivory evening I
mime your dear self so mach I cacaos tall you bow much. I
do sot east to upbraid you for cot writing, for I me by
beery% Lotter that you cannot bass bad time, but just to
lee you know how much your letter will be appreciated
wisito it comes to.morow morniog. I bare so sure to toll
you, as I corns borne every weals( to writs letters,
sad to write up some books from the warehouse that would
bar lose a long time ilium bad I bed time to do Shona;

sad I have not seen anyone that you know. Henry telli
me th►t you (stood being at the Oxforteeed station at
sloven on Friday morons. U maltase very ualoneses
bassos; each so my being called out al tows, I will be
there to is. you do pot go any farther. And so you hare
bees year Ant goys(' all tin way scram this Mommy,
and it did sot dls!gree with you. After that there ie so

fear of your magus the image to the Isle et Mee
without trouble. Ad you have am ail the eights,
and wished only that I had hem there to on them
with you ; and so do I, love." (Laughter.) H. gummed
from the purge be was going to read—it was only maim
tun—that they had been wandering together In some wood
near to a tree on which they bad both carved their lonian,
tbe supplied explasatioa of which would be his owe
" Find that Me, love. I think if I was tamed into that
wood oo this dark night I should Bed it by instinct. We
will End the isitlals some day, sad thou we will have to
Ms out the D (for Davies) and put a 0 (for Cleator) is in
What • little change to tall so much, and bow I
for the time when we an do it. Henry does not tell
me whet you think of the Liverpool swells, or if you have
met as you like hotter thee your humble servant. Choose
• little ma, that I may thrash him easily. (Laughter.)
You sad Henry are exhausting Liverpool as thoroughly to
we did Shrewsbury. If Janne was not a very good soul
she would be getting *Jona, and tuning you out, or tole-
paphiog to me to come and take you away at me. She
dm mks°s what a captivatiag creature she has pt in
no house as well as I do, or she would have dose it before
now. lam truly glad that you are teeing so much, and that
they am akind to you. Tell Hoary that I am much
obliged to him for his letter, but have set time to write to
him sow, but will do go som. I was reading to-day that
Yrs. Yelverton dines cm of her letters by saying—
/is many as there are waves la the sea,
to many kisses have I for the..
And so missy, dearest, have I for nee. (Laagbter.) With
best kind love to them all, Mime are, dear Liss* your
ever faithful JOHN."
The mgt loner enclosed some dente—
" Dear Lizzle,—l mime the tinge fens twaiorrow, so
tell Joe sot to gel them. I hope my diparis is better thin
morning. I will he down to see bar as early as possible
this evening.—With beet love, yours for ever, JOHN."
The nest letter was simply dated Saturday :
"Tyne Bath Farm, Eaton Mousy, Saturday.—My own
Limy—l was delighted by your long emoted letter this
morning, sod to hear you were to well, sod enjoying vonr-
self so much. I west out this afternoon to let your mother
know bow will you were going on, and have a pull with
Joe if Ito had time. Hound Joe at home, but, as I might
have known, preparing to go to Farsworth ; so we muse to
town together. sad I out here, that I might have the oppor- '
tuaity of quietly writing you • one Mg letter. I hope
you will think it a Hies one wine you get it. You do not
know the pleasure it is for me to native me from you, and
as you appear to have • dread of their knowing you are
wasting to me—while I thick it is the most Mural and
proper thing is the world foe you to do, and that you ought
to have time and opportunity afforded you for doing or.
I think I had batter write to my mother, tang her
to set apart two holm every day, whoa you may be free
from any Mg sogagenteot hut that et writing to me.
But, joking apart, ducky, it is a &Lamest letter, and I am
obliged to you for it. lam glad you have been going about
so much, and hops you have enjoyed yourself thosouehly.
Sing Wednesday we have had beautiful, hot sunny weather,
and hope you have beg favoured with the same. In fee I
have mad* up my mind that you have, and that it is that
which tempted you out by 6 o'clock in the moraine. Mother
says you must see if you cannot cooties* that prank* when
you get home. lan glad you are petits ow so well with them
all, sod think that, if they can do with you. I will be impelled
to ask mother to keep you mother week, as lam afraid I
cannot, without great inoomenienos„ get over next Satur-
day. Hut Joe is going to do ea, if he possibly can, but n
over head sod sars is bunions just sow, and may not he
able. I very like what • fish out of water is sapped
to feel without you to gis to sea of an evening; bat you
know the aid song says " Mem makes the hart grow
fonder," and I Ind there it some truth in it. So, darling,
if we ore separated for a little looser, we feel all the
poster plasm* in mooting nein, and you may comfort
panelf with the neurame that, although they my they
Mil yea at home, they do sot look any the worse for it ;
I and. like :sae, they will put • higher value upon you whim
they get you Mk. You do not say that you have bathed
sada, and I dare my you will sot eon: for dole; so, as
thore is en anybody to go with. Is bas been gloriously
bet all the afteroma, and I have Mu wiling I was in
Douglas Bay again with you. It is too bad of the hot
weather to muse this week instead of last. (Laughter.)
Lest eveaisg I west op to see John Medd, but nafortu-
leanly both be sad the Mime were out, and I had my
walk for sothisg. You must not be satoolsbed if you meet
with a crowd of old fame nest week. Harry —, Andrew
Janine, sod Bean, I understand, talk of going over, and
Mrs. Roebuck left for Douglas this morning. Now, my
limey, you. I thick I have all the, sews I can give you,
sad limn you will look upon this mouse as a good fat one,
and that, ere you get thin, there will be another os the
way for this mouser, who has a treeneadous appetite.
(Leaghter.) In the fall faith that Mr. Joe Layoock has not
nen away with your heart, but that it still hal
to the wearer of the locket, that has to be
brought out every now and then as • oosaforter.
bathes me, dear Lizzie, your own faithful, Joint,"
The postmark on the eovelope of that letter was the 14th
August, 1664. Altar that the plaintiff received as invite-
tion from Mrs. Cromwell, a sister of the defendant, to go
and stay with them. That letter would be tendered
evidence, to show that the sugagemeat was known to all the
sad must mossearily have bees approved of. He
(Mr. Temple) believed also mho was invited to go, and
actually did go, to Mr. Wflliam's, • partner of the dem-
dent ; and therefore it was made known to every porter
and arompt all friends that a menet of marriage had
taken piths. There was usually an interchange of pietures,
Of something of that Mod, in these cases, and it would be
shown that the defendant took the plaintiff to an artist
for her portrait to be takes, and carried the picture away
with him, and snot thee hid Married it. The leaned
omelet held it in his land, and mid the jury meld judge
for themselves whether or not It was to he wondered at
that the defendant should have been considerably g-
leaned by bee. (The portrait and • locket ware handed to
the jury.)
Mr. James asked whether there was a doping*?
Mr. Tamen mid the yowl lady herself was the only
duping& (Lanubter.) Thins continued is this way, no
mem whatever beim given by the defeedast to the plain-
tiff. or any of her fried& to suppose that he inteellsii to
break off the match ; and on the 26th of September he
wrote • loges to her brother, reposetiog him to go and
see him. The brother west to see' him, and was Mu
informed that the dsteentat did sot Mend to fulfil
his sometime. brother would be coned as a
Mims. He (the loomed mug) was told the detandmat
resigned no remas, mod• no sawmills sping the young
lady, the And wee set oven alluded le, sad it appeared to
be • met matter of cape's. It wee sot Mil this sellos
was brought, sad the mooed made that the defendant
mode these an the joggling's of his condos&
As far as he ma that was • more devise es the
part of the
le
doteedsa.l/2 meld have to Enke it eist
by the:soot omen after his esedeet, in seder
Mid, the jeep. the MUM did mot saltelsatists the
ehrsse he bed mode, ha taped the jury meld mumbler
the bapallaMen ha hied pet yea the rethed, and nth it
meld operate with these bi deesemining the anmet d
damp they maid gigs the pininilL