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him at the bun ? " l dolt% know that I do. exactly." was
his nosy' er. Ills own remarkable expressions were then
repeated to him; but be only said, " I do not know if It was
exactly that." After some time he beg.ied Mr King to go
to hi♦ mother at Uley. and to tell her be would never lease
his daughter. Mr. King aceoislingly wetit ; and it a:l* 10 he
feared that this was only an expedient to pi ocure his aboillee;
for ,Mier he was gone Mr. Chance was overheard &meowing
his letters of the scarcely conscious woman, and threatening
to break open every lock in the house if they acre ❑sit giseit
to liim. Mr. King returned, after seeing the defemlatit's
mother, now informed Mr. Chance that she hail refused to
hear hills ui the subject. us her son had formed a connexion
with smother lady. Shortly after Slue ileft.nditat left the
house, and returned no inure. la a few days he wrote
mite in the coldest terms, again sleina mho.; his triceps, oast
oft ring to retui is those u! the plaint ss loch ;se repre.cnied
as disinterested conduct, best cal ulatill to sec:ore their
mutual hap pin. is. On the gilt of March, IS2I. his mother
died, and a ith her ceased sill obstacle. of his onion with Miss
King, for he ...one into the possession of a considetable tor.
lune. lie ewer, however, redeem. d his pledgmi, so ofwn
and so solemnly repeated; but sin the lik; of Jruiriry 1„.;
put it for ever out of his ;tosser to do site !Wilma justice,
by wit rying Mils Maria livens. No attempt woulil be now
made no cast a Rhode over the character of the phontit—he
knew better the delicacy of Mr. Pollees mind; but of this
he was sore, that if sill her stumps( were sabjected to lite
severe•t scrutiny. nod all her letteis exposed to the world,
notithig a sold be found which, in the words of the defendant.
a could raise a Mush on the most inaocent cheek." In este.
mating the amount of the datin4;es, these acre many cu..
cultist:times which they Mould consider. They a uuld ee-
member the age of the part es t the defendant of mature
years unit compel, nt to deckle for lit mscLit the p!a;olill at
that period of life a hen a protracted courtship, followed by
desertion was an irretrievable injury. Those six long years
o' deferred hope, could never be compensated in this world.
This beauty which charmed the defendant hail faded ; grief
had forertalled the ravages of time; for, from that suriment
alien he dared to request her consent to an 001101) union with
another, her health had been slued y broken. Those eyes
which he bail described in the of poetry as of
" heaven's cacti 11,15" w ere dimmed with aerpit.g ; and that
heart which had beaten wily a ith lose fur Win, was ea.
hausted for ever. If be did her the justice to ilemare shot
there was no other stain on her honour, calumny would Kill
be busy, nod insinuiste twit after so lung a cowienion, b he
was not forsakes' without cause. Who sound desire to
marry one aho bad so long lavished her affections, though
innocently, on another I The touch of love was exhausted.
and there atm no Promethcon heat by a hich it could be
rekindled. Situ had anticipated an elevation in rank ;la
participation in the enjoyments which the fortune of her
Inver could supply; the plenstire if ass alliartee ait h n gen-
tleman of ■ profession whose gallantry and honour justly
gave it• members peculiar fascinations in the eyes of the
fair. For the loss of those—for au almost broken heart—
for ruined health--far a frame brought to she verso of the
grave, they would *lie the wily balm *Dims their power to
apply —in those aniple damages which justice required at
their hands.

John king, the father of ►he plaintiff, was then sworn,
and examine dby Mr. Taunton. He stated the conversa-
tion between .he defendant and himself at the beginning
of the connexiosi, and the interview in which it was
or, precisely as they were described by Mr. Jervis.
His daughter was, lie said, in large business as a dress.
maker, when Mr. Chance first paid his addresses t hat
since he had forsaken her, she was incapable of attending
to any thing, and her business had therefure decimal.
She was so altered as to he unlike the person she Once
vras.---(The witness was so much affected while giving
his evidence, that he was at tittles almost unable to pro-
ceed.)
Ails' Jane Woodward, who was apprenticed to the
plaintiff ton months bet4e the connexion was broken rid;
corroborated her father as to her eonditi tttt at the last visit
of the defendant, and tier subsequent illness. She had
slept with her since, and knew that she scarcely obtained
any repose.
Eleanor Harris, the maid servant, overheard Mr. Chance
eller Mr. King had guile to his mother, demanding his
letters, and threatening to break open every door sail
lock in the house it they were out given to him. He said
he would ask the servant for them. Miss King replied it
would be useless, for she did not know where they were
kept ; and if she did, she would not give them up to him.
Mies King was in tied all the next day.
,and had never
been well since. Mr. Chance was in the habit of visiting
and walking out with her up to that evening.
'1 he kite's of the defendant were Unit proved and
read : Ihuugh nut w, t .writ souse vet no vacancies, nu"' were
feelingly and elegant written. The death of his mother
in March, 1,621, and lini marriage with Miss £54115, WeSki
admitted.

Mr. Morgan deposed, that he rented the patrimonial
estate of the defendant at aI.PI. a year.
On his cross-examinatson by Mr. Campbell, lie stated
that Mr. Chance wan originally a clothier, but had failed
in huNine!.., and bad afterwards served as a lieutenant In
the South Glourestersithe Militia, After the peace, lie
wee cutirely dependent ou his mother fur support, and
was now far front affluent.
Air. Puller then addressed the Jury in mitigation of
damages. He urged that the connexion ought never to
have subsisted: that the father ought to have continual-
caned it to the relatives of the detendant ; that the plaintiff
had tort little in a mat riage which would bare int.orliteeil
her into a family who would have treated her for life wills
anger and hitter *coin; and that the issue was only that
which might have been anticipated as the residt of a con-
nexion which could only he completed when a mother
was laid in her grave. lie may authorised by his client
must unequivocally to declare, that the conduct of the
plaintiff aas above all reps ouch, and that if any calumny
ad assailed her, it was totally gtetindless. This. he
thought, would be a better balm to tier a minded feelings
'11:111 those dantag:s %Melt she, or rather her friends,
bought to ',cover The del•endant was now far fruits rich,
and large damages would cause his ruin.
_

Mr.Haron Darrow recapitulated the chief circumstances
of the case to the Jury. It hail been said, he observed,
that this connexion ought not to have subsisted. If the
plaintiff had been au at tful woman, older than the defen-
dant, who had taken advantage of his ardour and inexpe-
rience to entrap him into au engagement, this would bo.
true ; but such was not the ease before them. His duet
otlence, and it was no light one, consisted iu his C0111i1111•
hog to pretend affection to the plaintiff, when lie was
actually paying his adds espes to another woman. lie had
found tier in the bloom of life, buil iu ciiruenstances of
health 'tad comfort ; and had hit las eltaitescd, lotto's*