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The possibility of reaching the Pule by the Expedition,
17111,1 depend iipin this ciieninstaiite, whether there is at
thr•Pole au OCIIIIII ►u dreg. thai the twat stored up in It
during the six months of r, is sottiennt to prevent
the formation of ice upon it in winter. If ill. re be cacti nu
ocean, the water. of it must greatly expand dining sustain r,
and the law* of the motion 4.f the ear h *mad tend ~, purse
them through the wore ow ►ens br .bonnets sepsraiinr pan
hum Aiuciica, and Spitsbeipti flow Gisenlaiol. If a no-
mad is loom!, it will consequently be of gnat inimatam..•
to ascertain if the great b..dy of it he compainiitely
11, PM j and fur this (impose the deeper psi t 5,4.1 it slionl.l
be 1.7i1 aaaa i a wd, for snow or ice-water may final At the biotite.,
and salt water lw beneath.

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r circa toislimeeF, should be registered.
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or 'lilt STA E THU: ATMOSPIIEVE IN tiltiti
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intrr,..ting to ascertain the relative proportions of osyrene,
azote, um, esrlionic arid in the air, as Cell ns the nature of
the air expeth A from sea Wilier. Ail attparatnaf•ie the aim-
Iyara of air is sent with the Expedition. The tike of it is wis
simple, that a ate,eriptioa of it 16 11111141Vegliaty.
A variety of tables of calculation oe every tie-
peril& (11,4 Call pobaibly be ittitairLd, %sin a plot
of the lustros:tit:Hi%

The extraordinary perfustnance of Mr. iIIATREWS,
et the English Opera-I-louse in the StiAMA, It* eati-
cited the admiration of every our uhoist4.
that theatre. ilia tuld iu the clitimeter '4.1111
old Scotch Gentlewoman, is tile must deleciiilde
treat ever served up to au audience. 'nit [Luse,
OD Saturday night, DNS craaiteil to rXt•e.i.
The Stirrey 'lsheatre centititte• its nt tractiiltif wylil
increasinKeKct. The hurletta of rrickf.ff Trick,
OD Siallrlitly Light, ilfrir,ll*(l 417 yXcellrtatl.ppOo
uity,fur. the display of Mr. Fi I.l.lAbeti and Aim
N. WEstoN's ervitility Lt owe purr.—they
svelte loudly applauded. We Wee alrthrly sudiceil
the Luber perfottitaiieee„. the. scenery of µ high 1,
very splendid. The the Are 'was well tittruded. •

flowerer Forto lie may he at reigned tor het
nest, we think to litsti she has !teen omit coo,toot;
his sales its roomier Lottetiee art costristrill:: I.rwors
to *Melt it uvula seem elle to shoo Ito tottweeih! some 9liii
more sirmly merits of her att4cluorta:-o.* rhr Gist shy of
the tot eesti Lottery be more than a third of rll She 6.
vitaie OW were then dra.rh, and aeon the s.rnn. t v tioaly
leaf, amouget Which AIM the y Priie of 30,0t;14. Melt
elruwu. Thuttulay aqui will be the last ttay, when the ra.
th4l:iiiir 37 Cepuele =oft route forth, nuo,stget which ate
two of 30,0d0/. Ina foimer Lottery that coutamed lhne
Wife. u 110,06111. it will he retto 'Memel that itstit 5.,41
thew' alt, rod that tkicu the Ili at wee that a ins taoujr.l
the st7eut:d .

tAlvelsrAß LENT A.f.§l2E.

Simi the Hoe. Sir JOHN BAY LET, arist, dud
Slieciil Jury. '

•IM•m/.•

IREACH OF PROMISE

oatoth tr. cola et Pier.
Mr. Peat stated, that the Plaintiff in thii case
was Mary Alice Orford, cud the Defendasit. Thos.
butler Cole, Esq. The declaration set forth, that
in consideratioo the PlaiotiW would psalmist to
.marry the Defendant, be; the riefetidant, udder.
took to tar/ the Pleintiff; but ibis' iusttel of sb
4.leinK, he had married gusher wombats. Dr.
fenthnit pivoted the generallesste.
Mr. Theme° *aid he had the honour l• attend
as Connsel for the Plaintiff in fhii cense,- the nature
of which the Jury had -Remit from the statement
sonde by his learned friend, Mr. Perk • gad if he
should feel a difficulty in the opening of -the ramie;
it would arise, he hoped, from no improper or
blameable feeling. He had known the family, of
which the Plaintiff was a part—he had Ititawu it
fruit its iss'ittest youth, and thet knowledge had
continued to this day. Of the Plaintiff he had no
personal knowledge ; but from the accounts given
trim, he had no doubt that she well niiintained the
credit and respectabilifrof thelitesily to which she
belonged. she was • lady of the age of twenty-
mina ; she was the daughter of a person whom Its
had known iii early life—Mr. Orford, 'a surgeon of
Breit respectibility and character, who had lived
mug rani in Warrington : her father was a man
itsexamis7ye and who had besides cousi.
aerobia real and personal property. She was one of
four children.. Id 18 10 her father died. and Isis wi-
. deaf, Mm. Or(ard; who had connectiOn.sin Liverpool,
changed heir Meldence front WarringtOis where she
was bora. and went to live at Liverpool. Soon after
yn intinsaq-comnient ed between the Defendassee
fernilywiat MM. Orford's, fee Mrs. Orford was con-
sieved by marriage with Isis family, she being his mo-
ther's first epeeist. It via therefore natural to sup-
pose that an nitrocluctiOn between these families
would taki illat4..aini that it would increases° as to
become a familiar intercourse. The Defendant, Mr.
Cole, whose who was originally Butler, was the
son of i person of that name living it Liverpool.
The Defendant's fdthei hid been once a person of
fortune, but of later years had only an appointment
in the port of Liverpool. He was what was called
one of the Searchers in the Customs. In eater-
y/trice of Has faihiliarite. intercourse. and visit-
iugt the prestos Plaintiff and Mr. Cole bethime
acquainted. • Ali. Cole bad succeeded to a very
larze fortune by the deith of an uncle. He lied
received an seeeesion of fortune, and the maiisiuu-
house called Kirkland Hall. in the neighbourhood
of G.srataug. The Defendant's mother had the
superintenthince. of his household; and the fami-
liarity between the families having been continued,
Mrs. Butler. in Pebruery, 1817, being then at
Kirkland Half, wrote an invitation to the mother of
she Plaintiff, pressing her and her daughter, of
whom she had a perfect knowledge, to pay her a
visit at Kirklrod Hall, and site accompanied her
request by a btatenient that it was oss the part of
bers.elf and her son. Mrs. Orford had been for
Pisani fowl in a precarious state of health. and he
was sorry to say, 1141 at this day it wan dosibtful
whether die was in existence ; be regretted it the
more, because her testimony would have been ma-
terial for the Plaiutilf. Mrs. Orford had declined

the first invitation on account of the state of her
hroltli—it was renewed, and in March, Mrs. Orford
and her daaghter having received a second and third
invitation, Miss Orford accompanied her mother to
Kirtesnd Hall, where the mother of Mr. Cole was.

She WAS received with more than polite attention—
out!) all. the. sincerity of friendship. Every atten-
lion was paid to her; every possible civility ahem!
leer ; every thing was done to convince the parties
tlwtt tlin visit was not only considered as an oblige-
tion,,bat is a source of greet satisfaction. Mrs.
Butler had long known MissOrfurd and her mother.
She knew, whist nobody could that Miss Or-
ford w.s well educated, - sensible,

deny.
accomplished,
prudent, and, he might add, a lady of considerable
beauty. The Defendant's mother record pleased
at the visit of her two friend., and the Defendant,
Mr. Cole, appeared not lets so. After they had
pissed some days at Kirkland Hall, there could be
On doubt, front the letter he would read, that Mr.
Cole had become, sad that long before this visit, in
lore with this lady; and accordingly, when Mr..
Orford had been one day taking an airing in her
carriage, he availed himself of the opportunity of
disclosing his sentiments to Miss Orford. This
was communicated to both their parents, and was
perfetily satirfactory to both. Miss Orford re-
Insir.ed a fortnight at Kirkland Hall, daring which
nine it was understood by the Defendant's mother
that her eon had been paying Ina addresses to Miss
()aura, and that his addresses so paid had received
the •sanceitrio of. both their parents. There could
br tot doubt cu that subject ; and in the sequel the
Spry would he satisfied that the Defendant's pro-
posals of marriage were with the approbation of his
tither mod -mother? he stated this without fear of
contratlictiou. The Defendant's father, he under-
stood, was Conk, and might, if he pleased, come
forward-and deny the tact on oath. The introdw2-
11011„ therefore, tq that state to which the parties
looked fantod,. was Made with the fall assent of the
parents ofespli. The Plaintiff and her another left
. klatill I.lalf about the Oath of Mirth, and came
hick to their place of residence at Los erpool. Many
1.14). had -not pasied before Miss Orford received
I,om the Dercudant a letter which he would pro-
• rrit to lend. It would be found to contain a full
of all the sulteetlent matter he lied
to the Jury. The letter wait dated Kirkland
11 li, ilarcli 27, 1917, Ind was in these words :
Mc DeAlt MARIP—A sense of duty sad reaped which
I !war fug yule atop it'll, family, NW call. upon roe to ail.
was )tai. in all titan, and in every situation is life. there
h* respect which we owe to ourselves, arid that respect
sill invariably be given to every individual whose character
" "meta wide those virtues which admis the burma
1.'10.1 :Clore you were here I have well weighed the subject
"ilk wools, as wen as every other important puiat, mad
Pb) legal wisiiisis judge it to be more correct, that a min
of a.y,ilaaliuw 'lle life, on the point cif. marrying any lady
l'incmg au turinne. ought never to be c..lled upon to snake
klilemear, bat left to his own honour and generosity. If
""le is mil ativrikm, Ibis can be nu barrier; and pernint
an to ask pm candidly anal openly. cannel you feel perfectly
L 1 >. to loutna mat leave vnnr moth. r sad brothers Tists
l'" importsat pawl—shleh retest:nu I t•nst will be in-
f;"'"*.if 405W0r...1 by you Chen you write. t its
rx-
"nitio tufty that 1 am &Till t at Of the pie,uunc Oi visiting

• • S a.:.'
'Liverpool dui wed;...iiitt hope lo •have mine* ithic will
Amebae to lee the Md ittatiseesits of your heart 'opus. these
weighty settfikek riling aloof with air meeker 'oar. re-
=to rum amebae tied twetbere sad belie.. me to sf
will the fighoet esteem, yours, very alwaerely,
" T. COLL"
• •
tie understood an answer was written by the lady
to this letter of.the Defendant, and lie called upon
his Learned brie set to give him the answer to that
letter. His Learned Friend, it seemed, did not
attend to his call; but the meow's, was to he with-
held till he made it matter of proof, and cos.
sequesitly till he could have no opportunity of mak.
tag • single comment upon it. This was Mr.
Cole all over—/webs eb ireepto. It was • letter
which would du liqueur to the writer of it ; sod
sure Ise was, that nothing but the fear of its making
that impreseiou • ou tho minds of the Jury. which
the gigantic talents of, his Learned Friend would
not be able to.remove, induced hint to withhold it;
What the contents of the answer were the Jury
must wait to learu, till it was the pleasure of the
Defendant's Counsel that. it should be regularly
pioved. They would, however, daring some pert
of the cause hear it read. and they would atten-
tively listen to every word of it—it would speak
volumes. It was written its leognage. the effect of
which he would not attempt to describe. The only
anise that he could @Wipes fee the non-production
of the lettermes, that hie Learned Friend was afraid
the observations he might snake upon it would sink
deep in the hearts et these to whom be was address-
leg himself. However. hereafter they would have
the letter, and it would speak for itself. Mr.
Cole, shortly alter this, paid a visit to the town of
Liverpool, and upon hie arrival, immediately coin.
nieuced Isis visit to the object of hie. affections.
From the letter he bed already reed, the Jury
would naturally infer the terms upon which he was
likely to be received. , He was received by the
mother, brother. and by the lady herself, as her
future and iosteaded husband—.it was perfectly
known to all their acquaintance that he was attend-
ing in thus character. The arrangement of wed.
disskdresses, the new liveries for the renews, and
all the necessary appendages fur the mirriage of •
lady with a person of the Defendant's fortune. were
submitted to the family. It was generally under•
stood that his proposal of marriage was to be carried
into effect immediately. and that he was, without
delay. to become the legal protector and husband
of Miss Orford. lie would read two or three notes
that passed during the period the Defendant was
iu the town of Liverpool. They were to this
effect:—
" MT DEAR MAllllSidg.dblided to go to Upton Hall
to-morrow, 1 causal bear to take my departure without tak-
is; leave of you, at least by letter. I have to beg that you
will make yourself perfectly 'misled opus every *abject,
sod nothing shall ever be wasting on my part that will add
to your comfort and peace of mind."
• Another wss—

" gIY Dian blentw-.Owing to my kiwis' here fir Child-
well au soon as two o'clock, I hope you will encase seeing
ale till the tweeting. I will get to yod as sums as I possibly
cu.—behest., yours, very affeetioestely,
" THOS. B. COLE"
He left Liverpool the 22d or the it.3cl, after hav-
ing paid this visit, and reenuioed a fortnight, during
which fortnight his attentions were unceasing and
unremitting. When he left Liverpool, he wee ac-
rompaule‘ by Mr. Orford, the brother of the lady.
Every thing had pasted which led the _brother to
believe the Defeuddut would soon be his brother..
in-law. They went together to Kirkland Hall,
and passed some time there. Upon this occasion,
the Defendant took an opportunity of displaying
his wealth. He took him to Blackpool. The
brother staid till the beg' g of May, and when
he went away he was the bearer of the following
letter to his sister :
" MT PCAltear Love—l must apologise fee not writing
to you sooner; but to be hownt"—(Wbet did Shakspeare
say on that subject ? *To be heecat, melees wend pee, is
to he one mss peeked snit of a Shammed •••• The Joey would
*at led Me. Cole to have been that thee)-." but to be honest,
which is always the most correct way of proceedier."—(He
viondemel he did not f.H.w his owe manias—it had bees
said he was a good devise, who followed his owe tannic-
noes.)--" I have bees much eagegeal few three kit few days;
I took year brother yeeterday to Cote, and le-day to Black-
pool. This next week 1 shall be mode else/aged with regard
to a purchase I have is view user this same. About this
day week I purpose leaving this place for Chester, nod ex-
tremely sorry 1 ass that I email go by Liverpool; bet yin
below the great objection I have to crowing the river."--
(This gentlesetie, it seemed, had a grostekjeetiosi to amain
the river; but perhaps he had so occasion fur fear, for
there wee as old proverb as that subjeet.)-•-• Teneserrow
Mrs. Illydieg sad her Amity leave here fit Liverpool, se we
shall he quitealoor. Sieeerely do I wish we hod you memenest
as ' • the regard I sure ler yne is of the highest siocerity,
couisincluil with the grantee' liessesses."..4llle, tittle do mew
Whew of themselves!;-.." limey hope ihmegh Ilk you will
And see a seemly soil a warns frieed-wemee that will exert
every serve fur your nesofert sod peactiof mind-may happi-
DM is to see you happy.
" 1 should like you to get every article of dress you
hare to procure of a seen costly oalare, yet bassdasult and
eliment--every thing that will become the mistress of Kirk-
land. From these remarks do not ienagiee that I wish you to
get hold of extravagant ideas—so such thing. I like pru-
dence MINI economy, sod rommielimeet is the reigning
fashion of the day. I Iron you hove been ridisg oat fur these
heat days; it would he beneficial to your health. Don't
imagist because yen are absent I do eel think of you-.-be-
here me you are always uppermost is 'ley thoughts. 1 sup-
pose you are fast prepense for wieniage. I forget to ask
you when is Liverpool, Whether you bad heard of a likely
woman to suit you in the capacity of lady's maid ? The was.
ther ie delightfully ane, but rain is erseted,much. I fear
next week we shall have it in torrents. I sea glad to tell
you all my horses see early recovered,- cad I thick Isabela
a week I shall commence rousing them.
" Yours, very affectionately.
"T. B. COLE."
Very non liter this letter it wee followed up by
another, dated the gd of ',thy,. iu the following
" MY oast hI•liT•4 received. year affectionate letter,
sad was truly happy to had you ware so well. .lasetetßately
after your brother left tltisplaCe.l souk • ride to view Notch,
Hall property, and, iu the set of leaping over a hedge. I
sprained ley 'ankle rather badly. In eneeeemenee of it I Mare
been evelleed to the hoemotasa, to aired the joke, have bees
neemeitmeg to sieboill to be carriell.up stain NI • their at
sight, sod dews I. the moraine. 1 expect to be quite well
in the eeurve of two or, tares slays. 'This day al r.-Doecael
has been to Kirkland; heolllived Br. BailylB,oooi. but it
wee refused, sad we have yes ear meek to ukelele ores it,
He leas dropped the 10,0001. mad I lanced to give lam his
price,3loooi. We capers Nes. Clarke, of Chiklwelt, here
unit wrek,sed I bare to regent a favour, that you will give
us the pleasure of your eienapasey hers seat Tuesday, oda of
May : the cerriage shall meet you at Prestuu. I should like
you much to know my swot, mid I molest each nootherop.
portemity. You cau stay here eight or teu.elsys, old if, in
the MOM time, you premier the amid you neentmeed in
your letter of yesterday, you had better hrteg her with you,
hod we eau iminedentely det.cover *bettor she will sooner or
slot. Mrs. Crumbieholine is rely seriously ill; she may go
Litt hey bout i this eff..tr slum' sill of course nreVeut Use at-

goodie; dotter races. tisrieg to Ais, no person will attend
frees this loose' hot my bead
.greet u, ty whom 4 will give
permission. 11111 thank you to &hut the will or wills with
yew; every vie thet contraltos sly thirty in them relative to
yourself; Amy paper or doessairat that will interest pus now
or homology. 1 most see them, meet course I shall make my
will amordiagly. . Every care will be takes of those papers,
which are of so great importance. I hope you ilos't think
it necessary ter me to observe, that on my pert the greatest
seems, will be observe& I presume put have been viewing
Mr. Heethrete's forwitorei my mole Henry seat nis • este-
logic, and 1 suppose sew of the thing' most he eery 'mod.
some. (shall be very, glad to see you, for lions to have every
thing settled. My !semi is with you, sod mly you ever re-
ceive from me the tenderest and warmest affection ! I sal
staid of being too Isle for post : excuse all mistakes; have
wet time to look it over ; verities in :a great hurry : love to
all. " Yours vary alfectionately,
"T. U. COLE"
To this letter an answer woe written, but for that
answer. the Jury must emit till it should be the plea-
sure of Isis Learned Friend to produce it. Bat ho
would state the substance of the letter. It would
be observed, that the invitation to come to Kirk-
land was not addressed to her mother, but to her-
self alone. The lady, with a degree of delicycv
which did her lioeteuraitsid Itheesed the goodness of
every pert of her conduct, suggested to Inns, as an
excuse, that she had a variety of things to attend
to. The invitation, on the part of the liefendant,
was accordingly renewed, and another letter was
writteu again, pressing her attesidencr et Kirkland
Hall. The letter was to this effect :
..
" Iht Dian tall morning received your letter,
and for away reamer I boaselly worms I am extremely
sorry that you appear to hove • variety of unavoidable tea-
sers. at Ibis time to slimed to, which no one cam execute
but yourself. With regard to your dresses, and pulse. wear-
ing apparel. these things; I presume, are nut to be exrcetedt
by yourself, bet by such persons as are termed milliners
rued dress-makers; and when mice they have prorated a
pattern, little mere le remitted. lint put this argument
aside, ;ad eopessoe the AM lady of Ilse land was us the eve
of marriage, lha milliners mast wait foe the lady. and oat
the lady fur the milker's. Any other weighty coecerus I
eat at • lons to know what they ea. be. However, I must
wow torn on a meet doles! subject : Mrs. Crentlikbohne is
ow
dreadfully 111. that abs may now from the tunof her
complaint, live to see through a work or two, or may die amyl
day. The peat Whinny which subsisted between lire sod
my mirk calls uponste to diew every propriety of conduct,
and every respect is due to so valuable a worms. It has
heels desired by Mrs. Crumblehulase Isereelftbat I should re-
main bete—aand, as the head of the family, it Is only correct
slot I Mould pry her sonstaat atiestiosi ; indeed, it woold
be aufteling and indelicate if I did not. I hod a wish, ea
many accounts, that you would have been introdoced to my
emit; she is the bead of the family, therefore respect and
etiquette is due to bee. By the request of my mother, I
ewe more repeat our imitations. asserts' you bow dellehted'
and happy we should be to see yes, trusting Mat la, huve-
aess which you have to execute may either be flows by proxy
or on your roam. If you will do ua the hoover of paying
tis • irkit, we shall he most happy to receive you to a four
o'clock dingier as Friday next. I have parelsased ?latch,
Hall, mid given 30,00 W."

The bargain for the pnrcl►ase of th►e estate had
been concluded, but the tontraet for the marriage
had never been carried into effect. He took it for
granted Miss Orford returned an answer to this let-
ter. The next letter was dated the Bth of May,
and began—
" MY DIMWIT Lows"—(the lover had got a little warmer
in his ex pressions)--" l Ibis morning received yoaraffeet haste
letter. I have now gives yon. two invitatime, neither of
which you have accepted, either from the remelts of the
world, or some other thing. I think it right to my, that,
owing to a circumstance, Mn. Clarke will not be here at the
time appointed; add I think it right also to say, that I ens
getting pretty well. and can ride, and can get about a little;
bet, however, I will leave it to your owe jade:arm mid dis-
cretion whether yon will yet come or not. My mother hies
enemy, that she will be very happy to me yon sad Mrs. Or-
ford here, any of these days you may please to appoint ; if
you will come, I shall certainly say the earlier the day the
better."

The letter concluded with saying that he was
affectiowstely hers.
lu consequetice of this invitation, Miss and Mrs.
Orford went to Kirkland Hall, where they were re-
ceived as before, and treated with every possible
degree of kindness. She was received by the De.
fondant as his intended wife, and by his mother as
her future daughter-in-law. They remained there
till the 46th May, every thing being then consider-
ed as approaching rapidly to the consummation,
that had been looked to fur some time. Mr. Or-
ford, the brother, had been informed of die deco-
menta having been submitted to the Defendant's
Solicitor, and that gentleursti, with the affection of
a brother, expressed his readiness to concur in soy
act that could give immediate possession of the pro-
perty to which his sister was entitled. Miss Orford
and her mother reached Liverpool about the 4Sili
May, and the neat letter they received was dated
the let of June, and was as follows:
• lihr DIA* Moog—You wig, I have No doubt, think ate
very hong is writing to yea; but believe me, I have been
much engaged. Tbe oaf rename hominess existing between
say uncle, Alexander sutler, and his wife, is out yet settled:
of course, you must be well assured such an affair like this
Is of no small consequesce and mast require some time be-
fore it ran be gaimhed i the satiefaction of all parties. Un-
pleasant us this boobies, is, I sat Necessitated to go to Burt-
limns again on Tuesday morning, aid fur my part, I wish
to goodness the whole thing was settled. The MISINIKIII
have complete.] this affair, depend apes it you will see me,
for I lung for the pleasure of your company. You mast *s-
eam the brevity of this lesser, as I have ally Ouse swarms
for dieser, and bare musipsity to-day. All here beg stogie
heat regards. " T. B. COLL"

Would the Jury believe that this wee the lest
letter this ardent lover had ever written to the ob.
ject of his affections ? Would it be credited, that
he had immediately afterwards altogether with-
drawn himself from the family, that he hod dosed
his correspondence with this letter, and had nevei
subsequently written a single line, er ever- beeu
seen by this lady ur her friends ? He sow the Jury
express their astoisislimeut. Of what materials
could such a man es the Defendant have been
moulded ? How could he, so late as the j6thl of
May, have stated to this lady that she was the dearest
object of his affections, and the mistress of Kirkland
Hall, m►d then have closed his correspondence by
that cold, unfeeling, and unmannerly epistle he
had just read? It was natural to suppose, that
the diltress of this family would be excessive.—
The handy knew not what bed become of the man
who had professed himself her lover : she had writ-
lieu a letter to him, which he called upon hiri Leares.
ed Friend to produce. Nothing afterwards •was
heard of hits, till the event which cuucluded the IJU -
sines,. On the goth of August, to the astuisish- '
nselst of the leanly, end inure porticolary of the
ledy, it was publicly tionontwed, that tins gentle-
Irian had entered into ilip marriage state wish a lady
of whom lie should soy nothing further, than that
she was the daughter of Mr. Grienstiew, tio tutor-
hey of Preston. Such were the circumstances of
the present case, and hi thought they presented a

very eetramelinary one. That the Defendant
• promised hla client marriage, was a proposition to
which he, weed hardly ask his Lordifiip'e siesent ; it
was• eq9ally clear that she had consented to be-
co'uir,htr wife.
Mlle bed, however, . &eeried her,
after having left her the list stionamene of his atrec-
tiuus—the
.letter, s$ the Ist of June, which me.
tairred, no news/ that could justify his.desertion :
on tlie vastest!, it wait a letter expreeeive of the
Happiness he expected on • Ins iistersiled (mitre with
with her. 'Ole Defeurlant. eels now married to an..
other. lady. and consequently he rendered it impos-
sible to keep the promise. lie had so repeatedly and
sacredly made IQ the• Plaintiff. •To ..use the words
of the poet, to which he lied before alluded, he
hail done • , I
. .
" deed witiett:Ceurn the body of the contract had pluck')
the very wul, 1
And made sweet retigiou a rhapsody or words." .
The question left. for the Jury to decide. wise,
what reparation, should be made, to the Pluisaiti iu
damages, for theiejtery she had received ? Would
he hid the tongue of an anpeds that he might ex-
press in adequate wine his feelings of the insult
conveyed by the siiiinatily and ungenerous conduct
or the Derendam ! fie was inadequate to the task;
but he was erosible lie was addressing himself to
men who carried the feelings of tumuli teiture its
their bonitos. What was the ease ? Here is a young
lady addressed by the Defendant with a view to
marriage, mid, acceding to his suit, she bad every
reason to believe that she should be his wife. She
had received a letter so late as the mouth of Jane,
giving her no remora to thick he lied reiterated of
the promise lie lied wide, or that lie had heard any
thing improper hi iser conduct, which should have
induced blur to desert her. What was the condi-
tion of a Cowan 10 deserted ? lie could nut describe
it—be was a can—he could not express the
poignancy of female feelings ; lint to a man and
a father, he hoped he could feel for one of a date.
rent sex. Fie was addressing himself to those who
knew the delicacy arid fineness of the feelings of
• female. This lady had been deserted by the man
who had vowed he would be her protector through
life, and who had made her believe that his hap.
pines. was connected with hers —that he war *oust-
ed by no other wish than to be her lawful protec-
tor and guardian. lie had deserted her. Had he
given any reason for his conduct ? No, he could
give noise. What was the consequence to the Plain-
tiff? She was known to the world to have been the
plighted lady.of this gentles:me How would she
be affected by the °pianos' of a censorious world,
who only knew the fact that she had been rejected,
but did not know the cense, and therefore who were
at liberty to speak any thing their iinaginatiosis sug-
gested ? What war her conditiou ? She lied been
muds. by the csuiduct of the Defendant, an object
for the moviug finger of scorn to point at. She
had beets rejek tett by a gentleman of high conei-
deratiors and arroperty in the country, and nobody
knew why. What must be her ferlinge ? She must
(war through life a wounded spirit. It had been
said dist the spirit of man would sustain infirmi-
ties; but it had. been also said, a wounded spirit
who cap hear ?" vet this his client must bear, and
through the rest of her life. Would it not .becosee
notorious that she had been the object of one ru-
Oman's attention, that site had been onithepoint
of marriage?—and would net. any mall rinse before
he paid his addresses to such a woman ? lie might
say she was tovely,serisible, uccomplished, prudent,
beautiful—every thing nem could desire ; but she
had lied a prior atteclioneid to rowdier, and that he
had deserted lier. Who could tell that the tie
movements of the female heart, which hid peuluced
her affection toward. the man who was slighting her
love, might nut still actuate her breast I—who
could tellsebat even time could extinguish the pore
flame, which ire some Gentile minds wss unextiii-
guishable ? Would riot a nuts payee before he paid
his addrceses to a woman placed in the situation in
which Miss Orford was placed by the conduct of
the Defendant ? Vl'hat would the Jury think of a
man who could close a correspondence Vucli as he
had stated, with this cold and marble letter of the
first of June, and leave her from that day to the
present wholly unnoticed He was aware that if
any 1111111 could make au apology for the misconduct
of *atelier, such apology would be made by his
Leering! Friend ; but lie believes' ii would bee talk
to which he would apply his gigantic talents in
vain. He ought as well attempt to remove moun-
tains as to remove the impression which intuit have
been made by his client's dishonourable conduct.
He 'imposed kite's would be lead that proved
misconduct on the part of the Pliantiff.—
He understood the father and mother of the Detre.
dant were both in Court, and he called On his
Learned Friend to lay before the Jury evidence that
the contract of marriage had not the sanction of
both the Defendant's, parents: if it had, where was
the impropriety of it ? Was there any thing in the
respectability of the family of the lady that 'node any
disparity between, the parties The family of his
Client was equally respectable with that or the De-
fendant. True it was, the Defendant had had the
_accidental acquirement of fortune ; his wealth was
not ()bloomed by any act of his own ; hut unexpected
wealth had beets poured into his lap, and his con-
duct @hewed how very undeserving he was of the
favours of fortune. But did his accession of fortune
form any excuse for breaking n contract with a
lovely woman ? But it would be aid by Isis Learn.
ed Friend, there Was a disparity in years between
these eiarties; this lade, it seemed, wait six or seven
years older than the Defendant. Was, that an im-
proper disparity of years? But even if it was,
what erg umerit could lie deduced from that circum-
stance ?
.The Defendant lied made his selection of
the lady; perfectly consciousof her age. Had he made
his choice unadvised or untwisted ? lie could make
the Defeudaid's father confess tint which he would
himself state without fear of contradietiOn, that the
disparity of years can form rio excuee; for it was a
coutract with re full knowledge of the lady's age,
slid was tinseled with the roosted of the parents.
He desired the Jury to look it the letters, and see
if there was any thing of the. we,,knesi cud imbe-
cility of aline, übseryable in them. The letters
were full of matter, lionouratle to the hi ad, bet
must disgraCeful and dishonourable to the heart..
The let:ers would be, in the course of the Caere,
more distinctly read ; they would spew flit Jury
that there was nu defect of iutirllect on the part Odle.,
Defend:tut-110 111.134.614 of mind—no wesksiess•
of understanding ; but that lie wanted that, without
which man was the meanest reetle that crept off ttie