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London, England, 1852-03-09 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1852

gainer by this transaction. For, simultaneously with
this decree, and forming part ef one of its stipulated pro-
visions, the Bank has consented to reduce the rate of
interest to three per cent., at a time when nvither the
price of the public securities nor the ordinary rate of
commercial discount in France appears to warrant such
a reduction. It has never been customary for the
Bank of France to vary and adapt its rate of discount
to the money-market as frequently as is done by the
Bank of England. Still less has it been usual to make
so large a reduction as 1 per cent. at one blow. Such a
measure is obviously dictated by the political conve-
nience of the Government much more than by the com-
mercial interests of the Bank or the positive demands
of the public. It is true that the accumulation of specie
in the cellars of the Bank of France has reached an un-
precedented amount, and that if the abundance of money
alone determined the rate of discounts some reduction
might reasonably bo made. But the price of
money is equally affected by another cause, namely, the
want of commercial confidence. Monby is deposited in
banks most abundantly when men are most afraid to
employ
it
else accumulationewhere indisposes prudent men to
; and the very same cause which
promotes th •
emselves of it. It is the want of confidence more
• former rate of discount which has suspended
commercial transactions in France, and the attempt to
force a supply of money on the market by lowering the
price it will tend rather to promote loose speculation than
well-considered business. The private advances of the Bank
of made, according to its regulations, upon the
"third signature"
to the bills it accepts. These third
signatures, way of endorsement, are the securities to
which the Bank chiefly
y looks, and they are given by the
sc
houses of Paris to their own customers, taking
adjcolulat
commission sai by
on to cover the risk. If the rate of discount
be lowered at the Bank, it by no means follows that
more first-class bills will be discounted by that institu-
tion; but more bills will be presented at the discount
houses, and if they are of a doubtful character the pro-
fit on them will be raised, so that the reduction of in-
terest will go into the pocket of the intermediate agent,
who gives the third signature.
The only correct test of the proper rate of interest on
the discounts of a national bank is the price of the public
funds and the common rate of private discount. With
the Five per Cents. in Paris at 106, and the common rate
of discount at 4 or 3i, we can only regard the sudden
lowering of the rate of interest from 4 to 3 by the Bank
of France as an arbitrary attempt on the part of the
Government to lower the value of money to an
artificial standard, and to evade the natural laws of
trade- It would obviously be a more advantageous mea-
sure o, in the
part of the Bank to invest its superabundant
capital the purchase of Three per Cent. Renter at 70,
than to discount paper and to extend its advances to the
State at 3 per cent. at par, and we are at a loss to un-
derstand h
, -ow the Bank can lend money at 3 per cent.
which may now be invested in the public funds at a little
below 5,

This
part of the agreekent is not, however, its greatest
or its most irremediable innovation. A wider departure
from sound principles and from the existing regulations
of the Bank of France is the proposal to enable that in-
stitution to make advances on railroad securities, as it
has hitherto done on funded securities and first-class
private bills only. We know, by the experience of this
country that railroad property—even of the best
kind
—partakes to an alarming extent of all the
variations of commercial enterprises and speculations.
The same motives that deter a national banking estab-
lishment, on which, as in France, the public credit and
the private transactions of the nation may be said to
depend,
from embarking in industrial speculations, have
hitherto opposed all advances on such securities; and,
even in this country, they have only been admitted
under Strict limitations. The object of the Govern-
ment in encouraging the Bank of France to assist these
speculations is to promote the construction of the
principal lines of railway, and to facilitate the transac-
tions of the railway market. But that object is un-
doubtedly one of secondary importance in comparison
with the interests the Bank has constantly to protect,
especially in a country like France, where no man can
say that three mouths will not witness some political and
financial crisis. At such a moment, if the available re-
sources of the Bank are sunk in deferred loans to the
State, or lent out on railway securities, that may become
unsaleable at any price, it is evident that a suspen-
sion of cash payments might again be the result ;
and the effort to give an artificial impulse to trade would
recoil on the establishment at the cost of which it is
made. The only solid foundation on which the commer-
cial interests of France can be restored to healthy acti-
vity is that confidence which is far more deficient than
capital; and confidence can only spring from reliance
on the good sense and moderation of the Govern-
ment. It is destroyed by a series of fantastic and
capricious decrees anticipating the duties of the
Legislature, some of which have already. attacked
the rights of property, while others threaten to overturn
the first principles of taxation. To facilitate the advance
of money at low interest, with no corresponding increase
of confidence and security, is merely to encourage men
to gamble and to speculate; and measures which might
be laudable in a highly flourishing state of society be-
come questionable when they are employed to disguise
the stagnation of trade, or to compensate the losses
caused by a recent revolution.— Times.

THE ENGLISH ABROAD.—The following is an
extract of a letter from a British resident at Leghorn, dated
Feb. 20, 1852 :—" They are talking of making all the British
take out permissions from the police every six months, and
some every three months, to remain here, and every time
the permission is renewed there is about ss. 6d. to pay, and
every one of a family to have a separate one, which would
come to be a considerable tax. Their object is twofold—
First, to raise money to support the Austrians ; and, second,
to have it in their power to send any away when their leave
is out. The old merehants who have been born and lived
always here aro quite indignant at this. There was a public
meeting at the Consulate to-day about it."

STRIKE OF WORXISEN.—The Newry Examiner
states that the operative stonecutters and masons employed
on the works of the viaduct over the Boyne have struck for
an advance of wages.

EXTENSION OF RAILWAY TELEGRAPHS.—The tele-
graph is now nearly completed over the route of the Great
Northern Railway, from London to Lincoln and Hull. It is
also being constructed by the Electric Telegraph Company,
who have about 1,000 men daily at work, on the Lancaster
and Carlisle, Maryport and Carlisle, and along the western
coasts; also on the Shrewsbury and Chester, and Shrews-
bury and Hereford Railways,

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Mardi 8.
THROWING STONES AT A RAILWAY TRAIN.—John
Whitnell, 12, and William Hay, 13, were indicted for
feloniously and maliciously throwing and casting stones
upon a railway carriage, used on the London and North-
Western Railway, with intent to endanger the safety of
Charles Skelton and others, then being passengers in
such.

No counsel appeared to prosecute, and the prisoners—
two young rustics—were not defended.
Charles Skelton deposed that he was a guard on the
London and North-Western Railway, and resided et
Oxford. In consequence of a stone having been thrown
at, and a window broken in a carriage, in a train of
which he was guard, between Sudbury and Harrow, on
Tuesday, the 24th of February, he kept a sharp look-
out when lie passed the spot on the following day, and
be saw the prisoners in a field adjoining the line. As
the train passed they each threw a stone at the car-
riages; one stone struck the carriage and bounded off;
the other would certainly have hit him on the head, had
he not "ducked" his head under the covered part of the
van. He went on with the train to Tring, where he
left it and went back by an up train to the field, where
ho found the prisoners just about to leave, and when
they saw him they took to their heels. He followed
them for a mile end a half, when he captured and gave
them into custody. It was Whitnell who threw the
stone that would have hit him if he had not stooped his
head.

Sergeant Cooper, 6 T division, said when the pri-
soners were brought to the station at Harrow, Whitnell
told him that he had thrown a stone, but the train had
gone past, and Hay said, " We were only throwing at
the telegraph wires."
When called on for their defence, Whitnell said they
had been pelting at birds on the line, and Hay that they
had been heaving stones at the electric telegraph.
The jury found the prisoners Guilty.
The ASSISTANT•JUDCE said it would not do to let
these young rogues go without a punishment which
would deter other boys from doing similar things. He
thought a good flogging in
of good. prison would do them a deal

Mr. Maude, the deputy clerk of the peace,
that the Act of Parliament under which the pointed out
indictment
was framed gave no
Boner to be flogged.
Mr. Beresford, the superintendent of the North.
Western police, said the company had no desire to press
the charge againstpower to the Court to order a pri-
these two boys; but as it was continu-
ally occurring that stones were thrown down the line,
they thought it necessary that these mischievous boys
should be taught
at-
tended with punishment.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he was sorry the Act of
that such proceedings would be
Parliament did not give him the power to sentence them
to be flogged, but most certainly, if they were men, the
Court would have sentenced them to hard labour for two
years. The most serious consequences might have re-
sulted from such misconduct; but, as a lenient sentence
would show them and others that they could be punished
for it, a lenient one would be passed; but if the throw-
the ordinary sense,
throw-
in were repeated, and the parties caught, they would
be punished most severely. The Act of Parliament
made this a felony, but the prisoners were not felons in
and he should therefore direct that
they should not be associated with thieves in prison.
He then sentenced them each to one month's impri-
sonment.
The prisoners were removed blubbering lustily.
Mary Anne Vaughan, 10, Sarah Pritchard, 23, and
George Holmes. 27, were indicted, the two former for
stealing, and the latter for receiving an immense quan-
tity of linen, &c., the property of George Roustun.
The prisoners were each sentenced to six months' hard
labour.

upon her entering the lower passage witness seized and
held her until some one cam° to her assistance. It was
than discovered thqt the timepiece, see:,
a few minutes before safe on the drawing-roum mantel-
piece, was on the stairs.
Mr. ARNOLD inquired whether witness knew anything
of the prisoner? The servant replied that she was a
total stranger to her.

„
A policeman proved that the accused was under the
influence of liquor when he took her into custody.
In reply to Mr. Arnold's inquiry, the policeman :said
she could walk and talk well at the time, notwith-
standing the liquor she had taken, and totally denied the
charge.
Mr. ARNOLD inquired whether the police knew any-
thing of the accused ?—Sergeant Ceapling replied that
she was a charwoman, living in the neighbourhood.
The worthy magistrate, who has been very unwell for
some time past, but is now sufficiently recovered to re-
sume his sittings, remanded the prisoner for a weak, in
order that some inquiries might be made about her.
CLERKEN WELL.

Yesterday Edward George, arespeotably-dressed
young man, was charged by Mr. Richard Dickenson,
fruiterer, &c., of Brewer-street, Clerkenwell, with being
in his house with the intention to commit felony, having
a crow-bar in his possession, and violently assaulting
him, under the following circumstances

The prosecutor deposed that of Sunday evening, at
six o'clock, he left his house, after carefully closing the
street-door. On his return home, at eight o'clock, he
found the door had been broken open, and the prisoner
was in the parlour. He ran at witness and struck him
with some heavy instrument, which subsequently proved
to be a crow-bar (now produced), which was found on
the ground. Ho seized the prisoner, when they strug-
gled together, and fell down. He (prisoner) got up and
ran away, but, being pursued, he was overtaken, and
given into the custody of Philips, 229 G, who took him to
the station-house and locked him up.
Taylor, 84 G, examined the house of the prosecutor.
The street-door had been forced open, and some articles,
with a knife, were found on the parlour table. The pri-
soner had evidently been alarmed by the return home of
the prosecutor.

The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and
Mr. CORRIE sentenced him to three months' impri
sonment, with hard labour.

Philip- de Capelain was finally examined before Mr.
Corrie, charged by Mr. Dixon, of the firm of Messrs.
Dixon and Co., watchmakers and jewellers, of 28, Ely-
place, Hatton-garden, with stealing four gold watches
and two gold guard-chains, value 501.
Mr. Harris, solicitor, of Moorgate-street, attended for
the prosecution.

The particulars of the case have already been fully
detailed in the newspapers. The court was crowded to
excess by goldsmiths, watchmakers, jewellers, and other
tradespeople, who had been plundered by the prisoner.
It will be recollected that the prisoner obtained the
property from Mr. Dixon under a representation that he
was anxious to make his sisters some presents of jewel-
lery, &c., prior to their going to Adelaide, and that he
was one of the firm of Messrs. Arthur, Wellington, and
Callen, patent agents, of Parliament-street, Westmin-
ster. The property was traced to have been pledged on
the same day that it was obtained. Some additional
evidence was now adduced, and the prisoner, who said
nothing in his defence, was fully committed for trial.
Mr. Daniel Harrison, jeweller, &c., of the Lowther-
arcade, Mr. John Mott Thearle, gold and silversmith,
&c., 19S, Fleet•street, and other tradesmen, identified
the prisoner as having obtained property from them
under similar circumstances.

A gentleman attended from the office of Messrs. Haw-
kins and Co., solicitors, of New Boswell-court, on the
part of Mr. Callen, and, addressing the bench, said that
it had gone abroad that the prisoner had been in the
habit of obtaining goods under a representation that he
was connected with the firm in Parliament-street, when
that representation was groundless and false. He (the
prisoner) had been formerly in the firm, but the partner-
ship was dissolved and gaz'tted in December last. His
client (who was now present) was a most respectable
man, and, for the sake of his own repute, he wished the
matter to be sot right with the public. The prisoner had
only been in the firm for one month, and it was evident
he had taken advantage of the fact in order to facilitate
his systematic impositions.
Mr. CoRRIE said he had no doubt that his explanation
would go abroad with equal publicity.
The prisoner was conveyed to Newgate in the
police van.

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
(From the Newcastle Journal.)
A court was held on Saturday last, before the High
Sheriff of the county of Northumberland, who was re-
presented by the Under-Sheriff, John Adamson, Esq.,
in the Grand Jury-room at the Moot Hall, to assess da-
mages in an action brought by Miss SaraghheasDdionnbtkeheienn,a
ac-
tion Rothbury, against Dr. Farrago, of the same place, for
tbreach
do t
bporeonmi iasied oaft marriage.soo l ,
and
jTuhd
ge
md ae mn
ta
al-
lowed to go for the plaintiff by default.
Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bliss
for the defendant.
Mr. Atherton, in opening the case, stated that the
plaintiff, Miss garah Donkin, was the daughter of par-
ties who, in their sphere of life, were respectable, and
who resided in Lothbury, in this county, although the
plaintiff herself was in the :service of Mr. Lloyd Ed-
warde, a gentleman residing in the county of Carnarvon.
The defendant was a doctor of medicine ; but, as he
would show, there was nothing disproportionate or un-
equal in their rank, as the defendant was a native of the
same village, and was formerly an apprentice to an apo-
thecary of the name of Davidson, at Rothbury. The
defendant, after his apprenticeship, had the good for-
tune to have some money left him, by means of which
he proceeded to Glasgow, and having graduated at
that university, had since practised as a physician at
Rothbury. Many years ago, the sister of the plaintiff
and the sister of the defendant were both in the service
of Mr. Davidson; the plaintiff was in the habit of visit-
ing them, and it was then that the defendant formed an
acquaintance with and an attachment towards the plain-
tiff; and from a period commencing with 1843 until 1848
be, the Learned Counsel, would have to direct the atten-
tion of the jury to an increasing and affectionate corre-
spondence carried on between the plaintiff and defendant.
He did Rot intend to say that in that correspondence the
promise of marriage was made, for it was not made until
November in last year; but it was right, as the defen-
dant sought to reduce the damages, to lay before them
the entire circumstances, and show upon what footing the
parties previously stood. In the year 1848 the corre-
spondence ceased for some time, and ho believed that
something like an estrangement took place between them,
but of that thwaeaspsilsatieourbiilffigwdehdidotonwoatlsecaodynase
ipvvnlgaa.inl:sibnfouart
smßhaootrtthtebrtsuimre
re-
mained in that state until Jane of last year, at which time
aitffrorival the defendant sought to obtain the
nriottf their acquaintance. After some difficulty she
her
llast induced to meet him, and a reconciliation
rrtaowtohienfaatoneesakaerpowavihtoaailnacteh,ewhich ultimately led to the promise of mar-
part of the defendant. The defendant made
no secret of the matter, but, in fact, informed all his
acquaintance. After the plaintiff's return to Wales the
correspondence was continued, until the Bth of Septem-
ber following, when the plaintiff received a letter
abruptly terminating the contract; and, to the surpriseof
all, the fact afterwards transpired that he had placed his
affections on another lady of some property, who had
come to reside in Lothbury, and whom, about the end
of September, he married, this lady being the widow of
the late Mr. Ferguson, of Redworth, Durham. These
were the main facts he had to lay before them, and they
would find that the breach of promise was one of a most
heartrending and reckless description, and, if prompted
by mercenary motives, it was doubly cruel and shameful.
The Learned Counsel then read extracts from numerous
letters written by the defendant to plaintiff while at ser-
vice, and distant from Rothbury, showing from the glow-
ing terms used that the attachment of the defendant was
of the most sincere and tender description. When the
plaintiff had returned to Wales, after the death of her
sister, and after the promise of marriage was made, the
defendant wrote thus to the plaintiff:—
" Rothbury, 14th July, 1851.
sea
esh ials hinalel
" My dear Sarah,—Owing to the Rothbury post-office
regulations upon Sundays, there is no time to answer
letters, and it prevented me ackaowledging your long-
looked for and welcome note. I expected to have heard
from you on the Friday, and I went up to your house to
inquire, but your sister informed me that no letter could
reach here from you before Saturday or Sunday. Satur-
day came, but with it no word from you; I then thought
something must have happened to you on your journey;
but Sunday came, and with it the welcome news that
you had arrived safe and in good health, and how happy
it made me. I supposed you would like to bo a sailor,
you are so fond of sea sickness. Will you come by e
attend to the
Iywohhueo
pnweyi
110 l usnrhoeatti ulgrhenta
vamegeat again
oe witheboemtt
come with
eo of you
yyoloufu.then. you do,But lvae n itnt afraidheemls
eer
the words, ' Honour and obey,' and if you_
above, you shall never go by
something about myself. In the first place,
mind. In the
well as relating to my body, not so my
company;
next place I have felt deeply the loss of. youro
my fate
submission t
but I feel that a patient
forward to the future;
and with hope I look
most, and
during the past
at present,
hispers that w .h i
't was hero.
that hope cheers me—it whispers
hour, I wis in
H.
Ohl that happy
t our hope Him
end be happy.
dear, rest
t us from all
In the meantime, let us, m
meet again.
and trengthen as.
danger, a nperl owteheich I feel the
But *hat oppresses
towards .
is my treatment,
bitterness. I feel I have done
greatest,
I fe©l its
t for all I have had forgive_
what and more
ye-
what can never be u
and also the promise that you could
that is mighty, and h
ness from your lips,ou
, y have still the same kind and for-
trust me egaliat when you left I saw there was a some-
giving heart. Bat
oppressed you, and I am afraid I was
thing whichthat grief. You could not place that firm
of
the cause
me, when I had once proved so false.
upon
reliance
dear! I intreat you only to forget the past and
Oh! mY
up
till
we
look forward to a brighter future. You never shall have
cause to complain of me again, for it shall be the
any
1 study of my future life to make you happy. If you could
only see into my heart, and read how much you are
impressed upon it, and how dear you are to me, dearer
than life itself! * * 4' • The whole gossip of this
quiet little village is about you and me, and about our
approaching marriage. One tells me that it is going to
take place immediately, and that Susan is going to take
deepest moved
your situation, &c.—l remain, my dear Sarah, ever
yours,
" WM. FARRAGE."
A third letter followed this, equally affectionate in its
terms, dated August 18, 1851, in which the defendant
poetises
,i
,riTh
iithese followingphaesasrito
ns thatm most
sss
ttdrweaejill
guide."—(Laughter.)
f ohuanvde regardedhi s
protestations
ofr . with.ov e,
ela tmteal glqaYujiOntu:
due
ee defendant
solemnity,
mixed up with expressions of strong religious
which could not but create a deep impression on
st.nn.
mind of the plaintinff, and induce her to believe him 1
SfeoarrntLyto
feeling,
which

care. Remembering the letter last referred to, and dated
on the 18th of Angnst, in which the defendant SP Pmed
ta,her to Lave le:;;-eased his i'ervoer -Lir the piainnil. - -
to have any way cooled, what would they think of tno
man who in three weeks from that date could pen the
following epistle, which terminated the correspondence
and blasted the opening prospects of the plaintiff?—
" Rothbury, Bth September, 1851.
" Dear Sarah,—My reasons for not answering your
last sooner you will have heard ere this from your sister
at home. Little did I expect when you and I met again.
that in the interval before, your sister had used the most
abusive language against me. Even during your resi-
dence here several of my friends told me of it, but I paid
no attention to their stories. At last, they were so very
bad, that after due inquiry I found them to be too true;
still I would not have mentioned it to you, if other
things had not occurred. A patient whom I was attend-
ing asked me to drive her to the Holy Stone well, and
in coming past your father's house, two of your sisters
were standing. I spoke to them, but they paid me the
compliment to put out their tongues at me, and even
sent Mrs. Kemble to ask me what were my intentions,
and why I should drive out a lady. Under such circum-
stances our correspondence must cease. Not only your
friends have done everything to annoy, but my mother and
my brother have hardly spoken to me since you were here,
and if I continue corresponding with you, my brother
will leave me. I told you when here how very much
mother was opposed to it, and it was all through what
your people had said against me. And I have always
made it my strictest rule of duty to obey my only parent;
and as she is so much opposed to it, this letter will
terminate our correspondence. You got the loan of one
of my books, &c.; I shall feel obliged by your returning
it when convenient.
" I remain, yours truly, " Was. FA.RRAGE."
Another letter was dated Rothbury, July 30, 1851.
After acknowleding " her last kind and welcome letter,"
he proceeds as follows :
"My dear, you tell me you are well, how happy it
makes me to hear such good news from you, and mind
do not forget to prize that inestimable blessing more and
more, for remember your own happiness does not rest
on it alone. There is another whose happiness entirely
depends upon the happiness you enjoy. May every
blessing then attend you is the heart-felt prayer of your
William. * " * * My dear, lam afraid that I
will not succeed in getting a house at the Michael-
mas term, that is November first. If Ido succeed,
our happiness shall be completed in the unit-
ing of these hands together whose hearts have so long
been united. The only house I would like is Hedley's,
and I fear he will not leave it. If Ido not succeed, our
happiness will not be completed before May next year,
and that is such a long time, nearly nine months, to
look forward; but I cannot see how we can avoid it, for,
my dear, I cannot bring you here until I have a house,
and everything prepared. I cannot, therefore, think of
bringing you until May, if Ido not succeed, although I
suffer ever so much in being so long separated from your
dear company. Happy would Ibeif my eyes could just
now behold thee—happier still if my arms could enfold
thee. But you must tell me in your next, my dear, the
plan to proceed, and whatever you dictate I should be
happy to fulfil. * * * • Oh! Sarah, how I look
forward to that day when I shall call you my own, and
still the greater happiness that we shall part no more in
this world. Let us, my dear, rest our hope and trust in
Him who is mighty, and if He aces fit that we should
meet again, nothing earthly can prevent it; and when
that happy day arives that we are to be united, may our
hearts be firmer and truer united by religion; and our
lives devoted to His service, &c.
"Yours, &c., " W. FARRAGE."
" Rothbury, August 18, 1851.

"My dear Sarah,—Your very welcome and long
looked-for idea came upon the 13th inst., and if you had
the least idea of the happiness your letters always give
when they come to hand, I feel certain that from your
kind and generous breast you would not keep me so
long in eu,pense. Day by day I waited until the post
arrived before I commenced my journey, but each day
only to meet with disappointment. Now, my dear, how
would you like if I had not answered you for a fort-
night to come? I cannot express in words the happiness
your letters give when I receive them—a happiness I
would not exchange for anything in this life except the
realizAtion of that bliss which they are the harbingers
or forerunners of—the anticipation of such happiness
that still awaits us in this life—how much I look forward
to that day when we shall meat again, and meet to part
no more in this life. In the meantime let our lives be
devoted to the service of our Creator, and living to Him,
and spending our days to His glory and the advancement
I of His kingdom upon earth, our reward will be great in
Heaven. The time will soon pass away. You
mention that you expect to be in London—nothing
would give me greater happiness than to meet you there,
but the dreadful thought to meet you again and bo
parted from you—l could never endure it; that alone
would prevent it, but professional engagements are very
numerous at present, which also would prevent me, and
I have all but made up my mind not to visit the Exhi-
bition; and remember in a very short time I will have
to undertake a very long journey to bring you from the
mountains of Wales back to canna Northumberland, as
my own dear—what must I call it—l suppose you know.
The poet spoke the words of truth when he composed
the following lines:—
, The heart that is deepest moved
Its passions most will guide.'
And if you could, my dear, examine the heart of your
William whilst writing these lines, you would find how
deeply thou art engraven there—by night and by day
my thoughts are on thee—how often I wish the day was
here when we are to be united, but I find the longer we
have to wait our happiness in the end will be the greater;
but, my dear, it is hard to bear up to think of happiness
so near and not to possess it. A little longer and all
will be well. We must wait, for we cannot make it bet-
ter. Again, my dear, I ask you to excuse this scrawl.
Write soon—God bless you with health and happiness.
I remain, ever yours,

" FARRAGE."
What could they think of the conduct of the defendant?
And what, moreover, would they think of it when he
told them that there was not a tittle of foundation to
justify this wilful and deliberate breach of contract?
The sisters of the plaintiff should be called before them,
and they should hear from their own lips whether or not
they were guilty of the acts which the defendant had
laid to their charge in this letter; but, suppose they did
all he said they did, that was no justification of the con-
duct he had pursued. The letter he had just read was
that of a mean, false, and mercenary man, who, at the
times be wrote it had made up his mind to leave the
plaintiff, and who had not the manliness to do it by
any other means but those of misrepresentation and
falsehood.
The handwriting of the defendant to the several let-
ters produced and read having been proved,
Mr. William Calver, an officer of inland revenue, was
called, and stated that the defendant got Mrs. Calver to
make a tea-party, for the purpose of meeting the plain-
tiff, in order to enable the defendant to renew his inti-
macy with her. Witness also proved the marriage of
the defendant, in November last, to a widow of the
name of Ferguson, who had come to Rothbury for the
good of her health, and lodged in a house opposite that
of the defendant.
Miss Mary and Miss Jane Donkin, sisters of the
plaintiff, denied ever having used abusive language to the
defendant, or annoyed him in passing the house in the
manner described by the defendant in his last letter to
the plaintiff.
Mr. Bliss then addressed the Court on behalf of the
defendant. After adverting to the various epithets
heaped upon the defendant by the Learned Counsel for
the plaintiff, he asked it the defendant was the kind of
husband that any lady would desire to have, or complain
of because she had escaped from him? As to breaking
off the first intimacy the Learned Counsel had tiai!ed to
prove that there was any blame attributable to the de-
fendant. With respect to his renewing his intercourse
with the plaintiff, there was nothing to show that ho was
actuated by any bad motive, or that there was anythingben
like improper design; for the plaintiff had actuallyhe _
a fortnight in the village, and the defendant
as;
been near her father's home until he was called
a mitted the
he was passing, by one of the sisters.
conduct of the defendant had been very e ftoeolaishee;rbtauitn,
after all, no one could doubt but thhat,huep
time, ho had acted in accordance with
feelings of his heart; and, in renewing histninotsitmseineyce, sincere
gallusions and im-
was clear he had given wey
pulses which never once lo_akhtenodt those
drwtahred
fitoretthseerfiuestuoref
regarding consequences. W
letters prove? Only that the delefdengdeaentte,ranablofiyd,
,alnitdythtoe
plaintiff, a girl, were ready to p
each other; and they might as well attempt to forbid the
pulse to move, the beard to grow, or the sun to revolve
in its
daily course, aslt to deter
this
aer
partyoung
or poeouprlenaftruorme.
forming attachments.
There was one feature in hiscase, and that wasee
n,
during all this long intimacy, no injury had b
sustained by the plaintiff at the hands of the
defendant ; but, it was probable, that all along he
contemplated misgivings in his mind, as thestrain
of some of his letters would denote, as to the
connexion terminating as it did. Notwithstanding all
the foolish and loving expressions made use of, there was
an evident doubt in almost every one of those lettots
as to the parties ever being married. The Learned
Counsel then commented on
the impru. denoe of con-
tracting marriages when the parties were not in a posi-
tion to make each other comfortable and happy. The
defendant had but a limited practice, in a small village,
with a salary of 251. a ear as surgeon to the district
y
Union workhouse, a provision manifestly inadequate for
the support of an establishment. The mother and
brother of the defendant were opposed to the marriage,
and there were other motives which might induce a re-
flecting man to pause before entering into a union that
might not result in happiness. Because, after all, there
must be something to outlast the honeymoon—something
to endure against sudden and unaccountable fits of ill
humour something to bear the pinch of pecuniary
means, beside coareless otherltel;iter it;Waansd,she n
that
really
tsvauerye
so, what had the Plaintiff
better as she was than contracting a union which she
would probably have to regret, when struggling with
the difficulties resulting from it? Was not that a union
that both might look to and recoil from forming? With
respect to the wound which the feelings of the plaintiff
had sustained, be thought that was a very difficult thing
to estimate in cash. No
Not a letter had been produced to
show that the attachment was reciprocal. All the jury
had to do, therefore, was to judge of the relative posi-
tion of butt' parties, and say what was a fair sum to be
Paid in compensation for the breach of the contract in

question.
The jury, after a short consultation, assessed the da-
mages at 1501.

FACTORY DELEGATE IVIEETING.—There was a
meeting of factory delegates at Manchester on Sunday, to
consider the Propriety of applying t• Parliament to insert
the words " no child" in the Act of 1850, so as to prevent
relay working, but ultimately it was determined only to
apply to the present Government to better enforce the regu-
lations of the present Act through the inspector .