The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-17 00:00:00

A MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.

In the Court of Common Pleas, on Saturday, a
London house decorator, named Warrington,
brought an action against Sir John Pringle, for £45
for work and labour done. The defence was that
the charge was too high, and £3O was paid into
Court, as being sufficient to meet any just demand
of the plaintiff.—Mr. D. Seymour, Q.C., who ap-
peared for the plaintiff,said it having been intended
that the marriage of Sir John Pringle's daughter
should take place in July last, there was a great
desire on the part of her parents that it should be
carried out in a satisfactory manner as regarded
the decorations of the mansion to which the
happy pair were to return after the ceremony.
Accordingly Lady Pringle instructed the plain-
tiff to prepare a handsome transparency for
the centre window of the drawing-room, which
was to contain a medallion illustrating the
intended happy event, and her ladyship gave a
sketch of what she desired on the occasion. The
sketch represented two Cupids holding two hearts
which they squeezed into one. (Laughter.) The
colour of the curtain on which this representation
was to be made was to be a delicate blue, and every-
thing about the affair was to be most ethereal and
and heavenly. The plaintiff, however, thought that
an alteration of her ladyship's idea would be more
suitable, and he accordingly suggested an illustra-
tion of two naked Cupids holding two hearts, but
instead of squeezing them into one—(a laugh)—
each Cupid was represented as holding a heart,
and each of which seemed to be weighed down
by the overpowering quantity of love with which
they were respectively filled, thus indicating the
amount of affection which each had for the
other. (A. laugh.) Over the figures were the words,
" May each be blest." There were also the mono-
grams of the parties in the transparency, and above
all was placed, in accordance with the special re-
quest of Lady Pringle, the arms of the bridegroom
—a firtree, and his motto, "Stand sure." (Laughter.)
There were also to be medallions, wreaths of flowers,
red and white roses, orange blossoms, silk and satin
ornaments, in various parts of the rooms, and the
balustrades were also to be ornamented in a most
tasteful and attractive manner. After further
describing the style in which the decorations were
to be executed, counsel said the marriage of defen-
dant's daughter was to have taken place on the 10th
of Jaly, and the plaintiff made every effort to have
his decorations ready by that day. On the
29th of June, however, the plaintiff received a
letter from Lady Pringle, in which she stated
that her daughter objected to be married on a Friday
—(a laugh)—so that he (the defendant) must have
his painting ready for inspection, and to be put up
on the morning of the Bth July. The consequence
was that the plaintiff had to go to increased expense
to get his work finished. The plaintiff sent in his
account for the decorations, and in a second letter
Which he sent to Lady Pringle he asked for a cheque
for the amount. Lady Pringle, in her reply, ex-
pressed her surprise
at the plaintiff asking for the
payment of
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taken to the amount by the plaintiff, but now that
this action was brought
an attempt was made to
reduce ft.—When the case had been partly heard,
it was agreed to refer the dispute to arbitration.