The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-27 00:00:00

living, anctfroM whom he 'derives, a right to a copy-
holcCestate.

. I The. young. woman ',was then called. She .ap-
peared ,rrineh agitated;: was of a -youthful .appear-*
ancc:, and of a' very delicate habit. She first knew
' Empson the year 1794'; and in the year
8!) t their acquaintance, ripened. into that sort .of.
intimacy, that proposals for marriage were made ;
und' in '1.02 it was so far-settL,4, that,on, or, before
the 29th. ofJuly was fixed for the celebration. • On
the ..sth or `6th of july,,,he Came to her, and said
he Was just then short of money. She gave him ,
'lBOl. ; and trad,•subsequent to the promi-se of mar—
. ridge., viz. in May 1801, advanced hiM 30.01. stocl-.
She moat decidedly said, that she would Dot have
advanced' o'4 inotiey or stock,'but froth the promise
of Marriage between them ; and she understands be
since:married to-another Lady-.
'Mr. MAR fer;Mr. Empsbn, asked the Lady
if she did, not knOw Colonel Smollett, who, is,
since deceased ?--She was brOught .up in his family
under the-Protection of biswife, who dying, she
still remained under big proteCtiOn. -. Whatever in-
timacy she might 'hpve had with Colonel Smollet
Mr. Empson was fully infarined of before the pro-,
mise "of marriage. took place;' but is not certain whe-
ther he 'Vim's married or not when: she first went to
live in the house,, only from-a subsequent act, and
that 'vas a marriage taking place._ Mrs. Smoll,2tt
died, and about three months after 'the Colonel was
Ordered' on foreign service, and remained out sOme,.
time; and on- his return home, having no wife or
person to take care of him, she attencied,him until'
his death. He left her with child' at "the time of his-
de"ath; and every unpleasanrcircuinstance was Made-
known to Mr. Empon before the promise of mar-
riage took place.
On a question being asked by the Prisoner, 'if be
did not give her a bOnd' for the debt; without her
asking him fur it ? she said it, was so—that'she had.
'often asked him to takelt back, but he refused. .He
then entered into an harangue in defence of himself,.
Which he began by stating, that he,Was put in his
present situation by a very formidable • conspiracy ;
it consisted of
,five lawyers, a frail woman, and a
Ifitclier;, and he was
,fearful tliat among them he
• should be cut up. .4-le added, that. ,when she ad- •
sauced him the thoney,._ and he.
-:made the promise.
of marriage, be was not •at all acquainted with
any improper. ConneEtion ,she had with Col; Stool=
lett, or that'she had ever deviated from.the paths of
virtue; the first discovery he made of it was at an
interview at the Swan, at Stockwell, when -she con-
fessed the fad. r •

A letter was, put ins stating, that.notwitlistand-
.
ing the candid confesSion she had made. thityi of ;tier.
errors`, which bad made. some strong' impressicips otir
hiS mind, yet so sensible-was he -of ttke pa`rtieular-
situation in Which she Was
_placed, and the. tet»pta-
tions that awaited her, andLs6 infatuated was he,
with her person, that as soon as' he could calm his
mind he would again renew his addresses to his love-..
ly girl.. ,
Mr; Senior, an Attorney, pioved the nature- of
wife.e,property that. he is entitled on the part of his

Mr. Mmtityyr spoke at some length in favour. of
the Defendant, and relied much on, tneiength of the
acquaintance bet Ween the payties,.and. that he could
not be in any shape :accused :of. obtaining money by
deviee,,fraud, and'artifice, so as to come. under the
operations of The Act, pikrticulaly of the penalties.
of the.3'7th and • asth 'sections. Ile made some very
hutnot-ous observatiOns on the lanpage of the letter
ProduCed,, and argued upon the whole of the case,
that this was not such-an objection as
.could be in
that Court sustained gs a ,f-rtudolent getting—that he
had given her a bind for the money—lie W no ae-
knowledged the debt, as he had always done, and
nothing but his inability prevented him froth pay-
-6 her. • '
. .
8 erit ap t ONSLOW decided, that from the,insufli,'
ciency of his 'schedule he '.must be remanded to,
amend it, With respect tiX the 'More'serious part of
the "case, the breach 4 promise of marriage, the
Learned Serjeant.entered into the evldence at length,.
anA'commenteel upon it, Hecombated the position •
that had been attempted to be laid down; that no-.
thing but such a fraud' as would be an indicaable
offence could authorize the detention of a debtor un-
der' the Act ;he had a very different opinion th 6,
iubjeei, and quoted the case of Lara, a w, whohan
by a device obtained lottery. ticket''.... Het then de-
livered the opinion of, the Magistrates; that te•had
obtained possession of the, money by fraud,-and was -
therefore not entitled to the tenefit-of the•t 6t.
was then remanded.

SHOCKING Sutcun. -Yesterday morning, at
eleven o'clock, a woman who- was called Smith; but
whose real name is Dodd, put a period 'to 'her exist-
ence, at No. 11, Charles-court, Strand', by taking,
the evening before, a large portion of laudanium.--:
The unfortnfiate woman, who appeared ti; be. about
,28 years of age, was the daughter of a person that
kept a wine-vault in PrinCes-strect, Covent-o-arden,
lately deceased, and who was supposed at his demise
to possess considerable property: the daughter lately
called upon the step-mother, and after requesting sun
explanation with regard to the will, was charged, on
the watch, and ou the morning following, iq.-orise.
quence of her Riotous behaviour,, was committed, to
ClerkenWell. On Monday evening last-, being re-
leased from her confinement, she called upon a 7Mrs.
Jenkins, a resident in Charles-court, 'Whom she in-
vited-. to drink at a winevaults, near Buckingham-
street,. Strand, first procuring some laudanum tit an
apothecary's shop. Mrs. Jenkins drank her glass,
first, and the' deceased poured the contents of her
bottle into the glass, and drank it. irnmediatelT ; af- .
ter which she retired to her late lodgings in Charles-
court, and yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock,
notwithstanding every medical assistance, she expired
' The child of a tradesman in Kingslafid-road was
killed by a hay7carttoing over IL on Saturday, 'near
to the door of its parentS. The driver was riding neg-
ligently on the shafts of the cart, whilst on his. re,
turn to Essex, when the accident happened, and he
is now in custody. The wheel went over the head
of the child and crushed it to death instantaneously.
On the 16th inst. Mr. BIGGAR, gardener to the
Right. Hon'. Lord DOUGLAS,. cut a Cantalope Melon
in his Lordship's garden, at Bothwell Castle, Scot_
land, which weighed 18 lb. 10 oz. and measured 32*
inches in diameter, and 364 inches in length. 4

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