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• ritiax SEVENPENCE.

present of some • silver .teseplate'tra."'her marriage se Oapiiiie
taivie said, I am to give your manlier. a written piper oh ;.
mem, to marry her; on the winneis asking for what, tie,
fendant answered " Ilecatile your mother is always den,,...e.,,
me, and I intend, when 1 return, in March or April, toner(
her, lam the-refine doing this to quiet her tniud."
remembers dieing on board the defendant's ship, ltereelf,T,
Mother, her, grinutinOtiter, arid'her Want Wilson were tittre';• !4
grandmother was placed at the head of the table.
Croeseexamined by Mr. SCARLETT—WitiI,,s; Ir44i 1).
married months; her maiden naive was Gordon ;is
t wen ty.
Mary Ann Gibson lalPherson, . a little girl, 14 yeats
Remembers being at the Crown and *ago() when her izZ.:l : -
mother Wallace wits there—her mother and Mr. Lone.
there, they had tea.-.saw Captain Lone : take a pima a I
out of his noeket like a letter, and after he read it, said, ".
Wallace you are sure, I fully interid: to make my e
up, and, please God, when return, you May 'know by t.'.
I Uncial to marry your daughter." Re read the paper 014
all Dries, and gave' it- mother, saying, " write a copy of(the.,
bring it to me, and I will sign it, and address it"--witrker..
members, writing to her atria Youngson; end defendant seele :
witneea,put "ttaptairi Lovie's cornplienente":-he said,
put that, but put your father's, whieh I hope you whi
be--,wituess did not put it, but defendant did, and he ,
hope.so"eAss often aeked Witness how she would like
her a f'Seher,' and she has saidl. she balieV(xl, would Ii tvery well.
Isabella 'Wallace, the mether- of the plaintiff; was at
Crow!) and ..Magpie .when Calitain • Lovie was there, a boll;
month in September, fifteen month* ago; at that time, (ter,.
ant said that he was to hi her future son-in-iSiv, arts
marry her daughter, nothing-further ; Witness was in his
pang on board his ship afterwards; two of witneseselaughtek..,
Mrs. Al'Pherson, her two daughters, and all her friends , •
there, by the invitation of defendant ; put "witness or
righehand, and gave Ito further reason than that he fretted,
to make her his mother-in-law; has seen a paper.prott isiqg
marry her in Captain Lovie's hands; when at thq Grown ..
Magpie ; Captain Lovie put it into her hands, and sai,'
would be some satisfaction to witness to hear it read awes.i •
ingly be read it; does not ',recollect any., thing, ahotet c 0,,.
of it:.

Letter put in : •• - .
" I do hereby sblemnly prinnise to you, Mrs. ill'lritersee ,
that I will marry you, when I return front l/enterarteeeple
Clod. • (Signed) JAS. .LOVIE."
Mr. Stiniforth, son-in-law of pleitit'df—ln Anil last we .
ness waited On defendant to know whether he meant,. to uteri./
his mother-M.l*w, or pay her the 1,000/. as he had agreed.
lie,Lovie) said, he should not !teary her then, as she I,;;,,threatened to bring an action rigainet'itim ; that lie would et
be driven by any orte, but they might lead him e, that evie.--:.
she had commenced her action,
_then he would marry her, be.
40t till then ; he acknowledged he had given her the agrte .
meet, and that if she brought her action, htrknew she emelt:
get her 1,000/. ; believes• he returned in Mirth ; think" tie,
conversation wee on the 20th of April.
..latnes Alacklui—ls employed by Mr. Truitt, the plaintiff.:
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attorney, but is not articled -'
waited on the. defendant wilt: e
letter from Mr. Truitt, and never SAW him before or, since ;
eenutined with him about two hours. When witness first w..
into the coffee-room of the Crown and Magpie he was not tlier..,
but he carnet', shortly:afterwards, when witness gate hint the
letter, and, told hint he triis Aware of its contents ; he •:01ld the
witness that 1w had never written such an agreement, but if 1, 4
reinemberettright he had signed his name to a blank sheet e 8:
paper, end had told Mrs. At Pherson that she mig,ht get w 1,.:,
she liked written at the top of it, and that as for ate wetter
1,000/. she Might just as well have put down 2,0001. Ile askee
the witness to take tea' withitirri,or; if he chose, wine with hire,
as he had something to say to him ; defendant *eked for a T.
of wine, and shortly after it, was brought in, said, the witree e
might be a Obit friend to hint; witness asked in what TESI'CC;
he said by destroying the 'agreement which they say' 1 lia •••.:-
written I he *aid that witnees might AS.well have ,part of tie
money as the 'tat, and if the witness would • make away w 1.,:
the agreement in hii presence, he would present him e,.
150/. ; he said the reason•he,gave it was thatehey bothered hie:
so that he wrote 11111'1101e, saying, they might get whet tie
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pleased of him.
. Mr. SCARLET'? rose to reldrese the Jury fur the defendaet.
' His Learned Friend had not endeavoured to excite their fee:-
ings in the openingebut no doubt would in reply. !leer WAS 4
disappointed lady, who fled been teiee a widow, end weetee t„
marry a third dine. Ile did not think any man would give ~
thousand pounds to marry a w'utnsn evho'had already buriee
two leiebends. The tact of the .instrument was as stated--.a'
blank power of attorney for her to dispose of this house, wine.;
was purchased for her in the defendant's name. It was sire.
gator that a woman should have a promisee of marriage in he:
own 'hand, Ogees! by the man. It was not true that, e re-
ceived mo;wy-Otnn the father, or that he had given the Monty-
, to putehase the' hawse, in which she was only defendant's
tenant; and it eviatrue he arrested her for rent., It was lik e
wise true, •in case of his death, he intended to make,a convey-
ance of his bon** to her, for which•thie Welk signature wee.
given. It was not known whether the' hUitband (Al 'Fflieaon )
was living or dead. ' • ,
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Mr. Arecir.rtios here represented he hatl.o cerrificati front
the Goverper and Rector of St. Vint:ent,s, that he died lit feel.
' Mr. ScalitETl said,- in that case he would admire/se with ,t
widow. But he had the evidence of fir, Serge ant Boogie eee
held ehe office of Judge of,Oarnentra, that Mr
,•dl'illter.son we,
a poor man, without thiniCeins of ativanciiiil6ool.•he the wire,
He should prove that *hi WAS 4 'woriiin of r infinite, 4atrigur.
The Learno4 Vounsel had heard. often of promitatteoleharnege
given by sago; on the Point of Portsmouth, but never knew
of these promise* beingenibreed in Ceurts of Jtatiee; ' •
Several witneitsesi having been calledLtoeimpugn the•respeeta-
bility of the plaintire character. • ,
The Lottp,PHltiv JOreicslummed up, and tint Jury
found a verdict for the and Cogs.

COURT OF 'COMMON PLRAS, jisr, 21..
FURIOUS DRIVING.-=ACTION FOR DAAt.i.or.S.
Glto KSIIAN K T0i.1.1:
fieelesnt PIS tt, :mud the case io the. Jury ; and observed,
this was an action for slatnigts sustained by the plaintiff'
consequence of the fOrions driving of a servant of the defend.
ant's. The Learned Serjeant then-detailed the evidence after-
Outdo adduced.
Defendant's Counsel admitted the proprietorship*
John Clarke' remembers on the 4th o August going to
Danvvell, in company with his son and the prosecutor;
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.phices in the coach to return; plaintifiliat on the cnsele.bos
witness and his son sat directly behind. ItMita two-hores
coach; the coachman in the first instance drove tiff violently,
flogging his horses repeatedly.' 'When we wed liesoend.. ing Tianwell-hill, at the ?ate of twelve miles an hour, witness
feared danger, and called to the coachman not to flog his horses
se violently. Witness' be Mr. Crulkshank say to Lim For God's sake dont drive so violently." Plaintiff took
hold of the bar on the left of the bx..seat, and when the mach had nearly arrived at the bottom of the hill, the coaelarian
again flogged his horses, and turned suddenly 1.00,1 to th.u.
left ; it was doien' the turning leading to firentford ;'.the turn.
ing is et right angle* with 'the road. The coach was. throw,
over on the right •hje it tuned, Plaintiff Walk thrown some
distance upon thegtavel..roati ; wittiest was throln upon fun).
and thinks hit wewht bloke the plaintiff' leg, tlluittereon wh,
drove the coach was not a regular coinalman 4 ,lielleyeittic was
helper.
'l'houtas Clarke; son of the preceeding witneas, confirmed
tvideriet, of his father in every pertteirliir,
Sir A stley Cooper, Bart.; deposed that he attended the
pliiintiff four or five days after the accident s' wets rtlUe/Itt4i
to see iihn on accOunt of the ire.jury in his shoitlilte,' slicer-
tain whether dr not it Was broken. The cop'srlueffreveives
the principal bone of the ithoulder'lind been"brakevi through ;
ably attended him;ence; -from the naturetif the injury, should
thigh he would recover 'the used,'nf ins shoulder eventually ;
should nut'think him -More liahlito receive an injory than it*
hiy vhOuldei had not bein to previonsly-friittuted.
Vrrdict fur the plaintifT—Dentages -26411.

lall COURT OF ADMIRALTY, JA)4.21.
DuNtuzE.
This vessel, op htr outicerd Voyage laat Year, ma down
isieos Chor kite; and the autulequent proccediegs is the
will perhaps be in the re4:ellectioe of our net-lets, It wax
feriett to the Regrstrar-ind- Blereheott-trtascertairt the errour:
of diinaget 'Wet hove repotted the SUM. Of 411444 to I.
doe to the otv:zere ot the Pitsixss C4oriotte, as- r,h#,..viv.hit
the ship, ship-tailde, upparei;furnittirC rind 4. „wpurtetmet,
olvt intuttatt4l-1111:11ttAttion Of twine juagrocnt
ett V. foune tley, utter he- shoultileve had time tewpsuit a 4.
Acts of Parl;444:vta, and the (-vet which had heat vi ii.
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