The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-23 00:00:00

/'-~

', 1. - - - - _

retractation, he had not today heard one expression of regret
or retraetation used. The question alone was the amount of
eamage;;, and that was the peculiar province of the jury to
deride; but he thought it a case calling for liberal damages.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
3001.

SOUTH TVA .E. S CI CUlT.—Carmartlien,

March 21.

NISI PRIUS. COURT.-0,,t0, e Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
,BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE AND SEDUCTION.

OWEN V. WILLIAMS, CLERK.

• In this action, Ahrgaret Owen was the plaintiff, and the
Rev. William Williams defendant ; and the action was
br.ught by plaintiff to recover compensation in damages
from the defendant, for the non-fulfilment on his part of a
,promise to marry her.
Mr. E. V. Wi!liamQ, and Mr. E. L. Richards, appeared for
the
.plaintiff; Mr. Chilton, Q.C., and Mr. Wilson, for the
defendant who pleaded that he had not promised to marry
plaintiff. in the Thrm and manner stated.

Mr. V. WILLIAMS addressed the jury on the part of the
plaintiff, who he said was the daughter of a person in a
!nimble though respectable condition in life, carrying of
business as a farmer and master carrier, near Lampeter, Car-
diganshire. The defendant was a clergyman of the Church
of England, residing •near Lampeter, and about five miles
distant from the place where the plamtiff's father re-
sided. The plaintiff had the misfortune to lose her mother
at a very early age, and the management. and care of the
family had been left to Mary Owen, plaintiff's eldest sister.
The family consisted of three sisters, besides plaintiff, as well
as two brothers ; and the plaintiff and another sister were
engaged as ccaifiderltial servants in respectable families in
the neighbourhood, The plaintiff at the age of seventeen
was employed in the family of a gentleman named Davies ;
subsequently in that of a medical gentleman named Thomas,
and in 1843 she was engaged by the defendant's brother, who
was a bachelor, in a confidential capacity, as a housekeeper,
havaig the entire tnanagetnent of his household, the disposal
of farm produce, &c. It was here. she first met the defen-
dant. The plaintiff. then about twenty years of age, was,
unfortunately for herself, a young woman of considerable
personal attractions, and she was not long be-
fore the defendant became enamoured with her
charms. He was a few years older than the plain-
tiff, and had then taken oidert only as a deacon, but
not priest's orders. He contimwd paying marked and
c instant attentions to her until the tpiing of 184 t, when she
i.ecatne pregnant. The defendant, upon being made ac-
twanged with the fact, so far from being dissppointed or
surprised. expr. seed the greatest pleasure, aria :!"id tint be
would marry her, but also expressed a wish to dele it for a
alleging that the circumstance of his marryp::
woman ie that cinditi,n might prove an hnpeciment to IN
b inning pri, st's orders. He (defendant) therbfore propesed
that the-plaietiff abonhl take private I.tgings at some dis-
ianee in the country; he (elefenitant) ufferitg to pay all ex-
penses, to provide an attendant, &c. Soon _afterwards he

- -
'net the plaintiff 's sister, and communicated to-' her the cir-
,urnstances, when she was of course extremelr shy cked at
he intelligence. The dere Alan!, with a view of alleviating
~er grief; assured her that he would marry the plaintiff,
d tine, " e are already married in the sight of God,
i,d what takes place in the church is urimportant,
i-ing merely a matter of form I.•etbre men." Could it
ni wondered at that a girl pieced in the plaintiff's
ituation, when addressed in such language by a clergy-
man of the Church of England, had given way to temp-
tation ? Could it be wondered at that in an hour of
weakness her virtue had not been sufficiently strong to
resist his importunities? For some reasons, however, the
proposed arrangements had b-en abandoned, and .the plain-
Atl in August, 1844, was delivered of a son in her father's
house. Dnring the lime of her confinement the defendant

repeatedly visited her, and expressed as much pleasure_ as
ahy man owning large possessions would on the birth ,f an
neirapparent. Ile evinced great tenderness, arid on the occa-
-1,,n brought her a copy of Welsh verses written by himself,
a literal prose translation of which he begged to read to the
jury. [Toe Learned Counsel here read the verse., a speci-
wen of which is given below, and which excited some mer-
riment from the quaintness of the phra-eology. I The plain-
titf's educati n had not hi en such as to qualify her to inter-
mit with society in a cr, &table manner as a clegyman's
wife. The defendint theretbre proposed that wie should go
to school at Aberyst% ill'. and, in order to enalde hint to cor-
respond with her without the mistress knowing that she
had a pupil carrying on such a con espondence, he addressed
tier as his cousin, although it was well known that the
plaintiff and defendant bore no blood -relationship towards
each other.

The following is a specimen of the prove translation of the
Welsh poetry, written by defendant on the occasion of plain-
tiff's confinement :
"Dearest Margaret—Be not grieved; better times than
these will come an.ain, when you and myself shall be quite
light-hearted. 31.tny times I have sorrowed and groaned
heavily, because I had been the instrument to grieve you,
my darling. The only comfort I can give you is to love and
cherish you after having united our hands. . . . For all
who behave unkindly to thee, my dear, there yet remains
mi-fortune, woe, anguish, and long sorrow, with very great
repentance My only pleasure, I protest,
above everything, is to comfort thee. Theret; re raise up thy
fkrart and be agoin full merry Marg'ret Marg'ret !
%larg'ret Marg'ret !—( Laughter.). In
,me thou bast put
thy trust; trust again ''or a While."

Learn(d Cotai'el tivit proceeded to read the first letter
defendant to plaintiff after her arrival at school. The fol-
lowing are extracts:—

" Iffy dear Cousin,—Nothing but the sight of you, and
talking to you face to face, can be a greater yleasure to me
than writing to you. It is most pleasing that I iztri able to
make known to you that all your relatives are in tt:- alth;
especially your most dear love, Thomas James Williams. .!
will pay you a visit before long; all with whom I conversC
about you give you extraordinary praise, by commending you
more and more, and stating many goad qualities you possess,
while I listen to them with delight, as I always do to hear
my relatives praised, especially you, my dearest cousin, Mar-
garet. I van never nuke known half my love to vou, were
Ito write a year. . . Ido hope, for the sake of jour dear
that you do not make any acquaintance, in the shape
several other letters, was the plaiutitt's child, whom the de-
fendant had called after his own name. The manner in
hich he is spoken of was undoubtedly used to blind the
selmolmktress. Two other letters followed, in which the
defendant expressed the most ardent affection towards the
plaintiff; and • made the most affectionate reference to the
child. IN another letter, dated January 8, 1845, the plain-
tiff gives the defendant some news of the c,urtship going
on in the neighbourhood, and the information conveyed was
anything but chaste or delicate. In re 'erencc to the plain-
tiff's child, he writes:—" I cannot possibly conclude without
saying that yt-ur dear love, Tom James William, Esq., is
doing well; he is getting fat, and begins to gr,tw red. I
suppose he drinks hard—( Much laughter)—you will not be
able to know him when you next see him. He becomes a
bigoted gentleman like his papa. I shall write a long letter
son again ; believe me to remain your ever affectionate
cousin, W." Several additional letters were read, all breathing
the most ardent affection ; but (observed the Learned Counsel)
the jury would perceive. that although be had promised to
visit the plaintiff at Aberystwith, he had never done sum
she consequently walked a very long distance for the purpose
of meeting him. In a letter written by the defendant subse-
quent to this, he expressed regret that the should have un-
dergone so much fatigue. She appeared to have suffered in
health. In his last letter, dated Feb. 8. 1845, defendant
writes:—" I am very sorry to hear you have been unwell,
but with feelings of tender love I sincerely hope you have
recoYered from your illness, and are quite as well as ever.
My dear, I did not receive your kind at d affectionate letter
until Saturday. I hope you sill go back as soon as possible.
I beg of you to do so tur your own sake. Do not mind, my
love, what people do say and talk. You know that people
cannot but say one thing to-day and another to-morrow ;
therefore I trust you will, &west, scorn what they say, and
believe what I say, as Ido what you say." He concludes,
"excuse my bad writing in great haste; hoping you and Tom
are well, I remain yours sincerdy, for ever. Wm: WILLIAMS."

, -
The Learned Counsel proceeded. to state that it was impos-
sible to doubt that throughout this correspondence,-and sub-
sequently, the defendant had expressed the most ardent at-
tachment to the plaintiff. On the hth of March the child
alluded to in the correspondence oied. The defendant's grief
was most poignant ; he wro' e the inscription for the coffin
himself ; wished the plaintiff's family to go iu mourning.
He visited plaintiff's father's 'wipe nine days afterwards, but
for some reason known only to himself, since t;:at time he
had won himself up in the house, and would see neither the
plaintiff nor any of her relations. Whether he thought that
the child being dead, there would be no danger of an order
of affiliation, or whether he was influenced by any other. rea-
son. he (the Learned Counsel )could not say. gr. Williams con.
eluded an address of much feeling, by contrasting the present
condition of the plaintiff with what it would have been as the
wife of a clergyman of the Church of England, had the de-
fendant not violated his promise. He hoped the jury would
give damaces proportionate to the serious injury inflicted on
the plaintiffs feelings and reputation.
Mary Owen, the plaintiff's ehtest sister, an interesting
Welsh girl, was then examined through the medium of an
inter, reter. She could speak English. but preferred Welsh.
Her evidem•efully bore out the statement ofthe Learned Coun-
sel respecting repeated promises of marriage ; defendant's
conduct during her sister's confinement ; his theory of it at:-
riage in the light of God, &c., to the close and decline of his
attentions. It appeared he was in expectation of a benefice,
and for some time gave that as a reason for the postponement
of the marriage.
A postman was called to prove the delivery of several let-
ters from plaintiff to defendant ; and another witness deposed
to some unimportant circumstances.

Mr. Cllitxtk Q.C.. then addressed the jury in mitigation
of damages. He had seldom addressed a jury under a greater
sense of the difficulty of his task, and the responsibility im-
posed upon him. He did not appear there to deny the main
facts of the case, nor to excuse the defendant's conduct. The
case had been presented to the jury in a very specious and
highly coloured manner. It would appear froln the opening
that the plaintiff was a young woman of very respectable
attainmt ntss, i , but t turned out that her education was or the
very commonest kind, until defendant had placed her in
school, in no way adapting her for a clergyman's wife. In-
deed, she could hardly have been said to possess any educa-
tion. The defendant's expression respecting marriage in the
sight of God hail not beep used as the language e,f solicita-
tion, as opened by the Learned Counsel, but as language of
palliation and remorse, after having done what he knew to
have been wrong and unholy. No evidetnce had been given
as to defendant's property. The defendant well knew be had
no benefice. If the iuri, awarded heavy &maps it would
be tantamount to blighting all the future prospects of the
defendant.
The Learned JUDGE having minutely and concisely
summed up the evidence. the jure, after a short eeliberacon,
returned a verdict for the plaintitl; wit!' 100/. damages.
This concluded the assizes here, and the Learned Judge
left for Brecon on Saturday morning.

C, MERTON ON THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—On Sa•
turdsy evening the up mixed train, which left Birming,ham
at -15 minutes past five, met with an accident of a formidrib:e
nature, but which did not, fortimately, cause Its of life or
limb to any one. Everything went on well until the train
had passed the Cheddingtnn station, but on cub-ring a deep
caing about two miles from Trim!, the train came in vio-
lent colli•-ion with three luguag. waggons, which were-most
unaccountably left standi' g on the rails. Most of the pas-
sengers were thrown off their seats, and as soon as they re-
covered from the shock, many of them got out and scrambled
up the cutting, as there was great fear of the express train
coming up and dashrig the other train to pieces. The guards,
however, immedi4ely dispatched men both un and down
the line with signals to stop it, and in this they fortunately
succeeded. The three waggons were turned off the rails, the
first one corn letely thrown over, and all of them much da-
twnassg were in stich a position that it
.fodubtYd im.possihle to get them clear, and after two hours'
the colhsion. They
mail down train had safely passed, was
delay the tram WAS taken back as far as Cheittlington (three
transferred the other line, ard arrived in Loildon about $
miles), find after the
quarter past one, three hours ofter the regular time.
A rot wf, tws been ree, ived by the Customs' unthorititss
of. a revolv;nl light Iming been established at the entruno, of the
gar; our of Juan, in the Wand of Puerto RL,:o. and 9, copy of the
Same will be posted, by their directions ,t al the ports throuir.out
the kingdom, for the information of masters gi'veitelt and tat other;
puttee eetteerned.

EXHIBITION OF TABLEAUX, OIL-
PAINTED and in RELIEF.-2.'9, REGENT-STREET.
To Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed
thatijkle above Exhibition will be opened on THURSDAY text, the
26IhissWt., and will comprise Models of FRUIT, BIRDS, FISH, &c.
These Tableaux have already attracted much attention on the Con-
tinent, as well from the intrinsic beaulrof the colours and grouping,
AS from their overcoming the most difficult question of art, viz.,
the combining distant perspective on a flat surface, with a foreground
modelled in relief, preserving at the same time unity of composition.
Admission, One Shilling, which will also admit to the Anatomical
Gallery.—Open from Ten to Six.

Air USEUM of PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY,
v ce:ltaining upwards of One Thousand MODELS, cast from
amt cob wed after Nature ; comprising every part of the Ilutnaa Frame
in every state of Disease.
Atlrnbsion, One Shilling, which will also admit to the Gallery of
Tableaux.

Open from Ten till Six.-209, Regent-Atreet

To be had at all the Libraries
THE NEW NOVELS.
JUST PUBLISHED BY M. COLBURN.

THE ROBERTSES ON THEIR TRAVELS. By Mrs. TROL-
LOPE.

PEERS AND PARVENUS. By Mrs. GGRE.

SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, A Tale of the Court of Charles
H. By the Author of " Maids of Honour."

THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE. Edited by MARY HOWITT,
Second Edition.

THE WHITE SLAVE an! THE RITSSIAN PRINCE. By the
♦uthor of " Reveladons of Ituai!,t." Second Ettai,n.

THE QUEEN OF DEN NI ARK (Caroline Matilda, Sister of
George ill.) ; an Histo h al Rotnaoce, founded on the private com-
munications of her Majesty's Chamberlain.
Henry Colbum, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

NEW NOVEL BY THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINUTON.
Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo ,
MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CHAMBRE.
By the Countess of BLESSINGTO
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC: SALE.
MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND
LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their
Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage,
anti to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUESDA:f and ',away. at One o'clock„ at the
Hall of Commerce, Ft-readneedle-strect, London, to which place all
favours, cent tininz instructions, are respectfully requested to be
•iddrwsed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa-
mination at, -least one day previously to their being offered ; and
advices results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale,
mid. the proceeds immediately dispo'ed of according to instructions.
Offices. gall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, MARCH 24.
Will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled
NINO.

With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations.
Mims, King of Assyria, Signor Fornasari; Idaspe, Signer Corelli ,
Orotasphe (High Priest of the Temple of Isis), Signor Botelll ; Ab-
dallo (an Officer of the King of Assyria), Signor D,ailicri ; Fenena
(daughter of Ninus), Madile. Corbari ; Anna Oster of Orotasphe),
Madame Bellini ; Abigail (a slave, supposed to be the eldest
daughter of Ninus), Madlle. Sanchioli.

TO conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by
M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni. The
Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled,

- CATARINA ; ou, LA FILLB DU BANDIT.
The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan,
)411les. Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ;
M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di itlattia, and Perrot.
Madame Castellan is daily expected in town, and will shortly
appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, DICURY-LANE.

THIS EVENING

Will be performed a New Opera, entitled TIIE CRUSADERS.
The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar-
rison, Iturdini, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King,
Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth.
To conclude with a new grand comic Pantomine, called
HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin,
Mr. Wieland ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ;
Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.
FOR TILE BENEFIT OF M. BENEDICT.
M. BENEDICT begs respectfully to announce that his BENEFIT,
and the Last Performance but Three before the Holidays, will take
place on THURSDAY. APRIL 2, on which occasion the New Opera
of THE CRUSADERS will be performed, with a variety of Enter-
tainments ; full particulars of which will be duly advertised.
Tickets and places may be procured of Mr. Parsons, at the Box-
office, from Ten till Six daily.

THEATRE ROYAL, RAY3IARKET.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A
BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More-
craft, Mr. W. Farren; dir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest
Coverdale, Mr. H. Holl ; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei-
dermann, Mr. J. Bland ; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale,
Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline,
Mrs. Seymour.
The Band will perform the Overture, " La Heine d'un Jour,"
"Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz, and the Quadrille, "Le Roi d'Tvetot."
After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST.
Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby,
To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL-
LINGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buckztone ; Capt. l'hobbs, Mr. Tilbury;
Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major rhobbs, Miss I'. Horton.

TUB ATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
First Night of a New Drama !
GENERAL TOM THUMB having, on each Evening of his ap-
pearance, been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap-
plause, and excited the astonishment and approbation of an
elegant and delighted auditory, by his almost Incredible Dimi-
nutive Person and his equally Incredible Mind, the Management
has much pleasure in announcing his Performance for every
Evening till farther notice.
THIS EVENING

The performances will commence with PETER JENKINS. In
whiell Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear.
After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE
MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley,
and Miss Laidlaw.

To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en-
titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League
Boots. In which General Tom Thumb, who is engaged expressly
for this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance.
To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A.
Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard.

Stalls, ss. ;Boxes, 44. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 61

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPILI.
THIS EVENING

Will bo
_perconnecLa.New PititeDri m i vuw Aft giftdij
YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybnn, Mr.
Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Crank, Mrs.F. Matthews ;
Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Woolgar.
To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma-
zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss
Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform.
To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM
BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wrigh,, Miss
Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STeEir.T.
Last Week but One of the celebrated ♦rtistes, Madame VESTEIS

and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled, THE
DREAMER. Count de Florville, Mr. James Vining; Sir George
Dormer, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Col. Sheldrake, Mr. Wynn; Charles
Sedley, Mr. Harris ; Gage, Mr. Oxberry ; Lady Belton, Mrs. Stirling.
To be succeeded by a New Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, THE
FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr.J. Vining; Count
de Brivier, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre
Palliot, Mr. C. Mathews; Mdlle. Duval, Miss E. Honner ; Duchess
de Chartres, Madame Vestris.

After which, the Serie Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEAKING
LIKENESS. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby ; Alfred, Mr. James
Vining ; Ceco, Mr. Compton ; Manette, Madame Vestria.

To conclude with the Romantic Drama, called, THE BRIG XND.
Principal characters by Messrs. Wallach, L. Murray, J. Vining,
Granby, Honner ; Miss Honner and Mrs. Brougham.

NEW STRAND THEATRE,
LAST WEEK BUT ONE.

M. PHILLIPPE'S iiOIREES and MAIII43ES MYSTERIEUSES,
Two Morning Performances during the Week.

At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distingu!shed
families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who tie At to
attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLiPPE will give his
Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday
Morning, ar Two o'clouL.

21. Pgilippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiment:
will he repeated every Evening, varied by the Amu'nig Pern
tormances of the Chiarini Family, and the utoundlag Feats of tia
American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter p 'At Seen, to eon:-
thence at a quarter before Eight.
Malls, 35.; Boxes, 25.; tit, Is. • Gallery, 6d. ; l'r vac lioxe,
11. Is., and 11. Its. 6d.

THE WEATHEK.--Stir► th,rtcx, MARCII 22.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest. 51; Noon, 52.
BAROMETER, 20.28.—W1ND W., fine.

MARCH 23,

THER3It,METER, Lowe,r, 37; IligheF;t. 54; Noon, 51

BARON ETER, 29.29.

Wrxn IV.S.W.; morning, cloudy: afternoon, fine.

G:t WATEit. A

1./.1"1

~,~r~~i: i¢

2 illirutfe atter 10. I Ecenta

4G minutes atie.; 10,

Lt,„6
rc
.p,
;Fr IGt;