The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-08 00:00:00

CLERICAL PREFEIiM,ENTS.

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Mr. eeorge• Hodgson, 13. A' oC rfrintty"Colleie,'`Carn-
brkige, is eiectr.sd a Fellow-of AlagdaletL • • •
The Hon..--and4tev. M-t. Percy, son of the 'Fart of Bever-
ley, is appoinicil Unancellor, Caoon Resideim,rv, arid Pre-
tiontl4ry of the (..!:!theilra I Church bl Exeter, void by the de.
cease of the Rev. N. Nun:on-the.
The Rev. lohn liellorveS is instituted, by the Lord Bishop
of Norwich, to the V icartge of Easton, Norfolk, Or the pre-
sentation,ot Robert Fell() xes, Esq. el ti3;ottislrwra.
The Rev. Kipling, LL. B. Perpetual .Curateot -Stony:
Strattord, iS institutcct, by the 'Bishop of Lincoln, to the',Vi-
carage of Newport Fagnell, Btreks, upon the presentation of
the Lord Chrin...el for,. .•
The Rev,. Isicilard Wetherill, M. A. has, been instituted;
by the Rev. Thorn...is li,tulge, C.Ununissi-.ry to the Esishcip.oC
C; loueesier, to the •Redory of Notgrcve, (;loucestershiti,
Co; n t by the death cd. tite Rev. Thornas 'Cooke. .

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COURT OF.XII\IG!,S;,BENCII, MAtest 7. -
tMILLI3 12.:fLOWKIt. ,
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

T,h.s plaintiff. in this case rs•the dang.iter of a re-.
,spelable ribbon manufaurer, at Coverttry, and they'
defeadArt. is a wholesale dealer in ribbons, residing
in Gutter4ane, Cheapside, and, as it n;p fired, a 'man
ht cotisiderableintoperty" andtlie.present action Was.
broup-,iv to recover a compensation'l6 'damage's for a
breach of profilist. of marriage. The facts of the
da.'they-appeared in ..;•Vit.tence, were shortly as
folio : •

Id the spring of 1804, the defendant beCarne
-widoset, and; being in a,declining state 'of health,:
change of air was 'recommended to him in cornH
pliance'with this -recommendation, he wettf,to. Co-
Vcritry, wherehe has a ribbon inanufactori '
there„ he had the 'misfortune 4o fall froio his horse
and dislocate his 'shoulder. The phintiff, Who Up-
'sided with .her father, neat door. tb'the'defentlant,'
hearing of -his 'accident, sent him an embrocation'
to -bathe 'the bittised limb with, anti afterwards
sited the patient, to see the remedy', priiperlY. ap-,
plied. This attention on her-part had.stich' an of-'
teat on ltitii, that he'b?canie attached to her, and,
previous to quitting 'Coventry; he Made 'a declara-
tion of his passion, which was favonral)ly receiv-
ect on. her part. -On. his ip London, a'
COrre!youdence cod:Mei:6d between them. Se-•
vcro of the letters,' wi-iiten by him,' wire - read,
containing rep,ated • protnies of marri3ge, and
'setting 'fortiOns loVe tor her, and religion, in the
•st roitgesi ternis, Jai dared Sept. V, -104, "he_
.soy, " I cannot tell what think of ' coming to •
entry, conk' 'not come back without you, and,
I winlcto dehiy our union till'iNtir.:C;. Your letter
"cheered in) titarf, I•could not heli> ki,sii.g it several.
Cotes are the'only' thing 'I wish to realize--11
yol only have charms fur me, and I hope•the LOrd;
brino.. about oor union." In another, be sayS.,.
`.! If yetidisappoint my epect,itiOnS,
single, I would not then.mariii et en. the QUe,_-.n."!--
'Several, other letters were'read; they.which, from they.
s combt nation
,of religion and love, excited the.
risible faculties of the COUrt
that
high degree. •
The defence set op was; that this was, a concerted
plan„On'the part'of . the 'plaintiff, to draw
_from the.
defendant a-prorxiise of ni.irilav, mlyel), from the
disparity of their .iges, he hehlg 50, and she not-
more than 40 years of ale, 'and from his infirm.
stale of health, it would, pc impossible for hint to
fulfil,--t rom the 'defe-ndant's Own eVidence„ how-
ever; it appeared, that he did go to Coventry for
the purpose of fulfilling his pro/mist., although, it
did not , appear what 'prevented "the union taking
place. Soon after his return to London, he married
a woman several years Younger .than the Platniitf;
and, sitice, his =image, notwithstanding the. infirm
state, of his :tealth, his farnly has been increased by,
the hiith 01 a son and heir..
T. e Jury, Witliont leaving the. brA,Tuund,a ver-
diet for the Plaintitf---Damage ,

bIARCH 1.

STEWARD V. HAME.RTONi.

POK- stated the, case. - The defendant wai
a run of-.property, and, son of the .late Aid, rwan
Hamer ton
,; the Oainta. was , a respeatabie,deuler
in horses.

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At.the sale of a Mr. Killock's property at Lea
the plaintitTgojng into the stable-to exam4)e
;some of the'horses,.was orkred out-of it in rather a
,peremptory manner- by the defendant.; on his re-
fusing to comply,, the deftmlant seizgd him, and
with the help of his coachman, whom he called to
his assistance,' dogged him out, tore his clothes,
.and beat hitn.‘

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Tile adlion
,was hrought to
.reciover compensation
for the•injury, A, number of Witnesses were called
in to the principal. fact.
Lord ELLEwnottoygn, in ..charging the Jury, c,b-
served du,the.grois and vulgar, nature of -the insult,
and directed .hq Jury to give an amoqut of darnao-s
which might teach G.rnilemen, that to restrain-the.r
p.aasions vas 40t one of ti.eirleast duties to them-
selves and to society.L--Dsun.ages 501.

Saturday evening the. following' trick Was
played., 4 fellow called at the:shop of a tradesman--
at which sebs.criptions were-received for.a distressed
individual; and presented. a check for
.301. said •261.
was to be appropriated to the:subscription,- and re-
quested herCrght befavoured. with the change, as it
was. then tc) late lobe presented at the banker's for
payment ; the tradesman said, 'be had just sent his
cash to.bis bankei.„-.and ,had knot, so• much in the
house 3. on ,which the manappeare.d torecolleo that
be was to ;:ay three bounds- ;more in anorber name,
and aik d for the trifling diff.,rence, which was ac-r
cording given to 41c4 ; but, ~when' the-draft was
presented for payment, :it. >as discovered to-- be a
fore.ery. The manyv!.to. committed this fraud Is of a
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minellingstaturp, has clayey:, eyes., and was dressed in
bhick, with a tank shoulder-knot..
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The,foilowitg disstressing accident occurred at
Walsall, :on Snuda7 th 18th' Endres,
of Tipton, and Iris -wife having come elver to 'spend
the day.with her brother, Joseph Smith;' who is a
gun-barrel borer at Walsall;:lhe.latter, in the course
ot.the afternoon, whilst they and several neighbours
were sitting together very_ soaiably;i. gave'.Eades a
gun, tle,iring him to take it home with him as 'a pre-
sent to one of his sons..—None co the pries knew
of die gun being loaded, and :Eades biniself having
examined the pan, and seii,g no miming, formed the
same-conclusion; but on trying, the cock, to the heti.:
ror of .al I- presen t , the piece, which proved- to be
loaded with shcit, and Must have primed itself 'by
turning-about; went offand the contents were lodged
in•the' body- of his own wile, who was sitting Im-
mediately oppposite t'o him. Ttie agonized state of
the husband and •brother may be better conceived
than described. .Theenfortunate '-wornan lived only
two bouts, kaying eight children to deplore her fate.
The Coroner's-Inquest sat ',JD Tuesday ;' and +.
after
a full investigation,brought in a verdict of acciden-
tal death. The On was forfeited to the lord or the
manor as a deedanck . it.appearecithat it had hung
up i n t he:honse for three weeks before the accident,
and it has not been ascertained by whom it-'was
charged.
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