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London, England, 1819-08-03 00:00:00

•AN 64 Etit J toLY 31'.

—No otte.eitS'iMagibe that' (he 'great 'body teen
,
:ref tlir
liou,t,the kingdottp,wkottre desig-
nAted .Retofroers.,- entertain such diabolical views
(alho.litig--t0:4.14e plot to fire' the Aletroptilts), hot
this rn this' "quarter arms attcl'physieal force have
been long since Pressed, the. atteotio.n of the
litsouritsg ..eonsmutiity, cat Utit haye.'esetiped die
obser'varifro'ot thenrust carnal reader of the sedi-
tiotts and..w* arc Ant
1403.1ic duty when we repeat . that it is
:kno-Nn-theiv is an irtti.tition to try them for the
purposes of revolution. Alen
ug to the itse. at rums various parts of this
licighboorth,(Vill' 7lie e—vilh:i;-iaVert deep root,
:80 wise, precaotionsrmay- yet. re-
Store the. walr,rard to huipcswrentimeot and wise
Manchester Gar cite.)
MEETING OF W.I.:AVERS.

On 'l7edoesdtiy• trriards of •a thousand poor
wt.avdrs from Calton met in the Green of IGla's-
gow, to take into consideration' the best mode of
getting
,their sufferings made knowri, and a relne,
dy provided for their present wants. 'After a short
deliberation,. a deputation was chose' to wait on
the Lord ProVost aUd.Magistrates of. Glasgow.—
The depntation, aCCompanied.Py the whole body,
then walked in praCeSsion,.a. melancholy sight, to
George's-square, to wait on the Magistrates, wino
were then convened on public busines's. The Com-
mittee, which consisted of five, 'having told over
their tale of distresi, his Lordship stated, that
the Barony pa!ish, being wit hoot. the pale of his
iarladetion, he could not interferc•;, but that he
and the other Magiitrates,• as representing the
coainiunity,, who are. heritor iii the Birooy.
would attend a public meeting. which was to
'take place there next day, and would do every
kiiing in their power Co alle-viate the general :ut-
tering. His Lordship addressed them in the most
feeling manlier, and eipresseira deep sympathy
in their distresses.. • The deptitatiOn, with the
other members, quietly disrut,sed, returning to
their homes in procession as they

•:'CottoNattls ltstanasr.—Oit 'Saturday night; an
latinest was held at the Suttlitivhouie;.Krusitig-
ion Palace-gteCll,oll the hotly of WlMath-Smith,
before. THOMAS HIGGS, EST • Cor'oner for West-
minster. It .appeared ,from•the evidence of Thos.
.keeper oCKensington Gardens, that on
the preceding. night, about half past five o'clock,
be, was Any day; :when he observed• the ,deceased
lying ,upon his.•baekl under a tree, near the. long
pondyiwith leis hat., over his face. Several pirr•
suns were near the spot, but they did. not ob.-
serv.e.him, Park-keeper called them, try his
assistance,. and -on,examination . they found the
deceased trite,dead..',On searching'his ,pockets,
a card., svith.his name and address., 15, Chandler-
street; Grosvenor-square, was found ; be bad also
piece of paper, on which was written,..‘,` Many.
a weary footstep 1 have trod sin auld lang syne."
He. bid two-pence, a pencil, a penknife, and .a
cemb in .hia-pucket. The Park-keeper then went
to Chandler-street, according to the address upon
the card, where he found his. family.. His wife.
told him he hart been missing since Wednestity
mottling ; fie left his watch and pocket-book at
Jintne,.and she was notch. alartxe.d for .his safety
There were no masks of violence, upon the body,
.and from the c.ircnatitance of his not having lost
any ;novelty; it was supposed :he had not theetr
met by. tobbers„ neither halt he any appeareliCe
of being poi,oneti. The Jury having deliberated,
returned their "verdict--• .' Found dead, but how
or by wbitt.meHusliecatbe hv his death, there was
no evidence before. the Jury
On -Monday last a horse was struck dead by
ligiitLing, grdzit6,c' ill a field near LUlders-
esle, (blesvcastlcron), the property of ‘Jtitilei

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LAW INTELIAGLNCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Arc:. 2.

TET PORT',MOU BANK.

THR ASSIGNEES IN THR MATTER OF MINCHIN

CARTER ANO-OTHEEIS, BANKRUPTS.

Mr. CULLEN stated this was the petition of the
assignees of the bankrupts, praying, that the pro-
ceedings 0.10 a commission of bankruptcy whi:l)
issnrd againit the bankrupts on the 10th of No-
eeniher kw, might be deposited with his Lord-
Secirtat y of Bankrupts, until an application
whit h was iotended to be made by the petitioners
t 0 the Cithrt of King's Bench was decided, and
that another commission might issue againq the
bankrupts on the petition of Alexander 111`Leod,
a creditor ; and that the Secretary of Bankrupts
should be at liberty to produce the proceedings
under the first commis-ion .to the Commiss.ioners
itn:!er the second, if they should think it ne-

I.cessaiy.
••• Mr. HoxNe said, it was his duty to-interrupt
his-Learned Friend; as a petition was presented
Lordship to supersede this commission With
coifs, he could only look at this petition as a ma-
ncietivre-of the assignees to get rid of the petition
of Ith client.
ili. Nlnwractue said, if it was a manoeuvre, he
and bis Learned Friend' (Mr. Cullen) were the
culprits, as it was preSentetrby their advice. „
The t.utto CIIANCELLOR---1 will hear this pe-
.titiotwat the same time be!aring in my-mind that
there is another petition pending.
Mr.. CULLbN stated that-the petitioners were
chosen.. assignees by creditors who had debts
against the hankrupts.to .the amount. of 32,0001.
and upwards; that there mete- most important
proceeditigs, taken untier the. commission ; that
there bad. been ten private mee:ings of the corn-
missionets, besides publie:one,s,:antl the bankropts
bad. p.assarrall &heir tlisminaii!ms., The. commis-
soon on the petitiOnnfMessrre. Mastertnans,
:44,11:ker5,: Ltimtion.,- anti- the assignees brought
an: act inn-101 regover:a debt 'due to.7the...estate., it
!was trietLat therpresent,HAssizps.for Southall-Ip,
,10101;.,hfOitie Baton. voltam. -.There...the
.defendant ,raised to (rest ion as to the validity:of-the
eomMission. .was of. opi-
nion ,t.itat.,there-.waS.a ondipetit loping ,creditor's
debt,, Jot tke.,.tie(ifirtningt :Crediroeit
being :navy, tolilie-6 ams soh bankruptcy committed
by-the.b.lnkruptsiitiitycduld-,not hold; is--Messyst.
Mestettnans wercauswenabiet,for :the..conduct of
titeir,Solicitor,and, the, Jury:returned! a verdicvfor
,t he defenda.nt,lfilie Courts ofiliing7s Bench granted
a .1)CM! :11 itt.k., it ccattidiiget he:tried until-, the next
Assizes ; and although Barrin -:Graham. was 'of
opinion that the acrrpftablYtiptcy.were.not good
as to' Nleistisi:'M'aS:terthlsiii, yet- he was Of opinion
't'hey would befgbod a'',tc.ii'arty other petttiontng
'eredifor;- -and of coutii would :Valid as they
related io Atr.'l\l‘ Lend. Lie had the affidavit of'
the lieltor of ihe atisighees;'i-Vhleh
set-forth; Ahat'his clients 'hat! entered into eon-
tracis th.e sale. of the real and perstaital"eitates
of the Tbankrupts, and had received mortgages
from debtors to the' bankrupts' estates, and also
had received ' several
.sums from other debtors,
vit.boittl:tbey•had brought actions against for the
recovesy, but which were abated by- the payinenrs
madeoind that they, the assignees, had assets in
their han-44.belonging,to the bankrupts' estate,
amounting to 35,0001. He (the. Learned Coun-
sel) could'not :conceive any thing that could be
moire useful than That his Lordship would,use•tlie
judicial power which had been placed in his hands;
and grant the petition ; •and, in his. opinion, there
was nothimg that could be so pernicious to the
ends of justice as superseding the commission.

Mr. SIoNTAGus followed, . •
Mr. HART, Counsel for the ,petitioning credi-
tors, Messrs. Mastermans, said his clients were
ready to 501)044 to any order his Lordship might
pleasetookake.
Mr.. HORNE said, he was certainly. put to great
inconvenience. by the-tray this petition had been
brought on, as his clients bad not been served
with it, although the assignees were served with
the petition to. supersede the commission, 11e
1)00 in his hand the affidavit of one of the assig-
nees, made 11)Janu,ary last, in which he swears
that he. slid ,not believe there was a good. petition-
ing creditor's debt.
The LORD CuAticilLt.oß—Fromthe little I have
heard and seen of this case, the step that is asked
to betaken by this petition is a most important
one, andmost novel in,its nature. Many:impor-
tant matters may take place if the commission is
superseded,,and also. if it is not. Hand me up
all the petitions, for it is ❑ecessary.l should.:b.e in
posession of all the.information they contain. I.
however., cannot help saying,):that [,doubt;wbe-
Ow the acts of bankruptcy;will support the.com,
mission, 1, will
.read theTetitions and the :affida7
vits. this evening„ and give, you ,my Opinion to-
morrow morning, for: it is f,matter of
,great con-
sequence that
.it .shouN be immediately known
whether the commission is to be upheld or not.
Further considertvion postponed.

YORKSWRE ASSIZES, JULY 29. ,

BR,EACI-I OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

DAWSON V. 'NEWTON.

Aii'''‘Vit.t.isms opened the pleadings. The
damages 'ere laid at 30001.
illr. RatNs stated the case to the Jury. This
was purely an action'to recover a .compensation
danr.ges roe a'breitch of the most explicit pro-
..

Ibises and the most solemn. engagement on the'
!mot' of the defendant to marry the 'plaintiff. The
plaintiff was a young woniati of 24 years of 'age,
Oiu o►f 'the daughters of Wm. Dawson, formerly
fainter at Moorlands, near Huddersfield, where

he occupied a farm as tenant to-Mr. Win. New-
ton,' (tiefetidant's lather), a land-surveyor at Stag.
%coda hill; but tiow only a labourer. The de-
fendant, about 28 years.of age; was the only sun
Of Mr. Newton, possessed in his'own right of an
estate of 2001. a year, and was heir to his father's
property, estimated at 20,0001. 'The parties liv-
ing-only about a mile fro M-each-other, early ac-
ghaintance was formed bet ween them acquaint.•
ante grew into attaehment, and 3-ttachment rip-
ened into love. Their courtship comOteneed at
least seven years ago. From 1815 to November
1817, their mutual love was known to Martha
DaiiWiaa one of cie witnesses. At time latter

period the defendant discontinued his visits, and
.1) the 7th of April, 1218, he married another
young _lady; yet, five years ago, the defendant
Tad assured the plaintiff's mother, then on her
death-bed, that he would marry her daughter. licr
attachment to the undeserving defendant induced
her to refuse many advantageous offers, and the loss
he was hound to repair, as far as damages can do it.
—Her health, indeed, has been seriously affected
by the cruel disappointment. The defendant was
said to rest his defence on the disparity of their
situation ; but this could never justify the elf-rim.
tion of a deliberate and solemn promise while
their relative situations were well known. This
action has been so long delayed owing to the mis-
conduct of Mr. Joseph Blackburn, Attorney, at
Huddersfield, who, in 1817, to:unfenced the
action, and got 251. from Ole defendant, under
the pretence of trying the cause at the last As-
qizes. But he soon afterwards absconded from
Huddersfield, and was since unheard of.
Mrs. Martha -Dawson, wife of William Dawson,
cl9thier, near Hiulderstiehl, and the plaintiff's
brother, staled the plaintiff to be 24, and the
ddendatit 28- years of' age:: The defebtlant had
appeared fond of the plaintiff from their infancy,
ai,d had courted her_ at least seven years.— 1

About two years ago she was at the plaintiff 's
house on a Sunday afternoon, when defendant said
tbithe witness that lie.drad given 'the plaintiff a
ring, at,the same time asking the plaintiff to fetch
it. The plaintiff having refused, be fetched it
hiMself, and put it on the plaintiff's finger; and
said, " This is the 'first marriage- ring 1 ever
kflnght ; we will go to Sheffield and be married;
Nlr. Wordsworth shall marry us ; this is the ring
. .

and the gown you shall be married in ; I will
never marry 'any other woman, rn dear." She
remembered that in the, spring of 1517 the de-
fendant, having the plaintiff on.liksknee, was seen
by SaraliThioofhotise, a neighboni-js daughter,
whb ithutedtately:tvent Out' 'again' froth' the'lionse.
Defendant- then' said .that Sarall.lll4orbousd had
come to see an(llijar, but be did,not nOpd
was deteintined:to have. Ether Dawson. When
witness expresse)VsuspieiotiS of perfOrming
his promises, lie said, if be-mould, nor, the ring
would,,kang,4im, and added, addressing himself to
Esther, "Nly dear, that will never come to pass;
for a- fish may as well li.ve-out of water, as mc•witli.,

out you 3•1 am determined never to marry another ;
I should be the oddest man upon earth if, ever 1
attempted to marry any person but you what is
the use of riches if I can't lie haiip'y'.? 'my ha pi=
ness. till depends. upon. yOu.".. On tine occasion
be stated., that nothing .preveutedimme&ate mar-
riage but his father being against, it, but he would
nihrry- her .notwithstanding. •Wben the' plaintiff
was going into.service-in 1817; tte.prevented .her;
because the world would then say that he had
married a servant. She believed that.the plaintiff
had refused Thomas Turner," Jonas Heywood,
Reuben- Lindley, and John'CbarleSworth, in con.;
sequence ,of her. engagement to_tbe defendant.-r-
Thedefendant bad desired the plaintiff to wear
the ring Wheneier be was in. company; in order
to sheiV 'that -she- Was engaged. • The character
and conduct of the. plaintiff had always-been
correct. •
Jonathan Dawson, a labourer, brother to the
plaintiff; •said, that the plaintiff and. defendant

tied knowii each other from children. Defen-
dant bought his sister a silk gown, and .said
to witness, '' Don't she look right beautiful ?"
—The defendant put the ring on her finger,
and said, 'phis'- is; the ring I have bought
to tie Esther and me." Witness said, that it
looked very .unlikely that they should go loge-,
iher, he so rich, and'abe the daughter of a poor
man. He replied, that .was no matter where love
was.; :after-Atis • father's death be should have
20,0001., andt hat his fattier had settled 2001. a-year
upon hitn ; and added, that Mr. IVordsworth, at
Sheffield, had paid his: addresses to a poor car-
penter's daligbteC. Defehdant said that he, bad
premised'Oaintiff's mother; on her deatb-hed,-to
marry her daughter, and le would do it. He said
that if any hotly could drive it to him that they
were not to come together, all the pleasure of this
%Valid would be over with him.

• Mrs, Anne Battye, a• neighbour, stated •thist the
defentiant.puid great attention to the plaintiff; and
protnised..,to: marry her. The plaintiff had re-
fused 'many.likely matches. Her character 'was
always good.
, Mary, Dyson., a neighbour's:daughter, gave
similar evidence, and mentioned particularly that
plaintiff had refused Jonas.HeywoOd, whO was.
veorth 5601. beea'ise she was engaged to. defend-
anr. Upon witness mentioning this to defendant,
he laughed, and did not deny it.
Mr., SCARLETT addi•essed the Jury for tire de-,

Pendant.. if it had been left to his 'jiscretion,, he
Might pethaps
,have thought it enough to point
Out the. dis Parity of the partieS, in order ro slew
the improbability of any proMise.:, But he imts to
call witnesses who Would prove, that if the defend-
int made.any promises, it nmst have been play
and bantering ;, and that the plaintiff was unwor-
thy pf,all promises, and that, therefore, theywere
riot made. The condition yourig,wom-an
must have a douhle effect : first, it made it incre-
dible that. any promises had been made ; and
neit, if made, it took away, any.ground da-
mages,, because the defendant ought not to marry
such a woman. The scenes of courtship_ were,
public-houses, Wakes, and fairs.
At'ter the evidence of GeorgeMoorhouse, George

Flower, Hannah Bray, Joseph Corkell, and John
Charlesworth, [IPA been given, •in depreciation of
the,plaintiff's .character, Mr. 11Apat made an in-
dignant and spirited reply, contending, that the
promise of marriage by the defendant was beyond
all question, trusting that if a man could avow
himself a traitor to love and honour, because he
had 20,0001, a Yorkshire Jury would give ample_
damages out of the 20,0001. to an innocent, a
spotlesS, and an outraged female.
Mr. Baron Woos summed up at great length.
.The conditions of the parties wet e'no objections.,
Many of the happiest marrikges had be'en formed
in-similar circumstances ; many of 'the practices.
'attempted to 'be used against her were quite harm.
less, and fully warranted by the habits of that
parr of the,coinntry. Most cruel it was in him to
have inspired her with full hopes of a marriage su
advantagequs, and then:to abandon her. •AsAo.,
Charlesworth and Homer, were these. two tallowy
to be believed ? It was most discreditable ; it was'

A ,
worse in young men who pro4,,hly ham lidr
tt:ough they might have attempted to seduce be:
to come into open Court with sucheYidencre.
That she had not another silk gown Was 119 t-bi
proach, nor did any good reason appear sv"Y.'
4efelvdant should not have pertormed his riru
It they believed that the omise had been;.
pr
it was for them to say what damages shoal" t 7
given.
The Jury retired, and after deliberating for
wards of an hour, returned a verdict for rife Pjs7.
tit}, damages 3001. ,•,„es
The defendant, a fat, stout, coarse-lo"'"
maim, sat during the trial behind hi;'`Cottlise.:/.
The plaintiff is a handsome, modest, and iffiectilas
ing girl. 't he verdict seemed to give vellr—
aatisfaetion.