The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-24 00:00:00

BREAgri O AR lAG PROMISE

In the Supreme Court at Caleutta,unectien was brought against
Luia.JOs. Buratto, by Miss I‘llria Jane Christiana, to recover the-
•
vanes
.fin.tt breach of promise of marriage. - • .
The estates of the dekindent and' the • 'Plaintiff's father adjoin
each other, and the first acquaintance--.of Mr. 13aratto with the
family of Mr. Christiana, arose. front his sending chil-
Oen fruit. In tehruary
.IS2fi, the .defendant met Mr. Chris-
tiatta,,und
,intinuited his wish to call 0c:11114u ; on tvliich he Was.
invited to dinner the' ne:zt day, and he continued -to'visit from
that time till Mardi, when 'llia Christiana went to reside with
her aunt at .llarraCkpore, and did'not return.. till July. In. that
unmilt he. again *visited at :Christiana's, and expressed. to
Mr: C his idesire to. marry hiS.daughter, it he could outaitt his
-consent. He also sent Mr. C. his buggy horse the following
morning to fetch his'claughter,from IlarraekpOre, and said that a
good settlement should be made upon her. • The defendant pro-
posed to settle a lack of rupees upon the-plaintiff: -Instructions
were given to draw '.up the Settlement.' for that, iiinount..burthe
defendant afterwards,altered it, by saying lie would settle the in-
'tereet of a lack of rupees Amon the,,plaintitf, eta 50,0(lb
in the event of her death, revert to Mr, Christiana's estate. , :Not-
withstanding Mt.'l3.arratto'had, liven insirlittiOnit for preparing
this settlement, he began to relax in hie attentions to Miss Chris.
thins,. and she thereupon addresud to hint- thcfollowing note
if, My DEA ft originates , this coolness? On my
pa,rt I am not aware of any thing that can give rise to it. • Your
_word and honour is pledgill to me. It cannot be on account of the
settlement, for my fittlieritiinte,.throtigh Mr. Brightman, .to you,
ag.r.ceirig td the marriage settlement its all its partii.....:-what more;
then, •can you wish for?
Acl:liavernede many alicrifiees: for you, and consequently.your.
.couduct.eaunot be justified;; it.destroys my happiness. Silence
on your part is cruel 5 it is a enure* of, great , uneasiness ;-.—hut
when vets call to mind all your promises, recollect what must
befelt by - (Signed) - MARIA- CHRISTIAN A."
• ikze. Barritto's conduct was also dateribed as being most cruel,
in'remoi'iny; those servants whotu-hitirad.employed to attend her,
and else the carriage which he had directed her "to use. As one
of the dinner parties,- .Mrt. • Barrette proposed that her- son and
Aliga Christiana should change rings, which in India is csnisidered
half p marriage. Mr.. Harratto then gave Miss C. a rinse. ; and
lie, to return, a brooch; to.which-lie had taken a fancy.
In the course of a days, however, Mrs. Barratto applied: for
• this ring to he restored,..allegin,y;,• it was a present front a relation,
and threatening legal proeeedingir if it was- astaiiied. • The de-
fendant
teopebosobpts:t awita
..
the
henpur
presents

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bills came hi.they wore eta to MisiC 11601. ina rot:payment.: Tbe
repimteti preirtistW of Mr.' bitratto, and the 'fart .4:4-plaintiff bay-
ing iefooed two good offer.; heing provet3, Conntel were beard au
belolf of the.defentliint, who tOntendrti, that Mr. liafrltto

)•jortiaed in to Marry Miss -Christierta,Ari the -whole
.u(tite family's prOeyedings reAolved itself into a mercenary spiris
:of gai 1, and a desire to enrich thatuselres by the union.
' .':After a Shirt consultation, the Cm Kr JUSTICt pronounced
judipoent--Patnages,..Fiie Thiuisand.itupees.

It -is well Inown, that when a. ceraiu learned Lord
marriedaMerchioness. (now deceased), he caused her
Ladyship's name to be painted on the house door, in
conspicuous- characters, over the knocker, and' lirass
plate, on which his .own:name.was engraved. Meet-
mg. Jekyll, who hid warned hilts- against the ,marriage;
he told him that it had actually taken place. • Jekyll
dryly answieed,, o:yes, I. have heard it.; and I Ob-
serve that you already knock under." His. Lordship,
piqued at the reply,- went home, and caused the Mar-
chioness's'name to be taken our, and painted below
the knocker: When.he next•met Jekyll he told him
that he had made the alteration to. prevent any fortlier.
joke •at his es pence. Jekyll. immediately answeved,
Thive noticed it; and concluded that you are now
knocked

• SNUG WINTER' LODGING3.-r—The winter habi-
tationv of the Esqulrnauxi who visit Churchill, are built of Snow,
and. judging from one constructed by Augustus to-day, they are
very comfortable dwellings.• Having selected a spot on the river,
whore the enow was about two feet:deep, and sufficiently coult;-
pact, he commenced by tracing nut a circle tWelve feet in
diameter. The' Snow in the interior of the circle was next
divided with a.brotiOnife, having a long handle, into slabs three
fret long; six inches thick, and two feet deep, being the thickneis
of the layer of snow. , Theae slabs were tenacious enough to
admit of bring moved about without breaking, or even losing the
shariiesS- of .their' zngliv, and they had t slight deg'e of
curvature, corresponding with that of the circle front which they
wete cut. They were piled upen.each other exactly like courses
of hewn atone around the circle which wits traced out; and care
was taken to 'arnooth the beds of the different (entrees with the
knife, and to cut them so es to give the wall a slight inclination
inwertia, by `which contrivance the building acquired the prope.--
tie+ of a dome. The dome was closed somewhat suddenly end
flatly by cutting the upper slabs in a wedge-form, instead of the
more rectangular shape of those below. The roof wee about eight
by a
slab was cut
" small conical
rte°unticailtil
t
slabs' greatly
pfacfe,aniie:ott:itileiz.iteiatgrt
it
r).oairraithedtiii,iahtubcoeeeidedl
bwitstutia4p 0
3p ebettriiittit
o,rfnetrio:ewyn7aiits.irsgohtluhitutni
within,
tei
requiring
nou4firieb
operation._ When the huilding'was covered in, 3
little ;3/4)U4i.1 $1142W
thioWn over it, to close up every chink, aid
a lvw door wee cot through the walls with the knife. A bcsd-
-I)ll9Ait. wass gait. ;lamed, ard ueatly. faee4 ;up with skin of anew,
oda vial theft ei,vered with a thin' layer of pine brarebeg, to
l
.„4veot them' from fio melting by the heat of the body. At each
end
of the 1,k.1 pillar of maw wita Ereicted to place a lamp upon,
and lastly,,a porch,wai built before the dear; and a piece of clear
ice was placed in an aperture cut in the wall for a window. The
purlty'ef
,the material of which the houße 'v.-as framd, 'the-
.gx,eijtd,cplistuctipu, and fne fee trai4lacry df want, which
trentitrutteil, a vmillei•iant save it an' appearance far tup,!:.
rior to a marble -building, and orittilight atirvey-ii with &Rings
somewhat akin to those prodUcell by thecontemplation of cGre-
cian temple, reared by Phidiaa; both are temples of art, inimi-
table io their kinde....-FranAlin's Jour:toy to the Polar See.