The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-12 00:00:00

LOVE AND MADNESS.

Tuesday, a fashionably-dressed female, residing in
Great Ormond-street, Blooinsbury, applied to the.
Magistrate at Hatton-gardet: for a marrant against a
person living in May Fair, who had threatened
her life. She said, that the individual of Whom she
complained had paid his addresses to her for up-4
wards of three years, when, for certain reasons, she
broke off the match, and lrul &dined to see him
again. He, however, wrote such pressing letters to
her, requesting an interview, for the purpose of en-
tering into an explanation, that she consented to meet
him in the neighbourhourhooil of Russell-square, and
finding she was still determined not to be his wife,
he drew a pistol from his breast, and swore he would
murder her, unless she gave him the promise of her
hand in marriage. Frightened almost to death,
she held out favourable hopes to him, and promised
to meet him on a future day; but, as she had not
fulfilled her promise, she had received several letters
from him, requesting an interview. 11cr admirer.
!lowever, finding all his attempts to prirure a meet-
ing fruitless, had sent her a letter, assuring her that
he would take her life on the first opportunity, al-
though knowing, as he said, that his own would be
forfeited in consequence. He ,i'sclaimed any feeling
of anger or -vengeance tows d a her; but said he
could not bear the idea of another possessing her
whom he adored. Since she received that letter, he
was constantly parading up and down the street in
which she resided, with a pistol in his hand; and
she was fearful that she should fall a sacrifice to his
violence. Mr. Laing said that enough had been
stated, and instantly granted a warrant for the ap,
prehension of the individual complained of.

MARCH OF TILE BRITISH .TROOPS

FROM LISBON.

I was present at the departure of our ti oops from.
Lisbon for the interior. At break of day the guards
left their barrack at Belem, oa the road to Villa
Franca. The sun shone deceitfully at starting, but
before they were four miles away, down came the
rain, and our poor fellows were as drencheki as water
rats. The fatigue of marching in this country
bad enough (on roads of great coarse pavement, in
some places broken up in pit fulls, in others ground
into clay; here broad enough fora score of waggons,
then narrowed to the space of a tax-cart) in tine
weather, but when the rain sets in, it must be the
deuce itself. A soldier has his musket, !znapsack,
great-coat, wine can, and provision wallet, with
rations for three days, to carry. His wife is ,till more
to be pitied. I am told that tie few who are
allowed to follow the army will have to march on
foot the entire road, unless the husband can afford to
hire a horse or mule. _ _ _

The baggage is principally carried on mules' barks.
Some heavy chests are loaded on bullock carts., ha
that operation is so slow and-inefficient, and the roads
are in places almost impassable to them, that even
this clumsy conveyance is dispensed witl, The
mules are certain ; they will walk you down a
quarry, or trot you over a mountain—give them
their own way, and they seem to understand the
business much bett:r than you do. Each mule car-
ries a panier, like cross trees, on which the baggage
is placed, not exceeding 300Ibs. weight, a tarpaulin
is thrown over to keep off the rain, and the whole
made secure with- rude leathern straps, which go
tur".er the mule's belly, and over the tarpaulin.
Following the army, you see some hundreds of
them, one man guiding three, and a chief of
brigade, as he is Galled, having the command of five-
and-thirty. The infantry officers have the privilege
of riding on horseback on the march,' if they CM
afford to purchase mules and horses, which the sons
of wealthy fathers, who now fill the army, have of
course no difficulty in doing. Some of these cattle
are about as big as full-grown cats; a tall Liente
nant looks most engaging with pistol-holsters before
of oar
Noble
the saddle, a small valise, and his great-coat strapped
upon it behind, with harre-sacks for his rations
dangling at each side. The Officer has a protec-
tion from weather in his large military cloak, which,
covers man, mule, and materiel. But, notwith-
standing
sb
ut itserpnosrmarbel portable
alreadyar -n
tired of fear-not,
I fancy some
campaigning.

t illilIulcicl:.
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diocese.ese lt
---- .
ing visitations an
experienced Thursday at CI
on • iester-
disappointment was
tl • I
where about one thousand young persons were
Chester-
le-Street,
for confirmation, his Lordship not being able to
assembled .
attend from indisposition. On Friday morning the Bishop
arrived at the Mansion-house here, and soon afterwards
° fconDfirumnatifi confirmations in 'la] its
proceeded to St. Nicholas' Church, to hold a visitation
The Bishopd
visitation,
where an appropriate sermon was preached on the occasion
by the Arclideacon'of NORTH CIIISEILLA ND. The charge of
the Diocesan, we are informed, was not generally admired.
The conduct of Dissenters, both Protestant and Catholic,
in endeavouring to obtain their civil rights, formed a pro..
minent feature in it ; and the observations respecting that
large and respectable portion of the community were, we
understand, little suited to the intelligence and liberality of
the age. After the business was over, his Lordship pro-
ceeded to Ryton, where be was to hold 4 cooarmitioa
yesterday,..... Tine Mercury,