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London, England, 1824-03-18 00:00:00

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This was an action for a bleach of promise of mar-
riage.—Mr. llnouctlAM opened the pleadings, and Mr.
SC ARLIITT stated the cae. Titc young Lady was about
twenty-two years cf age, the daughter of Mr. Ali:ab
Rose, a retired tradesman cf great respectability, who
resided at Northen, about seven miles flout Manchester.
The defendant w as a clink its the Stamp-office at Man-
chester, about OM ty yea's of age, and in the receipt of
a salary of about 123.-;(1 per annum. The partite had
known each other for some years, and no C3,ISC was as-
signed for the eln.!uct of the defendant in ekclining to.
fulfil his promise, except that the match was not
together approved of by the defendant's family.
Mr. ALDERSON, foe the defence, :tidy doss-examined
the plaintiff's Witnesses, and contended, in his address
to the Jury,-that though a proposal of mai riage bad
' been made bybis client to Miss Sarah ttose, there was
no evidence whatever to chew that such offer had been
accepted by the young Lady.
Mr; Justice Iloutovp summed NI, and the Jury,
having consulted about ten minutes, found a verdict for
,the plaintiff—Damages, £400: •
The Court was ctotvded with Ladies during the trial
of this cause ; which, it appears, has for the last three
• months driven every other topic from the tapir at Man-
chester and its neighbourhood.

POLICE IA ILLLIGENCE.

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Bon -51 FC RE r.

Sees or Sr. PATRICX.—: One Mrs. Onheritic iltkiots, a fine, fat,
roiy-faced dams, was charged whit having stolen a piece of ribbon
from a haberdasher's shop hi Holborn. It was a-clear case—she
was seen to purloin the-ribbon, and it was taken from her as she
was leaving the shop.
The Magistrate asked her what she had to say for herself ? " Why,
please your Worship," replied Mrs. Catherine Atkins, •` though I'm
a Londoner born and bred, I had the misfortune to marry an Irish-
man, please your Worship, and that was the wAy of it —if your
Worship pleases 'to conifoler."
"" What !" said his Worship, " did your marrying au Irishman
oblige you to steal this ribbon?"
" No, please. your Worship," rejoin td Mrs. Catherine Atkins,
" not exactly; only it was St. Patrick's Day, if your Worship
pleases to consider ; and I wouldn't have did sich a thing for the
work!, please your Worship, if I had not been a leetle intotticated in
regard of St. Patrick !"
Poor St. Patrick always has more sins laid to his charge than any
other Saint is the calendar ; but we never before heard him charged
Pas a particeps crinaiiiis in sholdiflirtg. Worship, however, re-
fused to take St. Panick's participation into the account ; and be
committed Mrs. Catherine Atkins for trial with the whole weight
of the offence on her own shoulders.
UNION-HALL,

I:TION TO WOIMIIIII. —A man named Peter Eaton, In the em-
ployment of Mr. Snuggs, glass-frame maker, in Little Guildford-
street, Southwark, was yesterday brought before R. J. rHAM SCRS,
EN. charged with having absented himself from his master's ser-
vice, leaving his work in an unfinished state.
Mr. Snuggs stated, that the prisoner had deserted from his ser-
vice last week,' to the great injury of the job then in hand, which
was lift in an unfinished state, owing to the prisoner's conduct. hlr.
Snuggs added, that he had since ascertained he was at work for
another master.

Mr. CaLtatsxas said that the charge was quite sufficient to autho-
rise him in sending the prisoner for three months to hard hbons'
at Brixton.
Mr. Snuggs here ir.terceded for the workman, saying that he had
a wife and four or five children, who Were entirely dependant on
him fur support. If the defendant consented to declare his error,
and make a puhlk apology in the workshop to that effect, he (Mr.
Sntiggs) would be quite satisfied.
The Magistrate said, if this kind interposition was not ac-
ceded to by the defendant, file warrant should be open against him.
The defendant thankfully agreed to this suggestion, and he was
discharged. 1

TELLIGENCE.