Star.
London, England, 1827-04-21 00:00:00

TO A CHILD, TWO YEARS OF AGE.

Bright be the sties that cover thee,
Child of the sunny blow—
Bright as the dream flung over thee
By aU that meets thee now.
Thy heart is beating joyously.
Thy voice is like a bird's—
And sweetly breaks t►e melody
Of thine imperfect words.
I know no fount that gushes out
As gladly as thy tiny shout
I would that thou might'st ever be
As beautiful a• now,—
That time might ever leave as free
v Thy yet unwritten brow;
I would hfe were 0 all poetry"
To gentle measure set,
• That sought but chastened melody
• Might stain thine eye of jet—
Nor one discordant note be spoken
Goo the cunning harp bath broken !
I would—but deeper things than these
With woman's lot are wove ;
Wrought of intenser sympathies
And nerved by purer love—
By the strong spirits thicipline,
By the fierce wronglorgiven,
By all that wrings the heart of sin,
Is woman won to Heaven.
• Her lot is on thee," lovely child
GOD keep thy spirit undefiled!

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

AREACII Of PROMISE 01 MARRIAOZ-000OR V. PARR.
Mr. PRILPOTS stated, that this was an action for a
breach of promise of marriage.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS said, that it was his duty to state the
circumstances of the case under which the plaintiff, Miss
Isabella Gough, sought reparation for an injury done
to her feelings. He apprehended that the defendant,
would adduce evidence, and the:dote be should state
the ca,e in the outset as concisely as possible. The
young Lady was the daughter of a Dissenting Clergy-
man of the highest respectability. Her brother, who
wguld be called as a witness, was a Clergyman of the
Church of England. Mr. Gough. senior, had, it would
appear, educated a relative of the defendant, who. was
one of a firm of very eminent silversmiths at Bristol.
They %sere engaged extensively in a very lucrative
• trade. It would appear that in the spring of last year,
Miss Gough, who was a Lady highly interesting and
accomplished, went on a visit to Bristol, and there an
attachment, which appeared to be mutual, grew up.
Mr. Farr was a man of good education, and of a time
of life when he could not plead the fickleness of youth.
He was between thirty and forty, and had been previ•
ously married. Miss Gough, on one occasion, had
visited her brother in company with Mr. Farr ; and on
this occasion her brother, with proper feeling to both
parties, asked him his intentions? when Mr. Farr stated
what his intentions were, and asked Mr. Gough to per-
form the ceremony, and pointed out the church at
which he wished that ceremony performed. This
would be proved by Mr. Gough ; and if that Geatleman
required corroboration, which he certainly did not, let-
ters of the defendant would be produced, which would
shew what the defendant's intentions were. These let-
ters would be material, as he had heard that Mr. Farr,
who was a widower, was to plead that the first advances
came from the Lady herself. Whether that were'so or
not, he cared not; for he should shew, by the letters of
Mr. Farr, what his opinion of the young Lady was_
and these letters were written too at a time when Mr.
Farr would• have the Jury suppose he was disgusted.
In one of his letters he called on his Marten to forget
him if he ever forgot her. Unhappily for her, she be-
lieved this blasphemy to be true, and the consequence.
of this misplaced confidence had been, a misery that
would very likely attend het to the grave. Miss G. bad
had an intention of becoming a governess, which was
alluded to in one of the letters; but this she gave up
the idea of at the defendant's desire. In the month of
July, Mr. Gough observed a secret melancholy, Via
was nourished by his daughter, and he applied to her
to know the cause, and having ascertained it, he wrote
to the defendant to request an explanation, which the
defendant never condescended to give. But, at length,
when Mr. Gough found his daughter's health declining,
and her spirits gone, went himself to Mr. Farr; and all
the explanation Mr. Farr then chose to give was, that
he woold not marry Miss Gough. It would be proved,
that her state was truly pitiable after she found that
every vow had been broken, and every confidence be-
trayed. It he should prove these facts, he confidently
looked for ample damages. It there was any mason to
he assigned fur the defendant's desertion of the young
Lady, it would be assigned for the first time. It was
easy to throw ridicule on a misfortune of this kind; but
he doubted much whether airy of the Jury, who had
manly feelings, would not be pained much by such an
observation. But it should be recollected that a man
had the business of the world to wean him from his
cares; but with a woman it was otherwise: she had no
world but her own home, and no object but the phan-
tom of the happiness she was deprived of. Miss Gough
had suffered deeply, and he would ask the Jiiry to
award her damages in proportion as she had suffered.
Mr. Joseph Hall—l am a cabinet-maker at -Bristol;
I know the defendant and his•father ; they are jewellers
and silversmiths. The firm is "Thomas Farr and Sao."
These letters are of the defendant's handwriting.
Cross-examined by Mr. LUDLOW—Mr. Farr, sen. had
a son, who died; the.firm was then Farr and Son ; I
don't think the defendant is in partnership with hit fa-
ther, because he has told me so.
The Rev. Hensil Gough said—l live at Aust, which
is eleven miles from Bristol ; I am a Clergyman of the
Church of England ; I have known the defendant for
eight or ten years; I take a few pupils; a brother of
the defendant was one of them. In the spring of 1826,
the defendant came with my sister to An.t ; in conse-
quence of my observing his conduct, I said I wished
to know what his intentions were towards my sister ? he
replied, that he was glad that I had given him an op-
pro tunity'of declaring his honourable intentions towards
her ; I stated that the plaintiff being my sister, I felt
myself bound to make some inquiry, and I asked him
whether he was acquainted with the circumstances r•ff
my sister? he said he was quite satisfied on that head.
Something was said about tending with me fora m rntb,
and, at the expiration of that time, he intimated an in-
tention of m.rrying her. I was to have performed the;
*ceremony, and he said lie should wish to be married in
my church. I said I should be happy to perform the
ceremony.
(Mr. Gough, from the extreme heat of the Court,
was neatly tainting, and wa, obliged to be asli?ted out
of Court.)
The Rev. James Gough said—l am a Dissenting
Clergyman; I lived in Bristol for about five years. I
had one of the bluchers of Mr. Farr under my care. I