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London, England, 1821-06-04 00:00:00

THE KING V. GEORGE EDMONDS.

This was the case of libel upon the Magistrates of
Birmingham.
The defendant entered into his own recognisance
in the sum of 4.01. to appear, if called on, for judg-
ment ; and was told by the Court, that if he con-
ducted himself properly, he would not be brought up.

SHERIFFS COURT, JUNE 2.
rIZZET V. BOULTER AND HIS WIVE.

This was an action for a breach of promise of
marriage. The damages were laid in the declara-
tion at £l,OOO.
Mr. 'ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury on the part of
the plaintiff. This was, be said, an action for a
breach of promise of marriage, made by the wife of
the defendant to the plaintiff Pizzey ; and, when he
stated the circumstances to the Jury, lie was sure
they would find them of a very remarkable descrip-
tion. They would find, in the progress of this case,
that common faults and coquetry were not confined
to persons in the higher stations, or of educated
minds, but found their way amongst the lower classes,
Ind were as much exercised by an humble servant,
is in'aey Play or Romance-writer, where extraordi-
nary things were usually to be found.• The present
action was .brought to recover compensation in
damages for one of the severest injuries, with, per-
haps, one exception, which could be inflicted on al
person in the plaintiff's situation of life. The plain-
tiff was coachman in the family of Mrs. Bowen, at
Colnebrook, and the female defendant was also a
servant in the same family. At first she entered the
service from a Charity School, and it would be seen
by her letters that she had benefited by the education
she there received. Her letters were not written in
what might be called an elegant taste; but they were
extremely pretty letters, such as one might see con
tained the dictates of an upright mind. On her first
entering the service of Mrs. Bowen she received no
wages; but, as her industry and diligence made her
a better servant, she had fourteen, and then eighteen
guineas a-year—a very handsome sum ! At this
period the courtship between the parties began. He
expressed to her his intentions of marrying her, and
fixed all his hopes of happiness upon its being very
soon realized. About this time the female defendant,
Sarah Burchett (Mrs. Boulter), purchased a sixteenth
share of a Lottery ticket, which, unhappily for all
partiei, came up a prize of £20,000. Not £20,000
money, but E 20,000 Consols ; one of those tricks and
finesses of the day, by which people are made to
think they can get more money than they ultimately
do. Well, she got as her share LS33. It might be
that the defendant would now say to herself, "I have
a considerable sum of money—l may alter my inten•
tion—perhaps look up to something higher, and all
my former arrangements are at an end." If such
were the case, her conduct could not be considered
as wholly without excuse, though such an apology
would not have been becoming. At the time, how-
ever, of her receiving this money, he took it for
granted, indeed he believed the fact to he, that they
were mutually attached to each other. On the 12th
of May, 1820, Sarah, the defendant, wrote a letter to
the plaintiff's mother, the sentiment of which was
such as would do credit to A girl in a more elevated
rank of life. The letter ran thus :

" HARLOW, MAT ie..
" MY DEAR MRS. Piturv.—As John is about to pay you a
visit, I have taken the liberty of writing a few lines to Inform
you of my good fortune. The last time I was in London
I bought a sixteenth in the Lottery. You will be surprised to
hear that it came up a twenty thousand, which entitled me to
5C85.1. Airs. Cowell thinks now that I shall soon be married,
but I told her that no one should have me for my money, which
rather offended her, but I have long intended, and still keep my
resolution of never being anybody's daughter but your's, if you
will accept me for one. Pray write, if you have time. I hope
you are quite well, and that James is better.
Your's in haste " BURCHETT."

Addressed to Mrs. lizzey.
That this was the letter of a frank and honest girl
—of such a ,girl as any man might like to make his
wife, could ntotposaibly be doubted. The alteration
in her attachment .did not speedily take place. At
first, when she received the money, she and the plain-
tiff thought it would- be belf for them to take a pub-
lic-house, such a sum as she had being considered
enough to commence in that line. That such a
thought was a very foolish one he sincerely believed;
for there was not a butler and a lady's-maid who mar-
ried, but thought the same thing, and went on in the
pursuit till they sot over head and ears in debt, and
left the fruits of their early industry in a concern
which could scarcely prosper. A public-house, how-
ever, they now discovered was not fit for them, and
she wished the plaintiff to apply to his father to give
up a house, with which he complied, and his father
'consented to let him have it.

The next letter he should read was dated the 11th
of June, and addressed to the plaintiff.
" M mazes: Jono.—l am so dull now you are gone, I
have not a soul to speak to : it seems five months instead of days
since you left me. lam not tired of writing, but my pens cer-
tainly are, for they get trretchedly bad. They ate gone to din-
ner, and I shall go and steal a book to pass dull time away.—;
Adieu, my love, with wishing you health and happiness, till we
meet again. I remain, and ever shall, your's sincerely.
(Signature torn off.)
" Tell me if you bought the frocks. Harriet's love to all."
Addressed to Mr. J. }Um, Burley's Lodp.
j After this came another Lauer". dieted the 20th of

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June ;—a part of it couched in that innocent and
playful style which, far from shoving any abatement
in her love for the plaintiff, must have corroborated.
it beyond measure. There was another portion of it,
on which the present action was mainly founded—
namely, that in_which she alluded to the efforts made
by Mrs. Cowell to induce her to marry the present
defendant.
This Mrs. Cowell, (observed the Learned Counsel)
who had been so often mentioned, was a housekeeper
in the house of Mrs. Bowen, and the wretched old
woman was the cause of inducing the female defend-
ant to break the faith which she had so fervently
plighted to the plaintiff. Mrs. Cowell seemed anxious
to put forward some acquaintance of her own on the
female defendant, and that individual was the person'
who now stood a conjoint defendant in this action.
Boulter, the defendant, lived in the neighbourhood
of his present wife ; but, while she was Miss Bur-
chett, and had no money, he could see no charms
about her; but, as soon as the money came, the
painter and glazier found a flame begin to warm in
his breast, and seemed desirous of uniting his fate to
her's, who, before she had the £BOO, lie never once
thotriht of making his own for life. So late as the
2.3 d of July the dispositions of the defendant towards
the plaintiff were favourable; and he left it to the
Jury to imagine what must have been the feelings of
his client, when, on the 7th of August, only a fort-
night after, he received the following, letter:
64 HORTON HOUSIt, AUCCST 7.

" Deus JOHN—I have too late found the impropriety of
forming an attachment with a person that all my friends had
an objection to. lam very sorry you so soon decided upon it ;
but I am unworthy of your notice ; and hope, for your own
happiness, you will think me so. Ilad things continued as they
were, I should most certainly not think of marrying for some,
time to come; and I hope you will agree with me in thinking
that there are people much more suited to make you happy than
me, for I never should think myself so, nor would I ever at-
tempt it, under such circumstances ; for I should think, sooner
or later, I should meet with the treatment I deserved. I re-
main, your sincere well wisher,
"'lo Mr. John Pizzey, "S. BURCIIETT.
S. Knipe', Esq. Clay-hill, Epsom, Surrey."
This was the conclusion of her correspondence
with the plaintiff, with the exception of the following
letter, which at once put an end to all those hopes
and anticipations her previous conduct had raked in
the plaintiff's mind :
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" As you desire I will write it ; I do it, though really I have
nothing to say but what I have already told you ; yet if it is
necessary I should add one more instance of folly to what I
have already been guilty of, let it be so.
" You say it is necessary the Gentleman who has our affairs
in hand should see my letters. When they were written they
were not intended for public exhibition ; but if you chorise to
expose thetn, I must submit, and add one more to the catalogue
of fools. You say, if I will make you a loving wife, you will
pardon everything. I ask you, is such a thing possible? No;
you may make me ridiculous in the eyes of the world, but you
shall not make me vile in my own : no one sees the impropriety
of my conduct in a stronger light than I do myself, but I will
not add crime to folly by swearing, at the altar, to love a man
when I know I cannot ; nor have I so bad an opinion of your
principles, as to suppose you would take any woman under such,
circumstances.—(No signature.)
" To Mr. J. Pizzey,—S. Knipes, Esq. Clay Hill, Epsom."
In a short time after the 7th of August, she con-
ferred her person on the present defendant, totally
disregarding what her mistress might think ; and
without once attending to any of those other consi-
derations which she falsely alleged to have altered
her intentions. Under such circumstances she left
the plaintiff no resource but to bring the present at-
tion. It was the province of the Jury to consider the
amount of the damages to be awarded to a party so
deeply injured as the plaintiff.
' The Learned Gentleman here sat down, but rose
again almost immediately, and said he had forgotten
to state that the wedding ring was ready, • the banns
put up and published, and already out-asked—the
banns being written in the defendant's own writing.
Mr. CRESS WELL, on the part of the defendant, said
he should have found it difficult to address them on
the present occasion, were i: not for the indignation
which he could not but feel at finding them dragged
there to waste their valuable time in listening to such
a case as this—that they should have been drawn
away from their avocations to be insulted and dii-
gusted by the mockery of such an action. He ad.
mitted that the representation of " High Life below
Stairs," might be a fit subject for the Stage, and that
the billet dons and the love-sick stories of the "Stable
and the Still-room," might form an amusing topic in
a Farce; but he never could endure the notion, that
the important functions of a Jury were to be abused
by listening to the sentimental complaints of a stable-
boy, while rubbing down his master's horses, or clas-
sically inscribing his mistress's name upon his curry-
comb. One farthing would, in his humble opinion, be
amply sufficient to satisfy any real damages which the
plaintiff had sustained.
Mr. H ENCH !JAN then proceeded to sum up the facts
to the Jury. It was clear, he said, that a promise had
been given and broken ; and it was the province of
the Jury to say what damages the plaintiff was en-
titled to for the disappointment he had sustained.
The .Tury retired, and in a few minutes returned
with their verdict, assessing the damages at £2OO.

Sunday week, a quantity of bread was given away
at Oswestry Church, as an atonement for defaming
the character of a respectable woman residing in that
neighbourhood.
At Loughborough, which is a very populous town,
there has not been a single levy on account of the
poor for the last three months.
Monday, were landed at Southampton, from Havre
de Grace, the remains of KEANE OSBORN, Esq. who
died at Geneva, to be conveyed for interment in the
family vault at Weston, near Bath.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—OR Friday (the 25th,
ult.) Miss Stratton was drowned in a well, in the
garden of Colonel Brotherton, at Portobello, Dublin.
She was the youngest daughter of the late John
Stratton, Esq. near Dundalk, and Lady Emily Joce-
lyn, sister to the late Earl of • Roden, and to the
present Bishop of Clogher. She had nearly attained
the eleventh year of her age; It is not yet three
weeks since the death of Mr. Stratton. Lady Emily
had gone to remain some time with her only daugh-
ter now living, Mrs. Brotherton, and while sitting
in one of the windows, on the above afternoon, saw
her beloved • child, from whom she eipected the
chief happiness of her latter years, fall itne a deep
draw-well, where she had been amusing- herself.—_
She instantly flew to the spot, and pretvitated le:4'
self into the fatal pit after the child. Atilstance was
immediately given: - 'from Miss S. the Pita} ,spark
was fled for ever.-'..Lady Emily with much difficOlty,
was restored ta4ifelaudsupreute misery.
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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, JUNE I.
John Holroyd, Esq. B.A. of Trinity College, era' on Two,.
elected a Fellow of Catharine Hall, on the Slurne
Wednesday, the following Gentlemen were admitted tsoke
undermentioned Degrees:
MASTiII OF ARTS •
Benjamin Heath Malkin, Fellow of Trinity Callege.
SACHILO/L /1,4 CIVIL LAW.
John Page Wood, of Trinity College.

BACHILORS OP' ARTS.
Loftus Anthony Cliffe, of St. John's College.
George Best, of St. John's College.
Charles Stuart Girdlestone, of Caius College.
Charles Birch, of Catharine Hall.
Thomas Foster, of Emmanuel College.
Samuel Charlton, of Sydney Sussex College,
George Ludford Harvey, of Sydney Sussex CoDoge.
OXFORD, JUNE 2.
Yesterday, the Rev. George.llowley, M.A. and Yap"
University College, was elected Muter of that Society,
Wednesday, the following Gentlemen of Westminster school
were elected Students of Christ Church :—Egerton Vesuble,
Vernon,. Robert Hussey, William Legge, James Temple )
ad, anFrederick Alexander Sterky.
Same day, the following Degrees were conferred.;
MASTERS OF AI.IS

The Rev. W. Johnson, St. Alban Hall, Grand Corn
pq
William John Smithwick, Esq. Oriel College, ditto. .
Henry Thompson, Esq. Oriel College, ditto.
The Rev. Hugh Percy Iltnnett, Worcester College. .
The Rev. John Billington, Scholar of University Ca
,
Charles Richard Pole, of riel College.
James Ford, of Oriel College.. •
11ACHELOILS Cr ARTS.
•
Robert Holberton, of Eacter College.
Henry Playsted Jeston, Worcester College.
Bradford Glenne Hawkins, Scholar of Pembroke Cofl
Thomas }Clyne, St. Edmund HalL
John Charmont Girardot, Brasenuose College.
George Grey, Oriel College.
F.dward I lay, Student of Christ Church.
John Ellis, Jesus College.

Same day, the Prize Compositions were adjudged is the ld
lowing Gentlemen:

CHANCELLOR'S PRIZE%

English Essay,—" The Study of Modern history."—Der
Keyte Sandford, B.A. of Christ Church, son of the Right ho.
Daniel Sandford, D.D. one of the Bishops of the Scots Evie.
pal Church, Edinburgh.

Latin Essay.—" De Auguriis et Auspiciis spud Antiquus."—
Charlei Juhn Hunter, Esq. U. A. some time of lialliol Cone:,
now Fellow of Oriel College, and son of the Right nom se
Thomas Plumer, Knight, blaster of the Rolls.

Latin Verse.—" fOeusis."—lfon. Geode William Frederick
Howard, of Christ Church, aon of Viscount hintrth, a 34
grandson of the Earl of CarliSte!

sin 'minas nawroc„sev4teatac.
English Verse.—" Pxstum.".7.The sante. Hon. G. W.F.
Howard.
r.CCLESIASTIC;k4 t.AoalrialeNS.
The Rev. C. M. Alount,lati Feklow g. corpus Christi Col.
lege, Oxford, has been appointed, by the Archdeacon of lint,
Minister of Christ Church, in that city.
The Rev. H. J. Ridley, ALA." Chaplain /o the Lord Chas.
ce,llor, and Prebendary of Bristol; to hold, by dispensation, the
Rectory of Abinger, Surrey, together with that of Newdigatt,
in the lime county.
The Rev. W. A, Morgan, to the. perpetual Cure of Tres.
mere, Cornwall. _

. The Rev. Samuel Davies, jun. to the perpetual Clancy at
Oysternsouth, Glansorgnnthire. . .
The -Rev, Mr. llny.ward, Curate of Bexley, was7po Wedate.
day seimfght eleeted istalter of .the Free Grimnur. School it
Maidstrosse,Th the room-of the Rev. T. 13. Cole, resignid. •
The trgisters of the late James Wilkie, -Esq. of Fbultlen, hut
presenuld Mr. 41erander Chriptison, Preacher of the Gospel, to
the Church and Parish of pauklen, in the county of Renwick,
vacant by die trinsLition of the Rev. John Edgar to the l'aisk
of• Hutton. -

On_the 5d of:May, the Rev. Charles Hope, in virtue of a
presentation from Lord Douglas, of Douglas (issued Dearly five
years ago, and lately confirmed bp.; decision of the Court of
Session), was ordained Minister of the united Parishes ot.
snington ind Wandell, in the 'Presbytery of Biggar.
At an Ordination held at the Cathedral, St. Finbarry's,Dist,
by the Bishop, on the 25th of May, the following persons wile
ordained peacons :—C. C Townsend, George Sealy, Forman
Gorman, Charles Lorton Coghlan, Henry Wynne, John Ales-
ander, John Longfield; Samuel Mathews. And the following
were ordained Priests :—The Rev. Richard Harold, Charles
Leslie, William Hartford, Richaid Kennedy, William Meade,
Paris Bradshaw, Henry Clapto Keogh, William Hardin"
James CraWford, James Elliott, Jobn R. Smith, and Matt
Bloxham.

IiXRRIED.

Thursday, at Paddington Church, by the Lord Bishop of Lot
don, the Rev. Dr. Goodenough, Head Master of Westminsta
School, and youngest son of the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, to Mies
Praisers Cockertll, youngest daughter of Samuel Pepys Cockerel',
Liq. of Westbourne House.
The Rev. P.-E. Boissier, to Miss Dumareith daughter dee
- ---•-eolonel Dumaresq.

The Rev. John Brewster, Vic;r of Greatham, in the coati
of Durham, and of I.aughton in Lincolnshire, to Elizahei,
eldest daughter of George Frederick Lockley, Esq. of lid&
moon-street, London.
The Rev. 'f. Skipworth, of Belton ParsOnage, to Ann Hawks.
ley, daughter of G. Capes, Esq. of Epworth, Lincolnshire.
At Westbury Church, the Rev. 1). Cornforth; to MI'S
Collings, of Bristol.
The Rev. Orlando Manley, Minister of St. Petrov' to Jane,
youngest daughter of the late P. G. Glubb, Esq. of Liskeard,
Cornwall. •

At St. New.Cburch, the Ray. Robert Situp.
son, M.A. to Ann Catherine, daughter of the late James' Clue,
Esq and niece to Dr. Trollope.
tray 24, at St. George's, Hanover-square, Robert Downes,
Esq. son of the late Rev. Andrew Downes, of. "Witham, to
Charlotte Dorothy, shiest daughter of John Luard, Esq. late el
Wickham Place, Essex.
- Tuesday Knight, the Rev. E. A. Owen, Minister of 114
bead, io Miss M. A. lines, third daughter of Colin Jones Esq.
of Careghvyd,. Roiyhead, and many years Commander of his
Mapsty's-patket Uxbridge. • •
Wednesdu, at Kingston, Hants, the Rev. Thomas Stratus.
of Sunderland, to Mary, daughter of William Shoveller, Esq.
and sister of Dr. Shoveller, of Port ea.
Lately, at fit. Alban's, the Rev. Sir John 'Rimer, Ram d
Langleybury, Herta, to Father Stow, daughter of the late Nr.
John staw, of :Tenement's of St. Stephen.
May 9, at-Tintagel, lieutenant J. lia.ke, R.N. to Min Nag
Symons.
bray 24, at St. Breads, Captain F. Mitchell, R.N. to Jar.
eldest daughter of T. Pritleaux, Esq. of Pengellr Home, nee
Wadebridge.
May 16, at Wendron, near Helium, Mr. A. Rogers, to Awful
second daughter of Mr. Pascoe, of the latter place.

DIED.
At Barn's, Surrey, on Wednesday, May 31, 3hry, wire of
M. -Fitzgerald, Esq. of Percy-street.
On the 17th ult. aged 84, the Rev. Dr. Beaufort, Vicar of
Callon, in the county of Louth.
May 9,p,. at Wimbledon, the Rev. Joaboa &Ado& X.
Vicar of Hitchin, and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambriace...:l
Wednesday, Thomas Oweia, Esq. Student of Norialo...o
College, Cambridge.
At Bath, the Rev. C. H. Sampson, D.D Minister onal°l2-
stone Chapel, Essex, and late cane. of, 41se East.iodia ColwiwwiL •
Chaplains at the Presidency of Madras..
In his 78th year, the Rev. Sir Henry Pock, Bart: of do
Hooke, near Lewes.
Lately, the Rev. William Meark Rector of. Kildallews in the
county of Cavan.
May 20, at Inverness, after a short illness, the Rev. Aleraoskr
Fraser, senior Minister of that town, in the 70th year of his au,
and 43d of his Ministry.
May 14, at Resells, the Rev. Robert Arthur,-Minister ef the
United Parish of Kirkmichael and Cullicuddea, in the 70
year of his age, and 47th of his Ministry.
Monday, at Weimer, after a long illness, Elizabeth, the widow
of Captain Hills, late of the Royal Navy.
Lately, at his father's house; in Trimley, Mr. S. H. Woodirlt
of his Majesty's ship Liverpool, invalid from Canton, in China_
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