Star.
London, England, 1818-03-31 00:00:00

to 1 on the mare.

The Protlime St.aces of 50gs. each, h. ft. colts, Bst. slb. fillies, Bst.
Two miles.—(Seven Subscli'oer-1.
Mr. Powlsles bay colt, by Comus - - - - I
Duke of Leeds's b ty colt, by Mowbray - 2
Fifty Founds, for all apes.—Two-mile heats.
Mr. Jaeques's b. c. Dardanus, .5-yrs-old, S. 41h. 7 1 1
Mr. Riddell's gr. c. by Walton, 5-yrs-old, 84. 41b. 1 5 2
Mr. Ilare's b. c. by Governor, 2-yrs-old, 7st. 6 i 5
Mr. Ferguson's ch. c. Spot, 5-yrs-old, Mt. 41b. 4 £ 4
Mr. C. Harrison's b. c. Schoolboy, 2-yrs-old, 7st. 2 4 dr
Mr. Mackhall's b. f. Loretta, 2-yrs-old, est. 111 b. 5 dis
Mr. S. Scroope's ch. c. Sm.ple Tam, 2-yrs-old, ist. 5 dr
Amongst the company present were—the Duke of Leeds, the
‘larquisses Carmarthen and Queensberry, Lord Darlington,
Hon. E. Petre, lion. Captain Dundas, General Orde, Colonel
Leah, Nlessrs. Baker, Cradock, Wycliffe, Milhanke, IL W.
Parse, R. Milnts, Elsley, 3liehaelson, Wyvill, Riddell, Scroope,
&c. &c. The ground very deep, from the great fall of snow on
Wenesday morning.

This case had excited a consilerable degree of in-
terest in the Eastern part of the county, and was
called rather unexpectedly at the close of the day.—
The defendant is a clergyman, reading at Tintagel,
the plaintiff, who is a daughter of the former cler-
gyman of that place, also resided time. For several
years a courtship was carried on between the parties,-
which at one time had suffered an interruption, but,
on the solicitation of the defendant, it was again re-
newed. This was in the year 1811 ; and the inti-
macy was continued until the death of the defen-
dant's father, in 1814 ; when he be:ame possessed of
property worth 10 or 12,000/. On this event taking
place the defendant discontinued his attentions to the
plaintiff, and in 1816 he married another person.—
The plaintiff brought an action for damages, and
the defendant allowed judgment to go by default.
Application was immediately made to the Court of
King's Bench, on behalf of the plaintiff, to have the
damages, which were laid at 2000/. assessed before
the Judge at the Assizes. For this purpose a Jury,
composed of respectable householders in Launceston,
was empanelled.
Mr. Serje4nt PILL stated the plaintiff's case—he
dwelt on the hopes which the plaintiff had been in-
duced to entertain; the disappointment and injury
she had sustained, and the strong claim she had to
damages as extensive as the circumstances of the de-
' fendant would allow. The plaintiff, he said, was not
in afiluent circumstances; the death of her father had
compelled her to depend for support, in a great de-
gree, on her own industry. Wiest the defendant first
addressed her, he had no other income than what he
derived from his curacy—when he became rich he
deserted her, from base and interested motives. He
knew not what line of defence would be adopted, hut
if the defendant presumed to throw out any insinua-
tions•against the plaintiff's character which he could
not support by evidence, he was sure the Jury would
consider such a line of conduct as a great aggrava-
tion of the injury he had done the plaintiff, and visit
it with increased damages. In the course of his ad-
dress, the learned Serjeant read a letter' from the de-
Judith Hale, for setting fire to the premises of Mr. fendant to the plaintiff, on which he commented to
JOHN LAY, of Chapel, and William Brown, for sheep- .
the great amikement of the Court.
stealing, at Walton, left for execution at Chelmsford, 'The hand-writing of the defendant being proved,
received a respite. John Little and Win. Pcrring sof- the letter was put in and read, as follows :
fered on Friday. a Tiotagel, Feb. CO, 1811.
At Derby, 18 prisoners were capitally convicted a Munass—You will doubtless he aeronished at my presump-
and reprieved ; at Nottingham, two out of eleven left don in aailressine you by letter, but I dotter myself the offence
for execution. may somewhat, though not altogether, be extenuated, by the
rie.c3titliheettbio•rinaco,lf tohfatthEltiorlieslipihi whichre
tot ti...,.e.:
ttsubsistedributed bthetowseeezvui:.
The parish Church of Winkfield. Becks, was on
Friday night broken into, and the whole of the Con:- ricotta from the path of reetitedePhano w Lich I have unfortunately
munion plate, which was locked in a strong chest, sun. My mind is naturally attune.' to virtue; but without a per-
stolen therefrom. retrial watch, how 509 n are the best revolutions liable to be over-
Sunday,turnedn i I flutter myself, .Madam, you wilhl really r believe me
Mr. FULLER, surgeon, of Bethnal•green-
-Ist no motive with lot
road, -whilst at church, had his pocket picked of a pm- un'.ol7araiYii mteemar-ry, b.es'hilelr
ken-bock, containing 71 in notes and several memo- *.yr...heu ; forsawyliatieavterP
1 roperty little or much, it should be settled on her before I
=duals. went to cliureh. 01 selfishness, I believe, you will readily ac-
A few nights back, the house of Mr. THOMAS ..3, ~.. I have certainly fallen into; but, like
lointsmfo'nel.:rrlLEldied‘nrioLundlin they have been the effect of open-
SMITH, at Hackney-wick, was broken into. :old rib- rep. of hear:, rather than depravityg' of soul. I would scornto
bed of welting apparel, a quantity of table-linen, arid wid liFp.ict Sr to guilt; but many who have preserved a fair
other property. nat,ide, h.ve made greater deviations than myself. A single
The dwelling house of Mr. W. BARVES, silver- ..:te is eeinrary to the voice of Goo, and the dictates of nature.
Y.,
-'7411! in l'a.ratliie, though surrounded by every other blessing,
smith, in Dean-street, Shadwell, was broken open (,r. WE a vacuum in his soul, until the ALMIGHTY, in his goodness,
Friday night, and plundered of eleven gold and silver :conferred upon him our universal mother. I long to taste the
watches, one dozen of silver spoons, 71. in money sweets of a life of virtue, for' her ways are ways of pleaaantneu,
(principally silver), and several other articles. :aid all her paths are peace.'
" Now, Madura, she old you imitate HEAVEN, and receive
Yesterday morning the house of Mr. Cwayeoor, in the repentant stoner to your clemency,
in you he would find a
Chapel-street, Mary-la-bonne, was broken into, and helpmate that would not only make his journey pleasant through
robbed of property of various descriptions to the this' Valley of the shadow of death,' but one who would also
amount of 301. The thieves gained entrance over the be the means or bringing him to partake of those joys which are
reserved fur the saints for ever and ever.
area rails. " Now, Madam, should this not meet your approbation, let it
Bow-SrazEr—Yesterday Captain Waller Marri:mt was brought be consigned to the flames, and believe the writer to be,
to the Office, charged with violently assaulting and wounding " Your ever devoted servant,
Martin Lyon, a seaman, on the high seas, on board the ship esM To Miss Sarah Wade. " WILLIA PITT IMLAY."
Atlas, of Whitby, hired by the Agents of overnment to convey —.
convicts, under sentence of transportation, to Botany Bay, and Richard Penny knows the plaintiff and the defen-
forcibly lemming him on board the East-India Company's dant : the latter is a clergyman, and resides at Tin-
crui-er, ',fund to Calcutta, where be was put in irons and ex- tagel. The plaintiff and the defendant mat at the
posed en the deci.—Th-t prisoner was ordered to find bail to witness's house in April, 1814. The defendant told
answer the charge at the next Admiralty S•:ssions.
the witness, that he was under a matrimonial MARLhOIIC'GH-STILEET.--POLYCAMY.—Joziah limoneith, whoh
ell-
was charged last Thursday with having married Rachel Capri gagement to Miss Wade. In the month of June fol-
during the liietime of his wife, to whom he was united 35 years lowing, the defendant told the witness, that they
Since ill Bath, Was brought up for re-exao:ination. Rachel Ca- were to be married on the '27th of that m :nth. At
pet, w turn he married in 1Sl•l, was utta.•;le to learn if his wife ,this • .
time the defendant was poor, for his father was
WAS unve in Bath, or to procure proof of a merriage so long since
celebrated: and althr.ugh anos'ier wo.nan, whom tie married in alive. In 1814, the defendaida fat her died, and he
18th, at taniher.vell, was present at ais examination on Thurs.. told the witness he had got a handsome property.
a..y, lie w.et to.-ei;.y discharged, as.ci left die Office with alacrity. soon after this, the defendant said to the witness,
auhreeeh so fro ently married, LIC seenos nu favourite with his
that though he
, W.Vei, a . the thne of his cohabitation with eitber of the three
I did not exeeati a year. the plaintiff) loved him, he should not marry her, as
I A Ih., : f J.;:..hi.m. was charred with assaulting Matilda Clair- she would not suit him in his altered circumstances.
i vaiiii, ire of it..- I .calzs who frequent the neighbourhood of Bond- On his cross-examination, he %aid, that at this time
i str. et, at t•... -..clock in the moronic,. On b-ing taken to the . defendant
tne was a widower and had two children :
I w ot:h home ! boat tsvo of the v...?,hmeri, and had the honour
lof vi•iting a_ Tenzin:rots bolavr. With the watchmen he con,-; he is now married. The witness does not know,
I pron.io d b- •to ME san:e mono ..-, hat Cie lady drinat.ded E. 5; I whatever he might have heard, that the defendant's
I rho b:.• 7 .f,.... .:, Lr.ti hi, persona( seem :ty Fur his appearance at ! wit.e was a servant of his father's, or that he had two
the S•ust -r.t ors t., therofc oe, required tr4r. Aim, to answer the ' I
charge preferred against him •.. • •
I illegitimate children by her. ale never saw Nlts.
.

Bray before her marriage. The defendant has had
two children by his wife since their marriage.
Mr. GASBLEE addressed the Jury for the defer.
dant. lie lamented that the conduct of the plaintiff,
who, he conceived, acted under the influence of
others, had rendered the present exposure necessary,
by refusing to allow of the usual mode of assessing
damages before the Sheriff; and bringing it forward
at the Assizes. It was to avoid this exposure that
the defendant had allowed judgment to go by de-
fault. Now, however, it must take place ; and though
it was painful to do so, he should be compelled to call
witnesses to prove, what, he was ready to admit,
would not tend to the credit of his client. But the
defendant had no alternative, and must submit to
the humiliation of publishing his errors' to preserve
his wife and family from ruin. He should prove
that the plaintiff knew of the connexion between the
defendant and his present wife when she formed the
engagement with him ; and that on ltarni..g his mar-
riage, she said she was glad (tit; for she knew that
she herself could never he happy with him, and there-
fore would not marry him. On the letter which had
been read, he would not comment ; for he never saw
a love letter that would bear a cool examination.—
When men wtote on this subject, their heart was too -
warm, and their head too flurried, to allow of their
studying language. If the defendant had broken
his engagemust with the plaintiff, it was not dore
through avarice; for he had married a servant of his
fathers, whom he had deprived of respectability : he
was sorry for his misconduct, and had endeavoured
to repair it. The Counsel for the plaintiff bad been
severe on the defendant; hut the worse he was repre-
cented to be, the worse must be thought of the plain-
tiff for entering into an engagement with him ; be-
sides, she was not in needy circumstances, as she
had lately received a legacy from a relative. If he
proved these iitcts, he was confident tie Jury would
not exceed very moderate damages.
The Learned Gentleman was about to call his wit-
nesses, when a compromise took place, and a verdict
for 200/. damages was entered by consent.