Star.
London, England, 1821-09-06 00:00:00

ASSIZES.

CARLISLE, SEPTEMBER 1.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
THOMPSON V. BLAMIRE.

Mr. TINDALL opened the case, which charged the
defendant with a breach of his promise to intermarry
with the plaintiff.
Mr.Buoticsua at said, the Court and Jury had heard
in the opening of the pleading the general nature of
the action, and it became his duty to state the cir-
cumstances. The plaintiff, Miss Sarah Thompson, is
the daughter of a respectable farmer, living at Scotby,
near Carlisle. The defendant was the natural son of
a respectable Gentleman of property, who lived with
hi' father, and brought forward as one of the family,
without a distinction being made; a person altogether
above the rank and station of mean habits. In the mid-
dle of the year 18 I 5, the defendant became acquainted
with the plaintiff's father, and an intercourse existed
between the plaintiff and defendant, that was likely to
• terminate in their becoming man and wife. The plain-
tiff's father conversed with him, and inquired if there
was any difficulty to prevent their union? and he said
that during his father's life there might be some ob-
stacles; but added, if he ever married,f his daughter
should be the woman ; and upon other occasions the
promise was repeatedly made. The defendant had no
shadow of insinuation against Miss Thom p son's charac-
ter, or that she had abandoned her virtue or formed
any intercourse with another lover. lie continued to
profess the warmest attachment, as would be shown by
his letters for several years, when, as is frequently the
case, he abandoned a marriage built upon sincere at-
tachment to that of interest, and married a young
Lady, named Oliver, who, whatever were her accom-
plishments, was superior to Miss Thompson in point
of fortune only. lie should spew how much the de-
fendant loved, or professed to love, the plaintiff, and
he cared not which way the Jury considered it; but
if it was pretence, its purpose was so base that he
could not find a name for it. This young Gentleman
went on a tour to the North, and a day scarcely ever
passed but bore to the plaintiff the professions of his
fondness for her. On the 25th June, 1818, he writes
to her from Newcastle, and says,
"My dearest Sarah—l have embraced the earliest opportu-
nity of writing to you a few lines, to let .you kra.w that I ar-
rived here last night, Lhout ten o'clock, along with Charles
Young, and we are all stopping together. Ido nit like New-
castle so well as I did last time I was here ; I should be much
happier with you, my dear Sarah. lam afraid it will he Satur-
day night before I will get home, as the horse does not run for
the Cup, but for the Maiden Plate, on Friday ; but as my man
will be waiting for me at Carlisle, I shall visit you, my dear,
before Igo home. I have not seen James Johnson yet, but
will call some time to-day. I wish I was back to you again,
' my dear Sarah, as there are none on earth I love but you.
Write by return.—l remain, dearest Sarah your affectionate
" E. BLAMIRF..."
Another letter, from Newcastle, said,
_ _

"My dearest Sarah—l am not able to tell what I felt when
I received your kind and loving letter last night, and that you
were well; as for myself, I have been very ill all the week, par-
ticuLtrly last night ; I thought I should have died. I have never
been at the Play but a short time on Tuesday, and Armstrong
was with me ; he has behaved himself very well ; he is very ill
also. I think the horse won't run at all this week, as he has fallen
amiss ;if it should not, I will be home on Friday MAE. I have
stopped with Joseph Johnson since last Monday, which I think
much pleasanter than storping at an inn. I am lor%ing to see
you, my dearest Sarah ; if all be well I think on Friday night. I
ant very sorry I did not bring my chesnut mare with me, as I
am quite tired with walking. I see none here half so good as
she is ; she is as much superior to any horse here as Jack is to
any about Carlisle. Sally is turned as pretty a little thing as I
ever saw ; she likes her extremely well. I have many a time
prayed for Chessy since I came. I ant sick of Newcastle Races;
should have been the happiest man alive if you had been with
me, my dear Sarah. You must, my dear Sarah, excuse the short•
ness of my letter, as I ant writing to Subtle House.
" Believe me my dearest Sarah, to be your's, and none but
your's, while I have life. "E. BLA MIRE,
"Or Young Subtle House."

The attractions of the metropolis were incompetent
to drive this master passion from his recollection. and
in consequence we find him pouring fot th the fulness
of his love, both in prose and verse, from the Bull-
and-Mouth, in Bull-and-Mouth-street. One of each
sort he would cull to chew the principle he acted upon.
In one of his poetical effusions he commence,—

" 132 me to live, and I will live."

At another time poetic madness had fired his brain,
and he writes—

" My Sarah dear, my beauty's queen,
In Nature's simple charm array'd,
This heart subdues—that matchless mien
Still binds me to my Sarah dear.
Let others sigh for mines of gold,
Fur wide domain, for gay parade,
I would unmov'd such toys behold,
russess'd of thee, my Sarah dear?
" E. I:I.AMIRE."
This was succeeded by a letter bearing the post-
rnark, 30th April, 1819, and reads thus :
" Bull-and-Mouth Inn, liull-and-Nlouth-street.

" My dcarest Slrah-1 have this inom..nt rece:vcd your (::,7.r
which makes me happy to hear you were well. I ant
e with Loudon ; but I think I won't grow much Litter
we leave on Monday creiiir. 1 cvnte clirectly down: by