The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-26 00:00:00

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letters gave a free and easy version of the late boroogil
election, stating,- among other matters, that fearing tee:
totalism was to he in the ascendant, the publicans of
Derby had marched out of town in a body, and that o
the Tories had been able to return a member. Tt
stated, that a man had been caught with a sack full e;
gold bribing the electors, and that he had been taken L
the hall, and held to bail for a thousand guineas. lll°lla
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of these epistles, it was represented that the '1)0"!,.,
Devonshire was likely to contribute towards the plenist,
ing of the house and grounds at the new mansion, 1,9 r,
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the abundant stores of Chatsworth. During the exare..l,
nation and cross-examination of this witness, the cow
was frequently convulsed with laughter, in which the
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defendant, her sister, and her brother, who were Pria
sent, joined heartily.—John Hunt, father of the girl, 58,4
the house they all lived in was his son's, who at %,
time worked at the railway station. He had guesseuve
the probability of his daughter's connection with the
from reports he heard casually in the street ; "jig
heard of the house which was to have forty rooms on
ground floor ; he drew the plans of it under his daughter
instructions ; it was to be needed in consequence of
expected marriage ; but witness does not know where
was to be, as the structure was never raised; beliefeg ,
still that the house will be built ; similar reports to tbos;
to which he had alluded, informed him that the all..Ces,
had agreed to allow his daughter to drive eight 110'4,
Was first informed by his brother at Cowes, that the
was to marry his daughter; witness's brother wrote tn:e,
Duke of Rutland's valet, to know if the report was tr"f
(Roars of laughter.). -Harriet Hunt, sister ofdefendantl,
very wickedly cross-examined by Mr. Borough : Waste!
thefirst time any of your family was lobe married to a (111,4
Witness : That's our business; witness's father proalld,
them (plantiffs) situations when her sister was rnarrle,i;
the duke was only imaginary, but he was a real gent!
'm.—Mr. Borough : Is the marriage still:to take plini
—Witness : How can the marriage take place when 0,114
now dead ? She had seen the gentleman and knew 1,10
letters had passed between her sister and him ; but,
declined to state his name.—Emma Hunt, the defeno,6?
a somewhat sullen-looking damsel, apparently about
or 25 years of age, said she never saw the plaintiff re,
they came to Derby ; promised plaintiffs situations 0411,0
she was married, if they would wait;. the gentleman
a man of property ; he died in March hist.—Cl
examined by Mr. Borough : It is my business where I
met with the gentleman ; it is no business of yours
ther he left me any of his property or not ; ;vita
intended husband saw the plans of the intended NI
prepared by her father. Witness said to the differ
parties they should have the situations if they would'',
till she was married ; Sarah Bretby was to have bees,
housemaid, but witness had not paid her 'Ler wages; ,i
had given her a present of money, but could not say Dad
much it was.—John Hunt, brother of defendant, was 04,
examined, but his testimony went no farther than. to fn
firm the statement as to the reality of the suitor, rf
having it extorted from him that the name of the unkal
lover was Henry Frederick Pearson ; that he-frequell
was at witness's house to see defendant., but althea%
witness knew that he had had refreshments in the bongo;
witness had never eat or drank with him.—Judgment
given-for the plaintiffs, with costs.