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

letters gave a free and easy version of the late borough
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 so
the Tories had been able to return a member. It likewise.
stated, that a man had been caught with a sack full of
gold bribing the electors, and that he had been taken to
the hall, and held to bail for a thousand guineas. In one,
of these epistles, it was represented that the Doke?'
Devonshire was likely to contribute towards the pleniert•
ing of the house and grounds at the new mansion, trot?
the abundant stores of Chatsworth. During the exatal'
nation and cross-examination of this witness, the Conn
was frequently convulsed with laughter, in which the
defendant, her sister, and her brother, who -were P
sent, joined heartily.—John Hunt, father of the girl, 951,,
the house they all lived in was his son's, who at 0,13:,
time worked at the railway station. He had guessed
the probability of his daughter's connection with the thil
from reports he heard casually in the street ; he bad
heard of the house which was to have forty rooms on tlr
ground floor ; he drew the plans of it under his daughter,
instructions ; it was to be needed in consequence of De.r
expected marriage ; but witness does not know where Ii
was.to be, as the structure was never raised ; belief
still that the house will be built ; similar reports to those
to which he had alluded, informed him that the Qat'„
had agreed to allow his daughter to drive eight bort
Was first informed by his brother at Cowes, that the duce
was to marry his daughter; witness's brother wrote to the
Duke of Ruthrnd's valet, to know if the report was tit
(Roars of laughter.)--Harriet Hunt, sisterofdefendantOr&
very wickedly cross-examined by Mr. Borough : Was t.P,'
the first time any of your family was to be married to a JOS
'Witness : That's our business ; witness's father proraisr,
them (plantiffs) situations when her sister was married'
the duke was only imaginary, but he was a real gents'',
man.—Mr. Borough : Is the marriage still:to take plats,;
—Witness : How can the marriage take place when he, fl
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now dead ? She had seen the gentleman and knew Of,
letters had passed between her sister and him btit
declined to state his name.—Emma Hunt, the defend&
a somewhat sullen-looking damsel, apparently about
or 25 years of age, said she never saw the plaintiff's t,
they came to Derby ; promised plaintiffs situations wile!,
she was married, if they would wait ; the gentleman rry
a. roan of property ; he died in March last.—Cross'.
examined by Mr. Borough : It iErmy business where I first
met the gentleman ; it is no business of yours why
Cher he left me any of his prcperty or not ; witness;
intended husband saw the plans- of the intended house
prepared by her father. -Witness said to the diffelea.-
parties they should have the situations if they would wait
till she was married ; Sarah Bretby was to have been*
housemaid, but witness had not paid' her her wages ; sbe
had given her a present of money, but could not say ho $/.
much it was.—John Hunt, brother ordefendant, was nee
examined, but his testimony went no farther than to cos'
firm the- statement as to the reality of the suitor, apd
having it extorted from him that the name of the unknorT
lover wa-a-hUnry Frederick Pearson ;.r that her frequentlf.
was at witness's house to see defendant, but althoor
witness knew that he had had refreshments in the housef
witness had.never eat or drank with him.—Judgment,
given for the plaintiff's, with costs.