The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-22 00:00:00

o CRT OF KING'S SENGH, TUMMY, Ins
USIZACH or PROM= or MARBIAGIL
Wessusost b. 'Avis.
lir: ADOLPIIUS stated. that this was an action for
Wrath of promise of marriage. brought by a widow
Lady against the Defendaot, Captain of a West India
ship. She west out to Demerara I. Defendant's ship
pricer to her marling, weals Cassia bilPhersoo. In,
January, ISM, Captain Lovie came home stating that
Captain 111•Pherson was dead. The Lady ens at that
time residing in Ragland, is a boon whieh Captain
M'Plierion lied gives Defendant 41101. to parJhase for
her. The Defendant coming lionsei from Demerara,
ramp to the House where she tesided with her mother
and took up his residence, professing honontable snit to
the Plaintiff, whom lie intended to marry. A letter
wank' be put in. promising, the most solemn words.
t • marry her on his rearms The Defendantis4o years
of are, the Plaintiff a widow, probably older than hire,
but that was no topic of defence in answer to the action.
aedierstood the defence intended to be set op would
be, that this paper, which would be put in. was intended
as a demise of the premises which Mr. Levis bad par-
chased for Mrs. *Pherson. in which shelled oiled op .a
blank left with a promise of marriage, where no such
thing was meant or Intended. He should show that, for
the purpose of li ingjthis poor woman, a warrant of
attorney had been fictitiously filled up by the Defendant,
and a distress pat io upon her thereupoo, with the view
of preventing her from prosecuting this action. He
should prove that the Defendant had attempted to What
an attorney's clerk to give up a written *insolent
between the parties.
Imbeds Staniforth, daughter of the plaintiff, an ele-
gant and interesting yoong woman, shout tweety ; wit-
newt at first resided at Demerara: rite defendant soot to
Regland for witness, and told her father, Captain
Al•Pherson, was dead, and they all, as well as defendant,
wont into mourning; defendant said that he must pur-
chase the house in Stepney Green, as for himself, lest
the 5001. which he received to purchase it, should make
it sabject to hi. (Capt. M.Phenon's) debts; this was attest
he said witness's father was dead ; Captain Lovie climb
to her mother's, and told witness he was going to merest
her mother; her mother said she did not owe him any
money, and he could not arrest her; the plaintiff dee
sired the witness to get him out of the house and she
would shut the door; witness got him out, and her mo-
ther shut the door upon witness and defendant, who were
both out together; defendant then begged her to let
Trim in again, upon which Captain bowie seised her
mother by the bud, and said, "By ti—d, I have got
you nowt" and, continued the witness, Capt. Lovie and
my mother in the most shameful way.
Mr. Geasitlf"-This wits courtship.
Defendant then called to the officers to jump over the
garde. wall, which they did; Mr. Lovie then seised my
mother and threw bee dowa upon the sofa, and held her
. down with bath hie bands ;—(a laugh.)—the Whose
thee breasted het mother; an afererwent was draws up,
. and her mothetsigised it without knowing what she
was signing r 'winless warn not the* married, but was
Married a face vacates**, ; Captain -Lovie said—" So
Miss. I bear trots are going to get the start of as and
• your mother.' Defeadset then told the witness that ki.
Wombed Watery her mother, and would, as her father,
• make wttaelita a patent aerate silver tea-plate on het.
laseriage; Garen Coyle slid, I am to give your mother
la written papered agreement to marry her; on the wit-.
nem *skive; for what. the drfeadest answered "because
your mother Is always doattiog and I intend; when
return, la March or April, to marry her. I am theta.
-..-tsce.o4sg this to quiet her Witness remember%
slitting on board the siefindant'aship. herself. be mar
ther; her grambaother. nod her aunt Wilson were there.;
Let grandmother was planed at the head of the table.
Orose•ezeinineA by Mr. Scart+arr.-.-Witness has bees
married 16 months ; her •nabilsuclawao.was Gordon ; is
. 'tightly 20. • '
Mary Asa Gibson *Phenol), a little girl, 14 years
old, remembers being at the Crown and Magpie when
bee itrandoiather Wallace was there, her mother and
Mr. Lovie was there, they had tea, saw Captain Lovie
take • piece of paper out of his pocket like a letter, and
after he read it, said, " now Mrs. Wallace you are sure
fully intend to make my ruled up, and, please God,
hen I return, you may know by this I intend to marry
your deuzlito!)" He read the paper out to all of us,
and gave it mother, saying, " write a copy of that,
bring it to Ine, sad I will sign; it, and address IC—wit-
ness remembers writing to her aunt Youngson, and de..
fentlant seeing witness put " Captain Lovie's compli•l
ments"—he said, ,4 don't put that, but put your father's,
Which I hope you will soon be, witness did not put It,
bat defendant did, and be said, " hope so," has Olen
asked witness how she woad like him for a father, and
site has said, she believed, would like him very well."
Isabella Wallace, the mother of the Plaintiff, was at
the Crown and Magpie, when Captain Levi* was there.
, shout the month of September. fifteen months ago ; at•
whet time Defendant said than he was to be her future
sin in-law, and wee to marry her daughter, nothing
hither : witness was in Me company on board his ship
• ' :afterwards : two of witness's daughters. Mrs. M'Pber-
• ,aon, tier two daughters. and all her friends were there,
he the invitation of Defendant ; he Pit witness on his
tight hand, and gave no further reason than that ha
"'intended to make her his mother-in-law; has seen a
• paper promising to marry her in Captain Lovie's bands,
•rttien at the Crown and Magpie: Captain Levis put it
into her bands, and said it would be some satisfaction
to witness to bear it read ; accordingly he read it;
doea not recollect any thing about a copy of it.
Letter pot in :
" I do !tetchy solemnly promise to you. Mrs.
M'Pherson, that i will marry you when l return front
Demerara, please God. (Signed) " Jas. LAM."
Mr. Staniforth, son-in-law of Plainta.—ln April
last witness waited on Defendant to know whether he
meant to marry his mother-in-law. or pay her the 1,0001-
as he had agreed. He (Lovie)said he should not marry
her then, as she bad threatened to bring an action
against him ; 'that le would not he driven by any one,
but they might lead him : that when she had commenced
leer action. then he would marry her, but not till then;
he acknowledged he had given her the agreement, and
that if she brought her action, he knew she would get
her 1,00/4 believes he returned in March ; thinks this
convet sation was on the 28th of April.
James Meckan.—ls employed by Mr. Truitt, the
plaintiff's attorney, but is not articled ; waited on the
Defendant with a letter from Mr. Truitt, and never saw
him before or since; remained with him about two
tours. When witness first ireot into the coffer-room of
the Crow and Magnin he was not there, !ant he cause in
&kneel,: ?if:eke:ads. wben witness gave him the letter,
and toil him he was aware of its otestents; he told the
witiiess that lie had never written such an agreement,hut
Woe reinenthereti right he bad signed his name to a
blank paper, bpd Lad told • Mrs. M•Pherson that she
might get what s:ie liked written at the top of it, and
that as for the matter of 1.000/. she might just as well
have put down 2,0001. Hp asked the witness to take tea
with him, or,if he chose, wine with hint, as he bad some-
, thing en Pay 10 him ; Defendant wired fora pint of wine,
sod shortly after it was brought in, said the witness
might hen good friend to him ; witness asked in what
• respire ? he said by destroying the agreement which
they ray I ban written ; he said that witness might as
well have part of the money as the rest, and if the wit
ne.a snub! make away with' the agreement in his per-
lime., tie yogi( present him with •150/.; he sahl the
reason he- gave it was that they bothered him so tbpt

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