The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-09-13 00:00:00

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GRAtiAll V. IIETURRInoTpx. .

The Plaintiff is a widow, wbuoiricothe ;oath of
ler husband, has resided with her lather and nintber
at Dubwath, in the parish-of KiehlintOn. theae.,
tints was brought to recover demist:lf& a breach uf.
promise of marriage.
It appeared, 'on this part of the •evirknee for the
Proseciirriw, that on the telb Daly, tso9,, the Du.
fondant, Francis • Hetherington, came :to visit the
Plaintiff's tattier; and asked • his consent to marry
Isis daughter. This being complied, with, promises
of reader wetb repeated. by the Plaittiff to the
Defesqaut bet •notlefillled. I* October foliowe.
big, the. alit,
and flieuDefenidant met at e pub-
lic. bottle., kept by William Motfat, at Bolton Fell
End. ' The •Defendatft was here interrogated by the
Plaintiff respecting-HO' delay of his promise. He
replied, inlets: I'm:Softie of Moffat, that "he would
marry the bientlant, let friends or foes say what
they Incased." An arrangement was then made,
that itti the Sati.irday following the parties should
meet Teethe solemnization of the marriage at Cur.
/isle. The Plaintiff, according to this agreement,
was Met by the Defendent, who then stated that be
bad tittered' his lineation. , The consequence was,
the plaintiff's return to her father's house, much
chagrined by the disEptaittlheni ; she was, hoe,-
evert aeeumPinied b$ Mir Defendant, who, after
entering the lititise of bee fattier kneeled done, and
in the presence of the Plaintiff and her mother, inv.
precated the vengeance of Heaven on himself, if he
did nut, on the Monday following, fulfil his pro.
misc. After which, the Defendant discontinued
big faits) and all correspondence between the pee.
Iles wee broken'off. ; . • . .
It was urged, on iimtpart of the Defendant/ that
there 'existed no proof •of coortship• having corn.
tliellCt:d priltionts teethe 26t1t of July, at which time
it was tniattetWat Ilfiv-Pliintiff *as pregnant—that
the4lisparity of age between the Plaintiff and the
Defendant was so great, 'that there was some pro.
babllity the Defendant, on aecount of his youth,
• bid 'nem easti.tred.
Vtrbet fur the Plaintiff, lOW. damages.
the'Newgeliftalloder for the ensuing Sessions
puts
pre e 6f tWe kingest lists of prisoners known
?ii
at thelld irey these many years. The Catalogue
t
contains moSt every specie* Of crime kneel' in
thii custistil; estop' high treason. Some of there
-(arid wegtealli fainentbisay it) arc of the blackest
act milt dotes able: naturnand deseriptiOn.
Monday seinitight, the town of Penilfone was
alarmed by ap explosion in the bruise of Mr. 'Haigh, r
a shop.keeper,..w)inAtail for -tome time labotired
under mental decampment, and went, with a lighted
pipe, into thelgerret of his hoitse, where, there
was more than tevrficnf powder, when it is proba.
ble some of the berlng embers from his set-
irepipe' to it ; the explosion blew out the *indite.; drove
vest, nut mote •in ,ogery direct:l;m, , and io it few
mioutes ties 064 Stow Was en:ye/loped in names.
Tito poor man was found alive tiftr the elplOsion,
by two men, who rushed bit'staiis, 'and Who heard
him speak; bat the fierceness of the names, lind•
the failing in of, the roof,. obliged them to leave
bin to his
,fate. Mrs. Haigh micaperi4 bat not
without being considerably burnt in resetting a butt,
containing a quantity or cash and notes.
. ..
ColiONtled Letainet.—Captain lieut., who Was,
wounded in a duel out Aloulsep Burst, with Mr.,
Coleshal, some days ago, died of ki*NOYllifil which'
was in the tuft side of his chest, ott.telisday leaf,
buying previously been removed to Lentliin. The'
ball was estractoil the day apex. the dui/. There
si as no evidence before the Jury as to Mr. COI4-
sitatt, but ft was merely stated, that font. Geolle.
ince• alighted from chaises us .the Heath, accom.
rattle! by. Geuther we ,Itoraebach, and that Awo
fires were esehmiged, when the deceased fell, and
he was put into a chaise and _driven off. The Jury
delivered a verdict of Wilful illui-der against
some person or persons unknown.
A few days since, es• a child was going from
Pentlow to Cavendish, she,.,eifte attacked by three
sows, and so severely lacerated* that had not time.
- ly assistance arrived, it is prubableshe would have
lost her life. . .
Last week as an old: grey horse, probably blind
end deaf, belonging, to; Cerrier Mace, of liter'''.
legions was. grazing.itttiwtr, the windmill of thst
parish, heigut under tkesor4N ittltieh struk him_
ten the hem/$.1644 cleft iiisokall.. A.purtion of the
fatal swift saga loos alter tams foiled by the miller,
' atickniqj in thei pout enilovers, brain. '''hit hope was
. • 4akes lay theAlritish tersops, with his rider, a French
. .4rtiespeow, ninny years ago. •
t • The carriage of Mr. Sloper was overturned yev-
.terilay at kaigfitsbiiilge, with Mrs. S. and to o.uf
her daughters, one of whom was dangerously hurt
by thofaillof the vehicle. The accident was iscca.
tionedby the coachman trying to clear a coal cart,
When one of the Beth coaches was appruitching hies.
kits. Stover and lies other daughter escaped iiiihurt,
but the coachman received stone severe bruises. •
en Friday noon last, a balloon,. 33 Scot high and
45 in cifmnsferenee, was launched frOto the perk of
' E. Howavel, Esq. at Foraltein St. Genevieve, Sof:
fOit, which marimba ineery fine Style, to the great
satisfaction of a neineroiss cuinpany; and after
Sontinuine in. the air for about half aii hour, safely
deicer:dud' neat the tebgraph,, at Icklinghant, being
a distance of snore IleaWsitt miles.
Last week was otrelfteitted to Geletay Gaol,
John Regin, a private befosigiog tq a party of the
Slit regiment, on the 'waiting service there,
charged with•baving, on the prceollng nights iltts-
tonly stabbed Edmund Lee, as inhabitaislialfiliat
townt, talk* bayonet. . ~ .
Thifisisei ,persons have found great henefilciibo.
have unfortunately pursued a dangerous practise In
• their youth, in unguardedly giving way to the terintel
Which brought on the Divine vengeance, is Weans '
testibly illustrated by the tostefilees a•nd unprece.
dented sale of •e SOIONIOPer thiiik to 'Health r a,
book whieb, of all Others' friihe inedieal line, to par,
universally necessary to hi era' line treleatiredn*
;ty iyueitg„turd stet to every faMily',Ahnt the inetreise
egi9ettiend fur it eennut be• wnmldfrd at, wistful it
~ it_ c.pstsf&rerir than alt i Atithfol Guide either .to
male or renal, ititai not 'id equal iu: tip Artbla
45.1f1d.—Print as. only.