Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-05-17
BREACH OF PROMISE.

We find a somewhat singular case of
breach ofpromise, reported in one OF the
London newspapers. The attorney for
the plaintiff stated the case as follows:
"The plaintiff is an elegant young lady,
the daughter OF respectable gentleman
who carried on a hat mandatory at
New Castle under Tyne He died about
four years ago, leaving four children, the
widow carried on the business after his
death. The defendant is a son of china
manufactures, at Burslem, OF equal res
probability, whose father also is dead
The plaintiff and her family are Roman
Catholics, and her brother James paid
his addresses to Il sister al the defendant
and ultimately married her. An init
macy then arose, and the defendant was
attracted by the charms of the plaintiff
and became her suffer.
| His attentions were noticed By all her
family, until the plaintiffs brother was
married according to the forms OF the
Catholic Religion, i'll February 1897. a
short time alter, the plaintiff and the de-
PENDANT were married according to this
form, and cohabitcd together as man and
wife, it being intended that the ceremo-
ny should be afterwards performed &C
cording to the Protestant form. Atthis
time the plaintiff was about twentythree
years of age, and the defendant about
|nincteen. The parties were treated as
man and wife for a considerable length
Of time. The plaintiff had child, which
died; after which time the defendant re-
fused to fulfil his promise of having the
marriage duly solemnizcd in the Protes-
tant form, but had since married anothe.
young lady.
BY the law at present though Jews
and Quakers are exempted from the
Marriage Act, no marriage between
Catholics Is valid unle SIS solemnized ac-
: cording TO the Protestant Church. This
| them was no binding marriage. Again.
though an infant may maintain an action
Tor breach oil promise oil marriage, he
: is not liable for such an action.
!, This was the only ground of defence
:. set up. 1t was proved that the parties
S were married by a Catholic priest. The
: justice, in summing up to the case, said:
: elf they thought the plaintiff trusted &c
), the validity OF the Catholic ceremony,
with the expectation of the Protestant
Marriage being afterwards soleInnized
she was entitled to considerable damages
! but if they thought that she knew it was
is invalid, but endea7ored to cntrap the de-
o PENDANT, then miner, into that ceremo
IN ny, in order to compel him at future
% time to complete it, however blameablt
J. the defendant might be, she could not
IS claim more than triiling damages" The
- jury found verdict for the plaintiff
y Damages gloo.
"A most unrighteous decision as it APP
r. pears to us--ior the plaintiff is describ.
L. ed all through the testimony as in all
l. respects deserving.-PhH. Inquirer.
II China.-The first specimen of an An
- glo Chinese Kalcndar and Register ha
70 been published in China for The yea
err 1882. According to this authority, tn
as population returns of the celestial empr
u IN 1881, amounted to 500 millions; o
ne which Numbered the capital, Pckin, alon
30 is said to contain five millions.
j. II Happy Retort-The obscurity c
ne Lord Tenterden's birth is well kown; bu
=, he had too much good sense to feel an
w. false shame on that account. We hay
~ heard it related Of him, that when, in a
or early period Of his professional career,
It. brother barristcr, with whom he haT
to pened to have quarrel, had the bad tasl
n to twit him on his origin: his manly an
severe answer was, eyes, Sir, am I'll
re son of a barber. If you had Been the so
ed of barber you would have been barbe
s0 yourself. - Lit. Gaz.
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to Messrs. Carey, Lea & Blanchard hav
ill nut to press volume entitled-Mpnn nr,p r
ok of Residence at the Court of Lon. by RICH
mt ARD RUSH, Envoy Extraordinary and Mir
to lister Plenipotentiary of the United States {
Se Amcrica from lH1z IN 1909