Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-06-12
Amusing Events Ahread.

Under this head, the Boston Post, has a selection
of amusing foreign items, from which we select the
following:
BREAcH OF PRoNIsE--The people of Tavistock have
been delighted with the u~nloldlngs Of II breach Of promise
case. The father Of the lady, a girl Of seventeen, WINS
the cashier Of the Tavistoek bank the father OF tae gem
Ileman, a lieutenant of twenty zone, was the lawyer Of tho
place. The young couple met and loved their parents
met and resolved that the match was nUi n desirable one,
and should be intcrdic;ed. This decision was commune
Gated 10 the parties, and the result was stolen interviews.
Alter n time there was a lovers quarrel and a separatinr.
The father sent the girl, pining under her d~Isappoint
ment, 10 London, wecre sles was a paTlor boaTder for
nearly a year. Meantime The defendant, who had juined
his regiment, had inherited from the death Of his father
f500O, and soon after returned TO TavIsiock. Hnher,
also, the lady had come. They met and renewed their
VOWS. TkIs time, with The consent of the surviving pa
rents, the couriing went pa regularly But The gallant
lieutenant left TavIstock 10 JOIN his regiment. lie stop
ped al Exeter TO write To hIs aifanced bride. The leItef
is filled with cloves and S'angels' aud "dears' md
''daflngs." He took another hitch on his Journey ADD
got TO Bristol. Here he sent another leuer. commence
ing: "My dearest dear, dea!, dear, dearest dear" Ifa
described his anguish so great at parting with his lady
love abe had hardly a Bit Of hair left on his head" Roars
Of laughter, even The Judge joining, followed the reading
Of the episiIes. He next pressed To have the wedding
day fixed, which was done. All things were prepared,
even To the wedding invitations. Then this loving snn
Of Mars sought an interview with The plaintiffs father,
and told him that he had come 10 the conclusion that sit
was no use 10 marry his daughter, y rs 'his means wnuld
not be 50 good as he expected" The jury awarded dam
ages f70Q~ E ~
LADY THIEvEs-The police reports of London havs
frequent mention of .lady thieves, They are depreda-
tors on a small scale, and in a polite way. A fashiona-
bic lady OF rank aud beauty, sees a lii-bit at a provision
store, or a ribbon at a milIner's, and she does il without
thinking TO hand over the change or apply for stick"
The tradesmen, having too frequent experience of these
fashionable calls To relish them, and too little respect for
fashion to Suffer them, have recently resolved TO prose-
cute %lady thieves, y Just the same ms though they were
the common sort. Such cases are Usually heralded nv a
portion OF the press with "~anoiher lady thief This
seems to have annoyed the London HeraId- 1t is out de-
cIded against this mode of treating these gentry. Tho
rank, says this journal, 'ot The accused in these cases is
always paraded as an aggravating circumstance, and used
BY such publications as pander 20 depraved taste for the
purpose of creating a savage feeling, totally at variance
with a desire tor mere Justice Ii goes for a different
mode of stealing with these "lady thieves" Such pub
lie exposure does good when lis subject is of the lowest
ordersL Oh dear.