The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-04-12

Thou art gone, yet love hath bound thee;
Thou may'st struggle to forget,
In the heartess crowd around thee -
All In vain !-thou'rt captive yet.
All, forgive the pain I've given,
And thine own deep wrongs of yore,
FOR unless we meet in Heaven,
Thou wilt never meet me more.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
AT the York assizes, on Friday, Hannah
Lucas sued William Blakey. The declaration
stated that the defendant promised to marry the
plaintiff, and that he broke his promise BY
marrying another woman. Defendant pleaded
that he had never promised at all. Mr.. Ather-
ton stated the case. The plaintiff was young
woman. twenty-five years of age, and Of con-
siderable personal attractions. She resides at
Lockwood, near Huddersfeld, with her moth
er, who Is the widow of Mr. Lucas, house,
painter. The plaintiff is a miIliner, and the
defendant is cloth 6nisher at Hudders6eld.
In the spring of 1S49 Mrs. Lucas resided in
Huddersield, andit was then that the defen-
M danf firstbeganto pay attention to the plain
He applied to Mrs. Lucas for her consent:
and, on making some inquiry as to his charac
ter, she granted il, the defendant declaring The
was cincere, and that, in seeking a wifea he
did not want shve but companion. He
was not in quest ofa fortune, and he had more
than once declined the opportunity of marry.
ing with fortune He continued to pay his
addresses to the plaintiff from May, ls49,
down to November in last year; and in the
latter month he, inc manner that appeared to
aggravate the chaIScter of his conduct and its
injustice, without uaking any communication
whatever to the plaintiff, or her mother, or any
member of her family, contracted marriage
with Miss Lister, and he did not disclose that
fact until concealment became impossible
The defendant had written several letters to
the plaintiff, the first ofwhich was dated June
Is, I849:
dearest Hannah. You will think have
forgotten you altogether, but l assure you,
love, have not; for with the poet, can truly
exclaim.
Absence makesthe heart grow fondsr r
Laughter. In another letter he wrote: New
er was the sign of an inn more welcome to
weary traveller than your letter, which re-
ceiyed on Sunday last, was to me. As Itrac.
ed the characters, could almost imagine that
heard your sweet voice repeating the words
il tcohtaned. the sound of which still echoes
in my ears like distant music" loud laugh
ter
In third letter the defendant stated that
the plaintiff was dearer 70 him than his own
existence, and signed himself sYour Affection
ate lover, William These were specimens of
the defendants letters in prose; but he after
wards found that he could not dojustice to his
subject in prose, ndtherefore he resorted to
the sublimities ofpoetry. He then addressed
her in the following acrostic:
sW hen wilt thou return my lover
l innocent as theturtle dove, is hss.
IA L ike that flambkin full of play,
-. 1. lightly skipping on the way 2
] n The groves where war ,lers sing,
II harmonious to the spring,
NJ ay we JON the joyful ring.
B lack as winter would all be, M
ost and irksome. without thee;
A II confessed by loves alarms,
X indest, come into my arms.
vermore would be thine, e
es, my love- and only thine"
[Laughter.I After this the defendant re-
turned TO prose again, and then he broke out
in another poetic strain similar TO the above:
"W ilt thou, my dearest, be so kind,
/ n love TO ease my tortured minda
by delays my reason fly:
L owe longsf fts object to enjoy.
] n thee is centred all my care,
% nd all my joys, thou charming fair.
NJ ustI be lett to black despair
lest is she whose beauty fair
l. inks with such charms virtue rare.
A Il want is may be st
X indy loved fair OF e by thee
E lse life's blank, ] do declare:
Y es, must love thee charming fair
[Roars of laughter.1 He commended that
this was o sase for damages, and called upon
the jury to discriminate and give such dana.
ges as were proper in this case. Mr.. Sergeant
Wilkins, in his address TO the jury, said he was
not going for one moment TO cast any asper-
sions either on the plaintiff, or her mother
He admitted there could be no doubt the de-
fendant had behaved ill-had broken his pro-
mise-and the plaintiff was entitled to ver-
diet. But what were the circumstances D.
Why, the defendant, at % years of age, was
proved 10 have fallen over head and ears in
love at the first momeEf; and he would say to
the young ladies in court, never give much
heed to young men who express themselves in
poetry. Laughter.] He had dona wrong,
was the question. She had lost silly young
man, who, instead of telling her in plain terms
that he loved her, breaks out in rhapsody
aMy lady fair,
do declare.
My grace and air.
(roars of laughterl-and all that sort Of
Thing. Let the jury then judge Of the extent
Of the loss she had sustained, and give such
damages as Twelve honest men ought to sive.
The learned Judge summed up, telling the jury
the only question was how much be ought 70
pay for this. breach Of promise. Verdict for
the plaintiff damages, f45.-Esglish paper.
IsDUsTRIAL EXHIBITION N SILEsIAs s-This
work goes braycly on. The glass palace i
building and must be ready by the FIRST Of May.
Already 500 Exhibitors hare entered the names
OF three thousand articles, from huge steam
engines down to needles which swim upon
wafer, and colossal "cookiesn Or gingerbread
cakes eight feet long. Several trades mean 70
exhibit their operations 10 every slaee Glass
from the orig iai material ID The eIiahtent crys-