The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-12-04
ROMANTIC BREACHOP PROMISE.

To fifteen hundred and thirty eight, when
France happened TO b. at peace, and nothing
vas talked OF at Court, say the mpnolr- writers,
but festivals, tournaments, CarnivalS, mdSqur-
rades, and 50 forth, one incident occurred to
supply the town folks With talk. This was no
other than the action for breach OF promise Of
marriage, brought By the Marquis Jrhan Logs.
Of SsIucrs, against Madame PhiIppps dc Mon
trSpeton, widow O. Mar hal Mon;e-Jan, who
had been governing Piedmont. Some Of the
details of this case are singular enough 20 de-
serve narrative on their own account others
are amusing chirhy brcaUs- Of their odd SINH
larily with sentimental passages in the lives OF
our own country folks. from time to time re-
vcalrd TO us 70 courts Of law.
Aarchaj Monte Jan died in Piedmont, leaving
no children. His wjir was INSTANTLY beSirL~d
with offers Of marriage by various great lords
Of that state, circumstance at which We arr
requested by the chronlclers ''not to marvel -
Tor Madame PhlliiPPes was very respectable
and yirtuous lady, adorned vita great beauty
and ia the flower Of her YOUTH she possessed,
moreover, sixty thousand livers of revenue 10
her o~H right, besides considerable expectations,
First among the suitors who followed so cio>rly
on the funeral, vas the above mentioned Mar
gus at SaluceS, who seems 10 have been a ooi-
Ish fellow. and who certainly was most scanda-
lousv treated. The narrator " as on the Iady's
side, bat he naivey states very damaging facts.
Madame Phlippps f~ignpd 10 accept the Mar
quiS: services because it would BE- convenien
TO make use Of his escort on the way back to
France, whittier he was going by express order
Of the king
Despite of her riches, the fair widow seems
TO have been accidentally without ready cash.
She allowed her suor to pay ter expenses all
the way from Turin to Paris and these ex-
PenSeS were by no means light. All the house,
hold OF her late husband, besides her own, ac-
comPanied her. The Marquis thought hp had
The game IN his own hands, and assumed the
tonr OF master by anticipation that
tAt gratiefn"n, servants, and officers of the de-
ceaS9d should be dismissed and half those OF
the lady herself, especially the women--to for she
iIao, orSides danes and dernoisellpS, fpmmpS Dr.
IA chambrr, and others tor different kinds of
work, as many as fifteen or sixieen Bot
Madame PhilIppes was prudent that she ne
Nrr, IS alleged, allowed a word to escape that
would bind her; and yet so clever that she OBJ
tanned all the assistance she wanted. The Mar
a. Nv S-'t oI'oH f'el1u glOutt'}, udQ
ordered italian that he was) all his people 10
or on Tie watch to prevent any communication
oeing brought from rival; for, he did not
oono' That such rare pearl would be eagerly
sought alter. Yet, in spite Of all precautions,
aS soon as the party arrived at LYONS, courier
came from M. de Velleville, relative of the
'duy' and delivered his letter so secretly that
4 40 one ever suspected their existgnce. These
ieu+rS contained the Information that the court
''au "a htard OF the proposed marriage with the
MARQUIS OF Saucps, and believed the couple
were coming to Paris for the wedding. The
news had much pleased the king, because he
"aa always heard that love bound man TO a
SS9pniry more than anything, and though the
"laF i'. gus, having become Frenchman bv this
a'''ahee, would be more faithful ever after
WARDS. This was sentimentaiity not to be ex-
pee'ed IRON Francis the First However, said