The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-12-21
From the Philadelphia North American.
Komahces iii Real Lie.

Neiopeu IN Ofeat D:ltaln--One uuoe rtne
auspices OF the Master Of the Rolls, the
other under those OF the magistrates OF
Bow street police court His Honor the
Master o! the Rolls had received a severe
castigation from the Times for assuming .
the character OF a sensation judge, and oc-
cupylng the attention OF the court in G.
citing the details of the case, when q
decision on its merits was all that was
required OF him. Sir john Rpmlly, how
ever likes a bit of romance occasionally,
especially when lady is in the case, and
SO he dllateH eH with gssto on the loves of
Amedee Theodore de Ponies aud Eliza
beth Payne. The facts of the case really
are curious, but do not say much for the
morality of the parties con, erned We
extract the following portion of them from
the Judgement of the Master Of the Rolls :
In the year 1893, a young English
lady named Payne, then about sixteen
years old, fell i'll love with u young French
gentleman, named Amcdee Theodore de
Ponies, both parties at the time inter
changing vows OF eternal attachment The
gentleman aud lady in the course of cir
cumstances, cea=es to enjoy such youthful
amity as they did when those vows were
exchanged, and a short time afterwards,
ana IN the same year, the young lady was
induced to consent 10 unite herself IN
marriage to an English gentleman named
! Dolphin, Of conside!a's.a fortune and es-
. tate iu Gloucester OF th!s marriage there
had bern oa'y one child who died in
infancy, and Mr. Dolphin, subsequently, 10
his marriage, !s.l into habits OF such gieat
eNt'ayd -lunca 2s O. r-iuC. himself and
wife TO cou-ps:a i"di,-urea aud di-tle.s
In the Ee.u l,st, Ir Doiphins friends
came -y-"aH ".-I considerable sums OF
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the army to 1,o,;tjsn Of corsidor.}I,.
cminence. ana that he was At that ,iue
comu!aud.u.. A. General division Of the
French army. in the d.partuey.t Of the
Lover Cha.eute. in France loon max
ing this discovery. the early f-r!...r.,f ..--
tachment toward. her o.7g1ral ggr.;~-,-
appeared 70 have been revived in m.
uolsA.a. and she. therefore. as s,.oa A. she
discovered that Ills gentleman lad. dor.
irg all the jutefyer.r., ,.4.e ,..,...s-..s
unmarried. ceumau.-I !. r.,-, ....j ,,.
{ mantle co.te>p.al,--ce ,--rl hin, The
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tie laa.-s .G.aa..- v5sl. some ,hyue.-
but gradually a..gy-s,, himself Il, e.. dawn
into more i.l.uaL. ..G ..,-.. ,..-.-......,
t.gu The result vas .l.t Nj DJ.ulig
consulted --a... l-..r ~ - ia v,i.--f.sr @
di,ogc. could M. t.. obtained fr.-o SIR
DoIt,l,En. and WIS c-aa.i.siIs- s-4I rl.a-
such . divorce mint be obtained I'm Scot
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( in .f.t country Tor foriv da.-s so as ,o
. obtain "a dgraig,ie and IL could he nroyf.l
+ terry dUfin, that time T-.au tIi. Nr
. Dolphin vas induced. :nr = considerable
( sum Of I.uirr r.sI down and m, .f,fc,,,,.
/ OF -. 20 ,.,.. .s,.,s.Ii +. &C.. tg Scotland aud
/ take "a l'aia...our with him
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came 10 -. r,..-.....-l Ill.,, rh.. %.I,..',
. obtained uy co.u-.on They therefore
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