The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-02

among us Is 70 'eat drink and be merry for to-mol
ists and that at no very distant day there win be a
overturning OF tho very principles OF government
thus land What call the people OF Engiano Una ina
small traders or shopkeepers are weary OF being over
taxed and badly governed What DO they car
about the Reform bill the Irish Church acts Nei
Their one nor the other Affects them. Every Law
that is made or that Is reformed ,,t Is PLAN PLAN
fortnight ago bill passed both houses OF Parlia
mcnt for the so-called abolition OF imprisonment TO
debt. 1t does abolish Imprisonment IN the case o
| men who owe large sums; but for small debts, 10
anything under dfty pounds not only may the pettl
courts imprison man again and again. for fort
days each time, but the imprisonment does not purg
the debt Is this right Is not TINS making one Law
| for the rich and another for the po0rs
No longer than three nights ago, on my way hom'
| IRON dinner party. stepped into respectable
tavern to get a bottle OF soda water heard som,
| talking gong on In the room benind the bar, anc
| debating club, and would step lnS did 3d. Tn,
room was filled with dozen or more OF evidently re
spectacle tradesmen, and the subject OF debate was,
"Ihe present government OF England" There was
no secrecy, no disguise about the matter. II the
| speakers had been Irish, and were called Fenians,
the police would have been among them In i've min
utes. AS 1t was, they simply talking what Eng
lishmen a few years ago would have called treason
nor spouting for the sake Of hearing themselves
| talk They were earnest men after their own
CONVICTIONS and were calmly asserting that
load Of taxation which bears down, nor yet OF the
immense difference which exists between the laws
| IOr the wealthy ana the poor, uutu We nave
republic instead OF Lords, Commons ana crown
to govern us l was given perhaps half . dozen
small tracts. which. so Iar as ! am able to Judge
upon hurried perusal, seem ably written, all upon
the one subject I was told Of no less than six
places different parts OF London where on Sunday
evenings lectures upon the advantages Of repub-
iicansm are given. And / heard enough to con-
vince me that there Is set or opinions working
their way among US, which are by no means wnat
But 90 higher much higher, In the social scale.
You Will hear among the highest In the land reDub-
men belonging to the best families In England.
America has been much more visited dur
are better
wonderful nationality p more envied. You seem,
as heard member OF Parliament say lately. you
different interests as Rome does nations In church
matters. Your trade and commerce is increasing
in France some of the leading writers on military
matters have borne testimony to the extraordinary
power which you raised up IN the shape OF an army.
and now political writers on this side the Atlantic
are wondering at that vast host OF men, all OF whom
seem to have returned 70 their civil occupations.
BY the Gentleman Known as %BSi RSn TSR kussen
tribute or admiration to your marvellous railway
organization for military purposes during the great
ton from lie Spectator Ntlttatre q French military
magazine. Go where you win, read what you like,
tax to this that or the other about the future
at America the CRY Of every one. The results OF
your government are that every man who is honest
and industrious may have roof over hls head and
meal upon his table.
Look, then, 81 England, We have in England,
Ireland and Scotland about 500, 900. 900 acres Of
waste land that could be cultivated and would give
occupation and food to many hundred thousand
people. But we take no steps to improve this land.
poor man ought never to feel he has home Of his
own. Every year we are draining the country or
allowing It 70 oe drained Of nearly half million Of
our very best people. Who remain behinds The
wealthy and the rOughs-the idle, fashionable,
and those desperate from poverty. Can such state
OF things lasts l believe not, and every thinking
man In your country and In ours Will agree with me.
Breach Of Promise Of DIarriage-Heavy Dam.
ages-One Hundred and Eleven Love I.aa-
From the London Sun, August 1871
breach OF promise case, IN which heavy dam
ages were obtained has been tried al the Liverpool
Assizes. The plalntin was MISS Kate Fleming,
young lady, twenty years OF age. the second daugh
ter Of the late Mr.. Fleming, Of Glasgow, well
known accountant, who died in 1885. The defend
eminent shlpbuiider, OF Sunderland, and was twen-
ty-f0ur years OF age. While Mr.. Fleming's life
lasted ms means were good and his s daughter
where she was sch0oifehow Of the defendants
sister, who there became her intlmate friend. She
was therefore invited to stay al the Thompsons'
house In Sunderland and spent Christmas or 1866
there, and made the acquaintance there OF the de-
fendant In the summer OF 1857 she was asked Dy
her father having died In the meantime, and. con.
trary to expectation. having left his family In
to decline the invitation from failure OF means. In
the meantime she had been offered home by her
son, and she lived with them at residence called
Windsor Lodge near Dublin and sometimes at
shooting box which he rented, called Kip
visited the ThOmpsOns, however again at
the Christmas Of 1861 spending several weeks
with them there, and then It was that her
engagement with the defendant occurred Sne
returned home in the spring of 1868 and obtained
her brothe rinlaw's consent to the engagement and
a Gann hann nnnh Unru
volumnous, extending into the February OF the
present year and contained In all Ill letters, but
comparatively few OF them were used In court.
They began In the usual gushing style. and on so
until the defendant wished to have the marriage day
settled In November But the plaintln would have il
put on until February. After that the correspond
ence on the plantlrrs side was a trine cooler. BY
and by the time came for buying the furniture; and
paIntifr charged his darling Kate, with being un-
concerned about the future. She replied that she
was not so. She was not so enthusiastic about
getting the inen-bed or tabie-as he had ex-
pected. What he would seem to have wante
was 10 have produced a GOODNESS ON Miss Fieming's
side such as existed on his own part In this,
however, ne was not successful. she declared her
Willingness TO do what she could, and charged him
with being cool towards her. BY and By he brought
matters TO q contamination by letter. in which ne
said:-"l received your two letters, also one from
Acheson | am sorry to say that am disappointed
In the way this engagement Of ours has turned out
l think have been deceived about many things
In linen there was here again much laughter tue
learned counsel read the letter. understood you
that everything except table napkins would have to
be bought The list OF silver you have sent would
not be sufficient. Acheson and you gave me to un-
derstand that you had the whole of it. aud you have
often told my sisters that you got the whole your
father had, and know ne had great deal. How
about antimacassars, &c. Great laughter) You
90 not say ANYTHING about them, and these
things you could have worked yourself had
were making no efort to do things for yourself
might have got my sisters to have worked
them. Was It Acheson who told you to ask me Tor
fifty pounds TO BUY linen and spend the remainder on
yourselfS II he did he ought to think shame OF him
self. am thoroughly dsgusted 1 was not aware
until lately that was expected to provide clothing
for the lady before marriage. cannot express to
you how much am disappointed, and think 1t
better for both parties II this marriage broken
OF. regret 1t very much, and cannot any pros
pect OF happiness for the future. You ought to
have dealt candidly with me-" Upon this letter
both Mr. Acheson and his pr0tege wrote protesting
against the defendants cruelty. Thompson wrote
back asking Miss Fleming whether she dld not THINK
IL better under the circumstances Tor the engagement
70 be broken She refused TO consent. He then ad-
United that ne had cooled down considerably, and
refused to marry the plaintiff. marrying soon after
another lady instead. For the defence 1t urged
that the defendant had DCur the