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the part of the children of Lady 

 Kennedy. No injury could be 

 done to the children by the 

 Scotch suit, as the court of ses- 

 sion, while it might compel Innies 

 to give in his accounts, could not 

 make any order which the Bank 

 of England would be obliged to 

 obey. The other trustees of the 

 property were not, it appeared, 

 made parties to the suit in Scot- 

 land ; but even if Innies and they 

 consented to convey the stock, 

 still on the part of the children it 

 was competent to the court of 

 chancery to enjoin the Bank of 

 England not to transfer the stock 

 in question. Although the act 

 of union ought certainly to be 

 considered as sacred, yet cases 

 might arise in which it would be 

 impossible for the court of session 

 to proceed with effect, if it were 

 not aided by the court of chan- 

 cery here, and vice versa. His 

 Lordship concluded with ordering 

 the injunction to be dissolved 

 without regard to the merits of 

 the case, and he desired the order 

 not to be understood as giving 

 any encouragement whatever to 

 the other trustees to join in 

 making a conveyance of the Bank 

 stock. 



CIVIL SIDE, FRIDAY, JULY 17. 



Breach of Promise oj' Marriage. 



Hardenn v. Causton. — This 

 was an action against the defend- 

 ant for a breach of promise of 

 marriage with the plaintiff, and 

 the case, which was tried by a 

 Special Jury, excited universal 

 interest from its peculiar circum- 

 stances. The damages were laid 

 at .'S.OOO/. 



The plaintiff's case was con- 



ducted by Mr. Gurney and lyfr. 

 Chltty. 



The leading circumstances 

 proved in evidence were these : 

 — The plaintiff, who was repre- 

 sented to be a young lady of 

 great personal attractions, sin- 

 gular amiability of disposition, 

 and possessing an accomplished 

 and well-cultivated mind, is the 

 daughter of a respectable trades- 

 man residing at Hatfield, in this 

 county ; and the defendant is a 

 gentleman of independent fortune, 

 lately retired from the business 

 of a printer, which he carried on 

 in Finch-lane, Cornhill. The 

 parties are first cousins by the 

 maternal side ; and in the year 

 1809, the defendant, then about 

 30 years of age, and the plaintiff 

 about 21, commenced his court- 

 ship, having known each other 

 from the earliest infancy. From 

 that time down to the month of 

 May, 1817, a voluminous episto- 

 lary correspondence "was carried 

 on between them, the defendant 

 professing throughout the whole 

 the most devoted and tendeiv 

 attach"nent towards the plaintiff, 

 whose language, in reply, evinced 

 on her part the warmest recipro- 

 city of affection. The defend- 

 ant's promise of marriage, relied 

 upon in the plaintiff's case, was 

 expressed in these terms :— " I 

 will marry you as soon as cir- 

 cumstances will permit." 



It appeared thtxt the defendant's 

 family were averse to the match, 

 and took every occasion to dis- 

 courage the connexion, imputing 

 the regard of the plaintiff towards 

 the defendant to sinister motives. 

 The defendant had gone the 

 length of proposing to marry the 

 plaintiff in private, to which she 

 consented ; 



