The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

That the displeasure and vengeance of heaven is generally marked in the misfortunes of those whose offences either escape or do not come within the course of human laws, was remarkably exemplified in England within this few months past.

William Hamilton, Esq; son of a baronet of good fortune in Leicestershire, was engaged to a young lady in the town of Leicester, whose fortune lay in Grenada. Upon the capture of that island, and consequent change of circumstances, at the instance of the mercenary father, he deserted her, and paid his addresses to a Miss Rollinds, who received them, and went to the altar with him, when, during the service the bridegroom fell dead on the spot.

The unhappy fair, whose loss of fortune had lost her lover, died on the very same day, and exactly at the very same time, so near as could be ascertained. The father who had been present at the unfinished ceremony, died in a few hours after, cursing himself with horrid imprecations, for having brought the sad catastrophe on himself, his son, and the injured lady: The populace, who attended the interment of the three deceased, were outrageous against Sir William and his son, pelting their coffins, and treating them with every mark of indignity. The young lady was followed by numbers, especially of the young of both sexes, shedding tears, and strewing her coffin with aromatics and flowers.

What an awful lesson is this to the old, against avarice in the disposal of their children; and to the young against infidelity to each other, where the affections have been honorably and fairly engaged!