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NEW WHEAT.—A remarkably fine sample of new
wheat was shown in Salisbury market on Tuesday. It
was grown on the farm of Mr. Maslen, at Maddington,
-who commenced raping on IfOnday:

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

BRISTOL ASSIZES, WEDNESDAY.

JACKSON V. WILLIAMSON.-Mr. Collier, Q.C.,
and Mr. Coleridge were counsel for the plaintiff;
and Mr. Carter for the defendant.

This was an action for breach of promise of
marriage. The defendant pleaded that he did not
promise, and that he believed her to be a person
of chaste habits, whereas he had discovered that
she had been unchaste.

Mr. Collier, in stating the case, said that the
plaintiff was a young girl of only 17 years of
age, and was the daughter of a carpenter living
in Holborn. He had brought up his family with
great respectability. The defendant, in 1856,
was the keeper of the Sugarloaf public-house in
Drury-lane. It was burnt down, and Jackson
was employed to rebuild it. This led to an inti-
macy between the parties. The defendant's wife
was then living. Shortly after this defendant's
wife died, and the defendant then took the Three
Tuns public-house in Fetter-lane ; he then asked
Jackson to allow his daughter, who was then only
15, to go and live with him as barmaid and take
care of his children. Jackson at first objected,
but the defendant said he might rest content,
as he would look after her as one of his own chil-
dren, and see that she came to no harm. Jack-
son, upon thi§ assurance, took his daughter to the
defendant's and left her there. It proved her
ruin. The defendant seduced this girl under a
promise of marriage. The parents visited her
every week, mod the defendant appeared to treat
her extremely well. After some months he re-
moved to Grove-house, Camberwell-grove, and
subsequently to that time the mother saw some-
thing which raised her suspicions, and she taxed
her daughter with being in the familyway, and the
poor girl, with great grief, acknowledged it. The
plaintiff's mother immediately went to:the defen-
dant, and asked him if he was aware Elizabeth was
in the familyway. The defendant said he was well
aware of it, it was all right, and he was going to
marry her, and no harm would be done. The
mother said, " You are well aware my daughter
has never known any gentleman but you ;" and
he replied he was satisfied of that, and he would
marry her shortly. The girl was taken home,
and the defendant continually visited her, and
said they need not worry themselves, as he would
marry her, and would buy the ring the next day
to blind the neighbours' eyes, and put up the
banns. This went on for some time, until she
was confined. The defendant still said he would
marry her. At last he said she was too young to
be married. Her father said she was not too
young for him to seduce her, and he ought to
marry her. After some months .the poor girl
wrote to him this letter :

Mr. WILLIAMSOIg—I hope you will excuse the liberty
I take in writing to you. I wish to know at once
whether you intend to marry me, as you have promised,
or not, because I have heard of a situation which I
think will suit me ; and will you please to write me a
character ? I must go to service to maintain myself
and little one. Once I was alone, but I have now your
dear little one soon to look to, and he shall never want.
No more at present from your forsaken girl.
ELIZABETH.
To this the defendant replied :

This is to certify that Elizabeth Jackson lived with
me in the capacity of barmaid for twelve months, and
found her strictly honest.

Dear Elizabeth, I shall be in London on Saturday.
Faithfully yours, J. WILLIAMSON.

Mr. Jackson after this was obliged to have the
child affiliated, and the defendant had to pay
2s. 6d. a-week. Mr. Jackson then determined to
seek for compensation at the hands of a jury. He
(Mr. Collier) would willingly have stopped there,
but he was compelled to say more in consequence
of a plea which the defendant had had the auda-
city to put upon the record, that the poor girl
had had intercourse with somebody else. They
applied for particulars, and the defendant had
actually pretended that this young girl had had
illicit intercourse with one John Vincent, who
went by the name of " Long Jack " and " Scan-
dalous Jack," who was found to be a man who
had a shakedown under the billiard-table. There
was no denial of the promise or of the seduction.
A more infamous charge had never been made,
and he trusted the jury would give serious
damages.
The mother of the plaintiff swore to most of the
facts stated by the learned counsel in his opening
speech. She stated as a reason for not finding
out her daughter's pregnancy earlier, because the
crinoline took it off. She did not know that the
defendant was merely put into houses by Meux
and Co. The defendant said he had some cottages,
and he had got £7OO for his house. Never knew
of her daughter misconducting herself.
The plaintiff's father was called.—He had
been foreman to Messrs. Pierce and Co., the
builders in Holborn, and his brother was fore-
man to Cubitt. Had seven sons, who were all
in the same employ. The defendant was about
33. In 1859 heard something which induced him
to go to the defendant. Said he was much sur-
prised he had taken advantage of his daughter
after promising to take care of her. He said he
intended to act honourably and marry her, and
Fould put up the banns the next day and get the
ring. The defendant did not put up the banns.
On the 28th of February, 1859, his daughter was
confined. He then went to the defendant, and
spoke about driving off the marriage so long.
He said he had altered his mind, and thought shs
was too young to be a wife.
The court then adjourned.
THURSDAY.

At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case last
night, Mr. Carter applied to have the case ad-
journed to this morning, on the ground that
Vincent, the witness, who been in court all day,
had disappeared within the last two hours, but
he thought that during the night he might be
found. Without that witness he did not know
how to shape the defendant's case.
The Judge said he should not adjourn the case
on that ground, but as the usual time for adjourn-
ment had nearly arrived, he should adjourn the
further hearing until the morning.
Mr. Carter, at the sitting of the Court, stated
that in this case he had two affidavits which he
wished to, hand up to the judge.
Mr. Justice Keating said he did not think he
could take notice of any affidavits now, they
might be brought forward at a subsequent time.

Mr. Carter said means had been taken to
remove the witness Vincent, who had been in
attendance all the assizes, but had left after the
case had commenced; he would have him called
on his subpoena.
The witness did not answer.

Mr. Collier then summed up his evidence.—
As his friend had made observations imputing
to the plaintiff's attorney, and to the plaintiff
himself, that they had endeavoured to take away
the witness, he indignantly denied it.
Of Vincent it might be said, that no part
of his career in the cause did him so much
credit as the end of it. Although he was
brought down here to blast this girl's character, a
of conscience remained, and he would
glimmering
not lend himself to save defendant's pocket. It
'was now an undefended cause. It had been
shown that the defendant had made this promise,
and they had heard there was a breach of that
promise. The plaintiff's father was a man of
respectability, and had brought up his family in
respectability until this unhappy occurrence.
This
S was one of tile most scandalous cases he
ever knew. It was a base and cowardly act to
seduce a woman, but to seduce a child was un-
pardonable. He had lured her from her parent's
roof under the pretence of treating her as a child.
He had abused the confidence placed in him,
and he had done this under a pretence to marry
her, and they might believe that nothing but
this promise would have enabled him to effect
her ruin, He had never intended to marry her,
but he had not the manliness to avow it. He
had kept her in the most painful state of suspense.
But then came the crowning infamy. Not con-
tent with her ruin he now endeavoured to blast
her character, and he brought this John Vincent
here and suborned him to commit perjury ; and
it was Vincent's conscience that prevented the
perjury, and not the conscience of the defendant.
This attempt aggravated the case. His conduct
was such, as he trusted, was not common, and he
now asked them to give exemplary damages for
the wickedness he had committed.

Mr. Carter felt the difficulty of his position.
The farce had been played out, but the serious
part of the business remained. He would now
ask their attention to the evidence. He agreed
with his friend that it was a scandalous case ; he
admittedit was so, but it had not yet been proved
on which side the scandal lay. It was a genteel
action, and there would be another for seduction,
and that would make it doubly genteel. But had
they ever heard of an action for a breach of pro-
mise of marriage without a single low- letter,

without anything beginning with "My dear,
dear Caroline," or "My dearest Jemima ?" They
had heard of criminal charges being made, but
they had known of many acquittals on the
ground that the evidence was not satis-
factory ; and he would ask them whether this
evidence was so satisfactory as to justify them in
giving the plaintiff a verdict. There was no cor-
roboration of the parents' evidence. How could
the defendant prove a negative that he had not
made such a promise ? Was there more in this
case than that the girl had had a child ? The
parents had never seen any impropriety on the
part of the defendant. Where was the evidence
of treachery or misconduct ? The only thing WWI
that the girl was found to be pregnant. Week
by week the mother went to inspect this lamb,
and she supposed the crinoline had deceived ker.
It was due to common justice that they should
have better evidence than that which they had
heard.

Mr. Justice Keating then summed up the case
to the jury. There was no evidence called to
support the second plea, which was one of want
of chastity on the part of the plaintiff, therefore
the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict on that plea.
In the first plea, which was the denial of the pro-
mise, the plaintiff had to prove the affirmative.
Perhaps it was not surprising that there had not
been any writing between the parties, because
they lived in the same house, and it often hap-
pened that such promises were confined to the
members of the family. They had heard the
evidence of the father and mother of the plaintiff,
and it was for them to say what degree of credit
they placed in them. It was a question of
damages, and those damages should not be exces-
sive ; and no doubt, if they believed that the
promise was made, the plea the defendant had
put on the record was matter of aggravation.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages, £lOO.

rilE MASONS' STRIKE IN LEEDS.—The prospect of a
settlement of this dispute appears as remote as ever, and
we regret to learn that its injurious effects are beginning
to extend beyond the masons themselves, and to affect
other branches of the building trade. Without masons,
the bricklayers, the joiners, &c., cannot proceed With
the completion of their works, and the consequence is
that all buildings of any importance must necessarily be
suspended. Most of the men on strike, we understand,
are in work in ueighbouring towns, though under
various disadvantages, and it is much to be hoped that
wise counsels will prevail, and that the stoppage of
work, which now promises to entail suffering upon those
who are ready and willing to continue their labour,
will soon terminate.

CONVOCATION AT YORK.—On Thursday morning,
Convocation met in the Chapter-house of York Cathe-
dral, Canon Harcourt being commissioned by the Arch-
bishop to preside over the proceedings. The Commissioner
stated that it was the desire of the Archbishop that,
beyond the receiving of petitions, no business should be
transacted. He then asked if there were any,petitions
to present—Archdeacon Thorp, of Durham, and several
proctors, retired for private conference. Having waited
a couple of minutes, to enable petitions, if there were
any, to be presented, the Commissioner read the writ
adjourning Convocation until the 20th September next,
Meantime, Archdeacon Thorp and his friends returned,
and stated their desire to present an address to the
Archbishop, which, however, the Commissioner refused
to receive. He advised that all matters involving dis-
cussion, should be deferred until a future occasion.—
Archdeacon Thorp warmly asserted that, as Prolocutor
for the Northern District, he should be neglecting his
duty were he not to protest against this course of pro-
ceeding ; upon which Archdeacon Long (of the East
Riding) disputed the right of Archdeacon Thorp to
assume the dignity of Prolocutor.—Eventually the
Commissioner, having declared that convocation stood
adjourned, left the chapter-house. The effect of the
address which was proposed to be presented was one of
congratulation to the Archbishop upon his assuming his
present dignity.

MERCMINT SHIPPING.—The report of the Select
Committee on Merchant Shipping, which was issued on
Thursday, is a very lengthy affair, and deals with
almost every subject, directly or indirectly, connected
with shipping. On the question of the Navigation
Laws and Reciprocity, which was the topic on which
their deliverance was anxiously awaited, the com-
mittee warmly advocate reciprocity, urge the Govern-
ment to give a moral support to it, and censure
those nations which do not adopt that principle.
Under the existing act the Privy Council have ample
powers to act in this matter, without requiring further
legislation. The committee recommend the following
changes in the present regulations affecting our ship-
ping :—That shipowners should not be subject under the
Merchant Shipping Act to heavier penalties in case of
accident at sea than £l5 per ton on the ship causing the
casualties. That the cost of light dues should be paid
out of the consolidated fund—that is, by the nation, and
not by the shipowners. That the monopoly of supplying
ballast, possessed in certain ports by the Trinity House
of Deptford Stroud should be abolished. That a system
of voluntary, as distinguished from compulsory, pilotage
should be established "in most parts of the empire,
due consideration being bad to the interests of those
parties who have invested capital on the faith
that the compulsory system would be maintained."
That differential dues and passing tolls should be
abolished. That the Russian Company and the Stade
Dues should be abolished. That several restrictions
created by the Merchant Shipping Act, the Passenger
Act, and the Chinese Passenger Act, should be abo-
lished. That the ss. stamp duty on charter 'parties.
should be reduced to ls.; and that the stamp duties,
on marine insurance should be abolished as soon as:
possible.
ALARMING RAILWAY COLLISION.-011 Tuesday offer-
noon, a collision took place between a goods traim and a.
passenger train, on the Whitehaven Junction ilailway.
The mail train from Carlisle and the north left Bransty
Station, with the mails and a number of passengers.
All went well until the train passed the first station,
when, on turning a sharp curve called Micklam Point, a
goods train came in sight. The line being single, a col-
lision between the two trains was inevitable ; and,
although the engine-drivers put on the breaks, shut
off the steam, &c., the trains met with a fearful
crash, the carriages being crushed up one into another,
and one of the break vans was thrown on end upon one
of the carriages. The cries of the passengers amid the
confusion which ensued were fearful, and a mes-
senger was immediately despatched to Whitehaven
for medical and other assistance, which soon arrived.
and the injured persons were conveyed to the Globe
Hotel there. The mail train had ten carriages, and all
of them were more or less damaged. One or more of
the vans were also greatly damaged ; and all the three
engines at work at the time were thrown off the line
and disabled, one of them being so completely smashed,
as to preclude the possibility of its ever working again.
Great progress was made during the evening in clearing-
the wreck from the line, and the trains ran as usual on
the following day. The accident, from what we have
been able to learn, has arisen entirely from the miscon-
ception or non-delivery of a message. On leaving
Bransty, the driver of the jobbing-engine says he told.
the signal-man not to allow the mail to pass till he came
back. This message was either not understood or not
delivered either to the booking-clerk or the station.-
master, Mr. Miller. The mail, therefore, went out as
already described, and hence the accident.
THE FRENCH ADYOCATE*' CHAIRMAN.—The Opinion
Nationale gives the following details relative to the
situation of batonnier of the Order of Advocates :—" The
batonnier is a regular minister—but without a large.
salary. He must open his salons, receive company, and:
give dinners. A eelebrated advocate, who never sought
for so high a post, said to those who recommended him,
to become a candidate No, Ido not feel myself'
strong enough to eat 70 salmons in a year.' That is
about the number of dinners which a batonnier must
give during his year of office, and at which the official
fish, the salmon, must necessarily form part, miles*
indeed it be replaced by its cousin, the turbot. The
batonnier has to give dinners to the twenty-one mem-
bers of the council of the order, to the judges, to the.
high functionaries of the Department of Justice, to
—; but I dare not go through the list. Formerly it
was still worse, for batonnier had to entertain all his
confreres. The number of advocates having prodigiously
increased (there are now nearly 800 inscribed and 600
stayieres), and on the other hand the apartments in
Paris having decreased in size, it became impossible for
the chief of the order to entertain the whole of them,
unless indeed he hired a house on purpose. A -compro-
mise was come to, and soirees were substituted for
dinners. The batonnier is the Providence of the indi-
gent that have no counsel. He receives numberless
letters, asking him for an advocate, and the one he
fixes on cannot refuse to act. Sometimes even, in order -
to set a good example, the batonnier undertakes the
office himself. The batonnier is the high judge of the.
order, for it is before him that all those appear who.
have been guilty of any professional misdeed. They
cases of conscience are innumerable for the advocate;
the slightest infractions on established regulations are
at once repressed, and those rules are pitiless. There
was a time, under the Parliaments, when advocates,
were not allowed to dance. Such an inconsiderate
exercise of the legs was considered as incompatible with,
the dignity- of a speaker, and it was left to the mar-
quises, and such like. An advocate of the present day
must not solicit causes; must not have any understand-
ing with business agents to bring him clients; and
cannot sign bills. He may go to Clichy on other
persons' account, but he cannot do so on his own. It is
owing to these restrictions that the profession maintains
its prestige, and it is the duty of the batonnier not to
permit any infraction to pass unnoticed."

Printed and Published by WALTER HENRY PEAT, of No. i
8, Wesley-street, in the Parish of Toiteth-park, at his
Printing Establishments-3, BRUNSWICK-STREET (corner of
Castle-street), and 40, LEiou-sraxrr, Liverpool.
• AUGUST 18, 1860.