The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-19 00:00:00

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SPORTITM INTETiLiQZf'+E•

TATTZESAWS. MONDAY.

&Wing oaths past radii went off Miter this afternoon
than on Monday Let, for athoui* the MAW was Small,
the absent ones were tangibly remmeated ; mosey war easy
aad eomplaints few. The only features of the day's hot-
tin were the remarkable firmness of Thaltatris for the
Goodwood Stakes, and the entombs support awarded to
Stanton. who was beakedh at least for a ample of
thourand at odds ranging from 12 to 9 to 1 hh
doing prios being 10 to 1 taken freely. Blair
Athsl would have found many friends at 3 to 1, but
sto 2 was the highest offer. TM rely Weal backed for
any mow for the Leger was Claremoot, about whom
1,000 to 30 ma staged Wks. Mr. Mania team were
in demand for the , the favourite, Liddington, having
found a backer who 730 to 100, Wild Charley and Dilly
Dilly being also invested in at their quoted prior.
The following notice meat the late Stamford meat* was
pooled inlthe Subscription room, early io the afternoon :
" Count Batthyany gives natio, that he will apply to the
Stewards of Stamford Rams to rehear the queen= about
the shut for the Wothorpe Biennial Stakes. or to consent
that he should submit the OW to the Jockey Club.—
Signed, BArrHyLarT.- -Tattersall's, J uly 18."
A little speculation took place oa the Namshire
Haadiaap, but the transactionware more sei- than
real, aid the amount of chaff and badinage war unusually
Mmes. Closing prices : . -

NOWINORANSHIHE HANDICAP.
7 to 2 zest Mr Merry's Air Boger. 3 yrs, Ciet lffit(off, t 6 tol)
7to 2 Mt. Kemp ma Pearl Diver, A ms, Est 121 b (c 01)
6 to 1 Mi. BOWeell Weleome. 6 yrs. est (.e)
6to 1 Mr. T. Bteves(siell)e lialteestan's Dieibter, 3 yrs,
elb
100 to 16 Mr. Crook's Tarter, 3 yrs, OA 313 (t and off)

44:881HE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN ClRCl7lT.—SAusnuay, JULY 18.
Not Pam Ootat.—(lllarolir. Julies BON.)

ALFOZD IP. SUMO.
Mr. M. Smith, Q.C., and Mr. Dollar were for the plain-
tiff; and Idr. Coleridge, 9.0., and Yr. hides= appeared
for the defendant. - .. . ..

,7-11;;;;;;a action to recover damages for the sodalities
of the plaintiff's daughter. The plaintiff is a farmer, living
at Berwick St. John, but he formerly occupied a farm at
Tilbury . The defendant is the son of a large farmer living
at
.7mlxtry, and is about 30 years of age. The families
being brought up neer together, Yin Alford and the defiled-
aat had frequent opportunities of meeting. It was in 1856,
when she was about 17 years old, that be first showed •
preference for her. The courtship went on for two
or three yearn, when they agreed not to meet again, this
parents
engaged
to the match. In 1860 &dadaist
I beams to another lady, but that match was also
Ibrahim off. Early in 1861 he renewed his addressee to Mbs
Alford, but in November of that year his coadoct gave her
offence, and she desired him to leave the house, and to dis-
continue his visits. She appeared to have avoided him as
mush as poasible, although she occesionally met him in the
company of his sisters. In March, 1863, be met her at a
sister'shouse, and Melded ma accompan ississrhoses. Hs en-
treated her forgiveness, and the was renewed. Two,
or three month' afterwards he sednced her,havin peerlessly,
as she stated, promised her marriage may times. In July
her father left Tiebury. but she continued at the home of
bar brothers, wham the defendant was received as bar
sweetheart He *widened to visit bar up to August. Is
October she west to live with her father at Berwick, and
then discovered that she was enceinte. She wroth to the
defendant, and haying informed him of the fact, implored
him to ful6l his promise. In his replies to her lat.
tees he denied having promised to marry her, and
mid, "Yon were an willing in the matter as I;
you have frequently told me you were even worse than L
You are aware you used to come oe our farm to meet me,
and you know for what jmrpme The face is patent to 01
Tiabury that you warted me rather then I you. Sensuality
is a great sin, bat our Saviour said to the women takes in
repelled adultery Go and sin no more' " Miss Alford indignantly
the defendant's Minutia" and aisle appealed to
him to save her and her family from disgrace.
He wanted her to conceal the fact of bar pi
nanny, and go away and be privately coefi
either at Marlborough or Loudon. She refund, a
proposed a private marriage, to which be objected. He
then threatened to go away, but said that if she would
oome to him he would support her as loos as be had a
shilling of kis own. She 'replied that she would do
nothing that would not save her honour, and eventually
told her father, who commenced the present action after
an ineffectual ittempt to induce the defendant to behave
honourably towards his daughter. There was no imputation
of intimacy with any other man.
Mr. Coleridge, for the defence, pointed out that there
was no promise of marriage in any of the letters produced ;
hence the action for seduction. The case was an ordinary
one of two persons being in close intimacy going astray ; and
if the jury awarded heavy damages they would never be
moomed, as the defsedant was entirely dependent mice
his father for his support. Defendant must mmusetiocably
support the child, bat he could sot help feeling that when
the plaintiff suspected something wrong, be ought to have
watched big daughter more closely.
His lordship, in summing up, said whatever the result of
the trial, be would earnestly commend it to the attention
of the fathers of these young people, whether they could
sot make some private armsgement for Him Alford's
Weft. If the jury gave heavy damages they would pro-
kebly not be movers&
The jury, after a minute's deliberation, returned • verdict
for the plaintiff—damages 500/.