The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-28 00:00:00

NAM ANN 11001 II 10. WILLIAM

PlOllllll OF ILAIII.IIOI.

Mr. Skiassr, Q.C., sad Yr. Booted, wars rdahoed far th•
pleosti ; sad Kr. Haddisolan, Q.C., and Mr. Powell, far th•
dahedast.
Plaintiff, who Is now about Si yams of age, is th• &rabble
of a eshiart lock soaker, la Wolverhampton, bat who Is not
to an 'Sang way of business. The drfeadant is a fader,
elm rauldant in Iffolvarhantpton, sad is in good drama-
seseset.

Mr. Skinner opened the case, and after a few prelindoery
anervatioas, eaht ho would be able to show thee. the de-
bates! made a wrias to marry the plaisciff lama be
berme fodeprear % of his father sad nods. Two
or the. years ago he repeated the promise in more gene-
ral taus He (Mr. ffitkno) would now give the jury
ea anent of the association and seemmodes between
the peaks. So long ago a 1847 the plaialiff sad didandsat
inst. That ressalag led to further latimacy, ink ea it Sneed
NM, mieriunaisly se for the youag woes, fora is 114.1 it se-
salad is the birth of a chill. At that tines the defendant
sameed le ha* been desirous that his father sod side amid
knew mak* of IW ocemerks with the phinefffi and re-
gssied That lie micas.e he had promised should be psa-
Freed ler • time. At the bit th of the child the pidatifs
Flom* were Faced in a sty difficult Faiths—either to
lifetime* their and altogether, or to admit to the aliens-
the ef her in the him peados he which she
was hi dehndeses net, and in seder to es
whet the has would do her judos. The, pleinaff Smo-
kes had lived in her parents' hoar awe that time eaffi
new. Tim daendent had been allowed to obit her, sad had
bem Mated into the parent.' house as • comildential
Asia. He bed contributed towards the support
of the child ; therefore that was removed from
the comidentilom of the jary ; but there was this
to he sehl--the defendant had ]silt tbehadlgoWir
to himself for • pertod of to years ;
rated her fives the amodaion and ounepealcuship of =

men, and thereby prevented her from obtaining the position
of mistress of • household of her own. During ell that
time she bad remained faithful to him ; and though it might
be urged egainst bee that she was the mother of an 1114ti-
mate child, it must not be forgotten that she bad been so
disgraced by the defendant's own act. She had continued to
receive his visits with the knowledge and approbation of her
parents. It was !admitted that after the one fable step there
had been no improper intimacy between the two, but that the
defendant had courted the plaintiff SI an honest man would
court an honest woman, and with the view of making her his
wife. After • few other remarks of • similar nature, Mr.
Skinner mid that the defendant's reply to the action was
that he did not make any such promise ; that if he did it was
during his minority ; and also that such promise, if given,
did not macros within six years. The learned conned then
proceeded to read the following extracts from a number of
letters written by the defendant to the plaintiff, and which,
when they had heard them read, he was sure the jury wool
entertain no doubt that he bad visited her with the full in-
tention of making her his wife, and that repeated promisee
to do so had been given by him .

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0 Wolverhampton. February 24 1849.
" M dear girt,—Permit me to address you not 'mowing
your name, unless to the best of my recollection it
is Mary. Plow accept the enclosed trifle, and will in due
mum wham I can remit you again as far as lies in my
p weirsting yOureelf and child are quite wall ; should
m to me you, but am afraid to meet your father,
should he chimes me with a sharp lecture, or would cortalnly
have mow sad sees you according to my feelings, having
told your mother so many times. Am sorry its not in my
power to emit you more, such would give me a deal mom
satisfaction, but
see therm they my there's better times • .'
Should Mt to
me, my dear girl, beg of you net to disclose to any me per-
son my affairs betwixt yourself and self, or it would be the
upset due he ever, and such would be a very merlons thing.
Let me Mese& of you not to expose the matter to any ono,
sad I will for war reward you accordingly ; and without
clizaisuestiribir oan't help disclosing to you my theme end
Ike you which I will ever hold to you If you will
but indulge me of the favour I ask—that is, keeping all
*bp secret."
The cenoluiloa of the letter was 13111erly al' expression of
repot that the plaintiff's mother 'peke • mosedingly harsh"
cella whenever she met him, sad a deka that eke would
la future mot in a more motherly rammer towards him, a he
bed premised to do hi duty by her daughter.
Ti. above beam was slimed "Tours faithfully. William. "
With that sad one ether exoeptka sons of the kitten were
dem dated or sips&
ForMly, rowed to the strong sews end Inquiry
Wag made by a ohs is ea I samosa somebody went-
lag to make ves as buff as they am, Melee 110
doubt herd of web by sows dime or other and wants
to ha curious enough to blow the um* which for
my sake you'l keep a swot to your ore *east that is until
the day mess when I ma miff do It by easing
for nobody you now we/1 bowleg my potion in
which I am la the heads of my pared
and undo who wouldcat me of for ever, es Ihave bspms
*Mid I expect better days when you'l be the fed I shall Ey
too to may yea far year post Idahoan, but AM I thbik
thin la • 1111 b merit duo to ao ler had I of saver
des weds( or of treated you'l 94 &a., than would there
of bees room to have aced out. Thee why make me owl
by saying if yon have cause yow'l do that whiob would rod
me for 11.07 ands at the memo time I am doing and will do
all that tied toy power for that which I have not goer.%
ain't have, and whir I have rot you shall have, mid as to
=4B I show all that I possibly can to yourself end bony.
111 the world do you went of me to do. Keep my.
self has from all sorts of oxeseriose and par my lids has
If I was a coat off, n moot that I should not give you any
"481.1seas:dant let a disappoialmeat mum yea to do any-
Wag rail, for I will do all Met Ilse la my pewee ibir yea,
and should thiNge go on well
be my tenontenonprcepeste will be
bright so that I shall then able to repay you for all
yo:l2l:L"kddain
my leaving your house the last time We.. Mend
met me plump coolie out of your hoses. I must endeavour
to avoid this.

Hoping yourself and child are unite well, let me me see
yes kiss it at the window for me, Oases to give my beet
=re-
toflour mother, and accept the beet wishes from your.
Y.*
" My deer Mary Ain, Your mother is greatly naisiekm
kin the pines thee passed es lest tight. elm is a women
between sad Arty, mid used le Nu et Tailenhell,
and bed redo do my pretend mother's maks, bat now
lives at Mr. Banks, the areldted, at Mentleke, whir* her
husked le servant man. My meson for Intik.
mother geed night has I did was se that she net
awed any surOdue on either your toothirr's or my pat,
SW she would probe* tall Mar. Cox the nut throe aid maw I
her about my stadia talking to • women stoma • plus,
mad may very probably know your wither. Her maw is
'noisy. I do easHolly ammo you that I have not, es I before
told you, a mingle aussintamee, let .her anything elmbeeldeelf• do for God's oaks reason this over, my
deer end has for my been bees me herd as •
stone, you ma piers your own self shout, let me
!resotyazLassimeria
his to-night. I
dusk,e.ml .boat el er sit et
bee ttheo
wtop tithe
Calhoun told your mother le • very peat untruth. My
dear girl, deal kr the world de enything rash—remember one
that has a good sesseing sad • erne ham towards you sad
yours for ever—tall your mother the Weeks she Ms made,
end ray remade ice acting so lest night. I wee struck to wthe woman coming and at the moment thought it the best
way to act tell her I am sorry to muse soy displeasure for
the world I would not have my father know u I should be
mined for ever. Yours truly."
" Don't do anything rashly far the world, and I will for
ever reword you. I thought of having an oprottunity of
seeing you Last night to explain the list). master that was
wrong but will to-night if you will femur ms with your
coming once more at the same place if I !male all night I
will never go home until I have seen you. Tours trek ."
"My dear Mary Am, I beg to hand you, to
promise, the sovereign ; hays not time to say more, trusting
ars well."
" My dear Mary Ann, From the Wore of your looks
bury that there is something 1116114 bet what I know net
Weds it is my negligence. I will either malt to you or cell
in the course of • day or two, trusting it will meet your
approbation, hoping all's well, remember kindly to your
mother, not iseptgag yourself and child, and bsitue me,
your's, ko."
The leaned camel ottesessted on each extra as he reed
it, and lathalged la sae pathetic observation as the sake-
innate palm in which the plAstiff wee Ilhe bad
muted the best pert of het life in the vale that the
haat would patina his promise to repair alma irre-
' parable 4jq held indicted spot her, but Ia oak; she
wee for everNFrved of the oppoitanity of arriving at that
ate of apple= iiias every young women'. jut
ablaut misiev pear km of • hear tome;
mad the jam would take these hell late meeidinkta la
eassating the amen% of damages they wail award to her.
He then ailed the mother and the brother of the plaintiff.
After receseakeks of the principal faskt makined in
the erfausta and • commest upon the heartathem of the
whodelhethut in annelk pug wawa whom he had sedneed,
woes the nether d, , Mates be lhad so soksealy
eadcwreallyy Lemiersa ressiegs, wasedigusytatz
3pricer:
urged thee those wade many meow why such as
moat of oempatellon 'hada be awarded a the plaintiff
es
would te • main east intheffy her for the lose of
reputation mad Wary alit frig she had suidaba.
Mr. Buddhas din adameml the lea dor tie do
lendent. Hasid he um musk intsrested with the very
eloquent easel nude by hie Mead ea behalf of the Wait
bat It auk ha as Wag may oarless that name a bad
been put to the whether of tier *hair who wee the beet
wine's, wharf the plinth bed been much atakal
by the dank. ef the wicked diedent. Ia February, 1167,
what It ail told her thee the &haat refused to do more
theta pay tear* the ehal, was 1$ shown that the bed
he such asked t He mail the jay, se men of the
wad,
_eseslik the sear am the p1.1.faces ; to bring
ark Imeedeage dike mid to kat igen the case. Amore
estkesrdfame7 use big sever be break
ha mint
idea. Net a wed= be sill se le
had show the dehuirst sayer thus little atations se
seam beams Irma Darks the whale the e, Ma or
tows,y the kinked had namir pasha ef a mad in
the balk mar bed hewer eel In the emus= roma, or mode
Matta koala alit the ether ambers el the pkdatiff's
taffy. With aped I. the Mesa net fa one of them was
there an aria to swage, nor was thus • Mo& eu•
premien used bet what was esplanade by the aims.
eteness of the ease. There wee us evidence whatever of e
promise of aulage bating be glum. If demotes wen
awarded in and ekes as the tee bare them, Willa* foe
iamb of Foam would become es aniserone as sumesimese
la
In bastardy M patty essams.
summing up, the learned ledge coiled the attention of
the Jury to the Set of the repaid vigil of the deaden" at
the house of the aunplakent, and asked the pay what they
ht the papert of those
1 visits wee f Ia musk=
of ketigus, the jury mut
lire am that
t he
•71 Fen ilagead yeast her le the deladent.
Il
man wen Is he Oak to amt gaNell7 k that way, waif
would be meth nada. If it wee_ deeply • maths of
musithedise, the value could may be estimated ; bat h wee
a cue la w4dmidwathe try
_mkt lake every drousetallth Gm-
folly into hate sada to a dada
Ala • amenhaties, the key maned • maid kr
the plaintiff—ffemeges,

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—DianT, Aria 27.
Nut PAWS COOST.
(Bettye Chief Jostles Cockburn.)
MORTON V, VORMAW.—ACTION MIL =ISL.
This was an woks brought to memo daimon for amiss
of Mimed libels that had appeared is the Nitfisyhmaidiro
Gated we, Owlish bk. Thomas Forma is the reffilbwed
proprietor. Dshatleat laid his damages at 6001.
O'Brisa sad ldr. Adams for th•plaintlll; Kr. Kean-
lay, Q.C., and Kr. Field for defendant.
Iffr. O'Brien. said the plaintiff, John Merton , formerly
amid on business in Nottingtoam as • crintectioner, and
realised a ocasklembie sum al mosey, with which in 1863 ha
perchaesd • freehold at Caritas. In 1866 he again put,
camm sagse property, sad adorwants havkig • gaunt with
NM of I& • vile Tomes, Me latest ' trumped up •
Merge *lids Moths' set dre to& Meek te bey to a
aslghkaur, Dr. Devidiect. The Merge we hoard bums the
rag at Nottingham oa the lath of October, and
wee committed for trial. He was tried at the Ketch
trim More Lord Cam belt who, attar Ueda. galy sae
smcpies, moppid tha cue, and mind lbw* was no skda on
the prieratiiobaracter. The aeries athlete of which be bad'
to complain appeared in the whams of the Nottflyhmishiro