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wthe Jury the tremens ten. N k which had any kmeurg In the,
one way or the other ; end the Jury, without leaving the hex, found
the primmer .Ver Gelber.
ilr. Justice BAYLES—Gentlemen of the Jetya I think your
verdict amy peeper one, for, to ray the least*, it. this ere has
prattled itself under my strange and exteseedinary circuit)-:
S•l'...rtS. 1
SEDUCTION.
Fox v. WILKINSON.
. Ti.... 0 wee an action brought to recover compensation in damages
for the injury .:stained by the plaintiff iii consequent' of the low
-of elek eerviere of his daughter. The damages were laid at five
hundred pounds.
31r. Baciunau stated tkat in this care the plaintiff was a re-
spectable tamer living near Ighhdale in this tout's, ; the de.
tenant war al'i a farmer residing in the rime neighbourhood,
tgaraeh not i.e *Mom respectable than the plaintiff. The in.
jury ahich he hid resedawd was one of die greatest which could
almost be sustained by any man, but in this case it war height.
coed by the tam, that on blame, nu, not in the slightest degree,
attached to the plaintiff. Had he been neglectful of his duty,
then might he bear the pang of eat reproach, but in no instance
had he the play:fin task of beirig °bilged to condemn himself fur
any neglect hf or inattention to the moral habits of his family.
The kiiiShlrt of the plMntßf hat been a modest and a virtuous
girl up to the moment of her Wanton by the defentinnt. and she
would this day appear before the Jury to tell the story of her woes,
card relate those circumstances which led to her ruin, and the de-1
stmetion of her mime of tried. The statement of the abused and
id teamed girl was that which would Mon the ground and measure!
t of eientganeatea• which they would grant the huller, and that being
is frO..iiroolel out enlarge upan topics which might be easily
hiller-ereese like the present, but leave the Jury to decide
i - y foe themselves. The defendant Wale man worth about
2Ea year, and the plaintiff's daughter became acquainted with him !
t foot year' ago, at the marriage of a nekhbnov. The parties
met afterwards on eimilartnanilleas and that wawa was but a alight
In tinter y .it first, subsequently heeame Glaser and nude freq u en'. The '
accident repeatedly visited at the house of the p'alntiff as the,
avowed suitor of his daughter, and he proposed marriage to her
only, as it would appear in the sequel, the more readily to accom-
plish hit •ielted object. These hunourable professions not only
aggravated the crime of the defendant, but lulled to rest every
doubt which might have arisen in the breast of the plaintiff Being
. received at the plaintiff's house as the professed named his daugh-
ter, ,t was natural enough to thhik that certain upportunities were
allowed him winch, under other circumstances, would not have
been admitted for a siegie moment, and which, indeed, if permit.
ted. would have been highly culpable in the plaintiff. However.
to emir all suspicion tiros his part, the defendant made his dwell-
rtr a promise of manias*, and mosooplished his object in October,
1t23, just one year after their first introduction' and in the next
, ensuing year Slim Fox beating lie mother of the defendant's child.
' These were all the cireuntstances with which he should now trouble
4 Autry, satisfied that they would do justice to the wounded feel-
- of an insulted and abused tither.
. . is Fox was then called, and examined by Mr. BROl7OliAti—
(The lady disj not appear to be either very young, very accomplish-
ed, or very captivating.) My name is Nelly Fox. I have two sis-
ters and a brother. lam the eldest of the faintly, and have been
ray father's housekeeper. I became acquainted with the defendant
in Sept. 18•21, at the marriage of Richard llodgins. I met him at
a rhrietening in August 1822, and we became more intimate after
Fr lie then skated me with an intent to marry me. In Itch
.1, he made me a promise of'marriage, gentile marriage, and a written pa-
to that ellect, bat he sumeetled is getting it back from me in
April, 1014. It Will more than a year after the christening when I
got the paper from hies saying that he would marry me. I was in-
duced by the promise that paper made to yield to his entreaties. I
had a child by hint, and was put 0 tied on the sth July, 1824. Ile
often talked to me about his property. Ho had one place which lie
said he had let 14110/.4-year, another for 301. and so on. 111 y 'mo-
ther was lame, and could not attend about the house. She is now
I tbliged to use crotchet.
Mr. WILLIAMS crow-examined the winces, but the questions
and miesrets were oath for publication.
Mr. WILLIAMS addressed the Jury for the defendant.
Mr. Baron ll i• time e left the question of damages to the Jury,
who found tut the plaintiff'—Damage.llol.
NEOLIGE-NT DRIVING.
vszte r. BIOTHERTON.
This vete an action brought by the plaintiff to recover compen-
sation in damages for an injury which he had sustained in being
thrown off the Liverpool Mail, owing to the negligence of the de-
te:hunt's servant.
Mr. Pole OCK, in stating the case to the Jury, detailed the
facts, which the witnesses he had en doubt would prove to the
satisfactian of the Jury; and if they did so, he had as little doubt
that the liability of Ms defendant would be very plainly proved
to hint. The plaintiff was manager of the Hibernian Gas Corn-
stany, and had come from London by the mail to Liverpool. The
coach had actually arrived at the paµ Mike. The guard went to
deliver the bags. and a gent wile was inside called to the
ceuhrean to let him out. The asadiumils tome off the box and
Jet the gentleman out; but before*, amobanan could again regain
Ns seat or the reins of the horses they pßoped away, anti on pass-
ing by Basket-street the coach upset, and the plaintiff was furiously
thrown to the ground. This shocking accident occurred in Sep-
tember of last year, and up to this present time the plaintiff was
unable to move without crutches. The plaintiff had also lost a
lucrative situation, and for them eteumulated sufferings he now
sought some recompense trOM an English Jury.
The trainer in which the accident occurred was proved as stated
by ma' o witnesses.
Dr. Brarkenbury attended lbe plaintiff till he was disabled br
acknees, which was about the Ha Wm My *Mir
was removed so board a aides grvirs
costumiers 46411 a bhp joint,
Pr
r. grille surgeon of iDersei‘i Bi
la
seriously injured by the accident. nte Mama Mudd Warm 2 ,
months. Be saw him a few days ago, when he was entahhe a nova
without dye assistance of crutches or sticks. In fait emanstileal
ran could describe the extent of the injury sustained by the 01111.
tor. He had the management of the gas works in the nelobur.
hood of Dublin, an occupation which required rest activity,
mid t'-et he may now bid adieu to.
Cruss-examined.—l have given him hopes that he may recover,
but I cannot swear that he will; his age Is by no means in his
favour.
Re•examined.-1 saw the plaintiff daily for two months, and
elmenmes oftener ; I received 201. and would think myself badly
paid. if I did not receive 100 guineas more.
Nm. Lucas, the landlady of the New Market Tavern, deposed
that she received 201. on account front the plaintiff.
The Secretary to the Hibernian Gas Company was called to prove
that the plaintiff lost his situation in that Company, which was
worth to him NM. a yerir.
Tidy witness was cross.examiced at great length, with a view of
getting
_from him, that in an attempt to compromise this matter, the
ylsiitilf had demanded the sum of 2,0001. as a compensation ; but
the witness could not be got Into the admission.
Mr. SCART.Ert addressed the Jury for the defendant. No corn.,
Alai .:, he said, was made of the conduct or sobriety of the coach-
mar, and he sonteaded that the coachman's alleged negligence in
diis case was altogether excusable.
Mr. Baron fit'LLOCK left it to the Jury to say, whether the
accident occurred through negligence or accident. and such ac-
cachet as no precaution could have avoided. If they thought the I
latter, they would fled for the defendant. if not. they were bound
to foil fer the plaintiff such cnumensation as they might think
him reasonably entitled to, under all the circumstances of the case.
The Jury retired for half an hour, and. then returned a verdict 1
foetid, plaintiff—Damages 3601.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
CROPPER V. HODSON. _ _

This WO an scion arising out of some squabbles at Orinskirk.
The plaintiff had been summoned before the defendant, who is
a Magistrate, to give evidence respecting some violent proceed-
ing., including a charge of riot and felony, which were connected
',sat, the appointment of a deputy constable in that town. He re-
Y..sed to be swore. and was consequently committed to the house of
correction. in which place he remained ten days.
Tie commitment was produced and read, and Mr. Baron Hut..
i oci Intimated an opinion that it was a legal one. He sent the
cue, however, to the Jury, who gave a verdict—Damages Ten
l'nonds; the point as to the legality of the commitment being re-
served for taso Court above.

CHILD MURDER.
Those were no less than five persons in the calendar (one man
and few women) charged with child murder; but the Oland Jury
ignored all the bills against them ; and no e►idence being offered on
We ir.quibiquns, the prisoners were all acquitted.

latsu AMUSENIWT.—We understand that a desperate
affray occurred on Friday last at the fair of Harvey, or
Vasthonorres. in the county of Kilkenny, about twelve
mils from Waterford, between two rival factions (the
Haltlens and the Shesa), who have long cherished a deadly
enmity towards each other, and who had for several
weeks been mustering all their forces for a decisive trial of
strength on this eventful-day. Information having reach.
edjhe magistrates, a party of military and police was as-
sdrililed, ill the hope of preventing the threatened combat ;
but their numbers being inadequate, and fearing that the
belligerents, as usual on such occasionp, would unite to
oppose any attempt to spoil their "sport," they were
obliged to content themselves with observing an armed
neutrality. The Roman Catholic clergymen of the parish
w alio on the ground, endeavouring to dissuade the in-
fatuated people from violence, but all their remonstrance
produced little or no effect, and they, as well as the mili-
tary and police, were compelled to keep at a respectful dis-
tance from the scene of action, aiding the efforts of the lat-
ter to prevent the peaceably disposal from being mixed up
in the affray.—The " business of the lay was proceeded
in fur some time with great fury, *mist length, after a se-
vere elnfhet, ended in the discomfiture of the Hoidens,
heretofore, for many years, the dominant party. Consid-
ering the number of combatants engaged, who are repre-
wilted to us as having amounted- to nearly one thousand
men, i. may be regarded as providential that no lives I
were lost : but several of the heroes retired front the field
" bearing their blushing honours thick upon them,"
andpverwheloied, if woe -with tvorbios of victory, with
numerous marks of glory ow -their 'howls, shies, &c.--
JValistofiott Clkeutrkte.-