The National Register.
London, England, 1819-05-16 00:00:00

SI:1)11(.7104V.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DUBLIN', Amu. 24.
-JAMESON V CAVANNAGH.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover com-
pensation for the leas of his daughter's services, in consequence
of her seduction by the defend:int.
Mr. Goold stated the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Grady
for die defewhost. Except a Mr. IVoothuason, who eats exa.
mined as to the character and condition of the plaintiff; the
only witness called was the daughter, a plain looking KW about
twenty years of age, and who had the appearance of a decent
servant maid. Her father had been coachman to Sir Edward
itiewenl and afterwards act up a puWichottse in Belcurnp.
In this business he wax unsuor saful, and he then took a few
acres of land. The •delendant's father, a respectable farmer
and accountant, lived a itltin a couple of fields of plaintiff's
house, and iii the harvest of 1817 his ion became acquainted
whit this girl. and used to civet her by appointnunt iR the
fields; he told her he was,going to America, and that he would
tunny her and !Ike her. with Wm. On the 15th of March fel-
lowing he gave her # pound note, sad desired her to boy a twit
ring and a pair of ear•riogs, and to meet him in three Joys after,
when he would arrange with her idaout the marriage. They
accordingly met on the inth, about eight o'clock in the eter.iiig.
in a field about thirty perches from her father's lance, and hol,
lie again told her of his intended journey to America. nod that
he would take bee with him to Cork, where that would embark:
and here it was, that, bef tee they separated. he effected Lit pair.
pose. Sae qtietwards asked hint several tiro::: to perform his
promise. and told Mtn she gut a deal of blame hum her h lends.
consequencti of the suspicions of her neigh:mud. Upon meet-
tog lute hv aypointinent, in Uuhlin. he sent het to steep r.t n 111ri
Coyle 's, In .bniney-batter, and afterwenls he ditected her toreturn
to liialtimesoit the eintatry, whither he told her he himself would
Blow her on die next day. However, tipa bee 'subsequent',
asking Mitt why he did not answer some better/ which bile. had
written to him, his /minter was, that he win: at raid of tlit,ilaw.
Upon her cross-extunination, she, with u great deal of Mac-
' lend, contosstsl that the pelisse she wore belonged to a girl of
the name of Halloran, the daughter °fa blackoilith in her neigh—
bourhood, that the bonnet and veil belonged to mother wou'uni
and the gown she Mai on to a thir.li that she used to work,
spread potation. Ike, in her lather's field; that a labouring boy
of her tither's had ',coded her, and she consented to marry
but her friend,. would not allow her t that she Mid been
drinking at a publichouse with yours;; Molter:in, the smith's son,
and het brother Teprimantled her for te.ing out with Idatm the
road and that alie used occasionally to take iteuwit of polielir
or a quart fd'porter with waist of thusher Wooer -there were but
two bed .rotors in het firther`o house, in one of which she. her Isu
sitters, and her Nutt es slept together. With the defendants she
had never slept, asid how the time of the unfortunate business in
tits fields, there war another criminal Midcourse between them.
The Jury, after retiring fur about 20 minutes, found for the
plaintiff—Damara 14tH.

MAV

.1 QU,ILIA'Y SCIJOL.4II AND Oil.ilVlt.

I called upon my friend, the young Member, one
morning, for a frank. 1 found him en robe de
ehambre, surrounded with charts, globes, papers,
and books, amongst which were proceedings orboth
houses of parliament, law books, history, and clas-
sics. Something written in short-hand lay before
him, and a runnor to one of the Editors of a news-
paper was receiving his orders and a parcel. Many
franks Were uround him, and he seemed exhausted
with study, All this struck me as rather new. At
Oxfiird he was thought a gay, dissipated young man ;
yet on one occasion he wrote a splendid thesis, and
was second best ut the prize Latin oration.
" You are over hurried, Charles," said 1, " and
can have no franks to spare; so I will cull another
time " ' Not at all, may dear friend,' said lie ;
I'll date the frank for to-morrow ; and if you will
sit down, I will be with you immediately. lam
indeed fatigued to death. Letters from my con-
stituents pour in like hail-stones ; and I have
been planning something very beneficial to the
state. By the by, come down to the house to-day,
and you will hear what will please you.'
Ile now left me for a whole hour to my medita-
tions, during which time a servant fetched a number
of books of reference, and I overheard my beardless
senatorial friend declaiming in the next,room. My
first reflection was, that, elute with his green parlia-
memory honours, he had given more than his num-
ber of franks for a week to come, and that mine
would not go free. It fell out exactly so; mine.
with a dozen others, paid postage.
I now turned to the books. What a list !—Ci-
eero, Demosthenes, Pluto, Horace, Juvenal, Burke
on the Sublime and Beautiful, Shakspeare and Ju-
nius ! besides Montesquieu and Des Cartes, Bacon,
Sir Isaac Newton, and a jest book ! what a con-
trast ! That my friend was nu Greeh scholar, I knew
of old ; but in the Greek author,, slips of paper
containing an English transl ition were inserted.
The other authors had their kares dog's-eared, as
we called it at school, and had lines made with red
ink under difkrent striking pa.:.inges. "No bad
plan," thought I, "to assist memory." On the
maps which lay open on the table, pins were placed
in rows, in order to point out the tract of country
alluded to.

After kicking my heels during this long hour,
my friend apreared, with a very Mae and confident
air. lie apoliOsed for his delay, talked of the
pressure of business, looked important, cast a lin-
gering glance at his looking-glass as we left the
room, and we proez.eded to the house together. As
he went along he read over some notes, conversed
in parliamentary language, such as, Disposing of
the previous question. The simultaneous move-
ment of continental powers, The order of the day,
Existing circumstances, Imperious necessity, Fun-
damental features, etcetera, until we at last arrived.
He smiled content when he was accosted as one
of the House. He took his seat with as mach ease
as if he bad bud a septennial lease of it, nodded to
his friends, cast an eye up to the gallery, looked
anxious, and at last rose to speak. I now perceived
a significant look given and returned by a gentleman
in black near me.

The honoura'de Member spoke at some ledgth,
but did nut excite general interest. A few friends,
however, shouted u supporting " Hear, hear," not
undisturbed by coughing. The gentleman in black
looked anxious; he drew near me;—" He makes a
good appearance, fur so young a man." Yes, in-
deed,' replied 1. " A good deal of classic know-
ledge," rejoined he, "fruly, indeed,' said I.
" Much general reading," added he again. ' And
a very laboured speech,' replied 1. " Humph !"
quoth the clergyman; fir I now found him such.
" A young man who has read a great deal," observed
be. My friend now made a quotation which 1 re-
membered in his Thesis. I mentioned it to the
clergyman, who said in answer, " He was a man of
early promise." He now quoted Juvenal. " Bravo,"
exultingly said thw friend, his face all beaming with
hope.
I thought that I had seen the countenance some-
where, aad I asked if he was a relation; to which
he answt.ed in tha negative, adding, " but I am
more, I um a very early and sincere friend of his.'
The speaker now made a geographical blunder.
" Pish !'' cried his friend. But none of the house
observed it. The attention of the majority wasnot
engaged,-1 mean the majority, nut in politics, but
in numbers; the other Irarned,members did, not per-
ceef.: it; the Clergyman looked consoled. He made
a blunder in a quotation , his friend blushed, and
bit his lip. f lowever, the speech now dome to a
close and our Week coat withdrew.
Doctor. Pulylugue I your most obedient, said a
brother black coat as he vassal him I now recul-