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London, England, 1852-07-19 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

TA TTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING.
Six o'cLoci.

GOODWOOD STAKES.
12 to 1 agst Champion
13 to 1 agst Weathergsge
13 to 1 agst Haricot
16 to 1 agst Cariboo
40 to 1 apt Follow-me-Lads
50 to 1 agst Montague

BURGHLEY STAKES.
3 to 1 agst King of Troy
4 to 1 agst Lady Eden
4 to 1 agst Purser

GOODWOOD CUP.
2 to 1 agst Stilton
5 to 1 agst Little Harry
6 to 1 sgst Kingston
10 to 1 agst Newminster
13 to 1 agst Hervine

EAST SURREY ELECTION•

DECLARATION OF THE POLL'—(THIS DAY.)
The result of the poll for the East Surrey election was
officially announced this morning by the High Sbesies,
G. R. Smith, Esq., in the Town-hall, Croydon. The
town was in a state of excitement from an early hour,
bands of music parading the streets, and the successful
party in the contest displaying various other manifests-
tions of delight. This party, however, were doomed to '
divide the applause with a company that made a mere
extensive and varied show of power. This was no other
than Cook's Equestrian establishment; and shortly
before the arrival of the candidates the members
of this company, both male and female, and
including a
couple of,, elephants, an ostrich, and
several other animals of foreign preduction,'' marched
in procession through the leading streets and thorough-
fires of the town. It was announced tbat the declara-
tion would take place at twelve o'clock, but punctuality
is unknown in Surrey, and it was considerably past that
time before the pesceedin,es were commenced. The
doors of the hall, however. were thrown open at twelve
o'clock, and immediately afterwards the building became
thronged almost to suffocation. The " casting-up" of the
votes engaged the attentien of the Sheriff for more
than an hour, and in the meanwhile the "free and in- ,
dapeuaents" amused themselves with passing sarcastic
comments upon the conduct of two electors, one in the
body et the tall ar.d the other on the platform, who had
deserted the Liberal for the Conservative side, and
polled for Actratsus and Cleats*. One of them, is
would seem, was a watchmaker, while the other was a
"
shoemaker. and ;he " free and independents offered
them the s!:ernetive of beinz kicked out or singing a
comic sore; but the Sheriff coming upon the scene at
tnis moment, neither alternative was enforced.
The HIGH SHERIFF presented himself to the electors
shortly Wore two o'clock, end said it was new his
duty to commence the lest ant in the political drama of
the Eastern Divition of the county el Surrey,—(Hear,
hear.) Ile had to inform them that the gross state of
the pan was as fallowe
Thomas Alcock, ••• ••• ••• 2,508
Locia.- King, 2.500
E. Antrobus, jun., Y:4. 0,064
A. CleessY, ••• ••• ... 1,928
giving a majority for :tar. Alcock over Mr. Antrobus of
444 vote:, and for Mr. Lecke King over Mr. Antrobus,
of 436, and hid therefore cfficially to declare that
Theroae Alcock, Esq. and Lockciliing, EN., had both
been duly elected to serve as knights of the shire iv the
next Parliament, for the Esstern Division of the county
of Surrey.—(Cheers.)
Mr. ALCce said the contest bad been fought vigo-
rously on both sides, and it had been fought on all hands
in a highly creditable manner.—(Hear, hear.) The
P of the county had not been disturbed, nor had
any interruption taken I p.see to trade, and he begged
heartily to thenk the Liberal electors who placed him at
the head of the po;l.—(Hear.) Being now the represen-
tative of the Eastern Division of the county, it would be
his duty and piessure to listen to the wants of either
one side or the other, out more espcscially to attend
to the nation's Interests —(Cheers.) A closer race had
never been run for any Derby teen this.—( A laugh.)
It bad been a neck and neck affair from beginning to
end, and he hoped the Liberal electors weld cake care
that the victory they bad obtained should not be tar.
nished,—(Hear, hear.) Let the uoineleetors follow the
example of their fellows in the West Riding of York-
shire, and los; end small freeholders, for the sake of the
Parliamentary franchise.—(hear, hear.) By this means
they could add at least 5,0t)0 votes to the re-
gister, and as the purchase could be made
with a prospect of 30 per cent., he hoped and believed
his advice would be universally followed,—(Hear, hear.)
Law was now cheap, and some of that cheapness was
due to Lord Derby, and the conveyances which he was
recommending could be obtained at little expeuse.—
(Hear, hear.) Now let Lord Derby go in the same
direction with regard to the taxes upon the other neces-
saries of life, and the Noble Lord should have
his support.—(Hear, hear.) A man with 12s. a
week psid as much in taxes as the man
who bad 5,0001. Consols in the Bank of England paid in
the shape of income-tax.—(Hear, hear.) For instance.
while the income-tax on that amount was 41. 7s. 6d., his
ploughman with Ins. a week paid in the shape of indi-
rect taxes on his ten, &c., 41. 9s.—(Hear' hear.) Again
thanking them for the honour they had done him, he
assured them that they might always rely upon his
doing his duty, or he should expect to be paid off as he
deserved when he came before them again.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Locaa KING said this was a glorious achievement
for free trade. The battle had been nobly fought, and
indeed nobly won, and his warmest thanks were due to
the committees who had managed the details of the
election.—(Hear.) It was 3 triumph for the electors of
East Surrey, because it would be remembered that at
the nomination it was the electors, and not their previous
Members, who were accused of having changed their
opinions.—(Hear , hear.) It was said at the time,
in fact, that East Surrey had been misrepre-
sented in Parliament for the last five years,
but the result of this election would satisfy the
country that the charge was without foundation.—
(Hear, hear.) He should go back to Parliament deter-
sataedto oppose the present Government in every fair
and legitimate way.—(Hear, heat.) It was a Govern-
ment utterly destitute of principle, and if he could have
a greater day of pleasure than this it would be that in
which he saw the Derby Government fall.—(Hear, hear,)
He should, however, continue to support the rig hts of
the Crown, and while vindicating the priuMples of the
Constitution, he should do all in his power to destroy
the abuses of the Established Church. (Cheers.)
Mr. Ahoock then moved, and Mr. LCCKE KING
seconded, a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff, which
was carried by acclausaaion, and the Eros SHERIFF
basing briefly acknowledged the compliment, the pro-
ceedings closed.
Neither Mr. Antrobus nor Mr. Cleasby, the defeated
candidates, were present.

THE GENERAL ELECTION

STATE OF POLLS—(THIS DAN).
• BERKSHIRE,
Reading.—First day.

Vansittart •••
Palmer •••
Barrington ..
Walter

221
220
201
27

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
Buckingham Poll, 1.30 P.M.

Dupri ~.
Cavendish
Disraeli
Lee... ...

NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE.
Grimsby, 1,30 P.M.

Cholmeley , .
Christopher
Stanhope ...

HERTFORDSHIRE.
Hoddesdon, 1I A. M.

lama
'soy
Lytton
130anquet .
Puller
Trevor

__
... ... .•• ...
Berkhampatead, 12 Noon.
Halsey
••• ••• ... ...
Menx
...
... ...
Lytton ... ... . "'
Trevor

... Puller ... "' "'... ... ••
Bosanquet ... ...
Hemelhempatead, 12 Noon.
Halsey ... ...
...
...
Meux ... ... ...
Lytton ••• ... ... ...
Trevor ... ... ...
...

Bosacquet
Pizll9r
Bishop Stortford, 1.30 P.M.

Mena
Lytton
Halsey
Trevor
Puller

Bosanquet •• • ...
Bishops Stortford—Firat I)Ay.
Mega ...
•• • ... ...
L 7 tte,
Halsey ... ... ... ...
...
Puller ... ... •• •
...
Trevor ... ...
...
...
Boyar qn.pt k ' •

161
138
156
49

209
137
133

_
A donutation, consisting of Viscount Ebrington and the
Ray. M. W ° . Lusi,--nan,
11.
Cha A., Dr. Adolphus Barrett, and Sir
'rles R. Walsh ( Honorary Secretaries of the Metropo-
litan Sanitary Association), had an interview with Mr. Secre-
Horn a-office.
ary Walpole, on Saturday, at the

FRANCE.
The following is the series of telegraphic dis-
patches indicating the various stages of the Presi-
dent's journey to Nancy :
" MEAUX, JULY 17, 10.10 A.K.
" The Prefect of the Department of the Seine and
Marne to the Minister of the Interior and Gene-
ral Police.
" The journey of the Prince has been performed in
the happiest manner. Tfte reception at Meaux has been
of the most brilliant kind. The enthusiasm of the po-
pulation is at its height."
LA FERTE, JULY 17, 12.25.
" The President has been received with the greatest
enthusiasm by the entire population. The reception at
La Ferti yields in nothing to that of Meaux."
" CHATEAU THIERRY, JULY 17, 12.40.
" Monseigneur the President has arrived at CbLeau
Thierry, and been received amidst the unanimous accla-
mations of the population."
" CHALONS-SUR-MARNE, JULY 17, li.
" The Director-General to the Minister of General

Police. - ------
" On our arrival at Chalons the Prefect of the Mar"
presented successively to the Prince President all the
public functionaries, the old officers of the Empire, and
the mayors of the rural communes. The Prince after-
wards passed before the pupils of the School of Arts
e
tdeLiers and those of the Lyceum. He received with_
perfect kindness many petitions presented to him.
.Tho
Prince mounted on horseback and reviewed the garrison,
composed of cavalry and infantry. The same acclama-
tins were hCHeard on all sides."
MARNE, JULY . 17, I?,_.
ALONS -SUR-
-1
1" The Prefect of the Marne to the Minister of the In-
terior and of General Police.
" The Prince President arrived at Chalons at ono
o'clock. He leaves this town to-day at three-quarters
past one. He has been received on his arrival, as on his
departure, with the most sympathetic acclamations
n BAll mations of the
population, which crowded
from-LE-llUa l parts."
JULY 17, 3.35.
" The Prefect of the Meuse to the Minister of the In-
le
iadnedntGbeansejrualstPolice
" Tha Prince goers , entered the town in
the midst, of t}-,e
population that crowded from every
point of the department. On every side the Prince has
been saluted with the m ostsympathetic acclamat!ons.
The enthusiasm of the inhabitants and the troops is im-
mense. At this moment the Prince i 3 receiving the
JULY authorities at the Ho,:eßlAofßt.OLeEP.rDefu'ecc-.,ar
'"
17, 4.35.
.‘ The Director-General to the Minister of General
Police.
~ The passage of the Prince is proceeding in the midst
of manitestattons of the most lively and the most sincere
entlausiism. On his arrival at Bar-le-Due he was com-
plimented by the Mayor. The Prince entered his car-
riage, and a great part of the corage accompanied him
to the 'hotel of the Prefecture, where he dined. The
entire population Went out to meet him; all the houses
were arrayed in the national colcurt; and the windows
were crowded with ladies, elegantly dressed, and who
saluted the. Prince with ardent acclamations. The
troops of the garrison and the National Guard are
under arms; preparations are making for a brilliant
illumination. We are ieaviog the town in the midst of
a considerable crowd expressing by their shouts the
most lively sympathie, for the Prince."
"BAR-LE-DUC, JULY 17, 4.40.
" The Prefect of the Meuse to the Minister of the

tiona which had lnterior.t
s
" The Prince has ju3t theleft the acclama-
hailed him on his arrival accompanied
hita at his departure. During the slay of the Prince at
E4.l)"'-Dec, the nopulation of the Meuse did not cease
to bhovv ,heir respectful devotedness to Louis Napoleon.
The day ha:, been excellent. The people have been
enabled to testify their low to the. Prince; and the
Prince has had an opportunity of reCeiving, the expres•
sion of that love. Order has reigned throughout."
" CHALON S•SUR-MARNE, JULY 17, 6 r.m.
" The Prefect of the 'Marne to the Minister of General
Police, Sta. _

°°The Prince President has been perfectly received at
Vitry, as at Chalons, at Epernay, and at Dorraans.
" I neve the same intelligence from Bar-le-Due. The
rural popnie.:..on everywhere qcitted their harvest work
to come in crowds to meet him. as also the population of
Vail towns. Ardent acclamations have on all sides hailed
his arrival and departure."

"NANCY, JULY 17, 8 P.M.
" The Prefect of the Dnpartment of the Meurthe to the
Minister of the Interior, &e.
" His Highness arrived at Naccy at 40 minutes past 7
in the evening. Ho has peen recdived in the midet of
the most enthusiastic applause of the population, and the
cry, a thousand times repeated, of 'Vice Napoleon.'
His passage through the streets of the city has been a
triumph. His Highness is at this moment receiving the
authorities. The square of the Prefecture is covered
with an immense number of citizens."
The foregoing dispatches are given in the Moniteur
of this morning. The following were received sub-
sequently :
"NANCY, JULY 17, HALF•PAST 10 P.M.
" The enthusiasm increases at every step we advance
amidst this honest and patriotic population of Lor-
raine. It is impossible to convey to you the effect of the
reception, which is everywhere shown by triumphal
arches, acclamations, and addresses, which express the
most profound gratitude towards the Prices who has
saved France—as is repeated in every market place—
and by the moat fovourablo hop.. ,andr n Government

that combines energy with the will to render Co the
country all its splendour end its prosperity. The re-
ception at Commercy has been most ardent; the recep-
tion at Nancy has been splendid. We are in the midst
of fireworks and illuminations. A considerable crowd
is assembled on the square in front of the Prefecture, and
cries a:thousand times repeated of Vive Napoleon.'"
JULY 17, QUARTER. PAST 12.

. _
" The Prince went to the ball given to the city, in the
naidA cf uraninaou3 acclamations. He quitted the ball-
room at midnight, in the midst of the same acclamations,
notwithstanding the lateness of the hour."
" JULY 17, HALF•PAST 12.

" The Prince has been received on his way with an
enthusiasm o, which nothing can give an idea. He has
been at the ball, where he was very well received. We
have accompanied him to the Prefecture ; he has just
retired to his ap.-.rtmeno. Never has any journey been
made under more happY auspices. The Prince appears
perfectly contented. We !ave for Strasburg at eight
o'clock tomorrow morning.

" JULY 18, 714 A.z.
i
" The night has passed off n the greatest tranquillity.
We are about to leave for Saverce, whence I shall send
you a dispatch.

"JULY 18, 714 A.m.
" The Prefect of the Meurthe to the Minister of the
Interior, &c.
" The Prince is now passing through the streets of
Nancy, in the midst of the acclamations of the popula-
tion, to proceed to the railway station. The whole city
is out. The enthusiasm excited by the presence of the
Prince is at its height. Many petitions from old sol-
diers have been presented to him."
" STRASBURG, HALF-PAST 12 O'CLOCK.
"117 e are entering Strasburg with magnificent
ges
weather, after having traversed the whole of the valley
of tho Vas under
heavy rain, which follows us from
Nanny to the limits of the Bas-Rhin. Notwithstanding
the frightful weather, which did not cease for an instant
dbring the whole of the morning, the crowds of people
have been immense.
" The Prince has been saluted by acclamations as
ardent and as entlawiastic as those of yesterday. The
spectacle presented at the railroad station is magnificent,
The multitude is everywhere collected, under tents, in
the res_rved enclosures, at the windows, and on the
roofs of the houses. On his arrival the Prince was re-
ceived by one immense shout of Vive Napoleon!' At
the moment I write divine service is in the act of cele-
bration."
.The long menaced thunder-storm burst over Paris
tla2cs afternoon about half-past three o'clock. It lasted
4puera Is moreo than half an hour ; there were several loud
heavy
minutes the st'ir
thunder and the flashes of lightning were
most vivid a
and
sudden
frequent. It commenced with a
impetuously en fall of rain, so violent that in a few
The morning along were deluged, and the stream swept
(Centigrade) had got
the length of the Boulevards.
the shade. The rain
marking
been sultry, the thermometer
five or six, refreshed ‘‘ttf
at eleven o'clock, twenty in
further freshness will yesterday, which lasted till
storm which has just sulbisideeodoled the air ; and still
n° doubt be imparted by the

SHERIFFS' COURT, N
0 ttih
EMI v. BANSALL, 9ham, July 16.
At the conclusion of the assize cases 1
this morning, the Under Sheriff, Mr. B4ra
the Crown Court
Brewster, proceeded
with a jury to execute a writ of inquiry in tt
plaintiff, Mr. W. H. Adams andiase-
For the
• Sergeant
BLiller.
action for breach of promise of ra • This was an ar"tge• The
ed, had originally denied the making of
the promiseit appeared,
in the declaration,
defendant,
alleged e but subsequently
plea. This was, therefore, an execution of -
withdrew his , the Court
equerto assess
writ of inquiry issued by
the damages. in a long and effective speech, de_
Mr. Sergeant
circumstances of this case, which are as fol-
MIL LE R,
tailed the various Bird, is now about 26 years of age,
• tiff, Fanny low :The plain
at Ockerton at her father's house,
and was brought uP
which is 16 miles
m Nottingham. Plaintiff's father
fl_
030 acres of land near Southwell
is a farmer renting -
has two sons and a daughter.,
and, besides the plaintiff,
'
At Ladyday, 1850, plaintiffs father took a small farm of 36
Sherland-park for the plain-
acres, and a water corn mill at
Bird, who was then
tiff's brother, Richard John
Davidson
the express wish of her
just about 22 years of g
11-e"By brother's house, he
parents the plaintiff went to keep her
left Ockerton on the
being a bachelor. Plaintiffaccordingly accor ,/, having never
Bth of • April, 1850, and went to Shirland-Pa" day of
On the
' been from home before, except as a visitor. 11, the her arrival she was introduced Mr. George Bann ~
to . is
defendant. He was residing d ark-lane, a 0
at Shirlan -P lance of about 410 yards from her brother's house. He was
• at this time within a month of the 20th year of his age--
plaintiff being then in her 24th
year. •An intimacy soon
sprang up between defendant and
plaintiff, and he was in the
at her brother's constant habit of visiting Miss Bird ' house, '
Mr. Bansall bringing books for the young lady to read, but making no offer of marriage, or any declaration, ti 'll Miss
Bird had left her brother's house on a visit to a relative
at
1 Nottingham in the September following, when plaintiff re-
' ceived a letter, of which the following c.i'a "
Shirland-park,Cgigtl-
-29 lB3O.
"My dear Miss Bird—l told you on the night we 'tast met
I should write to you. I now fulfil my promise. From the
first lime I 7saw you I admired you, and admiration ia
grown into love. You must have been aware of theattena2
tions I have paid to you of late ; and those attentions I wish,
if you will consent, to continue; or, in other words, to be_
come a suitor for your hand, and from which I hope You will
not withhold your consent? for if you do, I shall be one of
i the most miserable of mortals ; and if you do consent I shall
, be the happiest. Let me have your full opinion on the matter,
' as I shall be uneasy until I hear from you.
I am, my dear Miss Bird, yours most devotedly,
" GEOItGII BAMALL.':

" N.B.—Direct for me, Mr. Buxton's, Shirland, near Al-
freton, Derbyshire.
"Let thou be mine, and every wish
gratifiedladnd all m y
be,
Forjoys
To the foregoing, the young lady sent a very judicious ht-
AaOlrlfe mina
my
centred
wo
in thee."
hopesuffrm
let-
ter, declining if he required an answer so speedily. Plaintiff
met the defendant at Mansfield fair the following week, Mr.
Bansall went homein t
hwei tshamthee
dyoung
defendantladya y
n dithaeretd tea a
wob brothers
in in their gig.
house of his charmer's brother, when the defendant asked
plaintiff why she had not answered his letter, which he had
not then apparently received. Plaintiff told defendant that
she had answered the letter, and upon recapitulating the
import of it, Mr. Bansall further pressed his suit, and the
same evening she consented to receive his addresses. He
was all this time under age. His father knew and approved
of the engagement. So did also the family of the young
iagy. While the defendant was at home he was usually over
at his sweetheart's several times a day. His father and mo-
ther used also frequently to go to plaintiff's brother's house,
and their visits were returned. When the courtship had
gone on in this way for about six months, the defendant told
plaintiff that his father was going to take a farm for him,
and that they should soon be married, previous to entering
upon it. During the time of the courtship he used to send
poetry on slips of paper, such, for instance, as the fol-
lowing

"Art thou not dear unto my heart,
0, search that heart, and see, Fanny Bird,
And from my bosom tear the part
That beats not true to thee, Fanny Bird.
Yes, to this bosom thou art dear,
More clear than words can tell,
And if one fault be cherished there,
'Tis loving thee too well, Fanny Bird,
'Tis loving thee too well."
(Greatd laughter.) In the early part of the courtship, on the
2 of November, 1850, he made plaintiff a present of a small
book, " The Gift of Love and Friendship." On the inside of
the corner he wrote—
" The gift of one to whom she is most dear. November 2,
1850."
In the month of February, 1851, he (being within three
months of his majority), having succeeded in gaining the
affection and working upon the fancy and imagination of the
poor girl, seduced her under the promise of marriage. Find-
ing herself in the family way, she told defendant, where-
upon he replied, " You know the wedding-day Is fixed,
and it will be on that day." It was then fixed for the
first Wednesday after the Ist of April. Plaintiff got the
wedding clothes all ready—the ring was purchased, when
about the last day of March the defendant came and put
the event in consequence of his father not having got the
farm in which the young ~.couple were to take up their
abode. He said it must be put off for a short time but he
still continued paying his visits as before, while she kept
anxiously and unremittingly asking him to fix the day.
Defendant asked plaintiff if her friends knew that she was
in the family way. Plaintiff said " No," and she durst not
let them know, upon which defendant proposed to get mar-
ried, and then go to Australia, and that it should be kept a
secret about her being in the family way Plaintiff con-
eented, and defendant wrote to Liverpool concerning the
fares of passage, &c., and had two letters in reply. This,
however, was soon abandoned, and one day, in July, 1851,
when the plaintiff seemed in very low spirits, defendant
said to her, "We will be married on the 31st of this
month, and we shall keep it a secret, and not let theta
know" (meaning plaintiff's friends). And at this time, is
order to assure her of the promise, he wrote in a blank heat
of the Gift of Friendship and Love 'these words :—"
851."
Mrs.
F. Bansall s, Shirland-park Mill, Derbyshire, July 5,
1
Defendant, however, did not come near his affianced on the
31st as promised, and visibly began to cool in his attach-
ment. Plaintiff stayed at her brother's until October 1,
when she went home to her father's, where she was con-
fined on the 23d of a female child. Plaintiff applied to her
seducer, by letter, after the birth of the child, to know what
to her brother's in 1850,
his intentions were ; but no reply came. When she went
she was a sprightly young girl, at-
tractive in her appearance, and well educated, boasting of not
a few intellectual as well as personal charms. When she
came back to her father, and for some time previous to that,
fho was sad and melancholy; she did not face her father for
whole days; she avoided crossing the threshold of the door,
and was seen by none. Her distracted state of mind and
her midnight vigils in her bedroom,
where she remained
weeping day anu night, had made a permanent impression
y and her mother wer
upon her health, and broken down an excellent constitution.
The two brothers cf the young lad
called as witnesses. The two former proved that the defen-
e
dant had frequently told them that all his father's property,
worth from 6,000/. to 8,0001., was entailed upon him;
further, that his aunt Bland would leave him a legacy of
5001. The evidence of the mother was very affecting. she
seemed a highly respectable person, and spoke with much
feeling of the change which had taken place in her daughter's
health and happiness. Miss Bird had evidently been the
light of the household. "While she was with us," said the
old lady, " she was lively and cheerful, and she seemed to
make us all so happy.' One of the plaintiff's brothers
proved the handwriting of several poetical effusions from Mr.
Bansall to his betrothed, among which was one written in
blank verse, of which we append a copy :
Fanny, I love thee still, my heart
Trills to thy voice, I live for thee ;
Absence has not produced forgetfulness.
No, I cherish a never-ceasing remembrance.
I entertain a pure and ardent affection for you,
Though in silence an engagement is the cbstacle
To a confession ; but I will not despair, but live in hope.
Oh, forget me not. lam your captive. Your smiles,
Your beauty, your industry, and modesty
Have gained my affection. Is mine a
Hopeless love? Must it always be a
Silent love ? Listen to my confessions.
I desire a return of affection.
Time shall not change me.
I remain for ever your devoted adorer."

The Learned LNDER•SHERIFF having summed up, tht-
jnry retired. In a brief space they returned into court, and
assessed the damages at 800/,
The verdict seemed to give great satisfaction to the par-
ties preaent.