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ROBBERY OF A YORKSHIRE PAR-

SONAGE.

At the Sheffield Town-hall on Thursday the ma-
gistrates were occupied several hours in investigating
the circumstances under which a very daring rob-
bery was committed at Wadsley Parsonage, 3 miles
from Sheffield. On Sunday evening, the 2d inst.(as
already reported in The Sun), the residence of the
Rev. Mr. Morton,. incumbent of Wadsley, was
broken open while the family were at church, and
jewelry and money to the value of £lBO were stolen.
The police apprehended four men on suspicion of
committing the robbery, and on Thursday, after
they had been several times remanded, the case was
finally concluded. The prisoners were W. Glossop
and W. Fearnley, cf Sheffield, and W. Hall and
Joel Baxter, of Wadsley. The evidence against
them was entirely circumstantial, but it was suffi-
cient to attach strong suspicion to them. When
Baxter was apprehended he was not informed of
the charge against him, but he told the inspector
who arrested him that he supposed he would get off
with four years, and that the police could not hang
him for it. The prisoner Hall was apprehended at
the Hillabro' Inn, near the scene of the robbery, and
he declared that he was never out of his house on
the Sunday evening. The sexton of Mr. Morton's
church, however, and another witness, proved that
they saw Hall and Baxter loitering about the church,
which is close to the parsonage, about 1 o'clock on
Sunday. Another witness, who resides atWadaley,
saw the two prisoners near the parsonage just as the
evening service was commencing, and at 8 o'clock
he met them coming along the road from Wadsley
to Sheffield. Hall had at the time a parcel appa-
rently concealed under his coat. The other prisoners
were not seen near the parsonage, but the foot-
marks which were traced by the police showed that
the robbers had divided on leaving the house, and
had gone different ways. A very curious circum-
stance was given as tending to criminate Glossop.
About 7 o'clock on the morning after the robbery
he was seen in a garden at Neepsend, near Wads-
ley, crouching down and searching in the hedge
bottom. A man who was working in the adjoin-
ing garden asked him what he was doing, and the
prisoner rose and displayed a handful of gold, and
said " See, it has been growing here all night."
This avowal was heard by another witness, and,
coupled with the fact that £4O in gold and silver
formed part of the plunder, had a suspicious ap-
pearance. The same morning another witness,
himself unobserved, saw Glossop on the road be-
tween Wadsley and Sheffield, and watched him
counting a quantity of gold and silver, and putting
it'into:different pockets. It Ras also proved that
the prisoner Hall had said, when asked to bet
on a match which was played on the Monday,
that he had got some of the parson's sovereigns,
and that when he was placed in the cell he de-
scribed minutely to another inmate the value and
description of the property stolen. He also said
that the booty was under the sod, wheie nobody
would find it. The evidence against Fearnley was
not important. Hall appears to have been very
communicative, for a witness mimed Riley detailed
the following conversation with him :—" I was in
custody at Rotherham on Tuesday, the 11th inst.,
for a breach of the peace. Hall was placed in the
same cell. I asked what he was in for. He said
for 'touching' at Wadsley. I asked, Have you
made a good ' collar' then ?' He says, ' Ay,
middling. I asked him what they had taken, and
he said, About 200 ' quids' (pounds) worth.' I
said, Well, they'll catch you. He replied that
they could not hurt them until they found the stuff.
I said, ' They will find it.' He replied, 'Nay, lad,
they can't find that ; t'money's reight ; it's planted.'
I asked him what was taken. He replied, About
£56 in gold, £2 10s. in silver, and about £l5O in
plate,' adding, It did not matter, he could stand
it." In a conversation about Glossop, who was
also at Rotherham, Hall said he (Glossop) was a
" rum devil ;" he had just come out of " stir"
11 (prison). e asked if all had been caught, and he
said, " No, some had nipped' (absconded) ; they
were fools for nipping; they should have stood
, their ground like them." For the defence it was
insinuated that the witnesses had come forward to
give this evidence of conversations with the prison-
ers after they had seen announcement of a reward.
The bench discharged Fearnley, and committed
Hall, Baxter, and Glossop for trial at the York
Assizes. The court was crowded during the pro-
ceedings, which occupied five hours.

The Italian Freemasons have just introduced an
important innovation into the statutes of the society. There
are now sister masons, venerables, and great mistresses.
The Correspondence, of Rome,. describes the ceremony of
installation with much minuteness,

every constituent of physique except gross weight,
cannot be excelled on an average comparison. As
a whole, perhaps, the average of intelligence, which
is understood there to mean reading and writing,
e
may be higher among the United States volunteers
than among the British regulars ; not much, how-
ever. Sanitary
t a r
thoroughly
Commission m of
AfricNanewboYdy",kdida
very patriotic
not attempt to claim more than three-fifths of the
United States armies as of American birth. The
The
Sana
immediate descendants of Irish and German parents
are thus included among native-born Americans,
though they are in all respects except birth Irish
and Germans still. Very probably they have not par-
taken to the full or to any great extent of the advan-
tages of public education. But, taking the statement
of the Commissioners—which, by the by, is a very
serious reflection on the patriotism of the Northern
populations—it may be doubted whether in reading,
writing, and arithmetic thercis any great supe-
riority on the part of the United States troops over
the British. I admit that in some regiments of the
New England States there is a higher average of
such knowledge as may enable a man to argue on
the orders of his officers, and of such intelligence
as may induce him to believe he is competent to
criticise the conduct of a campaign. There is an
immense amount of newspaper reading and letter-
writing, but of the former there is more than of the
latter, for our own mailbags are ample enough to
satisfy any one that the same preponderance which
is maintained by London over New York in corre-
spondence is to be found in the English army over
the American. Many Irish and Germans here have
no inducements to write letters. Few are unable
to read their newspapers. What is it, then, which
would satisfy the grumbler who finds fault with
the expenditure of standing armies that he has got
value for his money when he contrasts the British
troops here with the battalions on the Potomac ? It
is the efficiency produced by obedience, which is the
very life of discipline; the latter is obedience incor-
porated, and, in motion or at rest, acting by fixed
rules, with something approaching to certainty in
its results. This small army could be massed toge-
ther with its artillery and transports in a very short
time, and directed with precision to any one point,
though it is now a series of detachments on garri-
son duty rather than a corps d armee, and it has
neither cavalry nor baggage animals. With all
the liberal if not occasional extravagant outlay, and
the cost of transporting it, the force in a few weeks
will be far less expensive than an American corps
of the same strength, and it is no disparagement.to
the latter to say they would be less efficient than the
British. I do not speak of actual fighting, for our
battle-fields in Canada alone tell how desperate may
be the encounters between the armies. Our force is
under the orders of experienced officers. The staff
consists of men who have seen service in the Rus-
sian War, in Asia, in India, and in China, and who
have witnessed the operations of great Europesn
armies. The United States is now laboriously seek-
ing to acquire experience at a cost which may be
ruinous to its national finances, and a delay which
may be fatal to its cause, but it cannot galvanize
the inert mass with the fire of military efficiency,
though it burns, we are told, with hidden volcanic
energies, and is pregnant with patriotic life. The
use of an army in war is to fight, to be able to move
to and after its enemy, to beat and pursue him. It
is not to be wondered at if the work which Great
Britain has only partially accomplished, notwith-
standing the greatness of its progress, should be
only begun in the United States. The aptitude of
a large mass of the inhabitants for arms, whether
they be foreign or native-born, is marred by many
things. There is the principle of equality intruding
itself in military duty, confounding civil rights with
the•relations between superior and inferior, between
officer and rank and file. There is the difficulty of
getting men to follow officers who have no special
fitness for their post. A soldier may be made in a
year, a company officer cannot be made in three
years, There are many officers in the American
army of great theoretical and some practical know-
ledge ; there are many in the British army lazy and
indifferent ; but no one would think for a moment
of comparing the acquirements, in a military sense,
of the officers of the two nations. In the Crimean
War, when our army was enlarged at a time that
severe losses had much diminished the number of
officers, we saw that our standard was considerably
lowered by the precipitate infusion of new men . No
wonder, then, that the United States had and has
great difficulty in procuring officers of the least value
for a levy of more than half a million of volunteers.
But the system itself is a most formidable barrier to
success. Under no circumstances can it reach a mo-
derate degree of efficiency, unless the test of subse-
quent examination be rigidly enfored. There is no
superiority of rank, of military knowledge, of per-
sonal character, of social position, to create an emu-
lation in the mind of the private to be the obedient
but daring equal of the bfficer in the time of danger.
To such general remarks there are many and
brilliant exceptions. In the course of time, the
personal qualities and the reputation for bravery
and skill of officers would stand in the Republican
armies in lieu of those influences which move the
British soldier. No one is foolish enough to think
or say that the private follows his officer because
the latter has paid so much money for his commis-
sion or has so much a year. The gradual rise from
one rank to another is a guarantee of some military
knowledge, at all events, of acquaintance with drill.
Social position counts for much. Men who are equal
before the law P.ZO very unequal in the drill book.
It is to me lamentable to see so much faith in a
cause, such devotion, zeal, boundless expenditure,
and splendid material comparatively lost—to behold
the petted Republic wasting away under this influ-
ence and the vis inertia of the force it has called
into being. It is a lesson for the nations ; but it
has not yet come to its end. If standing armies
there must be, let them be as complete in organisa-
tion as can be. If an empire must rely on volunteers
as its main defence, let care be taken that they are
organised and efficient so as to be effective, and re-
gulated on such principles of economy that they
may not overwhelm with debt the country they are
engaged in protecting by their arms. The whole of
the North has had its heart set on the Burnside ex-
pedition. It is already a failure. The blow has not
yet fallen. The arm is paralysed by bad manage-
ment and ignorance before it can strike a blow.
General Burnside has no Staff officer able to assist
him. The naval officer in command has been about
as useful to him as our Admiral was to Lord Raglan
in the descent on the Crimea; in fact, he has done
as little as he possibly could do. The expedition
was originally, as I anticipated, intended for Aquia
Creek, on the Potomac and James River. General
M'Clellan, as I have reason to think, diverted it to
Pamlico. The boats suited for the former were
quits unfit for the latter. The President precipitated
its departure. Some vessels were lost, others are
fast aground, many ara quite unfit for the shallow
waters, others are unfit for anything. Although
the sounding ought to have been well known or
carefully studied, vessels were sent to places where
they could not cross, or were run hard and fast on
the bottom. At one time thousands of men were
suffering from want of water, and it was by Provi-
dence, rather than good guidance, they were saved
from dying of thirst. No proper boats were pro-
s vided for river operations. And so the expedition

stands fast in sight of the alarmed but fast accumulat-
ing and preparing enemy while agents are purchas-
ing vessels, and stores, and boats at New York and
elsewhere for the force, which is but 14,000 men in all.
With that, other combinations must go or stand over
for the present. If Burnside should succeed in
doing nothing more than fixing the Federal tooth
in a bit of marshy coast and stirring up the alli-
gators in the swamps, he will have effected as little
as Sherman, Phelps, or Butler up to the present
writing. With all this time before them, the Con-
federates, if they have guns and materiel, ought to
be able to give his present force a severe rebuff.
It is quite true that the Confederates suffer from the
same disadvantages as those which affect the Fede-
rals, but in a far less degree. Mr. Davis, early in the
war, got hold of the army and subjected it to dis-
cipline. It was not so difficult to do so in the South
as in the North, owing to the difference in the
people. The officers were appointed by him. The
men were animated, as they are now, by an intense
hatred of their enemy. Their armies were in a de-
fensive attitude ; a large number, comprising some
of the best of the United States officers, sided with
them. They are operating on the inner circle. But,
after all, if the possession of the seaboard, the use
of navies, the vast preponderance of population,
the ability to get artillery and arms, and the
occupation of the heads of the great river commu-
nications be not utterly thrown away, the North
must overrun the South, if only the Northerners
can fight as well as the Southerners, and if the
North can raise money to maintain the struggle.
Let us leave out of view the Slave element for once.

The Abolitionists assert the most formidable weapon

in the United States' armoury is the use of the
emancipated slave, but it is rather difficult to see
how the slaves could assist the North as long as
they remain obedient and quiet in the South, or
how the North can get at them by a mere verbal
declaration till it has pierced the Slave States.
Above all, it is not clear that it would benefit the
penniless Exchequer of the North to have
4,000,000 black paupers suddenly thrown on it for
support. Slavery is to me detestable. The more I
saw of it the less I liked it. It is painful to one who
has seen the system at work and its results to read
in English journals philosophical—pseudo-philoso-
fical treatises on the subject, and dissertations on

the " ethics and (esthetics" of the curse from which
we shook ourselves free years ago with the appro-
bation of our consciences and of the world. If the
North was not fighting to put slavery under the
aegis of the Constitution, its cry of distress would
move heart and hand in places where its appeals
and promises now fall cold and dead. It has de-
cided on its own course, and its military operations
cannot at present be much, if at all, influenced by
the questions connected with slavery. Having
arrived at the conclusion that the North must,
under provisoes, succeed in obtaining possession of
the most important points in the South, it does not
follow that the latter is forced into the Union as a
natural result. If the Slave States be true to their
provisions they will no more belong to the Union
then than they do now. They will be subjugated,
that is all. The North is rapidly arriving at the
conviction that they are dealing with enemies ;
there is a cry going out to admit them to be so, and
to ask the authorities to consider their captives as
prisoners of war. "Free Corcoran" is suggested at
Boston as a watchword for a public movement.
" Hang Corcoran" is Mr. Davis's threat if a bridge-
burner is executed by General Halleck. Let us not
seek to complicate matters by ill-timed interference,
which would be unjustifiable also. The United
States, whatever its internal composition was, must
be admitted by foreign nations to be an entity—the
agent of a Confederation of whose part we had no
political cognisance.

The revolt of the South was a surprise as com-
plete as the Indian mutiny. It was in May last
year the United States collected the semblance of
an army—in July they moved and were defeated.
Then came the work of re-collection, re-organisa-
tion, and the formation of six armies along various
parts of the frontier of their new enemy. It was
not till the end of October the Federals could be
said to have their levies in hand. Some movements
in November we disastrous. Diversions and changes
in the plans of the various campaigns were necessi-
tated by affairs in Kentucky and Missouri. The
expeditions from which so much was expected did
no more than claw on the parts of coast and occupy
some points, where they remain, not by any means
however, as the New York Times says, dispensing
thereby with the necessity of maintaining a block-
ade of the adjacent ports, or opening ports in lieu
of them. And at last winter came, and the state of
the country now prohibits any combined move-
ments on a grand scale. In March the season will
will be more favourable, and if a year elapses with-
out seeing the Northern armies well established in
the South there may well be some fears that Euro-
pean Powers will claim a right to be heard in the
interests of peace. It is now •admitted that such
must be the case by the Americans themselves. In-
tervention is now talked of by people who would
have scorned the idea of submitting to " the world
in arms " a month ago. The notion of it is becoming
familiarised as that of a possible evil. Men say, in-
deed, that it will unite all parties in the North as
one man, and make them Abolitionists. Un-
doubtedly it is a menace which will set the armies
of the North in motion as soon as •they can be
moved. The evil of bankruptcy, of an unpaid army,
does not alarm them ; and the piteous appeal of Mr.
Chase to Congress do net move them. Congress
spending its time over Mr. Bright does not vex them.
The ball at the White House,—where " a large
helmet in sugar at the top of the table signifying
war, and a very large fort made of cake filled with
quails candied, on a side table," were graceful re-
minders to the giddy throng that they were mortal
Republicans in a state of civil tumult,—no more
excites them than the pleasing squabble between
the New York editors as to the priority of
their invitations, but they are naturally moved
by the thought of England giving a word of
counsel to them, and shudder at the phantom of
French intervention. The Ides of March are com-
ing; so are the evil days which were vaticinated
for the hero of the hour. There are again more
voices raised against General M'Clellan. The cry
of " On !" to some place or other is being heard.
Each dull delay is rebuked in the Senate and in
the House of Representatives, and approval comes
from the West echoing the sentiments of the people
there, ;who boldly declare in one of the Chicago
papers, that they will not pay the taxation caused
by a New England war. On that point the follow-
ing is a significant extract, and it justifies the state-
ment I made when I was in the West last June,
that the States there would not contribute their
proportion of the tax :
"New England has furnished fewer soldiers, according
to population, than any other district of the country, and
she is the only district which is making money out of the
war. So much is she making that it is her interest that the
war should continue. She is making much more out of the
war than she would make but for the Morill tariff. She will
pay less taxes, according to population and wealth, for the
support of the war, than any other district of the country,
and at the same time will be taxed heavily to enable New
England to make money out of the war. This latter taxa-
tion comes of the Moriill tariff. At the same time, the
war, which has been brought on mainly by New England
fanaticism, has destroyed the best markets the West had
for its products, so that wheat, corn, oats, barley, beef,
pork, and lumber scarcely pay the cost of raising. There
is no disghising the fact that the West is tiling of this sort
of thing, and it will demand that the measures of taxation
which Congress shall prepare shall be fairly adjusted with
reference to the relative situation of New England, the
Middle States, and the West. If taxes should be accord-
ing to representation, Illinois alone would have to pay half
as much as all Now England, whereas the wealth of New
England is 20 times greater than that of Illinois. New
England will insist upon this mode of taxation, because, she
says, the Constitution directs that direct taxes shall bo
according to representation. She is all at once greatly
enamoured of the Constitution. Had she been equally
enamoured of it hitherto in all things, the countrY.wa "
not know this war, There is no negro in this conflict be-

NEnergtlha,ndaesdhoehalodeladt
htahvee saidvery first have
to the
never will recognize you," it may be observed that
the tone of the press of the United States, the com-
mercial
policy of its Congress, the threats held
over us, and their past conduct in our times of diffi-
culty had alienated as far as could be the feelings
of the mother country, and little disposed her to
reverse the policy on which she has acted for so many
years. If mediation wes spoken of with scorn, an
offer of help would have been received with insult,
could it have been possible to make it. England,
indeed, has not said she would never recognize the
Southern States, but neither has she acted as she
undoubtedly would in the case of a similar insur-
rection elsewhere, and given the assurance that
when the seal had been set to their long testa-
ment of toil and blood she would admit
them among the nations. But for slavery, can
one doubt the Confederate States of America

would have been recognized before this year was

out ? When we are taunted with our indifference
to a contest in which the United States is fighting
against a rebellion of slaveholders, we can reply
that the Government distinctly repudiates the
idea of doing anything but conquering the slave-
holders and enabling them to enjoy the protection
of the Constitution, and that we, on the contrary,
have shown the purity of our principles and the
depth of our aversion to slavery by the endurance
of much suffering in our material interests, and by
the departure from fixed modes of action and well-
defined precedent, owing to our dislike to slavery
and our detestation of those who make it the basis
of their rule and the glory of their social system.
The Northern papers know well enough that the
way to avert danger of recognition is for the people
to act energetically, to contribute out of their means

to the war, to furnish troops and money, and. to be
successful. If they .win victories and conquer their
enemy, European nations will not dream of interfer-
ing, though England may regret to see the United
States added to the number of despotic Powers and
trampling on foot her own principles. But Mr.
Chase has not got a penny. There are 50,000,000
dols. not yet taken of the 7 3-10 loan. There is
suddenly, after much vaunting and boasting, found
to be a lack of sailors. When the soldiers come to
receive the Treasury notes in lieu of the gold to
which they are entitled 'by law there may not be so
much facility in procuring men. Again, one can
only say that, if the North suffers as much as the
South, and endures it all, it must win. But it has
declared hitherto that the war has not caused it
any great inconvenience or suffering, and there is
haste to approach taxation on the part of Congress.
The people of Canada are learning a useful piece
of knowledge or two from what is passing so close
to them. Tho annexation party is heard no more,
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So far as I have gone, in no place in the Queen's do-
minions is there greater attachment to her person
and authority. The Canadians see with Borrow the
calamities which afflict their neighbours, notwith-
standing all the ill-advised menaces of the Northern
press ; but they felt naturally indignant at being
spoken of as if they were a mere chattel, which
could be taken away by the United States from
Great Britain in order to spite her. With such
turbulent and dangerous elements at work close to
them they will, no doubt, eagerly assist the autho-
rities in their efforts to secure their borders and

their country by putting the Militia on a proper
footing. The patriotism of the Legislature can be
relied en to do this. England will do the rest, and
give her best in blood, if needs be, to aid the magni-
ficent dependency of the same Crown as that to which
she is herself subject in maintaining her indepen-
dence. At some future day I shall continue my notes
of the hasty little tour I am making here in the depth
of winter in relation to military and other matters ;
but I cannot refrain from reverting to the commence-
ment of my letter, and congratulating the
country on the orderly, efficient, and well-regulated
regiments it has sent out here—a handful, to be
sure, but refreshingly efficient. It is most agreeable
to hear praise instead of grumbling, and to know
that amid no ordinary difficulties the troops have
been landed and conveyed across the snows of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick in the month of January
without any casualty or mishap worth mentioning,
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cheapness of intoxicating liquors. And what vicis-
situdes of service officers and men have seen! Here
is a face yet burned with the suns of India encircled
in fur cap, and peering into the railway carriage

to welcome some well-known friend from China or
Aldershott. There marches a sturdy Guardsman,
one of the few who remain of the men of Alma and
Inkerman, with that small ladder of glory on his
breast, Here is one of the old Riflemen—alas!
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waters of the Dardanelles, the rich chorus of those
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Soldier's glory lives in story,
His laurels are green when his locks are gray,
Then hey for the life of a soldier 1"

Firm and clean and straight as of yore under all
his load of greatcoat, furs, and boots, struts the
soldier of the 47th, mindful of De Lacy Evans,
"little Inkerman," and of the greater in which it
was eclipsed. Will he be as trim and neat, I
wonder, if they take away his white facings P Of
the old " fours," the second brigade of the division,
which with the light divided the " general" fight-
ing, the 41st and 47th, though, perhaps, no
better, always looked better than the 49th, be
cause of their facings. And the influence of
facings, indeed, goes much further than that in
general society. The hotel in which I live—a very
attentive host s doing his best to complete the re-
semblance by extensive dilapidations—is as like a
barracks es can be. The " St. Lawrence Hall" is
in a military occupation. The obstacles in way of
tobacco expec-
nt
" alterations" are bestridden by Guardsmen, Rifle.
men, and Engineers, on their way to breakfast and
dinner, as if they were getting through breaches.
In the hall abundance of soldiers, anxious orderlies full of orders,
with the quaint quartos and military
idlers smoking as much as you like, but, I am glad
to say, not chewing—nor, as a New York paper
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limit prepared to l • the suffrage immensely. In the
passages more orderlies and soldier servants, who
now and then do a little of what is called flirting
tcoarla.bca
with the passing demoiselles de service, tubs outside
in the passage, doors of rooms open—a la caserne—
militaiy chests in perspective, and short pi •
pes and
Fart on the tables. Here is a Staff which has been
Picked as a brand from the burning—at b • ng—at all events, it
has been well tried
himself, urbane, courteous, shrewd, firm, has no
Mouravieff to fear—nor worse, no hunger to dread
from any beleaguering foe on this side of the

marriage brought by the plaintiff's next friend.
The defendant pleaded about a dozen pleas. He
first denied the promise—then that a reasonable
time for his performing his promise had not yet
elapsed—that the plaintiff was not ready and will-
ing to marry him—then, that she had, after con-
nection had taken place bete: een them, been un-
chaste to other men, whose names were set forth
in the pleas—that the plaintiff had exonerated him
from his promise—lastly, that a written agreement
under seal existed between them, whereby ithe de-
fendant undertook to marry the plaintiff at his
mother's death, which set aside the other promise,
and that his mother was not yet dead, and that the
defendant had paid a sum of money to the plain-
tiff, which she had accepted in satisfaction of her
claim upon him.
Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Dowdeswell were
counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Hawkins, Q,C., and
Mr. Prentice for the defendant.
The learned counsel, in stating the plaintiff's
case, characterised the defendant's conduct as the
most profligate and heartless that had come before
a jury. The plaintiff was the daughter of a farmer
residing at Beacon-house, Great Totham, Essex.
The defendant, who was the son of a clergyman,
was also a farmer in the immediate neighbourhood,
and farming about 170 acres of land. The plaintiff
and defendant became acquainted in 1857, which re-
sulted in courtship and a promise to marry in June,
1858. He was introduced to the plaintiff's parents,
and received as her accepted suitor. About this
time he wrote her as follows :
" My dear little Love, my dear little Duck—(laughter)—
I hope you are alive and kicking—(roars of laughter)—
and looking as well, as fresh, and as pretty as you always
do. I shall be delighted to hear from you, but much more
to see your lovely countenance. (Laughter.) I hope you
will not desert your Charlie."
The letter concluded with sending her lots of
kisses. In the autumn of 1858, after his introduc-
tion to the family, he seduced the plaintiff, and in
the May of 1859 he communicated it to Mr. Cope-
land, the plaintiff's brother-in-law, and promised
that he would immediately make her his wife. The
day was named for their marriage, and everything
was provided, but he did not keep his promise,
alleging that he was too nervous. (Laughter.) She
was
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intimate terms, and in December, 1860, he said he
could not marry her till after his mother's death,
but afterwards wished it to take place immediately,
and arrangements were made for the marriage
taking place in London, because he did not like to
be married in his own neighbourhood. The license
was procured, and he came to London, and saw her
the night before the day appointed at her sister's.
He left, and promised to be early to breakfast the
following morning, and then be married. The
morning came, but not the bridegroom, who again
excused himself on the ground of nervousness. She
afterwards received from the defendant the follow-
ing letter, which, it is almost needless to say, created
roars of laughter :
" Dec. 21. Green Dragon Hotel, Bishopsgate-
street Within, London.
" My dearest, dearest Loo,—Heap, if you like, 10,000
curses on my head. I had a fearful night, and never closed
my eyes. My life is to me truly and really a hell upon
earth. I am again in this fearful, nervous, excitable
state. I thought I should have cut my throat last night.
no pity me, Lon, and pray for me. I do, indeed,
love you and your heavenly babe, though not lawfully
bogot. Ido indeed truly love it. Kies it for its father's
sake. Now do, pray, my dear girl, wait till my mother's
death. The poor old lady won't, in all probability, live
very long. You have my word and honour and every surety
of my marrying you then. I swear to act by the agreement
which you have. I dare not see your dear face, the dear
little chicky, or your poor old mother. lam like a hunted
devil this morning. I imagined my poor old mother last
night saying to me next Christmas-day, " Charles are you
married Y" I could not have said, " No," if we had been,
and then all must have come out. Thank God, I gave you
the £S, so that it will cost you nothing. £4 4s. will do for
your next Christmas quarter, and with the rest pay your
fares, have a fly from Witham, and buy dear chicky, and
get self a hat. Now, pray dear Loo, do not write blowing
me up. 1 thought I would try (so help my God it's true,
if I had the moral courage, to marry you, in the face of
what I have last promised my dear mother, you, and Mrs.
Copland. I can't do it, dear Loo. Cheer up, my old girl ;
you have plenty of good sense and nerve. Nothing on
earth prevents my having you now but my mother and tho
losing of £3,000 or £4,000. Take care of my carpet bag,
and the things in it, great coat, and blue rug for me, and I
will either send for them at Beacon House or call for them
when better. Now, do not form a wrong opinion of me.
One day I will have you ; God, I believe, has ordained it,
but not yet. First kiss chicky, and your old mother, and
B a thousand for yourself.—elieve me one day your future
husband, and devoted and attached

"C. J. DiurrlELD."
Mr. Baron Martin—ls there not a postscript?
(Laughter.)
Mr. Huddleston—Yes, my lord. (Renew d
laughter.)
"P.S.—I am afraid it is the mind, lovey, my dear AI
mother." (Laughter.)

After this it appears that the parties occasionally
met, and it was again arranged that they should
be married in 1861. Again everything was pre-
pared and ready, but again to be disappointed.
The defendant was staying in plaintiff's father s
'
house, and the following morning left, havine must
having
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for
the present action had been brought, and the
learned counsel urged that it was a case for exem-
plary damages.
The plaintiff's mother was called, and deposed to
the main facts in the case. She believed the defen-
dant had £3,000 in the funds. He made a will
providing for the plaintiff cud her child.
In cross-examination she said—My daughter is
in her 21st year. Ido not know that she is a high
spirited girl. She wes at one time au apprentice at
Maldon, and came home once a week. About Au-
gust, 1859, she left the Haunch of Venison, Temple-
bar, where she had been barmaid about six weeks.
After she came home, Mr. Pell came down, by the
defendant's invitation, to have a day's shooting. Ho
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defendant. Children don't always
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daughter never said the defendant was not the father
were called to prove that the defendant
always behaved affectionately to the plaintiff.
Mrs. Dickinson, residing in Pimlico, was called.
She stated that tiller the action was brought the
plaintiff was staying with her. The defendant called
and saw the plaintiff. He asked her if she was going
on with the action. She said, " Yes." He said,
" Then lam a ruined man." He afterwards said
to her, "Louisa, will you make it up?" She seid,
" No." He asked, " Not on any conditions ?" She
said, " What conditions ?" He replied, " Why, I'll
marry you." (Loud laughter.) She said, " I don't
want any more of your promises. I want action.
I have had enough of your promises already
(.Laughter.) He replied, " I will marry you t
week, and here's Mrs. Dickinson as
Mr. Baron Martin—l wish he had. (Laub
the next
Witness—He said he would marry
day if he thought he could get a
license. Witness
said she thought he could, tis. she_t day's notice.
a friend of
hers who had been married a
(Laughter.) He asked the plaintiff to go and dine
a witne
(ssltcr.)
with him, and afterwards go to the theatre, but she
declined.
saidparties had the come to an
Mr. Hawkins
arrangement. There would
proceedings,
be a verdict for the
plaintifffar X--
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Verdict by consent for plaintiff—damages £2OO.
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