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NORTHAMPTON RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE TRIENNIAL STAKES•

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Convulsion
HER MAJESTY'S GUINEAS

Weathergage
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STATE OF TRADE.

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(Prom the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MANCHESTER, March 29. —The American- advices of
the 15th inst. report the total receipts at the ports to be
2,536,000 against 2,015,000, showing an excess of
521,000, or 1,000 more than by the last packet. The
week's receipts are 105,000 against 106,000. Next
week the comparison will be with 120,000 last year,
which will occasion a falling off. The stock, deducting
the 20,000 destroyed by fire at New Orleans, is 775,000
bales. During the week the New York market had
been inanimate, and prices rather in favour of buyers ;
but the southern market has continued steady, and the
business at New Orleans large. From Mobile, on the
11th, the market was, however, telegraphed as quiet,
and the freight to Liverpool had declined to id. per lb.
No telegraph so late had been received from New
Orleans. Accounts to the 26th ult. reporting a dull
state of things in Liverpool and Manchester, with a de-
cline of id. in the former and rather more in the latter,
were received at New York on the 14th instant, the
day before this packet left that port. Monetary appear-
ances in the States were somewhat more favourable.
Yesterday, without these accounts, the Liverpool mar-
ket exhibited some increase of the sterdiness which cot-
tons from "good middling" upwards had previously
shown ; and to-day the market is telegraphed as rather
dearer, with a good business. In our market, the some-
what increasing- firmness of last week, has been rather
strengthened by the transatlantic advices, and by the
hardening tendency manifested in Liverpool.. The buyers
of yarns have not been able to supply themselves
on quite as favourable terms, in most counts and descrip-
tions, as they could have done last week. Spinners are
firmer than they were, and slightly dearer in some kinds.
In the department of goods, there has been a greater
inquiry for India and China shirtings and madapollams,
and some fair purchases have been made in 40-inch
shirtings weighing from 61b to 71b. Yarns suitable
for the East are also more enquired after. In printing
cloths there is no. change. It is, we understand,
considered certain that the makers of domestics will
agree, at the meeting to be held on Thursday, to con-
tinue the working of only four days a week for an-
other month ; and is one reason why so extremely
little yarn has been bought to-day for their class of goods.
The India and China mails are telegraphed to-day from
Trieste, and trade is stated to be " brisk " at Bombay
and Calcutta. The same statement was made on the
last occasion, but the fact turned out the reverse.

ROCHDALE, March 28.—Thf market to-day has been
rather quieter, and less amount of business transacted,
which arises principally from the unwillingness of the
manufacturer to take the low prices offered by the mer-
chants. There is little change in the wool market • the
demand continues steady, and prices rather on the ad-
vance.

MACCLESFIELD, March 29.—We have but little al-
teration to note since our last. The demand for silk
manufactured goods keeps full pace with production, and
no accumulation of stocks is perceptible. The prices ob-
tained are also more satisfactory. Thrown Silks—The
market is extremely bare of all descriptions, so that
manufacturers now find difficulty in supplying their
wants with the finer qualities. Raw Silks—The mar-
ket remains very firm. The deliveries to the trade con-
tinue on a very extensive scale.

HALIFAX, MARCH 26.—Very few merchants or buyers
of any description have visited our piece hall to-day, and
almost the only kind of goods asked for was grandrell
crapes ; but the prices offered were so low as not to
cover the cost of production. Yarns are purchased
more freely, under the conviction that the rates cannot
be lower ; but the current prices are far from being re-
munerative to the spinner. Fair quantities of wool are
changing hands, and the quotations have still an upward
tendency. _ _

HUDDERSFIELD, March 29.—The demand for woollens
of all kinds still continues good—the middle and lower
qualities are in greatest request, for which a little advance
in price is readily given, scarcely as remunerative to the
manufacturer as he would wish, taking into considera-
tion the serious advances in the price of wool, oil, and all
the raw material. To-day's market has been quiet, which
may be attributed to the scarcity of goods, manufacturers
having none on hand ; also to the day being a holiday,
as at such times we never have an average business done
either in slack or busy seasons. There has been a rumour
of a strike amongst the woollen hands, but as yet in
this district there has been no move of this kind, though
haudloorn weavers have obtained an advance ; we believe
that all other kinds of hands are still working at former
rates.

BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 28.—The metal market during
the past week has been languid; copper, however, sold
at less than 1401. per ton, but except for immediate use
the manufacturers are not purchasing. Tin remains
stationary at the last high quotations of 1235. per cwt.
There is, however, no scarcity of the article in the mar-
ket, and consequently no impediment to the execution
of orders. All Britannia metal and common tin articles
have greatly risen in price. For the Australian market
consignments are becoming limited to bond fide orders.
The enormous quantity of every description of goods
sent to Sydney, Melbourne, Port Philip, and Adelaide,
during the last twelve months. is said to be overstock-
ing the markets, and competition in the auction marts
has reduced prices.—Aris'3 Birmingham Gazette.

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKETS.—March. 29.

There is no new feature in our produce markets, and the
transactions for the week are only on a limited scale, owing
to the intervention of the Easter holidays.
The tea market remains quiet, and prices are unaltered,
common Congou ruling froth 10Id. to lOid. per lb., but not
many buyees. _ _

Coffee has continued in good demand, chiefly for export,
at full rates, and the sales consist of 20 tierces Jamaica ;
300 bags native Ceylon, at 48s. 6d. ; and 1,600 bags St.
Domingo, at 455. to 463. The public sales to-day, how-
ever, went off with less spirit, and of 1,800 bags brought
forward, about 650 were taken at 265. 6d. for St. Domingo,
475. to 525. 6d. for Bahia ; and at 60s. 6d. to 625. 6d. per
cwt., for Maracaibo.
Sugar operations have been almost suspended until to-
day, when rather more has been doing, still the total sales
are confined to 40 hogsheads Demerara, at 35s to 35s 6d ;
and 3,000 bags East India, chiefly Benares, at 36s to 37s 6d ;
with a few dates, at 375. per cwt.

Rum.-150 puncheons Demerara have been disposed of,
at rather easier rates.

Rice-470 tierces Carolina have been disposed of at 21s
to 22s ; 1,200 bags Arracan, from the quay, at Os 6d ; and
1,000 bags Bengal, chiefly at Os 6d to Os 9d, for broken, up
to 11s 9d per cwt. for very good white.
Dyewoods.—Upwards of 100 tons Campeachy logwood
have brought 7117 s 6d to 817 s 6d; 120 tons St. Domingo,
and Honduras 61. 10s. A few tons of Camwood, 301.; and
10 tons red sanders wood, 6/. per ton; 200 tons Zapote
Fustic will be offered to-morrow.

Drysalteries.—Argols continue in steady demand, with
moderate supply ; and prices are fully maintained. In
berries no change to report • the market is dull, and seve-
ral fresh parcels have arrived since our last. More inquiry
exists for French madders ; nothing worthy of notice in
roots. The sales of sumac are about 1,000 bags, at 14s 3d.
to 15s. for Palermo, and at 7s Ca to 7s 9d per cwt. for Ty-
rol. Brimstone is in fair request, about 103 tons selling
at 61. lOs to 61. 15s per ton, for thirds to best seconds.
Nothing has taken place in saltpetre. 500 bags Bengal
turmeric have been sold, at 11s 3d; 5 bales ditto safflower,
at 72s 6d to 90 ; a few casks discoloured tartar, at 71s ; 50
'
bags cutch, at 26s • 50 chests plate lac, at 43s to 43s 3d ; a
small quantity of African beeswax, at 51. 5s to 71.; 2,000
bags Myrabolams, at Ils to 133 9d ; 100 bags sago flour,
at 21s; 100 tons nitrate of soda, ex store, at 18s 6d to 10s
Per cwt.; and 30 chests lac dye, J. 3/I`R. at 13s per lb.
Oils---Olive oil being still in compass commands full rates
been
with limited inquiry. About 150 cases castor oil have
latt
purchased, at 3.jd to 4d per lb ; but chiefly at the
•er co.
Of Jute 650 bales are reported to arrive, but the price
has not transpired. 40 bales Manilla hemp have brought
42/. per ton. 500 b
ags Bombay linseed, at 50s per quarter;
and 100 bags black Pepper, at 3id per lb.

SALE OF VALUABLZ gongs.--For several days the
valuable library has been
sale of Mr. Dawson Turner's
on at Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson's
rooms, and is now complreteeadu.se( altogether collection, which
_ e auction
sale
4,562/. 15s.
was a-very extensive one,
One of the principal features of the
studiorum," by the late Mr. Turner, at:ewas the "liber
tilt, consisting of a series of 70 plates, .i. celebrated ar-
by him, and engraved chiefly by `iCharlesaw drawn and etched
proofs. From an autograph letter it appears thatrier—all
copy was obtained direct from the artist. 1.. s this
and sold for 1151. Besides this, a fine copy, beitn,„'
artist's
4. th,
proofs of Mr. Turner's views in England and t,
Wales,tit's
dated 1832, sold for 361. The "Musee Francais,"
en-
gravings of the pictures and statues of that national col-
lection by Robillard, Peronville, and Laurent, for 421. -
and 48 engravings of the Woburn Abbey marbles, which
originally were only printed for presents, for 301.
ENGLISH OAR TIMBER (NAVY).—Among the Parlia-
mentary papers just issued, is one respecting the supply
of English oak timber to the Admiralty. It appears
that in February, 1840, an agreement was made for
24,000 loads of timber, but reduced to 16.000, and a
contract was ultimately in 1841 for 13,812 loads; in
1843, for 20,000 ; in 1345, for 2,625 loads ; in 1846, for
20,000 ; 1347, for FOO to 1,000 ; 1848, for 5,000 ; in
1849, for 940 ; and in 1850, for 16,500 loads.
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THE MINERAL RICHES OF NEW SOUTH

WALES.

( From the Economist.)

Among the curious items of information contained in
the " Further Papers relative to the Recent Discovery
of Gold in Australia," just published as a blue book, are
some statements of the Rev. W. B. Clarke, commissioned
by the Government of New South Wales to make geolo-
gical surveys. So far as we can trace his researches on
the map, they have all been south and west from Sydney,
in that part of New South Wales which borders on Vic-
toria, a mountainous district, the sources of numberless
creeks and rivers, and the highest part of the country,
the water running from it in every direction. In that
district the ardent geologist almost everywhere finds in-
dications of gold. On looking at the map compiled by
Mr. Arrowsmith from his researches and the researches
of other gentlemen, the whole district seems studded
with gold fields. We cannot enumerate all the creeks
—many with native and unpronounceable names— where
he found gold. "The whole of the region," he says,
"about the Bendoc and Delegete rivers is auriferous."
" Gold is distributed, though in variable quantities, and
of small commercial importance (at present), over a re-
gion which may be said to embrace an area of 16,000
square miles." In a later report—dated Nov. 24, 1852,
—than is to be found in the blue book, Mr. Clarke
says :—" The more I see of the great backbone of this
continent the more I am impressed with the high pro-
bability of the extension of the gold fields far beyond the
present limits of search. I report also, on more direct
knowledge, that as regards the Peel and Hanging Rock
fields, the opinion I have already expressed has been
strengthened by more recent examination of the dis-
trict." The more information he gets, the stronger be-
comes his convictions that the south-eastern portion 'of
Australia is one large field of gold. "It may require,"
as he says, " a multiplied population of practical skill
and energetic habits" to develope the mineral riches of
Australia ; but if they exist to the extent he supposes,
they may excite industry, and bestow on it ample re-
wards, of an immense population for ages. It is plain,
too, unless some richer fields should be discovered, that
as the population multiplies, it will become commercially
advantageous, particularly when gold digging shall not
be subject to a special tax, to work many of the creeks
and gulleys and holes that now will not pay.
Mr. Stutchbury, the geological surveyor, is satisfied
that native mercury exists. He has found specimens of
it, and he believes that it possibly may be found in quan-
tity. He has had shown to him various gems—topazes
garnets, rubies, sapphires, &c., though not of such
large size as to make them of any value. Copper is
found in abundance in various places. There are many
other mineral riches, then, in Australia, besides the gold,
which only need hands to collect them.
There was a time when the rude colonists very much
despised the services of the natives, and sometimes, on
slight pretexts, made away with thaw. The gold dis-
coveries seem to have hastened the period when their
services can be made valuable, and the blue book de-
scribes the natives as finding employment in every one
of the colonies to which it refers. The commissioner for
the Darling district of New South Wales reports in-
stances on the M'lntyre river of the blacks having been
employed for one, two, or even three years as shepherds ;
and Mr. Young, of Tingan, near Calandoon, has all his
flocks tended by blacks. A Mr. Dines, in the same
neighbourhood, has not a white man in his employment.
Messrs. Norris and Co. have 12 blacks in charge of
sheep. Three or four years ago the tribes frequenting
the Mclntyre were the most savage and bloodthirsty of
the district. "I am happy to say," adds the commis-
sioner, "that the scarcity of labour, consequent upon
the drainage to the gold fields, is creating throughout
the district a demand for the services of the abori-
gines which may be productive of very beneficial
results, leading to their more confidential and per-
manent employment." The commissioner of the New
England district reports :—" In many cases the ser-
vices of the natives have been in considerable repute
as shepherds, grooms, and even as house servants. Their
services, from the high price of White-labour in conse-
quence of the recent discovery of gold, have been ex-
tremely valuable, and in some cases they have received
wages at the rate of 201. per annum." The commis-
sioner of the McLeay district states there has been a
considerable increase in the past year, both in the num-
ber of whites employing and of natives employed, in
consequence of the drain to the gold mines of European
labour. The commissioner for the district of Clarence
river reports that the great dearth of labour, occasioned
by the efflux of the working classes to the westward in
search of gold, has latterly forced the settlers to obtain
aid from the natives. The sheep washing of last season
was entirely performed by them. One gentleman in-
trusts about 10,000 sheep to their sole management.
Although some instances are mentioned of depredations
by the blacks, there are more than we have quoted in
these extracts of the aborigines having for months to-
gether tended the flocks of the colonists, and been amply
rewarded for their fidelity and care.
All the above extracts refer to New South Wales,
but the reports from Victoria are not different. The
commissioner of the Wimmera district says that all
natives able and willing to work are sure to find em-
ployment. Some engage in permanent employment,
and they get wages that in ordinary years would be
looked upon as fair for European labour. The Maneero
and Omeo tribes, another commissioner reports, still
wander over the districts, encamping at the several flock
stations where they can obtain food. A very few of
them are occasionally employed as stockmen. " All the
aborigines of Gipps land," says Mr. Commissioner.
M'Crae, "have been employed in the immediate neigh-
bourhood of Alberton, on the property known as Orr's
Special Survey. They worked steadily in field work as
many hours as the whites. Two of them and one white
man beat a party of three whites at a reaping match." It
is the commissioner's opinion that if the employer gives
a fair remuneration, keeps faith with the natives, and
works with them, their labour may ba made as available
as that of the whites. From South Australia the Go-

vernor writes, "that upwards of 20,000 sheep are in
charge of shepherds who are aborigines, and who have
thus in some degree supplied the place of European
shepherds, who have migrated to the gold fields." The
commissioner from Bonk° writes that the squatters on
the Murray have received great and important services
from the natives during the late scarcity of labour, and
on several occasions natives have been left in the sole

charge of the squatters' property. These facts are of
great importance in reference to the future supply of
wool. About the usual, if not a larger, quantity will
come forward. The aborigines are not numerous, but
the employment of them is a new and somewhat unex-
pected supply of labour ; and it is a gratifying result of
the gold discoveries that they contribute, by exciting in-
dustry, to humanise the stockholders and civilise the
aborigines.

We are happy to learn from the 2'mpire, a Sydney
paper, that New South Wales, as yet the most important
of the colonies, is altogether in a prevalence of peace and
order, and the ample remuneration it offers to labourers.
That journal of December 28, says :
" It is to be recollected that, notwithstanding the vast
extent and the widely scattered positions of the gold
fields of New South Wales, out of a population of 200,000,
it is estimated that not more than 8,000 to 10,000 per-
sons are employed in mining at any one time. This will
account for the fact that neither the pastoral, the agri-
cultural, nor the mechanical employments have stood
still, or been less productive, as iu Victoria. The in-
creased and continually ; increasing demand for labour
here does not arise from the desertion of ordinary pur-
suits for gold digging so much as from progress and ex-
pansion in all the several departments of industry. This
surely indicates a far more healthy state of things than if
we had a hundred thousand persons rushing in upon us
all at once merely to dig gold—an occurrence that no
sane person can wish to see. Such a train, with an ob-
ject so selfish, so vagrant, and so entirely unconnected
with the development of the productive powers of the
colony, might bring with it moral and physical disorder,
but could never promote proscerity. It appears from
various countrycorrespondence that the harvest is every-
where highly abundant, the only want being that of
hands to reap it. The crowded state of Sydney, indi-
cated by the great advance of rents throughout the city
and suburbs, renders the inducement strong to maintain
every article of consumption at very high prices. The
effect of the harvest has, therefore, not been what might
have been expected. The present price of best flour,
251. per ton, does not manifest much tendency to further
decrease. In truth, to reduce the articles of food to a
perfectly fair average price, and to keep them there, the
necessity will be great for a steadily augmented cultiva-
tion, as well as of foreign supplies. There is, therefore,
requisite, for the welfare of the colony, a continued
stream of labouring immigration."
A stream of immigration is continually pouring in, and

if it be not entirely and solely of labourers whose t oils are
to enrich those who are already in the colony, it is of a
class which, generally speaking, unites intelligence and
independence with industry, and which will contribute
much more to prosperity than a stream of Lascars, or any
other mere intelligent workers. Into Victoria there has
been, and continues apparently, too great a rush of people
and we read in the blue book of a great public meeting that
adopted resolutions to raise a considerable fund and pro-
vide temporary accommodation for houseless emigrants.
This was in October. The Government assisted the under-
taking, and the result, no doubt, would be to provide,
as was proposed, temporary accommodation for 2,000
persons. Since then, however, the number of emigrants
to Melbourne must have largely increased, and Victoria
promises for the present to be overdone with gold seek-
ers. Numerous hands would arrive about the period of
the harvest, and some of them might find it as profitable
to save the crops as to try for gold. Such circumstances
beget an opinion that the present condition of the colony
will be altogether better than has been anticipated at
home, and they illuminate its future prospects.
As to South Australia, the discoveries of gold at
Echunga have turned out as yet of little importance.
"They are nothing," according to Mr. Babbage, the
Government... assayer's statement, "but a limited surface
Ainniugggsotinrfalhane,mehtowlwikeerevelye:to be remunerative, unless th,e work-
nbfineesdtatboliashf.ew inadnlviasdsuayal-so.fficeS,ohuaths
fdoruanwdnintotihteselofthneor incyonsiderabliengquantity of the gold
Provinces. The local Government
has resolved to issue tokens, or ingots stamped and
assayed, which are already legal tenders at the banks,
ti ttu
thee for more aml or
rate
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ng coin.
vhaielhuewiislitobeba b
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to
tTahnhedeir wßullion Act of the colony, of 3/. lls. On the whole,
it is quite plain that the gold is giving a mighty impulse
to society in the colonies, extending industry, increasing
its rewards, promoting ingenuity, and rapidly carrying
so strikingly
cv meanseyooff
forward civilisation there, as well as in England and all
over the world. In all history, pu;ereplois.efiphrss,ta
printing—is not to be
Asmomacrieakriledzaianpndrdg,tii2edelintd_veialciEVillanp
found as the recent discoveries of long-hidden gold- in
the lands on the Pacific Ocean.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCIIIT.-LIVERPOOL, MARCH 29

ALEXANDER V. SYDDALL.

This was an action for breach of promise of marriage.
The Attorney-General for the County Palatine, and
Mr. Wheeler appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Ser-
geant Wilkins for the defendant.
It appearpd that the plaintiff, who is a young Scotch-
woman, of 23 years of age, in the year 1851 went into
the service of the defendant's father, who is a calico-
printer at Marple, in this county. In the month of June,
1852, the plaintiff left her situation, and at the same
time the defendant left his father's house, and together
they proceeded to Gretna-green, which place they reached
at an early hour on the morning of the sth, and went to
the Graham Arms, which is the hotel at the Gretna sta-
tion. They had breakfast, and afterwards walked out
to the toll-bar. The defendant asked John Murray, who
is considered the high-priest of Hymen at Gretna-green,
if marrying was not done in a chapel, and Murray an-
swered that there was no chapel. The plaintiff and the
defendant then walked 300 yards further into Scotland,
and then returned to the station, and went by the train
to Carlisle. They then went to Liverpool, and lived to-
gether as man and wife at a boarding hotel in Islington.
They stayed together in Liverpool for nearly two
months, when defendant left the plaintiff, and returned
to his father's house. While they were at Liverpool,
viz., on the sth of June, the defendant wrote the follow-
ing letter to the parents of the plaintiff, who were then
living in Scotland :

"Liverpool, June 6, 1852.
" Dear Mr. and Mrs Alexander,—You will, I am sure,
be greatly surprised on receiving this letter from me,
which I wrote at your daughter Agnes's request ; but I
feel most positive that you will feel more surprised when I
tell you that Agnes is now, by her own free will and con-
sent, my lawful wife. She left her situation last Friday
morning, and we met soon after, and were fortwith united.
I cannot tell what your pleasure may be in the matter, but
I sincerely hope that neither you nor she may have the
slightest cause for complaint or regret. The difference in
our spheres in life has naturally caused some unpleasant-
ness with our family, although they are not positively ac-
quainted with the matter, but have been aware, some time
since, that there was a slight attachment betwixt us. I did
not as much as tell them I was going to be married, or that
it was not my intention to return home again when I left
the house last Friday morning. However, I purpose
writing to them in the course of a few days.
" It is my particular desire that you do not make the
matter known, as you are fully aware it might cause some
unpleasantness, for the sake of revenge, from a third
party, whom I am sorry to say you know but too well,
and who has created a good deal of uneasiness to you.
I need not mention any name, as you will perfectly
well understand whom I mean. Agnes informs me (as
was our previous arrangement) that you must expect
her home on Tuesday next, but I am sorry to say we
shall be under the necessity of disappointing you, for we
must necessarily defer visiting you until the summer is
passed. It is our intention of settling down here, and
making Liverpool our residence. In the meantime we
cannot give you any address, as we are now staying at a
private hotel, but purpose going into private lodgings to-
morrow, until we can meet with a house that will suit us ;
therefore, in the course of a few days, we will write to you
again, and give you a correct address.
" Time will not permit me to say more to you on the
matter, but I sincerely trust that what has taken place
will be entirely to your satisfaction. Agnes shall write to
you upon getting settled, giving you our address, as I am
most anxious to hear from you as soon as I possibly can.
Agnes unites with kind love to you and the family, and
believe me ever yours most faithfully,
" J. LAWTON SYDDALL.
" N. 8.—1 do not want your daughter Eliza to know of
the affair at present. You see that lam particularly de-
sirous that everything should be kept as comfortably as
possible, and without the slightest annoyance to your-
selves."

The defendant having left, the plaintiff went to her
father, and was, in the course of time, delivered of a
child. Application was then made to the defendant to
fulfil his promise, but he refused to do so.
Mr. Sergeant WilkinS addressed the jury on behalf of
the defendant, and contended that there was no evidence
to show that the defendant had done anything with a
design to lead the plaintiff aside from the path of recti-
tude. It was clear, from the conduct of the parties,
that they had no notion of being married when they
arrived at Gretna-green ; and there was no proof that
the defendant was the father of the plaintiff's child.
Even supposing the jury should think there was suffi-
cient evidence to establish the paternity of the child,
that had nothing to do with this case. It explained
nothing. It could not assist them in coming to a ver-
dict ; but it might, as it was intended to do, excite their
sympathies, and induce them to give a verdict of indig-
nation instead of reason. If the defendant was the father
of the plaintiff's child, she had her remedy. This action
had nothing to do with seduction. It was an action
for breach of promise of marriage, and supposing the
promise was made out to the satisfaction of the jury,
what damage had the plaintiff sustained ? It had not
been proved that the defendant had a fixed salary. In
all probability he was dependent upon his father for his
bread. What had she lost ? Why, who could doubt
that if such a marriage as this was realised it would be
one of the most miserable ? There was no evidence of any
promise at all. They might conjecture, they might have
their surmises and suspicions, but there was no proof, or
even presumptive evidence, of a promise of marriage ; the
presumptions were the other way ; and, so far from there
being any seduction in the case, the conduct of the young
woman showed that she was equally culpable with the
young man. Had a contract been entered into 7 Had
it been broken? If so, what damages had the plaintiff
sustained ? Ho submitted that there had been no con-
tract, and, if no contract, there was no breach of it, and
there would be no damages at all.
His Lordship summed up, and concluded by observing
that if they were satisfied that there was a promise, and
no agreement to dissolve it, they would say what damages
a young woman, twenty-three years of age, ought to
receive from the son of her master, who had made that
promise to marry her.
The jury consulted a few minutes, and gave a verdict
for the plaintiff, damages 501.
SINGLETON V. SELKIRK.

Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Overend appeared for
the plaintiff; and Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., for the defen-
dant.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
compensation for the injury he had sustained by the
seduction of his daughter by the defendant. •
Hannah Singleton I am the daughter of John
Singleton, and live with my parents at Gosforth,
in Cumberland. I am twenty-six years of age, and
have two brothers and two sisters. My father has
an estate of about 100 acres. The defendant is the
eldest son of Mr. Selkirk, who is a bacon curer and far-
mer in Cumberland, and resides near us. I first knew
defendant in September, 1851. I met him at Eskdale
fair, where I went with my brother. I saw him a fort-
night after at my father's. He said that William Her-
bert had shown him the way. After this he visited me
frequently. My parents saw him once. He said he
would marry me. He seduced me in December, 1851 ;
and after this, in the month of July, I told him that I was
in the family way, and he said that it could not be the
case ; afterwards I told him again, and he gave me a
bottle of stuff from the chemist's to take as medicine. I
took two bottles of the medicine. I told him that I had

taken it, and that it had not had any effect, and he got
another bottle, which he gave to me at Whitehaven ; he
took me to a shop, when he got the third bottle. I did
not take the third bottle.

His Lordship here asked if the plaintiff's counsel were
going to show that the medicine had any effect upon the
young woman ?
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—No, my lord.
His Lordship—Then I decide that it is inadmissible as
evidence.

Examination continued—He continued his visits until
December. The last bottle was obtained in December,
and after this-I never saw him again. I was delivered
of a child in January last, and was attended by a medical
man for some time. The defendant manages his father's
business. I have been poorly ever since.
Cross-examined--The defendant's father has seven
children. There was a dance at the fair when rmet the
defendant. I was not known at the fair as a good
dancer. I did not go to a great many dances. I stayed
at the dance till eleven o'clock, and afterwards went
home with the defendant. The Sunday week following
he came to see me at half-past ten at night. My father
and mother were gone to bed ; he knocked at the win-
dow and I let him in. Mary Singleton, a relative, was
in the house. Whilst he was there I heard my mother
talking, and say to my father, "It's one of them Gos-
forth lads ; get up and see." After this I took him out
and lit him across a field, and he turned back, and at
the fold-gates we met my father. I had more than one
lover before the defendant, who visited me at night and
remained some hours. The week after the defendant
came at night and stayed in the same way. I remember
the dance at Thornholme, in July, 1852. I was there
with the defendant, and we walked out into the fields.
The defendant seduced me at home long before this. I
did not write secretly to the defendant for a bottle of
medicine.

Re-examined—lt is a common thing for farmers'
daughters to go to fairs. There were four of us in the
cart when we went from the fair. He put me down about
a mile from my house. I wrote to him before he came
to see me at his request. I am not good friends with
my cousin, Mary Singleton. In one part of the county
it is common for young people to court late at night. I
have never been with any man but the defendant. He
first got the medicine in October, 1852- We had a party
at our house on the 4th of June. The defendant was
there.

William Herbert—l live near Gosfortb, and know the
plaintiff and defendant. On a Sunday, in Sept., 1851,
the defendant came to my place, and inquired if I could
direct him the way to the plaintiff's house, and I showed
him the way. In June last I was at the party at Mr.
Singleton's. The defendant was there.
Isaac Singleton—l am the plaintiff's eldest son. Since
the time my sister has been in the family way she has
been unable to assist in the farm. I know the defendant,
and recollect him being at the dance at Eskdale in Sept.,
1851, and after that I often saw him at my father's house
with my sister, He came to see her. Recollected the
party on the 4th of June. The defendant was there.
Since this action has been commenced, viz., in February
last, the defendant came and said he wished to speak
with me, and asked if I could settle the case, as he had
some money of his own privately, and would pay it to
me. I was to see the plaintiff, and to speak to the de-
fendant upon it on the Thursday following, but I- never
saw him to speak to him.
Stacy Gee—l am a druggist at Whitehaven. The
bottles produced are from my shop ; the medicine is
compound decoction of aloes and compound decoction of
steel, and is called Griffith's mixture. II know the de-
fendant and the plaintiff's daughter. I have seen them
at my shop.
Mr. Hill addressed the jury for the defendant, he said
that a verdiet,must 1)e given in favour of the plaintiff,
and the only question was the amount of damages which