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r plaintiff in the presence of her mother and father. He siald>
he bad had a Ltter from her through a Mr. Hope, and, at,
it was all right. The plaintiff's father said, " Well, George,
you have promised marriage to Elizabeth, when do you in-
tend to perform your promise?" He replied that lie never
intended anything else, and would marry her same time
shortly, sooner than was expected, and he invited the whole
family to come and see them after the happy event. When
he was leaving, he said, " Now, Elizabeth, you had better
gs home with me to-night, and we'll be married to-morrow
morning." Plaintiff's father said, " No, George, I cannot
allow that. If you come in the morning and take her honour-
ably to church, you may." The defendant, however, did not
marry the plaintiff, and a child was born on the 15th of Sep-
tember. On the 6th of August preceding, the witness had
written a letter to the defendant requiring him to perform his
promise, stating that a license would be procured, and
making an appointment to meet him at the house of a friend
of the name of Hope, whence they would go to church. No
notice was taken of this communication.
In cross-examination it appeared that the defendant was
about fifty years of age, and that the witness was aware that
he was at least occasionally in the habit of being intoxicated.
The plaintiff had been in service before at the rate of eight
guineas per annum. With the defendant she was to have
not quite so much.
Charlotte Smith, sister of the plaintiff, and Martin Proud,
her uncle, gave similar testimony. The latter on one occasion
bad called to see the defendant while the plaintiff was there.
The defendant asked him to stop all night, and in the course
of conversation informed him that he (the defendant) had
about 200/. owing to him for corn, but that he was in no want
of it, as lie farmed his own land.
It appeared from the will of the defendant's father that he
left some freehold and leasehold property to be divided among
his sons.
Mr. KNOWLES addressed the jury for the defence, com-
menting strongly on the circumstance of there being no
proof whatever of any promise, except by the testimony of
members of the family interested in establishing it. He
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cially as they were aware he was a person in whom, some-
times at least, intoxication mastered his reason; and he
contended that if they should return a verdict for the plain-
tiff, they should lay out of consideration the seduction,
which would perhaps form the subject of another action, but
could not be taken into consideration in this.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up, observed that the jury
even in this action could not lay the fact of the seduction
entirely out of the question. The damages sought were for
a breach of the defendant's contract, and it was from the
fact of the seduction -a greater injury to the plaintiff to break
that contract, both as regarded her prospect of a future sets
tlement and her wounded feelings.
Verdict for the. Plaintiff—Damages, 1007.
Several cases were disposed of during the day on the
criminal side, but none were of any public interest.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(Before the AssISTANT-JUDGE and a Bench of Magistrates.)
On Wednesday, Dominic Seuron; was- indicted for fraudu-
lently obtaining from Mr. Charles Dickens the sum of 21.
Mr. DOANE stated the case for the prosecution. The pri-
soner was taken into custody by the officers of the Mendicity
Society, and was charged with personating Mr. Mazzini for
fraudulent purposes.
The first witness examined was John Thompson, who de-
posed that he was in the service of Mr. Charles Dickens, and
that the defendant came to his master's house one evening in
the early part of the month of January last, with a book
and a letter addressed to his master, which lie delivered.
• Mr. Charles Dickens was then examined. He produced
the following letter written in very bad French, which, be-
lieving to bs a genuine document really written by Mr.
Mazzini, who appeared to be in great distress, he had enclosed
two sovereigns for him in a letter of commisseration:—
"To the very honoured and celebrated Charles
Dickens, Esq., &c.

"The sad celebrity obtained by the author of the sub-
joined pamphlet, in reward of the immense sacrifices made
by him to his country's emancipation, and the cruel persecu-
tion; that have followed him even on the hospitable soil of
England, hive driven him to the painful extremity of get,
ting his daily bread through the working of his weak pen.
You, a celebrated writer—you, whom they say to be as much
eminent as generous, will you refuse to accept the work of
the unfortunate proscribed Mazzini, and to grant him a re-
tribution (contribu:ion)? No, Ido not believe you will, and
I venture to hope that the day of to-morrow will prove that
my reliance has net been vain.—Your obedient and respectful
servant, " GIUSEPPE MAZZINI.
"Jan. 27, 1846." _ _ _

Giuseppe Mazzini stated that he had given no authority
to the defendant to send round his pamphlet, or obtain money
for him. Defendant had not given him the money he re-
ceived, nor any portion of it, but, on the contrary, he had
called upon him about the same period, and asked him also
for pecuniary assistance.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that he had been the dupe
of a foreign Count, and that he had given to him the letter
and the money he had received. It appeared, however, clearly
that he had represented himself as Mr. Mazzini.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The COURT, after a suitable admonition, sentenced him to
imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction for
six calendar months.

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