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plaintiff-in the presence of her mothet and tallier. He said
he bad lied a I.ttter from her through a Mr. Hope, and that
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 he never
in'ended anything else, and would marry her some time
shortly, sooner than was expected, and he invited the whole
family to come and see them after. the happy event. When
_liearaseleaviag, he said, " Now, Elizabeth, you had better
go 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 mot ninb and take her honour-
ably to church, you may.' The defendant, however, did not
marry thaplaintiff, 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 reqiniring Lint to perform his
prOinit:e, stating • that a license Woula be' procured, and
making an appointment to meet him At the hetise of a friend -
-elites-name-of Hope, whence they .would go to church. No
notice was taken of this communicatini,
In cross-examination it appeared that.the delendant was
about fifty years of age, and that the w;tneesewas_aware that
be was at least occasionally in the helkit a being intoxicated.
The plaintiff had been in service before at the rate of eight
guineaS per annum. With the defeWlaut she was to have
not quite so much.
Char:otte Smith, sister of the plaintiff. and Martin Prow',
r uncle, gave similar testimony. The latter on one occasion
had called to see the defendaiit while tte plaintiff was there.
The defendant asked him to stop all night, and in the course
of conversation informed bith that, he (the defendant) hail
about 200 L owing to him for corn, but that he was in no want
of it, as he farmed his own land.
It appeared from the will of the defendant's father that he
/eft swine freeheld and leasehold property to be divided among
his sons.
Mr. KNOWLES 'addressed the jliey for
.the defence, com-
menting strongly on the circumstance of there being no
proOT Ovate-fer Jr any promise, except by the testimony of
members of the family interested in establishing it. Ile
observed upon the imprudenee.ef the plaintiff's relatives in
permitting a young woman to become the inmate of the
defendant's house, in which no other person resided, espe-
cially as they were aware he was a person in whom, some-
times at least, intoxication mastered hie reason ; and be
contended that if they should return a verdict for the plain -
tin; 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. LonDsmp, 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 beeach of the defendant's contract, and it was from the 'ead
fact4oe eeduction a greater injury toe' laiatiff to bre°- e;
l'hatTAtnet, both az te,gattietttitifte.: o
treiinent and her wouedpd_fgennA•s: - Verdict for the plaintitr—tarts-'47a
' Several cases were disposed of during the day on the
criminal side, bat none were of any public interest.

MIDDLESEX,
ODLESEX- SESSIONS.
(Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE . and a Bench of Magistrates.)
On Wednesday, Dominic Scuroni was indicted for fraudu-
lently obtaining from Mr. Chilies Dickens the sum of 2/.
Mr. DOANS stated the caserfor the prosecution. The pri-
soner was taken into custody by the officers 01 the Mendieiry
Society, and was charged with personating Mr. Maatzini 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 and a letter addressed to his master, which he delivered.
Mr. Charles Dickens was then examined. He produced
the following letter written in very bad French, which, be-
lieving to be a genuine document really written by Mr.
Mazzini, who appeared to be in great distress, he had enclosed-
two sovereigns-fer him in a letter of commisseration :
"To the very honoured and celebrated Charles
Dickens, Esq., &e.
"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 i that have followed him even on the hospitable soil of
England, have driven him to the painful extremity of get-
' fillip,- 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, nig you refuse to accept the work of •
the unfortunate proscribed Mazzini,' and to grant him a re-
tribution (contributiofl)? No, Ido not believe you will, and
I venture to hope that the day of to-morrow will prove that
my reliance has not been vain.—Your obedient and respEctful
servant, "GIUSEPPE MAZZIXI.
"Jan. 27, 1846."
Giuseppe Maazini stated that he bad 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 hii 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
The COURT, after a suitable admoition, sentenced him to
imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction for
six calendat months.

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