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London, England, 1848-08-10 00:00:00

of his client's niece, the Learned Counsel then put in a copy
of correspondence that had taken place between the plain.
till's niece and the defendant, after the birth of the child.
The tenor of this correspondence was in unison with the cir-
cumstances of the case, as borne out by evidence. The fol-
lowing is an extract from one of the letters of the defendant,
dated Greenwich, March 25th, 1848:
" You say you suppose you are not the first woman I have
treated so; indeed you are, and bitterly, very bitterly do I
n..gret it. It was no common case of seduction ; till I left 1
fully intended to marry you. Believe me in ths, and then
perhaps you will not think me so base. I should much like
to see you, so you may suppose I still care for you. How can
we meet? can vou come to Windsor. If so, what day,
_

what time? If .'ou do not mean to see me, write, and
will send you another remittance. Did I not, my dear girl,
supply you as well as I could with money? You little
know the straits I went through to procure it for you. lam
quite sure if you ever did you still regard me with affection,
and nothing can give me greater pleasure than to hear from
you that you are well. If you can conveniently, I know
you would like to see me. If you do come, tell me the day
and time you will be in Clarence-crescent. It will be a very
good ni.,!eting-place. We can then have a talk about the
!attire." The letter in reply to this invitation was a refusal
to meet the defendant, and an expression of regret that he
should" be put to the straits to forward such trilling sun.s of
money as he had done." • Hereupon the defendant conclides
the corre.,pondence by forwarding half a sovereign, with an
intiAtation that he shall do the saute monthly, and that the
law (amid not compel him to do more.
Shortly after the defendant married another lady, and the
appeal was now made to a jury.
Mary Ann Brown, a good-looking young woman, was Olen
called. She said—The plaintiff is my aunt. In 1846 I was
living with her at Brockhill, Berkshire. My brother also
lived in the same cottage. I first became acquainted with
the defendant in June, 184 G, and he paid his addresses t 6 me
after that time. The first time he came to my aunt's fot-
tage he brought me some books, and he then asked permis-
siou to visit me as a suitor, After tbis time he freque%tly
camo to visit me, but my aunt repeatedly advised me to
discontinue the connexion. The defendant frequently
promised to marry me, and he bought me the wedding-
ring which I now produce. The first time he made ne a
promise of marriage was in November, 1846, and it was
after that period that an improper intimacy tock place
between us. That intimacy occurred either al the ~.tter
end of February or the beginning of March, 1847. It
took place in my aunt's cottage, and my aunt and my
brother were in another part of the house at the
time it happened. I was unwilling to consent. Even-
tually he succeeded in effecting his object, but it was
against my consent. After this the intercourse was continued,

and I consented to the defendant's wishes, because he told me
that it could not make any differenca then, and that he would
not marry me unless I yielded to his wishes. I was confined
December 7, 1847, with a female child, and the defendant is
the father of that child. While I was in the family way he
bought me a wedding-ring, and told me to wear it, to induce
the neighbours to believe that I was married, and I did so;
but my aunt knew the truth. While the defendant was pay-
ing his addresses to me, he told me that he should hay 3 271. V.
a year from his father, and that when he was twenty- five years
old he should have 2501. a year from his grandfather. After
the child was born the defendant repeated his promise of
marriage, but said he could not marry me until he came of
age, and he gave me small sums of money on different occa-
sions—a few shillings at a time. The whole I have received
from him is 9/. and 6d. I sin still living with my aunt, and
am entireiy dependent upon her, as since this occurrence I
have not been able to obtain any of my usual employment at
needle-work. I have seen the defendant in Guildford during
these assizes, and I have bean informed that he is married.
fly Mr. CIIAMBERS—I ant not sure whether I am now
30 or 31 years old, but I am sure that I never told the de-
fendant I was five or six and thirty. I may have told him
that I was confident as to my age, but I believed I was near
thirty. I first met the defendant at the White Hart public-
house, near my aunt's cottage. I was acquainted with the
landlady, and had taken two of her children to see Ascot
races, and when I returned I was in the bar parlour with
her. The defendant had also been to the races, and on his
return he called at the White Hart to take some refresh-
ment. He entered into conversation with me, and told me
he had some very interesting books, which he would lend
me to read, and he asked permission to visit me next day.
He did call the next day, and gave me some books, and in-
, troduced himself to my aunt. After this the defendant came
repeatedly in the evening to the cottage, and my aunt and
I my brother used to go out of the room, and leave us to•
gether, sometimes for an hour or two. The defendant
used to smoke cigars or a pipe, and sometimes he had
• gin and water, and tither refreshment, but I never
drank any gin and water with him. lie used often
to talk about his " mama."—(A laugh.) He always called
her his " mama." I never asked the defendant what his age
was, but he told me that he was not of age, and that he was
a ward in Chancery, and if he married before he was of age
the marriage could be set aside. He also told me that he
should not be of age until the 26th of February, in the pre-
' sent year. Upon one occasion I told the defendant that I
should sue him for the support of my baby, and he said in
answer that he would " cheek" any one out of anything in
a court of justice.—(A laugh.) The only offer he has ever
made me was to give me half a crown a week. He used to

visit me after the child was born, but after the 23d of
February last he entirely discontinued his visits. Up to
that time I always thought that he intended to marry me.
Mr. W. May, a gentleman residing at Brockhill, deposed
that he had known the plaintiff and her family for a good
many years, and they bore a very respectable character.
Mr. J. B. May, the attorney for the plaintiff, deposed
that upon his attention being called to the matter by his
father, he undertook to act in it, but in the first instance
he did not do so professionally, but merely to mediate
between the parties with a view to obtain some compen-
sation from the defendant. He accordingly wrote to the
defendant on the Ilth April, and he called at his office, and
witness told him that his object was to induce him to do what
was right to the family whom he had injured. The defen-
dant replied that his income was only 3001. a year, and he
asked witness what he should expect him to do, and he told
him he thought he ought to make the mother some small al-
lowance. The defendant treated the matter very lightly, and
he was so flippant that witness was quite disgusted at his
conduct, and told him if he did not behave differently he
must quit the office. The defendant then asked him if 12/. a
year would be enough, and witness then asked him what he
intended to do to reimburse the aunt for her expenses, and
whether he had any intention of carrying out his promise of
marriage. The defendant replied that he was not of age
when lie made the promise, and that if they went to law
with him lie had an uncle in Italy, and if they got a verdict
he should join him, and neither aunt nor niece should ever
get a farthing.
Mr. CHAMBERS then addressed the jury for the defendant.
He should contend that on the present occasion the jury
had nothing whatever to do 7rith the breach of promise, but
they were merely called upon to say what damage the aunt
had really sustained. He complained of the topics that had
been introduced to prejudice the case of the youth for whom
he appeared. It was clear, that at the time the intimacy
took place between the parties he was not more than 19.
while the young woman whom he was alleged to have se-
duced was at all events-eight or nine years older. With re-
gard to the seduction, he considered it more probable that
the young lady of seven-and-twenty, who was evidently
possessed of considerable experience in worldly matters,
, should have been the seducer, than the boy of nineteen who
was innocently talking about his " mama."
t The CHIEF BARON having summed up, the jury, after a
short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages 2001.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY.
Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the
Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
the Prince of Wales. the Princess Royal, Princess Alice,
and Prince Alfred, and attended by Viscountess Canning
(Lady in Waitine), the Hon. Miss Dawson (Maid of
Honour), Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps (Equerry
in Waiting), and Colonel Wylde (in Waiting upon his
Royal Highness), embarked yesterday on board the
Fairy, at Osborne Pier, and proceeded to the Portsmouth
Regatta. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, with
the Royal Children, returned to Osborne at about six
o'clock.

There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes-
terday evening.
His Royal Highness the Prince:Albert, attended by
Lieut.-Colonel Wylde, went at nine o'clock this morning
to Appuldurcombe, the seat of the Earl of Yarborough,
to view the farming stock.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac-
companied by the Princess Mary, and attended by
Baroness Bose and Baron Knesebeck, proceeded from her
residence at Kew, yesterday morning, to the terminus at
Waterloo bridge, and took her departure by the London
and South-Western Railway, for Cowes, Isle of Wight.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yester-
day, at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, and Sir
George Couper, dined with her Majesty the Queen
Dowager yesterday evening, at Marlborough House.
Prince Casteleicala, the Neapolitan Minister, had an
interview with Viscount Palmerston on Tuesday. His
Excellency had another interview with his Lordship
yesterday.
Mr. W. T. M'Cullagh and Mr. George Roe had an in-
terview with the Right lion. H. Labouchere, yesterday,
at the office of the Board of Trade.
Lord Ashley had an interview with Earl Grey yester•
day. Mr. Bolton had also an interview yesterday with
the Noble Earl, at the Colonial-office.
His Excellency the American Minister transacted
business yesterday, at the Foreign-office.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr.
John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had also an
sew yesterday, yesterday, with the Right Hon. Baronet, at hie
official residence in Downing-street.

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Lady Cowley and family embarked yesterday
morning on board the General Steam Navigation Com-
pany's steam-ship Triton, at Blackwall for Ostend.
- 'lna NEW NOVELIST.—NOW that the great ex-
citement caused by the Paris and Dublin insurrections has a
little subsided, it is to be presumed that some portion of the
public attention will again be devoted to literature, which
his of late sadly lacked the necessary patronage. Among
the works of fiction that have just appeared is one which
although a first production of its author seems eminently
entitled to distinction. We allude to the novel called "The
Discipline of Life." The authorship is ascribed by the Bri-
tannia to a noble lady, who, to judge from the review in
question, need no longer desire concealment. The object of
the work (says the " Britannia ") is to show how much
of happiness depends on self-discipline; and adds, that
it cannot fail to place the authoress in the first rank of
female novelists. It contains passages of great beauty and
pathos, evidently written by one who thinks much and feels
deeply, and impresses us with a high idea of the talent of the
author.

A BOA. CONSTRICTOR.—AMERICIN MEASUREMENT.
—A vessel from the African coast is said to have arrived
at Salem, bringing the largest boa constrictor ever cap-
tured by man. According to this marvellous story it re-
quired 126 negroes to capture her with a rope net. She
is 30 feet long, and has laid 57 eggs of the aggregate
weight of 70 pounds. Oue of these being broken there
issued a young snake, of seven inches long. The owner
demands 11,000 dolls. for the curiosity, and has had
offered 7,000 dolls.—American Paper.
A SIMPLE ANSWER TO A POLITE QIJESTION.-
" Can I show you anything more to-day, Sir?" asked
the civil gentleman behind the counter of his worthy
customer. " Yes," was the reply, " will you be good
enough to show me the silk umbrella I left here three
weeks ago?"

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