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f,r the practical good and relie of the masses in this
country."
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Mr. ALEXANDER IWACPHAIL moved the third resolu
tion, which was seconded by Mr. JOHN LAYToN :
" That it is the opinion of this meeting Sir Robert
Peel has left a name which will ion.. be remembered
in the hearts and homes of the workinl-men of this em-
pire, and that his memory should be deservedly cherished
by all who have to earn their daily bread by labour, as
well as by those who desire the welfare and comfort of
their poorer fellow-men."
Tne CHAIRMAN having invited any one of the work-
ing classes in the meeting to speak to the resolution,
A person named ALEXANDER CAMPBELL came for-
ward and said that the labouring classee, of which he
was a member, regarded the late Sir Robert Peel as one
who had endeavoured to do all the good in his power,
and that upon that account they were willing to assist
in raising a monument to his memory; but the speaker
protested against the statement that the reduction in the
price of the loaf was the salvation of the working man.
He was proceeding to complain of the condition of the
labouring classes, and to depreciate the effects of the
repeal of the corn-laws, when he was encountered by a
violent burst of disapprobation from the enirc meeting,
which obliged him to sit down. 'A person who gave his
name as Charles Murray, and who stated that he was a
boot and shoo maker, at the West-end, end represented
the views of 800 men in the satire trade, attempted to
address the meeting in a similar strain to the last speaker,
but could not obtain a hearing. The resolution was then
put and carried, one hand only being held up against it
The following resolutions were also agreed to unani-
mously:—
" That this meeting is of opinion that, as the expenses
hitherto incurred, and to be incurred, in carrying out a
national work of the magnitude proposed will be consi-
derable, and as it is d,s'rlble that every penny sub-
scribed by the working men should, if possible, be applied
to the legitimate object in view, the pecuniary aid pt the
more wealthy of their countrymen to the subscription
now open to defray the expenses is solicited, in order
that the committee may be enabled to carry out their
plans in all their integrity.
That the best thanks of the meeting are due to
Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., Lord John Russell, M.P.,
Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., Viscount llardinge, Sir
James Duke, Bart., M.P., and the Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstone, M.P., for their condial assent to act as
trustees for the National Subscriptions Fund for the
Working Men's Monument to the late Sir Robert Peel,
M.P.; and to the numerous other noblemen and gentle-
men who have so kindly extended their patronage and
aid to the measure, but more particularly to Sir Joshua
Walmsley, Bart., M.P., for his kindness in taking the
chair.
" That the thanks of this meeting are du*, and are
hereby given, to the chairman (Mr. Yates)! the honorary
secretary (Mr. Downes), and to the committee generally,
for the great exertions and pecuniary assistance by which
they have brought the machinery for carryingF out this
great movement into its present forward state."
The meeting then separated.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Abingdon, July 11.

CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord CAMPBELL and-Common
Juries.)
BRISTOW V. HARFORD.—SEDUCTION.
This was au action for the seduction of the plaintiff's
danghter. Damages were laid at 40004 Plea—Not
Guilty.
Mr. Sergeant C. Jones (who came on a special re-
tainer from London), Mr. W. H. Cooke, and Mr. P.
M'Mahon appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Whately,
Q.C., Mr. Pigott, and Mr. Lawrence for the defendant.
This case created considerable local interest, in con-
sequence of the rank and position of the defendant, who
is a member of one of the wealthiest families in the
county, and was formerly an officer in the 10th Regi-
ment of Foot. The plaintiff was a man in humble cir-
cumstances, who had been formerly a farm bailiff to
several gentlemen of respectability, and who farmed
about 11 acres of land, and kept a beer-house at Water
Oakley, about three miles from Windsor and Maiden•
head, in this county. The defendant, since he had re-
tired from the army, resided with his mother, who was
described as a widow lady of large fortune, who kept a
carriage and pair, and a large retinue of servants, at
Down-place, close to the plaintiff's house. The defend-
ant kept a pair of hunters, and drove out generally in a
dog-cart, with a groom. In 1846 he entered into a sort
of partnership with the plaintiff, for the purpose of
dealing in cows, calves, pigs, &c.; and this partnership
continued up to last year. The plaintiff, not being able
to read or write, employed his daughters to keep the
accounts.
Anne Bristow, a good-looking country girl, but not at
all particularly handsome or attractive, examined by
Mr. CooKE—Came homo from service about two years
ago, and will be 23 next August. The defendant de-
scribed himself to her as between 30 and 40. She had
to keep the accounts, her sister Maria having gone from
home. The book in which the accounts were kept was
marked with the initials " C. H. and H. 8., pig dealers,"
i 1 the defendant's handwriting, and the accounts were
written partly by him, partly by her, and partly by her
sister. Through settling the accounts she was brought
frc quently into company witls him, and he after some
months bean to pay attentions to her, and tell her that
if she yielded to his wishes, he would always protect
her; that she should never want money; that he had
not money enough to marry her during his mother's life,
but would certainly do so after her death. He at length
succeeded—on the 15th of June, 1849, about nine o'clock
at night, in the tap-room—when her father and mother
were gone to bed, and she remained up arranging the
accounts. She yielded to him on some subsequent oc-
casions, and soon found herself in the family way. She
told him of it. He give her 3F. 63., and pressed her to
take medicine to procure abortion, and offered t.) get it
for her at the chemists, at Maidenhead. She refused
to take it. He pressed her to do so three or four dif-
ferent times afterwards, and on her asking him would he
not be ashamed to ask for such stuff, he replied that he
would not. He once told her he had some of it in his
pocket. She said she would take it, and that they had
better part. He was displeased, and said they had, and
never afterwards visited her. In March she was delivered
of a male child. He refused to give anything towards
its support. She summoned him before the magistrates
at Maidenhead, who, upon hearing the case and the evi-
dence on both sides, male an order of affiliation upon
him, and ordered him to pay 2s. 6d. a week for the child.
For six weeks before her confinement, and since up to
the present time, she bad been unable to attend her
father's business, and as her mother was confined to her
bed, he was obliged to hire another young woman, to
whom he gave ss. a week and her board and lodging.
Cross-examined by Mr. WHATELY—Had lived for

two years with the countess of Antrim, in London, and
had been before that in different places. There used to
be dances at her father's house very frequently. She
did not know how often. The defendant issuei the
cards. They were tickets for supper and dancing. There
was a dance once in two or three months. There were
dances at her father's house before she knew Mr. Harford.
They wed to continue till seven or eight in the morning.
Young men and young women used to come and dance.
They danced all sorts of dances, and generally endPd
with the cushion dance. That was a dance in which
every man kissed his partner, and they all kissed each
other round. She did not know a man named Frank
Agar. Never saw him at the dances. Never was alone
with him in the cellar. Did not know the Honours of
War, or Simpson's beer house, at Windsor. Never spoke
to a Life Guardsman at Windsor. Did not know Mrs.
Goodchild, or Charlotte Chapman, or Elisabeth or Sarah
Sorrell, or Hester Turner.

Re-examined—Her sister lived for twelve years at the
Countess of Antrim's. Harford danced with her. She
Cid not remain up all night, but went to bed, and was up
in the morning and found the company there. The
dances occurred two or three times a year.
Charlotte Maria Randall, who was the person hired
by plaintiff to attend on his daughter during her illness,
and to attend to the business of his house, confirmed the
last witness in some particulars as to sending her and
the defendant together on two or three occasions. She
always considered Anne Bristow a very well-conducted
young woman, and never heard a word against her till
this transaction.

John Robinson, a labourer, formerly in the service of
Mrs. Harford, proved the rank and position of that lady
and the defendant, as before stated, and had always con-
sid'red Ann Bristow a modest, well-conducted young

woman.
Robert
Stevens also spoke to her good character. To
the dances they were admitted by paying a shilling at
the door. All the women were respectable women of
atesthivreldaai
particularthi attention to Anne Bristow, and playedhisppaairdt
veaesagnrfoairvseat:s he knew. Mr. Harfordalwa.y.e
supper.
Mr. hotel-keeper and farmer, at
Maidenhead, and Mr. Winder, a farmer, spoke to the
generil respectability of the plaintiff.
Richard Stevens, a brickmaker, said he had attended
the dances at plaintiff's. Not more than fourteen per-
sons could stand in the room. The females were all re-
spectable girls of the village. Mrs. Harford's and Mrs.
Lovegrove's servants usually came there. Prior to the
inquiry before the justices at Maidenhead, defendant
came to him, as he was at home working, and said, " You
are just the young man I want to see. lam come about
that ehild of Anne Bristow 's, and you are the young
man who can clear me," and pressed him to go to his
attorney's, Mr. Ward, of Windsor, and say that he had
been left up all night with her and her sister, while the
plaintiff and his wife were in bed; which was wholly
untrue. For the purpose of getting rid of him, he said
he would go. The defendant said he wanted to prove
her a—, and that witness must have been intimate
with her. Witness never had been so, and told him so;
and considered her a prudent well-conducted girl. De-
fendant said, if he lost the day lie would not be made to
pay more than half-a-crown a week, and that would not
break him; and added, " I do not know that I can do
you any good, but I will if I can; but
seen you
de know
daold
13ristow can do you no good.ith her on Sundays. Was
" Had the fennt
walking home from church w
examined before the magistrates and stated these facts,
and had not seen Mr. Harford since till to-day,
kissing—all round. You
Cross-examined—Had been to threeAt othrefocuurshhbiisaolbnlsud.saiannnecdses
used to remain until six or seven in the morning. They
utod to be short of females, for many of them went
a Nay about twelve o'clock, and the men were obliged to
dance with each other. Had seen Mr. flarford pull
off his coat and dance the cushion dance in his shirt-
sleeves. He (Mr. Hayford) used sometimes to come in
censurable,
and gived them
be a gallon
good
deal
of fl
of ale.
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kissed your own partner and others.
This was the plaintiff's case.
Mr. WILATELY, in addressing the jury for the de•
fendant, said that the conduct of the defendant in lend•
in;; money
ebouurda
notoeot
and
dv
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een
of insinuating
himself into the favour of the daughter Anne, as she
was not at home for two years afterwards, lie was in.
for praiseworthyrt
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de
of
&traded to deny altogether the truth of the conversation