The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-13 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 12.
SIR WILLIAM CURTIS, DART. V. NEWMAN.

Mr. Serjeant WILDE stated that this was an sic•
tints upon the warranty of a horse sold to the plain-
tiff, and which was found to be unsound. The case
arose out of what was called horse daunting and
pulling. Sir William Curtis learning from an ad-
vertisement that the defendant had an excellent
horse to dispose of, and wanting one of that de-
scription for Isis cabriolet, sent his coachman to
the defendant's livery stables, in Buckingham-place,
New-road. The horse was shown, and praised as
an animal of a good breed, and perfect in every
respect. Sir William Curtis finally purchased the
horse for 681, and it was_warranter) sound and
quiet in harness; however, the first time he drove
it out it was found to be what was called dead
lame. When an application was made to the de-
fendant upon the subject, he said he could not help
the horse being unbound, but that he would take
it back again, provided some allowance was made
to him out of the purchase-money; but he never
sent for the horse, and it having beets ascertained
that the lameness was permanent, and caused by an
ossification of the pastern joint (called the ring-
bone); the plaintiff gave directions to have it sold.
The sum obtained at the sale was 31 guineas, which,
after deducting expenses, left M. Ifs. 10d. The
plaintiff, therefore, sought, to recover the difference
between that sum and the 684 paid for the horse
in the first instance.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 19!. 14s.

FATAL TERMINATION OF A DUEL... -A
young man of a respectable family at Havre having last
week quarrelled with a person of his acquaintance, a dud
ensued. His adversary who was to fire first, discharged
his pistol in the air. Irritated at this act,
fur a humiliating mark of superiority, the young 014" ft"
turned home and shot himielt. which he took

BATTLE 01? NITATERLOO.

The fiction of the Duke of Wellington having
een surp►-ised on the above great occasion, has main-
rained its place in almost all narratives of the war
for 15 years. The Duke's magnanimous silence for
so long a period will be appreciated by posterity.
The facts of the case are now given,fr•o►n authenticity
ill the History (f Napoleon Bonaparte, which forms
(he two first volumes of The Family Library:—
"At half-past one o'clock p.m. of the same day
(Thursday the 15th), a Prussian officer of high mit
arrived at Wellington's head-quarters in Brussels,
with the intelligence of Napoleon's decisive opera-
ions. By two o'clock orders were despatched to
all the cantonments of the Duke's army fur the divi-
•ions to break up, and concentrate on the left at
Quatre-bras, his Grace's design being that his whole
force should be assembled there, by eleven o'clock
on the next night, Friday, the 16th.
" It was at first intended to put off a ball an-
nounced for the evening of Thursday, at the Duchess
of Richmond's hotel in Brussels; but on reflection
it seemed highly important that the population of
that city should be kept as far us po's&l►le in igno-
rance as to the course of events, and the Duke of
Wellington desired that the ball should proceed ac-
cordingly,—nay, the general officers received his
commands to appear in the ball-room, each taking
eare to quit the apartment as quietly as possible, at
ten o'clock, and proceed to join his respective divi-
sion en route. This arrangement was carried into
-trict execution. The Duke himself retired at twelve
i.'clock, and left Brussels at six o'clock next n►orniug
for Quutrc.bras. The reserve quitted Brussels in
the night with the most perfect silence and regu-
larity, unnoticed by the inhabitants and the events

I,ich have occurred were almost wholly uuknow
i that city, except to the military authoritie3, tutt
he next (b

" The ljake of Wellington conversed at the ball
with various persons on the movements which had
occurred—stuted his calculation of the French force
di-ected against his left, and expressed his confidence
hat his whole army would be up at Quatre-bras by
eleven o'clock the next night. This tnost extraor-
dinary and rapid concentration of force was effected;
he various divisions of the army, previously can-
toned over an extent of fifty miles, were collected ar
(4aatre-bras, within the short space of 24 hours."—
Vol. ii. p. 309.

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