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EWSPAPER

Crompton.
The plaintiff, Barbara Watson, sought to recover
from the defendant, Wm. Teat, compensation for
breach of promise to marry ; and the defendant
pleaded that he had never agreed as alleged, The
plaintiff is a dressmaker, aged 61, residing at Can-
nonley, Yorkshire. The defendant, who resides in
the same neighbourhood, is now 66. The courtship
out of which this action arose commenced 11 years
ago, and was continued without interruption until
May last. Things went on pleasantly till th© 13th
June last, when the defendant was unexpectedly
married to his own servant, a young woman aged
30. The defendant's property consisted of real
estate worth about £6OO a year, as well as a largo
sum he had invested in the funds.

PRICE.

RY 6,

STAMPED ....sd.

27th idem, just after we had closed. Since then we
have had telegraphic advices via Galle to the 11th
inst., both of which report favourably of the home
markets.

CAPE MACE.

resign; and we suppose that members of Parlia-
ment may expect to be called together at an early
day.

Cape Race, which is so often mentioned now in
connexion with our intercourse with the United
States, is the south-eastern point of Newfoundland,
and is the nearest point to Europe. The North
Transatlantic steamers pass near there on their way
to and from the United Kingdom and the United
States. There is a telegraphic communication be-
tween Cape Race and New York. The distance by
water is about 900 miles, and upwards of 1,000
miles by land. Outward bound steamers carry out
epitomes of English news in tin cans attached to
floats, which are thrown overboard off Cape Race,
and are picked up by boats, taken ashore, and the
epitomes are telegraphed to New York three days
before the outward packets can reach that port.
Sometimes these cases are not found, and occa-
sionally captains of steamers refuse to communicate
with Cape Race, and carry on their news to New
York or Boston, for the sake of the eclat and inte-
rest the bearers of important news excite. This
would appear to have been done by the commander
of the Europa, who might otherwise have allayed
fer six days the irritation of the American public
as to the demands of the English Government re-
specting the Trent affair. Steamers, as they leave
North America and pass Cape Race on their way to
England, receive there American telegrams, with
three days' later news to bring to this country.
Sometimes the darkness of night and rough weather
prevent these telegrams from being put on board
the steamers. If the electric telegraph cable be-
tween Ireland and St. John's, Newfoundland, had
been successfully laid down, the English Govern-
ment might have saved a couple of millions of
money spent in preparing for war with the United
States ; gambling to the tune of millions in public
securities might have been stopped, and two months
of intense excitement in this country and the United
States have been prevented.

Money still continues tight; the Bank rates,
however, are unchanged since our last.
Government securities have again advanced fur-
ther. Qutotations are now as follows :—Fours,
841; Fives, 97/ ; Fives-and-a-Half, 1041.
Exchange fell considerably on the arrival of the
last China mail, and now stands thus :—Bank paper,
2s. 0/d.; first class local credits, 2s. 13-16 d. to 2s.
15-16 d.; documents, 2s. Id. _ _

A letter from the plaintiff's attorney had been
sent to the defendant after the breach of promise,
but it was not answered (Teal could not write),
though the defendant called at the office, saidhe did
not purpose to defend the action, and was prepared
to pay any reasonable amount of damage for the
compensation of the plaintiff. He, however, failed
to keep an appointment which he made with the
latter view, and a writ was issued and served upon
him, he again stating that he would not defend
the action, and that he would pay reasonable
compensation. After an interlocutory order had
been made, the defendant took steps to have the
judgment set aside, which was effected by means
of a judge's order ; and therefore, the parties being
replaced in their former position, the present action
was brought.
The eldest sister of the plaintiff, Martha Watson,
65 years: old, said the plaintiff was about 60 years
of age, and was a:dressmaker. Plaintiff and defen-
dant had been courting fora long time ; and they
had often been together, both in the garden
and in the house. On one occasion, five or six
years ago, defendant said to plaintiff, " I am deter-
mined to be wed, Barbara, and if you will not have
me somebody else shall ;" to which the plaintiff re-
plied she was quite willing. On another occasion,
after having been on a pleasure excursion, the
defendant said, " Barbara, I have not brought you
you anything, but I can give you money and you
can buy something for yourself." On a third occa-
sion he said, " Barbara, I think we will order our
wedding now, to which she again replied that she
was quite willing it should take place. She had
procured a shawl for the anticipated marriage. De-
fendant had continued to keep ccmpany with the
plaintiff until a very short time before his marriage
In cross-examination, the witness admitted that
she, in common with most of the neighbours, had
been t.) the defendant's wedding party, and that
she had enjoyed herself pretty well. She was some-
what dubious as to the exact ago of her sister, and
said the plaintiff might be, though she did not
know, 62 years of age, and that she might have been
born in September, 1799. She considered defendant
a very agreeable man, and he always appeared
very fond of the plaintiff.
No witnesses were examined for the defendant,
but it was contended by the learned counsel in his
address to the jury, that no promise of marriage
had in fact been made by the defendant, all the con-
versations deposed to by the witnesses being merely
jokes between old and intimate friends, and that if
the plaintiff had really sustained any injury, very
slight damages would compensate her.
The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—.
Damages, £l5O.

Imports—We have to report a further material
advance in the values of piece goods generally. For
several days after the departure of the last mail
our market was very excited, and large sales of
piece goods were effected at an advance of 2a. to 4a.
on previous rates ; Gib. 40-in. shirtings reached the
high figure of 4r. Ba., and 71b. do. sr. 8a: This im-
provement was subsequently checked by the inju-
dicious policy of some European houses " calling"
bazaars, thinking by this means to get rid of large
quantities of goods at full prices. Dealers,however,
took fright at this, and at once reduced their offers
2a. to 3a. per piece, and the bazaars closed with-
out any sales being effected. Within the last few
days holders are again firma Dealers, however,
are now purchasing more cautiously, their recent
purchases only slowly leaving their hands, owing
to a very limited demand in the native bazaar.
Tho sales of the fortnight are chiefly confined to
gray shirtings; in other descriptions of gray goods
the sales are very small, There is now an improved
demand for bleached and printed fabrics, which are
a shade higher in price, and there is every prospect
of a good business being done in piece goods gene-
rally if holders will remain moderately firm, and not
press sales till there is more vigour in the Bazaar.
Twist is again in excellent demand, and the values
of most counts have advanced from half an anna to
1 anna per lb.

NADIAN PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.

TIE .REPORTED CAPTURE OF NANA
SAIIIB.

The following notification, dated Quebec, Dec. 20,

been issued :

(From the Tines of India of Dec. 12.)

" In view of the fact that Great Britain has made
certain demands of the United States, and of the
uncertainty whether the Washington Government
will accede to them, preparations for a war which
is, to say the least, quite possible are being made
by the authorities, both in England and Canada.
Three transports, the Persia, Australasian, and Mel-
bourne, are now on their way to Riviere du Loup,
with 30,000 stand of arms, two regiments, and three
batteries of Armstrong guns. We have no doubt
that further reinforcements and more munitions of
war will be sent on very shortly by way of Halifax;
and, as the Temiscouta road is now finished, both
troops and arms can be conveniently and expedi-
tiously forwarded by it, as well as by the Kempt
road. We understand that his Excellency the
Commander-in-Chief of the Militia will to-day issue
a general order for the immediate formation of one
company for active service from each battalion of
Sedentary Militia in Canada. It will be remem-
bered what valuable services in the field were ren-
dered during the last war by the so-called flank
companies,' and we suppose a similar organization
to theirs will be adopted now. There are at present,
in both sections of the province, 459 battalions of
Militia, and the organization of one company from
each will give a force, including officers, of 39,015
men. Adding the strength of the active Militia, clas-
ses A and B, which may be estimated at 7,500 men,
there will thus be organised a total militia army of
46,515 men. The flank companies are to be formed
so that each shall preserve as much as possible its
local character. This will also be kept in view in
grouping them together. Thus the Kent, Lincoln,
Quebec, Rimouski regiments and others will doubt-
less have a strong esprit de corps, and endeavour to
keep up the credit of the locality from which they
are recruited. Further details of the proposed ar-
rangements will of course be speedily made known
4:11 the proper officers and to.the public."

By far the most important item of news carried
by the present mail to Europe is the announcement
that the miscreant Nana of Bithoor was captured a
few days ago at Kurrachee, when on the point of
embarking from that port. Some difficulty seems to
the prisoner, and the
the point will be found
conflicting
experiencedfii
eting ev evidence
ei
nn
ce identifyingup on
fully detailed below. The capture was preceded
some days by a rumour in Kurrachee that the Nana
was making his way down the valley of the Indus
in the guise of a Hinglagee, purposing to make for
Dwarka from either Sonmeanee or Kurrachee, and
to proceed thence to Zanzibar or Muscat.
" We submit our readers this morning the follow-
ing details, which may be relied on. It was decided
yesterday by the authorities to liberate the person
apprehended, when Mr. Nugent Sulli-
van,
charge of the General Hospital,
apothe ca apothecary
as the
in Nana
learned from one of the patients under his care that
the Nana was known to him, he having been in
his employ at Bithoor for a long time, and having
parted from him just before the mutinies broke out.
Mr. Sullivan immediately put the man in a dooly,
and accompanied him to the place where the pri-
soner was confined, when a number of Purvoes and
others were presented to him, and he was called
on to state if the Nana was among them.
After a minute examination, he declared that the
miscreant was not there. Subsequently, another
batch, among whom was the apprehended man,
was brought forward, and he at once singled him
out, declaring that he was the ' Nana of Bithoor.'
He was thereupon questioned, and stated that
he had served the Nana, eaten of his salt, and
seen him for some years regularly every day ; he
could not be mistaken ' That man.was the Nana of
Bithoor.' Mr. Sullivan had his'patient carried off
to the hospital, and by four o'clock in the evening
Mr. Ingle, the Deputy Magistrate, the Foujdar of
Kurrachee, and a number of others, came up to the
hospital with the prisoner, and it was proposed to
question the sick Poorbeeah again. Mr. Sullivan
suggested that the prisoner should be disguised as
a Purvoe to make assurance doubly sure, which was
done, and the sick man was brought out to meet
the party ; he was asked if the Nana was there,
and, looking around, immediately pointed out the
man, declaring that ' That man is the Nana of
Bithoor and the: adopted son of Bajerow. I would
recognise him in any disguise.' A bystander ob-
served, The Nana has a hole on the top of his ear.'
'lf so,' said the Poorbeeah, ' that man must have
it, for here is the Nana; look for yourselves.' The
ear was examined, and the hole was there. After
this we can only say Mr. Sullivan deserves the
highest credit for the tact, zeal, and energy he has
displayed in the matter; were it not for him the
Nana would now have been free, and the bird lost
after it had been caged. Should the reward pro-
mised by Government be granted, Mr. Sullivan,
in our opinion, merits the lion's share of it.
"We told our readers not to be startled if the
Nana were among us in Kurrachee undiscovered.
We now tell them that the murderers of the Jen-
nings family, Mogul Beg and his accomplice, were
a few weeks ago apprehended and identified beyond
dispute in Upper Scinde, and sent up for trial to
the Punjab authorities. This information we with-
held, fearing it would scare away the Nana, whom
we expected down."

(From the Quebec Morning Chronicle, December 17.)
There is not a man among us who does not feel
proud of the old meteor flag this day. England has
been magnanimously patient during these many
years, remembering that, althoughthe United States
were often insolent and overbearing, the American

people were of British blood and spoke the familiar
mother tongue. But the States have now presumed
too far. The tone of mild expostulation is exchanged

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for that of decided resolution. We hear no more of
protocols and diplomatic correspondence; but of a
British ultimatum, backed up by British regiments,

British arms and ammunition, and British men d

war. It is a happy thought for us Canadians that
we are not responsible for the impending struggle.
No offensive act of ours has caused the quarrel or
precipitated its solution. Great Britain is not called
upon to partake in or avenge a quarrel of our seek-
ing or our making. We can therefore the more con-
fidently look to the parent State to help to defend
our territory with all its power. We may expect
rapid action now. Within a week Lord Lyons may
either be on the deck of the Warrior at Annapolis
or inside the fortifications at Quebec. Within a
month there may be 25,000 or 50,000 men threat-
ening our frontiers. And glad are we this morning
that we at least have not been sleeping, but have
foreseen the crisis, and have cried " Prepare !" so
urgently, that, in spite of the opiates administered
by a pusillanimous press elsewhere, the people
are aroused already. We shall not name the
journals to which we here allude. We will not
say one word now against their motives, for we
we wish to forget, as all patriots must forget, that we
have ever been divided into sections, with bitter po-
litical, national, religious, and sectional animosities.
We are all one people now: 'lt has been the
Chronicle's aim, for months past, to urge upon the
Imperial Government the necessity of sending
hither, during the open weather, additional regi-
ments and additional arms. We have not ceased to
call for their assistance to construct the Intereolonial
Railway as a means of communication with this
colony during winter. But we would not have either
our own people or the Americans forget that we have
arms ready for at least 50,000 men, that more are
coming, and that, though there is no railway all the
way to Halifax, there is a good broad road, tolerable
in summer, excellent in winter, with settlements all
along it. There is now no wilderness to traverse,
and half-a-dozen regiments could come to Halifax,
either on foot or in sleighs, with greater ease and in
much less time than one regiment accomplished the
task in the beginning of this century. It is, how-
ever, evident that we must put forth every effort to
help defend ourselves. The national life which is
beginning to throb in our veins is endangered. We
must show ourselves worthy of the Queen who go-
verns us, of the name we bear, of the history of our
fathers in England and France, and of our own glo-
rious traditions too. Let us set ourselves earnestly to
the work of preparation—mustering and drilling our
militiamen day after day. Under-estimating neither
the valour and resources of the people who may be
our enemy nor our own, let us do our duty while we
have time for making ready, silently but well. We
must knit our teeth and clinch our fists as resolute
men are wont. 'We must not emulate in brag and
bluster the politicians of the States—Welles, Se-
ward, Everett, Sumner, Caleb Cushing, Governor
Andrew—but must imitate and endeavour to
excel in earnestness of purpose the Southerners,
who battle for independence, and our own
sires who fought and won at Queenstown
heights and Chateauguay. It is still possible
that peace may be preserved. The decided attitude
of England, the promptitude of the Outland for
reparation, may produce a beneficial effect
in
bringing to their senses the insane Government of
Washington. 'We hope so. But the chances seem
slender, certainly not of a nature to admit of a day's
delay in preparation for immediate hostilities. Our
Active Militia must drill incessantly ; the officers
of the Sedentary Militia must qualify themselves or