The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1860.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

osincr '
Share) Cl
Railways. Paid. price' Businessdone
100 Atlantic &, St Lawrence all 75 77 761
•'
stk
Born Baroda&.Cent Ind
Gu. 5 per cent. lOO 941 951 95 i
18 Do, Do. v 16 15 1 d
201 Buffalo and Lade Huron all 44 bid
204 Do. New ....... all
10 Do. Preference all 61 7
100 1 Buiralo,Brant,&Godricl 100 75 80
ii p, et. bds. Aug. 1, IS7:
100 De. do. July 1, 187 100 67 72
100 Do. do. June 1, 187 100 63 ;0
5 Cleat ta. &S. East n. (Lim 3 1d pr
20 Cape,Eaatn.Prov. (Lim. 2s.
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 1u la d
20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 7l 11 1 d
174 Demerara all
20 Eastn. Bengal gm sp. ( 10 14 ltd 84
stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 101 102' 1014 I
20 Do. F Shares Ext.._ all d pr
20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr
100 • Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 99 100
100 Do. sp. c. Dab., 186 L all 1001 101/
20 Geelong & Melbourne all
stock Geelong; Corporation I'
per cent. Bonds
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 24 25 25 41 51
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 76 78 77
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 46 48 48
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 . , all 54 57 ,
100 Do. do. 1867 all 47 50
100 Do. do. 1872 „' all 46 19
stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 07 98 974 8
20 Do. New gna. sp. c 8 1d 1 d
20 It. South. of India (Lim'
guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 11d
20. Gt. W. of Canada Shares all loi 111
201 Do. New .. .......
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with
opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all s 3 96
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 03
stock Madras, guar., 45 p. c lOO 85 96
stock Do. do. 5 per cent
stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 88 89
20 Do. Fourth do l5 11 11 0
20 Do. do all
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds lOO
20 Newßrunswick & Canda
Ry.&Land(Lim.),g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Share
▪ Do. do. Land do
20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... all 5 7
• Do. do. Land do. ......
20 Oude (Limited)
stock 'cinde ..... ..... '"q 5 100 ;99 100
20 Do. Punjaub .... 14 a 9 10 111 d 111
20 o. Do. ........ xO,, all j —d
stock o.lndus.St. Flo. ,q, ~ 100 i 93 95
20 LAndrews & Quebec A 18 l
10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 i 4 I d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 54 151 4
20 !Ardennes ............
20 tßah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.c lO 11 1d 9
5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1
20 I IBeziers to Graissessac all --
6 Ca'aeaux Mine & Rails all 101 111
100 ;Copiapo ........ &
10 Ditto Extension
20 (Dutch 'Rhenish
20 ;Eastern of France
20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 6 --
20 I Do. do. all
20Great Central of France all
120 Gt. Luxern., Con. shs all 61 65
20 ;Italian Junction . . all
20 Lake Constance & Bale. all
20 ILierrc & Turnhout .... all
20 !Lyons & Geneva ' all
331 'Maria Antonia all
10 'Do. New ..... all
20 :Namur & Liege all 71 74
20 IDo. 6p. c. Pref. all 194 205 •
16 Northern of France all 88/ 394
16 lllo„..New Shares ..... 15
) - .
,10''X.45raisg-f an Trunk Pref all 75 94
20 IParis,Lyons, & 3lediter all 331 361
20 r Paris & Orleans all 54 56
20 f ,Recife & S. Fran. (fern )
! gua. 7p. ct. lim 13 3 21d 20 4
20 ,Riga & Dunaburg 14
10 Rome & Frascati' .... , all
20 ;Royal Dani5h........., all
5 Royal Swedish all
4 ;Do. 7 per cent. Pref all
20 Sambre & Meuse , all 54 5/
10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 84 Ai
20 San Paulo, lim, 2:. 7p. c ! 2 1 fil 31
20 S.A.ust. &Lomb Venetinl 12 Id 4 d
20 Southern of France all 20 21
81 West Flanders all 51 61
10 IDo. 51 p. c. Preference all 01 91
20 W. & N.W. of France all 215 225
23 IWestern of Austria 6
20 I Western of Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden
6 'Do. 8 per cent. Pref all
20 ,'Leal and

BRITISH MINES.

Share

Mines.

Closing Business
Paid. Price. Done

Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10
!British Iron j 16
!Clifford nil
Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.)' 1
East Bassett (Illogan).. , 30
East Caradon ' `).14.6
lE. WI Russel (Tavistk.). 7.4.0
Gam.St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 511
!Great South T01gu5....! 17s
G. Wheal Alfd. (Philack) 12.13.91
G. Wheal Vor (Ileiston) 01 j
Grenville 5.14.6
Ilerod's- Foot-- , 8.12 J
jliingston Downs J 4.10.6 j
Lady Bertha
'Margaret (Uny Lelant)j 9t
North Downs J 2 '
North Frances (Illo,gan)j 11%
'N.Wli'l Basset (1110 an)! 15s j
North Wheal Crofty 9.18.21
Par Consols (St. Blazey)j 15
Providence (Uny Lelnt.), 10.6.7
Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l 14s
South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11
S. Carn Brea (I j
S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.' all
S.Wheal Fran:
Stray Park j24.18.C1
Tamar Silv.:t Lead Min j 41
Tin Croat
'Vale of Towey (Carm )lA3s fidj
West Basset (I llov;an) 1 1/
W. Caradon (Liskeard) 6 j
West Seton
Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 j
Wheal Buller (Redruth). 5
Wheal Edward (Cals.) 12
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2
Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' 8 j
Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 54

3! 9

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230 240
415 425
115 120
11 114
11 114
V 29
91 10
11 14
1 21 3111
31 33
34 31
1% 1Z
53 55

41 43
35 45
4 5
105 115
95 11
45 47
1 15
295 305
2i 3i
I:Q4 1375,
48 49

24 27

51 -41
17 186
70 78
3CO 370
1120 125
125 130
I 11 11
17 18
20 22
17 19

FOREIGN MI

NES.

20 }Australian
1 IlonAccordCopper,Lim i 158 d 1
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at .1'.5 p,l 275 2 25
20 !Do.St.Johndel Rey,Linll 15 28 29 1281
5 Do. Land and Mining Co.! all
1 iClarendon Cons.MinCo,! 1j
40 iCobre Copper all 143 45
Copiapo IA 8 10
1 iDunMoun.Cop.Mino,- Co ail # 1
2 Fortuna.
20 General all 21 23
2 !Gt. N. Cop. of S. Aust.r,i 1 id par
15 Kapunda (Limited) ljl2U p i 25
3 'Linares all 9. 101
5 lusitanian 2 p gyp'„
1 IMariquita all 5
1 'N.lthineCopofS.Aus.L 128.6d.' 5 Id
20 irontgibaud Silver,Lead
I Mining and Smelt all 5 6
5 Port Philip 1 5 -a-
-1 'Scottish Austrin. (L.) L 108. 1 d
281.85 United Mexican
1 !Worthing (Limited)._ all 5 1
1 ! Do l9s.
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
•100 Agra&UnitedService Bk; 50 82 i 4
40 Australasial all -- 72 1
25 Bank of Epypt all 19 20
100 Bank of London
20 Bank of Turkey
50 !British North American all !57 50
20 IChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 225 22;
25 1C11.7,1er. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 34 36
100 !City
100 Colonial ..
20'11 Corn. Bank. of Canada.. all ;
100 !Commercial of London. 20 21 22
20 'Eng,•., Scot„ & Aus. Ch.. all j 145 151
20 'Gen, Bk .01 Switzerland all
20 Won. Char.llkof Austral all 241 255
50 London and County 20
50 ,London Joint Stock 10 1
100 !London (IL Westminster 20
100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 I
20 Do, new
50 National Bank 25
20 INew South Wales all .
20 Do. new
25 Orient. B. Corporation ] all 144 46 151 6
20 Ottoman Bank .. .. .
100 Provincial of Ireland . 25
10 !Do. new all
25 ,South Australia
25 Union of Australia
50 Union or London l2
100 ,Unity Mutua1........... 60 j
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 100 112 117
Do. Op. cent. 1879 100 j
Do. 6p. (mit. 1880 100
Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 -
Do. 6p. c. Feb. ,tr, Aug. 100 111 113
Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 111 113
r Do. 5 per cent l 100 1031 1035 1031 4
j Do. Scrip B2
- ,N.B.Gov. 6 n.c. Ja.&July 1100 108 109

Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & J my
Do. 6p. cent. 1879
Do. 6p. wilt. 1880
Do. 6p. cent. 1882
Do. 6 p. c. Feb. dr, Aug.
Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept.
Do. 5 per cent
Do. Scrip
N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July
Do. 6p, o. Ap. & Oct.
N. S, W. Gov. 5 p. c.,1866'
Do. 5 p. c.. 1871 to 1876
Do. 5 p.c.,1888
Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p, e,'
sterling, 1874, lOO 1108 109
S.Aus,Gt, p,0,1878 & up. 100 108 110
Vio, Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dauly 100
Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 107 108
MISCELLANEOUS.

100 112 117
100 -- --
100 --
100 -- --
100 111 113
100 111 113
100 1034 103!
82 -
100 .108 109
100 -- --
100 100 101
100 100 101
100 100,101

1001 f I
108 i

109 7}

10 Anglo-Mexican Miut all
1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all
25 -lAustralian Agricultural, 19
10 IBerlin Water (Limited) all
50 !British American Land 40
50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim,)l all
20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (1411a4 all
20 Do. C. (Limited) all
,Canada Laud all
10 !Chan-Islands TeL (Lim ) all
stock 'Cop. Min.ol'Eng.&Sinitg all
25 Do. Pref. 7a per cent all
stock
,Crystal Peace
stock Do. Prefereno
stock Do. 6p. c, ;let. Deben lOO
stock !Electrie Telegraph
25 ' Do. New l5
5 English &Ans. Copper all
15 Gen. Steam NaVtgall >n 11
1 Great Ship Limited) all
1 DA, 11,4 pct Preference all
4 Lou, District Tel. (Lim.)
20 London Diseoun t (Lim.) 5
4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all
20 Madras Irr. and Ctunal 1
10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all
10 Med. Exten, Tel. (Lim.) all
25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5
Nerba.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5
10 Netherlands Land all
5 Do.B p.e.Pref..iss.atl dia. all
100 N. linezNovaSootis.Land 81i
1 N.B.Austmlasian (Lim.) all
1 Oriental Oaa (Limited). all
Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 151
10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lira.)A
10 Ditto B.
10 Ditto C. 2s.
stook Peelll.Lnd.&llin.(Lim.) 10C
Kt) Pen. & Oriental Steam . cal

50 r 56. New
20 1 RedSeaZzlnd.Tel,mips
50 Rhymtley Imo „
15 Do. NO.
leo Royal Mail Steam
stock Saot. AustlW lAN% (Lim )
26 South Australian Lanai
Su IParitle TeL P. - - .
1 D 0 , do. N„ o
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1° stered „ _
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20 iTr. & Ln. ComfUpr.Can.
100 Van Diemen's Laud ...

13 14

31 33
4t 5}
30 32
35 37
18 20
13 15
112 115

24 25
28 30
100 1(2
107 1(9
93 96

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70 73
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17 18 p
17 16
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46 48
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33 85

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81 91

725 35

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY).

ROLLS COURT.
(Before the Master of the Rolls.)
JUDOMENT.-WARDETiII Y. EAST TIMIA COMPANY.

This was a suit instituted by the plaintiff against the
East India Company to recover two notes taken possession
of by them with interest. One of the mates was for 653,910
Madras rupees, and the other 278,800 Sicas rupees, belong-
ing to the late Rajah of Goort, and now to the plaintiff as
his representative executor and administrator. The former
note was given by the Rajah to his daughter, then a Royal
Princess. In 1834 a difference arose between the Rajah
and the Company, and war declared. In 1834 the Rajah's
territory was taken possession of, and his territory annexed
to British India. The Rajah was taken prisoner, and his
property confiscated and divided according to an inventory
then taken. The ex-Rajah was protected by the company,
and remained a prisoner during his life. In 1850 he
visited England, and in 1851 ho died.
His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, after stating the
case, said—The defence to this suit is that this Court has
no jurisdiction, as the notes were taken possession of in
hostilities and in war, and are the property of the defen-
dants. If the notes were private property the plaintiff
might recover, but if they were obtained by the Rajah in
the exercise of his political power, and by the com-
pany in the exercise of their regal power, the claim
of the plaintiff is excluded. The note for 278,800
Sica rupees was left in the hands of the Rajah resi-
dent at Nagpoor, and in January, 1835, Captain Chal-
mers took possession of it, and gave a receipt for it, and it
was then sealed up by the seal of the Commissioners. In
1834 the other note was handed to the Company's agent
there.

His Honour was of opinion that these notes were not the
private property of the late Rajah of Nagpoor, but were his
political government property, and ?awfully taken posses-
sion of by the Company, and that the plaintiff was not en-
titled to recover them.

His Honour dismissed the plaintiff's bill without costs.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices.)
TOWNSEND V. EARLY.-3AIDGMENT.

This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the
Rolls, declaring that according to a true construction of the
codicil to the testator's will, the intention of the testator
was to give a legacy of X5OO only to such of the children of
his brothers as were in esse at the time of his death.

The Lord Chancellor said he did not intend to lay down
any canon or rule for the construction of wills ; he would
look only to the intentions of the testator. The testator
here pointed to three classes of persons. Ist. Those that
were born before his decease. 2d. Those born afterwards.
3d. Those born at the time of his decease. The testator
directed the legacies to be paid within six months after his
death, and it was not possible to suppose that he meant
those children that were born afterwards. There could be
no doubt about the children born in his lifetime, but they
were not entitled to double legacies. It must apply only
to-those that were in case at the death of the testator.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner
entirely concurred.

The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision of the Master
of the Rolls, and dismissed the appeal with costs out of
the estate to both parties.

POLICE INTELLIG CE--( THIS DAI.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

George Gogan, 15, Great Chapel-street, Soho, perfumer,
was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing three baga-
telle balls, the property of Mr. Harris, of the Three Doves,
Berwick-street, Soho,

Louis Gorwav, potman to Mr. Harris, said that about
half-past eight the previous night two young men, of whom
the prisoner was one, came into the house and ordered a
pint of ale, and as they walked up into the bagatelle room
he took up the bagatelle balls with him, thinking they
wished to play. They were followed up by a third young
man, and as they all came down in less than ten minutes,
his suspicions were aroused, and on going up to the room
he missed three balls from the table. He went in pursuit
of the men and succeeded in finding the prisoner, but not
the other two. The prisoner denied having the balls.

In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the witness said tie prisoner
and the others joined in the room.
Kelly, 319 A, said the prisoner was " wanted" along
with two others for stealing bagatelle balls in the neigh-
bourhood of Seven Dials.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should remand the prisoner for a
few days.

THAMES.

DEAD DEEENDINTS.—SINGULAR CASE.-Mr. Coleman,
clerk to the Registrar-General of Seamen, waited upon Mr.
Selfe, and reminded him that the hearing of a summons
against a man named Timothy Maddigan, a seaman's
boarding-house keeper, late of No. 161 Ratcliff-highway,
had been adjourned until that day. The defendant was
charged with an offence under the Merchant Shipping Act,
with aiding, abetting, and procuring a fictitious certificate
ef service and discharge for one Thomas Egan, a sailor.
The offence was very prevalent, had been productive of
great mischief, and the Registrar-General was determined
to prosecute in every case that was brought to his know-
ledge. It was stated on. Saturday last, the day appointed
for the hearing of the summons, that Maddigan was drunk
in bed when Paplin served the salmons at his house, and
it was also represented that he had since gone to St.
Thomas's Hospital. On these representations the case was
adjourned.

Mr. Selfe—Yes ; the offence is a mideineanour, and the
penalty is very heavy, and such cases ought not to he heard
in the absence of a party accused.

Mr. Coleman—l quite agree with you, sir. In this case
you will be spared the trouble of hearing the particulars,
for Maddigan is dead. lie died in the hospital last Satur-
day, of dcliriom tremens. After what occurred here last
Saturday I sent to the hospital to ascertain if Maddigan
was there, and my messenger was informed there was no
one of that name a patient there. I made further inquiries
and ascertained that Maddigau had been actually admitted
into the hospital, on the previous Thursday, with a letter
of recommendation belonging to another man named John
Brown, of Liverpool. When Maddigan died the autho-
rities of the hospital sent to Brown's wife at
Liverpool informing her of the death of her husband, and
requesting her to repair to town without delay for the pur-
pose of removing the body of her deceased husband and
burying it. On her arrival in London, instead of finding a
dead husband, she discovered a live one, and Maddigan's
body was removed by his friends to his late residence.
Mr. Selfe said the circumstances of the case were rather
singular, and as the defendant was dead there was an end
of the case.

Mr. Coleman said he had been singularly unfortunate.
In three cases of uttering forged certificates of service and
discharged, the defendants had died after the summonses
had been served upon them, and before their cases could be
heard. He then retired.

THIS S SIIIPIINO.

LONDON, Dec. B.—Wind this day at noon—South•
Westerly ; fresh breeze, and dull cloudy weather, with
rain.

DEAL, Dee. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hero, from
China. Dec B.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Reliance, from
Quebec.

BRISTOL, Dec. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Mansamto,
from St. John's, New Brunswick; Elizabeth Yeo, from
Quebec.

SWANSEA, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John Knox,
from the. Cap of Good Hopo.
FALmovrll, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Alma
from Havannah.

PILL, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Vigilant, from
New York.

NEwronT, Dec. 7.—Wind W.—Arrived—Polynia,
from Gloucester for Havannah.

CARDIFF, Dec. G.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ledtuington,
for Havannah.

Orr F LrETwo oD. Dec. 'T.—Arrived—Marchioness o:
Queensberry, from• Quebec.

PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Ranee,
from Antwerp for Pernambuco.
PLYMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.—Arrived—Queen of the
Wave, from London for Madras.

(EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Dec. 7—Bengal, from Saguenay ; Fox, steamer,
from Portsmouth ; Brilliant, from Jersey ; Duke of Corn-
wall, steamer, from London ; Argyll, steamer, from Caren-
tan; Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Champion, from
Portland; Northam, from Poole.
Sailed—Sultan, steamer, for Lisbon ; Havre, steamer,
for Havre ; Courier, steamer, for Jersey; Duke of Corn-
wall, steamer, for Dublin.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Dec. 7—Comet, from Madeira.
Arrived, Uec. B.—Amanda, from New York; Nancy
Dawson, from St. Michael's; Formosa, from Villa Nova;
Weasel, from Fayal ; St. Petersburg, steamer, from
Stettin; Matilda, from Bilboa; Berwickshire, from Bom-
bay ; Allington, from St. George's, Azores.
The Commandant, from Hamburg, for Montevideo, has
been ashore on the Cork Sands.
Sailed—Glenmore, for Port Natal ; Fortune, for the
Cape of Good Hope; Hastings, for Adelaide.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed.—Aeastus, from London, fr,r Barcelona; Reliance,
barque, from Quebec, for London ; roergestus, from London,
for New York.
Sailed.—Buena Ventura and Be3Tout, steamers, for the
westward.

THE NEW GENERAL POST-OFFICE AT THE WEST-
umu.—The new General Post-office for the western district
of the metropolis was opened on Thursday for the receipt
and transmission of letters and newspapers. The office is
situate in Vere-street, Oxford-street, and extends into
:chapel-place in the rear. It occupies a large area, and is
built with every accommodation for the clerks, the sorters.
&c. It affords space for nearly 100 employes, and is much
more adapted for transacting the business of a district post-
office than the former establishment, which was in Caven-
dish-street, Caven,disb.-square) and which will in mugs be
closed.

L.) EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock.

CAPTURE

PEKIN.

FLIGHT

OF

THE EMPEROR.

I, FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 8.

The following telegram was received this after•
noon at 3 p.m., from her Majesty's Agent and
Consul-General, at Alexandria, dated November
30, 1860.

Two of the gates of Pekin are in our hands.

Park and Loch have been returned to us. Capt.
Anderson and Mr. De Norman have died from
the effects of ill-treament. Captain Brabazon
and Boulby (Times' correspondent), unaccounted
for. The Emperor's summer palace taken and
sacked, affording immense spoil. Emperor fled into
Tartary. Forces to winter at Pekin and Tient-
sing.

The two Ambassadors at military headquarters.

ELECTION FOR THE RODEN PROFESSORSHIP.

OXFORD, DEC. 7.

Convoc'ation opened this day at two o'clock, when the
voting for this chair began, and continued very briskly for
about three hours. At the final close the numbers were
declared by the proctors to be as follows :
Mr. Williams, University
Mr, Max Muller, All Souls'

Majority for Mr. Williams 223

THE NEWCASTLE ELECTION.

NEWCASTLE, FRIDAY NIGHT.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.

Beaumont
Carstaira

Majority B4B

AN IRISH BREACH OF PROMISR C4SE.

The Dublin Court of Common Pleas was occupied, on
Monday and Tuesday, in trying an action brought by a
young lady, named Delaney, against a Mr. M'Garry, for
breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff was nineteen;
the defendant three or four years older. *They had met when
very young, and M'Garry, notwithstanding many difficul-
ties thrown in. his way, pressed his suit, and at length was
accepted by the lady. Mr. Delany, who is a well-to-do
pawnbroker, on being informed of this, saw Mr. M'Garry,
for the purpose of [ascertaining what his means were of
supporting a wife, and Mr. M'Garry informed him that he
had £2,000 in trade and some Scotch shares to the amount
of about £3,000. Mr. Delaney agreed to the marriage taking
place, and he asked Mr. M'Garry and a Mr. Kane to dine
with him on the next Sunday. When Mr. Delany came in,
the defendant requested to speak to him on business, upon
which Mr. Delaney suggested that, as Mr. Kane had already
acted for defendant in the matter, he should be present.
When Mr. Kane joined them, the defendant said to Mr.
Delany that he had been advised to ask £l,OOO as a fortune
with his daughter, and that he should furnish a house for
them. Mr. Delany having observed that the defendant was
very liberal to himself, said he would do nothing of the
sort. " Well, then?' said the defendant, " what will you
give ?" Mr. Delany said, in consequence of the publicity
which the affair had got and which he very much regretted,
he would give his daughter £soo—£7oo on the marriage
day, £2OO in two years, and £2OO to be paid on his (Mr. De-
lany's) death. The defendant asked if Mr. Delany would
furnish the house in addition to giving the £7OO ; and Mr.
Delany said that the defendant acted like a man at a fair
bargaining for a cow or a house, and asked him was it his
daughter he wanted or the money ? Whereupon the de-
fendant said he " would take her without a farthing, but
as there was money going ho might as well have some of
it." However, the defendant was perfectly satisfied with
Mr. Delany's terms, and he said he would add £3OO of his
own to the £7OO, and settle it all on the lady. He said, "You
might as well let it be said to my friends that I am getting
£1,000," and Mr. Delany said ho might tell what he liked,
but that he would be no party to such representation.
Finally it was settled that'the marriage should take place
in two months from the 12th of July. On the 18th July he
again visited the house, treated the young lady as his affi-
anced wife, and presented her with a , gold watch, having
her name engraved on the back. He frequently about this
period called for the plaintiff and her sister, and drove
them about, and he even went so far as to go to the dress-
maker's where the plaintiff's wedding dresses were being
made, and carefully scrutinised them. But shortly after
his visit to the dressmaker's, without any reason assigned,
he suddenly discontinued his visits, and remained away for
about a fortnight. A difficulty subsequently arose respect-
ing the settlement, and at length M'Garry said he could
not marry, as he was in ill-health.—The jury gave a ver-
dict for the plaintiff, damages £5OO. The damages were
laid at £5,000.

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