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

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING

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100 Do. do. June 1, 137.4 100 65 70
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20 Cape Town & Dock Scrij 5 11 11 d
29 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 71 11 1 d
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100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 99 100
100 Do. 5 p.c. Dab., 1864.. all 1001 1011
20 Geelong & Melbourne.. all - -
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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 43 43
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 54 57
100 Do. do. 1867.. all 47 50
100 Do. do. 1872.. all 46 19
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100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100
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100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 93
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20 'Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 64 61
20 Italian Junction .. ... all - - 1
20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - 1
20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - -
20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all - - 1
331 Maria Antonia ........ all - - 1
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20 Namur & Liege .... .... all 71 71
20 . Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 191 205 c
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LA IF INT.ELLIGENCE.-(:THIS DAY).

ROLLS COURT.
(Before the Master of the Rolls.)

lUDGMENT,----WARDEER V. EAST INDIA 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 notes 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 1831 a difference arose between the Rajab
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 he 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
Sic, rupees was left in the hands of the Rajah resi-
dent at Nagpocar, 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 lawfully taken posses-
sion of by the Company, fend 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.--JUDGISIENT.

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 L5OO only to such of the childien 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 esse 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 INTELLIGBNCE--( THIS DAY.)

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 Gorway, 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 le.,s than ten minutes,
his suspicions were aroused, and on going up to the room
he missed three balls from the table. lie 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 the 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 DEPENDANTS.—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
of 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 sumnious, that Maddigan was drunk
in bed when Paplin served the smmons 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 midemeanour, 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. He died in the hospital last Satur-
day, of delirium 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 Maddigan 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 thorn, and before their cases could be
heard. He then retired.

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. 8.--Wind this day sit noon—South•
Westerly ; fresh breeze, and dull eloudy weather, with
rain.

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

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

SWANSEA, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John Knox,
from the Cape of Good Hope.

FALmounr, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Anna
from Havannah.

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

NEW r 0 RT, Deo. 7,—Wind W.—Arrived—Polynia,
from Gloucester for Havannah.

CARDIFF, Dec. 6.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ledmington,
for Havannab..
OFF• FLEETWOOD. Dec. 7.—Arrived—Marchioness of
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.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA P 11.)
SOU TILAAIPTON, Saturday Morning.

Arrived, Dec. 7—Bengal, from S iguenay ;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, Oce. 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 Bora-
; 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.—Acastus, from London, for Barcelona; Reliance.,
barque, from Quebec, for London ; Sergestus, from London,
for New York.
Sailed.—Buena Ventura and Beyrout, steamers, for the
westward.

THE NEIN' GENERAL POST-OFFICE AT THE WEST-
END.—The new General Post-Office f()r the western district
of the metropolis was opened on Th ursday for the receipt
and transmission of letters and newt ;papers. 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 clerk;;, 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, Cavendish•square, and which will in future
clued.

DECEMBER 8, 1860.

ELECTION FOR THE .BODEN PROFESSORSHIP.

OXFORD, DEC. 7.
Convocation 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

THE NEWCASTLE ELECTION:

NEWCASTLE, FRIDAY NIOIT.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.

Beaumont
Carstairs

Majority

AN IRISH BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.

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. INl‘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 he 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 he 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;tind 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 subsequen'ly 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.

THIS DAY'S JUARRETS.

COVENT GARDEN.

For the time of year, our market is well supplied with
fruit, and the show of vegetables continues extensive.
Generally speaking, the trade rules slow, as follows :

FRUIT.
B. d. s' d
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Pine apples, perlb 4 oto 8 0
Colonial do., each 1 oto 1 61
rapes.per lb 3 oto 6 0'
Foreign do 1 oto 1 6
arelons, each
Peaches, perdoz 6 oto 12 ti
Nectarines. per dz 2 oto 6 0
Apples, per WI sy. 1 6to 3 6
['ears, p,.‘r do
Oranges, per doz 4 oto 10 0 I
Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0
Lpricots. per doz 2 oto 4 0 I

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Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 6
Cobnuts, per lb 1 oto 1;
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0
Figs, per doz 2 oto 4 6
Strawberries potl 0 0 to 0 0
Gooseberries ht sv 0 oto 0 0
Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per do.
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 •