The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-20 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

There has been considerable atmospheric disturb-
ance throughout the Continent in the last few days.
On the morning of Sunday, the 13th inst., a heavy
cyclone burst over Kurrachee, and another, on the
same day, over Diamond Harbour. Sickness, we
are glad to say, seems to be abating, and it is hoped
that the monsoon, now close at hand, will terminate
the most sickly season we have witnessed for many
years.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This day.)

SECONDARIES COURT.
(Before Mr. Potter and a Jury.)

BREACH OF PROMISE AND SEDUCTION, DAMAGES £5OO---

WRIGHT V. WALKER.

This was a writ of enquiry to assess the damages laid at
£l,OOO in a breach of promise of marriage, defendant hav-
ing suffered judgment to go by default.
Mr. Flintoff, instructed by Mr. Brady, for the plaintiff
stated that this was one of the most heartless cases ever
brought under the notice of a jury. Plaintiff was the
daughter of a small farmer at Barkingside, Essex. The
father was dead and had left a widow with nine
cliildren. Plaintiff being anxious to relieve her mother
from pressing expenses, took a small cottage, and kept a
school. She had many pupils, and things went on pros-
perously. In 1852 defendant, who came from Wolverhamp-
ton, in Staffordshire, arrived at Barkingside, where he car-
ried on business as a dairyman. In February 1859 plaintiff
and her friends went t• defendant's house and then
defendant offered her marriage. Plaintiff declined to
give a specific answer then, and on the following morn-
ing defendant wrote to her to the effect that if her
affections were not engaged, he should be very
happy to marry her. Plaintiff consulted with her friends
and defendant was finally admitted as her betrothed. In
May, 1859, defendant having obtained great hold upon
plaintiff's affections, succeeded in effecting her ruin. On
the night of the 10th of that month and the following morn-
ing ho renewed his promise to marry her, and said he would
do so before the end of the month. He said he would marry
her in London, which would save a great deal of trouble.
He continued his attentions, and again did he suc-
ceed in overcoming the virtuous scruples of plaintiff,
who, at his request, gave up her school and went to reside
with her mother. Plaintiff soon afterwards became en-
ciente, and defendant, instead of performing his promise,
actually went to Romford and brought home a women with
whom he lived, and whom he had since married. He was
expostulated with by defendant's friends upon this scan-
dalous conduct, and expressed a wish to see plaintiff, who
met him in a lane near his house. He seized hold of her
and endeavoured to crush her, but was unsuccessful. On
the 18th of April a child was born. He (defendant was
in a good position, and had since this affair sold
off all his property—left Bar kingside, and gone back
to Wolverhampton to reside with his father, who was an
old man, and very well off. Now plaintiff had by this foul
conduct on the part of defendant been entirely prevented
from following her occupation, for no one would entrust a
child to her now. He (Mr. Flintoff) called upon the jury
to give exemplary damages.
Plaintiff, a most interesting young woman, was called,
and proved the breach of promise ; and her mother, sister,
and brother proved that defendant had kept a large dairy
and 20 cows.
The learned Secondary said it was for the jury to assess
the damages, which they did at £5OO.

DEVON MINING COMPANY.—We beg to direct
especial attention to the prospectus of the Devon Union
Mining Company, which will be found in another part of
The Sun. To those who embark in such undertakings this
company seems to us to hold out the greatest induce-
ments. The directors are men of affluence and position, the
officers thorough practical men, and the property proposed
to be worked is of the most promisinc, character. Opera-
tions have been commenced, and already four lodes of very
valuable description have been discovered, and judging
from the opinion of the great authorities en mining matters,
mentioned in the prospectus, the speculation must turn
out hiP, hly successful.
Yesterday evening a most excellent concert was
given to the patients at the County Lunatio Asylum, at
Colney Hatch. It was attended by all the officers of the
institution, with their families, and several of the visiting
magistrates were present, with about 400 or 500 of the
patients. The performers, to the number of sixteen, wore,
with one exception, amateurs, and who executed a well-
chosen programme with very great skill and taste. The
patients behaved remarkably well and appeared thoroughly
to appreciate and enjoy i, . The entertainment was due
mainly, if not entirely, to the enterprise of one of the medical
officers of the asylum. It is hoped that frequent per-
formances of a similar kind may be arranged, with the
sanction and assistance of the magistrates, for the amuse
ment, and probably for the sanitary improvement of the
patients.

A telegram from Bombay, dated the 24th ult.,
describes an improvement in Rupee paper, the Four per
Cents, having advanced from 841 to 851, the Five per Cents.
from 98 to 99, and the Five-and-a-Half per Cents. from
1031 to 105. There had also been a movement in the rate
of exchange from 2s. Old. to 2s. Old., which is equal to 21
per cent. in favour of Englajad.
The Omar Paella has arrived foom Melbourne
with 15,214 ounces of gold, worth about £61,000. The
other gold-ships now known to be out are the Southamp-
ton, with 19,250 ounces ; Eream' 6,618 ; Marco Polo,
12,492 ; Owen Glendower, 22,765 ; Venilia, 18,933 ' • Prince
of Wales, 33,056; Maid of Judah, 31,047; and Eagle,
33,072 ; making a total amount of about £710,000, of which
1320,000 is due.

The Liverpool Commercial Bank, the nominal
eapital of which has hitherto been £OOO,OOO, in £lO shares,
has resolved to increase the amount to £1,000,000, by con-
verting the £lO shares into shares of £2O each. Concur-
rently with this measure the bank is to be placed under
limited liability, a step which may be accepted as an indi-
cation that the directors are persons of prudence, who desire
a cautious and wealthy proprietary, and who are satisfied
that the repute of the establishment should depend upon
the character of its business rather than upon the demo-
ralising fiction of unlimited responsibility.
We have to announce with deep regret the unex-
pected death, after a short illness, of Mr. Houston Browne,
of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, a staunch and able
advocate of Conservative principles, and for many years
past a valued contributor to this paper.—Morning Herald.
REINFORCEMENTS FOR GARIBALDI.—CAGLIARI,
June 12.—Two steamers, bearing the American flag, have
entered the harbour this morning, having on board volun-
teers for Sicily. The Washington has 1,400 men, and the
Oregon between 300 and 400. With the exception of the
American captain and an American artist, the vessels have
had no communication with the shore. According
to the sta'ement of the captain of the Oregon, these
steamers are only awaiting the arrival of another, which
has a large sailing vessel in tew, and have together 3,000
more volunteers. " Garibaldi's Englishman" is on board
the Washington. The ardour and zeal with which these
men have taken up the cause of Sicily may be estimated by
the privations to which they subject themselves. The
Ainerinn artist showed me a sketch on board the Wash-
ington, and the manner in which the men—men of wealth
and family—are huddled together is truly revolting. They
have scarcely sating room, and that during the excessive
heat in such a latitude as is I No slave ship during her
middle passage ever presented such a scene.
MR. RAREY.— This gentleman gave another prac-
tical illustration of his system of horse-taming yesterday
at the Alhambra Palace, before a large concourse of specta-
tors. The animal he operated upon, the black horse Peacock,
was one of the most vicious he had ever been required to
subdue. The case excited a more than ordinary degree of
interest, and it will be satisfactory to the public to know
that Mr. Rarey's efforts were perfectly successful.