The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-07 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

BREACH OF PROMISE.—A court crowded with ladies
heard on Friday, at the Croydon Assizes, the case of
" Morony v. Lee," an action for breach of promise of
marriage. The defendant was a lieutenant in the 13th
Light Infantry, and meeting her at Gibraltar in 1867, he
promised her marriage. Their ages were about the same,
they were equ'als in position, and she seems to have been
much attached to him. But his father was opposed to
the engagement, and he abruptly broke it off. The
usual epistolary evidence was given in, and skewed
very clearly the nature of the relations between the
parties. The plaintiff seems to have acted in the most
ladylike manner. The promise the defendant admitted,
and also the breach, the jury therefore had only to assess
the damages. They returned a verdict for £2,000.
A SIMILAR CASE.—In a somewhat similar case sent to
the Sheriff's Court, at the Manchester Assizes, a milliner
and dressmaker was awarded £2OO for injury done to her
affections. The defendant was the son of an iron mer-
chant and brush manufacturer, of Blackburn. lie carried
matters so far that he commenced buying the furniture,
and even leased the house. But suddenly he stopped all
such proceedings, and soon afterwards married another
woman.

THE MURDER BY A LUNATIC IN MON3IOUTIISHIRE.—
The facts of a recent murder by a lunatic in Monmouth-
shire will be remembered. An insane fanner, named
Lane, went to a neighbour Nicholls, and suddenly, with-
out provocation, shot him. There could nut he slightest
doubt of the state of mind in which Lane was. At the
Monmouthshire Assizes he was brought before a jury,
found not guilty on the ground of his lunacy, and ordered
to be confined durinu her Miiipct3:',, ploacm-p

A DANGEEOUS BOILER.—The magistrates of Bradford
nad before them on Friday a case relating to a dangerous
boiler. The boiler was shewn to be unsound, and the
magistrate ordered the arrest of the owner, who was
liberated on undertaking to remove the boiler as soon as
possible.

Three blue-bcoks relating to the Bombay Bank
Commission were issued yesterday morning. They contain
minutes of the evidence taken in England and India before
the commissioners appo'nted to iLquite into the failure of
the bank.

The High Sheriff of County Antrim Las fixed the
16th instant for the nomination of candidates for the vacancy
created by the death of Vice-Admiral Seymour. the poll-
ing will come off on the 19th. Only two candidates were in
the field.

Lord and Lady Spencer arrived in Dublin yesterday
morning. There was no public demonstration. The Lord
Mayor welomed the Lord Lieutenant at Westland-row, apo-
logising for not having had time to get the corporation
together to prepare the address which it is intended to pre-
sent to his Excellency.

"He died worth so much." Would that it could
be said, Ile died worth so many. To " much " the proper
substantive is money ; to " many," friends. Surely the
bes kind of property is affection : and at any rate it is the
only kind you can carry with you to the grave.--. Arthur
Helps, in Good Words.
A CITY ANTIQUITY.—In pulling down some
houses in Birchin-lane, an interesting relic of Roman
antiquity, as it is supposed, has been discovered. The ob-
ject is a tomb of brickwork underneath the foundation of
the house. On opening it a skeleton was discovered, with
a lamp at the feet and a vase of gold coins at the head.
There was a date inside the tomb, which has been read by
a very retrospective antiquarian as B.C. 407.

SUNDAY TRADING BILL.-Mr. Thomas Hughes,
ALP., accompanied by a deputation of Lambeth trades-
men, has waited on the Secretary of State for the Home
Department and presented a memorial,signed by upwards
A 20,000 persons, complaining of the great increase of
selling and hawking goods on Sundays, and of the great
difficulty experienced by private members in bringing this
subject before Parliament, and praying that during the
recess her Majesty's Ministers would be pleased to take
the matter into their serious consideration, with a view of
making it a Government question.

A DANGEROUS STEAM ROLLER. - There are
dangers as well as advantages connected with steam
rollers. One being used at Birmingham ran away
the other day. It was going slowly down hill doing its
work well when a pin in the braking apparatus gave way,
and the engine started off at a rapid pace down hill. The
two men in charge did their best to bring it to a stop, but
it got completely beyond control, and running on to the
pavement dashed into the factory of Messrs. Elkington
and Co., the well-known silversmiths. Two windows and
part of a wall were smashed in, but fortunately no one
was injured. The men jumped off before the collision
occurred.

THE WIMBLEDON' VOLUNTEER REVIEw.—The
report of the Commander-in-Chief on the Wimbledon
Review will be read, after the military criticism which
the review evoked, with some interest. His Royal High-
ness says the combination of regular troops with volun-
teers was a great advantage, although the falling off in
the numbers of the latter is made the subject of regret.
With regard to the way in which the the manceuvres of
the day were executed, the Commander-in-Chief says,
half apo!ogetically, that " consilering the limited space at
his command, he was on the whole well satisfied." He
urges the desirableness of volunteers joining more fre-
quently in battalion drill, and also, on occasions like the
Wimbledon Review, strongly recommends that there
should be some officers of the army on each brigade staff.
WORKMEN'S TRAINS.—The extension' of the
system of workmen's trains, so as to include the outly-
ing suburbs of London, is exciting considerable interest
a song working men in the metropolis. A meeting with
this object was held on Friday night at the Silchester
Hall, Notting-hill, at - which Sir Charles Mke, M.P.,
spoke. It seems that the railway companies are unvilling
to grant the additional facilities demanded of them, on
the ground of the extent to which they are liable for
damages if an accident occurs. To Meet this difficulty,
Sir Charles recommended that a bill should be brought
into Parliament reducing the liability of the 'companies,
in respect of workmen's trains, to a maximum penalty of
£lOO. A. regolutip was paned eudiping
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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, August 7.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal HigL-
nesses Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, drove
out yesterday afternoon.

Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise,
walked in the grounds this morning.

LATEST INTELL MENG:B

(REU7ER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, August 6.
The Inman Royal mail steamship City of
Cork arrived here to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1364 ; the highest quotation dar-
;ng the day was 136;1- ; the lowest, 136.

Sterling Exchange on London llOl.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188?

44 " 1885 1231.
t 4 " 1867 1221.
10-40
116.
Illinois l4ll.
Erie 2Bk.
Cotton—Mid. upland 33ic•
Petroleum—Standard White 32c.
Flour, extra state, $6.45e. to $7.05c. Corn, old
$1.12c.

According to Mr. Adam Moffatt's report the
week's receipts of cotton have been 1,500 bales, and
since the Ist September, and taken by American
spinners direct, 2,351,500 bales ; shipments to
England, 4,000 bales ; to France, 1,000 bales ;
to the Continent, 200 bales ; and since the Ist of
Sept., 1,430,000 bales. Stock, 35,000 bales.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Aug. 7.

At a full sitting, yesterday, of the Hungarian
Delegation, Herr Pulszky expressed his approval
of Count Beust's policy in Eastern German affairs
as conducive to the interests of the Monarcbp•
Both llerr Pulszky and Count Zichy spoke in de-
fence of that policy against the attacks of hi•
Szedenyi.

Herr von Orezy, in the name of the Government,
gave an analysis of its policy, which he asserted wag
dictated by a desire to preserve and develope the
interests of pe..ce and liberty in its relations with
the East and West. Such action, however, not
meeting always with the same friend by sentiment°
could not show an equal success everywhere.