The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-13 00:00:00

Mr. Macaulay, counsel for Lady Dinorben, having ob-
tained a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why
the verdict of the jury, which was for the plaintiff, should
not be set aside, the Attorney-General, for Mr. Hughes,
this morning, supported the verdict. •
The cause was tried in Juno last, before Lord Campbell,
when, after three or four days, the jury found a verdict for
the plaintiff, and damages, by consent, were assessed at 40s.
The plaintiff, Mr. Hughes, was a gentleman of fortune,
the proprietor of Kinmel-park, in Denbighshire, and
he. brought his action against Lady Dinorben, the
widow of his uncle, the first Lord Dinorben, under pecu-
liar circumstances. The first Lord Dinorben was the
eldest son of the Rev. Edward Hughes, a gentleman who,
besides being possessed of a very large property, married,
an heiress, and acquired another large property also in the
north of Wales. At his death the whole of his vast fortune
passed to his eldest son, Colonel Hughes, who afterwards
became Lord Dinorben. He married, and had two
daughters, but only one son, who unfortunately became a
lunatic. Having lost his first wife, Lord Dinorben, in
1840, being then at the advanced age of 72, married the pre-
sent defendant, and died in 1852. The plaintiff was the son of
Lord Dinorben's younger brother, who died about 1836.
There had not been that friendly intercourse between the
two brothers which might be expected and desired
from such near relations ; and after the death of Mr.
Hughes, the plaintiff's father, the estrangement was
continued between the plaintiff and his uncle. Upon
Lord Dinorben's death an attempt was made by the plain-

tiff to bring about a reconciliation, but in vain; and al-
though some ciemmunicatici passed between him and Lady
Dinorben, he continued to be almost a stranger to her. In
consequence of the unfortunate condition of the second
Lord. Dinorben, proceedings were about to be taken to issue
a commission of lunacy, and contemporaneously the plain-

tiff became attached to one of the daughters of the present
Lord Ravensworth. In July, 1852, an engr.gement was
made between them, although the marriage was for a time
deferred, and o f course the intercourse between the plaintiff and
the family of his intended wife was of the most friendly nature.
The Attorney-General, in the course of his remarks said,
the present rule had been obtained on the ground that
several of the letters were improperly put in, and that the
verdict was against the evidence. The short and conclu-
sive answer to the arguments of his learned friend, Mr.
Macaulay, was, that such objection now came too late, as
he ought to have made it at the trial, when the letters
were put in and read by the officers of the court.
Mr. Macaulay said the letters were never read in due
form by the officer of the court, or he should have done so.
The contents of the letters were made known to the jury
by the learned Attorney-General in the course of his
opening speech, and, therefore, he had no opportunity of
objecting.
The Attorney-General said his learned friend, he now
remembered, was quite right; but, under the circum-
stances, he thought the conclusion come to by the jury was
correct, and therefore the present rule ought to be
discharged.
[The case was proceeding when we went to press.]

itnisTot SrtiAlt-MARKET, Jan. 12.—There has
not been much competition in the sugar-market since the
opening this day week after the holydays, but about 500
hhds. West India have been sold at steady prices. In
rum the only transactions are 118 puns. of Demerara, at
_ _

2s. 3d. proof:
SUICIDE BY MR. ACKERMAN, THE PUBLISHER.—
In the morning of yesterday Mr. Ackerman was found
lying partly undressed on his bed in an apparently lifeless
state, a tumbler that had contained prussic acid being found
near him. An inquest was held before Mr. Wakloy yester-
day, when a verdict of suicide was Teturned, the state of de-
coased's mind being left an open question.
PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO MR. ROBERT
DUFFELL.—This gentleman, the manager of the " Royal
Propertyt" was presented, last Tuesday with a very hand-
some testimonial, valued at upwards of fifty pounds, sub-
scribed by the entire company of these gardens, as a mark
of respect for his very gentlemanly and upright conduct in
his management of the gardens last season. The testi-
monial consisted of a gold watch and chain, a silver snuff-
box., and a silver tankard.
SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL OPERATION.—A rare
and difficult operation has just been performed by Dr. P.
11, Watson, F.IIC,S. The child of Peter Low, engine-
man, Grantors, had swallowed a common dress-hook, un-
noticed by the mother, on Thursday last. The parents
were recommended to apply to Dr. Watson, in the hope of
saving the child's life ; and, trusting to his skill, they left
the case in his hands. On Saturday last he made an inci-
sion into the cticoia cartilage and removed the hook. The
child hl noW doing Wall, and shows every symptom of a
speedy recovery.--. Edinburgh Coterani,
From a return lately published it appears that
the number of ships that entered the port of Hamburg in
the year 1858 was 4,884, with erews of 44,540. in 1856,
6,03'7 in 1857, with crews of 61,140 ifital, and 6,201 1856,
with 49,264 men. The decrease of last year has beeti cattsed
by the depressed state of trade. Of the various nations the
English were the most numerous, the total number of ves-
sels sailing under the British flag being 1,698; the next
being the Hanoverian, numbering 781. Only 22 ships be-
longed to the United States.
SNOW IN THE ALPS.--The journals of the south
of France state that great quantities of snow have fallen in
the Alps. Last week a diligence returning from Turin was
stopped by the snow on Mount Genievre. One of the con-
ductors was sent on to get more horses, but unfortunately
he fell down in the snow, and fainted away. It so happened
that he was soon discovered by some dogs-belonging to the
customs' officers, and taken to the nearest house. When
he recovered his senses, he stated under what circumstances
i shesent
oi
i.,
had left ft the diligence. Four stout horses were at once
n
ancl -eth their help the passengers were delivered
I from their unpleasant situa.,.`2,l
A POSER FOR THE LAWYERS.—Attei hearing a
tbdialiii will case at Dublin, on Saturday, Master Litton
amused the gentlemen of the long robe present b request-
ing their opinion on the following point; on which he im:.l.
been consulted on that morning :—The governor of a gaol
not a hundred miles from Dublin was on Friday arrested
and incarcerated in his own griOl for a debt of £4OO, the
attorney for the plaintiff demanding aIId obtaining a certi-
ficate from him that he was in custody. Now, in the exe-
cution of his duties as governor, could he go beyond the
walls of the gaol without being liable to arrest for escaping
from prison under the above committal ? Counsel seem
quite posed as to the law of the case, there being no prece-
dent, but would consider it, and talk with his lordship on
it on an early day.
A wild boar strayed from one of the forests in
the neighbourhoOd of Avranches, arrived a few days ago on
the beach at Bourne, and seemed greatly astonished to find
itself in a vast open space, with the sea near it. A number
of villagers, armed with pitchforks, guns, and clubs, assem-
blpa ' -i- „'• I not venture to surround it. It turned round
rest, a shoemaker,
i t. -1f
pain a advanced
irritated'
e'galtt;v6and one of them, braver than, the
it a ;Jab with a pitchfork. The
him a distance of several feet. It then turned in a savage
manner on the other assailants, but three or four guns were
°thnetaii.iiimal, and rushir4 on tho man threw
discharged simultaneously at it, and the animal fell dead.
PAUL JONES IN THE FIRTH.--Last week, Mrs.
Reekie, a widow, died at Pathhead, near Kirkcaldy. She
was known to have been the last of those young lasses 'who
lighted the fires in Ravenscraig Castle when the men of
Path.head kept armed watch and ward nightly for the return
of Paul Jones. She often referred to this period in her life,
on
and described minutely the appearance of Mr. Shirra
drove
, when
engaged in praying the beach for that wind which
the vessels of the dreaded Paul down the Firth. 'She was
27 3,ears single, 44 years married, and 28 years a widew,
and was in the habit of saying that she had lived three life-
limes. Her offspring was as follows :7- Nine children, 65
grandchildren 116 great-grandchildren, and -three great-
great-grandcliildrea—m all 193,—.Edinburgh Courant.