The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-10 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

MULLINS V. HIISSEY.—A case has been heard before the
Master of the Rolls, of a disputed estate, in which the chief
point of interest was the question of the validity of a
marriage performed in Ireland between a Roman Catholic
and a Protestant, by a Catholic priest, in which the Master
pronounced against the validity of such marriage.

DARBY V. BEALES AND OTHERS.—In the Court or
Queen's Beuch, this case, arising out of the attempted
formation of a New Reform Club, has come on. Mr.
Francis said that it had been arranged with all the
defendants, except Mr. Sturgeon, a barrister, that further
proceedings, in this case should be stayed. lie had to ask
their lordships, on Mr. Sturgeon's behalf, to allow the rule
for a new trial to stand over, as in all probability they
would be able to arrange to enter a stet processus in his
case also. Application granted.
URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS.—The Attorney-General
asked for a postponement of the case " Wason v. Walter,"
on account of the elections. The Chief Justice promised
to do all he could to assist the bar.

EX-PARTE DIPSDALE.—In the Court of Queen's Bench,
Mr. Lopes moved for a mandamus calling upon the Mayor
of Exeter to insert the name of Mr. Dipsdale in the
burgess list of that city. The applicant had been an in-
habitant of the city for many years, but lately he had
removed his furniture and family to Exmouth, a water-
ing-place near Exeter, retaining a furnished bed-room
and sitting-room in his house of business. He took his
meals and frequently slept in the house at Exeter. Rule
granted.

A Glasgow publisher has issued an edition of
" Waverley " in phonetic shorthand, the most singular,
perhaps, of the many dresses in which Scott's works have
appeared.

A lawyer, not over young or handsome, examin-
ing a young lady witness in the court, determined to
perplex her, and said, " Miss, upon my word you are very
pretty." The young lady very promptly replied, "I would
return the compliment if I were not on oath."

Steps have already been taken to bring the case of
Mr. Bennett before the Arches Court. The two cases now
pending, "Martin v. Mackonochie" on ceremonies, and
"Sheppard v. Bennett " on doctrines, will decide the grcat
questions rifo in the Church of England.

ILLEGAL PROCESSIONS. —The secretary of the
Scottish Reformation Society has called the attention of
the Secretary of State to an illegal Popish procession at
Ross, Herefordshire, but as yet nothing has been done.--
Bulwark.

The Friend of India believes it has been almost
decided that the successor of Mr. Maine next April will
be the ablest criminal jurist in England, Mr. Fitzjames
Stephen. The Times of India agrees with its contempo-
rary in thinking that India will be fortunate if it secures
as Law Member of Council a lawyer and a scholar so worthy
of the distinguished men who have filled that office for the
third of a century.

The Chicago Tribune prints a despatch from Van
Wert, recording the saving of a child's life by the heroic
action of an engine-driver. As the mail train, bound east,
on the 26th October, approached the Van Wert station,
the engineer, Israel Adams, noticed a small child on the
track. To stop in time to save it he saw was impossible.
Running out on the cow-catcher and reaching out, he
caught the child and lifted it on the engine without
injuring a hair of its head, although he was in great
danger of losing his own life.
LORD ALBE3IARLE AND HIS IRISH TENANTS.
In reply to a letter from Dr. Brady, M.P. for Leitrim,
the following has been received from the Earl of Albe-
marle :—" Quidenham, Attleborough, Oct. 28.—Dear Dr.
Brady, in reply to your letter of the 24th, I beg to state
that it is not my intention, either at the forthcoming or
at any subsequent election, to interfere with my tenants
in Leitrim in the exercise of their franchise.—l am, &c.,
ALBEMARLE. —John Brady, Esq., M.P."
A WELSH NAME. —A claim was made before
one of the Liverpool revising barristers on
,the part of
John Pritchard, whose qualification consisted of a free-
hold house in How-street, and whose house was
described as " Rosllanerchrugog, near Ruabon." Mr.
France (to the friend who appeared for Mr. Pritchard):
"You say that be lives at —, you know the place ?"
The applicant : " Where ?" Mr. France : " Oh, I can't
pronounce it, and I must leave it to Mr. Leader." Mr.
Leader : " Does he live at Rose—, you know where I
mean ?" Applicant : "Yes ; he lives there." Mr.
Leader : " Well, we must accept that, for I can't for the
life of me pronounce the word. It is sufficient to choke
one."

THE DESTRUCTION OF SEA-BIRDS. —Land and
Water gives an extraordinary account of the destruction
going on among sea-birds. On a strip of coast eighteen
miles long, near Flamborough Head, 107,250 birds nere
destroyed by pleasure parties in four months, 12,000 by
men who shoot them for their feathers, and 79,500 young
birds who died of starvation in the emptied nests. Com-
mander Knocker, there stationed, who reports these
facts, saw two boats loaded above the gunwales
with dead birds, and one party of eight guns killed 1,100
birds in a week. So great is the demand for plumage to
brighten ladies' dresses, that thousands of birds are killed
every day, and cock pheasants are flayed before cooking.
The poor sea-birds ought at least to be let alone while
bringing up their young, and ultimately there must be a
"close time" to the whole feathered race. Law alone
can Preserve them from dcstr• their inferiors.