The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-17 00:00:00

Ct) c f Briti,t; Plar,ta:ian hurled last week et the
E an:-1 Wcst Ricki aa.; 316 hhds 30 Hemel and
179 tn-ls. Th.7re were taken for home consumption
1,155 hhds 154 tierces 394 kris. The stock in the
sq;n2 pines is 7,128 hhds 900 tierce.) 1,606 brig.
COFFEE.—Thirty-one caski of Jamaica, and 160 bags
Plant,tk-n Ceylon, sold steadily, a, did also 136 begs
Mysore. at 51s 6rl; blr 264 cases Tellicherry, and 1,630
hip of St. Dominw,n, were v,ithdrawn above the value,
at 49s to 505.

Cocoa —695 Trinidad went at 49s to 565.
Bum remains in good demand, and sales to a fair ex:
tent Lave taken place. The quantity landed last
week at the East and West India Docks was 305 Pang
48 hhds. There were taken for home consumption Sit
puns 2 hills, and exported 24 puns 137 hhth'• The
stuck in the saws place is 14 865 puns 1,165 hbds•
iticE was dull of sale.
glens.-300 begs of Pimento mostly sold at rather
higktr rat,s, frt in 11 to 41 per lb; 140 cases Pea.'nge
Nu ru- .Ts went !ton.; 2s 52 to 3; 23, being a redact ,nn 0.
2,1 to 3d per lb on the better sorts; 60 cases of lace,
brought 3d to 23 7d, bring high prices. 14 cases or
Ptlita,g Cloves sold from, Is to is 33.
TALLow.—P. Y. C. is 37s to 376 6d per cwt on the
spot, and Town 39s 6cl.
aEA.—There is no change of importance. The de.
liveries are good.

IMPERIAL PARLIAAIENT.

(THIS DAY.)

lIOUSE OF LORDS.
Parliament was ag,iti prorogued to-day to Tuesday,
the 4th of February, 1851.
The House of Lords met for the purpose of the
prorogation shortly after three o'clock. The 14°r
Chancellor, Lori Monteagle, and Lord Eddisburf
were the Commissioners.
Their Lordships having taken their seat below the
throne, Mr. Pulamp, the Deputy Usher of the Black
Rod, was directed to summon the Commons to beef
f
her Majesty's Commission read for the prorogation
Parliament. Shortly afterwards Mr. Ley and seyeral
of the officers of the Lower House appeared at the
bar. The Commission having bEen read at the
table by Mr. Thaw Lefevre, the Clerk of the Ibuge,',
Toe Loa) CHANCELLOR, in her atjestyb;
name, and by her Majesty's command, declared
Parliament prorogued to Tuesday, the 4th of Feb'rll?'
1851, " then to assemble and be holden for the
patch of divers urgent and important affairs ;" an
it stood prorogued accordingly.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS P";
Lord ampbell and a Special Jury were °9c„--;the
throughout the morning, at Guildhall, in try" re•
cause of Dowdall v. Hulk tt, which was an action ti'd
bf
cover the amount of a policy of insurance grtr:teh the
the General Marine Assurance Company, the
defendant was a director, on a ship belongieg '-
plaintiff, which had been loit.
The jury gave a verdict for the vect to
the opinion of the Court above on a point of law
during the trial. phsintiff, 014 r-silo

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) BP
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the IA
CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) a,
01s go
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY P. Hupp AND 0
In this action the Great Western Compaq se"l
carries*
recover from the defendants, who are extensive
1 ettrr
,9 004, for the carriage of goods by the railwel,j' „thealt
g
The Solicitor-General, Mr. Ho gins, and gr.eta
appeared for the plaintiffs, and Sir F. Theeige"
K-atiug, and Mr. Brown fur the defendants.
the our
It appeared from the evidence that in Isl /7, ear-
pally were in the habit of allowin 10 per cent' dir
riers bringing their bu,iness tog the line, but euof
covering that the defendants were in the ehste°3od
enclosing several small parcels in one Packg„e'etsch
thus depriving the company of their charge e" ot
separate parcel, they refused to extend this arrange—were
to the defendants. Accordingly the defendael. boot
compelled to pay the full charge on each parcel, vvil!,l tee
the ordinary deduction of 10 per cent. ; but in 18,;eold
Court of Common Pleas decided that the coroP*EV,-ie *
not charge separately for each parcel contaioeu to
large package, end also that they were bevnironi
carry goods for all carriers on the same terms, tto
this time the company declared their intention of
make any allowance to carriers on the line; b 0 it
fain
shown that they did continue the allowance to eels
of
parties by special contracts. This being the sta • led
p 3 els
affairs, the defendants contended that they re e°tit
to set off against the plaintiffs' demand all the -t.°sreetl
they had paid since 1641, over and above those e"-Ibe
toa other carriers on the same quantity of good'',„day,
case
occupied the Court the whole of Ye'''.
Tber
and was resumed again this morning. 'beyond
being a vast Dumber of items to go '-h-evoud
which would probably occupy the Court -'itiet
the period of its present sitiingi, the rs, eeo
on the recommendation of his Lo'rdshiPt hrii^ecti 10
to a verdict being entertained for the plaintiff, 617-10 °
the opinion of the Court above, and to a refereil-')
gentleman at the bar.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DA I '
nel ro e°
Before the Lord Chiet Justice JERYIS and
STRANGE V. POPE.—BREAjet:rrlo.2 PROMISE Cl
Ties was an action brought by the plaintiu' &set'
ivory merchant in Hatton-garden, against the clef:Ter:er
who is the daughter of Mr. Pope, tailor, of l'eafieir
garden, a geed, than of some wealth, to recover eerignise
sation in damn, es for the alleged breach Of a Pr flatlet
Tee deo- :ea;
given by her to marry the plaintiff.
denied the promise, and alsopleaded that suffiew
time had not been allowed her to erform the protni?' •
The defendant was formerly married, but has bee
°
widower eight years. to
Mr. Knowles and another Learned Gentleman .;01
peered for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant BYlee -
Mr. Lush for the defendant.
Mr. KNOWLES briefly stated the plaintiff's esse. ego
appeared that a former intimacy had existed be' 0,
the parties, which was broken off; but about Christi °,O,
1849, they met again and the intimacy "6.0
ne wed, and the plaintiff continued to •oh
constantly at the house of the defends
of
and was treated by her family on the implied footing. e
an accepted lover. A correspondence was also carrtere
on until the 20th of January, when the defendant Wt e
to the plaintiff expressing a desire to break off tat
connexion between them, giving as a reason
she could not be happy with the Plei b
tielos
since the return of an old flame, for we
she declared her love could never be extin-
guished. She at the same time paid him the complinse?
of saying that no other circumstances could have di
.s:
turlard her affection?. The plaintiff answered ih"
refusing to accept his dismissal; but a more pereniet°l
Si eht toerrt
yf ual
after
e"d,
a, r
dasn dt
hael I
dcommunication
mw
aarsr
iberdu ktoenanOu;
ther gentleman, and the present action was brought
recover damages for the alleged breach of promise.
Several letters, from the defendant to the plainsioe
were then rear?, which showed a considerable degree
familiarity between the parties, but which contained
decided promise.
Only two witnesses were called.
George H. Strange,. the brother of the plaintiff,
ase,i9J
that he was present at a party in December, lu.ot",
at which the petintiff and defendant were also Preile[ce
They seemed t:, be en very friendly terms with Ae-to-
other. They sat next to each other, and converse. de,
gether during the whole night. The plaintiff Ode be
Pendant had been on intimate terms in 1845, an'o.
in
thought engaged, but the connexion was broken o`. •
cons' quence of the refusal of Mr. Pope to sanction
marrisge between his daughter and the plaintiff: our
Cross-examined—Could not Eay from the deineenere
of the two to each other at the party, whether they
engaged or not; he was a bechelor, and did not undere`e
Buell reatters.—(Laughter.) a
Sarah Joe ce said ehe was cook and housemaid e
Mr. Pope's, when tee p!aietiff visited there. 'lle -e1 al
very eften. She re membered on Christwar tee
that Mr.
,Strange was at a party there, and .ed
evenieg, waen the misletoe was brought in, 0° - sod
Miss Pope. Next morning she saw Mr. Strsvgef the
Miss Pope standing together on the lawn in front °'
house, and Mr. Strange kissed Miss Pope there :go- to
Shortly after Miss Pope come down into the kiw": see
the witness, and asked her if she did not tbie-eieg
was a wicked creature, for she was
two sweethearts at once! She also said encourscrot
wool b•
would be her cook and housemaid when s‘li‘
be in my place for any money." I asked
Ye° her t s f tl
logic
to Mr. Strange.
This was the case for the plaintiff, e
W for
.0
Mr. Sergeant BYLES addressed the
,7 so
the defence. The present action, he 138"7,100
brought by the plaintiff, not as gentle her
enamoured of the lady's person, but of
this
fortune, part of which he strove to get hold Of mnii
means. Throughout the whole case there `NO lie-be'eg
which could give the slightest foundation for ine3",-lee
that any promise had been made, or any engageren-
tercel into by the defendant to the plaintiff.- con'
preparation sent o f Mr. Porileanhyad
sort
tt beenbeen
masakdeed ,
bnyo t h bade -e
tiff for a marriage. The only construction whichcl
could be put upon the matter was that Miss P°Penoiliet
suffered Mr. Strange's
inwi orderhi, to form a proper judgment of his qualificiletleed
attentions up to a certain r
thatt this
entering into an engagement, and he conte- ;
it
Nw would
wl di
si
t nbwee was
sass taesrruige
werelhtyt which
dn yefvo it to
tytho:. them.oduenglady possessed
enugh
The Le .RD CHIEF JUSTICE told the jury that teee;eo
these ea- lence.
„es were very unusual—there was no differe'o•
in the minuet. of looking at the evidence in the c 3 •
where a woman broke a promise made to a wen' °rid,
mars broke a promise made to a woman. There 11'14
hoe ever, be a difference in the two cases when imtb.
came to look at the amount of damages. 111 f" a
preseet case there was no direct evidence °,tp
promise made, and it would be for them to infer ItC)a,
the relative position and demeanour of the parliebe;el
shown in the evidence, whether any engagement
exist) el between them.
The jury, after ha
short deliberation, returned a ler.
diet for the plaintiff, damages one farthing.

CITY SMALL DEBTS COVItI..
(THIS DAY.)
(Before H. GURNEY, Es q ) , tiona
THE TALLY SYSTEM.—Toffs morning severs& " 4
were brought furvery small sums by a tallygiso, 121 W
Petberidge, residing in klattonvarden. d ihat
ILI the course of the several cases it oPPear-
e