ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 717, 23 August 1870, Page 4

ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

; The other day a number of men were . walking through a field near Wigan/in which there is a deep pond.' One, of the party, named "Rndd, offered to walk through if any one wonld give him 6d. One of them said he had only 4d, for which Rndd consented to walk through. He took the money and jumped into the water, but became entangled in the weeds, and when taken. outw.as quite dead. '" |r A very interesting paper on the gold fields of Nova Scotia was read the other day at the Society of Arts by Mr Henry Youle Hind, M.A. The^Ea.ne^.^wjgnJt toj show that i&ej*old yield fro^ qiiirtz of some' o(^KeTsqva 'Scotiari' districts is" in excess of the average of gold mining countries generally.^ From the discussion which followed ii. appears that, with the aid , of capital, the mines might become very profitable sources of revenue. On June 6, a pleasure yacht, with 14 persons on board, capsized a mile off Hastings. The two /boatmen and six of the excursionists were picked:up, but two of the latter died. The bodies of four have been recovered, but two are still missing. — A party were in a small pleasure sailing boat outside Ramsgate Harbor on June. 1 7, when a gust of wind upset the boat, which sank, and the. whole party were' thrown into th"c water. The accident ..was seen from the pier, and the harbor tugimmediatelyput out to their assistance, bnt before its arrival two of the party sank to rise no more. Eight persons were rescued, four of whom were almost drowned, but by persevering efforts two were restored. ; • . " On June 7 a train containing 500 Scholars and the friends of the Providence Place Church, Cleckheaton, left for Blackpool, and proceeded as f ar as Pleasington^ about three miles beyond Bhvckburnv lfe reached this point at twenty minutes toeight, and nothing was then observed to ,be wrong.; A mile nearer Preston a tire of one of. the wheels suddenly snapped, and the carriage was dragged 300 yards. The defective tire was attached to the sikth carriage from the end, and the whole of the framework was smashed to pieces. Ths passengers were turned completely tppsy.-turvy,'i and ver.e., polled down .the embankment into a field. Seven of the twenty escaped with slight scratches, the remaining thirteen were seriously hur&' ft£oss of ihg' jtijiired people were members pf the comliuttee, and tfteir 1 families,' and others were from Heckraonwike. On May 26, at the Sheriff's Court, an

action in the Exchequer, Trebeck v. Tames, was heard at Red Lion Square, in which judgment was allowed to go by default, to assess, ithe amount of compensation" to be awarded in an action for breach of promise of , marriage. The damages were laid atf LSOO. After the learned counsel had opened the case,, and stated that from the prostrate condition of the young lady iri consequence of breaking off the engagement she could not appear to give evidence, he called her mother. The /young lady was twentytwo, aud the defendant was twenty-seven. He had been messman of the 46th Regiment at Portsmouth, and his mother kept an hotel at Wrexham^ and was in a good way of business. The marriage was to take place on January 20 last, and on the 2nd of that month he wrote a letter to break off the match, through his mother's request. On the next day he retracted, and had since corresponded with the plaintiff. All the wedding dresses were provided, the guests invited to the marriage feast, and on the Sunday before the day appointed his uncle went to the plaintiff's mother and broke off the match. The mother of the plaintiff described her state since the blow was inflicted. She had been, since the occurrence, broken down and confined to her bed. Another witness was called, who proved that defendant's motherand stepfather had promised to put him into an hotel, with LIOOO if he broke off the match. And the witness said he expressed his regret that he was obliged to break off the match through his mother. The Under-Sheriff told the jury to estimate the loss the young lady had sustained. In his' opinion it was a case for moderate damages. It was clear that it was through his mother the match had been broken off, as it appeared there was affection on both sides. The jury awarded LSO0 — the full amount that was claimed.