defendant, came ou for hearing at the Civil Sittings of the Supreme Court on 23rd ult. The action was to recover the sum of £225 three-quarters interest on a loan of £3000, obtained by defendant from the Company when in England in December, 1870. It wa? p.urt of the defence to the action that the plaintiffs' Manager evinced dissatisfaction ■with the security which, defendant agreed to give by way of mortgage ; and that in ac cordance with the agreement under which the loan was procured, payment thereof, with interest, was tendered by defendant. The plaintiffs' Manager, however, denied that he elected to be dissatisfied with the securitj . Messrs John Armstrong, Arthur Beverly, Thomas Pordyce, James Scoular, and David Proudfoot were each fined two guineas for not attending when the Special Jury list was called. This case was concluded in the Supreme Court ou Saturday. The jury answered the issues substantially in favour of the defendant ; but the demurrers to the replication of estoppal are set down for argu ment on Wednesday, the 12th prox.
