300 
ing. He accordingly tried his 
luck a second time, and again 
failed. Shortly afterwards Miss 
Bellamy, the daughter of the de- 
fendant, dreamed that No. 5 was 
drawn a prize of 20,000/. This 
dream was communicated to 
M‘Kellar, who was ‘at that time 
in Scotland, upon business, and 
he wrote up to his wife to request 
she would purchase a whole tic- 
ket, and at the same time to tell 
Bellamy to purchase a fourth of 
No. 5 with the money of the for- 
mer prize, and to add as much as 
would accomplish that purpose. 
from his own pocket. 
Mr. Bellamy accordingly, the 
next day, repaired to Messrs. Ha- 
zard and Co. but found that all 
No. 5 was sold, and purchased a 
4th of No. 27. which most cer- 
tainly was drawn a prize of 
20,0002. Mr. Bellamy immedi- 
ately wrote down to the plaintiff, 
telling him that all No. 5 was sold, 
and that he had purchased a share 
of No. 27, fully intending that if 
the plaintiff had not liked that, 
and 2f it had been a blank, to have 
taken it for himself; but some- 
thing predicted to him that he 
ought to multiply his daughter’s 
number in itself, and add 2 to it, 
standing for 20,000/., and thus he 
got 27, which was a prize of 
20,0007 and the letter finished, 
by saying, “you are master of 
4,900/.” observing that at that 
time he did not consider that he 
had any right whatever to it. The 
next day, be went and lodged this 
money in the bank in his own 
name, and he now refused to draw 
it out and the money was accord- 
ingly assigned over to the Ac- 
countant-General in the name of 
the action. He (the learned Coun- 
sel) would be glad to know how 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 18]5. 
this gentleman could claim this 
money. There was no contract 
nor consideration ; and upon the 
same principle this gentleman 
might have been made to go on 
purchasing shares for 20 years, 
until he had the good luck to get 
a prize. Upon these grounds he 
submitted that Mr. Bellamy had 
not the smallest right to a single 
farthing. 
Mr. Dauncey, for thedefendant, 
argued that part of this money 
with which the ticket was bought 
was the defendant’s and that it 
was to his ingenuity the plaintiff 
owed his having got the prize; 
and he insisted that his repeated 
promises were quite sufficient to 
compel him to divide this money. 
Their Lordships, however, de- 
creed for the plaintiff. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Gas Light Company.—A special 
adjournment of the London Ses- 
sions was held before the Re- 
corder, Aldermen, &c. at Guild- 
hall, for the purpose of trying a 
question of considerable import- 
ance -to the scientific world, as 
well as the public at large. It 
was an_ indictment preferred 
against Frederick Sparrow and 
William Knight, laid in May last, 
and charging them with a public 
nuisance, but postponed to the 
present period On this occasion, 
however, Mr. Sparrow only ap- 
peared in court as the defendant. 
Mr. Arabin stated the indict- 
ment, which charged the defend- 
ant with a public nuisance, by 
means of a certain manufactory 
of gas in Dorset-street, Salisbury~ 
square. rT 
Mr. Gurney stated the case to 
