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Company. Now the warrant of attorney showed on the face of it that it was given by him as the public officer of the Company. The substantial question raised was this. It appeared that, under the provisions of the deed of settlement of the Southern District Bank, there was a clause, " that if at any time the losses should exceed the surplus fund, and one quar ter of the capital, any shareholder should be em powered to call a meeting of the shareholders, for the purpose of dissolving the partnership;" and the defendant contended 'that on the 24th of April, 1840, a meeting had been convened, in conformity with the provisions of the clause, of which Mr. W. Dunn was chairman, and at which the Company was dissolved. It was aldo contended that Mr. Graham was not registered as the public officer of the Bank at Somerset-house ; but it ap peared not only that likwas so registered, but that the affidavit on which 14e had been registered was the affidavit of the very . Mr. W. Dunn, the chairman of the meeting, and that the affidavit of Mr. Dunn was dated 25th April, 1840, the very day after he had presided over a meeting at which it was alleged the Company had been dissolved. There was also an ob jection that he had no authority as public officer to give the warrant of attorney, but he should show that he had the authority of the Directors for doing what he had done, and that the Directors were authorised by the deed of settlement to settle all actions ; and it was for the purpose of settling an action brought by the London and Westminster Bank that the warrant of attorney had been given. There was an affidavit de nying the debt for which the warrant of attorney had been given, and imputing collusion to the parties ; and it was also imputed in the affidavits that certain of the Directors of the Southern District Banking Company were personally indebted to the London and Westmin ster Banking Company, and that the warrant of at torney had been given to get rid of their personal re sponsibility. These were the substantial objections to the judgment ; there was also a formal objection that the judgment had not been entered up according to the form of the warrant of attorney, but had been entered up in vacation. The warrant of attorney had been given on the 4th of March, and the judg,m ent had been entered up on the day following as of Hilary Term. The objections to the scire facias were, that Mr. Graves and Mr. Young, who were partners in the London and Westminster Bank, were also partners in the Southern District Bank, and that objection went to the whole of the proceedings. He understood that it was contended by the other side that the plain tiff could not have a scire facias against each member of a banking company, but that a plaintiff must elect against how many he could proceed by scire facias, and that having once made his election, he was precl tided from suing any one else; that he must include all against whom he intended to proceed in one scire facias, but could not sue the parties separately. Another objection was that no fiere facias had been issued against the as sets of the Company, and it was contended that no scire facias could be issued against Bridger, without having exhausted every other mode of obtaining payment of the debt. Another objection was that the scire facia% had been tested in vacation. A scire facias had been issued on the 2d November, 1841, against several shareholders in the bank ; in Hilary: term following, two rules had been obtained, then several points had been raised, and an issue had been directed to try if the parties were partners in the Company, and if they were in debted to the London and Westminster Bank ; it was tried at the assizes for Wiltshire, and a verdict re turned for the plaintiff. A rule nisi - for a new trial had been granted, on the ground that two of the par ties, who were partners in the London and Westmin ster Bank, were also partners in the Southern District Bank ; that rule had not yet been argued, and if it should be decided for the plaintiff, then the parties would be liable to the scire facias, and the judg ment already obtained; and Mr. Bridger, by now coming to set aside the judgment, was seeking to deprive the plaintiff of his right as against other parties. If Mr. Bridger had any defence as to fact, he could plead it to the scire facias, but he surely could have no right to set aside a judgment against Graham. The Southern District Bank had been formed for the purpose of carrying on banking business in the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands, and the London and Westminster Bank were their London correspondents, and the London and Westminster Bank had given them credit on the faith of the parties connected with it ; that they never knew or had heard of the pre tended dissolution of the Company ; that they, having been informed that the Southern District Banking Company intended giving up business, pressed for the payment of the debts ; that the Directors, Mr. Coates and Mr. Meek, came up to London in consequence, and had had several interviews with the parties con nected with the London and Westminster Bank, when it was arranged, as the best mode of settling the affairs with the least loss to the shareholders of the South ern District Bank, that the London and West minster Bank should not press for immediate payment of the debt due to them, on condition that the Directors of the Southern District Bank should give a judgment fur the amount of the debt ascer tained to be due. Mr Graham, who was also a Director of the Company, was the person who, as public officer, had given the warrant of attorney, and Mr. Griffith, the other Director, was perfectly aware of what was going on, and was a consenting party. When the first scire facias was sued out, so far was Mr. Bridger from denying that he was a partner, so far was he from saving that the Company was dis solved, that he actually paid a call of 61. made upon him as part payment of the debt, to avoid having pro ceedings taken against him on that scire facias, and on the understanding that his liability was still to continue. Instead of raising the point that he had paid the 6E., it was not until the Jury who had tried the issue and found that the Southern District Bank was indebted to the London and Westminster Bank in the sum of 8,8861., that he raised these objections. If the Company had been dissolved prior to giving the warrant of attorney that would be a perfectly good defence to the scire facias, but he contended that the Company never had been dis solved. Nothing was mentioned as to dissolution in the circular convening the meeting ; the persons who made and seconded the resolutions for the dissolution were not eligible to propose or second any such motion, and the whole proceeding was a juggle. It was stated that Mr. Bridger was present at the meeting. If that were so, and he considered that the Banking Company had been dissolved, it was strange that he should subsequently have paid his portion of the debt on two distinct occasions. The Learned Gentleman was proceeding with his argument, when Lord DENMAN suggested that an issue might be di rected to try the fact in dispute. Mr. TIIESIGER—AII we are desirous of doing is to be enabled to plead, so as to raise the question in dis pute, which we can no t d o b y pleading to the scire facias. The Somerroa-Geeteetar.—L e t the proceedings on the scire facias stand over until their Lordships shall have decided the questions at issue. Lord DENMAN One question to be ' discussed would be, that you were not aware of the dissolution. The Somefroa-GENERAL—AII that the defendant, has a right to ask, is to have the question tried, Was he, or was he not, a member of the Company which owed money to the plaintiff? I have no objection to let him raise that question. Mr. THESIGER—Bat we are desirous of being per mitted to raise the issue that the warrant of attorney and the judgment thereon were obtained collusively. We understand that there is another action pending against Mr. Uley Graham-L-Will you let us in to plead to that ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Certainly not. Mr. TRESIGER—SureIy we ought to be at liberty to question proceedings which we call collusive. That judgment is now standing, and the attorneys for the plaintiff are cueing out scire facias after scire facias against the shareholders of the Company. Lord DENMAN--YOU wish to add another issue, that the proceedings are collusive and fraudulent ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the fact was, that certain shareholders wished to avoid payment of the debts, and the attorneys for the plaintiff thought that the fairest way was to make each shareholder contri bute his quota towards the payment of the debt due to the London and Westminster Banking Company, instead of coming upon one party only. Mr. THES IGER—Justice cannot be done unless we have an opportunity of questioning the validity of the judreent. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the fact was, this was an attempt of the defendants in the former action to set aside the verdict of the Jury, and they made use of the name of Mr. Bridger for that purpose. If Mr. Bridger were not a partner, that would be a decay good answer to the scire facias, and might be pleaded. Mr. TuesiGert—But we say the scire facias is bad in point of form. Lord DENMAN—We had better hear the arguments on that point. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the objection to the validity of the scire facias was, that it was tested in vacation, and therefore bad; but he contended that as the defendant had taken a step in the cause without noticing it, that was a waiver of the irregularity. Mr. THESIGER contended that the scire facias was not merely irregular, but was void, and that, even admitting that it was merely an irregularity, that might be cured; still the defendant had not taken any step which could be considered as a waiver of the ir legularity. Lord DENMAN—We will not at present decide that point. We wish to hear you, Mr. Thesiger, on the case generally . Mr. TRESIGER said that the Southern District Bank had:beenpropo se dt o b e established with a capital of 200,0001. Of this capital about . 23,0001 . had been subscribed. The L on d on and W estminster Bank had been their town agents, and had 5 0001. on the establishment ofd advanced them the bank. The Southern District Bank soon got into difficulties. ll.} l'elatwent on struggling with those difficulties for . . ri ...srtwo t h ree years, when that occurrence took place 1 YPII7-tiil which had been provided for by the deed establishing the Company, in which was a proviso that when the losses of the Company should have exhausted the sur plus fund, and should exceed one-fourth of the subscribed capital, then any shareholder might call a meeting and propose the dissolution of the Company. His Learned Friend had said that the persons presiding over the meeting, and proposing such dissolution, were not authorised to do so by the 16th rule of the Company, but that defect, he contended, had been cured by the 17th rule, to which his Learned Friend had not drawn the attention of the Court. At the time of the dissolution of the Company, Messrs. Bevila and Dunn were the public officers of the Company. Mr. Graham was not appointed until after the time of the meeting—that is, not until after the Company ceased to exist. There was no minute whatever in the books of the Company of the appoint ment of Mr. Graham as public officer. It was cer tainly true that he was returned to the Stamp-office by Mr. Dunn, in 1840, as the public officer of the Company ; but in the return of 1841, Mr. Dunn stated that the said Company had ceased to trade —that they had no books open—and that they did not issue notes. The Company having been so dis solved, he contended, that there was no authority in any person or persons to constitute Uley Graham a public officer. Now the defendants had had no op portunity of pleadinc , to that judgment. The Act of Parliament precluded them from it, and the only relief they could get was by application to this Court. The only remedy a shareholder could have, except through the interference of this Court, would be to show that he had not been a shareholder for three years before the debt became due. He sub mitted that Uley Graham could not be the public officer of a dissolved Company; but even admitting he were the public officer, then he contended that Graham had no power to bind Mr. Bridger by a warrant of this description. Mr. Bridger had not signed the deed ; and he mentioned this, not for the purpose of showing that he was no partner, but to show that he had given no such authority as could au thorise Uley Graham to bind him by a warrant of this description. The public officer had no au thority to give a warrant of this description ; and if it were contended that Mr. Graham was a partner, and therefore could bind Mr. Bridger as his partner, then, he contended, that the partnership had been dis solved before the execution of the warrant ; and the case of Rathbone and Bick, in 6 Bingham, showed that one partner could not bind another in this way, under such circumstances. He also submitted, that the warrant had not been executed by Graham in his capacity of public officer, inasmuch as it did not dis tinctly state that he had signed it as the public officer of the Company. The next objection was that he was not authorised to sign, and in support of that objec tion he would refer the Court to the case of Cob bud and Childers. Tie next objection was that there was no debt due, and surely it would be hard upon the shareholders if they were to be pre chided from raising that question, by what they con tended was a collusive proceeding between a person styling himself their public officer, and another person claiming that a debt was due to them. His next ob jection was founded upon the provisions of the 18th section of the Act of Parliament, according to which, he contended, that parties obtaining judgment against the public officer of a Banking Company, were bound to proceed against the assets of the Company before they proceeded against the assets of the indi vidual shareholders. He contended that the Legisla ture had, in making that provision, contemplated the protection of persons holding shares in Banking Com panies. The next question he proposed to raise, he considered was a most important one ; and he trusted it would obtain their Lordships' serious consideration. It appeared that a scire facias had originally been issued against twelve individuals, Mr. Bridger not being one of them ; and the point he wished to raise was, whether it was competent to parties to issue scire facias time after time, so that, if there were ten thou sand shareholders in a bank, it would be in the power of any litigious person who had obtained a judgment against the public of fi cer, to sue out ten thousand scire facias ? It never could have been the intention of the Legislature that parties should be vexed and harassed in such a manner. He apprehended that a party was bound to select that person or those persons whom he might think sufficiently solvent to satisfy his demand, and that having issued one scire facias, he was precluded from issuing any more. This provision was a benefit con ferred by the Legislature on persons obtaining judg ments against Joint-stock Banking Companies, and no person could take the benefit unless they complied with the stipulations. They might, if they chose, in clude: all the shareholders in one scire facias, and then declare against which of them they chose ; but having issued one scire facias, it was not competent for them to sue out another. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—SureIy you might raise that point upon the pleadings. You could plead that one scire facias had already been issued, and on a point of such importance the other side ought to have the advantage of being able to take it to the Court of Error. Mr. TRESIGER apprehended that as the proceed ing was in this Court, it was this Court alone that could grant them a remedy. He trusted the Court would let in the defendant to answer a judgment which had been obtained behind his back, and as he alleged by fraud and collusion. Lord DENMAN—We are of opinion that the scire facias is void, as having been tested in vacation. It, therefore, cannot be pleaded to. With regard to the judgment, as it appears that at present Bridger has nothing to do with the judgment, we do not see how we can make the rule absolute on that point. Mr. OGLE contended that as Bridger was a partner in the Company, and as the judgment was against the public officer of the Company, he (Bridger) had an interest in the judgment, inasmuch as, if a valid one, he would be bound by it, and cited several cases to show that where parties had been indirectly interested in judgments obtained on warrants of attorney, the Court had permitted them to more to set aside the judgments on the warrants of attorney. Lord DENMAN said the Court had already decided that the rule for setting aside the scire facias must be made absolute. They were not asked to set aside the warrant of attorney. With regard to the, motion to set aside the judgment, the Court would take time to consider whether it could proceed upon affidavits; tut where a scire facias had been obtained, that set the machinery of the Court in motion, seeing it was better that points of this nature should be raised upon the pleadings, as it was highly desirable that all the pro ceedings of the Courts of Justice should proceed in the known channels. Counsel for the plaintiff, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Erle, and Mr. Butt ; for the defendant, Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Ogle. BAIL COURT, Nov. 24. IN THE MATTER OF CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL in this case moved for a mandamus on the part of the prosecution, directed to the Chief Justice of Madras, commanding him to hold a Court for the purpose of examining witnesses, in order that the case may be forwarded for trial. The Learned Gentleman stated that his Learned Friend, Mr. Chambers, had a similar application to make on the part of the defendant, to which he was instructed to consent. The application, on the part of the Crown, was made without any affidavit. In this they followed the precedent set in the case of the "King v. Ste phens and Agnew." In that case an affidavit was prepared, but it was not found necessary to file it. Mr. Justice WIGIITUAN—On the ground, I sup pose, that the matter contained in the information shows the necessity of the order. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Ye s, information shows the necessity of;he m o y rd L er o , rd and Til tba e t the subject matter of the prosecution occurred in the presidency of Madras. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN — But the witnesses maybe in London at the same time. It seems an unusual course to grant such an application as you make without an affidavit; but however, if such is the practice, you may have your rule. The ATTORNET-GENERAL--111 a case which oc curred in the Court of Exchequer Lord Abinger said that an affidavit was not usual when the Attorney- General stated that it was necessary to have witnesses examined.—Application granted. THE QUEEN V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. RICHARDS in this case applied to the Court, on behalf of Lord Sidmouth and a person of the name of Shackle, his tenant, for a mandamus commanding the Great Western Railway Company to give direc tions to the Sheriff of Berkshire to summon a Jury for the purpose of assessing the com pensation due to them for the damage done to their property. The affidavits on which the appli cation was made stated that several acres of land required by the Company for their works were ren dered almost useless, and that applications were made to the Company to assess compensation, which were not attended to.—Application granted. IN THE MATTER OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE RIOTERS- APPLICATION FOR A CERTIORARI. Mr. PRICE applied in this case on behalf of several prisoners now under sentence of transportation for de • stroying by fire certain houses, for a certiorari to remove the record into the Court of Queen's Bench. The Learned Gentleman stated that the present application arose out of the trials of certain rioters, who had been tried and convicted before Lord Chief Justice Tyndal at the late Special Commission. The offence for which they were convicted was, that they had destroy e d, and pulled down, certain houses by fire, and the objection which he took was that they ought to be indicted for firing the houses. •Fire was not an agent which would demolish or pull down houses, and there was no remedy for these convicts, if after returning from transportation they were taken and tried for burning houses. Mr. Justice Wioirrmax ;inquired whether the in dictment was bad on the face of it. Mr. PRICE said it was not, for if otherwise, he would move for a writ of error. When the precise offence charged is not borne out by the evidence, the indict ment cannot be sustained. All he required at present was to remove the record, he would then have to make another application. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN remarked that the applica tion to remove the proceeding into the Court of Queen's Bench was entirely unprecedented. There was no instance of such a course. In many cases parties have been dissatisfied with the evidence against them, but there was no instance of a certiorari being granted. The point which has been raised was for the Judge who tried the case.—Application refused. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 24. The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing arguments on motions, which related only to points of practice, and were utterly void of popular interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 24. DOE DEM. ELLIS V. OWEN. This was an action brought in the month of March 1837, and after the proceedings had lieen commenced the plaintiff was admitted to teen in forma pauperis. Previously to his having been so admitted, the defendant had received an order to recover from him certain costs. The question now at issue, and which was one of some difficulty, was, whether the plaintiff should be called upon to pay for costs thus incurred before he had been allowed to plead an a pauper. Mr. JERVIS, on behalf of the defendant, appeared to show cause against a rule obtained on the other side, calling upon his client to show cause why an allocator of the Master, awarding costs to the defend ant, under the circumstances we have detailed, should not be set aside. The Learned Gentleman contended that by the terms of the statute, and according to precedent, a party could be exempt from no costs, except those incurred after he had been admitted to plead as a pauper. Mr. TOWNSEND argued the point at some length on the other side. The COURT held, that according to the statute, and in equity, a party was liable for any costs incurred before he had pleaded as a :pauper. The rule should therefore be discharged. • SHERIFFS' COURT, Nov. 24. Several short undefended causes were taken at the sitting of the Court. LAW V. DAW. This was an action to recover the sum of Si. 18s., being due for cigars supplied, and the price of a talking parrot. The defendant was a man about town, and tbeplain tiff was a cigar manufactnrer, in Soho. The defendant was in the habit of purchasing cigars at the plaintiff's shop, and taking soda water, ad lib, in the summer. These various luxuries were put down in a running account between the parties. The defendant used to smoke at the house of the plaintiff, and, one occasion, he heard a parrot chattering in the house belonging to the plaintiff. He wished to see it, and the parrot was brought to him, and the defendant taking a fancy to it, purchased it, but did not pay for it. The parrot was sent home to the defendant's lodgings. A witness was called to prove that the parrot could chatter beautifully. The UNDER. SHERlFF—Perhaps you had better call the parrot as a witness, as it can talk so well. Further evidence was then adduced to prove that the other articles were supplied. Mr. JONES, who appeared for the defendant, said he would not contend against such evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, for the full amount claimed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Edward Poole, a youth of respectable appearance, about 18 years of age, and Thomas Roman, a sturdy young countryman, were brought up from Bath, hi' custody of the principal Superintendent of the Police there, the former being charged with stealing a silver mounted cut-glass butter-boat, of the value of 121., and other property of a miscellaneous description, be longing to Mr. Thomas Hulse, of Burlington Arcade, silversmith and jeweller, and the latter with felo niously receiving a portion of the stolen property, well knowing it to have been unlawfully come by. It appears that the prisoner Poole was in the prosecutor's employ as shopman, and on the 9th instant absconded from his employment. On the following day Mr. Hulse missed the butter-boat in question, but was then not aware that any other property was missing. In the interim the prisoner, it seems, had proceeded by railroad to Bath, and took up his hdgings at the Britannia public• house, at Walcott, where he left in the hands of the landlord, as security for a small loan, the glass part of the butter-boat, and a valuable knife and fork, Mr. Hulse's property. On the 15th inst. (last Tuesday week) the prisoner, Roman, en tered the shop of Mr. Young, of' Bath, pawnbroker and silversmith, and offered a piece of broken silver for sale. Suspicion being entertained that he had dishonestly come into possession of it, he was asked if he had any more pieces, and on his replying that he had, he was told to bring all he had got, and they would be pur chased of him. He then went away, but quickly re , turned bringing with him 11 more pieces, which, on being put together, formed the mountings of the butter-boat. He was given in charge to the police, and accounted for the possession of the property by stating that a young man he had met with in Bath, but who was gone on by the railroad, had given it him to sell. This story being unsatisfactory, he was detained; and the police having received information of Mr. Hulse's robbery, the prisoner Poole was ap prehended in a public-house at Bath, where he was accidentally met with by the landlord of the Britannia, who had received notice from the po lice of the articles left with him by the prisoner having been stolen. On searching him twenty-one pawn brokers' duplicates, relating to the stolen property, and which had been pledged in London, were found. Mr. HARDWICK asked if the prisoner Roman was known to the police of Bath ? The Superintendent said he had been so for many years, as a daring and convicted thief. The prisoner Poole said it was no use his saying anything. The property spoken of all belonged to his master. The Superintendent said that Poole was taken into custody a few minutes after he had enlisted for a sol dier.—The prisoners were both fully committed. MARYLEBONE. George Danger, was charged with assaulting and putting in bodily fear, his mother, a respectably dressed old lady, residing in Shaw's-buildings, St. Pancras. It was proved that he came into his mother's house drunk, and demanded money ; which not receiving, he took up a large stick, and struck her several times on the body, then seizing the poker he commenced a wholesale destruction of everything in the room. The police-constable who took him in charge said that the prisoner had been at that Court before on charges of the like description, and that he associated' with the most worthless characters in St. Pancras, spending in debauchery any little property left by his father. Mr. LONG said he was sorry the law did not allow him to punish him according to his deserts, but he would do the utmost that the law would allow him, which was to fine him 51., or commit him for two months. CLERKEIVW ELL. Henry Wickworth Stanhope, who was remanded for stealing two gold watches, value 361., on Thursday last, the property of Mr. Menzies, jeweller, Charles street, Clerkenwell, was brought up again yesterday, charged under the following extraordinary cir cumstances : It appears the prisoner was transported at the Old Bailey about eight years ago ; that since then he has been living by a system of swindling the most in genious and systematic. At one time he represented himself as a private gentleman living on a patrimonial property, at another as a medical man. He continued to ingratiate himself into the favour of several families of high respectability, and seduced the daughter of one of them. From a jeweller residing in Wakefield street he stole jewellery amounting in value to 20 guineas, and mulcted many lodging-house keepers in considerable sums. The office was crowded yes terday with his victims and their witnesses. The evidence in Menzies' case only, which has already ap peared in The Suu was gone into ; the other facts transpired incidentally. Mr. COMBE said he would commit him for trial, 'Thursday next, that th e other but ca remanded ses may him be gon until gone into. Th into. WORSHIP-STREET. Elizabeth Johnson, a young woman, was charged with having assaulted an individual named Thomas Bishop, who presented a most grotesque appearance, in consequence of the extraordinary length of his beard and hair. . The complainant stated that he was passing through Bethnal-green-road, about ten o'clock that morning, when the prisoner ran up behind him and gave his hair an unmerciful pull, that caused him a consider able degree of pain. He instantly turned round and struck the prisoner with his umbrella, upon whieh she began abusing him, and afterwards ran away; but he followed her and gave her into custody. The com plainant added, that he had pressing business on his hands, and expected that he would sustain a heavy pecuniary loss through having to attend and prosecute the charge. Mr. BROUGHTON—How long have you been in the habit of wearing your hair in such profusion ? Com plainant—For the last prear or two. Mr. BROUGHTON—rhe girl has certainly done wrong, but if people will dress themselves in such an eccentric manner, and wear their hair after a fashion contrary to the established usage of any Christian country, they cannot wonder if they are occasionally subjected to such annoyances; but as the assault had been proved, he must visit her with a slight punish- Lieut. She must paw a fine of IE. UNION-HALL. Wm. Davis and John Holmes were charged with committing an assault on Mr. James, landlord of the Spread Eagle, at Dockhead. The defendants went into the Spread Eagle, and had not been in the parlour long before they inter- rupted a discussion that was going on relative to the late triumphs in India and China. They were re quested to desist, and the landlord seconded the efforts to keep them quiet, but instead of paying any regard to what was said, they became quite out rageous in their conduct, and occasioned a complete uproar in the house, until it was found necessary to call:in the aid of the police to restrain their violence. During the disturbance the defendants assaulted the landlord. They were fined 20s. each. A dozen more " casual poor" were brought up for refusing to work for the food and lodging they re - ,ceived in Newington Workhouse. They were com mitted for two days, and to be passed. KENSINGTON. Wednesday fourjgentlemen, who were described in the police-sheet as Charles Guthrie ' surgeon, No. 4, Berkeley-street, Berkeley-square ; Lawrence Brock, surgeon, No. 28, Bury-street, St. James's ; Frederick Itc•Donngh, No. 16, Great Marylebone-street, Port land-place ; and Michael Rodolph MWermott, No. 57, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, were brought before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting Magistrate (with whom was Mr. T. Punter), charged by Inspector Morgan, T division, with being on Wormholt Scrubs, in the parish of Hammersmith, for some un lawful purpose, and supposed to fight a duel." Inspector Morgan stated, that while on duty at the station-house, Brook-green, Hammersmith, about half-past eight o'clock that morning, he received infor mation that a duel was on the point of being fought on Wormholt Scrubs, Shepherd's Bush, and he imme diately despatched Sergeants Kelly and Bevan, with a number of constables, to the spot to prevent it, and take the parties into custody. Thomas Kelly, T 8, deposed, that, in accordance with the directions of his Inspector, he went that morning, between eight and nine o'clock, to the Scrubs, with Sergeant Bevan and others. On enter ing the Serbs he saw two cabs standing there, in one of which was the defendant Brock, and the .other , was empty. He afterwards saw two or three per sons upon the embankment of the Atmospheric Railway, which runs on the east side of the Scrubs. Two of the persons were the defendants, M`Donogh and Guthrie. Witness then went on to the em bankment, accompanied by constable Bristow, T, 109, and inquired of M`Donogh what he was doing there, who replied that he was a Director of the Railway Company. Witness, however, believing from the mo• tions of the party that they contemplated fighting a duel, took Mr. M`Donogh into custody. Witness afterwards found a key, which Mr. AP.Donogh told him at the station-house belonged to a case of pistols which was in one of the cabs. _ _ _ Henry Bevan, T 3, deposed to taking 'the defen dant, Mr. M‘Dermott, into custody. In a cab which Sergeant Kelly told him Mr. At‘Dermott had got out of, he found the mahogany pistol-case now pro duced. On opening it afterwards in the station-house, witness found in it two duelling-pistols, &c. (Tha pistols were then shown to the Magistrates.) Bristow, T 90, deposed to taking the other two de fendants, Messrs. Guthrie and Brock, into custody, and finding on them a variety of surgical instruments, lint, and other dressings, &c. Mr. CLIVE then asked. Mr. M'Donogh if he wished to make any observations relative to the evidence of the police against him and his friends ? Mr. M'Donogh replied that what the police had stated was quite correct. The affair was over. Mr. M'Dermott said if the police had been only ten minutes later, the affair would have been over, and all parties returned home. Mr. Guthrie said all he knew of the affair was that about three o'clock that morning he heard a knock at the door of his residence, and as he was dressing, his servant brought a note up to him, requesting him to be in attendance at the spot at eight o'clock, in case his professional assistance should be required. He ac cordingly went there, not knowing who the parties were, and on his way called upon Mr. Brock and took him with him as an assistant. The letter which Mr. Guthrie had received was then handed to Mr. Clive, who having perused it re turned it. It is understood that it bore no signature. Mr. CLIVE said he could not understand the matter. One of the defendants had said that the affair would soon have been finished, and another said it was over. Mr. M'Donogh explained that the time appointed had gone by two hours, and the other party had not come. Wm. Allen then deposed that he was ranger of Wormholt Scrubs. About eight o'clock, or a little after, he saw four gentlemen enter the Scrubs. One ei t s of them went and sa t on the top of the Atmospheric t ßailway, from whe nce he could see all over the Scrubs, and .w the other two cabs three came tood up, and the driver of one of underneath. Presently af them asked him for the Vale. Believing the object of the parties to be a duel, he instantly ran through his garden, and across the fields to Brook - green, and gave information to the Mr. CLIVE then s aid h 3 did not know what the cause of the intended duel was, but as the same cause might arise again, he felt it his duty to hold them to bail in a heavy amount. Mr. M‘Dermott be g ged to assure the worthy Ma gistrate that it was impossible that the same cause MDermott and Mr. M'Donogh could occur again. Mr. CLIVE r o e f pl t i p h e o d e l l e t e t to no a t . I: re ei c n o g gn s i u za r n e c o e f of th s at o , o h t e , s t h o o e u u ld ter re e q a u ch ire and two sureties each in the sum of 2501. The * worthy MAGISTRATE then inquired of Inspec tor te, Morgan if there were other parties concerned in the affair ? but they were not in A Mc f li r os . rtgan C l i . repli ed CLlVE asked if he here had were, reason that to believe that either Mr. M`Donogh, or Mr. M‘Dermott were principals or seconds? Morgan said Mr. M‘Dermott was principal, and Mr. M‘Donogh was his second. Mr. CLIVE, having further asked if Inspector Mor gan was acquainted with the names of the other par ties, who replied in the negative, directed him to apply for warrants against them immediately on his ascertaining who they were. Messrs. Guthrie and Brock were then discharged, and the other two defendants having entered into the required sureties, the whole party left the Court. It was stated by some person in the Court that the quarrel occurred on Monday night at the Sabloniere Hotel, Leicester-square, when blows passed. A fair lady was stated to have been the cause. We are very glad to hear that the local Commis sioners for the City have relaxed the rule laid down by them, of requiring persons assessed by them to the property-tax at more than 150/. a year to appeal in those cases where the Government officer is pre pared to certify that the parties are entitled to exemp tion. We hope this will heal the angry feeling ma nifested in the City at the proceedings of the assessors, and at once convince the ,public that it has not be en the wish of the Government officers to charge parties with the tax who are not liable, or to give them the trouble of appealing to prove their exemption. BUCKINGHAM'S. AMERICA.---A new series of this work, completing - the Eastern and Western States, will be published on the Ist of December. Subscri bers' names, for early copies, may be forwarded by post to the author, St. John's Wood, London. The list already embraces several of the Sovereigns of Europe, besides the Royal Family of England, and some of the most distinguished Peers and Commoners, as well as merchants and traders, without distinction of party ; the work being now generally recognised by all as worthy the greatest confidence, for its fulness, accuracy, and im partiality, with America.—Chu rc h a nd State Gazette. on all subjects connected [ADV E RTISEMENT. CONSUMPTION AND A STH MA.— he following se vere cases of Asthma and Consumption have been cured by Traction, the new reme dy, lately successfully in troduced into practice by nd Greenwood's, Charing - Mr. T. Cronin, surgeon : Mitchell, Esq., Cox a cross, distressin g ast h ma ; M r. C. T owe ll, fishmonger, 7 and 8, Hungerford-market, distressing asthma; Mr. Roberts, 36, Great Marlborough-street, distressing asthma; W. Gering, Mr. Smith's, 25, Strand, distress ing asthma; M rs . Blundell, Mr. Viner's, 9 2 , High Holborn, dist ress i ng asthma ; M r . C ar rington, 2, Charles-street, L on IN ater and 20 , Castle -street Long-acre, severe asthma ; John Whittaker, John-o-Groat, Gray - street , Black frirars-road, asthma;g-acre, as thma; Mr. Spight„ 14 Mr. Payne, 12, Ann -street, loo ml, as th ma; W. Jones, Mr. Yool s, , coal-merchant, C annon - row , Westminster, asthma; Mr. Edmonds, 16, M arc h mon t-street, severe asthma ; r' Mr. Howard, 16, Surrey-street, consumption ; James excessi ve sp it t i n g of blood ; 'Mr. Lewis, Lamb, 1.4, Cha r l es -street, Covent - garden , consump tion, with Gloucester of the pharynx; Air. Lambert, 13 , Carburton - street, Coffee-house, Piccadilly, with ulceration Fitzroy-square, consumption ; Mr. Cartwright, Sloop and Navigation Office, Customs, consumption ; Mrs. Young, 87, De an - street, S o h o -square, consumption ; Mr. S. Needham, 72, Charlton-street , Somers - town , consumption ; Mi ss J. I zo d, Mr. Bohnam's, Church street, Hackn ey , consumpt i on ; Mr. Davies, Stamp office, Somerset-h ouse, consumption ; Charles Walker, A 78, policeman, Scotland-yard, consumption ; J. Sheehy, 8, King -street, Park-lane, consumption ; Mr. Sinclair, messenger, G ene ral Post-office, con sumption ; M r . Advertiser office, Fleet- street, incipient phthisis ; Anderson, compositor at the Morning Thomas Annell, 8, Mitre-street, Lambeth, severe asthma; Mr. Gartlad. 34, South Molton - street , Ox ford-street, a s th ma _ ; Miss H. Goodwin , 3, Star - court, Chancery-lane, asthma.—Mr. C. may be consulted at 9i Craven-street, Strand, daily, from tea to one, Departure Arrival A:rival DOWN TRAINS. from at at London. I Rugby. Birmingham --.- -- Mixed, to Birmingham ... 6 0 M 19 30 M 11 15 M Third Class, ditto Mixed, ditto ... 8 0 11 56 M 145 First Class, ditto Mixed, to Rugby 'MAIL, First Class Mixed, to Birmingham Ditto ditto Ditto, to Aylesbury 3 0 Ditto, to Birsningha m 5 0 838 10 15 4 Ditto, to Wolverton °MAIL, Mixed *MAIL, to York, by Rugby! 9 0 12 15 M Departure Depar- Arrival UP TRAINS. from ture from at Birmingham Rugby. London. *Mixed, from Wolverton. Ditto ditto ' . . . . Ditto, from Birmingham... 7 0 M 523 M 12 45 E Ditto, from Aylesbury *MAIL., First Class Mixed, from Birmingham 10 0 11 17 3 15 Ditto ditto l2 Noon 1 23 E 6 0 Ditto ditto 1 15 E 2 35 6 30 Ditto, from Rugby Third Class, from }firming. 220 413 10 0 First Class, ditto 4 0 5 17 9 15 Mixed, ditto. 6 0 7 18 11 15 *MAIL, Mixed, ditto l2 Night , 1 23M 5 30M *Mixed, from Rugby The Sunday Trains arc marked *. In addition to those marked, there is a Mixed Train leaves Birmingham on Sundays at 1 30 E calling at all the Stations, In addition to those mark, Birmingham on Sundays at and arriving in London at 7 rains arc tni :ed, there i 3 1 30 E, calli 30 E. BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY. GREAT WESTERN. OPEN TO TAUNTON. STATIONS, with their Distances from Paddingt PADDINGTON, Ealing 51, Hanwell 71, Southall 9, West Drayton 13, SLOUGH 18, MAIDENHEAD 22k, Twyfora 301, READING 353, Pangbourne 41*, Goring 44i, Wallingford Road 47%, STEVENTON 56/, Farringdon Road 634, Shriven• ham 714, SWINDON 77 (Junction with the Cheltenham Rail ' WOOTON BASSET 824, CHIPPENHAM 934, Corsham 981, Box 191;:1, BATH 1064, Twerton 1081, Saltford 1111, Keynsham 114, BRISTOL 1181, Nailsea 1261, Clevedon Road 1301, Banwell 1334, WEsToN SUPER MERE 1364, High bridge 1454, BRIDGEWATER 151/, TAUNTON 1624. DOWN TRAINS Arrival at their Departure Arrival at Arrival at DOWN TRAIN. from Swindon their Daily, except Sundays. Paddington. Junction. Destination. Goods Train to Taunton .... 430 M 10 0M 855 E To Taunton . 6 0 835 12 35 Ditto Short Train to Maidenhead 9 0 955 M MAIL, to Taunton . ...... Short Train to Maidenh ea d 11 0 . 410 E 11 55 AI To Taunton l2 Noon 2 58 6 35 E Short Train to Slough To Taunton 2 OE 4 50 855 Short Train to Reading To Bristol Short Train to Maidenhead 530 To Swindon MAIL, to Taunton Goods Train to Taunton SUNDAY DOWN TRAINS Short, Train to Slough To Readinz Short Train to Slough . .... 930 1 lO 20 MAIL, to Taunton . ...... .. 10 15 1 1 0 E 430 E To Taunton Short Train to ;1; aidenhcad 5 0 I 6 0 To Swindon MAIL, to Taunton ' 855 Il 135 255 M 'Time Leave ; Arrival UP TRAINS of Swindon at Daily. except Sundays. Starting. Junction. Paddington. Short Train from Heading 730 31 ... ...... .. 855 51 Ditto from Slough 9 0 From Swindon From Bristol Short Tr. from Maidenhead 11 15 MAIL, from Bristol ..... ... 840 10 28 1 1() Short Tr. from Maidenhead 345 E Goods Train from Taunton.. 730 M 540 E 12 0 From Taunton Ditto From Taunton Short Tr. from Maidenhead 8 0 ... ...... ... 9 0 From Taunton MAIL, from Taunton Goods Train from Taunton 630 E 240 740 SUNDAY UP TRAINS, Short Train from Slough From Swindon MAIL, from Taunton Short Train from Slough,., 5 0 E ...... ..... 550 From Taunton . l2 30 420 E 7 '2O Short Tr. from Maidenhead' 7 30 Ditto from Reading.... 9 0 MAIL, from Taunton ....... 11 15 235 M 525 Al The Short Trains stop at all the intervening StationE. SOUTH WESTERN. STATIONS, with their Distances from Nine Elms. NINE Elms, Wandsworth 3, Wimbledon 6, KlNGsrobt 10, Esher and Hampton Court 13. Walton IM., Weybridge 17k, WOKING 23, Farnborough 34, Winclifield 39, bASING STOKE 41, Andover Road 56, WINCHES rrAt 64, Bishopstoke (Gosport Junction) 72, SOUTHAMPTON 77, Bottley 77, Fare ham 82, GOSPORT 87. GENERAL RAILWAY INFORMA TION. N.B. in the following Tables M signifies before Noon, and E after it. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM. STATIONS, with their Distances from London. LONDON, Harrow 111, WATFORD 171, King's Langley 21, 13oarnoor 24k, Berkhampstead 28, Tama 311, Aylesbury 43i, LEIGHTON 41, Blotehley and Fenny Stratford 46k, WoLvizu- TON 52i, Roads 60, Buswounr 62i, Weedon 691, Crick and Welton 75k, RUGBY (Midland Counties Junction) 8.3, Brandon 89, COVENTRY 94, Hampton (Derby Junction) 103, BIRMINGHAM 1121. DOWN. Depar'uH Arrival TRAINS, I from Bir- at Imingham. Derby. TRAINS. Departure from Derby. 20 M 45 Arrival at 131r mingham, 1'MAxr..... 1 12 30M 2 15M *Mixed,... 7 0 850 • Ist &2d 10 30 12 15 E 1 I Class 125 E 315 . Trains • 4 0 554 I Mixed...... 615 815 1 The Trains marked ' run on Trains leave Birmingham and I either place at 7 15 E. *slixed 8 ' Ditto ...'ll 10 20M 1 45 E 3 20 6 20 12 45M Ditto.. 130 E Ist 8c2c1... 4 30 *MAIL 0 Sundays, in addition to which )erby at 5 30 E, and arrive al MIDLAND COUNTIES. STATIONS, with their Distances from Rugby. Ruchr, ITL LESTH ORPE 74, Broughton-Astley 11, Wig ston 164, LEX F.STE rt 20, SYsToti 244, Sileby 274, Barrow 30, I.ouc insoaouc It 324, Kegworth (Nottingham Junction) 37 4 , Sawley 42%, Borrowash 45%, DERRY 493. DOWN 1 UP. DOWN TR A I NS. Departure Arrival at Arrival lrom South amp. at Nine Elms. ton. Gosport. Departure Arrival ! Departure Arrival TRAINS. from at . TRAINS. . from at ---- Mixed Train 7 0 M 10 5 M Di 30 At Rugby. Derby ' Derby. Rugby. - Ditto 9 0 12 f:0 E 1 0 E -- --- -- Fast Train ll 25 Ist 2d ...... 945 12 10 EI 2d 3d 4th 250 530 E 4th ~.... 440 7 0 Mixed Train 5 0 8 3') 9 0 MAIL sth 845 10 50 sth 730 10 0 Goods Train 6th Mail 12 2051 1249 M , 6th Mail 10 40 12 50 M SUNDAYS. ON SUNDAYS. Mixed Train 0 olq 1 45 E 2 10 E Ist ...... 73051 10 ONI Ist ...... 645 51 930 E Ditto MAIL ,z a 30 11 57 12 92 M 2d 34 4th The times of arriving at and departing from Nottingham and Derby are nearly the same. UP TRAINS. Departure Departure Arrival from from South. at Gosport. ampton. Nine Elms. NORTH MIDLAND. - (IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MIDLAND COUN- i iiitz u e ' d Train 133 M 215 M 6 30 7 0 5 25 M 10 as TIES, BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY, MANCHES. Goods Train TER AND SHEFFIELD, MANCHESTER AND Mixed Train B3O 9 0 I`2 30 LEEDS, HULL AND SELBY, AND THE GREAT Fast Train lO 30 11 o 2 o NORTH OF ENGLAND.) Mixed Train l2 30 E 1 0 E 430 Fast Train 2 30 3 ii 6 0 DOWN TRAINS. Mixed Train 5 130 6 0 9 15 Goods Train Departure from I Arrival at ' SUNDAYS. Mair, ton. Mixed Train Derb ' Sheffield. Sheffield. Leeds. Man ' che,ter. York. Darling- Ditto 3 1 M days at 94M, 64, and 84E. ..... ... 7 35M 615 845 9 P 051; • • • LONDON AND BRIGHTON. 930 10 45 11 45 I 1 15E 5 OE 2 0 E 5 15E 12 45E 2 OE 2 45E 14 0 635 445 7 0 STATIONS, with their Distances from London Bridge. 345 430 530 7 0 845 745 LoNnow, New Cross 3, CROYDON 101, Godstone Road 131, 4 0 530 630 815 10 0 Stoat's Nest 14i, Merstham 19i, RED HILL. 21i, Harley 2.54 6 0 730 Vl5 945 THREE BRIDGES 29i, Balcombe 33i, HAYWARD'S HEATH SUNDAYS. 37*, Hassock's Gate 43i, BRIGHTON 50k. 3 19E 7OM 8 4551 9 45M 11 15511 IOE 12 Noon DOWN. London. Brighton. i UP. Brighton. London. 3 OE 4 30E 5 30E 7 15E1 930 8 OE , - Mixed ..... 745 M 10 15 Al ; From Croy. *„''' The Down Trains arrive at Hull in about two hours MAIL, First don 930 later than their arrival at York. Class 945 11 45 Mixed ToCroydon 10 45 1 First, Class 9 0 11 0 -- - - - Mixed .... 11 43 215 E Mixed lO 0 i 2 30 E UP TRAINS. Ditto First Class 4 1,0 630 Mixed Departure from I Arrival at Mixed .. ... 6 0 630 First Class.- 3 3 , 1 SSO , MAIL Darlina Goods 9 0 12 SO Ti! Goods 9 0 12 30 M t0n. .." York. M a n - Leeds. Sheffield. 'Sheffield. Derby. ToCroydon ii 30 , chuteSUNDAYS ,IFrom SUNDAYS. 6 031 7 35M ! 8 1551 10 1551 Mixed 745 51 10 15 M 1! Croydon 730 845 19 30 11 15 Ditto 6 1551 $ 4551 7 031 930 10 45 1 11 45 12 45E Ditto 915 'l2 Noon l lo 0 IOE2OE i 2 45E 415 ToCroydon 10 0 Ditto 6 0 830 12 15E 3OE 1 10E 4 0 530 630 815 SHOREHAM . BRANCH.-Mixed Trains leave Brighton for Shore. ham daily at 73 • and 9 393 f, and at 12 15, 245, 4 45, and 7 OE. 330 16 19 445 , 7 9 812 18 45 10 9 On Sundays at 9 051, and at 2 15, 3 45. 5 15, and 6 45E. SUNDAYS. From Shoreham for Brighton at 830 and 10 3031, and at 1 0, 3 3 0 , I only at First Class Stations. 6 45511 7 3051 8 4551 9 4551 11 4551 530, and 7 30E. Sunda y s at 10 031, and 245, 4 :19, 6 0, andB OE.. SOE 6 30E 7 JSE 9 ]SE The Mixed Trains stop at all the Stations, the First Class Trains 3 30E1 6 19E 1 79812 9 0 110 9 *,' Trains leave Hull for Derby daily at 6/ and 1151, and LONDON AND DOVER. at 2% and SE. On Sundays at 5E only. ntWAT TO HP A TlC'fslll\l CT A THIN_ * . t at 2i an, daily at . only. LONDON AND DOVER. OPEN TO HEADCORN STATION. iSTER & BIRM MA CH .NGH AM. Leaves Arrives at Leaves I Arrives Arrive' heaves firming- Crewe. Man. Man- at at Mr ham. " chester. I Chester. I Crewe. mingham 145 M 4 OM 5 OM 4 OM 515 M 8 OM 7 30 9 0 6 45 8 15 11 30 9 0 10 30 7 30 9 0 1130 1 45 E 3 OE 845 10 0 12 45 E 245 E 5 0 615 11 15 12 30 E 315 6 15 445 E 615 930 4 30 7 30 9 0 7 45 8 45 11 30 SUNDAYS. SUNDAYS . 145 M 4 0M 515 M 4 0 M bl 5 51 8 0 M 7 30 9 30 10 45 8 30 10 0 1 15 E 11 30 145 E 3 0 E 11 15 12 30 E 315 245 E 5 0 630 7 45 E 845 11 30 MANCHESTER AND LEEDS. STATIONS with their Distances from Manchester MANCHESTER, Oldham Junction 5, Mills Bill 6, Blue Pits 9, Rochdale I I, Littleborough 14, Todmorden 20, Eastwood 21, Hebden Bridge 24, Luddenden Foot 26, Sowerby Bridge 28 Elland 31, Brighouse 34, Cooper Bridge 36, Dewsbury 41, Horbury 44, Wakefield 48, Normanton 51, LEEDS 60. Departure from Arrival at I Departure from Arrival at Manchester. Leeds. ' Leeds. Manchester. 7 0M 10 10 M ' 5 40M 8 3071 9 0 12 30E • 9 30 10 45 1 39 7 0 10 30 1 20 E 4 35 9 0 12 0 3 20 6 45 10 10 12 55 B 4 45 7 30 1 0 E 4 30 7 0 10 30 3 45 6 35 9 30 12 7M 6 0 9 0 7 15 10 0 SUNDAYS. 8 OM 11 30M 7 0111 10 0 M 10 45 130 E 10 10 11255 E 5 OE 8 30 7 15E 10 45 7 0 10 30 * This Train leaves Brighouse at 7 40 M. Irighouse at 7 40 M. BIRMI DOWN TRAINS From Birmingham. GHAM & GLOUCESTER. lWor cater. LeaveB Chel ,tenham. Arrives' at Glou- , cester. UP TRAINS Fro:a Gloucester. Arrives at Chel tenham 2 31 4 57 10 30 2 50 5 22 11 12 Wor. tester. 3 14 5 40 11 25 Birmim ham. 6 1 8 35 11 35 8 15 10 8 1 4 9 40 11 7 2 0 2 37 5 15 9 55 7 40 9 45 DOWN TRAINS. ~ UP TRAINS. Departure from Arrival at Head.' Departure from Arrival in London. corn Station. , Hcadcorn. London. ....................... •••••••001/MM..............1 ••..........1.. .••••m...., , 1 7 3') M 1' 5M ' 7 551 9 40 M 9 30 11 45 . 8 40 11 15 10 30 1 5E 1 10 55 1 10 E 1 30 E 4 • 2 2.5 E 4 55 4 0 615 1 425 6411 615 I 850 , 610 845 SUNDAYS. SUNDAYS. 8 15 M lO 50 51 I 7 35 51 lO 10 51 1 30 E 4 5E 12 511 E 3 25 E 7 0 935 7 0 935 NORTHERN AND EASTERN. OPEN TO BISHOP'S STORTFORD. STATIONS, with their Distances from Shoreditch. Lea Bridge SN. Tottenham 7N, EdmontoniN, Pondcr's End 1116, Waltham 141 , , Broxbourne Roydon 22, Harlow 26%, Sawbridge-. worth 295¢, Stortford 324. DOWN TRAINS. UP TRAINS. Departure I Derrirture Arrival from from Brox- at Shorediteh. bourne. Stort ford . 8 48 M 9 25 M 10 15 10 45 i) 50 E 2 50 9 0 4 15 RAND JUNCTIO FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LI. , NAME OF RAILWAY. VERPOOL. r I 0 . Total amount Total amount Last ROM LIVERPOOL TO BIRMIN GHA M. Those marked • carry!...s r •, authorized to expended to Dividend no heavy goods ; and' 4,2 be raised by dates of latest at per Leave 1 me of Arrival at thus •f• run no Trains] l' - . 4 Shares and Balance cent, per Birmingham Ti Departure. Birmingham. on Sundays. I Loans, Sheets annum. --.- ,-- - First Class... • I 45 M 51 First Class...! 3 30 8 0 M ---,- ---- d.£. s d.I C. e. d. X. s. . Mixed Train *6 0 Mixed Train' 6 0 11 '8) tArbroath and Forfar... 1 160,1101 0 lii 136,705 983 10 0 First Class .. 11 30 First Class... 815 12 45 E Birm. & DcrbyJunction 481 1,056,666 0 (111,043,1)83 002 5 0 First Class... •2 45 E First Class... , 10 30 3 .5 Birm. & Gloucester Mixed Train 430 Mixed Tr a i n , 4 OE 930 Brandling Junctio n 25 45 ,00,1 001 434,8'23 16 2410 0 First Class... l .7 15 First Class... 7 0 11 30 Chester and Birkenhead 141 499,999 00: 456,663 10 12 0 0 SUNDAYS.i SUNDAYS. Dublin and Kingstown 6 370,000 0 0 340,262 4 4 5 0 First Class... , 145 M! First Class.. 330 M 8 0 m t pu ndee and Arbroath 16 1 140,000 0 0 143,552 585 0 0 Mixed Train: 7 30 'I Mixed Train 815 12 45 E • Eastern Counties Mixed Train 11 30 Mixed Train' 10 30 315 Edinburgh & Glasgow ,46 1 233 ,234 IS 7 ... Mired Train, 2 45 E i Mix , :d Train! 7 0 E 12 Night 0 0 79 11‘ 5 3, 709,116 5 3 1 0 _ I"Glasg., Paisley, & Ays 140 833,000 0 0 857,299 14 11 310 0 ' . & Green .l • Those Trains meet the North Union Train to Preston at Parksidc t ,G ra l' i l i ' d g lit i nVt s io ' n Great North of Englandl 45 11,00 ~ O(X) 0 01 99 7 , 1 1 7 11 , ) , NI 4 lu 0 0 C H ESTER AND CREWE. Great Western Hay:o ' ,' 83 - ! 1,957,800 0 0'2,0,590 3 0 , 10 .... 0 1811'6,4ta,513 17 11.6,282,478 , 118 06,14)0 00, 125,000 001 ... FROM CREWE TO CHESTER. FROM CHESTER TO CREWE. ull and Selby ,31 533.333 0t) 6.28919 19 11! 30 0 Leaves Crewe. Leaves Chester Lancaster and Prestos).... • 1 , 1 , 255 3 6,ru 0 0 MA(' 4 ISM MAIL .l 1551 Liveroal & 51analiester 31 . ,1,532,3 .7500, ~ ~ 201 488 0 o 0 O 435,3 V.) 1 231 3 0 0 0 01 9 10 0 Mixed Tra n - 9 0 First Class First Class London & Birmingham 112,!5,750,0..0 li 05 1 56 '0 7 7 2 1 ' 7 8' 11 4 7 2 0 0 MAIL (~ s On Sunday only the Mail Trains run. London & Croydon , 10t 741 ow 993 , 300 0 (,1 . ,,..... , 29 ., 1 4 0 I 'l 7 0 7 6 Le Lo n tu d l o oin n & & so t i. .?• t e h e l n ‘ N .e v s ic te h r .. o .' A 2,540.100 i, 0 -,420.14... . 1 l4 3 CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD. . 2 3 ..„ a 77,950 13 '.. 3 2 0 t Bolton FROM CHESTER TO BIR K ENO FAD. FROM BIRKENHEA D TO CHESTER. 50 3,249,000 0 0 . 2,819,036 13 8 6 0 0 Manches'er ~ 10 775,116 16 8' MAIL at 551 , and Mixed 'Prains Mixed Trains at 820 ! and 10 °OM, Manchester • ,57 1,53300 0 9 1,614,877 15 1 4 0 0 Midland Counties.. at 830 and 10 30 51, and at 1,4, and at Li 50 and 3 50E, MAIL at 61 950,000 0 0, 6 0 0 ' it Leeds .. and 7 45 E. 6 40 E. Newcastle & Carlisle Newcastle& N. Shields ' 7 320,000 0 0 232, 169 10 2' 6 0 0 SUNDAYS.-Mall, at 5 AT, and SUNDAYS.-Mixed Trains at 8 30172;.3,850,000 0 0 3,230,169 14 2i 3 0 0 Midland North Mixed Trains at 930 M, and at and 953 M, and 615 E, MALI. at , 730,000 0 0 61'2,82) 10 01 6 13 4 North Union .. 6 :10 E. 1 630 E. Northern and Eastern 32-1 720,000 0 0, 685,120 7 3i 3 15 0 Steam Packets leave Liverpool for Birkenhead 20 minutes before• 19 533,000 II 0 317,695 0 8, 4 0 0 & W re PrestonY . 7 533, 1 '00 00' 251,5'27 0 0' . the starting of each Train far Chester, and from Birkenhead for Li. Sheffield & Manchester , , .. verpool on the arrival of every Train from Chester.4o .3, , 36,600 0 0 1,075,468 5 4,' ... Eastern 4O • South i 24 600,C00 0 0, 1300,264 11 3! 4 0 0 Ulster ........................ . Nit - PP - CT TINTON_ York & North 51iti1and! 27 669,999 0 0, 631,941 6 0,10 0 0 NORTH UNION. Trains leave Liverpool for Lancaster at 3 15 (Mail), 8 45, and It AI, and at 2 30 and 4 45 E ; and from Manchester for Lancaster, at 15 minutes after the Liverpool time of starting. Trains leave Lancaster for Liverpool and Manchester at 2 10, 710, and 545 M, and at 1 10 and 5 30E. Directors and Secre . taries of Railway Companies are re quested to transmit their Train Bills to the Sun-Office, when any alterations take place, and they will be duly attended to. 'Departure Departure' Arrival from fromßrox- at Stortford.i bourne. Shoreditch. 5 30 M 5 56M 6 40 M *8 10 t= j 9 2 950 10 30 10 50 12 2E 12 48 E 3 0 348 5 0 548 75 8 0 lays Trains leave Stort. ihoreditch at 5 30 and tat 230, 4 30, and 7 30E. it earlier on Mondays. 8 30 9 50 11 30 2 30 E 4 3) 3 39 4 30 6 15 4 15 5 25 7 5 450 5 50 9 23 9 5i On Sundays Trains leave Shore ditch for Stoitford at 8 and 9 30M, and at 2 30, 4 30, and 8 30E. .- • This Train leaves Broxbourne On Sunda ford for SI ,8 30M, and half an hou EASTERN COUNTIES. OPEN to BRENTWOOD. DOWN TRAINS leave Shoredith at 8 30 and 11 OM, and at 20, 30, 4 15, 50, 6 3ii, and 7 445 E. On SUNDAYS at 9 0 and 10 OM, and at 20, .", 0, 40, 6 30, and 7 45E. The journey is performed in about 45 minutes. UP TRAINS leave Brentwood at 8 45, 9 45, and 10 45M, and at 2 fl't, 3 30, 5 s", 6 SO, and 7 45E. On SUNDAYS at 8 45 and 10M, and at 230, 430, o 0. 6 45, ar.d 7 45E. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND CARLISLE. Leave Arrive at Leave Arrive at Newcastle. Carlisle. Carlisle. Newcastle. 7 0 Morning 10 30 Morning' 7 0 Morning 10 30Morning 10 0 1 30 Aftern. ilO 0 1 0 Aftern 230 Aftern. 530 230 Aftern. 6 0 5 0 830 '5 0 8 0 6 30 1 SUNDAYS. 1 SUNDAYS. 9 0 Morning 12 lb Aftern. 9 0 Morningll2 15 Aftern. 5 0 Afters l 5 0 , 5 0 18 15 EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. Trains depart from each Terminus at 7,9, and 11 M, and at 3,5, and 7E. On Sundays at 7 3011, and 530 E. RAILWAY STATISTICS. FROM THE LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS. 8 0M 9 30 11 30 1 no E 12 20 E 2 23 6 30 CORN AVERA GE S. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN. For the Weekended Nov. 19, 18.12, made up from the Returns the Inspectors in the different Cities and Town s i n En g land Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 49;. 5..1. Oats Barley tiSs I hi. Eye ---- AVERAGES OF THE LAST Sll WEEKS. Weeks ending , WHEAT. i BARLEY.I OATS. I RYE. BRANS. 3,1 10 99 3 93 7 91 MI 31, Oct.) _l5. 1 32 4 32 2 32 9 31 11 31 8 31 8 PR ASS H 0 1 31. '7 Is 1 33 7 18 5 31 7 17 5 '29 10 17 9 32 l' 17 10 31 8 51 I 28 lo 50 9 28 ,1 49 h :28 4 48 7 2s 2 41 8 27 II 49 8 '2B I IMPERIAL AOORIOATE AVERAGES OF THE 01x vricrlca Wheat 49i. 81. Oats 17s. Ild.l Beans ....... .. 314 l id. :284 5i.1 Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. hcat 20,. 0.1 Oats O,ld Barley - • • THE MA RKETS,-7(YESTERDAYO HAY MAIiKET. SurrnrlELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, Si to 31155; useful ditto, 4/ to 4/ 43 ; fine Upland ditto, 4153 to 4/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ is to 5/ 10s; Oat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 185 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 185 to 21 per load. The best Meadow Hay and Straw sold at full prices ; but oche: wise the demand ruled heavy. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 4l ; useful ditto, 4/ 4s to 4/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 105 4/ 13s ; Omer Hay, 4l to 51 lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 21 2s per load. A short supply and a heavy inquiry, at barely sta tionary prices. WHITECHAFEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; usetud ditto, 41 to 4l 4s ; line Upland ditto, 4/ 5s to 41 10s ; Clover Ihiy, 4l is to 51 12s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1/ 18s ; Wheat.straw, 1/ 183 to 2/ per load. Supply moderate and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, Nov. 23.—Although the supply of stock on sale here to-day was somewhat on the in crease, the demand was decidedly better than it was on this day se'nnight, and the prices were fully su top ported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton , 3s 6d 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 84 to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4 s to 43 6d per 81bs. to sink the (Aral. Supply—Beasts, 37; Sheep, 1,230; Calves, 28; Pigs, 33. Th e whole of the stock found purchasers. RompoßD, Nov. 23.—We have an improved sale for each kind of prime stock at full currencies, but otherwise the sale was heavy. Beef, from as 2 4 t ° 43 44 ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 6(1; Veal, 3s 4d to 45; and Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 2 , 1 per Sibs. Su cklig' Calves, 185 to 268 ; quarter-old store-Pigs 16s t ° j 6/ to 20s ; and Milch Cows, with their small ca lf, 181 each. ply of stock here this rowning, HArt.sitAm, Nov. 22.—We hada fair ave ra g e 511 0 13 1 - f slowly. Beef, 33 44 to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6a 4 d 4s 4s Gd ; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 44 ; and pork, 3s 8d to per 81bs. ARUNDEL, Nov. 22.—Beef from 3s 2d to 45 6d c i Mutton, 38 6d to 4s Gd; Veal, 3s 84 to 4s; 9nand Pork, 3s 8d to4d, 4s per 81bs. A short supply' a dull trade. CHICHESTER, Nov. 23.—Although our market sil.os_ rather scantily supplied, the sale was inactive at 01 Mutton, 3s 84 to 4s 64; annexed quotations :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 45 or4cal 3s 8d to 4s 4d, per 81bs. Veal, 3s Gd \tvohi4csh; COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. 1 Beans. ..........,..., ---- -.....-- ...,------- to 1 ' Per Quarter. Is.to s. a. to s. s. •to s. a. to a. 3 -' 48 Boston Braintree 52 6t) 27 2141 3'l 33 .4, 314 Brighton 5l 62 '27 31 22 26 36 "" 22 Cambridge 46 52 23 18 -... 32 ~.,,- 40 Chichester 44 52 28 30 10 22 40 42 rou 32 () .., 61 outflow Grantha Grimsby 50 60 29 33 lb 21 36 40 _‘•••• 32 Hailsham Hitchin 5O 67 27 34 '2O 30 94 4? s 05 Iprxich 4l 52 20 25 19 22 27 54 Y ° 36 Lewes 5l 60 24 28 19 22 30 36,, 1%1 .". S 3 Lynn 5O 56 23 27 18 2t 30 3 , , ,,' '" ..-- Maidstone 59 60 38 39 Di 32 36 '' -- 39 31 Norwich - qt. . 0 34 Pet worth Rumford 52 58 26 30 17 24 26 '„,' ",i4 90 Sandwich 5O 56 30 31 21 24 :12 •••' 7.i 41 ' Thetford 6l 64 32 36 24 2 8 40 44 :.; 36 39 Wiahech 4. Si Witham 44 54 23 28 21 26 27 ••- q1 2 2 83 Yarmouth 5O 55 30 32 24 30 38 40 5. , LIVERPOOL CORN DI A RKEN.—Ncre.B 22 04.1 0 , 8 , 61 WHILAT, English, White, per 701 b.... --- Red 7 0 6 0 -7 ‘, 0 ' ---. Scotch, Welch, and Manx ------ Irish, White 6 9 7 0 _-- Red ------ Foreign .. .. OATS, Boglish o Welsh. and Scotch, per 451 b 2 1 i 6 Irish t. 4 0 2 ... Foreign ~ a 5$ ; 96 28 98 31 53 st 37 30 ,9 928 as, - r, 98 41 54 29 Si 83 ~....Nov. 22 , , 61' Outse° " _7 9 , • 7 n 6n •••••• .), - 7 A 6 9 7 0 - Forel, 4 I' Wers,l3nglish, --- 4 g 6 Irish •..., , ... 2 1 2 • .•• 0 0 - Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ....... ---- Scotch and Irish, per 6011)s. - Feeding S 96 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 34 ° 34 0 - Irish, &t. --- Foreign PEasa, English, per Imperial quarter 32 0 3 0 ---- Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. ?g) 0 39 0 - -.--- Irish 01 0 .... a OATMEAL. English and Irish,per 2401bs ....... ..... .• - 7 . - INDIAN Coax, per 480 th . kki.A.... •26 0 0 a RYE, per Imperial quarter 4 6 0 dIALT, per Imperial quarter ... , HAMBURG Meat, Marks 294 to 360. Magdeburg '270 to 384 - Anhalt, white 318 to 384 red ..---- Brunswick 2 4 to 3 0 -- Mecklenburg .244 to 360 -- Polish 324 to: 96 - Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg -- Marks 240 to 284 Elbing .nd Ko nigsburg l9O to 215 -- Pomeranian v4o to '279 Anhalt con Carolina and Tennessee 7 1 4t0 9% Georgia, lst sort 7% 714 21 ! 6N 3d and 4th ... COF Meths 9% to 11 Batavia 4; t i Sumatra Rio 2% 4% Bahia 2% 06 SUGAR.—(Witt Havaqoah, White.-- sL.to 7 Brown 3 41 514 MARKETS. MN. 162 t o gia Barley, Mecklenburg. „.. gear Magdeburgh. Ir, -- Holstein ... - Oderbruck 174 t: Oats, Elder ..... !„ 14 , t io -- Mecklenburg !Li 11!). -- Holstein 10 -- Upland 1 44 l° Posse, Mecklenburg, 210 Beans ... . . fto „;006 Buck Wheat 29 1 .." Rapeseed, Hanover 5 16 wsp‘ Malt Tares • 10, White' 5 BrOWII Manilla, Brow roN. Marr.nharn . Sc I° 6 Madras .......... ....... 4At 4 Swats- al 6 Domingo ... ........... 434 FEE. coli% Domingo ... SU m e La Guavra 3),41 6 I'orto Ilico 911 0), Ilavannalt la :II Eq s Discount.) , toSS 1 Bahia, White ........ .. ........ 4mo Brown ............ ....1: 6 Pernambuco, White IA 5 % Brown ... 1. 434 to 48i GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILW-t'o Traffic returns for the week ending Nov. 19, 184 : P.** Passengers _Merchandise . 508 1 £1,25 7 2 . Corresponding week last year £l,oB 1• Darlington, Nov. 23. W. O'BRIEN, AY LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—Although 50rau r: te a doubted the truth of the Chinese news e° lllll/11nIca se by the Times on Monday, on the ground that "It cash too good to be true," the conclusion o f peace w o l l China produced a remarkable effect on the LiveS ) i ° o market on Tuesday. The effect Was most reark7 s y, the great staple, cotton. The sales on 'ru es iky which is the market day at Manchester, are ordinnron small, :as compared with those on other daY s; ing Tuesday last, however, they were extensive, ha lr a 00 reached 7,000 bags, at an advance of id. Per'e lii rr - previous prices. The arrival at a late hour ° I) lie ; day of the full details of the great and splendid ereihe in the East diffused the liveliest joy wherever los news became known. Yesterday. morning aL ee l if life and bustle on 'Change. Business had _,,,suci — but opened at the departure of the morning tr 4 7,id be everything indicated that the transactions W°- t be extensive, should the expectations o f holders no t be I too high. The opening of the whole Chinese elas to the enterprise of British merchants would , 4 10.50 confidently expected, be beneficial alike to all c Fre -manufacturers, merchants, and ship owner s'torw • in partitions were making t o celebrate the vic.sh the East by the ringing of the bells of the e churches.—Times. . ' , bo or- There was a smart fall of snow in the neig"ficies hood of our city on the night of Monday 10.5t'--- • • Chronicle ---■••• .......L....... _ ----- BIRTHS. Mrs' D 0. Re O id n , othfealZtnh.inst., at Duke-street , Wes tminster, 10. Pa o lli n ser th , e of 2 a ls d t au i g n h st t . e , r. " Cheltenham, at St. Paul's-terrace, blingt°°' . •• On the 21st lust at thela dy oft he Red' T . knox, of a son. On the 23d inst., at Ol d Brompton, Mrs. Edw ard o'r man, of a daughter. rea d ' On, the 23d inst. , Mrs. John Linklater, of Gro g " North Brixton, of a daughter, still-born: MARRIED. r Ali t ' On the 2d inst., at Memel, Constance Grano, Estl.,,Lef,„iel. tan, to Lucinda, fourth daughter of John Grif fi n, EA. , . '"v s - On the 21st inst., at Alveston, John Style No '-'l,' (Captain in the 11th Foot), to Elizabeth Anne, youngest cleuges ter of Captain W. Norris Tonge, R.N., of Alveston, Gloue tershirc. Geerg e f On the 22d inst., at St. Pancras New Church, Mr. Bartholomew, of Linlithgow, to Miss Mary Ann Filh er ' ° ROn the 22 utland-stre di e nst t Hamptstßromley d , Kent, Mr. Robert Ceorr/. ead-roa. of ~ a',.,,, ` ' Croydon, to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Re. It el Smith, D.D. ____----------"-------- .L----L---- -- DIED. On the 27th of August last , at A urun g abad, Captain GOrag.: John Fraser, of the I st Beng al Native Cavalry, and Assists to Me Resident, Nagpore, fifth and youngest son of the late D. S. Frser, of h eek, Inverness-sh sq aged 42. On a the 18t inst., at Shirley House E , 'near Southatne' Arthur, the infant son of Lieutenant-General and Airs. Slei..g h ' On the 20th inst., at Uxbridge, Middlesex, Mr. W. On the 22d inst., at Sherington, Bucks, the Rev. Yohn Pretyinan, aged 57. On the 22d inst., at Staple Inn, Osmond Dunn, Esq., of t he Legacy Ditty-office, aged 46. rah On the 22d inst., at Upper-terrace, Islington, Miss Se Ormes, aged 88. On the 23d inst., Sarah Dionisse, the wife of Mr. George Honper, of Churchyard-row, Newington, aged 76. Riga On the 23d inst., at Critchell-place, Buxton, Mr. WI Been, aged 79. Taylor. On the 19th inst., Caroline, wife of Mr. Thomas Svoallpiece of Botolph-lane. Thames. street, aged 47. On the 19th inst ., at Montpellier-road, Brighton, Han nah ' relict of the late J. N 4 . Unwin, Esq., aged 64. On the 20th inst.,_ at Fairlight, Hastings, 13rice Pewle, Esq., of Mankham, Woodford, Essex. On the 20th inst., Septimus Burton, Esq., grove, Middlesex —. " --"-'4-- -r---:: at Chiswick- oi London Printed and Publishe d by MIM No. DO Yoh No. 1 12, Str and, at The Suit Office 112, Stra u ' t h e County of Middlesex, Friday, NOi'iniber Os lei& A.M. 12 44 3 10 8 45 12 15 2 43 7 15 3 0 5 30 1 55 4 34 9 9 $ 151 226 5 2 9 42 9 26 A. M. 5 30 8 15 11 15 P. M. 1 0 4 0 7 15 i2O 4 20 7 35 9 20 4 50 2 47 5 22 9 1 10 40 3 36 6 45 9 45 11 30 9 0