The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-22 00:00:00

THE .PO*loll COURT&

WOMMEIP4II'REET.
Mr. Wm, NaP•4ol64bleadi jaaagAger of the Neitth
Laden Railway at isceilleraisecrreresuru, wassimmoned
before kirr. Newton to INIIMPIe &charge of harhignegleaed
and Marled to issue a iceeidnan's ticket within • racoon-
WA bane after beingso to do.
M the outlet the ■'urisdiction wasehal
by the defendant'. wand after a protreeterr
CUM ion,
Yr. Newton, baying read the words of the sawanits,
raid that it had been nude oit wrongly ; it R. 13 not
shown to be a question of ton., and therefore jurisdiction
be bad none. He suggested that a fresh ennunonsidiesid
be taken out, and worded in contsnuty with the emotion
of the act under which the proront pro:tootlinga ware
taken.

Mr. Cooper cemented to have the mammon, ameasillbd,
and that Laving been done the Ca.'..o proceeded.
the complainant, Henry Mak.. stated that be was a
cc nipofitor, in llre employ of Messrs. Waterlow and Sons,
of Loodta.caU, and that be re kh d 41.21nrebbill-road,
Hackney. Them was • %corium n's trait- advortiied to
ruu hem Billiton Sanction to 13. watt-street ut 7.27 every
morning, and travellers by it bare the right to return by
any train after ti o'clock la the evening. Weekly tickets
are issued at Is. On Thursday. tbe•3rd inst., about five
minutes before the 6.67 a.m. train started, he, Cern'
plainant, applied at the booking-oniee of the Halskat
Junction for a workmates ticket. The clerk re-
plied that they were only baited now on Monday
mailings, having been discoutinued for the daily issuing
Fuld July last. Complainant then inquired what
ticket he could take, and was told, •• Cue fur the p•rtia-
mentary," the fare by which was 2d. Complainant took
the ticket, and at night. to return. had to pay another al.,
there not being any parliamentary carriages. He subfe-
quently.took out the present summons.
On being crow-examined complainant said he did not
give his name or addrtss, but was prepared to do so had
be been wilted; he asked for the ticket there and then.
Mr. Cooper then said that was one objection he took,
that complainant had not furnished his name and address.
Mr. Newton overruled that objection, saying that it
was for the company to take the initiative in that
respect.
Mr. Cooper then said another objection he took was
that, by their notice, all persons re.luiring workmen's
tickets were bound to apply a remonable time before-
hand, so as to allow of inquires being made as to their
position. That had not been done, inasmuch as com-
plainant wanted the ticket supplied upon his application.
Mr. Newton thought the objection good, and therefore
the present summons must drop, but another might be
takes out, unites the complainant thought it would benefit
hint more by laying the care before the Board of Trade.

WAREHAM EtEcnos.—The nomination of can-
didates for the Tammy created by the death of the
recently appointed member, Mr. J. H. Calcraft, took
place ye!t. relay. After the usual, preliminaries Mr. C. J.
Radcliffe 'invested and Mr. lt. Stwoley seconded the elec-
tion of Mr. T & W. S. Erle Dm:. of Charborough-park,
conservative, as a fit and proper terem to represent the
borough. Mr. William Montagu Calcraft, of Rimpstone-
hall, liberal. was proposed by M. W. Pike, and seconded
by Mr. Jones, a draper, of Wareham. Both candidates
addressed the electors, and the show of hands w s stated
to be stela'. A poll was then demanded by each of the
candidates, and the riling wa- fixed for this day.
THY NORTH NORFOLK ELEcTION.—A petition
has been decided on against the return of Sir -Edmond
emu and the Ron F. Wepule, the conservative sitting
members for North Norfolk.

ELV TION PETITION rl.—Yesti.fday there were
duly five election petitions fur counties on the tiles of the
(*cinemas flea=; not moue than ten are impeded. The
recent number of petitions is 61. Whenthe list is com-
plete. the three appointed judges, Mr. Justice Blackburn,
Mr. Justice \ Vibes, and Mr. Fade Martin, will g.) on
circuit to toy the petitions. and the piiseedings under the
new act will be assimilated to con:mon law. Yesterday
Mr. Justice Wiles decided the ca-e, helms him on ekstur-
day and re' (uteri. In serest he ordered " particulars "
to be declared of the several charge-. In the Hull case
be held that the petitioners could not be sureties, and
ordered the 1,0001. deposit to be wade in live days. In
cases where there were two members petitioned against,
one deposit of 1,000/. was: held to be sufficient. In the
Bodmin case the petition was sustained. as the money was
paid. into court. His lordship beard • number of other
applications under the Parliamentary Election Act.
THE WARDMOTES —Yesterday being St. Thonitta.
Day. according to annual custom the inhabitants of the
venous mu& throughout the City proceeded to the elec-
tion of representatives in the Court of Common Council.
For the Hest time the old form of oath taken by members
on election was dispensed with, the members signing a
declaration under the provisions of a recent act, 31 and
32 Vic., cap. 72. The principal topics of discuesson at the
meetings were the new Meat Market, the new street to
the Mansion-house, and the non-completion of the Hol-
born Viaduct. The following are the only wards in which
there are contests, and in which the polling will take
to-day :—Aldgate.—The present members—Mr.
toZfd. Burnell, Mr. Joseph Turnley, Mr. W. H. Teulon,
Mr. H. A. Isaacs, Mr. R. B. Whiteside, Mr. J. C. Davis,
Mr. E. Dreamer Rogers, Mr. John Hudson ; and Mr. G.
Dines, solicitor, a new candidate. Bea-ishaw.—The pre-
sent membere—Anthony Leek. William Lister, and Frede-
rick Csrritt, were proposed ; W. S. Osborn and Thomas
Beard, two new candidates. Cheap.— The old members
—Mr. Jonathan Thorpe. Mr. Deputy Tegge, Mr. John
Bennett, Mr. Morey. Mr. (*ridge, Mr. Bonteme, Mr.
Wilde; and Mr. Elias Davis and Mr. Wheeler, new candi-
dates. Coleman-street.—The old members are—Mr. W.
Webster, Deputy ; J. Saunders, E. Hart, J. Wilcox, W.
Jenkinson, W. Clark. B. Coils. W. R. Swainton ; and Mr.
Ogden, a new candidate. Farringdon.Without.—Mr.
George Walter. Mr. Cutterell, Mr. Wm. Payne,
Mr. Wm. lAwley, Mr. Richard Phillips, Mr.
Stanbury Pedler, Mr. James Legaslie Muter,
Mr. Po lydore De Keyser, Mr. James Butcher
Deputy ; Mr. John Thomas Bedford, Mr. James Wood,
Dr. Charles Monday, Mr. James Howell, Mr. Win. Reason
Hough, and Mr. James Lusher were the old members,
and Mr. (leo. Manners and Dr. Samuel Reed were the new
candidates. Bishopegate.— Mr. Edward Robert nigh ,
Mr. Thee. A. Millington, Mr. Thomas thnallwod
Mr. William Jones, Deputy ; Mr. Fitatieury LOASOMS, Mr.
Kim]. Straker, Mr. Henry Laurence Hammack, Mr. -Met-
calf Hopwood. Mr. Robert Stapleton, Mr. John Richard-
son, Mr. George Nosh Johnson, Mr. Predierick Dodswell,
Mr. John Thomas, Mr. John Henry Ileeps, awl Mr.
Augustine Layborne.
NE ALITAIIHRA COMPANY (LlVlTsn).—Yester-
day aftenicon, a meeting was held at the White Rose
• Castle-attest, Leiceder-squares conveyed by eilinliar
addressed emondly to shareholders, and signed " Thomas
Culleton, a-Sharebolder." The business of the toasting,
welled in th• °binder, was " to ascertain the igsalklea-
Men a the dinettes'
to do s, to make inquiries In he the
dodos el the awa with ten Elio-
tam rod_hao. Ave, which is to be the feAdrs
rum." Ths dole was taken by Mr. Callotoe. ••• tine
were between. twpty and shareholders pro
The dolmen dated at woo hie reasons frOlorte=
called the wentieg, end by etorind •
to as aid that the be rweleard• 110 re.
oldies wen ggit end eemoopentig aell be the
mond. lan a shot lather to
propos,g theibefka. deci,doo me to 4 ag
which was sseenisd ;
Ways eeelea—rear. Kidd, meemodol by lan
Ways* a peedidida was pried eopreedior do ablimetain-
Mom at do shareholders in the boned of directors's at
proud ocestituted. The meeting teen areas up.
PRXllZerariox.—The Roy. W, Mrkus, LLB..
on leaving St. Thoessis-square Chapel, M kney ,to take
the charge of Lenoeinht CemereradiesiChereh, Kea-
dater. tea been promoted by he ongregalian with a
pogo diW.
Trio irregularity in the quality of tea am mull,
es
general sospinint; Mis is avoided by
Tea. wide& is yam uniformly mum& end •IPmegli=
radm.yees dela In gaskets by I.ole4a==oll.llll
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.x.-a obi ZAlFlUtit'l celebrated THERMOXIITERS, to register
the pastern oold. Aire 1,4 td Many liattatioan are offered.
Tone derodne linker bearing name and reittn.aa —Hatton-garden
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