The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-13 00:00:00

,'IN,c;ULAR RAILWAY SUIT.

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On Wednesday week an action for one penny farthing
came before Mr. Sheriff Arkley in t'ati Edinburgh Court,
which, though of very small amount, is, in point of
principle, of some importance. John Reaveley, wool-
sorter, Stow, pursued the North British Railway Com-
pany for the above-mentioned sum, being, as he alleged,
the sum which they overcharged him as a parliamentary
class traveller on their line. The Railway Act on which
he founded, stated the price to the third class travellers
to be " one penny for each mile travelled ;" and he ar-
gued that to entitle the company to charge one penny,
they must carry him a whole mile ; and that if they
carried him only three-quarters of a mile, they could
charge noching. He had travelled from Galashiels to
Stow on the 3d September, and he was charged 7d.,
which he contended was an overcharge of one farthing,
the distance being only 6:1 miles. He had also travelled
from Fountainhill to Stow, for which be was charged
5d., and he showed from the time-tables that the dis-
tance was only four miles. This was the alleged over-
charge of one penny. The pursuer, who seemed an
intelligent workman, stated that the money was not his
object—it was to have the principle determined for
the benefit of himself and fellow-workmen, to whom
a penny often repeated was an object, and he pressed
his argument with much ability and tact, Mr.
Sheriff Arkley listened to him with great attention,
and quite entered into the spirit of the pursuer,
that it he was overcharged, he was entitled to redress.
Mr. Nairne, the secretary of the railway, appeared,
and disclaimed on the part of the company any wish to
do more than to state what he considered their rights to
be ; and he quoted a section of a railway act, which de-
clared that fractions of miles were to be calculated as
miles ; and that the distance from Fountainhall to Stow
being 259 yards more than the four miles, the company
was entitled to charge a penny for these yards the same
as a mile. He referred the sheriff to some other acts of
Parliament, which Mr. Arkley is to look at, and give his
decision on the 10th current, at 12 o'clock. At the call-
ing of the case yesterday, no appearance was made for
the railway company, and Sheriff Arkley gave judgment
in favour of the pursuer, thus ruling that a railway com-
pany are not entitled to charge third-class passengers for
a fraction of a mile as a mile.—Glasgow Daily Mail.

TILE HEREFORD MURDER-COMMITTAL

OF THE PRLS'ONERS.

HEREFORD, Thursday.—On the termination of the
inquiry before the coroner, in which five of the pri-
soners were committed on the charge of manslaughter,
and one Charles Smith, discharged on the evidence of a
girl named Fanny Gardiner, who was called to prove an
alibi on his part, the Mayor of Hereford ordered the
police to re-apprehend him, which was of course quickly
done ; and having expressed himself dissatisfied with the
verdict of the jury, further directed that the wholeof the
witnesses should be examined before him, and the pri-
soners arraigned on the charge of wilful murder.

His Worship also secured the attendance of Henry
Horn, Esq., the recorder for the city; and several other
magistrates, and the investigation cornmencedon Monday
morning and terminated last night.
A complete crowd of witnesses were rigidly examined,
and as rigidly cross-examined on the part of the prisoners
by their counsel.

The Recorder fully stated thereasons tha,t had actuated
the bench in this inquiry, and concluded 'by saying that
they did not think they should be doing their duty to
the laws of the country if they did not commit the whole
of the prisoners on the charge of wilful murder.
They were accordingly committed for trial on that
charge.
Notwithstanding the reward of 501. has been offered
for the capture of Whitelock and Green , they are still at
large.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Mlles
opened,
1855.

NAME OF RAILWAY.

kweeipts.

1854.

From the London Gazette of Last ilaght.

ST, JAMES'S PALACE, OCT. 9.

The Queen has been pleasad to appuiut Maria Anne,
Lady Macdonald, to be one of the Ladies of the Bedcham-
ber in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Charlotte
Viscountess Canning, resigned.
FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT. 10.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry
Francis Howard, Esq., now her Majesty's Envoy Extraor-
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of
Brazil, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary to his Most Faithful Msjesty the
King of Portugal and the Algarves.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. W.

Tho Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Jean
Gerard Wich as Vice-Consul in London for the King of
the Belgians.
DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Dr. William
Macaulay, to be Surgeon to the Penal Settlement in the
colony of British Guiana; and Thomas Chisholm Anstey,
Esq., to be her Majesty'sAttorney-General for the colony
of "long Kong.

Erratum in Gazette of Oct. 2—For 'John Dent, Esq.,
read, Johu Kent, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the
island of Newfoundland.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 9.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Cour cil for Trade and. Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a note
from the Austrian Charge d'Affaires at this Court, report-
ing the proposed establishment of a Lighthouse at the
Sulina mouth of the Danube.
WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 12.
33d Foot—Major-General Charles Yorke to be Colonel,
vice General Henry D'Oyly, deceased.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Dudley Coutts Majoribanks, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant of the County of Inverness.
Stirling, Dumbarton, Clackmannan, and Kinross•shire
Militia.—Matthew Charles Brodie Macallister, Gent., to be
Ensign.

Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment—John Joseph
Coppinger, Gent , to be Ensign.
Royal BuckilKing's Own Militia—Ensign Charles Her-
bert ,Bergman to be Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant Hewett,
resigned; Edward Baldock, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Bergman promoted.
Ipt or South Durham Regiment of Militia—William.
Matthews Gales, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Egremont, pro-
moted.

Aberdeenshire 'Royal Regiment of Militia—Ensign
Robert Macfarlane to be Lieutenant, vice Boyd, appointed
to the Line • William Grant, Gent., to be Ensign; James
' Morison Gent., to be Ensign.
West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Edward Stephen
Osmond Clarke, Gent., to be Ensign.
Stirlingshire, &c., or 90th Regiment of Militia—Lieut.
Thomas Graham to be Captain, vice L'Amy, resigned.
[The following Appointment is substituted for that
which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday, the 28th August
last.]
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Wm. Joseph
Patrick Hamm, Gent., to be Ensign.
[The following Appointment is substituted for that
which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday, the 25th Sept.
last.]
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Wm. Gaitskill,
Esq., to be Ensign, vice Stafford Charles Mathews, ap-
pointed to the 31st Regiment of Foot.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department_of the Accountant-General of the Navy,

Admiralty, Sotherset-House,

Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Russian brigantine
galliot Antoine, captured on the 21st May, 1851, by her
Majesty's ship Dragon, H.M. ships Magicienne and Impe-
rieuse in company.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are re-
quired to transmit the particulars of any such demand to
the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order
that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by
that officer, and paid under the sanction of the judge of
the said court.

Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
belonging to auy captor, are requested, with as little de-
lay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the
usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department
of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty,
Somerset House."
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the com-
mencement of distribution ; and, at the sane time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.

Vohs Salmon, wholesale boot and shoe manufacturer,
Brick-lane, Spitalfields.
Nehemiah John Reed, licensed common brewer and
maltster, Marlborough, Wilts.
BANKRUPTS.

Alfred Watts and Thomas Whitmey, carpenters and
builders, Bletchynden-terrace, Southampton, and Mill-
brook-road, Freemantle, Hants, to surrender,, Oct. 24
and Nov. 20, at haltpast one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee; Paterson, Bouverie-street, Lon-
don ; Mackay, Southamptoa.
Richard Brierley Fletcher, cotton spinner,. Crompton,
Lancashire, Oct. 26, and Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Man-
chester; Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester.
Daniel Benjamin Herts, commission agent, Sidney-sq.,
Mile-end, Oct. 24, at two, and Nov. 23, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assigned; Sydney,
Je wry-street.
Joseph Littleford, coach-builder and livery stable-
keeper, High-street, Marylebone, Oct. 23, at eleven, and
Nov. tl2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, offi-
cial assignee, .Aldermanbury; Frail, Essex-street, Strand.
William Wright, miller and corn factor, Loughborough,
Oct. 23 and Nov. 13, at ten, at the Nottingham District
Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Inglesant,
Loughborough.
Robert John England, and Thomas Augustus Garrard,
wholesale druggists, &c., St. Andrew's-hill, Doctor's Com-
mons, Oct. 26 and Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan
and Sons, Bristol • Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury.
John Thomas Archer, licensed victualler, Notting-hill,
Bayswater, Oct.-24, at two, and Nov. 23, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Fut-
voye Sawtell, and Lightfoot,-Bedford-row.
Philip Slatter, innkeeper and coal merchant, Wood-
stock, Oct. 31 and Nov. 23, at h.alf-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Ford
and Lloyd,.Bloomsbury-square ; Bartlett, Abingdon.