The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

MR. ROEBUCK ON EDUCATION.

An interesting letter from Mr. Roebuck has been
sent to the Mayor of Sheffield, in reply to an invitation
to attend a soiree of the Mechanics' Library :--
" Milton, Oct. 31, 1853.
"My dear Sir,—I tun sorry to say No to any request
of yours, but, as my great object is now to take my
serve every rule of conduct prescribed to me by which
place in the House of Commons next year, I rigidly ob-
lam told I shall he able to obtain my wish. Among
other things, all excitement is forbidden ; and I wag
blamed for making my appearance at the Cutler's feast.
All speaking an d public meetings are especially proscribed ;
and I am ordered to be as quiet and calm as my nature
will permit. To be absent from yourglatheri
ns
gatheringwill
to me a subject of great regret. I say this sincerely,
and without affectation. Education has ever been with
me a subject of the greatest interest.
l\y first
efforts b
se
a favmaenn. were to promote
uostehiiee
t,atnad My last wishes will
be in its in
comparison with
it appear to me insignificant, and, coulidt_l see the people
of this country once impressed w
of its importance, I should then haveh no
a 0
feard u e
a s sense
t o
our future. But at present I
thrivesee sectarian differences
pn tr
eo
rye: mt s thaten 7 and it would seem that to
tahned
way
perfivaallteimi
upon division in
some minds ignorance of everything
a creed differing from their
own. Those people seem to
forget that morality among the various sects of England
that a man may be honest and a good
citizen, no matter
is, that it
is not religious belief stands that in our way so
much as human pride. What is feared is the top ofpower,
not error in belief. But, whatever may be the cause
opposition, the opposition itself to all attempts at legisla-
tive aid in support of education is at the present time so
formidable as really to be a complete obstruction. In this
state of things I look upon mechanics' institutions as
neutral ground, and one of our chief means of educating
the people. By this means the people will, I hope, be
able to do for themselves what tl e State ought to do for
them, and they, therefore, have my warmest support.
Again I say, would that I could be with you ; but my
first duty is to be again, if possible, in Parliament—to
1 that I make everything yield ; and I therefore most re-
luctantly deny myself the pleasure of being at your
soiree. I hope this my excuse will appear toyou sufficient,
and that you will not think me lukewarm in the good
cause.—Believe me very truly yours,
" J. A. ROEBUCK."

... _ THE SUN, LONDON, TEIESDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER a, 1 8 53.
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LAW INTELLIGENCE. were charged for, it should only be according to apothe- i walk away with it. She instantly gave information, and
charges.Henenr . . .
. l''' he, puAstieVancl Orbught baclewithTthlepork which SPORTING NOTES. 1 THE HOP DUTY. :
wBsd3,utdyis:ti_nguishing the districts, and the old from I COUNTRY MARKETS.
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thought it was very much a matter of .shesaw him steal. _ _ ___„_______
AIMS AT AINTREE.--so—
, An account of the duty on hops of the growth of the s
. CHELMSFORD—Nov. 4.
BENNETT V. POWELL.—COUNT
+ EQUITY COURTS.y—Nov. L.
DGME.T..
—7oRHetrissact:lf tIETParlf-had goiii oil paying th-e- Fiiirge-On's - The priaoner denied -all knowledge of the meat, or
was Mr. W. D. Bruce) moved, bills made out on this principle, he must be taken to ever having it in his possession. The last witness must The Liverpool programme is promise crammed, but it . yearthenel
' Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 64s Cd
Mr. Bovill (with whom
be mistaken as to his identity. to 82s Od, new 65s to.Bls ; red, old 57s to 745, new 63s to
under the recent act in reference to the procedure of the have consented to it. • is questionable whether the supply of sport will not, Districts. Duty.
75s ; 32s to 39s ; chevalier, 36s to 46s ; grinding,
SUN OFFICE, Seven oClock.
Court of Chance
ry,for a decree, under the following cir- Mr. Parkes, being examined, deposed that he had Mr. A'Beckett committed him for trial at the next after all, be scanty and unsatisfactory. The meeting, 1 Barnstaple
from the bankrupt since 1846 • Surrey Sessions.£l9 0 62- . 24s to 32s ; barley,malt, 61s to 65s ; chevalier, 66s to 72s ; oats,
Powell, the defendant, formerly re- received no payment, too, will perhaps' be pecuniarily unsuccessful, the events Canterbury 61,407 971 . 22s to 28s ;peas, partridge, 41s to 46s ;white, 48s to 50s ;
__ __ _ cumstances :--Mr.
running accounts between them. The to be decided possessing no. intrinsic importance, and Derby
aided in Australia, together with his wife and family. there had been
52 11 81 , boiling 558 to 61s ; dun, new 41s to 44s ; beans tick, 380
LIVERPOOL RACES. • Being desirous of returning to England, he applied to , medicines were for Mr. and Mrs. Chivers, and the two THAMES.---Patrick McNamara, an Irish coal having scarcely sufficient attraction to induce metropoli- Essex
passage in the Countess of Yarborough, children. Mrs. Chivers had been ill for years, and was whipper, aged 28, of No. 8, Church-gardens, St. George tan speculators to make the long and tedious journey to Gloucester 720 4 112 to 40s ; Harrow ticks, 36s to'4ls ; Mazagan, 36s to 395.:
41 6 8
the plaintiff for a
THIS - and it was agreed that the passage money for himself so now. in the East, was charged with a murderous assault upon Aintree. Handicaps are, as usual, the leading features Hants 8,056 4 91 Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., received
andfamily should be 60/. It was not at that time in Mr. Mr. Reed said it was remarkable that the bill con- his wife Bridget. The woman was lying in the London in the programme; and, although they have been framed Hereford ..... 14,393 14 5 in the port of London, from the following ports, from
-4a- tamed carges for daily attendance down to the very day Hospital, and a certificate was put in stating that she with Mr. •Topham's customary care and impartiality, Isle of Wight 4,065 7 9 the 31st October to the 4th November, both inclusive.
Powell's power to pay that sum, and he therefore gave
creditor now '
of the bankruptcy. A in court said that was in great danger. they have been regarded with indifference in the turf Leicester 5 3 9
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) the p aa I 'ntiff an order upon Messrs. Smith and Nichol,- .
had been at the house nearly every day and never Mar Wells an elderl woman said the 's and
TYRO HANDICAP. who, he stated, had certain rents in their hands belong-he
doctor there, - - ' 3' .. ) . y pri oner market. Even at the best houses the investments have Lincoln 164 15 71 .t i;.. • • ; oi '
4
1 ing to him. Mr. Powell himself went ashore at the Cape saw the his wife lived in her house. On Sunda evening she been few and far between, and the outlays have not been Middlesex 37 0 114
Jealous One - sufficiently heavy to be significant of "intentions." To NorthamptonA T's ,t 8 pi efs r.'
2 of Good Hope, and was there left behind ; his wife ands 0 32 3
Juliet
2 family were brought to England. Part of the passage ought to have been brought forward earlier. If creditors lowed by a noise as if the furniture was being thrown obtain any trustworthy information as to the numerical Oxford 0 7 104 — ----J
Adelaide • - - money was paid, but the residue not being forthcoming, allowed doubtful claims of this kind to lie over, they about. That was succeeded by a heavy fall, and the strength of the fields is almost impossible, and at this Reading l7 13 8 Colchester
must take the consequences. prisoner soon afterwards left the house. Everything season of the year, when the interests f owners of Rochester' 111,545 19 32. Harwich — 1300 44 23 52 72‘' Eleven ran. application was made to the gentlemen upon whom the
Mr. Murrough denied that it was a doubtful claim. was quiet for ten minutes, and witness becoming alarmed horses clash, it is difficult to discover the intended corn- Sheffield 254 3 7 Leigh
order above mentioned was given.
SEFTON HANDICAP. Messrs. Smith and Nichol then stated that they re- His client was ready to swear to it. It had been pre- went upstairs and repeatedly knocked at the room door. petitors. All attempts, therefore, to indicate,with Stourbridge
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1 tims. ferred at a former meeting, but s stood over. No answer being returned, and finding that the room degree of accuracy, the probable result of the different Suffolk 754 10 101 —
St. Michael ceived no rents for Mr. Powell, but that they were
His Honour
tees for a certain annuity payable to him, which, bow- ultimately admitted the proof, subject to door was locked, she forced it open. Mrs. M`Namara encounters, are attended with perplexity and uncer- Surrey 496 1 a COLCHESTER—Nov. 5.
Helena Gelding ................................................ 2
3 ever was then already overdrawn. An action was then the set-off, which reduced it to about 80/. was lying face downwards, weltering in her blood, and tainty. Sussex 70611 5 8 Prices to-da,y were as follow :—Wheat, white, 763 to 885;
Lough Bawn apparently lifeless. Witness sent for a doctor, who at- The meeting commences to-day, the fixture b • Wales Middle
commenced in the Shoreditch County Court against
IN RE DAVEY. being a 55 12 22 red, 68s to 76s ; barley, 40s to 463 ; oats, 23s to 30s ; beano,
Twenty-five ran.
Powell for the balance of the passage money, and prose- This was the certificate meeting in the case of Stephen tended to the woman,' and dressed her wounds. She day earlier in the week than on former anniversaries. Ware 4l 6 2 Mazagan 38s to 42s ; middle and small, 44s to 540 ; Pew'
WELTER CUP. cuted to execution. It appeared that there were no goods Davey, builder, of Brighton. His unsecured debts were never opened her lips after she was found in the state The list numbers four items, three of which are closed, Worcester 3,246 1 3,i white, 5,1.8 to 66s ; grey, 44s to 48s.
1 'in.?, .s,i,n.i. +ho p,..nution could operate, and the 1.2751_ and it ..,. 0+.,4•.,1 1.1,n4- ..-.4,....... 4.1,,-. ~.....-A-rra -spa described, having obtained in the ae.aree.a.th ninpt,,,-.;,,,.,,,,,,,;.,.,+;,,,,,,

Defiance

Alonzo

Ten ran

SELLING STAKES.

Hyacinth .
Game Chicken ....

Ten ran.

THE LONDON GAZETTE,

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 5.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John
Higgins as Consul at Cork, and of Mr. John C. O'Neill, as
Consul at Belfast, for the United States of America.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Ed-
ward Wallerstein as Consul-General in Great Britain for
the Republic of San Salvador.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 8.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William
Leslie Thompson as Vice-Consul at Aberdeen, for his Royal
Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 8.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
John Maclennan to the church at Tomintoul, in the parish
of Kirkmichael, in the Presbytery of Abernethy, and shire
of Banff.
THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBER,

SOMERSET-HOUSE, Nov. 4.
The names of those who have been this day nominated
by the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Walei
to serve the office of Sheriff of the county of Cornwall :4
John Tremayir, of Heligan, Esq. ; Francis Howell, of
Ethy, Esq. ; Sir William Berkeley Call, of Whiteford,
Bart.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHA T4L, Nov. 8.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, report-
ing that the Board of Health of that city had declared
Liverpool to be an infected port from the sth of October.
Also a despatch from Stockholm, stating that the Swe-
dish Board of Commerce had declared the port of Leith
infected with cholera, and all vessels coming from thence
subject to quarantine.—By order. JAMES BOOTH.

EQUITY COURTS.—Nov. 7._
BENNETT V. POWELL.-COUNTY COURT JUDGMENT.
Mr. Bovill (with whom was Mr. W. D. Bruce) moved,
under the recent act in reference to the procedure of the
Court of Chancery, for a decree, under the following cir-
cumstances :--Mr. Powell, the defendant, formerly re-
sided in Australia, together with his wife and family.
Being desirous of returning to. England, he applied to
the plaintiff for a passage in the Countess of Yarborough,
and it was agreed that the passage money for himself
and family should be 601. It was not at that time in Mr.
Powell's power to pay that sum, and he therefore gave
the plaintiff an order upon Messrs. Smith and Nichol,
who, he stated, had certain rents in their hands belong-
ing to him. Mr. Powell himself went ashore at the Cape
of Good Hope, and was there left behind ; his wife and
family were brought to England. Part of the passage
money was paid, but the residue not being forthcoming,
application was made to the gentlemen upon whom the
order above mentioned was given.
Messrs. Smith and Nichol then stated that they re-
ceived no rents for Mr. Powell, but that they were trus-
tees for a certain annuity payable to him, which, how-
' ever, was then already overdrawn. An action was then
commenced in the Shoreditch County Court against
Powell for the balance of the passage money, and prose-
cuted to execution. It appeared that there were no goods
upon which the execution could operate, and the
learned gentisman now applied to this court for a decree
declaring the sum specified in the judgment of the County
Court a charge upon- the annuity. In support of the
application, 2 Story, Eq. Jurisprudence, and "Smith v.
Lewis" (1 Vern., 398), were referred to, as showing that
the Court of Chancery would give effect to the judgment
of a court of record, where that judgment would other-
wise fail of effect.
Mr. Morris, for the defendant, asked that the motion
should be dismissed with costs, on account of there being
no affidavit of the existence of the County Court judg-
ment,
The Vice-Chancellor asked if the plaintiff denied that
the judgment existed ?
w—ersNaeiodp,
rtShsiareiv, ur
endd eirn tthhess em co isrtc uh me ssronucleds ,
diof
Mirs.
Honour3objectionforr the
would be to order the matter to stand over that evidence
might be given.
Mr. Morris then addressed himself to the merits of the
case. He contended that, inasmuch as this annuity was
not liable to be taken under an execution of the County
Court, the Court of Chancery could not make the judg-
ment of the inferior tribunal a charge upon it. In the
case of "Smith v. Hurst," reported in the "22 Law
Journal RePorts," it was expressly said that a court of
equity would not supply but only aid the judgment of a
County Court.
Mr. Humphrey appeared for the trustees of the an-
nuity.
The Vice-Chancellor said that he was under great
doubt as to the effect of the County Court Act upon this
question. The case being a new one, and counsel hav-
ing expressed a wish to look further into the authorities,
he -.ought the best course would be to decline making
any order upon this motion, and to leave the suit to pro-
ceed in the ordinary way to a hearing. The costs of the
motion were to stand over, also, until the hearing.

(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart.)
IN THE MATTER OF PERKS' ESTATE, AND IN THE MATTER OF

IN RE DAVEY.
This was the certificate meeting in the case of Stephen
Davey, builder, of Brighton. His unsecured debts were
1,275/., and it was stated that when the mortgages,
were paid off, there would be a surplus sufficient to pay
about ss. in the pound.
Mr. Chalk, for one of the assignees, opposed on the
ground of reckless trading.
Mr. May, for the bankrupt, said it was the opinion of
an architect in Brighton, where the property was situate,
that the estate would yield fully 20s. in the pound.
His Honour granted a second class certificate.

THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
- - -

Elijah Long, a police constable, No. 380 K, took the
prisoner into custody in a beer shop. In reference to
the charge, he said it had all happened through his wife's
tongue she had got what she had, and if she had as
much more it would have served her right.
Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner till Wednesday.

Tlie meeting commences to-day, the fixture being a
day earlier in the week than on former anniversaries.
The list numbers four items, three of which are closed,
having obtained in the aggregate ninety-ninenominations.
Of the twenty-two horses weighted for the Croxteth Wel-
ter Cup, Titterstone, Alonzo, and Sir Robert are likely
to be the leading competitors in the encounter. The
Sefton Handicap is the principal event of the day ; it
has a long list of entries, from which it is a task of no
little difficulty to select even a favourably weighted
"lot." Haricot, Little Fawn, Calot, Radcliffe Hero,
and the representative of Dawson's stable, will doubtless
obtain the precedence over their opponents. I shall not
jump at a conclusion and hazard a guess as to the actual
winner. For the Tyro Handicap the most noteworthy
names are Barrel, Bridesmaid, and Czarina.

To the lovers of excitement and the mere pleasure
folk, Wednesday, with its Steeplechase, will be the most
attractive and interesting day of the meeting. The
running for the Aintree Plate will be materially regu-
lated by the result of the Sefton Handicap, many ani-
mals being engaged in both races. It would therefore
be useless to express an opinion as to its probable result.
Oscar is the leading favourite for the Steeplechase, and
the spirit with which he has been backed seemingly in-
dicates that he is intended. But experience teaches us
how deceptive are the movements connected with this
much-abused pastime. I shall not therefore hazard a
deliberate opinion on the probable result of this cross
country contest ; and in stating that I consider Vain-
hope, Abd-el-Kader, Maria Day, and Labyrinth to be
" well in," I do not pretend to a knowledge of either
private arrangements or the intentions of their respective
owners.
Nov. 7. A FRESH MAN.

- •
Mr. Bacon and Mr. Cole supported a petition by a
tenant for life of land taken by the railway company. It
prayed that a specified part of the dividends of 6301.,
which had been paid into court by the railway company
should be paid to the petitioner. It appeared that in
1850 the railway company had taken possession of the
land, and that under the General Lands Clauses Act,
the company being in possession, entered into an agree-
ment with the tenant for life for the sale of the entirety
of land, for 630/. It afterwards appeared that part of
the land was freehold and that part was copyhold, and
that as to the copyhold the petitioner was entitled only
to an undivided moiety. Under these circumstances,
the petition had stood over to enable the petitioner to
bring the heir of the person who represented the other
moiety before the court. The petitioner had served the
heir, who was in America, and who did not appear upon
this petition. It was asked that, in the absence of the
heir entitled to the other moiety, the dividends of the
moiety of the lands which the petitioner represented
might be paid to him.

£278,799 17 Hi

Old duty, at ld. 12-20 per lb £152,677 0 41
New duty, at id. 8-20 ditto 112,848 4 71
Additional duty of 5 per cent.,
Act, 3 Viet., c. 17 13,274 12 11,

Mr. Follett and Mr. Kinglake, for the railway com-
pany opposed the petition. The money in court repre-
sented the land ; the entirety had been contracted to be
sold to them ; and the only way to enforce the contract
and procure a proper conveyance to the company, was to
restrain the payment of the dividends as asked.
The Vice-Chancellor thought the difficulty in procur-
ing a conveyance might be a ground for rescinding the
contract as between vendor and purchaser ; but this the
company did not ask : they would keep the land. Jus-
tice, however, must be done between the parties, and it
being clear that the company would keep possession of
the land, it was just that the petitioner should have the
interest of so much of the fund as represented the land
which the petitioner could make a good title to. His
Honour, therefore, made an order giving the dividends
to the petitioner, and also giving the costs of the petition
to
.him to be paid by the company.

£278,799 17 11'1
Inland Revenue-office, Somerset-house,
Nov. 7, 1853.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—Noy. 7.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HEATH V. SMITH.-PATENT CASE.-IMPORTANT QUESTION,

This was an action to recover damages for the in-
fringement of a patent. On the trial before Mr. Justice
Erle, at Liverpool, the verdict was entered for the
defendant, by the direction of the learned judge.
The Attorney-General now moved for a rule for a new
trial, on the ground of misdirection. The invention of
which the plaintiff claimed the discovery was that of a
chemical process by which steel of a superior quality
could be manufactured from an inferior description of
iron, and there was no doubt as to its utility and import-
ance. The defendant, however, proved that in five in-
stances the same process as that which the plaintiff had
discovered had been employed by other persons before
the plaintiff took out his patent, although he believed it
to be an original discovery. None of these persons had
communicated their discovery to the public, but had
used it for their own benefit in their own manufac-
tories. The learned judge had ruled that this took
away the novelty of the plaintiff's invention. He
(the Attorney-General) contended that his lordship
had taken a mistaken view, for if his ruling were cor-
rect an invention of the greatest importance might be
lost for ever to the public, as it would be the interest of
the discoverers to keep the secret to themselves and use
it for their own benefit. This action was carried on by
the widow and administratrix of Mr. Heath, who was
now dead, after having been for years involved in litiga-
tion, and endeavouring to support the validity of his
patent against the manufacturers of Sheffield, who had
derived great advantage from it.
Lord Campbell said the question raised was one which
ought to be considered.
Rule nisi.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
" WILLI'S ISLANDS, TORRE'S STRAITS.
" Hydrographic-office, Admiralty, Nov. 5, 1853.
" Sir —I beg to apprise you of the discovery of the
Willi'aslands, near the southern entrance of Torre's
Straits. Capt. Parsons, who discovered them, gave the
following positions :—' Westernmost Island, lat. 15 deg.
54 m. S., long. 149 deg. 43 m. E. ; the Easternmost being
about 8 miles a little to the north and east of it.'
(Signed) " F. BEAUFORT, Hydrographer.
" Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's."

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Nov. 7
Sittings in Banco.

First ..
Second
Third..

(Before the Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron
Alderson, and Mr. Baron Platt.)
COURT'S V. JOHNSON.-THE COST-BOOK SYSTEM.

This was an action tried at the last assizes at Exeter
before Mr. Justice Talfourd, to recover the sum of 941.
for coals, &c., supplied by the plaintiff to a mine called
the West Down Mine, in the county of Devon, when a
verdict was found for the plaintiff for the amount
claimed.

KIRKCALDY—Nov. 5.
Wheat. Barley. I
Oats. Beanta
. 84s Odl 42s Od 3Ps Od I Os ,
II
I
. Bos Od 39s Od 29s Od 0
Os o';',.
745 'Od 34s Od 24s Od Os (4
801bs imperial, 39s Od to 40s Od.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6 and 7.

Mr. Slade now moved for a rule for a new trial, on
the ground of misdirection, and that the verdict was
against the evidence. It appeared that the mine was
divided into 1,064 shares, and was worked on the
cost-book system. In the autumn of 1849, the de-
fendant expressed a wish to Diamond, the then
purser, to relinquish sixty-four shares which he held,
he having informed the defendant that there was ore
enough on the surface to pay all the liabilities. A
person called Robins subsequently became the purser
of the mine, and upon his application to the de-
fendant to know in what way he had disposed of his
shares, he informed him that he had relinquished them
at the time name named. It was some time after this
period that the plaintiffs debt was contracted. At the
trial the defendant could not name the precise time in
the autumn of 1849 when he relinquished the shares, but
said he could tell if allowed to refresh his memory by
reference to a memorandum book, which he had made
up at the end of that year, and in which he had entered
some minutes of the transaction. The learned judge,
however, refused to allow him to refer to the book, be-
cause it was not sufficiently recent. It was also con-
tended on the part of the defendant that there were two
ways of disposing of shares in a mine, one by transfering
them to some person in writing in the ordinary way, and
another by relinquishing the shares, by notice to the
purser, for the benefit of the remaining shareholders,
after which it was urged that the purser could not pledge
the credit of the person so relinquishing. This was held
in the case of " Northey v. Johnson" in the Court of
Queen's Beneh. The learned
putdco theuns questionelcom of
complained that
jury li
Mr. Justice Talfourd had
not
firstthe
whole case. the learned
point, but would
quishment to the with sufficient clearness and
precision.
The court
consult
felt disposed to
grantarule
judge o n the
as
to
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron Marton and

Coiltimon Juries.)

Oatmeal, per bag of

The George, for Antwerp, has put back leaky.
The Guiding Star, hence to New York, has put into Bel-
fast Lough in distress, with mainmast sprung, and other-
wise damaged.
The Trimmer, from Newfoundland, and Union, from
Ostend, for this port, at Beaumaris.

TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.

- ,
Two causes out of a list of three, one having been
postponed, were disposed of. They were devoid of
interest.

Business was the most part confined to the settlemen
of the previous week's accounts.

The coming events at Liverpool were scarcely
noticed.

For the Derby, 350 to 100 was taken about Autocrat
and King Tom, and 1,000 to 400 about the same two,
with Dervish, the third favourite, added-14 and 13 to 1
taken about the latter separately ; 550 to 25 taken about
The Wild Huntsman ; 1,000 to 20 Gamelass colt ; 3,000
to 60, and 1,250 to 25, twice, about The Star of Surrey ;
1,000 to 15, 2,000 to 35, and finally 50 to 1, to upwards
of 1601., about Middlesex—a movement which may tend
to weaken the position of his stable companion, King
Tom, although, after all, it may turn out to be merely a
ruse de course; 1,000 to 20 taken about Phaeton, and
2,000 to 40 Meteora.
SEFTON HANDICAP.
6to 1 agst Candlewick (t).
Bto 1 agst Little Fawn (9 to 1 also laid to 751.)
9to 1 a,gst Lough Bawn (taken).
7to 2 agst Maid of Team Valley and Lough
Bawn coupled (t.)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
4to 1 agst Oscar (taken).
DERBY.
13 to 1 agst Dervish (14 to 1 taken freely).
22 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman.
50 to 1 agst Middlesex (t).
50 to 1 agst Gamelass colt (taken).
50 to 1 agst Star of Surrey (taken).
50 to 1 agst Phaeton (taken).
50 to 1 agst Meteora (taken).
350 to 100 agst Autocrat and King Tom coupled (t).
1000 to 400 agst Autocrat, King Tom, and Der-
vish (taken).

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)
IN RE CHIVERS.-A DOCTOR'S BILL.
Mr. Murrough tendered a proof for 1941. on behalf o
C hTi vheerrse was,of tha divedividend
Globee ret g
Tavern,ee e F in
btuhre e
y -paasvee me f e Thomasnt.f
Mr. William Parkes, surgeon, of Great Marlborough-
street.
Mr. Reed, for the assignees, opposed the proof, on
the ground that Mr. Parkes had not only charged for
his medicines, but also for his visits. He submitted
that the gentleman could not charge for both, but must
m .ke his election whether to charge for medicine or at-
tendance.
Mr. Murrough said nothing could be clearer than that
a gentleman who was both a licentiate of the Apotheca-
natyituleedltilooc this
;land'
view for both medicines and attendance.
ries' Company and a member of the College of Surgeons
w
andlnasentitled
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Carrington
Chancery Rep., 221. This was now an established point
both at law and equity ; and the surgeons at the west
end were uniformly in the habit of charging both for
medicines and attendance.
rate, if the medicine*
Mr, Reed contended that, at any