The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-24 00:00:00

BISHOPSGATE WARD.

Yestgrday afternoon, at four o'clock, the election of
the Common Councilmen of the ward for the ensuing
year having terminated, the state of the full poll was de-
clared as follows :

Stevens (Deputy) (L) 272
Pilcher
Peacock (lleputy)(L) 251
Bennett (L) 246

Barker (L) 216
Johnson (L) 207
Carr (L) 201
Hall (L) 185
Gibson (C) 155
Mattheson (L) 148
Welsh (C) 141
Rodgers (C) 130

Jones
Thomas (L) 236
Pat ten (L) 233
Tagg (L) 228
Wilkinson (L) 225
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Alderman W. T. COPELAND then declared the first
fourteen candidates duly elected.

FARRINGD6N WARD WITHIN.

The poll for Common Councilmen for this Ward was
continued yesterday at the Queen's Arms Tavern, New-
gate-street, with unabated vigour, and after one of the
most severe contests ever known, the books were finally
closed at three o'clock.
Mr. Alderman KELLY soon after stated the numbers to
be as follow :

Mr. Deputy Pritchard 127 Mr. Wheelton 163
Mr. Deputy Westwood 215 gr. Emerson
Mr. Ridley 203 *Mr. Taylor
Mr. Holt 2OO Mr. Hartley
Mr. Bonser 196 *Mr.Virtue 124
Mr. Ashurst
Mr. Rutter
Mr. Eagleton
Mr. Hayward l66,Mr. Thompson BO
The ALDERMAN then formally declared the first four-
teen named gentlemen duly elected ; and after brief ad-
dresses from Mr. Pritchard,,Mr. Eagleton, and others, the
meeting separated.
WALBROOK WARD.
FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL.-SINGULAR CASE.
At three o'clock yesterday afternoon the poll closed,
when the numbers for candidates stood as under :
Walkins (Deputy)
Hale
Dawson 77 *Rowley 57
*Colman

The ALDERMAN said that the numbers for Messrs.
Rowley and Colman, the new candidates, being equal,
he could only swear in the five other gentlemen, and the
choice of the sixth must be decided by the Court of Al-
dermen on Plough-Monday.
The five first-named gentlemen were then sworn in,
and each returned thanks in a neat speech, as did also
the other two candidates.
CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN.

The contest in this ward, which has been very strong,
came to a conclusion yesterday, at four o'clock, the poll
being closed by the new candidates themselves voting,
which was done amidst great uproar and confusion.
The books were then made up, and the numbers read as

Mr, ifoc; le l5l Mr. Brass
Mr. Brown .. .
Mr, Smith
Mr. Lort
Mr. Beeton
The presiding Alderman, Sir M. Wood, Bart., then
declared the first eight gentlemen elected, and they were
sworn in accordingly.
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_AT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic returns for the week ending Dec. 20, 1841:
Passengers .............................. X 735 11 7
Merchandize ........................... 430 7 7

Darlington, Dec. 22.

£1,165 19 2
W. O'BRIEN, Secretar

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ASSOCIATION.
the subject
A meeting of this Society was on
Finsbury Chapel, to hear an address from P.
jun . , Esq., upon the subject of the restrictive duties on 7 or,
M. JOSEPH PRESTON was unanimously called to the
Chair, and briefly addressed the meeting an
they were assembled to discuss.
Mr. P. TAYLOR then addreSsed the Association with
great effect, describing the principal baneful effects of
the Corn•laws on our trade, our manufactures, our so-
cial happiness, and our intellectual improvement. He
adverted feelingly to the thoughts and associations the
present season was fitted to call forth; but he hoped that
amid all the festivities and happiness which all he ad-
dressed would enjoy, they would not forget the fearful
amount of distress existing around them, and that much,
if not all, of that distress was traceable to the effects of
monopoly. lie trusted that such feelings would nerve
them to increasing efforts in the cause of free trade, and
consequently the cause of moral and social good.
Mr. P. Taylor's address was greeted with loud and
repeated marks of approbation. At its conclusion; a
vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to Mr. Taylor,
who briefly returned thanks.
The next meeting of this Association will take place
on the 3d of January.

BILLS PAYABLE.—The public will recollect
that all bills falling clue on Christmas-day and the Sun-
day following are payable On nifty, thia-24th inst.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 23.

SMITH V. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.--.JUDGMENT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this
case, which was argued before the Court on the first day
of Term. The only question in the case was, whether
certain documents, being the correspondence between
the Court of Directors of the East India Company and
the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, contained in
the third schedule of the answers of the defendants,
should be produced. It was said that they ought not,
because they were part of a confidential correspondence.
Now that was no answer to the production of deeds or
documents when they were referred to in the an-
swer. But then it was said that they were official
documents, and that therefore they were privileged,
But official correspondence was not privileged
unless under peculiar circumstances. Such being
the case it became necessary for his Lordship to look
to the Act of the 3d and 4th of William 111. By that
Act all the territorial property in the East Indies was
transferred from the East India Company to the Crown,
to be held by the Company in trust, and to be managed
by them for the benefit of the Crown. In addition to
this all their property and 'estates were transferred to
the Crown, to be managed by the East India Com-
pany, in trust for the service of the Govern-
ment ; and they were prevented from carrying on
any commercial transaction, except for the purpose of
winding up their affairs, or for the purpose of the Go-
vernment of India. This was the state of the East India
Company by the passing of the Act of the 3d and 4th of
William the Third ; all their affairs were placed under
the superintendence, direction, and control, of the Com-
missioners for the Affairs of India ; and in order that
control might be exercised effectively, it was ne-
cessary that the most unreserved communications
should take place between the Directors of the
East India Company and the Board of Control ;
and accordingly there were in the Act of Parliament,
particularly in the 29th section, and other parts, provi-
sions by which the Directors of the East India Company
were required to make communications of all their acts
in correspondence to the Board of Control. It was ob-
vious that public policy required, and looking to the Act
it is clear that that was the result contemplated by it,
that the most unreserved communications should take
place between the East India Directors and the Board of
Control, subject to no restraint or limitation ; but it was
obvious if at the suit of one individual those communica-
tions should be produced in a Court of Justice, the effect
would be to restrain the communications and render
them more cautious. On the whole his Lord-
ship thought the communications referred to, came
within the class of communications that were privi-
leged, that they could not be communicated without
infringing the policy of the Act, or interfering with the
public interest. The order, therefore, that had been
made upon the motion by the Vice-Chancellor of Eng.
land, must be discharged.