The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-11 00:00:00

NORWICH.

Nov. 9.—The town council met this day, of which
forty Whigs and ten Tories were preient, fur the
purpose of electing the Mayor, Sheriff, and other
officers, for the year ensuing. The choice of Mayor fell
upon our late Sheriff; Jeremiah Colman, -Esq., of New-
market-road, in this city, And also of that respected firm
of J. and J. Colman, of Dowgste hill, London; he was
proposed by Sir Wm. Foster, Bart., and carried unani-
mously; and that of Sheriff upon Charles Winter, Esq.,
who was proposed by S. S. Beare, Esq., and also carried
unanimous!y. The meeting was a very full one, and
after other appointments broke up, and appeared to have
given general satisfaction to the public in such appoint
mews. Both gentlemen are Whigs.—Frog. a Corre •
spondent.

POST-OFFIOE IVIONE V ORDERS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN:

SlR,—Convinced it will be saving much disappoint-
ment and inconvenience when more generally known
and correctly adopted, will you permit me through your
columns to remind parties remitting by Post-office
orders, the necessity of strictly regarding the regulation
in respect to the " Christian and surname of those in
whose favour the order is obtained." For want of this
accuracy it not unfrequently happens that a money order
(however small the sum) may have to be presented two
or three times.—Your obedient servant,
121, Holborn-hill. Nov. 9. A. K. GIFFORD.

THE CITY OF LONDON STOCK-
BROKER'S BOND.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

see by a copy of " The Broker's Bond" in The
Sun of yesterday, that the stockbroker is licensed by
the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London
to be " a sworn broker in public stock, funds, shares,
and other securities for money," and that by the bond
on admiEsion as a broker he binds himself in the penalty
of one thousand pounds to fulfil certain conditions
therein named. If such bond can be enforced in a
court of law it will be found to'be a great protection to
the public in purchasing or selling "public stock, funds,
shares and, other securities for money;" but as to the
probability of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen recovering
she penalty from Mr. Rochas, I leave you and your
readers to judge, after having read the two following
extracts. The first I shall take from the same paper
wherein is the copy of " The Broker's Bond," viz., The
Sun of yesterday's date, folio 3, column 4:-
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 5.
(Sittings in Banco.)
KNIGHT V. BARBER•

This case was tried at Liverpool before Mr. Justice
Cresswell, the plaintiff was nonsuited upon the ground
that a certain document was not stamped, purporting
to be an agreement between the parties for the pur-
chase and sale of certain railway scrip or shares.
Mr. BAINES moved for a rule to show cause why the
verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted;
he contended that the contract did not require a stamp,
inasmuch as it was an agreement for the sale of an
article which he contended came under the head of
merchandise, which, with goods and wares were specially
exempted from the operation of the Stamp Act.
The LORD CHIEF BARON stated it was his opinion
that the documet in question should have been stamped,
because it was impossible to suppose that scrip could be
considered as merchandise. The sale of scrip was
nothing more than an agreement made between himself
and some company or companies ; it could not, there-
fore, be goods or merchandise, and not coming under the
exception contained in the Stamp Act, ought, therefore,
to have been stamped.
Mr. Baron PARKE was of the same opinion.
The rule for a new trial refused.

Now observe, the Lord Chief Baton and Mr. Baron
Parke both held that railway scrip was neither goods,
wares, nor merchandise. The second extract I take from
my common-place book, which itself was extracted from
The Sun, December 16th, 1840: