The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-05 00:00:00

DEPOSIT OF PLANS FOR TIIE WEST OF

ENGLAND.
Dorset—Bristol and Poole Harbour Railway—between
2 and 3 P M. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (Amend-
ment N 0.2) viz., Compton to Wilton, Bleadon to Bland-
ford-4 P.M. Salisbury and Yeovil—between 11 and 12
A.M. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester—between 2 and 3
P.M. Yeovil to Exeter (Exeter Great Western)-4
o'clock, P.M. Bruton to Blandford (South Western)—
between 11 and 12 A.M. Weymouth Branch of the
Southampton and Dorchester Railway—between 11 and
12 A.M. Blandl°rd, ditto, ditto—between 11 and 12
A.M. Portland Breakwater and Harbour of Refuge—
between 11 and 12 A.M.
Devon—Yesterday was a day of great activity with
solicitors and engineers, and other parties interested in
proposed new lines of railway. The standing orders
now require, not only that the plans and sections and
books of reference should be deposited on or before the
last day of November with the several clerks of the
peace, but that the deposits should be made with the
parish clerks of all the parishes through which it is pro-
posed that any new railway should pass, on the same
day. All the parties who have given notice of their in-
tention to apply to Parliament for schemes connected
with this county and city, made their deposits with the
clerks of the peace in due time.
Wilts—Railway deposits of plans, &c., at the office of

John Swaine, Esq., clerk of the peace at Wilton, for the '
county of Wilts, Nov. 30. The whole of the deposits for
the eight following projects were made before 5 P
Great Western Amendment and Extension—Pro-
posed railways from the Great Western Railway at
Twyford to Henley, and from Newton Saint Loe to Had-
stock and enlargement of the Great Western Railway
at Bathampton, and from a point in the parish of Acton
to near Old Oak Common ; with powers to lease, pur.
chase, or amalgamate with the Birmingham and Oxford,
and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Rail-
ways, and to purchase the Great Western and Uxbridge
and Wycombe Railways ; also for amendment of Acts
and alteration of tolls.
Salisbury and Yeovil—Lines from the London and
South-Western Railway at Salisbury to Yeovil, with
branches to Shaftesbury and Wincanton, and to join the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway at Yeovil, and
the proposed Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway at
Berwick, in the county of Somerset, with powers for the
London and South-Western Railway Company to make
or subscribe towards, purchase, or lease the same.
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western—(Staines to
Ascot and Wokingham, with branches to the London
and South-Western Railway). With power for the
London and South-Western Railway to make or sub-
scribe towards, purchase, or lease the same.
Great Western—(Extension of the Berks and Hants
Railway from Hungerford to Westbury, with a branch to
Devises).
Reading Improvement Market, Water-works, and
Sewage Bill.
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (Amendment) No. 2
—Proposed railways from Bleadon to Blandford, and
from Compton, near Yeovil, to Wilton, with branches to
Glastonbury and Gillingham.
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth. No. 1.
Manchester and Southampton.—Sherborne Journal.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, DECEMBER 4.
STOCK ExcmaNGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties,
York Extension, 33A— Grelt Western, Fifths, 31—Ditto ,New,
7%—Manchester And Leeds, Quarters, 63/—Ditto, Exten-
sion, 1% p.—Midland, New, 331/—Ditto, New, 6,74—Ditto,
Quarters, 32—North Staffordshire, 3/. 18s. 9d. p.—Sbrews-
bury and Birmingham, 5% —York and North Midland, Se:by,
3712.

LIVERPOOL, DICEMBER 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate and
Eastern Junction, 3s. 9d. p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 1% p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 61% p.
—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 08 p.—East Lanca-
shire, New, 13/4 p.--East Linsolnshire, 1 p.—Glasgow and
Dumfries, par—Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 163/4—Hud-
dersfield Canal and Railway, 43/4 p.—Lancaster and Preston,
Quarters, 144—Leeds and Thirsk, dis.—Ditto, New,
p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1, dis.
—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 13 t/t p.—
London and York, 6s. 3d. dis.—Manchester and Leeds (late
Huddersfield and Sheffield), 51% p.—Ditto, Quarters, 4% p.
—Ditto, Extension, 11,E p.—Matlock and Midland, 6s. 3d. p.
—Midland, 128 4—North British, Quarters, 465. 3d. p.—
Ditto, Thirds, 2th p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North
Union (A), 224—Ditto (B), 154—North-Western, % p.—
Shrewsbury and Hereford, ix, dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester
(late North-Western and Midland), 4% p.—Shrewsbury,
Oswestry, and Chester, 11A dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester,
New, 3s. 9d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 1 p.—
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, 18s.
9d. p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 3s. 9d. dis.—
South-Eastern and Dover, 3834—Ditto. New, No. 4, % p.
—South Staffordshire Junction, 11,{s p.—Trent Valley, Mid-
lands, and Grand Junction, 11%, p.—West Riding Union, 38s.
9d. p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 51% p.—York
and North Midland, Preference, 10 p.—Newry and Warren-
point, 2% p.
MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 4.

STOCK EXCYANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, M p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che-
shire Junction, 1/2 p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction,
71/2 p.—East Lancashire, No. 2, 3 15-16 p.—East Lincolnshire,
1 p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 18%—Glasgow and
Dumfries, 1-16 p.— Goole, Doncaster, &c., 1/2 p.—Hudders-
field and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, 1% p.—
Leeds and Thirsk, 1M c. n.—Ditto, Preferentials, 7/8 p.—
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 10% c. n. p.—Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1/8 dis.—London and
North-Western, New, 131/ c. p.—London, Manchester, and
Birmingham, 76—Ditto, Quarters (B), 7 9-16 p.—Malton
and Driffield Junction, I p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves,
111/2 p.—Ditto, Extension, 1 5-16 p.—Manchester and South-
ampton, 7-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 15-16 p.—North-
Western, % p.—Oldham Alliance, 1 p.—Sheffield and Man-
chester, Quarters, No. 3, M dis.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole, 13-16 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 1 p.—
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, &c., 15-16 p.—South-Eastern
and Dover, 381/2—Ditto, No. 4, 9-16 p.—Trent Valley, Mid-
lands, &c., 1 1-16 p.—West Lancashire Coast, 1/2 dis.—West
Riding Union, 2 p.
LEEDS, DECEMBER 4.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction, 7M p.—East Lancashire, 5 p.—Ditto, Black-
burn and Preston, 43/ p.—Ditto, New Shares, 4% p.—Ditto,
New Scrip, lys p.—East and West Yorkshire, 14s. dis.—East
Lincolnshire, 1 1-3 p.—Huddersfield and
-Manchester, p.—
Leeds and Bradford, 45% c. p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 111/2
p.—Ditto, Branches (blue), 7 p.—Ditto, Extensions (green),
1% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1M n. dis.—Ditto, New, ss. c.
p.—Ditto, Preference, 1% p.—Malton and Driffield Junc-
tion, 245. p.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 275. p.—
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 275. p.—Mid-
land4Preference, 4741 p.—North British, Quarter Shares (late
Carlisle Branch), 2M p.—Ditto, Extension(scrip), 20s. p.—
North-Western, 10s. 6d. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole, 19s. p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 5M p.—
York and North Midland, Preference, 10 p.—Leeds, Wake-
field, and Midland, Bs. dis. new scrip—West Riding Union,
41. 2s.

HULL, DECEMBIR 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our market to-day has not varied
from yesterday. East Lincolns were in demand at improved
rates. The sales are—North British, Thirds, 21,/e p.—Black-
burn, Damen, and Bolton, 11—East Lincolnshire, 20s. p.
Ipswich and Bury Extension, Norwich, 21. 16s. 6d.—North-
Western, 10s. p.— Shropshire Union, par—West Riding
Union, 4—Leicester and Birmingham, 3s.
SHEFFIELD, DECEMBER 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties,
2314—Ditto, York Extension, 335. p.—Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Extension, 265. 6d. dis.—Huddersfield and Man-
chester, 434 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury Branches, 7 p.—Man-
chester and Lincoln Uliion, 18s. dis.—Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland, 275. p.—North-Western, 10s. c. p.—
Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole„ 7/8 p.—West Riding Union,
2 p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. 6d. dis.
YORK, DECEMBER 4. _ _ _

STOCK EXCHANGi-The sales are-Ipswich and Bury,
1214-Mallon and Drineld Junction, 3L 65.-Manchester,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 314-Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 34%-North British, Thirds, 3%-Ditto, Extension,
11. 13s. 6d.-North Staffordshire, 8%-North-Western, 3/.
Is.-Sheffield, Rotherham, &c., 31. 13s. 6d.-West Riding
Union, 43 -York and Newcastle, Preference, 714-York and
North Midland, Preference, 12/. 3s. 9d.
GLASGOW, DECEMBER 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway,
285.-Caledonian, New, 455.-Caledonian and Dumbarton-
shire, 395. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 6s. 3d.-East
of Fife, 365.-Edinburgh and Northern, 15%-Glaigow
General Terminus, 1034-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,
Quarters (5 per cent. guar.), 17%-Ditto, Halves, 71. 198.-
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 325. 6d.-Glasgow,
Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 415.-Great Southern of
Madras, 7s.- Manchester and Southampton, 295.-Midland,
Halves, 634-North British, Thirds, 755.-Ditto, New Quar-
ters (scrip), 325. 6d.-Scottish Central, 19%-Stirling and
Dunfermline, 60s.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire.

Charles WilliaM Allen. Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Dice. 1, 1846.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Lieutenant Charles
Style Akers to be First Liieutenant, vice Luyken, deceased,
Nov. 17.
DIIEMORANDUM.—The dates of the promotions of the under-
mentioned officers have been altered as follows, viz. :—First
Lieutenant Charles Thomas Hutchinson, Oct. 15; and Lieu-
tenant Herbert Taylor Siborne, Nov. 9.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 19. _ _ _

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Arthur Louis Laing,
of Colchester, in the county of Essex, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Nov, 28.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Edward Wra-
tislaw, of Rugby, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Charles Bernard
Hodgson, of Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland, Gent., to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Richard Dufty, of
the town of Nottingham, Gent., to be Master Extraordinary
in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
Henry Brooker, grocer and cheesemouger, High-street,
Peckham, Surrey, to surrender Dec. 11, and Jan. 15, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; May,
Princes-street, Spitalfields.
Morris Williams, warehouseman, Priest-court, Cheapside,
Dec. 16, at eleven, and Jan. 15, at half-past twelve. at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Pain and
Hatherly, Basinghall- street.
William Bottle, grocer, Dover, Dec. 18, at three, and lan.
19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Simpson and
Cobb, Moorgate- street.
William Hodsoll, farmer, South Ash, Kent, Dec. 22, at
half-past two, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry ; Tripp, Ade-
laide-place, London-bridge; Hayword, Dartford, Kent.
David Stuart, baker, Stockbridge-terrace, Victoria-road,
Pimlico, Dec. 18, at half-past two, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-
lane, Lombard-street; Hare, Coleman-street, City.
Thomas Gammage and James Mott, cheesemongers,
Broad-street, Bloomsbury, Dec. 12, at two, and Jan. 23, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,
Aldarmanbury ; Rosser, Dyer's-buildings, Holborn.
Samuel Cunningham, sawyer, Minerva-street, Hackney-
road, Dec. 11, and Jan. 16, at half.past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-stret ; Taylor, Moorgate-street.
John Edward Spicer and Cornelius Poulton, paper-manu-
Hampshire, Dec. 17 and Jan. 18, at eleven,
factures, Alton,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street, City; Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street.
James Peter Wilson, builder, Clarence-place, Pentonville,
Dec. 12, at two, and Jan. 23, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street ; Goddard, King-street, Cheapside.
William Suddaby. millwright, Kingston-upon-Hull, Dec
16, and Jan. 20, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Kynas-:
ton, official assignee, Hull ; Hicks and Marris, Gray's Inn-
square ; Holden and Son, Hull.
Joseph Graham, sen., bookseller, Alnwick, Northumber-
land, Dec. 21, and Jan. 21, at half-past one, at the New-
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. W
akley,official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Meggison, Pringle, and Co., London ;
Leithead and Wilson, Alnwick.

William Sharp, jun., brewer, Pudsey, Yorkshire, Dec. 22,
and Jan. 12, at e'even, at the Leeds District Court. Kynas-
ton, official assignee, Leeds; Rushworth and Co., Staple Inn,
London ; Sanderson, Leeds.
George Chesterton and James Woodall, glass manufactu-
rers, Birmingham, Dec. 16 and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir-
mingham; Reece, Birmingham; Tarleton, Birmingham.
Thomas Anderton, miller, Yardley, Worcestershire, Dec.
19, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Tarleton, Birming-
ham.

Richard Hallam, grocer, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Dec. 15,
and Jan. 19, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harding,
Newcastle-under-Lyme ; Smith, Birmingham.
Alfred John Francis and Alfred Percival, slate merchants,
Liverpool, Dec. 17, and Jan 12, at twelve, at the Liverpool
District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger
and Co., London-wall, London; Dodge, Liverpool.

David Cook, wheelwright, Liverpool, Dec. 18 and Jan. 8,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official
assignee, Liverpool; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry-
chambers, London ; Pemberton, Liverpool.
Charles Malpas, ♦ictualler, Manchester, Dec. 17 and Jan.
7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall,
Temple; Dearden, Manchester.

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PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending December 1,
1846, is 335. 21/2d. per cwt.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

Robert Hughes, upholsterer, Piccadilly—second div. of
3'%d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Dec. 2, and two follow-
ing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
Robert. Clifton, brewer, Brandon, Suffolk—first div. of
2s. 6d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Dec. 2, and two follow-
ing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
Samuel Stocker, sen., hydraulic engineer, Seckford-street,
Clerkenwell—first div. of is. 3d. in the pound, on Wednes-
day, Dec 2, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of
Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
John Holt, banker, Manchester—second div. of 19s. 4d. in
the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson,
Manchester.

Thomas Walker, tallow chandler, Leeds—first div. of 3d.
in the pound, on auy Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Free-
man, Leeds.

Hugh Parker, Oifiey Shore, John Brewin, and John Rod-
gers, bankers, Sheffield—third div. of ls. ed. in the pound
(being 9s. in the pound upon new proofs), on Monday,
Dec. 14, and five following days, at the office of Mr. Free-
man, Sheffield. _ _ _

William Lowe, ivory turner, Bristol—second div. of 4s. 6d

in the pound, together with the first div. of 4s. 6d. in the
pound upon new proofs, on any Wednesday, at the office of
Mr. Miller, Bristol.
Thomas Hutchinson, grocer, Sunderland—first div. of 3s.
in the pound, on any Saturday after Dec. 11, at the office of
Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
George Henry Darby Lawrence, merchant, Crown- court,
Old Broad-street—a div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Friday,
at the office of Mr. Follett, Basinghall-street.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.

11. English. printer, New .13rod-street,— City, Dec. 30, at
half-past one—W. M.-Morley, warehouseman, Bread-street,
Cheapside, Dec. 30, at eleven.
In the Country.

J. Holt, banker, Manchester, Dec: 30, at eleven, at the
Manchester District Court—J. Haddock, bookseller, War-
ington, Lancashire, Dec. 29, at twelve, at the Liverpool
District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
D. Baseley, cheesemonger, Bolingbroke-row, Walworth,
Dec. 26—W. Glasscock, wine merchant, Cambridge, Dec. 28
—W. Mullett, paper manufacturer, West Peckham, Kent,
Dec. 28—J. Hellewell, worsted manufacturer, Wadsworth,
Yorkshire, Dec. 25—W. Kearton, chePsemonger, Spitalfields,
Dec. 25—J. Newburn, carpenter, Oxton, Cheshire, Dec. 25
—J. Orange, boot maker, Liverpool, Dec. 25—J. Richards,
jun., banker, Reading, Dec. 25—C. Davis, currier, Chepstow,
Monmouthshire, Dec. 25—E. S. Boult, stock broker, Liver-
pool, Dec. 25—J. Carlisle, builder, West Derby, Lancashire,
Dec. 25—S. Hawley, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne, Dec. 25
J. Allison, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 25—J. T.
Fenton, brick maker, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Dec. 25—T.
Benbow, mercer, Cheltenham, Dec. 25.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Hellawell and G. Owen, toy dealers, Huddersfield—J.
S. and W. Jackson, Whitehaven, Cumberland—J. N. Ladler
and W. Cope, glove importers, Newgate-street—W. Cheet-
ham and R. Lightfoot, lace manufacturers, Nottingham—G.
C. Risnton and T. Evans, share brokers, Manchester—J.
Wilkinson, W. Harvey, and H. Harvey, linen manufacturers,
Barnsley-, Yorkshire—E. Medealf and T. Harbutt, brewers,
North Shields—J. and G. Kennedy, drapers, Liverpool—W.
M. Temple, F. J. Duckworth, V. P. Sells, and F. F. Hilder,
wine merchants, Brabant-court, City (so far as regards W.
M. Temple)—W. Hunt and S. Wykes, grocers, Leicester—J.
Brooks and T. Hyde, drapers, l)ukinfield, Cheshire—R. and
J. Halcro, merchants, Sunderland—G. Jackson and W.
Taylor, Barnsley, Yorkshire—J. Bates, jun., D. Willis, M.
J. Fielden, and C. S Hadow—W. Freeman and B. Catton,
builders, Huddersfield—J.and R. Bend, hosiers, Lancaster—
J. Burford and R. Kay, calico printers, Manchester—J. C.
Cooke and E. J. Stannard, warehousemen, Queen-street,
Cheapside—J. M. Dickinson and G. Gibson, share brokers,
Leeds—W. C. Jacob and J. Hoare, warehousemen, Bread-
street, Cheapside—T. Marshall, T. C. Baker, and G. Eley,
lace manufacturers, Aldermanbury.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.

Patrick Stewart, jun., merchant, Perth, Dec. 12 and Jan. 2,
at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs. Miller, Perth.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Dec. 4.
GREGORY V. WADE.

This was a bill filed by the plaintiffs, Mr. Gregory, 10,
Duke-street, Adelphi, solicitor, and kis wife, against
the defendants, who were also man and wife, to compel
them to give up four promissory notesfor 4001. The cir-
cumstances were as follow :—The female defendant was
proprietress of a boarding-school on Clarence-road, near
Windsor, the goodwill of which, together with the fur-
niture of the house, she agreed to dispose of to the
plaintiff (Mr. Gregory) for a sum of 800/., half of which
was for the former, and half for the latter consideration.
This took place in 1843. The plaintiff was induced to
enter into the contract, in consequence of the
representations of the female defendant, who stated
that there were in the establishment 20 boarders, paying
from 25 to 30 guineas per annum,and 6 day scholars pay-
ing eight guineas per annum, and that her income from
the establishment was 2001. a year. She (the defendant)
also stated that these scholars would return after the
Midsummer vacation. All these statements turned out
erroneous; the number of scholars being less than was
reported shortly after the 10th of April, and the notes
in question were given.
Mr. Bacon appeared for the plaintiffs, an&Mr. Swans-
ton for the defendants.
His Horroun ordered the cause to stand over till after
the action which had been instituted by the plaintiffs
should have been heard.
PAYNE AND OTHERS V. HUNT AND OTHERS.—IN RE
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE RAILWAY.
This was ;an application for an injunction to restrain
the defendants from sending to Manchester certain books
which contained an insertion of the minutes of proceed-
ings connected with the Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Railway Company. It appeared from the
statement of counsel that an amalgamation had taken
place between this company and the Lancashire and
North Yorkshire Railway Company. The plaintiffs were
directors in the first-mentioned company, and charges had
been preferred against them of having mismanaged the
affairs of that company, and a committee was appointed
to investigate into their conduct, which was now pro-
ceeding with the necessary inquiries. It further ap-
peared that the directors here charged were also directors
of the amalgamated company, and they had given orders
that the books in question should be sent down
to them to Manchester, alleging as a reason that the
same were necessary for their defence, while the plain-
tiffs were of opinion that this was only a ruse to deprive
them of all means of access to those most important
records. After some discussion,
His HONOUR said he would grant an interim order till
Tuesday.—At the conclusion of this case the Court rose.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 4.

ALLEGED FALSE IMPRISONMENT.-WILLIAMS V. CRESS

WELL.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and
returned into Court, after an hour and a half's delibera-
tion, with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 251.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.
William Law, a man in the employment of Mrs.
Callow, a metal refiner, was charged before the Lord
Mayor with having taken away dust from a house in
Houndsditch, in violation of the contract of Mr. Dodd,
the dust contractor for the Eastern District of the City.
The foreman of Mr. Dodd stated that on the 30th of
November he saw the defendant with a horse and cart at
the door of 144, Houndsditch. The defendant brought
out several baskets of dirt and cinders, such as the con-
tractor was entitled to, and was in the habit of appro-
priating, and empting them into his cart. He said, upon
being questioned, that he was taking the rubbish away
to his employers, who were refiners of brass, and that
they were to take the brass out of it. The witness then
gave him into custody of the police. The contract for
the dust of the district for the last twelve months
amounted to 1,3201.
The solicitor to the defendant admitted that the rub •
bish had been taken away by his client, but denied that
She contractor had the least claim to it, as he should
prove.
Mr. Ellis, brassfounder, who carried on business at
the house No. 144, Houndsditch, stated that the defend-
ant was in the habit of taking away the cinders and
dust with which the refuse which fell from his castings
into his ash-pit was blended. Witness knew that the
refuse gave employment to several persons, and his men
received a payment for it from defendant's employers.
Sometimes a pot of metal broke in the furnace, and the
metal all blended with the cinders. Witness' did not
himself extract the metal from the cinders as he had no
mechanism for that purpose.
Upon his cross-examination, the witness said he would
not allow Mr. Dodd, the contractor, to take the refuse
away, but he permitted the person who had taken it
away for the last ten years to commence the work.
The LORD MAYOR said he did not consider that the
contractor had made out a case. In the contract there
was no mention of the refuse of metals, and the owner
certainly had a right either to sell the refuse of his
castings or to give it away.
Mr. Ellis said the refuse constituted a regular trade.
Mr. Vann expressed an opinion that the case came
under the Act of Parliament, and requested that the
Lord Mayor would be so good as to postpone his cl• ci-
sion until his Lordship should have an opportunity of
looking more closely into the statute, the case being one
of considerable importance, and calculated, if decided
according to his Lordship's present impression, to dimi-
nish the value of the contract to his client 500/. a-year.
The LORD MAYOR having consulted Mr. Goodman,
the chief clerk, said he had made up his mind upon the
subject, and there was no occasion for delay. He was
disposed to favour contractors, for he knew they
were liable to severe injury from the efforts of the flying
dustmen ; but his business was to do justice between
the parties, and to accomplish that effectually he was
bound to dismiss the case. The contractor must look to
his next contract. _

A lad named II dnry Eteed, was charged with having
smashed a window in the shop of Mr. Jones, jeweller,
in Cheapside, and stolen a gold watch of the value of
eleven guineas.
The prisoner was seen breaking the window, and
snatching the watch at eight o clock on Thursday even-
ing, and he was caught with the watch in his hand, by
a policeman.
The policeman who apprehended Eteed said, that he
found a bunch of skeleton keys in his pocket, and that
upon being asked what they were fur he said, they
were for general purposes."--Commi►ted for trial.

ROYAL APPOINTMENT.-Mr. Philip Larbalestier,
perfumer, of Charing-cross, Jersey, has been specially
appointed manufacturer of Eau (le Cologne to her Ma-
jesty.—From the Jersey Times, Nov. 10.