The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-13 00:00:00

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ifRAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
ON AND NORTn-WKSTERN RAILWAY.--RetUrll of
or the week ending Nov. 9 :
Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. £22,599 12 9
Merchandise ...
•.. 17,978 12 5
Cattle
... 1,729 0 5

Total
•.• •.. ...:2 7
Corresponding week last year £4,
... 41,5307 5
20 10 9
u
Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the
traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union North
'lrouthnction, Manchester and
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and
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uaciku NingVhyarmeshe Railways,
and of the propor-
tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North
Staffordshire Company.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAT. (260 miles
open.)—Traffic for week ending Nov. 9....£15,803 10 0
Corresponding week in last year (260
miles open) .. ....£15,069 17 1
GREAT WESTERN RAILIVAY.—Return of traffic for the
.£15,911 11 7
14,987 11 7
week last year...
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THE GRIAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 241 i)
—Return of Traffic for tha Week ending Nov. 2, 1851:--
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £5,314 17 5
Merchandise and minerals ... 5,247 5 5
Cattle ... ... 537 7 3

Total ....£11,039 10 1
Corresponding week, Nov. 3, 1850 (236 miles ) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. £4,231 17 8
Merchandise, Cattle, &c. 2,876 7 7

Total ... 5 3
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILIVAY.—AMOWit o
Traffic for the week ending Nov. 9 :
Passengers •••
GOod3

£,922 3 8i
... 2,345 5 1

Total £9,267 8 9i
•••
Corresponding week last year... 8,288 11 3i
No H.TH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. --(Miles open, 112.)
Return
of traffic for the week ending Nov. 2 :
Railway and canal £4,910 0 0
Corresponding week last year ... 4,798 0 0
Note. —The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement with the London and North-Western
Railway Company.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY......TraIEc for the
week ending Nev. 9:—

MAIN

Passengers
Parcels, H. C. and D.
• Goods, cattle, &c. •••
••• Mails •••
-

••• £1,105 12 3
95 B 4
574 2 1
... 575 0 0

Total

•••
MOLD.

••• .£2,349 19 8

Passengers ... ...
Parcels, H. C. and D. ..
Goods, cattle, &c. ...

... £32 18 4
... 2 1 8
99 11 4
•••

Total

. ... £134 11 4
STEAM:B.OATS.

Passengers ... ... ... £lBB 6 4
Parcels, U. C. and D. ... ... 27 18 2

Total ... £216 4 6
SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY.—(Open 29 miles.)--Traffic
'or the week ending Nov. 9 :
Passengers, parcels, &c.
Goods and live stock

... £328 3 2}
... 201 13 3

Total £529 16 5i
Corresponding week last year ... 420 9 3
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—(IS9I miles opened.)—Return of
traffic for the week ending Nov. 2:—
Passengers, &c. ...
Goods, &c.
Total £7,903 8 5
Corresponding week last year ... 7.393 17 Si

... £3,339 14 1i
... 4,568 14 3i

THE JUDGE OF TUE LIVERPOOL
COUNTY COURT.
PRESTON, Nov. 12.—Yesterday's proceedings ter-
minated with the reading, by Mr. Ramshay's counsel,
of a number of cases from various law authorities,
bearing more or less upon the disputed points as to
Mr. Rarnshay's alleged undue assumption of autho-
rity. None of the cases cited, however, possesses any
interest to the general reader.
This morning the Earl of Carlisle took his seat on
the bench at a quarter past ten, and
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins resumed his address in de-
fence of Mr. Ramshay. In reference to Mr. Ramshay
having been called a briefless barrister, the Learned
Counsel said he had held more briefs i❑ one assize on
the Northern Circuit than had been held by the other
two candidates put together in all their lives. Before
appointing him, Lord Carlisle had written to the
judges of 'Westminster Hall and to the Queen's Coun-
sel on the Northern Circuit, and every one of them
concurred in saying that Mr. Ramshay was as fit a man
for the office as any one upon the circuit. Upon
that passage of Mr. Ramshay's speech, which stated
that Lord Carlisle had offered him an annuity equal
to the salary he enjoyed as judge, in the event of his
resignation, the Learned Sergeant said it was made
in a spirit of true nobility—not mere nobility of
courtesy, but the nobility of nature. But Mr. Ram-
shay had declared that he would not resign, as long
as one man in Liverpool could wag his finger at him ;
how would his accusers have acted—no doubt they
would have pocketed the thousand a year.
The Earl of Carlisle here said—l don't think it
matters much to the purposes of this inquiry, but
➢lr. Ramshay has rather overcoloured my supposed
liberality.

Sergeant; witatns then rmmeeeded to cont.. 3 that
Mr. Ramshay had acted legally up to the point when
he sent his bailiffs by his " order" to bring Mr.
Whitty before him ; and the latter, by refusing to go,
was guilty of the greatest contempt that could pos-
sibly be committed. He would prove, not only by
the officers of the court, but by disinterested wit-
nesses, that persons came into Mr. Ratushay's court
on that day purposely to insult the judge; and he
cautioned those in London who got their bread and
cheese by writing patquinades and making other
people laugh, no matter whether the subject
was deserving or undeserving —he cautioned
those people that it was possible to hunt
down even :a judge. Mr. Ramshay had been the
victim of a combination set on by the Whittys, and
Jefferys, and Gladstones ; and above all, by the nick-
named " Guardian" Society of Liverpool. The me-
morialists had said that the frequency of Mr. Ram-
shay's fines went to show the folly of his conduct, but
he (Sergeant Wilkins) would maintain that they only
showed the frequency of the offences committed in
Mr. Rsmshay's court. And yet it was to be expected
that when the man who was the cause of all this was
brought before Mr. Ramshay, and with a stolid coun-
tenance and fixed brow continued to insult the judge,
because that judge made use of some expressions
which upon calm reflection he would not have done,
would his Lordship on that account drive Mr. Ram-
shay from the bench ? Would he be made ancillary
to such a design ? He impl ,red his Lordship not to
listen to the clamours of the men who sought the
ephemeral honours of the day, but to do that for which
posterity would bless him, and resist the phalanx that
would hunt both his Lordship and Mr. Ramshay
from the position they now occupy.
The Learned Sergeant was proceeding with his
argument when our report was dispatched. He is
expected to conclude this evening, and the evidence of
the witnesses will commence to-morrow morning.

ST. ALBAN'S BRIBERY COIIIIIIISSION.
ST. ALBAN'S, WEDNESDAY.—To-day the proceed-
ings before the Commissioners maybe said, with some
observable variations, to have been a rehearsal of the
very original exhibition of yesterday. Again, be-
tween 90 and 100 voters (250, out of a constituency
of 450, having been altogether bribed) were put into
the witness-box, each man's testimony tending to de-
velop a system that is thought to put Sudbury to the
blush. To-day was devoted to bringing up to the bar
of the Commissioners' tribunal the majority of those
who were reluctant to become their own accusers,
and who, naturally enough, were unwilling wit-
nesses. By the aid, however,
of whippers'-in,
they were brought at intervals into the court, on
being told, " You received money as well as the
others ; it's no worse for you than for them ; and if
you don't come you are liable to be indicted, and
perhaps in the end imprisoned." In spibe of intima-
tions thrown out by the Court to this effect, the offi-
cer of the court returned during the day, stating his
inability to serve some twenty or thirty persons, who
do not appear to have the fear of the law before their
eyes.

The court was adjourned to to-morrow (Thursday)
the Commissioners intimating that to escape the con-
sequences it was desirable that all parties who had
been summoned to disclose the truth should attend
and give their evidence. It is understood to be the
intention of the Commissioners to adjourn to-morrow
for three weeks, in order, if necessary, more com-
pletely to pursue the inquiry.

- LOYAL - r -----------STwor u Rorts.--The following
OYAL vOLLI
g undergone the necessary examinations for
gentlemen,
ERxicahmminoenrds, oNn
,tilhve
s7tohutihnstWasatles;
diploma, were admitted members of the College at the
theinaie
Dublin ; Henry Samuel Colston, Bom-
bay;William Naughton,
John William Howard, Fenchurch-street ; John Wills,
mtheeetidnigploot
Messrs. Robert BCoowurmt aonf,
Shaftesbury, Dorset; William Taylor,
Cumberland ; a
olirs,olby,New Ma 1 tona
lV- e hr n,
l k William
Harrison,illiamßobi
nsn,
Australia.ea At the same meeting
of the Messrs. Frederick Manger and Horatio Harri-
son Smith passed their examinations for naval surgeons;
these gentleman had previously been admitted members of
the College, their diplomas bearing date respectively Novem-
ber 27, 1846, and June 25, 1847.
MONEY MARKET.—The quotation of gold at
Paris is about at par (according to the new tariff), which,
at the English Mlnt price of 3/. 17s. lOad. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange cf 25.17 ; and the ex-
change at Paris on London at short being 25.221, it follows
that gold is about 0.22 per cent. dearer in London than in
Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of goldis 431.92 per mark, which, at the English Mint pricecan af
31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, giiivesonanLe;)xhndon
at exchange
of 13.74; and the exchange at Hamburgh
short being 13.9, it follows that
dearer in London than in Hamburgh.gold is 0.58 per, cent-
r bills The course of ex-
change at New York on London fo
11c1-1-per cent., and the par of exchange
cent, it follows that the
habte6towedeanysE' sightnxian is
Americaan
per cent.,
in favour of England ;
andex egeis nominallybeing 10902- 40
per p
charges of transport, the p
f the United Statec
and, after making allowanrceesenfotrradtieffleeraevriecse
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the importation pf gold aQui