The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-09 00:00:00

TALLOW

Since our last report the demand has somewhat improved,
and picas have an upward tendency. To-day P.Y.C. on
the spot is selling at 58s per cwt. Rough fat, 3e lfd
per 81bs.

1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. 1860.
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Stock this day.... 12,374 14,988 28.331 30,808 43.898
Price of Y.C. • • I i'Ss 3d to 59s 9d to 55s Od to 52s 0d totSs'Od to
—s Od —s Od —s Od 52s 3d —8 Od
Delivery last week 1,284 2,021 2,8:12 2,101 2,124
Ditto from June 1 79,201 79,329 70,780 68,557 51,111
Arrivals last week 2,319 941 823 1,307 1,569
Ditto from June 1 54,673 77,213 85,999 87,793 82,928
Price of Town .... 68s Gd 61s Od 57s 3d 548 3d 59s Od
1

WAY COMPANY.
Plaintiff is a merchant of Rood-lane, in the city of Lon
don, and now sought to recover E 3 65., made up as follows
—.EI 16s. fares paid for plaintiff and a friend to Northamp
ton, 4s. charged as fare from Blisworth to Click, and £1 Gs
fares back from Crick to London.
Mr. De Jersey "appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. S.
Hill was counsel for defendant.
Mr. De Jersey, in opening the case, said this was a pub-
lic matter, and ono in which the public were so deeply in-
terested, that Mr. Graves, at great loss of time, had deter-
mined upon trying it out. Tie had no personal feeling
against the railway company, but it was a duty every man
owed to the public that when an important question arose,
the point should be authoritatively settled. Mr. Graves
felt this, and would tell his Honour on oath the nature of
the case.

Mr. Graves said be was a merchant of the city of London.
On Sunday, the 25th of September last, he left his house at
Tulse Hill and drove to the defendants' station in Euston-
square. He took two return tickets for Northampton and
back to London, for which he paid 365. He asked the
porter to put him into a carriage going to Northampton,
and the porter, opening a carriage door, said, "Get in here,
sir." Plaintiff and his friend got in, and the train duly
lett. They proceeded on their journey until they arrived
at Crick, and then plaintiff asked of a porter if the train
was going on to Northampton. The porter replied, " Oh,
you ought to have changed at Blisworth." Plaintiff and
his friend got out, and plaintiff expressed his astonishment
that he had not been informed of the fact at Blisworth,
when he was told that the usual notification had been given
at that place. Plaintiff denied that, and left the station
—after paying 45., the fare from Blisworth to Crick—in
search of a conveyance. No conveyance could be found,
and plaintiff, with his friend, returned-to the Crick Rail-
way station, and were charged 205., fares to London.
When plaintiff said he wanted to go to Northampton, the
porter said, "Oh, this frequently occurs." At the Euston-
station plaintiff distinctly asked to be put in a carriage for
Northampton. The porter did not tell witness that he
would have to change at Blisworth. Blisworth was not
called out in plaintiff's hearing. The porter at Crick was
very attentive.

Cross-examined—At Blisworth did not hear the porter
call out "Change here for Peterboro' and Northampton."
Was not asleep. Six years ago changed at Blisworth.
Lost a good dinner by missing. (Laughter.)
His Honour—You can't charge anything fur that.
(Renewed laughter.)
Cross-examination continued—Thought I was going
direct to Northampton. The parties offered to take us back
to London upon our return tickets, but I refused to give
them up, and was charged the return fare. Did not see
any label on the carriage we rode in. Certainly did not
see any label " Birmingham." At Easton the porter said
"Get in here."
Mr. don't see how the company can be made
liable for the actions of their porters.
His Honour—The servant acts after the contract is made
with the company. Every one knows that at a railway
station the porters take you into their own hands.
Mr. Hill—Your honour will have seen that the defence

to this action is the plaintiff's own negligence. Now, I shall
call evidence to prove that the porter at Blisworth called out
quite loudly. And as to the 4s. charged at Crick, had plain-
tiff remained in the station he would not have been charged,
but the company, in self-protdetion, are bound to charge
the extra fare, or else parties would take a ticket for a certain
station, and then purposely getting carried over would
walk off comfortably. As to the fare back to London, we
charged because plaintiff would not give up tho other
tickets.
Mr. De Jersey—No. They are his contracts.
Mr. Hill then called the porter at Blisworth, who said
that he recollected the train in which was plaintiff, on the
25th September. Witness called out, " Blisworth. Change
here for Peterboro' and Northampton."
Mr. Hill—Show the Court how you called out.

Porter (putting- his hands to his mouth, and with the
voice of a Stentor)—Chango here for Peterboro' and North-
ampton. (Roars of laughter, in which everybody but
the porter joined.) I never miss calling out. Will
swear I called out on the morning in question.
Mr. Hill—You will swear you have never missed calling
out ?

His Honour—Don't ask him that Mr. Hill. A witness
may swear and swear a little too much.

Witness—There was a" Birmingham" label in the car,
riage in which were plaintiff and his friend.
The guard of the train deposed that be heard the last
witness call out.

Mr. De Jersey—Supposing plaintiff and his friend did
not hear you ?

Mr. Hill—They might have been asleep.
111 r. De Jersey—Then you ought to have roused them.
Mr. Hill—And if we were to pursue that plan some testy
old gentleman would bring an action against the company
for being disturbed in some dream. (Laughter.)
The regulations of the company were then argued upon,
and a large time- table produced, price one penny.
Mr. De Jersey—My client is not bound to buy one. You
don't 'give boas away. Why should he wade through
this book.

The porter believed the conditions wore up at Euston
Station.

Mr. Hill—And they are in the book.

Mr. De Jorsey—There are no conditions in the book al

the pago where the time and fare are noted, but in another
page are rules and regulations which are no conditions
at all.

In answer to his Honour, plaintiff said he was in no
hurry at the Euston Station. Ha had ten minutes to
spare.

The guard observed that the label Birmingham was
posted right over the compartment in which were plaintiff
and his friend. The train stopped long enough at Blisworth
to allow an engine and three carriages to shunt off it.
Some questions then arose as to the comfort of the pas
sengers on railways, and his Honour said that railway com-
panies spent more upon lawyers than they did upon pas-
sengers.

Mr. De Jersey—Before giving judgment your Honour
will remember that plaintiff's friend is here, and will corro-
borate him in every particular.
Mr. Hill said ho had plenty of witnesses to confirm the
testimony already given on behalf of the company.
His Honour observed that it was apparent that it was
purely a matter of principle on each side. He had been
very carefully through the evidence, and had come to the
conclusion that the mere calling out, "Change here for
Peterboro' and Northampton," by the porter, was not suffi-
cient. Had the porter put his howl into the carriage and
calleu out, " You must change here for Northampton," the
notification would then have been fully brought under the
notice of the plaintiff. The conditions on the back of the
ticket were not binding on plaintiff. Had the company
put on the back of the ticket, passengers will have to change
at Blisworth, the company would have been better pro-
tected. As the case stood it would be a verdict for plaintiff,
with 4s. extra expenses incurred. Costs of attorney
allost ed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STEALING A LETTER BY A ROYAL ARTILLERYMAN AT
THE EARL OF DERBY' s .—Art hur Morris Richards, private
in the Royal Artillery, was charged before Mr. Beadon
with stealing a letter from the hall table of 23, St. James's-
square, the residence of the Earl of Derby, the said letter
being the property of Lord Stanley.
Lewis Pearce, the porter at the Earl of Derby's, said the
prisoner rang the bell on Saturday night, and asked to see
the Earl of Derby. The servant who opened the door told
him that his lordship was not in town. He (witness) then
stepped forward and told him that he had been told that his
lordship was not in town, and to go about his business, and
that it was a very improper hour to call to see his lordship.
The prisoner then loft, and immediately he (witness) missed
from the hall table a letter which had been brought by one
of the, messengers at the East India House, and directed to
Lord Stanley. He went into the square to look after the
prisoner, and seeing him hastening along called out " Stop
thief," and the prisoner wss stopped in Pall-mall, nearly
at the bottom of the Haymarket, and a policeman coming
up ho took the letter from him. The letter produced was
the one he missed. He (witness) had seen Lord Stanley
on the previous day, and he wished the case left entirely in
his (the magistrate's) hands.

In answer to Mr. Beadon, the witness said the prisoner
was not known to any of the servants.
John W. Norman, 148 A, said that while in Cockspur-
street, on Saturday night, he heard cries of "Police." On
going to the spot he found the prisoner detained by the last
witness. lie told the prisoner he was charged with stealing
a letter at the Earl of Derby's, and he denied it, but seeing
something white in one hand, he seized it and found the
letter crumpled up in it, and in the other he found the
envelope, the prisoner evidently trying at the time to de.
stroy them.

In answer to Mr. Beadon, the constable said the prisoner
did not seem to have been drinking, and he gave no ox•
planation ; and the only thing he said in answer to the
charge was, " You have got to find out that 1 had the
letter."

Mr. Deaden asked the prisoner what he called at the Earl
of Derby's for ?

The prisoner said he supposed he was not compelled to
say anything to convict himself. He denied stealing Lord
Stanley's letter.

Mr. Beadon said perhaps he would account for how the
letter came into his possession ?
Prisoner said he was not bound to convict himself.
Mr. Beadon said certainly not. How long had he been'
in the Royal Artillery ?

Prisoner replied only a week.
The constable said he believed the prisoner was one of
the returned men from India, and that be had re-enlisted
in the Royal Artillery.
Mr. Beadon said inquiries must be made about the case,
and for that purpose he should remand thc prisoner for!'
week.

The Bank bullion is £79,626 below the lowest
amount touched throughout the whole of last year,
- and, apart from the sums about to be disbursed for
- the dividends, there is a prospect of a further de-
crease. The arrivals from America, owing to the
- large shipments thence of cotton, are still very small,
: and all that comes from Australia and other sources
- is inadequate to meet the demand for exportation.
. This is a remarkable condition at a time when the
profits of the country are greater than at any former
. period, and when there is a general absence of any
undue speculation to lead to a diffusion of money in
distant quarters. But the cause is, as was stated
on the 2d of January, the enormous importation
and creation of Indian securities. In addition
to about £15,000,000 invested last year in Indian
loans or railways, we bought about. £7,000,000 or
.E 8,000,000 of the native debt, and these purchases
are now going on at a greater rate than ever. As
there are about 40,000,000 or .50,000,000 still re-
maining in India it is impossible to conjecture when
the supply will be exhausted, and it is essential
therefore that the public here should make a timely
estimate of the consequences. On the question as
to the intrinsic character of these investments there
is no need to enter. They have been encouraged
for trust and family purposes by authorities who
might have been expected rather to inculcate the
old doctrine, that as a general rule a high rate of
interest cannot be expected or obtained without a
corresponding risk, and therefore the avidity with
which they have been sought is not surprising.
The point for present consideration merely is, if we
buy them how are we to pay for them ? It appears
we are not only investing our national gains, but
something beyond. Hence a compulsion to send
bullion. Nothing can be better than Consols, but
if the people of France were to import Consols at
the rate of 50 millions per annum when they were
making only 30 millions in the shape of trading
profits they would inevitably experience inconve-
nience. Now, with every withdrawal of between
one and two millions of bullion from the Bank of
England the rate of discount usually advances
about a half per cent. If the operators, cognizant
of this fact, are still satisfied that even supposing
the Bank minimum to be gradually raised to 3, 31,
or 4 per cent., the demand will, nevertheless, so
continue that even at present prices their bargains
will Lien prove profitable, they will be quite right
in persevering with them. The result will be their
own affair, since the state of the market, such as it
may prove, will have been produced by themselves.
With regard to the rest of the public, they must
provide accordingly, and bear in mind that what-
ever may be the influence anticipated from an ad-
vanced rate of discount on the prices. of Indian se-
curities, there can be no doubt that in all other
kinds of property, whether consisting of securities
or cargoes of goods, it has never yet failed to create
depression.—Times.