The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-21 00:00:00

IMI'OBTANT TO RAILWAY OFFICERS.—The director',
of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company have re-
solved that, in future, they will n, t give any allowance or
compensation to their servants in cases of death or injury
arising from accidents, "as they have an opportunity, by the
payment of a small premium periodically, to insure an ade-
quate sum in case of injury, and to provide for their families
in the event of death." In consequence of this resolution,
the manager, Mr. Latham, has issued a general order, urging
upon engine-drivers, firemen, and guards, the necessity of
availing themselves, forthwith, of the benefits held forth by
the Railway Passenger Assurance Company.—Glasgow Daily
Mail.

THE INDUS STEAMER.--Nearly 140 passengers
booked to go by the Oriental Company's steamer Indus,
which left Southampton yesterday with the Indian mail ;
among them was Sir John Grey, Commander-in-Chief of
the Bombay Forces. Sir John leaves England on the 24th
inst., and will join the Indus at Malta. Such was the large
number of passengers by the above.named steamer, that her
officers were compelled to give up their berths, for which they
receive a handsome equivalent from the Oriental Company.
Major Edwardes purposed to return to India by this steamer
this voyage, but he has now booked himself to go out on the
20th of January next. The Indus is full of cargo. Amongst
it is a large amount of specie, about 80,0001. sterling, prin-
cipally in Indian rupees. During the last two years the Pe-
ninsular and Oriental Company's steamers have landed at
Southampton about 4,000,000 of rupees in number, which are
now rapidly leaving this country for India.
DUTY OF A JUDGE.—In the course of an argu-
ment in Vice-Chancellor Bruce's Court on Monday Mr.
James Parker read from the notes of the trial a passage of
Mr. Justice Patteson's charge to the jury, in which that
Learned Judge said that a judge is bound to understand all
Acts of Parliament, and that one of the most difficult duties a
judg
e had to pertorm was to interpret modern statutes, and
that he could not quite clearly understand the Act before
him. Sir J. K. Bruce observed that Mr. Justice ratteson wag
a person from whose opini,in it was very dangerous to differ,
he being so generally right; but for the first time in his life,
he felt compelled to dissent from part of what had been read
as the charge to the jury, for his Honour did not think a
judge was bound to understand all Acts of Parliament, how-
ever
a judge might be bound to try to comprehend them, and !
that was hard enough.
World—a great inn, kept in a perpetual bustle by
arr vale anal (Lapin urea ; by the going away of those who
have just paid their bills :cud the debt of Nature; and the
coming of those who will soon have a similar account to
settle.—Eliza cook's Journal.
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Betts has definitively resigned the office of chairman to the
Eastern Counties Railway Company. That gentlemen sent
in his resignation consequent on an accident he met with
some weeks since, but was subsequently urged by his col-
leagues in the directory to re-consider the matter. After
giving every consideration to the wishes of his colleagues,
iir . Betts continues to adhere to his original intention.