The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-10 00:00:00

BANKETIPMY ACE.

Yr. MOFFATT, is moving for the re-appointment of the
select committee of lest 11.. m to inquire into the warkisg
of the Bankruptcy Adel ISM, urged • variety of fade to
show that that measure bad turned out a complete failure,
sad had esseoursged knavery, fraud, sad every Mad of
roguery kaolin in the oommercrsl world. He oosteaded
that the system ought to be superseded by that which ex-
isted is fleolland, sod which had worked so satiefeotorßy
daring the lut ten years. He would also establish a court
of final appeal in CAM of heavy unto where intricate
queetioas arose between the creditor.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL consisted to the motion,
and expressed his belief that the inquiry would teed to the
mdajnof azisasive sad useful changes.
OEBCCE °Napkin's! of the report presented to
the Lord Chancellor by Messrs. Apia' and Harding, is
which those geutiemen had brought charges of default ts
their aooouate sealed amtain bas
°Maids, mew
sieges., sod others. He trusted the committee to be now
appointed would go fully into the inquiry upon what
grounds Mmms. Ayrton ad Harding had made that rr
port, and epos what grounds they justified it.
The Eutaw was then agreed to, and the following com-
mittee wee appointed :—The Attorsey-Onserel, Mr. Moffatt,
Mr. Murray, Mr. Malins, biz. Wegaslia, Mr. Whom
Hardy, Mr. Kirkman Hedging, Mr. Crum-Ewing, the Load
Advocate, Mr. Lows, Mr. Vance, Hr. Cave, Mr. Goo hen,
Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Taverner John Miller, and Mr. Ayrton.
QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES ABOLITION BILL.
Oe the motion of Mr. HADFIELD, 'GM was gives to bring
is • bill to reader it unnecessary to make and subscribe oar•
tale declarations as a qualification for offices and employ-
ments, sad for other purposes.
The bill was reed a lint time.
PROTECTION OF RIVERS AND SEWAGE OF
TOWNS.

Load R. MONTAGU obtained !my, to bring in bills
to amend and better to administer the laws for the
pooMe-
tios of waters in rivers and streams in England, sad for
facilitating the more useful application of town sewage la
Great Britain sod Ireland.
Bit G. GREY mid he gave his reedy assent to the intro-
duction of these bills. The noble lord bad taken greet in-
terest in this impalast and difficult subject, and bevies sure
the bouts would be glad to as. the bill prepared nada: the
noble lord's direction. At the same time he was bound to
say that he doubted whether they were yet in possession
of sufficiently full sad accurate Information to enable Sham
to legislate effectively on the subject, and he took that
to be the opinion of the aohle lord himaidf, from the fast
of his giving notice fora committee of inquiry. (Hear.)
The bill were then read a Bret time.
The house seljoansed at a (parker to S.

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN
PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday, after tbree weeks' consecutive sitting
from ll o'clock until 5, sod as Quail/al amount of labour,
the examiners of the House of Commons, Yews. Smith and
From, reached the 400th bill upon the list before them,
which still, however, remains nnexhaneed by nearly 200
01014, exclusive of a large number of adjourned and op.
posed cases, so that it is calculated their labours caner*
completely terminate before the expiration of another three
weeks. They here, however, up to the present moment
furnished ample supplies to occupy the house in legislating
on the future stages and progress of these measures.
Yesterday the followieg bills were declared to have cum.
plied with the standing orders of both houses of parliament:

LONDON AND SOUTH WISTIDIN RAUMAT.—For addi
tioual powers for authorising the company to make new
works, amalgamating with their undertaking divers tri-
butary lines, and authorising arrangemestei with them, and
for regulating and increasing capital. Power to raise con-
jointly with Brighton Company 52,500/. in respect of
Tooting and Wimbledon lines, and to establish a superan-
nuation fund.

TOOTINO, tifIRTON, AND WIMBLEDON EXTINSION.—For
the dissolution of the company and rating it in the Smith
Western sad London and Brighton Companies, and for
making a junction line at Wimbledon, between the London
and South Western and Tooting, Mart a, and Wimbledon
Railway.
BILINTOL PORT RAILWAY AND PIEIL—To define and COll-
- the undertaking sad the mortgage debt of the com-
pany, with power to re-borrow on mortgage of whole un-
dertaking` moneys now seemed by mortgage of part.
New ENUNIIWICK AND CANADA RAILWAY AND LAND
COMPANY (LIMITED).—For the better winding up of the
company, the greatest part of the creditors being desirous
that the landed property should be sold in England-
BRUN DOWN HARBOUR RAILWAY.—FOe • railway ocea-
nienoing at Brain, is Somerestehire, and terminating at
Bleadon, In )(maim with the Bristol and Exeter. Capital,
514000/. ; loan, 17,0001.
En VALLIT RAILWAY.—FOP a railway from the Enter
and Creditoo, at Newton St. Ceres, to Tiverton. Capita/.
100,0001. ; lose, 33,0001.
13111 DON AND LLANDOVENT JIINOTION.—For &viatica'
and alteration and regulation of capital.
BNYNKAWB, BL/ANNA/ON, AND PONTYPOOL.—Fot a rail-
way from the Merthyr, Tredegar, and aberpmany to these
cpts, sad to the Tail Val*, with branchn to neighbour-
railways and works. Capital, 200,0001. ; loan, 06,6001.
INBOBOII AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—This company had
three bilk. The fiat for • railway from the Wilsootows,
Moreinpide, sod Coheirs, to the Edinburgh and Bath-
pee, sod to sutecribe and hold Mares in the City of Glas-
gow Union Railway. Capital, 470,000/. ; loan, 175,3001.
The second, for • railway between Glesgow and Cambridge.
Capital, 280,000/. ; lose, 93,0001. The third, • railway from
the Wilmatown lime to the Lesenaleagow branch of the
Caledonian. Capital, 100,0001. ; loan, 33,000/.
Mos X ULU D RAILWAY& —Por load branches in Laaarkshire.
Capital, 93,0001.; loan, 31,000/.
The oliscollmeous measures passed were those of the Bea-
steed Downs (to enable the lord of the manor to purchase
from the tenants their right. to common, to provide sites
for • Mona, buildiage, and other objects of public boned,).
Indestrial Schools (for their regulation and main-
tenance). Lakes lamb, Derryclare, ho., Fisheries (to
authorise males of Cutleries). Carnarvon New Waterworks
Hyrthyr Tydfil Local Board of Health ; Lhmelly Looal
Board of Health ; Oldham Borough Improvement ; Wit-
ham Dotage; wad Rimier Gea.

DOD'il PARLIANI
able manual nook no

rARY COMPLNION.—This valu-
000tatoesdation in the thirty-third

year of its exieteme, and it Mows no sign of falling off in
completeuess and mammy. In addition to the usual care-
fully revised lists of the members of the two houses, and
the fullest portieniars Gowen* their personal and politimi
connexions, there is a chapter giving a succinct bat oomph•
bemire explanation of parliameetary terms, hems, and
proceedings, which are io themselves a most mosseary study
for sew members ; end the third pert, in which will be
found a statement compiled from the latest retches of the
population and registered &dors of each meaty sad
borough, deserves especial attention on the eve of a vassal
election.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

EQUITY COURTS.—rn. 9.
Wore Vier(lbearallow llle B. T. Eta nsleg.)
LLOYD V. TO LONDOS, OIATILAM, AID DOVER LIMA.
Thb was • arenas for at biloodon 7v reulram the dlt•
Medea* their workout, mad sweats, Item othatfag, or
:411:sr permbibm to be erested. esebria
of co Wee
129thsb 'away. Mani is the swat of mina
homes la Nekaanquen, sad when the campy were
reeking their gailway, they seined tats two
with lbw whereby they wen to pay him 11,11rMe Ib
load that they took. la penman of then agreement
be exasuted • deed of eargensoos Is Jane, 1863, sad this
deed nabbed • awassat that the eoensay amid net at
say Wee thereafter seen oa the weelena Ude of their Tan-
ya, say build* within 80 fed of tin bask of the piels•
Mfrs premien man this 18 feet high. The essageay an
the piers, with • view of making two aria-
:Li lialrideV3 railway, sad as these are within 80 fist of
the pialanfts premises. be enthgeded that the wideag of
then pine ern a breach of the covenant, and he now
eraught to nalasia t, em by injunction from ontinuiog the
ereetioa of the pion.
Mr. Olsen sad la. Eddie appeared in suppori of the
soothe.
Yr. Bally, Mr. Bound, sad Mr. Bekewith for- the
eourpeay, wire oosiseded that, es the onment wakened
the verde, " ethapt the gangway; it did OM apply to the
widening of the railway, sod that it was always Weeded
to scoatract font Eon of gangway.
The Vies-Chtheellor maid he ad sot think the language of
the instrument admitted of say quanta The coniney
had dearly covenanted not to snot any building more tin
18 feet high witbia 80 feet of the plaintiff@ lead, sod they
were doing this by the ereotioa el the pion for the width.
log of the railway. Though the plaintiffs had power by
their got to make four Haas of railway, it gni sot their in•
tooth*, at the time the soeveyaose was thearted, to make
man lima two. The acespaay wen bound by their oonethit.
aad pialatiff was eatilisd to the Weenies be sated for.

BAIL 00IIRT.—Fie. 9.

Millings It Miri Prim—(Mahn Mr. Jurtios nee had
• 00111118011 Jury.)

WALE= r. LANGEAM.-Tlll LILTS FiGHT DEMI= DU.LO

AID TWIRL
This was an adios brought by the *Waif, who was re-
presented to hanker tense* a sol, bat now practised
es
an attorney, sad carried as bedew at 13, Great Ormond-
dna, aided the defeedest, the eenhampios of Waled,
and who carried as the basin= et • pablima is the neigh-
bourhood of Leiemtercquare, to recover the sem of 341. for
MOO/ was mow) pit lied apes en speernst that if one
Mina wa • pries t with one Travers the mossy
should be retuned. defeeduit pleaded several pleas
I &myna his liability, sad amen* them ass that the money
was deposited by the plaintiff far as unlawful parpoes, sad,
therefore, he wadi not reamer.
Mr. Hem was oeseeel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Fonds for
the deleadant.
It appeared that the plabdiff was in the habit at fre-
quenting Nal Lambast's, and other sporting Mums, sad
had several times backed men for prise fights. Oa the 28th
May last be was at Nat. Lugham's and heard that • fight
was to take plain between Mos end Travers. burghs=
said he had base diesppointed by a guitiesuus who bad
promised to "go a long way" in Dilioa's stakes, and if he
did sot gut 101. by the next day the whole of the mousey that
had bean staked would be forfeited ; upon which the defend-
ant promised to obtain the loamy for him by the next morn-
ing. The next morning the plaintiff handed the defendant
• cheque for 11/., drawn oa the Looks and Weetmiester
Bank, the extra being put of the rum required for
" training flannels." Os soother occasion • 131. cheque was
advanced, and • further rum of 101. The fight come off,
mid Dillos was, but the defendant refused to pay over the
money.
James Dillon was celled on the part of the plaintiff, and
said he fought with Travers sod beat him. He bad the
whole of the stakes landed over to him by the editor of
Bell'. Life, who was stakeholder. The plaintiff cilia told
him that what he had "put" towards the stakes he (Miro)
war welcome to.
At the sad of the plaintirs can it was submitted that
there was no one to go to the jury, and sitar some argn.
meats by the learned oeueeel peo sad coo,
The leaned judge end the plaintiff could not recover,
and ordered • noneuit.