The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-11 00:00:00

Chen between employers and envloyed, and the prineipks
which regulated wxges, and the material interc-ts of the
'Jerkin r claws ; and which w. re eakalste•l to gauze
iiI,M againot tbc.e d Naive tu.urea which had !eta made
argumiuts in France for rieleuev. Ile hoped to see au in-
creased thsgeMialltian of know:, dre ant ingot the people, by
a cheap and free press, and a e.) stem of general education.
Lead apylause.)
The VICE.PILESIDENT next proposed " The Commer
tint Bodies and Chambers of CUILMIIfCC of the United

Kingdom.
Mr. RATHBONE, jun., responied, on behalf of the I
American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool, ob•!rving
that within the memory of pesos now living, the first few I,
bags of cotton were land, el trust America; now we expect
America ti grow for us this year a crop of 2,i01,u00 bales,
the lion's share to be consumed by this country, to the value
of 12,000,000/.
Mr. COBDEN, M.P., then rose, amidst loud clietrinr.
Ile said he had to propose 111 a toast " Our priAelent "
(iipplau,e)—and would merely preface it by a reftrruce to
th.: object of their meeting. Probably there was no one
wbo could more appreciate the cervices of Mr. Walker,
their honoured ;neat, rendered not only to his own coon- '
try, but to this, in that able manifesto is favour of free
tr.:Lle which he gave to his countrymen and to the word
use y. arm ago. (Cheers.) At that time, as they all knew,
they were engaged, and had la en for many years engaged„
in an arduous struggle for the adoption of free trade prin.
ciples. One of the arguments with which they were moat
uniformly met was this: " It's of no use your attempting to
carry out the principle of free trade in this cJuntry until
you have a guarantee that ot:.er nations will respect and
follow your example;" and especially, it was alleged that
they had no prosp.et of any ouch reciprocity from the
Lotted States. Just at the most critical moment of their
strugele came forth that manifesto from Mr. Walker, which
had, more than anything else, recommended him to the
aempathies of the people of this country and of Europe.
(i:..eem.) They must not um; reahue the merit of the
author of that report, but it Inuit be recoil... Med that
lir. Walker stood in a very different position frum himself
(Mr. Cobden) or any of these who were engaged in the
tree trade struogle in this country. It was ono of the
gt,siest gratifications which be telt at that moment, that
th y laid met to do honour to a gentleman who, whil t
ser. fug be. own country, at the -,,mc tine served tie whole
wont. (Cheers.) It. would not say a word 111 reference
to the iunet ding pamiges of Mr. Walker's speech,
bera-. .e he confessed he had not mmy aupreliensioas for
Eogl end Gum what was now p resin; on the concuent. It
was not thelol,ooo bayonet. of Frasicts he was afraid of,
but he was much more errant of the statistics which Mr.
Welker ha.l given Orin of the ii.eica ..• hi the navigation of
his own country. But let mach rivalry go on, cad thes.i
C.14:11/11.4. would prosper lest which 11.41 not keep up last
unproinfolve a •:Ablisi,aents, car soulEtuoies of sui,!ien to
denier their snlotance. (Cheers.) Mr. Cullen concluded
by proposing the health edges President.
11. e heaths or the vice-peekkoot, and the strangers pre-
sto:, were then given, sad acknowledged by Mr. Malcolm
Gen. Wellbristge. sad C. Colt. This concluded the
proceedings.

-IRELAND.

Drnt.tx. DEr. O.

Sir J. Emerson Tennent has addrese-ed the clectuts
of Lisbon', the representation of that borough being
vare.at by the death of Si- I tomer Seymour.
lie committee entrusted with the arrangement,'
for tile Arundel dinner at Limo iek, have resolved
to upwind, Mr. G. 11. Nfoore, 1.P., Prom the number
of Imish literal members whom they intend to invite,
amige to the hitter attach made by that gentleman
• it kite representative, Mr. Jo'len (Molina!, in
▪ (..rrespoodence arising out of the speech made by
him at the Balling banquet.

A's-Vital:WM' NOV IL—Last vesting a Med-
ial ut the alusben sow association was hell at the
!{hip's avers, Long lane, Iternionibey ; Mr. Jusia's'faller
In the chair.-7 he iu ups slug the Ineaness of
the •vr slug, eargratuhrt..l tlar m, cling on the Cut that
several of toe 15CWN.4.1.-r. L.l tal.eit up their ran... On
the other hand it had Ikea r. rutin ulliirrus that Lid
some ..R.1111i., to contr ud with, but unlerturnitely their op-
porn rats a,t att.. famed to refute the arguments of the
lemtne, so that tiro latter were uuable to meet their objec-
tions. One fact, however, the working rata ought never to
}ow eight of--the quarters.' Ina and the pint of beer went
hand in band ; and if the cue was reduced, there could be
10 ju,t re sun why the price of the wher should be kept
up.--sir. Pridmore the secretary, suit that in 1517 the
price barley was SI.. per quaver; and at the preseut
time, it was only 21i.., the difference Is ing thus Ms. per
spi irt. r. Last you the firm of Mikan. Basel ry alone con-
sumed I_'6,'o7'! quarters of mull, which would give a diffe-
rence of 191,111a--Mr. Lloyd wished to offer a saggro!ien
to his fellow-rulforre. There were in and about London it
knot 1101,000 working no n, whom are rage score would i.e
about to. per week. Now, supreme they would only drink
beer to their meals, they might reduce it to Is. One chil-
ling of the sating Le recommended them to put into their
pockets, and the other to subscribe to a fund. If only
half of :them followed thls advice, they would have
21y11M1 shillings, or 10,0001. a week; and surely with
that they would be able very soon to erect a large
establishment on eseli of the tour sides of the mstropele. ;
for he was conviuced that they would do no good wits
smell ones.--Mr. Barker said that is vase the bis o
yes consant to reduce their prices it was the in-
tention of the league to hays the heir supplied by
each properly tested, once a mouth, and to publish flt,
re-alt. Mr. tiihlo, of Mary-L.l,one, ussurtil the meet-
Mg of the co operation of his district, and announced
that it was their intention to send n delegate to the meet-
ings of the Iternionilsey League.—The Secretary anuouneed
that the affairs of the league were in a very flourishing
erarlition, laud stated that a meeting was to be Mid on
Monday next at Hackney, and that the meting= at lkr- '
nioulsey would ba repeated ct cry Wednesday evening.
•-• _

NIINET:u COMPANV.—Yeatertlay, a
meeting of the creditors of this company was held at the
London Tavern, llbliopsgatc-strict, Mr. 3. 11. l'elly, de-
puty governor of the company, in the chair, the object
beiug to resuscitate the rUllipally on the terms proposed by
the dif,vtors. The me, tMg commenced with the r, ailing of
the 1;..t of creditor,. Alter this had been done, Mr. A.
Hest ic niffscd a re. &dim kr the conversion of the debts
of the Company into paid. up stock, at the rate of 10s. in the
Pound. in aceordance with the provisions of the act of par-
liament. The resolution was stunted 11 Mr. W. Gilbert-
son, nod, after a short disco...ion, adopted by the meeting.
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- -
rit.R AND F.NMOUTII ItAILW.tY.—For tame
years the inhabitants of Esmonth, a delightful waterlog
Otte, tea macs from Exeter, have been agitating Ivy na-
va) taimmunication Rom that city to their town. It was
intended by the promoters of the direct line of railway,
Linos II lAA the Exeter, Salisbury, and Yeovil Company, to
make it line in connexion therewith, but the project re-
main,d in Atlanta until the compulsory powers of the act
hail expired. Another schema vras projected, be which it
was propoa-.l that a line of railway Should be made in con-
maim with the South Delon Railway, but a parliamentary
committee n jected the ',theme ; and the inhaliitants fondly
hop•al that the Yeovil line world be constructed and ex-
tend. at front Exeter t their town. Within the lust few
months the ancient print et lass been revived, but not until
o rival scheme was again 'meted—which propose to start
from the South l)evon Railway station across the canal to
Exmouth. Several meeting. have been held in the town,
to eintdiler the merits of the two proposed lines; and their
promoters, Mr. Paw (for the central), and Mr. Wreford
(for the independent scheme teem the south Devon Railway)
have attended, and compand the advantages offered one
with the other. The inhabitants, by a large majority, pro-
nounced in tat our of the central line, at a meeting over
which Sir Ik my Browne presided. It was stated that Sure
was no doubt that the central line wi:l shortly be com-
menced, and Mr. Wreford intimated that he should appeal
to parliament to pronounce its opinion respecting the merits
of the scheme.

I.w.tY AND FSNIB GR.SND JUNCTION HAlL-
waV.—Yesterilay the question of making a call of 2f. las.
per share on the shiireb.dden time before the Master in
l'haneery Blunt, who intimated that he enters :hoed doubts
as to hi. authority to declare the call, inasmuch as he un-
derstood that the company's deed of settlement contained a
provision that the shareholikrs were not to be liable for
anything beyond the amount of their original 2?. 10s. de-
posit. Ile would, however, look farther into the matter,
and decide it on Friday. The Muter has also delivered
judgment in the ease of Lord Londesborough, who was
chairman of the company, and refusing the application of
the offieial manager to make his lordship accountable for a
sum of 6,44:11., received and paid by the shareholders into
the Provincial Bank of Ireland, and afterwards trans-
ferred into Barnett's, the latter transfer having taken
place before Lord Londeshorough joined the company.
The Muter is of opinion, from a maw of evidence brought
before him, that the deposits were not paid into the bankers
under such circumstances a. would constitute them the
agent. of Lord Londesborough (who has been examined),
or such as placed the funds under his control in the judi-
ciary character of a trustee. The only evidence of his lord-
ship having dealt with the funds in any way was when,
with Messrs. Fiurgerald and Bruce, he signed a cheque, in
1846. transferring the company's then balance of 1,84'J/.
(note received by the official manager) to the bank of
Ilessrs. Sheehan, in his own name and that of Lnd Moss-
mole, to remove the money from threatened attachment.
On a review of all the circumstances (which have occupied
numerous hearing's he could not discover evidence suffi-
cient to constitute ford Londoborough a trustee, and ho
must, therefore, refuse the application of the official
manager to make him liable.

WEST FLANDERS RAILWATS.—Grow traffic for
the month of September, 1641, 1,386!. 121.11 d. (This
amount includes the sum received by the government for
the company's amount.) September, 1847, 1,524/. 154. sd.
Ditto, 1848, 1.156!. 9s. 84. Ditto, 1649, 1,295/. 13s. od.
Ditto, 18.i0, 1,629/. 4s. 6(1.

MARIA ANTONIA RAlLWAT.—Traffic for the week
coding Nor. 27, 1851, 1891.; 1860, 1141.
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in sw wouseasciat Emmons no evince smut Minna no •
lraa Panwes Lna.—Lsinst of abase Item loon to Naas.
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demi Joe. ISM :--h Oindoonny *ono I MIMI Purism° fre •
wolf et &times orl Ms, I ism made • somil ones
ser Ira Mar hot. wand teem owed womb le It Ibr wan
Om toe 1 idol praeolls mardmines Is dm; semlnr
=shim Sit emodisa ; Ist by Was
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;Lab) Entelitgenre.

EQUITY COCIITS.—YESTERDAT.
'Urns' In Lou, Jr, mon or Arrrrt.
IN EE THE SCIWN lIAQEVCR 131PROVEMENT CoMPANT

r. Rttenlss.
This was an apelication to discharge an (ruler made by
the late 'Master of the Bolls in January last, whereby an
injunction was granted restraining Martin Ilitchens, the
defendant in the cause, from proceeding under the 88th
section of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1840, to
have the amount of compensation claimed by him, i for n-
jary alleged to be done to his property, ascertained and
settled Ey arbitration, in the manner prescribed by that
section. The defendant, it appeared, was a coal-merchant
end shipowner, having wharves and warehouses adjoining
Sutton Barbour at Plymouth; and the plaintiffs, under
powers given them by act of parliament, had made cer-
tain improvements in the harbour. They had not taken
any part of the defendant's property, but it was al-
leged by the defendant that the plaintiffe• had coit-
structed a coffer dun, which had injuriously affected him in
the eajoyment and use of his wharves, by preventing ves-
sels frail coming so close to them as desirable, and thereby
compelling him to go a longer distance for the purposes of
bringing the coal front the ships; and he therefore in Jan.
last gave notice to the company that he claimed 611. for
compeneetion ; and that ha intruded to proc.ed under the
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act to get the amount nettled
by arbitration. It appeared that the coffer dam had been'
removed before the filing of the bill.' The plaintiffe denied
the right of the defendant to any compensation at all, and
they hied their bill to restrain him from proceeding under
the Bath section of the act. They then moved fur the in-
janetion, when the order which it was now sought to dis-
charge was made.
Mr. T. rrell (with whom was Mr. Bothell), on b. half of
the defendant, and in support of the application, s..id that
ea the aet of parliament pointed out a particular mode of
proccediag where a party el aimed compeneivion of the
company in cor.ecquence cf his property and the many-
anent thereof having bean injuriously affected by the
works in the company, he was bound to pursue that course.
The act of parliament gave him a legal remedy, and this
court would nut interfere with that unless the farts of the
ease rand some equitable question. No such upiestian
arose in the peewit: ease. and he submitted, therefore, that
the order fur the iujunetion Should be diet:barged.
Mr. leoundeil Palmer and Mr. Charles Hall, fur the com-
pany, th.: plaintiffs and the respondents upon the appeal mo-
tion, said that the case was exactly similar to the case of
the " Korth Western Railway Company v. Smith" (1
M'N'aghten and Gordun'e Reports), except that the notice
served by the di fendant upon the company required them
to name an arlii!rator Man ad of summoning a jury as in
that eon . Larl Cottenham had there restrained the party
tom Lading proceedings unl. the notice, on ethe ground
that be ought to have the riala to compensation established
by action before he aroceeded to get the damages
aens„.l Without overruling that case as an autho-
rity, the injunction grauttul by the Master of the
Rolls. could nut be discharged. They submitted
that the words "injuriously affected," which oc-
curred in the talth section, applied only to direct injuries
to the Land, and nut to indirect injuries. if it acre held to
apply to inaire et injuries, it would be imposeible to fix on
limit where the n14ht to compensation should cease; and
the peumuters of eiery great undertaking would be called
npou to compensate halt the inhabitants of a district, who
might be able to show that the undertaking had, in some
indirect way, injured the na Take the eve of a railway
superseding the tragic over a main road ; in that case every
ineiteepe r along the rood, whose trade had been injured
by the treader of the train,: from the old rout to the rail-
real, m aht claim compensation from the company for his
loss. lite company were compelled to apply for the inter-
ference of the court, for ha.' they proceeded to mane an
arbitrator they would have precluded themselves from a
trial uf the netenubenta legal title to compensation.
Lord Juatice Knight Bruce, without calling upon the ap-
pellant', counsel to reply, said it an. unnecesaary to dispute
that case might aria, and in truth easel haul in
which, ,weer ding to the laws and constitution of this court,
the court did interfere to prevent a multiplicity of suits,
and what in some cases was calleulf an entanglement ut
rialits. It we, not for hint to deny, ur to think ul denying,
the puss:lnlay of cas,s in which the circumstances would
support u hilt Wooded upon an attempt and intention to
prevent the resort to the powers of a compulsory
arbitration, such as sets of parliament of this
description, ur at Iciest the act of parliament before
the ,yourt, gave. In ouch cases, however, and above
ail in the CUe of on interlocutory application, the circum-
stances of the particular instance arc to be attended to;
and, ilia the 'ath aloe iii.tauce the court is satisfied that
in the circumstances of tile case more entanglement of
rights cull be created by interfering by injunction than by
reaming to interfere, it would then be the duty of the court
to decline such interference. .Now, looking at all the cir-
euniatauees of the particular case before the court, he had
come to the conelaw.ou that more confusium more expense,
uture delay, more entunglement, inure difficulty would be
created by interfering than by declining to interfere, and
Icariag the partite, for the pr. aent at least, at liberty
rvinect,vely to act upon their legal or supposed
legal rights. Ile was of opinion, therefore, that
there aseould have been no injanction granted in this
ease. Lord Justice Lord Cranwortli said he concurred is
what had been said. Ile did not go to the needlees length
of *Gybe: that no ease could urine in which the court might
properly hit, nooe in the way suggeated by the respondents.
f Ise CAse before the court did out require him to lay down
any such proposition. There must, however, be a strong
caw: to jests!), the court, when ,a particular mode of pro-
ceeding bus been appointed by the Icaislature for the set-
tlement art a claim, to say that that course shall not be
pummel, but that the parties shall be driven to litigation.
Ile could molt at all see what diiiiculty the company would
be put under by a reload of the court to inter-
fere. llt could not assent to the argument which
had beta pressed fur the company, that by naming
an arbitrator they would be, precluded front the
trial of the legal right of the defendaut to compensation.
Ile coedit not see that any such difficulty would result front
their naming an arbitrator, even it they did so without pro-
test ; but certainly, if they did so, and at tho same time
nude a protest, they would not thereby preclude then-
selves teem putting the defendant to au action upon the
question of damage. Ile could see very little difficulty in
the way of such action, though, the court should not inter-
Wee. fhe entangtemeut, if :my, which might arise, would
be incalculably smaller than that which would arse from
a contiuuing of the injunction, and thereby rendering it ne-
cessary to taring au action as in the case of "-tip North
Western Railway Company v. Smith." Ineectessence by
injunction would, he thought, give r:se to intim-tea; greater
difficulty than leaving the parties to take their own course.
It was then ordered that the order for the injunction
should be elweliarged.
TCIINEII V. TURNTA.
Upon this appeal motion being culled on, no person ap-
peared lar the appellants, a hereupon
Lord Justice Knight Bruce observed that unless the ap-
'sellout or his counsel aplieared, the motion would be treated
us an abandoned motion, in which case it could never again
be brought forward fur hearing. There was no ancient
practice ',Ali respect to motions, as in the case of causes, by
wh ieh toe case might be restored to the paper for hearing.
The parties not appearing, the motion was struck out of the
list, and au order made treating it as an abandoned motion.

BOOM VICINCSIMICEILLOI PAMIR.
Re TUE PENNANT AND CILLIOWEN CuNsoLIDATF.I) LEAD
TIIY [fin CUMPANT, EXPAMTI SMITH AND ANOTItEII.
Mr. Ihmiel and Mr. Itoxbargh opened a petition for the
winding-up of this company under the Wiudiug-up Acts,
and the hearing a as postponed uutil to-morrow.

Amax Ties-aummoa Sui R. KII(DMIXT.

CATHOLIC BELLS AT CLAPRAH-- REDEMPTO-
HIST FATHERS.
SOLTAt V. DI iiELD.-DILIIVitIIVI OVEUTLULED.

Mr. llagshawe resumed his arguments in this case on be-
half of the defendant, the priest of the chapel .of thu lie-
demptorist Fathers at Clapham, and in support of the
demurrer to the bill. Tho learned counsel submitted that
the case now set up by the bill was not the same as that
upon which the action had been tried. The complaint was
thin in respect of ringing of bells early iu the morning and
at inters. ils during the whole day, and on week days as well
as Sundays. The case now made was altogether new and
different It was a complaint that one bell was rung five
times a day, and that ou Sundays only. There had con-
sequently been no trial at law upon this new cue ; that was
one ground of the demurrer ; the second ground was, that
the Attorney-General ought to have been a party to this
complaintwhichahouldhave been brought by information as
well as bill. The bill expressly put the ease as being a public
1 nuisance, as well as a private injury. The question here was
whether the fact of the bell ringing five times on a Sunday
constituted a nuisance ; and, secondly, whether it was such a
nuisance as to enable the court to grant an injunction. The
plaintiff must prove that he had stated a case of such sub-
stantial injury as to entitle him to a verdict with damages.
There was no such Cali here. If the admission here stated
were put before a jury, they certainly would not give da-
mages. As to the threats, let them be ever so strong, they
could not sustain an action at law—no pleading at law
could be maintained founded only on threats. Where a
bill was flied simply for an injunction, it must fail if the
only ground for it was that of threats. Suppose there was
a statement that the defendant had ceased to ring the bells
since the action, but had threatened to commence again,
how could that enable the plaintiff to get an injunction?
This bell was rung for a proper and religious purpose, such
as was allowed by every religious community in _the
country.

Mr. Malin and Mr. Tripp were heard in support of the
bill, and contended that the bill rested not on the public
nuisance, but the particular injury to Mr. Soltau and his
family, occasioned by the constant system of bell,ringing
which the defendant pursued, and that the action at law
had decided that Mr. &Han WI aggrieved in law by the
conduct of the defendant. If the slight alteration which
the defendant had made, in the course of his proceeding
after the verdict, was to be considered so varying the case,
tiers would be no end to actions. The latest case
wa this subject was Walter e. South, 15 Jurist. 416,
whirls was a bill filed to restrain the erection of
a Welk kiln within th yards of the plaintiff's
bass. His Honour, Vbeesener Knight Bruce,
was &dross that an mass *add be tried. But,
et ens* cities psalm. Ws Weave biesself visited the
pit" asi paid Itp *maw The Isissed counsel