The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-24 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

mit.-moat, ILA, OS AIItiIASISTSST
REIM!.

PORrssiouni, Nov. 23.
The Bristol, 39, screw frigate, Captain Levine=
IL H. Somerset, brads( the brood peedost of Commodore
Geoffrey T. P. Hereby, sailed from Bpidiord %Gallon
for Yr Wes* Gait of Africa.

A public meeting of the Birmingham and Du-
debt Branch of the National Reform Lague was held Is
the Town-hall, inthat to wn, lait night. Mr. J. A. Partridge
letbe chair. The emembly wee scampered chiefly of
" working men," or " herd-worker"
(to se Lord Lytle'.
ton's phrase).
The following letter hag beau received from KrNor. . Briglht
Rochdale, LL
Dear am rimy glad to beer tbat you are about to
hold a meeting on the reform qmestioe, and hope it will be
such me the cause deserves and requires. I have already
engaged to come to Birmingham about the Bret week is
December to a reform meeting, at which it is expected
several members of parliament will he presoak and at
which I hope a large number of electors and influential
inhabitant' of the borough will be present.
ce enot with advantage attend the two meetings, and that I
shall be most metal in being present at the are at which I
hove already undertaken to be present. Under other
aireumstmices I should certainly have accepted
your invitation. I sat very anxious to see the
uasnfranchissel clam making loam danicustratioa on
behalf of their political rights. The majority of
the electors are mane; to concede a large portion of what
von wish ; but it is neoesemy you should make your voles
beard in the matter. I believe, too, that the government la
well disposed ; but they will require help to enable them to
carry any good measure through puliament. It will be of
great advantage if you can have any influence over the
working men of your populous district. Would it not be
possible to have representative men from the neighbouring
towns to appear on your platform, and to take part in your
meeting I hope your committee will excuse me if lem
sot present with you coder the oiroumstaacies which I have
sow explained to you.-1 ern, with great respect, yours
truly, Jot's BRIGHT.
Mr. John Oxford, Crooked-lane, Birmingham.

ADIffiILAIXT Nov. 23..—APIPOUITYCNT.—Com-
mspdar J. E. M. Wilson to the Wellesley, for Berme is the

Bellerophon.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23.—The extra Cunard steamer
Marathon, Captain fol from New York au the Mb
Mak, arrived here thisi ,a*gog. Her news km bees fully
antiolpated.

OPENING OF PUBLIND AYS.O MUSEUMS, ke., ON
SU

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A deputation of working men of Lambeth,
herded by Mr. Murphy and introduced by Mr. Bunke',
M.P., waited by appointment on Earl Omuralse at his
hoses in Bruton-street, for the purpose of !repudiable( eon
taro statement' which bad raceetly been made by the Sun.
day Leave relative to the desire of working men generally
to have Keosingtou Museum and other public institutions
thrown open to vilifiers oe the Sabbath day.
Mr. flounce having briefly introduced the deputation,
Mr. MORPH! proceeded to read a lengthened statement,
the purport of which wee that nothing could be further
from the wishes of working men than that their weekly
day of rest should be interfered with. Their wish was that
the museums should be opened in she week evenings, and
there oonld not be a greater fallacy than the serertion that
they were indisposed to any exertion on those eveniega.
They cart ied on the business of all their benefit and build-
ing societies is the evening, and the various working men's
exhibitions which had beat opened in the evening bad been
attended by thousands of visitors. The Sunday League
bad no authority to speak as the organ of working men, at
least in southern London, and there were persons amongst
the deputation who could satisfy his lordship on that

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point.
Earl ORM4VILLS having asked if say other gentleman
wished to speak,
The Itev. Mr. erweirmra came forward to oppose Sunday
opening of exhibitions also, as representative of the Lord's-
day Observance Society, the rev. gentleman read a written
statement, from which it appeared that the large majority
of working men were interested in Sunda, Schools to which
they sent their children. They utterly repudiated the
assertiou that they were in favour of Sabbath violation • on
the contrary, they feared that if Sunday was once dese-
crated their weekly amount of labour would be iscrered
without any extra remuneration.
Mr. BOOK= expressed similar sentimeate in behalf of the
hatters. He denied that 1,000 hatters had authorised any
one to represent them in the Sunday League.
Mr. Pturcruan said that if the working classes bad no
other objection, they would be opposed to seeing other
workmen obliged to work for their amusement on the
Sabbath.
Mr. HOSSFORD said that the wish of the working nine
was to preserve the Sabbath ae a day of rest.
Mr. Witrrnong, from North London, reed some figures
to show the opinions of working men on this subject. la
Finsbury Dr. Perfitt came forward as the repreetative
of the Sunday League, and polled 300 against 1,8,000 far
Mr. Toreros. The working men looked upon the move-
meet for opening places of amusement on Sundays r
pretext for increasing the hours of labour without say
extra paw. What the working men wanted was to rotten
the hours of labour, not to increase them.
Kr. HUGHES here interposed, and said that held*
originally been in favour of Suadey opening, the over-
evidence be had received of the views of wackier
men bad entirely altered his opinion.
Mr. THORLZT bad put the matter to the vote in a large
establishment of pa engineers, and she votes had been
unanimous sprat Sunday opening.
Forl 06AnILLII said that the specific application which
had been made by the deputation from the Sunday League
was to have the cartoons which bad been removed from
Hampton-001'ft to the Kensington Museum to be exhibited
on Sundays in the latter, se they had always been in the
former. The deputation stated that they venresented
200,000 working men, whose strong opinion was in favour
of throwing open all public museums sad exhibitions'
on Sundays. His own personal opinion was con-
trary
to that which had been stated by the present
deputation. His opinion war that under proper
regulations and with proper provisions for restricting San-
day labour, it would be for the public advantage to have
them opened. On the other hand, he wished to guard him-
self against the supposition of his being opposed to opening
in the week evenings. The only public museum over which
he had any control was that at South Kensington, and there
he had promoted evening exhibitions by every means in his
power. What he had further to say was that he did not
think the personal opinion of any stogie member of the
government of muck importance in the matter. Parliament
bad decided &priest Sunday opening, sad he had come to
the conclusion that it was not competent for him to resist
that decision.
Mr. Mt-Bern thanked the noble earl for his polite 'Mea-
tien and his final announcement, and the deputation with-
drew.

Ile VORESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24. 1865.

LAW INTELLIGBNCE.

JUDICIAL 0011MITTLE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.
The Judicial Committee will commence Minns /or the despatch
of business on Monday. Nov. ET, at balt.psat 10 &AL=
Evans and others v. The gases - Shama* altos V.
Hammon alias Choltaykaka—Tayamaul V. SesberbeilsNaiker and
others-11tharanes Inderjeet Kocar v. Murat. Ismundb
eon
and another—Kamak Nns Pltcbacotty
—Wales
v. DMllmore—Yorbes v. Asamwooalssa Beirem—Walker ..riases
—Bole Bailey and Co. r. Mower. Belting. and Co. —Bank of
Australlnia v. tmand Co.—Wickham and others v. New
Bruns% ick and Railway and land Camps., and others
—Path Bukhun Lall and others v. Nawab Instiaeood Dowith and
another - Prankisben Paul Cbewdry v. Nothoommobun Paul
Chowdry —Pegs v. Cowie** ideklee—Lalla Banasodbur v. M.
Ounaish Kooar—Lalla Banssedbar v. Lally Baboo Lool-0. B.
The Queen.. !limbos and Stirling —Maharajah Rajendur Kieh-
-1 Inv Singh v. itheopurshun Hisor—Sarendat v. Baines—Her
Majesq's Procureur and Advocate-Oeneral v. Branean. in .
meats : Mussusnat Mandrill:miles v. LAMM* Deb% Cbow
—Oodtray v. Oodtray.

COURT OF COMMON PLZAB.—Nov. 23.
Wasp in Banso.7(Befa!! Lard Chad drains Erie, and

Justine Willis sad Bestieg.)
ROBINSON V. ?RI ORRST WenTTRN RAILWAY ciour•ur.
This was an sotioa to recover damages for Joists, to 18
horses, caused by • day's delay io carrying them from
Shipion to Manchester. They were only booked with the
defeadasts to Wolverhampton. thate being fresh contracts
with the North Western to take them on to their desti-
nation, and the delay occurred in consequence of theta
being nothing upon the contract to show that the horses
were going on to the North Western line. Another cinsum-
Amos was, that there was • condition upon the
contract that the horses were to be carried " entirely
at the owner's risk." At the trial before Mr. Baron
Bramwell at Manchester the verdict was for the
plaintiff for 901. damages. Subsequently • rule
I was obtained to ester • verdict for the defendants spat the
I ground that under the circumstances they were not liable
' for the ices which bad been sustained ; or for a sew trial,
because the verdict wee spinet the weight of evidence.
Another branch of the rule was to reduce the damages,
I upon the ground that the company were not liable in re.
sped of one of the two imetracts under which the horses
were carried.
Mr. Edward James, Q.C., and Mr. William', appeared to
show cause against the rolebeing made absolute and Mr.
Pickering, Q.C., to support it.
The Court held that there was no seldom* to show that
the defendants were liable is respect of eta of the horses.
and therefore as to that must the verdict would be altered
for them. The other part tithe rule would be discharged,
so that the verdict for the plaintiff would stand for 601.
The conditions on the contract did sot release the defen-
dants from the duty of arrying within • reasonable time.

COURT OF RXCHEQUER.—Now. 23.
Sittings in Hanes.—(liefere Lord Chief Baron Pollock, and
Barons Bramwell, Chanson, and Pigott.)
IeNALLY V. THI LONDON AND NORTH WINTLIIN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
This wan an motion brought under Lad Campbell's Act,
by the plaintiff, to recover compensation in damages for the
loss of his wife, who was killed at the Victorid-station,
Maseleater, an the was alighting from • armed class rail-
way carriage. The trial took place at the last Manchester
1111,1110. before Mr. Baron Bramwell, when the jury toned a
verdict for the plidatilf —damages, 3001.
Mr. Edward James, Q.C., sow/showed cause against •
role which had bees *Mama by Mr. Davison on behalf of
the defendants for • sew trial, as the grounds of the verdict
being agalast the weight of draws, of surprise, sad ex-
mean demngee. The widows foe the plaintiff west to
show that after the train stopped the deemed proceeded to
set oat, aid when she bad her foot on the step, the train
moved suddenly on with • jerk, sad threw leer betweeti the
platform sad carriages. The resat was that the dammed
received serious injuries, which ultimate y ended I. bee
death. Os the other side it was represented that she
opened the carriage door and got out before the train had
mead to move. It appeared that the deceased kept for nine
years • stall for small warm is the Manchester merkiit, and
that she was 50 years of age, and had five children. sad had
out of her earnings supported for one year both theca and
her husband, when the latter woe out of employeneet. It
further appeared that et the time of her death she bad
451., being part of bee savings, in the task.
Mr. Berea Bramwell said the whammies on both sides
were very respectable sad intaligest, sad he did riot think
that any of them bad an hitention to decisive. His lord-
ship added that he was sot diasatiefied with the verdict,
though he would himself have given it the other way.
Mr. James observed that with regard to the damages •
Malatesta jury were the beet persons to estimate the
meant which should be awarded in such acme.
Ir. Baron Bramwell intimated that he thought the
desaigas were missive.
Mr. Daises mid the company were very anxious foe •
Row trial, es is was very important, lacking at the hundreds
• thousands of parser who fame to the Victoria stales
every day, that whoa, as they alleged in this cam, • pares-
ger was injured by getting oat of the train before it had
stopped, the whole matter should be thoroughly sifted.
After some discussion, on • sawed= from the court, the
plaintiff's counsel consented to tie damages being reduced
to 2001., and the rule oa that understanding was dis-
charged.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Nov. 23.
(Before Mr. Oommierioner HatOyd.)
13 11.3 JOB 3 TIIONAE 1101111111.
There was also a first sitting in Ibis cam. Mr. Norris,
who is described se a printer and stationer, of Akieragativ
street, and paper manufacturer of Sutton Courtney,
Barka, was formerly member of parliament for Abiogdoo.
He was made bankrupt on the petition of Messrs. Morgan
and Adams, wholesale stationers, of Cannon-street, who are
creditors for 3781.
Debt. of upwards of 6.0001. were proved. The total
amount of liabilities has not yet been moerteiced. Mews.
Linklaters and Rockwood are the solicitors under the pro-
°ceding..
The following creditors were chosen trade assignees :
Mr. Morgan, wholesale stationer. Caanon.street • Mr.
Moncton, wholesale stationer. Budge•row ; and Mr. G.
Gibbs, leather manufacturer, Salisbury court, fleet-street
The nest sitting will be on the 12th Jan.

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11l cc 0. N. ASTON.
The bankrupt was described as a railway agent and con-
tractor, of Victoria-street, Westminster. The liabilities are
5,8271.. Including those incurred in connection with Matthew
Shield, with whom he had been at one time in partnership.
This was the sitting for examination and discharge.
Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, stated that at the last
sitting the bankrupt had been ordered to file additional
account', also • copy of his marriage settlement, but be bad
not done so. Another adjournment was asked at the bank-
rupt's expense.
After hearing Mr. Doris for the bankrupt.
His Honour directed an adjournment at the expense of
the bankrupt.