The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-04 00:00:00

DUBLIN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION'.

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DUBLIN, Jcsia 2.
There ore same departments of the I)u' lin Exhi-
'Sitio'. that arc rtmarkably and disproportionally dtfielent
compared with similar Muses in the Great Exhibition of
1951 The dames of civil engineering, naval architecture,
horology, and philosophical instruments, which occupied so
large a specs in the Crystal Palace, are here emprised
within a very small complies. When it is considered that
at the late 'netting at Belfast of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science, some of the most remarkable
engineering contrivances brought before the mechatical
section, were contributed by Irish civil eogineers, it seems
strange that they have no reprcAntatives in the engineering
department of the Industrial Exhibition of Dublin. The
principal object deserving of notice is a model of a lattice
bridge dssignrd by Mr. P. J. Klasen as a viaduct to crow
the Clietwyrid %%they on the Braden and Cork Railway.
The viaduct is intsudel to cross in two spans of
214 feet each. The peculiarity of the design is
that the platform is supported by a combination
of mover:We wrought iron bare, placed crosswise, and fixed
together by iron bolts and nuts. By this means four com-
posite girders are formed of the length of the viaduct,
which could not be made in cast iron, and by the combined
action of the different bars they resist the pressure, and
preeeut a sufficiently rigid bearing for the rods to rest upon.
The advantare of suels a structure in comparison with the
solid, rivetted, and ugly-lookiug girder railway bridges that
have been constructed of plats iron is, that the weight is
much less, and the pressure is extended over a larger car-
fare, so that the strain on any particular part is diminished.
Anottir advantoge is, that as each bar is separate, any de-
feet can be more readily detected, and if any one be found
defective, it can be removed and replaced by a sound one.
During a discussion on lattice bridges at the British
Association meeting at Belfast, it was admitted by Mr.
Y 14113411 visit they would be leas costly than a solid bridge
of plate iron ; and the strength of the argument was de-
e:dedly in their favour. If the viaduct be executed accord-
ing to the design exhibited, and it is found to answer the
puryne, it will effect a great change in that branch of rail•
way engineering, and give to railway bridges a light and
gavial appearance very different from their general con-
firm ition.

A model of a bridge that presents some novel features is
dcsiAned by Mr. T. O'Keefe, of Curk. It is called a spring
divetision girder bridge, in which the iron platform and
the girder that supports it are elastic ; it is consequentlyonly
fitted for foot passengers.
'I hers is another model that deserves notice of a suspen-
sion bridge, at Lansdowne, Is:ensnare, county Kerry, de-
isigr,il by Mr. W. Uniacke Townsend. There are two
saspeusion chains on each side, and instead of hanging like
an jar' rted arch from two elevated supports on each side,
there is only one supporting buttress, which is placed in the
centre of the bridge, and from it the chains are suspended
on each side, farming two halves of inverted arches, the
ends being made fast into the ground on • level. By this
Linde of construettion there is considerable economy, for
oily, one dented buttress is required instead of two, and
Vie length of chain from the top of the elevation to the
ground on each aide is saved. It is to be regretted that
these are the only specimens of engineering skill of any
note that have been sent for exhibition.
N tent architecture is more scantily represented than civil
engineering, with the exception of a few models contrL
bated by the AdmitsHy, which appeared in the Great Ex-
hibitieu. Asa specimen of skilful workmanship, may be
ino.irol &Lege model of a first-clue merchant steamer, ere-
eutrd by Mr. Clarke, jun., of the City of Dublin Steam•
packet Company. There are, however, two novelties ex-
hibred. The &atone is a model by Mr. Henry Teall, Of
Dublin, of • cutter yacht, with an elongated bow, to serve
fart-ad if a bowsprit. The appearance of the body of the
)acht resembles that of the pirate praline in the Indian
seas. The other novelty is a screw-propeller, etre ngthened
by supporting each end of the propelling blade with an
arm attached to the revolving shalt.
Amens the models is a small one of the America clipper,
mustributed by the Duke of Manchester ; and one that pro-
le-4es to be expressly made for the purpose of evading ad-
ns.asurement, having the beam and length capable of car-
rying 117 tons, whilst by measurement it would appear to
I a oily 70 tons. There is also a model of a feathering float,
depending for its action oa au eccentric wheel, similar in
pri.eiple, if not identical, with the feathering float invented '
by the Mama. Penn, of Greenwich.
The display of clocks and watches is very meagre, aced is
almost entirely confined to Dahlia waken. There are no
istiremmasters, and no peculiar watch movements exhi-
bited; nothing, in short, that may not be seen in any
watchmaker's shop-windows. It may be that time is not
so valuable in Dublin as to make it worth while to note its
pawing with any hreat accuracy. There is, however, one
eseeption to the general want of novelty in a clock escape-
snout invested by Mr. Chancellor, of Sackville-street. The
peculiarity that first present@ itself is the vibration of the
peodulsten at right angles to the usual direction, and it is
suspended on one site of the clock movement instead of in
the centre. There are two escape wheels, filed on the
same &dor, and the palette consists of a straight piece of
thin metal attached to the crotch that gives motion to the
pendulum. By this arrangement the pendulum at each
vibration raises one end of the palette and depresses the
other, and the end that is raised liberates one tooth of the
escape wheel whilst the one that is depressed takes into •
tooth of the other and prevents the movement from
running down. The teeth of the escape wheels and
the acting surfaces of the palette are sufficiently inclined
to each other, to give the requisite impulse to the pendulum-
Thicarrangement possesses several advantages. A per-
f@ctly dead beat is obtained by the alternate actions of the
twb escape wheels, and the palette being weighted at each
end, it balances the weight of the crotch and prevents the
lose of power otherwise required to move it. The weight
of the pendulum, bob is thirty pounds, and the impelling
power is only equal to • weight of fifteen pounds.
The philosophical instruments: are dispersed about in
differeth parts of the building, but if collected together
they would m ke but a small show. Most of them are of
an educational character, and have no pretence to exhibit
any new application of scientific principles, or to display
remarkable skill and finish in the manufacture. Dr. Lover,
of Dublin, exhibits some rough models of apparatus which
appear to have the only claims to novelty. One of these
represents a mode of extending the very limited range of
action that can be obtained from an electro-magnet, by the
application of • system of compound levers. By
this means, though the sphere of attraction may
out intend beyond a quarter of an inch, a pull

tho way of teleseor, 0, models, or of diagrams of his dis-
t:overt., in the moon.

The arrangements for placing nod working;the machinery
in motion have been very well contrivtil. Mr. Fairbaira
bad the direction of this ilepsrtrnent of the eshihition, and
the superintendence of the work bas been entrusted to Mr.
Adly, also an English civil engineer. The hall appropriated
to the machinery is equally long as the " grand hall," as it
is termed, and a continuous shaft three hundred feet in
length, which is kept rapidly revolving by means of a couple
of steam engines, serves to communicate motion to the

looms, planing machines, spinning engines, centrifugal
pump, and other machines shown in action. This arrange-
ment is so far superior to that at the Great Exhibition that
it dispenses with the necessity of having separate steam-en-
gins. for working each machine ; neither could it have been
expected that a sufficient number of such engines would
have been contributed to this Exhibition for the purpose.
With the exception, therefore, of the remarkably fine pair
of engines constructed by Messrs. Fairbairn and Sons, for
working the continuous shaft, there are only five steam-
engines exhibited, and three of those are portable ones.
The pair of engines of the Messrs. Fairbairu have direct
action (rem the piston rods to the cranks of the fly wheel,
which is turned by a crank on each side with • very steady
movement. The combined power of the two engines is that
of fifty hones, and they communicate motion to the revolv-
ing shaft at the rate of US revolutions per minute. There
is something peculiar in the mode by which the shaft
shaft receives its motion directly frcm the fiy-wheel. The
wheel is cogged round its large periphery of 45 feet, and
works into the cogs of a smaller wheel that is fixed to the
shaft. The direction in which the fly-wheel is impelled is
also different from the usual one, though the object of this
variation does not appear. The working of the two wheels
into each other iaremarkably smooth, not the least jarring
or sound of any kind being heard between them.
Near to Messrs. Fsirbairns' engines is a large steam-
engine constructed by Messrs. Grenville and Co., of Dro-
gheda, which, it is understood, was originally intended to
work the continuous shaft, and it might have been more
agreeable to the feeling of national pride which is observ-
able in many parts of the Exhibition if that arrangement
bad been carried out. The engine is stated to be of 60-
horse power, and it is made on Mr. M'Naught's principle,
which is a modification of Woolfe's double-cylinder engine,
invented as an improvement on Watt's engine, and as an
evasion of his patent right. In these engines high-pressure
steam is first admitted into a small cylinder, where
its elastic force is exerted to move the piston,'
and when it has dono its duty in the smaller
area it is admitted into a larger cylinder, where
the condensing property of steam is brought into
action, and a partial vacuum being thus produced, the
piston is acted on by steam of the pressure of the atmo-I
sphere. Thcro is great economy of fuel in this double
action of the steam, but a nearly similar effect is produced
by working an ordinary condensing engine expansively—as
is practised with great advantage in Cornwall. In that
mode of working, high pressure steam is admitted on one
side the piston, but its supply is cut off when the piston has
been raised only a small part of the stroke, the remaining
portion of the action depending on the expansion of the
comparatively small volume of steam. By the time, there-
fore, that the piston has completed its stroke, the steam
within the cylinder may be of even lower pressure than the
atmosphere. It is then condensed, and the high pressure
steam immediately admitted on the other side acts advan-
tageously against the partial vacuum produced by condensa-
tion. The Cornish engines by this means are made to use
up all the available paver of the steam, end to apply its
elastic force and its condensing property perhaps quite as
advantageously as by employing the double cylinder
engine of Mr. M'Naught. In the steam-engine manufac-
tured by Messrs. Grenville and Co., they have intro-
duced the peculiarity of supporting the whole weight
on foundations of plates of iron, by which means it is intended
to procure a more solid bearing than can be commonly
attained. The cylinder is connected by pipes with the
boilers which supply the steam to Messrs. Fairnbairne en-
gine, for the purpose of occasionally working to show the
action. In mechanical construction the _Drogheda engine
resembles that of Watt's, having a beam and parallel mo-
tion to guide the piston rod.
Another beam engine, made at Dandalk by Mr. J. She.
kelton, is of 16-horse power. There seems to be nothing to
distinguish it in principle from other beam engines, the ob-
ject of exhibiting it being to show a specimen of workman-
ship, which is, indeed, highly creditable to Irish engineers
A small horizontal steam-engine made by Mr. Shekelton is
also exhibited, in which, of course, as the cylinder is placed
horizontally, the beam is dispensed with, and a direct ac-
tion from the piston rod is obtained by a connecting arm.
There are also two portable steam engines of Irish manu-
facture, and of three-horse power each. One is contributed
by the Irish Engineering Company, and is applied to work
a printing machine ; the other was sent by the Great
Southern and Western RaLway Company, and was made at
the Incliner. works. The latter is • fine specimen of
highly finished workmanship, without presenting anything
remarkable in its construction. Its power is employed in
working • set of three pumps, for filling a large cistern at
the top of the building with water, from which source the
fountains are supplied.

- - There are two cylindrical boilers placed immediately out-
side the building, and steam pipes are laid down under the
flooring to feed the steam-engines. The pressure of the
steam is kept up at forty pounds to the square inch.
One-fifth of the power of Messrs. Fairbairn's engines is
employed in working Mr. Gwya's centrifugal pump, which
was put into action yesterday. lie has no rival centrifugal
pump inventors to compete with him in Dublin, and the
arrangement of the machine is an improvement on that at
the Great Exhibition. It would appear, also, that the
action of the pump has undergone improvement, for it
raises about 1,200 gallons of water per minute to a height
of 18 feet, whence it is discharged in the form of a cascade
into a large wooden cistern. The sheet of water is not so
broad as that of Mr. Appold's waterfall, and owing to the
small size of the trough at the top there is such a commo-
tion in the water thrown up through the pipe that the
fall is brOken into streams as it descends, and the effect is
greatly diminished.
The disputed question, whether a pump of this kind is a
useful application of power in raising water, can only be
determined by the circumstances under which it is applied.
As an economical means of applying power in raising water
from great depths even the Exhibition jurors, who reported
so favourably on Mr. Appold's pump, would net assert.
Within a certain height, perhaps not exceeding 10 feet, it
would appear, from the experiments of the jurors, that Mr-
Appold's centrifugal pump raised a greater quantity of
water, proportioned to the power employed, than would be
lifted by a plunger pump of ordinary construction ; but, as
the elevation increases, the power of the centrifugal pump
diminishes, until a height is shortly attained which it would
require all the efforts of the revolving disc to maintain
without discharging any of the water. But there are
other practical considerations, besides the economical
effect, to be taken into concideration, which would
render the centrifugal pump valuable even should its
power of raising water be less effective. The absence of
valves is an important point in all cues of draining, and
under other circumstances that would endanger the clogging
of valves and the consequent stoppage of the action of the
pump. For draining bog land, for instance, the centrifugal
pump seems to offer greatadvantagre, and it may prove
very useful to have its capabilities brought thus directly to
the notice of Irish landed proprietors in the Exhibition.
The principal difference in principle between Mr. Appold's
pump and that of Mr. Gwyn's, as shown in the Crystal
Palace, was, that the radial arms of Mr. Appold's disc were
curved instead of being straight, like thee e of Mr. Gwyn's
engine, and the opening rmind the disc for the discharge of
the water was greater. The difference in the effect of the
two pumps as tested by the jurors was nearly three to one
in favour of Mr. Appold'e, but e increased ffict exhibited
by Mr. Gwyn's machine in Dublin, indicates that he has
introduced improvements in the construction of the rotatory
disc, to remedy the defects which it presented during the
trials in 1851. .

of half a foot might be obtained. By thus reversing the
action of compound levers, the forte excited by the magnet
would by operating through a greater space be diminished,
and there seems to be little nearer approach to a practical
application of electromagnetism u a moving force by this
arrangement. The other contrivance of Dr. Lever's is a
means of making and breaking contact with a voltaic
battery rapidly and with regularity He employs a small
apparatus like a Barker's mill, which is kept revolving by a
fall of water down • hollow perpendicular shaft, and
sewing through the curved ends of tao horizontal arms.
Having by this means obtained a regular rotary movement,
the connection with the voltaic battery is made and broken
by pieces of platinum, well flied at equal distances, Against
which another piece of platinum flied to the revolving shaft,
rubs alternately. The contrivance is ingenious, and if the
corect working of the apparatus could be depended on, It
would accomplish what is much wanted ; but it is to be
feared that the friction of the surfaces as they come into
contact, would cause irregularity in such a small moving
power, even if the jets could be always kept equally free,
and the water devoid of any floating substance.
The only representatives of the tlectrie telesraph are
three needle instruments sent by the Electric Telegraph
Cauvany, an equal number contributed by the Electric
Telegraph Company for Ireland, and specimens of writing
by Mr. Bakewell's copying telegraph. There is no represen-
tative of the magneto-electric telegraph,though the company
est iblished to work on that system have offices in Dublin,
and that mode of telegraphic communication has become
twirl publicly interesting from the circumstance that the'
company have just completed their line of communication
between England and Ireland. The is representatives of
electric telegraphs at present in the exhibition are placed in
parts of the building far asunder, as if some electric repul-
were in operation. The telegraph instruments of the
Electric Telegraph Company for Ireland are constructed
en Mr. Deriag's principle, which the company appear to
bare adopted. The magnetic needles instead of being de-
tweet by hollow coils of wire are attracted directly by
electromagnets placed at each pole. The advantage ex-
pected to be derived from this arrangement was the attain-
ment of a Inure prompt and less vibratory ac;ion, but the
Instrument at work in the exhibition does not seem superior
in times respects to those on Messrs. Cooke and Wheat-
Stone's construction.
It might bare been expected that the Dublin Exhibition
would have given indiestion of some some sort of the telr
aeepie wonders at Parionstown ; but as yet there is no
appearaate of any contribution from Lord Rome, Stier is

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This was a demurrer to a decimation. The question
was whether an action was maintainable by the plaintiff,
formerly the lessee of her Majesty's Theatre, against. the
defendant, the manager and lessee of the Royal
Italian Opera, Covent-garden, for having counselled
advised, and procured Millie. Johanna Wagner to break
her engagement to sing at the plaintiff 'a theatre, whereby
he suffered substantial damage. The demurrer was argued
at the sittings in banco after last term, and the learned
judges differing in opinion, judgment was now delivered by
their lordships' each delivering his opinion separately.
Mr. Justice Crompton said that the declaration in this
case consisted of three counts. The two first stated a con-
tract between the plaintiff and Miss Wagner, under which
the lady agreed to appear at the plaintiff's theatre fur the
purposes of dramatic representation, and also that the de-
fendant, with a malicious intention, and while the
contract was in full force, wrongfully and maliciously
procured her not to perform at the sail theatre of the
plaintiff. These counts then set out damages sustained in
respect of such malicious procurement. The third count
stated that Miss Wagner had been ennged to perform at
her Majesty's Th. atre, as dramatic artiste, and that the
I defendant, well knowing that she was so engaged, and that
she was then the dramatic artiste of the plaintiff, induced
her 's depart from out of the employment of the plaintiff,
whereby he was wrongfully deprived of her services. Sub-
stantial damages were again set out in respect of this count.
To the declaration the defendant demurred, and the ques-
tion was—whether all or any of the counts of the declara-
tion were good. The only difference between the first two
counts and the third was, that the third set forth that Miss
Wagner was actually engaged by the plaintiff and had be-
come his dramatic artiste, when she was induced to quit his
employment. It was said in support of the demurrer, that
it did not appear that the relation of master
and servant subsisted between the plaintiff and
Miss Wagner, and that the engagement to appear
as a theatrical performer was not of such a nature as to
make her a servant, within the rule of law giving to the
master an action for seducing a servant from his service. It
was also said that it was dangerous to give on action to
third parties, for merely advising a course of action which
ended in the breach of a contract. It must be considered
as clear law that a person who interrupted the relstion be-
tween muter and servant by procuring the departure of the
servant from the master's service, whereby the master was
injured, committed a wrongful act. The question then was
whether the relation of master and servant subsisted be•
tween the parties in this cue. His lordship was of opinion
that such a relation existed during the continuance of a
binding contract between the panics, and that such was the
case notwithstanding Miss Wagner had done no act as the
employed of the plaintiff. Thus, for instance, when a man
was hired as a gardner, and was seduced from his engage-
ment, the wrong was as great when he had not yet entered
upon his duty as if he had just planted a cabbage
for the first time in his master's garden. But the objection,
even if there were anything in it, that Miss Wagner had
not actually entered upon her engagement did not apply at
all to the third count. But it was then said that this was
not an ordinary case of master and servant. Some cases
were cited upon this point. Among them was "Ashby v.
I Harrison," 1 Esp. 48, which was an action against a person
who published a libel against a pertermer in the plaintifi's
service, and she was thereby prevented from acting, being
fearful of assaults on the part of the audience. There it
was held that the damages sustained by the plaintiff were
too remote. Another case had been cited somewhat to the
same effect. Both of these cases, however, were decisions
at nisi prius, and were in their details different from that
then before the court. In this case there was an undoubted
contract by Miss Wagner, by which she entered into the
employment of the plaintiff, and having so entered into his
employment, she stood sufficiently in the relation of his
servant as to enable him to bring this action. The judg-
ment, therefore, ought to be for the plaintiff.
Mr. Justice Erie said the only question was whether an
action could be maintained by the proprietor of a theatre
against a person who procured the abandonment of her
contract by a dramatic ;redo:leer. It seemed to him that
the action would lie. The authorities were numerous and
uniform which decided that an action might be brought by
a master against a person procuring a servant to leave his
employer. The right of action in the master arose from
the wrongful act of the person putting an end to the rela-
tion between employer and employed. If it were objected
that the rule ought not to be extended to a case like the
present, the answer would be that the action rested upon
the principle that the procuration of the violation of a right
was the wrong done. The procuration, equally with the
violation, was an injury done to the party. When the ac-
tion could be brought against the wrong doer himself, and
damages recovered, then the matter ought to go no further;
but where this could not be done, then the party advising
and procuring the wrongful act ought to abide the cense-
qnenoes. This was consonant with principle as well as with
I the authorities. As to the objection made to the fact that I
Miss Wagner bad not commenced the duties of her engage-I
meat in this country, it did not appear that there was any-
'thing in it. The breach was the some whether the service'
had begun or not, and fell equally within the rule of em-
ployer and employed. His lordship was therefore of opinion
that the judgment of the court should be for the plaintiff.
Lord Campbell said that, not haying been present at the
argument, he should give no opinion of his own upon the
matter. his learned brother, Mr. Justine. Wightmee, not
being able to attend personally, bad transmitted his judg-
ment to the court. He would therefore read that judgment
on behalf of Mr. Justice Wightman. That learned judge,
after stating the pleadings, went on to say that it was con-
tended by the defendant that an action was not maintainable
against the party *riveting the breaking of a contract, inas-
much as the breach was the act of the party breaking the
contract and not of the adviser. It had been further argued
i that the eases in which actions had been maintained against
persons seducing servants from their employment were excep-
tions to the ordinary rule, within which the present case must
come. Upon the two first counts of the declaration no
actual authority had been offered; but it was said, and
with reason, that such an action would be maintainable
upon principle. The dictum of Comyn had been mentioned
on this point : he said that in all cases - here a man suf-
fered wrong be should have an action upon the ease. In
the present cue there was a malicious procurement averred,
through which Miss Wagner had been induced to break her
engagement, and thus the plaintiff suffered a loss. It could
not be said that the lose did not flow from the procurement,
and that though there was injuria in this case, it was injuria
eine damnum. Thus the cue appeared to be strongly in
favour of the plaintiff. It was prima facie wrong of Miss
Wagner to break her contract ; it was equally a wrongful
act of the defendant to induce her to do so. It was true
that a doubt had been on one occasion thrown out by Lord
Erskine, as to whether an action could be maintained
against a party foe advising a wrongful act, but this doubt
had n been actually acted upon as an established dic-
tum. Upon the whole, his lordship was therefore of opinion
that the action was maintainable, and that judgment must
be for the plaintiff.
Mr. Justice Coleridge said the question was, whether an
action would lie against a third party for maliciously advis-
ing another to break a contract. He was of opinion that there
was no practical difference between the three counts, but
that, upon them all, the defendant was entitled to the judg-
ment of the court. He had come to this conclusion after
much consideration, and could not but think that the con-
trary decision would lead to qantions of great doubt and
difficulty. Now, it was beyond doubt that the ordinary rule
of law was that, in respect to breaches of contract, the
remedy was confined to the contracting parties. Between
muter and servant, however, there was an exception to this
rule, dating from the 23rd year of the reign of Edward 111.,
when the statute of labourers 123rd Edward 111., c. 1.), be•
came law. The hest section of this statute expressly re-
strained it to persona who were of the degree of la-
bourers, and it could not apply to the present
case. Suppose in the matter now before the court
the defendant had, bona fide, advised Miss Wagner
not to keep her connect, and she had not acted
up to the advice. There, clearly no action could lie.
Suppose, again, that, the advice being given bond fide,
Mies Wagner had acted upon it, there again it seemed to
him that the action would not be maintainable. Following
the same process one step further, be could not see that the
mere introduction of an averment that the advice was ma-
liciously given would so alter the relation of the parties I
that the action could be maintained. His lordship then
reviewed at great length the cases in the books upon
which he founded his opinion that the statute of labourers
did not apply to the present nee, all of which are collected
in " Fitzherbert's Abridgment." He contended this course
of the authorities was most reasonable. If the contrary
were the case, how many doubts and difficulties would
arise ? It was impossible in a court of justice to draw a
line between persuasion and procurement. Such
a question might be very well for the consi-
deration of the casuist, but it was not for the
jurist, still less fur the juryman to ,determine.
Again, where several persons had pined in inducing one to
break a contract, and no contract of moment was broken
without coasideration and advice, what curse could be
pursued ? Were damages to be recovered jointly from all
the advisers? Nor could the learned judge see why their
lordships, sitting on the bench, should shut their senses to
that which they knew extra-judicially, and it was certainly
a matter of common knowledge that the engagement be-
tween an operatic artiste and the manager of her Majesty's
Theatre was a widely diff Tent matter from the engagement
of an ordieary servant. In conclusion, he thought th-A this
action could not be maintained—first, because merely in-
ducing a person to break a contract was too remote en in-
jury; and secondly, because the law relating to master and
anent was quite exceptional in its character, end did not
apply to this case. It might perhaps be said that this judg-
ment went upon narrow and technical grounds ; he (Mr.
Justice Coleridge) believed, however, that the extension of
the rule which must take place in consequence of the
opinioe. of his learned bre•bren being against him, would 13,i
found to involve difficulties against which the law, as be up•
derstond it, had sufficiently provided.
Judgment for the plaintiff.

here. The plaintiff and defendant baying had some
misunderstanding between them, this bill was filed,
seeking a discovery of the different agreements which the
defendant had entered into on the plaintiff's behalf, and of
the particulars of the terms of years, and rents for cad at
which the agreements had been entered into.
The defendant's answer admitted the possession of save-
rsl
agreements and other documents, which he enumerated
in • schedule to his answer; but he submitted that the
plaintiff was not entitled to the disenvery of the particulars
of these documents unless he amended his bill by submit-
ting to pay to the defendant what, upon taking the ac-
counts between the plaintiff and defendant, might appear
to be due from the plaintiff to him as agent. lle how-
, ever (fretted to produce to the plaintiff, and to allow him to
inspect, the documents.
Mr. Wigram and Mr. Charles 101 l aow appeared in sup-
port of the plaintiff's exceptions to the defendant's answer
for insufficiency, and also upon a motion for the production
of the documents which the defendant had set out in the
sckedule to his answer.

—..---.-
Mr. Bacon and Mr. Rogers, fur the defendant, submitted
that in the present suit a complete account could not be
taken, and that Mr. Robert, soother agent of the plaintiff,
who had been associated with the defendant in the agency,
was a necessary party;to this suit, in order that complete
arcounta might be taken.
The Vice-Chancellor thought that the defendant must
answer fully, and pr. duce the documents. Ile did not
think the defendant's objections sufficient. The order must
be with coats aping the defendant.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-YESTERDAY.
BUOYS Ma. CoIUdISSIONtft Gottascut.
IN RE ART!OtES.

This was the adjourned last examination meeting in the
ease of Jules Artigues, described as a general merchant of
Mark-lane. His liabilities ore to a considerable amount.
The accounts, prepared by Messrs. Hart, Brothers, extend
over a twelvemonth prior to the future in December last,
and show a gross amount of debts of 16,0891., of which
8,813/. appears as owing to I'. Artigues, the father of the
bankrupt, also a bankrupt. There are in addition liabili-
ties to the amount of 3,5981. The debts and property are
stated as follows :—Good debtors, 1021. • doubtful do.,
4,4041. • property given up to the assignees, ; do, held
by creditors, 1,2631. The profits on the trading, which ap-
peared to have been very various, comprised the following
items:—Merchandise account, 413/. ; commission. 1,1001. ;
charter parties, 2851. ; sham account (Nouveau Monde),
1111.; Combined Vapour Company, 2001.; bakery, 381.
The trade expenses mowerd to 7,1711. ; personal do.,8031;
losses, chiefly by bad debts, 3,7891.
Mr. Linklater, on behalf of the assignees, said that the
amended balance-sheet had only been tiled a short time ;
but, as the alterations did not substantially affect the ac-
counts, a further adjournment was not thought necessary.
His Honour asked if the assignee was friendly, or a rela-
tive of the bankrupt.
Mr. Linklater raid this was not at all the ease.

Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupt, asked that he should he
allowed to pass, as having rendered the best accounts in
his power.
A creditor named Solomons wished to put a few ques-
tions to the bankrupt. In answer, ho stated that some con-
signments which he bad made to Antwerp, on the 4th of
December, were still unsold in part; an account had been
supplied of those goods that bad been sold.
Mr. Linklater said the aiWrgnees had looked into the
transaction, and had obtained from M. Chalet, the consig-
ner, a promise that the goods unsold should be returned.
The bankrupt passed ; his Honour observing that all
questions of conduct would be reserved fur the certificate
meeting.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC DITRINJ THE PAST WEEK.

(Prom Hoopes/Vs Railway Journal.)

Mike ogee ed. lane of liallwey. Receipt.. 1
1852. 1863. 1852. 18.53.
- - BRITISH.
72 72 Aberdeen
371 371 Belfast and Ballymena
17 17 Belfast and County Down
33 33 Birkenhead, Lanc.,& Cheshire 1,749 1,957
851 86 Bristol and Exeter
1891 189 Caledonian
94 94 Chester and Holyhead
2 6 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage 1611 193
20 Cork and Bandon
48 543 Dublin and Belfast Junction 729, 065
63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 1,0031 1,292
8 6 Dublin and Kingstown
161 161 Dundee and Arbroath
.31 31 Dundee,Perth,AberdeenJunc 776 652
19 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen
68 68 East Anglian
79 8.1 East Lancashire
322 324 Eastern Counties and Norfolk 16,695 16,789
96 96 Eastern Union 2.150 2,426
891 891 Edinburgh and Glasgow
78 78 Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 2,627 2,713
6 6 Exeter and Crediton
19 19 Furness 543 958
1711 1711 Glasgow and South Western 4,138 5,021 1
2231 283 Great Northern& E.Lincolnah 11,855 15,243
188 188 Great Southern & Western(lr) 4,389 6,1911
277 3191 Great Western 19,522 21,838
25 25 Irish South Eastern
101 10/ Kendal and Windermere
90 90 Lancaster and Carlisle
x 338
260 280 Lancashire and Yorkshire ..
'
187 IR Livorpuol,Croeby, dr Southport 338
539 653 London and North Western 49,143 50,647
6 5 London and Blackwall
173 173 London, Brighton, and S. Coast 13,875 19,019
244 263 London and South Western
124 34 Londonderry and Enniskillen 326 417
167 167 Manchester, Sheff., & Lincoln 7,029 7,004
9 9 Manchesterand South Junction 614 679
28 28 Maryport and Carlisle 633 699
49131 4981 Midland 22,290 23,5.58
126 126 Midland Great Western (Ire ) 2,383 2,306
37 37 Monklands 936 978
60 781 Newcastle and Carlisle
149 149 North British
47 47 North Western 661 1,076
- 45 Oxf.,Worc.,& Wolverhampton 656 1,174
60 60 Scottish Central
32 32 Scottish Midland 665 703
291 291 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 686 9.56
47 47 Shrewsbury and Chester
29 29 Shropshire Union
58 68 South Devon 1,946 2,296
2881 2881 South Eastern
1004 131 South Wales 1,069 3,312
77 77 SouthYork.,Doncaster& Goole 1,307 1,456
39 39 Stockton and Hartlepool
40 40 Taff Vale
36 36 Ulster 896 1,071
25 68 Waterford and Limerick 4 482 596
161 25 West Cornwall 349 744
12 12 Whitehaven Junction 221 260
622 660 York, New.& Berwick, &York
&N. Mid. & Leeds Northern 22,°8825 . ,093
FOREIGN.
1
674 5740
Dutchns R henish
- 1 and Me diterranern -6,956
211 21 Maria Antonia l9B 229
63 63 Montereau and Troyes
63 83 Namur and Liege , 963 1,509
443 4431 Northern of France
4931 577 Orleans and Central* 112,686 26,991
24 240 Paris and Lyons
84 84 Paris and Rouen ' 7,000 8,826
194 392 Paris and Strasburgh 10.813 20,270
69 69 Rouen and Havre
241 271 Sambre and Mtn,. 225 483
68 99 Western of France 1 6,247 4,203

• The reeelpta Include the trot& on the Orlearnt and Central, Or
and Sodom's. and Tours and Nantes dues.

SUGAR.—The average price of Sugar, the produce of
the British pouessions in America, computed from the re-
turns made in the week ending the 31st May, 1553, is
211. 91d. Sugar, the produce of the Mauritius, 235. 50.
Sugar, the produce of the East Indies, 265. qd. the
ge price of the three foregoing descriptions of Sugar,
jointly, is 255. 31d.

BRISTOL, JUNE 3.
SOCIAL—no late snivels from the West Indies having
afforded a better assortment at market than has existed
here for some time, and importers having freely met the
buyers, a large amount of business has been transacted
since our last both in Barbadoes, Trinidads, and Nevis, at
steady rates. In other descriptions of sugar, the transac-
tions of this week are important. Refiner's produce finds a
ready sale, and prices are well supported.
In Rum the business of the week is confined to a few
second-hand parcels, on rather easier terms.

COTTON.—LIVERPOOL, ittNll 3.—We can make no
alteration this week in the qustationa of cotton. The de-
mand has been uniformly steady, but at no time very ani-
mated, Oa trade taking their supply just as they require
it, and speculators being in the market as sellers nearly as
much as buyers. At the same time it is quite observable
that the advice, from the United States, with the falling of
in the excess of receipts has given confidence to the holders
And importers in such a degree as to have sustained a firm
and steady market. Neither has the raised rate of discount
by the Sank of England interrupted the course of our pro-
ceedings, nor done more than give a momentary pause and
thought to so important a step ; it is not traceable in the
scale or rate of our transactions. The committee of brekers

EQUITY COURTS.—YESTERDAY.
&max ITICO.CIIANCRTIAII ISTJAILT.
FAXMONT V. HUFFMAN.
The plaintiff in this case is the Hon. Colonel Fremont,
the defendant is the Hon. D ivid Hoffman. The plaintiff
who had been a very active officer of the United States in
California, had obtainill n grant from the government of •
large tract of land, situate at Mariposas, in California, on
which gold mince had been discovered and worked. The
plaintiff employed
.the defendant as his agent in
this country to dispose of por.ions of his lands
for mining purposes to composing to be formed

place " fair " uplands at b 4.1., Mobile , and Orlzans
614., being the same as on Friday last. It may be observed,
however, that fair qualities of Uplands, es well u all the
better aorta of American, fully support themselves, and are
not easy to purchase in quantity at the quotations; at
the lame time, the inferior and dirty qualities arc abun-
dantly offered and heavy of sale. Brazils and Surats are
alto perfectly steady, and firmly support themselves. 8,000
American, 1,710 Surat, 40 Pernam, are reported to
have been taken on speculation; 2,630 American, 760
Surat, and 80 Egyptian, for export. Sales fur the week,
50,770 bales.

TIOSIERY.—LEICESTER, June 4.—There it little that is
new to notice in the E,ite of our market this week. Manu-
facturers are engaged in the execution of orders contracted
for some time fur America and the Continent. But, owing
to the late serious advances in the prices of the raw mate-
rial, and the probable continued upward tendency, the or-

den now being received arc much less than they otherwise
would bare been. The home trade is also quiet ; and, in con-
sequence
of the high rates of material, many agency houses
have ordered so that halonly is toile executen. These t Incte,
howl vi.r, have operated very little as )et upon the demand
for labour Th • sudden and cart dilly unexpected increase
by the Bank of England in the rate of discount, has occurred
at too late a period of the week to allow of any definite
opinion being formed with respect to its operation upon
this market. But, looking to the present position of affairs,
I we should be inclined to think that it would be likely to
act beneficially rather than otherwise—siuce, by checking
speculative purchaser, it would have a tendency if not to
lower, at all event, to prevent further advances on the
present high rates of material.

CORN.—CHELmsroRu, June 3.—There was a small sup-
ply c•f AV heat at market to-d.ty,and there being many bayers,
the prices must be written Is. to 21. per Ir. for red, and Is.
per gr. for white, I.lgher than last:wetk. l'he market closed
hunt,- ; red, 425. to 465. ; extra, 48s. ; white, 4Gs. to 52t. ;
extra, 535. Barley none offering. Beans scarce, and Is.
dearer.

Ltyntroor., Jura 3.—The arrivals from Ire:and and
coastwise, since Tuesday, have been rather more liberal of
oats, but otherwise continue insignificant. From foreign
ports we have received 1,679 quarters wheat, 2,847 quarters
Indian corn, and 5,670 barrels flour. The exports in the
same time comprise 529 quarters wheat, 2,743 quarters
Indian corn, 467 sacks and 2,213 barrels flour. There has
been a good demand for fine wheat, and flour during the
past two days, at very full prices for the former and an ad-
vance of 6.1. per barrel on the latter article. In other
articles there has been little doing, and no material altera-
tion in value. The weather continues extremely fine. At
this day's market there was a fair attendance of the town
and country trade and some buyers from Ireland, and a
large business was done in wheat and flour at en advance of
Id. to 2d. per Nibs, on the former, and fully 6d. per barrel
and sack on the latter article ; tine white American wheats
being sale eble at 78.4 d. to 7s. Gd. per 701bs. ; western canal
flour at 21s. ; and Baltimore at 21s. per barrel. Oats and
oatmeal met with a slow sale, at barely late rates. Barley and
peas were offered on the same terms as on Tuesday ; but
beans were held for Is. per quarter advance, 31s. Gd. per
quarter being asked for Egyptian on the spot, and 295. per
quarter, cost, freight, and insurance, for cargoes on pas-
sage. Indian corn, both white and yellow, attracted little
or no attention, and remained nominally without change in
value. Arrivals into Liverpool and Runcorn from the 31st
May to the 2nd June inclusive : Wheat, 1,679 qrs. ; Malt,
533 ; Oats, 4.575 ; Peas, 31 ; Indian Corn. 2,847 ; Oatmeal,
387 sacks ; Flour, 86 sacks and 5,670 barrels. Exports to
Ireland: Wheat, 369 qrs ; Indian Corn, 2,743; Flour, 134
sacks and 786 barrels.

WAKEFIELD, June 3.—Our arrivals of grain are mode-
rate. The IVheat trade throughout the week has ex
hibited great firmness, and improved prices; the show of
samples is small for this day's market, and all descriptions
of red qualities are fully Is. per qr. dearer, with a fair sale
of whites at last week's rates. Barley steady. Oats and
Shelling rather higher. Deans ecsree, and an advance of
Is. per qr. is obtained on choice lots. Other articles as
before. The stocks in warehouse of grain aro greatly
reduced ; there is a very limited quantity of all spring ;,rain
and pulse, and we do not estimate those of Wheat in store
at Leeds and this place, combined, to exceed 60,000 qrs.,
which, with a weekly consumption of fully 16,009 qrs., must
be considered small ; our demand for all fresh qualities will
doubtless continue active. Imports during the week :
Wheat, 8,800 qrs.; Barley. 41 ; 0 Its, 117 ; Beans, 373 ;
Peas, 91; Rapeseed, `500; Shelling, 19! loads; Malt, 85.

COALS.-LoNnow, JUNE 3.-Ships at market, 223;
sold, 81.-Date's West Hartley, 15s. 6d. ; Burnhope, 13s. 91 ;
Carr's Hartley, 15s. 6d. ; Chester Main, 14s. 9d. ; Davi-
son's West Hartley, 15s. Gd. ; Hasting's Hartley,
his. 61 ; Howard's \Vest Hanley Netherton, 15s. 6a1.;
Longridge's West Hartley, 15s. Gd. ; North Pens. Hart-
ley, 15s. 6d. ; Stewart's Hartley, 15s. ; Tanfield Moor, 15s. ;
Walker Primrose, 14s. 3d.; Wylam, 15s. 9d.; Walls End
Acorn Close, los. Gd.; Walls End Framwellgate, 15s. ;
Walls End Gosforth, Ida. ; %Valls End Harlon, 15s. ; Walls
End Iledley, 15s. ; Eden Main, 164.; Hettons Lyons Main,
15+.94.; Walls End Bell, 15s. Gd.; Walls End Helton,
17s. ; Walls End Lambton, 16,. 9d. ; Walls End Russell's
Iletton, 16.. Gd. ; Wall's End Stewart's, 17s. ; Walls End
13ackbou..e, 15s. 31. ; Walls End Cassop, 16s. 3d. ;
Walls End Ileuith Hull, 16s. 3d.; Walls End South
Kelloe, 16.. 31 ; Walls End Tees, 171. ; Walls End South
Durham, 151. Gd.; Grey's West Hartley, 155.; Llangen-
tech, 235.; :Sidney's Hartley, 1,51.