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

and liberty, you had nothing better to give to the principle
of freedom than the compassion of tender hearts. (Cheers.)
People of England, shout out with manly resolution to the
despots of the world, like the people of old, that the world
shall be free—and you have given freedom to the world.
(Immense cheering.)
Dr. VAUGHAN moved the thanks of the meeting to the
government and people of the United States. Mr. BAGLEY
proposed a vote of thanks to the Sultan • after which, M.
KOSSUTH proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, and
the proceedings terminated.

After the meeting, last night, M. Kossuth and suite were
to return to Woodlands, the seat of Mr. Henry, M.P., but
no strangers were to accompany him, the reception being
simply from Mr. Henry's family.
This morning, et nine o'clock, there wu to be a reception
at Mr. Henry's house, of about 200 persons, who had re-
ceived invitations to meet M. Kossuth.

It was expected that M. Kossuth would leave Wood-
lands, en route for Birmingham, at about half-put eleven
this morning.

At a meeting of the town council of Shrewsbury,
on Friday last, besides the regular business of the day, a
letter was read from the committee of the " Kossuth Ban-
quet" at Birmingham, stating that "As it is intended that
the banquet to be given in the Town-hall of Birmingham
on Wednesday, the 12th inst., should assume, as far as pus-
sible, the general character of a midland counties' reception,
arrangements would he made for accommodating the mayor
and town councillors of Shrewsbury at the banquet." When
this letter had been read, Mr. Councillor Taylor, who had
not distinctly heard it, asked what it wns about, and the
town clerk having informed him, Mr. Taylor expressed his
disapprobation of the scheme in very energetic terms. Mr.
Councillor Bastey said, he thought that corporations
were instituted to attend to their own business, and not to
meddle with Hungarian politics. The following answer
from the Mayor of Shrewsbury to the incitation was then
unanimously agreed to :—" Shrewsbury, Nov. 7, 1851.
Sir,—ln reply to your communication, which I took this
opportunity of laying before ■ meeting of the council of
this borough this morning, I beg to say thnt the members
unanimously decline haling anything to do with the mat-
ter; and I further have to state that collectively they do
not consider it any part of their duty to mix themselves up
directly or indirectly with the political differences of any
foreign state whatever; and individually they one and all
utterly disclaim any participation of feeling in the Kossuth
movement, and in those sentiments I most fully concur.—
EDWARD lluoues, Mayon—To Mr. Robert Wright, Bir-
mingham."

Last evening a public meeting, to prepare an ad-
dress to M. Kossuth, was held at the British and Foreign
School Room, Denmark-street, Islington. Th. attendance
was very large, and Mr. TIMM. WAKLEY, one of the mem-
bers of the borough, was called upon to preside.
The CHAIRMAN and several other gentlemen having ad-
dressed the nteetintr, a form of address for presentation
to Kossuth, expressing admiration of his high personal cha-
racter and hope in his future career as a patriot, was
agreed to.

THE JUDGE OF TILE LIVERPOOL COUNTY
COURT.-LORD CARLISLE'S INQUIRY AT
PRESTON.

PRESTON, Nov. 11.
This inquiry recommenced this morning. The
Earl of Carlisle took his seat at 25 minutes p net 10, and
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins proceeded to address his lordship
on behalf of Mr. Ramshay. Ile trusted that the adjourn-'
meets which had taken place would not be attributed to
any want of confidence in the intrinsic merits of Mr. Haim-
shay's case, for he should be prepared to show that the
only real delinquents in the business which his lord-
ship sat there to inquire into, were those who
had signed the memorial to his lordship, many of
whom were justly. subject to the greatest censure, if not to
the severest punishment. Ile went on to denounce the
conduct of the memorialists, of Mr. Whitty, and others, in '
criticising unfairly, as be maintained, the conduct of Mr.
ltamshay. Sir Robert Peel had culled the press the fl mirth
estate," but was that a reason why that fourth estate should
domineer over the other three ? Judges of the laud had had
their motives arraigned by this so-called fourth estate, and
though he loved liberty, let it be uniform, and let not a
man who hides himself behind a printing press degenerate
from liberty into licentiousness. The learned serjeaut then
contended that the case of the memorialists had crumbled
to pieces, that their object was to rob his lord-
ship of the patronage of the office of county court
judge, by wounding him through the sides of Mr. Ramshay.
Having commented at considerable length on the evidence
adduced in supportof the memorial, he cited several autho-
rities to show that the courts have freely exercised the right
of committal for contempt, or of inflicting a heavy tine for
disobedience of merely verbal orders or admonitions. In the
case of Clement the tine was 500 f., and Chief-Justice Abbot
and the whole bench concurred in its propriety. Ile next
brought before his lordship's notice the specific words of the
act of parliament under which Mr. liarashay had been ap-
pointed, maintained that he had strictly and properly ap-
blied its provisions, and vindicated the powers which had
een vested in him.
The speech of the learned Serjcant was still proceeding
at a late hour last evening. The number of witnesses
to be brought forward is said to be considerable, and the
investigation is not now expected to terminate before Friday
next, at the earliest.