The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-17 00:00:00

211 13110101,12411 OAS QUESTION.

Formal notice has bona gives sear ifflloation to
parliameat daring the sent series he, se set br regulating
the eapply el gee wields the limlte of lb. unmoor.. Tee
hill will -reelefe pervisions be regsdatiag the quality end
Blemieatileg poser, the rade ta which, the possess seder
"bleb, mid die pin at which the gm shalt be sepplied, red
ths New wad coeditioes of the supply. For regards! the
voleatoey and compulsory supply of pa sad meter, sad
the serer asd payment sad recovery of gas nate sad weer
testa. Per neuron the horse of the gee oropasies, ash
the limits Within white the pa shall be supplied. For
ragskrtlr the Igtq, repairer, sad altering of gas pipes
atemputed direwith. For regulaUng the somata
of pa meepselee, red previding foe re imprimis, audit,
M pair:Mies of thus amounts. For regulating
W espial sad berowleg powers of gas com-
pare, wad for knit* their pears sad dividends sad rates
et dlvideed sad votes el Were; seal for dark* sad redac-
ts( that reepertir rare, rear, sed crops, sad to create
etteinprkes tree the pyres& Of web MIN rests, sad
chops For regeledeg limi authority ef gas compeer@
with repot t. ecerreals. For reguledug dr ppewet gas
compaise with roper to the newtsdverbs, po-
pony, sad powers to each other. For eyeh ole! potpie Is,
regialstrag sad coetrollieg sad contract's( with ipe Ger
puree se the Home-oaks, the Board of Trade, the nitro.
inner Board of WelllN the City of Loedoe, retries, district
bards of Works, sad other public sad local authorities.
For eoalsreert es the Metropolitan Board of Woks,
the City of Loads., mines, district Boards id Were,
sod of local authorities, and on the entre-
politan gas commies powers lot making etrateeral
stranyouents for fribteidag the laying, issoating, mph,
Is;, sad alter tag of gas paps, meters, Imps, sad other ap-
prove, sod toe leseesiag the itteottestueeete rasdtisr
fru. the breektag sp of the putrlic street., sad powers
tor making rod cusrpteg halo Whet matte,* for the purpose.
Lou,. •111.100 be sought to made toe Mstropoliur Board
of Week., the corporation or the City of Ltedus, vestries.
district bunt. d Works, sad other torsi bodies sad persons,
costrect cob the ovum of say gas oe other work., for a
supply of sa., or other laminates power, Se the public sad
hibrr hays. asd W enable such bodies sad prom 4, either
joistly or scperately, to percher sad acquire works sod coo-
Teatime Le such purposes sad to eater tato cow' recta and
sporeste is relation thereto, and to matte them to levy
rates and borrow wavy fur each purpose.

COMIIITTAL Or A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 101
tt•lari BMW. MONET.-011 the arrival of the W. 50 a.m.
trete from I. tam at the Sebetorry oration of the Loudon
sad Roth Waters Railway, oa the *.r4th alt., • respectably
dressed man, apparently shoat CO years of ar, got out of the
sod on I ciao asked for hie ticket told the collector
(Loco) be hail lost it, and tendered the fare from Basing-
stoke, Ingo which place he mil he had out... The collector,
ti ie. err, said that inlets. the guard saw him get is, he
should charge his the full fare from Linden, upon which
he sod •• Vtry well,- and put down ti.., and dimmer&
I'. More. Oa detaining Ike !dyer the officer thought
it looked Porn. what Meek. arid apon his testier( three or
four of the Minims with has teeth ha found they were
*M. The re -nay sae refuse], sad current cols sub-
stituted for it, the permit in ipmetion elating he was quite
.rowan of its being Mem lie then left the station, and
mitt into the city ; but the collector Miring his suipicions,
tot reed the police authorities of what had occurred, sod
t`ii• -uvrintendent (Mr. Barber) eh nay after sards went
let the bee of the Red ban ILAeI, sal apprehended him
et the rimer) of uttering haze coin. When taken to the
rtiono•hoim hi gave the namoof Joha Everett, and said
/i in Lond.m, sad that be we. country traveller far
a M t firm in the onto-ial manure line, sad on his
oe•son was found 244. and 4d. la good mosey. TM gaper-
iater.4.at then returned to the bore!, sad took remasion of
h • 'geom.., coneistum of a carpet beg, basket, itc., which
Veer dr has Winne°. Ha opening the former some sample
hairs of manors were discovered, and meitgst other
things a tin ben, which was forma to contain, wrapped uII p
aeperate puma of paper, fourteen Seine, fourteen shit-
hoes, aid two half-crown,, all counterfeit, and live Mil-
lais, good money. The prisoner was taken before Wm.
Andrews, Rot , on tho day after hie apprehension, sad re-
minded the further *lamination mail the I Morring Meads],
Mesa M wee seem reminded; he Wet brought up st the
;eel, ....fore on Mondry, sad committed for trial at the seat
'boner essestes. He is and to he wall knows se MMus for •
rarely been a iota of grow reepretability and a crack whip,
sal part t oa. proprietor is rocking days. lie drove from
T.ek 11011110, lieth, so the Loados road.

LAW INTELLIGRNeI.

(THIS DAT.);

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
'Map is Basee.—(Beloro Lord Chid Julies Erb wed
Julien Crowder mad Sytee.)
wrwroao AND ANOINTS If. OTTNIXO.-AOIIIIOTOWT TO

INPLOT.
The datatide fa this ems are Ire or sewed main
merchants, and they hal seepheyed the dehatiest as
one of their travellers. Deeg the if his
ant journey, the dehaipt agar the fellvtng dam-
meat :—" la esaellikeutha sfval estiv_lFfi 119011 Yew
employ at a salary to mermemse with OM, I herewith
sires to do so with the madememilles that in the event of
my wishing to travel, and doer at for say other house la
the same trade, ar may pei theree4 sad over the mar
ironed, to pay yew the sum et 101." The mesa meths was
to recover this malty, mid ea dr *la before Mr. aerie,
Crowder, s redid was antered fee the plaintife for 601.
flubeequently, however, • rule It, a 1101111 aft wee
obtained span the following gremade—fret, it wee
NM diet the sawed was withoat any cossidention,
imeenele as the delmdsnt was already Is the aeries of the
=ibwhew he signed the Wpm, sad he was to recolve no
edvestess whatever; secondly , that the paper did
Da sad the at at all after be had left the plaintilli
service, its eparstra being coaled oily to the time that be
remained milk them; aad if this ware not so, this it
wee said, Walk_ , that the would sir
the defeedaet dee* his whole Wag leametnch se the
attar could walk, la every pert of England tipsy
theattat fit ; it nicht pleat the diehadieM earrying me his
Insinem at di, sad it wee thoraces void es la sent
of undo, la addition te this, It wee eeseadd that at di
near there should be a sew trial, immuch es his lordship
had improperly admitted evidence le show that the epee-
mar wee to refer to the Midland jersey only. To-des caws
wee shwa spar the rele_billas mere absolute.
Mr. Mender mg Mr. Prants appeared to chew roe;
sad Mr. O'llelley sad Mr. Great to airport the rein
The Lord Chief Janie, said he weed opiates that the rile
should be discharge& It hed been said thst there was re
consideration far the I, but the her
to be them:—lt been proposed that Zuri dor
hadaat ebesid enter the plaid:Ars swap sad he est
eras his Me rangy, end nose sere perlermsd pert ef the
smoke Won the agreement w dyed, bat that, however,
was as inchoate, imperfect perioneenee, bat when the
wridag was signed the proposed employment berme a cow
pried employment. If the defendant had erased to pra
the peper, the plaintiffs might have said "We proposed to
empoy you as condidea of your doing so, sad we
tarsiers discharge you," The great stress of the
argument wee that the agreement was void as b in
restraint of us& Even without the evidence to esOsin
that the egasseset wee to apply only to the Midland journey,
he thought that it would have been limited in point of
which would prevent it from being invalid on the groaad that
It wee te remain of trade, and antra to blip policy.
It wee not a agreement to pay 601. If the defendant travelled
for ea ether person in any part of England, but only if he
ever the seer part be which he bed been employed by
theplaintiffs. He mainly disagreed with the arrament that it
was desirable to extend tU doctrine that agreements of this
Mad way void, in order to protect prow from the cease-
pieces of entering into them. If the law were that all agree. •
meats of this kind were bad, employer, would be unateiniody
ecropulons as to whom they took into their employ, on/meths"
could find some other trey of preventing their servant tram
having their service immediately he bad acquired a fell
knowledge of their trade, and offering his services to a rival
tradesman who would employ him et wages, in mast-
&ratios of the betrayal of the knowledge he had acquired
of bid former employer's beanies. He thought it w very
desirable to paeans so employed that they shah
be able to bind themstdres not to tee the informers
acquired of their meter's reds for the benefit of his rivals;
sad to give each party power to contract according to what
his interest should require. He was also of opinion that
partial evidence ems properly admitted.
Ede discharged.