The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-02 00:00:00

ETENING, JULY 2, 1860.

Kato Intaliatnci.

METROPOLITAN COUNTY COURTS.
Patting days appointed for the present week.
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which related to damage done to certain goods vent by the
pkintiffs, Mews. Baxendale end Co., by the Great Western
Railway, the detail' were of no interest. The jury found
for the plaintiffs, for 101. 3s. 10d., the amount claimed.

MINIM r. ItIDDELL KEEP yr A HORNE.

Mr. Archibald was eounael for the plaintiff ; Mr. M.
Chambers and Mr. Charles Pollock represented the de-
fendant.

The plaintiff, a Every stable-keeper in Bond-street, stied
the defendant, • pathogen residing at Ilfracombe, in De-
vonshire, to recover 8111. 14s for the keep of e horse, from
May, 1857, to October, 1858. The plaintiff had hired to the
defendant's son a bone and cabriolet at TN. 21. a month,
and had taken in this young gentleman's horse at livery at
3s. lid. a night. Mr. Reddell, juu., went to Scotland and
took the benefit of the act, thus getting rid of his English
debts, anfonaxt which was that to the plaintiff, amounting
to 108/. The plaintiff now sought to recover from the de-
fendant for the keep of the hone, and several letters were
put in evidence with a view to establish the liability.
His lordship, however, held there was no case against the
defendant, and tho plaintiff was nonsuited.
Mr. Chifmbers said he thought it only right to state pub-
licly that the defendant had paid all the other creditors of
an extravagant son 7s. tid. in the pound, and he would
have paid the plaintiff at the same rate if • proper account
had been tendered. The defendant was even now quite
ready to do all that was fair.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—Juss 30.
TRZ NNW OOXIIISSIONER.
Mr. Niehola, the newl7 appointed commissioner, took his
seat for the first time this day, in the room of the late Mr.
' Commissioner Murphy. The appointment has given general
satisfaction. The formalities were sot completed until the
after-part of the day, and the Chief Commissioner pro-
ceeded with the business until nearly one o'clock, when Mr.
Nichols took his scot in the late Mr. Commissioner Murphy's
court, and proceeded with the maes allotted to the second
and third courts.
IN RI JANIB BALAAII.-0000 NZWB FOR CRIDITORR.
This ineolvent, the actuary of Clapham Savings Bank and
a schoolmaster, was opposed by two creditors in person.
Mr. Sargood supported.
It appeared that the insolvent bad male an assignment
for the benefit of his creditors, and there was a sum in
court.
Mr. Dowse said he appasred for the trustees, and there
would be about Is. in the pound for the creditors.
A creditor named Foster said he very much doubted it.
Mr. Sargood assured the creditor that there would be fie.
in the
Mr. pound.
Nichols remarked that the creditors
did not believe the good news. (A laugh.)
The creditors opposed in person, but the court held that
there was nothing to prevent a discharge forthwith.
The learned Commissioner allowed Messrs. Lewis costs of
261. for the insolvent, and also the expenses of the assignee.
The insolvent was accordingly discharged.

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT
OF THE LAW.

The seventeenth annual meeting of the members
of this society was held on Saturday last, at their moms,
Waterloo-place ; Lord BROUGHAM in the chair. There was
a very full attendance of members.
The report, which was read by the Secretary, Mr. Edgar,
oongratulated the friends of law reform upon the program
of public opinion in favour of the movement, but reminded
them that vigorous exertions were still necessary in the
cause, especially as this session of parliament very little
had been done is the matter in the wa of legislation beyond
the introduction of the Lord s bill for the fusion
of law and equity, and the Attorney General's measure for
the amendment of the law of bankruptcy and insolvency.
With regard to the former, there was no likelihood of ita
becoming law this session, and the progress of the latter
was so slow, owing to the time of parliament having been
taken up with the consideration of the French treaty, the
budget, and the Reform Bill, as to justify the apprehension
that that bill too would have to stand over for soother year.
Such failures would continue to be general until such time as
a department of justice might be established to prepare
all measures intended for legislation and superintend their
IT:. The report then entered into a statement of the
considered by the society during the past year, in-
cl ing the mode of taking ecieutitic evidence, the admini-
stration of charitable trusts, bankruptcy and insolvency,
the lime of lunacy, the transfer of lint by registration of
title, the judicial settlement of Manes to be tried, actions
for seduction on the technical plea of loss of service, the
establishment of a law university, &c.
Sir F. Goldsmid, Q.C., M.P., proposed the adoption of
the report, which was seconded by Mr. Pulling. A discus-
' sioa then ensued, in which Mr. K Webster, Mr. T. Wake-
ley, Mr. Symons, Mr. Blundell, and others took part.
Lord BROUGHAM addressed the meeting at some length
upon the present position and future prospects of law re-
form. He quite agreed with the report in lamenting the
very small progress which had been made during the cur-
rent session in the great cause of law reform, but he
thought the causes assigned fur that defect had been justly
stated in the report. First, there was the great and over-
' whelming interest of the budget and of the measures spring-
ing out of it ; and then came discussion on parliamentary
reform, and other similar discussions, so that in reality no
time had been given to either house of parliament, but espe-
cially to the House of Commons, for carrying on any other
business. _ _

The report wu then agreed to. Lord Brougham re-elected
president, Sir Erskine Perry elected a vice-president, the
l■wrd of managers appointed for the ensuing year, and the
other routine business disposed of, when the proceedings
terminated in the usual manner.