The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-29 00:00:00

Tilt METROPOLITAN 3010170i1f COMMITTER

This committee met again on Wednesday at the
Leedom Cufirehasie, Ludgate-bid. Mr. B. H. COOPER
. TM metropolitan members mew were—Mr.
Y.P. fur Southwark, and Mr. Cm, for Flao-
booff.
The SEC RFTA RT read letters from Lord Derby, Lord Jobs
aseaell, Mr. Itr,glat, M P., and Mr. George Wilms, president
of the Lencsabire Reformer: Uoion.

Lord Dna.; r, in his reply, expretwed " his inability, fres
the prei,sore of his whir engaxemente, to give any appoitM-
manta to motive deputatioca from par, iculm locaeiies ow the
satjer of their reprmentatii•c in parliami at."
Mr. 8i.,.11T, after ref.,. ing to the yrinciplee on which his
prop-vale in reference to the met ropolin and all the other lugs
COlll'l'llervin were funded, said. "ne was rely glad to me
th. actirtty of the committee, and th►t the cause of parlia-
mentary reform WAS autai h indebted to at Sowe dolcussion
leak place IN to the mut,* to be adopted to conaequrnee of
Lord Derby'. reply, when • remlntion was propteed and
speed to, coking the amiatanoe of the urstropolitss wamba•.
It wee then armored that the 'Ovum which the cunuilttee
had rimed to. recouituendieg the division of the boroughs,
should be published in the piper., sad be printed fur distri-
bution.

Mr. Locus, M.P., after carefully examining the schema
mid makimg munerons Mulleica as to the principle. on which
it wsa hosed, dr., mid the subject wesoseof very greet import-
meas, and on. in which be had taken a very deep interest.
It was iniEsiblet for soy one, however prejudiced, to gleam
at this an t withitit steins latts Inadequately, in punt of
numbers, metropolis so a whole was thpreaented. Them
could Di no doubt either of the [luny evils and incoavenionom
which reunited from constitnecom of ouch enormous
dimensions, but It would ',quire mush time and
eyeful szemination to determine upon the beet
mode of remedying those ea.ls. Without airing any opinion
apon the scheme befon Lim, all he could my was that he
would give It his beat cosaiderelion, make the fullest in-
"deice, and 0311111111 his conatitnentr, and that which mimed
to biro Lost wimpyd for carrying out the object tally sad
fairly should meshy his cordial sityp ter.
• diseemniss then caned Se to tbe best mode of proored.
kW In war to anlienk the scheme to the themes and in-
itrants Is the rmyective !swoosh. anti di.triots for their
inaction and approval, scud It we• ultiultroly readied that II
preliminary meeting of the leartion leoirrs of Finsbury
should be minvesed et the lklviutcre, l'entonvilie, to meet the
COM OA Mae ea Monday next.
The ms Wu sitiosrosil.

L.smrrnia Com.ros.—lr is stated that the college
at Limper, k Bonk Wake, which ordinarily had se assay
so 70 owlish', bas now sot many more thskoas-third of
that number, sad the, is cosarquetre of the wsat of as ade-
quate supply of Welsh clergymen, nary smokes le various
parts of the tUocases have to,. dropped. It Is also mid that
the Bishops of Llascial aad Obiocsater and Bristol refuse to
ordain from this college, end that liaise gentlemen who sent
their sow to this isrltution for training for the Welsh
sultry, had lost their conddence in the cosbilebnicnt. It
is an. certain that the number of candidate. for the Welsh
ministry in &tub Wales has fallen below the actual require-
meats of the Hass.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN NEWTOWN, MONTGOMERY-
ocasequeoes of tho late heavy ran. the river
levers, afar Newtown, bee heen greatly swollen, sad as
Tuesday twining a young men with atom of three horses,
when croaking Cserbowel-bridge, were swept into the river
sad drowsed. The bodies of the salamis was food shoat
a mile sad a half trout the seen of the accident, but the ra
Mb. Of lb. young Man have 0,4 yet been recovered. RI.
hat wee sae togas down the wean, but the waters are too
noddy to reader say effectual emelt at praent possible.
BEChI7 SgarlCL—From a return lately issued
it apposes that la the yea ended the 31st of March Iset,
41,7391. was spat an •• acre' *tram" mess-10,11001. fa
"llama," and 31,7/94 k "kings" amts,

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EQUITY COURTIL—hx. 28.
(Bofors the Lards Jailer al Apia)

El There UAW= IX ILI DeV7III.—RANiirPT.
Thie woe aa appeal bon the by kr. Commis-
deem Piny, of the certified@ of a soap ma-
adenterer of Ellesmere sod Webiped. two years,
with retail also of proamtkin Dm west. The oommis-
riuser's sentence wee grousded• 'Mama gektMlsh,in
his oplaion, that the bankrupt had minerinamiNd himself as
a trader by recklese trading, entering into treataaticias spas
accommodation bills, and making • nolaremeenhition to ow
of hie mooing creditors.
Mr. Si,m Q.C., and Mr. Deuce, suported the swirl •
mai Mr.:o. M. Game, Q.C., llr. Ber&irel/, end Idi, De
Glee mead It.
Their lordatdps were of opinion that, as nothing &audit-
ion* is the conduct of the bankrupt appeared from the wi-
dows, the ends of justice would be met by saapending hie
certigoate till the let of October next, and gssating prole°.
ties from arrest ; and an order to that dect wee prononaced
secordlagly, with a direction that the riga= amid lake
the deposit.

COURT OF COMMON PLEA/3.--Int. 28.

Sittings Is Baste.— afore Lord Odd Jidda Crekbant,
nee Julian Warm, Crowder .we WI

TA. court wu occupied amity A day with caetiOu a a
technical and nahatenettng chignon,.
Sittings at Mai Prins is Larba.—(l3efuro Mr. Judge
Sync sad a Comm Jury.)

This vas an action to recover a NIL penalty kr dna klub
of En agreatnent entered into Wilms dat parties In Madan
to tint mamas of oboatmen of a babble et No. 1, Hilary-
Aran, 1/imaehotiae.

The defendant pleaded smog* other thlap that ha bed
ben Wooed to enter into the t by feud.
Mr. Raymond appeared for the plaintiff, mad Mr. D. D.
Mesas wee for the defendant.
It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff that he wee
a (!seems, sad was introduced to the defendant la 1861 by a
' Mr. Willoughby. The defendaat was then owning cm the
biasses of • butcher at No. 1, Henry-street,
Limaholse, and he espemesd his willingness to dispose
of it. The defendant 'eked 161. for the fixtures and buidems,
which the plaintiff agreed to give him. On the 20th January,
in the year 1861, the parties met together in the defendeat's
shop, and ail agreement was drawn up, which, after naming
the anima which the plaintiff wee to pay for the business
sad datums, stated that the defendant agreed not to open
smother shop la the same line within one mile; and that, In
dr event of his breaking the agreement, he was to forfeit
the mem of 601. The plaintiff paid the purchase-money to
the elskedant, and entered upon the business. In June,
1868, however, the defendant opened a butcher's shop In
Henry-strest, only a few doors from hint, and In consequence
of this alleged breach of the a t the present motion
was brought to recover the tv.
Mr. Willoughby was called, sad corroborated the plaintiff's
evidence, and 3e denied that he had said that the t
was that the defendant should not set up shop
within two or three years, that the penalty was 161.,
sod that he had put down 601. to favour George, remain;
theiplaintiff.
The defendant, James Markham, was called In support of
his cam and be mid that he could neither reed am write.
He sigied the agreement at the end of Mardi, 1861, bat It
was net read over to him. Before the agreemsat was drawn
ap, lt was agreed that he should forfeit 161. if he canted on
W Mises ate butcher within two years, sad within a mile
ef
the shop fa Heary.strast. He had boa la the matey
Mr scene years, and badman beak le Limelmess,sad had been
pat Into a ahop in Henry•street, to mem it for Misbecame.
The shop did not belong to him, Bar Mg he pay the net
for it. Hu brother did.

ti•Woir.7; ;II; sad other lettering WC* called, sad
corroborated the evidence, cud :they also ewer* to bide(
heard Willoughby say, a short time .loos that the agrammest
wee that the t .hould not rot up fa badness for two
or for three gears, he could not say which, that the penalty
was 16L, sad that he had put it down 601. to favour George.
Mr. laffitios Bytes, in summing up, told the jury that they
mad be perfectly satisfied that the defendant had been in-
duced to OWL Into the agreement by fraud before they could
Ind a verdict Is hie favour; and fraud meant any artilioe to
deceive. If they thought that no fraud had been omernitt.d
then the verdict would be for the plaintiff.
tiff
The jury almost immediately found a verdict for the plain-
for 604

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—JAN. 28.
Bitting In Banoo—(Before the Lord Chief Baron, and
Barone Bramwell, Waren, end Channel.)

ASHTON V. DAILIN.-PVECHASIS OP SHARES.
This was a special case for the opinion of the court, arising
out of en sabitraiion, on a claim made by the plaintiff for
having purchased certain ntilway stock for the defendant.
The owe was most complicated In its nature, and the detail,
of no Interest to the general reader.
After a lengthened argument by Mr. Skinter and Mr.
Aston for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bejaia Petersdoz if for the
defendant,
The court held that the contract cat which the plaintiff
relied we good.