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thought such a threat should have no weight with
them. But supposing that Parliament were dis-
solved, he had no apprehension for the result, and
he would abide the test of the Government
going to every hustings in the country with their
bill. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord having re-
ferred to what had taken place since the passing
of the Reform Bill, called upon the house to discuss
the bill carefully in its details. and to reject
it as unsuited to the requirements of the
time. Personal motives might be imputed to him,
but he would not be deterred by any consideration
arising from such imputations in offering the present
measure his most strenuous opposition. (Hear.) They
had been told that if any dissolution of Parliament
occurred at the present time it would be most dan-
gerous to the peace of Europe, but so far as regarded
the present Ministry, he confessed he could not see
how the +peace of Euzpe could be promoted by
their contineance in office. (Hear, hear, and laugh-
ter.) He was a reformer in his youth, and in his
old age he would not desert the cause. (Loitd
cheers.) . _ _

Lord STANLEY denied that there ken grounds
shown by the noble lord for the rejection of the bill.
He cautioned the house against rejecting a mode-
rate measure of reform, because such a course did*
not ensure the passing of a more extended bill. The
present state of the country ought to be considered
before rejecting the bill, because he felt assured that
the effect of adopting the amendment of the noble
lord would be that there, would be no legislation on
this important question during the present session,
(" Hear, hear: and Ministerial cheers.) It had
been said the present Ministry were not sincere in
their endeavours to carry reform, but he did not
think there was anything in the antecedents of the
present Government to justify such a rebuke.
After eight years of promises made by various
parties, the present. Government had taken up, the
question, and now for the first time since the year
1832, the house was asked to give a seeond
reading to a reform bill. Another objection agail Cc,
it was, that the Government was in a minority'; but
whatever might be ;.the position of a Government,
he thought it was their duty whenever a meanr?,
was demanded, to bring forward a bill to meet tho
difficulty. He thought the course that was being
adopted in the:present case was contrary to justice
and fairness. The proper course was either to adopt
or reject the present measure on the second
reading, but if it was read a second time, all its de-
tails could be considered in committee. Whatever
course was ultimately adopted, of this he felt
certain, that the adoption of the amendment of the
noble lord the member for London would be fatal
to the bill.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

SPORTING NOTES.

ON NOTHING.

As I anticipated, the meeting at Warwick was
more successful than the programme had promised,
and Mr. Merry, by his earnest endeavours to make
things square, took a new lease of popularity. No
clerk of the course, after all, deserves better of
racing men than Mr. Merry, who has certainly
distributed amongst them much of the money which
he has received. Several complaints were uttered
at Warwick with respect to the refractory jockeys,
and " the Admiral" was once so indignant, that he
uttered a wish to be near certain of them with a
whip. He seems determined to keep his cyc on
the principal delinquents, and there is, therefore, a
prospect of the offenders being marked and ulti-
mately punished. The racing really requires little
comment. King at Arms won the Trial Stakes,
and reversed the hopes of the Derby backers of
Rainbow. He has grown into a remarkably nice
horse, and. seems to have plenty of pluck and stout-
ness. The form which he and Gladiolus have dis-
played must have produced a telling effect
on Kingston's subscription list. The reputa-
tion which preceded Oxford was not unwar-
ranted. He is a remarkably fine two-year-
old, hut • requires time. The defeat which
Rattlebone sustained would indicate that the
youngsters previously brought out were a very
" dicky lot," and until Northampton we are not
likely to see a two-year-old of sound racing pre-
tensions. The heavy weight experiment was tried,
but it failed, and clerks of courses are not likely to
sacrifice the interests of a meeting by adopting a
theory which only receives a partial acceptation.
Yellow Rose was not brought with much prominence
into the betting on the Northamptonshire Stakes
by her success. Still she will 'be formidable next
week. The steeplechases were successful, • but a
fashion to write them down prevails, and the cry of
" what would Lottery have done with the horses
that ran at -Warwick," is all bosh.
French t.urfites have thus early in the season
come out in great force. They were well repre-
sented at Warwick, and Count F. de Legrange was
a steward fully acquainted with the business of his
office. _

Birmingham and Coventry meetings are the
fixtures for the current week, but I know little or
nothing about the intended competitors at either
place. I shall not, therefore, attempt to guess the
winners, and shall not indulge in any visions of the
future until the Northampton week.
A FRESH MAN.

LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
JUDGME,NT..--HOAILE AND OTHERS V. DRESSER AND
ANOTHER.

It will be remembered that this is an appeal against a
decision of the Lords Justices of Appeal, in Chancery, re-
versing a decision of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley in favour
of the appellant.
The cause was argued several days last week and now
came on for judgment.
. The Lord Chancellor, in delivering judgment, which his
lordship did at great length, going very minutely into the
transactions between the parties, observed that it was to be
regretted that such a cause had arisen between two highly
respectable and intelligent merchants of the city of London.
It appeared that two out of five barges of timber contracted
for had been consigned to Messrs. Hoare and Company, of
the value of £1,312 Is. 9d. Messrs. Dresser and Company
claimed the cargoes as part of the five cargoes contracted
for, and sent their clerk to Messrs. Hoare and
Company desiring them to send them, the bills
of lading of the two cargoes of timber to enable
them to compare it with the invoice in their possession, in-
timating that they had previous claims against Mr. Norr-
bon in Sweden, the consignor of the cargoes to Messrs.
Hoare and Company, and these documents would either, be
returned, or a bill of exchange for the value of the cargoes,
£1,312, ls. 9d. would be accepted by Dresser and Company
and sent to them. They kept the documents, did not
accept the bill in due time, and claimed a lien on the cargoes
for previous advances made to the foreign consignor, Mr.
Norrbon. Meantime Mr. Norrbon drew bills of exchange
for the value of the cargoes on Messrs. Hoare and Com-
pany, and the question raised was whether the appellants,
Hoare and Company, were entitled to the value of the
cargoes consigned to them. Vice-Chancellor Kindersley
allowed and preferred their claim. The Lord Justices dis-
allowed their claim, and preferred the claim of Messrs.
Dresser and Company to the cargoes in question.
His Lordship on the authority of the case of Baker referred
to, considered that the decision of Vice-Chancellor Kin-
dersly was right in preferring the claim of the appellants,
Messrs. Hoare and Company, to the cargoes in question, in
respect that they had accepted bills dnvan upon them by
their consignor before Messrs. Dresser and Company gave
them notice of their claim ; and his Lordship was not pre-
pared to say, either in law or in (!quity, that Messrs.
Dresser and Company had a goodclram on the cargoes of
.ug in the opinion
their debtor specially consigded, if nc t sued for in due time.
Lord Cranworth, lord
AVTisleyde le, and Lord Kings-
downofh
teLo
td Chancellor.
delivered opinions,
The Lord Chancellor allowed.. the appeal; affirmed the
decision of Vice-Chancellor luntlereley ; reversed the deci-
sion of the Lords Justices, and direci;ed the Court of Chan-
eery to allow the appellant's claim for £1,374 with costs.