The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-04 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

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(Before Mr. Commissioner PERRY.)
In re W . J. WELSH.—This bankrupt carried OR busi-
ness at Nantwich as a coachbuilder. Mr. Tyrer applied
for his certificate, and the assignees did not offer any
opposition. The official assignee having'stated to his
HonoUr that the books of the bankrupt were well kept,
and his insolvency arising solely from want of sufficient
capital, an immediate certificate of the first-class was
awarded to him.

In re H. B. GASKELL.—The bankrupt applied for his
certificate. The assignee, Mr. Dutton, cabinet-maker,
Great George-street, instructed Mr. Thornely to oppose,
on the grounds of reckless private expenditure. No
charge of improper trading, concealment of property, or
fraud, was attempted to be made. His Honour thought
a certificate of the second-class, and suspension for
twelve months, with protection. should be granted.
Mr. Tyrer, for the bankrupt, gave notice of the bank-
rupt's intention to appeal against this decision.

AN AUDACIOUS SOLDIER.—On Monday, at the Col-
chester police-couri., John APSelly, a dicchargcd soldier,
was charged with conspiring to defraud Adolphus Powell
and others of considerable sums of money. The prisoner,
it appeared, lately announced that by the termination of
a Chancery suit he had become possessed of a large
fortune, and on the strength of this statement, which is
quite untrue, he has been duping several tradespeople,
&c. Mr. Powell advanced him money at different times
to the amount of £4OO, and the prisoner, who gave a
promissory note for the amount, agreed to settle £l5O a
year upon Mr. Powell, with the understanding that he
gave up his business and accompanied him on his travels.
He purchased gold rings and watches of tradesmen, and
then absconded to Ireland, where his fortune, which in
England had been returned at the comparatively modest
sum of £3,090, rose to £46,000. The place first visited
by M'Selly was Ballibay, county Monaghan, where
orders were given unsparingly to the local tradespeople,
and the Catholic priest was promised a donation of £5OO
for his chapel, &c. The same game was next played
out at Dundalk, but an application to a gentleman for a
loan of £5 rather dimmed his reputation, and he found
it advisable to pass on to Drogheda, and from thence to
Dublin. Finally, he turned up penniless at Colchester,
where he first succeeded in palming off his audacious
ruse. The particular charge gone into on Monday was
one of defrauding Mr. Powell in regard to a pawn-
broker's duplicate for a watch and chain ; and after
hearing evidence the magistrates remanded the prisoner.

GREAT MALVERN.—Dr. Stummes having just left Dr. Wilson's
Hydropathic Establishment, where he has hi en resident phy-
sician since 1848, is continuing. the hydropathic practice at
his private residence, Abbey 1:111a, Malvern, until his new
establishment is completed. His patients have the privilege
of using the public douches and other baths newly erected
by Di. Gully.

BROWN and BACON most respectfully announce to their cus-
tomers and the public generally, that they keep a large and
well-selected stock of articles required for Family Mourning;
and that all Funeral and Mourning orders arc attended to with
the greatest care and economy.—Magazin : 8), 83, and 85,
Bold-street.—Adv.

GOOD BOOKKEEPING is a great desideratum to all tradesmen
many of whom have been ruined from a want of knowledge on
this subject. Those persons who are entirely ignorant, and
those who are only partially acquainted with an efficient
system, will see from the advertisement that Mr. Thompson,
the writing writer, will begin the new year by opening new
Camel for bookkeeping.