The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-24 00:00:00

HE ANN WILDER.

This was a sitting for choice of assignee.. The bank-
rupt was a grocer of 13, ITpper Chapman-street, Commer-
cial-roa•1 East. She attributed her appearance in this court
to the badness of trade. The debts are only about Mi.;
assets nil.

Mr. Manley Weatherfirld, of Moomate-street, appeared
to conduct the case.

The aaaigoee was chosen and bankrupt's protection en-
larged to the examination meeting, fixed for the Sod of
December.

BE T. D. PROTHILD.
This WY a first sitting. The bankrupt, Thomas Dal
Prothere, was described as •aterk in the Taxing-OSn. of
Banionavilles, Lorrimore-read, Weloworth. The debts
are about 400/. ; somata, nil. The failure was assigned to
MOONS.

Mr. Frederick Rent, of Cannon-street, attended as solicitor
to the proceedings, and carried the choioe ; Mr. Robert
Hannah, of the Queen's Heed, Amelia-street, Walworth,
licensed victualler, being chosen soignee. The next sitting
will be held on the 2nd of December.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Gorrlburn.)
RE WILLIAM PARDON.
This was an application for release from custody. The
bankrupt was described as late of the Star ion, Shadwell,
licensed victualler, and came to the court on his own petition
on the 18th of September, sacribiog his failure to losses
in trade and expenses of • numerous family." The debts
are 77:11.

There wee no opposition, and an order for bankrupt's
release was wade.

RE HOBBS.
Mr. Drop°. presented a petition against Edward Newman
Hobbs, of Ware, flour-factor.
The liabilities are about 3,0001. ; assets, 1,0001.
RE RIERICK.—NEGLIGENT ARSIGNEES.
This was the day which had been fixed for a dividend
meeting in the matter of William Henrick, of liklershott,
military tailor, draper, and hatter. The failure was
attributed to inability to get in debts and re-
duction of troops at the camp at Aldenhot
The assignee Ghana to remises the insiresla
of the creditors was an auctioneer named Davis, of Basing-
hall-street, who, as one of the firm of Claim and Davis,
brokers, was also instrumental in realising the estate. The
debts are 5591., and at the audit meeting it appeared that
1111. 16a. 10d. had been reoeived ; and after payment
of charges there was a balance of 571. 7s. 2:1. in hand.
Neither the solicitor nor the creditors' assignee were in
attendance, and the consequence was that the sitting was
adjourned generally.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Indies Bytes.)
THE Ca= OF HEEL ENOLZHEART.
Mr. Sleigh this morning applied to the court to postpone
passing soutanes upon Mn. Baghiked, who was tried
yesterday for manslaughter, sad who was aoquitted of that
offence, but convicted of a common assauh, until a future
session. The ground of the application wea that the pri-
soner was in the family-way, and that her acoouchmaset was
imminent, and that, for the sake of the future off/main of
the primmer—to whom it might be a source of misery all its
life that it should have been born in a gad—and also having
reference to the pieseat condition of the primmer, it was
advisable that the sentence should be postponed, and that
the prisoner should not be called op for judgment notil after
her confinement, and that, in the meantime, she should be
admitted to ban.

Mr. Justice Ryles said he had coaaidered all the matters
mentioned by the learned counsel, and he had consulted the
offioar of the court, and bad ascertained that there was a
preoedent for such a course as that which was suggested.
BS would, however, further consider the matter.
Gawp( James Langley, omnibus conductor, surrendered
to take his trial upon a cliarge of manslaughter.
Mr. Metcalf conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Tindal
Atkinson defended the prisoner.
The prisoner, it appeared, was the driver of • private
omnibus belonging to a person named Edwards, and the
deceased man, Thomas Fox, was the conductor et one of
the omnibuses belonging to the General Omnibus Ooempasy,
and both vehicle. ran from Bayswater to the City. Oa the
day on which the unfortunate deceased met with his death
the company's omnibus started from the Marble Arch
about two minutes before the prisoner. They both, however,
arrived at Furnivars-inn about the same time, the pirisooer's
omnibus being slightly in the rear of the one which deceased
WY on. The company's omnibus pulled up at about that
spot for the purpose of taking up a passenger, amid the
deceased got off the board, sad the prisons?. horses knocked
him down, the wheels of the omnibus passing over his heed,
which caused instantaneous death. It appeared from the
evidences of the witnesses that the prisoner was driving at
the rate of eight or nine miles an hour, which, it wee urged
on the part of the prosecution, was faster than he ought to
have driven along such a road ; and it was further urged
that the prisoner was again in fault in endeavouring to par
the deceamed's omnibus on the near side, instead of paring
on the off side or pulling up his bones.
The cam for the defence was that the nefortnnate de-
ceased bad brought the misfortune entirely upon himself by
his own negligence In running before the hones of the pri-
soner's omnibus, and the endears given even by the wit-
nesses for the prosecution tended to • certain extent to
establish this feet.

The jury stopped the ease, and said they thought the
oceurrescis was entirely wieidentel.
The lea judge said he was deliberating whether he
ought riot have, himself, stopped the cam, bat he thocight
it batter to leave it to the jury.
A verdict of Not Grid, was thee taken.