The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-05 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar RazLit.)
It 110.11.C.13T FORD.

This was an adjoarnerl;ittiag fora amise of assigner,
The bankrupt was described as an oilman of Hi.ib-strott,
MtVieb°ll* . .

Mi. Sydney appeared for the petitioning creditor,
Messrs. Reed sod Shanty, of Groat Pearhstrest,
eial-road, dryralters sad provision merchants ; and kr.
C. E. Leak for the creditors. The amount of the pew;
already tendered against the estate amount to betweri,
1,4001. and 1,5001. The liabilities are about 2,313/., with
assets not smartaioed.

Mr. Bedford, of Ettsfoo-road, coschmaker, was 'ibis
assignee. Mr. Lewis is solicitor to the creditors.

RE /IL EAST.

The bankrupt was a merchant, of Benet'aplace, ,•rac,
church-street, sod sloans•street, Chelsea. Tkia
application to take the all' out of court, under the !
section of the Bankruptcy Act. The indebtedness is betwer:.
(AA N. and 6,000 t. The application was granted.

EE loessux.ox.
This was an adjour cad sitting for the choice of
The bankrupt, Martin Jean Houssillon, was describe.' as for.
merly of Upper Thames-street, and since of Cough's lime!
Liverpool, wood-merubeet and commisiiou•agoot. It u;
peers an action had been brought against the buoloupt :
1,7971. for breath of contract by Messrs. Holt and tb..
timber-merchants. The bankrupt statea be bus n,tinn..
in the shape of property, except a debt duo from I:
Co., of 7561. He attributes his failure to tly., •
brought against hint by Bolt and Co.
Mr. Chamberlain now asked for an adjournment, oo
ground that the bankrupt wee oodsavouriog to m •Ice
arrangement with his creditors.
Adjourned aooordiogly.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

The September general ecesions of the peace for ti...
county of Middlmes commenced this morning at the
sloes-house, Clerkenwell, Wore Mr. Serjcent Gastlee and a
beech of magistrates. The calendar contains the names of
86 prisoners committed for trial. The state of eduntl,,
wee reported as follows :—Superior education, 1 ; read 111
write traperfectly, 42 ; neither read nor write, di ; cao
read, 3 ; and reed and write well, 5.
. .

Ti;. gm ad jury. having with cnftionlty got together, th.
presiding judge cleansed to address them, and at once di
seised them to their duties.

(Baden Mr. Payne.)

A STIIIkt POli ♦ -Jun.lux.

Joseph Pourri, s foreigner, wee summonergo serve on
the jury. When the mune was called, en excuse was
in that he was a foreigner, not able to 'reek English, and
had to feed with his mouth 500 young pigeons, awl if he
were engaged as ejuryman they would die duectly, as there
was no other man in this country could feed them sate
could.

Payne maid it was a striate excuse, and excused him
attendimgon the pound of his being unable to speak Log

SURREY SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

The September sessions of the peace for the county of
Scum commenced this morning at the Sessions home,
Newington-causeway, before J. E. Johnson, Fao., °hammer ,
T. Mho°, Esq., deputy.chairman, Lient.-Colooel M`Douald,
Major Peorhya, for Beresford, Captain 311)one I, A.
Baytoa, W. R. Adam), J. Phillips, and B. Drew, Este,.
The calendar contained the mamas of 43 pianism for trial,
tsar two other prisoners convicted at the hist scesions for
highway robbery, and whose esateaors were postponed.