The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-10 00:00:00

gab) fittelitgence,

COURT OF

TCY.-JAN. 9.
101210111.

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The baskrept was a Wilber merchant of Walworth. This
was the silegesed egareinatios legating. His smeared
debts were NIL ; meta of very small amosst, all the pro-
perty bavtabiss sior to secured induces.
The ems Wm sed Me die at the last meeting,
los the= Se 6111 msetisfastory nature of the seeounts.
A. ad M ossount bad since been died.
Mr. DMA append log the mignon, os the ground that
tb• haskeso bad sot accoasted fora nu of 6001. The
bola assmats were entirely estimated.
Tbe lissinspt. is 'gemination, admitted that he bad tots
▪ isat est et W eash.book. There were some erasures in
his day-beet, but he could not recollect what names had
been armed. He supposed the entries referred to goods
ordered and not delivered, or perhaps he was amusing hint
self. (Laughter.) He had estimated Idahoan impetus; at
41. a week, as everything was very dear. His cash account
might show that he received 2171. in one month more than
lbstid, but be would swear that it was not so,
. A. A. Jones opposed for a creditor, and elicited from
the bankrupt that • receipt of 311. 17e. was omitted has
the cash account. He could not till to whom that maw
had been paid, or what for. In Aoril he received 3101. teem
• building society. Two mouths after he had transferred
his lease to his father, as security for a debt of 701. or SOL
Is August he applied to the Insolvent Cric rt.
Mr. Reed appeared for the bankrupt, and called a witness
sassed Whaley, also a builder, with whom the bankrupt
bad had cleanup, and whose account of their transactions
was amusing from its complexity, no lass this from the
'fere of the witness to make himself audible despite a
severe cold. The dealings of these parties had been largely
conducted by way of barter, comprising a variety of &eh-
icles, from =optic'', up to houses, finished and unfinished,
and accommodation bills. The wattles. also spoke to dc-
claratious on the part of the bankrupt as to property la his
possession shortly before his failure.
His Honour thought the assignees ought to hove farther
time for inquiry as to the bankrupt's property, and
adjourned the elimination for sin woeful.

NZIOSI 111. COmensioxia raltll.
IN as POCOCL.
The bankrupt, Arthur Wellington Pocock, was I °oaten-
tioner and coffee-house keeper, of Old Jewry. This was
the certificate meeting. The debts ware mall, only about
6001. Thus was no apposition.
His Honour granted en immediate certificate of the se-
coud class.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—JAIr. 9.
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sit AB Wail 111.111..-111.1ACK OP PLOPLISI OP MARRI•OI.
This insolvent, an elderly man, was opposed by Mr.
°TIMM fir a Mn. Rufus, and supported by Mr. Reed.
Originally the case was before the court in July last.
Mrs. Baas was a widow hoopla' • public house, sad the
insolvent was represented as worth 4001. a year. An action
was brought for breach of promise of marrisp, and the ver-
dict was 2501.
There was a long inquiry into property. The insolvent
wu married, and what property there was had been settled
on his wife and her former children.
It was urged on the part of the insolvent that his °enthu-
siast from May at tits instance of Mrs. Rules was quite
long enough, and that it was fortunate for her there was no
marr
r. omission': Murphy was of the same opinion as toi
the imprisonment. The parties were not of a tender age to
morrow over blighted affection. One thought it was a good
thing to have a widow with a publio-house, and the other
thought it we a good thing to hays a man with 4001. •
year. His Honour pronounced a judgment of seven months
and eight days from the vesting order, which would aspire