The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-22 00:00:00

. co spare. This conversation took place in
: lasiroom. I saw Mrs. Chetwynd there dress-
Mr. Nichols afterwards sent me upstairs
- Ws. t'hetwynd to pack the bag, as he was afraid
. vould mile the train. I found her looking very much
• •-01. I only put in two pocket handkerchiefs and a
tor everything had been packed before I got
I sew in the bag a nightdress and a lady
• . gentleman's hairbrushes and combs. When I
• downstairs he paid the bill, threw it into
me. and west away. The bed had been slept in
. persona. Three, or fear, or five weeks after Mr.
• 0.. ,ante again and asked if a smelling bottle had been
let the lady had left one. I told him that I had not
He said that they should be in Birmingham in a
t• —e and 'waked me to look for it. He said they might
to the Festival. I afterwards found the bottle be.
• t. led and the mattress, the bed having been taken
to be cleaned. It was a double bottle with gold clasps.
. o tuele-colegne at one end,and a smelling sponge at the
11, afterwards came and I gave him the bottle. He had
...• 'oeard ; but I am not sure whether he had a mous-

—examined by the Queen's Advocate—l cannot re-
t 1...5w long I was at the George. I should think I was
IA mouths. I left because I thought I wanted
I was not sent away for Insolence and bad con-
After I left the George I went home, but I cannot
,v long I stayed there. My father is an edge tool
• ~, r. and lie supoorted me while I was with him. I
~ • the Falcon from house. I stayed there more than
tbs. I had a few words with the landlady and left in
~t : but I had given notice. Mr. Chetwynd sometimes
t the George. I used to pass the time of day to him ;
not take grogs to gentlemen without speaking
• them. Mr. Nichols wee something at the
*.Cral. The cab in which he came to the
' a was a hansom I believe. At first I thought he was
1 I:,g gentleman, because he had a satchel, but the bar-
: i thought he wags clergyman. (laughter.) I asked if
,d a lady with him in order that I might know what
• t tgive him. If he had been • commercial traveller I
•,. ...1 have glean him one of the worse rooms.
1., 4liter.) I did not recognise him that night, or
•‘ next morning. It was some weeks after
,• I recognised them. It was when Mr. Nichol came
the smelling-bottle. Then I recognised him, and of
• I also recognised the lady. I see so many people
• •_u: in and out I did not recognise them.
fhe case was proceeding when our report left. ]

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE W. POOL.
-.e bankrupt was a farmer, of Sharobrook, Bedfordshire.
tie now came before the mart on an application to
the trade asstrnee, Mr. Allen.
air. Samood supported the application, and read affi-
: .!. trot creditors to the effect that Allen, a friend of
'unkrupt's. bad himself been bankrupt, and was not •
awn to be entrusted with the administration of the
.e._

Mr. E. Reed, for the assignee, contended that this wasp
attempt to displace an assignee who had been chosen
1•e .large majority of creditors. Two of those now making
r': .ti F~liration bad concurred in the choice, and at that
knew all the facts now put forward in support of the
O.

„
I Honour suggested that the official assignee should be
I with the assignee in the appointment. and this was
to.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Getilborn.)
IN RE GEORGE scrros.
Ins bankrupt, a licensed victualler, of the Leighton
Art., Holloway, was recently lessee of the refreshment-
m. at the Farringdon-street station of the Metropolitan
Exilwar. His order of discharge was opposed on the ground
cf contracting debt! wheel insolvent.

His Honour now gave judgment. He mid that one re=
c.arkable point in this case was the mode in which the hank
:.pt had denuded himself of all he possessed. There was
vLat was called "a change," in reference to both his places
business. He now came before the court owing 2,100/.,
nod the &sesta of 501. would not be enough to pay the cost
f the proceedings. One of the creditors, K. Mackenzie
„•id Co, charged the bankrupt with contracting a debt
.4 170/. at a time when he moat have known
that be could not pay the debt. The assignee in this
case, Mr. Joseph Hart, accountant, who had held an te-
r; sl position in that court, had rendered a most clear state-
Trento( the bankrupt". affairs, from which it was evident
tat he was in &deficiency of 1,7001. at the beginning of this
ear. It was urged on the bankrupt's behalf that he did
cot know this at the time, bat no trader could plead igno-
rance of his own affairs asap excuse for WI icting grievous i
wrong upon his creditors. This being so, in the following '
• -•inth be gave the order to Messrs. Mackenzie's traveller.
He alleged that be had only ordered half the amount of
wines and spirits supplied ; but if so, why had he not re-
turned the rest! Shortly after getting possession of this
property he made "a change" in the refreshment rooms.
A very singular law appeared to regulate those "changes."
The brewers, distillers, and wine merchant's met, and
divided the proceeds among them ; but Messrs. Mackenzie
had been exempted from this distribution, and were justly
aggrieved. The favoured creditors had • dividend of
I.la. 44. made up to them by the bankrupt. Nothing
could be more culpable than such en arraagement• The
bankrupt next disposed of the Leighton Arms, and in
a fortnight afterwards came to this wart. With
regard to the Metropolitan Refreshment ROOMS, it
sopeared that each was the profit anticipated from the
undertaking. that people came in from Australia to bid for
it, and offered 2001. over the bankrupt's head. There were
mazy marvellous things in commerce, and this was one of
them. The bankrupt, when be ordered Mackenzie's goods,
rust have known that rein was staring him in the face.
ibis was a practice which eaght to be put a stop to,
: i striking at the very root of credit and fair ploy ; and the
wart would do its best to check such proceedings. This
was not a ciao in which the court would stn to an extremity,
t..e man having been in business for 20 years, and having
probably been deluded as to the value of the refreshment
r,onis. The justice of the case would be satisfied by ens-
ismdiog the order of discharge for six months, protection
}sing given for three months. But for the favorable circum-
stances the court would either have refused protection or
stutenoed the man to imprisonment.