The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-20 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' OOURT.-JAL• 19.

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IN TEI MATT/IR OP OBOROB WASRINOTON BRISTOW.
This insolvent, described as a gentleman, applied to be
discharged. Mr. Nichols appeared to oppose tor some cre-
ditors ; and Mr. Hoed, for Messrs. Cramer and Beale. Mr.
Basgood supported.
As ROWS= was made for the insolvent to the a de-
tailed assesst of the sum of 7351., which he received on
Use very day he was arrested. The debts were about
1C31., and for the disposal of some furniture he received
The learned counsel for the opposition salted the court to
order the insolvent to file an account in detail of what he
bad done with the money. No portion had been paid
into court for the creditors, and they wished to know how
it had been disbursed.
Mr. Sargood admitted that the application was one he
could not resist.
Counsel fur the creditors add the insolvent's wife had
1001., and on the schedule there was 681. admitted to be in
band when the document was prepared, and y et nothing had
been paid into court.
Mr. Samoa said it would be time
to
to speak of the disposal
of the money when the account was filed.
Mr. Commissioner Murphy held the application on the
part of the creditors to be reasonable, and adjourned the
ease for farther accounts, with notice to the opposing cre-
ditors.
The insolvent went back to the Queen's Prison.

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TIAVSLLIIeII CONTRACT.
Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Stammers apaeared for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Setjeant Shee and Mr. Jacobs for the
defendants.
The trial of this cue occupied some hours yesterday, but
was obliged to be adjourned over to this morning in cons.-
irlenee of the plaintiff, during his eternisation, falling down
in a fit in the witnewboz. The action was brought to re-
eover compensation for an alleged breach of contract, by
virtue of which the plaintiff bad bees en aged by the de-
fendants for twelve months, as a eel traveller. The
defendants pleaded, first, that asp did aot engage the
plaintiff apes a twelvemonth's hiring, sod that they were
Justified fa dkesissieg him in committeemen of the irregulari-
ties in btr NNW% sad the Ira wrongful
priatice of mums be had iseened ea their account. It ap-
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