The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-15 00:00:00

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Fas. 14.

300118 ZS. CONLILINIOSNIA POIRBLUI
13.1APPAIL1 MONTI.

The buskropt is a well known sculptor, of Great Marl-
tm•street, rainy of whams works have been recently
oulgtl bean the public in the Crystal Palau. This was
the adjourned examination meeting, but the accounts have
not yet bun tiled. Meantime, the bankrupt has been oc-
cupied in perfecting the various works he basin hand, so as
to beneit the estate.

iihttist said that the assignees whom he re-
presented were willing that another a±ljoarament should be
taken at the *amuse of the estate. The accousts wen not
yet ready, the reason being that Mr. Monti had been very
diligently occupied in preparing ferule works of art, which
but for the labour he was bestowing upon them, would sot
have been realised to the estate. As the interests of the
creditors were thus promoted, they would sot object to an
adjournment for • remonable time, at the expense of the
estate. _ _

Yr bonuses mid he trusted the *art would accede to
the application of Me baakru t, for whom he appeared.
Mr. Monti wee unestlingle desirous that the court should
he put in postman a the inst Hat kis time had been occu-
pied nod be biped most beneficially, for the
I purposes of the osSOIS; selbeestertained the my sanguine
Lope that the result menu be a large dividend for the
erediton. Bat Mr. Monti west further than this, and he
wished to state publicly that he should not consider himself
absolved from his obligations to the court and his creditors
until the latter had been paid 20s. in the pound on the
amount of their respective debts. Whether that was to be
done from the works at present in hand, or from the future
creations of his genius, it was impossible to say ; but Mr.
Monti Su most anxious that this should be made known.
His notions of what was due to his creditors went further
than those of most persons in his unfortunate posi-
tion. He should not conpider himself absolved
from the obligation to pay even by obtaining the
certificate of that court. It wu probable that in a month's
time the accounts would be ready to file ; they had been
delayed very much in consequence of Mr. Monti not being
able to obtain the accounts from persons to whom he was
indebted ; but a mouth would perhaps be sufficient to cons-
' pieta them ; and if an adjournment were taken for six
weeks, this would allow a fortnight for the assignees to ex-
amine the amounts. A very large proportion of the estate
was represented by works partially finished for the Crystal
Palau Company ; and Mr. Monti was very desirous, not
only for the MUD of that company, but for his own sake, to
show the ware and extent of the works he had done for
them ; and the amount he had already expended on the
works in his wasehosse would be found to be very little
abort of 20,0001. It wu not probable that any further ad-
journment would be required; and:Mr. Monti had pro-
mised to devote every hour et the intermediate time to
finishing the works which be bed in hand. He had already
very nearly completed 17 wake. which at the time of the
bankruptcy were in a elate of utter 1111141111541111, they being
then mere clay. He bed winked at Wm di day, and by
night too, and be had dim sundered marketable a con-
siderable portion of his MIMI& trade, which at the period
of the bankruptcy was comparatively valueless. He be-
lieved that the assignees quit* recognised and appreciated
those exertions.

—Mr. lnitl4 Lott said he appeared for a creditor for
upwards of 800 i. He had proposed to examine the bank-
rupt, but as the ease was to be adjourned generally, he
thought it better to defer his examination till the neat
sitting. He wished that a person named Stamper' who
had acted as sleek or secretary to the bankrupt, should then
be produced.
Mr. Ashman promised to mum him, on obtaining his
address.

--fhe oommisaionm—He may be sommoned, if neeneary.
I shall anapest any opinion on this ones until I have seen
a little mere of it. You may Mks an edjournmeat until
the 28th of Kara.

IX 11 D. L. LIWIII.

This was the examination meeting in the ease of David
Leopold Lewis, deacribed as a merchant, of Salter's Hall
Court, Cannon-street, and of Larkhall-lane, Clapham. A
very short peri d having elapsed sines the bankruptcy, the
mono% which are of an extremely implicated nature,
have not been filed. The liabilities w understood to be
extremely large, somewhere about MNIAMM,• any statement
se to the meets at present would Womb/ fallacious.
Mr. Lawrence, for the vied for an adjourn-
ment of twe months, an being given by the
bankrupt that his belanewebent be bled in one
math, which would give the assignees a month for ex-
rthe iceousts. Owings to the extensive and map
nature of the ttansaetlow, the accounts mild not
.rilicrenal
min thee • meath.oosototod
to
the
on
inettpnegseeil, and the 18th of April was Axed for the
next mantles.

11 DIVIN.
This was the certificate losedm la the ems of A. Nola,
jou , described ea a wholesale j.wilier sad importer of limey
rods, of Bed Lieo-odeare. His debts were 1,6011. • assets
about 5501. The eielei asolipsee certified that th; books
had both well kept
Mr. Loess, for maws, Mooned that the asemb
hooded oily ever sews walk, la whisk lOW, the *e-
mir. had Sti =lied the poelle. there was the
'omit to the seem* efforsoo
r. Lemnos% ea behalf of the lashroeh eatificated the
failure to a haw
with
he width the Maims ked
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