The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-25 00:00:00

ILAID f nulligenct.

UROSVENUR AND WEFT-ENb RA/Lli A V
TERMINUS HOTEL COMPANY.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—Fss. 24. ! The fourth annual general mooting of this cin-
&Wags at Nisi Prim at GuildhalL —(Bafers the Lord 1 pavinctny
riawasitalteliLyyeastetartltiam,y at the ea..tabLlislmeAtiutTitHilejitoinizsimiNtolixe
Chief Juntas) Cockburn and a Special Jury.)
presided.
RATNRS V. GUMMI,.
The SECRETARY road the report, which stated that the
The plaintiff,. a commercial traveller, sought to recover
_,, hotel would be open considerably before the time of the
nom notion In damages for WM/. injure" sustained Greet Exhibition, and it was confidently believed that the
by him in coinequeuce of the negligence of the de- .
original capital of 1110,00 W. would be found sufficient fur
fendant'a servants. The defendant pleaded not guilty.
the completion of the huildiag and its .amtenta i kady to
Mr. Huddliston and Mr. Pollen were counsel for the
open for the public. With the sum of 26,6:0/. raised ou
plaintiff, and Mr. M. ;Chambers and Mr. guide for the debentures, and 30000. on mortgage of the building, it was
defendant. ' thought there would be uo further occasion to issue further
On the 24th of October last the plaintiff, who is a young debentures required to make up the capital to 150,000/.
man, was driving a dogcart in Leadenhalletreet, towards After expressing congratulation upon the satisfactory state
the east. It was about hall-put six in the evening, and of affairs, and poiotiug out that the truly elegant building
quite dark, mod on passing a hoarding opposite No. 27, the was nearly completed, it was suggested that the board of
horse fell down, and be was thrown violently, first on its directors should be reduced to five. The balance-idlest
heel and then et the road. There weee band-nil fel; showed that the total receipts had been 110,3211.:.,. 2d.,
foot-passengers opposite let boarding, and `"e "'""*"_,en" and that there was only 35/. due on arrears of calls, and
arose from the horse coming in contact with a heap of um., there now retaaioed a balance in hand of 9,44;9/. 12a.
which the servants of the defendant, who was the contractor
1 Mr. F. Rico, in seconding the motion for adopting the
far the erection of • house, No. 27, bad placed outside this,
report, objected to the reduction of the number of direetnrs,
is the roadway, without any light to warn the public. 1
• but was happy to find that the proposed re-election in-
Both knees of the aninial were cut, but the plaintiff was not eluded the name of Major Murray—(hear,, hear)—eliom
aware that he had suffered any injury beyood • slight lame- .
theyeztoold buwitht feel bed fallen a victim through his
nese of one leg, until a fortnight afterward', when he was
melted with giddiness and numbness of the limbs, Ie"
Major MURRAY, after a few remarks from the chairman
and was unable to stand without some nipport. I
It was subsequently u.A aad *ems other shareholder', streamed his thanks for the
dmeeeered that he '''''. kind feelings which had been evinced towards him.
sustained a concussion of the spine, and be bad on
nroceeding to the
election a director. it
mi. detiti.4
since the occurrence been confined to leis house and unable
that tfitt-M-inther should be seven instead of five u proposed,
to pursue his calling, which brought him lD 31. a week.
and the following were in accordance elected i—Lord A.
The plaintiff was accompanied by a friend, who was also
brown out of the cart. Lennox, Major Murray, G. Smith, Esq.,
Sr. Richards,
Co”lonet..l Bunter, W. Tatiaornaudt..Eeq,
the
1.F..,...... Bigg,dlial
secretary
time the defence, the case was that the accident arose
from the plaintiff's own negligence, that men were at the was augmented from 230 to Iv sia"olii per anima), ra
time working close to the sand, which was proper!) indi- prooeedinp concluding with thauds to the chairman.
cased by a bull'a-eye lantern, and that the plaintiff was in-
toxicated, and took no notice of the light or of • warning be
received from the men as he drove up.
A considerable amount of medical and other evidence I
having been adduced on both sides,
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 150/.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER—FEB. 24.
ittinp at Nisi Prim at GuildhalL —(Befors Mr. Baron
Martin and Special Juries.) . . .

The court was engaged ,nearly the whole day le trying a
sure "Jones v. Walker, ' for the infringement of a patent
for a roving machine. The defence was prior user, and the
plaintiff was nonsuited.
The remaining cause in the day's list was for damages to
a vessel, and had not concluded when the court rote.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—Figs. 24.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goothorn.)

The bankrupt WSlll7br;;;;;;Ti'beme, in Oxfortlahire.
He recently applied for his certificate. He was opposed,
on the ground of his having gone on trading after he was
insolvent. On the other hood it was alleged on behalf of
the bankrupt that be had continued his business with the
sanction of his creditors.

1,440

X 621

4,834

Mr. Linklater now wished to give evidence in contrac-
tion of this statement.
His Honour doubted whether be could re-open the mat-
ter ; but, it appearing that the certificate sitting had been
adjourned generally, he cemented to hear the fresh evi-
donee. . . . .

Mr. Farms, the brother-in-law of the bankrupt, was
briefly examined.
His Honour said the only question was to whore credit
should be given. The bankrupt had given his evidence very
disingenuously ;he said he had called his creditors far-
ther, but it turned out that only three were present, in-
cluding his two brothers-in-law. He had gone on when he
was koowlingly insolvent, and bad largely increased his
debt to Mr. Tubb, the malteter. The dividend would not be
above le. in the pound. The bankrupt bed been • ready
instrument in the hands of his brothers•in-law for defraud-
ing Mr. Tubb. The certificate must be suspended for six
mouths, with protection from arrest—a =oath belegallowed
the bankrupt for the purpose of appealing.