The Press.
London, England, 1856-12-13 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

activity evinced in the institution, and immediately after
Christmas such activity has entirely ceased, and I have
drawn my own conclusions from it accordingly. The class
of persons congrega,ing there are a disgrace to the persons
causing them to come there, and when they pet relief they
do not consider it worth their acceptance.

The inspector's evidence was corroborated by the
policeman on the beat, who " had taken many ap-
plicants from the institution to the workhouse for
relief, but he never knew one go from the workhouse
to the institution." A missionary here described the
class of persons relieved at the institution as thieves,
prostitutes, and vagrants
Mr. Honsi.Ey: Why, that is the very class we profess
to relieve. and reclaim, if possible.
Sir R. W. CARDEN : Let this matter end here, and
think the public will be able to judge, from what hag trans.
pired today, of the merits of the " Samaritan Institution."
THE ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE OF APPEAL against
the bankruptcy proceedings of the British Bank were
continued and concluded on Tuesday, Sir Fitzroy
Kelly submitting that it was utterly impossible, and
could never have been contemplated by the Legis-
lature, that there should be simultaneous proceed•
ings in chancery and in bankruptcy against the same
company :

How could the property of the company be administered
by two officers appointed by two) different courts, which
might differ from each other on almost every point? The
sixth and thirteenth sections of the Wiuding•up Act ex-
pressly enacted that, when a winding up order had been
granted by the Court of Chancery to wind up the affairs of
a company against which bankruptcy proceedings had been
already commenced, the whole of the procedings in bank-
ruptcy should be transferred to the Court of Chancery.
If it should clearly appear that one act of Parliament pre-
scribed certain things, and that by another act of Parlia-
ment certain other things were prescribed, and that the
two acts were absolutely inconsistent and incompatible,
that act which was the more recent must prevail, and the
other act give way. That would be the case in every act
of Parliament, but especially so was it with regard to the
Winding up Act of 1818, which was passed for the express
purpose of amending the act of 1841. He contended that
the adjudication against the bank after the winding-up
order was unlawful, or at least could not be lawfully ope-
rated upon, and that the winding-up order had in fact
repealed any provisions of the bankruptcy laws, so far as
the Royal British Bank was concerned.
The Lords Justices intimated that they would
deliver their judgment on the 19th instant.
A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN, who had been five times
previously convicted, one Thomas Smith, was tried
before Mr. Baron Alderson at Liverpool on Thursday,
for burglary. The identity of the prisoner was
clearly established in connection with the robbery,
and a verdict of " Guilty " was returned. His lord-
ship addressing the prisoner, said :
You are one of those gentlemen who, having been
transported for seven years, have been sent back again to
give us trouble. I see you were only discharged last July,
and you were transported after being previously convicted
five times. The sentence of the court is, that you be
transported for the term of twenty years.
The prisoner, who had protested his innocence, ex•
claimed, Thank you, my lord !"
REDPATH AND KENT were re-examined on Thurs-
day, and some fresh cases of forgery gone into. The
evidence against Kent was seriously strengthened,
insomuch as he was shown to be the attesting witness
in each case of fraudulent signature of the assumed
transferees' names by Redpath. Evidence to prove
forgeries to the extent of 7,2501., and some minor
sums, was heard at great length, and the case ad-
journed till Friday.