The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-11 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Bdore Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
DI II W. 1331121LiT
. . .

flu bankrupt, described as a stook and share-dealer; was
a solicitor, of Old Broadctreet, late of the firm of
jiauberley and Pope. This was the sitting for examinant'
sod discharge. The amen* which have been jest filed,
dielose a large amount of liability—upwards of 14,50 W. ;
the suds are estimated at between 8,0001. and 0,0001.
Mr. Munn, for the assignees asked for an adjournment
ci the accounts, having only brio filed that morning.
Mr. tiole appeared for creditors, and asked the baakrupt
enther he had made out his bills of onto for the wagon
to mint, as he had not surrendered at the proper time.
Th. bankrupt said that he had only recently got poem-
eon of his papers. The bills of nets under the estate of
bent( and late partner, Mr. Pope, were made payable by
order of the Court of Chary to a receiver, Mr. Pe 's
father. Those Waage( to hie separate estate would be
0.04 in the hands of the assignee.
Mr. Edwards, the official assignee, said that on the faos
of the accounts there was a hires deficiency unexplained,
u,•rly equal to half the bankrupt's debts. He ought to know
that this must be explained before the next sitting, either
by reference to his books or by a regular deficiency account.
Mr. Gole said he suspected the deficiemey arose hem
••liderencee " on the Stock Exchange.
Mr. Manna said this was not so.
His Honour said there must nexesanly be an adjourn.
Dlnt. the accounts being only just filed, to give the nag.
Dees ac opportunity of looking into them.
(43dore Mr. Commissicen Pane)

Lie Aftrzux HUBEIT.
rhe bankrupt, deamibod ass merchent, of Sloens4troot,
(-belies, and of St. Besot's-plan% City, applied for Ws
release from custody. Debts, between 0004 and 5.0001.
Mr. Sargood opposed. The bankrupt had not given up
LA books, sod aangneme had not yet been e.homo.
His Hoover, on the latter ground, refused to entertain
the appLeation.

.
IN HI WILIGHTMAN.
[he bankrupt, described es a check-clerk in the Customs,
king at Camrwsll, applied for his order of discharge.
i*Cia, about 4004
. .

. Ili.' K. Griffiths. on behalf of the bankrupt, mad* so
oder to set aside 201. a year out of his aslary of 140 f., sod
the order of &eases was granted on the* condition.

in az lamas:: Barnum —JUDGMENT.
--
Phis WWI on* of the numerous gnosticism aridjvunA..
mat deeds. The debtor bed executed a dad of t
under which a trustee was appointed for the mend t
of ill his creditors..

His Honour wd that • creditor named Flatter had
ipplied to be allowed to issue execution against the debtor ;
bat as it • that the creditor was • connecting party
t the de4 the application would be diemiened with wets.

M as CLaRE.
The bankrupt, John Busby Clerk, war a lamp manufao-
turer. of So. 8, Haymarket, and late of the Strand, trading
axier the firm of the Metropolitan Light Company. This
you the sitting for examination and &whams. 12 May,
1.6. i. the bankrupt bad made an sesigament oC all his pro-
perty to trustees to secure payment of 12s. 6d. in the pound
on debts of 10,3761. Though the property wee returned as
of the value of 7,0741., the haakrupt elated that no dividend
bu been paid by the trustees. He he. sines contracted
debts of 1,0371., and gives up rests estimated at Mt.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

(Before Kr. Judie Williams.)
A LIEU= MASSLAUGHTIZ HT QUACK KIDICUCK.
.T•it It Stephens, a remediable-looking elderly nun, was
alarmed with the manslaughter of William Proby,
Mr. Poland prosecuted ; &demi Bellantine was specially
retained with Mr. Sleigh to defend the prisoner.
It appeared that the prism'r resided in Whitechapel,
where he carried on the business of • medical botanist,
and was also agent for the sale of •
.quack
medicine known as Dr. Coffin's pills, the principal
ingredient in which is cayenne pepper in solution,
or means of capture*. The deceased was • lad about 15
years of age, and resided with his genets, in Fsetfiebi-
Meet, Limbousa. On Sunday, the 20th of March, he
complained of bevies a pain in his side, and went to bed. I
The next morning he was so bad he could not get up, and
in the evening his father, who is • boiler maker, on return-
ing from his work, found his son so bad that be mat to
the prisoner to consult hint, and the prisoner pre him I
an embrocation, and some medicine to be taken inter-
tulle. The medicine which the prisoner had pre.
saibed was Firma to the deemed total Thursday, when
the lad got so bad that the employer of his father, who had
become acquainted with the fact, mese a doctor to see what
was the matter with him. The doctor saw the decemed
and prescribed for him ; bat the father had such faith In
the treatment of the pefmoner that be would not allow his
son to take any medicine but that which the prisoner sent,
and on the evening of Thursday he celled the prisoner in
to see him. The prisoner did not examine him moth then,
but said he would see hint by daylight, and celled en Pride
morning, when he said be thought hems better. The
was seen by another medical gentleman, who recommended
that the medicate which had been prescribed by the other'
gentleman, Dr. Moak, should be given him, and painted
out the danger the lad was in, and wanted the father of the
treatment al the defendant, The father, however, ex-
pressed mole faith in the prisoner that be continued to
give his soothe medicine which lam sent by him, which it
was said otesisesd chiefly of cayenne pepper in solution.
The deceased continued to get worm until the Sunday fol-
lowiog that on which he wan taken ill. From circumstances
which came to the knowledge of the authorities it woe
thought fit that an inquest should be held. A poet-enerteio
examination was made, and ft was found that the decearned
had been suffering from diseased hip joint, and
that death had been caused by the extension of the
inflammation. The stomach of the decreed was sent to Dr.
Letheby to be analped, end it was found to contain a
quantity of cayenne, and was very much ulcerated and
covered with patches of inflammation. It was contended on
the part of theprimecution that theprinceer, in administering
e doses of cayenne pep , had aided in grim ignorance,and that death was by the inflammation which was
provoked by the administration of each an irritant aa
cayenne pepper.
The defence that was set up for the prisoner was that
he had acted to the best of his ability in the matter, and
that the present prosecution would never have bees fart"-
tuted spinet him if he had been • regular medical prao-
Miami.. Allusion was made to the cheap that had taken
place io medical opinions upon 'trims diseases of late years,
and to the mistake' that had been mode even by the mod
eminent medical men ; and it was umged that it would be
very unjust indeed to convict the prisoner of the offence of
manslaughter wider the circumstances that had been de-
posed to.

The -j-Ovy, after a very short deliberation, returned a Ter•
diet of Not Guilty.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

IIkitYLEBONF.