The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-11 00:00:00

Bumnums NEMEC THE COURT.

The muse liWooi;tainsLMlll4l6, tires of which ern
roman/tn. There are two set down for special Juries;
out, as no special jurymen are summoned at these esttinp,
they will be postponed until the sittings after next term.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
MAY 9.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)

After our report left on Saturday,
The petitioner's nephew stated that be had accompanied
his uncle to music halls and brothels. The willies; who
was subjected to • very severe crom-examination, said
he bad kept an illicit still with his node at Leytoostone.
There had been " a little unpleasantness" with the Excise
about it, and witness bad taken the whole onus of the affair
upon himself. His uncle had promised to give him 204 for
his conduct on that occasion, but in point of fast he had
received nothing from him.
The jury, after consulting for nearly an boar and a half,
found a verdict for the husband on all the imam

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

James Snoad Laws, litiaiOirryierg on the trade of wise
merchant in Mincing-lane, appeared on Saturday in answer
to his tail before Mr. didemin Hake who was sitting for the
Lord Mayor, to undergo • further examination upon a change
of fraudulently obtaining on credit, within three months of
his bankruptcy, under the pretence of carrying on his trade,
a quantity of wine, to the amount of about 600 f.. from Messrs.
OMey and Ca, wine merchants, and also with having un-
lawfully pledged and disposed of the mama otherwise than
in the ordinary course of trade.
Mr. Telford Salter, instructed by Messrs. Sharpe, appeared
to prosecute ; Mr. J. R. Miller attended to watch on behalf
of another creditor; and Mr. Lewis appeared fur the de-
fendant. _ _

The facts of the cue as they appeared from the last ex-
amination were as follows :—The defendant was formerly a
partner of the firm of Laws and Collins, in Idol-lane, and
about 1861 be retired from that firm and took cellars in
Mincing-lane, where be transacted business on his own
account. In February, 1862, he applied to Messrs. Offley to
allow him to have of them a quantity of wme, reprinenting
that he wanted to put it down in his new cellars. Know-
ing that he had taken some new cellars, under those re-
presentations Messrs. Offley supplied him with wine to the
amount of 600/., and for which they were to draw at six
months. The delivery orders for the wines were handed to
the defendant, and the next day the warrants were
procured from the docks. Os the sth May, 1862, the
defendant filed a petition in the Bankruptcy Court, and it
was ascertained that he had not the wine in him
cellar at all as be represented he was about to do,
but had deposited the warrants with Kern. Norris and
Chaplin, wine brokers, as security for advances of money.
Mr. Chaplin, of the firm of Mews. Norris and Chaplin,
was examined on Saturday, and he proved having received
the warrants in question. They had been deposited as se-
aurity—they having advanced 6001. on the defendant's ae.
mitten=
It easels° proved that the defendant sold some of the
Win, to a Mr. Jones, wine merchant, of Windsor, on the
4th March, 1862, the warrant being at that time in the
hands of Mr. Chaplin, and be received Mr. Jones's accep-
tance for the price of the wine, together with the
duty, as well as the duty of some sherry which had been
previously purchased, but Mr. Jones never received either
the wine he purchased on the 4th March nor that pur-
chased previously, which the prisoner promised should be
sent up the next day. The acceptances had been discounted.
Mr. Jones had to meet them, although he bad not had the
wines.
There was another cue gone into, in which it appeared
that the defendant obtained wine to the amount of 2501.
front Messrs. Farley and Boyce, wine merchants, of 79,
Great Tower-street, under the pretence of putting them in
his new cellar, and having obtained the warrants, he had
deposited them with Mews. Harvey and Sons,wine brokers,
77, Great Tower-street. Neither Masan. Offley nor ileum
Farley bad been paid for their goods.
The prisoner was again remanded, being admitted to bail.

Saimaa luallas or 7111 Ray. Da. RAF7IIB.
Much interest and anxiety have been felt during the lest
few days among all damn in Liverpool occasmeed by
the illness of the Rev. Dr. Baffles, who. for seversl days
put, we regret to state, has been confined to bed.
Be woo to have taken • leading pert in the openieg
ceremony of the nonconformist burying ground in the
new cemetery, on hlooday last ; but an attack of Bluest
not at first considered of a serious nature, prevented
him from attending. Since then we are awry to
learn that.,his sy caroms have become in some measure
alarming, and such as to occasion anxious concern to his
friends and numerous well wisher,. The reverend and
greatly-respected gentleman has reached the venerable lige
of aeventy.tive years. About a year ago he completed ha
fiftieth year as • minister in this town; and on that jubilee
OCCSOiOII he was promoted with a testimonial expomeive of
the general sense of his worth and usefulnese.—Liserpoot
. . .

o
Dr.craucrive FlRM—Yesterday morning, about
2 o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive range of premises
belonging to Messrs. Buckley, steam mw-mill proprietors,
situate in Rodoey-buildings, New Kent-road. A serious
accident occurred to Lieutenant Beecher, who was in attend-
ance with one of the steam engines. As he was arranging
the " cross bead of the piston rods" some one turned the
steam on at full preeture, which set the machine in full
work, and the rod pressed with such force upon Mr. Beecher's
right hand as to cause the iron work to snap asunder, and
besides frightfully injuring the hand, the broken portion of
the rod struck him over one of the eyes. He instantly re-
paired, at the direction of Mr. Hodges, to a neighbouring
surgeon sod had his wounds dressed, but it is feared that
he will lose the power of his band. Captain Shaw, in his
of report, describes the damage done by the fire as fol-
lows :—" Rodney-buildings, New Kent-rd 4 Meagre. Buck-
ley, steam saw-mill proprietors and timber merchants, brick
and timber build inp of twodoors in height, 60ft. loogand 30ft.
wide, and machinery, destroyed. Stock in open yerd,LiOlt.
In length and 56 feet wide, severely damaged by fire, and
steameoginehoome slightly injured. The aisle of the fire
unknown. Contests and buildings insured in the Med:
Fice-oftlos. Eagle Cottages, ditto, Mr. J. Gayer (pri-
vate), back of dwellings severely damaged by firs, and most
parts of roofs off ; insured is the General and Med: Fir.-
offices. Nos. sto 15 ditto, let out in tenements, the pro-
perty of Mr. J. Flight, of Bosd-coax, Walbrodt ; treats
damaged by firs, sod palings in yard pulled down ; one.
tents not insured; buildinp insured in the Perseverance
Fire-office." The police of the P and M divisious rendered
great assistance by keeping a way clear for the firemen.—
Another fire broke out in the premier belonging to Mr. E.
C. Colley, licensed victualler sad proprietor of the Acorn
Tavern, No. Kid, Upper Taserne-istaset, which was not ex-
tinguished until great damegainia Elm