The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-28 00:00:00

THIS PINUNS.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(Tills DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Kr. Commissioner Gonlbws.)
IN az maim ALZIAIDEN II .11.—ISTITION mums=
The baskrupe was described as formerly proprietor of •
bones repoeitory in Holborn, than proprietor of a musk-hall
at Bunt sinoe publ,sher of a newspaper, in Blaohneen4treet,

Mr. M. Scott now asked that the petition should be dia•
missed on the grimed of the omission of creditors from the
" Three days' statement." The debts of three creditors who
had ehtee peeved *me wholly omitted (rum the statement.
Mr. Bramwell, on behalf of the bankrupt, ululated the
fact, bet pleaded ins Wettest*.
His How= &smiled the petition.
re RI O. CAI3II—LAIMIS FAILURE ON TUE STOCK grosarata
The bankrupt was dasaithed sa • sharedialer, residing at
Kllburs. His liabilities are of the large amount of 30,3921.,
opiate which there it property held as security, ceaststiog
Malty of leaseholds, of the eetimated value of 25,574'.
The Anaemia Insurance Company are creditors for 14,1.:
Mr. fitackpoole, for the amirsees, offered Be oppositioc to
the bankrupt receiving his order of discharge, on condition
of his 'ivies all the meietatiee in his power to the assignees.
His dealings had been priasipally in foreign m,iisig shares.
The bankrupt gave the required undertaking, and the
order of discharge was greeted.
IN Si JONI JOHNSTOSL
The bankrupt was deesibsd as of Upper fitamfordetrmt,
Blaclariars, of no Waimea. He owes to unsecured crei"-
tors, 1,9921.: to those holding security, 11,1711. ; liabilities,
1,0504 The property held by the secured creditors, valued
at 1,000/., consols of mortgages on lmdad estates is lre.

Mr. Durant appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Slough
ter the heakrups.
There was no opposition, and the order was granted.
IS as TIiONAB MOOR*.
The bankrupt, described as a commission agent ast-
cheap, ie the owner of passer for a steam winder god
for
improvements in telegraphio apparatus. His debtsof 1,6681.
had been incurred in connection with the Floating Telegraph
Compri (Limited). This was a sitting for examination
and •
The bankrupt states that he had a patent for layieg
submarine wires from the them to vessels off the coast. A
company was formed is 1864 to parry oat his plan, and if
the company had succeeded in raising their capital (a quar-
ter of a million) he was to have received 10,0:
11.
The company was called " The Floating Telegraph
Station and Light Ship Company (Limited)." Ile
objects, as stated in the prospectus, were "to provide and
anchor ships near the ordinary track of vessels, such ship,
to nerve as electric telegraph and signal stellar, in con-
nexion with existing systems in Europe and America, and
also as Nasty beacons for navigation." The bankrupt
beams security for the pristiag, advertiaing. and other pre-
liminary expense of the arropsey, and as they did not sue-
mod in raider their capital, instead of receiving his 10,0091. be
came to this court. He states that Isis patents ha
deost
him a large sum of money, and that in the event of the
Atlantic telegraph cable again failing they will have a great
commercial veins.
The Commisidesser—lf it fails U shall
the sky falls we
catch larks. (Laughter.)
In answer to the court, the bankrupt stated that he had
been bankrupt two years ago, and had got hie discharge two
months since, but be had not taken it up.
His Honour said in that case there must be an adjourn-
ment sine die, with liberty to the bankrupt to have a day
named when he bad taken up his former order.
Protection was gives.
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BC JOHN MILL.
The bankrupt was deiveribetl u • dealer in shares and
estates, of Gray's-inn-road. Debts, 1,2061. ; liabilities on
aocommodatiou bile, 1671. No MOMS.
Mr. Merriman for the assignee offered no apposition.
The bankrupt admitted tha he had bees insolvent in
1861. He had been engaged Is literary labour, which was
very profitable.
111 Honour thinking that the bankrupt had contracted
debts without probable means of payment, ansprilded the
order for six months, but gave proteetioe.