The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-04 00:00:00

wires' mked the plash( where he had placed his cup sad
alms to whisk Is replied that they were at the silver-
smith's sad thole they should mama us* Chutes (the
defsedsat) got married, as tally were then deo um whir
He added that he Owlsgive there to Charism* the sal-
vs es Wilder. Oa anatkor sossides, whoa in ripen
sir plastid; witness and he uudssetood that the sop. sad
WAVE. had bra given to defindsat, assist, as the plaintiff
stralstai einesk *at hs wm mem for that. es them would
be • gored berms the two Na is she sabres The
plaiotiff replied that the imp was of so us without the eel-
vet, as that he ahead make it up to William labs
sued* *kid asked wirer to become his sucator, sad
▪ hislieflestlng es the resod that a direr might arise
brines the herbs' as to the sop and aim, the plalatif
aid thme stub' be no irs is the abject. —Mn. Banos
gave similar selbse. Illierburne, arts to the plain-
tamalesell that • row weir after the muddies of she de-
she assompersiod her uncle, the plaintiff, cm a Mit
to the darsidert, Cl&ppiso Norton. be phdatiff dram
her ever Is a *aim ham Orford. Observing • boa in the
rifseolte asked what it contained ; to which the plantiff
"Tea mid to know, for your hushaad redo
TOWIL4 "It is the plate, *en 1" " Tm," he
replied. " I sa grog to give it to Charles as • middies re.
sent. I always promised to give [it him, and las new tpdog
to fulfil my press' " She dird the arm day at Ms prim
dirs. Afar Hosea Mr reds besegist la the rap and mbar
aud sr *or on time deawlervera tells The priatfir '
parent whoa km mods are. Or white rather has gees
se foe a wedding reel* !" Mrs. Holmes then rose soil
dr id his hell, whoa be add, " You am welcome." Mr.
Etyma, • soodeems srerat Chipping Norm, de.
mtes Mania pram* iit Woad/AVG as the marioe re.
to by the lest wirer. After dinar, yrs( Mr.
Hoke* the dersadont, eras into the room with the cup
sad silver is ids head, and rid to his wife, "
.8.. what a
hend=ssent my father has made iss es • wdding gift."
The was Its the mom, sad mut ham Mord that ob-
ssmaties. Kr Holmes ram, sad kisalog
_him, thanked his
for the gift.—After a husonnts reply by Mr. Climbers, tits
lousedludge seared up, and the Ivy Meta, Welly ems
wird together, reamed • nadir for the defeadant es both
isms
Strap to Mass.
HatMena • TASOLIT.-Banocnox.—Tbis was as astir
611 lie seduction of the plaintiff s niece. It wm tried before
the Leg Chief Harm at the ler arms at Guildford, whoa
a media roost he 1001. damedee--_-Mr. Chambers, Q.C.
mord kr • rub osiffir)i es the *WS to show ears why
that media aloold net be est asid sad • sew trial had,
ups the elf osisMosedes. The learim& judge tor
.4140 1qa...111111. le thodmeler to which the plain-
tiff was en be "he id mice," sad in respect of
her wounued Mop might Mks into their considera-
tion that she, se • miser of the family, might be hereafter
called upon to contribute towards the meintenesce of the
child, and that the defendant, as • winos, was not liable io
an action foe breach of promise of marriage. It was rob-
matted this was a misdirection—that the father was liable tot
the support of ehtld, end might, by the finding of the
jury, In ampollod to pay the same war swum; for it was
quits clear they had takes the fat errs deirdeat's sump
dos foss all firths liability emporium the trituration
WO their consideration. The horned mosed maid that the
defeedeat had no desire to noir tleSest of the ds
NW. OWlttdild opiate his, it mime t
were sale that time child and its wirisee
them, sad that the mosey should net be ever the
pieintire use measively —Thu Court 'adores& their ap-
rani or the aced granted • mkt to show muss.

COURT OF COMeIMONme
is PM ato.LE--66.—VlselanDA.T.
tdi
MoNAorlAts e. W AAAAA AND ANoTtlea.—Raroaralt a
AND Paul. Marone or NIWSPAPIIIM.—Tnie wm an action
brought against the defendants as proprieton of the Mors.
Adrethaar nowspapir for breach of contract i• dis-
missing the plaintiff from the employment
of reporter befoon re
the expiration of • year, the period for whieh the decimati
alleged he was engaged. It was tried before Chief Justice
Wilde, at the Guildhall sittings after last term, when •
verdict was returned for the plaintiff, damages 8 guineas.
It appeared the plaintiff was engaged as a reporter to the
=
4 ,44serftser is deanery, 1845, upon the recess-
of Dr. Sheridan ; and that his appointment took
same aster the essities oldie committee of the Seemed vier
Meagre eceitatymbonasegidthepperenbehalfofthet corpo-
rate body to whom it Wisp. An may dated the 27th Jan.,
1845, in the Waste book showed • reishation of the commit-
tee appointing the pleiatiff as • "hem heal parliamentary
reporter at two guineas a week, to measenes on the 4th of
Februery then seek" The *MSC however, whom duties
were thane of • general reporter. cendemed to recopy hie
peat after the expiration of the series and entil the 3rd of
January, 1846, when, having veselved • swath's notice, he
was dismissed. It further append the defendants were
members eif the Licensed Victuallers' Society, end
wen registered pursuant to 6 elk 7 William Iplea 76, at
the Stamp-odiee as the proprietors of paper.
At the trial it was objected for the defendants that the evi-
dence showed • esesienal engagement only, not • hiring
fora year ;it wee to commence at au day, and not
being • contract in writing woo therefore void, under the
4th section of the Steatite of Frauds. The learned judge
gave leave to move upon this point, and left it to the jury to
say whether the engagement was teethe session or for &year,
an if anneal at what time it commenced sad secondly,
whether the contract was made with the corporation or the
defendants. The jury found the contract was for • year,
trona the 4th of February, 1846, and made with the defen-
dants penonally.—Mr. Serjaant Bytes now moved to enter •
verdict for defendants, on The point rewire,. d at the trial, con-
tending the wri:teu resolution of the committee was not a nom.
pliant* with the Statute of Frauds; and he also moved (meaty
viol onthe ground that the written declaration of the defend-
ants at the Stampolliee, under the statute already referred to,
was male for public purposes, and Gould not be made available
to charge them for • debt or demand like the present.
Upon this latter point he cited " Rolcroft Ir. Hoagies" (2
C. 8., 488. Rule nisi granted.
Ectia HMIs V. OntOosir, ElRCOToll.—Pnottuse or
AN ANN VlTY.—Tbis was an action of assua tried teat
Oxford Arises before Mr Baron Platt ; Drought against the
defendant as executor of Robert Or r, deceased, to re-
cover arrears of an annuity granted by the deceased to the
plaintiff. The declaration stated that the plaintiff being be
fore then chaste, sole, and unmarried, became the mother of
a child by Robert Gregor, and that Robert, on the 4th of
July, 1814, in consideration that she would bring up
the child properly, and herself behave well, pro-
mised to pay her an annuity of 1007. • year,
quarterly ; it then averred she had properly Orouctic up the
child, end good behaviour on her part. Non-assunipeit was
the only plea pleaded. At the trial it appeared an intimacy
commenced between Robert Gregory, when as under-
graduate at Oxford, and the plaintiff, so long agoe
died in
as in the
year 1810, and resulted in the birthof • child. li
the spring of 1847, and rime that time three quarters of the
annuity were in armor. The plaintiff's ems wee I
proved by • letter from Robert Gregory to the plain-
tiff, doted July 4, 1814, beginning " Mldear Bliss,"
and which, after stating the necessity of breaking
off for the future his connexion with km, and
his willingness at all times to afford her advice and insistence,
contained the following passage :—" MI promited Mat you
and your child should want, I will allow you 1001. •
year for your life and little Emma's, to be paid quarterly,
and which I think will keep you and the child in comfort.
But if I beer of your behaving ill, or bringing up your child
improperly.. I will stop the allowance, but I ass sure you
never will: The question in the cause wan whether this
letter, which was the only evidence of the contract, sup-
ported the declaration. A verdict was taken for the plain-
tiff, leave being reserved to the defendant to move to enter a
'muesl in case the court thought the letter was insufficient.
Mr. Whately, GC., sow moved accordingly. Rule nisi
panted.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YrernanAr.
(Before Mr. COMinksioner fihavbenL)
FRACDULIINV Paintazirca.—ln the case of Mr. J.
Sonata, cork manutamurer, of Weliclurequsee, whose
application for his certificate wee head at greet length, the
C immissioner gave judgment. Ho muld not resist the con-
clusion that the bankrupt had been guilty of a frauttgent
preference to Underhill and Carus and Kendal, his credi-
tors ; end on this ground he should decide the case, leaving
out of eonsideratiom the charge of the erasures in the cash-
book, which bad sot bees very satisfactorily accounted for.
The certificate mat be responded for twelve months from
the itith July lest, with proteithea for three months.
Hue Amu RBI.T.—IS the esee et these bankrupts, who
wen mime saerelmats yam, a dividend meeting took
plus, sod • seen& Method we declared—the amount (to
be lereetter annemseed) beteg about 24. in the pound.
sears Kr. Ormadedoorr
Loan Byerzrestou or CenrincArs.—R. B. Addisoll-
n,
engineer, &sinner-street, Southwark, applied for his certi
ate.—Kr. Lucas, for the amigasere eppeeed the application,
on the ground that the b-ukrapt W eentracted debts when
in a Mate of insolvency, lad NOM the fist, lad had at-
teupted to secrete part of hie geopeety Fres tie beak-
rupt's examination, it appeared thet timely huh his bask•
rupthy, he peli a debt in full to °MPH mei Mime of Man-
chester, who had put in an muds& Me MA me carob, but
attributed this to the inerlase o Ids ripely leader the fist.
lie had reaseei pond his peeperhye to avoid as execution
by the lessilerd, but sikeemersis gave is exeunt of it to the
raiser. Had sold Mims lots of old iron to hir. Hart, his
lets &Hy peries. In November last he had pre-
pried • theatent to oredison, which made his meets
meethlllll.e smi his debts under aoa Part of his property
rg seta to hie sew, is estielbedes of a debt due to
Sang! be was also in the receipt of wagea
This 'Metal assignee stated that the proceeds of
the sale under the fiat would barely pay_ the court
Mss. The bankrupt's liabilities are about 5001. After
bearing Mr. Knight, for the bankrupt, the commis-
aid this was certainly not a case adapted
fer the Bankruptcy Court, where the necessary imposes
were so large that it was not suitable for the adminietrmion
of
Mill estates. However, if the creditors thought proper
he being such a case here, the bankrupt had no right to
oppose it, as this man had due, by refusing to rigsa decla-
ration of insolvency, and disputing the flat. That circum-
stance', alone called for • suspenmoa of the certificate for a
considerable period. But, in addition, he had made away
with a portion of his property, and had suffered two execu-
tions, sad forced sales to take place before coming to this
court. To math its sense of such improper conduct, the
court woad suspend the certificate for 10 months, end refuse
protection.
CONbTRUCTION or AO ValitAulna.-11. Adkin, builder,
Notting hill, came op pass his last exansinauon. His
debts 2,3131. liabilities, 1,4611. The meets, In property
and &Ma, were entated to produce 80W. On a proof for
201., tendered by bit. Mills, on a guarantee given by the
bankrupt for the debts of his eon, the question arose whether
the guarantee wan a continuing one. On the par of the
assignees it wt. contended that the original debt having been
satislied by the bankrupt, and a new one smatraMU, the
guarantee did not apply thereto, netwithetudlng the intro-