The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1848.

2,0001. of debts : why was not the offer made either ?
Daring the 'fey_ last year his densest!e szpondlime had
bass sliest 6601. Did that look like an tateatkes to
payc/ so mob • mends to his indiums Altogether
bad bees 1,0101., and ►his pules may
611,11. TM with Spokes was em of direst
trial, sad the fast that he had rendered se -'shies
to the estate clearly showed the spirit by which he bad hies
actuated. His ',relate ought to be refused, and he should
be reimmed to the Istoleent Court for relief.
Mr. Sturgeon eankradied that la the whole of the ease
there wee no seldom of Ilised, or • frandskint iatesik
Since his grout beakruptey, edits he wee the Mlle el • set
of Preset swindlers. he WA been esseemely gseesseesd
the same puttee. sad hems his two hasimades la ling.
land.—The Commissioner said them was se moor miasma
of his Dacia, bora Seemed is Perress. Me mem gave soy
weight to obeervatioss dinsisi whist males who were
absent —Ur. 'turista preensisi to esmissel that, aft^r a
sun had beet me Malmsey.' be bad mit greater difficulty
is straggling es is the mid. Mesh Mem had bass hid
on the baaknepes withikawas hi up sAI Afaa Os Mk-
, bat this wesempletely semmed kg Ma ollzetirir
nedenso, who, however, ray
the risk el any Mies. The beakinsitale dad/
nut fit for tank, end his hest mums wail hs
to stick to his pen, mad ant ogee le Wiwi aria
I Though Sir Waiter Seen had nisei lallealess erws3
his writings, lie was sot fit for Mb. kg he bad
into it, and the meals had been mein malaavim, sad mho to
embitter his last days—The OsmeMiress aeM these wee
this importaat ditemens ht the ems of fa W. Swam, that he
had honourably discharged all his eseggemmilla le his tee.
disuse.—Mr. Sturgeon, in esecluskia, meld Mee there was
M woad kir seepsadiag the owtilleate.
The Cesamimioner said this was • pasuller same, and cue
whisk required coosideiation, as to wirother, It the coma
rite were granted, it ought not to be coupled with issue
seaditiom Though the bankrupt had, rime dm elf• made
an offer to his Creditors, no offer bad now bees madiceary-
keg out that Mulattos. It would therefore be lettere) ad-
journ the case, giving the bankrupt the opportunity of say-
*, le the meantime, what he would do for his creditors.
This was not like the eve of • trader, whose eubsiatoncie de-
pended alone on the profits of his trade • but here was
s man of such attainments that thi wonder was,
set only that be should have been bankrupt many
times, but that he should ever have come to the road at alt.
A Ira beginning with 7,0001., and having talents which
maked him to eats 6001. a year by his pen—how sash a
ma until be reduced to bankruptcy, if he exercised only
erdiery prudence, it was difficult to imagine. No doubt if
he made up his mind to devote a certain portion of his tutu*
earnings to the discharge of his debts there would not be
the Isset dillealty is getting the creditors to emu to such en
siremsamotat. Thomas there was no direct 'video.' of col-
lides between the bankrupt and Cuthlatteon, any one who
knew the working of the human mind and the conduct of
=ties in inch situations mu't conclude that it was the
rupt's wish that such • course of proceeding should be
NM Sod ; and th y might have gone about to effect it in such
• way es to avoid the admission on the part of either that
there bad been any collusion. A creditor could set be
blamed, under the present state of the law, ter taking
measures to emote himself ; but • trader wto
be blessed for allowing one creditor to get the ad-
vantage of the others. The moment he found it was
impossible for him to satisfy all the Maims upon him he
ought to do that which the law allowed for promotes' any
one getting • preference. The bankrupt in this ease might
have done so ; sad his not doing to was a strong circumstance
against Max 'the transaction with Spokes, was one which
gave that pique good grounds of romp Lat. There was no
evidence of an improper sale of the property by the snagness,
or of collusion between the bankrupt and Cooke ; but the
transact:ea was attend. d with very considerable suspicion,
the copyrights lecher been sold by private contract. When
the °Medal assignee had refused to let the works be carried
on, the bankrupt ought to have advised the sale ef the copy-
rights by anc,ios, and have still offered his amistabee fur
currying them ou. Instesd of that, he bad withdrawn his
aid prior to the male, looking, so doubt, .more to his own
(stars advantage than to the benefit of the creditors. No
doubt he had contemplated the things being per-
ch .sed by his heed, Mr. Cooke, arid had expected
to again come late possession of them. If it were
Me that pumas did not learn prudence end expe-
rience from one bankruptcy, but were to come here M.
peatedly, what was the num' the bankrupt law / The ob-
ject of the punishment of the court was to prevent these
things reentries again. If the bankrupt could make a satis-
hum arrangement with his creditors, that would be con-
slimed whenjudgment was given on the application fur his
anditels.
The Inelonst said he was willing to est apart 1001. a year
bribe pegmut of his debts.—Mr. Parry said that would
Isles II mess to pay the whole. But he hoped time would
be less die ertors to mesider any offer that might be
as they had so eulldance whettver in the trade
assignes, Kt. Strong.
Afar • cionesnationr his IHaeoss adjourned the am tall
the 29th instant, with mensetion in the seenstime, to give
the bankrupt ea eggsetulty of making an cam to M.
erediOns.

deg they had been bird.—ids. asasy _ fell Ma be skueM
hate ample time, as be hid made orbit Obi Shit se Ow
=should take plaes Is amid the shawl shish maid
ht howead.-4111qpmmt Thempia. T. oil that es a
Mane day its sould bang lerseed whemem to prove that
the prisoner bad elves a dime le widow slissumeith. bat
on presenting b there were see Mata.-14. Mug sod,
iiptetteble, this was a wens ems Mss the odium. =dos the
should be !moult up wale, pessouttes
attended to give evidence be middle= =hes
immtasto to mumps'
thom.—The prhaser was titer iemeted.
WORSHIPZTREST. Musismomi Oisimaith 31
Cisansta.— W. Carroll, described as a fns* *bier,
was shawl with having bees ocessmami, with lye ether.,
is a oesus attack apes two emmeables Milts H Melsice.
—Skelton H W, H 1119, who peemeted ',bookie/ ewer.
asse,blekee hsiminueltsesellessaddirisrured, masses( kb
oyes missed up, mated that thistly beim 9 Wales& as ileam
sedlog.vmdeg be bed coma= to visit the B. Ritmo
house, in Pasimseftiet, Bpitalfi Ids, and after namilleft
some time fa the pvleu with anther ease; whew, whit
himself, was dwr.d is plain clothes, the odious, aniseed,
sad aiWo MAW stulhotly at him fur a mem* bray hit
the room. He termed, however, in a few misates. anew
moiled by bar se five other men, one e f whom me& ems
observabon to attest his thistles, and on turning bit head
he received a violent blow in the faro, and while endeavoarbig
to defend himself • simultaneous attack was made upon him
by the whole party, who dung bias heavily upon the floor, ad
the prisoner knelt upon his cheat, and held him dews
whilst he and the others kept beating bits incessantly abut
the had and hoe, to which they were incited' by the ph
goner, who frequently exclaimed, with an oath, "Gin k
him ; he's the policemen that has bunted down the theeh
ists." After beating him until he lost the sight ei eue std
his eyes, and his face and clothes were covered with blued.
they all hastened out of the room, and on following them
as aeon se he had sullicient.y recovered himself he found
they haA all effected their escape except the prisoner, whom
he secured. Tee witness added that the neighbourhood con-
tained great numbers of chartists, and Its had 'ltaly been
several times put upon his guard that it was their intention to
do him some senses Wary in cobs queues of his Mehl
been areelly employed to effect the apprehension of severe/ ,
of their leaders, amongst whom was haw, recently committed
from the Mansion-house upon a charge of eedition.—Polies
constable Mnatley,ll7 H, positively identified the p boner
as haring taken an active part in the attock, and 'aid that
he bad also bees severely beaten in his efforts to rescue his
comrade front the hands of his amailana. The witness
further stated that the house where the attack took place
was not one of those used as a rendezvous tar chartists, but
that they must have be« n watched into it by the prisoner
and his party, who had evidently entered with no other
object than to wreak their vengeance upon them—Upon
bei:g called upon for his defence, it was intimeted be a
young men standing near him that th r prisoner was :ormerly
deaf and dumb, and had only imperfectly recovered the
faculties of speech and hearing. Tile policeman, however,
stated that he appeared in perfect pose Won of the p over o
articulation on the previous night, and on beleg questioued
by the magi taste u to whether he comprehended the eei-
dirce adduced against him he distinctly answered in the
negative; his sister thereupon stepped forward, to whom Mr.
Vine, the chief clerk, read over the depusitiont, which she ex-
plained in broken sentences and gesticuletiona to the pi-
oneer, and in reply to them he again clearly answered that
he had taken no part in the 11•1110 k. The *Jan then stated
that two or three witnesses were in attendance, to prove that
the prisoser had not been actively concerned in the attack,
thrigh he wee certainly present; but Mr. Arnold aid that
their evidence had better be neerved, es the case was of far
too serious a character to be enmasdily disposed of, and he
should therefore at once order him to he committed to New-

gate for trial. --
Bntarce•xtxo.—SoraA Ladd, charged with having un- ,
lawfully disposed of six striped regatta shirts, the property of
Messrs. Moses, oaten's°. Tower-hill, was finally examined
.
Rowland, the warrentofileer, who bad b. en directed by the
magistrate to make a searching inquiry into the general habits
and elagracter of the prisoner, now reported that he had 'seer-
Mined beyond doubt that she had been for a long time past
suffering from extreme distress and privation, and a firm for
which she had worked nearly two years, and of whom he
had made inquiries, had spoken in favourable terms of her
honesty, but added that she was addicted to drink; and the
same statement was confirmed by her landlady, who ales
complained that she had paid her no rent for the last fort-
night—Mr. Arnold said, that aides the former examination
he had received several letters from benevolent persons in-
closing money, to be applied to the prisoner's use if she
really pros ed to be an object deserving of commiseration,
but he regretted now to find that her character was not such
se to justify him in directing its application to that pur-
pose. As part of the money, h , bad been ex-
pressly sent for the purpose of taking the property out of
pawn, he should order it to be so appropriated and dis-
charge the prisoner, but he reserved the rest of the money
in his hands until his charitable correspondents had had en
arally, through the aid of the press, to send him for
itunstructione :mulles it. A portion of the subserip
dons, amounting to U, having been contributed for the ex-
clusive benefit of the woman Lyon', who had employed the
prisoner out of charity, end whose conduct appeared to have
been marked by extreme good feeling, he should order it to
be handed over to her; and, antes, he received contrary di-
rections from his correspondent, the residue should be de
posited in the poor-box. At the conclusion of the case Mr.
Moses requested permission to make some observstions upon
it, but was stopped by the magistrate, who Intimated t, at
nothing affecting the character of kis firm bad been brought
under his judicial aotioe, and declined hearing any statement
extraneous to the immediate charge before him.
CLERK UN WELL.—Pt Limo POCKETS IN OMNIBUSES.
—R Davies was charged under the following circumstances.
It may be recollected that about a fortnight ago Miss E
Mallet!, a young lady, residing at No. 6, Pleasant-place,
King's cues, got into • Holloway omnibus, one of the
" Bioes," to praised to her ',tidiness, and at the Angel,
Islington, the primer entered the vehicle and seated himself
by her side, when he was observed by Mr. Lowe, a surgeon,
who wee • passenger, to •pick her pocket. When the young
lady was about to be set down, he (Mr. Lowe) inquired
whether she had been robbed, and on searching she mused
her puree, which had contained me sovereign and some
silver. The prisoner was pointed out as the thief ; and
be made an effort to return the purse to the lady's
pocket, when he was seised by Mr. Lowe, who
had a desperate struggle with the prisoner until
he was given into the custody of Herriugton, 314 S, who
took him to the ststiondsouse, end he was brought to this
court. Miss Mellott and Mr. Lowe attended, the latter
being severely injured by the prisoner's violence, and he
identified the prisoner as having been before in custody on a
charge of having robbed a lady on the Great Western Rail-
way. The prisoner was fully committed for trial on Miss
Mallett's charge, sad since his incarceration several ladies
who had been plundered inontnibuses by a person answering
the prisoner's description, in oonmeitsenoe of the report in the
newepapen , applied at this courtand were allowed to see
him the Hones of Detention, where he was identifi das
being the thief. The prisoner, however was yesterday admit-
ted to bail by Chief Justice Wilde for nie appearance at the
sessions; when he wee, alter his liberation, again brought be-
fore Mr. Combo by Herrington and a warder of the Hume
of Detention, and charged with having robbed a lady in an
omnibus of 61. ifs. Mr. Combs inquired whether the lady
who had bees robbed was in court to give her evidence ?
Harrington replied in the negative. Mr. Comb : What
evidence have you to warrant his detention ?—Harrington :
Several ladies went to the Home of Detention and said the
primer was like the man who had robbed them, but one
lady identified him. Mr. Combo : Prey bow did she identify
him ? Wham : She said he was the man.—Mr. Combe :
That will not do. What were the words she made use of ?
Witness She said," That in the man who robbed me in an
omnibus."—Mr. Combo : Did the prisoner hear her may so ?
Witness: Ti.. Hs was close by her at the time.—Mr.
COW*: Are you sun that he heard her? Whams : Yes.
Solicitor (for the prisoner) : Pray, are you aware that the
prisoner is deaf? Witness : I know he is not deef.-13ollei-
tor : How far woe he from the lady? Wither: About two
yards and a half. —ln answer to questions, the °Boer said
the lady resided at the west end of the town, and then had
not been time to bring her forward.—Mr Combs then
ordered the prisoner to put in bail for his appearance at this
court, to answer the charge on • future day. The required
bail was pat in and the prisoner liberated.
LAMBETH.—A HINT TO TMS HIMMTOLINT.—On Tues.
day Mr. Elliott received the following letter from the Rev.
H. Bottom, TIM elAtcham, near Shrewatnuy, and • magis-
trate for the omen of Salop, :—" Atobans, near Shrews-
bury, Sept. 4.—Sir: I take** liberty of foreman to you the
copy of an applisation I have thisday received. At thiedistande
I have not the means of ascertaining whether the statement
it sonnies is tnie se kiss, and therefore hope you will exotic,
my seeding it to yen, ha the hope that you will allow one of
your °dicers to make inquiries into the matter. The appli-
cent is totally unknown to me. Hoping that you will not
think I have done wrong is planing the case before you, I
remain, As., MENEM BUNTON, vicar of Atcham, and J.P. for
the omen of Salop."--Copy of application " 26, William-
street, Nalsoo-square, Lambeth.—Da.H
Henry Dewhunt
humbly imploresto °bulletin buy hie book, ' The Moral
Philosopher Ba. 6d., for whfch kindness he will feel most
grateful. Dimmed heart, want of employmeat, and
the almost fatal awes of typhus fever to him-
self, wife, and two • out of four children, have
plunged them Into the deepest distress. Per two days
they have not tasted food. His wife is feet sinking from
eessamptisa and spat of nutriment. All they had is in
ow his clothes, for 6.. 81. An early reply is
hastily supplicated. To the Bev. Henry Barton, Atetam,
Shrewsbary."—Mr. Elliott, in übedieace to the wish of the
rev. gestlewmat placed his letter in the hands of police ser-
geant GA sat requested him to make the necessary in-
quiries Ire 'be wiseter, bat at the same time said he bad no
&at wharves ben *obi= he had caused to be made
'bestow's peso 11 maths sloe, that Durban% would
he bead tole as isapabse. Yesterday Sergeant Goff in-
formed hie weeddp that be had pfd Dewburst a visit at the
hoes% Xelossequare, and found him to
be the omen lobe had Moiety, and up to the period
of his heir eared at this court about 12 months
eine% mauled es a very sweemetul system of imps.
tare is the Corawallorad, Lambeth. Pros inquiries
be (Oa) bad node he hat as doubt whatever bat Dow-
beat was at prone am the same systems et
all
Dow-
tun as the beseeelesa MOO Eldf This. bon all
that yon have sees Obi lirommlgoa believe the slatememt
sat *Mk by the pubsser SO false ? —Goff : I fie, yew
wesblp —Mr. Asa Oat, is point dime, be Is at
impesem I—Gets I am odds* of that, ywr werlia it. He
W set hie Oh it wilt Om, ad chew rbe le asked
for PO leek be stress be rabbis', kis esters is that It is at
the hider% balsbe lbs alder is he des set say.—Mr.
Ins% la esoisdis, newwited taat a woo similar to
thel pausal by Om Itra.llr. Burma Is the present home'
was pew* pima. Imposition might be prevented-
(lol7TlMAlLL—Frouns mines ram CILCIAL or Its•
ulltow.-1. H. iferrdis alias PAM" a dimpling minister,
MS dully examined 'barged with obi/dais; mosey ander