The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1851.

The following is a copy of the balance-sheet prepared by
Mr. Butler, of Bminghall-street. From June 30, 1847, to
619, 18M :
Do. •
To creditor,. snesettred £1,371 10
Plartereer avdtwei 1,419 1 10
Creditors beedlos secinity 7O 0
LaMar' . lO7 $
Doped . l3O 0
Pend= with appriallos lOO 11
Haws resolved 69s $
Profits ...... 6ls 2
143 1
.C 5,110 12 10

CI.
By Debtors-0 d 2
2 2 7

....- ....... _
Proyierty rallied. IO-4 i 11
Property mortgaged
Property Is handsel creditors 32 14 2
Regain, mterart, rates, and
tams 1,168 2 1
Trade esperme
Domestic aod personal ditto,
l oam.
LiebUittes per contra 197 1 9
-- —45,110 12 10

Debtors b d Jas P, 1617 309 8 1
The bankrupt paced unopposed.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT—YesrtRDAT.
Hamm Tin Cw Covanwwww.
IN THE MATTER Or STEPHEN GARKETT.—HEATT LAW
EXI,ENbES—A CASE FOB THE LAW COWINSIONSaa.
This insolvent appeared for judgment. Mr. Dowse op-
pose for a creditor named Dare, on the gronnl that he had
been put to 721. law expenses in getting a barren verdict on
an accommodation bill for 45/. Had there been no defence
the coats would have been under 101. The pleas alone had
put the creditor to upwards of 601. expense!
The Chief Commissioner said the costs were very heavy.
The defence was clearly vexatious, and the ju,tice of the
ease required a somewhat lengthened remand. The judg-
ment of the court was that the insolvent should be impri-
soned fur a period of seven months from the vesting order
for putting Mr. Dare to unnecessary expense by a vexatious
and frivolous defence to his action.

carrox.—LIVIRPOOL, ittLY I.—The sales of cotton
today attend from 2,000 to 2,700 bales, and include 1,810 American
and 200 Egyptian. The marts' has been dull, and Eased flatly,
compared ith last Tridars does. Allmay be quoted id.
lower. All ordinary and qualities, not solid, are the mote
deprwasd. is mbidliag Bowed to quantity is being oared
sag refaned.
MANCHE:STIR, JrLY 1.-0111, yam market continues to
pagrat a sty steady aspect, end Wooers are fully empiesd, with
prices gala Arm. The priest of slob me also generally well main.
talaed, with a demand equal to last week for most Made; but the
India commercial news by the overland mail bas:had a derailing
affect, andeloth suited for eke eastern markets has given way to the
extent of about lid. per piece, whilst the leading India houses Dave
been doing next to nothing in the shape of new orders.

WOOLLEN CLOTII.—LEED4, JULY I.—Although the
markets to-day bare not been quite so Int* and lively ma they were
on Saturday, yet toe a Tuesday's market a fair Magma bar been done.

WOOL.—HEREFORD, July I.—The quantity of Wool ex-
hibited was more than an average of tome past years. There was a
spirited competition among the Leionter, the local, and other buyer.,
but the efforts made by the Wien to raise the prim to lid. per lb.
failed, except in superior dee^we. The current and ur.iforen price was
laid. per lb., at which rate the whole number ef packs and bundles
wculd have been speed 1y taken; owing, however, to some holders
standing out for a rise of id. per lb., there was some in head at the
clamor the di unsold.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—YESTERD.iIt:
The July General Quarter Session of the Fence for the
county of Middlesex commenced this morning, at the Court
House, Clerkenwell. The calendar contains the names of
fifty-two prisoners for trial.
A IIEARTLERi SWINDLER.
_ _ . . .

Iit'DDER.FIELD, July 1 —Our market is very dull for
all qualities of Woo. The only kinds that arc motmg at all are
Ewes at is. Id. to le 3d. per lb. ; aad a few low Colonials from I o 3d.
to le. 3d. per lb.

Alexander Smith, 30, was indicted for having obtained by
false and fraudulent pretences, from Jane Stewart, the sum
of 35.; from Thomas Davis, 2s. 6d. ; and from Edward
Richard Summerfield, intent to ebeat them.
The learned counsel, in opening the case, said it was one
of very considerable importance, the prisoner unquestion-
ably having carried on a considerable system of baud upon
poor persons whose necessities brought them under the
notice of the Mendicity Society. The prisoner had been iu
the service of that society as a "visitor," by which was
meant one whose duty it was to inquire into the circum-
stances of talcs of distress and applications for relief that
were forwarded to persons of null and fortune, and by
them sent to the Mendieity Society for inquiry, and since
the prisoner had ceased to be in the service of the society
he had defrauded a number of the poor persons into whose

cuts he had had to inquire. .
Jane Stewart deposed that the was a single woman, re-
siding in Castle-street, Oxford-street, where she got her
living by receiving a few scholars. In December, 1818, she
had occasion to make au application fur assistance to Sir
Charles Burrell, and that application having been remitted
to the Mendicity Society, the prisoner called upon her to
inquire into her situation and circumstances. On the 20th
of last mouth he called upon her again, and said that Sir
Charles Burrell was anxious to render her some assistance,
and he made all sorts of inquiries with relrence to her then
circumstances. Just before he left, he said he had lost his
purse through a hole in his pocket, and as he had a long
way to go, he should be obliged to her if she
would lend him a few shillings until he called
upon her again about Sir Charles Burrell. She
had 3s. Gil, which she had saved up to pay a weeks rent,
and she offered him that sum. Ile took three shillings,
and went away, after which she did not see him until he
was in custody. She told him that she had saved this money
for her rent, and she should not have suffered him to have
it but for his representation about Sir C. Burrell.
W. Jones proved that the prisoner ceased to be connected
with the Mendicity Society in January last.
Sir Charles Merrick Burrell, Dart., said he resided in
Richmond-buildings,Whitehall. He remembered referring
to the Mendicity
.Society an application made to him by the
witness, Stewart in 1848. In May last he received a com-
munication about the prisoner having obtained 3s. from
her, and he (witness) sent that communication to the Men-
dicity Society. He never authorised the prisoner to go to
the witness Stewart, or in any way to use his name.
Thomas Davis, a seamen, aged 67, living in Clarendon-
place, Clarendon-square, said the prisoner called upon him
about eight months ago, in reference to an application he
had made to the Duke of Duceleuelt for assistance. On the
Bth of May the prisoner called upon him and said he was
out on birstness for the Mendicity Society, and wanted the
loan of a few shillings, as the office would be shut up before
he could get to Red Lion-square. Witness had half-a-crown
by him, and on the prisoner's assuring him that it should
be returned on the following morning, he lent it to him. The
prisoner returned him 411. Ile well knew that witness
had a wire 78 years of age, who was blind, and helpless.
Mr. G. R. Summertield, tailor, Croydon-street, proved
that in May last the prisoner obtained from him 2.5. lid. by
representing that he was on business for the Mendieity So-
ciety. The prisoner had previously made inquiries of him
relative to two parties named M'Carthy and Lane.
The prisoner, in his defence, read a lengthy document,
the purport of which was that he borrowed the sums in
question and intended to return them, and that had he
been inclined to swindling, his connexion with the3lendicity
Society had made him acquainted, with the means of carry-
ing it on differently than had been represented in this case.
The jury found him Guilty.
The Court sentenced him to one year's hard labour.