The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-07 00:00:00

some furniture in Graftne-street to a person named Charles
Smith, who described himself as a hotel keeper in Air-
street, Regent-street. The insolvent admitted that the had
lived with him, and was called •- Mrs. Smith." From
Gratton•street the insolvent removed to Jcrmvn-street, St.
James's, to a house rented by Smith, and she h.ecame his do-
mestic, he having been her " friend" in Grafton-street.
The sum Alleged to be owing by her to Smith wa-
and he held a security in the furniture. The in-
solvent had professed to be a milliner and dress-
maker in Grafton-street, and bad tarried on the business.
Charles Smith was examined in respect to the furniture,
and alleged that the insolvent owed him the money for
which the security was given. lie admitted that he was
included in the indictment mentioned, but no evidence was
offered against him. lie also admitted that he had sold
articles of jewellery to the female lodgers in the house in
Grafton-street. He was now a tavern keeper in Air-
street.

Mr. Cooke raised an objection to the jurisdiction of the
court. The insolvent wan a trader as a milliner, and owed
more than 300'. Ile complained of the dispositior. of the
furniture to Smith, and contended that the law would not
aanction an against creditor, proceeding* between parties
who were living together as man and wife, that would not
be allowed between married people.
Mr. Nichols urged upon the court that the insolvent was
net a trader, and further, that the furniture belonged to
Smith.
Mr

Law thought it a difficult matter,
considering the mode of life of the parties. to decide to
whom the furniture did belong. It might belong as much
to one party as the other. There was, however, another
question in this case which was clearly established, and
that was that the insolvent was a trader, and owed more
than 3001. The evidence showed that she was a trader as a
milliner, and had held herself out to the world as such.
The petition must therefore be elitinis,ed.
The petition was accordingly dismissed, and the insol•
vent left the court, of course, without protection.

SIIERIFFS COURT.—YEsTERnAy.
txnua:Soucqr or MLu,mc•rx.

The ordinary sittings of this court alter the long vacation
commenced this morning. There WM one cause catered
fur trial, but the parties did not appear.
PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY.

The 6rllowing;;;;;;114;1;n to e;ider to the eoe.
totly of the sheriff, under penalty of outlawry: J. 11. Col-
letti, at the suit of John Gordon and another; B. Munn, at
the suit of Francis Cartwright ; W. A. Wearing, at the suit
of Thomas Young and another ; the lion. Brownlow Cecil,
commonly called Lord Brownlow Cecil, at the suit of
George Samuel Ford; and T. Quike, at the suit of James
Wright.

NSTER COUNTY COURT—YESTERDAY.
(BriroaK FRANCO. BATUMI'. 114 i., J t wt.)
HODGSON V. CLlrrow.

This vu an action brought by-the plaintiff, a livery-
stable keeper, againet Mr. Edw. Norton Clift,n, described
as a gentleman, residing at 10, Little Stanhope street, May-
fair, to recover a sum of money, fur the use of a brougham,
horse, and driver, under the following remarkable circum-
stances :

Mr. Philpot, the plaintiff's solicitor, stated that the de-
fendant, who was a district surveyor in the City, had re-
cently been cohabiting with a young lady connected with
the Loudon stage, for whom he took a house, Primrose-
cottage Thistle-grove, Brompton, and in consequence of
soma dispute between them they separated. The present
claim was for the use of a brougham supplied to the lady
in the defendant's name, and it was contended that he was
liable.

'l 'he plaintiff said he knew the young lady who tasted as,
and whom he believed to he, Mrs. Clifton. Had frequently
supplied her with carriages for a drive in the parks, die.,
and always got paid. The last bill was sent in to Mr. Clif-
ton at his private residence, but he related to pay it, refer-
ring plaintiff to his (defendant's) solicitor, Robins, a Mr. in
the New Inn. Mr. Robins remonstrated with plaintifffor
supplying the carriage to the lady, considering that she was
not the wile of the defendant, and plaintiff answered that
it was not his business to inquire as to that. The defendant
had hitherto paid for the broughams, and he had no notice
' to the contrary until after the bill was contracted; then the
deßndant served all the tradespeople in the neighbourhood
with a legal notice not to supply the female passing as Mrs.
Clifton with any goods on his account.
Miss lane Bilk, of Elm-place, Brompton, after a flood of
tears, stated Mr. Clifton had lately resided with her, he
having taken l'rimrose Cottage for that purpose. The de-
fendant was in the hanit of writing to her as his Ville. (A
batch of letters was here put in, of which the handwriting
was admitted.) The defendant was still the tenant of the
house, and on the 29th October, a distress was levied in his
name fur the quarter's rent. Witness called upon hint,
when he promised to settle the present claim.
In the course of cross and re-examination, it came out
that Miss Bilk had formerly gone by the maw of Laety,
having lived wilt a gentleman of that name, whose ac-
quaintance she was induced to abandon for the defendant.
Oa the stage she was known by the name of Clara
Delmont.

.......
The defendant was examined at great length, and he
recapituiated the circumstances of the cohabitation and
also the separation, but denied most positively ever having
promised to pay the claim. lie admitted whilst staying
with the lady that he ordered a music master to attend and
instruct her on the pianoforte, which was also hired by de-
fendant for Miss Bilk.
On erusicexamination, the defendant refused to answer a

great many 4,1101110 M put to him by Mr. I'hilpot, but ad-
mitted that he had had cheque• of Mw Bilk, though, be
stated, that they had been repaid.
The learned judge said the only question was, whether •
jury would infer from the evidence that this gentleman
itrumised to pay the amount after the debt was contracted.
He must say trom the probabilities of the case the defer
dant had not made any promise; besides that he had dis-
tinctly stated so, and therefore there must be a verdict for
the defendant.

111611 COURT OF BURGESSES,
wEstmissTEn—YEsTEßipAy.

The court, of which the Duke of Duccleuch is High
Steward, sat yesterday at the Sessions House, Westminster,
fur the purpose of hearing complaints against tradesmen for
deficient weights and measures. They were of little Un-
portance,except the following:
Tut: JUISY THIMATENED.—Kate Bastin, a tobacconist,
living at 6.5, Drury-lane, was fined 30s. under the following
circumstancei:—W hen the jury went to the shop on the 23rd
of October, they found two weights with a wrong stamp,
and the offence would have been passed over with a nominal
tine, but some one there said he would kick all the jury out
of the shop; and for this insolence the jury, who are them-
selves respectable tradesmen in IVestminster, imposed the
above fine.

A itswit. Ftveu Stu Poems.—After the usual busi-
ness had been gone through, Mr. Smedley, the high bailiff,
made an application to the court for a distress warrant fur
three fines of 40s. imposed upon Mr. Cannon, of Pimlico.
baker. The high bailiff said the case was u very novel one.
Mr. Cannon had been sworn in of the jury in April last,
but he had neglected to go out with them, and for which
the jury had themselves tined him 405., which they had the
power to do; but he refused to pay the fine, and the case
was represented to the court. A summons was next served
upon him to show cause why be did not pay the fine ; but
he took no notice of it, and a fine of 40s. was ordered for
contempt of court. lie afterscirts again neglected attend-
ing with the jury, and for this another penalty of 40s. was
ordered by the jury. Ile (the high bailiff) had called on
Mr. Cannon, who said he had paid the tines to the jury,
but this they denied ; and the only way they could be en-
forced would be by a warrant of distress, which he then
applied for. Mr. Cribb, one of the burgesses, said the
person bad not only set the jury, but the court, at defiance.
After a short consultation the application of the high bailiff
was grunted.