The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-09 00:00:00

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setvsats. It wee contended, nu behalf of the defendant
Howard. that three bricks had been mold to a person named
001, and • misers was Stenft ingly made punnet to a
judgment obtained by Howard splint Gill, la
part of the planters aro, Ikon*, dm phisesidozpi=
by the plaintiff to make the brieha,
by dinietims of his master, he remond the brides be gess-
Gam amounting to shoat 100,000, hem " the abuse to
gisatust part of the fied, adjelning Willeadis-lane, which
had ben oat out fee beildingssread. He was is the habit
of wiling bricks fir his mister' sad ha saver mid any to
Oil/. The plaiatiff was there sometime', sad at times
sold bricks. Bills at paresis wen always gine to the per-
chasers. Vileness INTeI board him say that he bad sold
kicks to Gill. It was his duty to keep a note of all bikes
sold, whether by his muter or himself. no bricks were
made from the slay deg for the (noshed= of • hones.—As
assistant to Shemin, the sheriff's officer, proved the seizure
of the brieka—Mr. lime, for the defendant, called whams,
tape+ that Gill, who was engaged in building transestioss,
west down to Willesden in May, b 47, when, as alleged, he
saw the plaintiff, on which occasion aa agreement
was snide, by which Gill was to take a ponies
of the ground for building, with the requisite
quantity of bricks. Georg* Skinner, • dyer, stated
that he accompanied Oill to Willesden on that moo
ice. The plaintiff measured out is ground which was
agreed to be taken by Gill for building, and a paper on the
subject was drawn up and signed. The plaintiff then told
Gill that he weld furnish Ms bricks for building shaper, than
he could get them anywhere else, on account of the swing of
cartage. An agreemeat was concluded for the requisite
quantity, the plaintiff stating that it would require 130,000
bricks. Gill then asked the plaintiff to delay TOSICITIag the
bricks for a week or two, ia order that the igrase WU* ha
wished to make into hay sigh.. not be injured. A *Might
or three weeks afterwards witsess went down with Gill to
Willesden to see if the bricks had been removed. The work-
men were then removing them on to the portion of building
ground, and about one-hall of the quantity agreed for bad
d
then been removed. no witness was rigidly eneonarnine
by Mr. O'Malley. He said Gill is •dyer, and In May, 1847,
lived in South Moitamelnet, but ha could not swear that the'
seen was over the era. Witness has sin Howard tin I
isetadart. Ho Is seinothing in Um building line. Would
met MOW that he sum sit a dyer. He had been a ealenderer,l
end wee Mill e boner. ilas seen Gill and Howard to-
let am* swear how often. It might
UM 'Wes a meth ago, end he may have
sum Stem two et four times in a public. house
Ms , Maryishone. Was formerly engaged he
to assist him in a building speculation at °rammed.
It wink keep is time of the moo, and occurred two years
ago. After that they went to Jersey. The departure was
not very sudden. Howard went bemuse he wanted DOM ,1
s.one, soil was told that he could got it cheaper there. He
did not get the stone. Witness did sot know that Reword
went to prison on his return and prod time* tbe Ism&
mat Court. He (witness) went dwell* the smut moo
time after. Ile had been engaged is resins beading ems
latices. Wm. Bradford, a beitidaym who lei has sor
ployed byjOill, statedthat by Gill's directlinihownt amia*
Willesden in July 1847, and brought up • orn-hind of bias
to South Molten street. Witness did not take *sent lan the
field, nor did he see • gate, but be caned the brick, through
gap in the hedge from the stack of bricks,
which hwas 'boat
het from the hedge.—The jar,. without troubling the
plaintiff's counsel to reply, or the learned Hum to sum
tip
teturned a verdict for the plaintiff.
ELAM V. OIDDT.—." A llomax Iliciatitst."—This WWI
ea action to recover 341. for goods sold and delivered and for
arterials supplied to the defendant. The plaintiff was de-
scribed as • "human mechanist," carrying on business in
;Oxford-sheet, and it was stated that, having considerable
skill in the eanstraetion of legs and arms, and other articles
requiring closely-fitting joints, be was employed by the de-
fendant to make eiversl instruments denominated " tapir-
Anton," for tho ramose of sweeping chimneys on the prin-
ciple of no MaKleallf." The goods were delivered from
time to time, and when the bill was delivered the defendant
promised to pay, and subs.quently dined to give bills for
the amount. No opposition was now offered on behalf ofthe
defendant, and the delivery of Ms goods having been proved,
the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount
claimed.
This amended the business of the first sittings at West-
minster darner term. Mr Baron Platt will sit to-morrow
(Friday), at Guildhall, and ageb at Westminster as

SECONDARIES' CHU RT.—YSSTEADAT.
Before lir. Reader, hem.
Wata AND ANoTlifilt v. COOPAR. A • VINO
Csuscuwasuss.—This was • writ of inquiry to assess da-
mages in en arks brought byre present churchwardens of the
parish of St.Joba's,flcuthwark, spinets late churchwarden of
that parish to recover Certain BOWS of money received by him
so such churehwarden.—Judgment wu allowed to go by
default by the defendant, and evidence was given to show
that he hail scud r churchwarden from Much, 160, to
March, 1547, and that in that capacity be received the parish
funds. He :leaved 2221. 164. 3d., none of which he ac-
counted for at the aspiration of his term, but subsequently he
par over 601. Ths action was for the balasico.—Verdict for
the plaintiffs,—damages, 1621. 16e. 31.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YaSTIRDAY.
Before Mr. °Nandi,loon Bane.
Two lINITID SrNT AND tknitaT COAL COMPANY.—
. Fletcher, coal-dealer, Oreenwieb, came up to pass his last
examination. The bankrupt had acted es secretary to a coal
society, and, on its beeskirg up, he had become bankrupt.
His debts and liabilities were LOW; probable assets, more
than sofficiant to ewer his liabilities. Mr. Shaw, for the
assignees, append the bankrupt's passing, on the ground of
his not having givea an account of certain bills of exchange
which be had received :ram the coal company for the value
of hie horses, &c•—lt SW ended that the imperfection of the
balance-sheet was owing to the accountant who undertook to
prepare it having absconded, after receiving the money,
without fulfilling his task.—Ultienate:y the last examination
was adjourned till the 11th January.
Ax INSoLVKIIT EsTATlL—Cleoras Parker, chemist and
druggist, St. Martin's-laxe, came up tope's his last examina-
tion. His balance-sheet showed debts and liahilitin to the
:mount of 4,0291.; the assets consisted of about 50W. of debts
due to the bankrupt, of which upwards of 4001. wen de-
scribed as doubtful.—Mr. Carman, the official assignee,
stated that ao trade assignee bad been appointed.—The Com-
' missionee said this was one of those cases where the bank-
rupt, after denuding himself of all property, came to that
court foe protection from his creditors, having been made
bankrupt on his own pttition. In this case there were no
assets; and no one had been appointed to inquire into the
&apt:salon of the bankrupt's property because it was no
one's interest to do eo. The examination must be adjourned
for twelve months from the date of the fiat, and protection
refined.

Before Mr. Commissioner Goo Thorn.
Casa Or • CAIRlll.—Jobn Honor Parker, carrier, of
Percival-street, applied foe his certifieate, and was opposed by
Mr. Sturgeon, on behalf of the asignees.—The ease bad been
adjourned from a previous day, for the bankrupt to complete
hie ash actionnts. Additional accounts had been filed, but
the snipe's still expressed their dissatisfaction. The bank-
rupt's balance-sheet extended from theist Sept., 1844, to the
13th January last. His debts and liabilities were 16,9781. ;
probable assets from good debts, 1,0421. (The official as-
signee reported that his property had all been swept away
by different executions, and that only about 4001. of the
debts had been collected.) His profits had been 12,6711. ;
lose., 9,7351. ; trade expenses, 13,7901. • domestic ditto,
1,4341. • disputed claim from the Great Western Company,
5471. ; Other doubtful debts, 1,1811. The principal groundsof
opposition were that the bankrupt bad gone on trading long
stir he was insolvent, and had been a consenting party to
the executions by which his property had been swept off. In
the course of the procsedings allusion was made to the claim
against the Great Western Railway Company ; and it was
stated that the assignees did not think it draftable to pros-
cute it.—His Honour said that as railway acts were now
framed, it wog almost impossible to sue any of these compa-
nies ; for they were entitlid, in the Ant instance, to a lull
copy of the whole of the accounts, which, ea in this ease,
might be my voluminous, and might cost several hundred
pounds is the bare copying—an express which must be in-
sured beim the pars, s could go into court at all —Dlr.
Sturgeon said them was a strong suspicion against the
hemline of haviag favoured the excitations on his pro-
perty in dlikrent parts of the country, whereby the
pestles who bed been employed by him as clerks and
agents bed come into possession of his stock, and were carry-
r fug es the busisma. He had had establishments at Ayleiti
bury, Buckingham, Bicester, Banbury, Leicester, Chippes-
. ham, Trowbridge, From*, Stroud, Bath, Bristol, and, at •
• Wooer period, at Nottingham and Rugby ; and at most of
I these name the concerns were now carried on by parties who
had been in his employ. After a protracted inquiry, his
Hower gave judgomat on the can. He said the bankrupt
was very censurable in not having come here sooner, as he
woo clearly insolvent in 1846. Notwithstanding this, had
gone on distributing his property in all directions, allowing
one creditor to take one portion and anothi r another. Such
conduct was, to say the least, faulty in the extreme ; and
now the question lets how it 'Meld be punished. He had
been subjected to rigorous examination during nine or ten
months; and he had done his beet to give satisfaction to
hie creditors by making out 'oleaginous accounts. He had
also undergone two months' imprisonment at the suit of Mr.
Ricktord ; end it would have been much better if the law
had not been enforced against him in that respect. As far
as imprisonment went, that would satisfy the justice of the
MSC He would now adjourn the consideration of the eerti
Boats for six months from that data; when it wauld be
granted, if no cause were shown to the contrary, protection
to be gives in the meantime.
pease Ile Comeniseloser llolrood
YRNICLNITILZ the day
appointed lot the choice of assignees in the bankruptcy of
Ackland and Gawp', East India merchants, of Mooreate-
street. Debts to the amount of a nut 20,0001. were provid,
and Mr. Jas. Bomar, of the Old Jewry, merchantoras chosen
trade move*. The total liabilities of the hones will pro-
holy exceed 100,0001.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—VIIITIUDAT.
1w ss lleihn Ur. CosaYam, PUllips.
I Au= DuiCoußß.—Tnis petitioner, II solicitor,
whose oasis are at 4, Orsy's-ina.pleoe, was opposed by Mr.
Suitedlts R. B. Dumont*, a "Omit, on the ground of
his ha,sag boss defrauded of 2,0001.-11 r. Cooke supported
the innienit.—Mr. &mood, in cross-examining the ap;,li-
suit, ainsinel frees hint an adninion of the following facts :
The Wier of the two brothers (vb., the insolvent and the
=goreditor) died, it amend, in the year 1827, with-
dyed a will, cossequenos of which R. B.
Danembe bison estitkd (es the eldest son) to all the free-
hold peepeely 101 l by the father ; but, in furateranos of what
be babied to be Idler's intention, he maned a deed,
=
wee map divided among the whole the
Under Ws enaagensent he beams pawned of
2,301. be II per oset stock, the petitioner having 'simi-
lar emenet as by One el the property. la 1831 the
lushest Wowed his eldest bratho's mow, giving hies a