The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-11 00:00:00

STAPLETON v. STAPLETON.

Mr. Fleming said that, on tendering the draft of a special
cue, dragon and .igned by counsel, under Mr. Geo. Turner's
act for simplifying proceedings in Cnancery, the clerk of
records and a rite had refused to tile the same unless the en-
grossment en parchment were also signed by counsel. The
object of the present arplication wog, that the clerk might
be directed to tile the engrossment on the production of the
draft duly signed by counsel.
His lordship held that signature of the parchment engross.
merit by counsel was unnecessary, and gave the required
direction.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YEsTEEDAL
(Sims Ma. Courissioxita Oovtanativ.)
hi 8i POWNALL.
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This sou the first meeting tot the—proof of debts and choir*
of assignees in the case of Edward Pownall, solicitor and
ship-owner, of Ipswich. Hie deb., are said to be about
6.000/.; assts 3001. or 4001. Assignees were chosen, and
Messrs. Sole and Turner were appointed solicitors under the
bankruptcy.—__ _ _

Bnoas Ka. CONICMSIONII YONSLANOVZ.
IN RE STILANOZ.—THS `• ROYAL ETCHINGS."

This was the hit examination meeting in the cue of W.
Strange, ten., bookseller and publisher, of Paternoster row.
The accounts had not been filed.

Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupt, asked for an adjourn-
ment, to which Mr. Sheard, for the sinignees, consented.
The trade debts are said to be under 1,0001. The Witte is
attributed to the proceedings which were tak(n against the
bankrupt, at the instance of Ms Royal Highness Prince
Albert, with regard to the publication of the royal etchings.
It appeared that an mention had been put in for the
plaintiff's costs, but the payment had afterwards been
excused.

The last examination was adjourned for seven weeks.

SECONDARIES' COURT.—YzenutDAT.
BUS= Ml. 824:0XDUT POIIIII.

OUTLAWRY.- CHAFF/LILO V. /ADIS.
This was an inquiry under • writ of special caplet,
directed to the Sheriffs of London to inquire of what Roods
and chattles, land• and tenements, tho defendent Henry
Jadis, formerly of Brianston-square, in the county of Mid-
dlesex, was possessed within the beiwiek of the Sheriffs of
London, on the 20th of June last.
Mr. Kell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Adolphus for
the defendant.
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Mr. Kell stated the cue, and said that the inquiry wes
under proceedings in outlawry, and he should be able to
prove that the defendant, who had formerly been a clerk
under the Board of Control of the If 9st India Company, we,
entitled to • pension from the Eva India Company of 2601,
per :moo us.
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Mr. E. Jank;ns, of the accountant's office, at the E; at
India House, said that the mama of Henry Jadis appeared
on the pension roll of the East India Company u a
clerk of the Board of Control, and the pension was
granted by virtue of a Queen's warrant. He did
not pay the money, but in the ordinary course sent
the necessary warrant to the treasurer to pay, and bad done
so up to Christmas last. He did not know whether the
pension was granted for life or not; but the instructions he
received in cases of pensions were general, and he should
continue to direct the payment until the death of the person
entitled to the pension was reported, or the instructions
were rescinded.

Mr. Adolphus contended that the original warrant and
other documents, coder which the payments were made,
ought to be produced, and in the next place thst a pension
was not goods and chattels, lands cr tsnements, and was not
subject to attachment any more than the half pay of an
officer could be seized by swignees, and this latter point was
clearly &Hued by the Insolvent Act.

The teamed Under Sheriff took a note of the objections,
but held that the evidence of payments fn the ordinary course
was sufficient, cud as to the question whether the pension
could be attached, that must be settled between the 'lefties.
B. therefore directed the jury to find that the defendant
was, on the 21st of June last, and now is entitled to • pension
of '2 501 per sonata, and the juty returned a verdict to that
effect.

FATAL CAB Acciram.—Yesterday Mr. H. M.
Wakley concluded an adjourned inquest in the Middlesex
Hospital on John Sharpe, aged 56, a carpenter. Mr. Samuel
Steele, vestrymen of St. Marylebone, deposed that he was
walking along Portland-place, Cavendish street, when be
saw • Hansom's cab, driven by Joseph Birch, badge 4,463,
knock down and run over deceased as the latter crossed Port
land.place. The cab we. going rather rapidly, and the
driver, who was the worse for liquor, after deceased was
knocked down, drove off until his (Mr. Steele's) cries induced
a police mutable to stop the cab. It was his opinion that
the accident was the result of reeking driving. When
knocked down and run over deceased was currying two
planks, which were broken by the collision. Mr. Goodall,
house surgeon, said that deceased died of erysipelas, the re-
sult of his injuries. The jury returned the following ver-
diet:—.. That deceased died of erysipelas, after having been
run over by a cab ; bat there is not sufficient evidence to re-
turn a verdict of manslaughter,"