The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-04 00:00:00

COURT OF ERROR.

Lord Chief Justice Erie came into wort in the morning,
and announced that the following days had been appointed
for sittings in error. For errors from the Queen's Bench
—Wednesday, 2tith, and Thunday, 27th of November ; from
the Common Pleas, Friday, With, and Saturday, 20th of
November ; and from the Exchequer, Monday, Ist, and
Tuesday, 2nd of December.
His lordship mleo stated that the court would give judg-
ment on Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock, in the case of
the " Duke of Beaufort," and in " dither& v. Gray."

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)

At the sitting of the court this morning Mr. 3. R.
Kenyon, Mr. Southgate, and Mr. A. Robhouse, the new
counsel, were invited by the learned judge to take
their seats within the bar.

Sir Robert Joseph Pbillimore, Q.C., prayed the court to
direct the patent appointing him Queen's Advocate to be
read and enrolled, according to ancient custom, on the
records of the court.

This having been done,
The judge said he had much plesaure in offering Sir Robert
his congratulations on bis appointment.
The new cause list contains 87 suite, of which 13 are far
Judicial separation, two for restitution of conjugal rights,
and 72 for the dissolution of marriage. There are eight cases
to be triad by special sod 21 by common juries. The rest
will be baud by the judge sitting alone.
The probate business is not very heavy.
The motion list for to-day was unusually long, comprising
as it did no fewer than 86 cases. It was principally com-
posed, however, of motions of comae including a great
number of decrees nisi to be made absolute. Amongst these
was the mute celebre of " Porter v. Porter and Row"

Mr. Linklater said the bankrupt had no doubt an interest
in representing himself as being before the world in 1859.
From that time down to the bankruptcy he bad
continued the proprietor of the Weekly Times, Lon-
don Journal, and other publications. The London
Journal had yielded • profit of 4,0001. a, year,
shoeing • value of 12,0601. The Weekly Times owing to
Am reduction in price to • penny, had been carried on for
some time at a loss. The Guide was also included in the
securities given to a creditor, and its profits were embraced
in the above statement The sale of theme publications by the
mortgagee had been a fair sale, and would not be interfered
with by the assignees; they believed that theamount realised,
18,0001., was a fair pries ; and they left it to say creditor
who complained to take what steps they thought fit. The
saeignees bad been exceedingly fortunate in the sale of the
other property, and the assets would amount to upwards of
17,200/. The debts on the balance-sheet were 38,000/. Mr.
Joseph Hart, who bad prepared the accounts under the
direction of the court, reported that he had had great eliffi.
culty in obtain: ug the assistance of the bankrupt in elucidating
his accounts. The bankrupt bad assumed an increased value
of 21,f 33/. for the London Journal in consequence of the
abolition of the paper duty ; but Mr. Hart was of opinion
'that this was entirely conjectural. The ohms with regard to
his estimate at the vales of the Guide. Since September,
1861, • serious loss had arisen on the Weekly Times by the
reduction of its pries from twopence to one
penal--a step which Mr. Stiff bad taken in op-
position to the advice of many of his friends. He now
valued the Weekly Times at 7,6001., but Mr. Hart did not
think it worth mare than 2,5004. The publication of the
Morning C7iroeitk had been carried on at a very heavy
loss, upwards of 11,0001. The personal expenditure had been
very heavy—no lass than 8,9001. for two years and eight
months. Hie books were in a very confused state,
and Mr. Hart had been compelled to raise a cash
account. In the latter stages of the inquiry the bankrupt
had rendered all the assistance in his power. another most
unsatisfactory feature in the 'nee was that the bankrupt
had failed to account for cash drawn out to the amount of
2041. Of course the assignees could not possibly be satisfied
with the accounts.
The Commissioner—Then comes the_ question, do you