The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-21 00:00:00

IN THI KAMA OT RICHARD PRIDIIO2I.

This issolvest, the lessee of &leille-house, Leicester-
equate, applied to be discharged from prier. A creditor
aired Haswell opposed is perms, mid Mr. Cooke sup-
ported. Mr. Frederick Fez Cooper, a dramatic writer, ap-
peared r a eemplaiurt.

L 180. the iieolveet, with • sapital of between 2.0001,
lied 3,0001. ig our, rented the " Linwood Gallery" of the
eneseises of Miss Linwood. The rest bad been 4401. •
per, aad by the last agreement, which wee made la 1861
fee 4 years, the rest was 3761. • year. The ieselvent bed
esevertsd the place into • theatre, sad, besides
all his capital, was now oboist 1,8001. is debt. Vire!
solveagy woe ettelbsted te the losses he bad semirigid at
the plate. le 1849, the loneliest seepieyel Mr.
the opposing creditor, to sake acme dossredeas.
14. ea issessat Tbs Ulnas was 191. lb. IL, In

which ese insolvent was sued in the Westminster County
Court, and Mr. .Ilaswell had been put to • good deal ut
trouble and expense. When the insolvent took the Lin-
wood Gallery the rent was 4Po/. • year, and he laid out
upwards of ,001. in fittings, he. kinbsequently the rent
was 444/., end it was now 3751. • year. He hart espied.
mote than 2,0001. on the place, and owed some debts fir
doe-orations &c. The lease had been sold by the elevators
el MwLi; woad, under an elocution, and it lad become
forfeited. In 18.52 en action was brought against the
insolvent in ejectment, and he subsequently gave • judge's
order fur the rent due, which was a little more than a
quarter. end he went on paying thereat as well as he could.
Ile was arrested in October. and the landlords
bad 'tired the property, which bad cost him e
large sum, was sold fur 2.51., and the net sum
realised was 131. The insolent said the property bad
been " frightfully sacrificed.- The insolvent had proposed
to part with all he possessed to his creditors, but some de-
clined, and the landlord bad seized the property. Hence
the great sacrifice which had occurred.
Mr. Frederick Fox Cooper said he considered be wee a
creditor to 1001. ine theatrical dresses end manuscripts. It
appeared that the insolvent let the theatre to a Mr. H.
Hutt, and the Edwin family were among the performers.
Mr. Cooper said 601. had been paid for dresses, and on the
third week they were barred out of the theatre. He could
not pia admittance, nor the property, with his dramatic
manuscripts. lie felt stroncly for the poor children, as
they might be considered as orphans.
The Chief Commissioner investigated the alleged injury
of which Mr. Cooper complained.
The insolvent stated that Mr. Rolt was indebted to him
for the rent of the theatre where the Marionettes were per-
formed, and he cancelled the agreement and took posses-
sion of the scenery and dresses. He was not aware that
any of the dresses belonged to the Edwin family. There
were fewer dresses when he re-took possession than before.
He did not know what had become of the mai,u,cripts.
He bad let the theatre to several exhibitions, and various
panoramas had been eahibind. It was now used for the
" Tour of Europe," fur which 701. a month was being paid.
The Chief Commissioner could not regard Mr. Cooper u
a creditor. If there was any complaint, the present was
not the occasion, nor was this the place. There wit another
place to obtain redeem.
It was elicited that in 1849 the insolvent made an er-
r ingement for his creditors and paid in pursuance 10/. for
five week,. Subsequently the insolvent went on with
Saville-house, and incurred a number of debts.

The Chief eommissioner thought the insolvent should
have yielded some years back. There were many debts
contra:ted since 1848.

Mr. Cooke remarked that the insolvent hut spent all his
capital, and had gone on expectation like the managers to
get on. He bad lost upwards of 20001.
His Honour said the loss occurred a long time back. As
the ease now stood, it could not be disposed of, and it
would seem that Mr. Huwell had some cause of complaint.
Ultimately the cam was adjourned fur further evidence,
and notice was required to be given of the next exami-
nation.