The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1848.

quired.—The Court thought some salvage was due, but the
question was what amount and to whom should it be
awarded. Tho action was brought by Wm. Thomas, John
home", J. Drown, end others, who it is suppueed were on
hoard the boats. There was no doubt but the vessel wuatons
time in considerable peril, for the master once contemplated
running hi r manors-, to save the lisp of the crew, although
no signal of deities' had been hoisted. The court
felt it was a salvage me to all intents and purposes. It
was laid down, as reported in the second volume of " Hag-
gard's Reports," that if the owners of a steam.vessel were
to send her out to render assistance to a vessel in distress
they could not claim salvage, but the master and crew could,
and they might make • claim as owners for the use of
their vessel. Lord Sowell had laid it down that fur a
party claiming salvage. he must prove that he was personally
engaged on that steed*. He therefore thought the two
Thomases, who had out taken any pert in the service, but
merely kilt their boats', were not entitled to salveee; and
the agreement before referred to, where OM was off. red as
a remount ration, he thoughtcould rot bind the boats' crew,
as Joha Thomas was not authorised by them to act. It
would therefore award 61. to Conner, 21. to each of the crew
in the boats, and to William Thomas 61. for the use of his'
boat*. It also gave the coats against the parties, and all
charges to the act of giving bail, which the court
thought was caressive—to ask for 7,5001., when the action
was brought fur only 3,0001., and their first claim was only
7601. He gave great citdit to tho mater for making hie
wsy to Liverpool, fur if she had remained in an Irish port,
it was inspoesiile to say what fresh charges might have been
brought agairst the vessel.
THE CATHEXISE.—SAIsAos —This was a vowel which
had been sunk en the Goodwin Sands, and which bad been
raised by a Mr. Austin and Mr. Neal, by mi ana of " The
Austin's Patent Salvage Corepany." The question hinged
upon the right of the company to bring the action and
claim salvage fur the services rendered, there having been a
private arrangement between the owne r of the Catherine
and M . Neal and Austin, to pay 1001. if the weasel
should be raised. The claim for salvage was 4.501. The
arguments had not closed when the court rose.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Woe* Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.
CAPS or OUTLAWKY.—The last examination of John
13.1 d (of the firm of Chrees and Boyd), silk manor ecturen,
13,w Churchyard, was appointed for yesterday. The other
bankrupt, Benjamin Chrees, who had not surrendered at
the last meeting, had had sentence of outlawry proclaimed
ageing Liras—Mr. Hudson (of Bucklersbury) now appeared
for the oasignees, and stated that (Three*, who was supposed
to have taken considerable property with him, had been dis-
covered with some trouble, and had been induced to sur-
render himself to the court, and to give up the property.
In consequence of his not having done so la fore the list
met ring the sentence of outlawry had passed aping him;
and it was necessary, before ho could appear here, that en
order of the Cowl f Review should bo obtained. A peti-
tion was in course of preparation for that purpose,
to which probably the mitigates wouid offer no oh.
stack. The bankrupt himself was still on the "hide
and seek," disliking to appear in court and incur the
responsibilities in which he might be involved, until he had
got the order of the Court of Review. The point to be sub
mined to his honour was, whethi r that intennation which
it w.• material to the estate that the bankrupt should give
need await, or ought properly to await, his f rmal surrender
under that order. 'the pewit povition in which he had
placid himself del not at all absolve him from those duties
which he owed to his creditors, the giving every information
in his power about the estate. Ile (Mr. Hudson), there-
fore, asked his honour to fix a day on which he would per-
mit the examination of the bankrupt in reference to his
estate, although he had, by hie other misconduct, placed
himself in such • position that his surrender could not now
he taken. The matter came before the court that day on the
balance-sheet of the bankrupt Botd ; and though the
assignees could not absolve him from an almost entire
participation in the criminal mode in which these men
had conducted their business, they did not object to his
passing, as the balance-sheet gave as full an account
es
he could probably give of their dealings and transactions.
But as part of the balance-sheet had not been fib d in time,
and as this was only a balance-sheet of one of the bank-
rupts, he should ask for the examination to be atijourned till
they could bath appear, and answer for the accuracy of the
halanceatheet. As Chrees had to obtain the order of the
Court of Review an adjournment ef tin weeks would pro.
bnbly be necessary.—The Commissioner having inquired of
Boyd whether he had any oNection to this course, and re-
ceiving en answer in the negative, said he thought it would
be the best enures to pursue.—Mr. Grocm, the official as-
signee, thought an adjournment of six weeks would hardly
be long enough.—Cltimately the meeting was adjourned
till the sth of September, at II o'clock, and a private meet-
ing for the examination of Cheers was fixed for the 28th
the ',entice-sheet, which extends from the 26th of
March, 1847, to the 14th ef March, 1818, hod the foilawing
items : To creditors, 5,9971 : ditto, fur advanc, s on pro: art)',
1,5471. By gond debts, 2501.; property, 73W ; ditto in
hands of creditors, 2,2411. ; trade a "penises, 2251 ; looses,
3,307!.; amount to the di bit of Chrees, 765/. Proo'e of
debts were then taken. Amongst them won that of •
w , named lihn Skinner, whose debt war 121. ; he had
in his poe.eieion good. to the amount of about 71, on which
he had claimed a lien, and the question now arose whetherhe
was entitled to receive 405., under the Wages Act, in part
payment of the balance. It appearing that the debt was
coropoteil of wages, as well as of the deposit of 5/. width the
bankrupts hid bean in the habit of requiring from their
weavers, the Commissioner in'imated that the creditor was
eolith d to the payment of 40s. in reduction of his balance.—
In another cave, where the weaver, Wm, Brook, had paid
the deposit of 61 , but where the goods in hand did not
amount to that sum, a claim was also set up for the payment
of 40r. its wages ; but it appearing that nothing was due for
work done, the Commissioner decided that it could not be
entertained.—Them decisions applied to the principal classes
of cues ; la the others no question of importance arose.
Orions CASH Of ItECKLIDIA THAW:4O.-O[OW Williams,
draper, of Surhiton, applied for his certificate. He wagtail).
ported hy Mr. Lawrence, and opposed by Mr. Matthews for
the assignees, and by Mr. Dupree on behalf of a creditor
named Foster. The bankrupt owed about 1,8'201. ; his
meets were upwards of 3001. Ilia profits' during four years.
had been 4851 ; his losses, 6881. ; trade, domestic, arid per
▪ expenses, about 1,2701. The principal ground of oppo.
sition was, that the bankrupt had gone on trading for four
years with • clear and ascertained loss on every year's
transaction" while his expenditure, independent of his losses,
ha I nearly tre bled his profits. The amount entered as "in-
terest" was 2611., and the bankrupt admitted that he had
paid u high u 40 per cent. per annum for the dis-
count of bills. For two years past he bad been in the habit
of pawning goods. He had been bankrupt in 1811, and had
only obtained his certificate in October, 1843. He hail pro.
riously compounded with his creditors in 1830.—The
commissioner said the case was one of great im-
prudence on the part of the bankrupt. It was
lamentable to see that • person who had been
20 years in trade, and had been bankrupt belere,
owing b,0001., and only paying a dividend of 2s. fed.,
should not have had greater caution on again entering into
business. His caper diture had been most excessive, such
that it was impossible for him to bring his affairs round,
as he might have done by economy, in the favourable cir
cumstances in which he had recommenced business. One

large debt bad been contracted so recently u February. when
he must bare known himself to be in a state of hopeless in-
solvency. The certificate must be suspended for twelve
months from this time, in the hope that the sentence would
operate as a warning to the bankrupt.
Before Mr. Commissioner tonblanque.
EXTENSIVE MERCANTILE FAILURE.—Thin was the day
ap; ointed (or the last examination of Ileususan and Co ,
merchants, of Magdalen-row, Great I'rescott•atreet. The
&tenants, which are very complicated, the dealings of the
tirrn having been most extensive, have not vet been made
up, and the balance•sheet consequently not tiled. Under
these circumstances Mr. Lawrence, who appeared for the
bankrupts, consented to an adjouloment until the 24th of
October. It is said that the debts and liabilities et this firm
will amount to 80,0001.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
Before Mr. Serjeant Adams.
THIS ASSAULT ON NOAH!, IHR EILA.—J. Green end J.
Robinson, two of the crew of the Era steam-boat, were in-
dicted for assaulting Mr. Waugh, solicitor, of Great James-
street, Bedford-row, ou beard that vessel.—The facts of this
case were reported in the police intelligence on Tuesday.—
% he defendants pleaded guilty, and through their counsel,
Mr. Payne, express, d great con,rition for their misconduct.
—Mr. Waugh said he considered this case one of importance
to the public, and be had brought it forward on public
grounds. He did not press for any punishment but such as
the cou,t might think proper for the protection of the public
travelling by steam boats.—Mr. Serjtant Adams sentenced
each of the prisoners to 14 days' imprisonment.

ten days before any symptoms iippeared.—Sir Chapman
Marshall said that he bad little doubt the statement sal S. r•
cant White would be made public. and have the desired
effect—Mr. Nice and Sergeant White then thanked the
aldermen for their attention and retired.
BOWSTREET.—ROBBEILY AT THE GENERAL PORT-
OFFICE.— T. J. Turner, a letter-carrier in the General Post-
efface, was finally examined, charged with stealing a letter
contusion 401. 25., the property of the Postmaster-General.
The prisoner said he would reserve hie defence, and he was
fully committed for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET. TRW MURDER IN SPITAL•
MILLE —G. Hart was re-exnenined, charged, upon his own
confession, with having been accessory to the murder of the
child Henry beams. —lnspector Name laid before the ma-
gistrate an anonymous letter he had received some time be-
fore the surrender of the prisoner, bearing initials
corresponding with those of the man whom the prisoner had
declared to be the murderer, and which, in the most positive
manner, retorted the charge upon the prisoner himself, in
the following word.: "I have just parted company
with the man who strangled the little Jew boy.
have promised to meet him at ten o'clock tonight
at Sho editch Church. 1 give you this information, because
he has lately told several persons in the neighbourhood that
he intends to give himself up and split against me. You had
better go ilt plain clothes, if you an at all, and take him.
His name is Tom Hart, need he lives in Fashionstreet, Brick-
lane. Ile is dressed in a tweed coat, drab trousers, hat, and
green handkerchief. We sold the elothes in Rosemary-lane.
When he is once in custody I will 'peeler against him, and
tell all about it, if I am promised a pardon and part of the
reward which is offered. He is a short man, about .5 feet
4 inches, and I know ho will be at the church, as I promised
to lead him come money to go on the trump. We met the
little boy. in Whitechapel, and took him to the arches in
Commercial-street, and there we tied a handkerchief round
his seek end ' done ' him, and I took the body where it was
found." The inspector added that all their efforts to obtain
a clue to the writ, r of the letter io question had been hitherto
unsuccessful, and he considered it most potable that
he was not yet aware ofthe prisoner's apprehension, or that
the government had promised a pante n to any actors plico
not be ing the actual murderer, se the printed handbills to
that effect had only keen circulated a few days.—Mr. Arno:11
then asked the prieginer if be wished to add anything further
to his statement, at the same time cautioning him that he
war not bound to say anything unites he thought proper,
and whatever he did say would lie taken down as evidence.
—The prisoner (sullenly) : I know nothing at all alse.ut it.
—Mr. Arnold then asked the prisoner if he had anything to
urge against his re-committal u,,on the charge ? and the ark
moner answered shortly in the negative. The prisoner was
then remanded, and upon being removed to the cell, he re-
quested to be furnished at first with writing n aterials, and
upon Sergeant Sander takir.g temporary charge of him in
the absence of the officer who bad previously done no, he en-
tered into a minute and lengtheucd detail of the circum-
stances attending the transaction, and, it was understood,
made certain other disclosures which it would not be pru-
dent to divulge in the present stage of the investigation.
THAMES.—Contore TOLL CAVE.—IV. Mahoney was
&erg d with assaulting G. Perry, a toll-taker at tne Warren-
bridge bar, Stratford. It seems the toll, which is a peculiar
one, inasmuch as it can only be collected for thirty days in
the peer, commencing on the 21st of June, was granted to
the Pule family (now represented by the Earl of Morning-
ton) ostensibly for the purpose of preserving the fences in
Epping Forest, and keeping in repair a eettain prison in the
vicinity for the incarceration of deer-stealers, but in reality
to repay some pecuniary obliestiens which Cheeks 11. was
under to the above-named family. Of the prieon there are
now no traces, and the toll coming in such a questionable
shape, and exacted oily at a particular period, is looked
upon by those subjected to it as a very obnoxious exaction.
It recurs, too, during the celebration of the Fairl,ep Fair,
which takes place on the lit Friday in July, and, though
proverbial for being a rainy day, is always, from the beauty
of the woodland scenery, an obi, et of great attraction tee
metropolitan excursionists. On Tuesday the defendant was
passing with his cart, when Perry demanded a tall of 41.
Defandant refused to comply with the demand, and en-
deavoured to force his wsy through, when the assault (a
very slight one) was committed. A great mob, however,
was collected, who urged the defendant to continue his re-
',trance, end it was with no little difficulty that Sergeant
\V eters was enabled to quell the disturbance and take the
prisoner to the station house.—Mr. Yardley said it was not
hie provieme to decide on the legality or illegality of the toll.
That was a question to be settled elsewhere, and if any per-
son created a riot by violent resistance, that party would
render himself liable to indictment, and any persons who
promoted such reel-Gan, tending to riot, whether le,ad
rs or otherwise, rendered themselves equally liable. As
the outrage in this ease, as far as the assault weset,was hut a
slight one, and as the prisoner did not appear so much in
fault as those by whom he was abetted, lee would only be
called upon to pay a floe of se.
Shortly before the closing of the cote, John rod:bill, •
canna's, of Fulham.fie Ida WAS charged with assaulting Wm.
Robinson, another of the toll collectors at the abort-named
bar. The prisoner, in passing the bridge, had paid the toll
of 4 1., wbic.a had been dem mded of him. Having stopped
at a neighbouring public-house, there was a number of per-
suns discussing e iu.propriety f the toll, sine no whom
were several women. There were Inge crowds assembled,
and they had banners, on which were inscriptions depreca.
ting the toll, and a number of respectable persons, mounted
on hersebeeck, were ruling amongst the people, inciting them
to re 1,14 t the toll. They also abused the prisoner for paying
it, many of them alleging t..at they had forced their way
through without pay ing the obnoxious impost. The prisoner
subsequently came ta the bridge, where the people were acting
in a very riotous manner, and during the disturbanc • assaulted
complainant by prizing his collar and forcing him away from
a horns of which he had custody for the toll at the time.—
The defendant said that he only interfered to prevent miss
chief, as from the manner in which the complainant held the
hearse there was imminent danger to the persons about.—
Mr. Yardley ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 101.—
Robiruon wished to know whether his worship could afford
them any aresistance in quelling the riots at the bridge, which
every moment assumed a more threatening a pest.—Mr.
Yardley said that he had only to do with such charges as
should be brought before him. Those he would deal with
as they deserved, but it lay with the police to look to the
peace of the &larch

MONEY MARKET.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.

There has scarcely been a movement in the prices
of Consols to-day, and the business was confined to
some few transactions only. Prices ruled at 83,-.! to 3,
until the clone of business, when they were called a
mere shade better at 834 for the opening ex dividend.
The solution of the West India question was still the
subject of speculatLn and disturbance. Reduced
Threes left off 831 to 4. Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents., 841 to Long Annuities, 84 to 9.16. Ex-
chequer Bills, 375. to 40s. premium. India Bonds,
17s. to 20:r. premium. Bank Stock, 191 to 3.
Mexican Stock improved about 1 per cent. on the
reports rev ived by the West India mail from
Mexico that the treaty with the United States was
about to be ratified within a few days after the des-
patch of the correspondence new received. The
report is the more end led to credence in the present
instance, as from the tariff alterations decreed by the
congress at Queretaro the recognition of the treaty
should have been resolved upon, though not officially
notified, as the previous indispensable condition of
the power to carry those tariff alterations into effect,
if substantial benefits were calculated to be derived
from them. Although, as said, Mexican stock Un-
proved in the first moment upon the report
of the ratification of the treaty, and the as-
surance afterwards of early performance of the act,
still the improvement was not maintained, because
the same reports and assurances had been so fre-
quently reiterated on every occasion of arrivals,
without confirmation present or prospective, that
faith hod ceased to be reposed in the facts asserted.
Mexican Bonds, which advanced in the first instance
to 164 to a, left off therefore at the close of business
at 161 to 4. In other foreign stocks there was
scarcely any variation. Brazilian were 66 to 9 ; Chi-
lian, 78 to 81; Venezuela, 15 to 18; Spanish Fives,
114 to 12, the Threes 224 to 1, Passive 2„ to 34;
Portuguese, 16 to 17; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents, 424 to 34, the Fours 624 to 31; Russian, 89 to 91.
Accounts from G ylon announce the suspension of
Messrs. Ackland, Boyd, and Co., in cot:wipe nce of the
failure of the London firm, M. ears. Boyd, Thomas,
and Co. At a meeting of creditors it was decided that
the estate should be wound up under inspection. Mr.
Oswin, the junior partner, would be permitted to pro-
ceed home, his expenses being paid out of the estate,l
and his furniture given up to him for the payment of
his personal debts. Mr. Ackland and Mr. Capper I
were to be allowed 40/. per month, with the use of
their furniture. Mr. Ackland had re-signed his offices
of legislative councillor and chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce. The liabilities had been estimated at
41,00(d., and their assets at 19,0001. sterling.
Advice' of the 17th of May from Vera Cruz report
that by the Euglish courier from Queretaro, where
the Mexican congress was in session, a decree had
been issued by which the duties on importation had
been reduced 40 per cent., say 2-sths, on the rates
established by the tariff of 184.5. The consulado duty
of 3 per cent., with that known as the cunsumo duty
of 2 per cent., was fixed at 2 per cent. This financial
measure will be a considerable relief to trade,
although the import charges, even after these deduc-
tions, much exceed those levied at present by the Anglo-
Americans. On another occasion these alterations of
duties may be noticed somewhat more in detail. It
may be mentioned that Santa Anna, now in Jamaica,
the late President of the Mexican republic, had issued
a proclamation on his departure.
Advice' from Havana of the 27th of May re-
port that the demand for bills was restricted, and
that the rate on London was 14 per cent. premium.
Freights for England and for a market 31. 3s. to
3/. 101.; by American ships 31. to the Mediterranean,
and by American vessels to Cowes and a market
24 17s. 6d. The failure of a large sugar planter had