The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-18 00:00:00

Mt. Lthklater also oppcard for Mr. Ball, • creditor,

The cams was ul twat-ly adj urne I, tor the bankrupt to
produce an ece,init of the aces he had left oo the 26tb July,
whet he had bought since, and haw the whole had been dis-
posed of.

Bnnn Ma. Cosammuoima Co*“.IICREe.
IN Ya WAY.-I.III6REKIV PUPPISTS.

The bankrupt, a publican in the Uxbridge-road, applied
(or his certificate. He owed to unsecured creditors 4431.; to
seared eredPors, 1,4981. Thrre were to meet,.

Mr. Pee..ck supported the bankrupt.
Mr. Uoldiog opposed, nit the ground of improper pre-
knees.

His Honour said the bankrupt had been guilty of e
fraudulent preference to wine over spirit.. He had paid
Meow. Llenekey and Co., wine merchant., but had not paid
Mew,. Seeger and C the distillers. His rums was that
he had been offered 2,0(101. for his busier*, by a Mr. Smith,
whom be sew for the first and lest time four years ago. end
did not know w►ere he was to b found; he knew, how.
~ver, that tit sane wel Smith. (Laughter.) L was urged
th,t the bankrupt ►ad been 18 mouths without his certificate,
and 6 months without protection. Bat thin to belonged
to a clam which the cour regarded with no special favour—
ha had been a brewers' puppet. T puppets were put up
by the brewers In various houses, chiefly in the suburbs.
districts; sad the moment anything went wrong, the
brewers put in force their securities end got even thing,
leaving nothing to the other erediton, who bed been
allured by appearances. True system th, court could nut
sanction; and venni, who permitted themselves to be
' brewers' puppets must take the conrequenee. The certifi-
cate must be eminent:fed for ore am ; protection to he gel nted
at the end of six month., eAsSi Meal on the eminence
rendered by the bankrupt to the assignees.
Ix as FORD AND ERSTIS —EMIGRATION.
The bankrupt had carried on business as ship And incur.
ant. .rats in Leadenhall.street. This sae the certificate

Mr. Ltwraree soppo-ted the application of the bankrupts.
Mr. Marfa! opposed, for the assignee, chi,llv on the
around of reck'ass tradtrp, and, as to the assignees,
Reeves,
that he had began 1/$111..u, cipitgl,

Mr. Pi nee I. the ificial assignee, ',ennead that the buil-
SIM of the firm had b-en chiefly that of char.tring out
ensigraxt ships to Ane,relie. Their onteeurof debit wife
4,7041, to meet which there were use., estimated at 1,5001,
bat which Annsieting, to a greet extent, ehi.ffy of expected
ree.ipt• from Australia, would prnbshly produce little.
They hid incurred a lost, in leis than one year, of 3 GUI.,
far chartenng emigrant vsssels Ford had • espital of 8001 ;
R.eves had been bankrupt before, only received hie won-
t:ate in 1849, and *plumed to have been 2001. worse than
nothing when they commenced business. Ford had drawn
out Nil.; Reeves, who brought in no capital, 4291
The bankrupt Ford stated, on examination, that he hid
born a custom-house agent. He joined Reeves in August,
1849. Their business, in/RI various man, hat been very
diaastro6a. They had chartered the Della, B:ebonheate,
and other vessel., as emierant ships to Australia. The
government inspectors, howleo r, t ad refused a certificate
or the Delta, in emioquenee of which the passengers ban
to be delayed and maintained at the expense of the bulk-
rupts. We of their surgeons had got drunk and insulted •
lady passenger; the government had Wain interposed its
auth..rity, and there bad been a heavy loge. In another
instance tits cholera had bakes out in one of their vessels.

These statements wars gener.lly confirmed by the other
bankrupt.
Toe Commiwioner observed that /twee', on his applica-
tion for bis inriner certificate, had been edj urned once by
Mr Commissioner Holroyd and twice by himself. He
wished to know why he had not appeared at one of those
meetings.

The hankrupt said he was laid up with the jaundice.
His Honour said he had not paid anything under the first
bankruptcy. He bad entered into partnerehp with Ford
in Aurae. 1849 ; wh his certificate (a third elation.)
had not been granted till October, 1849.
. . . . . .

Mr. Mures; said the principle on which the beiniirup.•
hs d proceeded wave that of 'ablaut immediate payment irons
the emigrants for their paasage, and contracting to pay the
owners of the vessels a certain sum shortly after they sailed;
bat tbs., contracts bad not ben fulfilled. They were not
charged with pocketing the money of the emigrants, but
they had acted r. ekleasly, and had traded long after they
were kdpelessly insolvent..

Kr. Lawrence suganted that the coesideratios of the cer-
tificates should be edj nutted until there bed bees sufficiest
time to receive advises from Australia. There might be
assets fortheomiss from the extra prJvisions of the vessels,
and this was a circumstance which would weigh with the
sour•.

H. Honour mid them was abundant evidence to satisfy
hies that Ma bankrupts had Malawi hsavily against the laws
of bankruptcy. There was, however, • great distinction
between them. One • very young man, had most unwisely
embarked in this [rude, and lisk-d hirasflf with a man
whom certificate had not then keen even signed. In twelve

months they had entreated deb's to the amount of 4,0001.,
and had only 8001. of ease., according to their own figures.
Should the accounts from Australia realise their asticipa
dons, and should they render all the assistance in their
power to the assignees, it night weigh with the court. He
would, there fore, adjourn the cot ',Aeration of the certi-
ficates for six months with protection.

m
Ma. COMISSIOPIRIL roitziotoo)
EN RR W.(RmOfts
F. L TOLLIMACRI. COMMONLY CALLED LORD
HONTINOTOWIIR.

The following order wee it; this cue Upon
reeding the affidavit of Daniel Cuaninehain and the exhibit
thereunto annexed, upon the application of Mr. Naas, on
behalf of Mean.. Cocks, Biddulph and Co., who ►ane proved
■ debt under the fiat, I do appoint Monday, the lick of
February, at the hour of twelve o'elcek, for the choice of
craditore' assignee of the bankrupt's estate and effects, in
place of John Gibbons, deceased."

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—VgBTERDAY.
Dams rue C.iner Cosonsamio.
IN RV &ANIL LIWAINCI.—RONNWI/40 DEBTS.
The insolvent, • jeweller, residion in Bediord.street,
Covent-garden, was opposed by Mr. Bugood for • creditor,
and supportod by Mr. Cooke.
It appeared that the insolvent was • bankrupt in 1846, and
to prevent an oppneition to his certificate, renewed several
debts by giving bills of exchange to 4001., which bills he
had sinsequently paid, and to tbsit eireinnetarnis he attri-
bated his present insolvency, aa t'.is had Jocund fresh debts
by lunar to pay the renewed debts. He owed about 6001.,
and believed that bat for the renewed bills which he had
paid, he should au have bent an applicant to this eosin.
It woo oomPlelo•6 on lb. put of the opposing creditor
that th• system of team mg debts under • bankruptcy or
inrilveney was fraught ve.th dishcnesty. This insolvent had
dishonestly rehow•d est'as. and it behoved the Gout to give
him • judgment ender the diemeMeoary dame.
Mt. Cooke prat...ay./I manse etch • promoting. Hone of
the present creditor*. were andissie when the renewed bids
were paid.
The Chief Cosanissioner thought the cue was one which
nquired • fletrad. A person who was a bankrupt had no
right to tenet !,iinuielf with renewed debts. In this case bills
to 4001. had bees gives and the iseelvist bed eostraemd
debts with his imeasst' coeditors, and. liaviog had to pay
thou lialsraties, Winsome insolvent. His Rose= adisdged
Sim to •• imprisonment of six months. from the yestiog
seder wader the itisereticwery dams.
Baca' Ma. Coannanosom Law.
In in FIANCIII
This lenient wee onserl by Mr. Dowse, tow au attorsay's
al.erk smell Addisetto, ad supported by Ms. Niehols.
The t was that oho iaesiveat bad stelieleirdy
chesget imager with steal., • bit et pock The
iseebrust Wu a slesewshaver lad pork-hatcher is Melville.
terrace, C*lnnlinimmd, pad bad seat his bey with sues
pork add Is a ewe, which &nide. were steles,
and ths isieleest beiss'itth hie elk Ia the seiglibeseltesils
wee charged with the Leery. He. we discharged d the
etathea•bessa, am it wee eyebolt the bey moralisation.
Oa the nest day; which we a liesday, a boast sued
Smith alleged teat Adding's& mu the was, sad he was
gives late melody aphis by the laseaveut. Re wee tried at
, the Middlesex SISIIkaI, mid honourably sequined. He
Wismar& brought he 'sties for tel., ingsspalasiat, to