The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-10 00:00:00

COURT OF

(Before Mr. Cam

na JOSRPH RINK;
Tha bankrupt, an uptols
water, appWA for his arta

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peered, had failed to 1841, I
Joseph, artists' colourman
after be removed to Craver
neighbourhood, and there
upholsterer and ht,we spew
Re had, however, taken
lease of the preinisu air
order that its validity
this lease, shortly b
had banded over to
kw, at ng with 1161. in ea
debt. This led the court I
of same was de.ignel and a
the view of prey. nting sny
bankrupt Let ken oppoee
and by two tr,deetnen in p
plaints chatly and
to complain of the wait of fi
court or of the vtry akin
bad represenbil the bar
court would alwa s tak
in person were not de'eated
skill or technical knowled
okerly shown that the bat
of his bankruptcy, when
of insolvency, and when
(am too often happened in I
credit, by false represent
Turner, and Kr. Andrews
these gentlemen on the pert
and had let them—ln
soother to a gentleman abet
statement there was no I
the furniture, and approp
could not do others,
elusion that this wag
eis was cont-mpeted by t
saddles Act. Protection
six moritha and the certific
euvended for the same per
TIM elsewhere the court wi
fat the refusal of protection
the suspension of the oertil
longer period.

LAW INTELLIGENCE,
(11118 DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
&atm II Nod Priva after Term At Weeitufneber.—(Before
Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.)
D •ON C. TUC F %RI. OF 'meas.—L=lEL.

nu, was an actin f t libel, brought by Lientemant-
Collate! Dichosa, Ist, the Tower Hamlets )[flit, against
dm, Earl 01 of that tom. The alleged libel
woe contained in a letter oldrer..4 by the defendant to the
Viscount Cosmberniere, and in an oral coramnsieatioa which
the defendant male to Mr. Thomas Daricoenbe, , and
wt. to the effect that the plaintiff had :misappropriated the
itglawastel funds.
The defendant ple 010 l not gad'', and a jastiflca.iou.
Mr. Elwin Jame., Mr. Hawkins, uad Mr. Coleridge were
f• r the plaintiff ; aid the Attorney General. Mr. Collier,
Mr. Mtl.rted, and Mr. West, represented the defendant.

—Mr. Janne In opening the awe said the plaintiff, Lent.-
Coked Nance, yea a wither and a man of honour, sad the
thhadaar, the gad of Vlllite, the colonel of tie Tower-
Hamlets Militia regimes., which w aabodad la March,
1956. The male load re.lived hie colonsicy hen the M.
Duke of Wellington, bet until that tato Iti; had aorta assa
rag servicr7. . _

That never et a ',mares be the field,
Nat the diekies of a battle knew
More thee a splinter."
The clop's/ant, however, had served in India and Spaht
daring rho war. Re had 'leo held ea eppointment at the
Cape of Good Hope, had bees altogether about thirty-three
years in her Ilaiesty'm army. Os the 10th July, 1848,
Mr. Hideous we. appointed maim of the regiment he
question by the lees Doke of Wellington. After the
outbreak of the war with Ravin in 1855, the regiment was
embodied end calkd est. It avembled first at Bethnal.
peon, afterwards removed to Woolwich, where it encamped.
la Hera, 1856, the plaintiff bream. the lieutenant-colcasl,

and being • men thorn:loly knowing ht. protrudes,
ha did all he mold daring the year's service to unit
the regiment efficient, aisi to raise its military
t6er•Cw, and be wee beloved by all the men in this
ranks with whom be came commealoation. In militia

regthents there was what was called • regletental meas,
which was forma by the coatributione of the elbows
mad be a boom or gift of the government id die
rate if 261. for etch company. For • l lime,
while the regiment was at Woolwich, there was
so regular emcee; the Mame messed with the ethane tithe
artillery, sect paying Ws quote ; but en ladlipeadent mom
be the regiment having been ultimately lamed, it beams
mammy to have chits, table lean, end various other
artiske, and them were wind by the Earl of Wilton, the
Eittps.l pert;oa of them beim: fanned by Meson.
and Compeny, and Met. . Hodge and Lowman.
tae Uspenee of these articles, the officers of the regiment
are liable, bat they failed to pay their respective proportion.
The meant owing to Meson.. Sharpen for rods 'applied
to the regiment was 5601. odd, and they said the Uri al
W,ltoa for that sum. He was extremely annoyed at chip,
red, It not being coareannt for him at that time to pay the
meat', be gave • judge's order for Its
_pymat in oh weeks,
which mined ea the Bth of May, 1 seil ce the 26th of
that month he penned the libels which oteattinhal the founts-
tioa el this action. The regiment wee dbireid ia Mai, 1856,
sod thee liabilities were those of the dime. Ile leepcd that
the regiment would be re-embodiet he so Maw fag year,
ad Intended probably to discharge eon after that
gnat, and the Earl of Rata wee eseileady writing
to Cot. Orden" r, polling his le are be bbe sad
it If the creditors could ael be shed lii 1111
mother yew. The Mel was coatelued ht • brae villidi lie
Lei of Wilton eel theased to Viewer Ordlormeeoubm
b areal% sea reties to array varlee, bad eiderg le de oldt
e.dipolideals
the matter, and therefore ft maid er le abed a
privilepd ectseatheicat ion ; bacilli we
fed, berm the Karl of Wiles had • brilltheefilea
as the mond, end the jury woad he ow 'brier
Weald Dickson bed or bad not been ray ficalleSe:e-
brintermthil. The ben wee clearly net adios sod
oltb a bed Ye deebe for bads% lot oriole le a
grams mid vier le
to
bad Mrs . met
unkended and oderrdhory pardier. It we deed as
itch of Illisr, 1111, NM eireori es ISdirldeekel Throw
011116111 Mill. and enalered de tiberne perm
.In /dm= le raw krobbies lethe el the lest isier,
I beg te inform your lordship, for the talormaioa et the
Secretary of bate for War, why I consider Liset.-Colemal
Dithace's coaduct rendered it imperative for we, as coked
comoseadieg the resoment, towered his removable' it.
"On the 13th of Auguat, lab the mead tube the
command of Lientenent.Coload Didisma, megebsd to
Cretuaree Cisrdena, to seeist in • shwa eller epee &base
toped, et which some of the men of the mghassi mews tea
jured, u well se some alma accouthenents, eel
lot or dues. On the 3;rd of Othoter, Illk=
Dickson receigedved from the committee of the W.
liagtoaw Cohere, 791. for eonmensatiore, to be amended
So eats tenured on that occasion, and 401. 12s. far the
arms, accoutrement*, and clothing, lost or thinard._ It hes
. .

latel; come to say keogriedge thei.seere of 211.25. Id., out of
the 401. 120. for paying the dentspee stated &Soya, although
nearly two sad a half -years have elapsed., still remaina un-
Pd?.
Now, the hots with regard to that matter wore these
A "benefit" we gives at Crensorne-girdena, on behalf of
the Wellington College, tho prioresses, ungluing of • mock
attack by the English and their allies, the Frisch, upon the
Huasiass at Sebutopol. In con mace of a platform giving
way eavend sea, Meted ing some( I Dickson's regunant,
were irjared, end the managers of the Wellington College
thought it tight to pay the sums mentkeed by the Earl of
Wilton by way of contumelies. Cole-el Dickson received
the money, and he disbursed every farthing of it, as would
be proved by ranchers which world be produced. The second
charge in the letter we. thus teed.:
" Col. Di,bos, while In command d the regimes', In total
dbsegard of the nth tt, customs, gad tegulations of the grer-
rwe, would not allow any mese meeting for uditiag the
seroun•a, although opt lka, ices for the mote were repeatedly
tLailt• to him by the ofikera of the regiment, thereby eitualttg
the °Seers to a-parats In total ignorenos of the atom of the
regimental fads sod prinestlag the men debt* being pro-
perly discharged."
The learsed counsel sa'd he shoaled prove that he IMO
suer required to summon • meeting for the accounts, sad
that ewe mating for that purpose we held. He sew mime
le the third charge.
Is mmeeqeesce of each neglect on the part of Lisitte-
ment-Colosel Diamon, I ord. red a board of °Meets, men-
peed of the major end the two senior captarne of the regi-
meat, to inqsbe into and ironies the mote aimenage, by
which it µpeers that between the period of the eibodiment
tithe regiment in Merck, 1855, end the formation of the
uses to October in the fame year, there was a mistuphaitit n
of the fturis of the regiment smog to 1521. des. 14d.,
the pg incipal items of a bleb an for an entertainment, which
ought to have been defrayed by the officers of the regiment."
The eulanatiott sloth the *twig would glee with
regard to that rum u old to sink* acid mitiedutory. le
;illy, 1556, the Earl of Wilton sageetted that hie daughter,
Lady Cab/glee Epergne, should proses% to the newest lb*
am colour*. sad when that oweisosy took piece, • be
was gives by the regiment with the kwurledge and esection
of his ler*Aip; and the proper vouchers of the sums paid
weld be tali befogs the jury. This eebrtsinutent end SW.,
which had been de.latted from the 1521., and yet with the
knowledge ref 014 fart the Earl of Wilton made this
spinet Dickson, a charge of an offeace which 14
the Mut op Act rendered him fable to four years' penal
gervittode.