The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-04 00:00:00

IN ICE P. IL A. E. 111,0TICRIS.

T]... bankrupt (known as Edward Maniere) was a solicitor
Iratisit; in Great James-street, Bedford-row, and resid.
t Finchley. He came up for examination and dia-
.!, upon accounts showing debts and liabilities to the
.st..at of .:3,4;611., of which 20,7911. are unsecured ' • there
:e 14 ictically no assets, but the bankrupt takes credit for
I,wV. in respect of doubtful and bad debts due to his
e.tate ; property held as security, 1401. This was a second
bankruptcy.
Mr. Pittman appeared on behalf of the assignee, who
but been elected by several creditors, and said he ad no
opposition to offer.
His Honour asked when the last bankruptcy occurred,
and what was done nude! it. . . .

Mr. Maniere said that hie previous bankruptcy, which
took place in 1865, was annulled upon the terms of his
pa) ing a composition of ss. in the pound. Some of the
creditors were paid, but not all.
llis Honour directed an adjournment, in order that
further notice might be given to the creditors of the
bankruptcy.
The Lord Chancellor has been pleased to appoint Mr.
Edward W. Sykes, of 41;, Moorgate-street, assistant official
solicitor to the Court of Bankruptcy.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

CLERK ENWELL
• 0181:1111ACKFUL SCENE IN A YZAIALX CASUAL WARD.
Wary Horse, aged 33, an inmate of the Islington
Wathouse, was charged before Mr. Barker with commit-
ea; • violent assault on Mary Howlett, a casual.
Mr. Allen, prosecuting officer of the Associate Institute
for Improving and Enforcing the Lawn for the Protection
of Women, watched the case,
Last night as the female casuals were in the act of un-
dressing. the defendant, who was the worse for liquor, forcad
tie way into the ward under the pretence that the nurse had
oar half.pint of gruel too much. He was told that he
WWI wrong, and asked to leave, but instead of doing so he
went along the ward and abused all the females. He
,dled them prostitutes and thieves, and said that be
would sooner be transported than be as they were. The
complainant, who was partly undressed, said that she
preferred her liberty, on which the defendant hit her two
violent blows on the fare, and it blackened one of her
eyes and knocked her down among the bedsteads, and
hurt her back. He tore everything off of her, even to her
chemise, and she was covered with blood frorn.the wounds
in her face. The defendant had no right in the ward
belonging to the females.
The defendant said that he was the bath attendant for
the sick ward. He regretted that he had assaulted the
complainant, but she had abused him, and then be struck
her. He had been out yesterday to see his children, and
had unfortunately taken a little too much drink.
Horan, the gate•porter, said that the defendant was a
well conducted man when he was sober. If he kept away
from the drink there would be no occasion for him to be in
the workhouse. He saw the woman, and her face was very
much bruised, and she was covered with blood. The
bruises apparent on the complainant's face were done by the
defendant.

Mr. Barker said it was quite clear that the defendant
had been guilty of a most disgraceful assault, and be sen-
tenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in
the House of Correction for one month in default of paying
a fine of 40s.

The defendant nu locked up in default.
WORSHIP-STREET.
♦ DARING THIN/ AND A ItISOLUTZ WOMAN.

Jolos Dario, an ill-looking fellow, was charged with
Waling a portion of a gold chain and a watch, the pro-
perty of a lady named Alice Hooey, residing in George-
street, Mile-end,

PraMeutrix said—Yesterday afternoon I was proceeding
along Wbitechapel, accompanied by • friend, when
the prisoner suddenly rushed upon me, grasped the gold
guard chain to which the watch was attached and pulled
it with such violence that I was nearly on the ground; it
broke, and he ran off, having shaken himself away from
me. I followed him and he fell, at the same moment
throwing the watch end portion of the chain across the
road. I again laid hold of him and Feld him tightly until
a gentleman relieved me, and a police.coostable then came
up and took prisoner into custody. He said he bed
not done it, but while the gentlemen held him I picked
both the watch and part of the chain from the spot where
be had flung it.
The lady's friend corroborated this evidence and the
warder of the Holloway prison proved that under various
'Pave. this man bad been several times convicted.

11/4117 committed for trial. ---- --
MARLBOROUGH STREET.
A BMA DI • CANE.-A COLONEL CHARGED WITH AN

ASSAULT.
Colonel Christie, residing at lan's Hotel, St. Albans-
place, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Henq
t °radius, waiter at the Café Itagenoe, corner of Windmill-
nleet.

The complainant said that on the previous evening the
defendant came to the Cafe Regent., and ran up a bill
amounting to 13., and refused to pay. The defendant
then made a disturbance by insulting every one, and had
an altercation with a gentleman. He (complainant) re-
quested the defendant to go away several times, but be
refused to do amend on his putting his hand on his shoulder
for the purpose of ejecting him the defendant gave him a
blow in the eye, which be thought last night would have
tamed him to lose his sight.
The defendant denied insulting any one, and said he was
attacked by three persons. He would like to ask the com-
plainant if he was not assaulted himself how the blood
came on his handkertbid

The complainant laid the defendant was not attacked
Y itated.

The defendant asked the complainant whether he had
not tried to throttle him.

The complainant denied doing anythipg of the kind.
Ile requested the defendant to leave several times.
The defendant said he should like to know the names of
the persona whom he insulted.
The complainant said be could not tell.
Sergeant Jeffery, 21 C, said be was called to the café to
pat the defendant out. He told the waiter to put him
out, and on their doing so, not using more violence than
necesaa the defendat struck the omplainant in the
eye. Heathen took then defendant intoc custody.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the sergeant said the defendant
bad been drinking, but was not drunk.
Defendant asked the sergeant whether be did not hear
him say that if they would let him go he would go to his
dub and get the money.
The sergeant said be did not.
The defendant said that as the complainant said he had
Insulted all the persons in the place he should like to ask
him if be had not been chatting and chaffing to some of
the females at the counter.
The complainant admitted that that was the case.
The defend uit said he went to the café to have • cu
of coffee. The waiter demanded the amount of his
when he told him that he expected a friend who had
charge of his purse would come in, and that if he did not
he would go to his club and get it. An altercation then
took place, and he was roughly used. The complainant
seized him by the 'limit, and he was kicked, but he could
not say by the complainant. He denied insulting the
persons in the place, for in fact he had been engaged in
talking to and chaffing two pretty ladies at the place. He
eonsidered that instead of being taken into custody he
ought to have given the complainant into custody. The
complainant assaulted him and be struck the complainant,
and he thought the matter would end there.
Mr. Knox said the waiter, acting under the authority of
his employer, was only doing his duty in ejeetiag the de-
fendant, not using more violence than necessary for the
Purpose. The waiter was only doing his duty when the
defendant struck him a blow in the eye. It was an unjus-
tifiable assault, and the defendant would have to pay •
fine of 5/.

ACTRESSES AND THEIR AGE.—A lady's age is a
dtlieste subject to touch upon, but it is one that people
will chatter about, and it is the cause of more disputes
than were generated by Helen's trip to Troy or by the
Opening of Pandora's box, or by the fall of the famous
apple of discord plump in the midst of that memorable
feast. Some indiscreet chronologist has published in the
Pliirs what he protest,* to be a correct list (correct as
uarling's at Epsom) of our actresses' ages, and they
profess to be mightily enraged with the wretch who
hbA pulled up the curtain too soon. But in tenth
he has dealt mercifully with them. Mdlle. Su-
zanne Wet need enter no protest against being set
down at 34. The chronicler must have omitted her genie
dr o'otrroY, as three of ?Mime. Fargueil, who is set down
at 4g. Mame. Rosins Stolz leads the van with 53 Year+,
tollowed closely by Mdme. Nathalie, 51. The Grande
bucheine of Gemlstein is let off with 31 summers, which
Morn how lareelY her chronicler participates in the public
wlouration for this charming actress. Mdlle. Dejaset is
lwo'letrily the doyenne. ,Ere patinas, she bears her 70
Pars as lightly as zephyrs. See her on the stage and you
nark no difference between her and Fan-Faa Benoiton,
th"o111 the one is tottering on second childhood, whilst the
"her has scarcely emerged from the flist.—Gulignani.