The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-13 00:00:00

IN RE DL! N AND BUL!.

The bankrupts were commission agents. d Newatreety
Spring-gunlens. This was the sitting for choice of asst.
noes. Their liabilities are about 50001. ; assets are ax.
pected to yield S®. or 10s. inthe pound.
Mr. Thos. Greco, merchant, of Bank-buildings, wea
chosen trade assignee.

- IN RR NOBLE.
The bankrupt, a builder, of Northampton, applied for his
certificate. The liabilities were of trithug amount.

Mr. Hemp supported
Mr. Weston, tor the assignees, offered no opposition. ,
His honour, after looking through the proceedings, said it
was clear that the assignee and the bankrupt were in the
same boat. The ILIAD had been brought here in order to rid
him of his liabilities. The accounts were worthless; and
the certificate (third class) must be suspended for six months
with protectios.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

WORSHIP-STREET.
bEItIODI CHARGE.

Charlotte Africers, a good-looking young woman, was
charged before Mr. D'Ey neourt with causing the death of
her infant child, by concealing ita birth.
The evidence went to show that prisoner had been in
the nervier of Mr. Thomas James Winner, a stock-broker,
residing in Eleanor-road, Richmond-rinci, Dalaton ; that
on the evening of the Nth of June last, as alie complained of
sudden indispontion from billow attack, to which the was
subject, she was permitted to retire. Her illness incr4
yet not the slightest suspicion of the actual occasion of it
was entertained. thi Sunday, the 10th, having then been in
her room two duce, Mrs. Winney junked on her rising that
the bed might be made, when the girl voluntarily stated
she had been confined. Mr. Cockle, surgeon, of Alma.
villas, was sent for, and the body of • fine full-grown
female child was discovered in a basket placed beneath a
fire stove.
Mr. D'llyncourt inquired minutely into the medical testi'
mony, which went to chow that the infant had breathed.
and that death resulted from suffocation, probably come.
quent upon inattention at the time of birth.
The mother of the prisoner assured the court that her
daughter had been in an asylum fur weakness of intellect,
and also asserted that she had commenced making baby
clothes on the occasion of her visiting home.
Mr. 'Kinney felt bound to state that, since the girl bad
been in his service, a period of five months, she had not
evinced the &lightest singularity of conduct or absence of
reason.
The prisoner, who wept incessantly, and sat during this
time evidence was being given, made no observation upon its
and was remanded.

liOUTHIVARK.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE STUCET.
Julio Medi. y, • respectable-looking elderly man, wag
brought before Mr. Combs,, from St. Thomas's Hospital.rammed with attempting to commit suicide by cutting hie
throat in the public street.
Police-constable 107 Id said that on the evening of thel4th
of last month he was on duty in Tooleystreet, when he
wan informed that a man had cut his throat in a frightful
manner in Joiner-street, under the railway terminus, Lon-
don-bridge. He proceeded there and saw the prisoner lying
on the pavement with him throat cut and deluged in blood.
Witness instantly procured sasistanse, and conveyed him to
St. Thomas's Hospital, where the wound was sewed up, and
fortunately his life was saved ; but be was detained in the
hospital until yesterday, when the authorities considered
that he was sufficiently recovered to be removed. Witness
accordingly took him into custody on the charge of attempt-
in to commit suicide.
Mr. Combo asked the prisoner what. he had to say in
answer to the charge.
Ha said that lie had neither friends nor home, and be
was in great distress at the fume.
Mr. Combe told hint that if ho was in that stato lie ought
to him gone to the parish authorities.
He Ned he bad seen better times, and did not like to go
to theparkh. In a moment of damouilency ho fooliehlt
cut his throat. Ile was sorry for doing so, and promised
not tomato such an attempt again.
Mr. Casale eked him if he had any home or friend to se
to if be liberated him.
He replied that he had not. He must now go to the
workhouse.
Mr. Combo discharged him, and ordered the constable to
take him to St. George's workhouse, %hare he would DO
doubt be take4care of.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOVER OF COMMONS —(THIS DAY.)
Th. ram ink QM s aI 10 minutes *her 120'clock.

PRIVATE BUIELVE924.
The Lords* weirodreente to the North British Railway
( ha.) HUI and the Welshed sad Limerick Railway
No. 2) wore mood te•
I And
The hie al NI& (arias sulks) Railway Bill was reed
thee andywool.
_TAXATION AND THE LORDS.
Rt. preowned • petition from Darlington, prey*
Mat the hones wadi miatain ita pririlepai with revert to
usation.

THE CHINA VOTE.
Mr. LAINO said that in consequence d au error which
had pt late the ppm+ it might be as well to state that
Or Chancellor el the Exchequer would this evades In
cesmittee d *ye mid mesas, make hie sappiementel
metemeet, *ember how it war proposed to inset the smear
al As Chum tato.
TENeVIVIND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND ((RR