The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-20 00:00:00

(Stamped Id. Addidoesl.) [TWOPENCE.

OOrair OP ALDIRMILIE

Yesterday a wart was held for the detipittoh of
polio bushier.
The doors of the court were no moonsr opened than every
avellable specie was occupied, the enlistees ohledy consintirm
of broken and reeschents in the viaimilty of itinaing-lese, it
having become extensively known that a ow of ellqpd mir
ocadoet on the pert of a bth carrying on a large binders se
brokers was to be lewd and adjudicated upon by the court.
Time was a full attendance of aldermen.
The Judaism was Mr. & B. Brojw, and tbe riaposassos
were ilesses. Price, Oillard, Ind Maims, both the peti-
tioner and the reepondente balm teams.
Mr. Ashurst, of the Ora of Aahnrsa and Boa, append 1111
solicitor
can
the petitioner ;p n, Mr. Bodkin, the coutteet,
attended on behalf of the nriparkisla
The Deputy Town-Clerk reed the kilowfai petition,which
was Wend to with moth Interest. _ _ _

foTh• lagiilic74.Thel:4;d—Mayar .m 1 court Of Aida-
MA.

" The humble pet ks of Edward Booth Hewitt, of
Kincing-leas, in tle Oily of London, • sworn broker,
" That Mews. Thomas Prise, jun.' John Gifford, end
Philip Dame= Biolunita, Of No. 6, Minirtog-leas, In
the City of Lowden, sae, med at lite tines of the treseseden
nest hereinafter mentioned were, beakers within the =
Larks, duly sworn, admitted, end licensed as each
kig yew boo. court, and did then sad do now awry en bed-
=Whey in partnenhip se sock brokers st MineLsg-lans
" Thetas Yr Nib dry et July, 1866, the said Yams.
Prim, Gera. ems illekeea woe imployed by the Marcm-
tam Bank el lade. sad China to sell, as brokers
for the odd beak, a made lags quantity of rice (some of
whisk wee gamed by ale) the said City, at the
beet rise that meld be obtained for the same.
" Vat dm mil Name. Price, Gifford, end Hickman, se
web beim% pat ythe mid Hee in certain piles, consiatiag
eta =ohm et las, kr sale by ancitios, at the Cam-
amid Weimar. he the said city, and
mhos leekere,mecessea, alleedlei the maid sale,
end a parties el the imaged vies vas lima awl there dal
sold sad disposal ef, teat tha el the amid rice,
enerisating k the whsle to about 9, was not ao sold,
bat was boa& ha ea behalfof the oil Beak of
Leaden, mei China, by the mild Blarees. Pries,
and at certain prime or sums dim puha=
by the rid Price, Glilked, sad Ettiffaart, and parti-
cularly a whin pus of the add FM%
arum 1.146 bap,
and there dedgeared pile 6, at the pries of 6s. 6d. pm
cwt. ; snd the said Messrs. Ptioe, Giffbrd, end Riektnea then
sad there publicly announced that the said rice so bought In
by them would be at once sold at the prime or sums so pub-
licly announced by them to say one willing to purchase the
same.

" That thereupon your petitioner, who is a amber of the
firm of William -Hewitt and Co., et Mtholarlance aforesaid,
a sworn broker of the said City, present at ate said sale, then
and there immediately offered the said Messrs. Prios, Clifford,
and Hickman to purchase the said quantity of rite so bought
in, marked and designated by the- said Messrs Price, Gif-
ford, and Hickman pile No. 6, of 1,146 begs, for
and on behalf of Messrs. Van Noetes and Co., merchants, of
the said City, for whom your petitioner was then acting, and
caned to pay the said Messrs. Price, Giffin* and Mamas
the said EWE of eis. 6d. par owe. ice the same, but the said
Hamm Price, Gifford, end Mauna refused to sell the same
lost-mentioned rice so marked end designated pile 5 to your
unless your palidener evive to the said Messrs.
mid pile grirGiford, and Co. the sum of 6a. 9d. par cwt. far the
6.
" The& V the said Mg-mentioned rim, so designated pile 6,
as akimaid, bad been sold to your petitioner In pursuance of
Eutaw M your petitioner, the said Mesas. Price, Gifford,
and akin= would only have been entitled to single cow
Wake, or nokerage, in reopen of the said sale Wm, in
the Marna of any medal agreement, about the sum of
• to be clamed to and paid by the said Mercantile
Beak of Ind* Lisbon, and Chins; bat no cominienies or
brokwege meld have been payable to the said Meson. Pries,
°Mout, sad Hickman, by your petitioner or the laid Messrs.
Von Notion and Conway.
" That afterwards, sad on the same 20th day of July, the
said Messrs. Price, Clifford, end Hickman privately sold
the said laMmentlosed rice, so marked and designated pile 5,
within the said City, to the said Melon Van Notten end
Co., for the sum of qd. per hundredweight, on the mama
condition that the said Moen. Van flotsam and Co. should
pay to the said Messrs. Prim Gifford, and Hickman,
comudisks, or brokerage, on the said sale, as well as the
said Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China.
" That the said Messrs. Price, Cliff.* end ilkikenan did,
after the said sale, reader their accounts to the said Merlon-
elk Bank of India, London, and China, sad to the said
Messrs. Van /gotten and Co., in respect to the said sale of
the said dos marked and tiseignated pile 6, and In the ao-
tonna so rendered to the said beak the said quantity of rise
too designated pas 6 as aforesaid is elated to have been sold at
fie. Id. per cwt., end commission or nanny, on the said last
mentioned sale is therein charged to the said bank at the rote
of 11. per oat., and in the accounts so rendered to the said
Mears. Van Notten and Co. the said quantity of rice so de-
atTitpth 6 as aforesaid is stated to have been perchand
liC per owt. and commission or brokers(' upon ithe
laid last mentioned purchase is therein charged to the said
Mews. Von Notten and Co. at the rate of half per cent
" That your petitioner is advised that by such conduct oi
I the part of the said Messrs. Price, Gifford, and Hickman,
the offended against the laws of this My affecting
end the regulations of this honourable court, and the
conditions of the book severally entered into by them
" Your petitioner, think's, humbly prays that the con-
duct of the said Mums. Pries, Gifford, and Hickman in the
nutters akeissid may be inquired into, and that they may
be eked on to mower the premises, and that all proper end
nemseary witnesses may be summoned in support of year
s said complaint, and that your petitioner may be
tdd blr.couniel in support of the said petition, and that
your petitioner may have such farther or other relief as to
yaw honourable court shell seem meet, and your, petitioner
will seer posy, ao.—EDWAILD BOOTY HEWITT.'
Mr. Bodkin, on behalf of the respondents, banded In the
following answer to the petition, which was also read by the
Deputy Town Clerk
My Lord sad Gentlemen,—ln obedience to your dears
that we should state fa writing our answer to the c
Mired ageing us by Mr. Edward Booth Hewitt, ti=
leas, broker, we respectfully submit to your comiderseion
the following facts :
" That as stated In Mr. Hewitt's petition to this hon.
court, we did, on the 20th day of 41, last, hold a public
sole of • large quantity of rice, on asssent of the Chartered
Mercantile Bsak of India, Irak" ad Aim
" That the selling lecher at meek eats was our Mr.
Hickman, and that the two other members of our firm, via.,
Mr. Price end Mr. Clifford, vow ambig such sale one on
ask side of Mr. Hickman. That the mid sale cemitsd of
Mises. white were sold with peat aridity, the sae kniag
breart dr segli in about nem* wanks.
" That armed of the said his wore bought in at the amid
sale, sad assaget them sat del was designated as pile 6,
which wee bought la et the prise des. ed. per owl.
" net several ears were side by broken sad other
pars preset, eel a humid nor or nmenainnt wr
node as there d sue dews rageetively.
" That ewe spiparada vs awry appears ot
tray allr die all 7k. Never, sad weserviively
mirk sad emelt of vs far WYNN peened is
renerthat es left dr said allerainainaller Iguana ter
each offer he been mods. net sin thle eweeldiat ale
rhea, our Mr. to whore it has beta Mid ea calor
Mai. 6d. wee node by Maroonitt and be
his amery es the Knee the sabre sad be
Ma nos rediestra sterna said is the Parke so
beff thesitLhada ell% as they lad not bought the rim
ihe pe 341. per owl. err kr it ail
adood, sal kr U. ante some etiesserion to
him, be le prepared rim* to swats that wfsiarne Mr.
Hewitt may have said fe all net oterry le his cord any offer
at es. 6d., nor does be now s*seltikg ken Ws owe recol-
lection only) believe ast say ire de was erde, still Ille•
eat he weld browlegly bore nand sari as
The other tarabose et star bah Kr, tries rid Mr.
Illebsea, who were ta the roam and same to ear Mr. Off-
en% are also peip red ts swear heirs this kasardis clan
that as suee6t der yes made in this haulm, or became
bows to then Kis* or Weedy until the present can-
did arose.
" bads, bra Informed of the posere metre
by Mr. Kota bet each on ode ma atelmes lave me
Sat Arad le atallate to that genthoneshwMlaildrissed,
Ned we j it le be jar weir that Iffs. lieritt's oar,
it nada, hoe enesprdz, Nag kat eke, dine wen
spa ear staadersthat
=sr ade wee abut to asemsee. aid dal radesieble
sentadsa prude& at the Ire la ientlee
" That era der the sale weemis eke at Messrs.
Vanpri !gotten end Co. come to me knee, p
inquired
the m et pile No. 6 ; drt leM the los wee
es ed. •, that be *breed end saes as soAsa d es. qa.
We the dsolined es sell at that Irks, welting to en if •
Imam eke would be made. This net ha hipped, end
thiintion dem bnineei hours we gonna-
to Meson. Van None and that offer was
eiaftt the said Mr. Bawls did not kern us that he
wee kr Kern. Via Beam and Co., esker did the
due of Vas Brea sad Co. stale to as that the rid
Nis.lleirk* was tear broker, or eat they had whorled hint
parehen et bid tor the odd pin No. 5.
a net if the add Mr. Waft led add at ear east-
ingerne er ladled ear ateallea to Ma alkyd ems of
emplane, soy erne er mreensmMme OnlialMEE hum really
eupisrsd at nerved ; bat. d se drag, the said Mr.
Redd barrel to etre Ms era le ear the Mer-
elude leak, deedt, essamseedialtWeel' apse the
I▪ LS ow }maple kerma us we
Yr.
what we know
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pert, we stated that in rendering our account of the rile we
ialitroldogfre credit for pile No. sa if sold at fie. and
our principal' did not think any meth wane mom.
saryore pne in settling on those terms.
" That our Mr. Gifford then called awe Mr. Hewitt,
and gave him the rune explanation, and as he then men-
domed that he had Met his brokerage, Mr. Gifford said to
him, 'I pledge my woad and honour that I did not under-
stand you to nuke the offer, but as you say you did, we wil
pay you your brokerage.'
That the add Mr. Hewitt then asked whether we had
remind s letter from his lawyer, to which Mr. Gifkird
'Elmira that we hod not. That Mr. Hewitt then said we
shield maim and the interview laminated.
" That on theft iwleg day we received a letter from Mr.
Hewitt's solielecre, in seassquesce of which our Mr. Olficed
"pia saw Mr. Hewitt. He Wormed him that we had re.
mired what we apeman's& a most Improper sad ofissulve
letter; OM if even the mistake wee ours he did sot haw
what seam Geoid be expected from tar, and le sobs aimed to
pay the menet it Mr. Hewitt's brokerage, being da=
to he ld, dos Ilk dispute should be terminated in an
*Oh ThM Mr. Hewitt said he mold not wept the
Wanep willhent aansialting his lawyer, and that he weld
am lie ketlndili. That M. Gifford, considerleg the matter
at an fed, saki, 'Then I hope this little differeom La settled;'
and he and Mr. Hewitt shook hands and parted.
" Thu soon afterwards' further commanicadoa was made
to us by Mr. Hewitt's solicitors, the nature of which is-
dosed ma to piece the matter in the beads of Messrs. Ma-
dams
or
and (la.. our , by wheal we were advised to
refire asp to geg mon
whatever LIM simpaet of slept lawtap
sole. ail anew
" That, after an latervel of several week", we were our-
glad at aesteg In a daily newspaper, oiled the Cbwiesereial
.Deily List, the position now presented to this honourable
court, tad at length, with editorial comments thereon,
to predmiles the character of our firm, and that
Mil mode of attach was not confined to dishes:sal itself,
but copied in the form of handbills were aeparamly printed
and industriowdy circulated amongat mereaatfie men and in
please of 00C12/011TCLII resort, particularly in the neighbour-
hood of -lane.
" That brigdvised that inch publications are not only
disrespectful to this honourable court, before which the
charge was pendieg_ , but libellona, we applied to the editor of
the Cbasetsreial Deily List for the name of the person or
perms' at whom instance the publication took place ; that
the said editor having refused compliance, we are unable to
lay before your honourable court any positive proof upon that
subject, although we humbly submit that whoever the par-
tied were their Nadu" was unfair and malicious.

"end kWh we deafre; state that for the period of forty
years we have carried on the business of brokers in this City;
that ouroonnearkas have been, and are, of the highest respect-
ability, end our oscamiselons of an important and extensive
character ; that on no ooession during that long period has
our integrity been for $ moment questioned, or the regularity
of our proceedings es brokers complained of in this or say
other court; and we indignandy repel the coarse and
illiberal suggestion, that in the transaction now before this
honourable court we were prepared to sacrifice oar own
reputation, and the intermit of our principals, in order to
obtain to ourselves a brokerage amounting to the sum of 48..
" We have the honour to subscribe ourselves, my lord and
gentiamen, your faithful atevants,
" Taos. Plum

" J.-El-17P0- ILD:

"iiliiiD11;11111UX HICKMAN."
TM prams; who was than sworn, deposed to the cor-
rectors of the various targetless cootalsed in big petition,
sore of width wen corroborated by the testimony of Mr.
C. B. Bards.

—N—othimeg 'material
theme nal elicited in the
Theism

The repoodatto Messrs. Hkkmen, Gifford, and Price.
wilt swots, sod severally examined by Mr. Bodkin as to the
°onerous et their written answer, each denying that he wee
war at dollar of the sale that the petitioner had mule a
bid to ea rim.

—TVs asset war Mead of strangers, who, after the lapse of
shoats gaeolt al aa hour, were readmitted, and informed
by the court had coma to the decision that
all=be &obis&
SALOMONS presented a petition from Mr. Imo
fiskomm. complaining of the conduct of a person formerly a
broker.

It was ordered that a oopy of the petition be served upon
the person complained of, and hie then mediae, with a view
to subsequent proceedings.
The court adjourned.