The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-22 00:00:00

LAW 1N T ELLIGEN CE.

THIS DAY.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Sittings at Nil Plias at Otuldball. Balm Imd
Campbell sad a Spaded Jury.)
ROYAL BRITISH BANK,
DIOETZ DAT.

TN' 1011011 V. 11030.111 T IIOWN, NOWA= BIDAILL
lillT DITSZTII• MINION 1101 LAID NAITLIT 1111/1.
NllOl, WILLLAX DAZE= 0111 X, 101 l STAPIXTON, AND
NOOI DINNS OAXIIOI.

At the sitting of the oourt to-day,
Lord Campbell rid he would adjourn the court at half
post four, but during the rest of the week he would sit as
late so the jury and mimed desired.

Ste F. Thesiger said him lordship if he had formed an
=se to the admissibility of the depealtions of Mr.
taken before the Vice-Chancellor Kindereley, on the
21st March, 1867, under the winding-up. On Saturday
the defendant/ counsel objected to this evidence.
Lord Campbell said he had very anxiously considered the
subject since Saturday. He had also had a conference with
four of his learned brothers, who clearly concurred with
him in the opinion that the deposition of Mr. Biddle,
wee not evidence against the co-defendants, but that
it was evidence against him to show his knowledge
of the elate of the bank's affairs bane and at the time when
the alleged comeginey took place.
It wee then errand that the deposition should be copied
exclediag the portions affeeting the other defendants, and
prodneed be that shape at a entesquent
Mr. Faddism mandaed by Sir F. 6
.14tedger, eidd—ln
March, 1866, Mr. Brows made at • court some obeervatkne
ea
to dame 71 of the charter. This was during the time
Mr. Cameron was absent from illness. There were present
Fuddle, Mac Kennedy, Kennedy, Brown, Cochrane, Spins,
and others. took plate between the
16th and the en
16th Mr. Brown mid be
wished to call the attention of the dbletors to the
position of the beak with reference to clams 71 of the deed.
He stated that `his view the beak had already brought
Itself within the provid of that clause by the lowa
which it had susta and the directors were bound to call
their shareholders together. He added that he wes pre-
pared to prove that statement. A director asked how he
could prove it? He referred to the Ices which the bank bad,
by its own admission, "attained in the Welsh works.
He went on to state that the bank, not very long beiire,
offered to take 44,0001. for those works on an offer of Mr.
Domain to find • purchaser for them for 36,0001. He also
referred to • more recent transaction—to the sale by auction
of the Welsh mina at the Auction Mart—at which time he
said the bank had fixed their reserved bidding at 40,0001.
He also roferred to loam which the bank had sustained by
Oliver, at Liverpool. He said that, under these
circumstances, the director", if they went on, would
go on upon their own responsibility. He added
Ware Ins that he wee not prepared to trattorias
the responsibility, and ho protested on those grounds against
the bane of mew shares. I was then asked a question by
Mr. Alderman Kennedy. He asked whether if he went on
under these circumstances the directors would be individually
reeponoible. He asked my opinion on that point, as
"elicitor.
On the objection of counsel for the defendants' the learned
judge held that this wee a privileged communication be-
tween attorney and client, and could not be even.
Examination continued—On the 15th May, 1866, there
was a meeting of the directors, at which were pressat—
Boded., M. L. Valliant, Macleod, Owen, Brown, Cochran*,
Kennedy, and Mr. Cameron. Mr. Camerae mid he
wished to call attention to the 71st dame, and to
move a committee of the court to inquire tato the affairs of
the bank in referenoe to that clause. Mr. Cameron wee in-
terrupted by Mr. Spew who exclaimed Ma rem " Yon
are always throwing that bugbear in our ears." Mr. Speas's
name does not appear in e minutes, and perhaps this oc-
curred on the Bth of May, whin his name is given. Mr.
Cameron said he had beta requested by a dine-
tte to bring the matter forward, and for that
Urbe had already meede same inquiry. Mr. Spew
ihe had done so it was way wrong, and he Genii sot
have the beak's interest at boort. Thom the maim nisi,
there ball no distloddea is Men to the subject. (A istAtr,
dated May 16, 1566, from Kennedy to Cameron, wee beam
put in.) It asp mead some dean at the retirement of Mr.
Spina, and asked Mr. Cameron to stele how fir he thought
the dinettes would be maqweenieed by the Iron worZwersif
by Mr. Mliregor, Mr. Offver, end others, and if he
the =ads of beelesss jute fed them In gots. as Ida
the
(The wears was odor sussiostios when our report Ise.]

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(13don Mr. Commissiceur Goo Dam)

This was the cortiTkai; rasatTie the ere of Thomas
Hawley, grow, of likcieftisew aail dumber* The
debts were 6,71111. • am eels shoot MOMMr.
Mr. Manholes siring 6rthe orgasm r A several larva
creditors. Ths Frei* sharps emir the hank-
rapt was, that he bid error huge gratities
of ode d
ban the berrepre, ea tie reprosnr-
tits thet be wee rhea, awl had • reeiddieeolis morphia.
Pant of the pesseds Odor goods be bed to pay-
mot Is a bast assent to shish he was owl bed
thus roducad bis debt fear 1,0001. to 4.01.
math of his berraptcy its had opined raw sooonsis
with Messrs. Illserldlos sad Co., and Moser Tied.
and Huber wirer& gropers. At that the. he had
dlahen sa sad had beta ord. He anted
on fire shop is radars.poets of tows. Thor tk be bed large
bill traneacdor be ladhope no bill book, bat prehrol to
have recorded his raring" on • slip of- parr • but
ao such memorandars was hercoming of the bah rosining
at the time of the beabroptey.
His Honour said be was Informed that it was the practice
with many Orme to asks rank attars on slips d pare,
sad roar tbs. afterwards, either by thornless or other
partir
tto the bill-book or cash-book, the Alper paper bring
hin &sherd.
Mr. Hart (reit to the official regale) said he Mord
that sours was wirer with • view to inve oxpear.
His WAIN" sold, whatever night be des objset, the
practice was • most irregular ono, awl one white the oourt
was boar to COMIIII%

llr7Mettiewe selithat la this ewe, a* a week Wore
the dot= the tombwpt eras wit • ereireeset of
showed servi .1 1,8101. Ws wee dew
bl:Ztlie. whet he celled Me photo Mee. Three weeks
later, at nest* d .diary he bed thr_rwtrkti] 10 Wa-
res a mortals et MIL M pro, sad rehrwares
bat whitest esswillg. Whlelle gnaw dub, the teak-
rept's ha les way MIK his wpm were up-
wards ellkilllll., sell Sere woe hoes of 2,1131.
Mr. Menem elm assail kr Mr. Drake, whale! broker,
wf Ktewhirrhoe, a emeMer, ea mak Use .am. grout& ma
allied dam

Kr. lielthase; on behalf of the bankrupt, urged that
Misr °myth, ea bradawl seeemetally firupworda of thirty
pen. thin iris as prelenee At cborphig him vatk *wad.
Ha bed nay deas wird was comma be most near, ; he
had Igen tee ample • view of hie own affairs. There
wee as disula be had a surplus in 1866 of
from 1,600 L Is
3,0001 ; and notwithstanding sub-
asquiedy Mime Meek; he Wilt bly believe
lehneall eskrost mill the i. seemant. Si Imet stock-
16thm, thensh ilkalises, woo ad ; k. 101 only ambled
than.. Mae width he dld set spa* le be mini me le pay
promptly. He had hen grandly li hairs;
omil as seas as be
poknew Ids nue be earl
Me penthesse allether. The weft
node wen mods 4 the mune =he
of hhadie
hniese; tithe had beta so "bypath.
:Itln the lisidoeshle phram; .11 the goods
s deur Vitt la hie trsik or were found on
• sholvee at the In dm owe of Kr. Henke oar
Mena bad hem by • long course of &Mktg,
eatemineg ever sem yea., fn which ell the goods were
AI fir, and set hanzedparticular reprematalios.
hove payment et a midis
lbw; mid his Ilr!liem st that time that he should
he able te beep his prenthe.
Hie Hower debreadjodpmeat.
Zr 11 WILLIAM mat/.—DIVIDIND.
The loupt, was • groom, cif Haneer-street, Gravamina.
He is than` scra et Jonathan Hills; the bunker, end hi. Mem
is 'Wafted he this of the bank. HU aka on almost 8,0001.
'lfs MAIM la upend to be 10a. fa the mama.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
TM DAT.

The seesell mien the the month of Pebrery, we
His with the usual formalitke, bin the
liTea the Lad Mayer, the Reeordwr Aldermen
tharbr_ , nal Hale, Mr. Alderman sad Midriff LaWIMMOIN Mt.
lberlif Atha, Kr. Under-Sheriff Parker,
The bst &Mika of the Winder ontains the wore of
nil& =in Methane to the grand Jury said that
win to dm short period that hod eloped thus the adjowev-
meet id the sew there thee berm eases am real to be
hreeW e Op& nen wen ilwee limps ~be
Ha aeitselise id Immo bet they wire s& be wee
bow le sty, sem et madeisedate erg War el them
will be onseil es the aim el VON aeorder. Ohs et the
=emewer sd Ilts main* to. preadult wits et
rad it aimed Sid dessert wee He wilt
dee paly esseeek idd II& they were bell ta s site
et mass • greed tett slam &Ow wtdch the
pimp elm& lbe ftstesti red the only ipseliss fir Hs
the et dr bey woo. mbar& thet Waw wee
Os errs et deeth. It &Hiker two mem ef nemnalmebbter.
aim the to& quedles tier would bore coasider wen,
whether the bi:itustsl Ml:4d tir the socutsd pets.
red whether thou tee. of death, and if
these bob win tit would be
ewer dely to Vie MIL Tien were two damn ot
=3 with kithell 416 bray berm is sae of whitit
&at wbf• &a Foamier wee going to his wait.
be tradditely MIME abet. and arm his inquiring the
sembrel pia ►the bed titillated the Was, the reply
be ads we Oat be had mistakes Min kr a bath It ay-
=bs that lie please shaver& cedecedeass ad seas
Wand% sad the susioe be the mad Jay
the otepreset wes the sunk of at
big ihdY WWI be "Men