The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1860.

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COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Arai. 12.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
IN U JOiSOLTDI AND TATLOL

The Lord Mayor mad all that might be, but what was to
be done with • child of such tender age ? Surely the union
Might take care of her and charge her father with the
=e . However, it was certainly wrong in the relieving
to refuse to receive her into the City of Loudon
Union.

The bankrupts, described as milliners, of Ellath Holborn,
applied for their certificates. Their joint liabilities are only
200?., the partnership having existed only seven weeks ; but
Josolyne, who had been in bunnies before, has other liabi-
lities of about 1,000/.
Mr. A. Turner, for the Assignees, opposed the panting of
Josolyne's certificate. Previous to the partnerehm.losolyne
had borrowed 200/. from a clerk of his, named Fletcher ;
sad this debt was still due. Having lost Fletcher's money,
he looked out for a partner with capital, and induced Taylor
to join him. Taylor went to the place for a month on
trial; he advanced at different times 300/., the whole of
which went to pay old debts. Further pounds of opposi-
tion were that Josolyne was insolvent when he commenced,
and that the trading had been reckless.
Joeollyne, in examination, admitted having borrowed 200/.
of Fletcher, and applied it in trade purposes. He did not
advertise for a partner, but replied to an advertisement of
Taylor's. He told Taylor that he required 500/., and that
leas would be of no service. He was then insolvent and
told Taylor so. A statement of assets and liabilities, show-
ing that he was insolvent to the extent of 400/. was laid
before Taylor's solicitor. Taylor's money was applied, with
his permissim, in paying old debts. He had full oppor-
tunity during his month of trial of knowing what the busi-
ness was; he took the cash himself. Being sued by Fletcher,
they came to the court to protect the property for their
creditors.
Taylor was examined, and said that Josolyne had repre-
sented the business as a very good one. He told witness
that he would be • very silly fellow if he did not accept
the partnership, as in a short time he would get a profit of
300?. His money was planed in the bank, hut he had no
idea that it was to he drawn out so soon.

Yr. Howring—alnoe your lordship again refers to that,
allow me to say that he acted under my instructions.
The Lord Mayor—Then they were very bad instruc-
tions, sir.
Mr. &wring—lt is a course we were compelled to take
by the frequency of her appearance among us.
The Lord Mayor (peremptorily)—l want to hear no more
from you, sir.
Mr. Bowring —I think your lordship might act with
courtesy to one who is here as a public &doer.
The Lard Mayor—Held your tongue, sir, if you please;
I do not wish to hear another word from you on the subject
fio be silent.

Bowring' - I shall nut be silent. I have a right to
The The Lord Mayor— I ten you 'wain, air that nothing OM
justify the conduct of your relieving eerier, in turning that
little child away from the union to wander about the streets
at four o'clock in the morning.
Mr. Bowriug—Your lordship is wrong there. Yon forget
that she was in charge of a policeman at the time, and our
officer is bound to obey hie instructions as the City officers
are bound to obey theirs.
The Lord Mayor—l don't wish to hear any more from
you. Take the child to her union.
Mr. Bowrierg—Then she must go to Lambeth.
The Lord Mayor--Then, sir, send an officer with her there.
Mr. Bowring —No, let one of the City officers take her.
1 She is in their charge now, and we've nothing to do with it.
Lord Mayor—Your conduct does you very little credit, sir.
Mr. Bowring—That may be your lordship's opinion ; but
other people may judge differently.
The contest of tongues then ceased, and the child was
sent home to her father.
CLERIEENWELL.

Mr. Pooke appeared for Joeolyne, and Mr. Strong fur
Taylor.
His Honoursaid the charge of fraud against Tosolyne was
not supported; but he had acted wrong in going on when in.
solvent, and trading recklessly. The certificate (second
class) would be suspended for three months from the last
examination. Taylor might have an immediate certificate
of the first class.
IN RE BROWN.—APPLICATION TO" REMOVE AN ASSIONIL

Williams Batch!, a solicitor's clerk, and secretary to a
loan association, residing at Queen-street, Chelsea, was
brought up on a warrant, by Lreabeet, 136 8, one of the
warrant officers of the °court, charged with embezzling seve-
ral slims of money belonging to his employers, Messrs.
Wing and Duane, solicitors, of Dray's-inn-square.
Mr. Lewis appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Thomas
Wakeling for the prisoner.
The presmer bad been in the employ of the prosecutors
for some time, at • salary of it. ss. per week, and in the
course of his duties had been the habit of collecting rents
for his employers. About the first week in
the month of March the prosecutors, finding that
several parties residing in Dean-street, Fetter-lane,
were, according to the prisoner's account, backward in the
payment of their rent., the prisoner was asked about
it. He then pave in an account and absconded, and subse-
quently gave in a further account, both of which fell short
of the amounts that the prisoner bad received. The amount
altogether embezzled by the prisoner wss about 1201. The
warrant spinet the prisoner was placed in the hands of
Lambert on the 6th of March, but the prisoner had ins-
nerd to keep out of the way until he was taken into
custody._
Mr. M'alteling elicited in cross-examination that the pri-
soner had about 100 tenants to all upon, and that 7001. per
quarter, certainly not 4,0001., pureed through his hands.
The prisoner had been in the employ of thikprosecutors about
seven years.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fully committed the prisoner for trial on
six charges, amounting to about 401.
Mr. Wskeling applied that the prisoner might be admitted
to bail, bet the application was refused.

The bankrupt in this case was a builder, of Bush-Luis,
and of Hammersmith.

Mr. George applied to the court fur an order to remove
the trade assignee, Mr. Tilbury, brass finisher, of Maryle-
bonestreet, on the ground that he wax acting adversely to
the interests of the estate. While the bankrupt was in
prison, the w had laid claim to a sum of money
which properly belonged to the estate.
Mr. Pooke, on behalf of the assignee, stated that before
the bankruptcy be had obtained a garnishee's order, and
there being no other proof against the estate but his own,
he considered that he was entitled to the money.
After some discussion, it was arranged that Mr. Tilbury
should retire by his own consent, and that a fresh assignee
should be chosen.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—APRIL 12.
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burehell and a Jury.)

RWOIDER r. KU:HARM-1U VALUI OP POBLIC•HOUSI

PROIIIIT.

This was an action, brought in one of the Auperier courts,
to recover compensation in damages for breach of an agree-
went in not selling the lease of a public-house. Judgment
had been suffered by default, and a writ of inquiry was exe-
cuted to wawa the damages to be awarded. Owtng to the
intended alteration in the licensing system the case attracted
some attention.

Robert Harris, the manager of the Great Central Gas
Works, on the east aide of Bow-common-lane, Bromley St.
Leonard, appeared before Mr. Selfe to answer a summons
taken out by Mr. Edward Fukher, inspector of nuisances
and sanitary inspector to the Board of Works for the
Poplar' district, under the Metropolis Local Management
Act, for permitting the existence of a nuisance.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, appeared for the prosecu-
tion. The nuisances on Bow-common, including the gas
works, have been frequently prosecuted by the Board of
Works, and considerable abatement of the compound of
villanous smells arising therefrom has been the result.
There is, however, still much to complain of, and many
chemical manure and alum works are still carried on there,
and are highly detrimental to the health of the inhabi-
tants. The greatest nuisance in this now thickly-populated
locality is undoubtedly the gaeworks, and there have been
several prosecution, of the company to which they belong,
and orders made by the magistrates of this court The
nuisance, as is alleged by Mr. Fukher and by Messrs.
Arisen and Ellison, the medical officers of the district, has
been revived, and is now far worse than ever.
The mammon. charged that upon the gas-works "there
is a large accumulation of refuse lime-water, called Blue
Billy, giving off offensive effluvia, so as to be a minuses
and injurious to the health of the inhabitant, of the neigh-
bourhood, and that the coke upon the premises is slacked
with foul water, also giving off offensive effluvia, so as fob*
a like nuisance, and injurious to the health of the inhabi-
tants of the neighbourhood."
Mr. Harris said he only received the summons on Tuesday
night, and had not had time to meet the complaint. He
requested a postponement of the case, and urged that any
material interference with the operations of the gas com-
pany would be attended with serious consequences.
Mr. Young, on the part of the Board of Works, said it
would be unfair to resist the application for adjournment.
Mr. Ansell, as was understood, wished the magistrate to
visit the gm works before adjudicating upon the case.
Mr. Sao Why should I have all she euhusuce• ea Bow-
common thrust upon me?
Mr. Young—You made an order on a former manager of
the Great Central Gas Works to abate the nuisance now
complained of some time ago.
Mr. Selfe—l have visited the nuisance. on Bow-common

Mr. Vaughan Williams was counsel for the plaintiff. No
one appeared on the part of the defendant.
The plaintiff is a brewer in Wales, and the lease of the
public-house he agreed to purchase was the king's Head
at Tredegar, Monmouth. He agreed to give 1201. a year
for seven years. It had, however, been let to another per-
son at an increased rental, and the plaintiff claimed com-
pensation. The defendant had lately died, and the action
was against the legal representative. It was admitted by
the correspondence that damage must be recovered by the
. . . .

Mr. Vaughan Williams in stating the awe, said the plain-
tiff wanted the house to let wsiu for the purpose of supply-
ing it with beer, and expect to make 20W. a year proht
out of his beer.

The plaintiff war called, and raid he expected to make
100 f. a year profit out of the beer he should have sold to the
tenant, which would have been about 10 barrels a week.

Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell—AndTZprodt;nloiar e
a week would have been lOW. a year?
Witnem—Ym.
Under-13her4ft— You wanted the house to let again?
Witness—Yea, sir.
Under-Ilherlff—ls that not what is called now-a-days
Irrly ?"
aughan Williams said it was a very common praa-
tiee with brewers.
In answer to the Court the witness said the beer would
have been from 365. to 46.. a hatred. The tenant could
have made a good deal mom out of the beer than he should
have done.

lir:lUder. Sheriff Burehell.-1 won't ask you what the
beer would have been made of. (A lauh.)
The jury moaned the damages at Oa

once. You don't wish me to go again, I hope. One visit
to Bow-common is quite enough in a man's lifetime.
After some discuasion, the hearing of the case was post-
poned until Thursday next.

HORRIBLE SUICIDE AT HlGHGATE—Yegtertiay
afternoon, shortly before" o'clock, as some undertakers were
returning from the Highgate Cemetery down Swain's-lane,
they were suddenly alarmed by a tremendous report of fire.
arms, and on looking in the dirmtion from whence the re-
port came, they saw the body of •man lying by the side of the
road with his head literally. shattered to atoms, no single
vestige of feature remaining. Near the body lay a large
hone pistol, the barrel of which had exploded. It i be-
lieved that the unfortunate roan had loaded the pistol to
the very muzzle, and then discharged the contents into his
mouth. The body was placed in an undertaker's hearse and
brought down to the dead house of St. Pancras' Workhouse,
i where it remains for identity, which can only be effected
by the clothes and articles on deceased's person. His dress
consisted of a black surtout coat and wrapper, the outer of
petersham or beaver cloth, with black velvet collar, black
cloth double-breasted waiscoat and trowsers, black patent
leather "Balmoral" boot, (nearly new), a blue figured and
crimson stock. The shirts of the new flannel material,
striped black, or brown and red ; a white linen collar,
marked "C. Crane, No. 10," and white socks with blue
stripe,' also marked "C. Crane, 3." On his person were
found a card with an address at Chelsea, four duplicates,
one for some trifling article pledged that morning for a
shilling, near Golden-square, a knife and near percussion
cap, powder, bullets, Sc., but no money. The body awaits
an inquest.
SHOCKING AND FATAL OCCIAIRINCE.—On Wed-
nesday on accident occurred at Oxford, by which an aged
female named Law, a widow, was killed, and two more fe-
males and a child were very seriously injured, so much so
that it is questionable if one of the females will survive it.
A farmer, living a few miles off, had occasion to go to the
railway station, to take some persons to meet the train ;
on his return, and when in the road, the horse, which was
attached to a spring cart, took fright and ran with unma-
nageable speed to the short and awkward turn near St.
Peter-le-Bailey Church, and on to the opposite .
pavement,
where it is very narrow, and a great thoroughfare • several
people were passing and reprising at the tine-, and the end
of one of the shafts struck the poor woman on the temple,
and in a few minutes she was dead. The other two fe-
males were also very seriously injured, and a little girl had
her thigh and leg broken. the horse righted itself, and
dashed away at mat speed up Queen-street, aa far as Car-
fax, where Its dangerous pace was retarded by coming in
contact with a heavily laden cart, whereby the spring cart
was dashed to pieces, and the mime' being thus released
from the vehiclewent at a greater speed down the High-
street, to near St. Maty's Church, when it was fortunately
.
t The driver, who
.kept his seat to Ced is ar, also
believedstopped
to be a good deal mimed.
EXPLOSION Or OAR.—Two PERSONA INJURED.-
Yesterday afternoon an explosion of gas took rilace on the
presniate belonging to the Friend in Need Life Assurance
Company, situate at No. 421, New Oxford-street. It ap-
pears that some gas fitters bad been employed, and from
some defect in the piping a strong smell of gas was experi-
enced by a female in the house. She incautiously took a
light into the room, which caused the gas that had escaped
to become ignited, when an explosion of a terrific character
ensued, which blew the upper windows out and actually
sent some portions of the ceilings completely across the
wide street. Unfortunately the female and a boy became
prostrated by the shock consequent upon the explosion, and
were then surrounded with flame. Several persona at once
rushed in to the hove and rescued thetwopersons, who were
so severely burnt and otherwise injured that they were
obliged to be removed to the hospital, where they remain in
a dangerous state. The whole of the premises, which were
five floors high, were severely damaged by the explosion,
and so were the contents.

MORTALITY IN LIVERPOOL—At the meeting of
the Liverpool Health Committee yesterday, it was stated
that during the past quarter the number of deaths in the
borough bad been 162 leas than the average of the corre-
sponding quarter of previous years.
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