The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-19 00:00:00

THE EX.PRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19 Itor4l.

716L1) r. nun.
The Pertlel were married in October 1848. and the? lived
together at Bolton and Liverpool. They hed ell 004 oar'
viving. In 1868, the repot:Arm deserted his tact y, CMOS ap
to London with another woman, end married her.
The met &bashed the marrimm.
Dr. listabsy wee counsel for the petitioner.
Wl/011TON WILIOHTON AND WHITS!.
The milldam', • commercial traveller, married the rio•
ePeadesi in 1847, and lived with her two years. After that
time Mrs. Wright:el sold off her hueband's effects end 'b.
seceded. It was alleged that she bad Ones been discovered
living with the co-respondent, bat the evidence of Identity
not being satisfactory.
The one was allotted to stand over.
Mr. Btargena appeared top the petitioner.

COURr OF BANIERUPTCY.—Nov. 18.
(Wart Mr. Comptonlamer Gou!burn.)
IN RE ERNEET LEVY.

The bankrupt was a Jeweller, of 362, Strand. This was
the
mite are about 4004 are examlnation sitting. Bankrupt owes 3,00 M.;
the
Mt. Begley append for the assignees, and Mr. Lewis, of
Mly-piace, for the bankrupt.
Id.. Joyce and Mr. Gibbon appeared for Mr. W. 8. Ben-
nett, who claimed to trove against the setate fee • balance of
3001. or 4001., arising out of discount traneacdoas in which he
and the bankrupt had been engaged. Mt. Joyce stated that
his client had been apprenticed to a ithemist, and had had the
misfortune to contract the habit of betting on hone-racing,
by which means he had made some money.
The Commissioner—A greet misfortune—Use more to if he
Sae been sacoushal. It is sure to end in ruin.
Mr. Bennett wee =mined at some length se to the par-
deniers of his claim. la the coarse of a long inquiry it
traarpind that the bankrupt bad employed his ohopboy, a
beoaattSß of 18, to acoept two bills for him. On the first bill
eing dishonoured the bolder scud the father of the boy, Mr.
Jayne, of Bunhill-row, who of coarse repudiated his liability.
The mobs inquiry In the cam was whether an I 0 II foe
4001. wee in the bankrupt's own handwriting.
Several ultimate were called to prove this,
which was vehemently denied by the bankrupt.
It oleo appeared that he had attempted to alter the true state
of his amounte by cutting out Isom from his books, where-
upon the commissioner said the cues was one more fit for in-
vestigation at the Old Bailey than tbe Court of Bankruptcy.
The beaknipt attempted to explain this and other einem-
stencee of an Nosily thapici•ins nature, when the commie-
node denied him to defer his explanation until his trial at
the Old Bailey wee brought on, for • dearer cem of mutilated
books be had never seen.

TicaourZitn t;ly admitted the proof, end adjourned
the examination of the bankrupt sine die, on the ground that
hie eooonnte were wilfully untrue.
Protection was given for a month.

(Before Mr. Commis.loon Hoiroyd.)
IN AB XII.IIraN AND WIJYL

The bankrupta, Hobert Milburn sad Jerre Llswellya
White, were adjudicated bankrupts on the petition of Masts.
Tawnier, frCrca, Hoot, and Quillen, silk wershousemes, In
Perin Tney had carried on business as merchants and ease
mission sputa, in partnership with Claude Lewis, at ISt,
Cheeped* under the firm of Milburnand White; and in
Part and., the Linn ef Martin, June, and Co. This ass
the fret sitting noder the bankruptcy.
William Hamilton, of Charing-cross, warehouser*,
was misnamed. He said—l know Claude Louis Mar-
tin, and have frequently men him at the bankrupt's
pros of business. Martin's place in Pads is either at
79, Rue Richelieu, or 1, Rue de Menage. I saw him in
Landon on Seturday erecting last, when lure him accidentally
In Lothbury. He the made an appointment to mast
as at my lodgings, at 8 o'clock. He came alone at the time
appointed, and said that he wished to have a little private
oonversation about what was going oa fn lfilbarn and
White's affairs, for he could gut no Inbenstiosi in Pars
about them. He also said be had bete in prison there. I
do not remember for how long, but it was several weeks.
He did not my he bed been made bat he said he
had given up ell he had to his °Motai~iriese. He irked
me if I knew where Milburn and White were. I told him I
did not, and from what he said I believe he was equally
ignorant of their whereabouts. He complained of their
having deceived him; mid he was going beck to Paris on
the following Monday might. I met him, however on Mon-
day morning by appointment at John Smith and Co.'e, 1,
Lovable*, Wood-street. Nothing particular conned on
that occasion beyond toy explaining to him, at his request,
the meaning of the notice (of bankruptcy) posted on the door
of Milburn and White's premises, in Cheeped°. I asked
him to defer his return to Pert until after this sitting for
the chore of soignee. had bee held, but he said he did not
think thin woe say accedes to his doing so, u the notice
did not refer to him. I then milked with him to the door
of his hotel In Ironmonger-lane, and there parted with him.
He left London the same evening, I believe.
Mr. John Young. se:outman; wee chosen trade soignee.
The liabilities are stated to be about 35,0001., but the smote
It is supposed will be nil, Inasmuch as every particle of rook
has bleu removed from the premises in Cheeped', The
bankrupt, it is said are still oat of the way.

Th. haokru pt w s warehousemsa InVigo-Meet, Er
goat-otraet. Tbia was s aiming for the choke of assigneaa.
A preliolinaoy statetooot of debts and lisbilitleo shows moo-
mod croditors, 14,6161 • thaw holding secority, 3,4001.;
peopert), 7,170 J.; other lows, 1,0001.
won chosen.

The bankrupt was a plumber and painter, of Southern*.
This was the examination meeting. He owes 1,0001., find
Lim up nearly 20e. in the pond.He puma ssoppom-d.

DAVIDSON AND lAIITSII.

la the report of this ore which 'republished on November
11, It wee mated that the beakrapt Kanter ha/ absconded,
taking with him the books, and. It was supposed, a portion
of the Mock. We bent reesived from Mr. Kanter • letter,
In which be says that the best Inquiry in the mart would
nave elicited the fast that he woe represented there by Mr.
Murray, his attorney, who explained that hie client was un-
able to attend through indisposition.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—Nov.IB.
(Balm Kr. Coollllaksor Murphy.)

111 11 ILIZAIIIIII MINIMAX orzaawisi
This Insolvent, known as "Mrs. William," wee opposed
by Mr. Reed for Mr. end Mn. Blake. Mr. Doom sup-
ported.
It appeared that the opposing creditors (husband and wife)
had supported the insolvent's child before and since their
marriage, which she had by a person armed David Lloyd
Williams. The child yes placed with Mrs. Blake beton her
marriage la 1864, and was with her until the present year.
The insolvent had under her tether's will received upwards
of 6001., and on the 18th Jabs last paid her sister, Mrs.
Parker, the wife of a tanner masa Merida, 400 i. which the
hod borrowed from her in 186 i. MIL Parker am at-
tended, and stated that she had Naive* maw tics has
father. She had 6001. on bee amoriage, 19 years ego, sad
declared that she had kept the wary In her box, sad lent
4001. to the insolvent for Mr. Williams. She had kept the
money in her box for that long period unknown to her has-
baud.

3k. Commissioner Murphy, after a long examination, sug-
gested a settlement, being of opinion that the money had
been pad to Mt.. Pukes within three month. of the pet&
tht
was arranged that the matter should be left in the heads
or the lemmedoeintnimioner,

Mr. Ccoutai;arne;k:rpby suggested the payment of SW.
by Um. Parks: to the opposiacersdltore to mettle the matter.
The owe was adjourned to Turd& , to Dry out the re-
conosadation of the learned com