The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-01 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—ldelat 31.

IN as WILLIAM NIMOY SSMIDAS oinvm.
This insolvent, a comedian, who is.. been a theatrical
manger at Hall sad other plasm on the York aircalt,
eppeand ander the Preteens' Ask Mr. Dowse was fee a
creditor named Howe, a criater at Hell, sad Mr. Heed
I n
fr styer to the learned somnsissioner, tke insolnat
said he bed used the name of " Bwanborovgb," bat Wars
bonne to London he was known by the name of " Smith."
/b. Reed said the inane, bad proposed to est aside
' oat of his segagensents as sand sum of 301., and the
oreditore were willing to accept the ease.
Mr. Done informed the toes that Mr. Mame as st-
oney-at-law, had appeared, sad was willing to tin tho
proposal.
A trollies cased Carr, who appeared la perms, was not
inerr:n in the oct elude. He hod been employed by the
soonest as a stage carman r at Drery•lans Theatre.
The Chief Commitsinaer asked the insolveat what he had
to do with Drury-lase Theatre ?
The into:vent said be bed no theatre the year ago. He
was connected with it, and employed Mr. Carr.
Carr also @uprisen is. willingness to accept SOL a yen
with the other creditors.

Tbs Chief Commissioner bad no eljeetion to the pro-
posal. It Eden happen la sub cams that an iasolvent got rid
of creditors, and woes the first payment name doe there
was no moos,. It would be understosd that, if the pay-
ments were not kept up, there would hi no protection.
The 21st of April was named for the final order, and the
first quitter's peyment to be made by the 30th of Augut.
Protection was renewed.

111011.1 MIL COrinswursza ?MUM
ALLEGED AROSE OP TNII PROTECTION ACTS.

A creditor who opposed in a cue ander the Protection
Act (whin wu adjourned for farther Inatome.) complained
sf the great injury hillicted on creditors by me Nonni=
Act. A claw of persons got into debt, and instead of mint
chose to peon= under the Protection Act, and got rid of
their debts. He &ochre, that it wu high time @monthlong
was dais, as the public would not stand the Protection Act
much loop,.
Mr. Commiesioner Phillip, concurred in the remark that
the sets required amending. There was not a day la which
he did not hear grievous somplainta on ths aubjec'. His
Honour ,aid there wu an outcry from romp winters ea the
subject of imprisonseet fin debt, bit he was sure it would
be legitimist peril to the trading commuaity if it was done
away with.
I The credit,' expressed his satiefestion at having elicited
the opinion of the leaned oommasioner on the sabjo et,
which was ote of public important.

4SSIZB INT ELLIGENCZ

OXFORD CIRCUIT:

SLADE V.

POR Pll/01Y.

MAR= 31.

Is this saes Mr Skinner end Mr. Vaughan Richards
were colossi for the plaintiff, who is a machine masker et
Bristol ; and Mr. Seiythies and Mr. Barret for the defied-
sat, who Una st Newport, Monmouthshire. The action
was brought to recover a sem of 224 for a beer dray, al-
leged to have been sold by the pleintiff to the defeadent
at the Newport cattle show on the 20_h Dec last.
The plaintiff's case was this, that he was atilt. Newport
earl. show, and offered the dray to the defeadant at ?At,
or for 231. cash ; that the defeedtut would not bay at once.
bat told him to geed the article up to his boon, the Rail-
way lan, kept by his sister ; that he sad defendant, after
drinking t Settler, came to • bargain for 231.,
defendaat paying him IL on moonlit, oa which he
drew up an account toe one of his bill•hsads, charging hint
231., with &credit of 11. received en account; that defied
I ant did not denier to this, and that plaintiff setesquently
net him a bill for 221. for his axe tun, whoa he re-
' pudiated the bargain, on the ground that he had never
made a purchase at any price; but he swore that the IL
paid to the plaintiff was money borrowed to help him home,
as he was short, sad that when the invoice was gives to
him at his sister's he repudiated it.
Mr. Seaborne, the defendant, deposed that he lived with
!Minster at Newport. On the Vat December he was it
Newport market, where plaintiff offered him • dray for
sole. Witoese did not purchase the dray at any price.
After the offer they west to his sister's house, where they
drank together, and the plaintiff again offered the dray for
21/., but witness laid he should give no @soh 'Loney
for it. Plaintiff afterwards asked winking to lend
him a sovereign, sad witoess complied sad asked
for a memoraudem of the lean, on which the plaintiff
took out • bill.te .d sad IiTOUI an invoice of it, beadle, it
to the witness, and saying, " I've received a savereige on
wthount, and will you make as account of it 1" Witness
answered, " I have lent you the sovereign, and I've not
perdu sod tie dray at ell. As long as the dray stands on the
premises yoa'.l have to pay for its standing."
His Lardthip, in summing up, said it was a very painful
ass, Either the plaintiff t r the ;defendant had disgraced
himself in the face of the public, bet asset there could he no
doubt that eithsr the one or the other had committed per-
jury.
The jury alined immediately Memel a verdict for the
plelatiof, on which his lordship directed the ddendent to
stand up.
His lordship, addrelaiog him, said : The jury have by
their verdict eapreseed an opinion that you have swore
falsely in Weenie, and therefore I think if will be Goodst-
ein tonna ends of public jetties that the question should be
' tried. You will therefore enter into recogaisssent, by your-
self and your surety, to appear to answer the &barge of per-
jury athe next assists.
The sureties were afterwards entered into.

ARSON IT • CHILD.

MIMI.

Sarah Mail was charged with setting Sr. to a rick of
wheat, the praperty of her muter, Robert Purse, at
PacklecharcF, oa the 6th inst. Mr. Somenet Frosectued;
the prisoner was undefended by coussal.
The prosecutor discovered the fire at seven o'clock in the
morniair. He charged the child--she is only eleven yam
old, aced was employed to nurse the promoter's chiliren—
with the offeeme, and afterwards visited her at the Folios-
ofiles, when a cotnereation folk place which was sot ad-
mitted evidescr. Mary Heeling, dalryweessa in the
prosecutor's surfeit, saw the prisoner at the wheat tick
shortly before the ere broke out. The prisoner had ad-
mitted strikiag a limiter match at a pigsty a few yards from
tha rick.
She was found Sentence was defamed.