The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-14 00:00:00

IN RE BREWIR

The bankrupt had been an engineer on the South
Eastern Railway, earning 125/. a year. He now applied
for his discharge from debts of CAC
Mr. Reed opposed. The bankrupt had substantially but
one creditor, the assignee, whose claim was 6W. for debt
and costa. The assignee when abroad had sent some
money to the bankrupt to be paid to his mother. The
bankrupt ►pplied it to his own use, and when sued by
the assignee defended the action, and incurred costs of
40/. Thereupon the bankrupt came to this court.
The Commissioner—Just the way with all these pauper
litigants ; as soon as judgment is signed against them they
come to this court.

The bankrupt, examined, at first denied that he was now
employed as an engine-driver, but afterwards admitted
that he was so. He had bad some shares in the Iron Screw
Colliery Company worth 43/. 10s. He had transferred
those to his brother, also an eugine-driver, just before his
bankruptcy, in satisfaction of a debt due to his brother.
Mr. Reed asked for accounts, as to the transaction with
the brother, and an adjournment was ordered, his Honour
°bearing that the ease bore every appearance of fraud.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

CLERKENWELL.
A LINT CHILI).
A Toung man, hawing the appearance of a mechanic,
applied tothe magistrate for an order to compel the autho-
nue' of one of the parishes in the neighbourhood of this
court to admit an infant to the workhouse under the fol-
lowing circumstances

Applicant rnd his wife went in a pleasure van for a day's
outing at Epping Forest, and on the way there they made
the acquaintance of a young woman who had swell-dressed
infant in her anna. They were all together during the day
sad on their return when they got out of the van the
young woman asked his wife to hold her baby whilst she
RA to a neighbouring publichouse to find her husband.
His wife did so, and had had the baby ever since, and as
the parish would have nothing to do with it he wanted to
how what could be done, as he could not afford to keep
the child—little dear as it was—he having a family of his
own to support, and very little to support them with. He
had made every effort to trace the young woman who left
the child with his wife but without success.
The Magistrate inquired how it was that the applicant's
life, not knowing anything about the owner of the child,
&hold have offered to have taken charge of it.
The applicant said that, coming up in the van they had
19 sang " Love your neighbour as yourself," and his wife
dtd not consider that there was any harm in holding the
child fora minute or so, but if the loving your neighbour
no yourself meant having another man's child thrust on you
t° Iwll whether you like or not, then all he could say was
that he was done with that sort of thing. (A laugh.)
The magistrate asked the applicant if he had been to
"„w Police-station in his neighbourhood and given notice
that he hail got a lost child.
The applicant replied that he had not adopted that
°Aloe, as the police would tell him that the child
mold not be lost as the mother knew who it
VW with, and if a thing was lost of course
you did not know whe-e it was. (A laugh.) All that he
wanted to know was what was he to do with the child.
It was • little awkward as well, for his wife was to.
,Ylng that she thought he knew more about it than he
did ; hut, of course, there was no troth in that. (Laughter.)
The magistrate said be could not assist the applicant.

THE WEATHER. AND THE CROPB.—In this neigh-
-1"ril0od (Oxfordshire) we have a thin Crop of wheat and
*elk in the straw. The weather warn very favourable
tring the time the wheat was in bloom, mid theareeent
se weather is improving the crop daily, and • ell. to
raace a fine quality. Barley and otta are promising
den average crop. Beans and peas very promising at
CA Present tame. Potatoes we looking welL—Oxford
rostric.