The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-01 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commiadater haw)

IV klt JOIINNTUN MID PLOT:
The WM the adjourned westing for the mtsmakation of R.
Johnstos, one of the bankrupts En this somewhat sotcwions
ear, but it appearing that *maw Wieder had been m-
oistly employed by the bankrupt, istatkar adjournment of
Ere weeks was ordered.

An adjudication iz hankrapky was made against Butlar,
who had kept the Priory Arms, Wandsworth•road.

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TLa bankrupt, a builder at Deptford, applied for his wr-
Idlest'.

lee. italTilk for the assignees, offered ne opposition.
Ur Lawrence, for the bankrupt, asked itir a first-clam orr-
titkete. He had begun with a surplus of 1,7004, which he
hod het by the rise in the price of lour, and depreciation of
enaterials. The books had been well kept, and the personal
e: teen was eery zsedenne.
His Honour plumed a dm airs certificate.

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The bankrupt, a from, In Shoruditch, pawed him eurain-
Mien on summate @hewing 1,3001. of dente, and 2501. of as-
sets. Mr. Aeythlry au for the assignees, and Mr. Law-
nu e fur the bankrupt,

INSOLVENT DUTORS COURT.

Ilg Tll C MA Tll/1 Or 0/01101 DILIAXION

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Ili. Iwoleant, the projegatie at lir Xatial Loden-banes
Y Par* apphed to be diecharged ea annottas anal Meath
nt. in ord.' to proceed with an action whist Mr. Km-
sant. merrhant, from whom and the Baron Bectirres be
clamed upward. of 9,01104.

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The ea:s NI a remarkable rm. The insolvent hat • Fe-
iss to build model lodging.houses at Par; tad bat ONO
the Emperor. TM Banco Boaters, a personal Mead of the
ito sene, interred Lintaalf, sod demos won mode
ky re Inneb government. Mr. Kmoi who lb
IM boa iserobant to Throe* asset, had built the
bouts, and had laid out a very oondderable sum.
The Seolvost alleged that for hi" rossiemst, and
the other rattan, he was entitled to mon that 9,00 W.,
het, ea the contrary. Mr Kennard dared that he wed the
Walser out ehdung, but in truth he woe • sreditr. An
arias had loon ,viumenced by the insole's; who wired to
go on with the proceedings for the tont-fit of Ida ierobt. No
clue-A.41 was made en the part of Mr. Kasosed, who was
wlftior that bail aboeld ba taken to a snail .moss,, la ardor
to Leads*" the &elks.

moms TS:77;.temdoved themselves as bell is 1101.,
emd.were Ileumel

Mr. Collette (Pritehar3 and C.,llrtte) offend so egged.
ft the appliontke.
Mr. Coonatteloiter Pailh ercepted the bail, sad des Eh-
Aerie was ordered to the 16th of March =At, to try the

THE POLICE COURTS.
THIS DAT.

cuutsrxwELL.
%main& OF ♦ CHILD.

A rough, dirty-looking fellow, who gave the name of
Bee n, aged 30, • bricklayers' labourer, residing at
4, It i,wiy-strert, Litehnal-mers, wee plead at the bar be-
f, re Mr. T)rwhitt, barged with causing the death of Mary
Coney, • child egel six years, I y striking it on the heed
with • belt, in Chequer-alley, St. Luke's, on the 1 Ith bet
From the evidence it appeared that the little girl was play-
ing with bar brother on some ruins on the day in gaieties.
The prisoner and some other men wire there employed in
eleanior some bricks and clearing away the rubbish. The
girl VIA asked to go away, but not complying with the pri-
soner's request to readily as ha wished, be undid his belt and
gore her a violent blow on the side of the heed. She ran
bouts to her mother, and after she had told her of what bad
occurred, she fainted away, and remained in that state for
some hours. A surgem was called In, but not-
withstanding all his endeavours, the poor child ulti-
mately expired. Mr. Wright, • surgeon, of Fea-
therstone-street, had mado a post-mortem examination of
the body, and found • quantity of extravasated dark
blood, and • clot of bluod the size of an egg,
In the head, which he attributed as the can..
of death. There was also a birthing down of the parte
surrounding the brain. The other parte of the body were
perfectly healthy. When the please. woe apprehended by
police-unstable Neill, 02 G, he said he knew nothing what-
ever of the matter.

The prianner, when called upon for his defence, denied the
chair•, and said he was rifectly innocent.
.

Mr. Tyrwhitt committed.tted the prmnivr to Newgete for

The inquest is to be hi Id this afternoon.
WESTMINSTER.
lIILIT °tit GE.
Robert Cockle and Josq.4 Box 0,, were charged with •
=net disgraceful outrage upon the police.
The two pvisonere,wno ware ant even alleged to \seekers
Intoxicated at the tint- the offence was essimdtiad, ewe
tMe*:in the dock. as they bad been given bibs ea.d7 for
, and the objects n( their violence, Bewleada
282 A, and James Charwood, 104 B, both had their
beads covered with linen bandages, and were be
a very weak state. It menu that last night
the defendants, who are soldiers in the lad
Regiment of Oneida, were at the New Star and
Crown, Broadway, Westminater, when a man there celled
the police and charged the defendant Oneida with ha
robbed him of mine duplicates and papers, and Brett found
him rzdicealiox • portion of them under the seat. Brett pro-
ceeded with Guam fur • short distance, when he commeseml
a violent smut upon both him and the prosecutor. Cher-
wood came to brett'e assistance. when Buxton came op sad
joining the odor defendent, inflicted the most desperate
amealts upon the two odious ; Buxton, taking off Ide
belts, etru,k the two men about their heads
mud they be, insensible, and were conveyed to the hose
rtTwo other constables were also aswasiltod by the
rob, who ewmped, but were afterwards apprehended.
The wounds were ineieted with the heavy brass buckle at
the end of the belt.

Mr. George Pear's. surgeon, prosiod that, besides other
.ands and injuries. Brett was diecharging blood from the
bowels, while Cbarwood had two severs scalp wounds. It
would be some tiwo before the men was in • condition to
reran. their ditty.
Is the course of the inquiry it wee stated that Brett had
called upon • corporal with a the of soldiers to assist him in
cony*e ing the defendant Garton to the station, but ha had
refueb.d to do so.

Mr. Arnold said that be could not think of dealing with so
serious s ease as this, whi.h h. should laud for trial. He
then animadverted upon what appeared to him to be the un-
rassonable conduct of the corporal in refusing to aid the civil
pewee, Ned said that the commimion of the injuries the con-
stables here .as mainly attributable to the corporal's non-in-
terhr.nes when called -upiitt.
Datendiutta were remanded.

The marriage of Prince William of Here Philipp.
sidel llitrehfeld and the Pnneeve Mary, third daughter of the
Eleet,r of Here, wee caebrated in the palace at Caesel on
the 27tb

It is stated that the Lord Moyor of Dublin has
rewired an limitation from her hfateny to be present at the
carmonial a doe marriage between the Princess Royal sad
the Prince of Prussia on the 24th of the nest month.

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The speaking in the great slender ease at Dahlia
—Strews. v. Campion—as far as onmeal are ooncerned,
otscladed on Wedne.loy, sad this Chief Baron, after •
patient Issaring of thirteen days, was enabled to commence
his charge. It is Impossible to onojecturs what length of
OM his lordship's address may occupy.

THE Nrw two Tint OLD YEAR.—At many of tho
Landon churches last ni,:ht there were !midnight surtos
kit the purple!, of enabling rmagregatioan to emend in
dessetienal nannies the departure of the old peer and the
ealting in of the new. This custom originated among the
mmhod.., the laid sight of the year being
"the watch night but latterly the custosu has
nammisd to other Nueiconforrobit denominations, and has
she Um adopted by some of the clergy of the church of
Pmpland.
THE SIIREWsIICItT PEERAGE.—Another claimant
has now spipeared for the title and slats or the late Earl of
Shrewsbury in the mom of William Talbot, a sailor on
board the Callao, nee of the Hewn. Brocklebeak's ships,
erhi L has pet arrived at this pet from Callao. Mr. Am-
brose Lane, a inlicitor in this town, has been intrusted with
the conductinx of the cam, and from the evidence which
the prewar claimant LAO produce, as well as from olßcia/
dectumts, there nut be no doubt that he is the lawful heir
le the title and property. Hie friends and Meshes maids
the seighbonrhond of Birmingham, mad the pumas who
Me vow claiming the property and seridem 'mead be the
haft bairn if the present claimant were dad.—Leverpool
Aria.

RD A. P. CLINTON.--In the return of esiosl-
- thine" the fearful lighting at LI( know, we Red "Mid-
dllfour L. A. Clinton" r being eliyhtly tromsded. We
bar bore Interned by hie Grace the Mks at Newark,
ths the ofLer In question to Ilia Knee' ace, Lard A. P.
aloft. The error in the return Lae arisen no doubt from
ballads, the letter L as the lethal lever of a roe, in-
ns*/ of an abbreviation of his lordship's tide. We are
aerry._ to had the noble to dabian amongst the wounded,
hoPe with hie grace that the return of " may
Pre corer. As the noble due awed that he die received
M loom by the late mail, he will doubtless be looking
,lely mad hopefully foe the next grovel for the confirme-
d", el corretties of the above iatelligeste.—Nertryhoes
Jot r