The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1867.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Ooulburn.)
IN RE ITLER.
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The bankrupt was described ii.;;-elmmission agent, of
St. John's-street-road, Clerkenwell, and managing director
of the National Contract Company (Limited). This wax
an adjourned sitting for examination and discharge.
The debts are stated at 4,34 N., of which 2,02C4 are liabi-
lities on bills discounted. Of those bills 51.101. represented
acceptances given for the National Contract Company, and
1,4,0 i/. had been given for shares in the late Estates Lank,
since amalgamated with the General Exchange Bank. The
assets are stated at 500/. ; property held as security, con-
sisting of shares in the London Offices Company, the Lou-
don Exchange Bank, and other companies, I,3t4ii.
Mr. ll,gley opposed. Additional accounts had been re-
quired, but they were very unsatisfactory, and the as-
signees wished to put requisitions to the bankrupt.
After hearing Mr. ft. Griffiths for the bankrupt,
His Honour directed an adjournment on the terms pro-
posed by Mi. Bagley.

-IX RE. EDWARD JONES.
The bankrupt, described as of Barking-road, Essex, out
of business, had formerly kept a public-house in Upper
East Smithfield. He sought his dischargeb from debts of
1,154/., giving up no assets. This was a second bank•
ruptcy ; but it was stated that the former bankruptcy had
been annulled. He was opposed on behalf of Messrs.
Jackson, distillers, Dockhead.
It appeared, from examination of the bankrupt, that he
bad transferred two policies of insurance to his brother,
had disposed of his public-house, and defrayed a debt due
to his mother, and, when sued by Messrs. Jackson, had
defended the action.

I'ltimately the case was adjourned for a deficiency
account.

IN RE KIIELLI',

The bankrupt, a pianOlenteinauniacturer, of Holloway,
applied for his discharge from debts of ?rd. ; no assets.
He was opposed on the ground of having contracted debts
without probable means of payment. He had failed
before, and had offered his creditors a composition.
Mr. Griffiths supported.
His Honour said this was one of the numerous cases
where traders came to the court after failing to pay the
composition they had undertaken to pay. In the short
space of eight months the bankrupt had incurred fresh
debts of 275/. It was absolutely essential that those
repeated failures should be put • stop to. The order
must be suspended for six months with protection
(renewable) for one month.

ACCIDENT TO LORD BURY. —An accident occurred
to Lord Bury on Monday, while trying • rifle at the Kil-
burn range. The following is his own account as extracted
from a letter addressed to • near relation :—" I was trying
a ride, converted into a breech-loader by Mr. George
Prince, at the Kilburn range yesterday. I had Bred about
80 rounds, partly for precision, and partly for rapidity,
with very good result, when Mr. Prince, finding his own
ammunition expended, proposed to me to try another rifle,
which he had converted on his own principle' to take the
Boxer cartridge. At the very first shot the rifle exploded
at the breech, blowing away the covering of the breech
and twisting the internal works. I found myself sud-
den's:l: the ground, bleeding profusely, and with the
cart' of my nose broken. Providentially my eyes
escapei , but a considerable quantity of powder was blown
into my face. A doctor who was sent for soon put me
sufficiently to rights to get home. I have kept the car-
tridge, and the part of the breech that was blown back-
I was not well enough closely to examine
the rifle, but from the appearance of the cartridge it is evi-
dent that the primary cause of the accident is the burst-
ing of the metal base of the cartridge. I have known seve-
ral instances in which cartridges with metal bases have
made dangerous explosions at the breech, and as this is
the cartridge on which many thousand pounds of govern-
ment money have been expended,' think it at least worthy of
inquiry whether the accident which so nearly proved fatal
to me Is likely to recur or not before they are served out
to our troops. I intend to send the burst cartridge and
the rifle to the War-office for examination. I like Prince's
principle with his own ammunition ; but not with the
Boxer cartridge."
THREATENED STRIKE or TATLORE.—The move-
ment that has now been in progress among the operative
tailors of London and the provinces for the last few weeks
to obtain from the employers • uniform time-log bids fair
to terminate in a general strike. What is termed in the
trade • " log" is • certain number of hours allowed for
making an article of diem, such time to be uniform
throughout the kingdom, irrespective of the wages paid
for snob time, which, of course, will vary with the locality
in which the work is done. For example, both in Lon-
don and Manchester 20 hours may be the time allowed
for making a coat, while the wages may be its, in
London, and 12s. in Manchester. The London So-
ciety of Tailors, numbering about 12,000 men, and
the Amalgamated Society, consisting of the provincial
workmen, numbering about 10,000 men, have recently
jollied together for the purpose of obtaining the uni-
form time-lug, but the Master Tailors' Association of
London have declined to treat with • committee of the
united bodies, and yesterday morning, in reply to an ultima-
tum sent in to them last week by the men, sent a letter
to the secretary of the London societyoffering to treat with
the London men alone for a time-log for London. Yesterday
afternoon a meeting of the committee and delegates from
the various shops and branches of the society was
held at the Green Dragon, King-street, Regent-street, for
the purpose of taking the above letter from the Masters'
Association into consideration. The letter having been
read by the secretary, a long discussion took place, the
general opinion being that the proposal contained in it to
treat with the London men alone was • device of the masters
to break up the good understanding now existing between
the London men and those in the provinces, and thus render
the attainment of the uniform time-log impossible. A proposi-
tion was made that no reply be sent to the latter, but that
the committee should at once send in a log to the employers
with an intimation that if not complied with by a cer-
tain date the men would withdraw from all shops where
it was refused. Other members thought that every pos-
sible means should be exhausted before a strike was
entered upon, but all agreed that, *ores what might,
the London men could not break faith with those of the
provinces. Ultimately the question was adjourned until
a deputation who should prooeed to Manchester to-
morrow morning to consult with the council of the
Amalgamated Society should have returned. Present
p.ftrafloes, however, forebode a strike in • few days.
appears
the meeting was in progress • telegram was received
from Paris stating that the operative tailors on strike there
met on Sunday last, to the number of 10,000, and resolved
not to resume work until the employers had conceded their
claims. The meeting was adjourned till Thursday. Ten
delegates are in Paris from the London tailors. The tele-
gram further stated that the police of Paris had waited upon
the master tailors, with an intimation that it would be
"inconvenient" to keep the men on strike.—Tinier.
MA LION GERA? rALEISUN HORNS Snow.—The
great annual horse mart here commenced on Monday, and
will continue through the week. The chief days of the
show are Monday and Tuesday, and last night there was a
considerable clearance, owing to the occurrence of York
Steeplechases to-day. The show has been well attended,
and has been brisker as regards prices than for many years.
On Monday, however, there were very few horses, and the
supply yesterday was excessively short. Many of the
chief dealers arrived last week, and on Friday and Satur-
day the local dealers' establishments were pretty well
cleared out. The supplies for the main show were depen-
dent on the country almost exclusively. Farmers and
breeders have asked very high prices, but on the whole not
so extreme as at some of the other lesser shows. The
home and foreign demand was active, the latter particu-
larly so, in anticipation of war. Mares were particularly
in request for Hamburg, and good harness horses were
much sought for for Belgium. Roadsters were scarce, and
for them, as well as for hacks and carriage horses, there
was a reek demand. Artillery horses were wanted, and
the government agent was • buyer. Chargers were bad to
meet with. The dray horses were least wanted, and were
also • bad _ show.

HIILL WAN MARLS; APRIL 9.—At to-day's
market a very small supply of English wheat, which sells
freely at is. to 2s. per qr. over last Tuesday's currency, best
runs of red making 565. to 514. per 5041 be. to the grower ;
Foreign meets more inquiry at Is. per quarter advance
good red Baltic, 595. to 60a, up to 625. bd. for choice red
Ilamburg, per 4801 b. Barley of all descriptions fully
as dear. Beans and pees without change. Oats firm, but
not quotably dearer. Indian corn steady, 3tia. per 4801 be.
paid for French white.

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Ardrossan /9.65 46 S. 2I 9 N.W. 'oc '0.06 2
Greencastle 29.6643 B.W. 3I 7 S.B.W. ro 0.14 2
Valentia 29.6660 W.S.W. 51 4 • N.W. ,cr 001 4
Cape Clear M. 86 42 W. 6 5 W. I I, —, 3
llverpool 29.85 49 B.W. 1 7I W. el. 1
Holyhead
Penzance 29.9849 Z. 0 6 W.N.W. efiu 2
Brest 90.0852 W.S.W. 4 3 W.N.W. fm 0.02 6
Lorient 30.0464 W. 4; 6 1 I
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Rochefort 30.1045 W. 3, 4 W. o— 5
Plymouth 29.9948 8. 117 N.W. efr : 3
Weymouth 30.0148 B.W, 3, 8 W.N.W. , el, I S
Portamouth 20.07 46 W. 8 8 N.M. . c 2
London
, 29.96 45 W. 3 7 , N.W. Mb 0.04 -
Yarmouth._ N.8746 W.N.W. 3 10 W.N.W. 1 th 2
Scarborough 19.7946 W. 2 7 N.W. I el, , I S
Shlekls 29.7746 N.W. 6 7 1 N.W. I el, —l3
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