The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-17 00:00:00

LAZY INTZLLIGENCE.

(THIB DAY.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Sittings at Ni+i Prins in London—(Before Lord Chid
Justice Swill and a Special Jury.)
ACERILACH r. LIDGCIT.

1.1:i2. was au action upon a policy of insurance effected
upon a c.A.40 of manganese, valued at 700/., and which was
t, be carried from Rotterdam to Newcartle.

s.r t:rory,o lionyoun and Mr. W. Williams appeared for
ti., auntitt, ;w.l the Attorney•Cmeral and Mr. Mathews
tem the .I..frudant.

plaintiff was a merchant in Mincing-lane, and about
the te..;iuning of the present year he received a letter in
whrvh stated that the Trois Sours had been taken
up to carry the manganese. • German clerk, who read
the law:, tall the English clerk, who effected insurances
trr.rt the ual‘le of the vessel was the Three Sisters. and this
rr • P -erted in the insurance slip. The vessel sailed
abra,t the to.tlile of January, encountered bad weather,
ren for ealai.. hut struck on the bar, and was wrecked.
come English writers went to the assistance of the crew,
but ridortrinatelv in returning the English sailors het
tl, it own lives. Upon this a claim was made upon the
I.l.jertrriters. and as they refwverl to pay the present
action was brought.
• . .

For the defeWe it was said that giving the name Three
would lead the underwriters to suppose that the
••1 was English, and probably a billy-boy, a kind of
I which would be aihnirably adapted for a heavy cargo
~i :he kind. Such vessel would furnish a very good sort
et :r-k for underwriters to take, while if it bail been known
ar the fact was that it was a small French vessel 23 years
she would have been almost uninsurable at Lloyd's ;
•ind. at all events, she would not have been insured with.
4.1 ilia payment of a very heavy premium.
1:: ileum was given in reply that the risk was originally
elk ie.l at I 7.5., but as the name of the vessel could not he
Lao,' in Lloyd's list nor in the French list, the risk was
declined unless Vs. were paid.
His lordship said that he should hold, in accordance with
the jadgment of Lord Ellenhorough in Clapham v. Collo-
gar. that if underwriters wanted information as to the
nationality of a ship they must auk first and not infer the
fact front then:one..

The jr.ry. without hearing the reply, found a verdict for
the plaintiff.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
noWARI) ANHTON HOLDEN.

The bankrupt was a contractor for public works, of
i‘out•en-strect, Chemiside, and of Clifton House,
klahl I • rale. The liabilities amount to 953.000/.
At a former sitting the case was taken out of court by
reran:ion of creditors, and a deed was ordered to be pre-
pared in the usual form. This was a sitting for hearing
cieltors in opposition to the deed ; bat on the case being
called on, it appeared that the deed had not yet been com-
pleted, owing to the signatures of the two liquidators of
the Oriental Rank Corporation not having yet been
obtined, though they had expresser' their readiness to
sign the deed. Another adjournment was ordered till the
. .

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Mr. I:ee.i appeared for opposing creditors ; and Mr.
I:ag:vy in support of the deed.

IN RE W. SHIPTON.

The bankrupt was formerly a publican of Wittingale
Doe, Essex. Debts, hill/ . This was the sitting for ex.
ausination and discharge.
Mr. Bagley opposed ; Mr. E. Reed supported.
It appearing that the Inuikrupt had vexatiously defended
an action brought against him by Mr. Hardcastle, brewer,
\Vitae. whereby costs of between :101. and 401, bad been
incurred, his honour suspended the order for four months
without protection.