The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
itzrota ML COMOILNIMIZA FOMILANPUL
Ix is LORD Iitt2ITINOTOWER.

no bankrupt's debts wire about 25,0001., and creditors to
tha amount of 18,4001 hays proved their dt tel. His terAi-
wa was pawed upon his executing a bond to pay Into
mart a sun of 20,0001. out of any watts that might descend
to him.

Mr. Cooke appeared for creditors to the amount of 16,9001.
In support of a petition that the tipde usignee might bei
unloved..

Mr. Chidley, for the &soignee, contended that the signa-
tures of the petitioners had not been duly attested.
Mr. Cooke referred to the statute commonly called Lord
Bldea's Act, and vontended that its conditions had been duly
complied with. It was masted " that the signatures of the
petitioner, shall be daily attested by tie solicitor actually
pipelines the petition." In this case a portion of the sig-
nalmen bad been 'Vested by Mr. Ribert Still, of New-
square, Lincoln's-inn, who was the actual solicitor to the pe•
tidos. As the creditors resided in different parts of the
country, other signatures had been attested by Mr. Nyu.
His Rocca, said he bad some difficulty in the matter,
them being no case in which • decision had been given,
whether, when a portion only of the signatures were duly
emoted, it was held sufficient to invalidate the whole. Tim
Conn of Review, however, had decided that when the monis
of the act had been complied with, the petitioners might be
allowed to amend. Frac:badly, in this case one petition was
as good as a hundred. He would permit the petitioners
to amend, by striking out the names that had not been pro-
perly attested. As this would require an adjournment, the
costs of Use day would be allowed to the assignee.
Alta a conversation,
Mr. Cooke prei. reed, as a lesser inconvenience, to present
a new petition, and the petition was accordingly dienMed
with mete.

LYBOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

HETWAII'II BITETIAT -IN THE MATTER OP W. BIMPIELD.

This Insolvent, the keepLr of the George public-house, at
Backside, w►ere Helium retreated on hie attack by the
draymen, and whose case was before the court on a former
omisailn, again appeared on his application under the Pro-
tection Act. There was now no opposidon. It will be recol.
' hided that the insolvency bad occurred in consequence ef
the crowds attracted to the George, and the absence of the
regular customers in consequence of such attendance. It
was end‘ntood that the insolvent received nothing for
'haltering the marshal from tae mob. Ile stated on the pre-
sent occasion that he was rill in the public-house, selling
beer and spirits until the landlords could let the premises.
Chief Commissioner—l thought so, and pray who are the
landlords?
The insolvent replied, Means. Pioneers, the brewers, of
Whitechapel.
It was stated that on the former hearing a Mr. Adler,
who hell a bill of sale on the property at the George, was
examined. . . . . . .

~The Cuter Commissioner asked whether the ease had peen
opposed, and w.s answered in the negeuve.
His Honour granted the insolvent hie Haul order.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS DAY.

OLD COURT.
POSS-01PICI ROBBERIES.
J. Sinew, 26, pleettcu guilty, newt.. Mr. Gurney, t the
etarge of et. aline • p•st•ietter, the property ut the Poet-

Bayou MIL JUITICZ N lUDTYYI YID ML 8.4110,1 14.41 r,

A. Edney, 32, was indicted for stealing a letter containing
two silver watches, the property of the I",,staiaster General.
Mr. Clukson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution.
The prisoner was defended by Mr. Nalluitine.
It appeared, from the testimony of several witnesses, that
on the 6th of last April, Mr. blau, a watchmaker, carrying
on business in Newgate-street, enc:oud two G watches
in a smell wooden box, which he enclose d in a sheet of paper,
and addressed to • Mr. Warterabsrg, a jeweller at Lytham,
in Lancashire, and he then posted ti at toe principal Ole*.
The parcel never arrived at its destination, and, neewith-
startiog the inquiries that were made by Mr. Oehr and
by the authorities of the Post-office, nothing what-
ever transpired upon the subject of the Wes until
the 28,h of November, when, In consequence of
information that was received, Peak., the Post-ottice con-
stable, went with the prisoner to the lodging occupied by
him, in the City-road, and, ies a drawer which the prisoner
handed to him, the officer found one of the missing watches.
sad when the prisoner was asked to amount for the passe.'
awn of it, he sold that be had. bought It of a putts: earned
Levee, at Southampton, and that be had given en old.
watch and two sovereigns in cachous° for it. The
prisoner, upon this discovery being made, woe taken into
custody, and, Irmo subsequent inquiries, it was after-
wards ascertained that, in toe month of April, the prisoner
bad given the other silver watch to the wire of a person
named Mitchell; and both the watches were now produced,
and identified by Mr. Geier as thou which he bad sent to Mr.
Wartemberd, and which had been lost under the circum-
stance. stited.
. _ .

Mr. Bantams addressed the jury for the prisoner, and
et.deavoured to show that it was possible he might have re-
ceived the property from some other person, and that, taking
into consideration the long period that bad elapsed between
the robbery and the finding of the property, the evidence wu
not conclusive of the Let ut his having stolen the ankles.
Mr. Justice Wigbtmsn summed op, an 1 the jury at once
returned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner was sentenced to be :ranspnted for ten years.

DIRECT LONDON AND PORTS mount

RAILWAY.

Yesterday a special general meeting of share.
holders in this company was held et the Loneon Tavern,

Builsopsgate-strest, for the purpose of forfeiting 10,4.55
shares, on which the sum of 11. IW. per share, due on the
lit of June, 1848, remained utspaid, and of authutising the
directors to take measures for the recovery of the same.
" • ' " ""

Aunts fsw observations from the chairman, Mr. W. A.
Wilkinson, • resolution was moved for forfeiting 10,332
shares, on which the last all of 30s. per 'hare had not heen
p►id, with &view of their being dispowd of, and the aUottees
sued (or any loss accruing upon them, so that the company
might be wound up, and the hah.oce of the money in band
divided among the remaining shareholders.
In reply to questions, it wu stated that the probable
amount of then tarn would be from 10r. to 18e. per share;
and that, if it woe attempted to wind up the company wider
the Abandonment Act, it would not only take twelve
months to complete the winding up, but probably lead either
to the absorption of the whole of their funds or interminable
Chancier, suits. .

The resolution having been carried, the meeting separated,
after giving the usual vote of thanks to the chairmen.

CARDINAL WISEMAN.—The new cardinal, it is said,
has received autograph letters of coni.ratularion from the
Emperor of Austria, the Ring of Bavaria, and the President
of the French republic.
ST. PAUL'S KNIDWfSBRIDGE.—A correspondent
eau "It wee reported in clerical circles yesterday that the
&shop of London had appointed his examining chaplain,
the Rev. Wm. 0. litunphry, to the important benefice va-
cant by Mr. Bennett's resignation. Mr. Huinphry is a
young man, who acquired some distinction at C.mbridge,
sod who is a Fellow of Trinity College in that University.
He has not, however, that we are aware of, ever had a cure
of souls ; and except in the capacity of examining chaplain,
which be has filled more than three years. he is entirely
aeknown in the diocese of London. The rev. gentleman
lab:nre ander the suspicion of being inclined towards
tracterian opinion., but he has been ea little before the
p .blic that the juice or ielustice of title charge is a matter
difficult to decide."
A HURRICANE—We announced yesterday in our
list of maritime multi. a the loot of the barque Sir Robert
Peel. The news wen brought by the Peninsular mail
1,02111ei Iberia. In feet, the captain of the bargee, his mate,
and carpenter strived home in that packet as distressed
seamen. Captain M'Ewen stated that he left Liverpool in
August lest, hound for 13.,mbey, and arrived cif the Cape de
Verdi on the 2nd of September. On the 3rd, at noon, he
was under royals, all sail set, when a hurricane came on,
and at midnight he was dismantled, his decks swept n 1 every
Oleg, and his ship • complete wreck. Re remained by the
ship using every exertion to keep her afloat, misted nobly
by his crew for two der, when all being worn oat
by 'account toil at the pumps, with no hope of
saving the vine, he, with his mew, to/tate/41in* in
number abandoned her, and they all took refuge in a small
tourxrarad gig, the only boat they had left. They took with
them • small quantity of water and biscuit, all they could
save from the wreck, ard after two days, during which they
experienced great sufferiage, they succeeded in reaching St.
Viene., one of the Veres, a distance of 120 miles from the
wreck. The British consul here took charge of them. The
crew were sent to Sierra Leone in a stemma. The captain,
his mate, and carpenter were sent to Lisbon in a Portuguese
brig, which was 23 days on her postage, and they srrived
there a few days before the Iberia sailed. The Sir R ,bert
Peel had a valuable serge on board. The hurricane In which
the bargee was lost was experienced most severely at the
Cope de Verdi; in fact, such a one had never been known
there before. The island of St. Vincent suffered greatly
from it. The York Town, American corvette, was wally
wrecked also in the hurricane on the island of St. logo, oat
of the Cape de Verde; two of the crew were drowned.
This happened Jost previous to the loss of the Sir Robert
, Peel.
MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. —A special
gourd meeting of this Coo posy wen held at the C,..mpany's
offices at Maryport on Monday, the 16th inst., at noon, for
the purpose of authorising the director, to raise for the pur-
poses of the Comoany the sum of 83,9211. by the issue of
new shares, sad to determine the conditions of such issue.
F. L. B. Dykes, Esq., in the chair. After considerable dis-
cussion the business of the meeting was aoeompleshed by
Mee Worries of the following resolution : " That preferen-
tial Awes of 121 104. each be issued by the Mereport and
Cahill* Beltway Company ,under the Act of 6et 7 Vie., to
the gamut of 83,9211. at • preferential dividend of 41. per
cent. per annum, payable half yearly, and the Whims of
such shares to be entitled to participate in any Increase of
dividend beyond that rate, should the Haryport and Carlisle
Railwayrealiee a greater profit to the shareholders pas.
ray,