The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-23 00:00:00

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MIMS. B. SIEVIJUNO AND SON'S FAILURE

This day a meeting of the creditors on this estate
was held se the Leedom TSTerl2 ; Mr. M'INaIENAOEN in
the Char. It sppaued trees the statement of Mr. Quitter
that thelisbilities &rammed to 268,3631. tea. 4d., and the meets
143,1171. 3s. Id., leaving an apparent deficiency of
116,9 W. 211. 3d. The estate, it was "opposed, would held
s dividend al 10s. In the pound. Messrs. Sievebing, at the
beginning et the year, announced with s capital at n,000t.,
end the Imre wave radlied In the menthe( October. The per-
sonal drawing' amounted to over 3,0001. A resolution ter
wiading•up tinder the inspection of Messrs. Heath and
Gooch= was agreed to. Great sympathy wee expressed in
the meeting for Mr. fileveking.

The Edinburgh Erprese states that Mir White,
who has returned to this country from Genoa, was married on
&tnrday to a young Italian, of literary pretensions, named
Signor Alberto Mario, with whom she became acquainted In
Genoa.

Yesterday the foundation stone of a new infant
school was laid by Dr. Luahington, at Weymouth•terraoe,
li -road. Amongst those present wen Mr. R. Han-
buary,Z.P., the Bev. Yr. Crest, the Rev. Mr. Jackson. and
other connected with the district. The building
is to to accommodate 200 infant childrim—a large
selool-nom being mined, provided for boys and girls. it le
to be erected trim a design of Mr. C. Laws, in the Italian
style, at an estimated cost of 4504
THE EAST KENT ItraLwaY.—The Sittingbonrne
and Blorownees breach of this raw. le rapidly progresebig
towards completion, and it is repor that the line will be ux
working order by February next. The line between King's
Ferry and Sheerness le also in a fair way of soon making
mime ratirrne for the money expanded in Ito construction.
The Zest Kent will be opened to Faversham on Ist January
nest. Omnibuses ars to leave Faversham for Whitatable,
Home Bay, Re-Avers, Birchington, and Margate, mckieg
the oemmuniratlon direct between London and the latter
town. Four-horse omnibuses, It I. said, will oleo leave
Faversham on the snivel of each train, for Dover. The
viaduot is expected to be commenced next week, near Whit-
stable.—South Eastern Gazette.

WA11,17O; CoituHll.L.:—The polling for common
ommeilmen of this ward took place yesterday. At the close
of the poU the numbers were —Mr. B. Minims (deputy)
64 , Mr. J. Watsrlow, 62 ; Mr. H. Hoppe, 69; Mr. -D.
Muweabery, 66; Mr. C. Haines, 67 Mr. A. J. Waterlow
d 1; Mr. J. Purnell, M. The aldermen then declared the
int Ws-aimed gentlemen to be duly elected.

THE TABLER TURNED, OR THE POACHER CATCH-
rxo
THII OANRIZIPII.—On Saturday, at the Hudderm
field Onildhall, Oilbert Wilson, gamekeeper to the Earl of
Dartmouth, vas convicted, on the evidence of George Fitton,
a confessed poacher, of having been on the 7th December on
the ground of Homy Frederick Desurocat, Esq. In Lepton
Wood, in ;lumen of pres. The defence was that be wee
d • sisal inn to attract the attention of Mr. Beaus
moat's temper, with wham he desired a conference. The
faith el the tomb act Wog great enough to believe in this
etatemme, Wilma was fin i 40.. and coat., the
thane= (J. Halik LC, severely animadverting on
Die peacMag peogensities of this guardian of the pew
Lo ifirrawy.

MERCANTILE HONOVIL—This week the creditors
of the drat of W. sad W. F. Ibbotaon, who accepted a
ontspositkm of 10s. to the pound several years ago, hams had
the pleasure to teethe from Messrs. Ibhotaon Brothers a
*calor, tnfasmiat them that the dean were now in a poeldmi
to carry oat th it loner thcished desire to pay of thou
debts fell, and mitten* their agendum at the coos of
Kr. A. Clerk Branwn Eat Fridsy forename to moire pay-
ment. It to needless to toy that an Invitstlea et this
able kind received a general response, sad ma were the
miagretalatione and expreadons of seems a to
Keene. Ibbotson for their bonouratle conduct. neared*
creditors were paid in full same tiros go. —Sh*Jfeld and
ietherfises irsikpouktst.