The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-07 00:00:00

I:A.W INTELLIGENCK.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
5. . i l'rius.—(Bef ore the Lord Chief Baron
sod Special Juries.)
WYATT 1% PLUME.
...tt action to recover 1091. fie. fad., the amount
• cote of a firm of parliamentary agents.
• l: of pleaded not guilty.
Q.C., and Mr. H. Lloyd appeared for the
show for the defendant.
. Messrs. Wyatt and Metcalfe,were parlia-
at, in Parliament-street, and the defendant
• T iu Lincoln's-iun-fiehis, and acted s
mile
iloloting a bill for a railway of half a in
h:roni to the Downs. It was said that this
a line, projected by a Mr. Garrett, who
oi be bad obtained the bill, to transfer the
. the Prighton Comr•any, and, if poasible, to
thou the contract for its construction. The
I.oweeer, thrown out, and the plaintiffs now
• ,t, the defendant liable for their claim.
e•
~h mid as it was impossiblep to work a line of
pendently, theprobability was that it
krn ~tiered to the Brighton Company, end if
it they would have had to pay all the expenses
1.4 the hill. It did not follow that the promoter
hol the contract for making the line, but if
they would have to buy him off.
ti ronellvion of the witnesa's examination,
• Chief Itarou held that there was no evidence
• r a the pLiintiffs by the defendant, and di-
., wuNalt

COCRT OF DIVORCE.
(1:ofore Six J. P. Wilde.)
o it r. MAUI/MAN.
140, 411%, .4M44 Dr. Tristram, for the petitioner.
I N, I for a .1,..1ut10n of marriage on the ground of

adultery.
etitioner is the we of a manufacturer at Bolton, in
,line. and he married the respondent in 1835. Boon
inse Mrs. !birdman gare herself up to drink-
:the
1 riitirel neOect,ed her husband and her household
f„ disappeared, and was lost dght of for
I Itiiiintely she was discovered residing at a
In h. rehouse in Manchester, leading the life of a

• etuule.l a decree nisi.
t uu.n, ,MAILTIN, .'ND WARD.
~tu.t..l, for the petitioner, who prayed for a dim>.
on the ground of his wife's adultery
t A.. C.l.reVOrldeDtB.
.ni3ee took place in 1858, the petitioner being a
1.i..t 1:nolford. They lived together upon pretty
NI °, when the petitioner coming home
• found his wife away from home. He
~ich of her, and ultimately discovered her at a
••!1:;. upon the knee of the co-respondent Martin.
h., ed Martin's little finger better than Child's
.quarrel ensued, and the wife left her hus-
•••:, tiler. child won afterwards went to America.
. a vls months. On his return he found his wife
. •!, the other co-respondent, Ward, as his wife.
ehip granted a decree nisi.

COURT OF ARCHES.
ai the Hight Hon. Sir Hobert Phiffineore.)

FLANANK V. 15111P8011.
01 ritualism in the Church of England was
1:a the ritting of the court, being the thizd day of

I,!, urn resumed his argument, following Dr. Deane,
• hr part of the defendant, the incumbent of East
oth. when• the practices complained of were intro-
.• .1 which the promoter, as churchwarden, insisted
1,.1n41 not m compliance with the law and the pre-
,. honk. The learneaconneeldiacussedthe goodie*
iict ion in the reign of Henry VIII., and sub-
that it was legal to use lighted candles, as there
.a.lcr for their removal, either by law or
H. lie referred to the remarkable argn-
..f Dr. Deane yesterday on the passage in
• . in which the Apostle Paul alluded to
" water" in the bloody rite, whereas
the Look of Exodus only spoke of " blood." The
•ma both, and was a strong commentary in sup-
tia. 'oiled chalice. The learned counsel concluded
.a hr insisting that the burden of the proof in
. rams was on the other side. Both parties were
to be respected, and the arms of mother church
enough to embrace all.
a.c will probably be continued to-morrow.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Hr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE ALFRED JAMES IBAWORTII.
hankrupt, en insurance broker, of Nicholas-lane and
kenham, came before the court with liabilities of
. ; assets and property held about $5O/. He ascribes
• .ilure to insufficient capital and losses in discount.
• 3,OnW. of the debts are in respect of claims collected
underwriters upon losses.
Reed appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Law-
'••r the bankrupt.
was no opposition ' • but a gentleman who repre-
the landlord of the bankrupt's premises undo the
• ..atplaint that be was kept out of possession, and
II ..lour met the case in the usual way by stating that
• nu power in the matter, but recommended the
•q,t to use his influence for restoring possession to
' .ml lord.
. pointed out that a sum of 50/. received by the
•:.I.t had nut been paid over to the assignees or ao-
• ...1 for.
I,arance said the bankrupt had had no allowance,
k..pt the 50/. for his maintenance.
• ed said the assignees were willing to maks the
~t a certain allowance, the balance of the 50/.
• ..dl to the estate.
1..3h1y the question was left to the decision of the
,b,ignee, and the order of discharge was granted.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
IN RE ABRAHAM HARM'S.
otrupt, a merchant, of Bow-lane, recently ap-
Li> discharge from debts of about 5,000/. ; no

• •,
'.• lionour. in giving judgment, said that he had been
tour times before and once insolvent, and the
Al those failures did not amount to 2s. Gd. in
l'n.ler the present bankruptcy there
farthing. The court ought to do the
it could to stop the career of such a
11, bat contracted a debt of 1,003/. with the
I. otk. giving them as security certain acceptances
given for his accommodation, and which
to 1., worthless, somo of the acceptors not
to the bankrupt, and others not being to be
iv one ease it appeared that he bad given a
•. ~,e,pt for him. Contracting a debt on
• •• • hullo of Each a character was simply
it was difficult to understand bow the
• ,• • should have allowed themselves to be
•• . but that was no excuse for the bankrupt's
t.. v.l it was to be regretted that he could not be
• in a crimlual court. He had contracted
‘l.•bt with the Albion Hank without probable
•i payment ; but as be bad been in prison five
court would not sentence him to further im-
• • Lt. lie would, therefore, receive an order of dis-
, which would protect bin person, but would not
.t Lis future acquired property.

THE POLICE COURTS.
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