The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-13 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Ileum Mr. I:4,nimisioner Holroyd.)
IN KG CtXHILIN. -C.AAE "V A LATE DIROCTOR OF THE
ROTA.. MITIAII HANK.
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war a politica b. I..•ra• tk Wolf Cothrso, ha. •
.4 the llosal Briti.h Rant, p ayiug t.i be alleged
14. ouricesiee midi, ►is b.mktnpley Tka 11111jUllkAtilOtt, it
took plate s►ortly after the bankruptcy of t►e
'tank, ►at Mr. Cactivaa was then abroad, as
sh.• petition .tatd, "in Palestine, where of emieee he
ilia not oar ..f the adjulicition in tune to amply with the
enter .urn,thler. a petition wee accotapaulea by &IL
d,r:t• .1 the (sets.

lay; ry appeared in support of the petition.
Mr. linlilater, for the a...signers, offered no opposition to
the oureisiler being taken.
H3,11..50411nutrU an tinter acrordiagly.
IS Ka THE INLAND OE ANi:LIELE COAL /LID COLE
COMPANY LIIIITZ11).
Tlie• we. the day appointed for the Warier/ of • winding
up pi utwes, presented by Mr. ('has. Owen, ~f Ncarcot,
Utwo..tershire, a cuotributory of the company. I:x
n-4 that that the company bad been d
lehol and enrolled in I/457, for the purpose el
notion.: certain coal mines in the Isle of Angle-
sea. have mace dispo-eil of their interest to
E gentleman at Manchester ; but the purchase had not been
51.1tatime the conliony had been primed.
awl the debts were uut satisiosi. The trade debts are oaly
sour 71NY. ; but there are disputed claims of or
4,451W.._

Mr. bagley supported the petition.
Mr. Roxburgh. on behalf of the directors of the company',
1411111 M time to anvwer the affidavits and evideuce of the
petitioner, soil to dispute the debt.
His Honour held that where a debt was divputed the
order ought tint to be made ou the presumption that the
teuguay w‘a uwilile to pay it. Time should be given to
the petition.
Aik-ui tied accordingly.

ti Mr. AUULMT AND rawibt..
The lonkruptn were underwriters, iessrawas.broken, and
witte.merchunta, of St. Mary-ate. This was the certificate
meeting. The liabilities are upwards of 210.00. ;
2,01er or :MVO/. Powell in at present under a i.711:t
Charge that of obtaining god. for other purposes than
those of trade within three months of hie bankruptcy.
Mr. Fibler, for the assignees. said that there wu no
charge nksimt Mr. Auhert, sod they wished to leave his
ere in the hands of the court.
31r. r. E. Lewis. for Aulseit, stated that he had nothing
to do with the wine busitions, in which Powell w4seni,-.iged,
and in enratiezios with which the alleged frauds had taken
piece. Ilia **Tunas wants would pay all.. in the pound, awl
yield a hand•orne sorplun to the joint estate. The joint
Llanee•sbeet showed louse of over 6,0001., but these were
wholly the wine trade.
His Honour. after referring to the large amount of lia-
bilities on bilk payable, and observeng that Aubert must be
441 r.-u...tinible for those as well as has partner. said that
would grant en immediate aertiAlaate, hat only of the
locoed claw.

THE POLICE COMTE
(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
7111 PLATT R.,RnIRT to HOLOORN.
e,.4 Rt,h,r,/....1 was brought up es TO•
man! I..fort• Alderman Ital., •-liArged with steeling!? saber
fort., 12 table • .P 0•1114. .2 pairs of silver aura tong%
awl . rata, Taloa about ;OW., from the INJ Bell Tavern,
Holborn

It appeared from the evidence of Mr. and Mrs. Bauer,
In whose employ the priwner was as waiter, that of the
27th April heat, he was sees at an early hour in the molt
lag cowgirls the plate prior to putting it into the drawer
in the ler, for the me of the home during the day,
tail at a later hour he was seen with moral
mats on his arm, sad heard nuking imittines for a tenor.
When the head waiter suleequeutly made hi spree.
*nee thne costa were mival from the coffee-room, and
twelve silver forks, twelve spoons, and two pun d lOW
toes were missing from the platmdrawer in the her,
mil the primmer was not to be foetid. It
further appeared that he gave himself up to the
police in the City, because his friends had heard of the
matter. and refused to recognise him until he cleared
!dowel, from the accusation. At the mme time he said his
name for absconding from the prosecutor's service was that
he (mt.( mousy to a parsoo. nod mot being prepared to pay
it at the day he promired, he went sway.
Mr. Weather said since th.. 14.4 exanonetion he had team
kited that the prisoner on entering Mr. Buoyer's
referred to the :Bemis Hotel, Worthing, where be acid
bad lees for five preview., but it now appeared that he
Whom in the service of Mr. Simpson, in the Strobl, from
which place he absconded in February last, and after heves
gate a ',moldy id plate was missed, and nothing WIN SIM
of the onetime afterwards until he was in custody ria this
charge.
Evidence was given with regard to thee. additional each,
after which the prisoner was committed for trial.