The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-16 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

IN RE WlLLlAms.—This bankrupt came up on Friday
last, on his adjourned examination, on the following
points :—An apparent deficiency of stock as compared
with the amount debited ; preference to a particular cre-
ditor; the removal of certain furniture; and an alleged
false return to the assignees of the amount of " good"
debts due to the estate. Mr. Hill appeared for the bank-
rupt, and -rnortti,y fva ilac: upfsvolst6 creditor, Attr.
Hill stated that the apparent deficiency of stock arose
from losses which the bankrupt sustained by pilfering on
the part of some of his servants; by loss sustained on a
purchase of unsound cloth, and by loss in workmens'
wages consequent upon the manufacture of this unsound'
cloth ; that the bankrupt had been legally advised on a
former occasion to give an undue preference to a particu-
lar party, (handing up the bill for that advice,) and
believing that this advice was right and legal in the one
instance, he had ignorantly acted upon it in the other.
No doubt he was wrong, but then he had been misled.
With reference to the removal of the furniture it was
proved in evidence that the furniture was given as security
for a debt which the bankrupt. had contracted with Mr.
Edwards. With regard to the fourth and last objection,
namely, that of the £1,494 returned as good debts, and
that but a very inconsiderable moiety had been realized
to the estate. he (Mr. Hill) had to state, that if greater
diligence had been used on the part of the trade assignee,
and his solicitor, nearly the whole of that sum might now
have been collected for the benefit of the creditors.
The clerk to the official assignee said, that a great num-
ber of the debtors to. the estate had been discovered
through the vigilance of Mr. Williams himself, who had
rendered them very efficient aid. The Commissioner
said that he would adjourn the case till Monday,
when he would give judgment. Yesterday, the case
was again heard, when his Honour said that he should
like to be informed whether the payment of £176
in promissory notes, which prima facie appeared to
ae a preference to Mr. Pfice, was paid to him subsequent
to the failure of the negotiations for a compromise with
the creditors. The bankrupt said it was not, whilst Mr.
Thornley asserted that it was. In reply, the bankrupt
stated that these promissory notes were given about the
28th of March, and at the very time when Mr.. Thornley
advised him to give preference to another creditor; and
at the very time when Mr. Morris wanted payment in full
from Mr. Price. Under these circumstances, the case
was adjourned till the evidence of Mr. Price could be ob-
tained.
THE FIRST CERTIFICATE UNDER THE NEW ACT.—
Yesterday, Mr. R. Boucher, late boot and shoe maker,
Whitechapel, appeared for his certificate, when His Ho-
nour observed to him, that it was his pleasing duty to
compliment (as he had previously done) the bankrupt on
the correctness of his balance sheet, and indeed the whole
of his transactions so far as they had come before the
court. It was one of the most satisfactory balance sheets
which had been brought before him ; and, therefore, he
could not but compliment the solicitor to the fiat (Mr.
Godfrey) also. He felt pleasure in giving the bankrupt a
first class certificate under the new act.
The other cases were of no importance.

We understand that the venerable the Chancellor of
the Diocese has appointed the Rev. Dr. M`Neile a surro-
gate for granting marriage licenses, &c. We announced,
a few weeks ago, that St. Paul's Church, Prince's Park,
had been licensed for the solemnisation of marriages.
We are glad to see that a strong feeling is now excited
against Liverpool letters from Dublin being taken via
Holyhead and Cheater_ The public have only to press on
government their determined desira to have a direct post-
office communication between the two towns, and govern-
ment dare not long withhold it.
MECHANICS' INSTITUTION : POPULAR LECTURES.—
The lectures at this institution, which have been sus-
pended for a period of unusual length, are to be resumed
to-morrow. We have no doubt the directors have done
wisely in reducing the number of lectures, and weare satis-
fied they have done still more wisely in making aarange_
ments for a connected series of:lectures, carefully selected.
In glancing at the last annual report of the institution,
we find that there were delivered, within the period of a
year, no fewer than eighty-nine lectures, and that these
were divided into as many as twenty-one different courses,
on subjects wholly unconnected with each other. If we
look at the object which such lectures are intended to
serve, we cannot but recognise in such an arrangement a
great waste of effort.
A STRANGE LovEn.--On Saturday, a rough-looking
fellow, who gave the name of John Kelly,. was charged
with assaulting Catherine Leather. It turned out on
inquiry that the prisoner paid his addresses to the com-
plainant, but the latter, discovering that lie had been
twice married, cast him off and declined to have anything
further to do with him. Matters had gone so far that the.
banns had been published at church. The prisoner, be-
coming enraged at the manner in which he had been
treated by his laxly, sought revenge, and for that purpose
went to her house, where he kicked and ill-treated her in
a most disgraceful manner. At one time he pursued her
with a knife in his hand, but was prevented from doing
any injury. Mr. Rushton said he would teach the pri-
soner to pursue a different course when he again paid his
addresses to one of the fair sex, and ordered him to pay a
penalty of £lO, or be imprisoned for a month.
FURTHER CONSIGNMENT OF EAST INDIA COTTON.—
Yesterday (Friday) morning, Mr. Hugh Fleming, secre-
tary to the Commercial Association, received a letter from
Mr. J. Melvill, secretary to the Court of Diresitors of the
East India Company, respecting a fresh consignment of
cotton. Mr. Melvill in his letter states that he is com-
manded by the Court of Directors to inform Mr. Fleming
that Mr. Wm. Rathbone has received the court's instruc-
tions to forward to him, for sale at Manchester, 663
whole, 22 half bales, and 1 bundle of cotton, the produce
of the Brosch, Khandish, Surat, and Dhurwar, collect°.
rates, consigned from Bombay in the ship George Buck-
ham. The Commercial Association is, as usual, requested
to report upon the quality of the cotton, which, from in-
formation recently received, is expected to be of a very
superior character. The cotton may be expected in Man-
chester to-day or Monday.—Mouchester Courier.