The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

THE REFORM MOVEMENT.—Meetings in support of
Mr. Hume's motion continue to be held..
The committee on Mr. O'Connor's Land Scheme met
on Tuesday, and again on Friday. It appears that the
settlers on the estates have no security whatever for the
land allotted to them, or for the money they may invest
in it. They have no conveyance, no title of any kind,
and no lease.

LORD JOHN AND THE OATH BILL.—The answer of
Lord John Russell last week to Sir Robert Inglis, on the
new Parliamentary Oaths Bill, was almost of a piece with
the celebrated letter to the Dean of Hereford. Lord John
had said that the object of the new bill was to permit " all
classes of her Majesty's subjects" to take the oaths with-
out scruple ; whereupon Sir R. Inglis asked if his Lord-
ship meant that the oath was so to be framed as to include
Mahometans. " When I said all classes of her Majesty's
subjects," replied the Premier, " I meant all in this
country, and lam not aware of there being any Maho-
metans resident here !"

As the Times was the most vehement friend of the
Anti-Corn Law League in the days of its rising strength,
so it is now the most vehement abuser of the same League
in the present days of its fading glory. On Friday, in an
article on the weakness of the new Reform movement,
after telling us truly that the people " want more trade,
not more votes," our contemporary proceeds in the follow-
ing strain :—" This was the secret of the League ; it is
the secret of the Chartists. The one was kept up by a
rich and aspiring body whose PERSONAL INTERESTS were
directly implicated in obtaining a particular concession.
The same with the Chartists. The ono saw in free trade
a more ample field of commerce, a larger mart for the
production of industry, a richer return for the invest-
ments of speculation. The other see, as through a glass
darkly, indistinct visions of prosperity and amelioration.
So far they agree. The only difference is in the amount
of intelligence that each severally. displayed. They have
many things in common. The same views, the same'
scurrility, the same attacks on classes, distinguish both."
To all this we heartily subscribe, for we have brought the
same charges against the League a hundred times, when
Ptinting-house-square was filled with glorification of it.
Pity 'tis that great prophets and authorities like the'
Times, only get their eyes opened when the mischief has
been done.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
IR RE BARTON, IRLAM, AND lIIGGINSON.
The last examination of Mr. Higginson took place before
Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, on Wednesday last. Mr. Higgin-
son was examined at great length by Mr. Lowndes He
-
stated that his private balance sheet was made out from
his own knowledge of what he possessed, from memory,
and various documents which he had, which had all been
given up to Mr. Turner, the official assignee. He did not
keep any cash-book of his private estate, but there were
records partly in books and partly in memorandums, the
latter being attached to the different transactions. His
transactions generally consisted of cotton, corn, tea,
sugar, &c. ; he had also railway shares and some land at
Bebington and Claughton Park. He had purchased
living on speculation, and a sum of £3OOO was invested in
a brewery, at Birkenhead. His balance-sheet was only a
summary of the property he was now possessed of, and
did not include profit and loss either on his own affairs or
on commercial transactions. He considered he bad in
January 1843, from £15,000 to £20,000 independent of
the firm, and invested in various ways which he enume-
rated. The losses and expenses of the concern from the
Ist January, 1843, to November, 1847, are set down at
£443,297 9s. ; the profits at £218,656, making an actual
deficit of £224,641. Mr. Higginson stated that in 1843
there was a net profit of £8,256 ; in 1844, a loss of
£8,205 ; in 1845, a profit of £3,399 ; in 1846, a profit of
£24,575 ; in 1847, a loss of £31,986. The depreciat'on
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gage held by Mr. Richard Haynes, uncle of Mr. Higgin-
son, for £6,400, for moneys advanced to the latter, but
the receipts for which have been destroyed.
Mr. Turner, the official assignee, had drawn up a long
report, founded on the books of the bankrupt. It ap-
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holders of bills in £207,961, of which sum £56,351
arose from drafts accepted for the Accommodation
of parties in the West Indies, and 61,983 included in the
creditor's accounts, or provided for by property in the
hands of the parties, leaving only £89,626. provable on
the estate. The amount due from the bankrupts to cre-
ditors unprovided with security and and some liabilities
would appear to be £793,728. But in the balance sheet,.
the debts am )unt to £1,444,458, which, deducting
" profit," would leave an apparent amount of ere.-
admithorsunttoon
deductions, was £428,781. The official assignee
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share speculations, subsequent to the embaraissinelb
which the concern experienced through severe losses in
winding up the old partnership. Mr.
son opened an account in the books of Barlol,
Irlam, and Higginson, denominated " Jonathan Higgin-
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this account remained :
The shares on hand, as valued by Mr. Higginson 40,928 10 8
Showing a loss from April, 1846, to Nov., 1847, Of .E 106,305 17 3
A number of other items were gone into, and the assignee
remarked on Mr. Higeinson's separate ba'anee-
sheet, as being imperfect. A detailed stock account and
full cash statement ought (said the assignee) to have been
presented by Mr. Higginson to the court.
The examination was adjourned till Wednesday.

On Friday Mr. John Stockdale obtained his certificate,
no creditor opposing.
TN RE JonN TOMKINSON.—The second meeting under
this bankruptcy was appointed for Friday ; but Mr. Tom -
kinson was unable to attend, on account of illness, and
the meeting was adjourned to the 19th July.
IN RE JOSEPH ROBINSON PYM.—This bankrupt ap-
peared on his last adjourned examination. Mr. Rowe,
for the assignees, opposed, and asked the court to adjourn
the case nine die. The bankrupt said he had supplied
Mr. Core, the accountant, with sufficient materials from
which to make out a cash account. His Honour said it
was the bankrupt's duty to furnish full particulars of his
cash transactions. Mr. Rowe said that from the com-
mencement there was a sum of £60,620 not fairly ac-
counted for. His Honour asked for vouchers for several
payments, and made some enquiries of the bankrupt, the
replies to which were that he had never kept a cash-book,
or any general cash account. his Honour said the
balance-sheet gave no satisfactory view of the case. The
bankrupt ought to have kept a cash account, but he had
not done so, and had given himself very little trouble to
satisfy his creditors. Mr. Turner, in reply to a question
by his Honour, said the account was not all satisfactory
to him. His Honour after remarking upon the bankruPt
not keeping proper books, and in not having the necessary
vouchers, to put him in a position to pass his examination.
If he would exert himself he might yet pass his examina-
tion with satisfaction to himself and his creditors, but at
present he could not pass. He must take the conse-
quences of not being prepared after so many adjourn-
ments. After some further observations, his Honour
adjourned the examination of the bankrupt sine die, with
protection for three-months.

SUMMER ASSIZES.—NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Judges :
Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice Erie—York, Sa-
turday, July 15. Durham, Saturday, July 29. -New-
castle, Thursday, August 3. Carlisle, -Monday, August
7. Appleby, Thursday, August 10. Lancaster, Saturday,
August 12. Liverpool, Wednesday, August 16.
RETENTION OF FEES IN A BANKRUPTCY CASE BY A
SOLICITOR.—On Tuesday last, Mr. Greatly, solicitor, of
this town, was summoned by Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, at
our Bankruptcy Court. by Mr. Turner, the official assig-
nee, to show the cause why he refused to pay over the
sum of £lB, which he had received on a bankrupt's estate.
Mr. Greatley, who had acted as a solicitor for the trade
assignees of a person named Jones, had pocketed £lB, the
proceeds of a sale, in liquidation of his own fees. Tile
learned sergeant ordered the money to be paid over to
the official assignee. He said, " Unless paid, I shall di-
rect Mr. Turner to present a petition to the Court of Re-
view, not only to pay over the money you have receiveat
but also the costs of the petition itself. I have not the
power to strike you off the rolls, but I have the power te
prevent you practising in this Court, and unless the or-
der of the Court is promptly complied with, I shall eXer
cise that privilege.'
CHARTISTS MEETINGS.—Mr. Justice Patteson, in ad-
dressing the grand jury on Friday in the Court of Queen's
Bench, referred to the peculiar circumstances of the
times. " I think it right (said his lordship) from this
place, the highest criminal court in the realm, to P°int
out the abhorrence in which the law holds such tumultu-
ous assemblages as have lately terrified and distracted the
peaceably disposed of her Majesty's subjects. I have
hesitation insaying that such tumultuous assemblages a
night can hardly, under any circumstances, be otherwir,
than criminal. If proceedings on indictment again-
parties parties forming such assemblages should come before you.,
whether those parties be principals or merelu speetatots
going to such meetings without considering ihat by doing'
so they stv ell the numbers and increase the means qfdnal
mischief, you must consider what are the facts, 'L
in proportion as terror has been excited, and outbrear
and disorders are likely to prevail, in that proportion
these parties guilty. I cannot define the limits of the_o
offence, because it is a matter of fact which" it will be tr_
you to consider and determine on. Ido not anticlp,
that any case of this sort will come before you, lun
it my duty to warn all parties that the law is not to
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