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 kindr
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
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 beiny 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 one 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
Printing-house-square
.was filled with glorification of it.
Pity 'tis that great prophets and authorities like the
Times, only get their eyes opened when tae mischief has
been done.

LAW INT.ELLIGENeE.

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. Lawndes. 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, tear
sugar, &c. ; he had also railway shares and some land at
Bebington and Claughton Park. He had purchased a
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. aetr
did not include profit and loss either on his own affairs or
on commercial transactions. He considered he had 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 Os. ; 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 01
£8,205 •, in 1845, a profit of £3,399 •, in 1846, a profit of
£24,575 ; in 1847, a loss of £31,936. The depredator!
of property was to the extent of £139,324 ; with bat'
debts, £9,301. The examination bore chiefly on a inert-
ga3e held by Mr. Richard Haynes, uncle of Mr. Hrggie:
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-
pered from this that the cash passed mostly through
the Royal Bank. At present it would pp
holders of bills in £207,961, of which sum A;bb •1•
the accommodation
0
arose from drafts accepted for
of parties in the West Indies, and 61,983 included in the
creditor's accounts, or provided for by property
and
in the
the estate was indebted to bone fyie craediteoa;
hands of the parties, leaving only £89,626. provable OIL
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 tunt to £1,414,458, which, deducting
" profit," would leave an apparent amount of cre-
ditors to the extent of £1,225,801. The credit
amount on the side of 'the sheet with all items and
deductions, was £428,781. The official assignee Effluent
to the way in which Hr. Higginson operated in
share speculations, subsequent to the embarrassment
which the concern experienced through severe losses.ra
winding up the old partners'aip. Mr. frg4l--.-
son opened an account in the books of Bar
son, Share Acct., Private Acct.," as per ledgej
Irlam, and Higginson, denominated " Jonathan 1-ligf2o
tchhiasrag
ec
acbo account
th a balance remained teY
From the Ist April, 1846, to date of bani'ron
934 7 11
as shown by ledger of £1479.,
The shares on hand, as vaiued by Mr. Higginson 40f,1, 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. Higginson's separate ba'ancer
sheet, as being imperfect. A detailed stock account and
full cash statement ought (said the assignee) to have been
presented by Mr. Higginson
The examination wasadjournedto the
dnesday.

On Friday Mr. John Stockdale obtained, his certificate,
no creditor opposing.
IN RE.JOHN TOMICINSON.—The second meeting under
this bankruptcy was appointed for Friday ; but Mr. Tom;
kinson was unable to attend, on account of illness, an"
the meetin_g was adjourned to the 19th July.
IN RE JOSEPH ROBINSON PYll.—This bankrupt aP'
peared on his last adjourned examination. Mr. Rove'
for the assignees, opposed, and asked the court to adjourtj
the case sine die. The bankrupt said he had sup Pile
Mr. Core, the accountant, with sufficient materials front
which to make out a cash account. His Honour said
was the bankrupt's duty to furnish full particulars of his
cash transactions. Mr. Rowe said that from the COra'
mencement there was a sum of £60,620 not fairly an'
counted for. His Honour asked for vouchers for sever'"
payments, and made some enquiries of the bankrupt, tOie
replies to which were that he had never kept a cash-W;
or any general cash account. His Honour said ,1110
balance-sheet gave no satisfactory view of the case. a
bankrupt ought to have kept a cash account, but he 10
not done so, and had given himself very little trouble
satisfy his creditors. Mr. Turner, in reply to a nuestioi:
by his Honour, said the account was not all satisfactor,
to him. His Honour after remarking upon the bankruPb
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 examinati
tion with satisfaction to himself and his creditors, but
present ho could' not pass. He must take the cal,
quences of not being prepared after so many
ments. After some further observations, his Houglt.
adjourned the examination of the bankrupt sine die, Wl'
protection for three months. adjourn

SUMMER ASSIZES.—NORTHERN CIRCUIT.=
ALL, C.v.:Ku:well and 11. p. Justice Erle".3"*.
castle, Thursday, August 3. Carlisle, MonclaY,
turday, July 15. Durham, Saturday, July 29. .1-`
7. Appleby, Thursday, August 10. Lancaster, Saturdalt
August 12. Liverpool, Wednesday, August 16.
71 1r A
RETENTION OF FEES IN A BANKRUPTCY CASE
SOLICITOR.—On Tuesday last, Mr. Greatly, solicitor, 0;
this town, was summoned by Mr. Sergeant Ludlow,.e
our Bankruptcy Court, by Mr. Turner, the official 054-
te
nee, to show the cause why he refused to pay over ,
sum of £lB, which he had received on a bankrupt's salad;
Mr. Greatley, who had acted as a solicitor for the Oahe
assignees of a person named Jones, had pocketed XlE3,,itlie
proceeds of a sale, in liquidation of his own fees. to
learned sergeant ordered the money to be paid over di.,
the official assignee. He said, " Unless paid, I Shall
rect Mr. Turner to present a petition to the Court of
view, not only to pay over the money you have receivtei;
August
power to strike you off the rolls, but I have the
but also the costs of the petition itself. I have "t to
powero r
prevent you practising in this Court, and unless the
er,
der of the Court is promptly complied with, I shall el
dressingCHA trieTSgraNnidEEjTulrNyGoSn.-2.ildra.y Jinn stthi ceecPoaurt tte
of
of tici
cise that privilege."
f the.
Bench, referred to the peculiar circumstances this;
times. " I think it right (said his lordship) from int
place, the highest criminal court in the realm, t°
out the abhorrence in which the law holds such tura? ,he
ous assemblages as have lately terrified and distracteue no
peaceably disposed of her Majesty's subjects. lliaves at
hesitation in saying that such tumultuous assembler, _iso
night can hardly, under any circumstances, be other;34
than criminal. If proceedings on indictment egour
parties forming such assemblages should come before, !tors
whether those parties be principals or merely specTioigg
going to such meetings without considering that bYrOO9
so they sty ell the numbers and increase the means 0.1 a" old
mischief, you must consider what are the facts.,_ea"
in proportion as terror has been excited, and ollt.Drn are
and disorders are likely to prevail, in that proportia, the
these parties guilty. I cannot define the e`
be for
offence, because it is a matter of fact which it w
you to consider and determine on. Ido not anticipate_,./ feel
that any case of this sort will come before you, Dilk , be
it my duty to warn all parties that the law is net;
_ow
trifled with, that the country must not be kept in the
the 11 Adis.
of alarm in which it has lately been, and that
pensions which have existed in the minds of the
posed of outbreaks taking place must be put an Pa lv
uineencle;

Jane 13,18481

Etteraturt.
POETRY.

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF LADY FITZROY.

• (From cla's Maazine.)
Athwart whatSimmon
brow is grief's Colonial
dark mantle thrown?
What form leans sadly ? • * * * *
If it be he
Who lov'd, who honour'd the departed one,
Let us not vex by inharmonious sighs
The silence of that heart's accepted sacrifice.
P. B. SHELLEY.