The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-29

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n i OBSERVER.
Cheap Literature In Eagiand-The Bank.
ruptCy of q. w. MI. Reynolds.
From the London News, Sept. IL
The journed hearing Of the bankrupts applica-
| ton for his certificate, resumed yesterday morn
Ing the having taken place from the 25h
ult., owing to the absence Of material witness Mr.
| Cuthbertson. Mr.. Parry and Mr. Duncan ap-
pesred In opposition to the certificate Mr. Sturgeon
supported the bankrupt. list of ten twelve
witpessef, who had been summoned, being called over
and Cutbb.rtson not being in attendance, Mr.. Parry
applied for warrant against him, The Comm
said it would be necessary that he should have
davit OF the service of summons &C. Meantime, the
examinations were proce eded with.
| REYNOLDS, the bankrupt was first examined. lie
1885, about Is Sd in the pound WAS paid under my
insolvency here in 1887 nothing was paid in 1880
1000, which came to me from aunt, paid in to
The court for the creditors. | don't know how much
that wao in the pound. In 1s4O bankrupt again
owing f2Oo and nothing paid. was % years old
when was first ba nkrupt in France. Was shamefuly
swinded out Of all my property. had been a pub
Usher there. Came to England in March, 1887. was
pursuing my profession as literary ma when be-
gins with deficiency of fi 7oO but much Of this was
old debts. was made bankrupt thistime publisher
printer bookseller dealer, and chapman In January
1S47 had my household furniture and some stock
which is down in my balance sheet. kept cash book
and stock book, and had weekly balance sheets made
out by my clerk have known Cuthbertson or Ave
years. he Is uphosterer draper and tailor in Port
land-pace, Borough road. have paid him about
f1O0 altogether; the last payment was between f3O
and f40 in November last, Have got articles Of him
tince, including sofa bookcase and clothes the
children; he Is what is called tally last
him three or four days before his writ served
me on the 18th March. went to tell him was in diff
hculties, and to ask the loan of some money did
not tell him about Wilton's judgment. His reply
that be could net assist me. think he afterwards
sent me in bill. did not plead to his action The
date of the udf ment is Sd 4th April He put in an
| execution at my house in Wellington street on the
9th or 18th. bill of sale given; Furber the sher-
| IFS officer, valued the whole at about EGO don't
think the furniture cost me above f75 The bill Of
sale included the type. still live the premises as
heretofore and the goods have remained there Cuth-
bert ons execution was for debt Of zoo, with the
stamp duty, which Cuthbertson paid have not since
| given him an u, or any understanding as to my
possession of the property after have obtained my
certificate. don't pay him anything week for the
Of the property; he allows it to remain out of a
kind motive to me tLaughter) He did not issue the
| writ at my instance; all he wanted vas security
| Afer the execution, all went on as heretofore
to public appearance. Mr.. Wilton brought an
action against me last April, and gave him
o judges order for payment but it not met
and judgment was signed the order being due at
the b sipn ming Of May: mir. Davies, the bsnkrupt's
whe the bill Of sale given did not then come
to tire Bankruptcy Court, because | thought I had
fair chance of paying these small matters Creditors
to the amount OF fl2lO gave letter Of license
the 22d Of April. Afterwards, being disappointed of
f2oo, and the week being up which Mr. Wilton had
the 21st Of April, and paid him f4O applied 60 the
court My solicitor Mr. Davies is now solicitor uu der
tie fat. He has not received bis costs in Cuhbert-
sons action nor has he been paid for working my pc
ttion. (Mr. Groom the official assignee said he had
paid the attorneys costs to the choice Of
Of old metal Of the early numbers Of the WMsce
lsny" never got farthing out of that concerp but
put money into It 1t circulated at one time 20 COO
Whit only just paid the expenses In fact WAS ont ~
pocket by paying several writer's To give any remune
ration there must have been sale of 20 900 or ~ 900
a week. wallace" and The Psrricide" paid yery
well as long they went These and other works IA
in all sold fer Els after the bankruptcy The fact
IT, after such things completed they are not worth
fg therd IL no sale for them when up in youmes
beyond couple Of hundred so, which you NAV rtt
off by constantly Advertising Mr.. Cooke has now ihe
ting t At the time se Sns w
again as foon as Mr.. Cooke bought it, receive no
tsary for this The sale to Cooke was two or three
still printed at my premises; the anne Is up and
the same people are employed there Cooke took away
Cox Of Great street maohnes tSe v ora MT
the time the copyright was sold the Mscellanv was
losing fS, f10 or f12 per week do not receive a
chilling for what now do for the Miscellany or il there
any underttapdiDg that am to have it back When IL
pays am to have f5 q week for tale | am writing
have said on former occasion, that can fSoo
ayear by my pen; am employed on a newspaper, and
If were to give the name Of that paper should be
discharged tomorrow morning My weekly earnings
at this moment are flo from the newspaper and the
"Mysteries Of London This work ceases the week
after next and shall then lose that source am nov
writing the Mysteries Of the Court of London, -
which belongs to Mr. Cooke. made an agreeme mt to
write 1t for him, but have interest the copyright
My literary earnings are entered in my balance sheet
at f710 have received f5 week from Mr. stiff for
the whole period in respect Of the Myseres Of Lon
don" have also received about f4O from him. in
GLIDING tale wrote for him in the London Journal
never sent any works for sale at the night auctions
of Spokes.
BY Mr.. SruRefoS.-I lost about Ct 600 on my first
bankruptcy in France My first insolvenc here arose
from some Of my French creditors having taken bro.
ceedings here the second was owing to nv having
omitted some two or three creditors from my nrst
sche dule.
Mr. JAMES BANKS, stereotype nder of Fetter lane
deposed; Dix, the bankrupts clerk, came and offered
Sos. the giving
coniad chiefly Of old plates the copyright of the
Mcs yiy might be worth eco; judge from the pub
lie sxW of HowiUs journal for that sum; the twelve
other works IL fairly sold ought to have realised ESQ
Mr. Parry here stated that he distinctly charged the
and the question would be whether the BANKRUPT and
MIR. Cooke were not in collision with him. The Com
missioner observed that the strongest point against
the bankrupt was his conduct in withdrawing his
sst from the Miscellany at the time of the bank
ruptcy, a. to diminish ts value and the moment it
lions 1t would appear that this had been done solely
to destroy the value Of the property to the
and the creditors. MIR Parry said he only impugned
the nduct of the assg coaterally an applioa-
ton to remove the assignee would have to b, made to
the Court of Review. He sought to show collision on
the part of the bankrupt and this could only be mat
ter Of inference from other evidence Mr. Davies
said the ofcia assignee had refused to sanction the
works being proceeded with; the of their
all dropping in week was to render them vslueess
he bankrupt said he had implored the official assg zee
TO allow him to continue the works. Mr.. Groom the
official assignee, sad he had certainly not thought il
advisable looking to the interests Of the credors that
the works should be continued. After q conversation
asto the course to be pursued the Commissioner ex-
pressed opinion that evidence as to the conduct of
the assignees would be irrelevant
Mr.. j. CvrHBnRrsoN, the missing witness, having
appeared, was examined, and deposed that he had
known Reynolds four years. Held bill ofssle Of his
property, dated April last Had last furnished him
bookcase for Els In December, when Reynolds owed
him between $40 and ESQ. He had promised pay
ment OF sum on the LIST of April and owing TO his
non ayme mt the writ was issued He bad paid Go
in December he had not paid 40 since November.
He did not get sofa and dining table in January,
witness saw him the same day that he issued the
writ IL was about eleven O'Clock in the fore
Bankrupt told him he was In difficulties, and was
threatened to be sued about some pictures lie stay
ed half an hour, and witness Immediately went and
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