... I BANKRUPTS and I \ SOLVENT DEBTORS |j 'iEPORT OP THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE LAWS HELATIM TO BANKRUPTS ANL) INSOLVENT DEBTORB. The law relating to bankrupts is confined to traders under c-ertain conditions. The law relating to insolvent debtors is applicable ...

... situation of the bankrupt, iie had no books or vouchers of any description to produce. The Learned Commissioner asked Mr. Jerningham what consideration he had given for these bills ? Mr. Jerningham said cash, by yvay of discount. Did the bankrupt keep an account ...

... the bankrupt owed him a much large .urn. He thought his right of claim should prevent any law proceedings being taken against him. The solicitor stated tha', even suppose the claim were ad- mitted, it would not bar uc right' of action. The bankrupt had ...

... feelings, that he was in no degree cognizant of or privy to the deposit of any of the bankrupt's plate or other property at his house. The wife of the bankrupt, during the absence of her husband, had had certain articles conveyed there, which were ...

... thence to the bankrupt. This enables many tier- sons to prove upon notes re-issued. Mr Mercer, a solicitor, claimed as a set off, on account of the National Provincial Bank, certain notes of that bank having been in the hands of the bankrupt at the date ...

... hoped the bankrupt might be allowed to pass his final examination ; and :he more so as he was now engaged out of London, and lii^ journeying to town would be attended with considerable ex- pense. The Registrar could see no difficulty in the bankrupt pass- ...

... Arc. 24. IN rHE MATT,iIi 0F ALEXANDER CHRISTIE. This was the day fixed for the choice of assignees in th matter of this bankrupt, who was stated to be a spirit-mer- chant, carrying on business at Eastchcap, and whose cas. has dready acquired considerable ...

... Commissioner Merivale.) IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES WILLIAM HENRY DOWDEN. This was 'he day fixed for the final examination of the bankrupt, the peculiar circumstances of whose case was re- ported in our paper upon his surrender to the fiat. H was a chemist at ...

... the bankruit in this case was re- sumed this day. It appeared at the former hearing that pre- viously to Jaiiuaiy last the bankrupt and his father carried on business as The Manchester Distillery Company, un- der the linn ?? and Co., at Chapel-street ...

... the creditors to prove against the separate estates of bankrupts whose accounts appeared to be sa- tisfactory. Thw is the largest failure which has taken place at Lloyd's for many years. The bankrupts were allowed to pass tlieir final examination. INSOLVENT ...

... Friday, July 17. (Before Commissioner Sir C. F. Williams.) APPREHENSION OF A BANKRUPT WHO HAH ABSI ONDED. In the Matter of the Bankruptcy of Charles William Henri Dowden. — The bankrupt, who had absconded on the night c the 6th instant, carried on the business ...

... prayed by the official assignee. Upon a continuance of the bankrupt's allowance being called for, Mr. Williams (a trade assignee) said he was wholly dis- satisfied, and did not wish to give the bankrupt any allow- ance, for he (Mr. Williams) up to this hour ...