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4 •A TI I E EVENINO STAR. . LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1825. - STOCK EXCHANOE, TWELVE O'CLOCK... Consols opened this morning at Mg to 90 with very little doing. In the Foreign Market, South American securities are rather better, bdt nothing is doing, except in Shares. Current Prices: New Spanish 1711, old SPanish 221 Rut slut 961 97, Mexican 751 1, Colombian New 841, Austrian 9819, iirazilian Scrip 41-1 disc. Mexican Scrip 3i 1 disc. Dmish . Scrip 41-4dipc. Greek Scrip 121 111 disc. 'PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. . itankStock 229 1 4 , 3 per Cent. Red. 90% 1 4 $ per Cent. Cons. 96 89% Vi per Cent. as% • Si per Cent. Red. 98 1 4 % 1 / 8 4 per Cent. New 103% 3 / 8 y s Long Ann. 22 5.16 Y 4 • India Srock 271 y 4 1 • India fltmds 43 Old Annuities 90% £l,OOO 'e:xclie9,3llllv 17., 20e • 0600 ditto 19 2-1- £lOO and £2OO ditto 23 20 India for Acct. 271 Con's. for Acct. 89 7 / 8 FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. 5 p Ct. bleu. Scrip 11125, Mtn Acct. Ditto Acct. 31, Ti__ lian Bonds Neapolitan Bonds, 1824, Peruv. Bonds, 6 pa Ct. Ditto Acct. 731 Ditto Scrip, 1825, 6 pC. Ditto Acct. Portuguese Bonds 87 Ditto Acct. 871 * Prussian Bonds 5 p C. 1011 Do. Bonds, 1822, 5p Ct. Russ. Bonds, 1822, 3 p Ct. 971 Ditto for Ace. Spanish sp. Ct. Cons. 221 1 Ditto Acct. 221 Span.s p. Ct. C. 1823, 171 I French Renter, 5 p Ct. Exchange, French Bente', 3 p Ct. SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. MINES. Ditto Sc:ip, 5r Ct.IPCS I)uer.6B Ayres Bonds 9u C11:liall Bonds, 6 p Ct. Ixito Acct. 80k Bds,Gp C. 11..z0 Bonds, 1824 3 84i Ditto Ace. 841 Danish Bonds, 5 per Ct. To.f.izrip ,5 pCt. 1525, 44. Ditto Aect. Greek Bonds Ditto Acct. 41 Do. Scrip 121 j• 1513 dia. Ditto Acct. 121 k 12k dis. Mem. Bonds, 5 p Ct. Ditto Acct. Bit ITISH AND FORE' G! SHARI. PAID. PRIG SIR SNARL £lOO £3O iss. £5 pm. 71 1111 - 101 11 101 111 I prem. Anglo Mexican Anglo Chilian 100 5 Ca‘tello&EspiritoSanto 1A 5 Chillan and Peruvian Hibernian - SO - 4 - Potosi, La Paz, & rnray. 50 5 Royal kill 25 1 9-15 Palladium British Tron Company - Britiih Rock & Patent Salt Colombian Agricultural - ASSURANCE COAIPANY. 50 . '2 SIISCMLANEOUS. SUARL rAta, PRICK PIZ SHAUL 100 - SO - 181 1 93 5 14 i 100 5 10 French !Scantly Distillery Comp. 50 2 17 Gereral•Stcani Navigation 100 5 - 7* * Imperial Plate Glass 100 2 5A 5 6 London Gold & Silverßefining 230 5 :10 Netherlands Patent Salt 2* 5 Patent Bricks ' 60 2 21 2 . The effects of the recent arrangement between the rNo of France and his ancient Colony of St. Durningo are beginning to be apparent. The industrious popular ,tion of Rouen hailed with joy and exultation the first notice of the event, and they are already all in activity. Very estentive orders are iq hand for execution, and considerable shipments we begun, from that City and the port of Havre, which will speedily resume the im mense trade which it heretofore carried on with St. Do- pingo, at a time when the latter was by far the greatest • Sugar Colony in the whole world; The extensiot, of the trade and navigation of France, which is a necessaty Consequence of those measures,will be very obvious, and frost speedily contribute, in some degree, by opening a , vast market for the industry of the black population of S. Domingo, to diminish the existing demand for the productions of our Colonies, and tend therefore to dete. riorate the alrea ly drooping fortunes of our West IndiAn ,proprietors. It is contended,even i n t h e F renc hOpp os i t i on prints, not only that the KIN° of France has made no .surrender of sovereignty by the recent Ordonnance, but that he is ipcapable of so doing without the 'concur rence of both Chambers. It is most evident, there fore, that the French Minister has made a better bargain for his master, with those his ancient subjects in this Colony, than if he had stipulated for the entire resump tion of his authority, with all its splendid but very ex pensive accompaniments—Governors, Judges, Tax-ga therers, Forts, Garrisons, and Navies: and it raquires mighty little skill in statesmanship or acquaintance with Colonial affairs to perceive that those expenses would considerably exceed the small matter of half duties. The idcrr.ty of language, with continued intercourse, Will in a ?con time produce similarity of manners and feelings, and hence it seems prob ible that French in fircr ce will soon be paramount among the Colonists. V?e, therefore, cannot help thinking that this device of _ ! P. de VILLELE is one of the happiest schemes that could Ease been conceived for governing a distant and powerful colony on the safest, the cheapest, and most ae.vantAgeous terms for the mother country. We have tlen nol;ing as yet to induce us to change our opinion that tl:e Ortionnancc is only a concession of privileges, a:::1 by no means a formal recognition of independence. Jarn'aica papers to the 26th of June, Philadelphia palms to the 21st July, and Quebec papers one day later, have teached us, but they contain no news. The Lisbon Gazettes, from the Ist to the 6th August, reached us this mewing, but they contain no news. The K!NG has sent orders to Oporto .to make strict v:arch after the authors of the late sacrilege, who, how , e'er, had not yet been discoverel 'this fesenoon we received Hamburg!' Papers.to the l: 4 th, and Dutch Journals to the 17th in•t. They state, that while Norway is parched up with dreadful and long-continued drought, St. Petcrsburgh is visited vkith daily rain, hail, and cold winds. An article•from Hanover relates a curious phenomenon. On the 29th Jill/. at three o'clock in the afternoon, the earth sunk in, and left a large opening, in the di.trict of Barlis : it is 100 feet in diameter, and continues to enlarge. • • It ear not be seen how deep it is, but stones being thrown in, a noise is heard after the lapse of a Wings and some seconds, as if they had fallen into water. It will be seen by an article from Paramaribo,that the Goveinment of the Netherlands strictly enforces the measures against the African Slave Trade. The following are extracts: PARAMARIBO, JULY 21. On the 6th of this month sententa_avatpassed in the cause of the Attorney-General against Michael Boulle mer and Pierre Marie Le Frapper, for haring clandes tinely imported into this Colony' a number of negroes from the Coast of Africa. In conformity with a reso , lotion of his Majesty, of 17th September, 1818, they are sentenced to pay a fine of five thousand fix ins, to im prisoament: for five years, to the payment of their share of the costs, and are declared ilfamous. Hen drick Dickman, director of the plantati'n d la Jionkeur, at which place the above two persons, with tao hun dred and twelve of the negroes importei by them, were taken, on the 29th of January, and who was ac cused as an accomplice, has been acquitted by the same sentence, of th4t charge, but condemned for his impru dent conduct, to a fine of three thousand florins, to pay meet of one third of the costs, and the time that he has been in cor.finement is to be accounted part of his punishment. The sentence decides nothing respecting the negroes, but we know that immediately after they were taken, they were placed at the disposal of his Er-i cellency the Governor, and have since been employed as free labourers in the public service in the fort of New Amsterdam. In a preceding sitting of the Court, the famous cause was decided respecting the Captain, the Supercargo, and the Crew of the French slave ship La Legere, cap tured in 1823, by Sir Thomas Cochrane, and delivered up to our Government. By sentence of 13th Decem- 1 ber, 1823, the accused was acquitted of the charge of l importing negroes from Africa into this colony, or in tending to do so; but the brig, with the negroes, 300 in number, was ordered to be conveyed to a French colony. The supercargo, Jean Marie Bled, found means, however, to land most of the negroes by night, in a plantation, whither he secretly repaired with one Joseph Pallu, who was probably interested in the cargo ; they were, however,"discavereJ, with the negroes, and brought back to Paramaribo, when the supercargo was again- tried for importing negroes. Both Bled and Pallu *were found guilty of rebellion, and banished from this country for life; and the confinement suffered by their accomplices is accounted for punishment. As a proof that the Court poWerfully protects the slaves against the severity which some masters are disposed to use, we may mention the proceedings in stituted against the D;rector of the•plantation La Soli tude, who had scandalously ill-treated a female slave belonging to his plantation. He was sentenced to be scourged, branded, apcf banished, and his three mom• pliFes to a fine of 3000 &mins and banishment. • SYOC$l.lOOf, . _ The trade with Norway-is' inareissini very much. Among 22 ships that arrived at Gotte n burgb from the ' 9th to the 16th July, 16 were Norwegian witb cargoesl and three sailed with salt. AUGUST 2:—The claims of the United States are now arranged, and Mr. Connell, who was here with full powers for the purpose, has now left this city. In another part of our Paper we have given a Re.' port of the first General Meeting of the Proprietors of the &g -all and Bristol Channels Ship Canal, which took place yesterday, lat the.Loudon Tavern. Great praise is due to the Gentlemen by whom this important undertaking has been advanced, in defiance of the opposition it encountered, and a laudable anxiety was ma nifested yesterday in the election of the Directors, to choose such persons as were most likely to ensure the successful completion of this great work, which is the most important undertaking that an age fertile in projects has produced. It is the employment of British capital for British interests. During its progress it will give employment'to a great number of agricultural labourers, a s well as,artificers, and when completed it hill be a monument of public spirit, and of the most important service to the commercial interests of this country. Witanson. AUGUST 17. Yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, his MAJESTY, accompanied by the Duke of Domes., with his usual household attendants, left the Royal Lodge IR the pony phaetons; and were followed by the regular retirtie of grooms with saddle horses, as his MAJIMIT takes the exercise lat terly of tiding on horseback, as well as the exercise of the piraeton. His Maarery and attendant., after passing the day in the usual manner, returned to the Royal Lodge in the evening, at nine. His Royal Highnet.s the Duke of YORK passed through Derby on Sunday, on his way to Baslow, to join the Dukes of RUTLAND, Drvoxsulne, and RICH:WOAD, on a shooting eICIST. sion on the moors in that neighbourhood. We are happy in being able to state that Mr. Sure tary CANNINn is quite recovered from his late illness, and that the Right Hon. Gentleman nester enjoyed better health. BRIGHTON, AUGUST 16.—The Duke of Biturrawrcx, and suite, with his Aides.de-Camp, Captain Bons, and Baron left us, for Portsmouth, on Sunday. His Serene High ness seemed in good health; and his habits to partake of the affable and social character. His Highness, during his nine days sojourn with us, frequently mixed with the elegant throng, and partook of the 100 and music pastimes. Sir THOMAS and Lady ACLAND arrived at_Devon port, OR Monday evening, on a visit to his brother, Captain Ay- LAND. of his Majesty's ship Hxucos, fitting for the West Indies. Major DENHAM left town on Wednesday, for Ports mouth, acctimpanied by Captain Cr.arrrnrom, U.N. his companion on the late successful expedition into the heart of Attica. LORD COCHItANE.—The following particulars re specting Lord Cocmitor4 come from a quarter on which we can rely His Lordship' had on Thurs day morning a meeting with the leading members of the Greek Committee. His proposals to them are of the most liberal iescription. By resigning his situation of First Admiral of the Brazilian navy, his Lordship gives up nearly 60001. a year, and a pension, upon re tiring, of half that sum, settled upon himself and Lady for life; besides unliquidated claims z.) 7. considerable' amount. His Lordship leaves it to the Committee to settle the amount of the recompense to be awarded to him for his services; but he expressly stipulates, that the auxiliary expedition shall be placed under his whole and sole control—the trammels in which his Lordship repeatedly found himself, while in South America, having tended greatly to impede, and even endanger. the success of his naval operations."—Tinees. "4 1. -:R-, .o.c",MP•?• , - . a~["~Y. ~.-: PASUIONABIE INTELLICFNer. • • • The DmVager Marzbioness of Salisbury arrived Li town yester day, from liens. The _Marquis of Carrviartben has left town for his father's, the Duke or. Leeds's sear, tiornby Castle, Yorkshire. The 'Marquis of I:ansdown arrived in town yesterday evening, from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts., Lnrd Suffield has left town for his seat in Norfolk. The Duke and Duchess San Fernando have left town for the Continent. The Duke of Bucdeugh has left town on a tour. The Rev. Archdeacon Prosser left town yesterday, for Nune ham , Oxfordshire. Departures from the British Dotel:—Captain and Mrs. n2.‘on, for their seat, in Hants ;J. Reeves, Esq. for Paris; and M:s. Tatham, for Cheltenham. Arrivals at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn.streets—Dr. and Mrs. Littlebales and family, from their seat in Herts; Mrs. Simpson, from Rath. Departures from the Burlington Hotel:—The Earl and Coun tess of Ormonde and family yesterday, for Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. Parry for the Continedt ; and Captain Rose, R.N. for Portsmouth. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the 76th and 96th Regiments of In fantry marched, yesterday, from Westminster. for Winchester. A Detachment belonging to the 3.5 th Regiment of Foot marched also from Westminster, for Albany Rtrracks. Detachments belonging to the 4th and 11th Light Tiragoons, marched from Westminster, for the Cavalry Depot, at Maidstone. A Detachment of the 90th Regiment of Foot, marched from Westminster, for Portsmouth. Detachments belonging to the 14th, 51st, 44th, 48th, 33d, and S9th Regiments of Foot, marched from Westminster Of Chatham. Detachments belonging to the 16th and s3d Regiments of Fout, marched from Westminster, for Harwich. A Detachment belonging to the 60th Regiment of Infantry, marched from Westminster, for Weldon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. GREENLAND FISHERY. Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at Peterhead, dated. t Sth August: . " The brig Mary, of this port, has this evening arrived from Greenland, with 1580 seals, about 10 tuns of oil, and brings the following deplorable actwunt of the fishing, via. " Hem. &neg.—Abram, 2 fish ; Kiero, 1 ; Laurel, 1; Racbae and Ann, 1. " Wanly Saws.-Lively, I ; Valiant, 1; Resolut*.fn, 3. 4 " Perseverance, of Peterhead, 1 ; and Alexander, of Aberdeen, 2 ; in all 13 ash, all the rest of the ships reported clean. " The Mary left the Ice on the 7th instant, and saw most of the ships about eight days previous, and reports there is no hope of any improvement ; that the Perseverance, of this port, is coming up, and that she expects all the ships must have left the Fishery; the iee was thick packed all the season, and few fish to be seen." Arrived off Dover, Rateliff, HATHAWAr, from the South S e a s . Off Dartmouth, th, Kingston, JAcarson, and David Lyon, —, from Jamaica. Faxasouvr, Atm. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet, from Lisbon—sailed 7th inst. Sailed yesterday, the En terprise, steam vessel, Capt. Jouxson, for Calcutta. PLIIIOOIII, Ace. I7.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed the Betsy Miller, Snnaimen, and Britannia, FOLSISTZR, for St. John's (N. 8.) Posssmoutu, Auo. lB.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the George Canning, Darr,from Quebec, in el days; San Croix, Danish man of war, from Gibraltar; Zephyr transport, from Shields; and big Majesty's ship Gi.ssoow, from a cruise. Sailed the Asp, Nowa, for the South Seas. Dist, Amiss 11L—Wind N.E.—.Arrived and remains, the Union, of Whitby, frorn Quebec. Passed through, the Abeona, Cuarpr, for Cadiz. The Elphin.ston, for India; and Emily, for the South Seas, sailed this morning. Lrvearoot Aga. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Montezuma, Pons, from hiladelphia—salled mad July ; Triton,Cutzvss, from Charlestoni Corinthian ) HALL ! from Stsvannah ; Hercules, Mosu -1 sir, from Buenos Ayns•-sallea 6th Junifistlse Julia, for this port, was to tan WI the 7ilk land - the packer. , lllllhirocouth,, on the .the FloreAkenaser.,lroin this port, haitatrlied. - Osseema, Jute 26.—Two Colombian privateers (a brig and a sekamer) were cruising in the Straits - in sight of this yesterday afternoem, and the scbooner bas been seen between Ceuta and Asses Hill this morning. Beatty Ace. Or—His Majesty has approved of a plan for building a lighthouse on Cape Arcona, in the Isle •f Rapti. CUSTOM-HOUSE, AUGUST is. Urn Euezazn law* ans—The Acasta; from Cape Coast Castle ; Resolution, from Quebec ; Nelson, from Jamaica ; Lord Cochrane, Vine, and Thomas, from Memel; Nile, from Hambutgla ; Age noria, Matilda, and Middlesex, from St. Petersburgh; Hope, from Dantzic ; Belle Alliance, from Antwerp ; Britannia and Commer cial Packet, from Pillau. EDITIMED Cummins—Rachel, for Ilamburgb ; Kangaroo, for Genoa ; Ark, for Bremen ; Amelia, for Cadiz; Lord Sherbrooke, fur Jamaica; and President, for Sligo. EDINBURGH, AUGUST 16. Tux Moons.—We learn frOm various quarters, that the sport on the 12th was very indifferent. The morning of the " eventful day" was promising, but towards noon it began to rain, and conti nued without intermission during the remainder of the day, and the wiat.le of Saturday. The birds we re uncommon ly stron g up on the wing, and, as is usually the case, when a change of weather ta kes place, as wild is hawks. Those w Gentlemen from London," who depended on their dogs snapping a few brace of " c heepers," will be very much disappointed in their expectations, as with the exception we understand that a " " after broods,' Tioet,ipen 'f one r'bas or scar two cey bee n seen. The sport, of course ' has been various to the South and West of Edinb urg h, though we have Lammermoor, above 12 brace. A party of h n r o e t e h , i a n b g nu fr t o l m 4 milesthe Lana west, bagged one bird amongst them. Ott the bilk in Ayrshire, and the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire, the shooting has been uncommonly bad; and, judging from the paucity a game-hoses, hitherto brought by the coaches, the whole shooting, en the 12th, within a hundred miles from town ,has been very trifling. The King of SARDINIA has ordered a magnificent stone bridge, of a eagle arch, to be built over the Dora, by the 'gates of Turin. Letters from St. Petersburgh, of the 30th ult. state, that the Court would next day go to pus some days at Peterhof:— The report that it would go in the autumn to Moscow. and reside there a considerable dine, may now be considered as wholly groundless. The remains of Mr. Serjeant LENS, the King's an cient Serjeait, have been removed to Portsmouth, to be conveyed to the family vault. in Huntingdonshire. Mr. SHARD is about to take up his residence at Som borne House, near Winchester, aid in the ensuing season intends hunting that country with stag hounds. Miss &NAT is performing with applause at Liverpool. It is a curious fact, that the Duchess of TYRCONNEL, the Lady of RICHARD TALBOT, Lord Deputy of Ire land, in the reign of JAMES the SECOND, after that Mo narch's abdication, was driven by distress to keep one of the stands in Exeter 'Change, in the Strand (the original English Bazaar) at that time a fashionable place of resort, at which she sold millinery, the labour of her hours by night, in an obscure apartment in which she slept. It was then the custom of women' in public to wear masks, and the Duchess, in her little shop, uniformly appeared in a white mask and dress,' and was called by the loungers of that day, " the White Widow." Her rank was accidentally discovered, and she had afterwards a pension granted her from the Crown during her life. When, in 1791, the British lay before the fort of Gooty, in the East Indies, it was pronounced, at the' deliberations of a Military Council, as it locks, im pregnable. This report was delived to Major GCWDIR, commanding. He bluntly replied, " I !Ave got the order in my pocket to take it." And In tile mutt .w b e ' assaulted and carried it. g i jit l Y77 l r:" , '"`"7 '1 _ ~ ~.. ~; •..• - •;"7; - t. I..AW R.SPORD. COURT OF CIIAIiCERY, AUGUST ie. 11-PARTE BAXTER, IN RE MARIE, STEAM, FAUN* LEROY, AND CO. BANKRUPTS. The argument in this Case was resumed this morn» jug, and extended to a great length. The facts and points in question were simply these:—Mr. Charlei Woodcock entered into a contract with the petitioner 'Mr. William Baxter, by which the latter covenanted td build a house in Park Crescent for Mr.Woodcotk, whoi on his part, deposited the money in question (.50544iii the house of Marsh and Co. who were made guarantee! for the performance of the contract of Baxter s to whorri they were in the habit of advancing occasional sums, five per cent. with half yearly rests. It was alleged b t. Mr. Baxter that 50501. was paid into the hands of two of the partners of the house (Messrs. Stra cep and Graham) ; but an affidavit of the well-known Henry Fauntleroy stated that the whole firm were gua.: rantees. Bef.-. e the ho•lse was completed (which was not until slbseque otly to t! e time stipulated in the deed of contract), i‘lr. W. • , dcock took possetsion of and directed alterations of plan contracted for. His affi davit shewed that he considered Nit.. Batter the owner of the m ;ney ; the latter, however, cimtintied his h.0)4 of borrowing money from Marsh and Co. to the eatelit of 15,0001. which, it was contended, he would not done, had he considered the money to be his before the completion of the'house, and its legal transfer by died of assignment to Mr. Woodcock. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion, that if the petitioner could not claim a setoff against the four, he could not against the two partners. The question as to the ownership of the money would have been clearly decided by the indenture of contract. His Lordship here went through the obligations of the instrument, in lining which he stated he should construe the names of Stracey and G.raharn as meaning Marsh and Co. The contract stipulated that the building should be com pleted before the Ist of June, 1823, under penalty of 101. per week to be paid by Baxter ; and the manner in which it was to be finished was specifically set forth in the schedule. Mr. Woodcock had, however, prema turely entered upon possession, and taken the manage ment from Mr. Baxter (contrary to covenant), and di rected the building to be finished in a way different from stipulation. When the money was paid into the firm, it would have been difficult to say, in bankrup•cr. whether it was Baxter's or Woodcock's, had a bank ruptcy then occurred. If the contract was to decide, Baxter was nrik' a cred,;tbr of Marsh and Cp. But this seemed not to he the real question, Which was this— what was the rule of .decision after the covenant had been broken? If a. man was foolish enough, after making a contract with a builder, to alter it,.he raised a new one. It was a q uest i on , therefore, whether the alterations, which virtually rescinded the contract, left the same qualification as to time? His Lordship had no difficulty in saying, that the variations affected the period ; and if a bill had been filed by Baxter before the bankroptcy, the bankers might have been restrained from parting with the money otherwise than as Baxter directed. Mr. Woodcock took from Mr. Baxter the power of mitnagement which enabled him to execute his part of the contract. Taking the whole of the trans actions together, his Lordship was of opinion, that if the Money was not *the petitioner's previous to the • bankruptcy by lawhe'lsacta right to it in equity; and WM" . LordCes jug.glient was not varied before. Mon day morning, It Was .to be utderstood that the petitioner had a right to set-off. Some remarks fell from his Lordship (good bu roouredly expressed) which seemed to imply that nio:e was s 'id by Counsel in this cause than was necessary. Mr. MONTAOI7 ) in the midst of some details respecting, the house referre4 to, was interrupted by The Loan Cnancitt.oa, who observed—" Mr. Montagu, you b ild your house with so many stories, that I am atraid I shall not reach the top; I can get to the bottom of it, I think." Mr. MoNswou.—" N o m atter , my Lord if it falls, so that I overwhelm my Learned Friends on the other side in the ruins." Subsequently the same Learned Gentleman observed, that he minded none of the remarks thrown oat by Mr. Horne: they en. toed one cv .. , and went out of the other. The Loan .Cuaitcst.Loa...-`• Allow me to say, that.they stop a little while on their passage at the tongue, Dud set it talking.' IX-PARTE ROLLAND, IN RN MARSH AND CO. This was an application to the Court to authorize the assignees to make a dividend among the creditors, excluding the Bank of England, whose claims were disallowed by the Commissioners, who had, however, reserved a fund sufficient to answer those claims. When this application was first made, his Lordship directed the Commissioners to report the amount of the assets, and the extent of the claims of the Bank. Mr. MONTAGU now stated, that from the report of the Com)iiissioners, it appeared that after the dividend of '6l. Bd. in the pound was paid to the creditors who had proved their debts, there would remain a surpltrs of 176,9881. which was double the amount of the same rate of dividend upon the Bonk claims of 250,0001. Mr. Hoa:ve appeared for the Bank of England. They did not desire to prevent the dividend being made, provided his Lordship would secure the resi duary fund from being broken in upon hereafter. Great doubts, however, existed as to the tangibility of this fund. The private estate of ►Mr. R. C. Marsh was represented at 30,0001. but his debts amounted to 70,00 W. another part of the assets was a sum of 20,0001. due from a person named Thomas, who was equally insolvent. It was important that the sank should know the grounds of the Commissioners' cal culations, and be assured of the security of the fund. The LORD CMANCRLLOR observed, that the object of the Court in calling for the Commissioners report was to see if it satisfied the Bank of England. flit Lord ship could not decide as to the grounds of the report. Mr. Psituaraone stated, that the report chewed that the assets of cash in hand amounted to 67,4221. and the dividends to be paid, to 92,4001. The balance was to be furnished by sale of real estates. Then the Bank would have to look to the repayment of cash-balances due from persons who had overdrawn their accounts, and who, from that citcurnstance, were not likely to he promptin payment. Why had not the assignees got in these cash balances, which amounted to 77,0801.? There were several items of debts assumed at less than their real amount, leaving a deficiency of 60,0001. The rest of the assets consisted of bonds and mortgages. Mr. MONTAGU, in reply, stated that the Commis sioners knew that the sums which they had assumed as the value of the debts were recoverable. The sum, of 93,8251. had been produced by the sale of houses 'and real property ; it had not yet been paid, but would be in a few days. The other debts were due upon secuiities which were available property. The LORD CNANCALLOR observed, that when the Bank of England said they were not satisfied with'the securities, lie conceived they 'understood the matter .: bet' the Who ma] lx ' -Col - 1011 114- aril • te fe RI in toil as 4 , wes *mot • was had the the real • and div we we' • othi woc acti tion in r an I one on: C: Lo: (0 11 a MC that of tl the lent the accc con( beer trur vitt beer had kin, befo the all trail • elle( in C . Jan% Oat thou his . C 6 1 ,1 coul v i tt false Com trust of tl prov acts to 11.1 moll! gu.lt Call) broil busit in ill of L duty I that Hil bank* It i the C T 1 Aldel Pavit It bait] for Mad slum fer t lW fully Assi: July Mar at B A July peep dtinl tiein a 70 as di o'cle 9. :St d -~--