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RUN. ALEt pirel joy were pkin, flever Slievn pc r. ,s a* nwnt Old lOLISC nded shed qth :AM, mbe r rd to SUN d of elder a of• hree his C as the: the reei. ini y est- zI by oN ring the t hat N'NI. en. ed. Earl liked. Es. by iERr 1, It f the give :~dici !lust ith. ardi the! covlr at citioxvt?; of rag. on ,bop Mr. og less LINCOLN'S-INN HALL, Aid. i 3. LATHROP? MUILRAY'S DAIMIttII-TCY. Tuts Petition was called on at ten o'clock, when IVIr. PENIBERtON requested it might stand over till twelve, in order that Mr. Gill, the Petitioning Creditor, might make an Affidavit. Mr. PAtitt soN, the Solicitor, he said, used every endea.. your to-find him, and had flirtunately met with him yesterday. The LORD CHANCELLOR adjourned the Petition for two hours, but Mr. Gill's Affida vit was not forthcoming. The SqIOCITOR GENERAL (Mr. Stittort) opened th Atbem, which prayed . on the part o f L a . , throp Murray, that the Bankruptcy might be su perseded 'at the exvence of the Petitioning Creditor, Gill, and the bond assiglied, and that he might also pay the costs of this application. The Soli citor General then stated from the Petition, that in February last, John King opened a Bank in Portland-place, and that the Petitioner, Who was an inexperienced young man of good family, and possessed of an estate in Shropshire, was about that time introduced to him; that King frequently invited him to dinner, and entertained him in a Must sump tuous manner, with French wines, and all kinds of luxuries ; displayed a superb sideboard of plate, and by his style of living, induced the Petitioner to think he was a man of considerable fortune. On one of these occasions, after the bottle had.circu lated pretty freely, King called the Petitioner into : bis stony, and expatiated on the immense - profits of Banking. Ohierving that the Petitioner placed faith in what he said, he proposed to him to come a Partner with him in a Bank at West,Fel ton,'in Shropshire ; and he drew oett art agreement to that erred, which the Petitioner signed. A day or two afterwards King talked openly of the Peti tioner being a Partner in the Bank at Portland_ place, upon which the Petitioner remonstrated with him upon the impropriety of his conduct. Icing asserted that the paper he had signed was a regular Partnership Agreement, and authorized, him to issue Notes, and further, that if the Peti_ . boner refused to enter into Partnership Deeds for twenty done years, he would ruin him. Terrified at his threats, the Petitioner consented to sign them, 19t he had since discovered, that at the time of en-• tering into such Partnership, Notes had been issued under, t h e former agreement, and had been disho. ? I (34`".'aild that Levison Prescott - had taken the belAk4pan Insolvent At. He therefore deter #ll yea lo` iit an end to the conneCtion he had im prudently 'engaged in ; but King, although no Ilanking business had been done by the Film, had issued Notes in their joint names to the enormous amount' of ±36,0001. He had delivered many of them to Mr. Gill, a linen-draper, of Oxendon, street, to whom the Petitioner, on his private ac. Count owed a debt of :31'. The Partnership ho. ing been dissolved, King proceeded to effect the, ruin of the Petitioner through the medium of Gill, who, though conscious the Petitioner was only in, debted to him in .the sum of z3l. thought proper to swear the spm of 3001. was due to him upOn ;fry difFeren t notes of band drawn by the Firm. Nor, 'withstanding he had before..caiied upon the Peti tionet, and told flirt% that, except for: the Y3l.tit Ito no claim whate' 'upon him, be ilk; tajcen Cl{ p Commission of` Bankruptcy founded upon the Partnership debt: A eoniiderable doubt might he raised, whether there had been any trading at 13 Y the Firm, which commenced in . March and dissolved in April, without ever having done any business but that of issuing, its own Notes ; but that was nor the ground of the present Application. The Petitioner contended there was no Petitioning creditor's Debt; that the bills Gill had received Were a fraud on the Partners, and that Gill knew • it, and was pricy to the fraud. This unforttinate'• . young man had • been dazzled by the French 'wines; - the.sideboarci of. plate, and Lady Lanesbo. rough . at the head of the table. He thought that tite! , ,,ittport of such prnan as Mr. King, he , alight ativianogeously carry on a Banking-house in -Shin-litre; in which County his estate lay, but • he nevee.: originally had an idea of becoming a partner in the Portland-place Bank. Soon after • be had been frightened into, tire Partnership, King applied to him to sign a security in order to re deem his sideboard of plate, which had been taken in execution. This the Petitioner had refused to do. Mr. Solicitor-General added, that Gill Was a mere creature of King's, employed by him to dis_ .. count and negotiate his Bills among those who were so silly and brainless as to attach a value to them beyond that of the slip of paper on which they were written. It was admitted that Gill had supplied the Petitioner with Irish Linens to the amount of 131, for which lie applied to the Peti tioner, and afterwards to his mauler, atating that it was the whole of his demand, and that if she Would pay it, he had nothing further to do -with her Sun, but would extricate him from King, who was in his power—whom he held beiWeen his finger and his thumb. The Learned .Solicitor .General therefore submitted, that there was no Petitioning Creditor's debt sufficient to ground a _Bankruptcy, and that the Commission ought to be superseded. ' Mr. CooKE, on the same side, said it was ad- Thitted that Gill was not a- Creditor beyond 4-31: otherwise than as the holder of partnership notes ; • and it had been decided, that Such a debt could not be made the grounc'. of a Commission against an in.: dividual Partner. PEMB E %row, on the other side, said, that it Vitas in vain for . the Petitioner to hope that the po . Pular prejudice against Mr. John King would serve . " this Court, into which such prejudices never : Onto • :in speaking of the Petitioner, he really for. : _,_;ilol);!iitiliat name 'he was to call him—he had had fahers, grandfathers, and rich relations, all leaving him estates, which obliged him to change • his name, that he was quite at a loss by what name to ball'him now. (Ili: Lordship told him that his description in the Pleadings was Fenton Brown Clark Latbropp, claiming to be a Baronet). Mr. PEMB ER. TO N , in repeating this description, by mistake, said claiming to be a Bankrupt, and proceeded to comment in severe terms on the audacity of the Petitioner, % ?1 1 9did..pot . Lcruple to come forward and represent himself as an innocent young man, a dupe to the practices of artful men, and who knew nothing of the transaeiiOni of tills Pattriership, although had been clearly proved at Guildhall; at the time this Commission was granted, that Many of the notes which for Med the Petitioning Creditor's bill were in Lathropp's hand-writing. It was true, that Mr. Gill; who stied out this Commission., Was pleased . to keep out of the way, and not to support the Com mission he had obtained ; still, the other creditors, Who had proved their debts under it, had a right to support it as a valid Commission, and prove the Pe-, thinning Creditor's debt. He then produced the affidavit of a Mr. Bitch, described as cif Monkwell street, Merchant. This affidavit stated, that Mr; Birch had proved a debt . under : the Cothmission, of 15061. for articles furnished to4Wf l artnership, par ticularly for Pantaloons. Thi - Staleirferit occasidn ing a laugh, the Learned Couritel admitted; it was the praEtice of the Portland-place Bank to get as many articles of every kind as they . could procure credit for, and to make use of those ar ticles as capital for their establishment"; but it Mr. Gill had really furnished the linen, and they had sent it to the next pawn-broker's shop to taise money upon, still Mr. Gill could prove such a debt as warranted him in suing out this Commission. This affidavit also stated that Lathropp had, in a conversation with Mr. Birch, acknowledged Gill's debt. The SOLTCITOR GENERAL said, this Mr. Birch, who describes himself as a Merchant in Monkwell street, was searched for in vain .in that street ; it was true, that in the neighbourhood there was a man of the name of Birch who lodged in a garret. The present Petition was presented in the name of Robert . William Felton Latbropp Brown Mtirray Clarle, claiming tobe a Baronet ; and it was stated that he had assumed the naines of Brown and Clarke from having married a Lady of the name of Clarke, who was entitled to a considerable estate from her Grandfather, whose name was Brown. Mr, Gill did not appear. ' He was disavowed by his Counsel, and even by his Solicitor. The LORD CHANCELLOR.—" No one can see such a scene as this proceeding has exhibited, with out shuddering at the idea, that there should be persons in the world so wicked and so foolish, as to present themselves under such disgraceful aspels in a Court of Justice. I am at a loss how to aa, when I see that the Public have been swindled out of such a sum as 136,0001. by the Fi4titious Notes of a pretended Bank. lam not inclined to assist any -of the parties by the authority of this Court. If people will entevioto so nefarious a speculation as that of setting tip a Bank by buy. ing Pantaloons, what right haVe - they,'after they find themselves involved in difficulties by their villany, or by their impudence, to come to the Court of Chancery t' set them right ? My difficulty in interfering is this—upon what prin. ciple of duty to the Publicrcan I' relieve those who arc either wicked, or even weak enough to engage in so abominable a •transaetion as this is, with re gard to all the parties implicated in it ? In a case where the world has been so grossly deceived and imposed upon, I do not conceive there is the least injustice in refusing the extraordinary interposition of this Coutt in superseding the Bankruptcy. Let the party wits has brought himself into this predicainent iiy his own folly, if he really was the v 7 aim of imposition, appedi to the Courts of Law; which are open to him—let him bring his Aetion against the Assignees, or the Messenger who took r possess* of his property. ,I do not think I ought to afford him any assistance." It was stated by the Petitioner's Counsel, that neither the Assignees, or the Commissioners Mes senger, had ever possessed themselves of any pro perty, and therefore there was no person against . whom an aaion could be brought. LORD CHANCELLOR.—^" I can make no Or der now. I will consider what I ought to The business thus ended for the present. His Lordship will. no doubt declare his opinion in due time. r • - • This proceeding, on account of the notoriety of the parties, excited an uncoinrtion agree of pub lic curiosity. The Hall was croulied4ith'Auditors. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.—A circumstance as singular and extraordinary as it is wicked and atro— cious, occurred on Wednesday last, in the Parish of St. Andrew's Holborn ; it shews that some dark deed is working, which probably this publication may defeat :—A young woman, genteelly dressed, went to the Workhouse of St. Andrew's Parish, and applying to the Overseers, desited to know , whether they could provide a Wet nurse for a Lady of considerable rank and fortune. They informed her there was a young woman - who had just lain in of a fine healthy child. It was 'sliewn her ; she, praised its beauty, observed it was a lovely infant, and that the mother of such a sweet child was, no doubt, exaaly the person the Lady wanted. She said she would inform the Lady, and call again.— She returned in the evening, again kissed and praised the child, and requested permission to take. it to chew the Lady, who was waiting near the place in her carriage. The child was intrusted to' her care, but she never afterwards made her ap_ pearAnce with ir. Every search and•inquiry was made, but-without effea; no clue preSenteditself to the discovery of who she was, and the whole . affair is wraps in mystery and conjedure. The unfortu nate mother has ever since been in a state bordering upon distrattion. A novel kind of funeral took place a few days ago at itiyleigh. Mr. J. Downs, a farmer, who died at the age of 6.4., ordered that his. body should be drawn on his own waggon to the place of inter ment, by four of his own horses; they were led by four of his workmen, clothed in new leather jack ets, and each wearing a pair of hetigivg . gloves. Died on Saturday evening, in B:eptrord-square, Mrs. LE VERTON, wife of .11Wi 1 L1 1 4ERToN archi te&, in the 56th year of her'ageianti., the 36th of their marriage. After suffering a lingering illness of more than two years, she was on Thursday morning last struck with -a palsy,. which, notwith standing the exertions of the most eminent of the Faculty, admitted of no relief, but rapidly brought on her dissolution. Her loss is much-and sincerely lamented by her family and friends, to whom her domestic and christian virtues were at once an ex ample, and a theme of admiration and praise. Af R. WINDILIg. • , • , 'flit attacks which have Leen thade bY the Jaco bin Writers iipon this Geritlernan since his failure at; go-Tr.:4;;cti, are as nialevolenias they are unjust i lint• as no man his been athorepOwerftil enemy tci those persons; on Mari more fully deserves the honiiiir of their abuse. We differ widely in icidie . af our OA tied opinions froth Mr: WlNDH'id,f, but that dif ference of opinion ean never m a k e us cease to ad mire Me manliness of his charaCter, the powers of his Mind, or the uprightness and disinterestedness of his conduit. Fsuiss, as a Ptiblic Man, we think he has—but they,are faults into which the most ho nour:Able Principles betray him Like many of the pupils of . Mr: BilkKE'S School; he will admit no ex'. ceptions to his rules, no qUalification of his opi nions. He reasons :ably and acutely upon all points which become the subjet of his refleaion, but we think he often reasons and ads like a man who has deeply considered the theories upon the point in question, without having correeted the errors into which his theories lead; by an observa tion of the praaice which is applicable to them: His speeches in the House of Commons are full of _ingenuity, they charm every person who has atten tion and penetration enough to follow him into all the nice divisions of his argument, but they some times want that plain down-right common sense which alone convinces plain men—they often rather exhibit the powers.of his understanding, than his just conception of things—they are thought by some persons to consist only of subtle refinements, and, perhaps, more frequently excite admiration, .than enforce.ccooviaion. Mr. Bo RKE and his Disciples appear to us to err, chiefly by pushing their opinions to extremes— . they seem to forget that there are many proposi tions true to a certain point, but which, beyond a fixed limit, become fallacious and absurd. It is the province of common sense and judgment to discover to 'what degree such propositions are just. There is 7 no source of error more common, even among en lightened minds, than that of supposing that the reasonings applicable to the conduct of human life are as certain and invariable as the rules of Arith metic, or the principles of Mathematics. But let it never be forgotten, that to this Man and to others, who were (by those who wished to lull us into a delusive security), opprobriously term ed Alarmist:, we owe, at this moment, perhaps our very existence As, a Nation ; but certainly the preservation of our Constitution. He will ever de serve our gratitittle;- and that of the whole Nation, for his exertions at the period to which we refer. The only material point in which we differ from Mr. WINDHAM, is in his conduft respelling the Peace,. and here we think his opinions were carried to an extreme. We think with him, and with almost every man in the Country, that the War was just and necessary ; but, if without attaining the best and most desirable objects which were looked for, there arose a crisis in which, under all considera tions, the adoption of Peace on reasonable terms, be came more advantageous to the Country than the continuance of the War, that moment ought to have been, and was, we think, wisely Seized upon by His Majesty's Ministers. We do not accuse him of having wished never to be at Peace with France, but at the moment the Treaty was signed, he thought War preferable to Peace, and he thought so in our opinion without having looked into the means we possessed of carrying on the War ; or at least with out having fully weighed the sacrifices we must have made for the probable. attainment of any ad vantages which the further prosecution of the War held out to us. The opinion to which we have alluded, is the only point of union between Mr. WINDHAM and the Party with which he appears lately to have con_ netted himself.—That Party is small in number, and the voice of the Nation is against them--If they ever rise into importance, it must be by the force of their abilities alone- 7 ---collateral aids they have none —and amongst ts' ablest supporters there is a great want or those' engaging and conciliatOry manners which. Mr. W1N3414m possesses in so eminent a, degree. In private. life, Mr. WINDHAM, as he is sans peur, so is -he sans reproche. He is a Gentleman and a Scholar. His acquaintance is sought by every man who admires the manly spirit and chary tee'- of an Englishman, softened, but not weakened, by urbanity and politeness. His society is courted by all those.who have experienced its charms, and the warmth of his heart betrays him even into extrava gant pretensions and unreasonable pursuits in the service of his friends. We rejoice that such a Man as we have described is again elected to Parliament.—Though we may not think him a safe Politician in all points . — upon how many questions which may occur, may his enlightened mind most usefully display itself I Yet, to such a man, the Elec!tors of Norwich have preferred William Smith ! The last time we cnquir ed into the state of the trade of Norwich, we were told that all the demand was for the coarsest stAfs ; and they appear to have applied the rule which was trent for their Crates and Muslius to the manufac- Lure of their Members . of Parliament. The Inn-keeper at Guildford, of whose bad ners. Mr. GARROW thought proper to complain to the Bench, has come forward and published the Bill of Fare, exaftly as it was placed on the Table, at which twenty_five of the Counsel sat down—lt was as follows ;. Mock Turtle, Turbot, Fowls, Pigeon l'ye, Elam, Yore' .Q,,yarter of Lamb, Three Ribs of Beef, - Breast: of Veal, • :Lamb Pye, Fowls, Mock Turtle. Tlic Removes consisted of a C r.en (loose, two couple of Ducks, Pies, Tartu, &e. eze. and all this for Four Shdlings a bead ! The Temple, it is said, is at present a, full as the &utile ever was in the time of the Monarchy in France.' Sir FRANCIS BURDETT would perhaps think it necessary to inquire into the truth of this report, if it did notrelate to a French Prism. cc}:iiii I ±; A lyoY • • P Tg ACID CAL/LkE Rg OH s ur, ay, the party of Gnat& and Light goons, the:Police Offic-rs, rem lined at the house of Mr. Brent; and the neighbtArhaokt of Green. land Dock, but e..ery thing remained perfcEtly find no inclination appeared on the part of the men to assemble Or to behave in a riotous manner: ,VIr.GRAfTAM, the Magistrate Bow-sfreetiwtsh ing to make himself t'etfecty waster of the qtteStion at issue bet Ween the Masters and the Men, called Meeting of the Masters on Sulidgy evening at Mr. WE LLs's house, and ahmlt t:even of them met him; an' after hearing their case, and their ideas as to bringing the husings to an amicable settlement, re comm6oded a friendly Meeting to take fittce be tween theM and the Men, Nnd most . iild.ciously of fered td be the arbittator, which was accepted by the Maoers: _ A Deputation was appointed, and joint meeti-ng held yesterday Morning, at the Acorn public-house, bet Ween seven and eight o'clock; at which Mr. GRAHAM, agreeable to promise, presided. It appeared, that during the War there was so much work for Ship-builders, that there Was no re.: gular rule by Which they worked, but the Masters wished to have as much, work done as they could pos. sibly get executed, atia encouraged their men to work by the piece, so that frequently they Carnt seven or eight shillings a day. On the return of Peaee, the business began to slacken, and the Masters proposed to the men to return to the plan of paying by the day, as before the War, at the rate of 61 a day, which the men had agreed to, provided they were petmit. ted to work extra hours, so as to make their pay amount to is.' a day, which was refused by the Masters, they not wanting any extra work pertorm. ed. The men then proposed to have ss, a day,-and Work during the light, winter and summer ; but the Masters refused to consent to this, stispeding if they admitted the principle Of Ssi a day, 'that the nrcn in the Summer, after wotking twelve hours, woilld de mand for the extra hoUrs ; hit had never explained their apprehensions to th 6 men. And bore ['tinged the question which has been the cause of every thitt unpleasant that has taken place ; for on Mr. GltAxiiLm putting the question to the Masters as to the ss. a day, he found they had no objedion to accede to the proposition, except in as far as extra charges might have followed upon it from the men. The Deputation from the men assured the MaOt rate and their Masters, that none Of the merlhad ever: entertained any such' idea. The Worthy Magistrate having succeeded in bringing the patties to arrundersranding, instructed the Deptitation to obtain in the course of the day the sentiments of the general body. It was between eight and nine o'clock last. night before they re.. turned with the answer, when they waited upon Mr. GRAHAM, at Mr. WELLS'S house, who was at.. tended by Messrs. WELLS, BRENT, DEADMAN, BARNARD, and the other principal Builders. The Deputation reported that they had consulted the general body, who direded them to agree in the terms proposed of Ss. a-day. The Magistrate informed them oti behalf of the Masters, that in agreeing to this, it . must be per. fee ly understood, that the Men in!,st return to their duty ; and as a pledge of this disposition, the six• men composing the Deputation should return to their work this morning ; which they i without the least hesitation, assureXthe Magistrate hey w o uld ; at the same time, they wished to r.l.ke a con dition, that they should nor work with' the men from the King's Yards ; and that the men who had been apprehended should not be prosecuted. Mr. GRAHAM informed them it was impossi ble tot the question, whether the men who came- from the King's Yards should be then di,.. missed, to be then considered ; and as to the ques tion respelling the men not being prosecuted, they committed a most heinous crime, by continuing as.. sembled in a riotous and tumultuous manner after the Riot Ad had been read ; they were in•the hands of the Law, and they must take the due course. This appeared to satisfy them, and they retired,' promising to return to their work. The favourable turn to this unpleasant business was sent off express by Mt. GRAHAM, by one of the light Horse, to the Lords of the Admiralty. The dispute with the Caulkers still remains with out being in the least train of settlement. Yesterday a warrant was issued upon informa tions against a number of them. as ringleaders in the riot of Saturday morning ; but they all escaped the vigilance of the officers, except one of the name of Carpenter, who offered bail, but•on his sureties appearing before the Magistrate, the recognizance required being himself in tool. and two sureties in col. each,• the sureties declined being hound in such large sums ;• 'and he was committed to Dartford • _ _ Yesterday morning, between so and Jo men from the kino Dock-yards at Chatham and Sheerness, went to work in the Yards of Messrs. Bre . n r, Wells, and De . adman, and last night between 3o and 4o more arrived. We lament to have to add, th:1!, in consequence of the great exertions and anxiety felt by Mr. RAN. DALL in his endeavours to repress the riotous con_ dust of the workmen on Saturday, he was seized with a. violent illness, and notwithstanding every assistance from the faculty, he died yesterday at twelve o'clock. A cause of uncommon interest to the friends of both parties, ,viz. TRICK AIIDERTON, for a Breach of - Promise of Marriage, came on to be tried at the last Assizes at Exeter, in the Sheriff's Court, before the Sheriff' of Devon and a Special Jury, to assess the quantum of damages ; when, after many learned arguments - on both . sides the question, the Sheriff summed up the ..evidence to the Jury, who returned a verdia of 5001. damages for the Plaintiff. The Coprt was much crowded on the occasion. Friday, a poor emaciated Sailor, seemingly- in the last moments of life, through sickness and want, sat on the steps of a Gentleman's door, in Rathbone-placa. The Gentleman very humanely sent for the Parish Officers, and had him taken to the workhouse, where he scarcely arrived, when he expired.