The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-13 00:00:00

IN RE LORD ARTHUR PELHAM
CLINTON.

In the Court of Bankruptcy, in London, on
Tuesday, Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton, who is
brother of the Duke of Newcastle, applied by att•
journinent to pass his examination. The matter has
been before the Court on several occasions, and
at a former sitting the bankrupt was ordered,
on the application of creditor, to render a cash
account extending over the 12 months preceding
the date of adjudication, awl also an account
of the disposal of all property which had come
into his possession during the same period. The bank-
rupt, who was formerly M.P. for Newark, attributes
his failure to insufficiency of income. A brief outline
of the accounts has already been published. The bank-
rupt's liabilities amount to £34,134, of which a sum of
1:20,6,1) is due to unsecured creditors, embracing jewel-
lers, wine merchants, lanolin, and others ; with assets
returned at £5.000, being the estimated value of the
bankrupt's reversion of £7,500 payable to him on the
death of hie mother, lint it would appear that an
assignment of this reversion has been made.
Mr. Roberts adverted to the proceedings at former
sittings and said that the debts were huge—upwards
of £30,000. The bankrupt's interest in the reversion
had been mortgage 1 to money-lenders at the west end
of London, against whom proceedings in equity were
pending at the instance of the assignees, and it was an-
ticipated that something would be obtained for the
creditors. The bankrupt was in the receipt of £4OO
per year under the will of his father, but the assignees
found that the trustees hail an absolute discretion in
the application of the money, and it was not likely
that anything would be obtained from that source.
The bankrupt's half pay as a lieutenant in the navy
had been assi med. The assignees believed that the
bankrupt hail given every possible information in re-
gard to his affairs, and they did not, therefore, oppose
his passing on the accounts tiled pursuant to the (odes
of the Court.

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Mr. Bagley appeared for Mr. Soap.llpage, a creditor
for £603; Messrs. Emmanual, jewellers, of Portsea ;
and other creditors, and examined the bankrupt.

Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton stated that Messrs. Ortner,
Molds, and Co. were creditors for £1,604, for jewelry and
other articles supplied. lle could not tell the precise dates
if the receipt of the goods, but ho thought from 1862 to
1864. A portion of the Jewelry he took to era with hint and
made presents to the officers of his ship. The remainder he
placed In the hands of Mr. lianrott, his solicitor, as security
for money °wine to hint and for work to be done. Ile was
not aware that 31r. Ilanrott hail disposed of the Jewelry; he
believed not.

His Honour, referring to the file of proceedings, ob-
served that a portion of the goods were not delivered
by the jewellers.

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The bankrupt, in continuation, said that he presented
£lOO worth of the Jewelry to the officers of the ship,
and various other friends had the residue. Ile did not
return Mr. Ilamott as a secured creditor. In 1a,05 he
received a suit of diamonds and emeralds from Messrs.
lletherington Slat Graham, of Nottingham. It was ex-
hibited at Nottingham as a presentation on his part on
account of the Masonic Mee. Ile gave it to a lady
now dead, who was then on the stage From Messrs.
Einamieh of Portsea, he obtained goods of the value of
£lO5. The account had been running since 1850, and he
had pail the firm several stints of money. One item was
for an outfit and others for presents. Ile gave a chest, con-
taining plate and cutlery, and charged at £2lO, to Mr. Jones,
sub-lieutenant the Revenge. lie could not say what had
become of the whole of the property, but Ile believed that
he gave one article In antique wood to his eldest brother.
He knew Mr. Attenberough, the pawnbroker, and had
pledged goods with him, lie had receipts from Mr. Atten-
borough, which were stolen by his (bankrupt's, servant slur-
lug his absence in Ireland on a visit On his return to Eng-
land he c ntplaineel that its drawers at his chande,rs
in the Albany had been opened and his proper: y abstracted.
lie charged his servant with the robbery, but he
slid not give information to the pollee. Ills servant
remained with him for three or four months alt-r
his return. Front Mr. Ratcliffe, of Fall-mall, he obtained
pictures of the ratite of EllO One he gave to Mr. Ilanrott,
his solicitor, as a birth-day present lie knew Mr. Fleming,
a pawnbroker, and he pledged goods with him, aut he could
ant give the description of them. To Messrs. Russell and
Allen he gave a check on Messrs. Colitis for goods, which
was not honoured in consequence of certain leeacy duty not
being pail. From Meseta. Grant and Gash he had purchased
ladies' attire, lie denied that he hail a roulette table at his
chambers in the Alioany ; he did not know that play was
carried on there. Ile received motley from Mr. Farquhar,
jolt he did not know what had become of it except that at
had been expended hi living.
'The bankrupt was then examined by Mr. Griffiths In regard
hi articles of jewelry obtained front Messrs. Hancock slid
Messrs. Nowell and James. Ile stated that he presetited
diamond ring, value £75, to a young lady to whom he was
engaged to be married. When the marriage was broken off
he received back lie ring, and presented it to another lady
whose name he could supply. To his intended wife he gave
in all five diamond rings. A diamond star he presented to a
lady ; he heard that it had been pledged. Other articles ot
Jewelry had been stolen from him, but by whom he hail led
the slightest idea. Ile did not remember that he had pledged
a diamond ring purchased from Messrs. Howell and James.
Ile was indebted tea person calling himself the 'Fire King"
in the sum of £1,300 on ac, a' rad for performances. At the
time of the contract he had intended to become the lessee of
the Royalty theatre.

After hearing some remarks from the learned counsel
on the accounts, his Honour said be had not the
slightest doubt that the bankrupt ought to pass his
examination. The jewelry in ref rence to which he had
been examined was purchased three or four years ago,
and, although he had disposed of it foolishly, there was
no reason to suppose that he had concealed anything.
If any creditor wished to examine Mr. Hanrott he could
do so, hut, subject to a necessary amendment in the
accounts, the bankrupt would pass his examination,
and the consideration of the order of discharge would
be adjourned.