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been repeatedly attacked by the prisoner Mould, and threatened
with a charge of indecent assault, unless money was given him.
At length, after • good deal of persecution, the prosecutor con.
suited his friends, and a plan was concerted to detect him and his
associate. A meeting being appointed at the Temple-terrace,
money was marked, and officers stationed to apprehend them in
ease they made their appearance; they did attend : Denman in.
listed on having si. ; two sovereigns were given to hint, a signal
was made, and they were bath taken into custody.
r The case was most clearly made nut.
Mr. Pat met 1.11, who defended Denman. took an objection on
behalf of his client, which was overrul.l; and
The Jury interrupted the Judge, when he was about to sum up
the case, and stated that they were all satisfied, and returned a
verdict of Garlity against both the prisoners.
31r. ADOLPHUS, on behalf of the prosecutor, mated, that a
capital indictment in Aliddlesea was pending against Blould, for
having obtained money from the prosecutor, by putting, him in
fear ; but as Mould was considered to be the creature of Damian,
it was not wished to persevere and execute the youth, when the
elder and more:wicked offender was only transported t therefore, on
Monday, with the leave of the Court, they should probably not
offer any evidence on that capital charge.
Mr. Sergeant AnaltlX said, such a course was certainly humane:
bus the prisoners might both rely on being sent out of the country
for their lives.
This indii meat is the first that has been framed on the new Act
of Parliament, passed in the fourth year of his present Majesty.

MARSH, STRACRY, AND GRAHAM'S
BANKRUPTCY.

On Saturday a Meeting was held. before the Commissioners, for
the final examination of the bankrupts, which was numerously
attended by creditors. The balance sheet of each of the bankrupts
was produced separately, and sworn to. They were very volumi-
nous documents.
Alr. Commissioner Delrener said, this was the time for the
creditors to ask the bankrupts any questions respecting the ac-
counts they had delivered in.
Mr. 31AYLIEW said, he wisbel to inquire of the Commissioners,
whether the deficiency of ninety-four thousand pounds, which ap-
peared in the bankrupts' accounts, had been explained to their
satisfaction, as he was prevented by illness from attending the late
examinations A day had been appointed for him to attend at
the Bank, to go through the accounts, but he bad only entered on
the examination when the books were taken away to a meeting that
was held at .Mr. Montague's, and in consequence of being obliged
to attend since at different Assizes, he had no opportunity of ob-
taining the information he desired. What made him so anxious
for an opportunity to examine the books was, his having observed
many entries were made on erasures, particularly in the Stock and
Exchequer Bill accounts.
Mr. Commissioner Late observed, that Mr. Montague, or any
creditor, might put any question to the bankrupts relative to the
erasures.
Mr. F. POLLOCK inquired of Mr. Mayhew for whom he ap-
peared ?
Mr. IllaTnew said for several creditors ; and being asked to
name one, mentioned his brother.
Mr. F. Pou.oci, Counsel for Mr. Stracey, observed, that his
brother's debt was but 79/., and it would be much better for the
estate to pay it in full than incur the expense of the delay of the
proceedings that must take place from protracted examinations.
This proposal met with no support.
Mr. Comintssioner Law asked Mr. Wilkinson, the accountant,
whether there wore merit, erasures in the bankrupts' books ?
Mr. Wilkinson replied, he believed not ten in the whole.
Mr. 31arnew proceeded to examine the bankrnpts, and asked
whether an entry of 2,0241. 3s. 4d., 4th July, 1823, made on an
erasure in the ledger 31, was an original entry ?
Mr. Graham replied, it was a copy from the receiving day-book
of the same date ; he believed the entry to be in Mr. Fauntleroy's
hand.tvriting. He (Mr. Graham) was nut well acquainted with the
principle on which the receiving day-book was kept, but believed
all monies paid into the bank were entered in it. He could not tell
whether the house had any Exchequer Bills of their own that
da as Mr. Faunticroy had the sole management.
Mr. Commissioner LAW observed, that the bankrupts had all
along disclaimed any knowledge of chess Exchequer Bill transac-
tion% and declared they had been entirely carried un by Mr. Faunt-
leroy. They had also disclaimed any knowledge of Martin's pass
book, or of the deficiency.
A Creditor remarked, that probably some of Mr. Fauntleroy's
letters might throw light on the subject.
Mr. LAW said they could not be received as evidence.
Mr. ALsenew said, if the bankrupts disclaimed all knowledge
of the most important transactions in their books, it was useless to
examine them.
Mr. Commissioner LAW said, their answers really amounted to
that.
Mr. GRAHAM, in reply to questions put to him, stated, that
since the house stopped payment he had not male nor altered any
entries in the books, except bringing out the totals of sums already
entered, and believed no entries or alterations had beem made by
others. He could not explain the state of the Exchequer Bill ac-
count in ledger M, by which it appeared that upwards of 3,0001.
more had been paid than was reestved. Two of the hooks had been
sent to 111 r. Fauntieroy to Newgate two days before his execution.
Mr. 31altnEw stated, that the books were sent at his desire. and
he was satisfied no alteration was made, as Mr. Forbes was present
the whole of the time.
Mr. Commissioner LAW inquired whether any creditor could give
any information respecting the bankrupts' estate, or had any ques-
tion to propose to the bankrupts ?
There was no reply.
Mr. LLOYD inquired whether the Commissioners would allow
the bankrupts to pass their final examination, when there was a de.
ficiency of 94,0001. entirely unaccounted for ?
Mr. Commissioner LAW said that the bankrupts had declared On,
oath that they could not account for that deficiency ; they had,'
under the same sanction, answered all the questions put to therm,
and were liable to prosecution and transportation If they had nut
answered truly, and the Commissioners were bound to act on the
answers they had given.
Mr. Paynter submitted to the creditors, on behalf of llr. Stracey,
that his wife's jewels, valued at 6001. should be restored to her.
A Creditor observed, that a considerable property of Mrs. Stm-
cey's had been brought into the business.
Mr. Wilson moved, that Mrs. Stracey's jewels should be restored
to her.
The question was put and carried unanimously.
A Creditor proposed that Colonel Graham's gold watch and
seals, and snuff-box, and his wife's watch and seals, should be re-
stored to them t that, he said, was all Colonel Graham asked.
Mr. Montague observed, that his not asking should be a reason
with the creditors forgiving.
Mr. Wilson moved that Mrs. Graham's jewels, valued at three
hundred pounds, should be restored to her.
The proposal was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Wilson moved that Mrs. Marsh's jewels, which were under
three hundred pounds in ',slue, should he restored to her.
A Creditor objected : be said Mr. Marsh had returned an se-
count, stating his expenses for thirty-two years at six thousand
pounds, and was debtor to the estate of near seventy thousand
pounds, and he believed had brought little or nothing into the
house.
Mr. blush said he brought upwards of 40.0001. into the house,
in the year 1810, in ten days. He borrowed it f. orn a dear friend,
and sold an estate to pay him. Meowed a heavy debt to the house,
but had It not been for the causes that produced the failure, it
would have been all discharged. He had riot asked for any thing ;
it was the liberal proposal of a creditor. He was now at the age of
71, left without a bed, or a table, or even a joint stool. Ile had
placed blind confidence, but no man could say that he had ever
committed a base act.
The Creditor who had opposed the grant of the jewels said he
withdrew his opposition, and the proposal was then agreed to
unanimously.
The bankrupts passed their final examination, and the Meeting
adjourned.

Foaozxy.—Ms. Savaay.—We have received from our
Bristol correspondent the following decisive intelligence
relative to the fate of Savary. Great expectations were en-
tertained by Savary and his distressed relatives that the
fatal sentence would be commuted into transportation for
life, and this opinion was strengthened by the considera-
tion that the commission of the offence was in ignorance of
the law. But the principle ignorantir non excused Irr,
it appears, would not avail the prisoner, and accordingly,
previous to the departure of Lord Gifford (the Recorder),
from Bristol, the execution of Savary was ordered for
Tuesday, the 26th instant. Thus, in all human probabi-
lity, will another misguided young man pay the prema-
ture forfeit of his life, to the severe penal statute applicable
to this offence.—.tirinday Monitor.
Duet. PARVENTED.—SaturcIay morning, between five
and six o'clock, as a party of the road patrol were coming
off duty at their station near Clapham Common, they ob-
served four carriages draw up, from which several gentle-
men de'cended, and immediately walked to a retired part
of the Common. The patrol suspecting that they were
about to proceed to hostilities, direnly followed them, and,
on coming up, one of the gentlemen appeared to be mea-
suring the ground, whilst another was engaged in loading
a case of pistols. The conductor of the patrol, on perceiv-
ing these insignia of warfare, jumped over the wall which
divided him from the combatants, and, in the King's name,
charged them to desist. One of the principals (as he proved
to be) questioned the officer's authority, when the latter
produced his staff, and giving a preconcerted signal, the
remainder of the patrol jumped in, and the four persons
actually concerned, namely, the principals and seconds,
were taken into custody, and were subsequently bound over
to keep the peace, before George Harrison, Esq. a Magis-
trate of the county. The principals were, 11. T. Fether-
stone, Esq. and Captain Lawrence, R.N.; the former se-
conded by Mr. T. Irvine, the latter by Major Jones, of the
East India Company's service.
A carpenter fell into No. 2, Graving Dock, Liverpool,
on Thursday night last whilst undocking a vessel, and
was drowned. He has left a wife and seven 'children.