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their creditors. (Cries from she boaniers of the room, Thr!
might have paid " 33.011(t,1. on Saturday, but t'tey also ruccived aa
much motley as they ccuhl stuff.")
The Crialitlfaat asked if 'litre was any ene from the hens. et
Marsh and Co. in the room, or any other person who could give
information •t•

No one coming forwanl.
31r. Ciuditeow said that one object of the:then' was, to
quire an explanation of Nash and Co. why tisey stopped. Their
partner becomirg a felon was r.is reason fur a suspension of the
payments el tha house, and he thcught *Committee ought to be
appointed to receive an ex•danation on the subject.
31r. Tunxwm..t. observed, tbn: these partial 3leetinp could do
no good. (Here the speaker's rose was drowned with hisses and
cries of doer., sit down—oldoli.") This noise, he s.t.id,
might make him longer, it could act possibly snorten his speech.
lie thought there were transactions enough to make the other part-
ners of toe horse stop payment. He ...weld titer, that sfno
Leven
dinohed
couldiestrirr:inure.iaistTartlto give iniormation, the Meeting should
(Groans, hisses, and every description of noise followed this pro.
posed resolution.]
` Are you a creditor, 3lt. Thelwall 1" was vociferated from all
?arts of the room.
I sm." said Mr. Thelwall, " and have been so for these six-
teen years. I wish to protect my -,..topisty SO well as other tnen do
theirs." . . .

—.—
Alter a most violent contention, the motion was put and lost by
a great ma)ority.
A prison near the table stated, that if the Bank of Eni,land had
no claim on the firm it would pay :Os. in the pound.
'A proposal was, in this stage of the proceedings made, that a
Column:iv of six of the creditors be uppotnted, with power to
add to their numbers, for the. purpose of collecting information for
the treat:cr., and of endearcuring to point out who were fit and
proper persons to act as assignees. and to report the same to a
general meeting of the creditor% before the meeting for the ap.
pointment of assignees should 'eke place.
This proposal was followed up by a second, that eine should
form ..he Committee, with power to add to their numbers. when
A person prff.osed that tm person. who was not a creditor to the
amount of 1,0001. should act on the Committee.
This placed the Meetir.g on the hams of a dilommn for they had
named nine credit*. as k.or.:miver-mcn, the great proportion of
whom were not 1.A.01. credttors. The mover of this last resolution
would not give war • and after a moat wormy discussion, the niotkm
was put rind carried, there were only sir creditors to the stuouut
reTrirtd in the moat, wbo would act. rm.—.
31r. it'. Ilan. New.stratt, Dorset...square; Mr. T. Dawson,
Great Merlberongh.strret Mr. Cbaner, I:und-street ; Ur.
J. Ilutch:r.s: le. J. F. Gar t and Mt. J. Rogers. • • .
These creditors were altiniewl,e appointed a Committee far the
purposes w'ooee stated, witb.power to add to their numbers.
In the coure of the discussion rclative to the appointment of a
Committee.

......
31r. TUZLIVALL moral, That this meeting do adjourn, fee the
purpose of csllfeg at,ofisec more extensive mevting, so it appeared
that there acre 1,600 creditors or the firm. and there were not abase
1.7,n praent.
r.totion was lost by acclamation; and Mt. Meisel!, olw.
sets cd, in one of h:s ctforts to put u, that the meeting was " a
chaos of rudeness."

As soon es the resolution r,spteting the Committee was put from
from the Chair, and curried,
Mr. Tut LWALL took up his hat. and sai•t that :he meeting was
dissolved, tor it had two incongruous resolutions btforc it—one was
that a Committee of nine sliculd be appointed ; and afterwards.
that a Committee of six could be formed ; and both repolutious
costld not be adopted.
A person in the middle said something which we did not hear,
but which we imagine was in hostility to Mr. Thelwall; for lie
stepped farward and told the indiridua, that he had hater go out
of the room with him, and not insult him there. Hisses and
groans in profusion toll/awed this remark; and Mrs Theiwall re.
turned to his scat, and said he should remain to the close of the
meeting, to see who would venture to insult him as he went away.
rroon after this the thanks of the 3lecting were toted to the
Chairman, and it was dissolved at about four o'clock.

OLD BAILEY.
SATURDAY. SF:I'7EII3ER IC.

FORGERT.--Miciael Mopre, an elderly and respectable-look,.
ing-man, was capitally' indicted for uttering forged receipts, in his
character of purser to his Majesty's ship Liverpool. The uttering
was alternately allergic' as committed with intent to defraud his
Majesty, or to defraud Mrs. Twyubatn, eXOCUtIiI of William
Twynharn, his predecessor as purser to the Liverpool.
Mr. DOLL&YD, for the prosecutor, said, the Liverpool bed been
stationed in the' East Indies, when the prisoner. rho had been
Captain's clerk, was appoitherj. puma, on the death of Wm. Tarp-
' ham. A bill drawn upon the Vietualitrig Board, for more than
3001. was duly honoured, In expectation of the regular vouchers
being forwarded by the prisoner. Upon investigation suspicions
arose, sad a letter was written to the prisoner calling for explana-
dons. In answer to this demand. the tined signatures to receipts
now in question were presented. iilten the prisoner was taken into
custody, luster:ads for transferring front a genuine signature an
imam imitation was found upon him. He was not tried for the for-,
gory; but for uttering the forged documents.
Witnesses were called iu =Avon of these facts.
The prisoner, without saymg any thing in his defence, called
screwed witnesses, who spoke to his general respectability and
Wilir"Y'
Ir. Justice GassLin surrancd up the evidence, and the Jury,
liner deliberating about twenty minutes, returned& verdict of Nut
Oul4.
TUE NEW COCET.
Pet:4- Gar.lncr was indicted for stealing one piece of east iron
pipe, the property of the Imperial Uas and Coke Company, on the
fah July, and JoinDetd,ar lot feloniously receiving the same,
knowing it to be stolen.
Mr. Sergeant ADAII3 stated the case for the proseution.
Evideaty was (=lied, who proved the ofrence against Dunbar...
Several respectable witnesses were called to Dunhar's character.
The COMMON SERGEANT, in *notating up, stated his opinion
' that the evidence of concealment of the property by Dunbar
amounted to nothing. Dunbar had, however, acted with great
want of caution and prudeocc ; the pipe was new, and appeared. to
have been purchased without asking any questions oho the man
was, or how he came possessed of it.
The Jury returned a verdict of Grilty against Csidner, and
acquittal Dunbar.

MIDDLESEX SESS:'OXS,
SAII;IIDAT. SEPT. 1..

David' Edwards was charged with defrauding Pam Duncan of
the sum of 21.

Mr. ALLEY stated the case to the Jury. It rasa prosecution
Instituted by the Metropolitan Law Society against the prisoner.
lye was a hanger-on at some of the Pollee offices, and had on the
present occasion undertaken to defend the brother of the prosecu-
tor but towards the y crformance of which undertaking had not
performed a single act. Ile should call Use witnesses, and it would
then be tor the Jury to judge whether he was guilty or not.
Peter Duncan (a siative of the Emerald Isle). in whose face the
essence of potatoes, good nature, aral simplicity were beaming,
now aeared.
Mr. ALLEY—NOW, Peter, tell your men story.
Witness—By my word, I will, sir. My brother, you know, was
in a bit of trouble, why, a rape, I believe you call it ; and so I
thought I might as well try what I could do to get hint out of the
law. I'm no Lawyer myself, and so I thought I'd go to look for
somebody that was. So, I sc.a this man, at the bar, and I says to
him, says I, " Are you any thing in the law ?" " Oh, no,' says
he. " but I'm as good as that. "Oh ! that's all one," says I,
" My brother has got into a queer business, and so I want to see
him out On the law." "Oh !" says he, "if that's all you want,
I'll do that." " What'll you do it for?" says I. " Three pound
fist at a word," says he. " That's a great dale," aye j, " but
I'll do what I can. So I got a pound then, and I have it him
afterwanla. And then I gut him twenty shillings in silver, and I
promised to get hint another pound in mix weeks after. '• But,"
says I, ". who arc we to have for a Counsel ?" " ! I dare say
now," say. he, " you want that Irish fellers, Phillips ?" " Indeed
I do." says I. "O f got a great deal better man than Mat for
you." So I thought it was all right, but when the trial came as,
the devil a Counsel I seen ; and my pour brother was convicted,
and made to sanro lii months at the Trtndmill,

Peter's sister, and wane friends, no; came Forward to corroborate
his testimony.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty. Ilia judgment stands over
till the hat day of the Sessions.
Jo/ix/sow Potter wan acquitted of a charge of receiving three
books, he knowing them to be stolen.
It appeared in evidence that the prosecutor, who Is a bookseller,
bad been robbed by his servants but as no proof could he adduced
to *hew that the books were in the possesaiun of the prisoner, the
ehar„.,e could not he substantiated.
.llury Davis and Mary ailiCort/ty were charged with robbing a
tailor of a silver watch.
The prosecutor swore to the prisoners being the persons who
committed the robbery, when he accompanied Davis to u house in
liearge.alley, Fleet-market-
In the course of the summing up by Mr. Sergeant ARsnty, he
was interrupbal by Mr. Pommes, tut the part of the prisoner,
who said, that Mr. Arabia had omitted to state to the Jury the
variations be w, eu the evidence of Reed, the officer, and that of
the rimateutor.
Mr. Sergeant Anson( said-.. Mr. Phillips, I ant the proper
Judo to sacs up, but I have pat it to the Jut'', as a question for
their etasideratMn, and I appeal to those gentlemen.
11r.l'mn.trrssaid, that he knew Me. Arabia was the proper
Judge to auto up, but be thought it right to interrupt hint, es it
wasuenetieial to his cheat.
_

Mr. An.anzx referred to his notes, as confirmatory of his
accuracy, and said, that after he had the honour of sittirg in that
court Le mu,: know how to sum up to the Jury, and he hoped he
should kuow how to du so fearlessly, as he *heats had done. The
Learned Gentleman then put it to the Jury in the manner Mr.
E-Ilipt wished, and, after a short consultation, they arquittAl
both prisoners.

Ixvcrenark TEC!INICALITY.—The usual place of re-
sort for Dublin duellists is called the Filleesi Acres. An
attorney of that city, in penning a challenge, a short time
ago, thought, most likely, he was drawing a lease, and in-
vited his antagonist to most him at Fifteen Acres, be the
sant,. /72.:re jr 1.1.1.