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MARRIED._

At Meerut. Calcutta, on the 26th July, Lieutenant William
Beckett, 9th regiment N. I. to Ann, ascend daughter of Major R.
Lurie, his Majesty's I Id' dragoons.

DIED.
On the 30th July, at Sougor, Calcutta, on board the Hon. Corn.
patty's ship slacqueen, while proceeding to China for the recovery
of his health. Lieutenant-Colonel John NVsn. Taylor, 20th rep-
ment Native Infantry, and late officiating Judge Advocate General
of the Army, and many years Ilmdoostanet Professor at the Col-
lege, much regretted.
Sept. 8. at Calcutta, Etienne Auguste Rollins, Esq. merchant,
aged 54 years and four months.
At Achenor. while on route to Madras, Lieutenant A. Suter. of
the Royal Regiment, leaving a widow and young family to deplore
his loss.

....
On the 23d August. at Madras. in the 45th ycar of her age, Mrs.
Barbara, the lady of Kerakoose Arathon, Esq.
At Masulipatam, Madras, on the 19th Aug. Jane, the wife of
Captain W. James. Acting Paymaster of the Northern Division.
At Cuddspah, 3ladras, on the 17th Aug. Mary Eliz. daughter
of Lieutenant Ross, Superintending Engineers Ceded Districts,
aged 22 months.

PLAN OF THE FLEET AT ANCHOR OFF
RANGOON, Jvriz 4,1024.

TII•MIIPORTS.

THE Bitrrisu PRESS.

MARSfI, STRACirefet:q"C O.

Yesterday there was a Meeting of the. Oregon of Marsh and
Compan y.
Mr. KNIGHT alluded to his former request, which he thought •
reasonable one—a pledge that he should be furnished with an ac-
count of the bankrupts estate, for the benefit of the creditors whose
interests he rrpmented. He complained of the conduct of Mr.
Gordon in withholding those accounts.
A Commissioner said, that any complaint against Mr. Gordon
had better be deterred till the clime of the meeting.
Mr. Pot.t.ocx, on the part of Mr. Stracey, said, that if there
was one solitary creditor who wished to have the accounts before
him, previous to the bankrupts passing their examination, he
would postpone the passing day, till the creditors should be sa-
tisfied.

Mr. ME REWETII en acquiesced in the same opinion.
Mr. KNIGHT proceeded —As a matter of right on the part of
those creditors who had proved their debts, he claimed first, a
copy of the former account furnished by the bankrupts, and also
that in the hands of Mr. AVilkinson, the accountant, before the
bankrupts should pass their examination, and he did not know
where an assignee could be found hardy enough to refuse arch a
request.—(Hear that I)
A Commissioner rebuked these interruptions. Every gentleman
should be heard fairly, without marks either of applause or other.
wise.

Another Commissioner said that the accounts must all be signed
first, before they could be passed.
Several creditors here proved their debts.
Mr. MONT►GUE wished, for the convenience of his Learned
Friend Mr. Pollock, with whom he was, that the l'ommissioners
would meet tmmormw morning, at ten o'clock, when the Bank of
England were to make some prnposition.
A Creditor wished to know whether the creditors had received
intimation to that effect.

No gnawer was given.
Mr. 310•T•OttE then observed, that the assignees wished to sr.
ford every facility to the creditors, in producing the accounts. On
a former day he had expressed himself rather too hastily, but he
was sere the creditors would feel that he did it in the spirit of good
intention, and not from any desire to go out of his way. The as-
signees had, shire the presentation of the former accounts, recon-
sidered them, and also employed every intelligent accountant, and
the result was. that though the accounts were in form much dif-
ferent, yd they were in substance the sante. He had now a draft of
an advertisement, which would inform the public as to the time of
meeting.
Mr. MarnEw wished to know whether a copy of the accounts
would be given—yes or no—or if they were to be withheld alto-
gether ?
Mr. Mosraottx— Withheld ; I beg that word may not be
imputed to the assignees. It is their wish to give • copy of the ac-
counts already made out, with an inspection of Mr. Wilkinson's
accounts ; and if, upon that inspection, the creditors should be un-
satisfied. then a copy of the whole would be given.
Mr. K wins! T would rather have, copy of the whole.
Mr. MONTAGUE objected, on account of the expense.
Mr. MAYHEW said the expense was nothing; the creditors had
contributed, and it was but proper they should have a fair account
of all.

Mr. MONTAGUE then objected on the score of time.
Mr. WILKINSON said, that be could make out a copy in a
week from this day.
The Commiesioners ordered it to be done.
Mr. KNIGHT then proposed, that they should adjourn for two
nnmthe from this day.
Mr. PoLLOCK gaol that three weeks would be sufficient.

'rhiat ime was objected to be several.
Mr. MONTAOI'E then proposed six weeks. It was the wish of
the assignees to take the evidence of the bankrupts as early as pos-
sible, and he thought six weeks would be full time.
%lr. KNIGHT here asked the trustees, Mr. Holland and Knight
if they were satisfied with their examination of the accounts
Mr. BOLLARD said, that he was satisfied with what he had ex-
amined. There was some trifling items, into which he did not
think it necessary to look.
Mr. Kietun T made a similar answer.
Mr. Momnux the.i wished the trustees to state what time
they had devoted to the business.
The Trustees answered—mostly every day.
The C 0,611011 SERGEANT :hen said, that six weeks• adjourn.
ment would answer all parties—it would just be before the Circuits
commenced. _

After sonic further observation.. it was fixed that they should
adjourn to Monday, the 28th of February, at nine for ten in the
morning.
A Creditor observed, that it was most desirable for the benefit of
all the creditors that there should be a continuous elimination ; he
trusted that the Commissioners would fix any day but Tuesday or
Saturday. lie wished them to give their undivided attention to
the examination of the ►ooks, and begin early.
The Commissioners said they would endeavour to arrange it so,
but they could not sit from nine in the morning till nine at night.
The Creditor said he only wished that no other bankruptcy should
be taken on the same day.
This was assented to, and Monday, the 28th of February, de-
cided on as the day for passing their final accounts.

THE "TWIN LETTERS."

The following are the "twin letters" (u they were ap-
propriately called by Mr. Dennran)—both written on the
same day by Mr. Kean, one to the guilty wife, the other to
the injured husband :
(Post-mark) Exeter, Jan. 6, MS.
Dear little imprudent Girl—Your incaution hu been very near
bringing our acquaintance to the most lamentable crisis : of course
he will show you the letter I have written him; appear to
countenance it, and let him think we are never to meet again.
and in so doing he has lost a friend : leave all further ar-
rangements to me. My aunt desires her best wishes to you, not-
withstanding her anger, she says, of your conduct before him. Love
shields the object of its wishes, not exposes it. All shall be shortly
as you wish.
Mrs. Simpson, care of M rs. Matthews, 12, Tavistock-row,
Covent-garden, London.

(Post-mark) Exeter, Gth Jan. 1823.
My dear Cox,--I have been seriously considering the mass of
nonsense uttered by us the two last nights at Salisbury. 1 must
own likewise they have given me great uneasiness. If I have
paid more attention to your family than any other of my ac-
quaintances, the simple motive was, to show the world that I va-
lued my friends as much in adversity as when I shared their
hospitality in their prosperity. I ant sorry my conduct has been
misconstrued, as the inference is unworthy of yourself, me, and
a being, whose conduct, lam sure, is unimpeachable. To re.
move all doubts upon the subject, and to counteract the effects
of insidious men, I shall beg leave to withdraw a friendship, ren-
dered unworthy by suspicion.
I must be the worst of villains, if I could take that man by the
hand while meditating towards him an act of injustice. You do
not know Inc. Cox; mine are follies—nut vices. It has been my
text to do all the good I could in the world and when I am
called to a superior bourne, my memory may be blamed, but not
despised. Wishing you and your family every blessing the world
can give you, believe me nothing less than,
Yours most sincerely,
EDMUND KEEN.
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R. A. Cnx, Esq. 6, Wellington-street,
Waterloo-bridge, London.

We observe that a meeting has been held at the George
Inn, Axminster, of landowners and other:, the object of
which was to create an opposition to the proposed Sh;p Ca-
nal across :he isthmus of ,Somersetshire. to unite the Eng-
lish and Bristol Channels. We have snide inquiry re-
specting this meeting, and find that no previous notice was
published to convene it, and that it was attended by from
fourteen to sixteen persons, some of whom were not land-
owners. It seems to us quite clear, from all that we have
heard and seen respecting the Canal, that the object of not
previously advertising the meeting win fully answered, by
confining it to the little junto we have already mentioned ;
for we know enough of the sense of the owners and occu-
piers of land generally to he convinced, that had publicity
been given to the meeting, such a string of resolutions
would never have been carried ; indeed, we should have
been surprised had their tenor not been of the most oppo-
site description. The character of. the meeting at Axmin-
ster is sufficiently evinced by the circumstance, that all the
resolutions, which are in all respects decidedly hostile to
the Canal, were carried unanimously, which could not have
been the case had the meeting been properly convened.—
Evening Paper.
FIR E.-14 riday night, about ten minutes after eight
o'clock, a fire broke out in a shop in Bell-street, which
would have been attended with most disastrous effects had
it remained ten minutes huger unobserved. The fire had
communicated from a cast-iron stove to a wooden partition,
which separated it from a spirit cellar. Close to the parti-
tion were three large tuns of 700 gallons each, one of which
was full, and there was a considerable quantity in the other
two. There was no person in either of the shops at the
time, and when the keeper of the cellar entered, he found
the place filled with smoke, and the partition in a blaze.
In a few minutes they got the fire suppressed ; but there
can be no doubt that had it communicated with the body of
spirits, it would have blown up the premises, and have in-
volved the surrounding properties in ruin. Stoves of this
description ought to be entirely prohibited. It is impos-
possible to regulate their temperature; and if they arc
placed in contact with wood, the most dangerous results
may occur.
GLASGOW COTTON Ithas LT, JA N. 13.—We have had
a fair demand for Cotton this week at the full prices of last.
Boweds of the new crop, being of a very inferior quality,
have brought but low prices. Those sold this week were
very low quality. The sales amount to 1,121 bales.

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