The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-05 00:00:00

TIIE CASE. OP MR. FAUNTLCRO

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH

Nov. 4, lily.
sok,—lly your Paper of this day it appears that nms,,.
Marsh, Strawy, and Graham, have requested the pub:„
will
ohielsliP iimiliation on oath before time Commissioners, wh;
judgment as to them, until they have per;;,
tij
tr
ale [lilace on the tsth of December nest.
In other words, these gentlemen require the puLiie • m
withhold its belief in the statement of Mr. Faunthn2s
until their own counter-statement be published; that
until their unhappy patina may be no longer aI'IQ :4
confirm the one, or to contradict the other.
Simp!r answers to the following simple questions, put
befure it is too lute to confute them, if sodrot, will th, true,
to satisfy the public mind than any oath these geltklbet
can afterwards take before the Commissioners, viz.:—
Is it or is it not true, that the various 3111114 frathhl:::%':e
procured by Mr. Fauntleroy, were paid iumini ;;;;',
the house of Messrs. Martin and Stone, in Loml•amml-trce,
and there placed to the credit of tile house in 11,•rimr.i.
street?

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is it or s it not true, that a list of the rims so ni
into the house of Messrs. Martin and Stone, tweihtt
':ti
other sums paid in, in the regular course of besit.,
was from time to time inaik out by Mr. Faunderoy, raj
given by him to the bock-keeper in Berner's-street-14
the book-keeper had directions to cnttr in his booLs
such au- is of that lht as were not ticked, and then or;.
turn the list into the partner's office, where the tee
sums were entered—not to the private account of
Fauntleroy, but in a private cash-book, accessili.e :s c:
:he party( rs, and to them only ?
• Is it or is it not true, that the total ci!' the stitm th.it
entered in the public said private cash books, Cl/1:11X4:11
amount of dic credit of the house in Berner's-cm: wi:a
Messrs. Martin a..d S one, and were not these 1:11E5 loci_.
crituinutely drawn Irvin the house of Messrs. Mona
Stone, for the general purposes of the Inn in &Am's.
street ?

Is it or is it not true, that in the midst of thesc:rai“
actions Mr. Straccy went abroad, at.l remained abrwit,!
neatly two years?
Is it or is it not true, that the senior partnyr, Yr
Marsh, has, for his own private purposes, over. rat.t L,
private account, to the amount of 75,0001., and that 3::
Graham has done the saint. to the amount of .25,000.1..
that neither of these sums Las been replaced to this dr!,
Is it or is it not true, that the partnt u of the unh.l.7.
prisoner have, of themselves and through their inn:.
diate frieuds, beai..ged him, from the Ent ht,;:r a:
his committal, till within two hours of his cotetioci•
Court to take Lis trial for his life, with prom:ies ate
threats, with prayers and tears, to induce him to ILI
guilty, in order that his crime, and their secret, might u
bunts' in one grave ?

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Note—We think that the cress.extniination of Mr. James Tr.
son, on the tti3l of Mr. Fauntkroy, may not be inapprounr.:ir
appended to this letter. The witness was a clerk in the laze ter..
ing.house of :Harsh and Co. Hating proved that the Iteedoce
the sale of Miss Young. stock had been entered on lilt .1.1.f,11:
oo which the transfer had been eTected by the forged power of a.
toiney, the witness wax crust-examined by Mr. Currier. His ix.
see rte are thus reported '• This money is placed to the 'rolls d
Mr. Faunticroy in his private account. The aunts ate very Inge ;
to the ammo of 50.1100/. I don't know whether the money t.u:cl
a way into the funds of the bank. as that refs veilh tee
themsrlt:•s. I don't know whether they were drawn out on
Fauntieroy's account. Marlin and Co. were our city lookerr.
They retested this mousy. Mr. Stearey Treat kayo
was applied to Mr. Faanl!rr✓_n's aecoont or tea; but the cit::t
know nothing of ir. It ens the customs to wake cranks to ieci.L.
We were merely ordered to rnake an entry of them in the ledger"
Eb. lii.

STOPPAGE Qt the e.i.vr OF MESSRS. CHAMBERS

ANi) SON, um) 80.%

At two o'clock yesterday the unpleasant event an rade
known to the public, by the clerks, that the home would
be compelled to suspend their payments for the rescet,
from temporary anti wholly unexpected causes. At this
time the numb, r of applicants did not exceed ten or tides
persons, but the ill news soon spread with that
which generally attends calamity, and the doors werrsea
surrounded by a group of claimants, forming quite a aid
in front of the house. Indeed the whole neighbourhoca
appeared to be plunged into the greatest state of consternr-
lion and dismay. The house was established about a
years since, under the firm of Birch, Chambas, an:
llobbs, the first of whom has been dead some time, and
the last has also withdrawn. Latterly the firm has been
carried on in the name of Chambers ind Son. Various
rumours are of course freely circulated. By some, the
Opera speculation, and sadden alarm of many of the e'slest
customers, which the recent Bankruptcy of Messrs. Marsh
and Company has created, arc said to have prodtic d
a moat determined run upon the house, for which im-
mediate moms could not be obtained. Another report
is, that the house are sufferers by the Bernets-strett
Bank, to the amount of 70,000/., but this would at first
sight app:ar very improbable, as, front the situation, we
shauld expect they would hare been opposed to each other.
Whatever be the true cause, the calamity will be the tilful,
falling, uit must do, principally upon tradesmen resident
in the neighbourhood. We have already beard some
names mentioned in the literary and theatrical world, whose
losses will, we fear, be great. at lean form temporary sus-
pension of payment. Mr. Chambers, it will be remem.
tiered, is the sole proprietor of the Opera House, having
recently purchased the concern out of l'hancery. The
embariassincnts attendant upon the litigating and obtai.
ing possession of this property, together with the lea,
sustained by the former propnetors, to whom Mr. Char
hers stood in the relation of banker and mortgagee, brr
no doubt acerderwed this event ; but another, and we tv.
lieve, a substantial reason, is the immense aunts advar,c:
in a new speculation. the improved patent road matens, t
eclipse the plan of Mr. M'Adatt., and which has nut as yet
produced any w tut u.—Morning Paper.

The failure of the banking-house of Chambers acs'
will, it is supposed, bring to a crisis the ioto!red atrii7.l
the Optra House. The whole property, which has ben—
Chancery so many years, will now, probably, be Lrouj:
to the hammer.

It is rumoured that the banking-house in Bernerr-stn<
will shortly be of erred, under the auspices of a mw firm. ~
which a rich jeweller, not far from Leiccattr-fields,
a prominent inember.—BritiA Traveller.
It is in contemplation to establish a Xlc(hanics' Instinn
in Carlisle. _ _

MI•Culloclt gave his first lecture on PoWell Et.).
nomy, at the Royal Institution, Liverpool. on Mom! y'•
The third Edinburgh Musical Festival dosed on strue•
day forenoon, with a very splendid bricetinn of Sat 7C•j
music, commencing with the Nfount of Olives.
TITHES IN LONDON.—The Tithe Committee have
tcrmined to a lid round notices to the dilferctit pat ithes it
the City, to : as ruble together for the purrsn of toskivi
preparations to petition the Legislature on the subject r
their geevances. The most active nx•asure; are to I
adopt rl for th., purpose of getting rid of the but
almgetlwr. _ _

fcaterilay the annual sermon was preached at the par,
church of St. Margaret's, Westminster, according to tr
will of V.rs. Joan Barnett, commonly called the " oa:n"
woman.- She left to twenty pour widows of that par,i
forty shillings per annum each for mi.; tw,..nty s1:1111
for a sermon to be prerched annually on the t.th of Nor 1,
btr ; twenty shillings to the users:xis of the part 1;•r
treat ; and one of tli.J dishes at the entertainment, in n.,-
mory of her, is always to be an ostincal pudding ; And
a-crown to the clerk. and half-a-crown to the sexton.

There is at precast a lady rei;&i._ in this town, s+;••
recollects the time when there were hut two 'mita. n
Taunton—ono beleng!::g to a gentleman named Nell. r 7,1
the other was the property of the Clergyman who 0!1:,:-
atilt at St. Mary Nlagdalen, who, on proceulini: to I,
duties on Sutday, buil; it up in the i)ouli. where it s•
traded the gaze. admiration, and wonderment of the
congregation.—Tairuf,n CoLrier.
The schooner Acorn, of %tit:thy, from Sherchais
Sundt-110nd, was run down by the .hip Kfllingback. :7-
London fur Antigua, :thou: two o'clukt on tit.: mot r.
the 21th ult. eight mils:sod' Fairleigh, on the Sussex •
the schooner was r.reck in the inidships, and was ocr
cut in two; she instantly sunk in about •2S fathoms wa:. •
and the clew with didiculty saved their lives withent
thing but the cloth's they had on.