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SON.
On Saturday, at twelve o'clock, in consequence au advertise.
ment which appeared in several of the Morning Papers, signed by
a number of the creditors of Chambers and Son, late bankers,
Brosd-street, a numerous fbeeting of creditors took place in tie
King's Concert.room. at the Italian Opera House.
Mr. CALCSAFT, M.P. being called to the Chair, said, that he
willingly acetified to the general voice of the respectable and nu-
merous body of creditors then present, and assured the meeting
that some information. very in-peewit, u it affected their general
interests, would be laid before them. The lion. Gentleman
then read the advertisement by which the fleeting had been coo.
vened.

Mr. A BECKETT ofr, red himself to the m Ice of the meeting;
he stared that the Committee. who represented tie general body of
creditors, hod tsice advertised the. sale of Mr. Chanibers's estates,
rat Chettle. Enfield, Ste.. and though great numbers of gentlenteu
from different parts of England had attended with the intention
of bidding. the sales had been most unaccountably postponed; he
was of opinion, with others of the creditors who had convened
the meeting, that it was not too much to expect of Mr. Chambers
or the Committee, to give an explanation of such extraordinary
proceedings.
Mr. 13180011. one of the Committee, read the minutes of their
proceedings; by which it appeared that Mews. Chambers and
Son had executed a deed between them and the Committee. and
had granted a letter of license, upon condition that they should aid
'he Committee in winding up the accounts, and in making the
property available to the creditors, for which they were allowed
7fol. per annum. Instead of Mr. Chambers rendering the pro.
mixed assistance, be had thwarted the Committee in almost every
step they had taken ; and because the Committee refused to release
31r. Chambers, jun. (in opposition to the opinion of Mr. Rich-
mond, the Barrister), Mr. Chambers hid refused to allow the
estates to be sold, and had threatened violence to those who dared
to intrude upon his property.
1)11% AITECKETT moved, after some further prefatory observe.
lions. the following Resolution :
" That this Muting learn, with great regret, the conduct of Mr.
Chambers, senior, and the opposition given by bin to the proceed.
ing', of the Committee."
Mr. IVitsow seconded the motion.

Mr. Vi'lLaoec said, that he had twice advertised the estates to
be gold by order of the Committee, and great loss had been occa.
sinned to the creditors, by Mr. Chambers preventing the sale ; but
his conduct was in direct opposition to the Committee, and the only
alternative left was the revocation of the Letiefot Licence.
Mr. CALCASrT eulogised the conduct of the Committee, and
was sure the creditors would support then. Mr. Chambers's con.
duct unfortunately spoke for itself ; he seemed to be influenced by
an infatuation that was ruinous to the claims of the creditors.
Mr. Tooaras said, the Committee had been constantly insulted
by Mr. Chambers. Two of the memters, who were highly re-
spectable in the legal profession, were charged by him with being
hirelings, although they had given their services gratuitously ;
and he had been informed in the Committee-mom, that Mr.
lock, a gentleman well known to all present, whose age ought alone
to have entitled him to respect, had been threatened by Mr. Chem-
hers to be thrown into a horse-pond if he intruded on his estates._
(Cries of " Shame.")
Mr. BICKNELL opposed the motion, and moved an amendment.
He wished Mr. Chambers to be heard before dhe motion was
carried. (It was stated that Mr. C. had left the room sometime
before). He had had a paper placed in his hands, the hand -writing
of Mr. Chambers, who complained of the conduct of the Committee
in refusing to grant his son the release promised, and for that reason
he refused to allow the estates to be sold.
After some discussion Mr. Bicknell withdrew his amendmeut,
and the original 'nation was put and carried u iarthnously.
Mr. ATECKETT moved the following Resolution :
" That a revocation of the Letter of Licence appears to this
Meeting to be unavoidable; but they leave the expediency, at d
the period of such revocation, to the Committee, relying with the
most perfect confidence on their judgment and prudence."
Mr. A r.f.Esr, M.P. wished some Member of the C,oenenittee to
give his opinion whether he thought it would be for the Interest of
the creditors to adhere to the deed, or to revoke it and issue a cum.
mission of bankruptcy ?
Several of the Committee said, that such was the conduct of Mr
Chambers, that they had been of opinion for sometime that there
was no other course but the issuing a commission.
Mr. CALCIATT said, that it the Committee were to be blame,
at all, it was tor the lenity they had shown to Mr. Chambers.
Mr. STONE said that it was impossible for the Committee to
art further with Mr. Chambers. He was of opinion a commission
of bankruptcy must eventually be issued ; and all the d'Sculfies In
which they had been placed, had originated through the hostile
pmeeedings of Mr. Chambers.
A Creditor said, if a Commission was issued, they should hare
Ss. instead of 15s. is the pound for their debts.
Mr. Huxrueerrsaid, that justice would not be done to the
Creditors who had signed the deed, notes' the Letter of License was
rooked.
After some further remarks, the motion was carried unani-
mously.
Mr. ATECIETT moved, and another Gentleman Erconded the
following Resolution :
" That it appears to this meeting that the Commitge have acted
with sound discretion, in refusing to release Mr. Chambers, jun.
without meaning to imply any disapproba,ion of his condiact."
Mr. Toole hoped, within three weeks, to have a satisfactory
answer from the Committee upon the subject of revoking the Letter
of Licence, issuing a C,ouimission, flee.
The Committee undertook to report. their proceedings to a Gene-
ral Meeting, to be held within the ersuing three weeks.
Thanks were voted to the Gentlemen who convened the Meeting,
and to the Chairman for his able conduct.
A Member of the Committee stated, that considerable property
had been removed from Enfield Farm by Mr. Chambera, who was
not content with the seven hundred pout ds per annum allowed
lfm and his family. The same person also infer ned the Meeting,
that the Committee had discovered that the sum of 2,000 L and
dicers other sums, had been invested by Mr. Chambers in the
name of different tyrant's on the day the Bank stopped!
Mr. BICKNELL said he was glad the f. eta h id been stated, be-
cause it gave Mr. Chambrrs an opportimi y o r plying to them.
A Creditor asked to be informed by the Com iiittee what was the
state of Mr. Chambers's account at the time the Bank stopped pay.
ment ?
One of the Committee replied, that his prvre account was over-
drawn 71,000 L

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—Our readers will remember
the circumstance of the house of John Tyars, a harmless old man,
of Clinton, near Peterborough, being broken into three years ago.
! by midnight robbers, who, after • long resistance of the old man,
succeeded in robbing him of all his wealth, amounting to • con-
siderable sum, which he imprudently kept by him. On the lessor
the property, such was the distress of mind of Tyars and an aged
sister who lived with him, that the wretched pair, to terminate their
worldly agony, agreed rodestroy themselves, and went fee the pur-
pose to a po'td where the woman actually did drown herself. The
unhappy creature, her brother, did not at the time succeed in his
purpose • hut on Saturday last, being the third anniversary of the
day on which a coroner's inquest was held on the body of Elisabeth
Tyars,
ra Ty', an inquest wax held at the %Vim& Sheaf at Clinton, by Mr.
Hopkinson, coroner for the sake of Peterborough, on the body of
the above-named John Tyars, who had that morning succeeded in
drowning himself. A vedict of ktmacy was recorded. it is re-
markable that another brother of the above committed suicide some
years since. The perpetrators of the robbery at Glinton were dis-
covered about fifteen months ago, wnen two men were uansported
for lite from Peterborough Sessions far the offence.--Lineeke
Afereary.
Blltl'HS.
On the let instant, at Dublin, the lady of Jobs Doherty, Esq.
111. P., of a son.
At litirntafiekl House, near Ealiaburgh,the lion. Illrs. Duncan.
of a daughter.

MARRIED.
The Rev. Franck Ssunderson, w Ciitherine, second daughter of
the Honourable John Creighton, and grand-daughter of the Earl of
Erne.
On Wednesday last, at llrighton, Arthur Heywood, E.q at
Stanley Hall, orkehire, to Nary, eldest daughter of the late
Lieut.-Colon.:1 Duroune, of the Cohisiream Guards, and niece to
Sir Edmund Winn, Bar. of Acton, in the county of York.
On the 3d inst. at St. Mary's Newington, Ill:Tolima Fohnand,
of Fenchurch-street, to Sarrth, third daughter of Thomas
Ellis, Esq. of Walworth.
On the 2d instant, at Chelsea church, Mr. Thomas Dram, to
Amelia Elias, eldest daughter of the late T. R. Reid, Esq. of
Chelsea.

DIED.
At Staplehurrt, Kent, aged 70 years, Mrs. Eleanor Burton, re-
lict of the late Wm. Burton, E.q. of Wakefield, Yorkshire, after
• long and severe illne.., which she bore with Chriatan fortitude.
On Thursday, the 2d inst. at Keswick, in Norfolk, Mn. Gur-
ney, relict of the late Richard Gurney, E.q.
On the 2d inst. at the Rectory House, Piccadilly, in the 76th
year of his age, Gerrard Andrews, D.D. Dean of Canterbury, and
Rector of St. James's, Westminster.
At hie house in Gloucester-plat:, Sir William Weller Pepyo,
Bart. in the 86th year of hi. age.
On 30th ult. at his lodgings, in the High-street, Cheltenham,
whither he had gone for the recovery of his health. the Rev. T. B.
Woodman, M.A., Vicar of Brackley, Rector of Dayleaford. Pre-
bendary of York, Chaplain to his Royal Highresa the Duke of
Clarence, and nephew to the late Warren Hastings, of Daylesford
House, Esq.
On the dist ult. at Nottingham, in the 78th year of hie Ige.
Charles Wylde, D.D. youngest son of Wm. Wylde, E.g. of ?sot-
tleworth, Notts, Prebendary .of Southwell, Officiate of the Arch-
deacon of Nottingham, 52 years Rector of St. Nicholas, in Not-
tingham, Vicar of Waltham, in the county of Lincoln, and for 30
years an active Magistrate for the county of Nottingham.
At Greenwich, on the Ist inst. Alajor.Generat occi. Bri,ges' , of
the Corps of Royal Engineers.
At Brampton, on the 3d inst. the Rev. Wm. Walker. Chaplain
of Lincoln's Inn, and Rector of Moo silver. 4

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