The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-04-02 00:00:00

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OCWARD end GIBBS'S BANSRUPTCE
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•Ti.,,yr meeting for choosing assignees estate .thiektpatroiss•
ran eat held on Saturday, in the tdit.rt of tonsosem Pleas,'
ttnihinall. Willie adverttemerret ennonneed the eiselimc to
too. plan at twelve for ore.; and bong before use &clad'.
numbers .if noxious imlividisals, interested in the 01.1
sone, had ametubled. The Commimisosers arrived Piness•
sylvan, at one o'clock, and pretended to open the bud tout
thes day by seceiviair proofs of such creditors as kW
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proved op previous days. .1
Mr. Harrier* claimed-10 prove fur SAM. ;vetived by this
barlsropoi for his nee is December 1820. It appeared shed
%1.. Havelock held online* on the life of the late Lord Kirk
w in, namely, 2,010 f. in the Hope, tr,+ool. iii the Atlas'
• I:nlaisf. Serioe .tingle, There wa. abardlol. rash. '
"r. alnoilazite said, he on a Soper day opposed Ham
.t:ln;in on lire 'Nut of a creditor. :I tilt,
da•a i
' :ilr. Havelnek's Counsel sod, the ANA
,was, he tredelpq
stood, opposeff on the plea that these sums had bepoisill4
~,,,,d to a nelson Nobleman, whom name it wits miaow
' woy to mention, by the lusekrupos, with the authority of
"NI,. tii,,,d,no. and 'that the deeds were in a frowned eta,*
. f oreparmino. Now he would prove, by young Mr. Haven.
I.,eis'a statempot, that an sneh advance bail been made by
1114 father's authority, ar ana deeds prepared: and therefore:
7.e comrade] Mr. Haviluck bad a right I. prove sapient the
.iantiriepts' estate.
• .-.lr. Montague coestessled that Mr. Havelock had no right
to prove. The fait, were as fullows:—.The Nobleman in
•iliesii.in was indebted to Howard and Gahhe 8,0001.; a ne-
,,,,,,aiiins took place hetwern them, and his Lordship under-
' • v.,k In grant Mr. Havelock an annuity, and that the 8,0001.
' •71 ilfeir hands should be applied to paymeot of their debt.—
Tait a:reneoment was coosainointed to Illenllavelock, and
he neee,;,•,l to it ; end therefore he conteedert that his Lot d.
P •iata hidt'Omil Howard and Giles, and Mr. Havelock must
? leek to his Lordship.
The Commis,. ..... er *shed whether the bankrupts hail
acted an-oolitic to their nolsoritektedmintiog Ike 8,0001. to
. 1;:s Lordship without sorority?
'Mr. Montagne coeiteml74 they had. ~,. ,
• 'Chi Cosesniasioeser asked if there wee iNhier that Mr. Have-
lorlogave say authority to advance tie money without se-
ce-ity!
Hr. Montague wished to examine Mr. Ilanlork, jun. as
to floe trionseima.
11/r. Ilaveliwk, jail. slated tint he bad • letter from Lord
dt Fv'ey, glirsy•ne•ny knowledge of she transaction.
• The Comensslioner asked the anontitaist if any slim ep.
:awned in Lord Foley. accosted enrresponditsg nob this
rum' The seementant answered to the negative.
Mr. flarelisek, jiso. then prodneed a letter, which he slated
't received from lord Foley two days after Mr. Gibbs had
es e:Pli that lord Foley had signed the ausissity•dred, in which
Pv• Lord;hip declared he had no knowledge of Mr. Have-
. Jut-Vs wish to advance any money, or wis Mr. Havelock's
' si ime in the list of amenities then lying b. fore him.
The mono of lord Foley said, as his Loidslop had been
ienjilicaied, he trotted the Cionnsis-ioners would permit I
to state that Lord Foley deeded the whole transactiou on
• which Mr. Illoongue's statement ou made.
Mr. Gibbs was then examined, sod stated, that lord Foley
1741%74 then a alum filliliiiierablY beyond /4,0001. The bank.
raps. hail bee,i agesit4 for Lord Foley many 'ran. %Titus as
tint chink it war likely he made any direct consmunics.
thin to his lordship on else subject; their way of train-
ee. inc business for his Lordship sae to procure him a suns
of money, cad then to present biro with the assesuity.derds to
si,r7t. , .
•• By the Cemrnisitioner.—H34 you any authority from Mr.
eV iv-clock to serener 8,0001. for him to Loral Foley, without
proviostaly detaining Lord Foley's security ?
• Mr. Ciblis-4 Certainly not:' •
'Hie Commissioner—, Then there is an end of the case."
' Mr. tlsvelnrk was then admitted to prove. ..
• ' lord Foley's agent observed, if the creditors expected #ie
"make twenty shiltincs in the pooh iof Lord Foley, they
would iseletialikeh. loot Foley did nut owe the bankrupts ,
emote a single shilling.
An objection was then made to the admission of a former
day by the Commissioners in favour of Mr. Catrol. rho had
been allowe4 to prove for something more than 13,0011!.
'llse Commissi tttt en said, that having once decided, that
decisiou could uoly be rewind au a petition to the Chan.
cellar.
The egeat far a creditor present said a petition to the
Chancellor on the subject was prepared.
• The Commissioners then deviated they would take no
more proofs, and desired the creditors present to proceed to
• the choice of assigures.
' The confusion here became great ; two lists were handed
round. The first consisting of Mr. Campbell, Mr. Wilkie,
timid ,Mr. Deem ; the second Mr.Sbaw, Mr. Carrdi, and Mr.
iltersan.
The same gentleman whit staled that a petition to the
Ch sorellor was already prepared, wow cantioned the credo
:iota lot to mate for all iadi Ilidela I olrosesiebt stood ou so
~ suspicious a foundation.
A creditor present asked this person if lie was a creditor,
• sod beim: answered in the Negative, ohjected to Isis speaking
• monism say creditor proposed as assignee.
• . The agent paid he attended for it creditor.
'Fbe Corausissioner—" That creditor should have attended
himself on this important occasion."
The agent —" He it present, Sir."
••.' The Commissiosser-4 Theo he can speak for himself."
Mr. Herman said, if chosen, he would not act.
• The Commissioners observed, whoever was chosen must
accept she trust before lie onitted the Hall.
The creditors present then proceeded to sign the different
Mist*' Mr. remark's mime having been withdrawn, Intl Mr.
Duff's inserted. Tile list for Wilkie, Camphetl, nod Davies,
. was signed by creditor* to the amount of 18.7361..; but that
-ill Carrot, Shaw, sod Daff, by csediturs for several thousands
''Biwa.
7 ,•ibeCommissioners therefore declared the choice of sasig-
jandsie have fallen on those persons, and signed the warrant
;:lisdisrehisigly.
the meeting then acijourned.
.air, - --__..... --..--...- "7.777.

• ' 11141'AL IN7'ELLIGENCE.
PLYMOUTH. NAMUR 20.
Arrived the Neplnnsta, Firmer, front New York for Havre,
sailed Sib February, and csperienceil very heavy gales. Sbe
has suffered considerably iu her upper works, sails, rigging,
Irc. Also arrived the Wellington, Brown, from Shields for
Oporto.
witcrre, MARCH 30.
Arrived off the port the Pima!, from the South
Seas.
PEAL, MARCH 30.
Arrived and sailed for the River, the Mars, Joy, from
lUiriadure.
Arrived, and remains, the Clarissa, !Cog, from Amster-
stont,lor Cowes and Batavia.
Sailed the Orient, Wallace, for Madras and Bengt(; and
Gorge and James, UM win, fur Afriia.
Came down from the River and remain the Jame,. %Yeller,
fur St. Jollied ; Vittoria, Southern, for Genoa ; Hoek, Whit.
mac for Ashen* ; John Howard, Smith; snit Amity,
Campbell, for Qiiebec ; Cadnina, Appleby, fur Bombay ;
Thames,- Marshall, far New Yuri. ; Lady Msekwnrih, Capes,
fur Honduras; Pilchard, tlYileork, ;or Africa; Loudon,
Davey, fur Quebec; (;list, Allen, fir &aquae ; Ceres,
Thninpoon, fur Africa; and Nimble, Wishard, fur Cou-
atantinople.
PADSTOW, Ahem 28.
Arrived Miriam,. Austin, from Waierford, fur Shorrbats%
wick loos of bulwarks, boom; sails and riming.
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ROBSERY.—On Friday morning, the family
being out of town, awl the house left in the care of
••female servant, 'sine villains, during her tem-.
por.iry obeeuce out on hinnies., found means to
center, and succeeded is carrying otf .all the family
rte; and ether artieles of value, belonging to the
firmly of the Haw. Mr. STA:NOWT, Miii;ster of
the German Chapel, in the Sevoy, with which they
effected their claire without discovery.
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