The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-20 00:00:00

S .1"..V.A..71 UP TOY-.

. :Yesterday; at an adjourned Meeting of the Corn-
tnissioners of Bankrupts at Guildhall, gr. Anthony'
briiTy Swinton, of Salisbury-square, late Proprietor
.of Datty's Elixir, attended .for .his final exami-
nation. '
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The Publib are already in possession of many cu-
rious particulars respecting . the former ekaipinaiious
of Mr. Swinton,
.the contradialory account; he g*
of his affairs, and the fabricated stqtements which
he produced. •

There was a private meeting held by the Com-
missioners on Monday, at the Baptist Head Coffee-
house, in Chancery lane, at which two persons
were examined ; the •one named Wallace, the other
Hall, both of whom had atled as Assistant Clerks
to Mr. Swinton ; and from whose testimony it ap-
peared, that both had been employed to make out
fabricated accounts for him. Wallace proved that,
in the account which he was employed ,to make out
from the memorandums of a Miss Moore, a Lady
in the double capacity of prodgee and Warehouse-
clerk to Mr. S winton, the average. receipt of Dafly's
Medicine in the house was from 301. to 401. per
week ; and Hall swore that he was employed by
Mr. Swinton, in the year 1804, to make out ac-
counts for the inspection of the Commissioners of
Income, in which the sum expended for materials,
and other expences of the business, should appear
considerably greater, and the receipts considerably
less, than the real amount of both, so as to shew that
the average balance of profits for three years past
was not more thansl. He also swore, that he Was
employed by Mr. Swinton to fabricate another set
of accounts, in a book from which Mr. • SNiiinton
had-first torn some written leaves, in his presence,
and then sent the ether to a bookbinder to have
new leaves substituted. He first Saw• the leaves
which were torn out in Mr. Swinton's hands, and
afterwards saw him put them into a drawer in the
sideboard in
.his parlour ; that when this book was
brought back from the bookbinder's, Mr. Swinton
sent for him to make out in it an account, which
he did, under Mr. Swinton's direaion ; that for
this purpose there were laid before him on the
table three glasses ; one containing ink ; the se-
cond, ink with water ; and the third, ink witli
vineg-at ; and also three kinds of bad pens, for the
purpose of giving different shades of colour to the
writing, and-making it appear as if written at qUite
different times : that Mr. Swinton frequently de-
sired him to dash the pages of the book with ink,
as if done by accident, and to soil the leaves with
his hand; and that Mr. Swinton himself, with part
of a Bologna sausage he had been eating, greased
the edges of the leaves, to make them appear as if
soiled by use. The account made out in this book
was tripartite, containing' 'an account—first, of Mr.
Swinton's profits upon his Medicine, made out to an
'average of receipts, amounting to 201. per week ; a
statement of his househ'old charges, and also of his
hunting and sporting expences : all for the purpose
of being exhibited to hi's Assignees and the Com-
.
nussioners.

To the points of those allegations, Mr-. Swinton
Was yesterday examined ; and he acknowledged the
fabrication of the books sworn to by Hall,: and
.shewing, a profit by his business, in four years, of
46.151. • 18s. Id. The reason why he had caused
this fabrication, he' said, -was that Lhe was told
if he did not shew some accounts to the Commis-
sioners, he should be committed to Newgate ; and
having no regular accounts to shew, he bad caused,
those made out by Hall to be fabricated, upon a
supposition that the average profits of his business
were about :0001. year. He acknowledged having,
torn the leaves out of the book, and having sent
it to the bookbinder's for the purpose of inserting
new leaves ; but he denied having torn out the
leaves in presence of any one, or placed them in
the drawer of his parlour sideboard, to the ,best of
his knowledge. He said that he burnt them in his
kitchen fire. the day on which he pulled them out,
and knew of no one being present at the time. The
reason why he burnt them was, he swore, not that
they contained any accounts relative to the profits
of his business, but that they merely contained
some extraneous memorandums not relating to his'
business, and some recipes for horse medicines,
which he considered of too much value to go 'forth
to the public. He totally denied, upon his oath,
'that the three different coloured, inks were. placed
by him before Hall,, though he owned tisat he di-
rthed him how to proceed in that respea ; and he
also denied .having used the Bologna sausage
in the manner described, but said it had been
Suggested by Hall himself, and used by him. He
Swore positively, that the average receipts, at
his house, for Daffy's Elixir was not above 201. a
week, though he owned; that for ten months toge-
ther it appeared to he from 301. to 401. per week.
It was some years more and some. years less ; but
on the whole not -above 201. a week on the average.
He acknowledged to have lived with Miss Moore
up to the day of his bankruptcy, but never since,
nor did he know where she now was. He had no-
thing to do with the sale of the medicine since his
bankruptcy ' • the whole was now the property of a
Mrs. Carsiake (she was not -long since a menial
servant in his house) ; she purthased the ingredients
for compounding the • medicine, and made him an
alloW:lnce for his skill and labour in preparing it,
of whiCh his proportion since March last amounted
to 2001.

Mr. Swinton was then asked, what remaining
property he had to deliver over ? and he pro-
duced a schedule, which, he said, spetified the
Whole: : this schedule • • contained nothing about
horses or plate; the • former he had • disposed of,
and Of the latter all that had been in his famil)r
was the property of Miss Moore, which she .had
taken away.
•in the course of his examination, Mr. Swinton
produced a newspaper, in which he alledged there
was a publication highly injurious to his character,
and tending to prejudice the public mind against
him. The publication, .he was confident, had been
procured by the malicious influence of some of his
creditors, and he begged it .might be read by the
Comthissioners.

Mr. WARREN, one of the Commissioners, said,
he could take no cognizance whatever of any such
matter, nor could it be fairly supposed to have
any influence in prejudicing against hitii the minds
.or the judgments' of the Commissioners, who
could have no malice against him; nor any other
phjeal is the extani-ngian they had carricd on,

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thaii to elicit the truth, and to attain the ends- of
justice.-The. examimition beingiterminated,
Mr.WARREN commented upon thecircuity,stance;
of the fabrication acknowledged by MT.,§winton as
having been made subsequently to
,his' banC:ruPtcy,
for the avowed pui-posc of deceiving the Commis-
sioners and his Assignees; his gross perjury-, preva7-
rication, and contradiaion of -himself throughout
the whole of his examinatien;
,and above all, the
circumstance of tearing out the leaves frns.ll . his
account:book, for the purpose of substituting others
in the very same cover., to conceal his wilful and
deliberate forgery of fallacious accounts ; and his
now. suppressing those torn leaves, which, notwith-
standing all he had sworn that they were burnt
there was the strongest reason° to believe were
still in existence, arid kept back with a view to
defraud, his creditors; and to conceal from them his
effeas. He concluded by declaringhis deter,rnipa
lion
to Commit the Bankrupt tO i\?ewgate, until ha
should think fit to give a more true and full disclo-
sure of his affairs.

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Mr. CONST, as Counsel for the Bankrupt, .spoke
.at some length, and with much ingenuity, in vin-,
dication of
.his client, with ri view to avert, if
possible, the fo'r his committal
but the Commissioners were unanimous, and Mr.
Swinton was accordingly corrimitted to Newgate,
with this remark to his Counsel, that if the.grounds
upon which. they acted were .erroneous; Mr. Sarin-
ton, by ati • Habeas Carpus; might go. before the
Chancellor, or, any of the JUdgeS, and obtain his
discharge.

STAGE CoicnEs.=-The Aa just paned for
miting the nuiiiber of persons to be carried on the
outside of stage coaches, and regUlating rthe eon-
,duft of drivers and guards, takes place .on the Ist
of: September next. Its principal regulations .are-,-
that no.more than five persons shall be carried on
or about the outside of any coach) chaise, or other
carriage, drawn -by less- than four horses, be-
tween the 29th of September and the Ist ofApril irr
'every year : coaches drawn by four or more horsei
are allowed to carry ten outside passengers only;
eAClusive of the coachman and guard; and be-
tween the Ist of April and the 29th of Septem-
ber, no more than' thirteen persons shall be carried
on or about a coach, exclusive of the coach-
man and guard, under the fines and penalties con-
' Cawed in the A&. of the 28th Gee. 111. Corn-,
monly called Mr. Gammon's MI. One person
only to sit on the box with the coachman. No
parcels or luggage to be loaded more than two
feet above the roof of any, coach, unless the same
consists entirely of empty boxes or baskets, under
pain of 208. for every foot exceeding two ; and if
the owner is driving, 405.. to be leVied, on the
view of a Justice of the Peke, or on the oath of
a credible witness. The 'driver of any carriage
stopping at any place where assistance can be pro-
cured, shall not quit' the box until a proper person
or persons 'shall - hold the horses, or fore-horses; .
whilst the carriage stops, to prevent their running
away ; such person to hold them until the driver
has returned to the box; and has in his hands the
reins for guiding the horses, under forfeit of 40s.
for each Offence.. ,And if the driver of any car-
riage, or. the guard, is incapable of driving the
same, or properly attending the same, by reasol
of intoxication, or otherwise, so that the, safety of
the' passengers may be endangered ; or if such
driver or guard shall not duly acc&mt to his em-
ployer for ail 'monies received for any passenger or
parcel conveyed by such carriage, he shall 'be
pridned in the gaol or -house of correction for the'
jurisdiction in which the offence is committed, for
any time not exceeding six, nor less than three ca-
lendar months.

CAUTION TO GROOMS.—In consequence of the'
melancholy circumstances attending the death of
Mr. DAVIDSON, near Colebrook, a Gentleman re-
, quests us to recommend to all persons riding on the
road with led horses, to pass any travellers they may
chance to Meet on the contrary side to that uhich
is usually taken; because, in that case, the led-horse
being on the ofd side, cannot do any injury) as the .
rider and his horse will be next the persons they are
passing, as is the case now. when a traveller is over-
taken and passed. He addS, he has frequently .re.=
commended it personally to servants on the road,
who, he feels a pleasure in saying, hae generallY
received the advice with civility, and, convinced df
its reasonableness, have promised to attend to it.
A Boxing Match, which excited a considerable
degree of interest amongst a grqat number of spec-
tators, took place yesterday near Baisewater, be-
tween a hackney coachman of the name of Wells,
and a Gentleman, whose name was not known. The
dispute arose in a way rather singular ; the Gentle-
man was passing along the road on hOrSeback, at
the -moment the.ceaahman was ill-treating one Of
his horses, by beating it inhumanly. He interrered,
when the Coachman, whose size and gestures were
rather terrific, gave him to understand that if he did
not move on he would serve him the same, and he
followed up the threat by putting it into execution.
The Gentleman threw off his' coat, from the ardour
of the moment, turned to and gave his opponent a
complete thrashing in about ten minutes. The.con:-
test was in favour of the Gentleman thrOughout,
for although the Coachman was a professdr of the I
fistic art, he was interior to his opponent in all the
reqVisites. After the vietory had been gained,
and the . Coachman put. into his coach in a state of
stupidity, the Gentleman gave him a lecture to
stain from such conduct t in future ; and to recollect
that men in his 'situation should not take adran-;
Page of their knowledge of bruising; over those
who it might be supposed would not chastise them.
in their own way. The Gentleman then rode off
amidst the plaudits of the spectators.

Yesterdays .nearly opposite the King's Head phb;
lic house, 'at Walworth, a single-horse chaise, in
which was a Lady and Gentlemen, came in contact
with a hackney coach, with such force that one Of
the shafts broke, short, And the Lady was pitched,
under the wheels of the coach, which passed over
one of her thighs. There are but little hopes•of her
recovery. _ _

IN,aux SITION.—Mrs. Greenfield, who was reported
to have been nearly starved to death, but of whose
recovery we gave some hopes in our last, died early
on Monday morning. The Coroner's Jury, on view
of the body the same (lay, delivered the following
Verdi& :---‘‘ Died, by the visitation of God, but that
her death had been accelerated by the ill-treatment
of Ira husband."—Letves Journal,