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THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1825

VERY FAST TRAVELLING,
To BIRMINGHAM and LIVERPOOL, by DAY and NIGHT
FOUR INSIDE COACHES, which KEEP GOOD TIMT,
from the SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER-STREEE,
SNOW-HILL, LONDON.
THE following LIGHT POST-COACHES,
. and MAILS, &c. set out from the above Inn:--

BIRMINGHAM "Tally Ho!" fast Day Coach, in thir-
teen hours, Morning at a quarter before Seven, through Red-
burn,• MPliet Street, Dunstable, Brickhill, Fenny Stratford,
Stoney F,trat ford, Toweester, Weedon, Daventry, Dunchurch,
Coventry, and Stone Bridge, to the Castle Hotel and St.
George's Tavern; High-street, Birmingham, to Shiffnall,
Wellington, Bridgenorth, Shelton, Shrewsbury, Oswestry,
Nantwich, Tarporley; Bangor, Chester, and Holyhead.—
Driven through with two Coachmen only. In consequence
of the decided preference given to the pally Ho Coach, the
Proprietors are determined no expellee shall -be spared to
render it the first conVeyance on the Birmingham Road.
BIRMINGHAM "Royal Express," New light fast Night
Coach, in 15 hours only, and driven through with Two
Coachmen, sets out every afternoon, carrying Four Inside
only ; passes throagli Warwick, ,Leamington, Sontham,
Weedon, Daventry, Stoney-Stratford, and Toweester, to the
Saracen's Head, Bull-street, Birmingham, early the next
Morning.
BROMPTON, Chatham, RoChester, Gravesend, Stroud,
Sittingbourne,.Rainham, and .osoringe, every Morning.
BARNSTAPLE, Soutbmolton, Crediton, Tiverton, North-
lawton, Oakhampton, Torrington, Chumleigh, Iltracomb,
and Biddeford. New light fast Coach, every Morning, at 7.
BATH an? 8.1.1 STOL Cheap Post-Coaches, through Chip-‘
penham, Caine, Ilarlborough, Hangerford, Newbury, and
Reading, every Afternoon at one ; arrive at the Greyhound
Inn, Bath, the London Tavern, Thomas-street, and Swan,
Bristol, early the next Morning. At reduced Fares.
BOSTON New Royal Patent Mail to Louth, through
Royston, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Stilton, Peterborough,
peeping, Spalding, Spilsby, Alford, and Gii nsby, Evening's'
at Half past 7, Sunday, at a Quarter before 7. - --
CAMBRIDGE New Royal Patent Mail, through Ware,
Buntingford, Buckland, and Royston, Evening, at Half past
7, Sunday, at a Quarter before 7.
CARLISLE •‘ Express," only One Night on the Road, to
Penrith, and Whitehaven, a New Light Four-inside Post
Coach,
.with a Guard all the way ; passes through Appleby,
Brough, Bowes, Greta-bridge, Richmond, Catterick, Bo-
roughbridge, Ferrybridge, Doncaster, Newark, Bawtrt,
Grantham, Stamford, Greetham, Stilton, Biggleswade, arid
Baldock. Sets out in the Morning, and performs the jour-
ney with the greateet facility. Passengers detained on the
Road by business or pleasure, have the peculiar advantage
of their Seats being secured in the next Coach.—The only
direct Coach to Carlisle. '

CHESTER Light Coaches to Newport, Whitechurch, Tar-
porley, Namptwieh,Northwich, and Middlewich, every morn-
ing and afternoon.

COVENTItY "'Pally Ho," light fast Day Coach, every
morning at a quarter be'ore 7, through Redhuru, Dunstable,
Stoney Stratford, Towccster, Weedon, Daveutry, and Dun-
church,

DOVER., and Paris Patent Safe Coach, every morning,
br;nl4 h Canterbury and Chatham.
DORCHESTER New light Day Coaches, in fourteen hours
only, through Bagshot, Blackwater, Basingitoke, Overton,
Whitchurch, Andover, Salisbury, Wood' eats, Cashmore, and
Blandlord, at a quarter past 5 and 7 in the morning.
EXETER "Sovereign," New light fist Coach every morn-
ing at 7 o'Clock, through Honiton, Axminster, Charmouth,
Bridport, Dorchester, Blandford, AVoodvates Inn, Salisbury,
'Stockbridge, Sutton, Basingstoke, Blackwater, and Bagshot.
GLASGOW, Longtown, Gretna-greet), Annan, Dumfries,
Brownhili, Thornhill, Sanquhar-Kiln, Canonici; Kingswell,
and all Parts of Scotland,k light Four inside Post Coach
liIARRO NVGATF. and Ripon new Light 'Post CoachS, every
A fterno.t) at Two, and Seven in the Morning.
HERTFORD Coach, through Waltham Cross, Cheshunt,
Hoddesilon, and Ware.

HOLYHEAD New light fast Day and Night Coaches,
through iiiidgenorth, Walsal, Shrewsbury, and Salop evety
morning and afternoon.

H 111.1." Express," a New Light Post Coach, to Lincoln-
Nortlicat•e, Bowden, and Doncaster,
.every Morning, to the
Cross Keys, Market-place, Hull and also the " Rocking—
ham" in the Afternoon at Two.

K N:NDAL Light fast Post Coaches to Lancaster, Preston,
Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton, Chorley, Ot►sktrk, and Garstang,
every ntornitig and afternoon.
KIDDERMINSTER, Stourbridge, and Dudley, through
Birmingham, and West Bromwich, light Coaches every morn-
ing and afternoon.

LEEDS Rockingham," light Post Coach, sets out
every Afternoon at Two; and passes-through Baldock, Big-
gleswade, Eaton, Bnckden, Stilton, Wansford, Stamford,
Greet ham, Grantham, Newark, Tux ford, Markham Moor,
Buffo' d, Bawtry, Doncaster, and Fevrybridge.,-arrives at the
Golden Lion Inn, Leeds, next Afternoon at Three, in time
or the Bradford, Halifax, Skipton, and Huddersfield Coaches.
Driven through with Four Coachmen only.—Luggage wad
Packages only 2d per lb.—Notwithstanding the uncommon
Expedition of this Coach it is allowed to he the most agree-
able and complete Public Conveyance on the North Road,
being unequalled by any other.

LIVERPOOL and Staffordshire Potteries New light fast
Day Coach, every morning at half-past Si/4 driven through
with Four Coachmen only.

LIVERPOOL "Umpire," New light fast Four Inside
Coach, in 27 hours only, (but one Night on the Road), sets
:out Daily at One ; and arrives at Liverpool next aftermton,
thiongh Woburn,• Lathhury, Northampton, Welford, Lut-
terworth, Hinckley,Atherstone,Tamwm th, Litchfield,Stone,
Newcastle, Knutsford, %Varrington, and Prescot.
LIVERPOOL " Royal Express," New light Four Inside
Post Coach, in Twenty-seven hours, and driven through
with Four Coachmen only, through Warrington, Pres-
cot,. Congleton, Lawton, Newcastle, Rogely, Knutsford,
Stone, Stafford, and, Litchfield, (only One Night on the
Road), every Afternoon ; arrives at the Saracen's Head
Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool, next Afternoon. -The advan-
tages to Travellers who honour this Coach with their pre-
ference are far superior to any other on this Road, especially
to Commercial Interests, as it performs the journey in less
time than any other Coach, and is driven through with Four
Coachmen ; and, notwithstanding its cheapness and expedi-
tion, the Proprietors pledge themselves that for safety and
accommodation it is equalled by few, and shall be surpassed
by none. _ _

MANCHESTER and Altringham New light very fast Day
Coach, every morning to the Nlosely Arms and Swan Inn.
MANCHESTER to Winslow,Congleton, Newcastle, Wal-
sall, WolrerhamptoQ, and Knutsford, light Four Inside
Coaches.

MARLBOROUGH and Swindon, four inside Day Coach,
through Maidenhead, Reading, Newbory,Hungerford, Rams-
bury, and Aldbourn. Driven through with One Coachman
only. The nearest conveyance to Latubonrn, Purton, Woot-
ton Basset, and Pewsey.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE and UNDER LINE Coaches
every morning and afternoon. Only One Night on the road.
PLYMOUTH " Sovereign," New light fast Coach, to Fal-
mouth, Truro, Bodmin, Peoryn, Ashburton, Totness, and
Newton Abbott, every morning at 7.
RAMSGATE " Royal Telegraph," New superior fast safe
Coach, to Margate, Dover, Deal, Broadstairs, Canterbury,
Feversham, and Sandwich—every Morning at half-past
In consequence of the decided preference given to the Te-
legraph safe Coach, the Proprietors are determined no
expence shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on
the Kent Road.

SHEFFIELD " Express," and also " The Rockingham,"
through Rotherham, New Four inside Post Coaches, every
morning and afternoon.

SHREWSBURY, NiOellington, and Shiffnal, Light Post-
Coaches, every morning and afternoon.—Guarded.
TH
SOUAMPTON " Union," to Lymington, Lyndhurst,
Winchester, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, and
Bagshot, New Four Inside Coach, every morning, and ar-
rives at the Coach and Horses and Vine Inn, Southamp-
ton, by Five. This is a most delightful Conveyance to
the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Maloes, Havre de
Grace, Cherbourgh, &c.—The Proprietors. of the above
Coa-ch hope to receive a continuance of that support which
has hitherto been experienced since the commencement of
the " Union."
STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES, a new light very fast
Coach, every afternoon, to Lanend, Stoke, Shelton, But slem,
Tunstall, Lawton, Hanly and Holmes Chapel. This is thy
only Coach direct to the Potteries.
STAMFORD light Post Coaches every morning and after-

Baldock, noon, through Biggleswade, St. Neots, Budiden,
Alconbury, Stilton, and Wandsford.
SUNDERLAND, Stockton, and Tarn, Light Post Coach
every Morinnv, to the George Inn, Sunderland.
TOTTENHAM and Edmonton Coaches daily, at Eleven,
Half-past Two, Five, and Eight o'clock.
WAKEFIELD Four inside Post-Coaches, every Morning
and Afternoon.

WARWICK and Leamington Day and Night fast Coaches,
through Daventry, Weedon, Towcester, and Stoney Stratford,
WELLS, Bridgewater, Taunton, Falmno• h, and Ply-
mouth Coaches, and to all Parts of the %Vest of England.
WEYMOUTH "Magnet'.' Coach, through Bagihfet, Black-
water, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, %Vood-
veats, Cashmore,' Salisbury, Blandfnrd, and Dorchester, at a
Quarter tb,T Five o'Clock in the Mottling. Driven through
with Two oachmen only.

WEYMOUTH PACKETS to Guernsey., Jersey, Cher-
bourg, St. Maloe's, &c..every Wednesday and Saturday af-
ternoon,, at Two,. from ‘Veyrnouth.

WOLVERHAMPTON. o'nty Day Ceach to Dudley. West
Bromwich, and Meriden, through Coventry—Morning, at a
quarter before 7, and every afternoon. •
YORK. " Express," to Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sun-
derland, Newcastle, and Edinburgh, a New light Font
inside Post Coach, with a Girard throughout ; sets out
every Morning by way of Newark, Retlerd, Doncaster, Per-
rybridgc, Taucatter„Darlington, Northallerton; Rushytord,
Durham, Mot teeth, and.Berwick, and arrives at ,YorNearty
next Morning. Passengers finding themselves fatigued on the
tourney, may rest what time they tlease, and then proceed
without any additional Fare.

At Reduced_ Fares to. Ramsgate, Margate., and Canterbury.
S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. respectfully acquaint their
Friends and the Public, that.they will n.►t be accountable fel
any Parcels. Passengm's Luggapi, Writings, Plate, &c: of
more than Five Pounds Value, if lost, stolen, or damaged,
unless entered as such, arid the Insurance paid accord-
ingl3•, at the Sat :metes !lead Inn, Skinner-street, Snow-hill,
London

THE MAGISTRATES' POCKET BOOK.
In a few days will be published,
THE MAGISTRATES' POCKET BOOK,
or an Epitome of the Duties and Practice of a Justice
of the Peace out of Sessions, alphabetically arranged. To which
is added a copious and general Index.
By WILLIAM ROBINSON, Esq. LL.D., of the
Middle Temple.
Printed for Charles Hunter, Law Bookseller, 26, Bell Yard,
Lincoln's Inn.

Dedicated, by express permission, to the King.
In a few days will be published, in 2 vols. tivo.
REMINISCENCES of MICIIAL KELLY,
of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane;
ABROAD and at HOME ; including a period of nearly half
a century : with original Anecdotes of many distinguished Per-
sons' Royal, Political, Literary and Musical.
Printing for Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street.

ON SALE, at N 0.41, CANNON-STREET,
LONDON:-

COFFEES.

The finest Dutch, at -
Very fine, from -

TEAS.

ls. 10d. per lb.
- Is. 4d. to Is. Bd. ditto

Fine Breakfast Souchong, at - ss. 4d. ditto
Fine Green 7s. ditto
Superfine Hyson - - - Bs. ditto

CHOCOLATE.

-- - - Best Chocolate Paste - - 3s. ditto
ORDERS with CASH punctually forwarded.
N.B. Some fine PEKOE and GUNPOWDER TEAS now
on sale at very Low Prices !!!

I3FLFAST and COLERAIN WHITE LINEN HALL,
450, Strand, London.
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COLVILLE, BROTHERS, beg leave to an-
nounce, that the above concern is now open for the Sale
of GENUINE IRISH LINENS, either in Assortments or
by the Single Piece; the following descriptions of which are
arrived and ready for inspection
4-4ths wide Shirting. 5-4ths wide Sheeting.
7.Bths wide Do. 6-4ths to I 0-4ths Plain biapers
7 Bths wide Lawns. and Damask.
5-Bths wide Do.

N.B. Other descriptions daily expected.
As these goods were purchased by the Proprietors in their
unfinished state in the different Brown Linen Markets in the
North of Ireland, and selected of the very best quality, ex-
pressly for the London trade, they can confidently recommend
them to Families. They are particularly worthy the attention
of Purchasers, having been laid in at prices considerably lower
than they could since have been obtained at, and as the Pro-
Proprietors receive them direct from their own Bleach-green,
they are enabled to dispose of them at unprecedented Low
Prices,

IT is acktiowledgod by Rood Judges, (lint
X_ KENT HOUSE, No. 41, CHEAPSIDE, opposite
Wood street, is one of the best Houses in London, for Noble-
men, Merchants, Officers, and Gentlemen, from all parts of
the world, to suit themselves with good CLOTHING of
EVERY DESCRIPTION, made in the first Style of
Fashion, of superior Quality and Workmanship. There is, at
G. SHOOBRIDGE'S Wholesale and Retail Warehouse, a
choice Assortment of Goods ready for inspection, or any
article made to order with expedition, and of superior make, to
fit well. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Gig and Box Coats ; ‘Vater_
proof and Camlet Coats and Cloaks, for travelling : Ladies'
Riding Habits, Pelisses, ; and a great, variety of Nap and
Bath Coating Cloaks; with an excellent assortment of Chil.
dren's Hussar Suits, French ditto, and .Denmark Dresses of
various colours.
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-4;,,;l"lea;eto observe, the Prices are so low, Make so excel-.
le;lt, and Quality so good, that they will insure future Orders.

OLD BAILEY, Nov. 2.

CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD.
Thomas Hughes, Samuel. Hay, Richard Brewer, John
Collier, Charlotte Watts, and Sarah Hay, were indicted with
others, who did not appear, for conspiring together with intent
to defraud Messrs. Lucas and Coplin, of Newgate-street, whole-
sale haberdashers, of several articles of goods. There was another
charge against them, for defrauding a person of the name of
Morris. The defendant Hughes objected to have any gentleman
on the jury who was a member of the Society for the Protection
of Trade.
WIIITcOMBE opened the case.
21r. ADoLrflus stated the case. The conspiracy, he said,
was concocted within the walls of Whitecross-street prison, by
an attorney, in the person of the defendant Brewer. who was at
the time a prisoner. In the month of November, L 824, Hughes
opened a shop in Speldhurst-street, under the firm of Henry
Hughes and Co. and the Company was Mrs. Watts, who
passed as the wife of the prisoner Hughes. The other defend-
ants were connected' either by a fictitious bill system, or by
guaranteeing payments, and on being referred to giving a good
character. The Learned Counsel went through the whole his-
tory of the various transactions of the defendants, and described
them to be as infamous as any that had ever disgraced this '
country. While their frauds were going on in London, a pa-
rallel line ofOperations was carried on at Brighton, by Bullen
(a defendant who did not appear) in the cheesemongery and
tallow chandlery line. All the goods obtained were removed
away from Speldhurst-street in coaches, and were pawned or
disposed or by auction, so that there was not a farthing in the
pound left for the suffering creditors. The entire case would
occupy a large portion of their time, but it was necessary for
the purposes of justice.
Ambrose Parish, an Officer of the King's Bench prison,
proved that Hughes was a prisoner there, and was discharged
on the 22d of February, 1823, under the Insolvent Act; that
Hay is now in custody ; that. Collier was committed there in
February last, and that he was also a prisoner there from No-
vember 8, 1819, to the Bth of June, 1820 ; that Hughes was
also committed in January last, on an attachment; and is now
in custody. .

Mr. J. ' Spencer the keeper of Anitecross-street prison, prov-
ed that the defendants Hughes, Brewer, and Bullen, were in
his custody in the year 1823. Bullen and Hughes were in the
same room.

Harriet Cooper, wife of William Cooper, a milkman in the
Harrow-road, proved that Hay and his wife had lived at her
house, and that they were then in distressed circumstances.__
Hay lost all his goods when he became a bankrupt, and slept
upon shavings for some days.
William Moody—ln Noveinber I became porter to the de-
fenant Hughes ; he called himself an auctioneer and appraiser ;
I believe he was arrested ; I saw him in Whitecross-street
prison ; Hay was there ; I know Bullen and his wife ; Hughes
and Bullen told me that their firm was good, and they could
have any goods they sent for; there was a house called Bruce's
Cottage, at Highgate; the rent was paid by goods from the
shop in Spelditurst-street ; Charlotte Watts lived with Hughes
as his wife; Hughes went to live in Speldhurst-street in De-
cember; Bullen and his wife were there first • Collier and his
wife came soon after the house was set right; there was no
furniture except a few chairs, a deal table, and two press
bedsteads; he said, if he could only make a run of about six
months he should make a good thing of it, as he had a good
backer in Mr. Hay, and he hoped I would be true to him, and
not go to any of his creditors and expose h,m ; I took goods to
thepawnbrokers and sale shops ; I took goods to Bullock's, in
Holborn. several times ; he said he wanted money to keep an
appointment with a gentleman in the city, and I was to get
money advanced from Bullock ; I brought back a cheque for
101. ; he abused me for bringing a cheque, and said, " If I
take this into the city, I shall he spoilt ; the name of Bullock
being on the cheque. He said he meant to get all that he
could, and then turn bankrupt; he never would take the be-
nefit of the Insolvent Act again ; he said if Mr. Hay would I
strike a docket, that they would work a commission, and then
they might go to the d —l.—( Witness here described a great
variety of goods that he had pawned for various sums,, from 11.
to 5/.)—There was a quantity of flannels sent to Bullock's to be
sold ; I attended the sale, and put 'own what they fetched ;
Hughes said, This will do. He explained that he could get
more goods in ; and it was better than sending them to the pawn-
brokers; Mrs B. looked out goods, took them to the pawnbrokers
and told him which were the best shops ; the best shop was in Is-
lington ; Hughes said that Mrs. Bullen knew better than I did ;
in January I saw Hughes at Hurst's lock-up house; Mrs.
'Watts told me to take down a piece of superfine woollen cloth,
to raise money upon it, and take it to the lock-up house to
Hughes ; Mrs. Watts attended the shop as Mrs. Hughes; she
began to remove goods from the shop; I saw Hay at the lock-
up house • he sail it was a bad job ; and, " Well, never
mind, we'll push on as far as we can ;" I also saw Brewer at
the lock-up house; he said, as long as they had money he
would do what he could to get them out of it ; Hughes said
be was afraid the creditors would come in and take all the
goods, when Brewer said he would stop that; he would go to
Charlotte Watts and make all that right. I know Collier, and
took a lot of bills from Hughes, for him to accept; he did
accept them, and said, " 1 am afraid we shall be done to-
gether, but we may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb;
so here goes." It was at his own house that he accepted
them ; he said that he had an execution hanging over his
head, that he was paying off weekly; H. Hughes and Com.
pany, was over the shop door. There were more goods
taken to the pawnbrokers and the sale shops ; they were
sold in the way of trade in the ship ; it was open about ten
weeks; there were a good many goods brought in whilst
Hughes was at the lock-up-house; there was a lot of hosiery
from Mr. Brown's, in Goldsmith-street; I took a letter from
Hughes for them ; I took several bundles of them to the lock-
up-house ; the goods that remained in the shop were taken to
Mrs. Bullen's ; Mrs. Bullen and her daughter assisted in re-
moving them ; I never was a brick-maker, as master or man.
I never lived at Kilburn nor in Oxford-street, nor had any ac-
count at No. 22, in that street; I kept a marine store shop in
Kent-street, in the Borough ; at that time Hughes told me he
would take a house for me in Somers'-town, and send me in
goods.
A number of other bills and letters were produced, connect-
ing the prisoners together in various transactions. Some of the
bills were drawn upon, and accepted by, the witness while he
was porter to Hughes, and addressed to him as a haberdasher
in Union-street, Somers'-town.

Mr. Beddome, solicitor to the commission of bankruptcy
against Hughes, produced the commission, and an extract
from the bankrupt's examination, in which he stated that he
had once before been a bankrupt, and had twice taken the be-
nefit of the Insolvent Act. The bankrupt's debts were 10741.
18s. 4d., and his credits 9'91. Bs. 6d.

Mr. Henry Gregory, of the firm of Welch, Gregory, and
Cubit, stated, that Hughes came into their house in November,
and introduced himself as Henry Hughes, surveyor and auc-
tioner, and that his wife was about to open's shop as a Millener,
in Speldhurst-street, Burton Crescent, and gave witness a re-
ference to George Wm. Case, 22, Oxford-street ; and to Mr.
Stocks, Cranmer-street, St. George's in the East. He stated
that he should-want Leghorn hats, flowers, and feathers; he
came again in two days, and witness told him the reference was
not satisfactory, and he could not open an account with him ;
Hughes then said, a friend of the name of Hay, a builder, and
a man of property. he had no doubt would become kis security
for 50/. or 801. and the next day he came with the prisoners
Hay and Charlotte IVatts, whom he introduced as Sirs. Hughes;
Hay then signed the guarantee, produced by witness, for 50/.
witness then gave Hughes credit for goods to the amount of 521.
four days after Hughes wrote for more goods, which were sent
him ; the whole amount at present is 651. 7s. Bd. In Decem-
ber Hughes sent a small order, and enclosed an accepted bill
for 28/. on John Collier, of Paddington, builder; the bill has
not been paid,. nor could the acceptor be found.
Mr. John Palk Griffin, of Skinner-street, stated that Hughes
applied to him, and said his wife was about commencing the
millinery business, and should want goods in his line ; that he
had a friend of great respectability, a builder, who had several
houses, and would guarantee for him to the amount of 1001.
Witness said, he should like to see the guarantee. The nest
day he came with the prisoners Hay and Charlotte Watts.
Hay signed the guarantee produced by witness, and Hughes
took goods to the amount. He afterwards drew' on Hughes,
who accepted a bill for 951., which was never paid.
Mr. Richard Wood Lucas, of Newgate-street, stated a simi-
lar transaction with the prisoners, but with this difference, that
he had been paid about 501. on account by Hughes, who still
owes him 1051.

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Cross-examined.—Hughes brought an action a;.Tainst me ;
this prosecution was not commenced till after tl e commence-
ment of the action.; I cannot assign any reason that this in-
dictment was not preferred earlier; my bills and receipts were