The Sun.
London, England, 1802-06-25 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY-77MM, DAY.

The company after breakfast" went to the Slaugh-
ter-house to inspea some prime Sheep'of the South.
down, 1 eice,,tet, Lincoln, and Norfolk kinds, which
sneer killed the preceding night, and "were now
brouAnt to the
.scale: Several bets were won, and
lost, on the comparative weights. They next ex.,.
mined .soniir Lincoln 1-I)ggets, bought by Mt .CHAr
LIN, and weighed their fleeces, the prime one of
*lnch turned
.r 5 pounds. The company inspeaed
a wheel-barrow drill for a sh,gle row, of ingenious
construction ; after which the South Down Tups
were lett for the ensuing season by lottery, which
(riled rapidly, and some of them were thus drawn at
'forty guineas each.
At this day's dinner Cull two hundred and fifty
agricultural guests partaok of the hospitable board
of Holkham. Before the company rose, a sub-
scription of two • hundred guineas being closed,
for the discBvery of a preventive for the Tui.
nips against the insert called the (on condi-
tion that it proved satisfaaory to the Subscribers)
the secret was declared which iN, to sow 21b. of
ki:diSh Seed on every acre of Turnip land, with the
Turnips ; which the Inventor declared, will Sc)
attraa the Fly, as to prevent its proving at all in-
juriouS to the Turnip; .‘ -
In. the evening some South Down Theaves were
§O4l in lots at very high prices.

PORTLAND-PLACE B ANYINC, CONCERNS.

IN consequence of a Commission of Bankrupt
laving been issued against R, IV. Felton Lathropp,
)theno,se Sir Robirt Murray Brvaff Clarke, late of

Portland Place,' Banker, co-partner with T. Leveson
Prescott, otherwise called Leveson Prescott, and 3ohn•
_ _ .

King, late of the same place, Bankers, the first
meeting under the Commission was held _at Guild-
ball onTuesday laSt. The first debt attempted to
be proved was .one for 4.191. t 65. 61. brought for-
ward against, the Bankrupt by 3. 0,12 n King, 'being
the amount of a bill, containing various items.

Mr. AoAR, as Counsel for Latbropp, said he
must, in the first place, _ohlea to this proceeding
altogether., Here was one of the Partners in a
Firm, who brought forward a number, of sham
claims, a$ he should prove them to be, against
another of the Partners, for the fraudulent purpose

of depriving the real and bona fide_creditorsofillti.
Lathrop, of -what was justly due to them. For if
These fiditious:clalms of King were illowed, there

would be nothing left for the real creditors.
The Comnaiss,toners thought it proper to enter
into the consideration of the items of the hill. 0n:•

of these was- the sum of. 371. ros. fist six weeks
board in, King's house. This demand was al-
lowed, ,although Lathropp declared that •he had
hoarded only a month, and that many' of the
dinners he partook of with King were in con-
sequence' of invitations. Other items were for
money lent,• and out of the bill of 4191. 16s. 63.
no more than 1881..4.5. 61 was allowed,. The
remaining claims the Commissioners would not re.
jeet, but said they must suSpend,.th:on until th y
were substantiated by better evidence than King
could then produce. ,Of these claims, one vs.;s.
a sum paid for the use of Lathrop?, for adver-
tising in the papers in answer to Wr. lefeeys
Mt.' AGAR asked King if, in that answer, he
did not endeavour to vindicate his own character;:
and the charafter of the Banking-house, ao,it
then put it to the Commissioners whether it was wit'
Money expended for the use of die Firm, and nut for
any individual Partner in it ? King answered, 'liar
the money was laid out Sold) for the use Of
Lathropp, for that he would not himself have
answered .the attack made by Mr. jrifer.p. Ann,
ther item was for stationary to . a considerable
amount. The Counsel contended,that this was ge-
nerally for the use of the Banking-house, and not
for Mr. Lathrolp's private. use. King swore that lie
sent it all to Sir Robert Aturrhy; and he consi-
dered it as applied to his use solely ; and Lathropp,
swore that he knew no more about it than that of its
having been sent to the Banking-house for,the use of
the Partners. .Other parts of the bill were for surds
of money which King swore he had at',vanced to La-
tblopp, and which the other as positively swore-nor
to have been given far his use. There was an item
to tconsiderable amount for :stamps, which King
said,he had supplied Sir Robert with, but which the.
other said he.had given to the Stationer,- and not
one of which he bad conver,ed to his own ose.—
There was also an item for money to defray the ex-
pences attending the changing of Lathrlp.l.s..nlme.
"King said that Lathropp had no mod 4 at al', and
that on every occas'on lie h ,d been obliged to sup ;
hitn with whatever he Wanted. To many of thi•
claims Latbropp said he could make Sets off: am,,,
several fads sworn to by King, he positiVely de.
pied on his oath.
Mr. AGAR. tcgain.contendeLl,thatotte Partner had
no right to raise up
.cl,:itts- like these -agwirist
ther,l and that should such a preccient be c':)nce esta-
blished, it would be a reeipc for frauds o every kind
to the Most unliMitea excerit:. = • •
The Commissioners S'ittl;`tliiit'as sonie of the items
were admitted; and as othets.appeare i to be for the
private- use of Lathropfr,...they must.be allowed, and
ail the others suspended. •
King said, .ehat beSides,thisebill, -he had further
demands "on Sir Robert Murray, amounting to up.
wards of 70001. But as the'eonsideration of these
was;puroff to-a-future day, .wc.Shall forbear stating
What they were-for.
The•next personyiho.tatne to prove his debt was
the Petitioning Creditor, an Irishman, named Gill,
who stated himself to he a Linen-merchant, resid-
ing'at:No. 6, in.Oxendon.stteet. - He .swore that
he had advanced the Bankrupt the-sum of poi, in
consideration of which he was to .be allowed to
draw on the -Bank to the amount of 6001. About
701. of the 3001. was advanced in linen, the rest
in money, Lathropp denied his having received
any of this property; and Mr. AGAR OCOSS..eXaMiti"..
e'd Gill, in_ order to shew, in the first place, that
no such_ property had ever been advanced-that if
it had, it. must have ,been. given to King pre.
vious to the commencement .of the partnership—
and, if after the establishnient of the Firm, all the
Partners, and not his client individually, mustie
liable to • the debt.-7 Mr., AGAR. then contended,
that. this was a ficlitious,demand, and said, that
this Mr. Gill;. who called himself a Linen-merchant,
was a man whose residence could not be fotind, for
when persons went to inquire after him in Oxendon.
street, where .be represented_ himself as having a
warehouse and a lodging, the answer made,was, that
no such per Son lived there.
The further consideration ,Of depositiop
was. postponed, the Commissioners observini that
other eVidence must be given- before they Lould
allow such a claim,
The hankrupt's Marriage Settlement was
.then
produced, in order to shew that the ta.,0001. which
belongedto his wife was settled on her, and, there-
fore, was not liable to hip debts ; but on account 01
the abSence of witnesses necessary to prove the due
execution of the deed, the'consideration of it was
deferred.

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NA WS.

GILVI.SEND, JUtit

Passed .by—the Elizabeth, Stephenson, frbni Jamaica ;
Albion, Davis, trans Venice; :and the Prime" of Wales, Gil-
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for Newfoutidland •' Frederick, tor Ostetr,l; Elizabeth,
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Amanda, —, for .13ourcleaui ; Mice esusters, Pronk,
tor Hebe, Fines, and. Caroline. Thorne, for Calais.

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On Tueslsy, the Lady. of Edmund Wio;y, rsq, M. r.
at his house at Brampton, of a Dat,kg4tt.-. .