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migi.t be removed ; mitt t'.e ',VAS the petition
ot Starke, and the other cretli3OV, 14110 bad: proved
d,bts to the ;,-mount of 13001. and it also prayed for
the ietnoval ot the two assignees, Para)), and Play!

fair. •
All these petitions detailed the different proceed.
inks under this bankruptcy, which have been a;
ready stated; and we. shall, thereforerMerely notice
she: additibnal circumstances necessary to- complete
the aaciunt tlic case, as accurately as the perplex.
e,d and. puzzling confusion in which some 'of the
parties had embarrassed it, will allow us to' dO, from
.the.s.tareti)et. of the. Counsel.

• The ATTORNEY-GENERAL Said; " that he was
Counsel for the creditors, Starke, and others, who
petitioneal for the removal of these assignees. The
case was so strangely jumbled, and presented such
vadat.: views, in different stages of this bankruptcy,•
, that it was difficult to give any dear view of the
why le. One of the petitions prays for the removal
cf te:th assignees another fur that of Plavfair.only:
17 ere has evidently been a complete juggle in this
bu ;• ~-ss. anti it has been supposed that my clients
are parties to it ; but it will appear otherwise.
The petition to supersede the commission was
presented by eight creditors, whose debts amount-
ed.to 13col. and to whom, we now add another
proof tot 12.001..wlrereas the .petition on the other
side, although it includes the name of twenty.
seven creditors, does not afforti debts to an
equal amount with the other petitioners ; so that at
all events, Starke and Co. have a majority to sup-
,,port their proceedings. h has been said, in answer
to the petition to supersede the Commission on the,
ground of prior kis of bankruptcy in the -year
1796, that our debts are subsetptent.to 1796, and
that consequently we should be prech ded from
all benefit under such a proceeding; but the answer
is obvious. If the bankruptcy is carried hack to
1796, it will destroy the conveyance to Vincent
Kenoetr, and there will be sufficient to pay all the
creditors of that period 2os. in the pound, and the
surplus will consequently resort cleatly to the credi-
tors of the subsequent petted. But it has been al-
leged that there is a conspiracy in this case. If there
be any conspiracy at all, it ,is between the petition.'
ing creditor, his brother, Duff, . the Solicitor and
the bankrupt ; for my clients, the creditors, contend
th:o. Kennett is a solvent man if this commission of
*Duff's be cut down, and the ts hole property fairly
distributed. The conduit of Mr. Duff, -who now
petitions to discharge_ the order, direetiog an issue
for trying the validt.y of this commission, is just as
inconsistent with fair play as Mr. Pkyfair's con.
duo is with his duty as an assignee. What right
lead Playfair to permit himself to he appointed an
assigner ? He knew that he was an uncertificated
bankrupt, an insolvent debtor; but tie knowledge
of those fans extended to Henry Kennett only.
The eight creditors, whom I renv reptesent, were
equilly unacqu,inted with Parlby's idiotcy, and
Playfair's insolvency, at the time they'made them
'assignees.,,
LORD CHANCELLOR.—" It is quite clear that
Henry Kennett chose these assignees, availing him-
self of the ignorance of these creditors as to theptr-
oons whom he proposed to elect. He plays with
'hem up to tht seennent ,when he quarrels with Play-
I sir, whom he had chosen as a creature of his own,
4nd
.then he stirs up those very creditors who had
tletted Playfairand Parlby, to Petition for their re-
moval. I can have no doubt what should be done
in such a case. These assignees must be discharged, I
and new ones chosen." .

Mr. RomILLY.—" I wish your Lordship would
permit -his twitter to be now fully investigated. tt
is necessity for the protedion of the public and the
sake of jus!ice ; for I will ventute confidently, and
solemnly to state, that if there ever was aeve_
which wtruld authorize the Court to call upon the
Attorney.Gc.nadl to prosecute at the public exvence,
it is this"."

LORD CHANCELLOR.---" Although my mind is
pertail7 made up as to what order I ought to make
fur the future administration of this bankruht's es.
tatr, yet, Mr. ItAnilly, I will hear the whole rase
through with the utmlst patience, entirely'for tre
purpose of knowing whether I should command the
Am-A-hey-General to pr)secute or not. •
Mr. ATTORNEY-GENFRAL.—" My Lord, I
s' ould he glad to know, being engaged as Con,lsel
it) this case, against whom it is that Mr. Romilly
thinks there ought to be a prosecution, as, if this
matter is to come before me in a criminal shape, it
is highly necessary that I should know that th se
for whom I stand here are. not criminated in it."

Mr. ROMILLY.—" My Lord, I contend that
there has
.been a conspiracy in this case to keep all
the property from the hands of these creditors, and
to retain-it in the family of the Kermetts, which, I
maintain, was entered into immediately after your
Lordship superseded !he, first commission ; and it
was formed between.gAbert Kennett, the bankrupt,
Henry Kennett, the son, and Brackley Kennett, the
bankrupt's brother. .Their scheme to effe& this
cbjqtt was, by getting two persons apponited as.
Eignees totally unknown to the creditors, as Parlby
and Phyfair were, and then to sell the whole pro.
petty under fiditious names, so that when an in-
quiry was instituted, nothing could possibly ap.
pear. This, my Lord, is the outline ot the con-
spiracy, which I think your Lordship is imperative-
ly called upon to submit to a jury of the country."
Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL.-4.4 The creditors,
who are my clients, are not at all involved in this
statement ; but if any criminal proceeding is talked
ot, should not the,Kennetts be before the Court ..;"

Mr. PIGOTT, on the same side.—" No corn-
binittion can be proved to have existed between the
creditors whom I represent, and Playfair ; for they
swear that they knew nothing of him, even at the
time of the meeting."
LORD, CHANCELLOR.—" Playfair himself was
present at this meeting, and, f'arlby was professedly
represented by Henry Kennett. So that these ere.
ditors at least made this election with their eyes