The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-25 00:00:00

DEPARTURES FROM TOWN.

'I.. R. and Mrs. Rod
nt y, on a tour ; Colonel Lewis, on a tour.

The Marquis of Lanailown had a dinner party yesterday, at
Lamalown House, ,Uerkeley-square.
Lord Melville entertained a party at dinner yesterday, at the
Admiralty:
Earl Uathurat had a dinner party yesterday, at his house, in
'Stanhope-street, May-fair.
Mrs. Hope entertained a large party of fashionables yester-
day. evening, at her house in Alanitield-street.
The Countess.of, Essex will resume her Thursday parties on
Thutsday next, the 2d of AI tech'.

MEET,ING OF THil CREDITORS OF MESSRS.

KNIGHT AND LACEY.

Yesterdaya Meeting of thr Creditors of
Messrs. Knight and Lacey, of Pateraoster.rew, was. held at the
London Cotlee-house ; Aldermen Ktly in the Chair.
Mr. J. Wmcs, senior, said the ftillowing was the state-
ment of their affairs debits in trade amounted to the
sum of 9,8701. 1 • their acceptances out amounted to 40,6401. ; '
total 80,416/. On the other side, their . stock, copyrights,
plates, and wood blocks, paper, &c., valued at prime cost,
amounted to 31,9401. 2d. ; besides. which, they had an
interest in Pierce Egan's Life in London, which was valued
at LOOM, a moiety of the Mechanics' Magazine, at, 1,000!. and
the Pulpit I AUL Their book debts were 13,4091. Is. 2d. They
',had bills to the amount of 1,8001.; trade hills to the amount
'of lOW. ; bills at Williams's 8001; at Robinson and
Co.'s to the amount of 2201. ; at Intim), and Co.'s 1101. ;
procetsda to bad debts .6001.. On the whole, in January last
their property; amounted to 844271. 3s. 4d. Of the debts,
6,600 t. were good, 6,0001, doubtful, and 4,788/. bad. In this
state of things, the stagnation of commerce of every kind, when
every thing fell back upon Ahltml :and. they *nil themselves
under the necessity of suspending payment, they at first
called a meeting of five Of the. most considerable creditors,
to whom they offered 12a. in.the pound, to be Paid, by instal-
meats of 25,, each instalment, itt. the end .of ever), 144 mouths,
upon•their own security. They offered to assign their Property
to five of their principatcreditors, for the benefit of the whole,
anti carry on their business on a lair rentoneration,being given
to them. This mode of settlement bad been strenuansly
posed. They now offend to give up the whole of their property
to trustees, by a deed of assignment, for the benefit of the cre-
ditors.

A long discussion ensued, as to the details of
,the business.
The idea of a commission of bankruptcy was treated as ruinous
to all Jiarties.. Complaints were made, that there bad been
variations in the bankrupte:ittatements, After considerable
discussion, Mr. Robertson, the F,ditor of the Mechanics Aia-
sazirie,one'of the firm -of Key anti Co. Mr. Wheatley, and
' two others; were appointed trustees ; and the settlement of the
concerti under their direction agreed to. ,

On Wednesday last, as the constables of Cre-
diton were conveying a man named William
Hill, to the Devon County Bridewell, for
want =of sureties in a case
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one of them rem►►ked to the prisoner that
his coat was very dirty, to which he
replied,—" Never mind, I'll wash it by
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which
be,
would
get it dried when in liridewell. Near Drury.
yard, .about a mile from Exeter-hill, be sprang
from the officers, jumped on the hedge, anti saying,
t, I'm going this- -way," ran off across the
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Hwtirn safely to the opposite, bank, bidding
Exwick, when the pursuit appearing hopeless
1 way. abandoned.

DIED. •
On the 21st inst., at Kriepton, near 'Wrilaliatn, thti:Bev.
Henry Hunter, aged 61, Vicar of DiPlain and Boning, and
Horsey, in the county of Norfolk.
On the 16th inst., at Westhoff e, Nottinghamshire, J a ulian
Elizaheth'Ernma, wife of the I(ev. 'W lliarrr Giaye, and the
eltleat daughter of J. J. C. Bullock, EN, ''''ailibt/4"1•11411>
EStIVX.,
On Tuesday last, EdmundTyrwhitt, only brother of
Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Black Rod. , ,
011 the lOth Inst. at be North In the ertn ;warm., thiblin,
in the 76th yeftr of his age, John RisickiriLly Taylor, Ei.
At ateyeraig, Fife ‘hire, on the 14th intit., blitis jean Be.
thunev. youngest daughter uf the Ihte Rev. Niel. Detio,we
minister of, 'ennoway.