The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-25 00:00:00

MARY LEBONE BANK.

IN RE DAVID HANNAY.
Yesterday was fixed for the adjourned final eximinationi'.
the bankrupt, in the Court of Bankruptcy, the proceedmil
whose ease have been reported by us as they occurred.
Several creditors were present to-day, with Mr. Roy le rr
licitor for the assignees, and Mr. Robins for the bankrl
and a Learned Counsel (whose name we did not hear) atteo •
for certain of the creditors.
The Learned COUNSEL addressed the Court at considere.,l4.:i
length, and stated in substance that he appeared for Grid;
who were copartners in the Alarylebone?
which had been for a few years carried on with every ap ,
prosperity, but ultimately ended in proving to be " a b
The bankrupt was the manager of that bank—the prime fnr;i4
and projector of the concern, which commenced in the Mir:
1836, and continued until 1841, when it " broke up." fir?,
present object was to apply for an adjournment of the DlS';'
rupt's last examination upon a variety of grounds, but pr„,,
cularly as the voluminous and complicated accounts 01y4; •
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which the bankrupt now sought to pats had not reached r.
clients until the day before yesterday, and it could not be • •
posed that ordinary minds could investigate them without ti •
fie further examination. The accounts as furnished sholej
r
an extraordinary state of things. He found one item in •
statement—namely, that in the balance of the banking acc°ol
with the bankrupt. there wat a sum due by the latter
14,373/. Is. Id., and he now required to know how, the W!' '
rupt could have been indebted in so large a sum to the tank
Sir C. F'. WILLIAMS—In no way but by misconduct. 4.4
The Learned COUNSEL proceeded—ln the statement ot...„1•1
penses, it nas put down that the bankrupt had paid on acenn't.
of the bank, &c., 954/. Ids. 6d., " less half to his account..(What was the meaning of such a statement ? But the
counts went on as to discount, and commission, which Vrel7
charged to the bank.
Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—I thought that the bank were •
masters.
The Learned COUNSEL—There was a " lumping " owl kro'',
down for discounts, of 1,0001., and for interest no less 01
4,0501. To whom were these loans made ? The credito.
and shareholders had, up to this time, no means of knosvig;
and hence they requested time for further inquiry? In 0
course of the previous investigation it became necessari.,,
have a meeting of the directors and shareholders, and a of
spectable accountant was called in, and while on the fate
accounts they found two such conflicting items as the folw4
ing :—Surplus, 1,0571. Os. 9d , and deficit (amended) 10e7:bs
2., he thought it could not be deemed unreasonable in
shareholders to make this application for further time to ero't
mine the bankrupt's accounts, and also for delaying the
examination. • ben.'
Mr. ROY joined with the shareLolciers of the Maryle bo,
Bank in the application for the further adjournment of
bankrupt's final examination. sk'
The bankrupt here begged permission to read a letter, tot
dressed by him to the Directors of the Marylebone Bank, °leo
the 20th of August, 1841, in which he expressed his :eadis to
to give them every information in his pone' with reference
his accounts, but they never since gave him the opporturinPso
do so, although in their reply to his letter they expresSen,,e,
anxiety to hear any statement which, he might have to
His account with the bank was made up by Mr. Quilt'Sr;o''
highly respectable professional accountant, and as far as her,,,,,t
bankrupt) believed its accuracy could not be questioned. by,;
siderable exaggeration had taken place in the statements 0' k •
debt to the bank, one saying it was 17,0001., and anotber 0:011.
ling it up to 20,000/. ; hut the fact was that it aces ,
14,3731. Is. Id., from which was to be deducted 4,Uvv7.ote,
certain claims, beside himself and his friends having paid
the Bank 10,000/., and thus he did not now consider hint go,
be " due" (owing) them one single sixpence. He waiter
anxious that the public should know the real truth, aad t"
fore he would not object to a short adjournment. f
The further hearing was then adjourned to the 21st 0
next.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
WORCESTER, JUNE 24.—The accounts from the
plantations are generally very bad, the plants being still it
infested with filth and vermin, which, since the cool
and rains we have had, are on the increase. The de
called 8,0001. to 9,000/. Market good for all fine WV' 6.00
BOROUGH, JUNE 24.—The accounts this morning 00
some parts of Kent and Sussex report the Hop plata,. tiff
worse since the rains, the cold nights appearing to fsw:„(o6
vermin, which is very strong in some grounds. The datY
between 105,0001. and 110,0001., but many persons thifloei
too high. 'I he trade is good for fine and choice 11°P4
prices firm at the advanced quotations.

pelt
There were 40,000 letters and 40 bags of n
tit
papers brought by the Unicorn on her last trip. The 1:1,1
on the letters lor this city was 3,300 doll. This was the'
mail ever received in this country.—Jamaica Despatch' 000,
A letter from Nuremberg of the 13th thst.4.s„, r,
that a quarrel took place there on the preceding Sea:Tor
tween some workmen and the police, which became I'4oo
so serious from the number of persons who joined to io t' •
that it was necessary to call out the vgular troope• t
tempt to clear the streets by a charge with bayonets, ba olsea
out using them, having failed, says the letter, and the rplee,
throwing stones at the troops, the latter were ordere?,,, /nob: •
and several persons are said to have been killed. Tiog,
then dispersed, uttering cries of " Lung live lhbertY
live the Republic of "'Nuremberg!" et
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' ELABORATE ASTRONOMICAL CLOCKS.----Air .of egh"
of 82, Strand, having had the distir.guished honour
structing. by eommandot the Emper r of Russia, tw°eijose
mipal-elocks, invites a public inspection of them Pr
their departure. •