The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-10 00:00:00

TitOIS TROUBADOURB.

The " Bohemian Brothers" having met with
some success at the Argyll-rooms, it naturally follows
in this great metropolis, where there are so many
spirited and monied individuals, that any speculation
answering with one would be followed up with
competition by others. This is all fair, and with
respect to the Troubadours we were certainly much
gratified yesterday, at what may be called a private
rehearsal of their vocal and instrumental powers, as
set forth in the following programme :

FIRST PA wr.
Le Jardin de la France
Le Met d'Amour
Voici la Nuit Duet
Variations for the Guitar
Vois-tu cette Nacelle?
Pourqoui me reveillez-vous?
Le Troubadour de la Rance

SECOND PA 11.1%
La petite Minaudiere
La Riteliere
Entends-tu, Bere,,erette ? Duet
Rondo for the Guitar Duet
Encore un Mot
Encore toujours Duet
Le Gondolier

The person who sang the solos, which were most
applauded, has a very sweet and pleasing tenor
voice, well suited for a room, but which would be
quite lost in a theatre. The rondo for the guitar
was encored, and the last trio (Le Gondolier) met
with great applause. The guitar is a pretty and
pleasing accompaniment to the voice, but as it is
also only fit for a room, we think that the Trouba-
dours might give very great satisfaction at private
parties, as well as by their performance at the
Egyptian-hall afford a very agreeable hour's lounge.
We wish them every success.

AYOTHER ACCOUNT.--(YROX A CONISOMSZTIA.)

An experimental exhibition was given by three
individuals, their nom de guerre " Les Tro's Trou-
badours," unlike their four contemporaries, the
"Bohemians" (alias llamburghers) and ci-decant
" Cigar-ists," from the purlieus of Whitechapel. It
is quite evident the first appellation is sufficiently ap-
plicable, their Gallic pronunciation at once identify-
ing their legitimate claim to the:distinction they have
deemed it expedient to adopt. The principal singer
possesses a sweet—a melodious voice, between a
baritone and tenor, of tolerable compass, combined
to exceeding good intonation and unexceptionable
taste. The assistants (if we may so denominate the,
other two) play into his hands very successfully,
and the elder person of the three is no mean per-
former upon the Spanish guitar. We have been
informed that one of these gentlemen is a very su-
perior performer upon no less than from six to seven
different instruments. If this be sooth, our marvel
is the greater, seeing that although the morning's
performance contained that which may be esteemed-
much above the common, monotony was too evident.
The relief, then, on exhibition of a solo upon any one
•f the six or seven instruments in question, must
have created a sensation of greater gratification to a
mixed auditory. We observed a number of highly
talented professional gentlemen present, who appre-
ciated that which was really estimable, which the
longer eared portion of the assembly appeared to
think was but " leather and prunella." Alas ! for
poor John Bull—diminished sevenths and flat ninths
are yet somewhat over chromatic for thy unsophisti-
cated olfacteries. For example, a vulgar common-
place rondo upon the guitar, in six-to-eight time,
was honoured with an encore ! A beautiful com-
position, extremely well executed, scarcely elicited
the slightest notice ! Such is the too-prevalent
state of musical feeling of the metropolis of the Bri-
tish Empire, even in the 19th century.

We have been much amused at the cast of a new
opera at one of our national theatres. It more than
confirms our previously-expressed opiniolis upon the
present state of national opera—anent which, more
anon.

RIVAL TOPICS.-AN EXTRAVAGANZA.

(From the Times.)
Oh W-11—ngt—n and Stephenson,
Oh morn and evening papers,
Times, Herald, Courier, Globe, and Sun,
When will ye cease our ears to stun
With these two heroes' capers?
Still " Stephenson" and " W-11—ngt--n,"
The everlasting Two !
Still doom'4l, from rise to set of sun,
To hear what mischief one has done,
And t'other means to do :
What bills the Banker pass'd to friends,
But never meant to pay ;
Whath Bills the
theinotthbeerirWwigalyit;_intends,
As
Bills, payable at distant sight,
Beyond the Grecian Kalends,
When all good deeds will come to light,
When W-11—ngt-11 will do what's right,
And Rowland pay his balance.
To catch the Banker all have sought,
But still the rogue unhurt is ;
While t'other juggler—who'd have thought ?
Though slippery long, has just been caught
By eld Archbishop Curtis ;_..... -
And, such the power of Papal crook,
The crosier scarce had quiver'd
About his ears, when, 10, the Duke
Was of a Bull deliver'd !
Sir Rickard Birnie doth decide
That Rowland " must be mad,"

In private coach, with crest, to ride,

When chaises could be had.
And t'other hero, all agree,
St. Luke's will soon arrive at,
If thus he shows off publicly,
When he might pass in private.
Oh W-11—ngt—n, oh Stephenson,
Ye ever-boring pair,
Where'er I sit, or stand, or run,
Ye haunt me every where.
Though Job had patience tough enough,
Such duplicates would try it;
Till one's. turn'd out and t'other off,
We shan't have peace or quiet.
But small's the chance that Law affords,—
Such folks are daily let off;
And, 'twixt tit' Old Bailey and the Lords,
THEY Baru, I fear, will get off.

There was a very fashionable and numerou'
audience at the Wolverhampton Theatre on Friday even-
ing, the attraction being the appearance of the " celebrated
Amateur" in the character of Lord Ogleby, which he
performed with complete success, and which drew forth
the spontaneous applause of the house.— Wolverhampton
Chronicle of 'Wednesday.

The Editor of the Lancet, in noticing the
late murders at Edinburgh, says—" We have ourselves,
within a recent period, seen bodies brought into dissecting-
rooms in this metropolis, exhibiting none of the appear-
ances usually found in the bodies of persons who had died
from disease, but with all the indications presented by the
bodies of men who had died within a few boors, and in a
state of perfect health. One bead in particular—subjects
are now frequently sold piecemeal—attracted our attention,
and that of other gentlemen present. It was the head of
a perfectly fresh subject; nut the slightest indication of
disease could be traced ; it was apparently the head of a
man who had lived in health and vigour within a few
hours. We could not learn from whence it was brought,
nor how the man (from whose trunk it had been severed)
had come by his death. He might possibly have expired
suddenly from natural causes; he might have destroyed
his own life; but the late horrible disclosures prove that
be right also have been slaughtered for the price of his
corpse."

LAW INTELLIGENCII.--(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
ROBERTSON V. KENSINGTON.

This was au action brought by a manufacturer in
Perth, against the defendant, a commission-broker
in London, for the recovery of 1,3001., being the
value of 1,226 bags of coffee, which had been
pledged with the latter for the advancement of a
certain sum by an agent named Fennel, employed to
sell the goods for the plaintiff,
The defence set up was, that Robertson hod, at
the time the goods were pledged, a running account
with the agent Fennel (who afterwards became
bankrupt), and that Robertson had known of the
pledge, and consequently sanctioned it for a consi-
derable time, without giving notice to Kensington.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for
the full amount claimed, subject however to the
giving up the coffee—Damages 13001.

TILE MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY.)

COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.

There was a good supply at this morning's market fot
the time of year, but the trade was dull. Both good cu-
linary and table Apples were considerable dearer than crt
this day se'nnight in prices of other things little alteration.
s (1. s.d I s.d. sd.
Potatoes (per cwt.) 36to 7 OlS;.inage (half-sieve) ... 09to 1 6
Ca' bagel (12 heads) 1 9 3 0100 i n. 2 0 3 6
Ditto Red .. 2 6 4 0 Apples..., 4 4 14 0
FL rse itadish(but.dte) 2 8 4 0 Sweet Oranges (100)
Ce'ery .... ... 1 6 2 6 Lem,..ns 6 0 12 0
Bro, ol 2 0 3 0 English Walnuts
Carrots 112 bunches).. 5 0 8 tit Span. Cheinute (peck) 5 0 10 0
Turnips .... 2 0 4 0 trench ditto 3 0 7 0
Coleworts or Greens... 2 6 4 6 French Walnuts 4 0 6 0
Leekri. 1 0 2 0 Spanish flaalenuts 5 0 If, 0
EnglishGrapes(perlb.)l 0 2ti Filberts (12ib.) ...... 6 0 9 0

HAY MARKETS.,..,( At per Lead of 30 Trusses.)
ST. JAMES'S.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay 42 5 to £2 15
Best New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3lO 4 4
Clover Hay 3 5 5 0
Oat straw £l Sto £1 lei Wheat Straw 112 116
A goo I supply, and a sluggish trade, at Thursday's prices.
SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 2 to £2 10
Best New Meadow Hay 2lO 213
Fine Upland Meadow and Ilye,gtass Hay 3 0 4 0
Ch.ver Hay (extra tine)...Z3 0 ...
_Generally 3 5 410
Oat Straw XL 7to £1 10—Wheat Straw 1 10 1 13
Supply moderately good, and trade dull; prices as last quoted.

A concert for the benefit of the poor Spanish
Refugees iv, we learn, to be given on Thursday, the IStlv
instant, at the London Literary and Scientific Institution.
We have no doubt that it will be fully attended ; the sac: d
cause which it is intended to promote, will alone be sal.
cient guarantee to ensure its success.

LORD ANGLESEA.—A Requisition of the
Lord Mayor was handed about at a late hour yesterday,
fur signatures, in the following words :—" We the Coder-
" signed, request you will be pleased to call a meeting of
" the Noblemen, Gentlemen, Freemen, Freeholder, and
" inhabitants of the city of Dublin, on as early a day as
" possible, to take into consideration the propriety of ad-
" dressing our most gracious and beloved Sovereign on
" the subject of the lamented intelligence which has
" reached us, of the threatened recall of the Marquis
" of Anglesea from the Government of Ireland, and to
" appeal to the well known benevolence and patriotism of
" his Majesty, by most respectfully and dutifully entreat-
" ing that his Excellency- may be continued in the Go-
" vernment of this country, as well 'for the encourage-
" ment of the trade, manufactures, and commerce of the
" ancient and loyal City of Dublin, which stands so much
" in need of his Majesty's most gracious consideration and
" patronage, as fur the impartial protection and utility

" of all classes of his Majesty's faithful and dutiful subjecta
"in Ireland." When we saw the Requisition, it bad forty-
one signatures, and of these no fewer than seventeen were
names of Peers, Commoners, or Baronets. The paper
will, it is Loped, make a wide circuit this day through the
parishes of this once, great, but now nearly ruined capital.
—Dublin Morning Register.

The Ductless of Kent, accompanied by the
Princess Victoria, honoured the performance of " Charles
the Twelfth " and the new Pantomime, at Drury-lane
Theatre, on Thursday evening with her presence.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock
yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street,
which was attended by the Duke of Wellington, the Earl
of Aberdeen, Viscount Melville, Lord Ellenborough, Mr.
Secretary Peel, Sir George Murray, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald. The Ministers Nat
in deliberation till five o'clock.

The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Bexley, Mr.
Secretary Peel, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had
interviews with the Duke of Wellington yesterday, at the
Treasury.
The French Ambassador had a conference
yeaterday with the Earl of Aberdeen, at the office of the
Secretary of State far Foreign Affairs.
_

The Duke of Richmond has got the Garter.
Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador,
continues in a favourable state towards recovery ; his Ex-
cellency, however is still confined to his apartments, his
medical attendants considering it advisable that the Prince
should remain confined for some time longer previous to
his taking An airing.

The Lords of the Treasury have issued a
warrant, granting a sum of money for the purpose of ap-
plying the machine for the protection of the revenue on
distilled liquors, to a distillery, in order to ascertain, if it
will answer practically the purposes which are required.
some of the officers of the excise are ordered to be in at-
tendance during the experiment. The machine, besides
protecting the strength issuing from the still, and secreting
a correct average of the strength of the liquor, also keeps a
record of the time when the process commenced, the Lum-
ber of gallons distilled, and the time when the liquor is
drawn off for consumption, together with the quantity of
liquor taken ; this record is placed in that part of the
machine reserved for the superior, and cannot be ap-
proached by either the distillers or the officers of the
Excise.

The Lord Chancellor was at the Bank of
England, yesterday, as early as nine o'clock, to receive
his dividend•

FROM A CORRESPONDENT.—It is said that
ti=e Earl of Morley intends, at the approaching County
Meeting, coming forward with some propositions steering
clear of any opinion favourable to as unlimited concession
to the Cithelic claims, and equally abstaining from any
opinion which, according to the sentiments contained in
the Duke of Wellington's letter, may embarrass his Majes-
ty's Government at a period certainly not free from dim-
culty.—Plyniouth Journal.

Yesterday morning, at an early hour, his Ex.,
eellency proceeded in a carriage and four horses, to Old
Connaught, the seat of Lord Plunket, where his Excellency
spent the day, asd returned to town at a late hour last
night.—Dublin Evening Post.
WL'ST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.--At the
half-yearly meeting of this Company, held yesterday, the
usual dividend of 5 per cent. for the last half-year, was de-
dared. But a report from the Directors was read, in which
it was intimated, that in consequence of the increase to the
dock accommodation of the port, and of the arrangement
made between the East India Company and the East India
Dock Company, the Directors were decidedly of opinion
that it would be expedient to reduco the dividend at the
next half-yearly meeting to the rate of 8 per cent, per
annum.

Yesterday an adjourned Petty Sessions was
held at the workhouse of St. Andrew's parish, Holborn,
at which the occupiers of Chambers in Lincoln's-Inn were
summoned for the payment of the parish rates levied upon
them, and from which they claim to be exempt, not having
paid rates for many years; Colonel Jones in the Chair.
Colonel Clitheroe, Mr. Beckett, and other Magistrates
were present.—Mr. Brodrick applied, on behalf of the
Benchers of Lincoln's-Inn, that the matter might be post-
poned, on account of the absence from town of so many
members of the Society, and in order that the Benchers
might have more time to inquire into their rights. After
some discussion this was consented to.—Mr. Blackburne
also asked for a similar indulgence on his part. This was
consented to by the parish. The question was then ad-
journed till Friday, the 30th January.
Requisitions are in progress of signature in
nearly all the counties in Ireland, calling on the Noblemen,
Gentry, and Freeholders to assemble at an early day, for
the purpose of addressing his Majesty on the subject of the
lamentable intelligence of the recall of his Excellency the
Marquis of Anglesea from the Government of Ireland, and
respectfully entreating that his Excellency may be conti-
nued in that Government, as well for the protection pi'
trade, manufacture, and commerce, of the ancient and
loyal City of Dublin which stands so much in need of his
Majesty's most gracious consideration and patronage, as
for the Imperial protection and utility of his Majesty's
loyal, dutiful, and faithful subjects in Ireland.—Dtablin
Evening Post.

- THE *EST PORT =MARS.

(Further particulars, from the CaledonianMercury.)

A letter has, we understand, been received in
town from the mother of the unfortunate girl called
Paterson, murdered by Burke and his. associate
Hare in the house of his brother Constantine, that
immaculate scavenger, whom some of our contem-
poraries have been ill-advised enough to Attempt to
whitewash. This unfortunate creature was, it
seems, the companion of -a girl called Brown, who
eras seduced into the house of the said scavenger, I
Constantine Burke, along with her, but the latter
becoming alarmed, drunk as she was, by certain
loings of the gang, had sense and reason enough
:eft to make her escape. For the ends of justice,
however, we trust that Brown is still alive and
kirthcom;ag. Her evidence may be of the very last
mnoltance in the event of a private prosecutor ap-
",earing, which, we have every reason to believe,
will be the case. The unfortunate girl, called Pa-
terson, was originally placed here under the care of
her grandmother, a woman of unexceptionable cha-
racter; but falling into bad company, she deserted
the roof of her venerable protectress, and went
upon the town. Latterly she had been frequently
written to, but never returned any answer ; and the
&tit tidings heard of her were, that she had fallen
inn) the hands of these murderous ruffians, and that
her body had been dissected on the table of an Ana-
tomist. Here, therefore, is another case where a
private prosecutor can and ought to .come forward.
With reference to the " Confessions of Burke,"
which appeared in our last, we deem it a bounden
duty to correct a mistake into which we unwittingly
fell.in reporting the conversation, as related to us,
with the unhappy man who has so justly forfeited
his life to the laws of his country. It was whilst
Burke and not Hare, was in the country, that a mut,
ler was perpetrated by the latter, who, apparently
anxious to keep his hand in employment, commits ,d
the deed by himself, and received the undi.crided
price obtained for the body of his victim.
Burke denies ever having used s,..rgical instru-
ments in committing any of the .murders to which
he has contested; nor does know, he says, how
such instruments came to be in his house, as he
never saw them. Vats unhappy man is labouring
ander a disease
tcancer) which must in a short time
have proved 'fatal,
(loathed even if his life had not been
dts to be the just sacrifice of his crimes. The
-ase in question has been said by some of our
contemporaries to have been occasioned by a lace-
ration inflicted by the teeth of poor Jamie in his
death-struggle with his assassins. But this is a
mistake. Burke has been labouring under the ma-
lady for nearly two years, and latterly became in con-
sequence so infirm, or at last so incapable of vio-
lent exertion, that he was obliged to devolve upon
Hare the principal part in effecting the murders.
Accordingly, in the more recent instances he gene-
rally grappled the victims by the throat, mouth, and
nostrils, while Hare threw himself upon the body;
and, in the case of Daft Jamie, it is now known
that Hare began the struggle with the poor idiot,
Whom Burke only assisted to finish when his dialle
4,onfrere was like to be overpowered. He mentions
as a roof of the intimacy subsisting ,betwixt him
and Paterson, that the latter had been accustomed
for more than a year to dress the cancerous sore with
which he is afflicted,
It was in an apothecary's shop in the Southside
that Burke first met the gentleman whom he after-
wards supplied with subjects. So ignorant was
Hare and he, at first, of the proper quarter in which
to offer a" new-made" subject for sale, that, when
they had one, they went about among some Surgeon
Apothecaries trying- to dispose of it; and failing
altogether in finc6ng a market for the horrid com-
modity among this class, they would probably have
abandoned the traffic altogether, had not accident,
in the course of one of these nocturnal voyages of
discovery, thrown Burke in the way of his future
customer. After that the apothecaries were favoured
`with no more visits, nor offers of an article, they did
not require, and most certainly would not have
received from these miscreants, even if they
hatl• On these exploratory excursions, Billie
and Hare seldom or never, we believe, went
„...111 company. We have beard an anecdote of
,mare at this time Which we think worth communicat-
mg, because we have reason to believe our informa-
tion authentic. The goul went into the shop of a
gentleman in the southern part of the city, and, after
some preface, asked him if he wanted any thing ?
What do you mean by any thing ?" " A body."
Startled somewhat by the offer, the gentleman in
question replied, " Where did you get it ?"
" Never mind that," said Hare, " we know how to
get as many as we want." At this stage of the con-
versation a country lad, dressed nearly in the cos-
tuole of a carter, entered the shop, and asked for
some common medicine, which having got and paid
for he went away. Upon this Hare said, "If you
wished to have that fellow, I could get him for you
in an hour." The gentleman to whom this was
addressed thought the miscreant insane, or that he
bad been sent by some one to play off a coarse hoax
Non him, and immediately ordered him out of the
Noon

THE WEST PORT MURDERS.—We under-
Stand that the investigation into the late criminal trans-
actions has been renewed, and is still continued with una-
bated industry. On Monday several of the anatomical
teachers met with the Lord Advocate, at his request. This
meeting was strictly confidential; but its object was no
l':4lht to procure such information as might prove useful
'll bringing out a more full disclosure of the late nefarious
transactions. —Edinburgh Evening Courant.

There was a severe gale of wind in the Irish
nbannel on Thursday last. Three large steamers and a
number of other craft put into the Menai strait for shelter.
'North TVales Chronicle.
Since the burial of Oades, Cashon, and Brien,
, ho were executed here pursuant to their sentence at the
Assizes, this neighbourhood has been visited by those
nnfeeling wretches, now commonly designated body-
loateters. In the night of the Ist inst. several men were
seen near Sprirgfield Church, who, it was suspected, in-
'ended to obtain the bodies of the malefactors ; but they
Were disturbed by the servants of a gentleman residing
near, and is their retreat, as a proof of their calling, left
nPoo a grave a new shovel. Last Monday night an at-
tempt was made to disinter' a body-in Broomfield Church-
Yard; but here these nocturnal visiters were again re-
Pulsed. On Wednesday night, however, they arpear to
have been more successful in a second visit to Springfield.
Although it has not been ascertained, it is surmised that
the body of one of the Irishmen was obtained. Not being
ltequainted with the circumstance that the two were buried
to the same grave, a second was opened, which proved to
4e that of Williams, who was executed here for horse-
stealing, and whose remains had lain in the ground since
'August. Finding the body so much decomposed, these
Wretches, determined to have some part, actually twisted
the bead from the trunk, carrying away the former, which,
no doubt, will prove acceptable to the Phrenological Sa-
eietY. who, we understand, are endeavouring to procure a
collection of the heads of malefactors. Yesterday morn-
ing a most appalling spectacle presented itself in the
church-yard : the mutilated trunk of Williams tay above
greund,—the vultures had taken away the head. Not-
Withstanding the horrible stench arising from the puzrid
state of the body, many persons had the curiosity to wit-
ness the disgusting sight. It was, however, shortly after
its discovery, again committeel to the earth. The friends
of Oades took the moat effectual precaution to save his
body : the coffin was crossed with timbers, so as' to, pre-
rent the possibility of its being raised or disturbed.—
Che/msford Chronicle.

SINGULAR FACT.—There is flow In the pos-
!ePsion of Mr. William Plowman, of Tollerton, near Eas-
svoid, a very fine cuckoo, which unlike most of that
'Pecies of the feathered tribe, is perfectly healthy and cheer..
r4l in its confinement. It was taken bon: the nest in a
lid belonging to Mr. Lowther, in tht village in the month
last, and has been since thaat period fed on raw
4t and worms; and from its vivacity little doubt is en-
ettained but that it will commence its well-known cry
`Qtly in the spring. Buffon mentions several instances where
iirig cuckoos were- kept in cages, but which (prop not,
n
''n'ever, survive winter, most probably for want of er
utriment. The only instance we recollect of one being
reserved through tire winter is mentioned by Bewick, in
, history of land birds, and it was fed in a similar man-
'"? ato the one alxr 4.mentioned,— York Chronicle.

MEETING OF lIEMINOTON, STEPHEN-

SON :04.3 CO. nEDIIOB.S.

The first meeting of theCretlito'rs 4_,=; t ik itaaing
Establishment took plai!e 'n!sierthiy at two o'clock,
before the first 1M of Commissioners at
The COmmissioners were Sir G. F. lid opson,
John Turner, H. G. Sheppard, and J.B. Macauly
Esquires.
Mr. MoNTAGy appeared As Counsel on behalf of
the estate.

The rootn was crowded nearly to suffocation with
most anxious faces, and yet a great number of debts
were not proved. The pressure and confusion were
so great that those who proved could not get retiring
room for a considerable length of time, so that the
Creditors behind could force their way to the table
where the Commissioners sat but very slowly.
Mr. ROOTS appeared on behalf of Mr. Fructuoso,
to submit a claim against the separate estate of Mr.
Rowland Stephenson. His client had lent to Ste-
phenson 6,0001., for which he had received and held
HS a security three bonds for 2,0001., each, drawn
by one John Owen in favour of the bankrupt.
Besides this, he claimed to prove for 8,0001. the
value of !.2.50 pipes of wine soli to the bankrupt.
The proposition of tke Learned Counsel was, that
his client should be allowed to prove against the
separate estate, giving up the bonds to the solicitors
wader the Commission, who were the most compe-
tent to enforce payment of them, taking a dividend
on the 8,000?. and half of that which could be pro-
duced by the bonds.
Mr. MONTAGU inquired if notice had been given
to Mr. Owen

Mr. RooTs said no notice had been given.
Mr. MosTAGu was then 'of opinion that Mr.
Roots's client was- not entitled to prove for a far-
thing ;n respect of the bonds, and that he would
have to give them up.
Mr. ROOTS contended thaebno notice to the ob-
ligor was necessary.

On reference to authorities it was agreed that no
notice was necessary, and therefore the proof for
wine sold and money lent was admitted, Mr. F. hav-
ing given up the bonds.
Mr. ROOTS applied to prove another debt of
51,0001. on behalf of the same gentleman. He named
51,000/., because, until the Commissioners as-
sented to receive the proposed method of proving,
he could not state the amount more exactly,
inasmuch as the amount would in some measure
depend upon their decision in receiving the proof.—
The bankrupts were employed by his client to pur-
chase for him Foreign Securities, consisting of
Mexican, Columbian, Brazilian, and Chilian Bowls,
to the amount of 51,000/. The securities to this
amount were purchased by them, and remained in
their possession ; they never were in the possession
of Mr. Fructuoso, with the exception of 7000/.
which was deposited with them by him. His bankers
had rendered an account of them to him, and cre-
dited him with the amount upon them; and the ques-
tion was, whether he was entitled to prove against

he cstate for the actual value of the bonds A the

time when they were purchased, or for their actual
value at the time when Mr. Fructuoso demanded
payment of the bonds. Mr. Fructuoso having been
alarmed, made a demand upon the bankrupts for the
delivering up of the bonds before the stoppage of
the house, but that demand was not complied with;
and those very bonds were part of what the Learned
Counsel called the absconding property. Mr. F.
sought to prove against the joint estate for the
amount of what the bonds were worth at the time
they were purchased.
Mr. MONTAGU enquired if Mr. Roots had a list
of the securities.

Mr. ROOTS replied that such list had been deli-
vered in some time ago.
Mr. MONTAGU was willing to admit a proof to
the amount of the value of the bonds on the day
when the demand for the bonds was made. The
bonds had been received by Stephenson, and his
co-partners had not received any value in respect of
them, therefore they were not to be charged except
with the amount as he had before stated.
Mr. ROOTS contended that his client was entitled
to prove for the value of the bonds at the time they
were purchased and deposited. Mr. F. had never
seen the great mass of the bonds ; he did not know
_whether they had been abstracted in 1826, 1827,
or 1828 ; and supposing them to have been much
more valuable in 1826 than in 1827, and to have
been abstracted in 1826, he thought it would be an
extremely hard thing upon his client to be compelled

to lose adividend on the difference of the value.
After a few further observations, which were in-
audible, Mr. Roots handed a paper to Mr. Montagu,
containing his client's calculation of the sum he
sought to prove. Mr. Montagu consulted
with the solicitors and those of the bankrupts
who were present, namely, Mr. Remington, sen. Mr.
Remington, jun. and Mr. Toulusin, and then it was
declared that the proof according to such statement
should be admitted.

Among the other creditors who proved were—
Mr. James Ramsbottotn, brewer in Windsor, for... £515
Mr. Richard Heath&ld, as assignee to a bankrupt

named Hawkes
Messrs. Bevington and Co 1045
Ditto ditto 271
Messrs. Strachan and Co.
Sir H. Butt
.....
Mr. M. Levyson
Mr. C. Pratt
Mr. J. Y. Turner

Mr. A. Murray 2050
Mr. J. Elkins 212
Messrs. Reece and Stephenson

Mr. B. Johnson
Mr. L. Thornton

Mr. M. Smith

602
480

1033

There were other creditors of course, whose
names and amount of debts we did not catch. There
vas probably debts to from 100,0001. to 120,0001.
proved in ,the whole. The meeting broke up at
half-past three.