Star.
London, England, 1824-12-20 00:00:00

MUER& MAXIM STRAdY, rAWITLER&V,
wutants 342flaurrcr.

In the Star of Saturday we gave a brief account of
the meeting of the Commissioners on the bankruptcy of
Messrs. Mirth, &racer, Fauntleroy, and Graham, and
we now subjoin farther particulars.
Mr. Kumar stated, that on the Saturday on which
the house in Berners-street had stopped payment, a
number of promissory notes and bills (to the amount of
nearly 10,0001.) had been pat, into the hands of a particular
Gentleman (whose name he would net mention) by Mr.
Stracey. Those bills were to be discounted on account
of the firm : new he (Mr. Knight) had information that
some of these very bills had been since paid by the ac-
ceptors ; and not paid on account of the estate of Marsh
and Co. but for the private account of the holder—that
was, of the person to whom they had been committed.
He wished at once to ask Mr. Stracey what considera-
tion had induced him to deliver out those billion the
day of the bankruptcy? How came it that the party to
whom they had been delivered for the purpose of dis-
count, had been in possession of one of them himself,
and even received the amount of it subsequent to the
failure?
Mr. Stracey's Solicitor here came forward, and inti-
mated that his client was perfectly ready to answer those

questions.
Mr. MONTAGU-1 shall resist it. We have already the
examination of Mr. Burton, a highly respectable broker,
to whom you allude, and to whom these bills
were given. The fact is, that at The last meeting here,
Messrs. Lafitte and Co. the bankers, of Paris, tendered
proof against the estate of Marsh and Co. upon a bill
which bore the name of Mr. Burton, as an endorser.
At the moment when this claim was made, it was not
quite certain whether it would be admitted ; and Mr.
Burton (tilt the pOint was settled) reused to give up
some of the billseto which you now refer, conceiving
that he had a lien upon them. It is now clear that
Messrs. Lafitte's claim on the estate will be allowed;
and Mr. Burton has agreed to deposit the bills under
the joint controul of the assignees and hi m,elf, to be given
up as soon as he shall be tegularly exonerated.
It was then agreed that Wlr. Knight should call on
Mr. Gordon, the Solicitor to the Corn rnizsion, and have
liberty to read Mr. Burton's examination. Mr. F. Pol.
lock now came forward with the balance sheet of the
bank, upts. The contents of this paper stood as follows:
p assts ♦OAntis TILL Moon.
£355,170 $ 10

For cash balances

Amount proved under the commission not appear-
ing to the credit of the parties . 96,734 10 $
Ditto of claims exucted to be made, but not yet
establiateri.—(This item necessarily imperfect,
but comprehending all at present known) 72,244 3 1
Balance of Mr. Marsh's private account 1,948 11 3
Mr. Stracey's ditto . . 5,261 5 9
Mr. Fauntkroy's ditto . 14,716 18 3
Bad debt fund, being the amount carded from
profit and loss after the proportion carried to
the credit of the partners, to meet the loss on
Harrison and Co.'s, and abet accounts

56,652 11 1

Total of claims

£634,741 0 11

assn's TO 2{22? TUT AIOTI.
By cash at Martin's £11,172 14 S
Ditto in Berner's-street . . 13,373 13 8
Returned by Miss Marsh II 5,006 0 0
Ditto by Sir Edward Stracey • 4,141 10 0
Stock and Exchequer Bills 2,233 0 0
&Rediscounted deemed good t 109,358 5 5
Debts deemed good : 1/2,791 12 9
Bonds and annuities ditto . .62,313 16 7
Mortgages and life policies • . 12,377 9 0
Reversion. and shares in Stock Companies • 6,262 0 0
j Houses and ground rents . . 48,085 0 0

Good ;mots . £455,109 11 15
Deduct front this loans by the house secured by
deed . 58,275 15 6

Available .
By doubtful debts
Doubtful promissory notes and bills
Bad debts.
, Bad bills and note* •

: £396,433 13 4
. 9,116 1 10

. 13,272 9 6
. 121,343 6 9
10,058 2 5

Total of assets good and bad . £540,645 0 4
Leaving a deficiency (assented to be by claims on
the elute for non.invested Stock and Bach!ttier
Ewe for which the house received no valuer*, SIMOS 0 7

*t632,728 0 11
Mr. Pottoct begged to say one word more upon
the affairs of the bankrupts : particularly as relating to
their situation at the time of the failure, some years
since. of Messrs. Brickwood and Co. The short history
lof that case was this : At the time of Brickwoods'
failure, Messrs. Match and Co. had held paper of theirs
to the amount of 140,0001. Of this sum 45,0001. had
at once turned out to be good ; and subsequent payments
had reduced the actual loss upon the rest to about
60,0001. To meet that loss, and the pressure conse-
quent upon it, the friend) and partners of Marsh's house
had brought forward additional capital to the amount
of 138,0001. Two further sums of 20,0004 each, were
allowed by two Gentlemen to remain in at the same
time as cash balances. This statement on the part of
the bankrupts would not be deemed irrelevant, consi-
dering the reports which had been circulated as to the
state of their house in 1810.
A Creditor, whose name we did not learn, said that be supposed
the A'395,000 good assets were estimated, independent of any claim
by the Bank of England.
One of the assignees replied in the alßrinative.
Creditor—ln that case, if the Bank claims for £150,000, that
sum will be diminished ?
Mr. Momou—Certainly ; but f believe we have very little to
apprehend on that account.—Thu Meeting then adjourned.

SINGULAR EFFECTS oY IMAGINATION.—The following
singular and distressing circumstance took place last
week in Whitechapel, which engrosses the conversation
of the neighbourhood man named James Smith,
who had worked for a great number of years in the
extensive soap manufactory of Messrs. Davis and
Co. in Well-street, Wellclose-square, and residing at No.
21, Lambeth-street. Whitechapel, died on Wednesday
last, leaving behind him a wife and four children. The
poor woman was in a state-of frenzy the whole of Wed-
nesday, and it was with difficulty the neighbours could
prevail on her to taste any food; she went to bed about
ten o'clock at night, but the thelughts of her departed
husband prevented her from sleeping ; but in a short
repose she dreamt that a figure presented itself at her
bedside, and desired her not to repine, and that she
should meet her husband in forty eight hours. Next
morning she reflected much on what had occurred to
her during the night, and mentioned the circumstance
to several of her neighbours, and the purport of the
dream became the general talk. The whole of Thursday
the poor woman seemed as well as could be expected,
but at a late hour on Thursday night the complained of
slight indisposition, and at the suggestion of a friend she
retired to rest. She continued to complain during the
night, and early mit morning she was a corpse. The
pubis has takes charge of the childrea.