Star.
London, England, 1826-03-23 00:00:00

CHAMBERS AND SON'S BANKRUPTCY.

Yes'erday. a Meeting of the creditors of the estate of
Messrs. Chambers and firm was held at Guildhall; Mr.
Tooke, in the Chair.—The creditors were called uFon
to alaboriae the.sak of the Opera House, the estates
which the bankrupts had possessed at Enfield Chase,
Windse4 at(oriisitkother property or interests as be.
binged t 6 ihe"fiankropis' estate, by private contract or
by public st.iction,as tile assignees might deem expedient.
Mr. Hismarne, solicitor, objected to the sale of the
King's Theatre by private contract. He drubted whe-
ther it would be in their power to sell it by negotiation;
it was of a description which might fetch 150,0001. et
not one-third of that sum, according to the mode in
which the sale was conducted. He propo.ed also that
no other properties, which exceeded 2,000/. ea.th iu
valoe, should be disposed of in the same manner.
Mr. MAvOlw submitted that it would be highly in
jurious to limit the powers of the assignees in the man-
ner proposed. That very day a proposal had been made
for the purchase of the King's Theatre, which, could
net be disclosed to the creditors at large, for that would
be to make it known to all the world. Advantageous
proposals might beexpected, if they could be received
vivately, as many persons would not treat at all if the
negnciation was public.

Mr. HAMILTON said, that the sale must receive the sanction of a
Public Meeting ultimately.
A Colonial' said, they ought not to throw any impediments in
the way of the sale,by restricting the power of the Assignees. The-
course proposed by Mr. Hamilton would be productive of great
injury to the property.
The original proposition, for giving the assignees full power to
sell the King's Theatre and the other property, by public auction or
private contract, was ultimately carried. Power was also given to
the Assignees to manage the estates and law suits in the most ad.
vantageous manner for the creditors.

It was agreed to give Mr. Chambers, sen. the house at Padding-
ton in which he live., the ground-rent of which was equal to •the
rack-rent, and the furniture, worth about 5001, at the diseretton of
the Trustees, and that he should receive an allowance for the ser-
vices he might perform to the estate. The lease of the house oc-
cupied by Mr. Chambers, jun. in Alfred-place, North Crescent, and
the furniture, altogether valued at 1501. was given to him ; and one
of the assignees recommeded the creditors to sign his certificate, as
he had acted in the most satisfactory manner.

Dispatches were received yesterday morning at the
Colonial Department, from Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir G. L.
Cote, G.C.B. at the hlauritiusl.

iletter received from Corfu by a distinguished Greek
in this country, dated Feb. 17, states that NIKITA 3 had
intercepted, in the defile of the province of Leondari,
a corps of Egyptians on their route to Tripolizza, es-
corting seven hundred mules laden with provisions and
ammunition. Many of the Egyptians were killed, and
the provisions taken.
At the Sussex Assizes, on Tuesday, William Comp-
ton and Jesse Coleman were convicted of assaulting and
maltreating Mr. James Pagden and his wife, at Hales-
ham, on the Bth of February, with intent to rob them,
and sentenced to be transported for life. The particu-
lars of this case appeared in the STAR at the time.
KING'S &sou PRl3oN.—Yesterday a further inves-
tigation. of the charge against Mr. Latouche, a ruler in
the Ling 's Bench, of maliciously firing a loaded pistol
at a watchman named Barker, took place at that prison,
bet-re the Marshal and Mr. CMAM/11113, the Mag -
I:atr, when no evidence of malicious intention appear-
it wars recommended by Mr. Cummins that he
.!could be discharged; but the Marshal thinking it ne-
ces,ary to deter others from similar conduct,. decided
On his timber detention within the walls.—Gee. Berme,
Jima avers:one, Wst. Hirdasan, were then charged
with robbing Mr. Mooney, who went to the prison to
visit a friend, and was introduced to the prisoners.—
Liquor having been sent for, at Mr. M.'s expense, he
complained that he had not received his full change of
a sovereign, when the prisoners advised him to count
Lis money again: blowing the candle out, they knocked
M. down, upset the table, and snatched up the
whole, ..about fourteen pounds. , The
.case. stands ad-
journed for further evidence.