Star.
London, England, 1827-02-06 00:00:00

ELUSION'S BANKRUPTCY.

A private meeting of the creditors under Mr. Ellis.
ton's bankruptcy, was held on Friday, at the Messenger'.
Rooms, to take into considerati..n matters which were
ordered by the Commissioners, at the last public meet-
ing,
to be that day discussed.
The first subject was the claim advanced by Mr.
,Calcraft, M.P. on behalf of the proprietors of Drury-
lane Theatre, of which body he is their annual Chair•
man, and is considered the representative, for a consi-
derable sum due by the bankrupt to the Theatre, for
the rent of the House, which had been allowed to run
for some time. At the last meeting, the solicitor too
tt e assignees said, he was taken tay surprise in this
claim, as they could not have imagined so large a
sum to be due to the proprietors, who should have
_either paid themselves out of the nightly receipts, or
taken the•eoncern out of the banksupes hands altogethe►.
To this it was replied,on the part of the proprietors,
that the commission could not be taken by surprise, as,
at the last public meeting of Mr. Elliston's creditors:
notice had been given of the debt now claimed, and that
•it was for the genesal benefit of the credit•rs the Theatre
had been left in the bankrupt's hands, to afr.rJ him an
opportunity of retrieving hi. circumstances, and meeting
his demands.

The result of the present Meeting was, we understood, that
the claim advanced by Mr. Ca'craft was recognised, and allowed
to be proved.

The other matter which came before the Meeting
rela•ed to a mortgage made on the Croydon Theatre, to
Mr. Soame, by the bankrupt, for a sum of —, now
am)unting, with the interest, tc---, and which, as the
mortgagee was not anxious to foreclose and sell, being
unwilling to buy the property himself, it was determined
to offer for sale.

The Commissioners had objected to ordering a sak, esoceiving
that they bad not power to do so; but the Solicitor having pointed
their attention to a precedent exactly In point, it was at kngth or-
dered to proceed to a sale.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, FEB. 5.

Cinrles Fite Adderky, a young man of respectable
appearance and connexions, was kironght up for final
,hearing aid to receive the judgment of the Court.
Tbehisolvent was originally befre the Court wend mouths ago,
Wheal be was opposed by Mr. Heath ea behalf of Mr. Lewis.
It appeared by the evidence, that the opposing
creditor is the proprietor and compiler of a lithographic
work connected with the topography of England, Stc.
Having signified that he was desirous of o►taining
the services of Gentlemen of address and education,
to exhibit specimens and solicit subsctiptions from
the Nobility, &c. the insolvent offered himself and
stated his qualifications, and witness understood him
to say that he was an Officer in the Navy, upon]
half-pay. The engagement on the part of the op-
posing creditor was to pay 71. to the insolvent for every
subscriber procu►ed by him, and the lamer obtained a
to pay part of the expenses of his journey to the north.
During his tour he drew several other sums on account,
making 831. in the whole, and signatures were sent up
purporting to be the handwiiting. of persons of dis-
tinction, several of which turned out to be complete
forge:les. After the insolvent had been missing a con-
siderable time, his retreat was ascertained, and Mr.
Lewis, adopting the milder . course, caused him to be
arrested.

This raorniog Mr. Ha►ea prayed the judgment of.the Court, bat
begged leave to pet a few questions to tbelosolvent.relative to some
statetoents la by eebedule relative to property to *bleb be stated
himself to be ambled.

The insolvent said, that he had put down a debt for
1,3001. against Captain William Northurst, which was
secured by bond—he had never heard that the Captain
had become bank'upt or insolvent—but is aware that
one at the parties to the bond is in Whitecross-strect
prison. He had also stated himself entitled to a contin-
gent interest in 1,0001. Never heard that it is 1001.
only, nor had he ever received 601. as a consider*.
don for it.

The insolvent said, as the Court were about to adjalicate apes
his ease, be loped it would consider the length of dam he bad bees
in prison, and also that he was *milord two atostbs before he
tiled his petition.
The Cuter Costutaatorsaa said, that he presided
alone when the insolvent was first examined, and the
case lay in a very narrow compass, as it rested upon
the complaint of an individual creditor. The Learned
Commissioner then took a review of the evidence, and
observed, that on a previous otcasion won; language
had been used in reference to the insolvent s conduct,
but no stronger than the case merited, for the Court
viewed it as a clear and melancholy case of obtaining
money by fraudulent representations. _ _

TheCoiat then ordered ais3 adjudged that the Insolvent should
be confioed within the walls of the prism, at the suit of Mr. Lewis,
fur lit calendar mouths,for fraudulently contracting a,debt with him,
said that be be deprived of the rules and day rules. The remand to
be computed front the dates( the petition.