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that period, Was performed in their capacity of agog!
to the Committee. It appeared that the deed of wrier.
ment was sigued•by creditors, to the,amoont oflooP3ot.
The remaining creditors, among whom was the Bank of
ifingland, were either mortgagors of the bankrupt's
estate, or wets so circumstanced, that though they did
not sign the deed, their refusal ought not to be consi-
dered as a disseat from the arrangement. The Attorney-
, General went on to state, that every caution had been
made by the Committee and their Solicitor, Mr. Joshes
Mayhew, to force the Messrs. Chambers to commit acts
of bankruptcy; and it was distinctly charged against
hlayhel, that he went to several of the creditors of the
Messrs. Chambers, and urged them to issue writs -for
their respective demands, promising at the Jame time
that the Committee would indemnify them from any loss
lincurred in consequence of such proceeding. Mayhew
succeeded, and the younger Mr. Chambers was arrested
at the suit of a- Mr. Barehil, whilst attending a meeting of
the Committee at theOperatiouse.TheAttorney-General,
lender these circumstances, contended that A'Becket
was but the mere instrument of the Committee and of
Mr. Mayhew, and that the Commission thus concerted',
Mitten them ought to be superseded.
Mr. MouvAntut, on the same side, proceeded to read
the evidence in the pleadings on both sides, to which it
was intended to refer in the arguments, With respect
to the trading since September, 1825, there was an affi-
davit on the part of the assignees, that the Messrs.
Chamber' were engaged its a co-partnitthip with *
Mr. White, in the manufacture of a partidtilar descrip-
tion of 'cement, used in building, and that this ce.part-;
tiership 'silted op to the present day; the Committeei
of Management also put in affidavits, stating that,
Pe:Wooers were still traders, althoagh their bushiest!
of bankers, so far as regarded the recovery of deposits,
was not conducted since the deed had been esecuted.
The bankrupts, in reply to this part of the case, saidal
that they had given up their interest in the cement ma'
salbetery to the Committee, and their share in that
concern was estimated and scheduled among their other'
aeailable assets ; and they denied distinctly that they
had in any respect traded on their own account lintel
tB'>ti4. Then, as to the act of bankruptcy, this was,
proved by two witnesses, one a creditor; and, there-
fore, the Learned Gentleman submitted, an incompe-
tent witness ; and by an Irish servant to the Messrs.
Chambers, who gave his evidence under the impres-
skin that he was serving his masters, and who new most
anliontly sought to explain what he had then sworn.
The Heists. Chambers denied having committed
any act of bankruptcy, and declared that their censtaut
care was to avoid doing anything which could be con-
strued into one; and when absent from town, it was
not with.a view of escaping from their creditors. Thai
were almost constantly to be seen publicly in tom,
ittd when the elder Mr. Chambers left banks% it was
for the pntpose of visiting his friend 'Mr rkiishrelytts
was one of the Committee, but dissented .ftdbi its fro.
feedings against the petitioners. (The *Wilma of a-
vers' of the creditors wat roamed, for thespbrposref,
proving the concert between 'Mayhew End -the Coal.
mince.) The Learned Gentleman eustattl, that the Com-
mittee withdrew the letter of licence, ber.ause, ae"
-they alleged, the Messrs. Chambers had thiscondifilted
themselves, in threatening to confers lodgment to
tome of their creditors, in abstracting casein .paa
pets relative to their affairs, and in having at-
tempted to remove a quantity of wine from the bank.
ing house in Bond-street, with the intention of convey tong
it to their own private use, in contravention of the deed
-of arrangement. The Messra Chambers on:their osths,'
positieely denied any •sechlamisiogi and stated, that as'
the banking house was considered bY them is be min.:
-*cote place for keeping the *hie, They appliettb air.
Airown, a wine merchant, to value it, and remove it to'
some safe place. Whilst Brown west in the act of so
tstk?ng it off, be-was prevented by Mr. Jobe Calaraft,
hue of the Committees, who has always dittieralihetl
hiattelf by his hostile opposition to the petitiOners.
Mr. MciavAltUS concluded his argument this day,'
and the feu ther hearing of the case was postponed.
esembliolvtille
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

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KINGSTON, 'AiPtirs4.
TUC YAM:CALL *OO IlOrnlees.,
This case; from the length of time the dlegaTtriOir,
has been carried ow, 'and eansequotitly the ,seey,
tensive circulation of base tad -cisetsterfeit
excited very great inteteit; to..Thach sok_ :lint 'non-'
withstanding the early boar at Whieh -Mr, 'Asada,
LITTLIDALIC (eight • eclair In liketimaraios)4owik
seat in Court, for seeeral'hdure'preVitivisthelltbeie-thw
. and its neighbouriettgopulatintsteitennded the. Court.
house, all anxious for the Opening of the doort..'lt wr
'with extreme difficulty that those who .attended ft°.
linsionally, end as witnesses, could makethei rentrenee
andliad it not been for the great exertion of:the-officers
of the Court it wuuld have been entirely filled by those
who were merely actuated by a feeling of curiosity.
Jerentiak Audikews, and Daniel
Pproft, were severally indicted for feloniously and era-
tor ously coining at Lambeth four counterfeit sovereigns,
one handled counterfeit half-sovereigna,.one bundled,
immterfeit half-crowns, one huudredscironterfeit'shl.
ling:, and one hundred counterfeit alipenees.
• Mr. BOS.l.eterD having opened the citw,
Mr. Gunnar addressed the Jury at sierpconsideribli
length, in which he observed, that the erienewitharhit
the prisoners were 'charged • was that uf•shign3trensbn,
and in extent esceedectali former depteditiatistrat.ever
occupied the time of a Court of Janice. The prisoners
Buckley and Andrews had for: a vary consider-.
length of time been narrowly watched by the officers
of the Mirtt add Polite. The prisonervisAd three est;
lishments; one in Shelton4sine, Oreenwich,°urtother
Gloucester-place, Vauxhall, arid another at Tiver
row, Newington. At the latter puce the prisoners,
apprehended. Theentent of their truer was such,
they used frequently to send from their different hon.
the enormous number of counterfeit coin that would
by circulation amount to WC/Linz week. The metet
used war sheet brass, undies: mumense .for posobasil
so largely'of-it;•the-ptinitters'stated'thut- therhirdi
contract with Government to supply a artaittpOttli
of the harness for the IWllegiateat of
The prisoner-Buckley was observed leravieg,theleatise
~ln'Glotiet With 'a- Small •hatid.basket,•*!
atas,apparently empty.- ihdiepale'tto.ththoureid Myer,
ton•row, and afterwards returned with it .'part.
henvily laden. The officers of the Mint. assisted
the officer s of "flattorotarden police-Office, followed '
and on entering the last noir, found the vs Ile ol sprit\
!anditslary Ann Pitt,tii,kosith an immense guakiv
,00ntertrit .sin, reset: Oiling crowns, half csoenset
lings, and sixpence °. The Learhed-Cotsneel;afief
tailing minutely the facts of *the case, 'thew coactir
by stating, that if any doubt existed as to the gui