The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-30 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY DEFALCATION."

70 THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STrINM,IRD:
MaiecutsrEa, 2.33 111:}'rch, 1838.
statement contained'iri your paper Of Friday last,
under the head " Extraordinary Defalcation," is so Much cal-
elated' to Mislead the public'tnincl'and' to injure private cha-
tatfif, that I feel it a duty, in the first instance, to place before
feu: in juktalogitiorr, a consectitive abstract oe those state-
and of the real facts, and I
,presume' your own sense of
Pstice will at once iudnce you to' give publicity to the cOrrec-
.thm•or your former publication, through the medium, and to
OW extent, which inflicted the injury of which I think the
iiiinds of the parties have much cause to complain.
derive the means of making this communication from the
Circumstance that, upon the irregularities of his office being
Made known to M. John H. Stanway, he immediately proposed
to place-all his affairs; and alt his property; in the contra of
threw gentlemen representing the estates nrincipally concerned,
of which trust I am' one, as connected with Phillip Gans.
I now refer you to the following extracts from your publica-
tion, and—a statement of facts:
" 'Me immediate cause of The Meeting of commission-
bringing to light the delis- ers on Saturday week, the one
4pencies, as it at present ap- alluded to, was not attended by
pears, of Mr. Samuel Stanway Mr. J. H. S., and cousequent-
only, was a meeting of corn- ly the statement " that he had
siissionersofbamkrupts, on Sa- neither funds nor documents
tneday last, in order to declare belonging to the estate" was
tolividerid on an estateto which not made—neither is it true.
'tresses. Stanway Were account- Instead of £4OOO, the assets in
unts'—of course whose presence the estate in question do not
Ctiufd net be dispensed with. amount to more Than
MY:. J. H. Stanway, however, and the deficiency appears
Only was in attendance—al- about £2BO.
though Mr. Samuel Stanway
hVd had the entire manage-
ment of the estate—and on be,
ing.asked the amount of assets
in hand, informed the corrimis-
sinners that he bactneither any'
fnnd4 nor documents belonging
to the estate. This: declara-
tion, as may be supposed, tit-
terry eonfounded the cernMis-
sioners—tisey having reason to
know' that something like
£4OOO had come into the ac-
countants' hands."
" Mr. Samuel Stanway Con
htun had for some time de-
volved the principal Manage-
Merit of the concern) bad be-
come non est inventus, and it
is' at this moment unascer-
tained the extent or number of
documents and amount of mo-
ney he took with him. Officers,
however, are in hot pursuit;
hitt with what success time on-
ly' can show."

It is true that Mr. Samuel
Stan'way is not at present in
Mancbester ; but it is not true,
so far as or my colleagues
know or believe, that any pro-
s.ectition, civil or criminal, has
been contemplated, or that of-
ficers are in hot pursuit; nei7
Cher is tlieffany reason 'to stip-
pose that lie took any: docu-
ineritti, or any money with' him
—the fact beieg a inisappro-
priati,oli, not an abstraction, of
money entrusted to tiffs care.
It is not yet ascertained'that
any deficiency exists herein,
many sums having been paid
by Mr: S. S., of which the
committee have not had an ac-
count; and it is believed that
the balance will b?. in' favour
of Messrs. J. H. S. and Bro-
thers.
J. H. S. and Brothers never
had such account, nor any
funds of theirs.
Amount' ascertained to be
£290. _ _

" The congervative commit-
tee for the late• South Lanca-
shire eteotion, report says
£3000."

" The committee of the Ope-
rative Conservatives £300.'

"Botanical Gardens £400."

" The estate of C. Evans, Neither the accounts of C.
banker, £3000." Evans, nor any funds connect-
ed with his estate, were ever
in-their bands.
Amount ascertained to be
£l7OO, w►th a probability that
it may he reduced by an error
of £5BO.
" Tberetifate OfTaylor,Hin- Amount, will not exceed
die, and Co. The amount £s_oo.
stated in all is • said to he

"'The estate of Philip Gans
£3000."

£ll,OOO to £14,000. The for-
mer sum appears to be most

Correct."
" ft' is reported that the Nati word of truth in this
trustees to an estate under in- report.

erection had deposited cheques
signed but not tilled up, to en-
able Messrs. Stan way to meet
atiy sudde►r demand; and that
these cheques have been made
tise of by Mr. Samuel Stan-
way—of course' filled to suit
himself. This, if true to any
great extent, may involve iu-
tiocent parties to a large a-

mount." .
It will be seen, from the foregoing comparison, haw fee your
estimate of the liabilities. of Messrs. J. H. S. and Brothers can
be relied 0n....0f their assets you say nothing—leaving,, 1 sup-
pose, the heading of the article, " Defalcation," to account
for all. I have, hoWever, the pleasure to assure the public, that
so far as the trustees can judge at present, the whole deticieuey
will nut reach 1:1000.

G. R. CHAPPELL.

THE LAST SOIREE.

On Wednesday evening the last at these agreeable assem-
Cages was' held. TOliing a retrospective view of them, the at-
feitpt to introduce these meetings into,Liverpo4.o has ,succeeded
femarkatly well, for from first to last they have been welt
attended, and on one or two occasions brilliantly so. The
niee'ling on "Wednesday night was not equal to what we ex-
pected, it would have been; so many strangers of distinction
tlfe-tovon- in fact; ththigh numerously attended. it was
tmoitheffto Crovtilecf, tOr Watt the class of visiters generally so
ttelett as athe for Mer occasion, which was decidedly the most

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ft ililant scir€e of the season. The Mayor- acted' as president
orthe. ev,enitty, and the lecture delivered was by Mr. Barber,
4* t 1 fin'ttnrts generally, as compared with British' art. He
4y7
-""-V.16st* the elpabilities of British artists, and inculcated the
, 01145144, of ,•nccuraging them, that they might thereby attain
".._ ' tlir.rtat4tleue, of which they were capable. The rooms were
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" .' . dienvteAsitiotwith several paintings and prints lent for the occa-
, 113,.. •;...Ontlyittid.?oatith e r nf" addi•innal antographs to the splendid
f.., fc,.. '4l/Akilikitioss
.1, soiree, attracted universal attention.
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