The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-21 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE

Tlie election to supply the vacancies in the Dock Com-
mittee commenced on Monday last, and was ,c9ontinued, by
adjournment,. on Tuesday. At the close of the poll the
members stood thus :

DOCK WAREHOUSE I WAREHOUSE-OWNERS
Y.MT.

Mr. liorafall..
„ Ripley....
„ Moon ....
„ Middleton
„ Chapman.

377 Mr. Potter:.,.
369 f „ CroAthwitite
368 „ Chaloner..
356 I „ Henderson
372 Bold

The former are of course returned; being the candidates
nominated by the party favourable to the corporation project
of erecting warehouses on the dock quays.

MR. WINTERBOTTOM'S BANKRUPTCY

COMMISSIONERS Or BANKRUPTS' Rooms, MANCHESTER

MONDAY. AUG. 17.•
In Re Jo/in Kenyon it interbottom

The first meeting of creditors under the fiat of bankruptcy
against Mr. J. K. Winterbottorn, " of Heaton Norris, ban-
ker, money scrivener, dealer and Chapman," was held this
morning, at ten o'clock, before George Condy and R. G.
Duck, Esqrs., barristers. and. Mr. 0. Milne, solicitor, of the
third list of commissioners of bankrupts fcr this district.
The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank were the peti-
tioning creditors, and we understand that the amount of their
debt was sworn to, on the affidavit, at £35,000. Probably
between thirty and forty creditors were in attendance, and
upwards of twenty names were upon the list of debts proved.
Amongst the creditors present were two ladies. None of the
proofs, however, were for large amounts, the principal credi-
tors not coming forward to prove their debts at this meeting.
None of the amounts in the list of debts Would exceed.
£2OOO, and the aggregate amount of debts proved would pro-
bably reach £17,000 or £lB,OOO. Amongst the parties round
the table were Mr. Stephen Heelis, attorney ; Mr. Vaughan,
attorney, of Stockport; and other professional gentlemen.
Mr. J. H. Stanway, accountant, was also in attendance.
After a number of debts had been proved, Mr. Condy asked
Mr. Vaughan whom he named to be assignees of the bank-
rupt's estate and effects. Mr. Vaughan named Mr. John
Marsland and Mr. Rupert Ingleby. Mr. Marsland, who
was present, consented to take office, and Mr. S. Heelis
undertook to consent on behalf of Mr. Rupert Ingleby, who
was not present.—Mr. Condy : Has the District Bank prov-
ed any thing?—Mr. Vaughan : No, sir ; not at present.—
Mr. Condy : How many names have you got ?—Mr. Heelis :
Half-a-dozen.—Mr. Condy : That will do, I suppose.—Mr.
Vaughan : Oh, yes.—The commissioners then signed the
several affidavits and papers, and the bankrupt not being pre-
sent to surrender (having, as our readers are aware, quitted
the country), the business of the meeting terminated. The
second meeting. we perceive, is advertised to be held, at the
same place, on Thursday, the 15th September, at two o'clock.
—Manchester Guardian.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-WEDNESDAY

STEALING ROPES

William Slight was brought up on a charge of having sto-
len a quantity of ropes from a warehouse in Robert-street
North, belonging to Messrs. Wildes, Pickersgill and Co.
The porter in charge of the warehouse identified the ropes
as belonging to his employers, and substantiated the charge.
The prisoner was committed for trial. •

CRSRGE OF R:OBBERli

A negro, with " sable locks and luscious lips," and whose
Countenance seemed to be amply supplied with oily ingredi.
eats, was accused of forcing open a seaman's chest, and ab-
stracting therefrom a suit of clothes ; also with having pledg-
ed the same.

The prisoner. had been employed to convey the chest to a
house in the neighbourhood of the Prince's Dock, and while
performing this duty, it struck him there might be something
in the box worth abstracting. He accordingly took it to a
public-house close by, and there rifled the box of its contents,
which he afterwards pledged with a pawnbroker.
In answer to the charge, 4, Sambo" pleaded innocence,
and implored the mercy of the magistrate ; but the case being
clearly proved, he was ordered to pay a tine of 20s.

DAMAGING AN ORGAN

James Thdmpson Sharpe appeared to answer to the charge
of having done wilful damage to an organ, the property of an
Italian street musician.

Evidence being produced against the prtsoner, and the me-
rits of the case entered upon at considerable length, he was
advised to settle the matter with the complainant, who ex-
pressed his willingness to withdraw the charge ou payment
of the damages. The prisoner having complied with this re-
commendation, the case was dismissed. Previous to leaving
the bar, however, the prisoner, who had been released on
bail, and had failed to make his appearance on Monday, was
severely reprimanded by Mr. Rushton, who expressed his
determination in future to enforce the penalty against de-
faulters.