The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-05 00:00:00

Dec. 5, 180,

DISTRICT Cr,CiRT OF BANKRUPTCY.
MONDAY, DEC. 4.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.)
RE ROSCOE, CLARKE, AND ROSCOZ• Od jot.
This was a conanuation of the meetings of the ups
and 30th ult., for the purpose of the creditors vntiaglyei
the acceptance of a composition offered by the finaliop
the late John Clarke, Esq., in order to a final creditors
tion and supersedeas of the bankruptcy. The e'oetst
at the three meetings, comprising the eminent ineret
bankers, and others of the town, and numerous "17torl
creditors, all unanimously voted their acceptance; roof
the Learned Commissioner thereupon, and 11101 RN
that all the requisites of the act had been coroPlied vi.he
granted his certificate to that effect, to be laid before
Lord Chancellor. Is et&
Feedings, expressed himself to the following
The Learned Commissioner, at the close of t"....„e
effect • .0 of
is a proceeding instituted to supersede the commit° 01
bankruptcy issued against Messrs. Roscoe,
Roscoe, and to which, at its outset, formidable rill been
seemed to be opposed, which, however, have t",oell
overcome by the perseverance of the eminent gen` date
retained by the parties. The commission bears_d to
Jan. 18, 1820. The debts proved under it arnaunntcrisf
£204,000, and the creditors numerically to 578• v.,uion
the lapse of years between the date of the couilera.
selves, but
ebuntretisleentthrmeeeeatsisnigg,neneostaopnployinthteed bbaynkruPts
'editors'
e
the ehf pare
have all died. By great exertions, however, on t"
,:n the
of these assignees, and by very generous sacrifices 'di/i-
-nert of Mr. Clarke and his family, I find that inanY
dends have been already realised. Under such cire 0
have °S
stances, the creditors or their representatives :nig
and all pressed forward to surrender their reina' be
• bt
claims, and supersede a commission which the
de'
supposed even remotely to affect the memory of 11.1
ceased. The proceedings are founded on s 133 B°,loo
6 Geo. 4, c. 16, and on the order of Lord Eldon, t bag
27th of June, 1826. On a careful revision of whs sea
been done, I find that the requisitions of the statute m.
of the Lord Chancellor's order have been strictllcuojt
plied with ; and it therefore becomes my duty to trtion•
the proceedings to the Court of Re7iew for its sal: ceif
I hope, however, it will not be considered out of 13
I express the pleasure with which I perform tins, that
The name of Roscoe is inseparably connected wi_ 00
of Liverpool, the scene of his nativity. When mtpd
is mentioned, the other immediately arises in tPetbere'
by some kindred association. Most happy " a act
fore, that, in strict accordance with my duty, °yell
should have become mine, the more gratifying to
'l'
fitioo,
because grateful to a town which derives a noble
tion from this great man's memory.

THE MAGAZINES.—We hadprepared notice
a
magazines for this month, which we are cor'Pell
postpone until our next. .
The assizes for this division of the county o,r' oth
fixTedhetoribrietisohpeanneddNaotaLhis:mrpeorojel,anonroySaturdaYt the
instant.
Hibernia, Captain Judkins, will sail t
Halifax and Boston. t„ouea
The despatch of the overland mail to India is P°s"ro dal
till to-morrow. Letters posted in Liverpool to'
will be in time. , ort Iba
TREE TRADE.—It is stated in large placara6, shoP,
walls that, parties on applying at the advertise of
ortic co
may obtain a shirt for one shilling, and other
clothing similarly cheap. raPbie
NEWS FROM CHINA AND INDIA.—The teleg
riana
despatch of the intelligence brought by the ovreeeif,e
Mail from India may be considered due. earl
it this morning, of course we shall announce it in
second edition.
020
MARINERS' Cnuacn.—We perceive that a .5;01.63,
will be preached on Sunday afternoon next, at this cro and
in aid of the funds of the Seamen's reading r°°
school in connection with that church, by the Re
M`Neile.
not ter, 00
Loss OF A BRIG.—Tbe brig Albion, Roy, ---5 with a
her passage from Liverpool to Brache Bremeni'sjaael °I
ahlismaaifltestrenactoo:t
cargo of salt, was totally lost on a reef off the 'rose
0
Langeroog on the 19th instant. Crew saved.--

Standard. Zeno,
WRECK OF THE ZENO.—On Thursday last ,--13aokr
bound hence for Jamaica, struck on BlacloOtecri
near Wexford, during very thick weather, andsome
The crew and passengers and part of the cargo
materials were saved.
whichd esdaq
ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.—TO-morrow
night an eclipse of the moon will take place,oan°
be visible in this town ; if the night should pr°vei, eeliPse
cbout
lear,
oimt wmiellnebee aabmooustt
half
-past
roplete op
midnight, and terminate at aQuarter before tui
Thursday morning. al"
THE CHASE .—The Cheshire Foxhounds meet tic); at
row (Wednesday), at Tatton Park ; on Tharstthe
Witherton ; on Saturday, at Dunham ; on Tuesualiaalc'
12th, at Appleton ; on Wednesday, the 13th, atd oa
slow ; on Thursday, the 14th, at Cholmondeley ; and at
Saturday, the 16th, at Weston Green ;—each Iron'
half-past ten o'clock.
f I:
We understand that Mr. John Brindley, frioo
Hall, has been invited, by a large body of his "ii-ys t°
in Liverpool, to avail himself of the ensuing hob
..biectS
deliver a course of lectures to them on various suologst
which agitate the public mind in the present daY ; as
share
which, we are informed that mesmerism will have
of his attention.
BOROUGH VOTERS.—The

of
oarliamentary regro-just

electors for this borough for the ensuing yearbBb'iit as
been printed. There are in the list 15,5Sl7names'conse-
many of these are repeated a number of times, in ive
an
quence of duplicate qualifications, this does not ,be list
accurate idea of the number of actual voters., thail
of last year contained only twenty-two names Leith the
the present one ; but in the latter, in cornpliancejtjealiP
act of parliament, the names are arranged alp
which renders it useless as a canvassing book. gt the
STEALING A £lo'NOTE.—Yesterday (MondsTi "Nevi;
County Police office, a man of the name of Jarr'es,4.,°'
bold, a groom, in the employment of Wm.Bluncleiltles-
daCrratoem
drawer
ryp
iHonuatnlhld,ewnb• was committed
otohme
of
frot
pfhoeerr trialt y.
of
font
the
The
hl charge °f
rs:o,ll3sfeor
rof o it;
Ispaiji
paid the note to Messrs. Phillips and ficuu) '514011
town, for some cloth which he purchased at their 5 tbo-
Lord-street, on Tuesday last, and the note wa
of
traced to him. eting e
the THE HTEO
wTrOiitlNlClVieoNmusoCunvbco7:4llefollewtrCioalifL:
bept—he ceTihaahelpel usualapplication
to
rotrnoot
whp
.1
ay:::71,40e; e. 0:35
set hoods-
rrleolpouoitiinrnteeso:. business shall have been disposed 0,, iderq,a
the Birkenhead Commissioners fomcramtainoitntaecettt°oc:3s:tbe:rte;
to construct a dock at Wallasey-pool, and tore
to the Council. The only other matter of i'lttee
mentioned in the paper is, that the special coma's. sow
pointed to investigate the charge against illes6rr
Turner, and Co. will bring forward their reP°rll/-

TELEGRAPH OFFICE, DEcEmOil

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ff Hof),head, at 11 a m., No. 2 Commodcragalo
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