The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-21 00:00:00

Nov. 21, 1843

ROYAL CLEMENCY.—On Thursday evening last a letter
elle 8 It was transmitted from the Home-office, communicating to
,IL., Coe_ of tea is gradually assimilating itself to that the Governor of Newgate her Majesty's gracious desire
,7 tar, being about 30,000,000 lbs. that the execution, ordered to take place yesterday, of the
thitar ItaYal •
year .Highness the Princess Royal completes her German convicted' at the last session of the Central
sqgCriminal Court of the wilful murder of one of his own
tlefill C
ELn this day (Tuesday).
countrymen, should be respited until her Majesty's further
arPad ORPORATION.—W. Jeffccock, Esq., was pleasure should be known.
S aY week elected the first Mayor of Sheffield.
10,,,ktISOtyp, v A RELIC OF THE PEGASUS.—The Journal des Debats
',,orre -I,' .A.EcTrox.—The nomination will take place states, that a few days since a bottle was found on the
,kr, t, w (Wednesday), and the polling on Thursday. coast of Holland, containing a slip of paper, on which
440„ rands Hobler chief clerk to the Lord Mayor of was written—" Pegasus steamer to Fern Islands, night
Iltoeap,", has retired, 'after a service of 55 years, with a of Wednesday, July 19th, 1843. In great distress ; struck
it:" c'f' £640 per annum.
tr,,l's a curiops coiupon hidden rocks. On board fifty-five persons, vessel
cli af Lo the chief c,..
ncylence, that new magic- must go down, and no Grace Darling." In giving the last
two words the editor translates the first (Grace) " safety"
l's s, "on, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, are all sta-
, Y profession. (satin!) not aware that they referred to the intrepid girl
ilt4t" lin
m
e - ouß.—lt was reported, last week, that Mr. now. unhappily no more.
elk "ett, M.P. for South Wilts, had died after a short WILL OF THOMAS DU BITISSON.—This celebrated
merchant has by
.his will, on half a sheet of note-paper in
Tic The rumour turns out to be utterly unfounded. .
Fie tale Earl his own handwriting, disposed of the enormous sum of
, isio_
distributed of Eremont, during the last sixty years £lll,OOO among his wife and children, in the following
iskellsee,s in acts of charity and liberality, the manners-viz.—to his wife £31,000, to his daughter Eliza-
?ltait urn of 1,200,000, or about X 20,000 per annum. , beth £,OOO, to his daughter Lucy £25,000, and to his
N. Hills, Son, and Underwood, of this city, had a son James the whole of his business, and £30,000, re-
(4)of this week, containing 7,000 gallons of vinegar, ' commending him to employ " great care, strict attention,
Itii Which were lost.—Norwich Mercury. ' absolute industry, and economy," towards improving it.
tlepolid that Lord Campbell is devoting his leisure to The probate bears a stamp of £l,soo.—Britannia.
"11, fro erartt work—" The Lives of the Lord Chancel- 1 MELANCHOLY OCEURRENCE.—EarIy on Wednesday
,koe ca the Norman Conquest to the present time." : morning, the Messrs. Ritchie, father and two sons, fish-
3.4tilttlasi" of £2OO a-year has been granted to Sir Wm. I ers, while following their usual occupation, left the quay
'41141, Professor of Astronomy, and President of the 1 at Irvine in their boat, and proceeded to the bay, where
4, sh Academy. ; they spent a considerable time in fishing. A smart breeze
ers ?e°teh paper states that Mr. Hill, of Eden-hall, near 1 springing up, they steered homeward, and when about
LOti, r,
'Rt.h,.fled bull "Eden." 'urnberland, has refused £7OO for his celebrated the bar-mouth the boat swamped, and, melan-
reachin,
choly to relate,
relate, the whole crew perished, except the eldest
"'son, who providential y got hold of an oar, to which he
k? ‘l7 tYro
40h, n (relict of the noble poet), together with adhered till some fearless seamen rescued him from a
it ter,,l.er, the Countess of Lovelace, (" Ada, sole I watery grave.—Glasgow paper.
z,,..iftonvE my house and heart,") are at present staying .
A MURRAIN.—As a proof of the alarming nature of
' Ro
a• 'rlio . ; the disease among cattle and of its extent in our neigh-
nkto lkdi mpson, Esq., ex-Mayor of Hull, gallantly ' bourhood, we may state—and we have the statement on
-weekri,to the Humber with his clothes on, on Thurs- unquestionable authority—that in a district of eight or
Co and saved a man in the service of Messrs. Gee ten miles round Derby, the loss of cattle from the cause
sAs ~.,.' af Hull, from drowning. has been something like £2OOO within the last year or 15
ULD
t ea, ~.. INsoevENT.—On Friday last, Sir Hugh months. Of course, the whole loss cannot be ascertained ;
11/Pcire ~" is described as very aged and feeble, was but we have seen a list of 227 head of cattle lost by the
I, ,too?au by the Chief Commissioner of the Insolvent disease during this time, belonging to farmers residing
lie r Court, in London, after having been imprisoned near us, which, valued at £8 each, is pretty nearly this
friaottillieen's Prison eighteen years. suns.—Derby Mercury.
li 04,,(3rthwick has let 120 acres of arable land, in lots I THE INDIAN MAILS.—The mails from India, China,
4 4trer; chain to four acres, to the tradesmen and &c., due by the Great Liverpool, arrived at the General
tia°;icl tb,a,f the parish of Blockley, Worcestershire. It Post-office on the afternoon of yesterday week, via* South-
iota "' his lordship has signified his intention of set- ampton. They were contained in sixty-five boxes, and
icb more land in the same way. the number of letters alone exceeded 50,000. By great
atit......,.
MPROVEMENT IN TRADE. Last week—
exertions the London portion of them were delivered in
I
isill:,d 'n be in consequence of the news from the East the course of the evening. A great number of letters,
yenta for certain sorts of Glasgow goods, as they washed ashore from the wreck of the
of them
been
received by these mails, and most_ distributed.
tili'a were authorised to give an advance of one-
-1 '\l) Several, however, are so defaced by the sea-water, as to
kii,,, erthshire Constitutional.
render their delivery impossible,
L'ill t'oermence of the large number of notices of private
bt, she introduced in the ensuing session of Parlia- LES HW 0 ALE SLAUGHTER.—Sir F. Goodricke, at Cler-
entertained moot Lodge Norfolk, last week, the Earl o
set, ,„_at extra Gazette was published on Wednesday
ctse Tstaieing nearly thirty pages of closely printed Card"gan, Lord Macdonald, Lord Maidstone, the Hon.
Ca lain Spencer, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Hungerford. The
41,:ute cribing this batch of prospective legislation.
elihti. "KS AT WAKEFIELD.—The Aire and Calder ty, consisting of even, (I
killed—November Bth,
111441 Company are about to form new docks at 125a2r pheasants, 438 hares, 'lO7 rabbits. 13 partridges, 2
woodcocks ~ total, 812. November 9th-331 pheasants,
th:Ni field Company
docks will cover about two acres of land,
305 hares, 162 rabbits, 3 partridges, 3 woodcocks ; total,
're,Olut on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, on
804. November 10th-235 pheasants, 441 hares, 110
bcts , side of the station. house. rabbits, 4 partridges, two woodcocks • total, 792. Total
,b 1.,, INrci,,
VOtt...._ -:.NT NOT UNCOMMON IN THE LIFE OF AN 818 pheasants, 1,184 hares, 379 rabbits, 20 partridges, 7
dOdea ~--ttn article that we published not long since woodcocks. Grand total, 2,408 iu three days.
',•llie,o4._s,llbscriber, and he " stopped the paper." To-
FIRES AT BIRMINGHAM.—About one o'clock on
‘trao,".lescended to ask of us an editorial favour. It Thursday week intelligence was received in Birmingham
ti,(l,lliNir, e".--Stockport Advertiser. of a fire at Yardley Mill, about three miles distant, and
tt,stfore,d,nesday a man of the name of Patterson, noto- which, on the arrival of the fire engines, proved to be of a
tkuoepre Profession of Atheism, was convicted before serious character, the mill and its contents being nearly
publicStilll9f Session at Edinburgh, of vending blasphe- consumed. The mill is occupied as a water corn mill by
s„, nations, and sentenced to fifteen months' im- Mr. Wardhaugh, and the total loss will be about £600.-
14 44"kive On Wednesday last an alarming and destructive fire broke
,Itres, RnLY ACCIDENT.—A few days ago an afflicting out in the shopping connected with the premises of Mr.
hily
Ni,_e took place in Gallowgate, Glasgow. While a Turley, japanner, Hospital-street, and which, from the
tiZ.,,hir_r at dinner, the father gave a bone to a child, inflammable nature of the contents, very soon involved a
likli Of 'ln the act of divesting it of the remaining poi.- great destruction of property, probably to the extent of
Lt is meth, incautiously swallowed the bone, which £3OOO.
etas hroat, and almost instantly choked it. SINGULAR REMAINS OF ANTIQUITY.—Some curious
kl4llllgehliST.Eß ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING.—At the remains of the footsteps of reptiles and unknown animals
lope of
ai Nin the Town-hall, on Tuesday, for the pur- have repeatedly been brought to light in the excavations of
sh,tost4log the funds of the League, and in particular the sandstone in Storeton Quarry, Cheshire. They are
tii'4ilieda!log to the £lOO,OOO fund, there was £12,077 literally casts from the impressions made by the reptiles
41 te 'n the room by 101 individuals and firms, in the soft clay over which they walked. Two remark-
-I,‘ •Cl2O ea h• able fine specimens of these iteresting remains of a for-
t'lNrne c '
th les in Parts of England the Papists experience diffi- mer world may be seen in. then possession of IV.Ir. Deck,
inof
King's Parade, whose visit to the quarry this summer
htkteciti-,,tnaking converts from the lower orders, from
search of them was most successful. They are,
.we un-
SI, ties :any of old pensioners who have witnessed its
derstand, purchased to add to the already beautiful. col-
ear ev:',,lld effects in Roman Catholic countries, and
oeara olufepe, of its atrocities falls with due weight on lection. of geological curiosities belonging to the Univer-
t 484 their friends. sity.— Cambridge Chronicle.
THE LATE DUEL.—On Friday last, Inspector Aggs,
tottaissa"aY night week, a destructive fire broke out in the
L, k nut oil Ogilvie and Field, manufacturers of who, as it will be remembered, conducted in so efficient a
manner the inquiry relative to the death of the late
q. ,ioil and patent candles in Paradise-street, Lam-
lamented Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett,. entered the Mar
building was entirely consumed—and of 16
lebone police-court, and addressing the sitting magistrate,
'era aclos'crorfolk-street one is completely destroyed and the
Mr. Long, before whom the case had been gone into, in-
Nko, eor less damaged.
6ta'aten formed him that Lieutenant Munro and Lieutenant Grant
t'thi,as b ."-- Lately, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mr. would surrender to take their trials at the next session of
It ,oinot '2,ncornbe to Mr. Feargus O'Connor. After the Central Criminal Court. Lieutenant Grant was the
t1141.° speaemselves to the mob. the unhappy couple. set first who gave notice to. Mr. Maule, the solicitor to the
tcqrs ors- the honey-moon amongst the colliers an Treasury, of his intention to stand his trial, and shortly
1,4411 e 0 after where they expect, by their presence, 1 after he had done so, Lieutenant Munro made a com-
)r,!lit e.,:mnaiderable agitation. ; munication to the same quarter to the like effect.
Iklly„'''ta.ouß.—This vagabond party have started a ! excavating a sewer in East-
-o.o,!osala_Pe_r to
.propa.gate their lies and. delusions—it will ' lane, Walworth, and when the workmen had got near to
Ol44l,4,stivertized in our paper this day. II e hope no , the Walworth-road, they discovered the remains of some
tetave will be so absurd as to lay out threepence on
;old building,. which for a long time defied the power of
et ih 4. and warn the agricultural community not to A e Do. , their pickaxes and shovels. At last they were enabled to
RA or, Ilion to enter their dwellings. ;
04 ~ -Iv cut through about four feet of brickwork, and arrived at
'gralitti:KßATE THIEF.—On Monday, a man who ' the depth they had to go. The wall is supposed to be the
ht 4,14%1 near to the elephant in Hylton's menagerie, 1 remains of Sir William Walworth's house, which, at the
,'os",`,11,1a;;;; bad the end of a paper of tobacco projecting ' time he was Lord Mayor, stood in the fields apart from
"dreecrie meet; the elephant unceremoniously took it , any other house. The wall extends nearly 50 yards up
S 'Aeo'' pocket, swallowed the tobacco, and re- : East-lane. Sir William Walworth will be well rernem-
sNe QPe
'oric -17 LA 1. to the astonished individual.
' bored for the part he took against Wat Tyler in the reign
Ai, Pan 4 ANT, a of Richard 11., when he struck the blacksmith with, it is
61,,ei b was - FATAL ACCIDENT.—Last Tuesday,
hle
said, the very mace which is now on show-days carried in
..o,l'As„, arnplo ed in the workshop sharpening a
an , the Lord Mayor's state carriage.
tiled i'hal fae-t'osr of a grindstone worked by steam, in
Oh. gki,„ ,Y, Gravel-lane, London. Whilst so en- A PANIC AMONG THE PATRONS OF THE TURF.—As a
,li,"ratar 38tone flew into pieces, one of which struck set-off to the sweeping reforms which have recently been
,r 0 CA, with such violence as to deprive him of life. i effected on the turf by the exclusion of notorious default-
; ors from places which they had sullied by their frauds,
Yalt4 sie7se! CLUB.—His Majesty the King of Hano-will 1 certain " honourable members of the law" have put their
•ith- Die—cued to the Duke of Beaufort that he
tN,eDroreof.wits to work to find a " Roland for an Oliver," and we
. X. 50 next season for a vocal composition, ;
;bear that, on competent legal authority, qui tam actions
toll)Cate):81nnal members of the noblemen and gentle-
have. been
.commenced against noblemen and gentlemen
ot . et
rand and Glee Club, of which his l‘lajesty is a ;
of distinction, under the 9th Anne, c. 14, to recover pe-
L'Nkls repo a stanch supporter.
lties for " gambling," i.e. for winning money on the
Nttlf ta I.,ted in the higher monetary circles that the tnuarf to the amount of £3O 000. The speculators have
ot kitig..,t_ind is privately advancing money on trans- I
. gone at high game, and have marked down Lord Eeling-
kliiettt haver" securities at the unprecedented low rate of ;
toun, Lord G. Bentinck, Col. Peel, Mr. Greville,' cum
e annum. From the sources of our informs- multis aliis. whose winnings they expect to. bag threfold.
Pd, Jan reason to doubt that such is the fact.— i
eta, —Berkshire Chronicle.
Yto ''At a 1 A SLAVE FROM THE LAND OF LIBERTY.—A run-
Liit.Nisti., meeting held at Manchester, on Thursday i away slave, belonging to an American vessel that lay out
ql4;te,d 1,6'3,5 of a large body of Milk Sellers and others I in the Penrath roads last week, was found secreted on
ILliVivea`Lthe trade (in consequence of the farmers I board a Waterford brig in the Bute docks, which he had
iv ihan7tice of an advance), it was resolved that I entered some weeks previous as an able seaman. A
Katie re .48. per dozen be paid to the farmer ; and ll tailed to the public at 21d per quart, as usual. of the A •ship's h •
strong party
kaQI/Akt tained his place of retreat, entered the brig and forcibly
AO far_ AN RESEARCHES.—Mr. C. Ade, of Mil- bore off the unfortunate slave. Neither remonstrance
iiAjleik a I_ll, near Lewes, has very recently dug up in nor resistance was offered on the occasion, and the Yan-
itat an.7ensiderable number of silver pennies of the kee trader having conveyed the poor fellow on board, im-
Aa (~,_ut, Harold the First, Hardicanute, and Ed- mmediately set sail for his destination. The captured
ki,
sate The coins are said to be in an ex- slave was an excellent seaman, and bore upon his per-
tleosi," r. Preseryation.—Keni Observer. son many and severe marks of his helpless condition, and
,i th-allding trade in Sunderland, which in cons- the brutality of his task-masters. [lt is a disgrace to the
tied, is other interests of that port, has been so long People of Cardiff to have allowed this poor fellow to be
ska°atioB her
to show signs of revival, several re-captured and dragged back by his tormentors from the
kodic recently been received for ships to be built sanctuary of the British soil.]
a,ari-st!ade. In one instance the order has been STYBARROW CRAG, ULLswATErt..—This stupendous
lit IN 'in another for seven vesssels. cobble crag, so well known, and so greatly admired by
'l4l.lta LIN klia„..,etiFßOM THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.—Mr. all tourists and geologists for its rugged barrenness, its
viol ,e„rY Leathern, Wakefield, banker, and his romantic grandeur, and wood and water scenery, either
'\NA, lot iiened their connexion with the Society of on the night of Wednesday week or early on Thursday
elI. Vnday week, at the monthly meeting at morning, felt the first convulsive shock, and part of it
/,ts . .e have not heard what religious body they was shivered on the narrow pass in the public road lead-
rrittillcnn, but understand they have recently at- ing from Penrith to Patterdale, when the Patterdale post-
ck4, ,°rl3e Church.—Local paper. man went past on the forenoon of Thursday. During
krt;Of th.uasTeEß.—At a central meeting of the the time, however that he was at Patterdale, another more
illr,edl.B noble-minded man, on the 15th Inst., it
Ntitd '4) hold meetings immediately in every part
1143, to take into consideration the most ad-
-4%.11,._.°f raising a fund for his liberation The
the ill held to• morrow (Wednesday) at Hud-
kt 4 W. B. Ferrand, Esq. will take the chair.
e,_ oc.,_
severe convulsion had taken place, so that the road was
impassable from the large masses of rock which had fallen,
and he was obliged to return to Patterdale with his gig,
and find his way back. to Penrith by traversing the higher
part of the. mountain on foot. Since then the largest
block., which were of immense size, have been rolled
down the mighty steep, on the opposite side of the road,
.alb 74 b. the force
coal-wagon was into the lake of Ullswater, which, at that place, is the
o,a ill '),e force of the wind alone from Ralston deepest part of it. This singular convulsion of Stybar-
-110 of ... Lar.lisle, on the Mary port railway, in the row Crag has given rise to much excitement in that part
it'ilvl•eo minutes. The distance is upwards of
1144 a man rode on the carriage the whole way. of Westmoreland.
IN hoar a tolerable speed, being about twenty-four
41 •
\iitt‘t4
1i.% c, THE PLYMOUTH BREAKWATER.—The last. stone of
the lighthouse tower, at the western end of this stupen-
dous sea barrier, was set on Tuesday week by the Rear-
tlat,vph, SCENE.—On Sunday week sixty-nine
t' 0,„..„, been saved from shipwreck during the
40Itt
Admiral Superintendent of the dock-yard, Sir Samuel
Pym, K.C.8., who proceeded to the spot, accompanied
Godke •-c 18th ult., publicly returned thanks to by his secretary, Mr. Dent, and his flag-lieutenant, Mr.
N the; in Cromer Church, Norfolk. They all POtbury. Captain Milne, of the Caledonia 120, was also
calm then, on
were called over by the officiating present. The tower is 122 feet in height from the level of
Vatika,..el, on their knees, joined in the beautiful
ittlbt
-the bottom of the sea, and 56 feet from the level surface
ii , al, Elving.
breakwater.tchkesof essec g r
slt i ise composed,tbe
s t of
w3lb
io courses a s olfatl Tye
A,,}11a1,1,Ai1.,:111E THEATRE-ROYAL, MANCHESTER. I°3lo
N Lre, Pit last " The Tempest" was performed at the late superintendent of the dock-yard, Vice-Admiral Alt see Miss Gardner, who played Ariel, was, Warren, on the 22nd February, 1841. The lighthouse is
litb,.ltireell3le, swinging at some distance above the divided into five stories, in which are an oil-room, a store
ZeiPit Y wh.
. ich she was suspended snapped, and room, a dwelling. room, a bed-room, and a watch-room.
t:h-•-ie ePed to the ground. We are happy to say It has 14 windows, seven of which are in the watch-room,
ite,latidecycaeaPtEiNonozo.f_aocuutTouneadthaey colivientianngd
about
abofeuwt the frames being constructed of bell-metal, as are also the
of. 00 Y escaped without serious injury. outer doors. The lantern is the only thing now necessary
,edibieral lads, apparently much intoxicated, ,et
to complete it for service, which it is expected will be
ready to be brought into use early in the next year, when
ever
since
et
IvBelsss.el, which has been
l'k.it•hal.:lennoge ?adllowVe, ilisturldaintg and insult-
moored the it
will sinnptelii.seeg Sound u thed o
t 5,,".V1101 IV with a lady, who
revolting oatho ')
byss one of GUANO AS A MANURE.—As every information con-
t‘rtbet, taea no sooner emitted the fulsome and nected with this new manure is now of the utmost irn-
iNtll4l,nto a B_ll he
'suddenly dropped down. He portance to the agriculturist, we have much pleasure in
% e,,, on e__urgon shop adjoining, but •!ve un- laying before our readers the following details of an ex-
tie4oei,,,.. Aacninaion, life was found extinct.— peritnent made by Mr. Bonn, of Lowther, and to which
'sqk '•
)Nta, NAT he referred at the recent dinner, of the agricultural so-
ib,l'it de °f Jol H.—About three weeks ago, a person ciety at Carlisle. The produce of an acre of meadow
til t0,,,-.stat In Todhunter, of Grisdale, who was in land, sown with guano, in April, 1842, at the rate of 3 cwt.
4titC:- friers eet mind, left home, saving he was going per acre, adding nine Winchester Bushels of ashes in mix-
-14 'leered sat or near Threlkeld. A few days ing, annual value of the laud, 20s. per acre. In 1842,
,"itsAti to ascertainhay; if he had arrived at his friend's of the same quality, without any management, produced
qip esnihaL.feond he had not. In consequence, 154 stones of hay ; increased weight of hay, 142 stones.
;tits*.alfferitants of the vale mustered, and began In 1843, the same plot of ground produced, by' uano
':(4,kr 4': foan'it directions, and after several days' land, 256 stones of hay ; in 1843, without any manage-
Bt4 for Idieb In a lonely spot at the back of Souter ment, 186 stones of hay ; total increased weight of hay
k 4,.tsin,L!ck, where he must have lain for up- in two years, 212 stones. Guano sown in April, 1843,
)1,1b.10 t, 'an
travelled
anoli
t.taht baleeaktomlioeudnotwaiens
stlilldl 1 ,
Ie to Him h 4'
.;
o,tonguesarolof shay ; land without any
, quaEty, 130 stones of hay ; increased weight. 118 .
w 0 spa e 1,.

GENERAL MISCELLANY

LAW INTELLIGENCE

DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY

(13;fore Mr. Commissioner Phillips,)
RE THOMAS PRICE.
On Friday this bankrupt, who has been so frequently
before the court, and whose examinations have bee❑
already six times adjourned, three times of which were
sine die, came again before his Honour to submit himself
to a further examination relative to his affairs.
Mr. BARDSWELL addressed the learned Commissioner
upon the fact that the bankrupt, after being adjourned sine
die by him upon the ground that he had not disclosed his
receipts and payments satisfactorily, time having been
given to him for that purpose, had had the audacity to
appear before the learned Commissioner in the other tour t
with the identical balance-sheet, the incompleteness and
unsatisfactory state of which had caused his Honour to
postpone his further examination sine die.

His HONOUR remarked upon the present state of the
accounts, and considered that the bankrupt had not yet
made a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and
effects, and as several meetings had been held for that
purpose, he adjourned the bankrupt's examination again
sine die.

RE MURRAY AND BROWN

These bankrupts, who are extensive engineers and mill.
wrights, appeared to pass their final examination. A pre-
liminary objection was taken to the meeting, and the in-
competence of the bankrupts to pass their examination,
from the circumstance of the balance-sheet not having
been filed ten days before the meeting.
•His HONOUR held this omission to be fatal. The rules
and orders laid down by the Lord Chancellor were, that
ten days at least the balance-sheet should be filed in
duplicate, and here nine days bad only elapsed.
Mr. Moss, who appeared for one of the bankrupts,
entered into an explanation of the omission, when
His HONOUR. remarked, that he would hear the learned
gentleman on the point with every attention • but could
he (the Commissioner) go contrary to the dhancellor's
rules and orders ? If he (Mr. Moss) could suggest to
him any other interpretation he should be glad to have
assistance.

Mr. Moss apprehended that his honour had a discre-
tionary power when the solicitor for the assignees and the
creditors were present, and did not oppose it.
His HONOUR replied, he had no discretion to alter a
chancellor's rule. It was imperative, and he sat there to
administer it as it was laid down for him. He was very
sorry, therefore, because he thought the omission might
be very satisfactorily explained ; he had no alternative,
however, but to adjourn the meeting, to have fresh ba-
lance-sheets prepared, and filed in the prescribed time
upon the re^ords of the court. The meeting was then
adjourned to the 6th December, at one o'clock, for that
purpose.