A good deal of scrambling...
The Times, 1824-10-30T00:00:00

A good dleal of scrambling, it is statetd, has taken place to obtain the customers of thc banking-house in Berners- street: two new establishments have been formed with this view. Sir Claude Scott, in colnjunction witlh Messrs. Wil- liamns aned Co., of Birclin-lanie, have opene(d a housc in Holles-street, and have offered, it is said, to place a suim icqual to ten Shillings inl the pound on the amount of their debts due fromt Marsh antii Go., to the credit of thosc who may open accounts with themii. Another house at the wcst ccln of thle town hias enigaged two of the clerks of iMlarsh and Co.; and having obtainecl a list of their cennexions, has proceeded to canvass very actively. A worthy baronet, one of the partners, having made ani applicatiort at Berners- street for a chest of plate, tlle property of a noble lord, which bad bcen seized under the Governmenit extent, some altercation arose betweeni the baronet anid the assignees, one of wvhom having given him the negative in rather an unequivocal mannler, he deelared that the age of tlle of- fender alone protectedl him fromn chastisement; The vete- ran assignee, however, declinred availing himself of the pri- vilege of years, and professed hiiiself to be quite prepared for any measures that might be adopted. 'rIle altercation terminated by another of' the assignees desiring the porter to slbow Sir - the door. A meeting of Messrs. Marsh, Stracey, and Graham's creditors took place yesterday eveniing at Guildhall, when further debts were proved to the amount of several thou- sand pounds. The regular third ineeting under the eom- mission is held to-day, when tile bankrupts themselves will probably be present. Yesterday Mr. Freshficld, jun., attended at MIarlbo- rough-street office, accompanied by MNr. Kirby, a clerk in the late banking-house ot' M1arsh and Co., who has been before examiDed as a witness in tthe case of Mr. Fauntleroy, anid two other persons, witlh a view to some furtlher pro- ceedings as connected with this person's case. A commu- nication, which lasted for a considerable time, took place wvith Mr. Conant, the magistrate, in the private room, antd some depositions were sworn) before him; but the pro- ceedings being altogether private, nlo particulars whatever weresuffered to transpire at the ofxlce, but wo have since learned that they relate to a tranisaction totally (lifferent from any hitherto brought forward In its nature and conl. sequences, and involving a very large suin of money, the property of a Baronet. Yesterday mornjing the Grand Jury at the Old Bailey re13ttriled two true bills against Heniry Fauntlcroy for for er-. CAaa11I)GE, Oct 29.'1he Seatonian prize was yester- day adjudged to the Rev. Hamilton Sidney Bercsibrd, A.A., of Clare-gall, for his poem on the Death cifAbsalom. [Advertisement.;D-CAUTION 10 HOLDLERS or SHARES IN TrEu ALLIANrCE BIaTISI AND FOIoEIGN LIFL AND FiaE AssUiRANCE CoMtPANY.--ThC prescribOd perio4 fo thle signature of the trust deed having nearly elapse@, it is important to such of the proprietors as object to a clause by 'Whlui' the Directors of the saidCompany arc authorized to efFect marineinsL3ance, that in order to prevent the forfeiture of their shares, they presetit themnselves, hC. coipaniedwithproper evidence at theoffice of the Company? to offer their signatures to any dee3 that shall confomi to tne original prospectus upon which they became shareholders6 and the act 5th }co. IV., cap. 137, whereby the operations of the Company arc limited to the effecting of assuraces upont lives and survlvoytPiP5, and against Ions or damage by fire.