had no one to propose, and he would therefore with pleasure second the resolution.
Mr. W. B. Young essayed to speak, but as there was considerable interruption, the Mayor interposed, and said that as they had given Mr. Langham a fair hearing, he hoped the same fairness would be shewn to all. Mr Young then said that his sole object in nominating Mr. Piper was that he was a very fit person for the office, and knew much of the county connexion. Of the other person, he would say that if there was one man more than another who would interrogate the matter, it was Mr. Robert Deudney. Mr. Langham then moved "That a committee be appointed to nominate proper persons able and willing to discharge the duties of assignees to the Bankrupt estate who will exercise sound discretion in their selection of solicitor and report such their nominations at an adjourned meeting of the creditors to be holden here on Saturday next at two o'clock precisely."
Mr. Womersley, in seconding the motion, said he should certainly be opposed to the two names so freely set forth, because he believed them to be the nominees of the bankers. He sympathised with the bankers in their misfortune, but it was the creditor's position that now had to be considered.
The following gentlemen were then chosen to form the committee:- Messrs. Womersley, Clement, Noden, H. Burgess, N. Parks, J. G. Langham Grisford, Watts, J. Phillips, J. Oliver, and P. Banks.
Mr. Stoneman, of St. Leonards, in seconding the adjournment, hoped they would work well together to bring out a good dividend. He thought he should have heard more about the dividend and les of the antagonism of rival solicitors.
Mr. Langham then stated (unofficially) that there were £6,600 in the till, £4000 at Mastermans bank; £27,000 in bills; and other assets, making a total of £78,000, against £150,000 liabilities. The estimated dividend was 10s in the £.
The Adjourned Meeting of creditors was held at the Town Hall on the 11th of July, when the Committee's report stated that at their meeting at the Swan Hotel it was resolved that the names of Robert Deudney, Henry Baker, J. G. Langham, and Alfred Burton be submitted to the adjourned meeting of creditors, if they would severally act as assignee. Mr. Baker and Mr. Langham were willing to do so, but Mr. Deudney and Mr. Burton declined, both of whom identified themselves with Mr. Piper as an assignee and Mr. Young as the solicitor.
Mr. Hawkins, in moving the adoption of the report, said he was more than ever convinced that there were many things that had to -
