South Eastern Gazette 27 March 1855.

Notice: A Final Order will be made in the matter of the following person, petitioner for Protection from Process, at the County Court of Kent, holden at Folkestone, in the said county, before Charles Harwood Esq., Judge of the said Court, unless cause be shewn to the contrary, on Saturday, the 14th day of April next, at 10 o'clock precisely.

Edward Hughes, of Number 1, Beach Street, Folkestone, in the county of Kent, beer-shop and eating house keeper; formerly of Lenham, in the same county, carrier and general dealer; then of the same place, general dealer and ostler; then of Saint Peter's Street, in the town of Folkestone, aforesaid, general dealer.

Thos. Harris,

High Bailiff, Messenger of the said Court.

Southeastern Gazette 13 February 1855.

Notice: In the county of Kent at Folkestone.

Whereas a petition of Edward Hughes, of No. 1, Beach Street, Folkestone, in the county of Kent, beer shop and eating house keeper; formerly of Lenham, in the same county, carrier and general dealer; then of the same place, general dealer and ostler; then of Saint Peter's Street, in the town of Folkestone aforesaid, general dealer, an insolvent debtor, having been filed in the County Court of Kent, at Folkestone, and an interim order for protection from process having been given to the said Edward Hughes under the provisions of the statutes in that case made and provided, the said Edward Hughes is hereby required to appear at the next Court, to be holden at the Guildhall, at Folkestone aforesaid, on the seventeenth day of March, 1855, at ten o'clock in the forenoon precisely, for his first examination touching his debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said statutes. And notice is hereby given that the choice of assignees is to take place at the time so appointed.

All persons indebted to the said Thomas Hall, or who have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. Ralph Thomas Brockman, the Clerk of the Court, at Folkestone, the official assignee acting in the matter of the said petition.

Thos. Harris, High Bailiff, Messenger of the said Court.

Letters: Sir, I observe in your paper of this week a report of a meeting of the Watch Committee, held for the purpose of enquiring into certain charges made on a previous occasion by myself and Mr. Jefferey against Superintendent Steer. The report states that the complainant did not appear. I am not aware which person might have been kind enough to furnish you with the information, but I do think before such information is sent it should be ascertained to be correct. I beg to say that I did not, either jointly with Mr. Jeffery or by myself, make any charge against Superintendent Steer, and it therefore could not be necessary for me to attend a meeting of the Watch Committee for the purpose of enquiring into a charge which I have never preferred. By inserting this letter you will oblige.

Your obedient servant, John Minter.

Folkestone, 9th Feb., 1855.

Sir, I shall feel obliged by your inserting in your next publication, my distinct and positive denial of having used Mr. Joseph Gambrill's name, as alleged by Mr. Steer in his explanation to the magistrates, of the compromise offered by him to me, respecting the broken knockers, or having said it was the first knocker I had broken; and further that I did not go to the "Rose" and "King's Arms Inns" to seek for Mr. Gambrill, and also to myself, this should be made public, the magistrates not allowing me to make any statement in answer to the one made by Mr. Steer. As to the meeting of the Watch Committee, I can only say I was not aware there was to be one.

Yours obediently, John Jeffery.

Folkestone, Feb 10, 1855.

Southeastern Gazette 27 March 1855.

Notice: A Final Order will be made in the matter of the following person, petitioner for Protection from Process, at the County Court of Kent, holden at Folkestone, in the said county, before Charles Harwood Esq., Judge of the said Court, unless cause be shewn to the contrary, on Saturday, the 14th day of April next, at 10 o'clock precisely.

Edward Hughes, of Number 1, Beach Street, Folkestone, in the county of Kent, beer-shop and eating house keeper; formerly of Lenham, in the same county, carrier and general dealer; then of the same place, general dealer and ostler; then of Saint Peter's Street, in the town of Folkestone, aforesaid, general dealer.

Thos. Harris,

High Bailiff, Messenger of the said Court.