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WHEREAS a Fiat in Bankruptcy is awarded and issued forth against Edward James, of Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester, and Henry James, of the same place, and also of the Forge, in the county of Salop, Butchers, Cattle and Sheep Dealers, Dealers and Chapmen, trading in partnership together, and they being declared bankrupts are hereby required to surrender themselves to the Commissioners in the said Fiat named, or the major part of them, on the 25th day of May instant, and on the 26th day of June next, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon on each of the said days, at the Black Horse Inn, in Kidderminster, in the said county of Worcester, and make a full discovery and disclosure of their estate and effects; when and where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and at the first sitting to choose assignees, and at the last sitting the said bankrupts are required to finish their examination, and the creditors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of their certificate. All persons indebted to the said bankrupts, or that have any of their effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the Commissioners shall appoint, but give notice to Mr. Henry Seymour Westmacott, of No. 7, South-square, Gray's-inn, London, or to Mr. Backhouse, Solicitor, Bridgnorth.