The firm of Bentley, Dear, and Co., warehousemen in Cheapside,
appears in the Gazette of last night. The transactions of this house were very extensive, the returns on sales for the last thirteen months having been upwards of 400,0001.; although their real capital, according to a statement from a correspondent of the Times this morning, never weeded the sum of 9,0001. All the money operations of the concern were transacted by Mr. Bentley ; who is charged with having forged acceptances to a considerable amount. His partners suspected that all was not right, and broke open his private desk; where they found bills accepted by parties who had left this country for America before the date of their acceptances. The Stamp office die for bills of exchange had been altered after the departure of thes.3 persons; yet their acceptances were on paper regularly stamped. Mr. Bentley has niade off to Rot- terdam, with all the ready money he could secure; and a reward of a hundred guineas has been offered by the creditors for his apprehension. The liabilities of the firm are stated at 123,0001.; their assets at 74,7301.; but this is on the supposition that a large amount of bills due to the bankrupts are paid in full. There were frequent rumours in the City yesterday of other considerable failures ; but they appear to rest on no good authority.
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