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. . . . , . . . II . Il s. 6..... . ~ • . :: \ II ,IIIIIIIO . . 11% N A r 1 t. \ 4 • \ 7......... L5., . 2 ., , I. ‘• NI V. "..-.., • :' 1.,„ . , ' 6.':.... • .ow • , .---.'. ell , . 10 " " .. :! - '. A' , : jo:, ' VAS I ...,......4...t t ... . . at ~,,, _. . . PRICE SEVEN PENCE. WEDNESDAY,- SEPTEMBER 14, 1 sei:s. l; M !mkt 12-041 - VICTUALLING-OFFICE, Asgua 30, 1825. ' THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING his MAJESTY'S NAVY, cp. do he give mike, EGAN'S SPORTING ANECDOTES. This day was published, a New and F.sdaiged Edition, with co. loured Plates and Illustrations, price lits. in boards, or lds. ele. gently bound, SPORTING ANECDOTES, original and selected ; including numerous charactetistic Portraits of Persons in every walk of life, who have acquired notoriety from their achieve ments on the Turf—at the Table—and in the Diversions of the Field ; the whole forming a complete delineation of the Sporting World. By PIERCE EGAN. " The Author (say the Reviewers) has here contrived to amass together all the particulars of Horse, Dog, and Man, worthy of being known. It is a happy composition, full of whim and parti cular phrases, with a slip of morality In it, like a bit of lemon-peel in one's punch, and flavoured with the choicest lime-juice of slang. No affectation; no dispirited passages; no tame subjects; no non sense! It does not run a long-winded subject down ; but is every thing by fits, and nothing long. Ali who have heard of the in comparable Dan Crisp—the wonderful phenomenon mare, Mr. Well's matchless Pipylina!—Flying Childers--Snowball, the fleet black greyhound—Eclipse—Tom Cribb—Hambletonian, and Sir Charles Bunbury—all, we say, who have beard or read of these great names, and who respect perfection and talent wherever it can be found, let them purchase these Sporting Anecdotes—for they are faithful in the dispensation of fame-to Man and lieast."---Bald win's London Magazine. ' Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-row. - PARLIAMENTARY REPORT. That on Tuuasoar, the rird September next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing, (sealed up) and treat for the supply of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Gallons of West India RUM, Thirty TOSS of New Black SM YRNA RAISINS, One Hundred Tons of MUSCOVADO SUGAR,the produce of the West Indies, Fifty TOM of COCOA, Twenty Tons of BUTTER, and Twenty Tons of CIIIII.ISE T o be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Dept f.lla, one•balf of the Rum, Raisins, and Sugar, by the 15th Oct..l.et, and the reminder, together with the whole of the other title , , on or before the 30th October next. Of the Raisins, Sugar, and Cocoa, of not less than three v minds mien each, must be produced with the Tenders. The root: kiwis of the Contracts may be seen at this Office.. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be ,!..livered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the Person ho makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend answer when called fur. M. WILLER CLIFTON. VICTUALLING OFFICE, 36th Augsut,lB2s. THE COMMISS.ION EMS for I' ICTI .1 AL. LING his MAJESTY'S NAVY, le. do hereby give notice, That on Toesstar, the 27th September, 182.7,they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up) and treat for the following a,ticles, to be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores, at 1)-ptford, on or before the 30th October next, viz. Oue Hundred and Fifty Bags of Kentish HOPS, the growth of the Year 1824. Thirty Tons of Virginia Leaf TOBACCO. Thirty Tons of MOTTLED SOAP. Two Thousand Quarters of PEAS. Thirty Tons of NEW OATMEAL Two Thousand Sacks of BISCUIT MEAL, and Eight Hundred Sacks of Kiln Dried HOUSEHOLD FLOUR. &twits of the Hops, Peas, and Oatmeal must be produced with the Tenders, the two latter of not less than Three Quarts each; and also a Sample of the Soap to be agreed for. The Cfmditinni of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. Te•ider must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One &Clock oh the day appointed; and the Perso• nukes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend L.) Answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. NEW MEDICAL WORKS, Published by LONGMAN, Hun:, Rims, OILSIZ, BROWN, and Gnaw, LOndon. WORKS of the late MATTHEW BAILLIE, 1. M.D. to which is prefixed, an Account of his Life, collected from Authentic Sources. By JAMES WA It DROP, Surgeon Extraordinary to the King, &e. &c. In 2 vols. Bvu. with a Head, Xis. ss. boards. PATLIOLOGICA Land SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS on DISEASES of the JOINTS. By E. C. Brodie, F.R.S. 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Illustrated by drawings of the different forms of Venereal Eruptions. By Ricbatd Cattni ' chael, M. R.I. A. Vice-President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and one of the Surgeresof the Richmond Surgical Idos ‘pital,. Dublin..&c. Second Edition. in deo. 16s. boards. CASES of TIC DOLOUREU X successfully TREATED. — .111 Benjamin Huteltinson, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, &c. In ilve piece 7s. 64. boards, the Second Edition, enlarged; with a Plate, sheaving the Distribution •cf the Nerves.. . ThisEditiow is illustrated with additional example:of the sue. 'cos attending the Author's nrodirof managing the disease. The PUPIL'S PHARMACOPCEIA, being a literal Trans lation of the New Edition of the London Pharmacopeia, the English following the Ocitonal in Italics, Word for Word, and the Latin Text being marked to facilitate a proper Pronunciation. In addition ra which, the Chemical Decompositions are explained in a Note at the Foot of each Preparation. To the whole is annexed a Table, exhibiting, at one View, the Names of Medicines, with their Properties, Doses, and Antidotes, in casts of Poison, cite. fee. designed expressly for the Use of Students. By W. Maugham, Surgeon. This Edition contains every information relative to the College of Surgeons and Apothecaries' Hall, which will be found of use to those residing at a distance from the Metropolis. In a pocket vo lume, 6s. boards. ESSAYS on HYPOCHONDRIASIS, and other NERVOUS AFFECTIONS. By John 'Reid, M.l). Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and late Physician to the Finsbury Di:penury. In ave. price ins. bda. the 34 Edition, considerably enlarged. An INTRODUCTION to ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY, for the Use of general Readers, Young Persons, sad Junior Medical Students.. By Thomas Sandwith,Es* Surgeon. In 1 Vol. 12mo. with Plates, price 9s. boards. The NEW PHA RMACOPCEIA of the ROTA I. COLLEGE of PHYSICIANS of LONDON, MDCCCXXIV. Translated into English. By Sir George 1... Tuthill, Kin. M.D. F.R.S. Fellow of the College, and Physician to Bethient, Ihridewell, and Westminster Hospitals, Sm. Om atc. In livo. price 7s. boards; and in 18mo. is. sewed, both to match the Latin Edition. The Translation is printed page for page with the °Bichsel Laths, and limb may be bad done ap together. A CO AIPENDI UM of THEORETICA L and PRACTICAL :MEDICINE'; comprising, with the Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prog nosis, and Treatment of. Diseases, a general Review of Physiology and Pathology. together with as Estimate of the present state of Medical Science. By David Ileitis, M.D. Licentiate of she Royal - College of Physicians &c. Sic. l2mo. 746 6d. boards. .'The LON DON dISPENSATORY ; being a practical Synop -sis of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and Therapeutics; illustrated with many useful Tables, and Copper-plates of Pharniaceutical Apparatus. Ily Anthony Todd Thomson, F.LS. In 1 large Vol. Ova. a new Edition, (revised and altered according to the last Edition of the Loudon and Edinburgh. Plharmac°ll' ias O 153. bds' R. BOERHA AVE'S RED PILL (No. 2), a tele brated and-venereal and ? miter of the blood. These Pills are peculiarly useful to those who are obliged to travel, or to rake me dicine without interruption of business. By mild and safe operation, they strike at the root of disease, and quickly cradle:to it; thereby preventing the fatal effects to which thousands are victims. Co punts directions are &inn with each box, by which the patient can nticister to binneif with safety and secrecy. A single trial will prow their soperior efficacy and power to subdue and expel disease, ewe when other retinae, have failed. Sold by Mr. R. Johnston, N 0.68, Cortikill; Mr. Sanger, 150. thiihrd-street ; Mr. Watt, Holborn ; Mr. Saddling. Royal Ea clump ; and aU 31edicuse Venda'. Price 4s. dd. pts boa. SCORBUTIC COI(I-PLAINTS. Stockport, January 24, 1824. GENTLEMEN —The great cure performed by your Avtucoasurre DROPS upon my wife, deserves to be made as 'public as possible, I therefore send you the particulars, in hopes you will publish them. For upwards of four years, she was a complete cripple, with an ulcerated sore leg, and although we had the advice of several respectable Gentlemen of. the Faculty, under one of whom she was more than three years, she derived no be nefit whatever. About twelve months ago, we heard of your Au- TIiCOKBUTIC Deers, and.determined to try them. When she com menced their use, she was unable to walk across the room, but before she had finished the first bottle, she could walk with ease, and by perseverance is now restored to health. Since she was cured, we have recommended the Drops to several of our neigh bours, who were dreadfully aeicted, and they have all received great benefit. I shall be happy to give further particulars to any enquirers, and remain your obedient and grateful servant, ROBERT TIPPER, Smith, Thomas-street, Higher Hillgate. To Messrs. John Lignum and Son, Surgeons, Manchester. N.B. The Medicines were purchased from Mr. T. Claye, your Agent in this town, and he was a witness to the cure.—AU letters to be post paid. These Drops are sold in. moulded square bottles at 2s. 91.45. si and 11s. each, by John Lissom and Son, Surgeons, tcc. 85, Bridge street, Manchester; 1. ,50, Oxford-street ; I. and C. Evans, 42, Leng-lane, West isnithfield ; Barclay and Sons, 95, Fleet-market; C. Butler, 4, Cheapside, and 214, Regent-street; Sutton and Co. 10, Bow Church-yard ; Evan Edwards, 61 ) St. Paul's Church-yard; F. Newbery and Sons, 45, St. Paul's Church yard ; Henry Mackrill, 33, Whitechapel, London ; F. Newbery and Sons, 29, Dame-street ; Butlers, 34, Sacktriiie-street, Dublin ; Scott and Orr, 100. South Bridge, Edinburgh; R. Nebel', Sar geon, Glasgow ; and all respectable Medicine Vendors. Of wham also may be had, Mr. Lignuat's Improved LOTION, for all Scorbutic Eruptions, price 21. 9d. duty included. FROM LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. Ann Elsteott Sinus, Bath, bookseller, to surrender September 22, 23, and October 25, at ten, at the hite Lion lon, Bath. At. tondes, Messrs. Adfington and Co. Bedford-row; or Mr. Gaby, St. James's Parade, Bath. Henry Michael Francis Goold, Brighthelmstoae, dealer, Septem ber 27, at ten, October 11, at eleven, and 25, at ten, at the Court • of Commissioners oil Bankrupts, Baainghall . street. At tomies. Messrs. Palmer and Co. Bedford-row. George Brampton Bridges, jun. late of Oldham, draper, Septem ber 26, 27, at two, and October 25, at five, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attendee, Messrs Hurd and Johnson, King's Bench-walk, Temple; or Mr. Wood, Manchester. Whereas by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, in. tingled" At. Act to amend the laws relating to Bankrupts," it is enacted, " that if any trader shall Me in the dice of the Lord Chancellor's Secretary of Bankrupts a declaration in writing, signed by such trader, and attested by an attorney or solicitor, that 'he is insolvent or urrable to meet his engagements. the said Secre tary of Bankrupts shall sign an authority for inserting the said de claration in the Gazette, and that every such declaration shall, after such advertisement inserted as aforesaid, be an act of bankruptcy committed by such trader at the time when such declaration was filed, but that no commission shall issue thereupon wiles, it be sued out within two calendar months next after the insertion of such advertisement. unless such advertisement shall have been in. serted within eight days after such act of bankruptcy after such declaration filed ; and no docket shall be struck upon such act of bankruptcy before the expiration of four days next after such in sertion in cue such commissiorn is to be executed in London, or before the expiration of eight days next after such insertion in case such commission le to be executed in the country."—Notice is hereby given that declarations were flied on the 9th and 13th days of September, 1825, in the office of the Lord Chancellor's Secre tary of Bankrupts, signed and attested according to said Act, by William Lewin Levee, late of Grove-lane. Camberwell, in the county of Surrey, now of East India Chambers, Leadenhall.street, in the city of London, merchant, that he is in insolvent circum stances, and is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors. Henry Frederick Coley, late of Winchester-boost, Broadastreet, in the city of London, wine-merchant (surviving partner of Richard Hooper, trading under the firm of Hooper, Coley, and Co.) that he is in insolvent circumstances, and is unable to meet his engage meats with his creditors. George buddy, late of Mark-lane, in the city of London, but now of Wellington-place, Stepney, in the county of Middlesex, hop and seed.merchant, that be is ht insolvent circumstances and is usable to meet his engagements with his creditors. James Emerson and Samuel Simpson Emerson, of the White chapel.road, in the county of M;ddlesex, corn.factera, that they are M insolvent circumstances and unable to meet their engagements with theircreditors. OIVIDEND to be 'wade lo BASINGIIALL-STREET. Nov. 19, W. Smith and J. Atkinson, jun. Ahlernsanbury, mer chants, at doom DIVIDENDS to he made in the COUNTRY. Oct. 7, G. B. Clark. New Shoreham, Sasses, brewer, at Maven, at the Steyne Hotel, Worthing. Oct. 3, J. Bealey, Little Lever, Lancashire, papermanufaeturer, at ten, at the Star Inn,Mancheiter. CERTIFICATES—Ocr. 4. J. Smith, Clement's-Lute, wine-merehant. T. Barker, late of Stratford, brewer. J. T. taninlan and J. T. Stokes, late of G ros veoor-market, dyers. G. Sherbet's, late of Pall Mall, boot-la aker. W. True4tt, Welllngton.street, &rand, perfumer. DISSOLUTIONS OF PA RT NERS H IPS. Dale and Co. Fashion-street, Spitslfields, evadable-manufactu rers. Danby and Winsor, Crosby-row, Bermondsey, carpenters. Ylsomk7 and Cooper, Chisworth, Derbyshire, cotton-spinners.— nikner and Os. Livetpoul, merchants, (as regards F.. Falkner and W. blawdsley). Cbouler and Derbyshire, Beeston. Nottiogham shire, bobbin and carriage-makers. blatthie and Theakstone, Li ' verpool. Sharpe and Hill. West Smithfield. banker& Spencer and Co. Leicester, manufacturers of twist net. A. and G. It. Wardell, timber-carriage owners. J. Wildsmith, sen. Ind jan. Nottingham, bce-manufaaturrre. Taylor and Peon, , News:me-market, carcase-butchers. Stokes, and Quinlan, gni,- vener-niarkrt, dyers. Nevrberry and Hoyle, Fleet-street, linen drapers.. Wye and Wood, 6ratechurett-street, oil:liter& Wicks and Co. Quadrant, Beal ut arret, tailors. T. iussl G. BoUand, York, book sulk (Continitedfroas atr Paper of Yesterday.) The Select Committee appointed to consider of the Laws respect. ing FRISNDLY Somalia, and to report the same, with their Ob l servations thereupon, to the House: and who were empowered to report the Minutes of Evidence taken before them;--have, pursuant to the Orders of the House, considered the Matters to them referred, and have agreed upon the following Report : Another abuse of these societies has attracted much attention, and has been specially brought under the consideration of your Committee, by the reference of the Reports of the Committee of last year, to whom it was reterred to inquire into the state of the law, and its effects, so far as relates to the Combination of Workmen and others, to raise wages, or to regulate their wages and hours of working." These clubs were, in very many instances, composed of persons wotk:ng at the s.me trade ; the habits and opportunities of asso. ciation, which the Friendly S -cieties gave to them, doubtless afforded facilities of combination for raising wages and other purpose's, all of which were then un lawful, with their common business. Your Committee will hare to refer to this subject again, as cOnneeted - with the present state of the law; they now mention it, with the ether defects and abuse: of the old system, in order that the intention and effects of the ,existing Act of 1819 may be better understood. The necessity of considering the law its it stood be fore 1819, and subsequently, will ; be apparent, when it is recollected that societies formed previously to the 12th of . July, 1819, are still not liable to the operation of the last Act. And believing, as your Committee do believe, that the ill opinion entertained by many per sons of the system of Friendly Societies, has its origin only in an observation of abuses, many of which have been corrected by the Act of 1819, and others may easily be refOrrised ; they are ansicus to separate, in their cdnsideration, societies which are independent of that Act, societies formed under it, and societies which may be established under the modification of it, which they are prepared to suggest. They now proceed to the several parts of the Act. The preamble recites, that " the habitual reliance of poor persons upon parochial relief rather than upon their own industry, tends to the moral deterioration of the people. and to the accumulation of heavy burthens upon parishes; and it is desirable, as well with a view to the reduction of the assessments made for the relief of the poor, as to the improvement of the habits of the people, that encouragement should be afforded to per 'tons desirous of making provision for themselves or their families, out of the fruits of their own industry; sad that by the contribution of the "savings of many persons to one common fund, the most effectual provi sion may be made for the casualties affecting all the contributors; and it is tteretore desirable to afford further facilities and additional security to persons who may be willing to unite in appropriating small sums, from time to time, to the formation of a common fund for the purposes aforesaid ; and it is desirable to protect such peisons against the effects of fraud or miscalculation." Concurring fully in this averment of the utility of the Institutions, as well to the community as to indi viduals, your Committee might satiafy themselves with appealing to this legislative declaration of the grounds npon which Friendly Societies are entitled to encou ragement and protection. But the opinion which some persons entertain, hostile to tke formation of any com mon fund by contribution among the lower classes, and the preference given to individual savings, induce your Committee to consider the claims of these So cieties in some detail. It has been observed, that the hostility to Friendly Societies has been nowhere more strong or controversial, that) among the patrons of Saving Banks. Of these institutions, which are not re ferred to them for consideration, your Committee will only say, tbat they are undeniably calculated for many very useful purposes ; some of which cannot pos sibly be secured by institutions of mutual assurance; but your Committee affirm, without hesitation, as equally undeniable; that it is "" by the contribution of the saving& of many persons to one common fund, that themost effectual provision can be made for casualties affecting," or, as it would have been more correctly said, liable to affect " all the contributors." This pro position, which is indeed obviously true; has been well illustrated by a writer on Friendly Societies, who asks, whether the advocates of separate and exclusive saving " will be easily persuaded to save their annual pre mium, instead of securing their houses against firer Wherever there is a contingency, the cheapest way of providing against it is by uniting with others; so that each man may subject himself to a small deprivation, in order that no man may be subjected to a great loss. He upon whom the cotringency does not fall, dies not get his money back again, nor does he get for it any vt stble or tangible benefit; but he obtains security against ruin, and consequent peace of mind. He upon whom the contingency does fall,gets all that those whom fortune has exempted from it have lost in 'hard mosey, and is thus enabled to sustain an event which would otherwise overwhelm him. The individual depositor, not the contributor to a ' common fund, is really the speculator. If no sickness attacks him during his years of strength and activity, and he dies before he is past labour, be has been suc cessful in his speculation ; but if he fall sick at an early period, or if he live to old age, he is a 4 rtat loser; for his savings, with their accumulations, will support him but for a short time in sickness ; or, even it he retain something in old age, after having provided for his oc casional illnesses, the annuity which he can then pur- Lchasewill be very inferior indeed to that which he would have obtained, it he had entitled himself to the benefit of the accumulated savings of all those who, having con tributed for many years to a superannuation fund, had never reached an age to require it. P A common fund, in all cases of contingency, is not less obviously for the ineerest of the Public. The tut. .successful speculator described in the last Illustration, in other words the depot tor in a Savings' Bank, who tails into . 114bi.ual sickrieas or reaches old age, must either-starve or come uischi his friends or neighbours %holly or patti.illi for styport. In this country the Poor Laws will bimg him upon the parish. The parish ' will lox all that - the mot fortunate speculatia - s the par el ial.funds inu.4 supply the difference betwe. n _ the expense of maintaining the sick and aged . poor of the parish, and, the amount of the accumulated deposits of those sick and aged persons only : whereas, if the people contribute to a common fund, the parish will have to supply the difference between the expense and the accumulated contributions of all the people ; which difference, if the Society be well constituted, win be nothing. Your Committee are very anxious that in thus com paring, as they feel bound, Saving Banks with Friendly Societies, they should not be understood to depreciate the former; all they insist upon is, that for the particu lar purposes to which Friendly Societies are applici , ble, Saving Banks are entirely inefficient, and that those purposes are highly beneficial to the people arid the State. It follows. that Saving Banks ought not to supersede Friendly Societies; but it does not follow (it is on the other hand a consequence which your Com mittee would greatly deprecate) that Saving Bank; should be superseded by Friendly Societies. There are objects which must be effected by individual de. ptoits, and by them only : and in discrihing, as 'a loss sustained by a parish, the surplus enjoted by a healthy depositor, your Committee confine themselves entirely to the mater of calculation ; being fully sensible of the Many great advantages to be derived to the commu nity, not only from the example of successful indtistry and individual prudence which that depositor may it ford, but from the existence of a man who hai, by la bour and frugality, rased hiMself above his class. And in recommending Friendly Societies, your Committee confine themselves to such as are formed uaon the sound and safe principles explained in this Report. The Committee are not aware of any instance in which a Saving Bank and a Friendly. Society havebeen united in one Institution. They are of opinion, that such combination may be very useful, and that, i f any alteration is necessary in the law for that purpose, it ought to be made. This being, as your Committee have reason to be lieve, the view of the utility of institutions upon the principal of mutual assurance, upon which the framers . of the Act of 1819 proceeded, one of their first en deavours was to define the objects to which such insti tutions should be applied, These are " the mainte .natice or assistance of the contributors thereto • their wives or children, in s'ckness, infancy, advanc ed age, widowhood, or any other natural state or contingency whereof the occurrence is susceptible of calculation by way of average." This description appears to include every case which can properly be made the object of a Friendly Society. Your Committee are informed, that some Societies have been enrolled under the Act, in which a provision is made for a certain or contingent benefit to the founders or shareholders of the institution. Your Cons mittee have much doubt, whether 'such societies are to be considered as " providing by contribution on the principal of mutual insurance," for the objects speci fied'; and, therefore. whether they can be legally ea rolled under the Act. When the latest amendmeht of the Saving Banks "Acts was under consideration, a question arose, whether it woofd.not be proper so limit the amount of deben tures which Any one society might draw ? Your Com mittee deprecate any such limitation, because it would tend to discourage those large and provincial societies wh:ch they are particularly desirous to recommeail ; the limitation ought, in their opinion, to be applied, not to the aggregate amount, bet to the inflount of the payment which any one member may make, in order that the pecuniary benefit afforded by the law. may bin confined to " poor persons," making " smallikvings.". The first enactment of the Act was intender! to en gage the more particular attention of the Magistrate, in Quarter Session:, in its administration; aultn point their attention to same material objects of inquire.:. In the first place, their approval is to be asked, not of the rules only, but of the tables of payments and allowances to be adopted in the society. These were doubtless included under the general words of former Acts ; but the present expression is calculated to remind the Justices, that the proportion between the payments and the attendant benefits, is an essential point in every plan which they are required to consider. The Act provides, that the duties which it prescrihel to the Justice, may be performed either by the bench collectively, or by any committee of not fewer than thre • Justices. Your Committee are decidedly of opinion, that this reference to a committee, will, in almost all cases, be the more advisable course ; because the Justices in a body, can hardly be expected to give minute at tention to each project ; and it is probable, that in every .county this e or four Justices will be found, who are more familiarly acquainted with the system and its principles. The bench, or committee, are to satisfy themselves, that the contingencies for which it is iirer..ded to pro vide, whether specifically named inthis Act or not, are such as according to the true intent and meaning oldie Act, are fit to be provided for in the mode proposed. Your Committee have reason -to believe thin due at tention has not always been paid to this direction of the law, and that rules have been admitted, whereby as allowance has been promised to persons confined under certain circumstances for debt; your Committee have no hesitation in pronouncing, that all tu s ks of this sort, referring to contingencies which are certainly not 66 natural," are absolutely beyond the operation of the Act, and ought in no case to be allowed. In proceeding to requ re, mote generally, that the Justices must, before admitting the rules, be satisfied that they are (6 fit and proper ;" the same section states, that the rules may be approved, either in the form ilt s w u h c ihchout h rssions,y shall have been originally exhibited , or with additions, or alterations as may be made therein by the Juttices, with the consent of the pirsOns proposing to be trustees of the society. The former Act appears, according to its obvious oeastruction, to have given to the Magistra es the power of altering the rules tendered to them for envulmeat ; and enrolling them se Aimed, whether the alterations were acceptable or not. The present Act Sequins the concurrence of the trotters ; it these, who act on the part of she society, are willing to freer) the benefit of the Act, rather than submit to the regulations a hith the Justices think reasonable or necessary, they are at liberty so withdraw their application, and to promeal V