The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-03-23 00:00:00

i 4' ~ ~~ . ,' r : ( . 1 , x i • P it ir i . ; 13 i 1 , , , ) . a i ~ —l 4> ii • i .. ..,. ? :,! 4 1 ;;p lt I ' .. $ p ' I 1 . 1 1 . 1 1. 1 • • C i 4 r i 0 ‘ 4 I - 7 . , ) : . .( • '• 1 ', Ili I PRuT&V7' AGAINST THE THlltli NBOINGMAN CH. OF THE CONN. BILL, ON VAN Arm OF 1. Because we are adverse in principle to ill inks restraints on commerce. We think it certain ..that public prosperity is best promoted, by leaving on controuled the free .cukrent or national industry ;1 and we wish rather, b 7 weli r eousidornd ,steps, to. bring beck our commeictsl legislation to the straight and simple line of wisdom, than to increase the de viation, by subjecting additional and astride* branches of, the public interest to fresh systematise- Octal and injurious restriction. • •'• I: 4 t Because we think that the great practical fully of leaving all commerce unfettered, applies more pe culiarly, and an still stronger grounds of justice as well es of policy, to the Cora Trade than to any other. Irresistible indeed , most be that 'necessity which could, in our judgment, authorise tlteSegii letat'U to tamper with the sustenance of the people, and to impede the frea purchase and vale of that at- Odle, on which depends the existence of so large a portion of the community. 3. Because we think that the expectations of old mate benefit from this measure are founded on a de- Insive theory. NVe cannot persuade ourselves that this law will ever contribute to produce plenty, cheapness, or steadiness of price. So long as it ope rates at all, its effects must be the opposite of these. Monopoly is the parent of scarcity, of dearness, and of uncertainty. To cut off any of the sources of supply can only tend to lessen its abundance; tb close against ourselves the cheapest market for any commodity, must enhance the price at which we pur chase it ' • and to con fi ne the consumer of Corn to the produce of his own country, is to refuse to ourselves the benefit of that provision which Providence itself has made for equalizing to man the variations of sea son and of climate. 4. llot wt.atever may be the future consequences of this law, at some distant and uncertain period, we see, with pain, that these hopes must be pur chased at the ~ xpence of a great and present evil.— To compel the consumer to purchase Corn dearer at home than it might be imported from abroad, is the imnied:ate practical effect of this law. In this way al.ne can it operate. Its present protection, its promised extension of agriculture must result (if at all) from the profits which it creates by keeping up the price of Corn to an artificial level. These future benefits are the consequences expected, hot as we confidently believe erroueou►ly expected, from giving a bounty to the grower of Corn, by a tax levied on its consumer. 5. Because we think that the adoption of any per. manent law, for such a purpose, required the fullest and most laborious investigation. Nor would it have been sufficient for our satisfaction could we have been convinced of the general policy of so. , ita. zardous an experiment. A still further, enquiry would have been necessary to persuade us that the present moment was St for. its adoption. In such an enquiry we must have had the means of satisfying ourselves what its immediate operation -will be as connected with the radon' and pressing circumstances of public difficulty and distress with which the coun try is now surrounded ; with the state of oar circu. lotion and currency; of our agriculture and manu factures • of our internal and external commerce; and, ab ove all, with the condition and reward of the industrious and !showing classes of our community. On all these particulars, as they respect this ques tion, we think that Parliament ia.almost wholly un informed; on all we see reason for the utmost anxiety and alarm from the operation of this law. Lastly, Because if we could approve of the prin ciple and purpose of this law, we thiuk no sufficient foundation has been laid for its details. The evi dence before us, unsatisfactory and imperfect as it is, seems to us rather to disprove than to support the propriety of the high price adopted as the standard of importation, and the fallacious mode by which that price is to be ascertained. And on all these groends we are anxious to record our dissent from a, measure so precipitate iu its course, and, as we fear, so injurious in its conse quencel. (Signed) A UGUSTUS FREDERICK (D.of Souex), WILLIAM FREDERICK (D. of Gloocebter), GRLNVI' LE, NV 1.:1A.1.31.FX, VSSEX, TO It R I N GTON, DU'I - VON ( Mae qui& •f Douglas), •CH A NOOB RUCKINGHAbI, MON FFORT, KING, CARLISLE. LONG AND SHORT TAILs.—A person asked farmer what he must give him to take• his horses to gra,' ?- 64 Why," said the farmer, "for long-tailed-I horses four shillings, and for bobtails silk, per vow.. The person wondered pt t difference of tjiaclpir_rti which the farmer: at Via . ,TM, reason is this--" In the ha slather the long.teila are so busy in switching the flies, that they have ant time to eat so much as On *then ; bat the bob-tails bare nothing else to do ! • • • • Michael Mountain am indicted for ftwcibly carry. ing away Ants Norm, egaistst •ber tensest,. sue with intent to deOle her. Tim Prisoner ..the Prow Secutrii had settled the Matta tlecday below in iw friendly manacr—by marriage --se .tots. .eke , WAS neither able nor willing to.prostcatae—Acquideti.4..o iVaierford Assizes. r ATTEMPTED SULCIDIL—On Tuesday MOnsiag ti decent dressed man went into the shop *VI beimg dresser iu WisiAcomb-strart, hob* mimed, undid his request a razor was banded him. WWI thWkalr. dresser turned his beck, the stranger out biz throat, lie was conveyed to Middlesex lioipital ) sad-bores are entertained at his recovery. , . A A coosiderable bustle prevailed yesterday in the various departments of .GOVertnetat, connected. with the administration of the army. : r e MatillNK CATALANI was represented by the lilt Paris letters, to be preparing for bee return to land. • We are Sorry to lea T at that here was a CODA , ble riot, at Leicester, on Monday night. The xis. dows of the Mo-rox's house were, broken, mod .4890411' other damage do s e. The Cons Bill was the praline' for the tumult, which was not quelled, till the osiY- ; tary were called out, whose steadiness seat dispersed. the rioters. —( Herald.) THE STATESMAN. IND/414/0144: • . mops. Yesterday' a Quarterly' Coat .Proptiebri wf, held. • • • • • . the Report of the CostiOtti,applit.itativreft“ the' Dye-Lima ortke POtujiatty,,and Co4slder what alterations and regulati6Of were •proper baited in them, in consequence nt the retteetiftot i tbeit . Charter, was-read to the'Coart. " • •• Mr. ITAILLAND said, the 'Report fell shirt of hit expectations. The Committee had not gone far uough. The qualification of the Directors ought to be raised so high, as to giro thenia deep interest in the Welfare of the COMpany; and no one ought .to•be admitted into thi•Direction, who, as a Merchant or trader, might havir,bitereats id appositied tb his duty, as a Ditectom 'He ;thought'• also that a mide ihould be devised,br ascertaining what attendance each Director gave he discharge of his duty. Be objected, thetefore l lo the fee port being received. • Mr:S. Dr/civrthobghtAt4tfabge that the worthy Gentleman should object to this Report teing re deived ai for asiit siert, because it did tiot,'go' far enough. The Court. would be glad to any sop ,gestions from the worthy Member on the subject pn a future day ; 'hut they ought not to stay confirming, in theniean time, whit was unobjectionable. A Member of the Committee (whose name we could- not learn) stated, that the Committee consi dered the subject alluded to by the worthy Proprietor , as a field which they were not capable of entering on. Mr. ICINNAnto conceived that those who thought the Report inadequate, .were right in refusing , to ,ac cede to it in the first instance.. !ainilZEsl 11 9 1 1 311 4 1 4 , LORD saw( thsowsl.sp This *el an 'ection alien the 'emote of Edward Vll.'te °recover treMa f 'ttot setting out tithas;•and the-question was, whither the land was *thimble or not,. What waste land brought into cul tivation, and by the Statute of Edward VI. exempt ed from tithes for seven years. The Plaintiff contended that it was not waste land . and the Defendant insisted that it Wass Waste land.— The question therefore was, what sort of land was to be considered as barren land. The Defendant's wit nesses proved that the land bad required an extraor dinary. degree of cpltivation to make it productive ; and the Learned Judge ruled that this was barren land within the meaning Of the Statute.--Verdict far the Defendant. ........ -,..........._„„,i . e1e mar Prisoner was in such a state of taint iti 6 bk. eingoisb Tight from wrong. The Joy, after a short consultation, nand the Prisoner Not Gff:7ly. I • , STAFFORD, MAiLes 20. THE KING V. ELIZ. BURROWS. • The Prisoner was indicted for the wilful murder of her own child Hannah Burrows, aged four years, and also of her child George Burrows, aged three years. *She Mai tried oil only the first ipdictment.— Mr. CIfETWYND lind Mr. FIXED were the Counsel for the•Prosecetion; and Mr. PEARSON for the Prisoner. The following witnesses were examined for the Prosecution : Mr. Turner; drug gist, at Newcastle-ender-PM', remembered the Prisoner earning, to his shop about 11 o'clock-in the morning of Friday, the 14th Of October last, tobity • twopennyvierth of arsenic to destroy rats : he refused to sell it her without she produced somebody to vouch for the truth of her purpose : she adduced a woman who was with her, 'and witness sold her the arsenic. Elizabeth Lewis, of Chesterton, knew the pri soner; she 'lived one field off, and was sent for by prisoner on Friday, 14th of October last ; she was up stairs, and came down .1 ; she said, " Betty Lewis, I doubt my children will die." Witness then went up stairs to the child Hannah, and gave it gin acid water, and tea, to drink. The child lay on its face in the bed, very ill: afterwards she brought the child dawn, it was sick and vomited : it was dead by four o'clock 2 the witness asked the prisoner what she had given the children for breakfast, she answered tea. — What for dinner ? she said, bacon and potatoes: the witness said, " Betty, i'll go for Thomas," her hus band : the prisoner desired her to prolong her inten tion, for it would soon be his time to come home from his work. 'Die husband came home soon afferA wards • this child was th en dead: he said, what hest LAIF IN T El., LIG Eng. thou b een doing to my poor children. The witness --sweise . could not recollect that the prisoner made any answer. COURT OF CHANCERY, ?dancer. Upon cross-examination she said, she had known the . prisoner eight or nine years; her husband was an in: a a ' eaaTanaan IN wAr r ea et 11111) " 1 A " NI/1 " V i dust Onus man : she hail known her leave her home This was a Petition, supported by Mr. Coowe, : m an y times for a week and a fortnight together ; she with much learning on the Bankrupt Laws, and great : was very fond of her children ; she has been long in i zeal, and forcibly molded by Mr. Batt., praying an .. esipbling low state • she once went to Welstanton order for liberty to prove a certain debt of 10871. Mik-house, and erought home some meat, which I 14s. against the separate estate of Joseph Lindow, she gave to her children although she had then meat the younger, one of the eo-partners of Joseph Lin- ! hi h er h ouse . dow and Co. traders in iron mimes and spirit heel- Elizabeth Helm, bad kaolin the prltinier eight or ness, instead of having tie flames charge IllVdegithw ten years; sometimes de answered reasonably, and solvent co-partners. sometimes not; she was low at times; when she wars Joseph Lindow, the younger, became a bankrupt . fi r st custody, she said, " What have I brought upon in his separate trade, after •being the manager and , myself and f a mily ?•• She assigned as the reason for ' cashier of the firm, in which capacity he stan d s ! committing the crime, that her husband - was always POLICE. charged with having embezzled the above item, barephrelding her of the expenses of her family, and she' drawing the - same oat of the bank of tbelion, and did it to prevent their coining to poverty. She —aer-- AT MR ÜBINS'S converting it to his own separate use fraudulently- At first denied the crime, but afterwards said she gave , - pow...TREEV lVednesd irdie Bris t ow, lbt; young assad A bill has been filed against the bankrupt, for dig-'' :it them in treacle. , • . ropes:same appearance and 'connections, underwent swotted cover) , of the facts of the embezzleinent and fmudyi ite a tiate " oTP.fr ha . rt ." s u mPleke 4 throwing 'filmes ' 1144 1 Upon cross-examination she said that the husband to which he pot in an answer ; and the P resent Pe " ! was not in that danger of poverty as his wife repro - 1 Thomas . Salton, the footman , attended and detaited tae Tsui. titian was filed with a view of preventing his certi- sealed. I colors of t h e proceedings of the mob in attockiirgthi knelt, bit ficate, and to enable the Petitioners, being Creditors,' I knew nothing or the Prisoner. to vote in the choice of mama ees, &e. r. Mr. Matthew White, surgeon, of Newcastle, was ; M Sorceristo, the Solicitor to the Treasury, Model to gn After a very long and elaborate discussion on the 15th , sent for to the Prisoner's house, on Saturday, the . conduct the prosecution. of October, to open the body of a child. The! ha T e s r e d i•r h is e lie: t t . s c i i iii f. agreentice It; r hi s ess e rs h . e Stephens att i d od Croft, ve law and equity of the case, and strong comments on , stomach and.part of the intestines were affected ; they him b a most r aMiable x char. - a s c t i r e e r e . l. The . y have t as en a a tt ippr:n d licts. g ll the inconsistency and contradiction between the ; were very much inflamedin p atches : answer and a ffi davit of the Defendant, his Hotrove i , principally , secured the contents of the stomach previously to ex- he waits upon the Ant ladles an Landon , and is by no means vicious; he is very orderly an/ desired the answer and af fi davit of the Defendant to of very respectable connection. lie was not out of MS bon,. Staining it. From the appearance of the stomach he th, first day rind night of the riots. 00 the night be was apple be handed up to him for his perusal of the intricate had reason toisuppose t h at ars e n i c d a d occas i on ed t he . headed he could prove beyond a doubt that be had not Irk Lilt , case, during the next vacation week, and in the interim, death of the child. . . • house a quarter of an hoer wheo he•was apprebtoded.- He was committed for futther examination. granted an order to suspend the election of assignees. On the part of the Pri s o ner, the following witnesses mr 11 contort attended for him. Judgment was of coarse postpone d . oar' e'Brown anther daughter ere fully committed tie Id, Pending the argument of the above cense, his were wiewleed l '"` '' 7 '' '' - ."* 1 as ntterers of counterfeit money. 0 Ann Sherard lived nest Aber to the Prisoner; land •if _ iisinenuuow-frrakaaT:=A procurer alma foe the away HONS:10 a desired the Learned Counsels' permission to Was outwitted is Ilse pititaltymf2ol. uneera treat Act known her seven of__Par•• • had interpose for a.moment, in order to communicate to years: s h e was a T e r .Tili"d' 'lament for advertising fora substitute to serve in the lath negt mother to her children. She was diseased, its. her meat of Musa* without peenrission in writing SO to do from the Bar, avail profession at large, a notification in mind : worse at some times than ot h ers. When she the siiiiiieet-6eneret • writing, from the Lord Chancellor, Intimating that . , m . she T • 'einem Siveatman was charged with tri Ili i , tb beet , p r mg o r _e_ of was in this state she rambled abroad ; ittn off Mr. Coswell, or Great Haddon. Estrx, and robbiug him of,moc Me Lordship was tint' to sit to-morrow, although one one morning, or hie eimal - daysi butthat the Vice -(. pant would, and left her favourite child George, silver and papers. The Prosecutor is above 60 years of :lco i year old, * naked on th e hearth: s nod he was passing alone Drirry.ilaoe, on Tuesday evertirt, rod hear any matter fit for hi. bearing in this Court ; I then one he has e hem the Prisouq, accompanied; of ,I wit &he*, come beh,,Kl an d .thati ea s atar d ay . mara ia gi a t eleven o'clock, I come into my house many a time, and said,_ . ., Oh, him and trappe d hp his* hcrls. They then rificd his pocket.. anal head's going again : what shall Ido ? ' She two of th em go. assay.. floe Prisoner was fully artmatked tor his)Lersbdripzhowld sit in hi [" Imam at : Lin. Imy triaL . • , ,t • ties.hi i i i ii i lium st • - m id:g i at tupt . c i es. came into my house once with It ► pin, . with witich she II ..ATTON•CARDEII.—A Hiliarn Catx.ll'"nte d. Off of Ire coach, Li•. i .1.111 tiaa : : e'. ~ would have pricked her arm if I' had let her : she No. I 52, wag alerted; .I*ll64tall i t thootlierri *kb 11 '0 . ' 4 ' ... ',.. --. • 11 "4.' ' asked-stir husband to kill her or cut bet head toe,. off : i s n l i t li, it h a us t i L:e less o4l l g l o3 li t v •P i rill i ntr at •w h ittlit h an s . l-almi l -s°l a ! :fi a tele also left her home in the August before for a fort- r h arce o f it . Th e: N ag y ',A nil/Trie d, h e weiremimeo ; M the night : her fits returned oftener than once in six . penalty of 10s. and costs. weeks or two months. . ------41‘...14:•:- • • 11. , ' • . CORONER'S IN e •r ..—.vet omits II held . Jane Ityles lived about two stone's throw from ' n i the ! chip, at 5 ' i 1 e ' 1 ; 9 ,,,,.71 , K 1 1!•••0 4 1.t. o.g Y: t i t t ewirt, the Carom". . w' an the Prisoner, and had known her seven years : she the body of : Fanny li i i i:isblitle, wWt• if "L s Hik)bitile.' of ice" had been in a melancholy way all that lime : she street, Cough-squiwe,.-wim was. found 4rowaed, at Sand'! confirmed the last witness : she used to shy, " what m i... or i t ). ) i i u nViis ti :. w iz , a m p .i a t ri ti i ii il S • . - ei m i T i . I la: rew er bo k ti s, ~i dr would I give if I could do better for my family.", :.. sh e went out about three o'clock ou Suturtlky afternoon, dc.‹ - Martha Hancock's testified to tha same e ff ect.— lax a friend, who was at ti , r home , to whit fortes., and that i ! . .; , ,o t The Prisoner would wripg her hands, and say she ' .. ,). l ,, ll4 ,3 l ,.,'"°:usrt`trerl'i - a1"." 1 ., 4 ..',7,!,i'7 . :11 1 ,1,,,,e"..11,7(t ) ,:fitrei , i. must leave her family. - • !toad -sad atnetre her for M i ses , years before waterier i ih: ker. Mr. Whitby knew nothing of the Prisoner * ', l , l .r,;;C; r a ?i t ,'',l l , l r d wr i :i st l e 7 a l tin,rig,— cif rho 42 ;are; eu, till his attendance as a Magistrate in the gaol brought:l siisuptonts,of inksui9 , .. „ l'ertliqs--Foutpd Wormer& .. him to her. Ha could never make any impreision, • . . " upon her; she denied any knowledie of the Causifor • . , " 1 • .. ' •• • -KEN. • • • • r Of 0! the children's dead,: he read to her and prayed ! ( . I?ft.T.l 4 ;ri In i , e ,n v e g:j i I ,.•; n 4h 't it° ".: 4lll ' SisPitheee4 weft her, her, without. elect ; jag. Saturd ay he,thought . On Sit:day, J i lt 'On ) itaitsvoreoett i oid-street' 11. ,,J_Irt S lia Pr k .M r 1 1 1 f s°0 , I Pli, iyat not able to say Wllpolez. widow of it ichard 1% alpole, Esq. and daughter t the late Sri e Hamm •i ',paw ane di stinguish oollll .. right from wrong • in li i Areihrek . -Strso;,. OA . SOMILIS dlightlit4 Witt'. Botnreasr flaia ' atiratha,__ _ 144411411 sglictbir WA 'that ipecies'et . )u. P.'S. late - Midshipman of his hiljests's isle Lilly, eldest ma • . • " ' • ' . *C4l4iirdilounidos,4llf.'asidtairpheir EX vlielteis Ryetott, lenity' caged •Imilancholy.''' ' ''. • . tivt. - ,_ Mr. aegis's, Srergoonet the gaol, confirmed Mr. %SOW'. solirhinifk • cherties-street, Ad Sanjay last, MU. ' hitby's evidence, but could not take upon himself , j r ra i ,C 4 il gO et * ' ii i.tl ( IL ' ...''' t....' 1 13 i '. nismAA af Z . INV l 4eakar*a, MIA an** 4. 41 1 101104114 11 1 L bt' '' • . . -'. i . L ab juo. Alary, the w i:o Of, ~c., ',toe .-....---. - tlliemwMo: ' • •• • • , Mn. Richard Iller A ll { rotes j. t. .-:! 4 , !, . . 'On . epti,,,,st. lg • w„,,,,„,,„ gm. Bmiltwells Is_ , I 'llk ' KitAgaciierthe i bu fA t h at v ih e ' re ' r • •on ...to iost. at 6i:Lhoo4e,, ' l / 4 o lh, 'Pa ea ni t "' 11111614 ' f ir i t if ' t u { a • itik i i . 6 1 11 ,41 I in ' t a:11 4 , 084 Vlanry•lanes, Aimed. Gilliam, Big.: 1111blalf bah the fftibtaif, lilt Illit . tt 4/sti'ffir thin 4 4- lb say s whether, at the tips; witambaltiing Wiztb6. Mr. HOWORTII thought that no ta' ap 'ought to be Placed in the Direction, whose interests and duty mere at variance.—Upon this principle the tent Contracts were set aside in India. Mr. J. Irtctas, a. Director, in answer to the ob servation of a worthy Gentleman respecting the ad mission of merchants into the Direction, said he only regretted that there were not more merchants in the body of Directors. The Company were now a com mercial body - and if they had not men in the Direc tion acquaint ed with trade, they would never be able to maiutaiu themselves till the end of their Charter. After a good deal of discussion, the Report WilS in the mean time agreed to; and the Sth of April nest, appointed for its being into further consideration. Several Resolutions of the Court of Directors were approved of by the Court, and among others, the permission to the Principal of the India College, to retire on a salary of 50001. a year ; and the appoint ment of Mr. Richard Carr Glyn, to be an Assistant in that College. The Court then adjourned. The Jury, without retiring, found the Prisoner Guiity.—Heappeared to be very collected during the trial, and beard the verdict, of the Jury with great firmness. • .Tits eg Toad" morning.: the COrtineriss s warrant for the apprehosision of Issociy t rier PO Mr: qehineen; Rickard Buricyt, soimoraki .4 1 0 Nish. ** ll Sabel *Owe; _pinatas.* : the. third GeOlds; german% to al varaittoreterned by,tha luryyjipntleg to, ibei murder et JIM"' Watsellewhe Irmo shot is' Old Balingtowstioret; • Tbet doe **Minn being in thei boom the wers;te,liiikao M own I-street eich blames .144 fftstlt) thoPte Mime 411 or teausted . dilloPiNimoritis greet pro. piety, .I.pfent.llkoretlej r bast dm? eppoisted for - ,ther geniral.pel Mivery, erm 111111 be rearmed to Ile ogetN s prow:tory to.tlotione of Oyerand' .Irenninar,...ettich cononeeist btli et Ripley wss is tboboose albeit lbw to the verdict. being retersed i aid wits to oh tc As be though; be . shoat! net belreetetesi-stere, would ge,b‘poo._ irent avow,- Mei W.lcarAlk Ose* Midi bylthteeadabi• tit tad kb% been inEffedual. .Cleelioqintimblbbiso ti t bq ,Wedoesdeyfreb r- iteallto!e'eltentee with Abe =es warriket, bet. -did, wit- sow+ 46 "ppm, him. 'l4 bhitaialt 'Meittte vt Ing the dicier er jeellowsee, • 0404 **Noma avoidiN paean paribment pagOosein , kb IMO and Shat yiebl binpoltpOwilis-sky pebble ihe OW Is 04. 41 7- .elktrillobts SIM* altimpe 'ability ; will be on thelth of tbeeeseingethsttwr: ' vIY 7irrnikt-144 -NW - *LIPPIti4 .end. Prhasbef 0,-I.o tf . 1.. al •a' %surety a lo ()fifty; Si; Fleet io met. ~! ; !•!._ , ;f i f vtitx. • /William Roberts, late . ef "Fikirster, near Leed s , wilt . barged with not sorreddeAsig to the Commissiou er: Bankrupt issued fortiv against. him. This trial excited considerable interest, and the Court was crowded as-aw -seflrlassaw. --Tit, indict. mitt was of great Nugtb, 'pod stated the :whale o f the proceedings relativskto the Commission of Bank. rapt. The charge against the. Prisoner was, that hp, being declared a bankrupt, did not surrender a,‘d submit to be examinedend make a disclosure of :;‘ property and effects to the Commissioners, as re. quired by the statute in that case made and provided ) having received a proper notice go todo. " Mr. Lwriebiceopened the indictment, and Alt. Hqpioao stated the case to the Jury. Tire Pri5,,,,,,, , irsa. Hoberta, had- been employed as agent to Wr n , Nether and George Coghill, in the United States of America, who consigned goods to him to b e disposed of for their benefit, and on their account ; he also traded on his own account, and of course ,carneunder the Bankrupt Laws. In the mire. c i this agency, lie became indebted to Messrs. Walker and Coghill, in a considerable sum of money, an d some dispute and question arising with respect tn ve . rious charges, and the balance due to Messrs. Walk er and Coghill, both parties entered into arbitration bonds, to submit all points and matters in ilii).it e to two arbitrators, who, if they could not eg ee, were` to appoint an umpire, whose award was to bo- final. The persons chosen as arbitrators net being able to come to in agreement, they appointed , John Hardy, Esq. umpire, who, after having had the parties before him, and examined into the busk ness, among other things awarded that the Prisoner was indebteded to Alessrs.Waiker and Coghill, in the sum of 21051. 165..9d. Being declared a bankrupt, he was brought before the Commissioners, who held their sitting at the hotel in Leeds ; - -boa be refused to submit to be examined, either on oath or otherwise, or to give any account, or make any disclosure of his effects, though he was (*noised time for deliberation, and though the consequences or his refusal were clearly' pointed out to him 7 and though every argument on'tl rernonatrance was used that was likely to confute his obstinacy. The Prisoner assigned, as his re, son for not submitting to be examined, that the Com mission was invalid,becausedie was not a trader, mod consequently nut subject to. the Bankrupt Laws.— On this pertinatious refusal to surrettaer, he was committed to the King 's Bench Prison on a capital charge, founded on the Act of the 23d Geo. H. which declares, if any person declared u bankrupt shall not appear before the Commissioners, and submit to 11, ! 1 examined, and make a disclosure of all his effect,, such refusal shall be a capital. felony, and subjectthe i party to the punishment of death. i ' John Hardy, Esq. one of the Commissioners, air. was the only evidence examined, praved the facts of the ease. ts Lordship stated, tivat he theught aii ike facts necessary to establish the bankruptcy had Wee mark Out ; and with respect to the refusal to be examined; it did not appear to him there was any room for doubt. 4.74 r f r.id 1:, Tlitie i;troi übu Nisfl w I 'face to • to pl egg aid 1 t vg lat.e pia" GJ I .r& 4-3 us ? l or e I I /lett Grer Seib Hya Best Fint Sup Si 'Joh TEI Pei al a *tor trst ,Pri; rIF r: 11 1 1 441 • Ti AI 4 6 , tirrt iiC to on 191 ui yi, 1111 ••••i 0 vir Price O' ; 04 6.111 1401