The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-12-13 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLWENCE. Diet., DEC. le.—Passed through the Downs 'event' oat ward-boued vessel*, Irate Ramagets.—His Majesty's ship severs remain.—Wlnd E. $. R. • Polrrawouva. Dec. It—Arrived the Hanooh, iamb, f rom the Dram, for Bombay , aid Pomona, Handyside, from mass.--Wtod B.S. E. • Pavroorn. Dec. 11.—The whole of the outward-bound, gelled Isle right and early this raoroin—Wind E. FaLnotrru, Dec. IL —Arrived the Duke of Wellington, Brsaoet, from Loadee, for St. iliteheers; Henry, Cock, from Plymouth, for Do. anti sailed spin. Mailed the Pro ' bly. for Lishan ; Andromeda, from Van Diersan's Land; aarah. for Africa; Ocean, for !Isadore.; Hope. for the tioutk Nees; Smyrna, for Satyrs.. and Constentinople; Nam for Seville; Joseph, for Oporto; Via*. for Trinidad; Independence, for Gibraltar; A o. for Demerara; *ad Bideford. for Terciers.—Wind E. to S. E. KARWIItI, Dec. It—Arrived the Spes Now, from Nor- Way, for London, with deals. lost an anchor sod cable, and part of her cargo thrown overboard at see, being leaky.— sailed . the Vacsittart packet, with malls for Holland. — Wind 1 • et • Wednemlsj evening, soon after Mx o'clock, his Majesty held a Court at Ms Palate, at Brighton, which was attended hy the Herb cry Of State for the Howe Department. the Lord Chambertein, the Lord Steward of time Household. the Porl of Aberdeen, Sir Charlie LOW. Lord John Towns- tend, &c. . The Kiag held a Privy Conseil, at which it was finally agreed to summon Parliament to meet for the despatch of huainesson the 4th of Fehteary next. Ills Majesty signed • Proclamation for that po les*. which will appear in to *mow. eight's riot:ear. Mf. Secretary Peel officiated as Lord President, In the absenee of the Earl of Harrow by,and lad se audience of the KM, previous to the ossevabling of sue privy Council. ills Majesty afterwards entertained tbe Lords of the Comm), end a party of distinguished characters, amounting to ?I, with a sumptuous dinner. There was also an erasing party. when the Mimic Room was lighted for the firm time this season with gas. The General Palmer. from Madras, from whence she riled the 15th of July, arrived at St. Helena. on the 30 hof actober. Mator-Oseeral Sir Edward Barnes and suite are passengers. It is reported that ..rders have been imued from the Admiralty to fit oat and equip forthwith the Prince lie. gent. 1211 gun ship. We also heat that the greatest ac tivity .prevaili at preseatia all the Dock-yards. Calcitic! Mansell. of Terroe, has received a letter from Mr. Secretory Gonlbera. stating that additional! Lemon will be sent to this county.—(Linterick News.) P. titions to Loth Houma Parliament are now lying for signatures at the townthall, Lynn, for the repeal of sh• Insolvent Debtors Act. filarial of a letter received yesterday, dated Valpw 'aim. July 21:-" Affairs is Pere hare takra an sofa, unstable lure, end we expect shortly to hear that San Itlart:n ' Las abandoned Lima." The above letter. coining from a reepectobl u soiree, has created a war eatioo amongst the parties interested its 800 ittr . t.,%! t o lizroaw or PARLIALMINT.— The We, ep Will certaioly—with pleasure we anotmoste , 2_, lust on Lincolneltire.—Asi advertliemeet la aosither collies's. signed by Sir robin Heron's ad Cot. Johneoe ? I lumina the friends of reform to assemble at Lincoln oe the *toad of asset moods, • to coffill together os the remit:vary step, proper to be Weep ep. the occasion.' the goenb will be, we netteitrate.„n retptisition to th e Ligh.elteriff on the subject? followed lips large county orldinyt and petitions K tekrin. , - vonxbire, Here. fordsliire, Cambrisl4ealmee. sod Node h, • leo ;boot ta.erseeh,haYing the eami.tdrject In vliw I it is moat isweelitto be wished. thak.every , ogee ih'the• g lt Viewless will follow eattheelleat &crush je til there, piecvediegs have the e l ect of priinHigeatekiii: reform ' —it but little what apnellittiott it pip bear-:411 • poil mike the House of Comatose Whit it ought to he. S the-vial represented., ofther t o tat ple. The landlord ms y . -HutllWhy! his Wows sad th e eteP be retionetatel for tly'ating it. To WWI will ,he reduced to a seal edesplate only to the • " a ideal yet good governoient. Mr. WodehOipte e mieltille *diastases& will ho . peaceahly eltectbd - Oilitif 'the (* . entry do Dot slittaia indemnity for tire past3lwnt, at Asi rate,beailog ie owl Its enrolls's alder the away of the borough moisgere.be ',core for the fetttrr."--(lieerstterst News.) - Sir ilusger ford Heekins;Chairtnen of ,Or y ietting of Landiertis and Landbol4eri field epon Sate ' the 30th ull. at Hereford, for tie purport otersosideilog the pro. priety of presenting a requiistloOlci the *filth Sheriff Of, Harrfordsbire,to call at-entity Mettles on its Apical- total Mitres,. liaelog forwarded the some to the High SI era, and received bispositive iefusal to call such meet. • lag, lire requested those Gentlemen who signed the re qeiriailoo, to alert st lb. Hotel imtbet city upon Saturday seat? ~Is consult upon measures to be adopted. in confe ree,. of such refusal. Peruses or landieto.--By the extinction of. the •Mosisless Serbian is 18211, the Bosomy (s( Tyrawley in 1821, and the Barony of Tara I. the emote. year, bis Ms kat, is now empowered, alder the Colon Act, to create gasser Peer of this part or tat:relied Kingdom. The Cornett will be accordingly. conferred en the Right ' 110w..W0. Downse, (wits fore, messy years worthily filled the high office of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland,) with a special remainder to his nephew, the gallant Sir Iflyssea Bergh, K.C.B. sal M.V. for the Coot) , of Car low. Since the conspletion of the Ciliate in Jaesary 181/11, tweetwtwo Peerages of Ireland have failed for want of male heirs; the present is eonsequently the s.wersth Peerage which the Crown ha., since that epoch, been enabled to create, the limitation under the Union Act 'wife to the grant of one new Peerage on the ex tinction of every three in succession. —(Dublin Morning Post) The vacancy is the Representative Peerage, mew sione)i by the death of the Earl of Mouth Chashel, is to be 'applied by the election of Viscount Lorton.—(lBid.) An Taesilay, in the Ch y Court, his Lordship yanjedgmeet is the case of " Hall v. Billing," which respected the right of the plaintiff, an auctioneer, to re noire interest en money advanced on goods deposited. His Lordship determined that the plaintiff was entitled • to lawful interest at four per cent. 'per amount. As Affair, calculated to excite considerable interest, is *isnot to come coder the notice of the religious palm Lc, to whom it is pettliely announced, an " Appesl' is shout to he made "in a letter addressed to the inhabit ams of the Forestal Dean, occasioned by the:dismissal of the Rev. Isaac Bridgman, A. R., from the curacy of Tri nity-chinch intim said Forest." Wit understand that the cause of Hr. B.'s dismissal from his situation is his hav ing soffeyed the Rev. lowland Hill to preach in Isis church. It seems Mr. Hill intends to write a perface to Mr. Bridgman's Appeal. —(Briatol Observer.) We tiaderstand that the Lords of the 1 . r y have seised to romply with the request of Carlile's memorial for the remission of his fine, but have promised to ex teed that favour to Liv wife. • ATTIatPTID SUICIDg.— Last night. shout S o'clock, as elderly women was observed to pass through Knights bridge Barracks into Hyde Park, and soon after dread. fel screams and splashing in the water were heard on the emit side of the Serpentine river. A MSS of the name of Hartley, in High-row, Knightsbridge, heariog 1 the noise rats to the spot from which it proceeded, and jumping into the water, dragged out the body 8 . 1 the: Nofortnnate woman, a hich war then apparently la wits% It was inassediately taken to the Receiving House, and the usual Melt* \ haring been ted to, animistic), wan in 'alum time restored. The nnhappy creature was then carried to Mettot-street workhouse, where we learn she is sew &log well. Her residence had been is Tones taasiestvreed. • . THE LATH " HHAOCIS:I .161 Y ,COURT; Epvmsessi, Mc. 9. • _ -. 0 "." 40 .." - •.* - : • ° • - • • , - ,-• • - . •- on. ' _L. .~.=. •• d ~• - • .7.. 1-1 --- . - Beek of Edglaml i iiouondneting Male fee forgery. mid the trial of Friesen Mackay aforesaid) to.he _sweets re pecially that rapped's,. Mr. James Games (waning the peruser,) which isdeed eNld otherwise never have re *jilted traeotieed by a. pews oboes character as so disciple involved in it ? • . • • Whether the said, words are of and c eatorotog the purse's-. and . aro folos and injurious, and to the dama_ge and iejatv of the. pnroserl . se Whether the nth another of the raid etWspapyr was prated and published on Or About the 7th 4e7 • Of July 1821, and contain,the following words, or --word, of the following tenon, tied , effs-ct, viz.:•—• Is s !ale number, and es one of a strict of discassionsasecerning the law respeeting forgery, we inserted. lot without in "arras to its accuracy, a communistation in which the sums of Mr. daises Gibson (meaning the pursuer) was introduced g and the following words, via. Sir, 1 am fa. voeeed with your (meaning the pensive 's) letter of this 'date. *ad in eosoequeece If its aseadstlctory Wins, -bey hove to decline your (meanie, the toeso.or's) pro spoil of sassier the author of any artiele.ot thl! Beecea -1 havoas yet so reason to think that soy pWase in the Jam genceroirig you (ineehile2 the pursuer) is Wee, calumnious, and malicious. I am notaware .of Iberia( d any right to • dictate' to yriolveaselog tills Khmer) against whose you (agate Inlipleg the plirsoer) should proceed. I am, Ice. (Signed).. Jos' ' James Gibson, Roy. W. S.' • • Whether the said words are of and conervilet tit veneer, mid are false cud lejuriour, end to die damage' ah4l Wells or the pursuer?" Whether the penner did indite, the said Frances Mackay, by a promise that vise would be admitted as a witness against others, to make a declaration or declara tions admitting her guilt, and did afterwards, notwith standing the said promise, and by concealing the name, and the way in which her confession bad been /Attained, Induce or prevail upon the Lord Advocate to give his instance against her, arid did afterwards bring her to trial upon the It day of February, 1819." Wts.t.tax ADaw, 01141 Off O. 1174.--.....4. This was an action brought by the punier, James Gibson, Esq. of lelingtes, clerk to thi, ego: t s yyduet 41s i Mr. Duncan Stevenson; ptinter of the jfaeasai —a publication which has pretioaely firmed in oar lasi reports ; and the cause of • action was its lhla, as lea former instance, alleged delatnatioaaad Ilejsry to cha racter and feelings by etatessents pabliehed by the AO fender in the said Beretta; the objeet being new to emi coverdamages u a "Magni ea that aearaii*Delleggits, laid at .€54100. Messrs. J Cocinusw, Mummer. aid Om IWOHA34It, sppeared on the part of the warmer ; sail Messrs. 51•Ninh, Ronsaimom and blunese, foe OW defender. The Jury having beeb sworn, the following leonewiele read by the Clerk : " it being admitted tbarthe pn eeeee is, lad has, fee many years been a Writer to the Signet, sad has Weir Agent and Attorney for the Bank of Koglook halts Es 26th day of Dee 1811, and has brught prompolistiefee forgery on their account, and was employed le ggioebt the trial of Frances Mackey, which took pile. Woo the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh; de Babel &lot Feb. 1819; ••• it beim, also admitted, that in the seoetkof Jams and. dally. 1821, the defender Duncan Seittellaapillies printer, publisher. sod proprietor of a etallii Moto paper called the Became; Whether, on or abont the 23.1 day of Jan% MON ,the defender, in the 25th Member of the said named set did print and publish, the following words, et week of the following tenor or effect, vie. ' To the editor of the Beaews.—Sir, In your last number I observed am article, which, althoph it discovered on deepen of its Indio' some disap sunhat and peevishemo yet cow tained sensib e remarks on the ?rummies of fir. fiery. 'There is one mistake, however, into which the writer of it has fallen; which might to be corrected, because otherwise year widely ciente-tied paper' may be the 'twain of creating in the minds of the 'peens' and misioforeted, erroneous ideas as to the state if oar Cri minel Law (meaning the Criminal Law of Sootiami), and of the mode in which it is administered. The author of that article saysr'h is well known that, as the forms of law stand at present, it ii better for a Scotch bank to pay a Thousand forged one pound notes than to a ncine a forger, all Wit it hie hien stated by** best authority, that before if fibrin' was executed it edit Scotch Bank 1200/.' Now' every person, wild is at all informed on the subject Intim., that,la order to obtain the conviction or execution of a Barger of lie Rohm D o bank in ibis country ever necessarily expended twelve. s eodreal peace. As sans as a torgee(meaning forgery) is 441MTOP ad to have been committed, a bank has only to givoinfor 'nation to the Public Presuotor, the Primmest's Fiscal. aid the mine will theft belavestigated, and thesatimisal gist tb justice at the public expense, in the same • 141 V -other &boleti would b• disposed eff, who hi omitted any Ober' Crime, to tbe•prejadice of an individual. When boweeer, ibis course it sot fidlowed and batiks, or theie ; leial adeiscre, (Meaning thereby to designate and point cut the pursuer) from too keen an attentioa to their own interest, Mom' of l o o s in g mo t. ten to be consist:Led ia•the ordioary way, by tie official persons appointed for' ehatperposoby the public, (mean ieg the Lord Advocate), 'Officiously ;volunteer to assist in the Investigation and where, imagining shit their (meson` the astairs ere of teo great 'spur taus ti be !enlisted io the boatel and *gent wbom Go vernomee 44,, 4•ea so crellajoug rate tains% with the managueital- itt ale criwluil. heal** of h. country, thcooletrlN or *Anted) Ili; see not satio bad, mien. they have alias-the Ilteo;ffit me the imaiimet dalosteaof the great neat of, Whiggissufieseaglidg the loiters% sad half a demo ISTldgeseseeri. I eda litifid to etseyohat a Book may be Awned to diabase* seleee greateriors thee - 1991W. Allefere. hovetter, 1 eta dileitie derisively_ as to this, 1 Muth first know Trent Mr. hiltesOibson, W.S4miabing the pursuer, writer to the Sigoei); bow much citeq conviction of a forger Isere oiled to cost the Busk of itogltod. Banks have lately bora obliged, whether they or their agents liked nor lot, to submiti• bate forgers of their notes tried aid convicted, like ether criminal", to the public ex- F Fount • for so much ineesuoiesse, irregularity, and in jestiee was found td rise from the officious inter ference of persons who Fomented none of the requisite qualification', of public' prosecutors, in the administra tion of criminal justice, that Once the case of Francis Mackay of Carrack. which occurred within the last two or three years, ao bank or bank-agent has been permit ted to interfere . in .the prosecotion and conviction of forgers. I o thie ease, the agent of theßankof England (meaning the pursuer) iadaced a young woman, by a promise that she would be taken as a witness against °then, to make a declaration admitting her guilt, and giving full information asto the way in which the crime was committed, he (meaning the pursuer) aftetwards thought proper to have her tried, and by concealing from the Lord Advocate the way in which her confes sion bad been obtained, induced him to give his ie. stance to an indictment against her. She was accord ingly brought to trial ; and after the confession and in formation which bad been elicited from her in her de claration, she bad bat one course left—to plead Guilty. Sbe was found guilty. In terms of her own confession. Tile Lord Advocate bad moved for sentence, which the Court were pronouncing, when the Sheriff (the present Lord Advocate), in whose presence the de claration lead been emitted. happening to come into Court, exp d to his predecessor his surprise, tint he should Lave brought to trial any person whose confession vas obtained in the way the panoso had been. It was by this time too late to prevent seetesee from being passed; bat the Court, on being Informed of the eir seassuteces of the ease, expressed their high disapprobation of what had taken plass, and the Lord Advocate imam. diately procured a free pardon for the prisoner. After this, we, whether the Whig or Tory mode of administering jus lies deserves the preference 1-IL." Whether the whole or 'NIT part of the words are of and concerning the pursuer.and wore published with the taalieloas purpose and intention of Waring, and do injure the pursuer to his private and pro- fusions! character, and do falsely and injuriously hold forth 'die pursuer, la capacity of agent for the Bank of England, as having unnecessarily brought prosecutions for for gery, for his owe private advantage, tot baring unnecessarily expended large sums of money in con ducting the same; or of officiously interfering I. regard to the said forgeries, and of conductieg the trials and prosecutions for the same, injuriously to the interest of the bank and of the public, and unfairly to the person accused ; or of having induced the said Frances Mackay to admit her guilt, by promising to her that she should sot be tried, and afterwards inducing I the Lord Advocate to try the said Frances Mackay, by concealing the promise ? And, 11/better the said words do falsely and injuriously set forth that the Conn of Justiciary, on being informed by Sir William Rae, Baronet, the former Sheriff of the County, of the vir. entuetances of the case, meaning the circumstances set forth in the said newspaper relative to the said Frances Mackay, expressed its WO disapprobation of the per suer's conduct, to the damage and injury of the said pu ? Whether the 26th number of the said newspaper was printed and published on or about the 30th day of Jane, 1822, and contained the following words, or needs of tint following tenor and effect, via. •'le beg leave to assure ear (rifted in Forth Street, that we should sot have inserted X's - letter, had we not previously *seer 'aimed all his statements (meaning the statements afore said relative to the pursuer's conduct as agent for the Lord Chief Commissioner , Mr. COCKIIVRN opened the pleadings on the part of the pursuer, and stated, that this was an action which bad been instituted by his client, Mr. Gibson, to rem er compensation, as far as it could be coucerled by the ver. diet of a dory , for certain defamatory attacks on hie chatacter. 'these were published in the fate Beacom newspaper, of which there was a distinct admission that the defender was the printer and publisher. They bad heatd the words of the issues, but it was impossible for them to understand the foil merits of this cause without some explanatory information from him. It was stated in the libel, that hit.. Gibson, while acting as agent in a cause in which the Bank of Ragland was prosecutot and one Prances Mackay defender, induced the prisoner, ty a promise of admitting her as a witness against othere , to male riegiittation of bee guilt, and then did basely violate that promise by bringing her to trial; in conse quence of which, it was alleged, the Lord Advocate, as Na ps be was informed of the Circumstance. tona- Maly procured a free pardon for the prisoner. Now, Mt, Gibson was at this time, and bad for many years been, the lew agent In Scotland for the Bank of England. In this sl • nlt always bad been his peostiee to take some pert in Ns prosscatioa of -feeders agates* the Bank; In the per tardsonee of which ditty beheld always hitherto given parfasa sodsfectlon to Os employers. It formed, however, wroth,: diaries agate' the water, that he hail c froliktO keys as at tebtloo to his °wedeln's*, involved the Bank In unneces sary ezpeases. In reply to this aspersion, he should prove la evidesee, that therreeer'seemoseits were genera rb l ity more Voljea llita s y i? strong " erse of ° that hie deet agents s ni p: .hO 4 show. ntell the.peNtater int ecannued to he allapierse s theproloselebel apse of MN Saab of Eng land.. +He abiold also pow. that the mimosa apprehended at the Wawa of the Bask of Ragland, had been °mai ahibt=lvtdinAlibilparmser, -these:fume of law. Tile Adebeate she, ex pigged Gewgaws* usually %deleted agalefit a criminal of this deecelption. and bee - ing vindicated: th e cooductof his client is Ws respect, rewarded at great length are with math ability to ex patiate an the Injury hia character and interests were liable tie maim from the IRA before the Court. and urged the necessity of obtaining exemplary damages as a compensation. Hariog stated, be said, the grounds on which he demanded a compensation for damages, and the only consideration which remained was the amount. If they masked the feelings of the defender, he would acknowledge that no damages could he toe large ; be cause he was warned not to goon libelling, or be would lieruined in his format. He replied, he bad nothing M fear, for he bail employers behind him, who would stand good to bins in a million of damages, if necessary. That this was, in a great measure, an idle boast, he 'T elly believed ; bat there could be no doubt that the defender was secured to so large an amount from damages by libel, as determined him to set juries, •tite laws, and the country at defiance. There was so mistake which juries could fail into, that was so prejudicial to society, as to suppose that character can be vindicated by less than ample damages. If a Member of Parliament who is accused of stirring up the lower orders to sedition. and being the friend and associate of suspected patriots, can, after falsifying the accusation, obtain only one shilling damages. it was idle to think of coming here for a vindication of character. There may be those who imagine, and per haps truly, that Mr. Gibson would consider a farthing damages a sutfieient satisfaction, as far as money was concerned; bat it believed them to consider what the defender would say to such a verdict. Would he not in fer that his conduct bad received the mead of a jury's commendation? Therefore, for all these reasons, he considered that he should make oat a ease whirls de manded at their bands theaward of Whaling and ample damages. After a large pareel•of documentary evidence had been deliyered.• in, Mr. idoocriet called the first witness,. Frances Mackay. - Frasces,Masbey.examiaed by Mr. MONCRIEFF.-43V01S scanted of having uttered forged notes. She th inks it was in th e year ISIS. Johnson and Cook were sus pected at the same time. Was examined first before Capt. Brown; then before the Sheriff. Was examined. more than once before the Sheriff. Her declarations were taken down in writing. Sbe signed them with her name. The Sheriff ova her no warning before he asked her to sign her eatifessioe. %Vneo ti re ; exa mined before Captain Brown she told him she was de termined to tellthe truth. Sbesaid that bring taken with two notes in her possession, she was determined to con fess all, as she saw there was nu chance of getting off. She made a similar confession before Sir W. Hoe, the Sheriff, to the effect of her basing foiged notes of the Beek of England its her possession, withoutlawful excuse. Dues not know if Mr. Gibson was present at her first ex amination before the Sheriff; but saw him there eereral Owes. Never spoke to Mr. Gibson in her life till she was reautineil in his office a fortnight ago. • Mr. Gibson never made her any promise; she never looked for any thing else than to he tried, hut she expected the capital charge to be laid aside. Does not know hoar many charges there were azalea tier. Thought she was very leniently treated indeed. Cross-examined by Mr. Hoataxsox.—Was examined several times before the Sheriff. At the first essnon.s tie* she made a full confession about herself. The sub tweptent examinations also tespecfed herself. At her es 11111111iditM before Captain Bruen she spoke of Johosoil, Woodcock, and Cook. She also mentioned ;hem before -the Shred, but mit so particularly. Did not employ any rename! ; had friends who wished it, hat her tether did out think itof any use. Did you give any is ti:ten promise to plead gei:tyt MenEttEMEINEVPHINIMIPMBEIONIMIPMP Mr. Ropaggeon yogessinsil hie Lorgship,to,take • loots of cis 'sorption to thispidgmest . ofthe Coen. ,Lord PITNILI.T *IL sworn p the Breit; and eisissineti as tp.his recollect ion .bf say. eonvercatlooll pl ppis t id in the robing roont„efter the trial of France* Mackey. There nee po espreeolon ° t citsapproballon at m ade us of Mr. ,Glbeen, Mitten' tMI *onion 10 trial, at that time, as be rseirileded. . : , . Speen% other witticism' were rolled to, give eoldenee to repel the charges in the libel. A *Position of Mr. gay. Solicitor for the Snob of, England yea. also read. .1a this depoahlon Mr. K. approved of the eon/lust pf Mr. Gibson. and never observed IL desire on his part to increase the cumber ofprosereations. , . • • , . _ After 'variety of other ',Menet bed,been adduced. Mr rinetun Itl•Neil addressed the Jitry or imitator the defender eat milled his with wen. . Mr. Jimm y replied .at eonsiderable le ngt h. eiter which The Lord Chief Commissioner MUMMA up the evidamer, end . . ;id • The Jury. after milting &bent IQ initiates,deft , thou verdict, unanimously finding for ftie pursuer on aft the issues —Damages diOul. A loud peal of applause followed the Aneottneeasar! of this verdict, but It Win sp:eetlily silenced by ti ll The trial lasted from ter je the. mornittg , till tea 3' sight, aid excited a strong iitterestia court. INSOLVENT, 1)130TOILT Act ' io Tun not Ten be tnaniirettaiari. . Wa Sta—What a foul whit a goiter? lin4 where 1,4 i.. f t ait this one Act! and why? benie some permit's fancy that this very sterol Act is, the, cense, of twit losses. In ti few coos it may be;, Dot in my 'minion' in very few, In proportion to th whole. Tradesmen,minty; bare more sense than to be ma4e to believe, that their losses an merely the result of this one Act, for the re- . lief of the poor; surely they are not to be misled la Mitt way. Then; for what is all this onion ? Why, to punish the Frstichfient Debtor. Fudge! no nelittainp; there needs no inch combinations to du that. There is eriey facility Warded in the Court for Insolvent Debtors to a Creditor to .Oppote a Debtor.- Frtiodnirnt or nor, there is no obstruction whatever. A Creditor liis nothing to do, but mitet .his name for apposing, and on the day specified the riebtot comes into Coen f the aid Creditor has nothing to do hut attend sod oppose the Debtor in person. and If he haft any points to trg ~ *tithing is perfectly . easy, for die Connoissinften are most 'nestlee to their duty; and I do insist, that if the paints are clear, the Debtor will suffer accordingly.— But if a Creditor merely eons en along story shone his Debtor not paying him, and has no point, the Commie &tiers of course cannot punish for mere inability. I %ate suffered most eeverely, even to rain; but yet 1 tem satisfied that it is not in consequence of that Att. • I tan. I think, safely say, that I have had twenty Olivet from that Croon, en d, having frequently ateMettest, I have been a witnen to the strictest attention Invited been paid to both Debtor. 'effendi tor. Then, If I eredisoe wishes to be an assignee, he it appointed, and fiallopdty 7s. lid. for an assignment, which gives biro foil pcovet to stet. If a copy of the achedole is reqeisite, that If hod II the Court by paying according to its rolestanee, pit Ilibly from 12s. to 30s ; seldom mare. What Is mere easy? but the plain thing is thiS, a great somber of persons employ Lawler', end Lawyers eery seldom a• - derstand the thing. it ;sing very Ample ; Sad vie too ,ooe see is frequently disapelittmoot to llte•Vineteeti kt' 14 addition I e t6 o la t I:e le trEo I e l' a o • e n: ITV " IrPrA - 4 ia A mikub, possessing mon merit and tleafirtatet Shin tehiiie of 'Six other Aetk, med.*. our Mareierit DeredDibetglin. NY opinion -al, that it iT ea pi say • That Ss prolielsly•itousem•y e a,cp i *pi say is tradesmen, geleraltt.' 4 liatit 100115 1 4 1 , 4 } M heir . salmi for proseretingf ' earl. I istenramoPy . mendlo every tradesman, ti reed Dollti,'-uf4lBlo. or De. Johnsoes Idler. I'w; - let the indents-0 I Se Mil Ledger and 1811111m* a bit, and read efie awls r,ool • oftheri recommended. - I %Wok be will W 'benelltaid. Vitliim read them the anything:bathe morning:W/44n any bills come back. I Who tole:, and Wittiest, that no upright man ought to be driven to a prison et A— lt is a serious wrong, which requires a remedy. Pro bably the doing away with write,and merelysenstioniae. Debtors before a proper trittonal, might be very Inefel. The Lawyers will not pray meeb for that. A writ is is fine thing for a Lawyer, and robbing the Bail too ie a fine thing, although the Debtorie even ender their eve. 0, it is a clever thin; to lay hold of the Osil. • Well, Mr. Editor, 1 can only here beg pardon for troairliog you, and concinde with wishing wen would be motto honest one to another, and much more feeling 'stilton when they are purstaug an honest Debtor to diorite., ruin, and domestic misery; not forgetting to rem.. mend Lawyers to act with intro humanity than, they usually do towards honest Debtors. aol with more justice to their clients.—l am, Sir, very respectfully. Dec. 9, 1822. ,a LONDON WORKKOCIe.—The adjourned 6,. u'al Meeting of the London Churchwardens took place poe terday At Bow Church, for the purpose of receiving is formation from the respectire parishes, of their aveti• menu in regard to petitioning the Curt of Common Council, opon the subject of the London Workhoese. 'e. Several vestry etiolation, sod petitions were atcordiog ly read to the meeting, (which was very notnerons). all taking the same view of the subject with the former meeting—namely, that the institution has ceased to fel fil the objects contemplated at its original 'establish ment, and is new an oppressive and almost useless har den upon the citizens of London. It was resolved that these different petitions should be referred to the oolat committee. who were ordered to draw up from them a general petition, to he signed and presented to the Cors on Council u the petition of all the parishes of London should it meet with their approbation. Some hints were throw. out of its being desirable that the members 9f the Common Casual should be put in po ion of the wishes of their constiteents upon this subject as soon as possible, as Saint Thomas's day was near at hand. Part of the embankment of the Vision Canal again broke out a lid, to the Eastward of the village of Her miston, ou, Sunday week. It entirely cut off the coo muoicatioo to and from this city,.uotil Thursday; the rapture being of considerable extent,and in a low valley. The ',Amno n. with their luggage, were conveyed to and from the boats io carriages.—(Ecliaber6!Js SW.) On Friday the labourers employed in constructing the road on the north side of the New Bridge at tramond, found a number of stone coffins several feet below the sedate. The bones were in general entire. It is Sup posed the place hats been at one time a cemetery.-- (16id ) Coats Excaanolt, Dec. 13.—The arrivals of all kinds of grain this week are considerable. Wheat of fine qua lity sells freely at Monday's price.. Other sorts do not go off so briskly. Barley sell* well at last quotatious i —Beaus and Peas are nnaltereul since"the beginning K this Greek ; butt Oats sell heavily and hardly support Monday's prices. Sratrun:ELD Mariam Dec. I3.—There was a great number of Users at Market this morning, but few of a superior quality. Prime articles obtains a good price, hut the inferior qualities are tue saws in quotatioa as per onr last. MANICKT.-00041 Hay is in demand this mortri.g, and inaiutaius its price. BETTING AT TAT l'Ette.ALL'il—Dsc. 19. Throam.-16 tot ago( c, pee pat•. -1 to I apt f. oat or Zoidt. DoscArran bi. Loase.—.,, to 1 apt AIM Fan Wino. • .% %. ii t;•, • • • -• • f ~_~. 11 .. i ~' a { ~ 7 ,• . a r