The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-12-08 00:00:00

_ Detkar44 . ent be jkeicrpf . thxk)nance . :Haw in the systeal. ever, of liberatitt from imprisonment, **a , L arenkint *1 any speculative might he suggested foe the Mr. lIAMMEKSvy, much indebted to.the bee, jeant Oat) for ittibfoPling tween the diffeeasst clUa. die in nMe caws safer 4) be pitied that dad,' The first clause,. propeed by was then put and ae*.atberk eta was withdrawn.—Adjonr Bench or Fleet, for debts incurred in Cornwall or Northumberland. How were their creditors to oppose fraudulent debtors ? Most they come up to London with their witnesses ? Some debtors' frauds were of such an extent and consequence, as even to take from the injured creditors the ability of objecting to their liberation. The defects in the 13111 ought to he remedied, or it would be beoer not to pass the Bill. As to the debtors in Cornwell, and thkdistant parts of the kingdom, he did not think it proper that they and their creditors :should be brought up to London ; but he thought the Bill should have allowed those creditors, who bad legal and• valid objections to the discharge of their debtors under this Aet, to substantiate those objections in the country, He was not averse to thegetteral prie. Ciple of discharging from imprisonment au the cessio bonorunv ;, but he thought that it woohl be possible to discriminate between those who had ,become insol vent from mere misfortune, and thee* who were fraudulent debtors, or whose circumstances were re duced by idleness, extravagance,, and; gaming. To those who were merely unfortunate, he should wish That there was no imprisonment necessary in order to take the benefit of the Act, as he was convinced, 114 even passing tbe threshold of a -prison was suf. Admit to degrade and destroy the future comforts of an innocent but unfortunate man. To those, however, whose debts and embarrassments were owing to their own faults—to those who had dissi pated their meant by-extravagance and gaming—and to those who inflicted on their Creditors the ad ditional wrong of driving them to . the expense of an action at law, when they lisiel , no just de. fence,--to such persons, he' thought, that the three months' imprisonment required by this Act was not sufficient punishment. He should propose a clause, that they should be imprisoned for twelve months within the walls of a jail, before they could claim the. ; benefit of the Act. To• the unfortunate, however, he:wished that the benefits of this Act might be ex- j tended without any imprisonment at all. lie wish., ed to hold out a temptation to them, when they I knew themselves in a state of insolvency, to come forward to their creditors, and on the cessio bonoruns to obtain the benefit of this Act, instead of holding their creditors at arm's length, and driving them to the expense and delay of a law-suit, by sham plead. ings, and other modes, which were often taken to delay the recovery of a just debt. lie thought that the principle of the bankrupt law might well be ap plied to them, when they should prove satisfactorily that their insolvency proceeded from misfortune, and that they had fairly surrendered their property. In fact, the imprisonment of those persons was an in jury to the creditors, as part of their means was then necessarily divided among gaolers and other officers. He was then proceeding to offer his clauses, when The SPEAKER informed hire, that this wss not 1 ROTTERDAM, Dec. I.—At half past four o'clock the proper stage to offer clauses, but that it would yesterday afternoon, the French evacuated the town be competent to him, if the Bill should be read a of Shoonhoven. On passinglhe Lek they detained third time, to offer any clauses or amendments he , all the boats on the other side. might think proper. ; Monday evening a detachment of Cossacks en- The Bill was then read a thirdtime. tered this city, and passed the night in the square Mr. Serjeant BEST then proposed his first clause, : nextfthe I)oele, from which they yesterday marched which went to extend the benefits of the Bill to , off. They conthictod themselves in the most friendly debtors pot actually imprisoned. I mintier, and met with a joyful reception from thou. Mr. HORNER wis glad to bee, the Hon. and ' sands of persons. Learned Gentleman avow himself a friend to the' Yesterday arrived from the Brill, Helve - et, and principle of the cessio bonormni, and he, therefore, other places, another numerous body of sotdiersand hoped that he would not do any thing to delay or . sailors.--The entire crew of the .Lsota sloop of obstruct the passing of the present Bill, although he , war, consisting of about 130 men, lave also ar.: might have some objection to its details. There ' rived here from fielvoetsluys. ' was no doubt that many improvements might he , DORT. DEC. 1, 4 o'CLocic.—Testerdsle afternoon suggested in this Bill, and that there would be va. :we were again alarmed by a sud den attack from the rious opportunities, not only in the course of this side of Gorcum. The enemy, about 380 strong, un- Session, but in subsequent Sessions, to suggest those : expectedly attacked our battery at the upper end of improvements. He, therefore, wished that the Ho. ; Papendrecht, from which the garrison, consisting of, notable and learned Gentleman would defer, to some only eight Dort gunners, and a few Rotterdam and future opportunity, the consideration of those ideas Skiedam volunteers, after discharging a few rounds which he had now, for the first time, throstn oat.— I of cannon-shot, and keeping up a fire* of musketry The suggestions of the Honourable and Learned I for some time, found themselves under the necessity , Gentleman were novel, and would (if adopted) form lof retiring: in consequence of which, the eneMy the greatest innovation in the existing law that bad ' speedily approached the ferry nearly opposite lk ever been attempted or proposed. What could be city. The only consequence of this attack is, •the 1 a greater innovation, than to extend the provisions , wounding of a few individtisls on board the gun.: of 'the bankrupt laws to persons who were not i boats. Soon after this attack, yesterday erenfng, a traders ? Another of his clauses went to create a new j farther reinforcement of gun-boats was placed in front species of crime, and to punish with twelvemonths /of this city, upon the river. ' imprisonment in a jail, persons who were now not 1 It is reported, that the French garrison of Dant subject to such severity of punishment. He was not zic has cspitUlated. prepared to say that those propositions were not wise I Tut: flicue:DEc. 3.—This morning the agreeable or expedient : but he was perfectly prepared to news arrived, that the town of Brille, which, in the say, that it was impossible that the House could j days of' oar ancestors, was the first that teas delio adopt such a great innovation on our laws, without 1 vered from the Spanisli.yoke, is now liberated from the most mature deliberation, anti the fullest time 1 French domination. The French Commandan'ehay. 1 being all Owed for the consideration of those proposi- ing been abandoned by a part of the garrison, mostly Lions. It appeared to him impossible that any Court ! Prussians and Dutch, was inhstered, with the rest, of Justice, or any Tribunal whatever, could enter so by the citizens of Brille themselves, made prisoner, completely into the motives of the debtor, or the: and has already been brought in Here. Our troops history of his whole life, as to pronounce whether his have also made themselves masters 'of the fort a debts had been contracted from extravagance or idle.' . Ooltgensplaat. '' IIFILLIAIII all Whoin My feelings upea my , Inexpressible. Krakowd liar in remembrance, as a father in the midst Never, Netherleaden shall my entrance isle. and, by your lore 1 , deceived. It is your in a higher relation t I never been absent. sovereignty in my hands it, in as much as die or Europe, require that 1 should do so. • - Be it so. I shall sacrifice my own opinibits dol' I undertake what the Netherlands offer met but l• it, alone under.sliexestrantee of a wise conialtutipn, M) shall secure your freedom against all possible future abuse', Ivittlee take it, under the full inspressioa of the duties whi thls'ac ceptante imposes on me. My ancestors gave birth to your independence.Therniintenatich thereof shall be the incessant task of me and my posterity. . • I rely in the present circumstances, still somewhat critical, upon your co-operation and sacrifices; and after a short period of exertiuo, under God's assistance, no foreigner shall any loogei be able, upon your own territory, to waist the ardour of.the re novated nation and the triumphant arms of our Allies. ' Doue at the Council-buuse of Amsterdam, this pa /4 Decem ber, 1813. Sittled) - W. F. Prince of ORANGE. py order of his Highie4, . VAN DER DUI N VAN MAASDAM. Moue, Nov. 30.—The following is a copy of a letter written in Vng/ish, and receivea 'this more. ing : " Most respected Sir,—l have ventured tb ntaTh against a battery of eighteen pieces of cannon, with only fifty volunteers. It is the Buitensluis. I have taken it without firing a shot, mid made 16 gunners prisoners. Adieu, most respected Sir.—l am al ways entirely your's ) (Signal) " J. ADAMS.' ness,, or whether his insolvency was not the result of misfortune. He thought it much-better-that those questionsshould be left, as they were at present, to the j.:,lgtnent of those who had had dealings with them, and had chosen to give them credit. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman appeared to have read.the act with very little attention, as he had commented at some length on a clause respecting capital punish ment, which was not to be found in the bill : he had also mistaken that clause, which allowed the Justices at Quarter Sessions, not only to take the examination of the 'prisoners, hut to certify their opinion to the fudge of the insolvent Court, whether the prisoner aught to be discharged or not. Mr. LOCKHART thought that hit Honourable slid Learned Friend (Sevjeaut Best) deserved great 'redit for the attempt to discriminate between folu. violent debtors, and those who were only unfortu nate. He thought, that in many caw, top much false compassion had been excited for the debrors, when the creditors were the objects who were most deserving of compassion. Mr. ABERCROM BY hoped that the Hon. and Lean /d Gentleman (Mr. Serjeant (Zest) would, for prewar, postpone the consideration of the sug iiis which he had offered in the shape of clauses. ,nations of such•importanee sould not be adopt without the most qerious consideration. There , fd peinany opportunties of improving the present apd sittep the Legislature should turn their loilvatieutioh type subject, he had Ma doubt hut very. c0u314.1411e improvements would take On Wednesday last, his Highness the Prince or Orange, witty a considerable suite, And suisidatAsus sands of spectators, 'for the first time sincehif Arri val in this residence, assisted at Divine fserricen the Great Church, which was performed by Dr. Bernardo* Verwey, who took itir his text, Psalm 126, " The Lord bath done great things for us, therefore arc ue glad." -During the service, there werissung portions of the. 6th, 171st, and liflth Psalms. The talents of the preacher, the profound attranttou of the audience, the feelings excited on the occasion, and the reflection that we had once more amongst us the support of religion and the church, altogether produced an effect which it would be Impossible to describe. . • AMSTERDAM. Dgc.l. 'WORT OF THE ADMIRAL OF THE SUMO, TO THE COMMISSARIES OF THE OE ITRAL GOVIIIMIXIBSE ~ 14 1 1 or VIE UNITED NEIMERLANDS. This mottling at nine o'clock, I announced to thif men in the dock-yard at Katteuborg, that his High ness the Priute of Orange had yesterday arrived at the [fugue, and would to-day, nr to-morrow, pray us a visit. On this occasion I caused the Flags of all our Al lies to he hoisted, together with the Dan, on the store-houses ; namely, the English, Russian, PM. Austrivtr, and Swedish flags. They . were no sooner seen than immediately acclamations burst forts of ". Long woe the Prince of 'Orange 11 ,4 *( j be King of llolltind."' • • . . . _ - TO CORRESPOODeffTiv -0 *: firlareosestectby Admiral GsOrss to state, in answer to Mr. BROW fit fear? ifl the Sreras. st4iv of get.terilsof,.‘k#i' 'fi s s*it! no knowledge of Lady Dovnuitei Yiedie4o, priori() it: appear. trace; and that he has not even the honour of keing .known to har4milyshie. Art. g •••• • t r Mae, •••• # - ; ,..••••4•••.••. . ;. )i i,,,, • ?5 • e • 1 ee C ll , llO l l ••• Ore •• 04V . 11;•.• •• PRICE OF STOCtf.. Tlill DAY' AT ONE 01311.00/6. Rani India Bonds 2 3 die S per Cent. Red. 60. ti • lExchequer Nino 3&d. 9 per Cent. Cons. Ditto Sid. 9 5 p I per Ca*. 76 si -0.,,,,,,,m - iii , - A 5 per Cad. Nov% New Din* 9* p. . Long. Arm 14t lA-I6 Consols for Acct. Uhl • *; ' TAE STATESMAN. 40NDON: 7/71MNESD4T, bscaislisk 1, =--f- Three lieligolan#lllaiii, one Cadiz, and one Co. runna, arrived' 164. morning, from 'which the fol. lowing are the esiieiitracts of importance HZLIGOLAND I Die...,se4iiraburgh is closely mg ? rounded by the Allies, but previous to this a strong detachment oi'irratty vete completely &rested and cut up by the Freud* Daveust ; reinforce ments, however, arriied t the Petah retire with considerable foss. , • : . ' • • . • From Allots people 14); id every' '4ll/ection— trade is at a stand there. the King of Denmark re. mains a true ally to .Bonaparte. Cuxhaven surren. dared on the 3d. - dencespewebbes as its warm es t friends wouldinddemP e ir7. SChottrili was evacuated on the 30th ult. and its gstiiisOn passed to the other side of the L e k. Otiits 06:ration of the Brine ws4'effectid on the 94. 'Two gratifying renectlims accompany this event ; one arises from the recollection that this was the first place delivered from the Spanish yoke, when the Dutch fought to create to themselves an independent country ; the other is, that its deliverance was now produced by the unaided exertions of the citizens. It appears that taanuziz, the Commander of the Texel fleet, persisted in his determination not to stir. render it to the new Government. Apprehensive of fefection amongst his crews, he had pat ashore 150 men, of whose devotion to ,the cantle tif.indepeo dence he was most suspicious. He had shut himself up in Fort La Salle, and it is understood by private letters, that his whole dependence was •on a corps of .800 French troops, vyhom he had placed in the b a t. teries at the Helder, which command his beet.-- Private letters also state, that 13,0t0 of the Allies had passed through Utrecht, and were proceeding to relieve those places of which the enemy stilt retained Possession,—of these Breda, Bergen-op-Zoom, and Gorrum, were the most considerable. • AsTo!u,, Nov. 18..-I"ke Rossiono,• Swede s , and have surrounded as bere, nod a bombard pent of Ratnbirgh will take place Soon. Cannon ading is distinctly heard every moment: WtlMAa,. Nov. 2.—The following are the Orders to the Army, issued by the Commander in Chief, Feld-;Marshal Prince Von Schwartzenberg, on the day preceding the er,er-memorable battle of Leipsic, frem his Head-quarters, at Peps:, on the 16th of °Lieber : 44 The most important epochs of the sacred war 1$ now arrived. 46 Brave warriors, prepare yourselves for:com bat i—The tie Which binds so many powerful na tions together in one great cause, will .ba drawn closer and more Indissoluble on the field of battle. " Russians ! Pruisians! Austrians! you all fight for one cause !—Ynu fight for the liberty of Eu rope—for the independence of your sous—for the immortal renown of your own names I 66 All for one, and each,for. cli ! With this ex atim and imply signal the sacred combat scommences. Ifraniakft.txua.ms.it barley esnlyieteVy is yours ! (Signed) " CHARLES Priodni . iir SCHWARTZENHERG, Ferid,Harshal." ViStiNAi 90s. '20.--According to Intelligence from Turkey,' titekiirks ere making great progress ugillest the The latter era beginning to provision Betirade. —* It ii `reported that Czerny Georges is gone to Sem. tin) to cl'FrY his ereelureilied every thing else that he has tared from plunder into itsCurity.'. He has since returmed biii4 to Belgrade, undei an escort. '• I • - _ By the Gazette of last night it will be seen that Culhaien had fallen into the hands of the Allies.— It SitrTendere4 oil the id instant, after haling sus: tained a bombardment of three days, at once by the British naval force ttuder Captain FA/14041i, and by the land ttirces of the Russians, ivldcl; different speeleiot fora niaiuteieed throughoUt the opera. time, 'dub suit posted leCiaantoseus ntikeeklerprehable tlsftiPtaln FARQU/141 . 1 1 gter tblt front, prociei op the Elbe to ed...perste in theathick Wpm liwildsergb.' 1 incl*Acluali '4, idETTER WHOSE SERIEHTELD) 01P THE ;.1 . •:. • . i ITH NOVIEMSER• - I“ "rte 1141tusiiani appoireditere three days ago, by the Prankfort Road. Yesterday aiternion the last French quitted Tiueseldbeffi and at eight o'clock in the evening, it wai •i4ititid by same Cossacks. Oar . covatry is epnieqamttiy • evacuated by the Eivnch. This allertioniabi :Reagan General Yule ' koivitsch, who his. been preceded by, a numerous ca valry, likewiga departed from' hence for that place, and, it is said, exPressed Isiumitc'thit thepassegb ;over the Rhine would tete. piaci withoet duly. -1t • 1 fs'reported that,the Allid trubps kititi.kgeill Sommid I the Rhine near Coblentz, ' ' • ' '' ..! ' t' Oar ideas 'of siegociation acquins additional strength by the present complexion of ef#S. The Rhine, the triple-horned Rhine : punnet; Its eliater- rupted coarse, and thiugh more tumid then ordinary from the season of theyear, yet preserve, iii yefilow cotour unstained with blood, natilthilasidiegllcl myriads of warlike troops on each ;si n tie This Is a fact, which cannot batfgive-risis iiiikoveghts of complacency in the boleti of the plltoieplier who must have long and often smehahned, g 4 enough of war." Yet Yrrus, the prophet, says in this day's Times, that (speaking of England and France) 44 the question is, which of these tws countries shall destroy the other ?" Mercy! whit a war is here carved out for us !I! Yet this great reasoner, this arbiter tentium, .we cannot say civilian, declares he has taken his part in it. Methinks we see the doughty champion, ready to sally from his garrison In Grub.street ; the well pointed pen, bravely wielded bhjs half-bared arm, and hhicoat'of serge, pierced with many a hole r iike a veteran's coat of armour : Methinks we hear him trumpeting foith, 4 ' not with the dreary jargon of metaphysics," 'not the sans-cuiottery of scholastic virtue (no t he wears smaitclotion well seated), but with 'this emphatic and enthnsiesehi,cry ‘‘ perpe• itulllfrtakassd Amos epeakltsetene devoutly," 'llfie4teat Herald acids,—" we have ppeeled to Hiartn—thedecree Is ours." Concluding with a note interrogatory and eidlateigtity=^." and shall we not keep what Providence': bee' awarded?"—To which all, as with one voice, taking the premises for granted, however, will echeiagiy respond, yes, yes I. Sed sails, sous, &c. Bet the French, it seems, must not have a single colony restored to them: and thence it is that ViTlllB has amended his opinion about, the restoration of the Boonton family to the throne of the CAPITUI4I; oracularly saying,- 46 hence it is that we ill; with one voice, should de• precote the restoration of the Boonton, which is . .moral power." . • , The Debates in the Howse of Commons list night; upon the passing of the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, were extremely interesting. Mr. Serjeant Bier pro posed severaloiteestioni, some of which had a very plausible appearance in theory; but sifter they had undergone the close and able investigation of Mr. RAINER, it appeared impossible to »dace them to practice, and •they were accordingly withdrawn. — We regret it is net in our power to give the admi rata, speech.Of Mr. HORNER at lenigth title day—. his powers of eloqwence and knowledge d the Lowe -, , • el , 111111.1.11111.1.1.1 11 ' - " - NT k' ".-•• '1: - .'lli;iiilleilP e l.....27 wirl,' 'T le:"7-" 7 " 7 7. - .• , .„......- ~.., , ... / . - --.,.• • - • _./_.. .: _ • ..'!' ;,_ • • 1 4. 14 . T . 4 ' ' ' • ' '''' - ' . * ‘‘. ' ' *. - . • :;.• -:- • ••" -- ' 1 • ... . _ _ • ...._ -- - - . .. ff• a somber of ingi , wet it i pe ., . 11 hOt*Molilielked aillet WOW to t h e ist i s i feesiairs maw, ao sows at 1 ' 'O4ll ' Ai* 6 ,11 ' la 11, libitty dioet . 'eat- spay avel ii 'rapt* •s` 41011 , won. them** SW WO the 1 0 °°Pb 1 W --:.. 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Address bee eppearetbers, call. , • Mb% ' ttei he to )E red Kl t C o K that , Pr p i eop nee k of w O ho ran: ln en eve d r ii ce la, t t o o 1, ap i thenioi4 r ata4a : o7say u nsdavile w ystirnemoleerla at t ot:sbov aec vr:er ri d be ss:d f ola t! saidarra p o r :47o 5e. ...f , .4wafraarat ei s h m e i :ct d ... 4;04: sacrifice i n 8 .h v bs idea tbot:iim isi o : p:ti :: :: :swi nsst:orbjiaeheso il liw:ste i . p irwaTilyetis: jiewtioaglatiortattoot.. Item it may couceru,srestiag, ° ..745P41"ad to become 3"eil t udionn oP:ise:0111fan141:- 'el:tell: pap. tray entrance this day into this 'e , I behold myself , after 19 y eas' abl e llee ' Win thanksgiving, hi ail the churche h a as in of ged ami th a ls o ll ol the lwder ty : . (ol. idst of his family. i Ha iti _s ev er , ' Since the arrival of the Prince of Orange, the pi.. 1;4-.-41-64, modal cowl ti idenoball my reception a II Anistiseerydo4::ybeoveshairacridefornad :;;; l ornoyeime tall. l a ut : I , il v i i ‘s sio t : t al Gove rnment at th a e r :ege ha e s teeing .emeng other appointments : rnuei &elate. those inconveniences and prevent those . .1 ur wish, Netherlander , , that 1 d i me sand Mr. Changolop to be Commintory.Goooni t on I tape!. sad commotioss to which ' the country .. ~ towards you, than lsbould haseataic is bad the par( of the Nish Government, of the entiiiary onus so .suuject. From these kers- we th e .., Your confidence, your love, pesos the troops of G rea t B r i ta i n .. derive information of the con need progress of the Bintluck, Von -Boallorot, to be chief of 1 Re ssi ta a • ands; N O lam urged on all sides to snore' B yrott P necessity of the country, and the games!!! the - w e t . De i ler .___.. t • eed..jir. nip Csoomean to y is , oin Holland. The great mese Of trade that I should do so. - • it _,, L__A _A• ..L _ ""W" Log i I s eal oun eil w ii woul Aot ; Brio. ; OW . 4 I . , I 1