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de'at . s ut 'rho tV at into itan I 7'e nil' and xre rota Y.-- was jnY ior , r of tier s to 6 , 4 01 her/ ?07 , ~erY tbc I 0,1 g 1), 113 t 'IC' iiej 30i ,utr be% ..-- *ere . viiize be sold i s w i t h out foundation; eft the .• 3 ' l " tc3l-,. ' the ns are, ro bb ed of theirstores. There is n o scarc ity of w tion—salt . , petre manufactories and foundries for can lp 1 balls been established. The number of soldiers tla. I fOp)ocpitals aninunts to near 7000, of whom ft= 50 to th vie garrison. N„h,., :.e'd ailY. When a sally is made, it is generally by the The othcers are.kept in such ignorance, that be e Y are not even rightly informed of the peace between arlarL and Engla.nd. There are swarms of French Em. A; ' nOe lkears hardly any thing spoken but French. 7, l te at dear of money iscoiued with th e o ld Hatnburg,h dies. Superior officers have money in abundance, but the sol.. e n Sare v ( nry seldbiu Paid. Gen. Osten is dead of his wounds. r, 4 r , N, APRIL 2.3.—Yesterday evening, at six o'clock, 3 \+-01,- 1 " ) YPI -Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived - here. veri al T s ne has reviewed the Hanseatic Legion and the Hann : -1- 01)8, to the number of 3or 10,000 men. 'I he) ni . ad d t, ca , ' l e aPpearance, particular!y the Harnhurgbers, an ..niot wish to see men of a more warlike figure. Nthi kt /pot tiothing good about Hamburgli whether it be ria, is tint' sufficiently informed . ef the .ev,.,enercs”na iit,e3oSlethat lie pretends ignorance,. t it cruel isce r ta m i ta . res i.l.l>aotkeiey s i ze i and c,f e t vr i theie Ctiz m ei o ts s shot, for having a st _ ts ahout the t L aking cif Paris' as a - thing certain.— th,::daY they egain drove- out froin 1000 to 1290 persons, I,"Permitfing tl , to take the least ttifle with . thein.— tered'itinade in Altona a requisition of 1000 oxeo,'and or- At inhabitants inhabitants to execute it prOmptV, telling them, "oo t,.' s mast er of the fate of their town; in' fact;:he can set Sego.'hen h e pl eases. ' ; 48 OR Aatt. 9.--,The garrison of Magdeburgh, Zallr 4„,l;,n'' iinervil made im the Ist instant, a vigorous cannon, &c. The blockading corps Rath °4 ' - ‘'`Parkfed by the battalions, rflowi of the lahe, they drove r o,)sti oir the left bank: ,but were repulsed soon, g iLtd, e r ,, in, s 500 men. Our loss was 78 wounded, and 5 ' 4 he. enemy failed in obtaining cattle. tiej"e( itary •1i • .of 0 vrE landed yes- RAL cee‘erttiao at Harwich. His Royal Highness is ex town to-day. k'i "e E mperors of Russia., and. AUSTRIA, and tle 1), r !! "l' PnusstA, all visit -England immediately. e w hole of-fhe large hotel, in Hanover-square, fi, n ,. } ""ged for the Empetor of AUSTRIA. The . of Russia proposes being with his sls . .- zil e ',„ t t : t 'e Duchess of OLDENBURG', to whom he is l'iec;(ll`Tiately attached, at the Polteney hotel in Cde r , '"Y; and for the King of PRUSSIA. the . 4 11, -ce i 3 not yet- fix''.l, but he intends being at ti ne ' r :tel with his suite, Tilos will all the P owers, who have contribute d to the sal.. of Eur o p e , b e assem bl e d at the same time 'ond - tli e y e are glad to learn, from good authority, that kft e ,H,ng of Fit,a r.cs intends to continence, speedily coronation, a tour into the provinces,. its,e4 will be continued at intervals, as his ; ti,iltrsi health and business will permit,til . l_he has e very principal town in his kingdom.— cllalr ttto a a re thee fl ects of the, manners and,the visible L ouis XVIII. upo n. t h e hearts of al Ppro t aCh‘ him, 'that f ew measures could tend te t i , • this to the confirmation of his paternal e number of men intended to be sent from 4 W ELLINGTosi's Army,. direct to America, is l ee rs "ed _to he ten thousand, o f which the nisi.- 41 1111' t ile 29th regiment, and a strong corps of Tit r Y, will form a part.tlhctie establislune n t o f th e Army alter the re which took, place in 1783, remained tor. lia r , Years at about 50,000 men. At the reduct ,,,la 1 802, it amounted to 75,000: The who l e :2 4 7'er -of the forces for the year 1813, was 6442 men. tta Zh- 4 's have been giVen' that all claims prefer lie%Soldiers who were Prisoners of War in ce, and which remained unadjusted, should transinitted to the War, Office.. • ,; eli eriatit-Getteral WILLIAM HENRY CLINTON, t;e l ,‘ le I st Foot Guards, sueceeds the late Lie IL I: . te i ,i, s. er al COLIN CAMPBELL, as Colonel of the 53t Fl ti t t 11.',41'ke Governor of Flushing will not deliver up ,bot :`, t ren to the Dotch, declaring, that'be will 4, 3' 411 '100 his post except to the Government *lt' wh ich he received it. • 41,1 v. it Court of the Company held yester kVa S resolved, that a Deputation should °',' his Excellency Count LIavEN; to confer tri• q i i i , 1 -1 " 1 1 oil the - best-mode by which the merchants `) to Russia can testify, on his arrival in t lite,;?ati'y', the high veneration and respect they -1 1 A. fur the ma nanimous Einperin of Rus resolntion was passed at a Court t-!4,,'e—Rtastland Comany, which is an ancient t ra di tv , to the ports of the Baltic, if"ehided in the dartet of the-Russia Company:- 4 r e3t 'y the Duke and Duchess of Youx gave en tertainnient to the Duchess of OLDEN -1')1) 1 7 at Outlan(is . The, PRINCE REGENT WaS 11 ' Party. si ster , t "ke of GLOtiCSTER, accompanied by his . wei:`"e Princess SoPtuA, went to see the exhi- I : it Somerset House yesterday, about eleven o Ca l „7„ ) ,Prerious to its opening to the public. thoi'mo EDWARD PALmER, ninth to the honour .I.(httiralty, as well as' to himself, has re and h 4 " hdnor ar y M e d a l f or hi s prompt , s kilf u l, roje conduct in his late capture of 1,- - Etotle .1 11; s Were, ,aY the dispatches for the East-India fleet t lie re e 'sed at the India-Hanse, and delivered tck- Ft lts SPective Ptirsers. The ship's will sail innn 1 14 1 4,1"uth as soon as the tvifid Will permit. The ° G' l- 1 ELLio r (the new Go v ernor Madras) 14, 11 '3 family have taken-- their passage in the 141 11 - Ir Q4l PanY's -ship Prinee Regent, Captain Oy ~€ ;T HE ATRt.---The exqu i s i te l y , wr i tten come v4riet I "ifth Night, with a powerful strength and !N in ?: f tale nts in the representation, drew a 11qeat:41s •niulienee last night to . Drury-lane per e ' Miss STANLEY, 'Who has before ap- V d , ‘.l J uliet and B e l v i dera,, was the Viola. It Tai k i n 'e. r§ evid ent that she- played with feeling, ‘l,,,:ii.stngeajitit)sete,ctioniaterietpy iii i i of the c h aracter; but there her general manner which Od.d compound of the simple, the •play . , t+ith,,ll, "!Inhar, and the pathetic, which, as it is to utidw-stai)d, did not tend to awaken or I, l t re ii t'Y. ,She had, however, at least the merit i. ore u'r, original, and t- he audience seemed to ap ,l•er perforsnance by the applause which 'it-o ‘ t t' it ' : I ci n , ar P et A v t.: ‘ s i a t i i s. GLovEtt. in Olivia, DO\VTON in lßin Sir-T i uty, and LovEGßovg acquitted themselves admiably. ' ,mso, in the Fool, -and WALLACK Se 34°Uld I.lot pass without a coLuniendatory NAVAL NEWS. HARWICH, APRIL 29. Arrived the Lark packet, with a mail and passengers, from c4ot tenburgh, and the Diana packet from lielvoet sluys, having on board blie Hereditary Priude of QRANGg. Sailed the Starling gun-brig, with -a convey, for lieligoland.Wind S. E. DEAL, APRIL 29.—Sa . ilcd the Eagle man of war for Chatham, and the Defender lugger to the Scheldt. Arrived the Tickler - cutter from the Roonmot, and remains, with his Majesty's ships ;Monmouth, Cohissus, Princess' Caroline, Jason, Griffon, Roscius, Rinaldo, Redpole, Cadmus, and Cracker.—Wind S. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 29. --Arrived the Surly cutter from Jersey, .with the Gratitude transport, Captain GRAy,with British prisoners trom France; the'l, 7 irago gun-brig from the Westward. Came into harfiour his Majesty's ship Cressy. The East India fleet are expected to drop down to St: He len's to-morrow, with his Majesty's ships Achille and Desk4e, - and /o sail on Sunday. • FALMOUTH, APRIL 27,--Arrived the Two Friends, from London for Smyrna, and a coaster.' Sailed the Mantua, DENNIS, for Bristol. • ,An Order of Council - has: been issued to the Board , of Admiralty for an immediate reductiOn of the Navy. Twenty sail of the Hoe, with all the hired dutrers, gun-brigs, and schooners, are now .paying off at the several ports. RAMSGATE.' HARBOUR. A Bill is now before Parliament to increase the Toll on all Ships passing this Harbour. The ',grounds on which this additional burthen on Shipping, at a moment when freights must of course fall to a peace level, is justified, lws not yet, been satisfactorily explained. The. Ship- Owners of London and-pll the Out-ports, there fore, object to it, 'and contend, first, that the Funds for the support of this Harbour should be in future more economically administered se condly, that the future expenditure should be con fined to objects of real utility ; and, thirdly,- if an increase of Rate can be shewn to the Legislature, under the present state of the Harbour, to be in dispensable, that it should be charged on Ships entering and using,the Harbour, and not on Ships passing. The practice of applying to Parliament for grants of money, ,or tolls. for local purposes, should be strictly scrutinized before acceded to'; indeed, as a peace will' afford time for internal -improvements and investigation of subjects of this nature, it is to be expected the attention of. Povernnient will be directed to them, to ascertain the annual amount of this species of indirect taxation on the Trade and Navigation of the Em - pire r whieh has been estimated at nearly One Mil lion per annuni. Many of the objects for which these grants were made have been effected— others. are not, could and ought nut to be pur sued ; While others will turn out to have been, in their origin, progress, and continuance, mere jobs, and therefore ought' to cease, and the tolls granted for them disconrinued. These hints may suffice fOr.the present, and be sufficient to attract the attention of the ;lembers forihe Maritime Counties and the Out -ports, as the Rants: ate Hat•boar Bill stands fin a second 'reading (kn Monday next. There are two other Bills before Parliament, for the Improvement of Milford : Haven and Whitby Harbour, which should be looked at, as they are not quite free from. objection. We 'are led to make these ob servations, that our friends at the Out-ports may see we are not unmindful of their interests. THE HON. FREDERICK CAVENDISH. 'The following article appeared in the Thncs NeivSpaper of this morning :-- DUBLIN, Aran. 25.—Yesterday morning, at nine o'elock, the Hon. Frederick. Cavendish was lodged in Newgate, under~ a committal from the Magistrates of the Head Police, on the charge of having prodaced to. Brabazon Stafford, Esq. TranA!tr Officer of.the Bank of 1, eland, a forged and counterfeit power of attorney, ifurporting to be signed by the Hon. Ot!orge Cavendish and 'rho- . niaSlinderwood, Esq. as the Proprietors of Go vernment Stock, 5 per cent, for the sum of .120.0/. on the sth day of fictober..last ; and for having, on the Zith.day of Nov: following, transferred, by alike fOrged and counterfeit power of. attorney, &c. a further stun of 1.6001. 5 'per cent. Govern-, inent Stock, making altogether a sum, of :2091. with the intent to defraud the Governor and Com pany of-the Bank-of Irellnd. The informations of the several parties were sworn to before thellagitrates on Tuesday, the 19th instant ; and Mr. Farrell, Chief. Peace Of ficer, was dispatched, attended by Sheppard, ,full powers, to follow the unfortunate Gentleni:tn through Eneand to France, Switzerland, Italy, or .tt'.l, over the ConlAuent, wheresoever he might judge proper, for the purpose of apprehending Mr. dpvendish.‘ Farrell sailed that evening in. the packet to Holyhead, where, on binding, he'learn ed that - Mr. Cavendish, with two children, had taken a chaise to Bangor 'Ferry. Farrell purfued him, and learned on crossing, that Mr. Cavendish bad‘ slept on Monday night at Bangor, and the next day had proceeded Onwards.. Farrell traced him to Curwen, about forty mites on the London road, where be understood Mr: Cavendish had slept . on Tuesday night. He still contintled_ the pursuit, until lie arrived at Llangollen, where Mr. F. found that Mr. C. had slept there, at Inn, on Wednesday night. Farrell reached the place about ten o'clock on Thursday morning; and was informed that Mr. C. had gone out fishing. Farrell followed, the path which he was directed to take, and at about a mile fain] Llangollen he found Mr. C. on the river Dee, care lessly amusing himself. Mr. C. surrendered him self without the slightest resistance : they return ed -to the inn, and chaises being procured, set off fpr,tbis city. 1 ,..,./V.ll the persons whose informations have been taken a.3 . t0 die forgeries are bound over u indivi dually t o p rosec u te a t th e next ConnissiOn of - Oy - er . and Termiuer, whi c h s i ts on th e 20 t h of IMPERIA C PA ittllllltNT. POUSt OF LORDS, :FRIDAY; APTUI., 29. In tL t: ,, se of Warner and Cnnningl4.m, M. Horner was :heal aonsel ,for the Appellant, and Sir. S, Bon:illy and M. CI , for Revonde.nt.—,l miginent deterred: and ‘Valters, Mr, Hart 1 , 4 r. Sprainger heard t'-,r the ppf7ll4nl: 2 - there being no case for the Re spondent, judiment was fixetl for Nlonday. Sir Graham and ()flier Membees brought from the Com mons, the 1 7 ,2,elierineiBilli Bill, and several local Bills; they were reacta first time. An Account' of the Reteipts andpishursenients of the I,on don pock Qopajtany,,and of the Progress of thei r W or k s , was presented at the liar, and laid on the tabte. NORWAY. Lunt l HOLL AND rose o s ask the 'Noble Earl (Lard Liverpool) Whonrhe saw in his place, whe ther, in that Convention for the suspension Of hostilities, the'ekiStence of which the Noble Earl had conununiCated to the Hbuse, Norway was or was not included The Earl:of LivERPoOL had no difficulty in an-. swering _the 'question of the Noble Viscount : Norway was not included in that Convention. Earl GREY asked, Whether, in tonsequence.of thiS' omission; hostilities were actually carried on against Norway The Earl of LUVE,RFOOL said; he could at once state that whiCh he supposed • .vas . tile object of the Noble Earl'squestion, to get at—that orders had been issued from the Admiralty to blockade the ports of Norw 4. Earl GREy.—AVluch blockade has for, its object to force the people of Norway to SubMit to a fo reign power. The,avowal of. the Noble Earl I hay(' heard with grief and astonishment. What is to be done it is difficult. at present to say, but I shall submit some motion on the subject to the House, of which I shall give notice. Tile Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that on the occa sion of the motion mentioned by the• Noble Earl (Earl Grey) he should explain the circumm►stances of the case: At the present time, he thought he had done all that was ❑ecessary, by answering the question of the :Noble Earl.. VICTORY OF TOULOUSE. The Duke of NORFOLK wished to know whe ther any intention existed 011 ,the part of the Noble Lords opposite to him to move the Thanks of the House to the Marquis of Wellington for the late Victory at Toulouse. He did not mean in the event that motion was in contemplation to move Thanks to the Noble Marquis himself ; but he thought such a motion ought to be made. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said he was not prepar ed to give• any notice on this subject,: The Duke of NottFoiK wished to know whe ther the Noble Earl meant tl7t any doubt existed in his mind whether or not he s4opld hole his motion ? h The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, he could only an 4...xee as he had alreAy done. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a Peti tion &Om Queen's . County, praying their Lord.L ships to take into consideration the state of the *Corn Laws. This Petition was „read; rind ordered to lie on the table. . . Earl GncY again rose, agd Said, that the state ment which the Noble Eal.l bad made respecting Norway 3 was "very clear, but as it would be ne cessary that the: House should have official infor mation before it, in order- to. enter on the discus sion of the — SobjeCt, .be — Tritended to -move, if the Noble Earl had no objection to the motion, for the production of the Instructions from the Admiralty, for the - Blockade of the Norwegian Ports. The Earl of Lryr,Rroot. said, he had ohjectioits to the production of the Papers, though he should not shrink from the consideration of the policy of the measure which had been adopted. Lord GRENVILLE thought it would bemore cor rect that some papers should be produced,' on which a motion might be grount'wd. The only object of his Noble Friend was to get some ground for a motion, after which the House might deli ber:ne whether or no any further proceeding could be adopted. Though the Noble Earl's statement was entitled to the fullest cfedit,. yet it was not official or regultir to ground any. proceeding The:instruct ions of the Admiralty would merely put the House in possession of the fact, that we were in a state of. war against Norway, after which the House might consider whether they should institute any proceeding oil it. • The Earl of LIVERPOOL thought it' was pek;. fectly Parliamentary to object to the production of the instructions, 'either by moviHg the previous question, or by a negative, because the produc tion might he moved for the purpose of fixing blame on tbe'auihors. The Noble Earl might, hOwever, give any notice on' the subject. Earl GREY said, that •on Monday he should move for the'prod teflon of the instructions of the Athniralty, relative to the Wock..,ide of.&orway. Earl ,STANHOPE retnindeti the House'that he should on Monday bring forward the Petitions for Civil Liberty, width he had to present: be hoped for a full attendanic on that day; as most odious cases of tyranny multi be brougia to light. DULWICI! COLLEGE MIL. Lord HoLLAND,Iii moving the second reading of this Bill, thought it accessary to state the grounds and object of it, as much pains bad been taken to prepidiee their Lordships' mind against it.— Tbis College was fonnded in 1619, by William - • • Alleyn, who was a Fellow of it. During his lifetime the Master was a married layman, and until six years after - his 'decease, The present.Sta tote, which bound the Master, to celibacy, was mq established. This Statute it was. the object of the present Bill to reptl. As the Master was ) by the , Statutes, elected from among persons of the, name qf Alleyn, and vas to be chosen within 14 days - from the death of .his predecessor, froM the restriction of the office to an unmarried man being joined ; to this, a perspn was not %infrequent ly;chosen, quite unlit for the office.• Scandal had arisen from celibacy, and other abuses, which might be verified in the Committee. The House had 'a recent precedent in the case of Wadhatn College, and more ditant ones in the case of all the other Colleges in the - king-dcriu, whose MaSterS, formerly celibate, were now'nertnitted to marry; His Lordship concluded by moving, that the Bill be read a second time. Lord ELLENBOROUGH protested against the principle of the Bill. • The Duke of NORFOLK said, that if any alteration were male in the Institution, in support of which Mr. Alleyn had left his poisessionS, that property'should be given to his heirs at law.-- , The precedent Of Wadham College was a bad one— It'd the teakiti tie Ilea& Of the Coileges at the MI vefsitit kof hecumetaarried men, was, because they had 174mcrly 16 ti Priests. • The Earl of LIVERPOOL should Oppo"e't the Pill * 0- , though the principle was ohjeetiottable.file should IS able, on the Committee, to decide on the,particolar Lord GRENViLLE supported the of the Wad- , ham College Act,' and:thought the I.Z.gialatni•e Competent tei the abolition of gros abases in charitable and piom Lions. Lord ELDON thoitg - ht the matter shouldbe and I some amendment migut be made in the preinoble. The Bill was read ft , seeond time s and ordert4 to. he coat , mitt" J oa Monday se'nnight. who aLtend, to I.a.e roiees;--Adjourned . to Monday. MOUSE OF:COMONS. Sir P. M - BURDETlVres'ented a Petition respeding tfo tere,sts of sonic persons atrecte4l by tte,,propysed Nc Ps,it , Oilier. The New Post-07fiee Bill was Ordered to be read a second time to-Morrow. SLAVE TRADE: In the ab i sence of Mr. WI t0.404;,,'Mr. S'iErriEN . said, that be rose, on his behalf, tO give notice. of a motion (- Tuesday next, Inc au address to the Prince Regent, prayj n4 the exercise of his influence, in tha negociations for a Gene ral Peace, to'obtain a general engagement for the final of the Slave Trade. His Hmi. Fricnd Lad intended id give his notice yesterday, but came down too taro, The Cordage Bill went througli the Committee; to be re ported on Monday. Mr. THORNTON moved for an extension of thmnotion of yesterday, for accounts respecting the NationaL DOA: The Light-house Bill went throng!' the Ctinutiittee, • , NORWAY. . . - - ' Mr. C. WYN e .N.K diti not desire to knoin any thing that belonged peetiliarly to 2 Government ;: but only to pot a qUestioareNiecting oiir situation with Norway. He had asked Yesterday, whether we were in a state of peace or 'war thatcountry; . and the answer was rtnerely.that 110. , thing was known of Nin•Was, but as part of the doniinions either of Denma r k o r Sweden. We did nut recognise tha 'French republic for some years, but We were afterwards its peace with that power forseverai mouths . What he partica larly,wished to.know was, whether the question was decided, by the issuing of orders to prevent intercourse with Norway. If no such decisive steps had been taken, the matter' was open td negotiation. He did'not desire to'-press for a premature answer, but wished for something satisfactory. . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, be was glad to be able to give an answer to his inquiry; This G o -; remittent:, iii concert with Sweden and the Allies, had issued orders for the blockade of Norway. The Corruptiou of Blood and' - the:creagon. T3ills were re , ported; to,be . read a third time on'l'll'oday, if engrossed. SIMPLE CONTr.ACT : On the motion for leaving tti'Chair, Serjeant BEST opposed the Bill. }LIM& the'highest spect . for the talents and of "tire -Bon; Member who introduced it ; 'but he could not agree to, alter the law, without strong and , con- Nincing reasons. In the present case. these were not given. it wai,true .that the. debts might go unpaid, yet the' alterations proposed would not defeat injustice. The present law was, of high antiquity. The cases - of apparent hardship arose chiefly from the:neglect of the par - ties, who might generally get that species, of security which would be chargeable upon the estate of- the debtor. In the event of 34tering the law, attempts would be made after tbe debtor's death to obtain what, during his life, would not have been -attempted. There might be tnuehinischief, too, in increasing the disposition to give,largc credit. He who he sitated to call on his debtor for n jest security, was generally one who,. in his conscience, did not feel lie had a just claim. Alter various objections, the Learned Member moved the .postponlquent'al the Bill to 'that day six months. • Mr: PRESTON argued in fAvour of the Bill, anti gave 'variotis instances of the 4rdship of th e , ;sting laws, such as the cases of men 'lying and wiifullydetraucting creditors, of others dying sud denly, of others rn a state of insanity, &c. great mass of business was occasioned i n Chan cery by these circumstances. There surely could be nothing unfit i n doing - towards creditors what the debtor hitnselt w ou ld h ave t 4 one if he could. The Bill proceeded upon the principles of justtee, and he found no conclusive argument against it. Sir .AaTnua PIGOTT was a humble but sincere supporter of the present proppsition, whith was plain, simple, hottest, anal incapable of refutation. That be, who had Vroperty and o cntracted debts . should not pay them, was what:lie:could not corn preliend-;--it was against all justiceand connienee, He was disposed, with all his respect for thelaws, •to take this second opportunity of redeeming tits: laws of his country front reproach. For 150 years after die passing of the law, it was ire the power of persons to. dispo4e of property to strangers, to defraud creditors by specialty, and to disappoint posterity-,-even disappint .creel: tors to whom the. lands were responsible. Prom 1540 we came down_to 1631,, before any think material was enacted towards lessening the evil, when such disposition of property was declared fraudulent. His opinions au this subject had never varied since he had any ,knowledge of the law, or .powers of reflection; and he had never heard o r r ea d any argument - to change them in the slightest degree. The law .ought . not to remain as it was. If a man did nut transact business on parchment, without his attorney at his elbow, and his wax and seals, and seeing his debtor's signature and seal,, it was in the power of the debtor to die in possession of twelve times the amount of his debts, and totally to disappoint his-creditors : and this shameful conduct fell with 'the greatest L severity_ou .honest and industrious mechanics and tradesmen, to the ruin of th em ., selves aid their taMilies. The „great capitalist Who lent twenty thousaud .pounds, not- beso.dealt with , : he sought, and could obtain other secu rities. The losses of the 'honester.alitor were nut always - through wilful fraud; they arose some times through thtdebtor's ignorance. It was said, " Let.us have no theories, but let us legislate only upon proved evils, and with a view to practical good:" This was very proper ; but were there no instances of the evils protium& by the present system ? It would he invidious to a ll u d e to particu lar cases: but he', and many others who ai fended Courts of Equity, knew how many creditors Mid been disappointed, and lost. their'claims of simple contract, though they were as just as any other , legal claims could be,. Was this fit to he coo tinned ? instead of the surprise some seemed to feel at the present motion, he was only surprised that the law had been suffered to remain to this day-7that in this commercial and enlightened country he should have 'lived to the vear,lBl4., tinder the existence of : a law, by which . a )•rian might diispose (Otis property as he plea , ..,ed, with out paying his iast debts. He had observed the incongruities, this law occasionted in Courts of Equity. The state of things was so. extraordinary, that Chancellors had . been abliied to resort to . strained constructions 4if wills to make a testator •do justice tb his creditors. This had been the case front Jefieries; in Jungs the Sec() ;40 . , down to Lord