The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-24 00:00:00

have made awsy with, softened. or Merged any
part a his property, of what hied soever.-6.
the bankrupt shell at any time tater his baokruplev
aid with the like intent as last aforessid. have aostrritti
frogs the exert, or his assignees, soy debt due to or trout
him, or have 'Decried or mote rev • ith stay pert of
of his
y, of what kind erver.-6. If the beakrept
=hie baskruptcy,or et say meeting of his creditor
mitre three siesths sett preceding thereto, ban attempted
to amour for aay of his property by deities. laws or ex-
pesees.-7. bankrapt aril have pet any of his credi-
tor m say seseeneery eaters by say vexatious or frivo-
less debar or delay to say stilt tor OA recovery of any
debt or demise persists nadir his baskrarey, or shall be
indebted is cors iscitrud is say action or suit vozatioudy
berght or Moser —S. If the bankeupt shall at any tire
alter his beareptcy, or at any meatier of his
is editors holds withis ten amide perediog his
boakreptey, have prerated or withhold the
prodswers of say hook, paper, died, verse, or say
ether dearest ratting to hiss,
trade, eery, or /Mac—
e. If he raker% shall during his midis., or for or year
at least atilt presedisig kis bankruptcy. have omitted to keep
=Eureka account, or dull have kept his books raper-
, swirly, sad umligestly, sad so so set to imbibes at
Mr hammy the reel positios of the bankrupt as to his
debts sod errlits.-10. If the bankrupt shall have omitted
to take stock, gad entered the SSW is • book or es paper is
wrist. ore st least dung every two years a kis train.
-11. It the debts, claims, sod derma, preside ender the
lesknory shall, from time to time, as nth debts, dare,
sad drab WHIP 'patrolled, have so greatly exeseded
swat ef the barren to provide for the dos parent or
anderetise thereof Omen being had to his mast sod es-
err property r toskow gross misseedset in the hail Sept
as a tester is es the NNW It the bashers
Ira, is kis ender as a trier. at any time after his beak-
Mem, r rills 12 reeks ant reorder his basknory,
bar wilfully imerakted r utter any re whisk is the
eyries of the err shell or mar to say offers above
rfiin this act, bat whisk servertheises shag; pear to
essefet to haw bees arsaltted or safer by bask.
Imps ia eiders Oral Mr, er with rest to tetrad or
lanes sere ems or ore of his seedier.
" When eats on proved, creditors will be jedgrat en-
ables ; set II she bookers have obtained seethe? certificate
*sr peresties, either sesigers or creditors may tend him to
pal. and he will not be dertharrd without order 01 thee
adersor ; sad, if guilty of any of the first six offer's, the
essurreer may Wets to diseharr him for suck period
se ozoordiog see poi, as he shall think fit ; and if f the
obit ellinces, for say period sot exceeding six months—
bet the last rerodatios is sot to take effect for six months.
" The sereireser may grant three cusses of tort testes
sferferwsky. He is to certify either that the bankruntry
be. Erre from misfortune. that the bankrupt is entitled to
a rut ekes ortilicate. or that the bosh:rept is entitled to •
err dam entire., or that his sorer has sot bees
tallairotory, sad that Ids lisakruptey did set arise from mis-
tletoes, or that he is oily entitled to a third-nes sent
rte.
" Sash an the proposed leading rasps ; and Tour sost-
err ere fld.ot dry will give great 'aerates to the
asmalres of ibis weseisties.
Your reraittee have oho to report that although thew
ulterior setempli.h much that is absoletely auserry,
there are farther modifications of the present system whir
are most desirable, and which have bees essaccensfally
pored upon the select committee of the More of Leeds; hat
as any differences of ovioioa at this period of the emir
would probably prove fatal to the bill, your ernamitie recces.
reed this ascociatioa not to press for further changes, het to
petition parliament in support of the bill as It at pretest
stands."
Mr. SALE sae 1 the last those was, he believed, intended
to be omitted ; it was resident to he of too sweeping a cha-
nter. (Hear, ken)
Mr. R. CtiADW ICH, merchant and manufacturer,
moved a resolution, to the effect that the bill now before par-
liament would 'Met a most decided improvement of the pre-
sent imperfect trolls, and would tenter great benefits on
the trading oceseranity of this country.
Mr. J. WATTS 'seeded the militate, which was cu-
y
Mr. Alders= MILD roved that a petition in favour of
the present bill be signed by the members of the usocia-
tios, and presented to both Hoare of Parliament, and
that the chairman of the association, Sir Baur Arndt ge,
sad Mr. Chadwick be requested to proceed to London u •
deputation from the sericiation, to support the bill daring
its process throuph the Hones of Cumulous.
Mr. T. FLETCHER said no one who had listened to the
explanation of the different clauses of the bill by Mr. Sale
could withhold his support from it. He had, therefore,
great pismire in seconding the ?relation.
The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, and it was carried
usaaisiouly.
Mr. W. R. CALLENDER mond that the present one-
mitt*, of this association, in conjunction with Mr. R. Chad-
wick, Mr. Rylands, Mr. Samuel Wets, Mr. J. Brows, and
Mr. Calleseler, he appointed a special committee to support
the hill by petitions and otherwia, as should be deemed
advieable.
Mr. NORRIS seeended the resolution, and it was carried
unesroesly.
Mr. BROWN moved a vote of thanks to the London cow-
mitten for their exertions is favour of the objets of the
arelation.
; Mr. RYLANDSsevaded the resolutios, sad it was cursed
vagariously.
Mr. MEDCALF roved that a subscription be entered into,
to defray the uprise incurred in supporting the objects of
the aseciatios.
Mr. GIBE seconded the motion, which was carried.
Mr. SWALLOW moved that the foregoing resolutions be
advertised in sit tie Manchester newspapers.
Mr. T. SIMPSON wooded the resolution, and it was tar-
ried unanimoutly.
Th=diege tkes larrated with a vote of thank, to
the e

IRELAND.

DvsLng, Max 23.
DEATH OF MISS EDOEWORTH.

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It is stated in Saunders' Nears Letter of this morn-
ing that an illustrious Irishwoman, Maria Edgeworth,
is no more. She died after a few hours' Mocks, at
Edgeworthstown, on the morning of Monday. Up to
a very recent period she had been in the possession of
excellent spirits and health, and velately I was
con • with a visitor to Miss eworth, who
described her as exhibiting in advanced years all the
features of her marked character. She was still un-
commooly active and obligisg, without any of the
spleen of old age. Her disposition to be useful and
of service to others was shown to the last. She was
greatly beloved in her family, and respected by all
who &id the valued privilege of intercourse with
see of so many accomplishments, and such entire
absence of affectation. The respect which Sir Walter
Sant felt for her is well known ; and in her novel
of " Helen" she has paid a glowing tribute to his
memory, designating him as "the most perfectly
delightful person she had ever known in life." The
present grown-up generation owe her an enormous
debt of gratitude for her reformation of children's
hooky, though the object of mere utility has, in some
respects, been too exclusively followed in some of her
works for the young. Her name will be prominent
in literary and scientific history with those of Hemana
Joanna Baillie, Somerville, and other gifted women,
as showing that the fair sex can attain to intellectual
eminence of the highest rank, without losing the
charm of its modesty, or being corrupted by worldly
applause. The ablest criticism on her writings is from
the pen of the late Lord Dudley, in the Quarterly
Renew foe 1810.
The progress of misery in the west is unabated
The letter of the protestant rector of Balliorobs has
dreadful detail.. Five bonded houses have been
levelled in Ballinrobe, and the population there has
decreased by one-half.
The election of a successor to the late Archbishop
Croly was held yesterday in Armagh.
The three candidates were Dr. Dixon, Professor et
Scripture in Maynooth ; Dr. (Manton, also a pro-
fessor I. the same college ; and Dr. Kieran, of
Dundalk.
The numbers stood thus: For Dr. Dixon, 28; Dr.
O'Hanloa, 12 ; Dr. Kieran, 12.