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I did not enter into 2 defence hold property. If was impossible to limit it, as it
rode; charaeter or testimooy, since it rested merely on the discretion of the individual,
Ave been loss of labour, and ‘ot time ; ' how far the system of revising our whole code,ot
eAse will do well to compare the testimony laws might be aeled upon. I let defels arising
in with his worthy coadjutor.— from the present law might be ploy idea tor by
!renntalen—yjitinconsistencies in the evidce of specific remedies. He would say Walter, that this
e point out one which I thinks un- measure would not effea its objeet. 'Ole man,
inn -th.e attnals
letterdn Drake said whose proprity WAS this dey a security to simple
ured the first for Mr. Harris, and contraet.debtots. might, by his voluntary eel, trans-
;'ch*m at a period a full month after the ter it either to his wife and chilateti, to the utter 1
i-a;risthimselt acknowledges to have received exciosion of hit creditors. He did not see the fair-
as sonie considerable time before the ness of. not extending it to copyhold estates. As the
teas
tignatere of Mr. Sheridan to this Bill now stood, it was only giving a rem to
written bey Dtake), he says, copyhold pnrchases. It would have been more
ich was
iced by Mr. two days before coasistent with the sound views of legislation, to put
a to Mr. Harris Sheridan, ;
yet Harris says, an end to the distiodton between specialty and
sg
were, at the time ire received it, wet.— simple contraft debts. The Honourable and
r'rood letter too, Weatherhead committed Learned Gentleman then put some very soong
equally, by asserting that the signature ot cases, in which the impolicy and efacieitcy ot the
enrian," was written in the same line measure were visible. He thought it would tend
words " Treasurer of the Navy, Somerset-increase the number of persons imprisoned tor
• yet these, on recurticig to the letter, were debt ; a circumstance of great injury, in a armory
1,- in different lines ; and here it is. to be where thejealousy ot political liberty WAS so greit,ane
1, that this accurate Witness not only wrote yet the civil liberty of the subjett so irequently seen-
,,i, but was present at the signing ot it, ficed. An eminent lawyer and statesman, the late
iesays occurred at Somerset-House. These, M. C. Yorke, had formerly proposed to bring in,
only a few of the fAlshoonds which have such a Bill as the ;retreat ; but, after having passed
atempted to he played off on the easy credo- that House, it Was aftei w
ords throwii tem in the
;be House. But, however eagerly they may House of Lords, through th energetic opposition it
been adOpted by the Noble Lord, lam happy met with from that great lawyer, Lord Camden.
they are likely to meet with the fate they de- lie acknowledged that the laws of Debtor and
mm the rest of the House. (Htar ! laar! ) Creditor were very unsatisfactory ; at the same
itnesses of this cast, who, in theveme of jar time, he should much metes a geOerel Aaki,
timid, for a moment, give any credit or be- which a meld include A revision ot the Veal.
would such persons, on their oaths, be ad- syttem, than one ot this partial description.
in evidence, against a common culprte, in a but the present Bill went too far one way, elitist
of Justice? And yet, will the Noble Lord treat it stopped. short, in yielding the remedy, in the
' hly esteemed Ftinet with less than common case of funded property, winch would cid remain
is
:e, uot to mention the delicacy vrhich he should untouched, for the ',Appetit of debts. He wfshed
re, when brieging a charge against a rinen, toe House to be patio:o4,ly cautious in itutoduc-
• poblic seevices have raised him so deservedly ing any changes an the law of property, which bed
, esteem of this House
thate country at large? been generally tumid to g i tat beyond what was in
Sir, it has been stated, Mr. Sheridan had the original cootetuplation of the ptoposers. On
,:,lied to Mr. Harris ford,
the letter in question, even these accounts, he Must disseue irons the present
',r the ciaroination'of Hans before .vlr. Graham, Bill.
laristrate ; when he must know, that theesup. fir. SIMEON explained.
tsision of this letter, when :he contests of it were Mr. C. W. WILLIAMS WYNNE said, he saw
e ,fedly well trsown to the Magistrate, must be at- no objeftion to this 811, on the ground at its brit%
;Tieseeviela more aggdavated suspicion, than i( the an ituaovation ot the la* of the lerei, fur every Act
Litt were produced. Such a charge defeated of Paeliament might be so charged; and AS he
eirl, or At least did little justice to the well ktiown preferred the cortection of the present doteinive law
in* of my Right Has. Friend the charge tespetting debtor aed creditor, oy detail, rattier that;
night against Mr. Wallace, if proved, can in no uy inuouuctng any substantive measure,. this Bill
eA. Et Mr. Sheridan ; thoogli lam of oploion. should theretore have his Assent.
House wiil be little inclined to give credit to the Mr. N• CALVER I opposed the Bill, on the
,eitnesses Balsam and Richardson, oho both went ground that no 'euflicient case had en niAde oat
for the purpose of seeming Mr. Fowell ; d tindieg ot any serious Minty sustained by creditors, owing
this ineffeetuel, wrote a threatening letter to Mr. to the law as it now stood ; hoe
beenght also ti
'l.Seeridan ; which bring treated with similar con. would imposo lreiery suffesedd e additioual harshmore ips nn
theicint laude
of
d
tempt, they had .ecourse to a new expedient for interest, wh a
ra:stng a contribution, and preposed to betray Mr. taxes, &c. teen any Other aesetiption.
Paull, and his friends, it properly paid for their
hell,R A DVOCA CS wa ruly supported
trcolde. Should any coofidence be placeil in such the in A speech of considereble isigebuity and
accomplished shufffers and prevaricators : Cer- eloquence. He insisted, that in no couttry. in any
taitly eat ! Had I been in the place of my Right other part of the world, in ancient or in modern
litea. F7iend, I shoo scarcely have thought it ne- tunes, was there any such law as that which existed
clog
to bring forward any Witnesses
oft[watever, or in England respeeting debtors ari creditors. He
urge Any erguments in my defence. Out ritter. own &treed that this Bill would prover njurious to the
maths would I have drawn the strongest proof of dignity and independence et the tandeolders ot
the blackness of their conspiracy, and the falsehood Lugland ; and shoved that the vast increase in the
of tneir assertitefts. Arlo Mr. Paull and his Conn- piece ot taud in Set:fueled inere"tnan in England,
eel, I acquit them of any malicious mtention ; but was principelle owing to the credit of money lent
I cannot strip being sin prised, that Gentlemen at 1 upon the security of the tended property ; nor
such high legal authority as had been engaged 1 he perceive, that the House could with any con -
tot the Peitioner, should have sufferl suchsistency so. lAte.y pass a Bil Abolishing the Slave
deace to be detailed to the House, or such a serious Trade, as contrary to the plil eciples ot justice and
charge to be made' on so very inadequate a found- hurnseity, aue yet continue a law which enabled a
ation." man of landed property, either through negligence
The question was then read from the Chair, and to disappoint the just demands a his croon olio
nnanimously agreed to. or through knavery to cletrAml them.
Mr. TAYLOR then moved, " That it was the Mr. CANNINO seoee, warmly against the Bill,
opinion of the House, that Wrn. )drake had, in the and priacipalty opposed the arguments of the Leant-
evidence given by him at the Bar of the House, ed Lord Aevocate.
whose name we
been guilty of wilful falsehood anti grass prevalent- A Memeer, wader the Gallery,
tio*; and that, in consequence of such prevarication could not. tears, arguea,nt favour ot the Bill, On the
and falsehood, the Speaker do issue his warrant, di- plain pi Maples or justiCe.
leeting that the said Wm. Drake lie committed to Tile SULtral JUR-GENERAL vindicated his
the gaol of NeWZAte I" which was unAnimously motive, in wee- „, -
6 6 tdrieard this measure, and went
agreed to. into a genet Ai aed able reply to the arguments ad-
Ur. WHITBREAD saidess its a similar, it was nnt hipunish- Leonel Judge s inten- duced against th
(the e ill
Master ut jaid pthe Rolls articularly by the
tins to involve tee ether witnd ), who, lie
mend; !ince, though ctimmal, he was so in a much remarked, wAs the only one ot the Profession of the
lessor egree. LAW WhO had opposed it. He had previously con-
.
Lod H. PE rT.Y gave notice he would move, suited the most erniattat men ot the Law, and parti-
te-morrow, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better cularly the three persons presiding in the highest
regulation of certain Offices in Scotland. ttibutrals of this countay, from ail of whom this
On the Order of the DAT being read, for the Bill had met with the most petted approbation s
third teading of the Freehrld Assets Bill. nor had his Right lion. Friend given any decided
. Colonel TUFF N I'LL rose to eepress his ob- objeetion to it, whet' lie Mat consulted Mtn on the
litellon to the principles of the Bill. He considered eutijeCt.
st an infriegi meld of the settled Law of the Land. 't be House called loudly for the question, when
and of that p, licy, tLe wisdom of ntich was best there appeared, on a division—As 45, 47 ; Noes, by
ascertained in its effeCts. He by no means thought were being majority of 22 alpinist the third read-
the eatension of credit a source oi prospesity ; ing of the Bill, it was conseqaentiy lost. Adjourned
in some cars, the converse of that proposition at line o'clock.
was the truth. In the consideration of the remits
o' this measure. the House should reculleet, that the
leqed in had botne more than a proportionate
abate to the burdens of the country, and, there:ore,
it shoCle be slow to adopt any measure of legis-
lation, fatal to their interests, and likely to increase
the difficulties of that body. He wished that the
}fill Should be recommittt d, for the put pose of a
more mature discussion of its provisions. Some
ersee ot injustice and fraud were not sufficient argu-
meats tor a suteiersion of the law of the land, An d
to guard against their recurrence, proper remedies
miht be proyided, without entAilins stich an in-
cumgbrance on freehold property. He should Again
put it to the House, that the present Bill he recom-
mitted.
The SPEAKER intimated to the Honourable
Member,that the House could not inthe present stage
of the Bill, as engrossed, discuss its recommittal.
Mr. SIMEON could net reconcile the objeflions,
which were made against the principle of the Bill,
with that spirit of jusuce, whichhe presumed actuated
every honest man to feel anxious for the discharge of
his debts. He had opportunities of ascertaining, from
Isis (mishit duties, the irjosticehere the which seve
ter al con-
the
tract creditors suffered, wof
debtor was proteeted, and there WAS not a sufficient
personal fund for the liquidation of the specialty
debts.
The MASTER of the ROLLS argued with cleat
force and clearness against this principle of tort.).
ita...,u or, the established law, with respect to Lee-

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FROM THE HANIBLKG/1 AND ALTONA CAPERS

BERLIN, PM 11. 28.
Authentic intelligence from Stettin, states, that
the town of Stargard was attacked, on the 16th of
this month, by aPcussiJn corps, consicing of 800
infantry, 200 cavalry, and three pieces of cannon,
belonging to the garrison of Colberg. All the
efforts of this detachment to enter the tow❑ were
fruitless ; it was repulsed at all points, after a brisk
tire, and pursued to the neighbourhood of Massow.
It had 30 men won ded and 24 killed, of whom two
Officers remained upon the field of battle; there are,
besides, in the hospital, one Officer and t;ght sol-
diers. 'rhe French bad two killed and some

wounded.
Gen. Tenlie get our in the night of the 18th,
from hlasvor., appeared M. break of d 47 belure

Nougarten.
here is near that town a bind of mnracs, very
drop. in the midst W. which is a height of firm bald.
opna which the enemy had crated a redoubt; iu
the impossibility of lra►.uty this mot asi. either by

. ..
land er water, einl of beint.abie to tarn it, it was
tesuleed to attacle it in front ; when the necessary
materials wore colleded far filling up the ditch
and making a road, Colonel Boyer put himself at
the head of the fusileers of the ;;std, in this
new road, overcame all obstacics, and was the third
who arrived on the enemy's p.,rapet, in =rite of the
violent five which did not ceaseala inst.mt : tlx t i:-
doubt was carried in five minutes, and the French
were masters of the town ; the enemy lost Ilia can•
non, and left near 100 kiiizil on the field of battle ;
158 prisoners were taken ; the loss of the French
consists in 3 killed and 22 wounded ; the Gen-
d'armelie on duty behaved extremely well on this
oteasion.—(Labelle eu Nord, 6th Marc!).l
CONST ANTINOTLE, JAM. 25.
Much has been said of a fruitless attempt of the
Russians to obtain possession of the fortress of Is-
mail, and it is reported, that the Russian Command-
ing Officer summoned the Commandant to..:pen the
gates. A report is also current, that the garrison
made a successful sortie, and took about 1000 pri-
soners, among whom was a General. Bat as no pri-
soners have }et :mired, the report of that victory
seems to be-witl • ut foundation.
No certain imslligenee ha's- yet' been 'rece:va,
whether Prince Ypsilanti, on his return to Bucha-
rest, caused himself to be proclaimed King of Wal-
lachia, Moldavia and Bessarabia ; toe confirmation
of that intelligence, i., the:eft:re, daily expeded.
As to the number of Bat sisal troops which have
occupied the said province*, it seems to be much
exaggerated. According to a mc,re probable ac-
count, the corps which has atually penetrated into
the Turkith dominions, does nit exceed 30,000
men, while an army of more than 80,033 men
strong, has halted ..:-. ,ha left bank of the Dniester.
The Turkish squadron. which is stationed off
Bajookdera, where new batteries have also been
eretitecl, is daily increasing, .It ccAaists already of
SO sail, Bor which are ships of the lime. The Porte
has also demanded of the three Governments of
Barbary, succours of 30 ships of war.
The ngl;s11 lire, of battle ship, Ccropus, which
took the Ruts-lan Ambassador, Prince Italinsky, as
tar as the Dardanelles, has there come to an anchor.
The Prince went afterwards on board a frigate be-
longing to the same squadron, and proceeded to
M:ilta.--(flarefuesh Corresponet,rieu, lit.'s Marc's.)
DE 4,NDEi.BUILGII, TEE. 28.
The garde de reserve of the Emperor Napoleon,
arrived at Berlin the 24th of this month ; it comes
from Paris, and is dest'%eal for Warsaw, where Ge-
neral Couvion is Governor, and front whence Mac-
shall Massena set out on the 18th.

FRUM THE. DU ICH PAPERS•

NAPLES, rim. 17.

In the beginning of this month seri(.ut disputes
occurred at Messina and otl:er places, between the
English and Skibap troops, in which the latter were
app nted by the inhabitants. In one fight which
took place between them at 'Messina, forty men
were killed, among witom was an Staff
Officer.

TEL 12.
Yesterday, the British Consul notified, that the
Admiral commanding the English squadron had re-
ceived orders from London to put All the harbours
in Italy under blockade s and that the merchants
and shipmasters of Trieste oust regulate themselves
accordingly. It is not yet known wt. :Aber this
blockade extends to all neutral ports and ships.
VIENNA, FEB. 25.
Central Vincent is still at the French head-quar-
ters. Couriers arrive from him daily, and the dis-
patches they bring occasion frequent meetings of
the Cabinet, which are in general attended by Elis
lbjesty, or the Archduke Charles.
Our Cord aleetre of this day, contains the fol-
lowing Article
“ Osman Pact' of Widdin, known by the name of rum=
Oglou, celebiated fur his =tasty talents. hit enterprisong spirit,
and the strcessful defence which he made in his town againat
I the tinted Power of the Turkish Empire, died on the bth of
reb. ev hi. death, Russian freed from a formidable enemy
who, thuagla he hail not publicly declared himself, had made
preparations swan:a the walla of Wtddut, fur sling against
that power.
" Muitaplut floirselv, Alan of Rutland:, who ran much
sixteen thousand I,loin against the Ruwians, has as yet done
nothing that deserves antler. General Micheison dud remains
In his concentrated podiniu, but he has detached two thousand
soon from his headquarters at ntletlAreet, to reinforce his ad-

VAoced
rh. Sertian Inturgents bare, as )et, taken no pan in the

igigir 1114111 ..euts."

vas. ‘2 S.

The following article has appeared in TAe Cirri
a.titte of this day :—" As successors to Osman
Pacha (Paswati (Van) in the Government of Wid-
din, two utiicets are mentioned, viz. Ichmisch Aga;
and Molla ; the last of whom is noted for the cruel•
ties he committed during the disputes whieh Pas-
vran had with the Poste and the nzighboaring
Pa-
char Etch of these competitors have a numerous
patty, and hive already come to blows.
•• flier-l'acha is appointed to the command of all