The National Register.
London, England, 1816-04-01 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

On Wednesday a General Court was held at the East India
House, agreeably to adjournment, for the purpose of taking
into future consideration the motion for the relief of the Ship-
ping Owners as to Peace Freight.
The last Minutes having been read also—
At the desire of Mr. R. Jackson, the Report from the Com-
mittee of Shipping, on which the motion was founded,
Mr. Home, in a speech of eon-dolma ble length, in the course
of which lee paid some high personal compliments to the Owners,
animild% erred with great severity on the ill effects to be ap-
prehended, should the motion he entertained in the affirmative
IQ; the Court. He should divide the Court on the question, by
an amendment, and hoped the Directors world be inclined,
from motives of delicacy, to withdraw during such division.
lie then moved that all the words of the original nuptials, ex-
cept that, be omitted, in order to introduce words eomprehend-
ing the principal objections, which amendment having been
seconded by the Hon. D. Kinnaird,
The Chairman, in a very able manner, entered minutely into
all the topics treated on by the !preceding speaker. it had not
been possible in the formation of the present system to foresee
a warof.:o years, and consequently to estimate what should be
the proper scale of a permanent peace freight-2GI. might at
present be deemed an eimita hie peace freight—then how was
it possible that ships formerly taken up at la could possibly
pursue their contracts without inevitable ruin. The system in
Fret was entirely founded upon an expectation of peace—the
live Laws wnmisl not be in the least infringed, nor was it in-
tended to extend the relief proposed to more than one season.
Mr. Kinaaird proceeded to support that amendment which
he himself had recorded, he defended the luminous statement
of Mr. !tome, who had convicted the report of the Directors
from its own words.

Mr. !..titait Hail spoke in favour of the ori2inal motion.
•

The motion and amendment having been read, the Chairman
moved, that 3 It e original words stand part of tl:e question, when
the numbers having been declared ell the atliritiative, Air. kin-
!laird demanded a division, wren the numbers appeared, for
the or:giaal question 55 —n Omit it 6.
The draft of a proprwed Bill to be presented to Parliament,
in eon- equenee orate above mot ion,was Oven read and approved;
sad at half-past six the Court adjourned, sine

INSOLVENT DEBTORS" COURT.
CAPTAIN DAV PiON'S CASE.

This gentleman, it may be I ecollcetetl, was remanded on the
!fah of the present month, for not inserting in his Acheiliile
cst-
rions property', such as the salary of his wife, hie nife's dresees,
&e. Ytc —A• half-must four o'clock on Monday e% ening he Caine
forwar.t with an amended schedule, to claim his discharge pur-
suant to the order of the last Court.

Mr. P. fissith stated, that in consequence of what had ap-
peared in the newspapers, he had received intelligence from
Yorkshire from two persons, and he wished to otter their ob-
jections accordingly. One was an application hum a Mi.
Hanle, Soul. the other sum was a debt of 91. This gentleman
had not received notice, as his (Mr. Smith's) instructions did
not arrive until Saturday night.
Mr. Heath objected to any proceeding whatever, which was
not in execution. All his client's ecedituis had received 20
days notice, as provided by the Act.
Fur. Sericant itminingtou said, he would take the case as it
stood. The amended schedule being handed to him, lie looked
over it, and observed, that by it, it appeared that the insolvent
was indebted in the large amount of nearly 5,0001, without the
visible means of satisfying his creditors that be was worth one
shilling. The amount of Mr. Gardner's was 2aol. which stun
was ou the last day accepted ; now under such a circumstance,
what must be the impression on the mind of every man, when
such a debt is:mm.(l to be accepted, and the insolvent repre-
sented not to be worth one shilling? But, observed the learned
Serjeant, it does not heroine the Court to ask what arrange-
ments have been made with regard to that debt.
Mr. Heath—" Theft is no arrangement—it is accepted."
. . .

Mr. Serjeant Runningtott observed, that its having been ac-
cepted must create suspicion in the minds of many. And be
further obseraed, it was the bounden duty of Mr. Davison to
have put his wife's salary into his schedule. An actor or actress
at one of our national Theatres must have consideralrle pro-
perty in dress, anti alemale holding so high a situation in the
l'heatre as Mrs. Davison, must have considerable property in
dress. It was upon this that the Court thought proper to IC.
masid the prisoner. HP has now presented an amended sche-
dule, more aggravated than the last. The learned Serjeant
then read —" my wife's salary at Drury-lane Theatre (deduct-
ing the property-tax), over which I have no control, nor t ould
I have received the Wile hail 1 applied for it, 3411."—This
(continued the Serjeant) is a very unsatisfactory statement—it
does not even state when or how this slim was paid. Clothes
arc real property, and upon looking at the schedule for a mo-
ment, can it be regtirded'as a fair disclosure of the dresses and
property of a lads so high in the theatrical world, "my wife has
so much, and no mote."
!%lr. Heath—" It is her own account., Mr. Davison was
old; ued to apply to her for it, and site is ready to come forward
on a future occasion and make an affidavit of it."
The learned Serjeant was about to read the items of dress
returned in the schedule, when Mr. Davison requested
(through the tuedium of his counsel), that they might not be
made public.
Mr. Serjeant Ranning:too then recd--" a pink dress, eight
rings, four pocket handkerchiefs." "Son must be remanded,
this affords me no satisfaction; on the contrary, it is an aggra-
vated autumn lit. I shall not du it at present, but my mind was
to remand you upon the amended schedule, as a person not
entitled to relicts.
Mr. Davison was then delivered iuto the hands of the
ipstatf.
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