The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-27 00:00:00

BANKRUPT LAWS.

The SOLICITOR GEIVER.'4L'i-q'se, pursuant to
notice, to tiove for leave to bring in a Bill to alter
and amend the Bankrupt Laws, or rather, he hid,
rnore'corre&ly speaking,' tO *remove certain defeas
in those Laws. It' was, byci no his intention
to attempt the amendment of the whole of the
Law upon this 'Sdbjeet, but to remove :Certain
great defects,
rnischievou; consequences of
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which were -every day observed, and most sensibly
felt, by all who had any opportunity of consider-
-Ing 'the queZtion.lis objea, at present, siinply. was,
to introduce some regulations which were obviously.
'necessary. According to the existing Bankrupt Lass-s)i
any acts done, or debts contracted by-the Bankruptk
in the course of the period which intervened
tween the committal of the a& of Bankruptcy
and the taking. out of the Commission, was,e-as
it affeaed the creditors, completely annulled. Thee
evils resulting from this provision were of the Most-
serious nature, for it often happened that a bank-
rupt had sold a real estate, and received the money
for it, after the committal of an a& of bank- •
ruptcy ; and yet, unless, according to the A& of the
21st of James I. such sale had taken place 5 years
before the commission was taken out, the purchaser-
was deprived of his purchase, and it became the pro-
perty of the. Assignees of the bankrupt. Another
*evil resulting from the present law was, that if money
Was lent to a bankrupt at any time during the period
just referred to, sisch money was liable to be distri-,
buted among the creditors, and the lender was not,
any 'more than the purchaser of the estate, 40-wed:
even the small consolation of receiving a dividend, or
any portion of his money, from the bankrupt's areas,
-nor had he, indeed, any remedy at all. The Learne.
ed Gentleman referred to the Aas which it was his,
object .to amend, and proceeded to observe upon their
nature, the principle of all which was to Protect the
debts of a tFlizfide creditor's bankrupt. That ad,
the HouSe insist bp fully aWare; which in law
was, an at of `Banlsruptcy, was by 40 means
an a& of notoriety, nor even such generally as a
Creditor- could by .the ' utmost vigilance contrive
to IsnOw. In Tnost cases, inOed, it was an, a&
knoWn only to the bankrupt himself, or any of hiS
servants, who by his dire6tion denied his being at
home upon a creditor's calling foi him, Why then,
the Learned Gentleman asked, should such mischiefs
as those he had described' be "alloWed to accrue to
.min liable f,i3 deal With "a bankruPt Under such cir-
cutnAanLies ? nd why should their ignorance 0f7.4b
event, which it was almost impossible for the;:n;t9
know, be permitted to inVolVe the forfeiture Oieir
just claims ? • But these We're not all the.evils*liich
'the present Law produced ;' for *it was not.
_let se-
'were against the bankrispt lOiself than- it was
against his creditors. The avowed principle ofaj,
Bankrupt Law was, that when a bankrupt gave up
all his property he should be discharged lions au his
debts. By the Law as it now stood, that principle.
ss,as not acted upon 3 fiar the bankrupt's.total oleaSe
from.the Commission did not protect bhp frorx;lthoe
debts which he might, perhaps, unknowingly, have;
contraaed after the committal of the a& of bankruptcy,
which led to such Commission. Thereforethe bank-
tui4 was placed in the extraordinary situation of be-
ing called upon to pay that which he could beset°
property to pay, unless he were guilty of an atlef
felony. What he had already stated theLearneel Gen-
tleman conceived quite enough to impress upon rlie
House the necessity of amending this law. But there
was a still.greater evil than any he had menticuisd
produced by the present system. If, after a (lOrn-
mission had been taken out, an at of bankruptcy,
was proved anterior to 'that 'upon which the Com-
mission was grounded, all the proceedings of :Such
Commission were void, and the- Commission was
superseded. In consequence of which .the as-
signees, who were „inside responsible for all the
bankrupt's property they possessed, or had previously
snid_ utare plarpil in .4 cithatino of extreme hard-
ship: It had not unfrequently happened, and indeed,
in the course of his own experience, he had known an
instance in which a first, second; or even third com-
mission had been set aside in this way. In that
instance, as no doubt in others, the obje& was to
defeat the proceedings taken against the bankrupt,
by whom, with that intention, the anterior adts
of bankruptcy were kept back. If then, in addi-
tion to the Injuries, thus arising to the bankrupts;
the assignees, and the creditors, one cdnsidered the
enormous expense of actions depending- on the corns
mittal of acts of bankruptcy; the amoont'--of Or;
bankrupt'S --property dissipated in such anions, and
with no other object in general than mere litigatiansit
was impossible not to teel astonished that the 'Uw!
should have been suffered to remain so long in its
present :state. ,Three modes were suggested, the
Learned Gentleman stated, of remedying the evilS
complained of--The first was,, entirely to abolish,
one, of the great principles of the present BankrOpt
Laws, namely, that no man should be considered.
bankrupt until the time at which the Commissien,
should be taken ont. But various objections ,of-
fered against • this suggestion, arising out, of the
expedients notoriously resorted to; by bankraspta
fraudulently disposed. Another provision I.yas, re-,
commended, that.no Commission should begrant:eci
unless the ad of Bankruptcy aliedged by the
tioning
,creditor had taken place a certain,. time bet
fore the Commission, according to the advice of some.;
three or six Months. But to this recommendation fie
knew of several Objectitins, which urged at least
the , propriety of a much greater distance of time.
-When it was considered how relualantly creditors in
general took out a Commission of Bankruptcy, how
, frequently they granted a deed of trust in order to
avoidbringiog expense and trouble upon themselves,.
or disgrace and ruin upon the bankrupt, and when it
ryas recollected that those deeds were often protraaed
much longer than six months, he trusted the House
would . feel that no such period ought to be fixed;
But, although great inconvenience and - injustice
might result from such an arrangement, :still the
law was not to be left as it stood. It appeared
to him, that without fixing ,atiy period upon 'this
point, bona fide debts "contracted by the bankrupt at
any time before the commission should he recover-,
able from the edeas of the bankrupt, notwithsarld-
ing any previous ad of bankruptcy. This seemed to
be the, only remedy fairly applicable to that part of
the Law; namely, thatall honest debts contraated-1
all payments made—all conveyances and engage-
ments entered into by thebankrupt, should be.good
and valid, notwithstanding any previous ad of.,bank-
ruptcy, provided the person or• persons entering
into such contracts, or lending such money to the
bankrUpt, should have no notice of such an 'ea of
bankruptcy, orknowledge ofthe bankrupt's insolven-
cy. He pi-oposed too, that as to such debts, the, bank-
rupt's certificate should be a protection; as complete
4s with regard to. any debts elaiMed under the Coin-
inisSien. Another objets of the Bill he meant isl
bring forward, 'would be, that no ConnuiSsion of
Bankruptcy shogld be superseded in consequence of
pievious ad# pf baplipptcy hankrUpt
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and Rise, that debts eonfraaet by the baekrupt,
which were not" payable until, after the Comm -.,ion
was taken out, shouid be prOvable under the Co.umis-
sion, whether they were simple debts or those for
which securities:were given. The Learned Gentle.
man concluded with:observing, that those were the
only objedts which the Bill he proposed to bring for..
ward had in view.
LLeave -was given. to bring in the Bill; and the
At-
torney and Solicitor Generals, with Mr. Percival,
MV.-Morris, and others, were appointed to,prepare
and bring in the same.
-Mr. }eon ons E brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee on the propriety of granting certain Salaries
to the new Commissioners fox Auditing the Public
Accounts; which was agreed to ; and it was ordered
that the Gentlemen appointed ta prepare and bring in
the Auditors' Bill; do make, provision pursuant to
the said Resolution.-A similar Order was made to
the Gentlemen who are to bring in the .Greenwich
Pension Bill, upon the gesolution of the Conunittoi
upon the Prize Ae-1- whiCh sat yesterday.
TRAINING BILL.

"On
the Motion of Mr. WINDHAM, the House
went into n Committee on the 'General Train-
ing the dOmmittee
YORKE..observed, .that there were many
inaccuracies in the ' - yet as he was a, friend to
the general principle, he had baeu willing, that it
should go into a Committee, in order .to see what
Amendments should be made. It was desirable
that we should have such a Bill on our Statute
Boolt,,net only on account of the training, but be.
cause such a measure would tend to talend the Ali!.
litia and Volunteers in such a manner as to form a
Second line for the *qv. But be objeded to the;
Bill---first, it differed from the *measure whith be
bkid--proposed in 1803, in dill, that jet. Went. to re-
strain the prerogative of the. Crown, whereas Iliad.
extended it. r-fis next objeftion was, that the pro.
visions of. the, Bill did not 7 extend to North Britain,
and, he. could not 'see why. Scotland should be
.tempted. As to the Volunteers of Seotland being
better trained,' and the necessity, of this. 'pea,
sere .being therefore superseded as far. as rest)eeted
that part, of Great'Britain,- it ought to be constdereci;
tilat 'Posit of iheSe Volunteers .had been on the June
allowances, and that when-these were taken await,
lit was likely-that their 'numbers would be muett.
'diminished. , He' concluded by moving,. that
word. " Englancr_ be left . out, and that the wads
" great Britain". shoula be' iiib4ittited In- its
stead. • ; • • •

Mr. •triNDIMAT 'stated the reasons why the
provisions of filq:,i34" 1)61,4.1d not immediately
tend,to Scotland. in rise first place, to a great pare
of.that coUntry,:espkially that part called the High;- lands,- the-Bill woOld not apply,. and.besides, froll
I.the general' habits, of the people it, w:ts less ilec0;;!
sary. In Scotland, the 'people wire also biiter
trained and more military than here. ,T 4 state of
the Volunteers, was superior, according to'Nvh4 he
I.,,bad learned—not in'point 9f numbers; for 'he did
;.not knoW that in -
this respe& they exceeded their
• ,..proper proportion, but in point of discipline. Rut
then came the obje&ion, that the numbers of 'the
Volunteers would be much diminished by with 7,
drawing the June allowances. Though gentloriien
seemed. to hold out such considerations as theset
.somewhat in the way of, a menace, yet he Via
willing to hope that-this menace or expectation
ill-founded. .It ought. to be considered, that if the
allowance wens diminiahcd; the duty was also
nished. To that part of Scotland called the LoW:
lands 'certainly the Bill might be more anlipable
but still it was thought proper to try the experi.
ment in England, and not td inclilde Scotland in the
first Anstance. There might be reasons why '`it
should not extend to Scotland atall, though he
ther thought it might at some future time ; bt.4 at
all eventsit would be imprudent to extend it to
Scotland now: Another reason was the advart-ced
state of the Session, when many Gentlemen of that
Country were out of town; and, therefore, he wobl4.
oppose the Amendment.
Sir .1,1:174,5 PULTENEY saw no reason why
. the provisions of the Bill should not extend to SOt-,
land. It might not apply to the Highlands-] kit
why, not extend to, the Lowlands, which was the
more populous•part of the Country, and that pin
too which i.vasJnost exposed to attacks from tne
opposite Coast. He allowed the excellence of t!e
Volunteers in that Country ; but it was to be cob;.
sidered, that on account of the distance from the
'Capital, there was but a ptnall reguL,.; 'force' kept
there, acid therefore it ought to have the advantage
of every other mode of defence. - Whether Or ,not
the Volunteers would be diMinished he. should nOt
say ; but he hoped that, whether ;he provisions
of the Bill, were to be, applied to Scotland this
yell- or not,- they should be afterwards applied
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to it. . ,

Air. PERWALObserved, as to the point of
..the Bill's not being applicable to-Scotland, that. 010
provisions of the .Bill of 1803 hadc it tad, extended
to that Country. The reasons given;fer not extend-
ing this measure to Scotland were, perfeetly nuga-
. tory ; for they would, apply equally! well to many
parts of Wales, Cumberland, and.Westinorland,.ih
thelnountainous distrias of which the .population
was very much scattered. . But at. any rate- there
was no reason why the Bill should : not extend to
the
•Lowlands of Scotland. Though -the people
might be more military and better trained,'still. the
Icing:ought to have the power of calling them out;
and
.this he might exercise according, to his discre-
tion, and exempt particular districts; as circum-
stances. should require. There was no difficulty in'
executing the Militia Laws in Scotland, and why
should not this measure be extended to that Coun-
try, when the principle was the same ? But then it
had been said that the Volunteers Were in a better
~state there. It was certainly- to be considered that
these were to be deprived of the June allowances,
and scarcely any motive but, their ,zeal would re-
main to keep theM too°lther ; and here the teasop-
ing of the Ministers themselves, that a variety of
motives, such as the Ballot for the Militia and the
Army,ofßeservb, were necessary to induce men to
c9ntinue in the Corps, might be turned against them-
selves. He would certainly, therefore, support the
Amendment.

Colonel ,tkOOD observed; that the Militia Laws
were new in Scotland, and had at first occasioned
considerable dissatisfa6tion there. , He thought,
therefore, that it Would be better to wait for ancthm
year before the principle of thi3 Dal should be ex.
tended to Scotland. •

-Mr. CALCRAFT said, that his reason for not
wishing to extend the provisions of the Bill to Scot-
land, in the first instance, was, that the experiment
might not be tried on ,too great a surface, but that
it ought to *be confined to the. Country Where:: it.,
was most .applicable. As to the A4t of 1803, • it;
was to be considered that it bad not been !carried
.into effea ; and it was questionable whether, at Ahe,-
tinie it was brought in, it was intended to be carried
into effea. - ,!

' Colonel BASTARD disapproved of the invidi4
ous praCtice of giving such a marked preference to
the Volunteers of Scotland. 'He contended that
the Volunteers of England were, in every .point
of view, equally deserving. But his reason for
wishing that the Bill should apply to both Countries
was, that few or none would come out under thin
Bill who could pay the fine, and therefore it would
operate as a tax which ought to be equally borne by
both Countries. This Bill imposed fines like the
Parish Bill, arid we had- already shewn the people
that:they ought not to:paythem, as the fines under
the Parish' Bill had been remitted. He thought,
hoWeVer, *that both Countries should be 'equally
taXed.• The late period'of the Session he considered.
as no objection to this.
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Mr. WINDHAM observed, that
.Gentlemen'ar-
mied as if he. had said that the lateness of the See=
„
Sion :precluded him from doing what he would
otherwise have done. He had said no such thing,
for thOngli this might be a motive for the House to
Oppose. the Amendmett, he allowed that it was no
justification of Ministers.-- But he ..had said, that at
WhateVer time the measure might have been brought
forward it ought not to apply, in the first instance,
to Scotland. As ,to the general principle of apply-
ing to one part whet was not applied to another, the
Gentlemen on the other side ought to think of their
own•praCtice, and not insist on the principle of equa-
lity too broadly, because in that view Ireland also
ought to be included. There might be reasons why
the Bill' should not apply to Scotland for two -or
three years. Perhaps it might never apply, al-
though" he rather thought that it might 'some time
hence. The Militia ballot, too, was in force in.
Scotland, and this would be a motive for the
Volunteers to continue in their Corps. As the situa-
tion . of Scotland was not so favourable to thisßill,
.will we might, in applying it, also lose the good Of
the people. -
Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that if this.
Bill was not to be applied to Scotland because it
would not be satisfactory, it ought not, for the same
reason, to be applied to any dart. If it was intended
as an experiment, the experiment ought to be tried
on a narrower surface still, and to be confined to the
County of Norfolk, • with :Which. the Right Hon.
Secretary was more particuLarly conne6ted. As .to
'lreland, no argument-whatever could be founded on
:its not being proper. to apply the Billto that Coun-
try, in favour of the exemption of Scotland. The
• state of the two Countries were totally different.
'The circumstance of the Militia-ballOt being still in
force in Scotland pointed out to him a defeCt in the
Right Hon, Gentleman's Military System of which
he had not before been aware. The Militia-ballot
• was to be given r'up 'here because it injured the Re-
cruiting Service. But now it appeared that it was
still ',retained in, that place where the recruiting
could succeed best'. He thought that both Countries
. ought. to' be included in this,Bill.
Mr; WHITBREAD 'contended that this Bill was

totally different from the Parish Bill, in respeEt of
fines, for the people were thereby fined so enOrmoUsly,
".that they could not p;iy for not doing, what they
could not by any possibility perform. there were
few labourix's who would .not choose rather to be
tr lased twenty-four days, with a shilling a-day, than
to pay 51. If. Gentlemen went on a principle of
equality, the Bill ought to extend to Ireland; there
were reasons against this, and Ho there were for ex-
tending.it to Scotland. He was of opinion that
none Of the Volunteers of Scotland would withdraw
themselves on account of being, deprived of the
ad-
ditional allowance. . _

- Mr. Ad:LYKES expressed his surprise at the.piro-
visioni of. the Bill not extending to Scotland, and
also at the reasons assigned for it. • He considered
this measure both as a benefit and a burthen, which
ought to be applied to both • Countries. As 'to Ire-
land, the cases' were entirely. different. He knew
when he opposed the. Union that there could not be
a completeunion between Great Britain and Ireland.
Ile thought 'that it was unjust to make England bear
the whole burthen-of the experiment, and expressed
much doubt,.-Whether the necessary numbers could

be procured, as a commutation by tine was allowed.
It was not a matter of mere calculation as to the

money, butt men would consider, that if they were
trained, they would be the persons to be called
forth in case of an invasion. He supported the
,Amendment.

Mr EviE disapproved of the measure altogether,
and therefore thought that it ought not to be extend-
ed to Scotland.
Mr: IT/ YNNE observed, that there were very
Se* places in England where the sill could be equal-
ly inapplicable as it was to Scotland.. He thought
'that the zeal of the people would induce them to
come out, otherwise he would have wished that
the fine: had been much higher. The fines, how-
ever, were totally different from those under the
Parish

Lord BINNING contended that the burthenought
to be equally borne by both Countries, and therefore
supported the Amendment. He respeled the Scotch
Volunteers; but thought the English Volunteers
equally deserving.
Colonel MAT THEII/S thought the eiperirnent
would be a short one, and that therefore it was hot
worth while to extend it to Scotland.

Mr.
~HUS KIS SON observed upon the, incon-
sistency in the arguments of Ministers,- They first
said thqt the Bill could not be applied to 'Scotland,
and then that it might. be applied, if the experi-
ment iucceeded in England. 'He did not see .how
the success of the experiment in England could re-
move the mountains of SCotland., ' As to the Vo-
lunteers. of Scotland, he thought that the higher the,
discipline of the Volunteers the less burthensorhe
would this measure be. He therefor& supported the
Amendment..

Mr. CALVERT approved the principle of the
measure, but, he thought it ought to 'be extbritl-
ed to Feotland—as the great adVantage lay in ha\ -
ing tht men enrolled,, they might be trained attli,-
cretion.

LONDON,
FRIDAY; JUNE 27, 18Q6:.

Yesterday the SOLIcITOR GENERAL moved, in
,flie,l•l6use of Commons, forleave to bring in a'Bill
fo
amend the BankrUpt Laws. We are happy to
w.
find that a Gentleman of such acknowledged talents; ,
and such extensive legal knowledge, has turned Ills
attention to this subjea. There is not;' perhaps, in
. .
the whole of our legal system any part that standS
more in need of improvement than the Bankrupt
Laws ; and we wish that the 'avocations of 'the
Learned Gentleman had permitted him to propose a
--general revision of the . whole • system', instead of
• applying,aremedy to a particUlar part. The Pub-
lic, however, will be much benefitted •by the
.Bill- which the Learned. Gentleman has obtained
leave to bring in, because the evils arising from se-
cret
a&s of bankruptcy are. the most serious in'their
nature, and the most frequent in their occurrence.
As the Law now stands, no
,man can purchase an
estate from a person in trade, hOwever apparently
- opulent, without running the risque of having his
title invalidated by some antecedent secret a6t of.
bankruptCy ; and when it' is considered how very
slight a circumstance constitutes an as of bankruptcy,
such, for instance, as being denied once to a creditor
it is only surprizing that the rstibjea was not. before
.brought under the consideration of theLegislattire.
A :Debate of considerable length„ took place in
the Committee, upon the Training Bill, upon 'the
Notion of Mr. YORKE, to extend the operation of
the Bill to Scotland ;:. it is at present confined to
-England. The amendment proposed by Mr. YORKE
• was negatived by a Majorityrof 76 to 38.

IT shquld be- mentioned to the bonoUr of the
Illustrious Personage Who has 'unfortunately been
the. subject of so many recent reports, conjeaure,„
and-Insinuations, that ,as soon as she heard of the
charges with which her character had been assailed,
she dismissed, all such of her servants as could be
)Jsupposed best acquainted with her ‘conduet,,in order
-that whatever testimony they may be required to give
should operate wAnout any suspicion of interest or
partiality.

. .
Yea'crdny Princesses AuGusTA, Er.lzA7q..Tn, and
SOPti lA, vjsited.thePrinMS-CHA RLOTTE of WALE

Yeterday morntno- the DUKE of CUYITIEHLAND
arrived in town frombWeyinotith, and visited THEIR
•

The ROYAL FAMILY• left town to-day for Wind-
sor. k

Yesterday the LORD MAYoß,Sheriffs, several Al-,
dermen, the Recorder, and, City Officers, proceeded
from: the Mansion House fp St .Margaret's Hill, in
the Borough, and held a Court of Conett.ancy for
the County of Surrey ; after which -the'y proceeded
to the Swan Tavern, Westminster Bridge, and held
alibi:lair Court of Conservancy -for the County of
Middlesex.; after which they went on board the
City Barge to the. Star and Garter- at :Richmond,
where an elegant entertainment was provided on the
occasion, and in the evening returned to town in
their carriages..

Yesterday: GEORGE HIBBERT, Esq. paid into the
,Chamberlain's Office-GooL and 20. marks, being the
fine for not almsing to serve' the office of Sheriff.
The Ceremony. of •baptizing the Infant Son of
the Hon. Mr. VILLIERS, bn MOnday last, at Cran-
b6urne Lodge, was not performed by the Rev: ED
WARD NroarnEy, as stated; but by the Bishop of
BATH- and WELV,S. 1

The Pft/TCESS of ASTURIAS paid the debt of
nature last month at Madrid, and of course a general
mourning took place; which was to continue six
months. We 'do not hear that the Princess was at-
tended by a F 7 ench Physician.
We feel g-reat pleasure in being able to state, that
Mr. BOND retains his situation as Judge-Advocate,
General. He is in future to make the reports of
Courts-Martial to the King hi person ; but all mi-
litary punishments are to, be promulgated through
the War Departments:

The -Writers to the Signet in t dinburgh are to
have.a grand dinner -oh .I?riday next, ,to celebrate,
the acquitLilof Lord , •

Lord lieNity PETTY on Wednegday last re-
moved to Downing7street, and at the' smile time
there vas an idle tepOft of his Lordship'S political

Me.,PiNtf, Well;iknoWn for his large fortune and
literay talents, gave a very splendid fete On Wed-
nesday...lastat his hoUse in Spring Gardens. He had
intended to. give 'this Entertainment at leis beauti-
ful mansion, Stoke Park, but changed his design in
order to accommodate his friends in town. The
Party consisted of west of the distingnished persons
in the higher circleS. The Duke of KENT was the
only member of "the Royal '.Family' present. The
first part of the Entertainment was a Concert, under
the dire6tion of LEANDER. Madaine KRUMP,
HOLTZ, the LEANDERS, and other celebrated Per-
formers :supported the instrumental department,
and the vocal Was ably sustained by NIELD, EVANS,:
and ELLIOTT. ,Some of the pieces were' so well per-
formed as to deserve a general encore. A Grand Sup--
per and Ball followed. The House was illuminated
with great taste; as well as splendor and -the whole
Entertainment was calctilated to make a prominent
figure in the regions of Fashion. •
Though, Mrs: BILLINGTON',S .enWage.cilttit at the
Opera-House expires , this season, •she affords it the
aid of powerful talents till its conatision.
_ _

Mr. C. .I(cmaLc'snew:Play, which is forthcom-
ing at the Haymarket Theatre, 'is' deferl-ed,• weun-
derstand, on account of a-fw alterations suggested
'by -the LiCenser. • •
• - The new. Farce of Catch Him Who Can, is one
of the most attraaive pieces that has. ,been tbr se-
veral years brought forward at the Hay-Market
Theatre. ,NIATHEWs ' has been. long known for the
versatility of --his imitations and changes in private
company ; and this entertainment is very well cal-'
culated to atroyd scope for his extraordinary skill in,
that. respect for the gratification of the Public.
It is somewhat whiinsical, that at several festivals
Which took place in Scotland, in csfisequence of the
acquittal. of Lord MELVILLE, IfThav-bread. was ex-
chided from the tables on account Of its proXimity
in sound to the name of the Chief Mani'lger of the
Impeachment. ;This is surely an extraordinary proof
of praßical punning • ' •
The new KIN,6 of HOLLAND, it seems, has taken
up hiS abode at a Palace in a Wood. Considering
the rooted aversion of the Dutch towardS Monarchy,
•the illustrious Sovereign of Holland Should restrain
this joy upon the occasion, and, according to the old
'saying, not- halluo before he is out of the Mod."

•
,Jimitus:—Though so much has been said on the
subject of this celebrated Writer, and all attempts
to discoVer him to the. world have hitherto been.
fruitless, yet new reports arise, and conjecture is"
still unfired in the pursuit. Avery respectable Cor-,
respondent has communicated to us the following
circumstance, which he assures us is founded in
fa& :—A Gentleman many years ago arrived at an
Inn in Marlborough, on his way to Bath ; he was
suddenly taken
.ill, and died the following day.
Among his Papers was found a Letter, addressed ,
to the lion. Colonel 1.3-7—; who was then at Paris,
The Letter was immediately. forwarded with the
utmost speed, and the person to whom it was sent,
upon receiving it, instantly hastened to Marlborough,
and secured alt. the Papers of the deceased. The
departed Gentleman was buried in k Marlborough,
Church-yard, and on the plate of the coffin 'was
engraved the . following inscription, " Here lies
JUNIU s. The person to whom the Letter was ad-
•dressed,4ho took possession of the property of the
deceased, and who ordered the, funeral; succeeded
to a title by the course of descent, and is now 4,4.
Some light, therefore, seems to dawn upon the his-
tory ()tithe 'extraordinary character who bas so long
been distinguished in the Republic of. Letters, and
it seems to depend upon one individual whether the
real Author of JUNtus 'will ever be discovered, Or
whether he will remain in the darknessin which he
declared that he should fin- ever be involved. The cu-
rious may at, least derive SOilie satisfaEtion from this
anecdote, by inquiring Whether-'Such a person died
in the mannerthus,' represented, and, whether, there
be a coffin in 'the church-yard so inscribed, whEch
can be easily ascertained by (Le Parish Register. t
all.events, the Noble Lord zdiuded to .Cati !,et the
question .at rest.
• Mr. RouEas, well known for" his Pleasures
Memory, has nearly finished an Elsie Poem on . the
Horrors. of Jaeohinism. A Potit on arch a slib-
jeet. will come with peculiar • effect from this
Gentleman,' as he %was somewhat; ensnared by the
'secluaivelliory of Frencri principles bAore they
p;oduced those dreadfui events which ilistory
record with astonishment and hoiror, -

NAkAL /17'E ,S.

Y MOVTH„ JUNE '25.-Arrived the 'followig
Ships, part of the
-Convoy which 'Jett Janiaic on th
ist of April, under convoy 'of klis Majesty's Ships
41t/osi Majabar, and -and puted„ -ovitri them

oti the•lsth ult. Edward Foot, JE67:`,ZINGS; Penelope,
MARTIN: Prinec;is Mary, STOUT, aulLively,

frbai Jamaica, all tin'

Came in the Egyptian, FISK, from Waterford ;
and the Neptune, litircin.Ns, fron Cork.

FALMOUTH, JUNE 24.-Arrived the Ague ari
Ship Young EliaS, Capt. MORRIS, from Philadelphia
for Rotterdam, with coffee, Lugar, Scc: detained by
the Hero Privateer df Guernsey; also arrived, the
Danish Brig ,ilenus,' apt: Siir, from Tonningen
for Africa, detained b-the Betsey Privateer of Ply-
mouth,

Polli`ShibUTH SUNE 6.---Arriv6d the Avon and
Cheerly Gun-brigs from a Cruize ; the latter sailed
shortly after.
Sailed the' Safeguard Brig with 'the Mediterranean
Convoy.

HARwitA, Sut 25.--The Bremen Ship Herman
Johanna, SEERMANN Master, from St. Thomas's to
Bremen,, the Hehe,- C. HARDER Master,; of -and
bound to Lttbec; from Bourdeaux, and the Danish
Ship Dreften, M. —ABERG Master, to St. Mart.-n'sj,
detained by the Aggresso GunThrig; are released,
and sailed this day for the Ports of destination.
The Dianav Post-Office Packet, Capt. STEWARDA
and the Dbrset, Capt. HAMILTON, sailed this morn
ing with the Mails of yesterday .--the former fot
Gottenbutgh and the latter for Husum.
Lbrd ROYSTON embarked on board the Diana,
and the. Hon. LINDSAY 'BURRELL, lately appointed,
Secretary of Legotion at Dresden, on board - the
-Packet for Husutn.

Capt. *DoriAtii, of the Diana Packet, arrived
'yesterday with a Mail from Gottenburgh.
Sailed the Repulse and Viper Revenue Cutters en
Cringe.

Rernain the charger Gun-brig, and Lady Nepe :n
and Diana Packets.

DEAL, :TUNE 213.—Came down ftom Sheernes,
and sailed for Portsmouth, the Venus Frigate.
Sailed the Fury Bomb, with a Convoy, fur Ports-
mouth; and several Gun-brigs for the French Coast.
Sailed through the .DOWns the ResoluOon, FEE 4
'MANTLE, for Jamaica.

His Majesty's Ship Curieux; on the 2.15 f May)
drove on shore and destroyed, on the Coast of Per.:
a. Spanish Lugger Pritateer,-full of men, wiiich
had been waiting on the Coast for the Oporto Con,
voy. _ _

,The Stately, of 64 guns, which ToWled away her
inilen-mast in a calm' in Yarmouth Roads, owing
to its being a faulty stick, is getting in a new mast
at the Great.i\Tore.

We are requested to - state,,,tht the paragraph,
which appeared in this Paper on the 30th of April}
stating that a Court-Martial-had beet held on board
the Magnanimt for the trial of the Purser and Gun-
ner of the Jalouse Brig, is unfounded: The Court
Martial was held'upon a Seaman for striking the
Boat Swain.

The trench General BoYER set off yesterday, tvi
his return to France.—lt is'understood that he is ru
be exchanged, for one of the Gentlemen who have
beendetaineSsince the beginning of the war.

Advice was yesterday received of the death of Mrs.
ARBUTHNOT, Lady of Mr. ARBUTHNOT, our
Minister at Constantinople..

Between Wednesday night and yesterday morn-
ing some. daring villains stole all the lead pipes and
brass cocks out of Ann's Place; St, George's-ro,
St. George's-fields) which has deprived the inhabit-.
ants of a supply of water 5, several other streets in
the neighbourhood have been robbed repeatedly
within' the last fortnight,' which shows that the
watchmen are remiss, in their duty,