The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-19 00:00:00

ST. DOMINGO.

CENTRAL ASSEMBLY.
Deputies of the West, Bargella, President, White•
Viart, mulatto.
•
of• the North, Raimond,. mulatto.
Lecour, white.
of the South, Collet, ditto.
Nogeree, ditto.
of L'Ozaina Mancebo, ditto.
...
Morillas, ditto.
--, of Cibao, Roxas, ditto. •
Mugnos, ditto.
GOVERNMENT. liceft
Governor and Commander in Chief, Toussaint Lot! •
black.
Secretary General - - Pascal, white.
Secretaries to the Governor - Allier, ditto.
• G uibre, ditto.
• Dupuis, ditto. , .•'
Aides de Camp to the Governor, Fontaine, black. •
Debignon, mulatC°:
Coupe, ditto. '•-
Guibert, ditto.
A.".
Alibi OF ST. DOM12,;(;Q•
GENERAL. STAFF.
Chief Of the Staff, Age, General of Brigade, white,
liiiinger, War Commissary, ditto. . •
Hebecourt, Adjutant-General, ditto.
COMMANDERS OF DEPARTMENTS, PLACES,
DEPARTMENTS or Tile sourii AND WF•S'..,V6'.
Commander in Chief of the South and West,
General of Division, black.
La Plume, General of Brigade, ditto.
Tourreau, Adjutant-General, mulatto.
Domage, Chief of Brigade, black.
Nerette, ditto, mulatto.
Mamezele, ditto, black.
Bernard, Adjutant-General, white.
Saloinon, Chief of Brigade, black.
Deravine, Chief a Squadron, ditto.
Eclair, General of Biigade, ditto.
'Dieudonne, Chief of Brigade, ditto.
l)alban, Adjutant-General, white.
Ferant, Chief of Brigade, ditto.
Poser, Chief of Battalion, black.
Gabord, ditto, ditto,

DEPARTMENTS OF Tlis NORTA• hla" •
The late General Moyse was Commander in Chief;
Benjamin, Chief of Battalion, white.
Pageot, eneral of Brigade, ditto.
'Christophe, General of Brigade, black. •
Maurepas, ditto, ditto.
Flaville, Chief of Brigade, white.
Dumenil, ditto, ditto.
Robert, ditto, black.
Borada, Chief of Battalion, white.
Venient, ditto, black.
Clervaux, General of Brigade, mulatto.
Rocket, Chief of Battalion, black.

DEPAR.TmKNT OF L'OZAMA. oact
Commander in Chief, Paul Louverture, Ceneral of 13°- •
black.:
Lavaux, Chief of Brigade, white.
Valdony, ditto, ditto. e cePtl'
All the Officers and Engineers are, with a singxe:(
Europeans.

; At
Love in a ,Yillage was repeated last 11-gb 105
Drury-Lane Theatre, with the success wl"c bee°
hitherto attended it, since its popularity 113,5014'
revived by the great talents of Mrs. BiLLIP'I"
She sung delightfully.
most
The Cabinet is likely to prove one of tL`le,, Co'.
attratiive Pieces of dramatic machinery lc
vent Garden Theatre has produced this seas°rl'o4 it
is ;opened every night with great success' jasitigg
must be acknowledged that its artificial bL
to some tune.
The new Theatre, that has excited so rinic orit
versation in the theatrical circles, should 6Plia the
the old Comedy of The London Cuckolds a° vel
Farce of The Divorce, as typical of the:ess
which would most probably attend the pr°b- •
such an institution. 3 di::
If it be true, that a certain Countess tai-,es
~„ 5'"A6
anguished part in the projthed. Ton-TheaA",,,ialte'
will illustrate the Fable of the Cat that was :le °P;
into a Lady ; but that when tempted bYe forme.
pearance of Mice, manifested again all t"'
propensities of poor Puss. 1•0
the
STEPHEN KEMB E, who is always ael-iv - etbe fi
cause of Humanity, gave a free Benefit f°r
Col°6e
firmary at Durham, on Tuesday lair.
Diamond was knocked down, at the late 3501ii1
HYDE'S Sale, for 6601. ; Superior broughtfiaser,°o
and the Turnip Filley 220!. The pur-f-oril
Diamond, it is said, refused 1000 gu .PCas.
immediately after the atiaion.

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P.1P.2.‘C% I'% 3. T.

I 11.1 R.NNA, TAN. 2•3.—A violent earthquak e was
1
-e't at liukkari, Idria, and'Fiurna.
W
e are informed by Letters from Constantinople,
ple,k Mr. STRATTON, Secretary to the English Ern_
uasis3' has se.; out for Egypt, with the intention of
'''''eavourin,T to quiet the disturbances which have
eR excited there, on account of the deposition of
le Ile Ys. Lord ELGIN still remains at his post.
ll
nh number Of persons taken up for forging bank
l'res, which were circulated in the greatest profit_
4')n3 is very Coniiderable. Sixteen of their 'accom-
r'lces were discovered in Italy ; and in consequence
(, demand from our Court, given up by the
go‘iernment. They are now in irons, and'on
t" it way hither through the Tyrol.
•
PETtrtsnuacx, JAN. Ig. The Petirsburkh
C,ix.ette
11 , which had hitherto borne at the head of it
,1e Arms of Malta, united with those of the
InPire, has, in the first number of. the present year,
dis • - '
‘olilinued them.
RAitsaoN, FEB. I.—II is now decided, that
toe three Ecclesiastical Electorates are to be pre-
served, notwithstanding the projeEts by which the
oral dignity was to be conferred on the Land_
e 61. CAisEn, the Prince of ORANGE, and the
'lnce of WIRTEMBURGH.
,
1 he ELF c•ro rt of HANovElt has taken every pos-
sible measure to prevent Prussia
herself of the from , possessi
Country of IVildesheim,
ng
as he would
then entirely surrounded by the Prussian States.
It is asserted, that Prussia is to have the town of
Zr men as a consideration, for having consented to
yreserve the three Ecclesiastical Eledorates.
Par,Lukei
misafi.x.eLcor-tii'e 20.--,The opening of the Diet 1
al of May. Preparations are already
Chamber
of(1,1,i11). Hotel formerly occupied_
to hold
by
the
the Sittinos, 'nonce, the place Sppo.; d nte
•
13Y letters from g .• •
gence T
enzhik, we nave certain intelli,
of i•2l , J.SMA EL BEY has left S'ekii, with a body
grade':o °° men; tb reduce the Janissaries of Bel-
RN; .
tiok
e EE.4.-The eommotions which had
2,o:;utili the countries adjacent to the Lake of
ti)tgin, by degrees, to subside. There
''terich Troops as yet been sent thither.
Miinber of French Troops in our Re-
ttil„ ''mounts to 4000 men, exclusive of those
occ •
of jtaiy.llll the redoi.r, and who belong to the Army
Hacti
tomtn. 11E13. g.-The Officers of the Squadron
orders oded by Admiral DE W NT-E It, have received
t° slee. on board their respe&ive Vessels.
I\llll.Av F
arrivet, 3t B. Courier Extraordinary, whoto
'sere on the 29th ult. in the morning; brought cons ',Government the happy, intelligence that' tilt!
:1 Ica Extraordinary had proclaimed, • the z6:-.11
the new Constitution of oUr Republic, Which in
tare
will he called the Italian Republic. .
" 11e present
.overninent announced the consola-
i,:._ t•sult of the labours of the Lyons Assembly by
" following
Proclamation t
`-141,11TTEE Oi* GCVEIifiI\TP.NT TO THEIR
rEL,LoW ciTzEt.N3.
It Ati
" Milan, Pm. 30.
te Inst. the tie:public is solidly established !On the.
:12ptei the ,•?traorainary Consulta met at Lyoris,..3nd
.4i the ril,:--:ll,tuution acclamation. This action, fix-,
Lle.r ci„tlll_,
(i?!ec.lous epoch for a People impatient
.to
;11101_91 f,s
rryiYt...._l4-e?eed, -was accompanied by, circu.rnstantc.c.,
bei'it worthy
oursi: au event the most
.fortunam and, he. a!iniiration. The Republic, which be,a,.,1, bt.}
.tieic,_ot 17:`:iik:iiisalpine Republic, ►has assumed the
Republic. NAI?oL. EON E. BON AP X
It, tlie A .rt!--has ben appointed Presideht of
This• th ic
L M Cia P resident.
110, ot" that. painf.ultricertainty, iyhich
thus is our
1..41 !nen. and uneasiness into the minds ot all—
istances which'.( "'cal sit-nation fixed—the painful circtini-
Thent rondered tilz: state of the Provisional Govern-
tie,rdestabii,,,,,tl,th, will vanish at the approach of the he or-
ri
'which "ncing to you such great and happy events;
he.
cc;f9tilled
Citizensnot exPeaed, the liveliest.. joy will till the
~ thus accomplishing all their wishes ;
trarisr,or
*Lich enrsurtess the deepest p,leasure are due to an event
(Signed) " R
N C E,
Secretary- General. i'
~AW.rteA.lrearn,
.Calahria, that the Bishop of
-nRo was killed by a shot as he was return-
!4s, to the'Convent where he lodged : the author of
)Is horrid assassinatiori is not known: This sire_
retina!
Prelate was a particular friend of Cardinal
4\14-fo.
theille Lady, of Pius VI, arrived on the evening of
24th ult. at Genoa; next morning it was nd-
k,no,,a
" rnd, 'ondutleci by the light of flambeaux,la and
the ,tlie Escort of Grenadiers, to the Church of
w
forr,•itrinicans, where Divine Worship was per_ in he In humour of the deceased Pontiff, which
rQcrori,Rtil)le.
uled till the departure of Monsignior
oi

Tlie '
Po P"Pit of Milan seem to carry on the State_
rce of.
with , the formation- of The Italian Republic,
'. ti 's 'loch gravity, as appeared in tile represen-
-1114 mrl Cl the first Scene at Ijons. They might,
..owever,
have omitted the Te Deum in honour of
__"ist over'
event, which was sung in the Church,
144 thish:elterbet,ation of such. performances better became
.7.
_There has lately been much intercourse between
Ivir• a x and Mr. ROBSON, and the wonder is, that
11).en whose taleilts and attainments are so very
thtferent in their nature and extent, can ever arrive
at an interngible level,
v, A melancholy accident happened on Wednesday
It,,ht, at the louse of RICHARD HI lIFER NAN, Esq.
qtriouth-nreet, Portland_place after the family
d retired to rest, Mrs. H. and a Lady on a visit
at the house, were alarmed by the smell of some-
thing burning: they proceeded down stairs, and
;Ton opening the kitchen door, they beheld the. cook
',Ying on the flor, bur-nt in a most shocking manner.
Medical asistance was irnmediately sent for, but it
l's'as faund that the poor.crenure.had been dead some
time before she was first discovered. it is supposed
whet
accident must have happened from the candle,
ell, was burniner near her, as there vas not a
particle of. ri're in ''')the grate. An inquest was held
63r1 the body yesieri. • and T . brought
in a . , cay evening, the July
verditft ot—Acidental Death:- .. .. ...

CORN EiCiLIIII:7"E;

February !9.

I 1 11Zarket had a middling supply ; but Oats,
from the very great imports, continue plenty and
moderate ; Barley is brisk at a stall advance ;
Wheat continues steady ; and Flour as before.
Wheat - 6os 7os a 78s od
Fine do. - 79$ a Bos od
Malt - 445
4Ss a sos od
Fine do. - -52 s oil
Barley - -39 s a 43s oct
Rye - - —38 s od
White Pease 3750 41S od

Beans 34's a 36s od
Tick do. 32s a 33s 6,1
Oats • - -16 s a 2 LS Ofi
Poland do. 22S a 23s od
Rape Seed 321 a,351 per last
Fine Flour Sys a bos per sack
Second do. sos a sSs per do.

DUBLIN', FEB. 13.

Several military waggons, under escort; arrived
from different parts of the country this week, and
lodged their contents, consisting of camp appa-
ratus and other matters belonging to the Army, in
the stores adjacent to the Grand Canal.

. Very large quantities of flout and malt arrived
this week at the harbours of the Grand Canal, and
were .placed in the adjoining stores..- Large quan-
tities of flour were likewise brought from the coun-
try- parts by land carriage, and deposited in private
stores in this City.
On Tuesday last the 29th ult. J. FR IZL tL, Esq.
Surveyor of Excise, assisted by a party of the Fife-
shire Fencibles, seized at Tubber, in the County
of Wicklow, a quantity of private malt in process
of inanufa&ure. On Mr. FarzELL'i return to his
lodgings at Kilcullen Bridge that night, he met
a private still on, a car, which he itnmediately seiz-
ed, and sent to the King's Stores at Naas.

A few days since a person going along Clerken..
well-green, passed by a man carelessly carrying a
straw-cutting-knife: the edge of which being very
keen, caught the back part of his hand, and cut it
in a shocking manner. The man was taken before the
Magistrates in Hatton-garden, who committed him
to answer the complaint, for his inattention in not
covering the knife, as dangerous to people going
along the streets.
The celebrated Mrs. Barrington was yesterday
fully committed from the Public Office, Union Hall,
to the New Gaol in the Borough, to be tried at
Kingston, being charged with robbing a Gentlerrian
in St. George's Fields of his watch. A detainer
was lodged against her on a further charge of rob-
bing another Gentleman of a pocket-book, contain-
ing some valuable property.:
0.1 Wednesday last at the Old Bailey, Daniel
M' alias Captain Ayne, was tried for horse-
stealing. It was sworn that he hired the horse in
question the 13th of August in London, on pretence
of going to Dartford, but went to Liverpool, where
he borrowed money at two several inns upon the
kecurity of the horse, and there left him.---The
Prisoner in his defence said, he really went to
Dartford, where he met his brother, a Naval Offi-
cer, to whom he gave the horse in charge, with di.
reetions to return him, being obliged himself to go
to Plymouth, and consequently that it must have
been his brother who pledged the horse at 'Liver-
ponl. His identify was however proved by all the
witnesses, while he called none to support his
statement. The jury, after' some deliberation in
their room, returned to the box, and the Foreman
was just on the _point of delivering the Verdil,
when one of them cried out, " No, no."--They
again returned to their room, where they remained
from eight until near twelve o'clock at night, and
then brought in a Verdia of—Acquittal.
On Tuesday a Marine, at Plymouth, in a fit of
despondency at a disappointment in being invalided,
and discharged from the corps, cut his throat so
dreadfully, that, though every assistance was ren-
dered hidt, he died in great agonies in the Royal
Hospital. Mr. WityrFoito, Coroner for Devon,
took an inquest on the body ; and the Jnry found,
upon inquiry into the circumstances of the case, a
verditt of -Lunacy.

A very curious incident is mentioned in a Coun-
try Paper, as having ccitainly occurred in the neigh.
bourhood of Clashmore, County Waterford, only a
few days ago countryman had taken so extra.
ordinary a fancy to a young girl, who lived at some
distance from him, and not meeting with proper en-
coUragerrient in the usual way of addressing her, he
resolved to carry her off, and marry her by force ;
and for this purpose engaged a number of fellows to
assist him, on an appointed night.—The girl's
brother having been informed of this plot by a per-
son in the secret, dressed himself up in his sister's
cloaths, and pretended to be very busy in smooth-
ing linen when the ravishers approached ; they burst
open the door, and placed the supposed damsel be-
hind bet intended spouse, who instantly gallopped
off to his house, where he consigned her to the care
of his, mother and sister,' desiring them to be very
kind to her, and to keep her in bed until lie went
for a clergyman.—By the rudeness of their guest,
however, the secret of his sex was almost immedi;
ately betrayed ; and the whole terminated in a hearty
laugh at the expence of the amorous Knight Errant.
Last Thursday se'imight the Brighton fishermen
picked up at sea, and brought to shore at that
place, upwards of five hundred' casks of contra-
band Spirits, of which the Revenue Officers- soon
got scent, and proceeded very aCtively to unburden
the fishermen. This landing and seizing conti-
nued, with little intermission, from six to ten, to
the great amusement of upwards of two thousand
people, who had become speaators of the scene.
'When the Officers had loaded themselves with as
may tubs as they could carry, the fishermen, in
spite, of their assiduity, found means to convey
away as many more, andsby that means seemed to
make a pretty equal division.
On Saturday evening last, at a quarter before
eight o'clock, a Welchman, who is an attendant
waterman of the stand of coaches in St. Paul's
Church-yard, started, for a considerable:: wager,
from the gate opposite to Ludgate-hill, to run 18
times round the• iron ra'.4.ng, in' the 'space of.arl
hotir. He performed it five minutes within, the
tithe, and was
,triumphantly led off, -and: received'
one guinea, for performing the arduous task he had
-undertaken.
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!LIM/ REPORP.
• .

COURT 6i• BENCif, Fi}l. IL
• t

irrTlNct BEFORE MR. JUSTICE LAW-it-VINCE.; IN WESi:.

MINSTER.VIALL.
RorFiir v.

MR. ERSKINE stated, that; in this the
Plaintiff was .a Datieihg Master, and, what was
called at the Theatre; a i3allet Master. He entered
into an engagement' with the Deleiklant; who was a
young woman; to teach her io.danee., and also to
procure her an engagement
.at one of the Theatres,
as a Figuie Dancer ; for which he had the premium
of eight guineas; and he w:ts also to have half her
salary for the first three years. That he instruaed
her according to this agreeMent, had the premium of'
eight guineas, and also the half of her salary for
two yearS, and part of the third; biit that there was
remaining due to him, on account of her salary for
the third season, 141. and a fraction, for which this
adion Was-brought.
Mr. ERSKINE said, it Might be urged, that
this was an imprudent engagement on the part of
this young woman, the'Defenclarit ; that she might
be better employed at home than by dancing on
the Stage--==to which, he siid, he had no answer to
make ; except, that these things were to be judged
of by the parties who enter into such contraers ; it
was enough for him, as Counsel for the Plaintiff,
that there was nothing illegal in the contract itself,
and, therefore, that a Court of Law would inforce
the performance of it,
It appeared in evidence, that this agreement was
catered into between the Plaintiff and the Defend..
ant : that he .had taken the premium of eight gui.
neas for instruaing her in dancing : that he. did so
instruct her, and also procure for het an engage-
ment, as a Figure Dancer, at one .of the Winter
Theatres, for which her
.salary was twenty-five shil-
lings per week : that she was engaged for two sea-
sons, and the Plaintiff received one half of her salary
for these two seasons, but part of the remaining sea-
son he had received nothing.
This was evidencegi veil by a young woman -who
was also a Figure Dancer,. and which, she said, she
heard from the mouth of the Defendant, who :was,
at the time of this agreement, under twenty years
•
of age. _ _

gr. GIBBS took an Objeaion in this case, on
account of the Defendant being under age, for that
an Infant could, not bind him or herself to any thing
except for Necessaries in life.
Mk. Justice LAWRENCE over-ruled .this • ob_
jedion, by observing that he could not conclude
that this instruction in dancing, by which this
young woman was perhaps to earn her livelihood,
was nor to be ranked as a Necessary in life. for her,
as she had adopted it as .a way of life. _
Mr. GIBBs then observed, that he could proVe in
this Case, the Plaintiff had received more than he
was entitled to_ by his agreement, suppOsing the
agreement to be binding, for that in truth he did
receive the eight guineas as a premium for teaching
this young woman to dance ; that he had received
half her salary while she continued employed, which
was for two seasons ; that on the third; the Plain-
tiff himself was discharged as.a Ballet-master from
the Theatre, and so was the Defendaur as a figure_
dancer. That both her and her mother applied,
afterwards to the
.Plaintiff for an engagement for
this young woman as a figure-dancer, to which he
answered, " he had none to give her, that she
must shift for herself, &c." That the mother
after Wards applied to Mr. tremble, stating the dis.
tress of the family, &c. 'and that Gentleman out of
humanity employed her as a figure-dancer.at Drury-
lane Theatre, &c.—And also, that the agreement
was made with the mother, and not the daughter
in this Case. ,He had a paper to• the followinc,
effed t " London, 19th Jan. 1798, received a
Mrs. Riches the sum of 81. Ss. as a premium for
taking her daughter as apprentice for thzee years,
it being agreed that I should take half her salary
for three years." This agreement was proved by
the mother to have been entered into by her, the
mother, and not'her daughter, and the Defendant.
It was proved also that he was discharged from the.
Theatre, and that the young woman lost her em-
ployment on that account, and afterwards procured
an engagement on her own account,' &c. ; that the
mother paid the eight guineas, and not the daugh-
ter. Therefore the Learned judge was of opinion,
that in either case, namely, *the agreement being
with the mother instead of the daughter—or: that
the Plaintiff had received the salary of the Defend-
ant as long as he was entitled to receive it, that
was, While. he procured employment fur hitr, the
verdid ought to be for the-Defenti,tnr.
Verdid for Defendant Accordingly.

GLASSINGTON THE'SHERIFFS OF MIDDLEEV.

This was an Anion' at the suit- of GlassingtOh,
Assignee of the estate and effects of one Dickie,
Bankrupt, .in the Strand, to recover back the sum of
tool. which was levied by the Sheriffs under an
execution issued out by a Gentleman of the name
of Thompson, a wholesale Stationer and creditor
of Dickie, the Plaintiff, Glassington, contending
that .the goods in question were his property by
assignment, and that none of them belonged to
Dickie, and that therefore, the Sheriff committed
a trespass in this Case, in levying on these goods as
and for the property of Dickie.
To support this anion, Mr. Dickie was examin-
ed, by whose evidence it was stated, that the houSe
in which this Execution was levied, was the house
of Mr. Glassington, and not his, Mr. Dickies
that Mr. Glassington had lodged in the hOse for
i 6 years, but had become the proprieicir•of it ever
since 1795, Dickie having then become Bankrupt,
and paid one shilling in the pound : that, in Onobet
last, Dickie•was arrested, and remained in gaol un-
til January last, upon which a Commission of23.ank-.
ruptcy issued against bins again. The petitioning
Creditor,. in 'that case, being Mr. Glassington,
who, he said, was the tenant of the house,, but
lived in a three pai'r of stairs. back room in it, and
held a situation in the Morning Herald : that, al-
though Glassington was the proprietor of the stock
in thii shop, Dickie's name continued over the
door both of the house and shop : that in all bills of
parcels of gOods brought. into, or carried out 'of this
shop, Dickie's name was always made use of; Glas;:

singtortt h'et erairarint -a, all; &c. 6.te:
he; tetckii!.l owed Giassiogton -75-01. in all; lie
having suppcilqedDickie and his family, &c. &c: A
great while
The ArroRNEY GENERAL contended; that the
whale of this trinsaftioni on the face of it, -was a
scene of fraud ai the creditors of DiCkie, who, 1-,e
said, bad. by i flagrani, abuse of the Bankrupt
Laws, got two white-,.vashing Coniinisssions, and;
he contended, it was manifest that this was a mon.:
strous collusion between Dickie and•GlaSsington,
to trump up a claim by Glassington, and to call
hini the occuper of the hone, See. &c.! Where
were the Rates of the Parish paid by Giassington E
Where the. Bills of Parcels of Gbads sold to, or by
hiM ? Where the Receipts for Rent, &c. &c. I
Nothing of this sort to be seen-i-nothing but the
bare oath of Dickie, who, the ATtor.NEY GENE:
RANG contended, was totally unworthy of credit..
The Learned Judge thought it too much for hirri
to advise the Jury to find the B‘mkraptcy fraudu-
lent, as all the proceedings under it appeared to be
regular, and as Dickie had been two months in
prison for debt, which was cf itself an a& Of bank-.
ruptcy—but all this was nothing, without proof of
the petitioning creditor's debt, anti to prove that
fact Dickie was not competent.
A Solicitor then proved that he caused Dickie to
be-arrested for a debt of 931. which together with
the-costs came to more than tool.; That the AEtiorl
was settled by Glassington, he. paying 631. ana
giving Bills for the remainder,jointiy between him
and Dickie.

The Learned -Judge then observed, that before
the Plaintiff could recover in- this- Action, •it wad
necessary that the Jury should be-satisfied that t -
debt due to the petitioning creditor, who
.in.this
case. was Glassington, -the Plaintiff, amounted to
tool. Now there was no more proved to have.beeo
attuallY paid by Glassington than 631. on his own
account, the 'test was paid, or m;ght have been
paid by Dickie himself, and therefore, on the short
and plain ground, that the fetitioning creditor's
debt, did not'amount to tool. in this case the Jury
might find' a Verdia for the Defendant:
Thee-Plaintiff's Counsel said this turn of the Cause
was a surprize on them, and therefore they were not
prepared to meet it, but they had abundant evidence-
to shew the =debt of the petitioning creditor was
many hundred .pounds; and they would be prepared
with their Witnesses•at another season, and there.
fore instead of a Verdia against their Client, they
preferred a..nonsuit.
Plaintiff nonsuited.:

. FEBRUARY 12.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT

THE KING ‘7l: THE JUSTICES OF LONDON.

TH I S business involved an. important discussion
respeding the relief of Insolvent Debtors.
Mr. PARK rose Jo shew cause against a Rule
obtained -by. Mr. 'Erskine on Tuesday last, for
Mandamus, to be direeted to the Lard Mayor of the
City of London, for the purpose of compelling the
Magistrates, at the Quarter Sessions for the. County
of Middlesex, to rake into consideration, and•de-
termine on, the Petition of John Taylor, an In.
solvent Debtor, who bad applied, to bedischatged
under the, benefit of the Aft for the relief of persons
in his situation. . The qtiestirn to be determined was.
Whether he had applied whin tl e proper period oi
time prescribed by the At, so that the Magistrates
had authority to discharge him ?. Owing to various
mistakes and 'delays,• he hard not regularly applied
for his discharge until the sth day of the present
month, though, as Mr. Park contended; _it _was es-
sentially necessary, as expressed by the Aft, that
he 'should have applied during the first or second
General Quarter Sessions, or adjournments thereof,
after the passing of rile Aft. This, he said, was
'sufficiently insisted on bye the tst and zd•Seetions of
the Aa -the reason of Which was 'explained by.
Sect. sr z, which was inserted to retnkly the defects
of former Ads, as, by, them, Creditors had beer.,
harassed with repeated notices, der ng their whole
continuance,- tobppose persons clearly excluded from
their-benefit. Mr. Park' 'rested on the ground that
the Ad expired at the close of the second Quarter
Session, and. its adjournment, after the passing of
the Aft ; and 'that,. as-Mr. Taylor had not applied
within that period, he was -. not enti4ed W its
benefit:

Mr. GURNEY, who followed, was, as well as
Mr. Park, on the part of the Creditors. He also
contended; • that any Order of Discharge, made by
any ot,l4er Sessions after the first and econd. subse-
quent so the passing•of the Aft, would not indem-
oily the Gaoler, who would be subjea to an ACtign
for Escape.
• •
Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL said; he appeared for
the Justices, who had no party interests to gratify,
but only wished for such decision as might enable
the Officers under them to aa with safety ; and lie
submitted that it would be better to enlarge the
Rule till next Term, than that the Gaoler should be
liable to an Aftion. Circumstanced as he. was, he
said he did not feel himself bound to follow his
Learned Friends in the construCtiOns which they had
thought proper to put on tie Aa. • He thought that
the most fair and liberal construaion was, that the
Debtors were to be discharged during the first .or
second Sessians after their application had been
made; and-not that they were to be precluded from
the liberty-of applying for relief after the first and
`second Sessions subsequent to the passing of the
Bill, the two first Seaions of which, he conceived,
related only ,to the iresentation of the lists of the
names of. those who meant to apply. Th only
difficulty which presented itself to him app6red in
the szd Settion, ;-elatWe , to the continuance of the
Ad : it said, that "whereas, in all former Ads,
Creditors had. beer put to great expence and trou-
ble, during every SessiOns, during the continuance
,Me Ad, to oppse the discharge of those who
were clearly excluded from the benefit ; be it there-
fore enacted, that the first decision of the Justices
shall be final, unless the objections made shall be
removed, and no NehjeCtions afterwards made shall
be taken into consideration." The continuance of
the Aft, he repeattii was the,only difficulty wgch
presented itself : as to the construction of • the szd
Seaion, in other respects, he considered the, pro-
posed' remedy to mein, that only one regular' notice
, of 'application should b© given ; and that, if ant

miserable.
Lord ALVAILEY reviewed the case, and pro.
fessed himself inclined to think that the verdiel
should be supported. At the-time when the cause
was tried, it appeared that -the manumission and
the second agreement formed one transaction, and he
was not prepared to say that no undue advantage
had been taken of the unfortunate- circumstances in
which the Plaintiff was placed. He was disposed to.
believe, that this was an agreement which would
have been acceded to under tic other circumstances.
He was besides not at all .cleat as to the expediency
or propriety of sandidniog..4uch agreements. It
seemed to him that much daiger might result from
such Contrads, and he alludtd to the number 9f
•Blacki which might elandestiiely as it were be in-
troduced into the country. He could not. see the
justice of The contrad in question, and he had doubts
of its leglity.

On Sunday night, between nine and ten o'clock,
Thom:p Francis, :4 labouring roan, in the employ of
Mr. Briindon, a gardener, near Bermondsey, was
stopped by three footpads, and robbed of all the little
propeity he had about him.

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Lately William Edge and Edward nates*ere
committed to Shropshire gaol, charged" wall the
'wilful murder of Reece Jones, a Soldier iri the
Flintshire Militia, at Whitechurch, attended with
circumstances of great barbarity. After com.
milting the offence, they were pursued by a. Sm_
jeans, and apprehended in the hay loft of the lon-
don 'Prentiee Inn, about four miles from thence,
where they hid coverq thernselyes with hay, and
would not answer until 'he had run his sword through
the calf of one of their legs.

afitkl3l.l6falciriiy- NV IL iiAM ARMIGFR ScR le is; (of tiorserferry-rod, Westminster);
r the Paper, Letteri for the Editor, (priappaid), must be addressed.