The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-25 00:00:00

BANKRUPT LAWS.

The Select Committee Of the Fibnie of Corn-
"ntott,;, 'appointed to con4der .tif the Bankrupt
Latt:ti, and Of the olieration thereat ; and to re-
'port I licit- Opinion thereupon, together with the
Mimi! es of the Evidence taken before theth to the
House; and to whom the several 'Petition's which
have been presented to the Floifse'kn this Session
of Parliament, regarding the 'Bankrupt L3IVB,
welt. referred ;—have, pursu;itrit 'to the Order Of
'the House, -ex‘itnined the mittters them re-
ferred, and have agreed upon the fiillowing
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" Your Committee have proceeded in the examination of
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•• the important subjetit referred to thci t, attd have made con-
, -'s4leralfle progress tket:ein'; but the short time which has
elapsed since their appoidtnient, and the .great number of
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'persons which it Ives iteces'thry 'should be examined, must
•prevent your Cothoiittee from offering to the House an °pi-
" nion as to the patiicular regUlationS Which may become ne-
cessary to remedy the:incont'enieneies stated in the several pe-
and also to recornmend such improvements as suggest
themselves toyobr Consinittee; bUt,inatintreh as t'he're y 4 re,
mains different heads of inquiry, upon winch your Committee
bave the roc ins of ui)zailking uvidvnce,ihhey had time to fetelve
it. they do not think it would be rispeetroT to the House, or
jug tothems..elves,•to offer a decided opinion npou an incom-
plete-statement of facts. Firm; all the evidence they have
they feel fully
.insti:ied in 6tettiith that they are
convinced that there are many evils which imperiottily call
for removal, and that nuaily iinprovemenrS might be made in
thN ststetn. 'There is, however,, oile point which your ',join-
- leiffee Civil now feel it incumbent upon them to sn7,cst,
that tkey.aro fully ,altisfied, lion) the evidence already before
thaw, that tlie want of accommodation for the transaction of
.:business in hatiltruptey is so great, rendt:i It'eery
for Cinaitti4siouers to .tltecitte their ditty properly; ivhat-
% 4.o..t4itifoiventprents •;"..o.y curetted in tke lii.w.its;!lf, they
trust tlottgfhii i nsuirig• Sessiun. of thev Will be
yerinitti:B ro"fesniiie dotibt.tkitt they
tiltall tit able to to con".lifieration of the House
•• Measures re s Itirrg froM itteirirkntry; rind jq the mega-time,.
tbty bet.; leave to annOc 'the • tivideil'a aliiadY re
;civet.. al.y 11, 1815. • . - •
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I'APSaI; REt4TIN-5 r'S
LT DUTIES, &c.
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4..1.=-lajor Taubman:)
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Major John Tanbruan (of the fsle of Man, Speaker of the
house of Keys there) states, haslAed refuse Salt as ma-
• nore on meadows with adrantage r it was" sown:thinly by
liand—cannot speak to 'the qtiantitY used; the nit oil ow had
:been much covered with moss; *knelt thtdresting.of Salt en-
tirely destroyed. • i I
- Maiiks herrings, both red and ,white, were 'twenty years;
ngu exported to the Mediterranean; since that period-pa:
lieorer an 1 hater market has been found, and 'they Are mostlyi
•sent to.l.ive•rpoolfor haute 'consumption; the price was
'hrierly froth one to two shillings per hundred (six score to'tlie
undred), it is now from Ilea shillings and sixpence tothrFe
per hundra. Mr..llohnts, of the.firni of
'and tiOnS, iif.tiverpool, is one of the greatest dealers. He
its (itteii informed me be Ns'ould purchase. ten times the quail-
tit,TAre genet-4y buys, if lie could practice them—has under-
stood from Wit the internal '.drivand for herrings has of late
years' been greatly on the increase, in the great manufactur-
fowns.. He thinks much greater quantities of herrings
• *night lie taken on the coast of the Isle of• Man, if the fisher,
nien were !pore expert, as there are seldom more than One or
two good fishermen in a boat's crew consisting of eight men.
•He believes there are nearly four hundred half. decked boats,
front ten to tit it}' tons, engaged in the herring fishery on the
,coast of the Isle-of Man ; the amount of fish taken last season
eSliniattid fifty thuttsand pounds.