The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-18 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT.

'Ebrroa,.—Being a constant Ut Atter of
Your vahi3ble p3per—THß Suw-L-I hive seen
sonic pertinent remarks on the Insolvent Debtors'
Act---but really, Sir, I feel so sore from the gall-
int; effects of that Act, that I am out of all pa-
tience with the bare mention of it ; should it be
renewed in aril shape, I hope those Members
who are he!ter acqiutin!ed with the cOrnmercial

interests of the country than the landed interest
ran be, will he allowed to take a more active part
in it, than they did in the: Act of which we
have now so much reason to complain. The
Lind Owners are not aware of the impositions
practised upon us ; but as though the Creditor was
a cruel hard oppressor, and the Debtor a harm-
less inoffensive soot, they have extended tuth in-,
dulgencies to the latter as has proved in their
nature and consequence ruinous to society. H w
grosSly they '%ere mistaken; and I trust the
past experience, though at an enormous expcnce
to the fair traders, will teach them better. The
Land Owners know but very !ilk of the difficul-
ties Tradesmen have to combat ; the Landlord
can seize on the premises for his tent ; nor can he

suffer by bankrupts—he is sure of his. twenty shil-
lings in the pound ; nor is he likely to suffer by
bad notes. Not so the Tradesman. But to come
to the text. Previous to the Insolvent' Act,
Debtor in the country owed tie thirty-one
pounds ; he sent round 'to his Creditors to
cOmpOund, and from the statement made to t»e
consented to take five shillings in the pound for
my debt. Very soon after, the Act to which I
allude took. place ; he availed himself of it, and
I hare never received one farthing. When be
returned home he sent me word that the business
now was'his son's, and sent the some of the goods
I had served him with, for which be had never
paid, for me to get them Fnished, nor dared I to
retain them, the law won't allow it ; though I
have no doubt they were as much the father's
property then as they were before he went into
Horsemonger-lane prison. I am sorty to say I
have many cases of that sort to complaio of, of
which I will not trouble you.
My firm opinion is, that the Act to Which lallncle‘
has tended very much to relax industry ; and not
only given designing villains very favourable op-
portonities to effect their purposes, but it has
tempted honest men co become rogues ; and
have no doubt I should have been paid some debts
which were owing to me, had, not the tosolVer.t.
Act prevented it ; and there are now a considerable
'mother of persons who would be very much
obliged to me to arrest them—their debts are of
some years standing, hot they arecareless and imper-
tinent ; and some,kno wing toy hand-writing, refuse
taking in my letters—they are returned, and I have
paid the postage. To throw good money after
bad, will afford no redress of grievances ; we
must therefore suffer ourselves and fathilies tamely
to be robbed, and that by the sanction of law,
protecting men in idleness, extravagance, profli-
gacy, villainy.
Your insertion of these few brief hints,
oblige your's,
Mani' 12, 1819. W. H.

A Dispensation his passed the Great Seal, to
enable the Rev. T. T. WALM3LEY, Secretary to the
National Society fur the Education of the Poor
in the Principles of the ESTABLISHED,CHURCH, to
hold the Rectory of St. Vedast, Foster-lane, with
the Rectory 01 Hanwell, in Middlesex ; to the
former of which be %t.as collated by the Aich-
b•shop of CANTeRBURY, and to the latter by the
Lord Bishop of LONDON..

Extract of a letter from Dover, dated Tues-
day :—" Several packets and passage vessels
arrived late last night, with many. passengers
from Calais, amongst whom were Lord Vi‘,count
.MILTON, Prince DoLooNtcnt and suite, Count
De lioLAgo, Lady HAYWARD, &C. &C. The
Ambassador for England Was expected to be at
Calais last night, and will probably arrive here
to-morrow by L'lris French racket, which was
in waking for his Excellency and suite."

The Earl of UXBRIDGE and the Seventh Hussars
have received the public thanks of a meeting held
at St Helen', for their services in that neighbour-
hood, during the late disturbances by the Col-
liers.—(Manchester Paper.)
Yesterday evening a Gentleman who had just
arrived ititown front the country in a one-horse
chaise, going through Lemon-street; Goodmans-
fields, the horse took tright at a woman with a
barrow crossing the street at the time. The Gen-
tleman was thrown out will► great violence, and
received a contusion on the head, which, it is fear-
ed, has fractured his skull. lie was removed to
the Talbot No, Whitechanel. The horse pro-
ceeded at a furious rate, till coming in contact with
a post, near Ayliti-street, the chaise was clashed
to pieces.

An Inquisition was held before THOMAS STIR-
LING, Es q. Coroner, at the Middlesex Hospital,
on the body of a middle agi•d man, %I hose name
was unknown. On Monday evening, about five
o'clock, as the deceased was going along Norfolk--
street, he fell down in a fit ; he was taken up and
catrie;) fo the Hosphal, .but when he .rtived there
be was dead. Verdict—'• Died by the Visitation
of Gulf."

'0 El' I Y:

IltPLEcrioN.

It was the no,;n-Of a saltri day,

The sky serene—each leaf at rest,
When suddenly fled the Stiii'S.hright ray,
And the thunder-cloud rear'd its crest;
The rain fell fast
On the thirsty waste,