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THE TRIBUTE.ot a FRIEND to the Me-
mory of WALTER DARBY, Late of St. John's Col-
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By THOMAS BAYLY, St. Mary Hall, Oxford.
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SCROFULOUS AND SCOri.BUTIC AFFECTIONS.
Manchester, September, 14th, 1819.
TO MR. JOHN LiGNUM, SURGEON.
Sir—Deeply impressed with a sense of gratitude, I beg
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en !ie was about six years of age, several extensive and
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it will besutlicient to mention, that an'otEcer and nine men
were murdered by then in the neighbourhoo,!, and the few
who entered the town came for the purpose of removing their
wounded men and valuable effects into the country; and of
ascertaining our strenztli and situation.

The indolence and inactivity of the Commander-in-Chief
were astonishing: no order was issued, no returns of killed
and wounded demanded, nu efficient commissariat formed, no
parades, no guards, no barrack ; in fine, nothing was done
that ought to have been : every-class seemed to be pervaded
by the indolence of •the Commander-in-Chief, whose-conduct
could only be defined by.negatives, and it might with more
propriety be said, what be did not do, than what he did.--
About noon, on the 7th, a schooner, bearing. Spanish colours,
appeared in the oiling; the Commander-in-Chief took 'his
telescope,looked at her for an hour, and then turning about,
smoked his segar with a degree of tranquillity that would
have been admirable in the middle -of an action.

Colonel NOrcott, who did not possess so much artvfroid,
rowed off with three boats, and, boarding the Spanish
schooner, brought her,knto port, and receired the thanks of
his Excellency.

During the whole of the transactions which hare been hi•
therto detailed, Sir Gregor M'Gregor betrayed sad) a total
want of those requisite qualities which should distinguish
Commander-in-Chief, that every body felt astonished at the •
reputation he bad for some time maintained ; but the distarce
Of Europe from the seat of his operations, and the miserable
,Creole troops with whom he has been engaetl, arc circum-
stances which have materially favoured the ;tad giieu
to him a degree of celebrity which he has been faF frbin we-

At Porto-Bello, his indolence, his want of military tal,,its,
• of decision, and even of courage, caused the loss. of the pl,,ce
and the destruction of his miserably dFluded troops ; and, in-
stead of appearing to profit by his experience, his proceed-
ings at Rio-de-la- kache were so palpably similar, that even
the meanest soldier saw and expressed his opinion of his in-
capacity, and with melancholy countenance prophesied a simi-
lar result. Riot, drunkenness, and confusion, continued to
reign amongst the soldiers, who acted as it they had no Com-
, mander-in Chief, and considered themselves free from all re.
straint and military discipline. A few exatualt s were made
by individual Officers, but no legal measure• were taken to
put a stop to the growing evil. Alarms of the approach 'of
the• enemy were given day and night, and yet dot a single
plquet was ordered, not guard established, except the one at
the fort, to the protection of wln. h the Commander-in-
Chief was the first to fly on the least arpearancc of alarm.
But it was not •from the Creoles that the,gri Are danger
was to be apprehended, altl °ugh he) were in force in the
neighbourhood; it was from e rlyot three thousand Indians
who were assembled amongst the brushwood in the ontshirts
of the towri, ready like vultures to pounce: upon their prey
Their leader Francisco, a wild and savage wretch, came into
town_and assured Nl‘Glegor that his Indians were friendly to
his cause; but when two of our Officers at (fir: rent times

went out to •nem, they were fired upi.o iosta!,-!y and
obliged to retreat, and those of our soldiers who ventured a
short distance into the country were murdered. These lvtqi:
bad specimens of Indian amity, but the blirfd confidence 4.4
t .
M'Gregor continued.

Affairs drew to a crisis every moment. Instead of the 300
cavalry, of which AM'Gregor had so confidently boas`ted,. not

one appeared ; nay, the few miserable natives :lilt had re-
mained in the town, fled after plundering several pauses.
The Priest who appeared,to have been in our interest di:fap-
peared, as also did the Commandant of the place.' aman ap-
pointed to that situation by M'Gregor tritni•elf. The Indians
flocked in in large numbers; and commenced 'a scene. Of pil-
lage and drunkenness, which threatened to bring matters to
a speedy conclusion : discontent and dismay appeared in
every countenance. Colonels Norcott and Rafter-incessantly
repeated to M'Gregor the alarming posture of aff.C•rs. To
advance into the country was, from the most obviqus causes,
impracticable; to remain at Rio-de-la•Hache was certain de-
struction; and to retreat by means of the shipping wag ins-
possible, for .there were neither water nor provis:ans on
board. WGregor was entreated frequently to come to smite
certain resolution, but in vain: he appeared to be in the si-
tuation of a .man under the opt ration of the night-mare,
woo beholds indistinctly the most horrihic s;glits, birt is ren.
dered incapable-, by-some invisible power, of flying from
them.

At this moment, the undersigned Officers, who had borne
the principal share of the dangers and fatiluok - since land-
ing, seeing on one hand a Commander-in-Chief tltally in-
competent to the duties Of his sitnation, and, un the ether, a
disorderly and mutinous soldiery on the point of being de-
stroyed by an overwhelming enemy, resolved, to quit a scene
where they could be no longer of any service, and Mier°
their future stay would only increase the number of victims.
With this intention they embarkeA on board the schooner
which had been taken by Colonel Norcott, and which (by
desire of the Coniairder-in•Ohief) had been named after
him, and has continued under his especial command;
.and
taking with him the remains of the Salai,rieta regiment, in-
cluding several wounded men, they sailed from ftio-de-la-
Hache ou tire morning of the l Ith of October, and bade adieu
to an adventurer,' whose capabilities are in every respect in-
adequate to the desperate state of his fortunes, and who,
throughout, the whole of his career, has evinced a total ab-
sence of talent, a selfish and'unfeeling want of attention to
the existence of his deluded victims, and a base pusillanituity
in the hour of danger.

WILLIAM NORCOTT, Colonel M. G. C.
W. MU-TER, CL:oiie: M. G. C.
G. W. S. Gilbert,
Huun PowELL Cox, Captain of Artillery.
J. Low, Captain.
TnomAs ELLWOOD HUNT, Surgeon.
•
W. DAVIES, Ist Lieutenant.
Jots MULLION, Lieutenant Salahrieta.
List of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, in the Action at Rio-
de-la•Hachc, on the sth of October, 18t9,
Killed:—Major Atkinson, Lieutenants Middleton and Hal-
pin, of the Regiment of Hibernia. and 20 rank and file of the
Guard of Honour, Regiments of Hibernia and Salabrieta.
frounded.—Col.De Ulna, Adj ntant.General, ('ol. Beridge,
and Captain Metosa, of the Staff, Lieutenants West, Upton,
Gahan, Moran, Lafey, Cray, Cavannah, and Suter, and
Adjutant Smith, of the Regiment of Hibernia: Liei:tenants
Mitchell and Mullion, of the Regiment of Salabrieta; and
.31 rank and file.

Miss7Ny,—Captain ..vlalier; Lieutenant Conroy, and 4 rank
am.! file,

Fon THE SUN.

INSOLVENT BILL.

Ma. EDITOit—As the difference of opinion on
the subject of insolvent Acts may be considered
us extreme, it would be futile to hope for a Bill
apprOved of by all parties ; yet it may still be
:permitted, to one not learned in the Law, to offer
a few• ',Tactical hints, as a kind of compromise
'between contending opinions; for which the pro-
posed Bill now before the Legislature, presents a
fair opportunity.

I preterit! not to in,erfere with the.principle of
I.he 13111 ; but to make my Proposed clauses it►telli-
git►ie, it, ana'y be expedient to exl►lain the .prinei-
pies on which they are fonnded. in the fir,t
place, 1 consider that the imprisonment of

-Debtor was not originally intended fur plitliol-

n►ent, but merely to secure his pc rsoo ii► tl►e

first instance to stand the award of a Cont.( of

• jitstice, and in tl►e second instance to enforce

that award in regard to payment.

At the same

time, 1 will not deny that the present system of
society -and of business in general, may justify the
adopt ion of incarceration, not only as a seenti'y
to the Creditor, but also as a punidrtnent to the
Debtor,

The conduct, boks ever, both of Creditor and

Deb,or, (ight to be fairly considered in regard to
iminisonment as a punishment ; because, whilst
D. btors may have been imprudeint or uninst, so

nosy Creditors have been injudicious, or even
more blame-worthy,
But we must not improperly or injudiciously
check the system of credit that now exists; for
C, edit is the life and sour of British Commerce, both
home undforeign.

These things premised, I take up the Biil as
adopting the regulation that no person shall pto-
reed to extricate himself from durance, until after
three months' actual imprisonment ; to which I
propose to add, without any rept d to the amount
of the Debt, that no Prisoner shall commence

proceedings even then, unless he can make a bona
title offer to his Cleditors of Iss. in the pound;
pot- even at the end of six months, unless he can
offer 10s. ; nor at the end of nine months, unless
I►e can offer ss. ; thus, increasing the peritsd nntil
we come to those whip can offer their Creditots
nothing. Yet even. here I wotrid nvt confoktod the.

really unfortunate with the itnprudent or (rondo-
lent.Dehturi but would permit the clause to be
set- aside whenever the Petitioner can come for-
ward With permission from his Creditbrs, in two-
thirds atuouni 'land nuitibvc.

My objects in pror)sing the clause, .are to
check the fra,rdulent, to warn the imprudent, and
to yestrain'the speculative from wilfully seeking,
from thoughtlessly incurring, or from injudici-
ously adopting, pecuniary embertassments beyond
their probable means, at the time of the debt tak-

ing
I further propose, that when the Law Proceed•
lugs commence, and there is 00 opposing Credi-
tor, then the Court shall decide upon the merits
of the case, as at present ; but, %theneve-r a Credi-
tor chuses to object, then the case shall actually
go to a Jury to be summoned for that express pur-
pose (and the majority tci decide) trying not only
the-Debtor as to his culpability, but also the Cre-
ditor as to his conduct in the affair.

Those conversant with business, and those who
know the world, *ill at once see the principle on
which this regulation is proposed:. It will ex-
onerate the Commissioner 'from great difficulty
and respOnsibility ; and it will ensure to the Cre-
ditor a more serious investigation of his just de-
minds ; the same lime guarding even the Deb-
tor Iron) chicanery.

That regulations of this kind, will, in the first
instance, produce considerable delay in clearing
the Prisons, cannot be denied ; but its effect will
also he to produce considerable (Idly in re filling
44iem.

IGNOTUS.

CHRIA'MAS Ox.—An extraordinary fine Ox,
-which, for size, ,shape, fatness, and quality is
considered equal to any the West of Etighind
ever\produced, was, this day, vlanghtered by
:Messrs. Stualeaud.Qlick; of this city. The animal
was bred and fed by Mr. Renate, of Bradford,
near Taunton, was. six years old, 16 hands 1
inch
.high, measured from romp to horn 9 feet
2 inches, girth round the body, 9 feet S inches,
and weighed, when living, one hundred and twelve
score and five pounds.—There is always an
emulation with the butchers, at this season of the
year for the honour of having the best display of
beef and mutton, and -the sliew of both, at our
Market -on Friday next, will, it is expected he
uncommonly fine.--((Exeter Flying. Post, Dec, 22.)
Thursday, the dispatches were closed 'at the
East India House, and delivered to the Pursers of
the following ships, viz.:—

Eati of flalcarras, Captain J. Jameson, Warren Hastings,
C.:11)1,011T. Larkins, ant ThifllCS, Captain C. Lc, for
11o:mbay and China ; London, Captain P. Cameron, for St.
Bencoolen, Prince of Wales Island, and China..

Nothing conclusive has taken place respecting
the new Patent of the Dublin Theatre, hut the
'mid Lieutenant has givete permission. for the
opening ut it for one month, under the restriction
11).1 no new engagement shall be entered into
with any performer to txtend beyond that period.