The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-28 00:00:00

-FOR TIDE SUN.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
Ma. EDITOR-,—Avhiling myself of the indul.
gence which 54171 have always manifested, by the

admissioo of correspondence 41ii vestions of
viral interest to the community, I take leave cc)
offer a few words in answer to loNoTus.

He states truly, that no legishvive provision on
this subject can obtain the approlmtioti of all
parties. But his own proposition for a compro-
mise between contending opinions is so decidedly
at variance with humanity and justice, that I fear
what he intends as a cipmpromise must eventually
produce a greater evil than it proposes to remedy.
The Bill before Parliament provides for au ac•
tuid surrender of air the property belongin!! to
the Insolvent, as the condition of his dischuirge,
and that surrender promptly made will afford the
most just retribution which could be sought by
the Creditors. If the imprisonment of the Debtor
should he prolonged till be pays a dividtnd of
155., 10s., or even ss. in the pound, 1 do not he-
sitate thus publicly to avow, that not one Deb:or
in ten now io custody would be released under
such a provision ; and the vast body of embar-
rassed persons .who may, ib their turns, become
inmates of prisons, from the losses which they
have sustained by the insolvency of others, would
speedily fill all the gaols in the kingdom, and
those whom industry might aid in obtaioing sup-
port, would have no means of subsistence but
what charity might supply. We should require
additional prisons and accumulated poor rwes,
and should experience an alarming diminution of
active labour.

Those who are now Creditors would become
imprisoned Debtors, and that credit ~hich IGNO.
r?us describes as the life sod soul of commerce,
would not only be checked, but must be wholly
annihilated. To provide that a man shall be con-
fined for debt till lie pays any specific.surn, is lay-
ing upon hint an impossible condition, :unless it
was also provided by some effectual means to ob-
tain payment of• the debts o il!g to him. Im.
prisonment has never been found efficient to com-
pel a payment, and whenever it is resorted to it
should only be for the purpose of obtaining resti-
tution to all the Coeditors, in proportion to the
means of the Debtor. The proposition for en-
lot cing payment beyond those means is absurd,
and preposterous.
Such is the opinion I venture to give on the
suggestions of loNoTos, and meaning to address
you again as occasion may require, I remain,
Sir,
AN OLD CORRESPONDENT:

Temple, 27th Dec. 1319.

A detachment of 280 men of the 47th Regiment
of Foot, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel CHiNe,
have striver! at Rochester, from Sheerness, and
will proceed to emb Ark at Gravesend, on hoard
the outward-bound ludiamen appointed to receive
them, io order to join the regiment now stationed
at Bombay. The derot of the above Regiment is
now removed from 'Dover Co Chatham.

A detachment of the 88th regiment, under the
orders of Captain CREAGH, arrived here on Wed-
nesday. Their want of uniformity, we under-
stand, is owing to the short notice they had to
march, having recent'y landed, a'ter 2-1 year,.
alience in India,and the recruits, who had joined,
no, having received their clothing from London.
—( Br ighton Herald )
Letters were received yesterday from Cadiz,
dated the 7th inst. The fever had then whol;y
disappeared trom the ciTY, but the seeds of disease
were supposed to be still lurking in the neigh-
bouring villages. Cadiz had been declared
f,ee frwin contagion, but clean bilk of heilth
had not been issued, the sanction of the Su-
pleme Board of FLAW at Madrid being 'ne-
vi %fly necessary for that purpose. In the
man time vessels were allowed to enter and de-
part without restraint. That the preparations
for the expedition are about to be renei‘ed was
inferred from the circumstance, that application
had been made to the s'tpercargoes to retain some
vessels then in the harbour as transports. Port
St. Mary's on the 7th had not been declared free
from infection,

Extract at a letter, dated Crieff, Dec 20 :
The Hon ii, Burre:, Sic D. laird, an Sir P.
Mnrray, are giving all the weavers work soon
as they are ready to work. Single men have Is.
a day, married Is. 6d. and where there are tour of
a family depending, 25."
cHstioa oF Muanatto—Yesterday Joseph
Shel-
ton qnclervvent a second examinAtion before J. .n, .
CONANT,. Esq., Siting Msgistrate, at Bow-street,
charged with the tunr.ler nt William Tut.-
nry, who, it appeared, was driving a coal wag-
gon, containing t vro tons of coals, on Thursday
evening, last, tlirnT.7ll t l tnuus.str et, whet), on
account of the waggon going against a dust -c
in the care of the prisoner, iv; -rain after the.de-
ceased, in a great fairy, and with horrid threats,
knocked him, Iron; blows -given behind hint, un-
der the coal-waggon, the w heels of which went
over his legs and arms, which, crushed them and
his hands in a most shocking manner. He was
taken to the Westminster Infirmary on a shutter,
where, on Friday evening, he agreed to the am-
putation of his right leg, and expired in a short
time after. The prisoner was fully committed
for trial, for the wilful murder, at the next Ses-
sions.

IVedOesday evening, about eight o'clock, a man
entered a butcher't shop in Retieliff-street, Bris.
tot, concealed a joint of meat under his coat, and
walked deliberately away. The butcher being in a
room, near at hand, saw the transaction, pursued
the thief, and brought him back to the shoP
again ; whereupon, he took out a handful of silver,
requested the butcher to weigh the meat, and ha
would pay for it ; but the latter preferred justice,
and bawled him over to the Magistrates, to by
dealt with according to law.