The Sun.
London, England, 1819-02-15 00:00:00

MR. WES"I"S EXHIBITION.

THE GREAT PICTURE, DEATH on the
PALE HORSE, CHRIST REJECTED, ST. PETER'S
FIRST SERMON, PAUL and BARNABAS RECEIVING
the GENTILES, the BRAZEN SERPENT, the CRUCI-
FIXION Of our SAVIOUR, with other PICTURES and
SKETCHES, are now EXHIBITING, under the immediate
Patronage of his Royal Hieiness the Prince Regent, at
N4).125, PALL-MALL, near Carlton-House, every day from
Teu till Dusk.

By Order,

CETARLEq SMART. s(T.

FOR TIM SUN.

ABUSES EXENIPLIFIET).

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' AGENTS.

Me. Entron,—There is a point at which Pa-
tience and Forbearance cease to be virtuous.--
This is an Axiom eq'tally true in morals and in
law, and as concerns Legal Practice in the Insol-
vent Court, the period of trial has long passed
over, and the crisis of patience is at hand.
Notwithstanding the numerous and able Let-
ters that have appeared in your Journal on the
subject of Agents of the Insolvent Court, many of
whom have long been a Public Nuisance to 'the
Profession and Community, it is impossible to
conceive the mischievous consequences of this
ilre4rlfol evil on the Profligate and Fra,ololen
Debtors, and the unblushing etTrontery with
which they carry on their depredir.ions and dis-
gracefni practices in collusion with the Debtor!)
in hiring Bail ; and,
,by the conduct of those, it
frequently becomes useless for injortd Creditors
to apply for a remedy of their Grievances, for
unless such instruments could be found, dishonest
Debtors, would not have it in their power to
resist the just Administration of Laws.
I have long felt a satisflierory impression, that
the numerous evils which have been already.de-
ta,led, cannot escape the discriminating vigilance
and judicious correction of Parliament ; bur find-
ing in vonr Paper of the 1 hit instant, that those
evil, have extended themselves into remote parts
of the Country, and anxious to keep the Public
attention awake, I am induced to strengthen the
Ohser‘ation of your Corresnundent at WorceSter,
by documentary evidence, in support of his proper
and becoming animadver.ious, and wilt, that view-

I submit to Public Notice, the tkt o following

Circulars, which have be, n selected from a great
variety and repository of similar instances of
knavery attd design :
" H--, Agent to the Court for the Relief
of Illsfolvent Debtors.
" Every branch of the Law Profession at-
tended to with fidelity and dispatch."
" Messrs. ---- respeettolly solicit the fa—
vours, &c. having perfected thetas, Ives in the ge-
neral routine of the Profession, whin Clt tks to
another Agent, Sopersedeases, 14,he,s Corpuses,
and all other common law transac!ion.

" A List of Charges—Stiperst(le,ise Kiog's

Bench, 21.—Comninn Pleas, 21. 10,.—Exchequer,
31. 10s. Special Pleas, 21. 2s.—Eugages to find
bail."

Without meaning to trespass unnecessarily OR
your columns, 1 am content to leave comments
to your Readers, and corrective amen►lmnent in

the hands of the Legislature. As repetitions have
always a tendency to perplex more than Wiwi-ate
a subj,•Ct l will riot offer amplification in all of
Four Cot respondents statement, although I court
illustrate what be has asserted by innumerable
instances of extortion, peculation, and gross
fraud and perjury. I will, however, go farther irk
proof of abuses complained of, and for that pur.
pose offer an instance of a very modern date.

11Ir. ‘, as cointnilh,(l on an Arrest a fort.
night since to IVhitecross-street ; a rittainer was

lodged against him in a second action, .i-tud he
contemplated an immediate settlement by compro.
mise. One Creditor assented to the discharge, on
taking the Prisoner's own security the other
Creditor refused, and the prisoner was prevailed
on by an Agent of the Insolvent Court to have
recourse to the favourite system of Hired Bail.
The usual prelimkaries being adjusted, pro-.
•ceedings for the purpose were pursued. Pre-
vious to the completion of this course, and
on the day the Prisoner expected his enlarge-
ment, it was discovered Clout the Agent had
taken proceedings in the wrong Court. This
blunder occasioned the prison,r to remain anotht t
week. A SUperStdrElS was however obtained, and
the Debtor was released, having- pail fitteert
pounds to the Agent. On the day of the Prisoner's
liberation, be met his Creditor, who expressed
his sot-prize on seeing him at large: the Debtor
stated that he had justified bail, and the Creditor,
who was himself an Attorney, stated it was totally
impossible, for he had received no notice. The
Debtor upon this observed, that lie had paid the
Agent, and had acted upon his advice, and had
obtained his release. The Creditor's reply was,
" Your Agent must be a knave, or something-
worse, and the proceedings are all futile—l shall
indict you all for a conspiracy, if übiquity does
not put you out of my reach." So that the Pri-
soner is now become a Wanderer, and a Wonderer,
for his folly and misplaced confidence.

These facts call aloud, not with Stentorian
voice, but with silent and hopeful expectation,
that rigid inquiry will stimulate and promote sa-
lutary correction and prospective prevention. The
evils attending the conduct of Agents are beyntut
all estimate great and alarming, and call for :Se-
natorial Interposition. The Tocsin of Maim
cannot be too extensively sounded, when the pre-
datory Gang are so continually aryl industriously
propagating and practising tlitir designs and vil-
lainous projects. I may be allowed to contijude
for the Debtor in the languagt# cat
adapting, hawf•vcr, his sublime language to tt
disgraceful subject—
" Is this an Agent whom 1 ;te before me ?---•
'f he Schedule towards my hand—
Come, let we touch thec-
-1 th,e not, and yet thou h,unt'st me still."
Yours, a$

CR L' rAroFt.

EVANCIPAI lON EXPLAINF,D ;
OR, POPISH ASCENDANCY IN IRELAND.