The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-23 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES.

Sir George Clerk, Bart. has left town for Edinburgh ; Vis-
count and Viscountess Downe. from their house, in Charles-
street, Berkeley-square, to their seat, Cowick Hall, Snaith,
Yorkshire ; Lady Blacket and family, from Portman-square,
for Thorpe House, Northumberland; Viscount and Vis-
countess Granville, for Tizall Hall, near Litchfield.

ARRIVALS AT LEAstrivoToN.—Lord Dunmore, Lora James
and Lady Stewart, the Hon. Mr. Yelverton, Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
Lumley Sarille and the Miss Sarilles, Lady Abbot, Lady Lesley,
General Doreton, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Maxwell,
Colonel Naish, Colonel Salmon, Rev. Richard Scott, Rev. Mr.
Lloyd, Rev. W. George, &c. &c. &c.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING ROOM, Jut et.

The variation in the odds yesterday, which upon the near
Approach of the races is of importance to those concerned, is
as follows :

ST. LEGER.
5 to 1 agst Pococurante j 12 to 1 agst Sir Walter
6to 1 Sultan 12 to 1 Minos
9to 1 The Laird 13 to 1 Lisette
II to I Palinarine 20 to 1 Butterfly,TonaTit,
12 to 1 Cardinal Wolsey or any other.

AGAINCARROI:L has Sold another Prize of
20,0001. viz. No. 1345, which was drawn yes-
terday, and sold in One Quarter, Two Eighths,
and Eight Sixteenths; N 0.1344, the number im-
mediately preceding it, and entitled to 10001. was
sold in Shares by CARROLL, at his fortunate
Offices, No. 19, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-street.
This is the Fifth Prize of 20,0001. that has been
recently sold by him.

YESTERDAY.—The Ticket No. 1346, drawn
yesterday a Prize of 20001. was shared by WuBB,
iu One Quarter, One Eighth, and Ten Sixteenths,
and Sold at his fortunate Offices, No. 9, Cornhill,
and 17, Ludgate-street, where the possessors of
the Shares may receive their money immediately.

APPREHENSION OF A DESPERATE ROBBER.—in
consequence of several most extensive robberies
having been committed in the vicinity of Green-
wich, I'. Larkins, an active constable of that
place, received instructions from the Magistrates
to give a sharp look-out for the offenders, whcn
he yesterday afternoon met with (under very
suspicious circumstances), in East-lane, a well-
known character named Willis, whom he attempted
to take into custody ; but such was the resistance
of this desperado, that it was with the utmost
difficulty that seven persons could secure him.
This, however, they succeeded in doiog, but not
until they had hound his hands and feet with
strong cords, so as to enable them to place him
in a cart, by which meaus he was conveyed to the
cage, and from thence before the Magistrates,
when he was remanded for a further hearing, to
give time for the requisite evidence to be brought
forward. The greatest praise is due to the offi-
cers and others for their perseverance and courage
in the apprehension of this must desperate cha-
racter.

FOR. Tii6 SUN.

ON THE ABUSES UNDER THE INSOLVENT ACT, AND
APPOINTMENT OF A NEW COMMISSIONER.

Mr. EDIToR—My attention has been again di- •
rected to the able Report of the Committee ap•
pointed to enquire into this Law, and I must
freely confess I have been much astonished Ora
reading the evidence, which discloses a scene of
the most &grant ABUSES in the EXTORTION and
EXACTION of FEES and the misappropriation of
monies belonging to pillaged Creditors.
In the case of a Fraudulent Debtor, who resists
the legal demand of his Creditor, it frequently
happens that the honest tradesman is most cruelly
involved in litigation, to attempt the recovery of
property unfairly obtained from him, a part of
which is applied by the Debtor to defray the
costs of the contest, and the remainder nitim•ite-
ly consumed in the low debauchery of a goal.
" Dilatory Pleas, DEMURERS, and WRITS of
ERRon," are the accustomed weapons of defence
for resisting the lawful claims of Creditors, and
the expenses of legal proceedings are frequently
so intolerable to the Creditor•, that be is deterred
from continuing his action, and the Insolvent
Sharper, after a convenient arrear of vicious in-
dulgence, steals out of prison UNNOTICED, and
again PRACTICES IMPOSITIONS On the l'oaLic,
under the assumed appearaiace of a MAN of
FASHION.

Most of the daring Impostors who speculate ors
the success of artifice and fraud, and bear the
name of Swindlers, have at some time of their
life been imprisoned Debtors ; and being versed
in the various modes of obtaining their libera-
tion, the prospect of a TB MPOIZARY Isolsl.
11 ENT ALONE excites NO DREAD, and gives no
check to their PURSUITS.

To ptevent such practices, the Legislature, by
the new intended Measure, has enacted, that any
Debtor putting his Creditors to any unnecessary
or vexatious expence, shall not participate in the
Relief thereby extended to others and a similar
provision is made against, persons contracting
Debts traudalently, which will tend to check the
exuberant Abuses so justly complained of in the
administration of the former Law.

Amongst the general prevalence of mischiefs
attendant upon the capacious and soldid ava►ice
of the lowest Vractitioner, called an Insolvent
Agent, many of whom arc of bankrupt fortune
and reputation, and whose princilles have glis-
graced the Act and the Law of the Land, as will
be seen by reference to the evidence given before
the Committee, by recourse to the vilest quibbles
in practice, it has frequently occurred, tnat the
question of costs has been the sole cause of bar-
rassing a Debtor.

INlatiy instances might be adduced to prove that
such insinuations are not groundless, Jimt it is to
be hoped, that characters of this description are
less numerous than current report has stated; and
when they are discovered they will be stigmatised
by the Profession, and their malpractices curbed
by the wholesome severity of e„frection,—.
The conduct of the respectable nofessiou refl•!ets
the highest credit on them, and forms a striking
contrast to the interested pursuits of a pettifog-
ging Agent. An Attorney of good repute will at
all times recommend any mode of evilable ar-
rangement in preference to NEFARIOUS QUIBBLES.
From the earliest record of legal proceedings
to the present moment, Practitioners have gained
admittance, who, from want of education, know-
ledge, or principle, have become obnoxious to the
Profession and the Community ; but happily for
the Public the Courts have ever looked on them
with a jealous and vigilant eye. The intention
of the Legislature is too manifest to require any
comment—it was to exclude unqualified or unfit
persons from admission to practise; In order to
give still greater efficacy to the prevention of im-
proper persons being admitted in the practice of
the Law, the Legislature has imposed a duty of
1201. on the articles of agreement. In conse-
quence of this provision illiterate and uneducated
persons (auch as INSOLVENT AsENTs) HAVE NOT
been CONSIDERED as BELONGING to the PROFEsSION,
although under the appellation of Law Agents,
they have DARINGLY obtruded themselves upon
the Public, and innovated on the practice of LEGS.
TIMATB Attornies.

These Observations are so fully c•,n6rmed by the
Committee's Report in the last Sessions, that I
need offer no pledge of my own veraciky as to
this statement. In offering them to the Public,
1 cannot but offer my CONGRATULATIONS On the
appointment of a Naw COMMISSIONER, who, I
am well assured, will, for the preservation of his
well-earned credit and public esteem, use his ut-
most efforts to prevent a recurrence of the ABUSES
SO LONG and so LOUDLY complained of; and that
those efforts may be successful is the earnest
wish of
Cuggeshall, July et, 1519.

JUSTIM.

DISTRESSING ACClDENT.—Welnesr!sy an In-
quisition was takyn at the Anchor and hope
public-house, in, Charlotte-street, Black-frtars-
road, on view of the body of a young man named
Ward, who came to his death under the toiloo
melancholy circumstances I—The deceased his
been attached for some time to a young w.mian of
respectable connections, and their union NVia fixed
to take place next Sunday. It was the wish of
all parties that the ceremony hhould take plate
at Fulham, and on Monday evefong the deceased,
accompanied by a your, man nani,!d Hebsel and
another, took a boat and-went to Fulham, to give
the pariah clerk notice to be in readiness to re-
ceive them ; having perforated this ditty, they
took some re resitnent, and again embarked to
return, but in coming do'vu Chelsea Reach, toe
hoat was drawn hy the suction of the current un•
der a let ge barge, and the young men being on.
skilled in its management, could not move it, till
the deceased got to the head of the barge, aid
pushing it with violence, succeeded in clear 134 .-ff
the boat ; but the
,jerk teas so suildett that i,et
could not recover I,imseli, and he was pitched
into the water and drov,ned Übe yohn4 woman,
his intended bri,:e, on nearing the news of his
death, became oel;eiooc, and his relations are al-
most ineonsol,inle at his loss. Verdict---" Acci-
dentally drowned."