The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-26 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)

Mr. HARTLICY produced the Report of the Committer.
on the Bankruptcy Lawe, and moved that the same might
be approved of, and, in pursuance of the recommendation
therein contained, that a petition be presented to both
Houses of Parliament, praying for au alteration of these
Laws.

Mr. FAYELL supported the motion. He certainly
thought that there were a great many abuses resulting
from the state of the law on the subject at present. He
would mention a circumstance which happened to himself
about thirty years ago. When proving a debt before the
Commissioners on a bankrupt estate, he took the liberty of
adverting to some abuses which he thought had been allowed
to pass unnoticed, but no sooner had he opened his mouth than
he was immediately stopped short by the Commissioners,
because he could not make a specific charge against any
body. When leaving the room, however, he was tapped
on the shoulder by a Jew, who told him he thought he
might gain more by betraying his accomplices in guilt
than by his perjury. From the information derived from
the same Jew, it was discovered that, on the same
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tenttowhtoheneverhad a farthing's claim on the estate, and who made the af-
fidavits for other persons for ss. each. He (Mr. F.) men-
tioned this circumstance to show what gross frauds were
practised under the present system.
Mr. Dixow could not at all agree to petition Parlia-
ment on the subject, as the finances of the Corporation
could not at present bear the expences. He therefore
moved, as an amendment, that the subject might be ad-
journed till the next Meeting.
After some remarks pro and con by several Members,
the adjournment was carried by a considerable majority.
Several petitions of no public interest were then presented,
after which the Court adjourned.

On one of the gates of the city of Agrah, is
the following inscription The first year of
the reign of Julef, two thousand husbands were
voluntarily separated by the Magistrate. The
indignant Emperor abolished divorce in conse-
quence. Next year there were in Agra]; three
thousand marriages less, seven thousand cases of
adultery more; three hundred women were burnt
for having poisoned their husbands ; seventy-five
men were burnt for the murder of their wives,
and three million of rupees worth of furniture
was broken in domestic squabbles. The Emperor
re-established divorces."

A coal brig belonging to Sunderland, was
wrecked on our beach, opposite West-street, on
the morning of Tuesday last. She was a very
old and rotten vessel, and we should suppose not
at all sea-worthy. The weather was not very
boisterous at the time, although there was a fresh
breeze, but her rigging having gotten entangled
with those of a sloop which lay along side of her,
it was impossible to get her off' to sea. She is
entirely wrecked ; and her fragments strewed the
shore and surface of the sea for a considerable
distance in front of the town, The hull of the
above brig (the Venus) was sold yesterday after-
noon. It is expected, should the weather prove
favourable, to get the sloop to sea again.—Brigh-
ton Paper.

Herefordshire is so purely an agricultural
country, that it does not contain a single steam
engine.

A fine esplanade is being made in front of
Brunswick-terrace, and it is in contemplation to
widen the whole line of road on the West-cliff.—
Brighton Herald.