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INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

JTchael.Revnolds, on appearing to claim his
discharge, yesterday, was opposed by Mr. Pol-
lot•k, on the ground of his not having accounted
for• certain property of his wife, consisting of
stock, &c: r- lative to, her business of a dress
maker. The Learned Counsel examined the In-
solvent at great' length, whir denied that his wife
had ever:been possessed of any stock, and assert-
ed, that the debt for which he was opposed, was
not one of his Mewling, but for which he had
become answerable far his brother. He also de-
clared that he had gone to the creditor in ques-
tioo, on finding that his brother was in that situ-
ation which would preclude him from liquidating
the debt-, and cautioned him as to giving him any
more credit. This lir. Riley, 'the creditor, de-
nied, and as strongly asserted that the sum in
question was incurred for goods. obtained from
him by the wife of the Insolvent in his name.
A Mrs. Elizabeth Eady was called to prove that
the wife of the Insolvent was possessed of stock,
&e., and that, she had purchased a dress of her
for two pounds ten shillings.
The prisoner was on this examined by the
Court ; he said his wife had followed the business
of a dress-maker for five years, but she merely
made up dresses brought to her by Ladie3 for that
purpose; and that if Ladies called at her apart-
ments by appointment, to inspect any materials,
she was in the constant habit of borrowing arti-
cles for their inspection, on which she obtained a
commission in the event of a sale taking place,
and if otherwise, the goods were returned. The
dress alluded to by Mrs. Eady had, under such
circumstances, been, with other articles, obtained
of a Mrs. Mary Ann Husband, the whole of whiCh
had b'een returned save the dress in question.

Mrs. Husband was called, who corroborated
the evidence on the part of the Insolvent in every
particular.
Mr. HEATH also opposed the discharge of the
Insolvent on the behalf of another creditor named
Jones, on the ground that he bad given an undue
preference to a person named Mills, by giving up
to him certain duplicates.

Both objections were over-ruled, and the pri-
soner was ordered to be discharged.

Gaoss FRAUD.—John Powell, a respectable
man, was yesterday charged at the Mansion-
house with the following act of fraud.' His
fattier, an old and infirm man, was confined in
Whitecross-street prison for debt, but having
13751. in the 3 per Cents. Reduced Consols, he
gaVe the prisoner a power of attorney to Obtain
the dividend, for the purpose of dividing it among
the sons and daughters. Instead of this, the pri-
soner changed the power given him, and made it
a power over the whole stock, which he trans-
ferred away from the father. The sum he paid
his poor old dying father for the last.hall year's
dividend, was but 31. 19s. , The LORD MAYOR
obtained the assistance of a person from the
Bank, who was of opinion that the prisoner and
those who witnessed the deed might be prose-
cuted for a conspiracy to defraud, but not for
forgery. His Lordship advised the prisoner to re-
transfer the stock, or he might expect the most
exemplary punishment. The prisoner hesitated.
He was remamied.

BOXERS.—The match between Eales )Ind Isle
of Wight Hall was made good ouThursday even-
ing. , '

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Yesterday a General Meeting of the Creditors
of this Establishment took place in the Saloon,
and Mr. Alderman Cox was unanimously celled
to the Chair.
Mr. IRONMONGER stated, that the Meeting was con-
vened with a view to submit to its consideration a proposal
from the Sub-Committee, for the composition of the debts of
the Theatre. This proposal was, to pay at once Five Shil-
lings the Pound, and to pay Five Shillings moresattalit
close of the Season—the latter to be guaranteed by -the
personal security of the Nlemhers of the Sub-Com-
mittee, by whom the whole sum was to be advaficed.
The'dehts of the Theatre amounted, he said, to Thirty-four
'rhousand Pounds, and the' efore the sum for which the Sub-
Committee were willing for the benefit of the Theatre, and
the satisfaction of the Creditors, to become liable, would
amount to 17,0001.: but no advance whatever would be made,
or liability incurred by the Sub Committee, unless the pro-
position which he had stated were accepted by all the Credi-
tors. Here Mr. Ironmonger animadverted upon the condi-
tion of the Theatre. It was derogatory, he felt, to the con-
sequence of this great Establishment, as well as to the cha-
racter of its ProprOory, that it should become necessary to
propose any reduction of the claims of honest tradesmen, or
to offer them payment of a moiety of their demand, instead
of discharging it altogether. I'he great body of the Pro-
' psietors ought, in his judgment, rather to conic forward
each with a certain advance. in order to pay off the ere,
ditors. But no such disposition was manifested, or would
lie apprehended he found to exist; therefore the Snb-
Committee, anxious to discharge the duty which they had
undertaken, by enabling the Theatre to go on, had de-
termined nn the proposition which he hail had the ho-
nour of submitting to the Meeting. He telt happy that
it was the first act of his connection with• the Sub-
Committee (from whom alone this propirsitiou_ emanated)
to bring forward a measure so likely to conduct to the
interest of his constituents, and to the advantage of this
great national establishment. The Sub-Committee were im-
presied with the conviction that the Theatre could not pos-
sibly go on amidst its present embariasstuents under the pres-
sure of so much debt and incumbrance, and hence they felt
the necessity of calling the Creditors together fur the pur-
pose of considering a proposition which sprung from motives
that could not be misunderstood, and which, if acceded to,
would require from every Member of that• Committee a consi-
derable pecuniary advance, while it 'night possibly iavolve
the whole of them in ultimate loss. [lot the Committee
saw thei'e was no prospect that the great property •chniiiiitted
to their care would ever become -productive unless some sa-
crifice were made; they saw the necessity of the caseapd
they determined upon proposing that sacrifice to which they
were willing; and to.Whicli it was the particular interest' of
that Meeting to submit, for-the great majority of those whom •
he had the honour to address were the es•tablislred tradesmen
of the Theatre, whose interest was, therefore, interwoven
with its success. Mr. I. concluded with.an impressive recomL
mendation to the Meeting duly to consider thy nature" and
object of the proposition which he bad described-4o weigh
well their collective and individual interest in the Theal
and, aboVe all, to reflect upon the'consequenies hut'tOo likely
to follow from the rejection of such a proposition: •
hlr. HOULSTQNE expressed his approbation of the pro-
posal which had just been made, and his hope. that itsadop-
tion would "
not be impeded by any narrow view of persimal.
interest.

A Creditor, whose name could notbe learnt; observed, that
as his demand upon the Theatre was for goods turaishea last
season, and tor which Mr. Moore proluistM him 'payment at
the close of the season, such a demand'ought not to-be in-
cluded iu the arrangement proposed. , r
The CHAIRMAN begged to inform this Rentleman, that
Mr. Moore, who was incapable of decrivi4;any inan; Made: a
similar promise to others; hut he mane such,promises ill pro-
tect good faith, for he was .encouraged to calculate iron HF.
exertions, and the prospects which appeared at the time that
the success of the flteatre would be such as to.enable it to
satisfy all its Creditors. lint Mr. Moore incurred no.petsonal
liability. He was himself deceived, and the claim of the
Gentleman who had just spoken was on the same footing as
all the others, which arose out of Unsuccessful seasons and
the disappointed hopes of those by whom the Theatre was
'superintended. This Gentleman's claim must then in justice
he included among the rest, and it should be borne in-mind,
as Mr. Ironmonger had stated, that unless this proposition
to the Creditors were universally acceded le, it would be al-'
together abandoned, for such was the decision of the Sub-
Connitittee. •

Mr. QUIN approved of the proposition of the Sub-Commit-
tee,for which ,i ndeed, he thought theta emit led,to great praise,
and it was known that he had not been for some time among
the panegyrists of that body; but their conduct in this in-
stance was truly meritorious. They felt the duty they had
undertaken—they saw the difficulty of their situation, aim
they determined upon some sacrifice, and a greet risk of their
own means, fur the purpose of relieving the Theatre, and
benefiting the Creditors; for he would say, that this proposal
was really calculated to benefit the Creditors, and was as
much as could be reasonably expected, under all the cirenm-
stances of the case. As a Proprietor he thanked the Sub-
Committee for making it ; and as a Creditor be agreed to it.
After some desultory conversation is was proposed that
Mr. Alderman Cox should retire from the Chair, and that
one of the Creditors should take it, for the purpose of nomi-
nating a Committee of seven Creditors, to consider the pro-
position, to confer upon it with the Members of the Sub-Com-
mittee, and to report the result to the Creditors at large.—
Mr. Alderman Cox accordingly retired, and Mr. Walker, of
the Strand, was unanimously called to the Chair.
The proposition of 11r. Ironmonger being again stated to
the Meeting,
Mr. PERRY, who had just entered the room, expressed
his approbation of it, in the most decided terms. It strongly
marked, in his opinion, the liberal characterof the Gentlemen
with whom it originated, and it was obviously calculated
for the benefit of the creditors; he hoped for its adoption
without any dissent. The situation of the Theatre' was
known ; and it was quite.evident, that there was no chance
of its success, unless it were relieved:from, its present embar-
rassments. It was, hutted, impossible that such an eslablishL.
ment could go on with' a load of debt -pres`sing upon it:—
He therefore •hop•ed and trusted,., that, from a consideration
of their own . interest, and that of the great national under-
taking with which they were connected, the. Gentlemen whom
he had' the honour to address would aeadiesce In the propo-
sition of the SA-Committee. For himself,i as a creditor, be.
had tits_ .hesitation in acceding to it ;raps! ~s.lreir it was fully
concluded, he thought, that with the respectable CoMmittee
which superintended the concerti's of the TifeAtre; dim:Mined
with judicious management, there:was every, reason. to calcu-
late upon its future success.
The Meeting then proceeded lb nominate a
Committee ; and the Chairman, with Messrs.
Derville, Mitchell, Richards, Marchant, Weir,
and Neale, were appointed.
The Chairman proposed the appointment of
Mr. Perry, but that Gentleman declined to un-
dertake the office. •
It is understood that this Committee will make
its report on Friday next.

BENEFIT SOCIETIES.-It was yesterday deter-
mined at Union-Hall, that no lienefii Society
had a right to abridge the stipulated allowance to
a member per week, unless such a resolution of the
majority bad previously been submitted to the
Magistrates -at their Quarter Sessions and ap-
proved by them.
Last week 4 woman, a passenger in the Maria,
PEEBLES, Irow Liverpool to Glasgow, was sately
delivered of a f►ne female child. The child is
named Maria Peebles ; but as she was born at an
equidistant point from Scotland, England, and
Ireland, a difficulty will occur to say to what
country she belongs.

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OF IMPRISONMENT FO! DEBT, AND THE ACT or

INSOLVENCY.
tLETTER

CONCLUSION

Having given a compendious history of the
laws of arrest in civil cases, and snbmi!ted
comments thereon, I now turn to the perpetual
Act of Insolvency, sincerely,wishing it had never
passed, and as sincerely hoping that it will be of
short duration.

It is indeed an Act of Inventions, as said by one
Law Lord, and an Act founded on a good principle,
as was said by another; but it encompasses much
more than can serve the Creditor or relieve the
Debtor; and doing so, it has raised a, sort of
petty Judicature, with Wirers, Counsel, and
I'ractisers, to harass and confuse the distressed,
and increase the loss of their distempered oppo-
nents. A hook of practice has been pahlished, as
an Instructor aericalis, forms of notices, adver-
tisements, petitions, schedules, and inventories,
for which toy first proposal is that be repealed
without delay. I compare it to a tree whose root
is sound, but whose branches bear unequal fruit.
Thealarger abound with clusters of the crab, and
the smaller. produce tew or none of the pippin.
The sour prevtiils over the swi.et, and makes it
altogether nauseous and mipalateable. The old
-Acts of insolvency are preferable. They never put
a petitioner for relief into a crucible, melt nis flesh
into oil, and burn his bones into glauber salt.
They discharged him on his first application, and
the costs were under forty shillings ; but the ex-
isting Act is a novelty of expediency, pregnant
of difficulties, and no poor Debtor, when dis-
charged from 'prison, can call himself free, while
liable to be retaken on any suggestion of deceit
in his examination, true or false, and recommit-
ted in execution of a supposed exonerated judg-
ment. This has happened 'at the vindictive in-
sthnce of a malignaur Creditor, and the harassed
Debtor has undergone additional imprisonment,
before' he had the opportunity to cleat'
the charge, when he' was set again at liberty'at. an •
increased 'expensa„ but still liable to a similar call
from his oppressor, suspended bet'een hope and
fear that it-might be made. One example will
affect humanity,.. A man was 'suefl.to judgment by
another wham- hehad..takeniinto hrs hoarse and.,
m bosom. for oney he had paid, but. having no ,
other witness-of the fa& than his wife, whose,
pvideiice could nor be admitted, .he failed in his
detence. , Not able and, less willing-to pay what ,
did not owe, he was sent to jail, and after re-
tuaining there a year apd a halt,. be applied: for
relief under this hopeless Acct. His schedule con.
(Mired his all, with,a mortgage upon a part of it,
leaving a very small balance. Every one of his
Creditors was agreeable, for his discharge, except
his complaipant in the action, who opposed it on
an allegation that he did not state in his schedule
the lease of his dwelling-house; and that his mort-
gage was colourable and occasional, to avoid his
just debts. Confused at such 'an unexpected bol-
stered-up story, he could not explain himself, and
was remanded. Being brought op a. third time, .
he said he had no lease of his dwelling-house, and
his landlord proved it in Court; but.being charged
wide making his mortgage while the suit against,
him depended, he said it bore a retrospect for
' more than a year, when be was solvent, and in,trust
for real value. To correct a statement of this tact
in his schedule, he was again remanded, after an
expense for Counsel, Agents, &c. &c. &c..of 301.?

In short the Act, well-intended as it was, is
complex, too troublesome and costly, to be com-
plied with. It erects a little Forum, and by means
of Creditors, with their coadjutors, it stretches
Justice into trade, without any imputation what-
ever on those who are cotacerned in its execution.
Let it therefore be repealed or amended. Coun-
sel, Agents, and hangers-on are unnecessary.
They are the ehiel gainers, at the expense of In.
solvents, who pant for liberty and dread.
AN OLD BARRISTER, of the Inner Temple.

• Where an assemblage of talent and experience
is concentrated in one line of practice, a success
muSt attend their application, not to be footed
elsewhere. This has been evinced in the Esta-
blishment of the Medical Board at Charlotte-
House, Blicktriars-road, and at Woodstock-
House, ‘Voodstock-street, Oxford-street, where
cures are every day performed in cases which
have baffled the skill of eminent professors, and
excited their astonishment.

The Medical Board have particularly attended
to those consequences of a certain disease, kvhicli
entails the most distressing debilities, and un-
hinges the constitution of both sexes. They also
remove the effects of those symptoms arising from
juvenile indiscretion, from irregular living, anti
from a long residence in 'warm climates—of this
description they beg particularly to notice obsti-
nate eruptions in the skin, sore throat, pains in
the head and limbs, frequently mistaken for rheu-
matism, strictures, fistulas, scrophula, &c.
Messrs CoorEa and Co. after forty years' prac-
tice in virions Hospitals, are consulted at Wood-
stock-street, Oxford-street, daily, frOm eight till
eight; and at the Medical goard, Charlotte-
House, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road,
precisely from twelve until eight in the evening.
Mechanics, and persons of moderate income,
have advice gratis, if they attend at certain hours,
namely, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday morn-
ings, tintii.one o'clock, and every evening from
six to eight.

*** A side door, and private roomsior females.