The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-24 00:00:00

ANTI-MONOPOLY COMMITTEE.

A 'r a MEETING held on Saturday last, at the
„C..k. CrOwn and Anchor Tavern, Strand, it was, amongst,
other thing-3, ,
Resolved, That the Thanks of the Committee, be giVt.p tp
J.J. !,9CISEIART, Estk.,M,P., for his ready coinplianc.nitli
their request in pre,e:ltitig. to the Honourable the Ylonse Of
Commons, and supporting:Atm Petition a the Ihhabitant's'Of
the Metropolis and its Vicinity, against the existing System'of
Athitrary Licensin4, ewers al,leg-ation of which Petition the
tomniiitee are confideut will be fully, proved when sobjected
to investigation.

Resolved also, That the Thanks of; he Committee be given
to J. T. BARBER. BEAUMONT, Esq. for•his highly 'model
p-rident and meritorious exertions is Opinksitg and exposing,
the injustice of Arbitrary Lic,;nsing of Public-digitises for a se-'
ries of years, both before and.sioce"he entered into the Com-
mission of the Peace, tindiSmayed by the pinverful intlitence
and abosivc hostility of individuals.who at:e interested in np-'
bolding that pernicious System
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H.EIIRTSCHEILTES, Hon. Sec.

LAW.

AOANTS OF THE INSOLVILNT DEBTORS' COURT.
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FOR. THE SUN.

Mu. ErnTop,—Your raper of ,tl►e 21st nit
having admitted the insertion of my general Re.
u:arks on the Abuses of Practice !Tanking from

unauthorised Agency,. I am. encouraged to hope
• win will also give publicity to particulars. I have
devoted much of my time in attending to -• the
-operation of the Insolvent' Act, and freely pro-
nounce that most of the-causes which have ren-
dem, it obnoxious and unpopular are deriVed
truth the want of due, qualification. in several per-
;sons
.who have been admitted to. the practice, of
the Court.
•

The nonlife!. of regular Attornies practising in
!bat Court is not more in proportion theinS to 100.
Hie get,eral.body. of Agents cousists of persons
wLo have passed the ordeal of inScifv,eney.;
the routine of his own liberation forms the pre-
cedent, to a modern Agent for seeking the release
of others. The 'facility with which he can: (for a
tee) gain-his Certikate of QualiAcaiion, is an
encouragement to apply for it ; and many have
become Agents. who might have been more use-
fully employed in the mechaniCalpursuits to uhich
they were formerly attached.
Professional Men of regolar initiation and ad-

mission to r:ractice are reluctant, to. associate with
persons not duly qualified by education, not exa-
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milted as to their fitness, unrestrained by the so-
lemnity of an oath on their admission as Agents,
aad paying no duty to Government
.as the Attor-
ney does for his annual certificate. If an- Insol-
vent Debtor obtains his discharge through such
agency, and it subsequently appears that he has
acted with fraud ii.justice, the Agent may with-
draw himself, and his responsibility ceases. The
legitimate Attorney is locally accessible and le-
gally responsible. The Agent need only -look to
the discharge of the Debtor and die receipt "ofl-his
agency fees.
When a Debtor becomes snpersedeable by course
of law, before he is at maturity for the InsolVent
Act, the Agent sometimes obtains a friendly de-
tainer at the suit of a nominal plaintiff, which. is
a proceeding that no regular practitioner would
resort to. It the Debtor is likely to be 'oppOsed
at his hearing, in town or country,' the friendly
detainer is withdrawtt, and he is, discharged. if
he fears such opposition in the country, a El,beas
is sometimes issued for his removal to London,
and the creditors are harassed with additional
ex pence.
RENDERS to Prison have been effected where no

previous process has issued; and,notices of pro-
ceedings have been sworn to which have' never
been served. Hired or Jew Rail is 'procured, in
many instances, and Justification 'effected, upon
paying a certain per centage, and the creditor has
lost all view of his defendant and his bail at the
same time.

an admitted Attorney should lend himself to
such practices, he wOuldlie summatily-responsi-
hle to the Court in which he is- admitted ; but
such responsibility has no tel for the Agent.—
These Agents are in the common practice of is-
suing Writs of Sypersedeas, and taking out Snm-
mouses,• and enter their names in the lodges'
books as regular Attornius do; of they will, so do
in the name of the piisoner, to save the encore
of a warrant, and thereby iojore the revenue.—
Very rerantlY three actions were superseded for
one prisoner, by pet suns acting in the Insolvent
Debtors' Court, and using; the nartieof an admit-
ted Attorney in the Court oT Bench.
To those who have frequented the Insolvent
Court, it Must have occurred as remarkable
that most of the to iefs in the hands of Counsel
are indorsed with the names of persons never re-
gularly graduated and tointittol to the practice of
the Law. And altholigh it will not be imputed
here that their practice in such Court is illegal,
the considerite Reader will conclude that some-
extended circumspection is desirable in the chpice
and admission of such Agents ; and that, If they
are permitted to partake of the duties anti emolu-
ments of regular practitioners, they sbotld at
least bear an equal responsibility, and alike con•
tribute duties to the revenue.

M**,.** ?fit.

Temple, 9th Marcip., 1218.

N. B. We hive inserted this Letter to oblige
our Correspondent, and because the subject is

importa►►t to the Public, though it is •in a great
measure a repetition of that which caned in
THE SUN Of ti►e 16th instant.

E,PRICt cvIJNNNc r.

EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE.

(Ptont the Bengal PaPers to Nov. t.)

TuROVILL'IA, OcT. 30.:--The Hon. A. Seton,

having tel to the Presidency, he was
dury.retittesied to a'ssoine the functions of Vice-

Preiident anti. Deptit'y,c3overnor of Fort William,
under ate instructions received front the Nubia
the Governor-General, the Maignis of 1-lasting's.
The,state of Mr. Seton's Health having, however,
compelled him to de'Cline the Situation of. Vito.-
President, the lion. *George 1)ow,leswcll,:l tai.
was ittecording-fy sworn irt, agreeably to tlut•oti-'.
pointnient 'of MS txcelleney the *Goeernor•bei.
neral.

CALCUTTA', Nov. I.—Our letter's ft om.the
Dttk-
hin mention, that S.ir John Malcolns was near to
I-Insseinabnd, ata had intimated that he should.
arrive there on the 'Morning Of the 19th.
Nerbudda continued unusually 1011,. there being
on the 15th eighteen feet of Water where it was
most shallow. Shonld tins continue, it would
occasion some difficult yin 'crossing the troops.---
There ,:vas not a sufficient nuwher of boats to
make, bridges, bitt rants were constructing, and it
was expected they would all. be over by the stb
instant. They would then proceed' by the Chow-
kee, pass towards Bop!, and leaving it on th'e
left advance to Bhilserth anti Burseah, the Jagliire
of Khurreem Kinn) : floor that to Seronge, which
belongs to Witstel Malitiined. By the time the'se
hinorements .were executed, it was expected Major--
General 'Marshal would have advanced, through
Bundlecund, on Sagur and Bassaudah, ,khich last
is a Jaghir'e 'of •'Sheik Jaghire of
-Setotris to the 'west of ll'opit, and wo.,td be 06-
copied by the 3,1 Madras brigade, under fit Johti
Malcolm, According to the Giv,ll,,r Ukbats,Ahree
durrah'S of l'indarees; cif 10,000 horse each, are
now lying betiveen •Pator:. and 'thoSsenh, and,
after the Dussurah, it. was expected part of them
would start for, Surat. A I.itidge of boats wa3, its
preparation for the passage of the Grand Army
over the Jumna ; when it might move for Sc'.
cuntird, seetne.d uncertain. The general opinion
that no resistance will be attempted on.th
part of Scindia.
Major-General Donkin arrived at Agra on the.
14th.. It was expeCted that that division of the
army.wonld march for Dhalpoor, on the Chum-
bal, immediately after the 20th.
The Western Division of the Army of -the .
Dukbin has been brigaded as folloWs :
Light Artillery Brigade, to consist of•-'the of Horse
Artillery, Galloperi incorporated with. it, and , the Rockdt
Troop. •

Cavalry Brigade, to consist of-4th Regiment Light Ca-
valry, Detachment of hi> Majesty's 22d Regiment Light Dra-
goons, and Bth Regiment Light Cavalryi

Light Brig:tule, to consist of—The Rifle Corp!, Ist Battac!
lion I6th Regiment, or 'frichinopoly Light Infantry, 2d Bat-
Anon 17th, or Chkacuk, and Ist BattaliOn 3d, or l'alatu.:.

cot tah

First Beigede, to consist of-'-Flank 'Companies of. hi 4 Ma-
jesty's Regiment Royal Scots, Ist Battalion 7th Native Rrgi-
ment; and Madras European Regiment,
Second Brigade, to consist of—lSt Battalion 140 Ilegi;.
went gative Infantry, 2d Battalion: 6th Regiment Native

nfantry.
The Infantry Guns are to be formed in Battery, to wbich
he Company of Fuck Artillery- and Gun Lascars will be at-