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London, England, 1817-05-23 00:00:00

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carrier away the gritty metier already formed, and prevents its
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Non OK 'Oven seed widest N151..-MAITSAL.
" Life to only Life. when bleat with Health."
ITHE•finest system of Ethics is to confine within due
bounds. and thus to regulate the PASSIONS' twirestmhaed
and insubordinate they inqwtboosiy destroy those ;artists which
Religioo and Morality have made sacred i to curb but not anni..
hiLite them appears the lesson of Prudence, best caladium' to
limit dais effervescence.
Avery disorganisibon of the Inman frame requires greet me-
Altai knowledge to remedy. and the public welfare la proam.ed
whoa Professional mss (diaregarling the suggestions of the en-
vices anti interested) devote their studies to the treatment of
those complaints generated by imprudence. and the ebullition of
the maims at an uognarded manna, " The strearb of a sa-
da% consists in the health of the people ;" but it is melancholy to
reflect on the daily sacrifice to the (grimmer of unfeeling etnpyri.
clam, and to counteract as far as possible its further ranges, we
offer to suffering humanity. the result of our own ezpedence in the
various diseases of Debility. The unwary victim of solitary vier,.
(early acquired at school, before Items has asserted her right
wow the n.ind). will, in contemplating his powerless state become
of enlivening sentatioos, is knowing that the most
comp ed state of exhaustion may be roused imo manly energy.
latenae study•-•inunoderate anttlett:rlong residence la trapical

slimes, and many Mbar asses, will frequently derange Else sr a-
vows se areas ; in each cases we can hold out an assurance of re-
animalion, by remedies which bale bag answered the sanguine
hors of patients uf both eases.
flat bane to human happiness togs V[31[1114% can now be
mow firegtemly, the improved state of Medical dehisce having
divested its antidote of the.. distressing properties that so long
rendered its exhibitioe uncertain and harassing. We best explain
our method by observing to patients labouring under this malady,
that a few days only are required fee the removal of early synsp-
Mem; that the most hinters,* ease will yield to our remedi,
Within a month, and that in a person who only suspects himself
lellood, the diets. may be prevented akiegother from appearing ;
a‘allar remark applies to many oilier deraagemans of the gene.
sladre system, as weakness, ulcerations, arc. especially strictures,
obstinate cresol which are dai4 removed without the use of mu-
ne or atiesslants, dome pee isicideatal to the softer sex,
Mutest escaped up attention; in which mildness combined with
slimy has superseded the means usually adopted. in Me, our
quern w snipe, peculiarly 'anion, and emliseatly successful.
Educated In this our native city; schooled in our professional*
anointment by its splendid medical characters; and having been
able, psesdnaNy, to compare with admiratioa the British surgical
practice, with the continental, our peetaniena to superiority (in
a branch we have selected) are matured by experisoce, which Is
evinced by the daily application we rersive, even frees distant
cowries. 0056 and Co. M. ill C. Surges"

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their Gyillronte.ke. wipes atedidae, wkb advice, wi4 be insnme-
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SANKRUPT LAWS.
Mr. J. SMITH foie, lie said, to present a Petition,
playing fur a revisit, of the Bankrupt Laws, from
the pi incipal Menthe!: of the Mercantile Bidy of the
City of Loudon. To this Petition the nam sof the
Bank Directors, with those of the un,st respectable
West India and East India Merchants, were an.
nesed, It was indeed so subscribrd, that .it might
well be denominated a Pctivon from t:ie fir.t met.
chants and traders in the country, and tt rain-red to a
subject :oghly deserving the attention o that 11,,ute.
'L'he Petitioners complained. chat under a.Commit.
sion of Bmkruptcy,/esofele creditors were too cites.
defrauded, while fictitious claimaw.ll. were allowed to .
poisbe of. die anew 4 the Isarahnips,alms, tors *We
in which the Commissioners. of 4ankruptcy at pre-
sent • transacted business, in London, was 1:1 inade-
quate for the purpose, that they were quite incornpe.
tent to discbirge the duty assigned them, to tt,e saris.
faction of the creditors—that indeed it was extremely
difficult, if not impossible, for them to examine the
conduct of Bankrupts in such a way as to answer the,
object of the law. The Honourable Member con-
cluded with observing, that from the objectionable
character and defective administration of such a sys-
tem, it must be the -wish of every just considerate
man to relieve the Mercantile Body, and with a view
to the attainment of that rebel, it was his intention
on &future clay, to move for the appointment of a
Special Committee to inquire into the subject.
The Petition being read, Mr..SMITH moved te.:at
it should lie on the table. •

Sir S. ROM! LLY took this:opportunity of ex-
pressing his opinion with respect to the objects of the
Petilion. Toat referring to. the mode of administer.
ing the Bank, upt Law in London undoubtedly de-
served consideration. But the other object of. the
Petitioners,. with respell to the general.character and
consequences of the Law, was much more impor-
tant. He was glad that this subject had been brought
before the House from such a respectable quarter,
and he trusted it would experience the degree of ar.
teution which it loudly called for. '1 h.e sysiem of
the Bankrupt Law was radically defective t and he
WAS persuaded that nothing would serve to correet
the anuses complained of but a very material alters.
temp in that law. It was notorious tile. the grosscit
frauds were practised under the law as it at present
stood-a-that fictitious debts very often snperseded
bosa fide claims—that indeed many persons entirely
subsisted in this town by the fraudulent managemektt
or bankrupt concerns—by the supra iiitendenc..l of per.
jury and subornation of perjury. The b:•stem. then,
which gave birth to such crimes, surely called for
the consideration of the Legislature and he was
firmly convinced, from tie host imvatrial eximin -
tion of the subject, that thosvcr:to.:3 arcs.? principally
out of the excessive .severity of the law ; for this was
one of the many ease:; in wV;ch the c.:cvssive severity
of the punishment defeat-J tile obji ct of the law,.
By the ,Ith of George !I. a: •y. bankrupt Who did net
app.:ar to his comoi,q.in, tar who withheld any pro.
petty of the value of C_'', t, was pronounced guilty ct
capital crime. Yet how few were the couvict:r.ns
under this Act, and yet how many might be sup.
posed guilty of the latter offence. Luc the tact was,
that men were unwilling to prosecute while the ec.
al:haunt was so races-rive, at least for withholds;
the property. It was, indeed, contrary to every
ciple of common justice and eurnmon setts..., that a
trader should be punished as a Capital felon for wit?.
holding r2O trom his creditors, while such an act on
the part of a gentleman would scarely be otemed any
offence at all. No one, therefore, of any considera-
tkin or feeling, could repose in peace if fie had pro..
secuted a bankrupt ti conviction and beaus for al
act of this nature ; and hence there had been so few
a prosecutions for such a breach of the la while rate:
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bad been no executions of the punishmetit denounced
by that I.w. Bin he was sites led ilrAt if the ptinish-
men, • ere I s- severe. a frirmi, 0.. do.,t,t of treqtrent
recorr-nee. w ul.l he considerably reduced. Theft
were, .ever. '.tier Alterations which this system
requir...!. It ought to be made a substantive crime
for any fictitious creditor to sign a bankrupt's certifi-
cate. Stich a person might, no doubt, be prosecuted
for coropiracy, which sv;.s a mode of proceeding
sometimes adopted, but this was a course attended
with great difficulty and expence. It was therefore
desirable to m .ke the act alluded to a crime in itself.
What further changes might be necessary, according
to his judgment upon this important question, he
should take occasion to suggest to his Honourable
Friend, or to the Committee for which he proposed
to move, to which he (Sir S. Romilly) should be
happy to afford any information or assistance in his
power. At the same time he must say, that he was
afraid oohing conclusive could he done within the
present Session on a subject involving such a variety
of interests, and requiring so much' deliberate in-
vestigation. Adverting to the Bili before the House
respecting the Bankrupt Law, he expressed his dis-
approbation of th -it measure, which he did not think
likely to do Any good, while it was calculated to pro
duce much oppression. For the idea of authorising
a minute examination of the whole life of a bankrupt,
and of proposing that if any exceptionable act on his
part were detected, he should be therefore refused his
certificate. w.s quote inconsistent with justice and
humanity. But the main object of this Bill was
quite impracticable. and he hoped the Honourable
Moyer would not press its adoption. Sure he was
that such a measure would not be agreed to by the
other House. He had himself brought in a Bat upon
the suhj ct on a former Session, in which there was a
clause to invest the Lord Chancellor with a power to
sign a bankrupt's certificate in certain cases. But for
this clause another was substituted in the Lords, of
which he by no means approved, namely, that of au.
thorising three-fifths of the creditors to sign a certifi-
cate, and this was deemed an important concession,
because four-fifths were previously required. That
arrangement, however, did not at all answer the end
which he had in view, and this was, to protect the
honest debtor from the cppression of callous or incon-
siderate creditors; but through the clause to which
he objected, cam was generally taken to offer a suf-
ficient number of fictitious creditors to sign the ccrti.
ficate, and thus the object of the law was evaded.
Mr. LOCK HART expressed the higlieLt respect
for the authority of the Learned Gentleman who had
Jost sat down, with whose opinions upon this subject,
especially as to the propriety of seducint.T the severity
of the punishment under the existing law, he !oily
concurred. The object of the Bill which lie had in-
troduced to the notice of the House, and of which
the Learned Gentleman had disapproved, was solely
to distinguilli between honest and fraudulent bank-
rupts, and to guard against fictitious cl simants. As
to the latter, he was sorry to understand, and he
stated it without prejudice, that in London, at least,
they consisted principally of the Hebrew nation, who,
as be was assured, dealt largely in false oaths. For
example, a case had lately come to his knowledge,
in which a Jew bad sworn himself the creditor of a
bankrupt to the amount of it 5.000 ; but, upon exa-
mination before the Commissioners, it appeared that
not one shilling was due to him. But as he (Mr.
Lockhart) was infosased, and he bad no doubt of
the fact, those Jews, however they might be inftu-
eaced by the penalty which the law annexed to per-
jury, had really no religious reverence for any oath
not taken before one of their own Rabbits. while
such was their impression with regard to the latter,
that a Jew happening to die some time ago, shortly
after be had violated an oath taken before a Rabbi,
his late was among his nation universally attributed
to that violation. The Rabbits should .therefgre be
called upon to enlighten and instruct those Jews upon
the subject of oaths taken in the administration of
our law. and no doubt the Call would be attended to,
while itanust be hoped that the exhortation would be
effective in preventing such immoralities. Reverting
to his Bill, the Honourable Gentleman said, that in
consideration of the proposed Committee, and of
some advice which he had received from the Cham-
ber of Commerce in Dublin, be should decline to
proceed farther upon it at present.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE supported the views of his
Learned Friend (Sir S. Romilly), adding that the
Commissioners of Bankruptcy ahould be authorized
to adjourn the 'final examination of any bankrupt,
until be should be prepared to make a satisfactory
disclosure of his effects, as such a provision, he was
induced to think, from some cases before the Com-
missioners in London, would operate materially to
check fraudulent bankrupts.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that some amend-
ment in the Bankrupt Law was peculiarly desirable
In Ireland, where the creditors usually compromised
fora proportion of their claims, rather than risk the
arose and perplexity of a commission of bankruptcy.
Mr. LUBBOCK spoke in favour of the petition.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table ; and
Mr. Ssnru gave notice of his intention to move to-
morrow for the appointment of a Committee to con-
sider the prayer of the said petition.
A petition was presented from Linlithgow against
tie Duties upon Distillation. Laid on the Table.
IRISII LINEN TR .

Lord YARMOU CH presented a Petition from
the Manufacturers of, and Dealers in Linen at B ii.
lvmena, in Ireland, against a proposition which they
understood was about to be submitted to the House
for the repeal of the Transit Duties, the petitioners
conceiving that the adoption of such a measure would
be fatal to the staple manufacture of their country.
Mr. BROUGHAM expressed his conviction, that
should the motion of his Honourable Friend' (Mr.
Finlay ), be acceded to, those who put their names
to this petition would find their alarm for-the Irish
Linea Trade to be totally groundless. It was stated,
that if the transit duties were repealed, German
seas would, instead of those of Ireland, be exported'
to the West Indies and the Spanish Main ; but it
seemed to be quite unknown to those well-informed
petitioners, that not one ell of Irish linen found its
way to the Spanish Main at present, whereas if the
transit duties were repealed, Irish linens were among
the assortment of other articles likely to be exported
to any plat of the commercial world.
Mr. DENNIS BROWNE deprecated any atm mpt
to interfere with the Linen Trade of Leland, epon

which all orders or people in that country so mate•
rially depended, especially in its present condition I,
and it,would, he tlsought, be rather diffitult to prove,
that if the German Linens were relieved from the
transit duties, tile Lini.ns of Ireland could not suffer
any reduction of demand from such a competition.
But he would ask, why any experiment should be
made upon the staple trade of Ireland, while the
Woollen and Cotton Trade, while the Hardware and
Pmteries of this part of the Empire retained all the
advantage of protecting duties ? But no one, he
ventured to say, would attempt to make any propo-
sition that should affect the interest of those manu-
facturers, for this plain reason, that he would not be
listened to. But he hoped that Parliament would
evince a similar solicitude for the protection of the
trade of Ireland, whatever exertions might be made
by the factors of foreign merchants to extend the
commerce of Greenock, or aay other northern port,
with the merchants of Hamburgh.
Mr. BROUGHAM assured the House, that the
Honourable Member was under a great mistake if be.
supposed that the merchants of Greenock or of any
other commercial port could produce any sinister in-
fluence upon his conduct.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
A Message from the Lords stated their Lordships'
assent to the Lottery

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