Star.
London, England, 1829-10-20 00:00:00

DR. JAMES'S FEVER POWDER AND ANALEPTIC
PILLS.

THE FEVER POWDER is allowed to be the
- most valuable discovery ever made in the Science of Me-
dicine, and is administered with equal success in Fever, Measles,
St. Anthony's Fire, Pleurisy, Sore Throat, Rheumatism, &c. In
packets at ils. 9d. and 245.
The. ANALEPTIC PILLS, from their influence. in exciting
the natural secretions, are an excellent Alterative Remedy in
Chronic Diseases, Rheumatism, Habitual Febrile, and Gouty
Affections, Indigestion, Bilious, and other Complaints of the
Stomach and Bowels. In boxes at 4s. 6d. and !4s.
Mr. James thinks it necessary to inform.the Public that Messrs.
Newbery, Ilse late Agents of his Grandfather, his Father, and him-
self, are new vending Articles of their own' Composition, under
the name of Dr. James; and that he has appointed in their stead,
as Sole Agents, Messrs. Buyers, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of
St. Paul's, Loudona Sackville-street, Dublin; Princerstreet.
Edinburgh: they may be bad Retail of the principal Medicine
Venders.

O wry, the Signature of R. G. G. lOUs on the Label.

ESTABLISHMENT of the INSOLVENT ACT
in INDIA, and OPENING of the FIRST COURT for the RE-
LIEF of INSOLVENT DEBTORS at BOMBAY:

From the Bombay Courier.
On the Court being assembled the Honourable Mr. Justice
Gums spoke to the following effect :
In opening this Court for the relief of Insolvent Debtors in
this Presidency, I have sincere pleasure in congratulating this
community on the introduction of a measure, so much called for
on every principle of humanity and of justice, and by every con-
sideration of that which is inseparable from these principles, the
welfare and prosperity of the society on whose affairs they are to
operate. Notwithstanding this, I ant well aware that there is
likely to exist, and, as I am informed, there does exist, among
those whose interests are likely to be affected by this measure, a
difference of opinion in regard to its advantageous nature; and it
would be surprising if on so important, and so novel a measure, in
reference to the mercantile Society of India, difference of opinion
should not exist.
It is, without doubt, a measure most important in its conse-
quences and most extensive in its operation.
It is not only to alter materially the nature of the relation be-
tween Debtor and Creditor after the Debts are contracted, and
the parties have assumed that relation to each other, but it is to
alter the foonog on which they shall agree to contract this relation,
and completely to vary the considerations which shall weigh with
either party, with the one when be proposes to contract a Debt•
with the other when he agrees to give credit or to advance money,
In order to understand its probable operation, it is necessary that
I should explain the provisions of the statute:—There are three
classes of persons whom this act contemplates as subject to its pro-
visions. I. Persons who are imprisoned for Debt, and who are
desirous of surrendering all their effects for the payment of their
Creditors so far as they will go. These persons are entitled to pe-
tition the Court within a fortnight front the time of their being
imprisoned, assigning over to the Officer of the Courrall theft real
and personal estate and effects which they have in possession or ex-
pectancy ; so that from the moment of their petitioning they are
entirely divested of all their property and of all tights of action
against those who are their Debtors, which become instantly vested
in the *Seer, the Common Assignee, for the benefit of all the Cre-
ditors, to be shared equally among them, according to dielmount
and nature of their Debts.
These persons are limited in the time of presenting their Petit*
for relief to a fortnight frein the time of theft impttsonnieot. un-
less with special leave of the Court, which may receive a Petition
of this sort at any time if it sees cause ;—and they are so limited
because the relief is not intended for such as may seek to tire out •
their Creditors by enduring a long imprisonment, but for those,
who being unable to pay their Debts, ►how the mosrproinpt desire
to do all the justice they can to all their Creditors by at once sur-
rendering all they bate in order to a fair distribution.
The Second class of persona that fall Within the view of the
Act are such as not being in prison at.the 'oaten= of aoy creditor,
are yet conscious of being unable to pay their Debts, and willing to
deal fairly by all their creditors, so far as their:circumstances. will
allow. Any person so situated is entitled in like manner to peti-
tion the Court, and with such petition to present an assignment of
Us estate and effects to the proper officer, for the common beings
of all his creditors. Bat to entitle such persoo to relief, he muit
be able to produce property to the antoont of half his debti; and'
the object of this provision is obvious—to act as an euctfuragement
to men oboe imprudence or misfortune .has 'Ordered them fufw6
vent, not to go on struggling with difficulties which may render
the dinadon of their creditors worse without iasprovbs their own,
and the chief effect of which Must •be istilbady 'irs`twaiiitifete:
new tveditois ior old—but to let faint Of 1111 00; by
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