The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-19 00:00:00

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The Order he Council for the coleage of 'be
New Crown Pieces (Ilse lint that liave been struck
donne the present estended reign) 4as at length been
issued. This coin still complete the series of the
new silver merles. The obverse is impressed wick"
the edgy of his Msj 'sty, with the inscription,
Georgie. 111. D. G. am, and the reverse Ills the
figure of St. George eniouutesing the Melton, sue.
rounded by tile Garter: the edge of the pieces
mucked in raised letters faith the worth •• I) cos et
Tutamen," and the yeir of the Kisses reign Cm
head of the King is modelled in the aryi.pus stsle,
after the character of the Greeks, and com4.lses
with the gracefulness of the design, the best ma
moot plettsiog likeliest of his Majesty that .has yet
apOlsared upon oar coins. In lieu of the It ysl
Arms, which afford no scope (or the ingenuity and
talents of the artist, the subject of the legendary tale
of St. George and the Drsgnu has b• en adopted for
the reverse. Toe figures introduced into this coma
posi.iona are not drawn, grays a Correspon lent, who
appears; to have seen ttie coin, accordiogto toe old
manner, with all the stiff heraldic emblems and trap.
passes of the 14.11 century, " but are pure and
silt 'ladies from the finest models et the ancient%
eabibiting Id the muscular anatomy of the human
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form, alp the attrileetes of power, whieh portray the
heroic deeds represented in the aculptare no tha hes
reliefs pf the ElginM giblet or les Ole eitertevin d
the taped coedits of gbe* E npevor
INSOLVENT DEBT. 111001,1)UltriOet.11.
John B'rr ass bravos. slot his discharge, hue
opposed by Mr. Mimi. no the a. ornil thost his
scherielealed not rainsiti a time account of the appflo
wino 01'411 the neasoies he • had seciesed since. his
c..molitment. • From hie eastninsit..o it tweets/I,
that the awe for which ae had been arrested saws only
41. Si. He gas taken into cooed) on the file of
June lam, since which he arkit.i.letiged Naos tn.
rei•ed seserat sums of mouthy, anseutattog to
In this, however, be said, lose heeled al ha
sum of 301., which be receivill the day befure easss
arrest. When asked as to how he haul disposed of
these sums, he ansWered, that he 014 pn the habit of
doing work by contract as i house-painter ottd pew.
hanger ; that the sums mentioned its his rollooltila
were the whole amount of what he received. and that
sifter deducting *hat list had paid for the matecialst
the profit remsinit.g to laimdid not *acted 212. 114.
Mr. l'ot.t.oca was in support. of the in,olvent's
Petition; and, from his esseninstion of him, it her.
ittg appesred to the satisfaction of the Court that the
281. 12s. was espeuded sit support of his fatody be
was discharged.
Joust Smith ant opposed by Mr. PoLtoct, on the
ground of an improper sale of his property since his
imprisosamout. Mr. Smith underwetit a long vital.
owing; : he said that be hail been entitled to the
version of a properly of 4001. a year in Nortbember.
land, on the death of his fide', who was melt/1y SO
years of age;. hut so late as last Jane, and during
his inaprisosarraent, he had disposed of this reversion
by' public auction for 5001 , MI. of which rouging&
in his hands for the benefit of hl: credators. Ns de.
idea That he was offered' MAO.. for" the property.
of Soy seta attsept the ilpol. int... 24442 WA It, and
which was considered the full Pals., considering the
mortgage 'hot *Owed open the land.
'rhe Chtllue —These was a mortgage on the pro.
petty, Mr. Pollock; and you see that this Gentle.
man hat 3271. cash in hand far the too credis.lie
ottmed in hisschedule. Recollect, olio, that he has
suffered eleven years' imprisonmen.
Mr. HEATII, who was Counsel for the Defendant,
ttemetined him reapectibg the sal.. Me. Smith said,
that there was a mortgage for Mom gm the rengsnion.
be held the property as long es he possioly could, and
anti sold it when he could tint roherw se relieve his
roams, after being in custody nearly dieters years.-•--
The sale was by public section, the predate. was
looked upon as the fair value of the property.
Mr. Pot.t.oct submitted, that the sale having on
receii,ly occurred, was evidently intended to defeat
soy claim which the creditors might make upon the
Insolvent's reversionary estate. Whether the Pri.
!toner had remained an custody Plotors yea's Of oi•v.n
days, had nothing to do with the question of his di-
resting himself of this property.
Mr. Serjeant Iturroistorant —lf the sale was a
collusive one, you have your rem-dy in a Court of
Equity, and, on proof ofthecoliusion,the bargain wilt
beset aside. As the case stow stands, the insolvent
most .be discharged, unless you oats cos/umbel the
assertion he makes, of his having sold this reversion
to defray actual necessaries There is 3271. of the
produce of the sale ready for the creditors, and hellos
only two, one of whom appears to be his owts father.
Mr. Pou.oca sus obliged to relinquish his ()ppm.
darns, and Mr. Smith was discharged.
John Charles Taylor was opposed by Mr. An"-
Puns for a Mr. Phillips, who was assignee to one
Page, a bankrupt.
'The Learned Cauniel stated, that the Insolvent
'loss the keeper of • place called the Atoigaltican
CoffeeSoute, in Shire-lane, Teinple.ber, sssd had
thought proper in his sched'ele to describe the negate
of •the vpp.oing creditor's claini its the following
Wens :—%* For my respoodhility on a bill I drew, but
to which my iodorseseent is forged." Mr. Adolphus
timid, that this was the. Ant insinuation of the for-
gery, althosegh three 'operate actions were brought
nit a bail Wood on thistery had, and to each the De.
Abadan( pleaded the gent, Wipes he never on these
occasions said 011ie .0141 abet forgery.
Thomas 13alit4 Coe, clerk esi,Me. Heckle, an at.
torney; proved thitlart of the three actions, and that
the Ihsolvent was indebted tw the attorney I ts.tie.
costs, given against bleat on inigttfftllditl rule he ob.
tabled respecting a part of Ail tniPliktioo.
Mr. IlzsTti, for the Insolvete, sold, that the Ad
took cognizance of a man's improperly Squandering
h a own money, bet it did not, whetter lonely de
' not he woeld not say, tor squsodering 4e woo/
of his opposing creditor.
Mr. Serjeant ItenetarteToe said that wig, the fact.
The Act inflicted a penalty 'or en liisolfeenro impro•
per disposal of his own property, hut it wit 9014
essteps he might take which entstte4
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Prisoner was in sorwmigence discharged.
rrietiteir n
upong any
his opposleg creditor.
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The Court OPT heat's% Ism or two other elm
adjourned to the Ilitth lettset.

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