The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-13 00:00:00

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ziirditera, white the IntPoelte ail dehthrl ilnd theltisiti.a.
leisaij koterlidtt Nous injustice and OPpritl4lllo,7".
beim bet slightly
,ntstiaitt ; find 411,16 the Cornirsercial
part Of the cotownewity, creditors in 'point are
debtors alto, toes, Petitioner submits, thit the in-
terests of honest debton and hottest crediteri and
owe, mid that without talti.., a full and impart
tie, view of the subject, Oen the declared object of
better protecting the interests of creditors' inosi fail,
berause the possible eleiciie of injtistire towards the
debtor is now, ia estrous ways, and must confiner! td
be productive of injustice towards the creditor..
That by the said evidence taken betore the Select
CORtaittell it appears, that several harsh Measures
have been proposed to them ii remedies for the eaist-
ing evils in the bankrupt system, bui these remediesi ,
your Petitioner fears, would Its worse thee the
disease, one of which is, that an onlimired ware...
tionary potter be vested in Comtnisiorier: of flint.;
rupt, and aaainst their judgment (0 be no apPrit.....:
Your Petitioner theref.,re sebmits, that suit, p. fae:s•
gislatiee enactment would be to he dep,ereied, he. ''
cause the limited discretiontry power ali..,ily velt.d.
in Commissioners of Illekrupt, frequently pindocei
the most degrading and oppressive consequence.; tor
although a bankrupt is *lslay, osamined Opm, Oath
before the Cominissioriers, , et, tthstever ni.iy kern ,
been his previous respectability in life, he i, ac.
cording to the present practice, lisbl. to be +lie.. '
lieeed upon his with ; and although h# may gib
most full and positive answers upon oath; )(DI hi ni.Yl ,
at the discretion of the Commissioners be comniiiied •
Commissioners? ,
to prison, there to remain without bail or mairittrize.
on the mere general declaritien of the C-mmissionora
that biz answers are onsittisfactoiy, consequently e
bankrupt who is committed 16 prison is anwtotitnein
unacquainted with the perticitler groutolit of the iljt.
setisfacYion of the Commissietters, who may perbepet
themselves be in error, because they cannot in alt
cases he so well acquainted with • mull !toile, busi.
news, and concerns as lie himself ; arid 1 our yeti. ,
firmer presume., that it is only requi•tie that anew
and other Pelle he generally known to Parliament and
to the country, in order too have the prseyre ahelio.
ed, which, your Petitioner humbly fultmite, hears
more resemblance to the Spatriah Inithisition than to
an English Court of Law.
That, iii many respects, your Petitioner feels
great reluctance to obtrude himself upon
,the notice
of your Honourable House, but a povierful sense of
duty compels him to sacrifice minor considerations,
and as the subject is of such vast Importance, in.
'tilting tin less than the interests of the whole com-
mercial and trading ports or the country, together
with the character and happiness of
Humorous indi.
'Wools, your Petitioner conceives that, under such
i circumstances, and more particularly solder the dr-
-1 cumstatices of his own case; it would be criutistal ort
`iris part voluntarily to remain silent, and, at each a.
crisis, to withhold his feeble efforts for the general
good while seeking redress in his own case.
Your Petitioner therefore mos' humbly prays, that
be may be permitted to be beard and to gifts
evidence at the bar of your ilonouitelrle House
on the subject of the Binkropt Laws ge.
netally, and particularly in reference to that
part of the law which relates more immediately
to your Petitioner's imprisoetneot. Anil your,
, Petitioner, conceiving iris aforesaid commitment
to !orison was contrary to all !vegan and etuity,
he farther prays, that your ilonoureb!., [loose
will he pleased to take Into your serious ronsie
dewing). whether the law on this subject, 'as
contained in the 16th and 18th eertions, 30111
chap. sth Gen. IL, is already sufficient for the
purpase of your Petitioner being honourably dig.
charged from prison; that is to say, *Wither
the suit law allows a reasonable of jection to be
a sufficient ground ter refusing to answer Com-
missioners of Bankrupt; and whether our
SGmueoSrorncer
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Petitioner's aforesaid objection to nuswer the
Commissioners was • reasonable objection.
And your Petitioner will peer pray, i.e.
JUIIN DU FILEN IL
NAVAL IN-FKLLIGENCR.
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Mitt, JUNE 12 =Came down from the Riffle
and sailed, the Cerberus, Fotheringhstn, for Madras,
and the Commerce, Burton, for ibalfas. •
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 12.-1 r fired his M tjalty's
ship Rossi io, from a curiae; L,rd Sedmoroto. Gun.
net., front Bombay—sailed the 18th Jen. and from the
Cape 2:1 April, and St. Wiens 14'h April. The
Second Lieutenant of the Griffon sloop of war in.
formed Captain Gunner that Botspatte eras poll,
and that there were to be races on the Island on that
day, and he was espected to attend them.---Sailed
the Providence, Bunyan, for Betscooleo.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 11..--CsEME In (be Ocean,
transport, from Gibs sltar, with troopa,for Portsmouth.
.—Pasaed op Channel, the North American, -a-.,
from Batavia for 11oliond ; Augustus Cesar, delby,
from Jamaica, for London.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 10.—Arrived this evening the
Hind cotter, from a cruize, and itt put under qtreran-
tine,in consequence of haring boarded the Ocean
transport, from Gibraltar, with troops, fur Ports. ,
mouths.
on the 7th. the ship
tgre.l.,o_, Ju,ofcro4m. 4.--Arrived off this pli ce the ship
from Bengal and St. Helena; Helena, Bathgate, from.
and Northumbrian, Ls warm, both
Hall, from Grenada for London.
rraaltltir all well ; oa the 9th, came in the Halls,
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 11.--. Sailed the Cornwall, Os.
ley, for Calcutta.
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CIIICKET.-00 Wednesday a grand match was
played on Clapham Common, between 11 young
Gentlemen of Alfred.house, Camberwell, and 11 of
Beron.houtte, Mitcham, which, after a long coutett,
was pitied by the Alfrediettr, by nine
°rusts.
A WORD TO THE Wrse.—Fopiune se ens to, reserve
the Three Twenty Thousands still lo her Wheel, in
order to Crown her favourite, Evfoo, ow the S•entasi
Day (10th June). , Happy will those be aho tionly
secure their Lucky`'Numbers. at No. 9, in Curia:ill,
where Evrora's farmer Grand Capital Prize of
Tiria--reiLts ThdasLodutrierand Pn
si.
Phis Is
misccaertaeindr O
certainly
a pil,* a similar
esiiltim_
duceenot to Purchasers not to lose so great an up.
portonity. •
The Courts of Consereangy for the Counties of
Surrey sad Middiuses, that were to have beet, ;Kilda O.
this day 3 bate been saavoldably peoposed. .