The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-10 00:00:00

TUE STATESMAN.

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.Courts, 'and to enable debtors to monist's delay to
the injury of their creditors:
Mr. Sorjeant BEST made a short reply, in which
he defended the provisions of the Bill, and maintain-
ed Olt some legislative measure was loudly called
for, in order t prevent the facility with which
debtors now obtained their release from debts con-.
(rimed with a conviction that it would never be in
their powm. to pay them ; and the consequent depra-
vation of the public morals. He contended that if
his Bill were passed iuto a law, those debtors who
now lived in gaol in the most dissipated and extrava-
gant manlier on that property which ought to be
surrendered to their creditors, would be compelled
to do that justice which it was in vain to expect from
them spontaneously.
Mr. HORNER rose to speak to the question,
bat—
General THORNTON said he most now insist
that the House be counted, which having been done,
and it appearing that only l 2 Members were preseut
au adjournment necessarily took place.

Fnem TUE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 9.
Adniiralty-Ojfice, ltlay 9.

i Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane has trans-
mitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. the under.
mentioned letters, which the Vice-Admiral had re-
; mired from Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn.
TwO letters, dated on board the Albion,, in the
Chesnpeak, the l'2th of December, transmit reports
! received by Sir George Cockburn from Captain
Barrie, of his Majesty's ship Dragon, dated in the
!Chesapeak, the 31st of October and 7th of Decem-
ber, 18[4.
1 The former encloses a letter from Captain Alex-
, ander, r f his Majesty's bomb-vessel Devastation,
stating, that having landed with about two hundred
I seamen and marines at Parker's Point, to procure
cattle, he was attacked by ttn enemy's force of one
1 hundred and fsmrteen cavalry, and one thousaud in.
(entry, with five field-pieces, which, by the good
!conduct of the detachment, under the Captain's
' orders, he repalsed, taking two prisoners and 2Q
horsea; and afterwards re-embarked without lose- 1
.. The latter reports Captain Barrie's proceedings in.
, the Rappahanock River, conducted principally with
a view to compel the enemy to re-assemble his eei...
..lititt, and to tiaras; his troops, by keeping them.
constantly on the alert. .
i, the town of Rappahapock was taken possession
of on the 29th'of November, having been evacuated,
by the force which the enemy had drawn out to de.
I fend it, and which was afterwards driven from a po.
I aition it took up on 'a hill ; a stand of colours, with
[ some arms, ammunition, and baggage, werstioand
in the town, left behind by the enemy in his hasty
retreat, and some flour and tobacco were embarked'
I.ist our vessels.
, On the 4th of December, Captain Barrie, landed
'WI a detachment of seamen, marines, and soldiers,
lat Rappahanock, and learning that the enemy had,.
assembled a force of six hundred men at Farnham'
.
Church, about seven miles from the place of land:
big, he proceeded thither, and attacking the enemy,
lin a strong position he had taken .up, droye him,
into the woods, with the loss, of a field-piece, and 1
Iseveral killed and wounded,. and released several'
negroes, who were found confined in the woods; in i
the performance of which services not a man was
hurt on our side. •
A letter from Sir George Cockburn to Sir Altex.!
ander Cochrane, dated at Cumberland- Island thei
17th of January, encloses a report' from Captain
lhomerville, of his Majesty's ship Rota, with one to
the latter from Captain Barrie, of the Dragon,
stating, that with detachments of troops and marines
placed under Captain Barrie's orders, he, on the i
11th of the said month, took possession, without op-
positioh, of the above-mentioned island; and pass.
log over to the main land in Georgia, on the 13th,,
with such troops as were not required to keep pos.
session of the island, lauded at a small cliitince from
Point Petre, and after a smart skirmish with, a party
of the enemy, who were quickly drivel from their

Sir S..ROM I LLY said, he had no desire to press post in a jungle oo the way, took possession 'of the
the second reading. at • prosent, !tor to provoke a de- ! fort on Nit Petre without further, eppesition,and
bate upon the Bill itself ; blot, as it Was prebable he ahem& Ok f the tower of St. Mary's. In the.shir-
should not have any future Opportunity of delivering mix) the Itifitish had one killed and three wounded;
his sentiments, he should • venture to troublo the the enemk had-A. Captain and ieutenplt severely
House with a fee, .observations. 'rho. Bill, in its , wounded, and between 6fteeu and twenty rank aud
.
prcsent form, certainly, apiteare.d .to hikvery objet..' file hilrel!or wopoded, •
tionable. It embraced ,two objecte ; the one,. to; Sir George Cockburn further states, that Captain.
compel the applicatiott of. the debtor's property to Ross, of the Albion, was sent op St. Mary's:river,
tho payment of his debts ;.aod • the other, to lutist with•solne armed boats„ ,to bring down soch vessels
a certeio proportion- of ponisheresit. open debtors as might be found there, and returned with a large,
who bad no property, or only * portion.---ship loaded with timber, and the .Counteas of Hor..
With regard to the ormer, nothing certainly could . court lodibltten,•• which, had been captured by an.
be more -desirable; but 'hi! did hot thihk.tbe mode American privateer ; and that
.having embarked all
provided by the present Bill we's the. best., It was the produce collected at St. Mary's in the vessels.;
hostile to all the soeudest rind*. of legislation, ! taken there, and blowttiolthe fort at. Point Petre,
to compel a man to make a declaration upon oath, i and destroyed the Ips, 81C. that were not deemed
and then, if. that declaration war not true in evesy.76t to bring away, the troops returned, without its-
respect, to punish him at a .felon. Ile was awaee....-terrtiption from the enemy, to Cumberland Island.',
that in the Bankrupt Laws such a practice prera&.i the enemy had assembled. troops et Jefferson, but
ea ; but it did not, therefore, follow that it was did: not show himself .neater in any force, t.hoegiv,
wise to adopt the same practice with regard to all:•OcChsfonal skirmishing parties hovered about the:
debtors. It was torturing a mate' conscience against , British posts.
himself, in a manner .which the.. House ought to.: With twoother letters, dated at Cumberland Island,
pause upon before they sanctioned it. Another ob- .17th and 27th of February,
„Sir
.George Cock.
jection .which ,he felt 'to that provision of the Bill, bunt transmits to the Vice-Admiral reports addressed
was, that its very severity *mild render it itteffec. to him by Captain Romsay„ of his Majesty's ship
tual, as was the case with the: Lords'. Act,. from c Regulu's and Capt. Philrott, of his Majesty's sloop
which he believed It was exactly copied, and which Primrose'. ' •
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was atreatlyZebsittaaf Am; being but few instaitces.l The former states • his having, with i•delachment
in the memory of the ebbe/ professional men where I of seamen. and marines, talsee poisession of rob'
it had 'been enfenued. It• would be much betters derica, no. Simoies Island, and, after remain(l
therefore to dispette) with an enactment, which milli there some JaYi,. returned , to; Cpuiberland Island
soon becpme a mere dead letter, and substitute in With such merchendiae is he had foamless. the former
its stead sopiettios which might accoMpliih thd island, eud a humbercfnegroes, who had bhp
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sired mid. lie considered also, the intended scale : there. •.
of punishment according tothe dividend which tC tire. The 'latter reports his proceedings in St. Mary'a
ditor could pay, as liable to'thany objections. He' River with a division pf armed. beats, 'omit with a
certainly expected somethinJf better from his. Hoe. view to. s*rprise a .detachment of- the meow.. The
nourahle end- Learned -Fierart Something which., bona' bad proceeded i considerable distance up the
sould.render thcland of a delotcit, where thererwas:ißiVer, When they etertinitropectedly Attacked (rem
land, •fo'r his debts, •Inslead or only half, the theSPaiiish "sitti':' the eneiro ' fire was silenced by
profitsdUring the debtor's rife,,ss warnow thecae ; that from the boats 1; ,but is .consideration of the
he top el also to have toned' fn:tbe MI some remedy ',I earrowness.of .tire giyer, • with to number. et-comit
against those practieei 'which were a disgrate te.thei mending. heights ..and. houses In, the rear, obliged
such as sham pleas,, writs; of error, and other Captain
.131iillott to &Omit* on returning, 0;4
expedients, which anwereil.no other end but to put was executed with the greatest, caginess. end order
trion.y*itilo4he poclers of tlie oßcers of the different though exposed to, the eneMy!s fire on -.both sidle

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of the River, by which three men 'were killed and
4fteeh wounded, including amongst the !rater, Cap-
tain Phillott, '.Captain Bartholomew, of the E. -.bus,
Lieutenant 'Fraser,. of the Royal Marines, and Mr.
JUDOS Everingham and Mr. J. 11. Peel, Midshipmen,
of the Albion.
In transmitting these dispatches, Sir Alexander
Cochrane expresses his satisfaction at the zeal, exer-
tions, and ability, manifested by Sir George Cock-
burn, and by Captains Somerville and Barrie, and
the other Officers under the Rear-Admiral's. direc-
tions, employed on the several occasions referred to.
Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane hat trans-
mitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from
Captain •Sir George Collier, of his Majesty's ship
Leander, dated the 12th of March, stating that a
variety of untoward circumstances had prevented
him from coming up with the American ship Con-
stitution, of which, with his Majesty's late ships
Levant and Cayne, he got sight of, off Porto Prays,
on the 11th of the said month; but that he had suc-
ceeded in re-capturing the Levant, which had been
taken by the Constitution on the 20th of February,
off Porto Santo.
Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane has trans-
mitted to John Wilson Croker, Eq. a letter from
Capt. Nourse, of his Majesty's ship Severn, giving
an account of his having, on the 20th of December,
captured the American letter of marque schooner
Banyer, of 4 guns and 31 men.

Foreign-Office, May 2.
His Royal Highness the Priuce Regent has been
pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma-
jesty, to appoint Alexander Cookburn, Esq. to be
his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to the Free and
Imperial Hanseatic Towns and to the Circle of Lower
Saxony.

Carlton-House, May 3.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent was this
day pleased, in the name and on the► behalf of his
Majesty, to confer the honour of Knighthood on
Colonel Samuel Ford Whittiugham, Aid-de-Camp to
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and Lieu-
tenant-General in the Spanish Armies. ,

Crowa.Qpica, May 9.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS
SENT PA FILLAhI ENT.
•
Borough of Aldburouelt.
Granville Venable. Vernon,. of Great Rowell-street, in Ow
county of Middlesex. Esq. en the room nf Henry G. Kash!,
liog. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. • •
•
BAN K IIV Pm.
' J. O'Brian, Copthall-buildings, Thrnemorton-street, ship.
broker, May 13, 23, June 20, at Guilaull. Attorney, Mr.
Paterson, Copthall-eotut, Throgtoorton-etreet.•
P. Hewett, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, vintner, May IS,
20, June 20, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Hurd, King's Bench.
walks Temple.
R. Bench-
walks,
,Poultry, glover May 90, 23, June 20, at Guild-
Mr.Metcnlf,

ball: Attorney, „dell-street. •-
P. Willis, Romford, artist, May 13, 20, June 20. at Guild-.
ball. Attornies, Messrs. Blunt mid Bowman, Old Bethlem
Broad-street.
'E. Apple.n, Manchester,• cotton-merchant, May 23, Ms
, Jame 20, at the White. Hear. .lun,-Ntancliester. Minna/es, Mr.
Herd, King's Bench-walks; Temple.; and biew.rd. Hewitt and
Mkt, Manchester. - •
J. and B. Carlin, Kingstou-opou-Batt,.inerchanfs.•Pda,
16; Jeer Al. at the Geore. hill, King,:on-upon.Hull.
flies. Mesiirs. sOCC'el and Knowles, New Mk; and :11n57:11. Mar-
tin
and Scholefield. Hap.
1.. Stephenson, Beverley, grneer, "3:; June 20, at
the Tiger, Beverley. .Attornies, Meiarsr,ftajl and Catopbcfl;
Beverley. -
W. Pearce and W. Westhorp, Liverpool, riier,citaaV June
2,3, 20,, at the George km, Liverpool. Attornies, yeses.
Avis°, and Wheeler, Li rrpool.
W. Durrant, Maidstone, iunner, May 13. 23, Jurip.~3o, at
Guildhall. Attar:lies, Moors. Egan and Waterman, • F.naen
street, Strand ; and Messrs. Burrr and Hear, Maidstone.
1/IVIDENDS.
May 13, .1. Homan, Feachurch-street, upholsterer—May 30,
T. and W. Crawford; Poplar, stonemasons—May 23, 11. C.
Searle. Saffrowsulden Esser, upholsterer—June 3, M. Davey, ;
jun. Cheshuot, miller:-June 6, S. Richards, Manchester, ire j
beeper—June 3, J. Guth, Horsleydown-lane, Southwark, cora-
merchant May 30,11. Willsettni Mae Canhon-street,
merchant—May 23, J. Guild, London' merchant—May 14. .1.1
A nvdell Liver ,- Liverpool, mereliantMay, 24, G. Barrow, Hand- I
forth, Cheshire, swaller—May :;,), J. Byrn' Broad-street, in-1
suranee-hroker-i-Joine 1, J. Bolton, Norwich, corn-merely:ow-1

, J Ptymooth-d ock upholsterer ay3o,G.lVliita.
and J. Fowler, Lime.strem, tea-brokers—June 1, IL %Volker,
Britige-hall, !leap, Lancashire, cotton-spinner—Julie 1, J:
Brown, Tell.down, Glotice4ershire, liquor-merchant-.Ma vOr
J. Jones, Vitalverhampton, hosier—June 1, J. Shtliherd, Monc-
ton, Gloucestershire, maltster—June 3, J. Itieett, New Kent-
yoad, Surrey, beilder--June 3', J. Limpet, New.cross; Dept-
ford, barge-mister—June 5, F. Le Mesurior, Lloyd's ColtEe-
house, merchant—Jime 3,. W. Ravhould, Goqwell-street, brass-
fouilder—May 27, W. Knight, Bagittot, Surrey, miller—May I
17, W. Lloyd, Paddington, victualler—June 3, J. Smith,
Iversholt, Bedford.hire, grocer—May 50. S. M. Solomon, Bir-
miham, pencil-maker—May 30, J. Fraser, Liverpool, ion.,
Keeper—June 6,3. Kelly; Manchester, manufacturer—Nl:l),W,
T.. Layeock, Mitiories, alopseller-.May 13, J. Nailer, Jefferies—:
equare, St. Mary-use, merchant.

CFALTIFICATES—PiIas 30.
J. 11. Brune and F. Jordon, Bury-street, St. Mary-axe, mer-
chants—C. Engledow, Stitchton, grocer-H. Ludlow, Ply-
mouth:dock, dialer—T. Chamber, St. Pancras, Sussex, mith
ster—T. Trew, Chichester, common Mien er—T. Shaw; Hal-
-61 W-highway, cheesentonger—J. Moore, St. Alban's, Hertford-
shire; draper-,-J. Wes f, ilamsley, Yorkshire, grocer—.T.
• Kingston-apnn-iltames, dealer—J. Storey, Illandford St.
• Dorsetshire, dealer,-N. llyne, Ply month, money-scri-
veaeik—J. SiLatimer, Clifton, Gloucestershire, dealer,

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J.'Atleock and J.. Fowler, Ilaggerstone, Middlesex, sal-am-
moniac-manufacturers—J. and J. Strinstin and J. and M. Pa-
trick, Bristol, shipsyrightsW. !tees and S. Broad, Bristol,
beeches-makers—J.Hull ai.d T. F. *Seward, mustiest Ceara-
thke, solicitors—C. Hewitt-and A. H. Beck with, NO4rich, at-
Jornies, E. Saxhy and B. P. &Wanes. Nesvgate.street, spi-
rit'eserchants—D: Campbell and J. Cliarles, GM.,gow—J. aad • The small-pox is makii, dreadful ravages
yr. Colson. Exeter, linen-drepers— It- W, and A. Walker;'o
eichbourhood of Liverpool. In one parish,
Runlet. Yorkshire, coltimaspitmers—W. 'Wright and W. Hal. n
.0
atiltou,creovitte.strert, Brwtswick-souare;surgeuits—C. Brad_ mires from that place, nearly sixty children
cord, and W. J., Giupll, Go„ d=e-street, Tottenham-court-road recently perished brit:
difiee-41. Ellis • and W. Cnunii, New-street, Southwark, ,
' theteessohgerw. The members of a Benefit Society in 17,wansel,
. had supposed' themselves possessed of 38 guine•
_•, • ,
... BosteeterrE, in conversation with ,a visitor to the'; gold; were strangely surprised and mod ,
mortified on ,
island of Elba, a short. time before .Lis return to : day weok; on opening theirbos, and finding
jTrance, observed, " That the Diama of his life. was . treasure 'transmuted into halfpence to the
not. yet• completed--he had enjoyed the greatest amount' The alchyrnist) has not yet beet'
Ifoir lo. Europe, and .he was then thLoiag. in hutni. covered.
listing aclversity ; but there wits,a-third act to come, tis!tox-HA I. t —Mary welch. a native of Imiata,t.
hrnugh.l *fore Ali. Serjeant Sr 1.1.0 N; on a ehnro of ;,t, , 1,,
wisiob would be as liatottlisbilig and important as
.to hung her own thildt, a ctrl ;Lbw,' II year: of atty. 1•4•
liitherof. the prenediog.. " . w h 0.....• situaltraijkad ptovineutiaili• been discovered 1.3 .:
11, On. Tuesday evenine, about tom! o'clock, the
save her !if e,. stated, that her mother, ailed by her
,I:,'.;1
11, a and mighboo rh :Id, of Ludlow were
visited
..Inamns.dittiTvr
niser:iir her hands soc,tt-.1 y • behind I: ei . •
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d 'Med itento a !wok used ii: ri,,.
the. tremendous storm of thunder and. lightning,. tile rneinz from Omit they suspended her in sack a riT.tdies: •
aciompanied by,violent rai„,. • The:electric .114tid-11:,7ad,s,f,),,f1:,ent.:Zvs:LI,Uttr,Incyli;;",,thhegnatthroefinsel; f 3:?
ucklitechimseyda.2.4isa Senit'a house in Corte.' law, wl:o entered pm romp by chance and nit the r'.
- y ttwoli,stied. shrill ief-its .sides, ,and left one.
°ding 1 it then. forted partwhich she was stli.prnded: before the vital spark via; esu
nil. pet;int stated ilett the chirti'soott recovered, AA iat
of the wall, shattered Aim of whit had prised, ite..iaimediately sent for a c''''
zsgpsystovifi }.ltiel:Wtirdie ,
yosatt.alttiot.Opeiebooeu:, arlrbituronatteeirikl;atihoge.a.gainl.dity4rhua.iwitt:Viapro.Ditwitelirai.waut,,(su.iip.t4llsiiuntgu. evint,ft,lrtrd:),;"tTei
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talldie Jtereerrtng , were, in an enjoining outhpase*. Ile. MIS
ondtherebyeiscapeA. without injury.. . The adjoining '•
.Isoliatt of Mr. WOOLArtosC aria 'muds damaged by --
reet.
.piin,:ure.-,TThe woman was committed for trial of id, Q
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tihe falling d the chininey ou its roof. i SeATtiallaW Ofrica,- 87, FleeNitnret