The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-28 00:00:00

IN THE MATTER OP GEORGE PAGE, A BANKRUPT.

On a former day Mr. NIARRYAT ohlaine I R writ
of Habeas Corpus, to bring up the body of George
Page (this name was by mistake printed John Payne,
in the Statesman yesterday), a bankrupt, on the
ground that he had been informally committed, first.
by Mr. Birnie, the Magistrate, and otroeward% by
certain Commissioners under an award of blnkrtiptcy ;
the objection to the commitment by Mr. Birth. was,
that it did not pnrsue the terms required by the Sta-
tute, and the abjection to that of the commissioners
was that it referred to certain questions which the
bankrupt had refused In answer, when, in fact, no
questions had been pot to him either in writing undar
the Ist Jac. I. or via' voce. under the sth Geo. 11. The
Habeas Corpus was granted on the 18th Awl!, end
while it was pending the C .mmissioners issued a new
warrant to the keeper el Ne.acate.
The bankrupt L _ay.sig -0 'II trio day placed upon
the Roar) Mr. M4ltitiCAT to.)lty,otojections iu sup-

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port 9f his motion, that. he be disc errcl, e Vie/
that, supposing the two mit commitments to bi- •
illegal, the defect could not be remedied pending
the discussion of the writ: the Commissioners could
not build a good .detainer (supposing their second
warrant to be so) upon .1 illegal..COmmi!teeyyt. fie
submitted, however, that even the detainer itself,
issued since the granting of the, writ, wee
inasmuch as the commissioners did not state their
julisdiction, by betting out 'our refetrlog t 6 thred.
judication of bankruptcy ageing( Page.
Lord ELLENetaitouvir observed that. supposing all
the proceedings defectise under the llith sect. of the
;sth George 11, the Court had the power, If it saw
region,' to tecisawnit the beekoupt, and ter meted the
wterrant.
Mr. MAISISTAT contended that the 18th sect. only
reffrred to informalities in the warrant, and not 0
suisstantisl ohljections like those taken in this ease;
HE also tirged-that the Court could not take oodles
of the adjudication of bankruptcy.
The Court was however, I.f opinion, that ti•e •
jection was.one of form, and not of substsircehm4
that, as the hanimsiptcy was admitted by Page lie
alhitsvit, the Court could take notice of it.
ales MARkYAT then took an ot.jectitip to st
question, which in the second warrant •.f thiferownshl.•
sinners was stated to have been put to the trasikrupt's
it respected 'helium of 16001. which it was alleged the
bankrupt had received from the silo of his stock as
silk-mercer in Cranbourne•ally. Mr. Marryal ar.
geed from the form of th• question, that it wis in.
tended to entrap the bankrupt, which Lord C J. de
Grey had held to be illegal. He insisted also, that
though, under the Statute Jai. is the bankrupt might
be committed for refosiee to answer' written integre.
Footles, yet. he could not be committed for refusing
to answer rico roce qnestions, Hutch less for refusing
tto be sworn, which was what the bankrupt had done
in this case.

The Court, however, 'sifter hewing Mr. ANDILEWS
on the same side, and without hearing. Mr. ScARLErr
and Mr. Citirry on the other side, recommitted .the
bankrupt, on the ground that, supposing the werranta
to be illegal (which did not appear), the Court had the
power of amending them, anti mitring 'Lem More
format, according to the provisions of the Statute.
At two o'clock Lord ELLENsoitouott sat at Nisi
Prins.


DUTCH MAIL.
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FROM THE FRENCH FRONTIRIII.—We Free front
Catrihrav, that several of the Doke of Wellitigtou's
Aid-de-(;amps are already gone to London, a9dthat
the Duke va as espected to go these before the
the month. It was affirmed that the issue of the
gociatiens will be communicated to the Chamber. be.
fore the end of the Sessinn ; and it was hoped that the
communication would not belong delayed
Many or the cantonment, of the troops of the right
wing of the Army of Occupation, that is of the Bri.
tich tf 000. hove been cilsoged for the relief of the in.
:habitants of the country —a measure for which they
are highly indebted to the Doke Wellington.--s
F-orn the centre motor detachments P essian troops
have returned home. but they have • P. n osmediately
reptarell by an equ .1 number of troops tr 'm the Prat,.
bleu Provinces on the Rhine.
BRUsSELI, APRIL T2.—The correspondence he.
I viPPil Paris and the Hagr.e continue. to he spry fre.
quent, it is stated to relate in a great rreaaure to the
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!enquiry, whe'her the attempt upon the 111 k f Wet.
lington was planned in the Netherlands. The At.
torney •General has caused several persons its this
sty to he minutely interrogated. The Frenchmen
who have been put into close confinement are not
yet released, and nothing seems to be yet decided
upon respecting them. Centilitre, who is accused at
Paris of having fired the pistol, belonged come time
ago to a company of French players here, who per.
formed a few times in the Park, but were soon
obliged to cease by orders from superior authority.
By letters received yesterday from Bilinear, dated
the 18th instant, it appears, that the numerous sea•
eels from the Baltic detained there, wind.bound, for
England, laid at last been enabled to put to sea.—X
vessel laden with grain was Inst on the B'h instant,
near Ystadt, hut the crew was happily saved.
The Neapolitan Gazette contradicts the reports of
numerous robberies in the Roman States, and adds,
that a few outrages which have been committed took.
place on the Neapolitan frontier. Ac to the interior
of Nitres, the roads are rendered perfectly secure
by military posts. The operations undertaken, in
common by the Austrian and Sicilian General Staff
along the coast of the Adriatic, from the river Front°
to Cape Leuca, a distance of above 4.)() miles, for
the purpose of laying down a maritime chart, are
nearly terminated.

Yesterday, as a Gentleman from the country
was about to enter Tattersall's Repository for horses
at Hyde PArk.cortier, a friend cautioned him to take
care of his pockets; the Gentleman instantly disco.
vered that his pocketbook, containing noto-: and niils
to the amount of shout 20001, 4C s : h^ re.
collected, that the last time lie had it was in a hack.
noy-coach, and that he had pot it on the seat of the
coach. He discharged the coach at the e•id of
Piccadilly, hut (lid not know the number of it ; be
ran him k to Piccadilly with all possible speed, but
couid find no trace of the coach; he pur(oed his en.
&airport, hut in vain, for a considerable time. At
length he went to Bow-street (Are, to give informs.
tiro, of his great loss. It was their four o'clock ;
and Adkins, the officer, started to use bis exertion's
for the recovery of the treasure, and was so forte•
nate as to have the pocket-honk, with the whole. of
the valuable contents, in his posses4on at a quarter
h.fore five o'clock. On the officer presenting the
lost property to the owner, his joy must he more
pai.ily conceived than described ,• and he at the same
limo expressed his admiration of the exertions of the
officer. It does not appear whether he pee Lim any
'deg ,ate reward.
We have this week to announce to our ntimerooe
readers, that the Grand Jrtry, at the Livery tot
Quarter Sessions, which commented on Mewls y last,
found a true bill against Jesciph Nadin,
Modle.th and J. Prinnott, Police Oifir,rs of thif
town, for a Conspiracy. Aoy comment in this (set,
woo for the pres'nt be considered itnproper.---(Man•
Chester Observer.)

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