The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-17 00:00:00

re TIE zunvit or yrs STATESMAN.

Sts,—Aboot the year 1042, • Trut ses published
itsocusiog the nutty sod impolley of imprisoning
issue's bodies for debt : it west to prove that the State
101 • subject, sod demoralised the debtor by canine.
meet ; it else pee so enema of the wrothede said
with debtors in the varies. countries of Europe, and
If my recollection is correct (for I have mislaid the
Tow), the moats' mode of throe months imprison.
meal was practised is that hives( industry, Holland,
et that time; from this I should judge fseeerably of
the Act, for the Ditch were deep shinking traders,
sad no doubt legislated epee that subject with great
jerks/teat.
Theeperstions of the wont Ad, pets os record
digresses of each person taking its beottlit ; to which
word any person no apply, suing their own will ss
se giving credit spin to an losolvent—the Associa.
Gee of Tradesmen, which is established far their pro-
*Oise, circulating the names of those who fail in
twin payments —theta precaetionary weenies most
certainly prevent greet losses taking plan ; but it
will befourd ow 'swainish's, that the losses are not
arrest to the public as 'toted, for it must be noticed
lbw apse got bill, or nuts of hand, there may be silt
males; sod each name or person infested for the
one debt, say for 5001. those pence, remain in pri.
son, sod tsklog the benefit of the Act, incleding
Jew espeacto. makes a debt of 5001. ewer ss 31001.
odeitting 1001 as law 'spoons. I think the pri-
ces' stir spied lb. Act arises from the injury don•
to the attorneys, by its operation preventing their
being employed so much as they would otherwise.
Still I think ear Legislators will never resort In the
old creel system of cooining mew for simple debts
longer than the transported or imprisoned felon, for
ummittleg crimes of the greatest atrocity.

Nagy attentions is thipresent Act are highly ago
assery, sod so doubt will be attended to : such as
is the case of tib•half.pay officer, that half.pay being
his only Income; or men of certain settled incomes
contractim debts to am enemas, amount, wit oat
the most dissect prospect of paying them. 'nese
men Ilse unembarrassed in a prison, and enjoy their
snowy when liberated, sestieg their creditors at de•
&race; they certainly ought to be obliged to give
up a portion for the payment of their debts.
The sufferings of tradesmen, from Mock Gentry,
Is very greet, so numb so, that thee, who are corn.
milted to prison for debt, should be sent to Noirgate
for swindliog.
Amongst the sway classes in society the falling
tradesmen Is the greatest sufferer, particularly when
his debts are small—harassed on every side, his credit
stopped, thus his future prospect mitred, his wife
and children seat to a workhouse, and himself to a
prima, by a vindictive fellow tradesman. No friend
to relieve him bat the present law of the land. This
should be particularly noticed in framing a Dew Act ;
many tradesmen not being the most esemplary in
mercy to each other.
In speaking of Mock Gentry, I was told of one
who is about to tak• the benefit of the Act, whore
worldly pods, open a valuation, amount to the sum
of one pound fifteen shillings, bet whose debts amount
to the suer of 6,0001.—" This is sot as It should be."
It would be well in arrangement with creditors, if
three.fourtbs of them agree with the debtor, the other
feerth should be bound by tie said agreement, which
1 thlak Is the use in bankruptcies. This would fro.
quently prevent imprisonment and reln to the debtor,
from the litigious conduct of one vindictive man, and
save trouble to the Insolvent Debtors' Court.

At the present time, when credit is given with en
each necessary nation, in consequence of the times,
there is a Weil necessity for the greet, or those
biased with property, to pay attention to the claims
of their 'salesmen, as their procrastination in theta
payments fletionitly proclaim rein. No doebt this
proceeds more from thoeshtleuness then intention.
The rich should look to this, end net leave aisles of
so mach moment to be arranged by favourites or de-
pendants..

TM painful feeling railed by enattentied•le up.
plicatiess to the higher cisme', Is well described by
tier POP t Srain a i'..•

•' F.II lime konwest he who hart .at trial
What hell it k .•I.R loos to hale;
TO lOW good days, that owaht be better .peal—
To waste s.e wialvt. is pewee lankiest t
To speed to.day—ta be pet bark te-rorwrow I
To teed ow bope—lo pier with few and a mew ;
To have thy Praire% grace, vet wool 4i. Preis—
To ..ave sly solgssg, yet wait loamy years;
Ti. hes thy soot sub crows awl with rare: y
To oat thy heart with toorarileva despair. g
To lowa, to cram. h, Is wail, to ride. us roe,
To speed, mime, b. was, to be willow."

If thew who bare it is their power would pay at-
tention to the cosmos desire of man, by setting a
gond .sample to times of Ilse lower orders, mod
bolding oat lodoesaveois for t►e eacoorageseot of
•oral conduct la this class, Om fruits would soon
be obseivable; Sedalia for the Suppression of Vire,
and Bible Societies, would arm base very little bu-
siness—the People 'mild do it tbemstives.
Aril, 1119. A. B. L.

In another part of per Paper is a Letter to the
ARII.IIIO3IOPOLY Commtrras on the low price of
lisps, and at lb. earns lieu the high price of Beer,
which it is impossible to read without the most pain.
fel emotion of sympathy foe the condition of the
poorer classes of society, who ems to be doomed
(like the melt of w►ich beer is wide) to be ground
to pieces I. every way ! !
Twa Dogs or Tonic —Full reports are net daily
to all the brushes 0 the Royal Family of the aisle
of the Doke of You, by Sir Hr sty ['ALFORD sod
MACORIIVOR! the former sootiness in constant
mesoderm upon his Royal Highness, to take every
possible precaution to guard ageinst fever. The fol.
lowisg wu yesterday's Bulletin :

Wiekee nook. April 16.
" His Royal Higbee,' the Hoke of Yogis remise tree frees
fever, este is 'Omuta den% wil.
" HENRY HALFORO.
" P. 11ACORLOOR."

Yesterday the diepatebes were closed et the East
lodia-boose, ■nd delivered to the Porten of the fol.
bowleg shim viz :—Kellie Castle, Captain A. LIND.
SAY, sod Lord Castlerea4h, Captain W. Youstaics-
at •o, for Chios direct ; Cothorior, Captain W.
Koos, for Madre, direct.

To rat EDITOR or rem STATESMAN.

Sts,—Nothing bet feelings of jos, ice have prompted
use to commence a task, to which I confess myself
Incompetent to do staple jostle,. Having never
written en article for publication in the whole
curse of my life, I beg you will 'scan errors,
or co►rect them if you think it will semi the
individual for whom I have taken this trouble, and
insert it in your troll, independent Paper.
Viewing et different times in roar Junta!, tke
hard case of persecution towards an humble trades-
man of the name of Koons, whose ezertious is the
cause of R►form (if your account of him he comet)
have been most praiseworthy, end duetting of the
moat liberal support from the Public, I we, sorry to
observe in The Examiner of last Sunday, the pre-
sent deplorable stale of Mr. Rocco., whose honour
and honesty are indisputable, by the cursive be has
takes, in applying the Subactiption that was raised
for the relief of his family, to the compounding with
his creditors: no circumstance could possibly show
more truly the character and disposition of a jest
■nd upright man, than this act of Mr. [Oates.
Knowing nothing of the Rev. WEIDEN BUTI.IIII,
bet through the different Newspapers, and who may
possibly be a very good kind of man, still I cannot
divest myself of certain prejudices, which I regret
to soy are strengthened by his sot producing t►e
letter be wrote to Earl Gaon-twos, whose gentle-
manly and liberal answer, be very indiscreetly
give to the Public through the medium of The Re.
ornate, without annezing thereto his own communi.
calks, and which Mr. Roc ERs has so properly
called for, bat apparently with all little effect u the
various applications to the Post• Masters.
Lspecting every Sunday that his letter would air.
pear in that Paper, l urn induced, from very differ-
eot motives than those of the Rev. Mr. BUTLER to.
wards Mr. Room, to urge the propriety of the
Rev d Cretinous's transmitting to you the letter
he wrote to Earl Geoscroos, for insertion in your
Paper; as upon the face of his Lordship's answer,
there is evidently something improper, at least to th►
injury of Mr. Room, asserted therein, by his Lord.
ship saying, that ►e " by eo means moldered him-
self rupousible for its contents," (here is evidence
of Mr. BUTLtiell having asserted something to
lidete the allegations in the Petition of Mr. Ronsas,)
"sinless Mhad undertaken to vindicate its accuracy;
and he could hardly tectieelle it to himself, with the
view he took of the importoet se,bject of the Right
of Petitioning, to refuse presenting them when they
were coached in decree language, and complaining
of public injury."
That Mr. BUTI.IIII will see Ike propriety of band.
j log his letter over to you, as be has not done an to
'he &teatime, is the wish of a previous Subscriber
to the case of the above injured man, ■nd your
I dient Servant,
A. B

Cade:Wry-place, Neeriattee Bans,
April lb. ISIS.

LOW PRICK or HOPS IND MALT.
TO THE ANTI-MONOPOLY COMMITTEE.

GENTLIMEN,—AIIow me to call yoer attention to
the great reductions which bars taken place in the
prices of hope and malt. Hops are absolutely sot
.bore one-fifth of the price which they were at the
beginoing of last year, when beer was raised to 6d.
per pot, as it was said, in consetisence of the high
price of hops. !lops were then 301. per pocket, they
are now only 61. The price of malt is reduced at
least owe-fifth. The materials of beer are lly
low, but beer is kept sp at the highest price to which
it ever attaised in times of dearth. Providence has
blessed the land with a bounteous harvest, and mono.
poly is cursing it with the effect of a real stercity!!!
Its your Besoletions, published last spring, it was
said that, et lust, one penny per pot in the price of
beer was a sacrifice to the licensing system and init.
rests; that this penny per pot iu the eggregaie
amounted to an annual levy of 850,0001. spore t►e
industriuus classes of the metropolis, and of fear
millions sterl%g upon the inhabitants of the country
generally. But this emollient is short of the fact.—
By reference in returns I find, that in April, 1801,
malt and hops were acteslly dearer than is April,
1619. Beer was then sold at 41d. Now that the
arbitrary licensing system is folly ripened, end the
opposition breweries and bosses for retailing beer are
mildewy. beer Is charged no less than lid. per pot
more. Pray, Gentlemen, all another Public Meet.
lug. if the brewing and licensing interests, in a
certain Assembly, are too Moog for the interests of
the Public, let the Throne itself be addressed. So
leerg as two centuries agn licensing abyss' were Ilse
subject of Petitions to the Throne. Our first JANIS
listened to the complaints of the sufferers ■nd gave
them redress. The privilege conferred on particular
individuals to grant or refs.. licenses Is sell beer was
then 'nestled.

LAW INTELLIGgiVCB.

COURT OF KIM :a UP INCH, APRIL IC.

1111.1111Allf 10. TIIICHILIITOd AND ANOTlltit.

Thin was an *colon upon a breach of contract. It
@Mara that the Defendants, in the month of No-
ember, 1817, bed entered into two distinct contrive,
by w►ich they undertook ter supply the Plaintiff wilt,
300 casks of St. Petervberch yellow candle tallow.
at a stipulated pier. By the time the tall.int &coifed
in Ewelassi, its price in the market bed risen con.i-
derably ; and the Defendants oppearml to he dmirrivi
of rescinding their contract. After the instil, which
brought the tallow, bed arrived in London, Its caw
was loaded en the Siturday evenikg, an.l 110 n.,tiee
of the arrival or of the landing wee gi►en to an
Plaintiff on that day. Ito was sehsequertly tell
that be might have the Inhale of Monde) in eatiodoe
lb. tallow, sad if ho liked it, and chum to pay doted
its wales', might take it away no the tame day ;
however, be did nut erred. to all of these conditions.
the Defendants &elite(' that they %humid consider
the contract into which they hid entered nett mid
'Md. The Plaintiff, not having had time in •,. dyke
the cargo, and not having the cash by him tin the
instant, did not comp:y with this terms which the'
Defendants bad offered him ; but on the neat day.
Prostaday, he tendered them the money, which had
beta agreed on as the pike in the original contract.
The Defendants, however, refused to deliver this
tallow, and the consetparoca was, that the Plaintiff
brought the present action, to recove► the difference
Fazio* begotten Ihems,k.t price of at the limo
of this cargo arrivihg in England, and the price fur
which Use Defendants bad 'Updated to delis•, it.
On the pert of the Defendants it was contended,
that they were not !mond to keep the tallow in their
possession till it was convenient for the Plaintiff to
pay for it, and !bus allow him to speculate at their
cost. They had offlined the tallow to the Plaintiff;
lint he had not thought proper to take it no the con-
ditions proposed to him; they had, therefor., under
an idea that the original contract was unmated, Ca.
?rooml that power which every man possessed oser
hit van property, and disposed of the tallow is goes-
lion to another person.

Under these circumstances thy esee wont to the
Jery, win warned • verdict for the l'lsintif
Damages 6311. 19s. 7d.

BLOM %X O. ABBOTT

This wee an action brought to recover the sem of
2001. which the declaration stated to be money had
and received fee the use of the Plaintiff by the De-
(tenant, and also for money advanced by the Plain-
tiff to the Defendant. The Defendant pleaded the
metal use to all the counts in the declaration, and
also a set off.
Mr. SCAULETT stated lbe MP for the Pleintift—
Messrs. Blesses and DoMetall erth were the assignees
of two persons named Foodrinier, she was the in.
'venter and indentee of a machine now meth in use
'among paper wisnufactesers. These machines he bad
been in the habit of lending oat to persons engaged
lin that trade, at different prices, according to their
intrinsic value. It was perhaps requisite to state
that the present Defendant had been appointed ono of
the assignees to the estate of the Memo. Foedrinier
at the time when they were made bankrupts; bet that
he hid been removed (tom that situation by an order
' of the l.nrd Chancellor, issued on the petition of
•certain eteditors, who staled, that as the death
lof the whet mitigates, who were appointed et
the Sawn lime with Mr. Abbott, heti left him
,sole assignee, soil es he was intithatety connected
• with the Mesita. Foutlrinier,and was e'en Mllittg.d in
certain commercial speculations along wish them, he
was not a fit lirt,nn to haw. the dimitotal of the fools
of she estate. In consequence of his being remoter!,
I a circonistence, in the necessity and psoptirsy ni.
which the Defendant had himself concurred, fresh
assignees wet, appointed, and those assignees were
i
1 the present Plaintiffs, Miers. Dinsam and Drillings..
worth. Messrs. Grompt.in, respectable paper Winn,.
lecturers, near Bolin*, in Lancashire, hail hired vise
of the machines to whirb he bad before alluded, and
bail agreed to pay 4001. a-)ear for it. They 044
i usually paid this sum to Mr. Abbott ; but in 1817,
they paid it to Metal,. Bloaam and Dollineswnroh,
rui assignees to the estate. Daring the lest year a
' Frenchman, of the name of Diane, hail <cm a note
round In all the paper manufartesers, charging thine
tint is pay Messrs. Foudrinier for the use of the ma:
chines which those individuals had fabricated: the
, money was due to him as the inventor of them • and he
intended to appeal In the En.s.liali Codas of ate t •
• set aside the pat rnt eb ch the Fondriniers had obtained •
; Shealy after the M . Crona.don had received this
note, one of them caste to tows, and consulted with
Mr. Abbott regarding the twat 'lion which ought to be
raid to it. Mr. A. ti id him teat DiJot nes a foolish
fellow, and that be had beets• pay over the moo elf
to those who were commissioned to receive it. lea
consequence i.e paid this '2OOl. In Mr. Ablinti him.
self for the benefit of the estate. When 'he assignees
discovered this circumstance, they applied to Mr.
Abbott for payment of the earn. Ile, hoviestr, re.
fused to make it, and stated that be was entitled to a
commission on the scuts wbi h he had received for
the estate of the bankrupts, and, that he shooed main
the c.:1101. till his claims were satisfied. Mr. SC2fj.,/:
hoped that the verdict of the Lary would show the
Defendant the futility of such a defence.
The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to tall
witnesses to estal....ish the right of property to these
machines to have born originally in the Messrs. Flitt-
dtinler,and to be wow in the Assignees. Ile was els..
proceeding to show that the money in queasiest hail
been paid to Mr. Abbott by Mesas. Crompton, whet'
Mr. GUItIIZT interrupted him, and stated that his
Learned Friend might save himself the triable of en.
Heim flutter tote the etidener, as there woe a Ingo,
ohjectina which would Veered his Client from ••••
,iveting, even if he made good his cote. Mr. Ab
butt, against whoos the action had been brusiabr,
ought to have been made a party to it, irk was in-
tended to maintain It satisfactorily, be being e part-
ner with Muses. Bloaem and lielliogsworili.
Some conversation then took plot" betweat IK*
Counsel and Attendee of the tee contending porde»;
after which it wasegteed that a verdict, ontiject, how.
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