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&INK COUXr. to cast any blame on the Directors, he had gnat. so. '' se -. BANKRUPT LAWS. dual, as to a debt, and en act of bankruptcy, is i
—omew.— sped for them personally, and defiled any ietendeit.l-
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The Secretary read proceedings of lest half yearly on his part to impute It to them. serinus evil to the commercial port of the coolers!,
COPY or A PK nriov Pit ESETTE9 BY KARL. Mid in a high degree discoormting to {Mile commercial
Court, slid they were confirmed. The question was then put, and, en a show of wr %/1110P1; TO THE 'IOUs!: OF tows, sive 111. pursuits, which area great sourer of ate tiorial 14811
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After a pause the Hoe. P. Ilevelart role, and' beads, was lost by about two to one. - 'inasmuch as there is not, in this respect, an equality
sfipr having apologised for again offering himself te•
tbe notice of the Court, said, that he having been P.RO TES TINIW IN FRANCE.
ONITTO elnonom or eitesr earrato AND IRS- ject. ii the law now stands; because, on the ntte
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the seconder of a proposition made at the WI Coirt,
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the record of which proceedings hod be
The bumble Petition of John Darren, late of with which an improper COminivilon of Batikimpt
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'teas tether a consequence that he shoe sinus It is with no ordinary degree of pleasure that we . Leeds, in the County of York, Merchant, may be sued out. 'without permitting the injured
to woo by documents the propriety of the decision record the energy and the success of the exertions of sinew Tit,—'That fur several years your Lordships' put), pretinunir o' siy one it „rd In his no, 44„.
then made. He then adverted to the sources of the Committee of Dissenting Moisten'. in behalf of Petitioner Cs r,ried on trade or business as a met. fence i and, 0„ the other hand, the difiiewit, of hie • il,
Barth profits, as known from Parliamentary Papers,' the Perotteet" and 100 long neglected Protestants in chant, or wbelnsale dealer in woollen cloths, at effecturilly resitting seep a prormis; after fire Is .
idx.--on iseoe of 27 millions public balances, 114.! France. The expression of public feeling which they Leeds, in the canny of York. : i clareil a bankrupt, with the great length of
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has already quickened the steps of . That in the year 1811, while your Petitioner. was ' and the various forms of law width are fieq '
Francs; 4-4 t& Millions minus, three millions lent to Government I hate called forth,
'without Interest, interest on capital, house allow. I the Authorities in and the contributions on a Journey from, home, and in London en matters CoDsidered requisite to obtain a 4iiperimpis. . 41
ann., allowances for management of debt, ditto i
which are liberally and cheerfully presented, will of business, a Commission of iletskrupt, bearing 'Mat the said evil, shieh often tend, to O' 4
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for taking in loans of Lotteries of this year, ditto , boost essentially assist those who have 'offered the date the 13th dap of June, 1812, was sued nut arils's' and injure honest men; both I.kfitoti stun Criditerli''
for receiving Property Tax, that yielding a total of ion of ail things, on accent of their religious pio- . him, by a person in London i who (41 will hereafter is a strong inducement to some pertond to hire rev.
2,460,0001.; also profits, of which the Proprietors fission. . appear) had not ass) legal claim for debt against year course to the Bankrupt hews for frasduient purposes.
bate Dock,' lathe antount,visi—privatedeposits, loss Two circular Letters have been addressed ii 7 the Petitioner, and that in conseqeence of the said Com- . That as the first iiiatutes which wry, made eon. .
on notes destroyed, and last, though not least, ace,. !Committee to their brethren throughout the United mission your Petitioner has not since bear able to (Tilling Bankrupts appear to Mei been directed on, .
mutated profits known
.at the restriction to be i Kingdom. The first containing an account of their return to his home and to his creditors. against evilaiesigning men, the Baidtiopt Carle like
3,826,0001 ; he stated on the authority of Mr. S. proceedings, and requesting collection from all the
That saint after the said Commission issued, one harsh s system of jerbillicelon 'gallon hottest Mew;'s ,
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Thornton, in a speech made iii Parliament, March friends of religion ant bentanity. The Second, con-* hundred and eleven of your Petitioner's creditors, for the mere purpose of an 'qua distributio° of thee
igal, that the accumulating fund was not diminished tibiing the melancholy proofs of the massacres, ape- who are chiefly massufactorers, stud reside at or near effects among their Creditors.
up to that time by the bonus then jest voted; -that nations, and outrages which have been for months Leeds, in the county of York, signified their disap. That although the Binkrept Code fisiiinee 'stilt,,
! the order of the day against the professors of the probation at the taking out of the said Commission, made more Merril, by the alleirance of die Get&
in those four years the Proprietors divided at the
rate of above 10 per cent. with notes and deposits I. Reformed Religion. It is impossible 10 peruse this and signed a memorandum iudicative of their desire irate, &c. yet an Jinn* man cannot aieil hintede
amounting to only 20 millions ; that since, viz. 144 short but luminous and conected history of the horrid that it might be superseded. of the Certificate in deliveries up his-PrOpirtt to Ma
years, their issues and deposits have gradually iu.. efforts of fanaticism, without full conviction of their I That at the second public meeting under the Com- Creditors, without !eb .* bing.. "offender" in dm
crewed to 35/ millions, the divisions have been , existence, and without an anxious desire to check ' mission at Guildhall, no Creditor of your Petitioner eye of the w
law, by entinevitting an AC, eft Benhoph.y; :
under 10 per ceet.; that no doubt *ids increased their progress and alleviate their effects. We are attended, or offered to prose any debt, except the and even if loch Act of Binkreptey should be pen.
profits, intent and expenditure took place; be estl.l happy to learn, that the entente of this letter. with 1 pesitioeitsg Creditor (so called), who then chose him- ed to have been s concerted one, a Comiligeon
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meted, whitest pretending to accuracy, the outgoings additional information, will be published by the Coin- self soli guoignoc ' -2 . . fbewlsei thereon cannot be stestend. , •
ender the following heads:—Of salaries to clerks, II
mitt", in a cheap form ; and the profits of the sale ! That at the third meeting, on the 28th of Jalyt Yon' Petitioner, thilifere, mast bum* jeer
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be appropriated to the General Fund. We now lay 1812, yoar Petitioner turrendered to the Commis- . Lordships thetyoa will be pleased toy Onto
buildings, Property Tax, stationery, forgeries, bad
bills, trade in bellionApmpentation for stamps, &c. before our readers estracts from letters of recent date, sioners, and also signified his intention to petition the i year serious considerate°, the Iglu epoodteafoge.
at ;00,0001. NotwilPanding all this espence he received by the Committee from France ; some of Lord High Chancellor fee a sapersedens. Your Pe- I said subject, and to apply Sochi . * led gr. •
contended that the accumalated fund must have in- .
them in answer to enquiries, others written since thieves, was then examined by the CenenisslOwetit, I nerd Legislative remedy as j eis ,in 'one
crossed exceedingly.
Ho then reverted to two they have been informed of the exertions of the Com- andl he anwered all questions resting to his estate ! wisdom, appear to require. And raw rdships'
statutes, one of William 111. and one of Anne, 'oiitte in fa
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their afflicted brethren. land effects; bet ibe final examination of yonr'Peti- i Petitioner particularly prays thet.yener *tips
which took away all discretion from the Directors I 6' I hasten to communicate what news I can col- , flouter was turned to the ltd day of August, in I will be pleased to adopt immediately Inn nail
lied from the fugitives, Whom dire necessity compels `order that Ms etition for a sopersedess might pre-, Legislative measure to remove all doebts. (if ear
at to amount of dividend, they were compelled to
diiide all ; and that these enactments were consistent ~!o seek for refuge from their blood-tf neigh- seemly be heard. - I still exist) respecting the legal inewiret** His
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with justice and wisdom to inlet! speculation, end bouts. I long to hesr what !Wed the intelligence of I That the said Petition came on to be- heard on or I Lord Iligh Chancellor relative to your lisokionsfe
undue influence; the mystery to his mind was the our miseries has produced on *sr Protestant brethren I about the 17th of August, when the Petitioning Cre-i being brought op to the Court a Cheakery tt j
intention of the Directors in withholding these pro. lin your country. You moss be conscious that thot•lditer, by his Counsel mated, that be could not be plead his own cause. And your Plaided, milt .
its. He concluded with expressing bis hope that sands are now looking with an imploring eye to a reedy, and moved the Lord Chancellor to let the Pe- ever pray, dtc.
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this Court would show spirit enough to do away! nation so renowned for the exercise of titian stand over till the next day of petitions; which 'OHS at , _, .._ L'
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with this system of doluslop by camplyieg ,with his charities and Christian graces. I am sorry to say motion his Lordship granted. . ..
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motion— . . t that the unhappy situation of Nis... Is scarcely to 1 That at the adjourned meeting under the Commie.
CITY ELECTIONS.
" That this Court, haying considered the amount , be Paralleled in the present tranquil state of &rope- , sun on the 221 of August, your Petitioner attended
of the Dividends that been been made lipsongst the 1, " For many weeks the horrid system of pillage, sod tested to the Commissioners that he had lodged' ... _sou, . .
expatriation, and murder,
Proprietors of Bonk Stock during the right last bas been perused with hie aid Petition, and that the decision having been Yesterday being. St. Thomas Nil Wardasoimi
years, and baying adverted to those Acts of Parlia. unabated ardour. Some trilling efforts for protect- &toyed by the Tetitioning Creditor, be prayed an were held in the several Wards for the Election of
ment (vis. the Bth of William 111.
cap. 40, and the tints hue been shown by some in authority i but adjournment until his masa had been heard ; and , Common Councilmen and other Officers for the en- • )
7th of Anne, cap. 7), which impose en obligation on nothing of consequence till lately. The eyes of your 'Petitioner destining to be eaamined for the ' suing year. We never recollect to have witnessed
this Company, to divide 66 all the profits, benefit, , Englishmen will soon be opened to see that, not. marshes aforesaid, titaiCommissioners committed him : less bustle upon such occasions. ,
sad advantage from time In time, arising nut of the withstanding the base catoosita- of our enemies, to the Kings's Bench Neon, where be now remain,. I The Lord Ma;
management of the said Corporation ;" referring also the &lite of oar indekelgehlw foes has been not That your Petitioner bad various legal and 'quit- ;by his officers, left
to the ironed increase in the sources of its profits, • political, but the Protomaacesith end the Protestant able objentlooll to the said Commission; but as the: hour, and held his
is of opinion that it Is expedient, and ft does there.: werIMP. •To annihilate 'the former and destroy docket on witioth it was founded had been struck i being the Ward -
fore resolve, that an account be laid before a • the latter has been . their aim by night and previous to an act of •bectkriptcy, his legal advisers i men by the late
Geeeral Cpert (which shall be summoned for the by day. The Wight Of the lath of October last totsmilotd that therefore at the time of the striking lin compliment to
purpose of melting the same, on 'or before the 16th i seemed destined by the infernal demon that sop eft eighteeket he coaid net be considered. bankrupt, I Tower %Yard, cud
day of February nett'), of the amount of the surplus :Poled the massacre of St. Battholomen'. 4 lay as the aorkothey relied wholly on that past-for obta/aistr a I went to his own '
profits of this Company at the latest period to which ' Period when a finish should be .given to the pro. eapeesedosc -I: --. , • -,-.4-
...ilLtshich there are
It may have been.ascertelpg4",„, _ Iceedings in Nismessby the eatermissatiost4f every ts• That the said 'Petit's). eras %NW* g
Mr. FARR ANY shortly seeertdod the motion. ' Protestant, and ',ontrtilir of every gamily at -11140•4194.16-bet. as !Desoto Witt% it a docket prelims. We retslittat
Mr. CATLEY O said, OM the motion only told them . reformed faith. Troops of assassins had actually to au act of bankruptcy wait eit.—mitillittailly "the dertnen
what they already knew, that they had a large profit formed the bloody project of putting to death all Lord Chancellor as tellitient to invalidate 6 Oom- illness, but the
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in hand, and argued in favour of the Bank Directors' the abhorred remnant that remained in that unfor- mission of Bankrept which might be foaled theft- debted to the Lord
proceedings ; that their system had upheld the credit tenets city. - : on, he Petition wee 'dismissed. his stead.
of their paper, whilst that of all other countries had) 66 The assassins of our brethren have too long 1 That your Petitioner then resolved on referring The wordmorto
fallen to nothing ; instanced Austrian, Danish, and , been suffered to proceed with impunity, bet may we • aeolitter Petition to the Lord High Chancellor fora respectable, bet
others, and ridiculed the posasibility of the Rank' not now hope that, by the justim of the King, those ,so s on the grounds of the want of a Pe- boat, expected a few
ever paying in gold. 1 wretches who have slaughtered so many innocent vie. titfrgiesereditor's debt to sustain the Commis. tion of Mr. Toddy,
Mr. PAYNE stated, that be did Dot sae the caw in , tits, laid waste and burnt so many bouses in the shirk- and the vexatious circumstance' under whit*: represented the Wa, _
the same light as the mover; that the Directors bad 1 town,.and sgch a number of chateaus and estates, the' the Commiseion was• taken out'; but, from a Ts' ' satisfaction to bis fellow-citing. ; he hat Now re.
acted prudently le having accumulated a capital in ; property Ger respectable Protestants in the coon. riety of eitrarirdiaary causes, your Petitioner, al.' tired to his estate in the Isle of Thine,' Ao pose the
addition to their original, which was not at their; tcy,—shy Iwe not indulge in the hope, that they will though he used due diligence, was prevented lodging. remainder of his der in peace, respected by all who
command; that they mast have foreseen and always !at length meet the reward of their crimes, and others' his said Petition until the month of August, 1813. I knew him, The Election, therefore% of a successor
looked to the period of their morning cash Payealrota,i, be detefred from pursuing is with lire and mama- I That the said Petition came on to be heard, in narked no small degree of Interest; and gkessisiski,
and acted accordingly ; that as for the proposal made i ere, becalm, without molesting them, we humbly i its course, in August, 1814, but it was dismissed. ;of a man of a similar spjelr, similar views, aid aid_
at the last Coen of an increase of dividend, it was i venture to worship God according to the dictates of I That it appearing to your Petitioner, that acme tar respectability, was considered indispensikle; but .
a motioa of caisson on the Directors; that a new I, our consented.. You will not be surprised to hear • mistake or misunderstanding, as to the merits of the appearance of Mr. Jackson (of the house of HAl-
era had been created in 1797; and that, therefore, I that the Protaatants still live in constant dread.— his case, had been the dose of his -Petition being royd and Jackson, of Leadenball-street) as e candi.
the Statutes of William end Anne, (looted by the All thole who have property have quitted, and have thus dismissed, he applied to the Lord Chancellor date, wasialfirient to bear down all opposition, end
Mode, were net applicable ; he *WI4 to iticresselsogebf au asylum in Lyons, Bourdeaus, and Paris; fir a re.hearieg . and-amongst other Mega, mated to excite a universal energy in his fav,,ur ;'never was
the acsehrulated profit, always to have a reserve, In and to these more tranquil places the merchants and to his Lordship, ;hat your Petitioner had incontro- a representative mere unanimously chosen. We.con.
see eat loofa, and so they might continue their di. tradesmen are daily taking flight. The manufactories sertibly established by aeitiavits, that the Petitioning pandit. the Ward of mdirte upon this feepperswe
vidoed . without encroaching on their capital • that ' sod other monuments ef Protestant industry, are all Creditor issued an execution Against hint, sit months
they could net take into inerrant all the com before be took out the Commission of Bankrupt,
ing:maks abandoned ; our wretched mechanics are either mar. acquisition. The five former Members were reorieet.
ed—Mr. Thorpe, do. Mr. Sheriff Thorpe, Mr.
every halfyeer.Mr. P. afters laneatettownv,wescalled dewed or perishing in the forests, or wandering in by which execution he deprived your Petitioner Fungi (three „ernes Melly prised is eh* Connell
to order by a cry of " Question !" when he concluded other towns, bereaved of their dearest connections,' of property to a greater value than the. amount Chamber of Guildhall). Mr. Depot, Weddell, and
with stating hisrassons fur dissenting from the motion; forced from their means of subsistence, and seeking of his whole claim against him ; and that, there. Mr. Disc., all of-whose are deserelecof their civic
tint, that he wished the profits to accumulate; and daily bread : Lumen. v. 1, '2, 3. Out of five Minis- • fore, instead of his being a Creditor of .your..Pe- honours .• '• • •
secondly, to enable the Directors, by concealment, to ' len, four have been obliged to fly ; and the churches titiooer, there was a balite= on this account due In Fairingelolf:Witiont, Mr. isminel Miller ores
ward off the call, of Parliament, the calls fur specie, shut for months,--have no prospect of being re-open-' from him to your Petitioner, at Abe time when he elected without opposition, in ow. room' if Mr.
and replace the capital out at command. He stated, ed. as no Protestants dare assemble for divine wor. aged not the Commission of Bankrupt against him. Hedgos, resigned. - . ,
also, as a reesee for not complying with the motion, ship, for fear of their persecutors.—Write me with! That in- consequence of sooh rrprese"tati°°4 to The following Wards elect*/ their bit Member*
that Mr. Greek', had proposed certain Resolutions u much circuraspection as possible, and say if your 1 the Lord Chancellor by your Petitioner, hi. Lord-
over again, viz. Farringdon Within; Teeter, Cheep,
as eke affair of the Bank in the last Session of Par. ; esteemed brethren commiserate the calamities of the ship directed that the said Petition should be set '
ilishopsgate, '‘ 'airy,Candlewick, tanghourne,Wale
liarneet, and that the discussion thereon- would be i persecuted Protestants." down to be reheard on the next day of petitions.
brook, Bngsgate, and Broad-street.
renewed most probably early lathe ensuing Session, That your Petitioner then being desirous of plead-The following
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submitting to the Court whether the disclosure of ' ing his own cause, he respectfully signified his wishes
The Comm* 's ship Bo ban arrived, on Wed. CASTLE BAY*ARCI WARD.
their profits, now called for, might not confirm Mr.
of 'the T.ofr, !J. ••
ailed - ,on this subject to the Lord Chancellor by letter, and Air. Rex 46 •Mr. Peoria* . 41
ay; on tne me TIM ;she from nom.
Grenfeli's statements and facilitate the accomplish-prayed his Lordship to grant an order that your Pe• . Fenton 451 Tr Warr . 45$
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fray the 23t1 of August; from the Cape, the '2sth of Grilling, .
meet of his object. Cd ner might be brought into Court on tlio day of the
October; and from St. Helena, the 12th of Novem- •I ° Fermate . 46 •Vero bo
Mr. BAWDY said he thought they had Wandered , Ire .hearing of his Petition. . Hareem* . l *Polley . 6.•
ber. Off the Land's End, on Tuesday last, she I
Much from the subject ; that the Mover had not ir the Lad , .
~,„..' .1, ~,, il„ That. in consideration of your Petitioner's sites. - Sia.le . ...., . 4sl ._ nowieree.
rightly interpreted the titillates he lied quoted. spoke `Y In° *--"" w'''' "-NAPARTII lion, his Lordship condescended to notice your Pe.; ' vat. woe ne= Ict -
Mr.was in very goof health at that time ;he took sere- . ,
D. RICARDO argued in favour of the motion ; . Monier s application; and, on the 14th•ef humor/ . AI.DEItSGATE.STRFAT iwARD.
he stated that he Was a great friend to publicity ; that lof the Officers ofthe B b by the h d rat e.
.rty an , and past, id, Lordship honoured your Petitioner with a Mr.nber • 41
conversed with them a long time. Ile seems to be i Uri. Trot :
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he attached tro blame to the Director,' oaths contrary letter its reply, statiug, that if a pasty is aoalous to, .L'ale . : ;
quite satisfied as to his habitation, but complains eary ~..
was ready to give his testimony in their levees., bat slate his owls ease. he should wish he had the °pear. • Turner . •
much of being so narrowly watched :he is not al. 1 of A-s seep,` Roth • Maks . 6
still that the law of the land was paramount to every .ed
. . Imlay so doing ;• that no Wallin', of any ,,rbh.warei 8 members.
horseback without
ow to rile on being attended order having bed- made could be .foend, and Itill:, .r.en.
consideration and that no argument of advantage I
by some of the-English Officer.. There had been no . Lordship doubted his own authority:to make it, bet, COLEIOAS.STKUT WARD.
such as had b:en stated by his neighbour (Mr. Payne) .-- • Oa
arrivals from England since the lauding of Bona.. 'Siv,
' that his Lordship had no objection, however,fully.t, . -
could weigh against it ; he would acquiesce in any
distribution the Bank Directors might choose to PAtTI on the island. ' !I...consider the, matter, and time the result of teeth
make ;that bankers differed from every other trader, Yesterday morning, agreeable to anneal custom on further consideration should be communicated ; astrt •
they trade with other's capital, merchants of every
St. Thomas's Day, the Stewards of the Society of year Petitioner hes not yet been heard. .
degree with their own.. ,1
Antelopiasss, held at Mr. Daum s, White ilart.yard, That, by • the foregollog combination of dream,
Mr. Wissott said a few words, calling on some of Drury-lane, distributed upwards of 750 quarters stances, your Petitioner has now been about three
, loaves, of the best 0 lability bread, among the indestrl. yearsconfined in prison, during 1044 time both he-
the Directos to speak.
Mr. MELLISH, the Governor, then rose and said, of liberality is worthy loth. d his Creditors byre the. been. kept in paints.',','
out poor. This example as,
tation by all convivial societies. • suspense, and•be is ,still disappointed in seeking-skit i
that he felt he should be betraying his duty were he
to answer the question of the last Speeker, as well --mte.-- satires. which he seppoted might beebtained tee .thtii
as of the Mover, that the Company had all •along PRICE or vmegg THIS DAY AT own tecinee laws of his moiety: .
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placed great confidence in their Directors, and that if trona I tome. AIM. 15 1-114 I That your Peeking''' therefeeet., most -Itembly
any reason washarboured fur wishing to withdraw it, 3 per Coot. Red 13141 India Hoods 2 d • begs lease to WNW teyews Lorda6lol, that the 'poeb,i
por Gott rose. , Enteb!eleertiKu" 1 p , sibility of a person being improperly •platted lettleil i
he be,gefi tint their accusation might be spoken nut. 1 per dem.4411
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I ev-isTerese-ia. fit; . a ',loons situation, by the were ow* of as.loslivi;
Mn. Botrvsata, lu reply, disclaimed any intention 6 par Get, 141.7, .
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