The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-13 00:00:00

THE gTAT RAMAN

N4Y4L INTgLLIGENCIC.

LAW.

MAL, A Pall 14.—Cawe dawn creme be River
Wet ""iriiti the Cornwall, Wilson, for Claws. sod
rosositts; Lena, fierriaop. far Canada; std Leiter,
Koos, for Qweher—the two latter have oiled with
It* whale of the oetwarol.bound.—Arrived the Dry
lierbeer Planters, Strong, from Jimmies.
Portsmouth. APRIL PI —Arr,.•(l the Simply,
Baton, from Meath ; salted 3,1 Nue.; and from
1 Gihrallar..he Ibis of March. Ske was roes feel of
nif Gibrilt•r by the brig Vittoria. of Loodors, which
!carried away the Supply's here-heed. sod pert et
bur stern. The Vittorio was oblitrti to pat 1111.
Gibraltar to sepsis.. Spoke the Meats, Ramer.
and Amelia. Wilson, whalota, MI the isimed of
Timor. all well.—Sailed his Majesty's sisipPbeessol,
for Mika.

FALlintru, Aram IR—Arrive, the Liberty,
%Ceche:mare, from Witin..64l to Nostb, nith her
Insiiimart gone by the deck.—The Warhol Pack,'
for Anemizs, rod Mootagao packet, lot Jamaica, ife
gone into the Hoods.
Cotta, Aram B.—Attired thr Ocean transport,
fro■ Deptfotd, to take troops to Jamaica.

PROJECTED ALTER ,ITIONS z rig POOR

There are at prevent in their prove.. through Par.
liar:tear, ohm* BiIII, relating to the English Poor
Liars, copies ~f each of whirls we hast.ll.lll Wine us.
The first is entilltd a Bill " To amend the La es for
the Relief of the Poor," sod it dated the ..:1111 of Fe..
broary, 1819; the second, a Bill " To trai..nd the
I.asis respecting the Settlentrot of the Poor,"
dated the 29th of March, 1819 ; and the third,
• Bill "To present the orisapplic.viuts of the Poor
!tiler," dated the 33th of March, 1819.—8 y
the Bill for emending the Poor Laws it is
among other things directed, that parishes may
preside land for the employment of the poor, and let
portions of laud to poor iehehitants—a power isgireo
to Vestry Meetings to rate owners of houses not ea.
cording 201. nor less than 61. a per, for each houses,
Instead of the occypkrir—pensinns for service in the
Navy or /limy, may he assigned in certain cases, for
the indemnity of parishes—a power is elven to re-
move chargeable poor born in Scotiond, (rebut!. &e.
altheogh they have not committed any art ul ea-
verity, and tzeoich and Irish 'wrote may tat re.
moved without being whipped or tat r- steel.
The second Bill, which relates to the t -
fitment, provides, That from and after • day to be
fined by the Act, every min, anti every en:startled
wows* oho shed reside and c"utinue in any parish
for the epee of three years, without hiving beers ab.
sent therefrom more than a number of days in
any cow year, and shall nut, doting that three years,
have beers chargeable to any parish, shall by such IF.
eidetic', pin and acquire a legal settlement in the
parish in which he or she shill have so retitled ; the
term of such residence not to commerce until after
the party ',eking or elaimina a residence shill have
attained the age of years, and shall have been
rep rated or enisecipated from his or her lamas or

ler eking parent.
The Hall to prevent the misapplication of the
N.., Rate., provide', That childr•ii abase parents
are enable to support them, may be maintained, in.
stroctect, and employed at the eapenre sod no se-
entint of the pariah. lo some imitable and convenient
place or Oates within the parish ; orphans and de.
retied children moiler a certain age, are to enjoy the
benefit of these liialietiona ; but no other reltsf Is
to be given for the children for whom the pariah
*hall offer to provide in ttis way ; where children
are sis maintained, instrected, and employed ; it will
not he lawful for any everoaer to give relief out of
the l'our's Rate to any able-bodie4 person, man or
women, who shall be In the service or employment
of soy pelican or permit, Of who shall be hired or
engaged as a servant in hortvendry or otherwirar, el.
wept he ur she be am employed ender the orders or
directions of the overseers, no behalf of the parish.
Th. above is the list of the projected alteratioos
and linproremersta 'n the Pour Laws, and every pa.
1 riala will judge how far the provisions of these Acts
will promote or prrjadice their interests and the ge-
twist iniefests of t..ecomenseity. It is unnecessary
to ad.', that the door, of Parliament are always open
to Petitions on these +objects, and that the Balls ere
proceeding deliberately through their respective
stages, that the sense of the country may he steer.
taioed.

A letter from Leeds of the Sib inst. set's, "I •m,
sorry to bare to state that the mansfacterers keep
discharging their workmen, and stinting those they
keep on less than one.balf their eseal quantity of
work. Trade toner was known to be more Oat ; nor
it ts.ere any prospect of the least improvement ; bet
rice versa. There cannot bee more convinclase, proof
of the wretched Mate of the woollen trade, than the
paucity of business that is mew ires.oactrol in there.
Mesh* Clorh.hells of this town. These building, are
opeue,l every Tuesday end Saturday ; bet the first
Tuesday its the month has always been caleolated roe
as the day of lbe greatest bosioers; mod se the Co.
leered Cloth.ball, es many as 20,000 pieces have been
sold on that day ; whereas, on Tuesday last, not
more than 70 pieces were di.posed uf. It is, there.
fore, quite ev Went, that the beme.es %riots are as coat-
ipl piety overstocked as the foreign. 'f he consegeence
of this state of things is, that many hundreds of the
Ismail nester clothiers are nearly as meth distressed
as their workmen, being compelled to port • ish their
pude at almost any price, in order to meet the press.
hog demands of their woolomplera, who, in come.
qoence of basing ramified many heavy losses, are
become nocommouly keen and imezombie in enfercing
payment of their claims. A.l the woolstapiers end
merchants declare, that they weer knew so little
business doing, within their recollection, as at the
present season ; nor was these ever a greater scarcity
of assts."

Sunday night. sliest half.prast inn o'clock, as Me.
Thornless, draper, of Osford.street, with his wife.
were passing along Knightsbridge, by Ilytle-park
wall, towards Piccadilly, two shabbily (lunged wnso,
sppartetly sailors, went op to them, when Imo of
Ibex snatched Mr. T.'s gu:J watch and al.peodagos,
arid the other a saleable whirls Mts. T. ►ad
rub both of which they gut c;est

INSOLVENT DIIHMRS' COURT, Antic Vt.

Thus day seven debtors were resisted, and three
of those only remanded. to amend their sehedoleo.
About 15 wen 41isehar:.,i.
IN VIZ KATTOR OF OoLTOk toWARD STRUM.

The Insolvent was • Ili%(.pay Oicer, sud is.
eeised 41. per diem. Ile h.ll, however, in the
merle of two years contrae•el debts to the ensnent
of 19741.; and it did not :ppeer by his scheilale tbst
he was possesseri of eGeett, or thst there %feted:An,
dee to him selitieni to meet atr:h • conr.rect.
Mr. l'ou.occ opposed his d iseherge thep rr of. Mr.
Gold, jeweller, of rifft.o,e«ron the ette4.ti 4:ound
that be bad goods from him under false pietettr,s.—
Th. Insolvent, it was represented, laid seteeie.l
481 d e.'ch, chain, seals, &e. amen:ring to Ghent
341. Ile represesiteJ binotell to be posse-se.! of cod-
petty,bot that he was not then able to psy,altl. iegtt
much is want of the •rticlos. Ile vt•Totecl, there-
fore, giving a bill. Mr. Gold required a reference.
and the Insolvent named Mr. Hodson, of Monsoon •
court, as his spot, Is 'hese noose an spplicatinn
being .ode, an account sum receiver' (thrinqh noc
hom Mr. Hodson himself) elticis psikfied ih- emit.
tor. The Insolvent owe his bill, making it payable
at the house of Mr. Hodson ; bat, on being present.
ed. payment was refeseJ on the ground that theirs
eels no fends. _ . .

Mr. Serjeant RUNIMIGTO* was of opinion that
the charge impaled to the insolvent was not sustained.
The thing ',ruse mute from the Creditor's own neg-
lect ; for hosing rot-vitt/Al at the hoes, of Mr. lid.
son, and taking the word of some pewit 'heti., in-
steed of Mr. Hodson himself, he esi rased Monett
leen satisfied sad pursued his own coarse.
in rtlt U OF W. 1170114

The Insolvent In Ibis case was a botcher, and hid
discharge was opposed by Mr. Moreton, a saleransaii.
on these mends :—The Insoltent bad been is want
of 1001. and doe to the Creditor to borrow. Thu
latter not baring the cash ismedialely by bias, gals
his a bill of etc►eo`e for 1681. desiring that the sor.
plus of the 1001. should be applied to another purpose.
This was not done; the Creditor basing soon dis-
covered that he bad cashed the bill, end appropilated
the money to his own use. lie had unceasingly en-
deavoured to obtain the return of both, or, .fithert of
the suss, but in esin, sad at IMO the debtor be-
came insolvent. The latter pet in his schedule, hi
which be entered the payment of certain sums of
a•• tire on the part of the tree:fur ; but Mr. M0re-
1.... swore that n 1 sac': sem:, but rtes. a shi:licfir, waft
ober paid as dew in his account. The lusalleiti,
ender these circerytaorer, o rerrantird.

Oa Saturday se'nu:glit a Muting of t'e Coon./ of
Kilkenny, convened at lii:ienny by MICHAEL Cox.
E.g. ILO Sheriff, adopted a Petition fur the ',pest
of the Window Tax. The high Sheriff filled the
Choir.

On Thursday, MCI, mei, 114 lion. F. A Patr-
ttc, brother of Lord Derr tt.t.v, nes onanintesoly
Orme Member of Pediment for the county of
I Tipperary, in the rood of the Gen. M.tvitrw
decra•ed. The nen /Amber ass chaired according
Ito ancient rite, sod tlto afternoon was duty sprat
by the popellCO is &taking sod fighting—n-la lip-
perars.
; aiatemot of Mr. Coesw.thz.. of Moms
I Co-ort, relative to affair between Lord HESE-

rano and Colonel Gwerroc, has called forth a
cotinter statement by Mr. Goonnua, in which ho
says, that ha advised Colonel G. not to meet hio
Lordship, because he hod been already on th•groond
to rn•et I. (:M (NNE. in January last,
! when a deal wet declined by the latter, and •Il action
mil!stilaterl; and also because the sole depon4enry of
Col. Gwromea eight daughters was 10,0001. le-
l!Wed opon hi, lit, by insorance, end which nova
• hate been torfc;ieil in the event of his !elfin: in a
duel.

UPPIIO lIUNT.—The idea of the Elvinq lE.tnt et.
traced, yesterday, a great neetber of Cockney *arta-
men, who roe, oot at ao early hour to join in th•
pl of the chase. A ‘rawJ of persons, of all
des, Options, went to ilia forest aka, In carriage, lad
on foot, with • tiew of enkipolg a laugh at the ask-
ward esartiona of the asairiensen. When they
reached the place of their deatinatian, however.
there was neither its nor hoond to be seen. lit
the asburbs, the roundabout', and all the usual
spoils of the lower order of people, wont forward
neatly all meek glee as an any po.cirding ho-
liday, the unfavourable state
he weal her.

The Sessions for Westminster will commence eta
Monday n►st, and the Sestinos for Middieiet nn
Taesday, the 20th instant, at the Sessions Beate,
Gerken well•Kr..ert.
Tharsrlay net' the Prisoners, who stand ronamitteri
charges of felony, will be magma from the sole.
tat jails in Linden and Middlesex. to Nifil4lllB, pre.
parstory to theit lofting their trial+ at the ensuing
iessions at the o.cl Bliley, which commence out
Wednesday. the 21st Instant.
On gasurday bye liarknoy.coachrtten wore serevaren •
Oil to L'ow.strret, to •.14 err the cn-np!sittl of Mr.
Anohersus, the Deceiver. ohn sttird, that on Tues.
'lay 'venial/ last, haling ncca.iots to go la the Ipm.
goe in a hurry, he sent his s•Ar,ur! to calla MICA
hos eke stand nrirr‘t vas Muir; but slthouch there
wave fire coacher,. nor a driver clo!d he foon.l %lola
he went to a evite.hostine pqh!,r-tinus... e:tere ha
(nand the Sae D,fois,l4otit cernesing. Tile emu+.
men, wheeled, various excuses, were each fined LO.
..th toots.
The alibi Son Tavern, in B!ackfriars'•rnad, was
tusks open on %today night by some thirsts, whn
furred an entrance into the bar, and parried off
Ihok.notes, silver, and plate, value upwards of ono
hondrod Finitude.
ILCHESTER JAM —As a proof of the ednilralde
ma ,egement end @seal employment of the prisoner•
i I .hie jail, the Assize Courts at Tanner's', on the
2)111 al ~ I (fettled the ptea*lng •shihitinn of too
cloth criers fat the Counts' and Artsrnies' tables In
each Court, entirely manufactured by the Pri.
loners In this jilt, from she staple in /he peek.
through the different processes in picking, eon*
fog. combing, cording, spinning, weaving, sod dile',
atoade isteheicermintftrsei r
of eafeccibintipte..:4rettieur.ll.....l,,:sittesilow.e:
thin, worked in yellow silk :—" Maaafactared ►y
the Prisoners io Its-heater Jill, is let9•"—(Seaaer.
set Pnper•.)

---•• • •.• • t,•.••s• w.t.,euesst gnu Ttlrmes 'sum,
r ish.„
melt Lou, entirely manufactured by the Pr..
Sunday night, about half•past len o'clock, as Me. loners In this jsil, from she staple in int pack.
'horologe, draper, of Otfard.street, with his wife, throve' the different processes in picking, were
,era poising along Knightsbridge, by flyfie-park ing. c..sehieit, cording, spinning, westing. and dile,'
pall, towards Plettsdiity, two shabbily (lunged men, to the greatest perfection. The cloths efereesk bleat
ppartedy sailors, went op to them, when esti of sod the centre of each hears the folleettes inactiv-
ate snatched Mr. T... gukl watch and at.perrdages, lien, worked in yellow silk :•••••" Manefectored by
ed ow other a saleable ghoul Mrs. T. kid sm one Prisoners io Itekester Jrit, in letti"—(Salogr-
ritb beak et 'lda airy gut c;ear err Pnyer.)
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