The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-08 00:00:00

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to promote, all rases, their indiridpul and Collet tixe
prosperity, whether I am called on to act exclusirrly,
or in co-operation pith the ar-ortlinate authorities.
I) P. W ITT CLINTON.

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Bog roN. Nii,.. 7.—At the Cir..uit Court of ; the
United States now in session in this town, before his!
Honour Judge Story. the Associate Judge, and Iris ;
Honour Judge Davis, the District Judge, came on for •
trial, on Thursday morning last, two.iudietments.•is..
one against Joseph Finley Smith. late of Baltimore,
id the district of Maryland ; the other against Adolph
larost, lately residing in the city of Nets Yuri:,
wherein they were charged respecavely. with viola- ,
tionsof the Act of Congress of April Ibid. pro-'
hilliting the slave trade.
These trials continued ant!' Saturday evenings anti
resulted in the conviction of both the prisoners ; the
jury having been prompt in their return of verdicts
; to that effect.
The prosecutions were conducted on the part of '
the United States by fleorge Blake, Esq. District At-
torney, and the defence by J. I. Austin, and Stephen i
' Hooper, Esquires.
It appeared in the course of the evidence, that Smith
was the master, and probably owner in part of one• of
; the offending cesspit, to wit, the schooner called the
IPlattsburgh. (the same vessel ou board of which for-'
mer piracies and mu. dens were perpetrated by the four
eonvictikacho were executed last year) that this I
was fitted out from Baltisnoie, anti sailed from thence
on a slaving voyage. under the command of Smith, in
December last; that the other offending vessel. to
wit, a schooner called the Science. was equipped aud
sailed from the port of New York, under command of
the other defendant, Lents, in the coarse of the last
autumn : anti that both vessels were reneontreil in the
month of April last on the coast of Africa, while en-
gaged in the procurement of slaves, aid taken pos-
session of by the United States' ship of war Cystic
Trencher& master, and sent for adjudication to the
port of New Ytirk. The crews of the teasels, consist-
ing principally of foreigners, shipped at foreign ports,
were immediately released from imprisonment and set
at large after the conviction of the above-mentioned
principal offenders. The Court now stands adjourned
to the 29t1s of the present month, at which time it is
understood. that seu.enve will be pronounced upon
these conc:cts.

(rgr.o TOT s VIVIIV.tiI GEORGINA, or OCT. 241

For a few days past wr have had cold weather. and
an tinndav rieht a frost. Mince •liis weather has
commenced, our physicians have noticed a rothider-
able amelioration in the type of the fever which has
desolated our city, but yrt differ A 5 to recommending
a removal into town of those is ho are but a reW
miles distant—should this be succeeded by hot wea-
ther, as is often the case, a return would be certaidly
Imprudent.
Those of tier citizens now in the northern section
of our country, may return, wr tActiL, with safety
to themselves and families. The nandrer of inter-
ments in our city for the last three days have beets
thirteen, of which six are children not weeding
tire yesrs of age. and three from the Pllbiollerse and
Hospital.

NEWPORTV WATERFORD DANK

COURT OF CHANCERY. DURI.M.—NoT.

IN Till MATTUR or !.%?lull. Nm-FORT. A BANKRUPT•

[ Mr. IltNeils-. un behalf of certain creditors of the
, Bankrupt, stated to the Court, that • 'fleeing of the i
major part of the creditor., in value, load lately Bern i
held at Waterford, for the pnrpose of considering the 1
propriety of accepting the notes of the home front
those who were indebted to it, iii part discharge of
their respective debts. ISpun this occasion, a very
full investigation of the affairs of the Bank took
; place, the result of which was highly satisfactory. It
'appeared that debts of the house to a very considerable
amount hail been discharged, and that a dividend of
ten shillings in the pound on the remainder would
very shortly be paid. This favourable state-of the
accounts, Mr. Ilincliy said, was mainly attributable
to the fair and honourabli manner in which Mr.
Newport had met the examination of the commis-
sioners, freely making every disclosure and every
explanation that could strengthms the hansh of I
the assignees, ur facilitate their arrangemeola for
getting in the effects and liquidating the debts of
the estate. At the meeting already mentions:ll, a.
resolution was passed unanimously, declaring, that
it would he highly expedient that the stossig-
sees shook! be authorised to taltif frosts the debtors of
the House such notes of the Bank as were pun:hawed
by then after the bankruptcy, and therefore ant le.
gaily Mat ter of Pet off, and that such deliturs sheikd be
allowed out of their respective slehts the sums seta•
ally paid by them fur such notes, the price to..he' ea
tablished by affidavit of the holder, entitled is the
twitter of the Baalcreptcy, apd sworn before at
,itritsinitnary in Chancery. The object of tkolpre.'
lent application to the Chancellor was to oh* as
order satietibiling the .a.lnive resolution. and smOuris-
Tog' the Assignee/ to act upon it. a ,
Mr. Serjeant Lerner appeared for the assignees,
and declared their willingssess to adopt the plaq pro-
posed, the advantages of which to the estate :tall the
ereditors were great and obvious.
The Lard Chancellor professed his anxiety.to do
any thing in Isis power to give effect to an aroage-
meat so reasonable and AU acceptable to the t
body of the creditors, but he doubted r the Jeri. or
is
of the Court. The.prop sed artangrment 411
laeess In him to come killsin that section Of the 14 ta.
11. which empowers the assignees. With the a
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lion of the major part of the creditors in - ID
wake compositions with debtoth to avoid asekia .aid
lexpeusiae litigations. Ile would, however, rOgilaor
!the matter, aed directed that it should he Ag^a4tra-
stioned to him on the nest bankrupt it der .
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