MARCH 24. however, by Llindly and ignorantly recommending a me. thod, found to be once successful, as the very 6r.si atEng 11w world in all similar complaints, and under all eir-' cumstanccs, but by a cmdid examination oethets, by the ligiits of and science, to ascertain on what t -al gruunds its future utility •nay be a'ljudged to rest. G. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. As this inyortant and avowedly experimental measure is about to ti..ilerao revision, all appearing, from the numerous ) „. t pi s us present.. 4 to Parliament, to rotitevol that sonic altera tion is necessary to avoid the dest.ticiiim of private iiredit, it eanao,t but be useful t• lay before the pnhlic invOrmation col. !octet, %%MI immense pains, in the turns of on Avstrart, as the ready: way imagine, w!i. n he pi•rceires, that it is the result of sr% en thousand five hen:Jr-dam! nine petitions and selvedales— tio immber of pet tion down t. , the preievit time is upwards of eight dirt c hundred! When the 'stunner of petitions is compared midi the small number ris denim+, to vili effects assignees have been appointed, and the still smaller number of returns made by the.. lasi:pie..., :if ty-fivi. : may it not bt said that this art, !nine-to ruinous in its etrecis, lin , not '.ad a fair vri..i, and tl, :a ; according to all aippcarances, there h t O mrc'. viiiind for tile complaint made by Mr. Aber. ciumbie in the House of Commons on Vi edivesday night, that tliere has been great negligeniie On the pall of tn.. eiliditte_. Be that as it may, we give no ("pinion at v. escut, v:,e whole case being very roped," sent to a select Coin Mute of the R•. se of Commons. The following is the I..onvised ah em. !. the accuracy of which may b. t chill upon. There were 7509 petit - ...a p: - ..;.mid to dictate and present COMMIS. sio..er by debtors to the Ist Feb. 1816. Of these were viral ,•tn, in oonsinuenee of the passing of thi: Ac 54th Geo. 111. 1419petitiot6. So t'at boll) petitoi.:s 'med. Of e.et number 5511 lave lyen heard and eleterrain:a, and di - - charm s o.dered. There were lad remote-A; and Petitions not fir , let. mined St 93, making up the 6090pnitions. Ti.... total gross arro..”.t of debts stated in schedulus in all the p nouns - - - - - - Total gloss amount of debts stated in the schedules of pet:tions withdrawn Ditto of petit ins rem antlixl On the or!. T sid. of the statement, we find .5 , ,0 debtors of whose effects assignees have been appointed ; and Thr number of returns mad, by J e assignees only 63. The gross amount of property stated to have been gut in by such as signees is 1,49111. 45. Flom titiS statement the amount of debt from which indivi duals kat e been AlMost wholly released apprars to he cnorinoti-, .E.5.,698,a71L; but we arc persuaded such aitraint wilt he found to be most fallacious. 11 here there tie partners, for instance, each pa.tner enumerates the debts of the firm, hills el e change, ear. besides separately noticing stick bills or. debts upon which the arrest took place, and separate gross amounts are math- of the same debts. Thins the general reliant is decep tive, no doubt owe fourth or ow PM. The Committee sat on Thursday last, Sir C. Motick in the ('hair; but no ex:mimetic:is to .k place.. Mr. Clark, Clerk of the Insolvent Debtor's Court, and Mr. %fah hirsan were in at. tend to Le exam:tied ; but after asking Mr. C. some pro for ma questious, she Committee adjuntued till Alonelay (tumor- Tow). We lament that run orders of the House of Commons pre sent us from hot..• the proLtrPss of the Committee, the exa minations they tat.e, the. &ruined' mil inthrinatieu they enter upon the Minute-, and the opini.ms that may fall hum the h.cirb rs constitu:mg such Com,..itti e, hecatt•o the Act is of gi e it mportatice; A,..:;11 its principle he ri,slitly-pet into tied it de..:btless may he of great and general use, although of certain partial evil. TRADE, MANUFACTURES, & COMMERCE. The Litchfield Mercury rays—" We regret that we have this week to announce the suspension of payment, in the old and established b.iiilsing-bottNe of Gibbous and CA.. of W‘Aver hampton. The severe and imexpeeted shock produced by this occur niter, caused a temrrrry run upon the Rank of Messrs. I tor den, .:.clinctix, and Co. ; but it has subsided. . • We r. tht. f.t.•,tre of Another banking-hottse, that Messrs. lkichttaltt uott Co. of Taunton, tionsemohiret '1 lie letters received ou Saturday from Liverpool. mention that flic Committee no: .e.ed to inspect the concerns of Messrs. Roscoe awl Co. had proposed that the whole of the demand should be paid off in Sik years by instalments, of 3,..1d. in the vomit in each year. I we great Russian loaisea failed lately in St. Petershargh— one of them for fist millions of rubles. 'I heir istisioritanea are attributed to au extrusive monopoly of colonial produce, par ticularly si.;ar, for the disposal of which, they base been enabled to hull it., advantageous market. Friday, aceomits readmit town front I/rubies, that the bank ing-house of Messrs. Clough and Co. had stopped payment. 'the house .of Messrs. S. id, Burn, a!I.I Cu. 'tl t. regret to state, stopped payment 4.1.4 I I'llne , digy also, the house' of Messrs. Nicholson an,. Co. distillers, Clerkenwell; and Messrs. Hood and Co. Ca osby -square. The Nlinister of the Interior has addressed to the tq t ambee of Commerce of the following let ter : GF.V T t.nntir-1 believe I ought to caß your ate:ntion to those parts of the Sea wlich offar matter tor useful srculation:;. A regular organhattiou—a perfect staurity and European mstinutinti—eannot fail to neon to our navig.....ots the customs and manner of truding with places of commerce anciently frequented. They coveuitablish the surest way fur their priolucts.ishere they find a hospitable reception in tae ports of the Baltic, and timbre they inert with peculiar advantages. The tom modites and nasal previsions. which they seek in itustia, and are not timid in the Nurthei n nnaktch, bUt at the charge of along conveyance, are the producta of countries in Cie swiglilieurhood of the Black Sea. where in consequence of the courseof that sea, they have established in Critneo a much better market. Our wir..s, our liquors, the saute products which we fun :ih to litusia by the North Sea, and which are proper tine the winner/Toon of the more Eastern eetuuries, font the nirans of advantsgeoas exchange. It will be th..sireable to incrtiw,!ihe cmumerce or e:rance. and to Owen: it wit:tin the nt.ans of enjoying those advantages which the benevolence of the Ermicau Al :xanler appears to hold out in the relation s hetworn the two countici, .ud Govern ment comma:ideal those hashible (Abets of the in. rehants that parlor, and will .round their efforts with all their influence. L will he tiesirable that your %wads should mal.e a trial of that track, i.nd observe which is the 'hest preferable, by arms/do( cor.siderations, to 611: sea attic North, and to the inconveniencing of clic Straits of the Italtie. '• I tJwll ham with sati.tactisat of those expeditions in the erimear which have wale entvrprizis at your TC'.Uleds ctrl I shall receive wi t h yleasure toy cerenainicationo you way make to we on the facild: s which th 7 may expect frin Governm.nt, and on the obstacles whlah t;overit'ii st cs..ay be mablol tf tVtUr)ed. (SiJned) VAUSLASIe, the 11.111!Sti:t S.cretary of State.. THE NATIONAL EXPEDITION TO ;LEXICA. The expedition under Captain Tuckev's directions in the Congo sloop, accompanied b.:, tie I)..rottiy transport, for ex pinch's( the source of the river Zaire, or, as it is commonly tcr..ied, the Congo, has sailed on that important discovery. The steam-rot:Me which had been fitted on board the C.ingo has been removed, together with the whole of its vast machinery, o Itie WWI found iinpractic .1 , 1 , !, and it prevented the sailing •11:ric e,..set with the celerity that was requi,:ite.—While this cape . 11141 is prOCeel.llllg, another is to be affected across the conti . .ent of Al. ica, to the point where Nisingo Park terminated his 14liorions cs.ecr, sail Orme:• no the Niger, in the expects ; Con of ideetiag with Captah. Itte'• (.y, a A, in that event. ca tablishing the hypothesis w;tiet long been indulged, that the Zaire or Conde, mil the Niger, %re one and the same river. The source of the termer, as also the termination of the latter, have hitherto caused It large chasm iu the iaternal geography of Africa t and until now no measures so extended, or similar %%hit regard to the employment of vessels, have beeu attempted. The terrestrial :ids- ton is placed under the direction of Major :John Peddle, assisted by Captain Thomas Campbell, and thi , ; number of persons to be attached are nut fewer than . those !ruder , whose line of march is to he t.lhercd to. The lot lowin important d...cuntent, of which soar. numbers Lave been •rinte'd in 'as: I.sl,;tesli and Arabic latienages, will be distri buted for tile purpose of th.• natives rendering such service as the travellers may stand in need ef ; end particularly in the conveyance of -..;spa•ch s f. a them to any of our settlements on the enISS. The 1 . 0111/Willg represented as a true copy, to which 0.1 sea; of the African .:,uniyany is affixed. "(LS.) P-ee tradl to Africa by Act of Parliament, 1750, " This is to make !mown. 0 , at Maior John Caddie, Captain Thomas ramobell, and Aur;;•-on William Coissli.y. have ban eniClyed dv the SrLish Government 1 vro , eull Loom Senegal into the interior if Atrira, rl true the source of the ricer Niger, and to Amain such information 'sip-e , ;r .; the counter; through .which they t..ss, as may tie use ful it Cie .:x.ension and improvei. , .•.nt of eemmeree, which is the object of the British Coveminem in timeline those persons to Africa; and mat any pinson ....Ito may happen to fleet with those gentlemen, and shall be the biace: ct a letter file (;..sernor of this or any other British aie:tt en the (ion Cutest, tool either of Mewl, shall receive tire once sof ohl, and b.: W... ally re:ranted fur any service or arts of Id.: trim w itch it way at,: is :by such letter may have been rendered to either of therm—Witmais my hand at The munb , _•l of ounces of , r , i!el being fixed at fi r,, has been t..: act. at to by persons who have been at Morocco, as an cx p ession which is avoided by the Atabians and the Western Moore. in their numerals. When they wish to expre•s that number, it is gmsi ally done by saying four and one, or two and tin ee ; and the reason tosigned for this singular eugom aris.s from their idea of five being connected with the epithets o! . .nalediation, reprobation, &c. and also being the mark of the live fingers on the hand, in the manual rejection of any parson to whom the) have an aversion. INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE CHURCH MIS SIONS IN INDIA, AFRICA, @. CALCUTTA—A Society has been established, to which 1,5001. per annum is allowed from the Society in London. The European residents have patronised it so much as to add about OM. to be applied, besides the salaries al/owed to the Missionaries, to the ptupAse of readers of the Scriptures and Catechists, and the main tenance of native schools. Ac.mt—Abdool Messer, a converted Alusselman, with Talib Niessee and several Christian native% are readers of the Scriptures and Cate chists utOer the Sdidety, with encreasing success among the inhabitants of that large and populous city; more than forty of whom, many of them hitherto, proud nishometans, have been baptised in less than a twelvemonth past. The Rev. Wm. Greenwood, an English Clergy man, and the Rev. Christian Frederick Cotthalt Schroeder, a Lutheran Clergyman. hare embarktil for India to assist in carrying un this great work round Agra. NlAnit,v4.—A society is formed, to which aord. per annum is also allowed for the same rurpose.. Two Lutheran Clergymen, J. C. Schnarre, and C. T. E. Rhenins, have proceeded to Madras tinder a licence from the Court of Directors, ro enter into the labours of the Dr. John, and extend his advisable plans. as opportunities may open before them. About moo children in th e s cho o l s o f t h e u te Dr. John, art: under th,e care of the society. And the Rev, T. Norton, an kltylish Clergyman, with his wife and child, have embilisted for Medea-. _ _ _ CEYI.OX.—P. H. Gerardua Philips. and J. G. P. Appolimey, two, native Cingtilcse of high respectability, and clipendints of Christian Mi nisters, educated in Holland by the Dutch Government. arc now on their voyage to England, having been selected and recommended by Sir Alex. Johnston, Chief .Instice of the Island, ter education fur the Christian Ministry among their countrymen. Settlements in Western Africa have also beets formed at Bashi.: on the Itio Pongws Cisnstlee on the Bullom shore, Gambier, anti another was forming when the last letters were written, each conducted by two clergymen anu their wives, who take an active and essential part in these intrautant con.:erns. In the e settlements about two hundred native children, many of them the sons of the neighbouring el iefs, ere con stantly tinder Christian initruction, and most of them wholly main tained by the scatty. ('hunches have been eraeted at Bashia and ('a nottee. The New Testament is in a course of translation into the Gusoo and Bullion lannatagiis, and elementary books have been printed in those totigtrw to tt...cl) the native stn read. Some of the missionaries have sup plied the place of ehapinin at Sierra Leone. and ii mat number of native children have reciivel instruction front them. Bev. Leopold But whir is now chaplain to the colony. which has become a place of greet iii if wry n containing about 10,41141 inhabitants, of which net much less th,:a i4s 4) are native children of difihrent African tithes, liberated fnim inittOingvi.esels. A large giant of laud hems he: a made to the society. lon which :: erecting builtnngs for the nacepiion and education of all these destitute children, who will be Instructed in agriculture and other useful occupations, to civilize their mines, and render t :ern fit for Christian instruction. The maintanance and cloathing of each child costs the murices - about five pounds a year, and they are baptists' into such nainesms their liberator may desire; totes ChM one hundred of these had been thus w:h.vtad. . --- Government have mated their ready support to these rrocccilings in Africa. atal a cononotildus entirell is to t.,fli erecud in the isaony, ably to a mepsona`.. in conjunction with Co..ernor Maxwell. ;and tiio libtratal. children will he pluectl under the kxlety's care; and a regular intercour:c will be heucetortb maintith.ed by a ship ta be named the William Willi-TM:T.!. _ . _ 'llte saute active steps arc also in process under the direction of the Rev. Sam. Alarmlen, and an auxiliary society to be formed in New South Wales, principally in New Zealand, a' ere there is cup): sn teuragernent. Mn M4rstlea 1 s purchased t"e brig Active, .f Ito tam and several New le.ilatad chiefs have been carried in her to New Sout'a Wales ; and ;:tler they had received instruction, hewn" to r• tarn with them on a visit to New Zedand, acootr.r.at.i:d by all the sst;:ers. .Intigua, Malta, and the Levant extend the long line of these efforts. Two yoang Arabians, nine English students, four Cenoto. snuLnts, two I .utherau clergymen, there srlaxdrr.estcrs, are preparing to under take tbse anluous :.ntl laudable labours. The Old Testament is now translating irtn Petri :n. nzo nemtopany that of the New Testantent by the Rey. H. Nlat tyn. 'The New 'Tette mer.t is proceeding in %pm and IS:elont, two /Vt. lean tongues of great extent. 'The Liturgy is in preparation hiNiar. Aralnc, and Hln .lo,,tanee ; and thus . anivaro , :s othut lautco , trr:. rt Multotnetors and lietitht n 3, tr(Ntinrcs ate tt.1.4 to IniLt tw.i tist:ulaw' taly se/apt:v.)l and relii,nous tracts.. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. TRIAL OP THZ MARGATE MAGISTRATE. MAIDSTONE, Masai 21.—This case excited an imeoransim degree of interest, from Its having originated in the corms stance of a worthy Gentleman having been temporarily toned for placing himself in the latolahle situation of soliciting charitable contributions in aid of a humane Institution. The ease was tried by a Sipe vial Jury, of wiiich only two at. tended. It was an action by George 11. Robins, the auctineer, of London, against Mr. llot ce. a Magistrate of this comity, for false imprisonment, on the &fit of October last, at Margate. Mr. Seri eaiit Best, for the plaint; tf, stated, it was not ankaown to the Jai v, that at Margate, in this county, there existed a most excellent irity, tile Sea Bathing Infirmary ; and it had often happened lost learned and pious Clergymen had lent the aid of their a lo.pience for the support of its fonds., by groat ton Charity Sermons; and it had been expected that the Rev. Vicar of Margate would have granted it the same support. Why that support was refused, it would be for that Revetend Guinea:int to explain; but certain it was, that he refused the we of his pulpit for a Charity sermon to aid the funds of the Charity. The plaintiff, a Governor oldie Infirmary, with other Goveraors, thought, and justly thought, that they were well warranted in supplying the deficiency, though iu this they were thwarted by the same malignant influence. determined that they would make a collection near the Church.yaril pares; and that, though they were refused the aid of a Charity Ser mon, they would apply to the Christian charity of those who eaine from Dit Inc Service. The defendant ' a Magistrate of nu the county, in. diately caused placards to he stack up in the town, that persons so tieing touted be taken up as vagabonds ; and that if they repeated the offence, the) would he liable to transportation from this country for the space of seen tears. They were not, however, di tarred from this work of charity 1/V the threats of the Magistrate; but, ea Sunday, the Ist of October last, took their stations near the Church gates, and collected from the aongrogrition coating rest of Church, for the benefit of the Infirm. ry. titian after, the defendant none front within the Church, and went up to Mr. Rubies; he asked hiss what he was doing, and said he was a vagrant. He forthwith called two consUldes, who took him Into easilseg- mod for this offence he held him in custody untllhe gevesseesity to appear at the ties, Dover Sessions to 11141MOr Oar. of 'agnate. Ti n . notice of station was then pat to peeved. Mr. Shiptlen, an attorney at Dover, predated the recitals sauce returned to the Dover Sessions. Thomas .lo!iii Taylor, a gentleman of Awtane resident ot Margate stated, that, on the Ist of October !oat !nor hhoseW and other Governors of the Sea Bathing Inhentary, resolved to. solicit the usual charitabl- donations at the Catch-gates. Ac. cordingly, oa that day, four gentlemen, Me iliains, Mr. Wood. thorpe, Mr. Dyson, and another, held the plates at the Chartiss yard gates: 'he SISW Mr. Royce come up to Hr. Rohn 's, lid corder him to he taken into custody. tie was taken to Boyce's, eke attorney. in Hawley-square; but what was done there he could not say, as he was not admitted. There was nothing like noise or tumult ; bat the people panted quietly along ; and the plates were not presented in the toenail wag, lint people were rather forced to turn out of their way to gloo their donations. 11r. Edw. Wright, a gentleman residing in Veruhsts.indhi• Mgr, Gray's Inn, proved there was not the least noise of tnrliance. Some witnesses were then called to show that there was as. disturbance. Ake Bayley said, what Mr. Ro11;ns had done wall a legal act : and if other persons had made re disturbance, they, and nut he, watt to be punished for it, unless they could show he was a purty to it. This prodoced a short conference between the counsel in the cause; when Mr .Gurney made a shout apology to the Jury for his client. slating that he was mistaken in what he had done, and that it was agreed that they should find a verdict for tits plaintiff. with aOl. damages. Mr. Serjeaut hest, said, he consented to this; and Mr. Re • bins, who was in court, declared it was not his intention to• pocket the damages, but that he would give the whole to th e Infirmary. WrverrecTan----There was one rause tried at the above As sizes, the k-me Met hick was anticipated with more than ordi nary feelings. It was the trial of gdizabetli Jerome, aged 46 year:, anti her son, aged 15 years, who stood both charged with the iourtl-r of T. Anderson, in the 30th of July Last, at the Half-way Houses, neat tsouuttla. The evidence tended to asset?, that hlita bell' Jerome, from certain views of her own, had conceived a rooted dislike to the deceased (An derson t , ‘t Ito was married to her daughter ; and to whom she• not only, frequently with desperate violence, refused inter course with his wife; but, nit the eveuilig precious to the al. dged murder, she openly manifested such a rancorous feeling towards hint, as to rot ce a belief, that should he approach her house tlrat night, she Lad provided an instrument that would for the future prevent him from ever again tronbling her: Anders sins did go to the house, about one o'clock in the morn ing ; %%lien hereon, George Jerome, fired a loaded gun on! of Ili,. upper window, and killed him upon the spot. 'Die Judge, finding that the Jury could nut make up their minds as to the vet Jict they should return, requested they won't' retire; and, after 20 minutes absence, they returned a verdict of Man slatighter against the but, and of Acquittal to the vomiter. The Judge, with evidently stron,g revulsive feelings, In pass ing sentence upon the sort,.addresse.l the mother in pointed, severe, aneleiervone language ;—" Wretch (said he), now my hands are tied (alluding to the verdict of the Jury); but I cou sidcr that it was through your wicked instigation that your daughter'slatisbatol es as th privet! of his caitence. I hope you w:II rated; smut remember, that though you are acquitted hy an earthly tribunal, vOll have yet to appear before the awthl Talbott:ll of the AhiLlity to ..nswer fur your sins, Oa," said the learned Judge, most emit:laic:try, `• Go, old woman,. to. thy home, repent, and situ ito more." VOR fist' in E.—E. Green was eltar.e.l with breaking into the house of Mr. Thomas, of V anistealine therefrom, a box, contuiniug a number of Ilank-notes. • .He riklukd guilty, n hems the Chief Harem, with the charaetericie humanity era British Judge, tell him that the odenee would affect his life, and re ' quested hint to consider the subject. The prisoner replied, that he was guilty, awl that it would only be.adding to his -'rime to plead not guilty. TlseChief Baron - that the saW., court would gibe him time to emodder of Ow subject before Iris Ides wag recorded. His Lord , hip then examined the &epos'. thins and the indictment, and after inure than holf an honr, again miked him if he had eme•itlercil the advice to retract the plea, and if he •knewthe cotncquences of it. He replied, !ke hutl, and 'dill wi4led to plead guilty. His Lurishin reetcd, th it the inilichuen; sliott4l be 114:tbi rt ad over, and the prisoner fortimby *eked whether he pleaded tiilty or out The pi is.mer n;pibi , per w:ta then recorded; when the Chic f Baron paused sentence of upon Isiah