14 Works preparing for Publication-Foreign Periodical Publications. ing on Glass, compiled and arranged from the original manuscripts of his late father, Richard Hand, historical glass-painter to his Majesty. The discoveries of modern chemistry, which have brought to our knowledge various new metals and oxydes, which produce by vitrification many beautiful colours necessary for painting on glass, and which were unknown to the ancients, will be duly noticed, to correct an erroneous idea that they excelled in the art; and, in opposition to the mistaken notion, that the art has been lost, it will be clearly shown that it has been continued to the present day, and that in former times it was never brought to the perfection it has now attained. The mistaken grounds on which the ancients are supposed to have excelled in the art will be pointed out, and such positive proofs of their inferiority be adduced, as will leave no further room for erroneous misconception on the subject. Miss A. M. Porter, author of the Recluse of Norway, will soon publish the Knight of St John, a romance. Dr Bancroft has in the press, and nearly ready for publication, a Sequel to his Essay on Yellow Fever. Mr James Moore's History of Vaccination will speedily be published. A pamphlet bas lately been printed in London on the subject of the Herculanean manuscripts; and M. Millin, of Paris, has published in the Magazin Encyclopedique some account of the same. It appears that a Dr Sickler, a Hanoverian, conceives he has invented an improved mode of unrolling them, and that he is to be patronised in his plan. Mr Hayter, was, in December last, at Paris, with a view to unroll the six manuscripts given by the King of Naples to the Emperor Napoleon; but, being obliged to make use of the ancient method, his progress, in spite of his zeal, was not more rapid, nor his success greater, than at Naples. We collect, from a letter of Sir T. Tyrwhitt, that the great collection of these manuscripts remain at Naples in statu quo. Miss Benger is preparing for the press, Memoirs, with a selection from the Correspondence, and other unpublished Writings, of the late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton, author of Letters on Education, Agrippina, &c. in two volumes, small octavo. Zapolya, a dramatic poem, from the prolific pen of Mr Coleridge, is now in the press, and will appear in a few days. In October will appear, a Universal History, translated from the German of John Muller; in 3 vols. 8vo. It contains a philosophical inquiry into the moral, and more especially the political causes which have given rise to the most important revolutions. Professor Orfila, author of the important work on Animal, Mineral, and Vegetable Poisons, has in the press, at Paris, an elementary work on Chemistry. An English translation will appear soon after the publication of the original. Speedily will be published, a Practical Inquiry into the Causes of the frequent Failure of the Operations for extracting and depressing the Cataract; with a description of a new and improved series of operations, by which most causes of failure may be avoided; by Sir William Adams. [13th Sept. 1817. An octavo edition of Mr Mawes' interesting Travels in the Brazils, will be published shortly. M. L'Abbé Bossut is printing introductory Latin and Italian Books, on the plan of his far-famed introductory French Books. A Latin Word-Book and Phrase-Book, and an Italian Word-Book and Phrase-Book, may therefore be expected in a few weeks. Mr Walter Scott's "History of Scotland" is rapidly advancing at press. Dr John Mayo proposes to publish some Remarks on Insanity, in addition to those already published by Dr Thomas Mayo. A History of St Domingo, from the earliest period to the present time, from the best authorities, is in preparation. Miss Lefanu, the authoress of Strathallen, has in the press, a new Novel, entitled Helen Montergle.. On the 1st of September will be published, the fifth and last part of Albert Durer's Prayer-Book, with introductory matter, a portrait of Albert Durer, and anIndex explanatory to the designs; this work is printed from stone, with the Lithographic Press. On the 1st of October will appear, from Ackermann's Lithographic Press, a folio work, in 40 pages, containing Ornaments from the Antique, for the use of architects, sculptors, painters, and ornamental workers. In a few days will be published, Coelebs Deceived; by Harriet Corp. A Reply will speedily be published to the Rev. Mr Matthias's Inquiry into the Doctrines of the Reformation, or a right convincing and conclusive Confutation of Calvinism. In the course of September will be published, Part I. of an edition of the Hebrew Bible, without points, to be completed in four parts; which is uniform to an edition of the Hebrew Bible with Points that was published in May last; either of these Bibles may be had interpaged with English, Greek, or Latin; and thus conjoined, will not, when bound, exceed one inch in thickness, or as a Hebrew Bible alone, will be only half an inch. The Theological Works of Dr Isaac Barrow are. printing at Oxford, in six octavo volumes. Mr Moir announces another selection, containing the earliest information of the most remarkable cities of antient and modern times, their customs, architecture, &c. Mr Cole, of Colchester, has prepared for the press, an Introduction to the first Principles of Algebra, in a series of Dialogues, designed for the use of those who have not the advantage of a tutor. Foreign Periodical Publications. GERMANY. AMONG the numberless curiosities presented by German literature, must unquestionably be distinguished the prospectus of a universal German Encyclopedia; intended to comprise," all that is known to man, and all that is within the power of man to know."-The bulky Encyclopedias of France, with their rivals in England, are not to be compared to an undertaking so immeasurable.It is, however, modestly proposed to include the whole in 13th Sept. 1817.] Foreign Publications.-Druma. thirty quarto volumes, accompanied with 500 plates.The alphabetical order will be adopted, and nothing will be omitted. It is to be completed in five years, and the price will be about a guinea a volume. Neu Allemania, &c. New Germany, a periodical work, historical and political. This work is printed at Sulzbach, and refers chiefly to the late and present constitutions of Germany. Die Vorzeit, &c.-Old Times, a journal destined to the history, poetry, arts, literature, and antiquities, of the middle ages. A quarterly journal, in Hebrew and German, for the peculiar use of the Jews, and lovers of Biblical and Hebrew Literature, is announced at Berlin. It is to be edited by Heineman, translator of the Bible into German, to which he has annexed a commentary. Hebrew literature is now supported with a spirit of emulation, and has become an object of a lucrative trade, particularly in A new historical, political, and literary journal, is announced at Rome, under the title of Efemeridi Romani. These Ephemerides will contain the public decrees and orders of the powers, both temporal and spiritual, which elaim the force of laws-documents which may serve as materials for the history of passing events; articles of general literature; with a critical analysis of new works, articles referring to the fine arts, antiquities, agriculture, and other miscellaneous matters. A number will be pub. lished every fortnight. Two new journals have been started, the first at Padua, to be published monthly, and called Il Relatore della Literatura d'Italia. The second is, An historical journal, but not excluding politics, literature, the arts, and commerce, intended to appear at Venice, weekly, under the title of Il nuovo Osservatore Veneziano. DENMARK. The number of periodical works in this country has been considerably increased within these ten years. Four monthly journals are now published: the Political Journal-the Atheneum-the Minerva-the Darfana. Three appear every quarter-the Archives of Jurisprudence-the Theological Library-the Journal of Foreign Literature. The number of newspapers is nine the Of ficial Gazette-the Sheet of Advertisements-the Citizen's Friend-the Day-Skilderic-the Friend of the Police-the Daily Post-the Spectator-and Adrastea. The whole number is sixteen. RUSSIA. At Casan, a committee, named by the university, publishes a weekly sheet, or journal. At Astracan, a journal, as well political as literary in its nature, is published in the Russian and Armenian languages. Besides these, some of the professors of the university of Charkou have associated to conduct a literary monthly journal under the title of the Ukraine Herald. DRAMA, 15 ON Tuesday, 15th July, Messrs Oxberry and Penley, from the Theatre - Royal, Drury-lane, were announced to perform at Valenciennes Theatre, but M. Talma arriv ing late on the Monday evening, the English company were compelled to give way to the French one, and Talma made his first appearance upon this stage, in the traMessrs gedy of Manlius Capitolinus," by Fosse. Oxberry and Penley waited the whole of Wednesday, expecting some apology from the French manager, for his illiberal and unjust conduct to them and the English company of comedians; but not receiving any, a letter was forwarded to M. Talma, who, on reading it, solicited an interview with the English manager, informed him that two English generals had just called to pay their respects, and after amusing him with innumerable trifles, equally vain and ridiculous, requested he would inform Mr Oxberry, that he was ignorant of the whole proceeding, wished him a good morning, declared nothing would give him a greater pleasure than to see him in Paris, (a short journey of 150 miles,) and that he would there show him what a grateful recollection he entertained of the hospitable and generous conduct he had experienced in England: On Wednesday, the English company were permitted to perform the "Iron Chest" and the "Highland Reel;" Mr Penley sustained the part of Sir Edward Mortimer with great ability, and Mr Oxberry performed Samson in the play, and Shetty in the farce. They have since appeared in some of their most favourite characters, and if applause may be considered approbation, they have no cause for complaint. The rest of Britons, whom their o'er-cloyed country vomits forth to of the company, with few exceptions, comprises a "scum desperate adventures and assured disgrace." Among the scum, the names of Dawson, Dawson jun. Rivers, Moreland, and Shepherd, stand pre-eminently conspicuous; the elder Dawson was originally a pains-taking butcher, and, for his own credit's sake and that of the stage, it is to be wished he had confined his butcheries to Whitechapel, and not obtruded them upon the drama. There are three young ladies, however, possessing great ability; Miss Penley, Miss R. Penley, and Miss Jones, whose talents would do credit to the London boards. Mrs Bellchambers, who is engaged for the approaching season at Drury-lane, is said to possess a finer contralto Kennedy. As her brilliant success at Bath, where she voice than the stage has exhibited since the days of Mrs headed the vocal department, has introduced her to a London ordeal, a sanguine expectation has been raised by the many reports of her youth, beauty, and intelligence. vent-garden with the expiration of the next season, when Miss Stephens will relinquish her engagement at Coshe proceeds to Italy, till a year has elapsed from the ensuing March, at the expense of the society directing the concerts of Ancient Music. Mr Brabam's engagement at Covent-garden is said to be for a limited number of nights. The terms have not transpired, but he goes upon a carte blanche. Mr Incledon sailed on Thursday, 21st August, from Liverpool to America, but not to fulfil an engagement with Holman or any other manager, as the papers have REMEMBRANCE. AN ORIGINAL POEM. O THOU, who, in my happier days, Than tongue can tell, or ever told :- Thine ashes rest-thy reliques lie; Strays on amid the smiling scene; Art now as thou had'st never been! Ah! little did I think, when I With thee have roam'd at eventide ; Mark'd setting sun, and purpling sky, And sauntered by the river's side; And gaz'd on thee-my destin'd bride! How soon thou would'st from hence depart; And leave me here, without a guide, With aching head, and heavy heart! That revels, rustling, o'er thy grave! The night is not the time of rest; I dream; and nought is with me, save Or, if mayhap my slumbering hour May paint thee to my arms restor'd ; Then, then, the bliss-fraught thought has power Joy cheers the heart, and crowns the board; I breathe thy name-but at that word, And view the breast, where thou did'st reign, Then let me bow to destiny, Support this drooping soul of mine ; And since to thine it may not fly, Oh! teach me humbly to resign! SONG. By Mr Soane. WAKE, my love-the young day wakes, And from yonder clouds of night, The star of morning freshly breaks, In a beam of purple light. D. M. [13th Sept. 1817. tram, M'Alpine, and others. At Drury-lane upwards of forty names have been erased from the pay-list, and the aggregate expense reduced about fifteen pounds per cent. The Prospectus of a new publication, intended to comprise the most popular acting plays, has been issued by Mr Oxberry, under whose superintendence many points of literary improvement, and professional value, are detailed with uncommon perspicuity and elegance. Poetry. Wake, my love-it is the hour! The sky-lark trills our nuptial songWake, my love-has sleep the pow'r To charm thee to thy lover's wrong? O wake! O wake! my love to bliss, DIRGE OF A HIGHLAND CHIEF, EXECUTED AFTER THE REBELLION. By Walter Scott, Esq. SON of the mighty and the free! To fill a nameless grave! Oh, had'st thou slumber'd with the slain, We then had mourn'd thee not! O'er thy own bowers the sunshine falls, Are sleeping on thy tomb. On thy blue hills no bugle sound Thy bard his pealing harp has broke, His fire, his joy of song is past ; One lay to mourn thy fate he woke, No other theme to him was dear, Than lofty deeds of thine; Hush'd be the strain thou canst not hear, Last of a mighty line! MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. South-American Adventurers.-Under this head, a ministerial evening paper gives the following information :-" The opinion of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, on certain recent applications for leave of absence by several British officers, has given rise to a very great misconception on the part of a number of officers on half-pay. In the instances to which we allude, leave of absence for a considerable time from the country was requested; the answer to which, as we understand, was, that a leave of absence for three years would be given to any officer on half-pay, but only to the continent of Europe, the West Indies, or North America. The silence which was observed in this answer with regard to South America (none having directly solicited for leave to go thither), was the cause of the general mistake-that his Royal Highness had not directly prohibited any officers from going thither and joining the independent standard. This mistake is now rectified. An officer, a captain of engineers, made application a short time back, at the office of the Commander-in-Chief, for leave to join the South American army for a limited time. The answer contained-what we hope will set this question with respect to our officers at rest-not only a direct refusal, but also an expression of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief's extreme surprise and displeasure, that any British officer should have made such a proposal; and an intimation that, should such a request be repeated, the individual would do it at his own peril." A South American general in London, however, who acts as agent for the Patriots, and who has ample means at his disposal, supplies our countrymen with sums of money, and with a comfortable conveyance outwards. The demand for arms at Birmingham and elsewhere is remarkably brisk, and is ascribed exclusively to orders from the western hemisphere. One individual is said to have furnished a large supply of muskets at prime cost. A Scotch surgeon of some eminence has been engaged by a nobleman, who is on intimate terms with M'Gregor, to proceed to join him on the coast of Florida; where, if Sir Gregor once gets footing, it is supposed that some thousands of his countrymen, resident within the province, will be in readiness to support his standard. Lord Cochrane, we are told, is still in England; but on the point of sailing for South America, where a ship of 500 tons, now in the river, || and cleared out under the character of an ordinary West Indiaman, will be placed at his Lordship's command. Last week a part of the 1st Dragoons left Ipswich for Hamil. ton, in Scotland. They were replaced on the same day by a troop of the 5th Dragoon Guards. A packet and transport, with part of the 32d regiment on board, commanded by Lieut.-Col. Maitland, arrived at Gibraltar on the 16th July, after a passage of 24 days from Portsmouth. The Hydra store-ship, Captain Roberts, has taken the 15th regiment from the Leeward Islands to Halifax; the 2d battalion 60th regiment is likewise to be removed thence, by her, to Canada, The 104th regiment is to be reduced in Canada, being formed of natives of the British colonies. The 19th regiment of light dragoons are ordered home from Canada. Government have rejected an application from the Gentlemen of Lloyd's to interfere on behalf of those underwriters who have suffered from the capture of Spanish and Portuguese vessels by privateers in the West Indian seas. -There are, it is said, about twenty of these insurgent privateers now cruizing in the Gulph of Mexico and along the coast of Cuba. A prize to one of the privateers was lately lost on Passcaralos, and nine out of a prize-crew of thirteen, on reaching the shore, were murdered by the Indians. The Nymph, Hutchinson, from Dundee to Charleston, was plundered on the 16th ult. in lat. 35. 49. long. 66% by two cruisers. Commodore Sir James Lucas Yeo arrived on Saturday 30th August, at Portsmouth, in the Inconstant frigate, from the command on the coast of Africa; and on anchoring, saluted Sir Edward Thornborough's flag, which was returned by the Queen Charlotte. The Inconstant left Cape Coast, 1st of May; Barbadoes, 1st June; Jamaica, 21st July; Havannah, 29th July; and New York 10th 17 August. She landed 200,000 dollars at the Havannah; 500,000 at New York; and has brought 1,100,000 to England, consigned to British merchants; the whole was taken on board at Port Royal. A letter from Captain Schaumann, of the Russian ship Industry, dated Lisbon, on the 17th August, contains the following interesting details of the capture and re-capture of his vessel : "The Algerine pirate brig of 22 guns had hoisted the English flag; he summoned the captain, in good English, on the 3d of July, at noon, near Cape Finisterre, to come on board. The latter, not thinking it could be an Algerine cruiser, proceeded in his boat towards her; and it was only when he came very near that he saw the crew lying flat on the deck, all which he thought very strange. Having got on board, he exhibited his papers; but he was told they were of no use unless he had a Turkish passport. His vessel and cargo were declared a fair prize; and 11 men, armed with muskets, pistols, and sabres, took possession of the ship, while five of her crew, including the pilot, two Russians, and the adopted son of the captain, were carried on board the pirate vessel. These persons are now in slavery. As soon as the pirates had taken the vessel and shut up the captain and remainder of the crew in the forehold, the hatch of which was guarded by one of them, with a naked sabre, they steered for Algiers, and passed Oporto on the 4th of July. In the mean time, Captain Schaumann engaged his people to undertake, at the hazard of their lives, the recovery of their vessel. They accordingly forced their way up the hatchway on the 5th, and attacked the Turkish crew with the greatest intrepidity. After a battle, which lasted an hour, they succeeded in killing the whole 11, and threw their bodies into the sea. In this unequal contest Captain Schaumann was severely wounded on the head, in the back, and in the hand. His five sailors came off tolerably well. Scarcely had they congratulated each other on their victory, when another corsair hove in sight, but happily they escaped this new danger, and entered the harbour of Lisbon in safety on the 7th." A court-martial was held on Saturday se'ennight at Portsmouth, on board the Queen Charlotte, to try Captain Murray Maxwell, and the officers and crew of his Majesty's late frigate Alceste, for the loss of that ship in the Straits of Gaspar, on the 18th of February last, when returning from China, with Lord Amherst and suite on board. The sentence of the court was a full and entire acquittal of Captain Maxwell, his officers, and crew. A good look. out had been kept up when the accident happened; and, but for the circumstance that the sea was, at the moment of her striking, covered with fish-spawn, the rock would doubtless have been seen. The ship had no more sail than enabled her to withstand an unfavourably strong current; and the very track she was pursuing was laid down for the ship, by Lieut. Ross of the Bombay marine, who had been ten years surveying the Chinese seas. At the moment of their deliverance from the wreck they were surrounded by sixty-two prows, manned with 600 malays. Their whole stock of ammunition consisted of only 72 ball cartridges, and a few carronade cartridges, which were drawn from the quarter-deck guns on leaving the ship; from these the gunner made up sixteen hundred rounds, and bails were made from the marines' buttons, and whatever other lead or pewter could be cut from off the wreck. A few boarding pikes were saved; the rest of the men were armed with dirks stuck on sticks, and sticks with the points tempered by fire. An abattis of wood-work was formed by the carpenter, and a diagonal trench cut from the hill on which they fixed their abode, to the only landing place, which enabled them to bid defiance to the ferocious savages who surrounded them, and who several times attempted to cut off their boats. Fisheries.-The following may be stated to be the result of the fishing this season :-About 150 vessels were engaged; of these five were lost, and the remainder have from 750 to 800 fish, which, at a moderate computation, may yield 11,000 tuns of oil. Last season the quantity was 12,500 tuns. A great advance has consequently taken place in the prices: Greenland oil (chiefly if not entirely from speculation) has advanced rapidly from £.27 to £.45 per tun. Last year the prices began at about £.28. E The Scotscraig salmon fishings, on the Tay, were lately let by public sale at £.1105 sterling per annum-to be fished by net and coble. This rent, though regarded as very considerable, is but about one half of what the same fishings formerly brought when under the improvement of stake-nets. A large herring boat from the Firth of Forth was lately lost at Wick, with her crew. The boat belonged to Cockenzie, parish of Tranent, and was upset by a heavy sea on the 26th August last on the bar at Wick, and her crew, consisting of five active men, instantly perished. By this sudden dispensation, five families have been plunged into the deepest sorrow. Three widows, eight very young children, with two aged widowed mothers, are reduced from tolerable circumstances to extreme indigence. A subscription is begun in the parish for their relief. Expedition to the Congo.-We are sorry to state the death of Captain Campbell, the able and zealous commander of this unfortunate, but well-meant endeavour to explore the interior of Africa. A letter from Sierra Leone, of June 30, states, that intelligence of the loss had arrived at that place a few days before.-Captain Campbell was reported to have died of a broken heart, and the expedition was expected to return. The second naval officer in command, who had been left at Sierra Leone, on account of ill health, but was recovered, and on his way to join the expedition, returned to Sierra Leone, on hearing of Captain Campbell's death, to con> sult the Governor upon the future conduct of the expedition. A dispatch was sent immediately home to Lord Bathurst. LONDON. [13th Sept. 1817 deed! Now, had it suited my policy to send an ambassador to the Emperor of China, I should have instructed him to kiss his great toe; and if that would not do, he might, if required, have saluted any other part, provided my object could be attained."—In the course of conversation, Bonaparte said he knew of no law which gave the powers of Europe the right of detaining him a prisoner at St Helena, or elsewhere; and strongly urged the propriety of his present situation being taken into consideration by the crowned heads of Europe. Notwithstanding his disappointments, he still affects great reliance on the justice of the Prince Regent of England, when unconnected with national policy, and the influence of ministers; and, with this impression on his mind, he expressed an anxious wish that Lord Amherst would be the bearer of a letter from him to his Royal Highness, which had been prepared some time, with the intention of forwarding it to England. This letter, which it is said his lordship undertook to deliver, is couched in the most respectful terms; but discovers a soreness throughout on account of the unnecessary restraints he alleges that he is made to undergo. It was found that he can have the range of the whole island in his exercise of riding, driving, or walking, provided he will allow a British officer to attend him; but to this he objects.→→→ As it is, he may extend his walks about twelve miles, but then he is liable to meet in his perambulations British sentinels at various points, who never fail to present arms to him. Madame Bertrand was seen by the British officers, and the impression made upon them was, that she was a very handsome and clever woman. Extents in Aid.-The report by the select committee of the House of Commons,.appointed to enquire into the mode of issu It is now stated, that the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopolding extents in aid, and the expediency of regulating or of discontiwill have Marlborough-house in Pall-Mall, for a residence. A negocion, which was commenced some months since, was interrupted by a discovery, that the Duke of Marlborough could not then make a legal assignment of the premises. That difficulty having been overcome by a decree of the Court of Chancery, the negociation was renewed; and the Duke lowered the valuation made by his surveyors to £.3000 a year, only £.500 more than had been tendered by the Princess Charlotte. At this rent the mansion has been taken for seven years, and the leases are now preparing. It is to be thoroughly repaired and beautified. The expence of the whole is estimated at £.10,000. Lord Byron's family estate of Newstead Abbey, in Nottinghamshire, consisting of upwards of three thousand acres, well ornamented with wood and water, was last week put up to auction at Garraway's, and knocked down at 96,500-guineas. It is now understood that Lord Cochrane, in consequence of his present views, will apply for the Chiltern Hundreds, and that Mr Roger O'Connor will be proposed as his successor in the representation for Westminster. Lord Amherst and Bonaparte.—The Cæsar, which brought home Lord Amherst and his suite from Batavia, having touched at St Helena, Lord Amherst expressed a desire to be introduced to Bonaparte, and in spite of some obstacles which presented themselves, his lordship, with Captain Maxwell and Mr Lynn, surgeon of the Alceste, was allowed to wait upon him. On the 3d July, Lord Amherst was ushered into Bonaparte's presence at Longwood, whilst Captain Maxwell and the surgeon waited in an anti-cham. ber. It was not long before those officers were desired to join. There was nothing in the appearance of Bonaparte which in the least indicated ill health. In conversation his questions were put with his usual rapidity; indeed they followed each other in such quick succession, that answers could only be given to those which appeared most marked and important. With his general curiosity, Bonaparte enquired of the officers what stations they filled on board the ship, and on learning that Mr Lynn was the surgeon, he enquired what system of pharmacy he pursued. "That depends upon circumstances," replied the surgeon. hope," rejoined the General," it is any other than that practised on this island, for here we have the same thing over and over again-bleeding and calomel for ever." The conversation taking a turn on the mission of Lord Amherst to China, his lordship related the cause of its failure; which he ascribed to the necessity imposed upon him by the Emperor, of smiting the ground nine times with his forehead; an indignity which his lordship intimated could not be submitted to. Here Bonaparte's answer shewed the man." Ip 66 nuing the same, has just been published. After a cursory view of the origin of this prerogative process, the committee proceed to observe, that the issue of it has "increased in a degree inconsist ent with the equitable spirit of the Bankrupt laws, and the ease. of the subject, and particularly ill suited to the state of things produced by that extended commerce of which this country so justly boasts."-From accounts given in the appendix to the report, it appears that the whole number of extents in aid issued from 1801 to 1814, both inclusive, was only 207, or less than 15 per annum, of which the majority probably had a legitimate object, i, e. the recovery from the parties of monies which really belonged to the public, and might otherwise have been lost; while, in the year 1815 alone, the number issued was no less than 108. "Of this multitude," the committee remark,, "by far the greater propor tion have been obtained for the purpose of gaining an unjust priority in the recovery of private debts, in direct contradiction to the law, as formerly laid down;" and an inspection of the documents, it is added," will yield the strongest presumption that many persons have procured themselves to be made crown debtors, with the express and sole view of abusing the power they surreptitiously obtained. To illustrate the full effect of this oppressive process, the committee proceed to give a detail of the manner in which it is conducted, and in the following paragraph sum up its evil operation with singular force and clearness :-" On this affidavit (of the creditor) and the previous legal proceedings, loose and unsatisfactory as they are at best, and often hurried through with all the expedition of a race, to defeat that equitable division of the property which a rival commission of bankrupt is seeking to effect, does an extent in aid issue; and against a person, not a debtor to the Crown, sometimes not so even in the second degree; but it may be against a solvent man, unfortunately indebted to one who chooses to believe him insolvent, and who has not sufficient ingenuity to set himself up a crown debtor.-The execution is of the severest kind; every thing, down to the minutest article of his property, is then seized; his books, papers, and accounts, by which he might be enabled to dispute his creditors' demands, or to enforce his own, are carried off and withheld from him. Nor is this all: his person, too (which a common execution, after having ta ken the property, would leave untouched,) may be thrown into gaol, and kept there, at the discretion of that very creditor by whose oppressive conduct such a waste of his property may be occasioned, as alone to produce that very insolvency, on the allegation of which, as previously existing, the whole process was founded; and neither can a commission of bankruptcy nor an insolvent act release him. Nor is this mere imagination; it appears to the |