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Literary and Critical Proemium. 



[April 1 



for that Purpose, the Court may permit 

 Execution to be taken out upon such Judg- 

 ment, or put in force any other Power 

 given by this Act against the Property ac- 

 quired by such Prisoner after his Discharge, 

 for such Sum of Money as under all the 

 Circumstances of such Prisoner the Court 

 shall order ; such Sura to be distributed 

 rateably amongst the Creditors ; and such 

 further proceeding shall and may be had, 

 according to the Discretion of the said 

 Court, from Time to Time, until the whole 

 of the Debts due to the several Persons 

 against whom such Discharge shall have 

 been obtained shall be fully paid and satis- 

 fied : Provided always, that in case any 

 such Application against such Prisoner 

 shall appear to the Court to be ill-founded 

 and vexatious, it shall be lawful for the 

 Court not only to refuse to make any Order 

 on such Application, but also to dismiss 

 the same with such Costs as to the Court 

 shall appear reasonable. 



XXVIII. Where Prisoner shall be de- 

 clared entitled to the Benefit of the Act, no 

 Execution shall issue against such Prisoner 

 for Debt contracted prior to his actual con- 

 finement. Prisoner may be proceeded 

 against on that which could not be put in 

 force at his Discharge. 



XXIX. In case auy such Prisoner shall, 

 after his Discharge, become possessed of 

 any Stock in the Public Funds, or of any 

 Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank 

 Notes, or other Property which by I^w 

 cannot be taken in Execution under the 

 said Judgment so to be entered up in the 

 names of the said Assignee or Assignees as 

 aforesaid, and such Prisoner shall have 

 refused to convey the same ; then and in 

 such Cases it shall and may be lawful for 

 the Assignee or Assignees of such Prisoner 

 to apply by Petition in a summary \^'ay, 

 setting forth the Facts of the Case, to the 

 Court, and to pray that the said Prisoner 

 may be taken and remanded to Custody 

 notwithstanding any such Discharge. 



XXX. When Prisoners, after Dis- 

 charge, become entitled to Stock in the 

 Public Funds, &c. Court to make further 

 Order. 



XXXIII. Persons wilfully omitting any 

 thing in Schedule as finally amended, ex- 

 cept Wearing Apparel, Bedding, Working 

 Tools and Implements, and other Necessa- 

 ries, not exceeding 201. subject to Three 

 Years Imprisonment. 



XXXVIII. Assignees Power not to ex-' 

 tend to the Effects of Officers of the Army 

 or Navy, &c. or beneficed Clergymen. Se- 

 questration of the Profit of Benefice may 

 be applied for. Portion of Pay of Officers 

 may be obtained by Application. 



XLII. Uncertificated Bankrupts not en- 

 titled to Discharge under this Act, unless 

 in Custody for Three Years. 



XLIII. No Person having the Benefit of 

 an Insolvent Act shall be entitled to further 

 Relief within Five years, unless Three- 

 fourths in Number and Value of the Credi- 

 tors consent. 



XLVI. Prisoners may, after their Dis- 

 charge, be examined as to their Estate and 

 Effects, on Application of Assignees. Such 

 Persons refusing to a|)pear or to answer 

 Questions, &c. may be committed. 



XLVI I. Assignees to be examined within 

 Six Months after Appointment, and Divi- 

 dends remaining in their Hands for 12 

 Months shall be immediately paid into 

 Court. 



*^* The puhlirivill learn irith astonish- 

 ment and indifpiation that, in spite of all 

 thccavtionofthe Lefiislature, poor insol- 

 vents are called upon to p(ty heavy charges 

 for lef/al assistance and ai/encj/, before they 

 can obtain their dischari/e. We have seen 

 within the month two svch Bills, of 41. 10*. 

 each, in cases where there were but one ere- 

 ditor, and no effects ; the destitute insol- 

 vents harin;/ iuch bills to pay out of their 

 first earnings. In other caset the charges 

 are much higher ! 



NEW BOOKS PUBLISHED IN MARCH, 



With an Historic.vl and Critical Proemiu.m. 



",* Authors or Publishers desirous of seeing an early notice of their Worhs, are 

 requested to trammit copies before the \Sih of the Month. 



IN the Memoirs of the Life and Writ- 

 ings of Viltoria AtJJeri, the circum- 

 stances in the life of the great Italian tragic 

 poet have been narrated by himself with 

 all the interest and accuracy that the self- 

 descriptive pen could besto'V. But though 

 the events in Alfieris memoir are of no or- 

 dinary cast, since he lived to witness the 

 revolutions in France and Italy, and had 

 nearly been engulphed in the political 

 whirlpool of destruction, his detail is far 

 fram satisfactory in many respects. He is 



too diffuse on the subject of his own follies 

 and passions, and supplies too few anec- 

 dotes of his cotemporaries. The present 

 work is a well executed abridgment of the 

 original memoir, and comprises in a reason- 

 able compass every incident and trait in the 

 life and character of the great Italian dra- 

 matist, which can assist the English itader 

 in forming a correct estimate of his talents 

 and eccentricities. 



A volume called Parga and the Ionian 

 Islands, &c. by Lieut. Col. C. P. De Bos- 

 set. 



