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THE ANSWER.

Sir,
When it is at preſent out of my power to diſcharge the debt I have contracted with you, I hope you will conſider that making me a priſoner will only add coſts to the bill, and render it of courſe more impracticable. If bereſt of my liberty, I ſhall courſequently be deprived of all means of either doing for myſelf or others. Your further indulgence will, in the end, be better for yourſelf, and add to the obligations of, Sir,

Your humble Servant,W. S.


The Debtor's Wife's Answer.

SIR,
My Huſband's preſent embarraſſments having obliged him to leave town, it muſt be of courſe evident, that it is totally out of his power to comply with your demand; time, I hope, will make a vaſt alteration in our circumſtances; till when, my huſband cannot be ſeen.—I am, Sir,

Your humble Servant, M. S.


LETTER V.

From a Merchant at Homburgh, to Correspondent
in London.

SIR,
Pursuant to Contract at the laſt interview we had, previous to my departure from England, I have ſhipped on board the Success, Capt. Fairweather, 24 bales of Linen of various ſorts, marked T.T.—They have ſeparately paſſed my own examination, ſo that