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"7" 1 4 '. '...,221% • :br rtfoG .t• THURSSI) kN, MAY 15 Iso6. NUMBER 1048.) ~.. ~~ 'PRICE SItiPEN E. THEATRE. ROYAL, DRURY LANE. TO -MORROW EVENING, May 16, Their Mamstioe Seteaute veal se the " • of IMPLIIIAL P.IIILIAMENT. THE SOLDIF.R'S fAUGUIER. ROUSE OF LOKDS-W Dmisua v, MA• 14. Coernot Heart:.U. Mr. Dovrtoot ; Flank tioartall:Mr. Ran shitor6 Mt. Malfmt, Mr. Knoll; Jun. Mr. H. Sid. awe. TLe Wtdovr Chiefly, Ma Jontsn. ANT w h ich, thr New G. and Operatic-4 Romance of THE FORTY THIKVES. About four o'clock, their lordships retuniert from the Hien Court of Parliament, iu Westminster halt, to their own 11..tete, where they reniailltomi, t:ine in dote do-rusaion, ai.d before the doors were tli en open, we understind, they made an order fur the farther pr.weeiling of tho Trial of V i.- count Melville to-morrow ; and that a Message be sent to ac quaint the Commons therewith. ItSK THE st.NEYIT UE MlsN p; TDRATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE THIS PRESENT EVENING, MAT 13, Their Mirsties' Servant< w 11 ad the New Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR FRIENDS. The Characters by Mr Ellmon, Mr. Wrnughten, Mr. 111..rr:rnore, M. Donton ; Mrs. Jordan, Miss Pope, &e &c. FA:d of •! 11 (by rartictilar de,ire) a Bravos.. Song, by a Torn a•ty, only ten years of age. Ater the Play (shied tone). a New Piero, in One Att, celled • • THE INVISIBLE GIRL! In thecieurse of the Erroing, a Pat Seut, by Mrs Sharp. To which will be added I not ratted these fire years), the Farce of THEROMP. Mr Ita , nister ; Captain Sightly, Mr. Dig er... ; Tomlin', Miss Duncan (being her fifst epos/r -ouse oi that Chiracter). REMUNERATION OF THE FAMILY OF NELSON. On our admission into the House, we found Earl SPENCER on his legs, addressing their Lordships upon this subjea ; it appearing the or- ! der for taking His Majesty's Message inns consi deration thereon had been previoUsly read and en tered upon. The Noole Earl spoke but a very short time ; after observing, generally, that the in tended' grants were well-deserved marks of His Majesty's Royal Favour, and the sense entertained of the eminent and signal services rendered by the Noble Admiral in question, he said he was confident it must be unnecessary to tale asp the time of Noble Lords upon a topic, resphling which he felt there must bu but one sense and sentiment throughout the House; he would, therefore, move an Address to His Majesty, on the occasion of his most gracious Message. This his Lordship accordingly read ; which was a faithful echo of the Message, ex pressive, in appropriate language, of their Lord ships' cordial concutTence to such measures as may be requisite to enable llis Majesty to carry the de sired provision into elfea. The Earl of WESTMEATH adverted to some documents respecting the African Slave Trade, which, pnrsuant to a farmer motion of his Lord ship, had been laid before the House. He now moved, That the said Accounts be printed;' which was ordered accordingly. Mr. Ynong, from the Commissioners of the Cus toms, presented certain farther Accounts relative to the African Slave Trade, which ware ordered to lie on the fable. _ __INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. tAh/ANDIA HUt.Sh:, MAY 9, 19,W6. THE cot) RT I)IRECTORS of the UNITED coyirANY M FRCHANTS .1 ENGLAND. TRADING is ults EAST INDIES, tin htrehip give Netire, That the Par-ts whim were orrter,d by the Cieneral Court, eon the 7th inst.**, to be puttied for the use ut the Pterrietors, vial he re,tty t, be tholinred et Wu Home, on THURSDAY, the 15t1 Insuitt. WILLIAM RAMSAY, Serrirt•ru. Vit:11! \I. Litsiq-UFFILT, MAT it, Igo6 THE COMMISSIONERS for ramediew, His Atoiesitt's Nero do heeebe we Iketiee. that as TUES. IPA', she toe& Nowa, tiny sail he ready to Brew, reader in Ihritik• (setthd ). aoe Fre a jet TWO HUNDRED BAGS of KENIISII lIOPS, to the GnIPPIIII If tie Year IRO% to be esuwerobee to Samples to he "'Hewed with tie renders; to he de insotedie,ehr two lies Akteetes rtetesollieg Stores at Dept tod ood to Lc pout far by tons poy..bk with Interest, Ninety Di a after Date. The Contains of the C. isles% etas la smt at the Steretwy's egwe• It.. eery"! will be had to one Tender in wil,Pa the Price shell wet be inserted in words it Irisr„th, Or MI: shell eat be deluged to the 11..erd belie One oTtoch se the soil Tuesday, the 30th nrstent, nor sinless the Pornn ich• makes the Tender, o, **eV rer-on ass his beard/, attends. to •Rairer Th." r o t/ F A . t.• . VieIUALLIN(a OFFICE, May Y, 180 6. THE COMMISSIONERS fur Vtasntilisto His 1 Yojesty's Nary ua torreloo pier Notite, That on THU;RS DAr„ the 2S h lastoot, at Derv" p in the Fore noon, ties/Aril, at reads, to sell, to tile koshett Pieter, at His 11.),,ty's VietnAline Preiirs u Depthnd, sennlry Lots of the foltoorig P. *onion. and Vtedual,ffic !lures, Weed. Bred-duo, Iran, Nikebeinie Sweeping', Rags and R ag , ' s e ..l, Pi ir k, S ue t, P ac ki ng 5c....,;i Ern, ti Tierces, and Drib Barrels, Vinegar, Rimer, Rutter greas7, Slush a..d S_rap tnß., Cheese, Swear, New II lard, Doublet and Slob End:, Wine Pipe, Brandy-piece and R,lni Punwhenis Heed., Stovall of warinirs descripi inns, "r ight anti Dry Heading, Iron Hoop., tenkien and beet, and Wont our Covers' Tools, lying MAjit-ty's Violist!: nor P.emises at 1)eptIonl. A Delwin f per Drug as to be mode opon the Antoine of each lee If the time of 'Sole ; ee.si y Use 1{01.1401.? 4 the Money *e not paid, and a, Ftn•wille , a S., t i saes, within Twnit, oerints. Dojo 4ieresor. , ., sac Deposit wilt he Jet - Jetted, and sit C 0..!. 'math, the Property of the Cr..,,. The ethe r Condones. use Fr seem, and P.inted Catalogue. in,' be had, at the Brrivtivy' h. oe. ri, hit; Lord She Cid presented two Petitions against the above Bill, praying that it may not pass into a law ; which were ordered to lie on the Table. . Lord HOLLAND proved the Order of the Day for their Lordships going into a Committee oit this Bill ; which being ?cad. • Lord ELLEN IiOROUGH rose, and said, he could not, consistently, stiffer the Bill to go t.. Committee, without suggesting some observations, in the way of objection to the measure. He iirst adrerted to the general mischievous consequences of Bills of the kind. It was incredible how in jurious the fretrienuntstition of liqp4trritt-ikatht tem to the coarse tsliw trhtle. The contressed prim- Hl kith a Mars. ~. Ow d fol- - - - ri•I! I.: SECOND DAY of DRAWING the oleasot STATE. I.OTI RY. will e"Mrilen" , . ,4 SA TURDAY MORNING NEXT, as TCII eC cock. TICK V:Th and SHARES, warranted tendrawn, continue on SALE ct the OfFe.ea. Cower of Rank RudJaags, C and facing, tkia Gate of tlet Kma'a Mewg, Ch311.11-CO/Sij where N.r. 16,t51, the Fourth d•aarnTlet et or. the F.?. t Dry, a Prise of On, Thnosand round% was In a fa , lin-r, an Eighth. an. Smtmath Crates, by RICHARDSON, (P.-/O'JLUCR. and CO. TO 1 3E SOLD, a remerkphle clever BLACR 61 , lia vaad. •NO•MP••• no, . LE. r•lt- Nwe.l„ I, ill • area, .1:- t. pillow Ida** , 111. MO- I tine* rA wft rtes, at 1,,11 $ 314 i I SEA FUR CELDIN4I, revs old, and raster of any aright ; eanditilteer. &rode and • ha:f high, is a rery fag trotter, with a roc,ior A 0... in all his rar, sod writ 're found a drawable seoui.itino to any G.-ntleman that may want a better !force than common, ler two ;unveils, as be is perfectly .teddy In bloom. Price S i+.ty e. 13110 1 ,04. A 1.,, a 131.tiCK MAILP, fifteen holds and an inch high ; • capital rem no the rui,i , and .111 make au excel uit mere to attr C:r•otlmo e s rh•r I o ot• She r •rrir Speedy. Maki her acti o n on.l•LidO . y gird in all pert Price Thirty de.• Go Orr. Both wirratard snood, and free from ek e .— T.isL. showed. To N wets et the Wlika Horse Livery Sta;ilr, Finns etreet, A 1 4evegval Own. NKW itoo%th, I.llsitJir Etr-SMUnttk: AIR, 13A ItTLENIAN ronst respectful', ae -1 vaults the eentry. and ltd rit•rnis in gr. .lot bit ANNe.M. CC/NCI:11T will be perforated on FittilkY NFYT , M. IG. IThe r ildatl4lll,oll Wiii boon the seine yrenrisrsle as lamyear r., • rrukcipa Vocal Pert. by hi H. P.akz, Mrs. Vaughan, 1 . 1 4m.ltin.eh. ; Mr 1114grporr. Mr. Goss, Mr. V.tuitt.tn, LL !qr. Wale, Mr. Hors ly, acd Mr. 'Seiko - lan. Litchi - Ind (which will e twiner. romnleic), Mr Wr;etsel —tires., and Gran., Piano Pone, Mr. Grrtioreit. Artosg 4e Principal iiinr.”.te •t.l l'erfnroie,,re !ties rs. - Unillry, sloe: I, ‘l,ii•:t, Ling, Helmet, Kra ori„ re. t4rll, Anew, and Signor lira,: •ocut Mss-n. Ws* wog Can Double au , Mt, Jcskinsoti. tre, ;ANT ell dor &et . famißT • c d:Art he mall • cloa k bums sod cu ria:A.Bw t 4tt+- ea'•. JI ,g the • h-d erß.ky. tare. OS on the rich •nu yound , ne c miles a r.iag, and , 1.11 bed ,ling, ♦t. taste, en. h, %age the moot ♦tf recer ret• 0.111 Rooms id rf Hu 7, Duke% .t tne Supwl, Acre. pact 11), I hr Ch.rnewa will ha supported by the Young Goutlerwin of His Idajestv't Ctialiel, St. Paola, wet Wir,tiviiiiwer Ab- T; iii 4 the Perfoiiiier. hciungiiii to the Ancient and Vocal Caner its. Act I. rim movement rot Grand Te Drone i-- Graun. Trost *vie. fiont King Arilir, Mr.. Vsuitian, Mr. Kaitleoian, aril 4. '°•w --Pitmen. Sig, Matta.. Shuichi, " Row; ewe tidi : .!'*--Iltaliu,a Re ittei to •` ULady Fair," with additional ". Pia.. iiiii4 Arc i woonirnmr., by Mr. Creatures-I'. 'Anse, 1.:..1 The F::th ll•and Codzerto.-1 Linde , . Duet, il fr• liat , t , n and Mr. Sortie:last, viol Chow*, i• Tel eve :IWw• I S ranee bred '"i—Sir J. Stor-n.on. Soo I, M a r .. ke, . , illo ee , to dointua to reotli." —a Gufirl^ ll • 4.1 - " r * :!'"Wera. "Ti. well! out ti:weii t ie Lniii bath Itird n:iet'il ;" "' 4 i k4 ,, e), • Mr • and litar.d (.11efe., ''. Glory to G.d," (141 .00.;--tia ' nr:e. ' 'n t. the tine to Iterenit-e„ In whieh will be introduced as calibrate. alr front Haruki% loteurs arranged fur a f. t 4.114 1 1 Mr. (;re a ty re ~ .a ode( ereert at the lain Cemeart of ..•Test Mursie—Harxial. Rae a AI Snag, Mr. Hareem., ' ''.'l lire, be.zin t'i.r•rin.".--Harshry New Gist," My ' ' '•" bog ma b ne Rye hoar," harnion!sed :or foiii .m-e.. — A , ( 4eatorox. Chores, " Gloria in euciil."- ''—iiltergo it' , ~11. Miss Parka, " ADRIAN Wet bright and f.ir "—. S' - ''''' Weer " Daisantaoice sweet of v sod aii."•inriehho. r S eg, lir. S att l e . iian, ( so inaitat.on).—t G.r. , rar. (irani (P ""i.. !Sapp,' will.ll we le•;* rßefeele).--8e144. I :.. 44 °'S .4.1 bat Apes. as wpm. and she Coaxal cerinenea 40, :aile at ' , wilt o'cliicie . 4 'l !ketti Half-a-Guinea es-h, en be had of Mr IFlrlleniao, ''' * , 343 .4 e-irc : al. a , ire Mosic Sh•url of Mr. 1ti,•61. , '. 4 Cb-tr.-..t, and Co. .....** No ' • , Ti.. 6. 1, v.ll 'e ie•iell timid the r00m , .l ..n We'l 5. 2111111.414 . I ' T4 auscali 11..1 be at the Head •4* t! . .e P4ics Othi.ont. 1 ciple upon which the 1311, in the first instance, pro ceeded, was highly objectionable ; namely. that the gaols were overloaded with prisoners. Were this the case, be had reason to suppose it must be in a great degree owing to the numbers of those,who had voluntarily thrown themselves in, in contemplation of such a bill as the present, and not of those who were actually immured by their creditors. With a view et ascertaining this, he had some time since movedfor an account of such persons as were held in CAC/ is tinn, in the pi isons of the metropolis, beforeandsince the Ist day of Michaelmas term ; and the appareot was, that a large proportion of those persons had been o• or rather put themselves, into prison, for the benefit of an Insolvent Ad, since Michael term. Out of 204 persons confined in New gate, 1'27 had been committed since the Ist day of Michaelmas term. Iu the prison of Ludgate, 23 persons, of whom 16 were committed since the Same period. In' that of the Poultry, 31, out of v..itim 20 were in the same predicament. In the Fleet, where the residence was more convenient, and where many may be said to be dvrnirilad, there were 286, out of which 194 were put in since Mi chaelmai term. In the King's Beach, 603, out of whom 927 had thrown themselves in since the pe riod he had mentioned. In this view of the case, their Lordships would have seriously to consider the situation of the creditors ; the injurious cense queareseltich must ensue to them by such a measure as the present, and which, in many instances, must bare the effect of placing them in the very situation of their debtors at presets,. It was not only the cre ditor who was injured, but even the debtor himself, by the natural consequences of frequent enactments of this kind, as leading him into a habit of contract ing debts from time to time, which otherwise he would avoid: and were the consequences consi dered on a larger scale, especially with reference to the very frequent passing of insolvent bills of late years, the measure must be regarded as still more objectionable. In thus expressing his sentiments, he meant not in the slightest degree to attribute any improper motives to the Noble Lord who pro posed the present bill; on the contrary, he thought him actuated by the must lo.tiourable and humane feelings. 1 he Duke of NORFOLK argued for the pro priety of the Bill going into a Committee. There nose many creditors, he observed, who gave credit with suds a degree of facility, that they were not at all to be pine& That numbers of those who had petitioned, might have voluntarily thrown them selves into prison, may he true ; but then it was as certain, that many of them were put in by their creditors; and the situation of these should be dis criminated (ions that of the fraudulent debtor. In every point of view, he thought it preferable, that the Bill should go at least to a Committee. Lerd HOLLAND, in defending the measure then ,under consideration, adverted to what trans pired, shortly ravines to, and et the first bring ing in of the Bill. His Noble Friend below him (tee I.arl of Moira) who, much to his honour, had so frequently come forward oo occasions of the kind, had stated, that from the pressure of his of ficial avocations, and the period of the Sessions, he I could not with propriety undertake to bring for ward any aruelkosatiot of the system of these laws, which on all hand• were allowed to be incomplete, and, to want revision; but had agreed with him in the propriety of bringing forward a temporary Bill, to remedy existing grievances, in the interval. Un der these impressisins, he came forward himself with the present Bill ; it was drawn up according to preceding Bills, generally; but care was taken, that no novel pros isions should obtain in it, espe cially in favour of the debtor ; it was far from an swering all those purposes which maygbe ripened even from a limited measure of the kind. It was the duty of their Lordships, on such an occasion, to coosider not the situation of the creditor or the debtor singly, but to consider thelituatitto of both. He denied that of Late years Bills of the kind were remarkably freq.seat e in an eedy pose of the pre sent reign, they certainly were; in the years 1764, 66, 7t, 74, 76, 78 and 1781, there were insolvent debt on' Bills ; they were then not only more frequent, but more extensive in their provisions, than ot late years ; the present contained a clause, subjeßieg the future property of the debtor to the payment of his debts. Stress had been laid on the consideration of the fraudulent debtor ; but the debtor who was not fraudulent, but unfortunate, was lost sight of. They should consider that this person was placed in a si tuation where he could never exert himself for the purpose of liquidating his lawful debts. Stress was also laid upon the frequency of Bills of this kind ; it should be considered, however, that for debtors of a very different description, there was a code of laws of a very different nature ; he meant those ap plying to the cases of opulent merchants, trades men, Bcc. Those laws afforded to a man the means of declaring himself insolvent, paying a certain poundage upon his debts, after which his future property was cleat, and exclusively his own ; and these laws were not only perpetual, but more ex tensive in their operation, than any temporary Act of this kind ever professed to be. In this point of view, he meant not to cen•.ure the code of laws to which he alluded. He believed they contributed more effectually to preserve the credit of the country, than those laws which regarded the con cerns of inferior debtors could do. With respect to the idea, that the operation of the Bill would drive the creditor into the present situation of his debtor, be contended, such an argument, if worth any thing, cut both ways, and eventually would prove as favourable to the objects of the Bill, as it could possibly operate against them. He did not con ceire it fair to go so far back as the Ist day of Mi chaelmas term, as a period when debtors probably had the prase •t measure in contemplation :—No ; he thought the Noble and Learned Lord should not have gone fezther back than the day Rios the intention was leee spoken of in that House; neither did he conceive the re levance to the state of the prisons in the capital only, to be a fair criterion of judging in those respeAs. The measure proceeded upon no limited or contiseed principle, such as had been retorted to, but one which he could as safely sub mit to the cool judgments, as put to the hearts and feelings ot the Noble Members of that House.— I•hey could never think of continuing the punish ment of a number of innocent persons, because there might be All espial, or possibly greater num ber of guilty ones blended among them ; they should also retied, that the greater the number of persons immured, whether guilty or not, must in crease the hardships, the sufferings, and the miseries of those who were innocent. On these various grounds, be trusted their Lordships would be in duced to ..11ow the Bill to go into a Committee, when any Noble Lord who might conceive any par ticular provision as bearing hard against creditors, might argue for its modification and amendment ; and in a discussion of this kind, he should cheat fully contribute every assistance in his power. Lord ELDON observed, he must have been greatly misconceived, if he were represented as being always an enemy to Bills of this description. At one period he was rather forward in supporting them, but acquired experience had convinced him ut the injurious tendency And effeAs, generally spear ing, of me.tsures of the kind. One great consider ation was, that some general rule stonild be suffered to obtain, in order that the creditor may know, what, in his dealings, with respect to giving credit, he had really to depend on. When looking at the situation of the unfortunate debtor, no man could feel more compassion than he did ; and sorry should he be, were he instretnental in gratifying, on behalf of any person, any feeling of revenge. But in a commercial country like thiS, general principles should be considered, especially with respeA to Bills of this kind. But what did the preamble set forth i A principle, referring to the mere state of the prisons; a false principle in any point of view, but especially so in a commercial country; to him it appeared monstrous. With rasped to the effen of the bankrupt laws, alluded to by the Noble Loud who spoke last, there were some considerations, as comparative with these laws of creditor and debtor, to which the Bill referred, which seemed to be overlooked. The merchant or opulent trader cannot expzrie ce the protettion of tee lows adverted to, without the consent of a cer tain number of his creditors. The insolvent or fraudulent debtor may voluntarily go into prison, in the contemplation of such an aft as die present, while no execution could diminish his property out side, as long as he remained in prison. In the sys tem of the bankrupt laws, the party may give up clearly all he possessed, and yet be prevented by one or tw•o individual creditors from taking the benefit of the bankrupt laws. In saying this, he did not mean to speak in approbation of that part of the code alluded to. He agreed with the Noble Lord, it was their duty to consider both sides of thequeation ; but he could not help thinking it a false bonnty,were the I.e- gislature to say to the creditor, that, without his coo sent, after acting under the protection, and in the confidence of those laws which tended to secure the payment of what was due to if rn—withoot you consent, we w.ll oblige yea to liberate your debtor, without any consideretion ; fot it costs thee Lord ship, no money to f re such detect fr m his debts ; and the consequence of such a measure may be, that agaiust the test Insolvent 11.11, the lot user crederr may endeavour to take the benefit of it heniselt. He believed that before th .se insolvent bills became frequent, many debts, deemed hopeless, were at length paid. He thought a general principle should, in such cases, preponderate ; but that they sever should proceed upon such a false pi inciple as that held forth by t'se present Bill. Suppose, were the property vested in assignees, and proceeding upon some general piinciete, brit ever that should tee dune piospeflively, they should procivd cautiens:y in a case of the hind. It a regulation could. be sug gested under the principle to which hr allude.;, he would give his best assistance in digesting and ma turing It. N., man could feel more than himself with respell to cases of real misfertune ; and he ad verted to the consideration., that p debtor once taken in execution, the circumstance of his being let go, operated as a satiataftion for the debt ; that Ilia remedy against property and person were bat gone, it he were once let nut of prison ; with resp. ft to these, the Noble and Learned Lord seemed to think it a question, whether a principle should not obtain so as to amend the law us these repefts The Earl of MOI RA observed, it had been an objeft with him, for many years, t•o ert.cere some general legislative provisions, whet Would obviate the necessity of recurring, as a temeorary. or par tial remedy, to these measures, the effects of which, the Noble and Learned Lords complain of His Noble Friend behind him (Lord Holland) had cur reelly stated the chcumstatices which gave riser° the present measure. With respell to the principle and object on which he theught arid wished the measure should proceed, was that of inquiry and discrimination ; the motive was the desire to relieve those who.e situation precluded the capacity of paying their debts from absolute inability.—Did the insolvency arise from causes founded in orolligney s or dissipation, it would be a principle of false humanity; nay, recta of dish. may, to e. dea your to relieve it. Alt equal attention should most unquestionably be paid to the interests of creditor and debtor. Much was said respeitins the majority of the persons confined, the , eine - themselves into prison, to participate the benefit of an Act of the kind. As to the real fact. 1. knew not; but if they had done so, thee did no only that which was natural, but •hat which was just ! The principle of inquiry mid discrimination, should above all thirsts obtain in a measure of this kind ; not only the amount, but the nature of the deist should be considered ; the prospect of being able or unable to pay, and the causes of ruck ina bility, which could only be found by an investiga tion into the conduct of the pris•titer. If unai..e. and such a result to proceed from einevotelrblo misfortune, it was certainly repugnant to every principle of humanity or of 1411', that such a man should be kept in prison, mere v for his inabia lity to pay ! He would ask the Noble and l.eained Lords what interval they thought should tike place between Bills of In•olveucy Aud also their notions respecting the length of coafine ment such a debtor should suffer? What prin ciple was to arbitrate. its cases of the kind ? Length of imprisonment, in such a case, brought into his mind two cases of criminal law, an accunnt of which he had lately seen in the newspapers ; the verdiels in both were manslaughter. One was case where a man, by kicking or beating his servant maid, incuced her death ; the other was the case of the serjeent, who wcundrd a soldier so severely with a halbert, as eventually to deprive him of lite ; its both these cases the charge was murder, and the prisoners narrowly escaped cenvinion ; but the ver.; dins were as he had stated. In both cases, viewing the intention, lie believed the decisions of the jury were just. fhe puirishment for these off.nces of manslaughter was one year's imprisonment. He would ask. whether or not one year's imprisonment was thanght sufficient for debtors of the description ta which he alluded ? lie again insisted on the pro. ptiety of examination into particular cases: if the d-tnor we , e found to be guilty of fraudulent prac tice., let him be punished for it 1 The obs-rvation of the Lammed Lord oepost , e, with respect to the powers of individual creditors, under the Bankruet laws, was, he contended, a stromt argu ment in favour of of his conclusions, that the pre sent Debt - e Laws wanted correchen, upon a gene ral and permanent principle; but until such could be brought about, ssould it be just or humus, to tell the innocent and unfortunate debtor, that iset must remain in prison till next session? To say ,hat the majority of persons confiaed,were guilt y or f. ets dulent debtnrs.was asserting too much ; but, on the other hand, /se was justified, equilly UA at , princi ples of Christian cberity and of Briti,h jurispru dence in saying, none of them were so, because h• had a right to assume that all men were toe nocent, until they were proved guilty ! To keep an insolvent and unfortunate Deotor in 1 prison, merely for his incapacity to pay, was as insult to, and a mockery of, all justice! %Vial re spect to the petitions against the del, from their tenor and import, those who framed them, must Kaye misapprehended its principle. It was even the in terest of the creditors themselves, that the Bill should be no longer deferred, as so much the longer as the consideratiors to which he referred were postponed, as much the worse it would be for the creditors. Upon the whole. he should not consider himself as voting justly, it he did out vote for the Bal. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, in explanation, con. tended, that the Bill went to set all at urge, in the grass—that it contained no principle of dr.crimina tion in the respects alluded to. The question was then put, when a division rock place, and there appeared, For going into a COM. Mee 10 - A aea • t it-s—Majority 5. Their Lordihips then went into the Committee. p' forme ; and, after a short cwersatiun ACless ald