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PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 19. The Oaths were administered to the Eatl of Shannon and the Earl Nelson. Mr Bullock, front the Treasury, presented Ac : count, respec ire the Consolidated Fund, Na tional Deb', &c. and Mr. Johnson an Animal Ac count from the London Dock Company —Order ed to lie upon the table. The former Papers were sarsentiently, upon the motion of the Mar quis 01 L,,nsdowtte, (nutted to be printed. The 20.000,0001. Exchequer Bills Bill passed throtivh a Committee and %4as reported, %%idiom amendment.. The Earl of SW AFTESBURY also reported the Bri,tol Gas Light Bill, wi,hont A mendment. corn )N FACTOIt I ES. . _ Lord KENYON, in consequence of the indispo sition of a Noble Lord (Lauderdale), and wishing 81so that the subject should undergo the tulltst investigation, postponed Iris motion for a Com mittee respecting the state of Children employed in Cotton Factories, which stood for Monday, till Thursday next His Lordship expressed hope that the parties interested would be Oily prepared by that time to give the requisite intor mation to the Committee, should it be the plea sure of their Lordships to appoint one. The Order for summoning the Lords for Mon day was dischargers. and renewed for Thursday. STATE OF PRISONS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, adverting to the motion miole. by him towards the close of the last Session, and agreed to by the House, for Papers respecting • the state of the Prisons, and also to the intimation of the Noble Viscount (Sidreout h) of his intention to move for a Committee to con sider the state of the Prisons, wished to knOw when the Papers alluded to were likely to be laid before the' House, and on what day the Noble Viscount meant to move for the Committee He did trot wish, with regard to this subject, to take the question out of the hands of the Prince Re gent's Government, nor indeed, in consevence of his attendance in a Committee (on the Batik Restriction), bad he time properly to attend to it, but should the Noble Viscount not name an early period for moving the appointment at a Com mittee, he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) should feel it his duty to call the attention of the House to the subject. Laid Viscount SIDMODTET, with regard to the papers moved for last Session by the Noble Mar quis, observed, that as the motion called for the State of the Prisons to the end of 1818, some time necessarily elapsed before the Retures could , be made up. A great part of them had, however, been received respecting the prisons in England, a considerable portion from Scotland, but only a few from Ireland. Hot to avoid further delay, Ire proposed to lay the information he had received, though still in an imperfect state ] on the table on Monday, and on Thursday he proposed to move tors Committee to consider the State of the Pri sons. His Lordship then laid upon the table a Statement of the number of Persons committed to the dart-rent Prisons from 1805 to 1818, as also of those tried, sentenced, executed, &c. which was ordered to be printed. The Marquis of LANsDOWNE suggested an appre hension that the order for Returns might not have extended to prisons tinder local jurisdictions. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH said, he could not answer for the terms of the Order, as it had been sent from the House ; but no exertion of his should be wanting to obtain Returns from every prison, and he should regret if the informatiou obtained WEE iniperfeCt, SLAVE TRADE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, adverting to the Conventions with Spain! and Portugal, and with the Netherlands, on the subject of the Slave Trade, particularly with reference to the appoint ment of a mixed Coeunission, for adjudicating cases of vessels carrying on the Slave Trade to the North of the Litre, and to the instructions to he given under these Conventions to the Com mituders of his Majesty's ships and vesAAs, ob served, that, with regard to the Conventions of Spain and Portugal, we had made great sacrifices to obtain them, but great as were these sacrifices, he should not object to them with a View to the attainment of the important object in contempla tion. It became, however, in consequence of these circumstances, the more imperative upon Parliament to watch the exectition of these Trea ties with a vigilant jealousy, in order to take care that every exertion was made to carry their pro. Visions into effect. The mixed Commission was to have been appointed within a year tiller the exchange of the ratification of those Conven tions, but though that time had elapsed, it was with the deepest regret he found, and his infor mation could not be contradicted by the Prince Regent's Ministers, that in the course of last autumn tl:e Slave Trade was carried on by the Spaniards to a degree almost unparalleled, with ie the prohibited limits of the Treaty, to the North of the Line, particularly at Rousseau, and in the neighbourhood of the Cape de Verd Islands; that no ship or vessel of his Majesty had been tent thither to prevent the pursuit of this inhuman traffic ; and that on information of these circum stances being communicated to the Admiralty, the answer received was, that no instructions had been issued under which the Commanders of his Majesty's ships and vessels could act. Thus, then, flirt withstanding the period that had elapsed since the ratification of these Treaties, and not withstanding the great importance of acting promptly, and without delay, in carrying their provisions into execution, it appeared that no ef fectual steps had been taken for that purpose, no Cominissiouers having been sent out, nor any adequate instructions issued to the Conunanders of his Majesty's ships and vessels. Deprecating the delay that had taken place, as having been productive of the most serious evil, in allowing of the renewal of the Slave Trade, in a manner highly to be deplored, lie thought it right to move for the Appointments (with the dates) of the Cmnm;ssioners under the above Convention ; and also for Copies of the Instructions issued to his Majesty's Ships and Vessels, with reference to the execution of those Conventions. Jaord Viscount MeLvteex did not intend to op tprtic she motion, but thought it right to explain I some circumstances which bad not been adverted to by the Noble Marquis. The ratification of the Convention with Portugal was not received fro m Rio Janeiro till February last ; the ratifica tion of the Convention with Spain was received in December 1817. But the Noble Marquis did not seem to be aware, that to execute these Con vent ions on our part an Act of Parliament was necessary, as without this neither the Commis sioneis could be appointed, nor the right of search given to the Commanders - of his Majesty's ships :sod vessels. This Act was not: passed till late in May, of early in June lasts , no time was lost after its passing, by a Noble.Ft iend of his, in looking out tor Commissioners ; but the fact was, it wi.t; matter of extreme difficulty to find persons propelfy qualified who would take upon them the duties of such an office, several having refused. The Commission, however, on our p,art, had been' at length completed some time since, and no effort should he wanting to induce the complet ing, without delay, of the propositions of the Com mission on the part of the other powers. With re gard to the instructions to the Commanders of his Majesty'" ships and vessels, the Noble Marquis did not set m to be aware that theissuing of them depend ed upon the Commission, being completed, and in operation upon the Coast of Africa, without that the instructions could be of no avail.; a general instruction was issued as soon as the Act passed, but the special instructions must await the ope ration of the Commission. No thue, however, should be lost, nor any effort wanting, in bringing the whole into operation as soon as possible. Lord HOLLAND observed, that 'what had been said by the Noble Viscount convinced him of the propriety and necessity of bringing this subject tinder the consideration of the House. Giving Ministers all the credit they deserved for their ap prehensions of acting without the sanction of an Act of Parliament, it surely was not too much to imagine, that with their influence in that House, and with the influence of. some of them in the other House, they might have anticipated the passing of the Act, and taken steps accord ingly, at least for the purpose of looking out for persons to act as Commissioners. What .bad un fortunately been the consequence of the delay ? That thousands, probably, of human beings had been made the victims of this inhuman :and infer nal traffic ; and that the individuals concerned in this diabolical trade had thus resumed the habits of carrying it on and maturing it. He did not mean to charge, the Prince Regent's Ministers with a wilful negligence, in delaying to carry the provisions of these Treaties into effect '; but he must say, that there was an indifferCnee evinced upon the subject, which forcibly called for the most watchful vigilance of Parlianient,' in order to take care that no opportunity should 'be lost— no delay incurred, in bringing int . () operatiOn the provisions of these.Couventions. The Earl of Livitaroot.,with reference to what had been said by, the Noble Lord (Holland), ob served, that the main point with regard to ob taining a Commission, was the salary of the Com missioners, which could only be regulated under the authority of Parliament. The Act of Parlia ment, it was true, left a discretionary power upon this point to the Treasury, bat - this did oot tend to facilitate the obtaining a Commission, several persons to whom the appointment was ()filed basing refused it. It certainly was not to be wondered at that persons should refuse an office 'which required them to proceed to an unhealthy climate, hat it must he obvious that the difficulty of obtaining persons properly qualified was thus materially increased.' And it was nothing but the . extreme difficulty of procuring persons properly qual,fied for such a situation to go out, that had induced him to grant a larger superannuation than he other wise would have done, and that after a short service. Undoubteoly, however, no delay would take place further than was absolutely ne cessary and unavoidable. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed, that the difficulty of finding persons properly qualified to act as Commissioners was not, in his opinion, a valid excuse for the delay which had taken place, since there was plenty of time, while the Act was in progress in Parliament, to look' out for Com missioners, and to find persons pioperly , qualified who were willing to accept the office. lie was certain that this had been the practice within his own memory in Commissions appointed by the authority of Parliament, several instances having occurred where persons were publicly designated as Commissioners to act under a. legislative roes- sure, and who, as soon as the Act passed, were regularly appointed and . were prepared to carry into effect the measures confided to them. The motions were agreed to, and the House adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ABSENT NI EMBERS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER roored, that on the reading over the names, on Tuesday, of the Commit tees chosen by ballot for the different Election Petitions, the Sedeant he directed to take into custody such Members of the said Committees as shall then be absent, unless it appear that they had leave from the Speaker for their absence.— Agreed to. ADJOURNMENT. A motion fur the Adjournment of the House until Monday was agreed to. • ROMAN CATHOLICS. The Hon. It. HARE presented a Petition from certain in habitants of the County of Cork, against tho Claims of tht Roman Catholics of Ireland.—Laid on the table. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. Mr. HART Davis presented a petition from the Meichants and Traders of the City of Bristol against the renewal of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. He said that he perfectly agreed with the opinion expiessed by the petitioners, that a great deal of injury was sustained from the operation of this Act. An Honourable Alderman had some time ago stated, that a sum of between eight and nine millions had been disposed of by the Court of In solvent Debtors, the proceeds of which did not amount to one farthing in the pound. The trad ing interest had suffered deeply by the Act, and the present state of depreciation into %i hick it had fallen in almost every part 'of the kingdom, might be justly attiThuted, in a great measure, to the operation of the Act. He misted that the House would not allow the Ses sion to pass over without making some final ar rangement to meet the enormous evils growing Out of the Act. For his part, he would prefer a return to the old system, with all its impeaec tions, than to see any system pursued erected on the principle of the present Act. _ Patmisaos was certain that the class for which the Act wns intended would deprecate its revival as much as any other class of persons. There was a general feeling throughout the coun try against it. The debtor might have justly com plained that his affairs were entirely taken out of the..hands of his creditors, and that he was left exclusively to the operation of the law. He had been a Member of the Committee employed upon the case of In3olvent Debtors in a former Session ; anti from the experience which he had obtained during his labours in that Committee, he was en abled to declare that the Bill altogether was ob jectionable in the extreme. Mr. Alderman WA ITH MAN observed, that there prevailed in the country a very strong feeling against the renewal of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. It was calculated to encourage a gam bling system in the country, highly injurious 10 trade. His object at present was to inform the House, that when the present Motion was dis posed of, he would move for a Return of all per sons committed and discharged as Debtors for the last 20 years. In order that the House might be positively informed as to the best means of arriv ing at a proper decision upon this highly import ant subject, it would be necessary for them care fully to review the results of .the system in exist ence before the passing of the Act, and those which followed the passing of it, and compare them together. Mr. Alderman WOOD said, that there were se veral g rievances existing under the Act, which would induce him to support the repeal of it. Among other obnoxious principles entwined in its frame Was this, that it an Insolvent possessed money in the Bank of England, that money could not be drawn by the. Creditors. This was exem• plified in a case, that lately came under his con sideration. A debtor owed a sum of 1,2001., and lust as his creditors were about to compound with him at seven shillings in a pound, they under stood that he had a sum of 3,0001. in the Bank of England, which they naturally thought they could come down upon, but which unfortunately they could not touch to this moment. The Act which admitted such a grievance as this, stood in need of .being repealed. Mr. ABERCROMBIE protested against the course adopted by all the Petitions against the Insolvent Debtors' Act. The House should remember that the system pursued with regard to debtors before the existence of • the Act, was one of the oldest and greatest evlis complained of in the law. The Act was then introduced by a Noble Lord, high in the administration of the law in Ireland, and certainly no expedient could be devised better cal culated to remove the great evils of the former system, and he did not doubt, but that when the Act was sifted, it would be found to contain as few imperfections as could possibly be avoided, considering the difficulties of adopting remedies for the evils which it was proposed to meet. Pe titions had been sent into the former Committee against the Act, but when - the petitioners were examined, it appeared that : . they clid.not under, stand the law at all. '1k.... pretent petitioners might perhaps labour under Aloe same inconve ,nience ; at all events, they should have stated %Oat it was they meant to propose. The Attor ney-General and the other LAV Officers of the Crown had already turned their attention to this Act, with a view to make some amendment in its several provisions, and. it would he right to wait until the result of'their deliberations were known. The worthy Alderman had stated, that the pre sent Act had tended to the facility of credit. He thought the reverse; he thought that persons would be more cautious in giving credit, when they found the recovery of their debt rendered more difficult and hazardous. He trusted that the 'House would pot be led away by the state ments of exparte witnesses or sufferers. .Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN observed, that the Learned Gentleman had mis•stated and mistook him. He did not assert that the Act contributed to the facility of credit, but lie stated that the Act created many encouragements to the most , enormous abuse of the credit system of the coon ' try, and that it tended to destroy the morality of trade. Creditors, as far as his experience went, were not accustomed to treat debtors harshly.— The country saw the sum of eight or nine mil lions pass through the Court without a farthing of profit in the pound proceeding out: of it, and in that case was it likely that they would think it worth their while to go and oppose the liberation of any debtor ? The system of credit should be upheld, or trade must be extinguished. If the House looked to the state of the City of London, they would find that three-fourths of the number of merchants, now in rank and eminence in Lon don, were once clerks, and if they had not ob tained credit in the beginning of their career, 'how was it possible for them to proceed ? He was asked what he would propose in place of the Act. He thought the question unfair, and might he asked as fairly of every Member who opposed a particular measure. He thought the Act alto- j gether bad, and whatever he could do to the ad vantage of the country he would willingly per form. Mr. GORDON replied to a few of the statements of the worthy Alderman, and contended that the greater part of the grievances which were so much and so justly lamented would have exist,ed inde pendently of the Act.—The petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN then rose to make the Motion to which he bad alluded in his speech, relative to the number of persims committed and discharged as Insolvent Debtors from the year 1797 to ISIB. Lord CASTLEREAGH recommended the worthy Alderman to postpone his motion until the Law Officers of the Crown were present, and until it was ascertained what they intended to do respect ing the Act. The motion was then withdrawn without any further temat k. MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. Mr. CANNING postponed the motion for Thanks to • the Marquis of Hastings, announced for Tuestiaay next, to Tues ditp CHESTER ELECTION. Mr. LEY appeared at the Bar, and presented the names of the Gentlemen who had been ballotted for totry the merits of the Contested Election for the town of Chester, viz.:— Hon. T. eccil, Hull. NV. R. G. Wilaut, Esq. G. P. „,itla • j i„. c, j i in c s :II .: s ri q lt . t H , t o s n ( . Ed. 1 7 i :1 e liir(.7.;K. i ix ,, , to c tlf . l E v a rt r i, ' s ,:f i, ' l li: Esq. Sir U. De Burgh, Hon. Lord A. Chichester, J. Allen, Esq Lord Clive, G. Gar r b Esq RECOGIsaZANCE S. ad P et . The SPEAKER intimated, that the Parties who o. ti"ned against the Return fort h Great Gritnsby thehad goo. pleted their Recognizances in e time all by fa rthe r The order for taking the merits of the Petition ir” . consideration, was, of course, discharged. , ,0, 0 Pa petitioned against the Return for Rye, 'The SPEAKER also intimated, that the complete their ReCOgIIiZFMCCS.—The order was disco' , , e ,o i,,g , The SPEAKER also gave a similar intimation tr i l t, iti o. the Parties who ha,gl petitioned against the Return to " The order was also discharged. CHIMNEY SWEEPERS' BUJ'. . 1 1 hi re' When a farther progress was proposed in this B 1 t feting to the Order of the Day, bee O ir. Mr. OM MANNEY asked the Honourable Meru Rennet) when be proposed the third reading ' rad t o b rd u e ~r _w as Mr. BENNET answered, Monday next. An accot dingly. N.'S THE SUPPLY, AND WAYS AND MEA•,,./ 4 1.,0 °( 1 Committees were, on the motion of the CHANC'• b a p d a O r : e e e s I , e,.crtcead o the EXCHEQUER, postponed till Monday next. • IRISH GRAND JURIES. f o r th l " Mr. DAWSON - rose to move, pursuant to appointment of a Committee to consider the ope r a t 0 Grand Jury i r at eild' the Act of last Sessions fur ' l • regu a.to,, , , I it a.- l e clients in Ireland, and to report whether any anu o ri l • nou rah notice,a.._,, of ments should be made in the said Act. Ibe I.° e of Ihs ' measu rel‘lem understood, be r etP that measure. , c l fluid h b : Irtythhsaiseteldi his a h t g )si r ) ja. e el a ,L) t .tti respect rt rfteio repeal, t rindl e prsil.i e p tnd i at tu to 65 ma S d i e r t al c; aNeeEaWrePaOußiToretletoquagalittautrlyteayt aot•fratnhgeerasoossen "' Grand Juries. : t he s e s ofr Sir H. PARNELL hoped that all the principles 1 11 ., d o rin,, ing law would be preserved which operated to gl or pub" - money. e fraudulent grant, or improvident on n' 3 4, to ths With that view no application shnukt b: s 00 46°13 Grand Jury for any grant which had not the Pee r ' of the local Magistracy. o f the Per haSdi l r e G ft . t H he lL c L oa e c n h u r m o e a r d a s te o d f t l b i e: , arious defi. cie.ncialte:_,,, oibic,htio,..- sent Bill, and more especiall y the state of ruin his ID Ireland and intia B tio il‘.i n ih.,A o .. f er i ie lo n ' i s ic • l in niii g eEr f iL o ,u r Ls a ,, Bill to suspend its operatiu°"• ^ti o f as such as to affect the princip l e sh tilt ea A sds l 7 r roenoc V nse i'ridlarfri'l:Zeilteaftiti.:Bid,;•.,:: ,:f,‘c*rixiiileliil:(6swi defended the existing Bill against the attack niati el j'tits .rt e ~, h „ t 0 • e measure. Or er s t isi r air,e,, a end d r.G., m lt)tylif.il i i:i t aati t lit: 1 Il e ll i 4 ,ic li d . 1 al,i )raia t r: tsl theyl t au a : . retii:eilvnitt,;eelrs:s tbrt e i_yai t i eob e L. ,.. :00: 10 plogli.e:::: 01 liot oy ~ , ,ith the is ple Mr.ABF.RCROMBY was happy to find that, t's I {, , none ri,p tion of the. Honourable Baronet, there WEIS " 0 % -'l'vege•if _. e , Member who had not expressed himself desiO dS t -°u the principle of the Bill. He suggested to the ' 6L t tee • ~, Mover, with a view of carrying his intention be,, folled lfect, to insert in the motion sonic such words as " L ., - ,tion - ing :—" with reference to the more effectual e °- ~A to the Act." . c i s ' Ins - 0. Sir G. HILL, in explanation denied ltaillig ‘ t. ACtt x i return to the old law, by gettin g rid of the Pees paeOr though he could nut shut his eyes to the ine (4l" 0 i it r d fr 0• P • of it. Lard JOCELYN stated, that he had reCeiced 1,e,: - .1 : 11 ;5. persons as respectable as those mentioned by the il l ,cas I A Member for the County of Clare, the .tenor of t he ",ll2,c I li t t i rcctly the reverse of that of the letters quoted 0 7 ojcb " I A Hon. Gentlethan. Adverting to sonic obserratioo9;,., la ss „i fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman on a Iwy l ',' c, Irish Magistracy, he maintained that there wa' ,I• and msceiennteiox u is s ti o nr ai li o e a tt e e i r t ctihnealsiu fi ebdjeettouglivielesatiitonb.ones• , f t tot , t ies' H eil , ' Sir J. NEWPORT was decidedly qconVince. '-' the r ;a' e n i polues,e,factcheed(eidratint Grand jiyarlyneAasentr,e it would t d o o a a b a ro J r n e t r e ,,tab le 0 - oe • jury to Ireland, hose ~, ee li f ad t t e li r loont a ,bte f fi e el w e amr o on b tt se i,o r sn s i • r a w. t pa i o sa n a,s i ; f ( r )en n e m ,datno a d, 1 ‘aMinrea‘nt).lhlF,e. irtc0,a1:;10.313.itit,,71.14r planation, pointed. 0 0 4 ELECTION PETITIONS. tife, t 4. Sir J. NEWPORT, alluding-to the omission of 0 , ":" °a" of Ireland in' the 53d of his Majesty, and the e l. " g t O n. to de - - . 4e4 1 1 i rlion which prevailed in Ire ' t iOnSt(l liel le . e i ;el ol ,.. , , - be 12 1 : ' VtewnYttllotaltiatth.ceopurnot'rlys,iotnrsuostfetdh. the Act tte .ere t-i nQt- 4uk ' t" l ice 4 • 41 duced to extend the time for entering into ;We, 3 1e ,1 , 11 ;$ all Petitions coming front that quarter. He t the law itself allowed them that pow er, and ( Pe r , - „0 it449 0 1 1‘ time to he enlarged to thirty days,' Oil Stlifieleto g's - '117; ing made out. He then moved that in the case - for - 011 tion presented yesterday respecting the Electiosi County of Cork, the time for enteri ng into recogl o f '— extended to .the .sth of March next, ins t ead of t,Ile" 11 •"' hruary. Mr. BATHURST suggested the propriety 0, `lqad % f or • , „„eoi r Select Committee to consider the Irish Petitions, f l'•• 0 0 tain whether the same error ran throeO h t t' e wt ) , A .e : 44° If that were found to he the case, ' tltfl c ' wow" f ed, feel disposed to grant an extension oef Hous e p ror - Sir J. NEWPORT highly approved of ll eourse„iiiogAtallef.. but wished that no time should be lost in altP,. °. „ -- fe*";,oo' Committee, In order to deprive theet' tioners of e a t en ' ' as possible out of the thirty, beyond which could take place. 0; 4 ,6' The Hon. Baronet having then withdrawn his tri°6° of a Mr. BATHURST moved for the • i . t Committee, which took plate rteciud 4.) :l7 te en 0 • On the motion of Mr. C. W. WYNTNE . the & A i r" c`' different petitions from Cork and Leitrim '' was 84 '-i tAra Tuesday next. GOVERNMENT CONTB ‘CTS. t Mr. Alderman WOOD, seeing an don. Ba re : 3 . ot' place, begged to knyw from him whether there with I t tr h i s a lt t p e e r C s o o r f ? o r Contract c the h e e n n t ezt e i o n f t s o albuyti els, o ß r o t a i r l e d ; I - 3 { 1) :10; lbs. of gunpowder, by titivate contract. He v ' "' tr - e P P- O? to be informed, whether it was usual thus to rtia'..eo - which must be very prejudicial to the - 1 1 0: tuners. f ' Sir ROBERT WARD replied, that the nature its 0 0 siness for bid its being made a subject of disens si Ao lo House. He would only say, that the Board - •r: lg , bad acted under the conviction that the y w ere tb bargain, and that the purchaser being n necte d fe Rothschild, an eminent merchant had produced sw" city as was found unexceptionable . ' Pi • 13 1I t ds QUARTER SESSIONS. Mr. DICKINSON moved for leave tO bring 1 4 $ 0 empower Magistrates to divide Quarter Sessioos. .16:0 A il that in sonic parts of England, so great was the Pr e ' e g - ov it siness, that the Magistrates in attendan ce wer e t r ii lit4 obliged to sit up until eleven or twelve o'clock the discharge of their duty.—Leave was given. BRITISH CLAIMS UPON FRAN ° :i i iit tl is Lord CASTLEREAGH said, he was aware Mio" was, on the other side, a great indisp°s'ije Ue enter at any length into the subject which of about to bring before the considera tint! House, and he should therefore confin e bi t only a few observations on it. It was Conventions had been entered into b e. L .l) v h " Government of this countty and the Fr e % 90 v4 yernment, relative to the claims of li riti lot 6 ro jects. A fund bad been appropriated by. t oo.11l)1 remittent for the liquidation of these cl Commissioners entrusted with th e carrYl,e 11 6 t l 4 / 4 measure into execution made considerab'o O d gress front that time up to the last yeor„l,oos appeared a sum of no less than filly lob,"," 016- been distributed among the claimants. o°.shrei; in April last, the demands of not only Bri t t l a r eoc g ditors, but also of foreigners upon tb e e Government, accumulated to suc h a dege it was ascertained that a sum of no legs th.eeqjoire. thirty to forty millions sterling would b e 1 0 1 to meet them. When it would be considce:9l ofgreat length of time, which would be o e , employed in arranging and ascertaini n F bi lity fis claims, there appeared but little Pryb4rbe 'heir soon arriving at a good result. once?, Hsi] Government, under all these eircun's,ohici entered into an arrangement, the object circuits 0 ' was, that instead of placing the C re . li s cai lifi% this nation under a necessity ' l : 4 -