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• A r a MEETING . of- the COMMITTEE of • „ux. -,HIP OWNERS for the Port of London, held this 5 a •Day• of April, 1806, at the London Tavern; to take into • co,sideration such Measures as may be, legally adopted to prevent any further Suspension of the Navig.ition LawS hf Great Britain; and it? particular the Bill intended to be it 'brought Parliament to authryise the - Governors of the British West India Islanck to suspend the same in favour of American Bottoms, whenever they. think proper during the :present War, and on other .11Fial Affairs ; • ROBERT CURTING, Esq. in ;he Chair; • Resolved unanimously, That it •fs the opinion of this • Committee that it will be highly . injorious to the Shipping Interest of G reat Britain and Ireland to tuithosise by Act of • .Parliament the - Governors of the Britiih West India Islands •to suspend, at their discretion, the Navigation Laws of tie Country, and. to admit, American Vessels'to trade with the Colonies contrary to the Plovisions of those Statutes. Resolved- unanhnously; That it is the opinion of this • Committee that no necessity ekists for investing the. G overnors of the British West India Islands, in future, with autoOrity to suspend, at their discretion o theNavigation Laws of Great Britain in favour of American or. other Neutral Vessels ;, and that to introdiace such a principle into an Ad • - ,i - ,lndernnity is novel and darigertnis, as it will-inevitably t(:nd to establish a system highly injurious to the Maritime • Interests of the Country, anctlessen that responsibility which otherwise would attach upon those Persons wile msy advise ao: iro'roogement Of the rovisOoS'of those Statures. . Res,lved unanimously., That it is the- °pillion of this • - 'Colninittee that the foopient recent Sospensions of the -Nit .' vjgation loitvf of the Country have been highly injurious to 'the Shipping interest, which- is not hi so flourishing a state, or so ad -quatelY or profitably employed, as it would haVe been had not such facilities been afforded to Neutral Vessels • by the frequent Suspension of the Navigation'Ads. Resolved unanimously. That x Petition' be presented to , both Houses of Padi3irienr, humbly praying, that the Pro. visions of the NavigatiOn Atts may he strialy enforced in tuture, and also that an Inquiry may be made into the aElual state' of the Shipping and Navigation .of Great Britain and Ireland, and also as to the expediency of altering or revising the Alien and other -I)4ties, so as toplace British Ships on • an equal footinz with Oteign-Vesseis . , in order to lessen those evils which have tpillted from the great increased foreigo Competition British Ship OWners have had, anforitinately for the general' Interest ofthis Country, to contend with-. ResOlved unanimously, That _a Sub-Continittee be ap pointed to prepare such Petition, and that,the same be sub - ratted to the consideration of this Committee at their nett • Meeting, to be held at this place on Monday next, at One o'Clyek precisely. . Resolved'un nimously, That the preceding•Resolutionsbe• inserted in the Morning and E vening Newspapers, and traits- milted to the Ship wners at the Out- Pars. • - , -Resolved unanimously, That the Thanks of this Meeting he given to the Chairman for his attention to the general In - sere: sof British Ship Owners, and in particular for his con dad. on this occasion. ll:straded from the Minutes, by Order, this . -.tsth April, igob: NAT. ATCHESON, Secretary. • AUCTION OF ROOKS, MAPS, AND •PRINTS. A CATALOGUE of Rare and Valuable .BOOKS, principally M. Bern, rainy of them elegantlybouhd, in various Languages, -the' -property: Or John Sroekdale, which will be Sold - by' Audion by .I‘l r.S TO C K.D A LE, jun. 36, Old.&nd-street. The Sale will commence on Monday, the ziSt at TWelve o'Clock,.to a Minute, and continue the five fo)lowing - Days. . •I - Amongst many other valuable Books .are Hogarth's Kele brated-Engravings, proof impressions ; Bacon's, Locke's. 'fielding's, Swift's, Lord Orford's, Dr. Johnson's, and Sir. William (ones's Works ; Lavater's PhysiognoMy, withiooo Portnits ; Parliamentary. Register. and .State Papers, 108 volumes ; thatachard's Map of Germany, I taly, &c. co loured - and uncoloured, with Descr.pt:ons ; Abridgment .ot Law Casts, 5 vols. ; Fen,2yclopr:edia Britan nii.;a, 2o vols ; Rees's Cyclopradi ; C.rose's. Antiquities of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland ; New Annual Re istor,'2-5 vols. ; Monthly Review ft - 4m its Commencement, la . ; Fourcroy's. Chemistry'; ',Anson's DiCtionary ; thtrphy's Tecitus, large and small paper; British Essayist, • vols. ; various Histories of, 'England ; Cough's Camden's irritannia, tine and common paper ; Universal History, An cient and Modern, Svo and toles;; Costume of Russia ; Phi losophical Transwaions, 65 yols: 4to. ; a New unpublished Map of India. &c. • To be viewed two daya - prneding the Sale, and Catalogues Ind of Mr. '5, tockdale, tSt, Piccadilly; and Mr. Walker, price IfrifERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 113 an Appeal from the Court of Exchequer Cham ber in Ireland, Griffith •v. Hatton and: others, Mr. Fonblanque on behalf of.the Appellant, the Solici tor-General and Sir Vicary Gibbs on behalf of the Respondents, were heard ; after which the further consideration *as postponed till to-morrow. The '20,060;0001. Loan Bill was read a second time, atid'committed for to-Corrow. The British Fisheries' Encouragement Bill, 'and the Irish Treasury Bills' Bill passed through Com= mittees and were reported: • Earl- TEi114.4:, Mr. CALCRAFT, Mr. BALDWIN, and several other Members of the House of Com mons, brought up Sir J.,T.-Duckworth's Annuity Bill, the Treasurer of the Ordnance's Regulation Bill, and two private Bills ; which were severally read a first time. Earl SPENCEIC presented the Papers respeCting the Army and Volunteers, moved for previous to the Recess by Lords Cainden and Hawkesbury. They we ordered to lie on the Table . and to be printed., Earl SPENCER presented a Petition frOm the Debtors conAned in the county gaol of NorthamptOri; and Lord WALSINGHANI one from the Prisoners confined in the county gaol of Durham. Both of which were ordered tole on the 'Table. The Earl of DARTUOUTH signified His Majesty's an :;per to several Addresses of the Heuse for - Papers and Accounts, and also to the Address, praying that a place might be fitted up in Westminster' Hall for the Trial of Lord Viscount Melville. Lord GRENVILLE moved to send a Message to the House of Commons, informing 'them that His Ma j,!sty had beerrgracion, pleased,'in pursuance of an Address of that House, to give. direEtiOns for fitting up a place in Westminster Hall for the Trial of Lord Viscount Melville.--Ordered. ' =GE FOX, 407:4 _GRENVILLE adverted to .the Motion ,which had been formerly agreed to by the House for the attendance of Witnesses on the i-?.9th of April, relative to the charges against Mr. Justice Foss, 'and t)bserved that it would be impossible for the House -to proceed at the same 'tithe on the trial of Lord Melville . and in the' examination of the .Charges agginst Mr. Justice He therefore moved to Discharge the Order; and renew it for Monday, the 9t.ii of May. The Marquis of ABPR6ORN assented to the Mo tion, which was agreed to. - , • INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Lord HOLLAND, after referring to the numerous PetitionS on the Table from the ;Debtors in the dif )erent Prisons praying for relief, stated that hedid not think it necessary to 'detain their/Lordships by votering into any discussion upon the subject; he should merely observe, that he had prepared a Bill ibr the relief of that description of persons, which framed in Atie same manner as former Bills of - that nature. He intended to propose, that the Bill 'Ahould be' Priptect, ati ii ltliat it should he read a second IP^ as soon as possible after the ;prints were ready. His Lordship presented the Bill; which was re d a first time, and ordered' to be printed. . . On the -Motion of Lord HOLLA'S D, several ac counts were ordered of the number of persons con fined for 'debt,in different prisons. -Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). • HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16. Lord - ,Tlt'NispLE presented a PetitiOn from Ilie":~T lit of the Island of Jamaica, in behalf of the Planters and Merchants of that Island, praying that the Bill before the House for'prohibiting the-Importation of Slaves into certain Islands, &c. might not be passed into a law.: The Noble Lord desired it to be under stood that, although felt it -his duty to present this Petition, he would not hold himself pledged to any opinion .upon the subject. • The Petition was ordered to lie on the Table until the second reading of the Bill. And it was also ordered, that the Petitioners should, if they thought fit,, be heard by Counsel against the said Bill. A Person from the Exehequer . of Scotland pre seuted, -putsmpt to orer-, an Account of the Grants issued from Forfeited Estates iii Scotland, and the BalanceS froth the said EstaL; still remaining in hand.—This was ordered to' lie on the Table, and to be printed ; as' was an Account of the Malt charge able with duty in Scotland,' which vas presented by by a PersOn from the Scotch Excise. On the' Motion of -Sir P. STEPHENS, it was ordered,. that the • House should to-morrow re solve into a Committee to consider of the Ad re, speding the Loiu;itude, and that 'the Accounts on the -Table, with regard to that subjeEt, should be re ferred to the . said Con:mittce., On the Motion of Mr. VANsiTx.friAT, the House resolved into a Committee ot Supply, in which the usual Annual Votes for AliscellancoUs Services were agreed to. The House resumed, 'and the Report was ordered to be brought up, to-morrow. Sir John Duckworih's Annuity Bill was read a third time and pzissed: :Mr. ALEXANDEn brdught 'up a Report from the Committee appointed to consider the At. relative to a - Tax. upon Tea. The Report was read, agreed to, and-it was ordered, that ; it be an instruction to the Committee upon the . new Tea-tax-Bill to make Pro vision ,p , arstiant to the said Report. SUGAR. ' The House having resolved into a Committee of Ways and Meanii Mr. VANst-TTART, with a view to the obje& of which ht had given.notice yesterday,, namely, that of making a proportionate. Addition to the Duty upon East -and \Vest India Sugar, moved, -that . an addl.-- tional Duty of Is. per Cwt. should be imposed upon East India Sugar imported: And alsci, that upon the Exportation of the same, a Drawback should bp al lowed of equal amount. These Motions were agreed, to, the House re sumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought U[) to-morrow. The Three Millions Exchequer Bills BM was read a second time,- and committed for to-morrow. ' The committal of the Tobacco Duty Bill was post poned rill Friday. Mr. ALEXANDER brought lip the Report of the Witnesses' Declaratory Law Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, that in order to afford an opportunity to the House for more fully considering this reafiure, it shonld_be to-morrow. The Motion was agreed-to. . Mr. YORK gave notice, that he would to-morrow move for a Return to be laidbefore the House of the. Opinions received by Qovernment as to-the propriety. of a Plan for eulisti:3g Men for a Term of Years. .~. ~~ ___ ~-, THE: NA 8011,0 F RCO r's DEBTS. . . Arrell?..-/NC/S, before he prOceeded to offer the Motion of which he 1-. ad given notice, begged to put to the Hon. Gentleman behind him (Mr.Hobhouse) a question or two, the answers to which might pro bably save sonu trouble. ; As it appeared that an - agreeMent had been entered into between the Di reelors of the India Company and the creditors of the Nabob of Arcot, in consequence of which a Conenissinn had been appointed wished to . know who were-the persons forming that Commis sion, and by whom they are to be paid ? Not hav ing been-able to attend the House on Monday, when the Hon. Gentleman to whom lie referred brought forward his Bill, (he Was under the necessity of ap plying for more information upon the snbje& than perhaps other Gentlemen required.. He wished- to hear it accounted for why the Hon. Member shbuld have been the person to bring forward this measure, particularly as he understood him to' have stated, that he accepted the, office very unwillingly ; and but yielded to the importunity of' others.' . Mr:J-10BHOUSE - was ready not merely to an swer tie Hon. Gentleman's questions, but to atlbrd every. informatiOn. iii his power upon the subject to which these questions referred.. If, however, the Hon. Gentlenian had consulted the Papers on the Table, he would have fouhd this question'utmeCes sary. For in them it appeared. that the Com Mi ssioners were a, Mr. 'Horner, who was, appointed in room of Mr: Ityder; a Member of that' House, who had some time since resigned, in consequence of in-. disposition ; also Mr. Coburne, and he himself (Mr. Hobhouse); _Those. Commissioners, from the &ed it would be seen, were appointed. by the IpdiaCom pany, in concurrence with the 'Crediters,and accord ing 'to a, clause hi that aeed, the remuneration for their trouble was to be settled upon the same prin ciple as Parliamentary Commissions usually were. Mr. EttetiVelS confessed, that' from the infor mation which he had just received from the Hon. Gentleman, he was under amistake, for he had-sop posed that Mr. Yoi'dyee was . at the head of this Commission ; but he now found that that Gentle man was at the head of the Creditors. There was, something in this fransaaion altogether which was well deserving of, and-to which he begged the par ticular attention of the House. Why it should have found its way into the - House at all, but still more. why it was entertained, why it obtained a footing, he could account for on no satisfadory ground. Per haps it wris owing to the operation of interest, but - sure sure he was that there was something very like a• contrivance about it. , For himself he could atlirm that he never had an idea that any such proposition was in conteMplatien until he heard of the Mo tion, just before the recess, for leave- to bring in the Bill. -He knew nothing of a Commit teoiitting upon the snlijea;-, and there: were many others as well -as he whom the knowledge of that 'Circumstance had entirely escaped till the time he alluded tn. , Then as to The subsequent course of the Honourahle 4 Gentleman---Lthe verb; ' day after the recess, the first upon which the 'Report o the Committee was deliverable, the - Honourable 6en tleman came foNvard before he. (Mr. Francis) W 64.3 venture tO'Say five 'Members of the House' had . read the RepOtt, -and. proposed 'a Motion grounded - upon.' it. This mode , of proceeding no one could deny to be rather precipitate upon a sub ' jea - pifiriefilallylif m nett' IMpor tance: - To obtain a little moredeliberation as toa circumstance which Gentlemen were much mistaken-if-they suppOsed of inconsiderable interest, was the motive. which in - s citiced him to 011 the'attention of the House to the Motions with which' he meant to . conclude. That 'all the Presidencies in. India were in great distreSs - was notorious. The House. had the authority of 'Lord Cornwallis for believing that the Presidency of ,Madras was most seriously embarrassed—and that this, with the ether Presidencies, was running in debt as fast as money could - be had to borrow. —lnto these general distresses, however, he did not at present propose' to enter, nor should he go into any discussion about the general state of -India. But he would - confine himself to theparti , cular 'objefthe had - in view, which, he wished' it to be understood, had no conne6tion with any other question respe&ing India which: was4efore the House. .Lord Wellesley had, he belieed,.nothing whatever to do-with it. It referred principally to a consideration of our assets in India, and how far these. assets were 'coMpetent to meet the claims upon them. For it was tnaterial for Parliament al ways to bear in mind that what. the India Company could not diicharge would ultimately fall `upon the Finances of this Country.. Therefore it behoved the House carefully tisexamine every claiin upon the resources of that ompany. He lamented that More of .His Majesty's Ministers were not present at the discussion . of a question of this nature, and those who were present did not give to the tines tion the attention which it deserved—[there was at the time some conversation upon the Treasury Bench.T Still, however, he ,would persist in his purpose— and he-promised those Gentlemen that they would„ speedily feel that this subject must-be attended to. At all eVents beWould not fail to attend to For he was not one of those ,who could.' be sunk or broken down by the desertion or inconsistency of any set of: men. 'ReVerting to the subject to which he was about to :litre& the noticeof the House, the Hon. Gent. remarked upon the equiyoeal charaaer of these frequent claims :upon the Nabob of Arcot. A great deal - of such dainis had,been already paid. After the'payment - of several millions (Ave or six) it was naturally supposed tliat no more debts were to be heard of.. But stillsome pretended creditors started up. If 'such pretensions - were attended to he really believed', that the whole Ilevenue of the Carnatic Would be Ityaifficient. to answer them ; and if not, then they must:come upon"this Country : he there fore cautioned the Hoase to pause. upon a transac tion, Of the eharader of-which scarcely any one who heard him Could be wholly ignorant ; for every one must remember teething of the Nabob of Areot's debts—it was• a tole:ably notorious topic. That distinguished ' Steestnan (Mr. Burke) had many _years since yei 'properly stated his opinion, that a c,inbile,;.ei of evidence served to skew that sums had be n distributed for a course of years in the' :pane of the old Nabob of Arcot, to the servants of the East India Company, in a most scandalous man ner ; and that there was strong reason to suspect, that most part of the debts demanded were wholly. fiaitious. And that-great Orator showed, that, even if these debts were really due, they were, from their. aMount,.calculated to excite alarm, as the affairs of the Company were so distressed as to be unequal to their liquidation. This the House would recolle6t - was in the year 1784, when the sivation of the India Company was almost prosperity itself, compared to what it was ati - prisent. But even then (as Mr. Nuke remarked), the Company's servants were in affluence, while the Company itself was very much embarrassed. Xet althOugh such was the case, al ' though the Company's servants were possessed of no less- than ten millions, still their claims of three millions of debt 'upon our subsidiary Princes were paid off by order of the Board of-Controul, against the strongest remonstrances of the Court of Direc tors, seconded by the opinion of Lord Macartney. This served to spew what might be done through the interest of individuals, notwithstanding the dis tress of the Company's affairS; and as being very closely upon the present question, he requested Gentlemen to look at the Speech of Mr. Burke, to which he referred, and which, independent of its relevancy upon this occasion, must be read with pleasure by every man of taste ; for certainly among all the produElions of ancient and modern elo luence, nothing could be found worthy to be put in comparison with it. The Hon. Gentleman, ad-, vertmg to the Bill in, progress through the House,. observed, that • it was not accompanied by any spe cification whatever of the amount or nature of the debts to- which it was meant to apply. This speci fication it was his wish to obtain. Seeing that so many millions had been already paid on this score, and that the more-these claims were paid, the more they seemed to grow, he desired at once to ascertain their precise extent : that knoWledge attained, ques tions would. then arise ,Whether such claims were Made by' bona fide creditors or not whether any, and which of them, should be paid ? Whether, in a word, under all the circumstances, that money' should be granted to stitch claimants - which ought to. be applied to the support of our Army and-Navy ? That no equitable demands were-to be found among those, brOught forward, he was not prepared to say. But before any were acceded to, the House should be made acquainted with the whole amount. It would be unsafe' to proceed without such - know ledge; for if a 'comparatively small sum were. at 'first , granted - , it would be difficult to say how far the House might be led upon the principle of that grant. -It might not- be known when to stop, and. therefore Ire thought, it best to make a stand in limine: The Hon. Gentleman - took occasion to appeal to the 'House and the Country upon the want - of assistance he had experienod 'from those who ought . fa be forward, in Consistency, to support his endeavours to nroctkrea full investigation of the Affairs of India: - In this instance particularly there were many for whose presence and co-operation'hFhad a right to , loot‘; among these was thereSpiMble Member for Nt.rwich - (Nlr. W. Smyth), -whemlie did nOt then see in his place, and from w-holm inw.h useful in fiageation could be bad, upeu the subje4 of..lnctai There wts,anotiier distinguished' pe :on % , 'soso lie was intitled to expea—he'ineant the Treasurer of the Navy - (Mr. Sheridan). In regretting the ge neral absence of that Right Hon. Gentleman, he was sure he only expressed the common feeling of the'. House.. He lamented - his absence f or many 'reasons, but principally on account of the loss which • the cause of India sustained, in consequence. He most, particularly wished that this Right Hon. Gen tlernan were more frequently.. visible in his place in that House; and as heliad not the pleasure of seeing him there or elsewhere, he hoped that his wish Would be conveyed to. him, and induce him to at tend. He trtisted•that the Right Hon. Gentleman's • beComipg a Minster was not to deprive that House of the advantage and pleasure which his abilities were capable of affording. The house had, unfor tunately, for a. considerable time but very seldom seen the light of his countenance. But it was to be expe&ed that such absence would not long con tinue. He could not suffer himself to apprehend that the Right Hon. Gentleman would long decline to advocate the cause of justice. No ; his mind and his feelings 'were too strongly attached to that cause to refuselthis - aid, and his powers to s erve it were still undiminished ; for he would not believe :• that the volcano - of the Right Hon. Gentleman's genius could yet be ,burned out. After repeating his sincere reg.-et, for the absence of Mr. Sheridan, because he highly respeCted his talents and integrity, and because he would much value his assistance. the Hon. Member concluded with moving for an. Account of all Monies which have been.paid to the private Creditors of the Nabqtz,of theCarnatie since ,the,_passing of the Akt of the 04-th of his present Majesty, containing the names of the individuals to whom paid, and die periods at which the several payments were .made, distinguishing, .the several classes of Debts, namely, the Register, the Cavalry Road, and the Debts contraCted in the year 1777 ; ,also distinguishing the principal from the interest of such Debts. The Hon.-Member added, that it was the pratlice generally, to add the interest to theprin cipal of these claims ; and this was one great cause of , their enormous accumulation. To shei.v - that-the pi t :relied hedescribed had prevailed, the Hon. Mem ber referred to the last .Speech of the Noble Lord. (Castlereagh), which that Noble Lord had got print- • upoit the subjeCt of lpdian finance. Mr. PAULL, in seconding the Motion, can!..ron ecl the HOUSe,to beware how they sanetioned the . princip!e • upon which the Bill. of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr."l-lobhouse) was founded, as; if that sprinciPlevvere established, claimants would, no doubt, immediately come forward for above the .alledged to be due in the same way from other native -PrinceS in India. • Mr; W. KEENE supported the Motion, and warmly applauded the conduct of the Moyer. Such Debts as those under consideration were, for the .most part, he believed - , contraeled in a very scan dalous manner ;-- particularly by the servants of the Company accepting extravagant presents 'from the Native Princes.. That such a cuStom'ence prevailed • was quite notorious; and the Princes thought them selves in some - degree bound to conform to, it as a necessary preminni to - proteelion.: SuCh appeared to be the case when Lord Macartney, as Governer " of Madras, refused 40,0001: which was offered as a present by the Nabob'of Arcot. " This Hon. Gen tleman dwelt much on the misery experienced by the poorer natives of India: Mr. ADDINGTON did not rise to objeet to the Papers -moved- for, but to say that he. sincerely re joiced to find - the Hon.. Mover was not disposed, to . persist in the declarationS which he had so repeated ly made, of his resolution to abandon..the azfairs of India. That he still manifested a becoming per severance in the cause which he had so long fol lowed, he was happy to perceive, because, from the Hon. Gentleman's extensive information, and ability to apply, his exertions must be of the most mate rial service, while his zeal must serve to quicken the exertions of others.—The Right Hon. Gentleman vindicated the objet of the Bill propoSed by his Hoo. Friend (Mr. Hobhonse) ; the only objeCt of which was to enable a Commission to act efticiently, which was appointed by the India Coinpany and the Creditors, for the purpose of separating the frau dulent from the just claims. As to the reason which urged his Hon, Friend to bring forward the measure, he was able to state that his Hon. Friend did manifest great reluaance to propose it, as he telt himself as one of the Commissioners to be in some degree a party interested. But these scruples were overcome by others, who knew that his Honourable Friend's ability and information was best qualified to arrange and carry through such a proposition.— The Right_ Hon. Gentleman defended his Hon. Friend' rom the.charge of precipitancy, by referring to his statement on Monday, that if there were any who wished for farther time to examine the Report of the Committee upon which his pro - position was grounded, he would be willing to post pone the introduction of it. That his .Honourable Friend would consent to any delay tbat might be required by the Honourable Mover,foi the purpose of such information even now, he had no doubt whatever-. • ---- Lord CASTLEREAGH' expressed his convidion that very many fraudulent claims were made upon, this subject. But he thought the best 'mode of frus-! trating such pretensions would be to arm the Com missioners' appointed to examine them with ade-! ,quate powers, as the Bill referred to in the course of the debate proposed. 'The' Noble .LOrd• deprecated the idea of pleading any embarrassments -to which_ the India Company might be subject, as a reason for • refusing the settlement of their just claims. • Mr.'Serjeant-BESl'ohserved, that the 'deed for the ,settlement of the, claims under consideration was so contrived As, to hold, put. the prospe& of doing little, if any ;thing, . for those who had equitable ciAinis, And Of doing 66. much for those whose .Claims werefraudultut.e..-Many of the•demandgun der consideration were,-,he .contended, completely illegal;as they referred . to sums lent against a post -tive•Mt of Parliarnent. ./1/r.llo.4.ll9as.&::derfied, - that he was guilty of any,. precipitancy. itt .toe uatroouetton of the Bill al ' laded to, as the Report.of the Committee which re c-Otturieuded it was Print and circulated on the :Friday preceding the day:he brought' this Bill for ward... The Debts now claimed were,. he oh serVed„ contra6led before the At of 17g7„ to. which - the Learned Gentleman who spoke last alluded, Mid:therefore net within the proiisions'Of that Jaw. • Ater a few More-:remarks by' Mr. Serjeap't R.,: or y ~ y+ ~_ ""'`4 .~' ~ V-~= _..