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London, England, 1807-03-12 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COANIUNS.

The Dover Port Bill WAS read a second time,
and ordered to be committed to a Selea Committee.

Mr. FRANKLAND, as Chairman of the Yar-
mouth Committee, reported, that the sitting Mem-
bers, Messsrs. Flernert and Lushin;.,eton, were duly
eleattd, and that the Petition against them was not
frivt,lon. nor ver.ati

On the motion of ;ir JOHN NEWPORT, leave I
was given to bring in a Bill for the better regula-
tion of the colleeion of the Duty on Paper and
Paper-hangings, in Ireland.
Oo the motion of Mr. TIERNEY, it was or-
dered, ‘. That there b- hid before the House a
Monthly Return of Desertions, from the Ist of Ja-
nuary, ISO 7, to the latest period; also a Return of
the Effdlive Strength of the Army, and a Weekly
Rertun of the number of Recruits during the -same
per.od, distingeishing Ireland from Great Britain."
On the motion of Mr. KENRICK. it was or-
dtrcd, " That there be laid before the House an
Acci:unt of tie number of Causes tried by the Court
of Exchequer in Scotland, during the last fifteen
years."
Mr. HOBHOUSE reported the Irish Tobacco
and Loau kWh, and they were severally ordtredto
vet,/ **Mira ['toe to-nrortovr.

Mr. WILLIAM HKKBERT moved, "'That
the Proceedings of the Court Martial upon the Trial
of Colonel Fenton Cawthorna, as laid before the
House on the 8:11 of April, 1796, be ordered to be
reprinted for the use of the Members."
Mr. Tierney and Mr. Sturges Bourne epposed
the motion; Mr. Bankes, General Porter, Mr.
Hum, Mr. Simeon, and Mr. C. W. Williams
Wynne, supported it.
The %PEA KER intimated to the House, that the
forom Parliament had thought fit to ground their
opinion on the sentence of the Cuurt Martial, as laid
before them.

The motion was then agreed to.
L td FOLKES TONE moved, " That there be
laid hefore the House Copies of all Papers shewing
in what capacity Wm. Drake served on board the
[lova% 117 Pliant, and La Pitiatani. from 1778 to 1792,
both inelwave."—Ordered.
On the motion of Mr. VANSITTART, the
House went into a Committee of Supply, in which
a long string of resolutions, relative to the usual
Annual Grants, were moved and agreed to. The
Report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GE-
NERAL, the Report of the Assets Bill was
brought up.
Col. EYRE warmly opposed the principle cf the
Bill ; he thought that it shewed much of the mo-
dern spirit of innovation ; and that it would in-
crease the credit nt the landed proprietor, to a very
mischievous extent. The commercial man carried
on speculations which tended to his own advantage,
and the advantage of the public, and was not so
likely, therefore, to be injured by this Bill, while it
would tend to the ruin of the man of landed pro-
perty. It had been said, that the honest and con-
siderate man wield make all his debts burdens up-
on his estates ; but in his opinion, the honest and
considerate man would aft in such a manner as to
render this Bill totally unnecessary.
Mr. ROSCOE strenunu.ly defended the princi-
ple of the Bill ; and said, be thought the House
were much indebted to the Learned Gentleman
who had introduced it. As to its being an inn,,Vd.
lion, he begged to observe, that the effefts of she
measure proposed had been experienced every day.
as it would do nothing more than make every real
estate subject to a debt which every honest man,
would wish to see paid ; and wbether it was done by
the aft of the testator, or by tlos aa of use law,
would make no great difference in regard to the
alleged innovation. It was a clime gt the highest
magnitude to bequeath an estate to an heir, when
a testator knew it to be greatly bur.iened. This,
he thought, ought undoubtedly to be prevented by
law from occuring. It might happen that a per-
son of integrity and honesty, intending to mak: !iis
estate liable for his debt, might, through negligence
or other circumstances, be prevented frarn doing
This Bill would, theretare. rend to remedy these
evils. Entailed estates were net to he aff•-eted. nor
were copyhnld estates. Ile hoped, however. to see
this Bill followed by another. to make lanled.pros
petty liable for specialty debts. As to this Bill
making a change upon the customs of our ancestors