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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
MOUSE OF IPEgltS.—Tuzlea.T. JAN. II
After the Bills (au private) were forwarded ill
their respeftive stages, and some routine business
disposed of, their Lordships, pursuant to the Order
of the day, resolved into a Committee on
THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS AMENDING BILL.

bord Weesreossem in the Chair.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH explained to the
Committee the nature and objea of the measure,
then under consideration. It was merely, as its
title expressed, to reCtify certain omissions in the In-
solvent Debtors' AA, which was passed towards
the close of last Session. This he conceived it the
=ere necessary to do, as, to a certain extent, a de-
gree of misconception had gone forth respelling the
operation and effects of fhe present Bill. In fa&
no person could be relieved by any operation of this
Am•nding Bill, who were not entitled to relief, ac-
ccediag wt the spirit of the provisions of the origin-
al Alt; bnt4 according to some deficiencies in the
wet hi.g of those parts of that At which related to
the lists, to he furnished by the jailors, of the pri-
soners in their respeAive custodies, as entitled to the
benefits of the AA, great difficulties, And, to a cer-
tain extent, injurious to the parties entitled to relief,
were found to prevail. In consequence of the omis-
sions to which he alluded, persons e ithin the mean-
ing and spirit of the AA, who might he in custody at
the time required. namely, the Ist of J reran y, t.SO4.
but who had been removed from one, 1.,;s ;11 to ano-
ther, were, for a time, debarred the het tefits to which
they were cititled, hzeaase, as that part of the An
was worded, the jailors, under their construe6oll
of
the oath, thought they could not include prisoners
so circumstanced in the lists they conceiv-d t 1 em-
selves bound to give. These diffiisulties natarally
gave rise to the Courts below Ix `S rissole/andantes,
the result of which was, that, on considering the
wording and spirit of the original A& (in which
the insertion in the proper place of the word " Pri-
sons" would, in a peat degree, obvi.t!e the neceeity
of the present Rill), it was deemed preferable to
come to Parliament for an amending provision on
the subjeCt. Un:ler these circumstances, it was his
wish, had a proper opportunity offered, to have
come forward on the first day of the Session, in or-
der that those, were legally entitled to relief,
under the spirit and meaning of the original AA,
ma). be enabled to find that benefit with as little
farther delov of possible ; and on this ground, prin-
cip.tlly,besJsould deprecate the introduttion of any
farther provisions, which might hay., the tender. cy nf
counteraaing the effect of the present Amending
Bill,
These observations seeming to meet the sense of
the Committee, the Bill was forthwith agreed to by
their Lordshids, without any amendment, and the
House resuming, the Report was immediately re-

ceived.
The Bill lies over for a third reading.
A variety of Accounts were presented by the pro-
per officer, from the Commissioners of the Customs,
similar to those presented to the other House of
Parliament, and ordered t lie oil the _TA _ _e
The Oaths of alijoration and filelity being duly
administered to Mr. Julius Henry G: finder, the Bill
for his naturalisation was read a serotid time, and
ordered to the consideration of a private Committee.
—.Adjuurried.

HOUSE OF COMlatnis
Mr. Rose, from the Custom-House, presented a.
account of the East-India pmbibited roods, im-
ported and warehoused during the last year, as far
as the same could be made up. 0 rden,.l to lie on
the table.
A new writ was ordered for A gmondeshato,
Bockinghamsliite, in the room of Charles Drake
Garrard, Esq who has accepted the Stewardship of
the Chiltern Hundreds.
Lord HENRY PETTY-moved, that there he
laid before the House, an account of the imports
from Spain, for the years 1803-4 ; which was agreed
to.
Mr. JOHNSON moved for an acconnt of the
• net produce of the permanent and war taxis, divitt.
gnishing each from the other, together with the dii-
fereat quarters, up to the sth of January, i 805
also. an accourt of the Exchequer Bills ontstandiag
to the store period.—Agreed to.
The SPEAK ER gave notice, that he should, in
future, attend, for the greater dispatch of business,
at three o'clock, in order to take the chair, as soon
as he found a sufficient number of Members to con-
stitute a Houle.
Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report of
the Committee on the Expirog Laws, which was
agreed to, and ordered to be printed.
A regulation was then made, that no private peti-
tions be received after the Ist of March n:xt.
ENCREASE OF 'ME ARMY
Mr.WINDHAM said, that, in consequence of an
intimation given him, that it would be the wish of
the House that Monday next should stand open
for the discussion of the affairs relating to Spain, he
sliould defer to Monday sennieht the motion, of
which he gave notice for a ( ommittee of the whole
House, to enquire into what augmentation had
taken place in the Regular Force of the country.
from a certain period (which he did not name), and
the sources from which they were produced. He
added, that he should consider in the interval, the
motions he should make, some of which he should
submit to-morrow ; and, in order that such as might
be deemed exceptionable should not affea or prove
fatal to the whole, he should bring forward his dif-
ferent motions separately.
Mr. WALL ACM: brought up the Report of the
Committee of Supply of yesterday. which was read
a first and second time, and ordered to be taken into
consideration to-morrow,
PURI.IC ESTIMATES.
Mr. HUSKISSON moved, that there he laid be-
fore the House Estimates 6f the pay of Half-pay
Officers of the Navy, Army, and Marines, em-
ployed in the last war ; of the probable expence of
building additional works iu His Majesty's docks
and arsenals; of the charges of guards, garrisons,
and other land forces ; of the charges of naval ord-
nance for the ensuing year ; of the expence of dif-
ferent services not provided for by Parliament ; of
the debt of the navy. up to the 31st of January,
1804; and of the transpant service for the same
yea ; of the probable money which may be wanted
fet hired transports, for the ensuing year; of the