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London, England, 1819-02-06 00:00:00

prayisig fur leave to brio( is • Bill fer thr
hew,. Recovery of Small Debtii, in that Borough —Refill reit
to • Cu'Millet.

FOWEY ELECTION.
Mr. MINKS presented a Petition from !Cellars]
Cotton Aloold, mod two other Elector% of the
Boroith of Fosse!, who had previously petitioned
upsilon the bite return of Members for that place,
th:d further time should be afforded them,
tor es,iersoir into the usual recognizance:, to :ecure
t;,e lint swot of coos, its ca:e their Petition should
be re n, runt frivoloii4 mitt vetoittowt.
P titian 114V11.1/ 14,11 rend—
Thr !•4 ,1A FR lit,., rveil. ilmt a rase %lint; ,r to this
5...(1 nil hetore ssrs:ess, Indeed it was not tos:%ible,
breast:l. the A-I of Pollatnent out of winch it grew,
took it: d este stil,-ciportit to the last geiteral eis I tun..
That Act de.crsised the tame when untie, of the
p•ey loo•livx to produce sureties, on4t,t to
sti,i'lllllll Il,e ioregoot Petition prayed 11/1 torther
time to etf-d th.,t okiect. By the law, it% it at
present stood. the fisstese could enlarge the time for
entering Iwo n cogstizstice4. but not far a longer
period than :to slAys from the time of presenting
the original fetal 'That eitlargemetst could
Amoy hr grant..l, on the •tatensinit contained in the
Petilinn,Proytio4 fur further time, being verified on
oath. The manner in which it Was to be verified
did lan appear. The only wily, it seemed In him,
wrmisrl he, to rail the Petitioner In the lin., and
swear him to the truth of his Petit' . It could
not, therefore, be wineed, that the Petition NI 111
lie on the table. as that would dispose of it for the
tiny. and ittteh n delsy world prevent the Petitioner
from applying hereafter for an extension of lime.
The Petition haring been read, she proper moors,
lee conceit/ell, would be, immediately to call the
Petitioner tt. the liar, to verify, OU oath, the allega-
tions hr had made.

31r. 1101.111.4 moved, "That Richard C.. 11011
Al..saltl be r.tllyd to the bar, tu verify the stilt mew
cmitaititil ill 111, Prtitiou."

The muffin, WIIS earned. and Mr. Mould swore to
the truth of the forts he had Mated.

Mr. liot.sit 4 then moved, •' That leave be given
to Mr. Mina to enter into recognisance. to.
At^frow,••

Mr. C. W. WYNN said, by the Art, which
poised a few years ago, it was directed that thirty
doss notice should be given of the isitenti )))) of
petitioning, iii circle r that teiriiiiry might he oiade
tido the chanicier of the suurtirs.--that the person
petitioned against might be able to recover his es.
pe mi.., if the Petition were declared frivolous and
v.xiet• . Ily the same Act, (Hider particular cir-
rumetances, a longer lime was allnaeal to the Pen-
fierier to find sureties, if those oi %molly proposed
were objected to. 'flee iwrind pointed out fur the
reconsideration of sureties was eight day,. "ut the
least," after the objection. He thought, according
to the strii t technical COn!Sruclion of the words,
that " eight days at the least," meant right flays
azeluaive of the day on which notice was given.
flue, as the triage a15...3s acted with liberality to-
ward. Petitioners, and as, in this instance, it was
stay probable that the • Petitioner supposed the
word,' " eight ells al the least" to include die day
of giving notice- as well as that of entering into the
recognissescr, peiliaps they would secede in the
prayer of der {N4IIIOII, Oil:unlit it was not ilriefly
iu tilUt Titt IlintiOsi wa. then agreed to.