The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-02-17 00:00:00

THE 111011 st O• COININOxe.

It is, with great humility, presented to the Roomers Lie
the knights, (Awns, and Burgesses of the United
Kingdoms of Gre.it Kraal. and Ireland, le Parliament
essemble.l, by the Debtors confined 10 the Prison of the
King's Bench :
That they are imprisoned fur debts which they have not
the mesas of paying.
net they arc desirous of surrendering all their respective
eireets, fur the as of their creditors.
That, as the debts for which loony of them are confined,
were not utemved by fraud, ur fee any melicluse injury, they
1111 e 'offering punishment at the disevetion of their Creditors,
although the, have committed nu crime.

1 hat, issoinoch, as there is no public provision of food,
bee", foe I, or inn: :coo-, for persons coined in this place, ninny
of them saffei tie aeserest effects of want sad wretc►ed-
ness :—tnassuc►, also, as t►e industry pith. Debtors can-
not be conveniently cultivated hove, many wives and chil-
dren, vans were formerly is comfort and respectability, es.
perience the most algid distress, or are depends:at on pa-
rochial ass ss mice. And that, inasmuch as the want of ta-
pir') aunt generally leads to depravity, the 'morality of
prisoners heroines sanoady endangered by long incarcera-
tion.

For thew eomiderstiows, they most humbly Implore this
Hosionrabl.- llout.e, that it will be pleased, is it+ s wwloto awl
busranity, to exercise its legislative awtbority for th..-ir earl►
relict

%itb enema enemata, they beg leave farther to pretest
to the Ilwimporable the C4M11:11001 of Grist 24111.11 sod
Ireland—

That, hi the present made of proceeding for the recovery
of ciiii debt, a man way be taken into custody, upon the
useuppurted oath uf au individual to a debt of ten pow:ids.
That, of the Defearlaat cannot had bail, ►e sari re-wins is
prisuo, friendless sod destitute, for mole than a )ear, hegira
it be ascroiained w►ether owl the money for which be
lose been arrested.

Thai, if the Plaintiff obtain • iverdiet for his dinstan,l, ve-
rnal mouths further may elapse inure the Defnalant can
require the eel, allowance which the law has pro. 1•1.111 fse
hint—sispienee • day ; extended only to debts under 3001.,
Awls is sued fur at as expense of about ten ;mincer.
That it the Plaintiff easefully pay the aixpenrcb, he -may,
ie swan) eases, bold the Defesanne in pnson until his deeds.
'that li tlas. Plexus& fad an premiss his demand, the Ile-
/endues may, nevertheless, renasie some time sad tw; at mune
expense, before he eau be liberated.

the charges of lets Attorney, Ibr condor ling the de-
free, are AI last he ego thew &Wise; ie are very
few cosies is which ha ewe recover any isitemn.ty for the
tars iwjories *hub he his.surtaiiieil by
That, r the principles of 'Niue sett ei 1ig0..0 aye erestly
turreted. and tyro genies, g ru•lei sad sorter se-
verely by the re111&1111611114011 Of pinyin wile. none, malty,
after rersideitee unapt rot habits, become ini.-I,ii roue to
the esimeasaity, who bad termini) beam useful guegnbers td
society.

Th.it thr re is no distinction made between the ism.►meat
of a fraudulent debtor, and ILA slut h a suffered by tbs.
victim of lapfot tans; and that even the siihsietrnre of Fe.
to.is is proYclecl for, *Mkt that of &Atom w unregar4rd by
lair, excepting by the &itemiser of the ..spear, a.
ter these, and utter poem fel eursidetai oa, wliich in
volve the moat sacred intervals of mashie& they a/
vent err to entreat this limmuralite !loose to esarc tsne It/
high is faltherance of ssc► usensares as may
Stela lcliely to cermet sw ameliorate Ike eiretwerstaares
•beet. for pwesealai: Nee will the niensetial netionet
ri &dude be km sacred, it it shall he tee timt thr
sot► yeattal li.. Illnyeuty's_ reign .61119,0 V an re. et

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'4/411.61"). boy down. of Ibis- M1161.1.11114e
Sat. rd try 340 pruerain, Wel% 1176 ewe., and 999
ciaakistu.

Lord Gitstrettut really did not understmul the
Noble Ears euswer, which might be owing to his
own deficiency ; hut, although he might not he
quite regular, he should cc:vainly, after the preterit
question was disposed of, mike that nsetim eh cis
would comprehend the object of his imrity.
the tOC4II time, he *idled to sturpeststhat the anotinn
fixed by his Noble Priced, (Marquis of Lowdown)
would not come forward oa Monday, and therefore
he wouli, if convenient to the Noble Secretary,
propose :timidity, as a day p►o',ahly mure Eatable
than l'oesday to mans• Noble Lords.
Marquis WE►.LastaT assured the Noble Lord
(Grenville) that Monday was equally, duo* m•re,
cou►enieut to himself than Tuesday. The re4srit
of his appoiuting the latter (I,y entirely origi, a:ed
in hi, being led to understand that the mown.
laded to would certainly be brought forward ou
Monday. With re-pe,:tt to the inquiry of the No-
ble Lord, what inf.irnvition would be g.vrii ? he
had only to declare, that it was his intention to lay
before theta every part of the engeerments initerad
into, if that dechration would satisfy the Noble
Lord's inquiry.
Lord GaaNYILLE was disposed, as soon as the
motion before the House should perm to move for
the precise information be desired.
Marquis N ELLESLBY then mowed. ei That the
Meiners be Wive moo costrideration oa Mouday.''
Agreed to. It was also ordered, that the Lords be
summoned.
Lard GRENVILLE then moved, "That an humble
Address be presented to His Majest►, praying that
he would communicate to the House the nature of
all arrangements made between this country sad
Portugal, and the times and terms on whirl the
same were suede."

Marquis WzrAnatitw—,, 1 have no objection
whatever to that (notion."

The motion was accordingly agreed to.
Load Garwvittit wished Noble Le,rds opposite
to nnderstand, that it was his intention. ea Monday,
to go not only into a consideration of the mibjec.•
mentioned in His Majesty's Message, but into tl-e
whole of the measures carried on in that ennotry,
as it might regard the propriety of such mixtures.
whetlii-r we considered what was past, or what was
doing in the present, or whether we cootemplalid
the cont,,inences. lie thought i• pro lent to `ire
the Noble Lords this general notice, which might
anticipate any complaint of being taken hy sur-
prise, when this subject came tinder discuMon.
REVERSION BILL.
The order of the day bong read, for the second
reading of this Bu 11,
The Loan Cnascau.ort rose, a^d observed, he
behreed he was regular w Inov;itg, that th, Act of
Parliament of the 48th Geo. 111. respecting Itaa
version.. be now reed.

The oink reed Um Act of Purloined, sr:itch
described itself to he aa Let feed the sitspendine of
all grams in reversioo. and grants ter pilot-lives,
end the survivor, for a limited time. mitwele. heat
the date thereof, to the end of six weeks ifisr the
lest Session of Parliament which Act was so
made, because tl.e Legislature had thougl.t it !IC.
pedient to suspend them runts, uatil mach time as
certain inquiries before the other House should ter-
Minute, whereby it might be aseertaiseed how far it
might be conveolent to eholish tile same.
rrl 6ausvce OR was not disposed to eater into
the merits of the present Bill, against which he
under-trend an objection wsuld be taken, iii the fi -t
instance, as to mine iliformelity. Now, he eliculd
well to hear what those technical objections were;
for, if be should find them of sufficient validity, he
should reserve his observations for • future 04:01.
stun. ',then Ilse Bill ought be freed from remota:l.
ties of that oattire.
The LOlDCm•acettoa could insure the Noble
Earl, that he did not nee to start what might bat
tressed • .echnical objection. Had the Bell ewime
haw, thaw Lordship., viithoat whet he coatsidtwed
would be derogatory to the duruity of that House, he
should readily hare confined himself to the safe
question risine ont of the merit of its rosisi..os
as the Bill unw stood, there was eruttriv'y
.-t....ake es to the enectnieut. Here the Niiide
Learoed Lord quoted those passages from il.e
4atio Geo. 111., which sheeted that the Lecisla• ore,
'those has% convinced of whit• they should eo
far Lisa. future, concaning the grouting of plan. s 111