The National Register.
London, England, 1809-04-23 00:00:00

APRIL 2

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Wednesday, Jpril 19.
• BA N K RIT PT LAWS.
Onlite Clattse-forpermintte: the .liaticrutit 'to be ft-Wittiest
after he has received his certificate, but before he has released
:113 allowance,
a=ir- Samuel Romilly propord an Amendment, to ofivihte
some olj:tetions which he 'understood Would be nia,de to` the
Clause,tthat the Poinkmtpt in a casein which his own Assignees
are the claimants ',tmid be rendered ,t; competent Witness o n giy-
.ing in release to any intert.-.t ar6ing out of t hat action in
v. hint he is a witness. In support of this amenduient it wv.s
urged by Sir S. Hominy, Mr. Morris, Mr. Stake-it, and Sir
Charles Price, that,-as the law now' st4od, the la of evidence
were violated by admittinz an interested witness; and contended
on the other hand by the Attorney and Solicitor-General, Mr.
Wilson-4nd Daoirs Gidov, that the bankrupt ?leasing his
allowance retured him a competent witness, and that his no-
minal interest, if any, would go rather to affect the credit than
the competence or the
The Clause, as anietulcd,was allowed to stand part of the
On the clause granting to the bankrupt a right or apral to
the ChanCellor, in case said bankrapt was refit:eds a certificate
by four fifths of his creditors in uninher awl value, a long con-
yersatitin took place between Mr. Steven -and 'the Solicitor-,
Geueral., in which the former supported the- cause and the latter
oppos6l it. •
The Ouse was put and agreed to. The report was bronght
np, ordered to be taken into further consideration on this day
se'nnight, and to be printed;—Adjourned.

Thursday, April, 20.
(tit kitrT OF LAND AT CHELSEA TO COL. GORDON.
11r. HuAlsson rose for the purpose, of moving that there he
laid heffitte the House some Papers; in addition to those order/A
on' Friday last, relative to the land granted at Chelsea, to Colo.
nel Gordon, in order to enable the House to judge more satis-
factorily of the nature and circumstances of that transaction.
lie had already in a former debate-stated that the coadition of
the grant to Col. Gordon was, that no buildings should he erect-
ed on the land which could interfOre with Chelsea floipital.
But having heard in that instance from two Hon. Baronets (Sir
Francis atiltlett and Sit-Oswald Wisely) who had personally
surveyed' the ;eremises, that the buildings iacontemplation would
interfere with the Infirmary of the Hospital, he thought it • his
duty to go the next day to inspect the ground and ascertain that
fact. On inspection, hedid find That ;the ereetionof a httildirg
!in the situation where the. foundation was preparing, would in-
terfere with the Infirmary, and consequently would he a viola-
tion, or rather a departure from the condition of the grant. in
.the evening he communicated this circumstance to his night 110.
nottrable Friend (the Chiniellor of the Eichequer), and begged
of hitn to juopeet-io person the premises ; and the. consequence
was, thisboainquiry, it was .foun# that the person who had taken
possession of the land, and was erayloyed to prepare the
foundation of the building, bad not consulted either the `;tar-
veystr-etteartl. of OFown 40s, .or the Surveyor of Chel,ea
:Lai4l,ooon the subject; 'l4 .inquiry had been directed in writ-
ingtoAteSUrveyor-General of Crown [Awls, and in consequence
ithe'ittitpaitfOu tlf ,the foundation for the building had been altered;
SO 014 it appealed by the answer, that a budding on the now
intended fonadation, would not, in th'e Smallest degree, interfere
with;the Hospital. The papers he shouldinove for, were copies
of .the letters of. George Harrison, Esq. to the Surveyor-i..ieneral
of Crowe Lands upon 014° suhject, together with . the ani,wers
theretti. He should also move for a copy of the Report of the
two Surveyors who valued this,land at 55/. a-y.c4tte, upon. oath,
which valuatioo they still.contiuued to think adt'Nuate. Whew
these papets should be before the House, they would clearly
she,wahatiitwas not the intention of the Trca-u1) to grant a fa-
your, to any individual, at the ex pence of the health or comfort
of the Invalids of the Hospital. He concluded by movi-
ng that
these Papers be laid before the House.
The Papers were ordered, and Mr. Huskisson presented them
from the Bar; when they were ordered to lie on taste table, ma.
to bz printed. ° •
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GENERAL CLAVERING.
Sri Thomas Turten, in rising to make the motion of which he'
had given notice, was aware of the difficulty in which he writs'
placed by the late prOceedings in that House respecting General
Clavering. If he were nut convinced of the importance of the'
question, not only Witte justice of that House, but to theliberty •
of the subject, he should he.thelast.tuan to appeal to the mag•-•

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