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London, England, 1808-05-03 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS:'

Lord ELLENBOROUbfi introduced- a Bill for the
Liberation and 'Relief of Insolvent Debtors, in cer-
tain cases. The objea of the Bill was, to procure
the liberation from prison of such persons whose
debts did not exceed 201. and who hdd on the-exe-
cution of their goods been in confinement for twelve
calendar months.---In order to effea that liberation
they should have only to apply to .any of his Ma-
jesty's Cotirts of Justice, leaving, however, their
property still liable for the debt. It was not his in-
tmtion, in the present instance, to extend the opera.:
tion of the Bill beyond England and Wales. Should
the• Measure, upon -experience, prove useful and
salutary,, then it would be open to any Noble-Lord
to move the extension of. the Bill to Ireland and
Scotland. For the present, he did not think it ad-
viseable to give the innovation a wider scope than
England.—The Bill was then read a first time, and
ordered to be printed.
The Bills on the - table, Wilk!) were chiefly pri
vate Bills, were forwarded in their respe&ive stages..
Adjourned. -,'•.

HOUSE or commoNS,

:MONDAY, MAY 2.

Sir SAMUEL RIMILLY took they oaths and his seat,
on his recent return to Parliament.

PETITIONS.

Mr. Alderman SHAW presented a Petition..from
the Debtors confined in the Jail of Newgate, pray.
ing a revision .of the Laws respeaing D.ebtor and
Creditor:'' On the. Petition being read, the Hon..
Alderman observed, that a similar Petition had been
recently presented to the House by an Hon. and
Learned Member (Mr. Jekyll), from the Debtors
confined in the .King's Bench„ on which
.occasion,
thin. Hon. Member. had. stared his intenion to be,- to
move, that that and. other Petitions of u like. descrih•
tion should be referred to a Committee above stairs,
to make a report thereon to the House. He was
glad • that the subjea had fallen, into such able
hands, and he had every .expectation that the course
be .meaut! to pursue .would-, .lead to some effeanal
measure fur the .Relief,of the Petitioners.. Haying
made these .observations, he should then only
move that -the Petition do lie on the table.—Or-
dered.

rm.:m*l 2 Potitiop, fra4,13., wierfd.
personi, Noblt:mets nod Gentlemen theretutto sub-
scribed, complai,mugjof ,the late rise in, theltltes
of Posting, and praying the interference of that
Ifouse.. On ;the . question that the Petition do lie
on the table,.

CultweN. declared the objea of the Petition
appeared to hint to be of a most extraordinary na-;
ture. Nothing could be fairer than'the ground upon
which the late rise in the rates of posting, of which
it complained, rested. As he felt, this impression;
and was an enemy toilegislative interference in such
casei, he should.oppose any ineakure that might be
founded upon the Petition in every stage. ,
The. Petition was then ordered to lie on the tasie.
A Petition. was .presented from the Corporation
of the City of Worcester, in ,favour of the Bill for
preventing tfie granting of-Places in Reversion, and
ordered to lie on the table.

• • ,NOVICES.
• Mr. FRENcit gave notice of a Motion (as we un-
derstood) for Wednesday. se'nnight, and Sir A.
WELLESLEY of one for to-morrosw, the subject of
either of which we could not coiled.