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London, England, 1813-11-16 00:00:00

on the followin:; day the Learned Serjeant'a
pointitment, Pl 9 Commis,ioner,_ ftplie;il'ed in the 'Ca,
zette, From tbtt period even y possible facility
s*)t) the part of GOverpment had been afforded for
caerying the .tot into due execution. Ahe coal-
p:ie;:ted, and exteosiye :details of the subject pre-
.....euted many, didienities, and every practical;!,..,
111Cali3.WCre resoried to in order to ohviatethem.
The assistance of the Magistrates-of Westrniii:,,4er
WaVre'curred to, and those respeetableGentletneo,
though not constituting a Court which could re:
.gularly take ccguizunce of the subject, 04 pressecl
their willingneSs to render' every tadlity and CO-
opeiation in their power, with respect to the exe-
cution of the Ar;. Since that period another
application had .been made with respect to. the
-notices to be.given Under the IC-cf. •It soon ap-
peared, that if these Nvere to litr.,given in the Ga
zettc according to the probable arrrangement
and. course of the businesS, it would preclude
the purpose for which that publication teas calm-
lilted, which .svas an easy and free circulation ;
and to obviate that .part of the difficulty,' di-
rections were given for toe,publishing,a siipernu-
literary 'Gazette ott Tuesdays and Thursdays, and
a supplementary :one on Saturdays. Every one
of these steps• were taken, arid other facilities af-
forded by his Majesty's Government, towards
carrying into effect the declared wish of the'Le-
gishmture, and in arranging the whole, not an
atom of delay was suffered to take place. An equal
attention was also paid to the important consi-
deration of economy. The respectable person ap-
pointed Commissioner. was unquestionably one
every way competent to the situation; possessing
greatprofcssional knowledge and ability, joined
to a clear and sound judgment, and persevering'
application. He was anxious to say thus
• notwithstanding what was, otherwise so properly
mulerstood among their Lordships, that of not en•
tering into any detailed discussion upon the Bill
itself, with a.view to its beiog known that no un-
avoidable delay whatever had obtained, on. the,
part or his Majesty's Government in carrying the
provisions of the Bill,in question:into effect.
Lord HocLANo, though perfectly convinced .of
the propriety of abstaining from every thing like
discussion at present, could not. in justice
,to
self, avoid observing, that not the slightest blame.
was attributed to any individual with respect to
the complaint of the Petition ; and hot no sort
of blame was by any means meant, to be imputed
to his .Noble Friend. The Petitioners' plainly .
stated the fact, that sonie negleat had existed
somewhere, and they complained that two months
had elapsed before a person was appointed;• as
prescribed
,by the Act, to carry it into 'execution.
this might, he :admitted, have arisen from the.
compensation oft the Bill itself, which subject,
however, could not thew be with propriety dis-
cussed. Opportuoitis:s would offer for amending
the defects of the Bill; or fur substituting a bet-
ter Bill, fotintled on ,a similar general. principle,
and for the.saine benevolent objects ; but not •in
the execution•of eery Act of the Legislature, all
the Officers' of the Executive Government, high
or low, were bound respectively, in tleir situa-
tions, to contribute.
LOH rdLLENIIOII6I.7(I4 felt himself called. upon,
after what had transpired, to oiler a few remarks.
With respect tothe Act itself, it was in many of
its provisions perfectly unintelligible and not
only impracticable, but, to speak plainly, it was
iITIVW;iibIC to be carried into execntion.—For this,
his Lordship referred to certain parts of the Act,
To the case of. appeal to the superior Courts'par-
ticularly, it Was, as framed at present, utterly int 7 •
practicable, even the tine and place of the Coin-
missioner's sitting was not ascertained with the
necessary precision, lie was sorry his Noble
Friend who proposed the Bill Was not present', as'
the objections which he could offer could not be
fairly or properly discussed; His view of the mea-
sure, es framed, was such, that it could neither
have his express'or implied approbation. lie was
'aware of the difficulties of the subject taken in a
general view,' but be felt at the same time for the
situation of those individuals. whose expectation's
of relief were unavoidably excited. Under these
circunistanees the most obvious atoll facile remedy
that presented itself to his mind, was the illllllC-:
diate passing of a temporary Insolvent Act, and
then the. Bill. in question' laity be suspended or
repealed, until some efficient ouch 'practicable mea-
sure could be framed, so as adequately to Meet
time more general amid extensive subject. Recur-
ring to the topic of the ActiraSsetllast'Session;.he
repeated his conviction of its inadequacy, insuf-
ficiency, and even total impraeticabitity.
Lord,llot-LANP.CXpiTSSeiI l,is diSfipprOliatioll of
such a temporary remedy as that suggested by 'his
Noble and Learned Friend. ,Ite was adverse to
temporary Insolvent Bills, which he regarded as.
disgraceful to the Legislature, being founded in
principles of hijaitice, or 'of Convenience at the
expellee of justice. He regretted that he had so
long contributed to their passing, and had hoped
that the recent general measure would have done
away all necessity 14 their future recurrence. The
Bill already produced, after much discussioil'and
deliberatioo, maybe amended, and shaped so es
to be purged of. its 'defects, and to answer those
wise and benevolent purposes for which it was
avowedly. httended.
Lord ELLEstaoannort, the Lotto CfIANCELTAH,
and Lord HuLLAND, spoke respectively in explanaL
tion.

. ,
The rJearnen 1,1/11:1, JOSTICV, in reference to
what had fallen from his Noble Friend (Lord H.)
expressed his opinion, that a Bill on the !Hindi&
of the cess'in bonorum, may; under wise and well
considered regulations, be cw:cted with salutary
elicct.

, The Loßn CHANCELLOTt coincided 'trait the scn-
tinients 'expresser.) by his Learned Friend (Lord
B.) respecting the ge4erid 13111 of last Se4Bi6ll,
and of one or two points took rather a detailed
view, evincing the impracticabilny of the Bill, as
at present framed ; and lie wai favourable, under
the circnmsl anees, to the expedient of a temporury
Insolvent Bill,

Lord liciti.Bl.46 31tortly spoke in explanation,
and in reference c,iietiy to a-hat had taken place
in the. douse on (Omer occasions' upon the sub-
ject.
The petition was then ordered to lie on the table,