The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-06 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1);:c. 4.

iNsOLVENt bEllTOits.
IlonNEll moved the Committee on the Per.,
nninent Insolvent Debtors
LoCKHART wished that the Committee
should be postponed till Monday, in order that
the House might be better able to consider what
amendments it 'might be necessary to %make in
the'Bill. lie had himself looked' over it ,with at-
tention, and 101111(1 in it many things which re-
cpt:Feti it to be amended. The first ‘vas., that the
debtor insist swear to his schedule, mad then be
oonnined Vouching the truth of it afterwards,----•
This he considered 'incongruous, and likely to
lead men to perjure themselves. The statement
in the schedule of the apparel of the petitioner's
wife and family would lead to great inconvenience.
The inventory ‘vonld, in many instances, be. ve'ry
_and take 61-ett f/r3t -1" "t... 1""
T e ur was hot to ths•
charged until he had made an assignment
property :to the proper officer. Now ha under.
stood that not ody would accept of the Office,. be-
cause,. whoeverdid,
.wottld be involved in con-
stant litigation respecting the property so assigned
to him. A gretit 111C011Velliellee would arise fitint
the debtor being brought up to he discharged, in
custody of-the jailor.. That would occasion a great
.expeuee, when the place, of discharge ..Vas at a
distance front the place of the debtor's confine-
ment.. In this Bill also, there was no. exemption
mull from the duty on stamps, as in•the.former.
The serving of notices On each of the creditors',
he thought would be tedious and expensive, and
the insertion of the debtor's schedule in the Ga-
zette, and in the newspapers, would he quite
sufficient.• For these reasons he requested thC
Hon. Gentleman would allow. the COmmittee an
the .13d1 to stanri over till Monday, when Iteshonld
produce sonic clauses which he hoped would. ob-
vi ate these defects.

Mr. IloaNtia said, that if the lionourahle Gen-
tleman pressed the postponement of the COmmit-
tee he had little objeettou to it ; but he would
suggest to him that it was desirable his Bill should
pass as soon as possible. It was not to be expect-
ed that so great an innovation on the law as this
.was, coald be made perfeCt at first., lie thought
the ekeeptions .of the lion. Gentleman to the Bill.
required more deliberation than could be given
them before the adjournment of the House, and
it was probable that when they met again, •expe-
rience would point out other improveinents be
made in it. .

Mr. Ktotat.,l( hoped there would I.Y^ no impedi
ment thrown in the way of tbeiiill, as there WAS a
provision in it for the future amendment of 401 e. 4,
during the pr,W,til444t-Stifril, if nedttnry. .
After a words from Mr. Lockhart, ;Ind Mr.
Horner, the House went into a Commitee on the
Bill.

Mr. froaNstt introduced a clause enabling Pro-
-prietors of Newspapers to charge 6d. for every 1.0
words above zio in the Debtor's Schedule; Its he
eoniidered it unfair to confine them to 3s, 6d. for
schedules. of all lengths,---The Report of the Bill
wis ordered to be received on Monday.
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Mr. WALLACE gave notke that he should, on Monday,
move fcir leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Act rebating
to 'East India !milt tibipping.,
Mr. W. FITZCALItAIID brought in a Bill to continue the
Ti'rli Sipirit 'lntercourse Siulpen,ian Act.—Bead a first time,
and ordered to be read a second t,toe on Monday,'
The Marine Mutiny Bill and the Police Bill, were read a
third time unit passed. •
Brandy Duly Bill went through a Cormuittee.=-Ile-
ported On Nlotirlay,
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The Temporary Insolvent Pebtors. Bill was read a seednd
time, ditit ordered to contniitted on Monday, and td b,
printed.—Adjourned.

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• The provisions of the Berlin and Milan Decrees
have been formally abrogated in: all the States of
be late Leaotte-of the Rhine.
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