The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-28 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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Mr. ESTCOURT took the oath and his seat as a .111erober for
the University of Oxford.
111 r. BANKEs, jun. was sworn in as Member for Corfe Castle,
in the room of his father.
BANK CHARTER.

Mr. BEST, from the Treasory, brought up an extract from
the Bank Charter, which empowered them to lend money on
goals, wares, merchandise, on the table. •
Mr. Brno{ obtained leave to bring in a Bill, for lighting
Camberwell Road .with Oas. _
Sir RonEnT SHAW brought in a Bill, to amend the Act re-
lating to the Hibernian Joint Stork Company. •
ANTI-SLAVERY PETITIONS.
Petitions against Slavery were,presented by Sir W. Ingil.by,
from Appleby, Spalding, and Lincoln .; by Sir J. Si:bright,
from Royston ; by .11r. tiordim, from'Stonehayen ; by Sit IV.
Musgrave, from f:ton-hall Parish.—Ordered to be printed.
ATTO RN VS"TA X.
Mr. Gonnox presented a petition from the President and
Society of• Advocates of Aberdeen, against the Attottieys"rax.
—Ordered to be printed.
CURRENCY. •

• Mr. Cu AiNtliNd presetltt;tl a'petition from the ProVost and
Council of Invernckss, against a change in the.Chrreney.
Mr., TR/OJAI:NE presented three Petitions against
Shivery, front Green Bridge ; front the East District of Corn.
wall; and Prom Roth-hill.
DEBTOR AND CREDITOR BILL

Sir C. COLL; presented a petition froM the Creditors of
a Banking Establishntent, in Swansea, in favour of Air.
Bright's Debtor and Creditor Bill. The Honourable Member
stongly recommended the principle to the consideration and
support of the House. In the case of the Bank, whose cre-
ditors now petitioned, it would enable the firm to pay the
whole of their debts by four instalments of five shillings in the
pound each. .

Mr. BRIGHT made some observations on the nature of his
Bill. It made that lawful which hitherto was considered an
Act of Bankruptcy, namely, an -arrangement, by which debtors
assigned their property to a portion—fixed bT the Bill at
seven-eighths—of their creditors for the benefit of the whop
He was in possession of numerous letters front persons of re-
spectability and judgment, written expressly in approval of the
Bill. 11e dwelt much upon the authority of one which he
hail received front an individual of Manchester--a practical
and experienced man—who' demonstrated by facts, the 'beme-
ticial results which must follow from the Bill, and how pre-
ferable the arrangement which it contemplated was to a bardc-
ruptcy. In the former case, debtors frequently discharged the
whole or their obligations, in the latter,' they ssldont did. His
11111 had the sense of the country in its favour, and he was so
convinced of the advantages which would attend its operation,
that he could not be induced to abandon it by any opposition
which might be offered in the.Committe, until he had brought
it beihre the House. .

ilk. Alderman WOOD spoke in stipport of the Petition and
of the Bill.

Mr. LOCKHART thought the principle of the Bill good
so far as it went; but he conceived it onliht to go a great deal
further. Tbe Bill made the execution of the Trust Deed to be
noact of bankruptcy, but then it ought to provide for the pre.
vious act of the executing parties. As the law now stood such
execution was not tin act of bankruptcy unless proceedings were
taken upon it within six months, and in many instances now
existing, the creditors who had consented to the usAignmeM
might avail themselves of it in order to take out n Commission
of Bankrupt, unless a clause were introduced into the Bay.°
prevent them.
Mr. BRIGHT would willingly agree to the proposition, and
would introduce the clause, if possible.
The Petition was ordered to be printed.
ATTORNEYS' PEES.
Mr. LESLIE FOSTER presented a Petition from the At•
tnrneys of Ireland, praying that they might nut he restricted to
the taking ofeertam Fees.—Ordered to beprinted.
presented a Petition front the Inha.
bittAtinr;slo‘i7'iljl
Newark upon lirrent against Colonial. Slavery.
Four similar Petitions were presented by Mr. S. NVORT-
LEY from the town of Sheffield.
Lord STANLEY presented a similar Petition from the
County of. Lancaster.
The NOBLE LORD also presented Petitions front Man-
chester; the Township of Royston; the neighbourhoods of
Marsden, Troubeck, and Armwford.—Orelered to be printed.