The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-22 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS.

Lord AuCK-IA n presented a petition from the
Prisoners confinid for Debt in the King's Bench
Poison, praying for the continuance of the Insol•
vent Debtors' Act. His Lordship expressed him-
self favourable to the prayer of the petition, as,
unless the Act, which very shortly expired, was
-continued, much private misery would ensue, and
cmtsiderable public inconvenience. lie took the
opportunity of giving notice of his intention to
move, early in the new Parliament, for a Com-
mittee to inquire into the state of these laws.—
The petition was ordered to lie upon thv
The Marquess of LANSDOWNE presented two
petitions for the continuance of the Insolvent
Debtors' Act, from the Prisontri confined for
debt in the 13otough Gaol of Liverpool Hod in the
-Fleet Prisou. la is Lordship also expressed him-
self favourable to the object of the petitions, for
though there were many objections to the provi-
sions of the Act, yet he was desirous it should be
continued for a time, with all its inconveniences,
were it only for the purpose ot.forcing the con-
sideration of the subject upon the attention of
Parliament. The petitions w,ere ordered to lie
upon the.table.—Adjourned till to-morrow (this
day,)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THE DUCIIEsS OF KENT.

Lord AlotapETtr teitoned the grateful Acknow-
ledgments of ber Royal Ilighness the Duchess ot
Kent, to the Address of Condolence which the
House had been pleased to present to her On the
melancholy occasion of her Illuvrions Consort's
deal h.

Mr. W. WILLIAMS begged leave to wiihdravv
the notice he had given of an intended !notion for
to-tnorrow.....

DIMITS OF ADMIRALTY, &c.

Mr. (BROUGHAM, steing the Right [lon. Gentle-
man (the—Chancellor of the Exchequet) in Isis
-place, wished to take that opportunity to call his
attention to a illusion which he thought it his
duty to bring forward at the present moment. Its
the year 1812, he had made a similar motion, viz.
for the production of Papers and Returns relative
.to those Funds which were under the immediate
and entire control of the Crown, without any of.
the usual interference of Parliament ; particularly
alluding to those Funds which arose from the
Droits of the Admiralty, the Droits of the Crown,
tee. lu the 'answer to the Resoltoions which he
Lad at that time submitted to the House, it had
been urged by Mr. licticeval, that an arrangement
.having been wade with his late Majesty in respect
of those Funds, by which his •Majesiy's control
over them was abandoned, it would not be fair to
bleak in upon the terms of that engagement ; bitt
he at the same time distinctly allowed that Par-
liament had an undoubted claim to a knowledge
of the at:somas and appropriation of those funds,
and that the proper time to apply for suck infor-
Motion would be when that engagement should. be
at an end. All had agreed at the time belted last
brought this questicn forward, that these funda
ought to be regulatsal in a mote constitutional
manner; and Mr. Perceval had pledged himself
that the manner in which they were disposed of
should always be within the knowledge of Parlia-
ment, as soon as the engagement by which -he was
then bound should be terusinated. On that ac-
count it was that the motion was dropped, and
as the time pointed at by Mr. Perceval had now
arrived, its consequence of the demise of his late
Majesty, he hoped these pledges would he redeem-
ed. He should beg leave to move, that an humble
Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that
he will be pleased to order accounts to be pre-
sewed to that House, co all the fonds under the
control of the Crown, and not under the control
. of Parliament, from the accession of his late Ma-
jesty to the present period ; distinguishing the
amounts of the Droits of the Admiralty, the Droits
of the Clown, the Four and a Half per Cent.
West India Stock, and the Scotch Revenue..
The CHANCELLOR of the E:l,ctleauEn said, he
should have no objection to the production of the
accounts called for by the Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman. He apprehended, howeVer, that there
would be some difficulty its the production of
Papers relative ht the Four and a Half per Cent.
West India Stock, as nu accounts of allowances
made out of that Fund had ever yet been before
the House. Ile did not, agree with the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman in thinking the present
the most appropriate time for his motioo : itt his
opinion, the production of these accounts ivould
only have the effect of bringing into one point of
view a number of accounts of a peoplexing
swore.

BaouGuAsedeclared, that his intention in
eallin for these Papers at present was solely for
the purpose of saving time. The Civil List
v‘ilhout doubt, be' discussed at an early
parr of• the ensuing Session ; and he thought it
necessary, therefore, that the House should be in
pozsession, of ail the it it could obtain,

every subiet t c,r►►Yecttcl •Will 4 it, as "etl.l L'S
possible.
ThelncitiOn Was then agreed to, and an Ad- Tess
on the subject was ordered to be presented Del his
Majesty.
CAPE BRETON.
Mr. BENNETT presented a Petition from 'cer-
tain inhabitants of Cape Breton, who, under an
apprehension that they were about to be trans-
ferred to the domination of some . new 'power,
prayed the British Legislature would not permit
any change in their situation to take place.—Or-
dered to lie on the table.