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mAlt Itl AGE OF THE ritiN6Ess oammorru

Wiri 'of Liv th,PooL -pfe'ts'entiki ' Messitge
from the Prince itegent, of 'the 'following is

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The. Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf
of his 514jesty, having g the Itnyal Consent. to`a Marri4ge
het ween his ongtsier, hvr li.a);‘i Highness the PrillCti4S char-
lottr Atignsta, anti hisSerrue H4,,lnteii Leopold George Fre-
derick, Prince of (;'ohourskof san)lnlig,,-144)i thought. i 4 to cum
t*.s4ine to 1,11i3 1110,na0.,

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, itoy4 Highness is folly persuade&that this alliance
cannot but he acceptable to all his Majesty!. fait IA di 411bje4t3;
alui the -many proofs which his !loyal iiightresi Las received
Of the affectionate aitaelunent of this House to his Majesty's
person and family, leave itim no rum to doubt of the concur•
reuce and assistance of this +louse,' in enabling 111133 to roam
such a irOyision, with a riew.,G.the saisi marriage, as may he
suitable to the honour stud dignity of the Cuttntry.
P. It."
Alesssgc bAvillg'beeit read by the Lour?

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Cl:.'accet.i.oa, and ttfterwards by` the Reading
Clark,
The 'kart of Li vf.111,00!. observed that Fe h
yest'erday iVen.lll ilitithiltiOn to the house of such
a 'Alessage ht-ing intended, in.conseotterice ul its
ba.ving teen'tlie invariable pracr:ce to niove ftut
Address the'day on which thit esS age was rc,..
ceived ; and thete hein.; no rea,,(lll it 0.114 case 10V
departing from that practice, he had
th.refore-
;,,ieen the intinatiou, el.tse any. Pecr shottild
wish to attetid. tic shoold, upon tile preSeitt
tiiita: it tOitl., witincining to
detain their Lordships frOlif to
litiiIIIIIIIOUS:VOtey, Willett he cuilli;.:e it matt t
be -result. Ildwever they !night dffer.
Ott political quiestions, he was, sine that
there was bar c.ne feeling trpo t tole stiniket,
but one seelinent—,t;int t.f alivrohat n tut the
ittieriage iirtw`proposil ; but i.nts that
of concittring in any mettittre that tould coPt• i-
bute to the entillott and liiiAtineqs.
tritnis Persotnes. El ttioight it doe, however,
to say, with reiard to tit,- Persoirtge
to aliciiii his Iti,Yal Highness the Prince Regent
1044 ersiisritt,ti 6;1-c 10, Itatislitc,, thy;
marriage-,,-that, -tioin his own
knowledge and infotnnation,-'he could , speak in
the illighett -tettns .of. the personal- the
respectability, and character or that Ilinstriory
Personage; hurl he could say, that not ottly in thht
Courts. wider ,w belt Prince Leopold had been
eMployed, but, in .all the Courts of Europe,
an.iong,4 those tvito were above him, those who
%vete his* etptals, and those below him, who had
been admitted to the honour of his actraintattee,
there W. 15 lUlt one opinion as to the high per-
song iterits of, that Pt inie, his great respeetahr.
lit y, and his highly honoitrable character. H,e
did not think himself c•411N1 'Too theprcsrot.
occasion to enter into any details as to the pry..
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vision to emaM de for these sst ioo s Persoitagesj.
that question would come,. before their Loitl.,
ships at another time. lit' wootd sity, hmlever,
that he trusted there Would be no oljectiOn to
maklng. a libcral provision for them,
'sufficient for their comfort, with at the saute 411 e
due re/pmd to economy. He cotild assure the
Manse that these Illustrious Personages most
'anxiously (k.).ett to tkir expenditure strictly
wirflin the income its tt i 4 d by Parliament, and
fheiefore he tri.sted that care tt Ould bellikeit that
the sum 'siren to them should be midi and freely
at their dit,posal. Pe mentioned this, bectiuSelt
knew that in sortie other instances, from a uegleet
of this` ptecatitiou, the stun really received wit
being ecitod to the slim uorninally given, the
greatest and most. unplelv:iint inconvenience bad
occurred. His Lordship concluded by moving an
.Address to the Prince Regent, expressive of •thei
‘ati,fitinifto of tite 111.;i1w, tint{ tt.etr eatidine,is to
concur, ex. Which tvas agreed to, nemlne ditsen4
lien te: • ' • -
On the motion of the Martinis of LANS;oott-xp,
the Estiniatesof the•Oidnance for 1816 were- or-
drred, 'and inintediately presented by the Earl of
Nltit.G.ltAVit,AlKl.ol.4ll.l'e..4l to lie on the tahle.--Ad-
ohr-ned till to.mortow (this day).

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Sir G, CLERK presented a Petition from Itatho,
in the County of Edinburgh, agaln*t any renewal
of the Property nuc, anti hoping in event of
TA% being confirmed, that it would be so tun.
ns to pre fess injuriously on the agricul-
tural int creSt S:
Head, and ordered to lie.on the table.
Mr. FINLAY presented a Petition (ruin Rather-
glen, against any renewal of the Property Tax,
I...)rdered to lie on the table.
Mr. Ilowoutit presented a Petition to the like
etcct fruin tresham. The Hon. Gentleman ex.
pressed his concurrence in the prayer of the Peti-
tion, and declued his intention, if the tax was
ever proposed to the 1101.., lie dionlil not give a
vo4,..,Consideribg as he did that the Probes
tv Tax was wholly ripugnant to the principles of
die 'Constitution.
Mr. MANNftgo having sail a fee words,
Mr. Cat.vraT wished the Hon. Member for
Surrey (Mr. 11. Sumner) to state, ‘vbethtr, nu
ht esenting the Petition from Sim ey, he really ob.
served, according to report, that such Petition
(vas agreed to by a large majority, when in truth
it was agreed to, and ordered to be presented to
the house unanimously
Mr. Suns Va. Mild not say what had been re-
ported of him : be appealed to the House whether
be hard not piesetsted it in the usost respectful
manner possible;
Mr. I.lF.Nxti,rr bore testimony to the respectful
way in which t!.e Petition had been presented.
tfrbserving that the lion. Member billy and fairly
stated the eiremnstances under which it had been
voPetition read, aid ordered CI lie on tne table.
Mr. IV. SMITH presented -a Petition from ALt-
than, against the Property Tax. head, and or-
dered to lie on the table.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' Act..

Mr. LocKnatcr, pursuant to notice, lam, to
-sirol:e for leave to bring iii a Bill to suipend the
'benefits of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, alloying
such benefits to be extended to those only who
might he in custody at the present mainent, or at
time to he hereafter fixed. lle !horrid nut be
censured for presumption in bringing this subject
forward, when it wins remembered that the Noble
:Lord who introduced that fill, whirls he was
tsnxions to repeal, had avowed it to be a law
of experiment ; but he was isir,, thlit
'Noble Personage have but foreseen what would
be its operation, that he would not have armed
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'with so many and such indiseriminmeiii
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dulgences to the debtor. Scarcely had any
law era produced so many evils in a long
.course: of years, as this had created within
short period. 'All would Admit, that in every
conatry there moist be laws to compel the telfil-
lmtlt of promises and the performance of duties
that were 9ez.-esssry to the maintenance of so-
eituy ; and that. such laws ritiglit to be adequate
to their i',l,Jecs—to enforce contracts, and to
prevent or redrssas vr-ongs. lint this law was so
aliate!ormient of such ptinciple. To sliew thici
it,orc•toelly, lee would trace the lesolin4 features of
the A:et 11,5 :tiro,( oticnisleatitre was, that any
person whir:toad' been in prison fur debt, _no
inialtse to sells( snionnt, for in three mouths tie
conid apply, for,mot obtain Us discharge on givii%
irp his property but the pritoneri-thight re-
=Ain prison. longer, till.. they. bad exhausts
'their property it they elitise. litre seas
at once the.teason of the prisons being so full as
they, s civet present (for this Act, ivhich was to
have inquietl them had caused tbein to be fuller
than ever") tell were proceeding to confinement to
get released from vast loads of debt ; they were
marching thither in eoluMns to get the benefit of
the Act. The Act which allowed such easy noel
tudiecrimitiate relief had this worst .effect, of put-;
Ping into the minds of men, tottering on ruin, to
proceed while their property lasted, instead of ap-
plying it to discharge debts, or to throw theni-
selves into prison, and et the saute time secreting
am much as, possible of their property. The
0,0.4 •bleinisle of the Act was, that it made
no discrimination betweeti the various classes of
debtors, between those who were, and who were
• riot worthy at relief. It was trite those guilty
of fraudulently wasting their property (to prove
such fart was extremely difficult), might, tinder
this Act, be remanded for five years ; attorneys
end (others,' proved to have embenled money,
were to lie sent back for ten years ; and those
charged with obtaining goods by trantinlent means
were imprisoned five years s but though such
provisions were made it was not found 'easy to
carry them into effect. So narrow had been the
construction of this last regulation,: that-nonis had
been adjudged to have obtained credit by frautite-
lent menus, except where the case .approached
very close to reeriminal.proceeding.- The tiouse
mnst see of what injurionS tendency was a law
which could receive such construction, •us ens
elated the worst of characters to, obtain that be-
. 1104 leteoded for the unfortunate but honest
dehtnr:i But the Act not only ext cordon o contraets,
relieved the pHs-oiler for tines, &c. for aunts
On w' WI the prisoner is confined, as standing
Against him er deteeto as well as ex eontracto. This
eistripletely Omni:ratted the wholesome and rigo-
' rooS operation of the law and when alt the pe-
of the Act because known, the subvers
siren of credit, the release front fines, the cause.
renCistes of violating property, must be most roils-
,,us so the trading and commercial interests. It
veould go to break dowu that system of credit
which had condoned, with general good effect, for
600 years : to disarm the . wholesome severity of
s''the law ; to allow dishonest men, to cheat Mullet
'credit with,impunity; to make men destitute of
means to pry, neeligetitabout contractingsiebts.
-The occasional Insolvent Acts were not so
ruinous as this sea tirling Act, for the dostbt in which
HO were kept, no ,one knowing when -an Act
wholti pass, and whether it wirtilttrsitentl. to him,
itiode each iodividniti cautious, ,But now such
emotion Ives destroyed, the eeofiment of Mr.
jlarl‘e, that " there.aves no connexion between
she colooting-house and the jail," had been falei-
fied, fin- the nutneroits Petitions from all classes
and all parts of .the country shoved that there:
vrat 'brit too intimate a connexion between the
countinpitouse Ina Ahe jxil.. To the inereo-
ing usis.Ao4oo4 frost the operation of this

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OUT, ii;
THPIIgIIL ttur •
hottlii he-soine check. T.) do this lle.t!'"ght
the blouse oug ,t, alier a edtaja lihre, ras-
iwatl the Cornortisitions for receiving Petitions
front insolvent Debtors, for the step they
ought to tktke v' to pct rid oi the preieut
imis system. .Atter tlik there inigt.t be intro-
-duced a broad principle of disiretion in tie hAnds
of the 3udfics ; but the suspension of such a law
or'' experiment as now existett;—was Inmily and
properly called tut, lie firmly 'believed that it
very materially aggravated the public distress, by
destroying faith and credit betwegn man and man,
and inducing those to shut np their hearts and
piffles who might otherwise be disposed to relieve,
lty granting credit. lie concluded with moving
to introduce a Bill to suspend the Commission to
teceive Insolvent 'Debtors' Petitions.

Sir S. llonttAv. (lid nut intend to give any op-
position to the motion, as it wits highly neces-
sary that, the. attention of the House shoold be
drawn to tl!e subject, front the great abuses,that
existed under the Act. lie had his doubts, how.
ever, if ,the law should be precipitately repealed,
anti thought that some previous information
wits necessary. Every three years a temporary
lnsolrent Act had passed, which had all the in-
conveniences of the present Act, and violated all
the contracts between man and man. lie thought
that a Committee should he-appointed to inquire'
luto the &eels produced by -the Act, anti to.
suggest 'some mode of remedy. He. sate nothing
• peculiar in the • character of Englishnien, to pre-
ve tit the principle of the ressio tonteum front being,
applicuble to them, in COMMOU it It the inhabj.-
- !Aai of other commies, and rather apprehended
some defect in the nleting, Whets the frill had
heen.first introduced into that House, no Member
hid spoken against it, and the question now it'aSl
Should the house repeal a temporary measure,
without being in possession of all the ittformatioo-
that could be got by a COmmittee.
The ATTORN ri V -GrN nttAL thought the trtstion
was one of great importance, and that nothing
ball so much aggravated the putAie distress us the
art that had been alltutesi to. But the subject
callvd fur deliberation, anti information, and be
sboolkbe ready to second the motion, should his
tion;. Friend more-for going into it Conintitiet.

Sir S. Roast Lt.Y seemed to think he should be
imalile to attend.
The iiiTOIZNIVI-GENICIIAL Snit, tliat he was in
the saute situation, but should communicate on
the subject to-morrow with his Learned rrlend.
Mr. BROUGHAM hoped that Itis Honourable and
Learned Friend (Mr. Lockhart) would agree to
the substitution that hall been proposed, its few
seeined llisposed to go the whole length with him ;
though he was aware of the frauds thatiuol been
committed, under colour of the lnsolv.ut Debtor's
.Aet, all must he sensible of the Want of
anti of the necessity of a rept:AY,. ak. the act eta
itp credit by the roots.
AIrjatiCKHAUT S that his within was-not
incenthtent with ilt, appointment of a Commit-
tee i shotild the treition be areedell to, he should
not Tullis' the subject pertinaciously upon the
house withnit the necessary' imptiries.
Mr, should. oppose any Dill that
went' primal ate Iticolvviit Debtor's Act, and
conc,luded • by, moving, that the debate should be
adjOurned till to-thOrrow. ►
Mr. Orsorucuox thought the martufacterittg
vrt of the community were Ilitteh indebted to the
11.91). alit Learned Gentleman. as the grossest
flands had been committed under the Insolvent
Act.

.Lord CASTLERrAGH did not think it necessary
to adjourn the debate, and was of opinifill that
theintroduction'of the ILII, h»pJied the necessity
of an. inquiry.
After some words from Mr. Lockhart and Sir
Samuel Ito Milly, Mr. Abercrombie withdrew his
amendment, anti
Sir SAMUEL Rostzt.t.v moved as an Amendment,
that a Cominittec should be appointed to enquire
into the effect of the present Insolvent Debtors'
Att.

Mr. Lectutxtrr objected, to the Amendment,
upon flit ground, th►►t if an opi►►ion once went
abroad that a doubt existed in the House as to
the inconvenience attending the measure, there
world be no cod to the imposition.
The House divided upon the Amendment, When
there appeared
Pm the Amendment 9P2
For the Motion 7l ,
N4jurity
The Committee was accordingly appointed.
_ 111ARRIAGE OF THE PRINCES CHARLOTFEe

Lord CASTLEREAGH appeared at the bar with a
Message from the-Prince Regent.
The Message having been brought up, was read
by the Speaker.—(For which see Lords' ttepnrt.)
Loup CASTLEREAGH Said, the conrse usually
pursued
,on similar occasions, was to appoint an
early day for going into a Committee on a Mes-
sage relatitio to a circumstance so auspicious as
that which had just been communicated to the
House. But while they did this, their affection
and the deep interest which they took in all that
to nearly concerned that illustrious Family, by
whom we had now the happiness to be governed,
and whose sway hut so largely contributed to the
*happiness and liherties of Euglishmen, had al.
sways suggested on the moment tm expression
of gratitude: for the Message which had been
brougia down, coupled with an assurance that
they would proceed without delay to take Jr
Into their most serious consideration, in or-
der to make such provision as might appear
suitable to the high tanks of the parties, and con-
sistent with the dignity Of the nation. On the
present, occasion he anticipated no difficulty in
persuading the House to take this course on that
auspicious and gratifying event which he had been
anthorited to communicate this day. Ni argu-
ment was necessary on his part to wake their at-
tachment to that illustrious Personage,.svito now
so glorionsly.presideil over the Government of this
country; or to that distinguished individual who,
was the object at the present Message , The alli-
ance about to be.iontracted was one which pro-
mised to be nut less conducive to the comfort NA
-happiness of the parties thint to the advantage
and glory of the Nation. Ile felt. it impossible
to 'abstain from congratulating the !louse on the
character of that imlisidtutl who was now about
to be unitid to 4,tit: itopti Family of Englaud by

ill beconte him to odor ally thing like fiat,
tery to Prince Leopold, but he stb.oke in the hear-
log of those who could correct him if he over-.
rated any thing, when he asserte‘that there wis
but one opinion on his mttitsthronghout Europe;
and that his principles; his %antlers., and habits,
all;cominainleol• admiration, and proved hint it;
possess those qualifications which fitted him for
domestic enjoyment, and which were necessary to
form a suitable consort for the Princess Charlotte
of Wales. What provision it might be ,noper to
make, it would be for the House to consider On
going into a Committee on the Message.—
In deciding on this question, he donlitcd not
they would 'mark chair attachment to the Royal
Family by uniting that liberality which be•
came the character of the Country and the
splendour of the Crown, with that due attention
to economy which ought never to be lost sight of
in Parliament. There was only one consideration
which he would press on thou, as that which be
Was anxious they would keep particularly in view%
lle, hoped that in nriking a provition suitable to
the high situation of the parties, It would be so
framed, On their first settlement in life, as to guard
against the necessity of recurring to the liberality
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ot•Parliament x second time. Ile then moved OW
an humble and dutiful address should he presented
to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent; to edristy
to him the thanks Of t ha t House fur bitinned grdcions
Message on the subject of the intended tnarrise
of the Princess Augusta Challotte of
tieorge Frederic Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Co.
bourn;,
of Saalfeld ; express their entire satis-
faction at the elii°.'ace alinnt to be twined with a
Protestant eri.lice of so ilhistrions tt family art
;
alliance %titieb, while it promised to inetease the
hapi,‘lness of his Royal highness the. Prince A."
and of her Royal Highness the Prioress
Charlotte, promised also to prove in unison with
the best interests of the (-tinnily. Tn assure bins
that • that House -would immediately proceed too•
the consideration of Lis most gracious Mes-
sage; anti to make such a prorition 5110111,1
mark their just sense of Lfie great and eminent vir-
tue, 01. her Royal Highness. the Prince!is Char-
lotte, 4110 be suititble to the honour and dignity
of the .Royal. Family .and the nation.—(Lotti}
cheering flout all parts of the 'l.l,"nise.)
The question was put on the Adams, audicttr-
vied nem. con,

The Nessitge was orderefi la, be referred to ti
Collllllitted Of the ivhole Houle t o.morro w.

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