The Sun.
London, England, 1816-02-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ilousn _OF LORDS, Went4P.snAv, rKB • 7.
In the-Iri4 appeal, Daly v 'Kelly,, Sir S. Ito-
milly and Air. Leach were heard fur the appel,lanti
Mut bud Nr. Jul-instant; tnr the 16pumiot.
Judgment an this day week.—,-Atijourned,

1-1-.0. USE OF COMMONS.

Lord to'svrtust presented a petition from the
towel of NVllbehavell, praying for tire aiaoption
certain improvements in Lilt: harhOur of tits t,
►lace.
A petition was sehito presented. for lotilding a
Bridge over the Thnnoes
,at itothcritithe, high.
•enoligh for ships to pass under.
!Sir S. Ito:utt.Ly, alto- complaining that an order
Y►n tie sohject, made in the year itsl4, had not
been conoplied with, moved fora report of the
persons, male or female, who hail been cimunitted
for trial since that time at the London and Mid-
dlesex tiessions, distinguishing the charges, con-
, detonations, and poui6bettenls.
Mr. COULBUSIN gal ,e in au account of the run-
away ,Slaves I rola' the island of Dontioicte, who had
been killed, taken, or sorreotlere.l, wider Gover-
nor Ainslie's loot lamatiou, together with the Go-
vernor's proclamation.
Mr. BROUGHAM gave notice that he should post.,
pone his motion on the Jails of Spain tal this
day week. (Wednesday. next).

.PETITION IstIAINSI' THE INCOME TAX.
I\4. Lablitrot4 presented a petitom flout the in-
Itabitents of Chester atul Derhath ageinst a re-.
newal of the Property Thx: the lion, Gentleman
added, that he hoped th.is ..petition ounid be fol-
lowed by thousands," and that the people, of this
country would not submit to grievous null intolet-
elite taxation, for the purpose of sueporting
priecipled tyrants on a throne, As:hearer those
tyrants were the Bourbons of France) or the
)tourbons of Spain.
MAB.RIAGES.
Sir J. Co. Ilteetseey, preseuted a petition from
the eatabrished Clergy of the county. of Somerset,
especting the preventien of Clandestine Mar-
riages.
41111. FOB. SUBJECTING, rttE El-10 LtiAIROPERTY, &c.
• TO SIMPLE CONTRACTI)EI4TS. •
Sir SAil U thrit in ..rising to re.
new a motion which for two Sessions had pasied
through the !louse without any ,bpposition,', it
might not be expected that he would expatiate at
large upon the suljeet. .11to it was on this 'very
;account of it passing without the least opposi-
tion iii this lionse, that he thought it necessary to
tooke.some observations, as it \withl be. the only
opportunity tie thouldlneve-of not ieing.the (dike-
tions raised egainst it in motther place., 'The oh-
pet of his motion was plaits and well known.. It
-*Nabs itrcase of •persuns having property, and leer-
ing.simple conlyriet delos,et. their death, to apply
that propertt to discharge th9Se debts, And pre-
vent their heir from revelling 19'sPlend.04r
the creditors were starving in poverty..Tnere were
not two °pintoes out the propriety of Such an enact..
auvisz.. ecinsinered by all as one that
ought to he removed; bet the question with Olio's.-
pootets of the measure was one.of evils, end Whe-
Aber the proposed retne4y:would not create greater'
ones limo 'those whieh were to, be iiipprebsed.
The first ohjet,tion.was, that if the Bill Were pass..
•ed into a law, when a person lettee free-.
hold property at his death, it would he necessity
;for his heirs to obtain a tleerec. of the Court of
"Egnity, to prove that they had satisfied the debts,
.;or that there, were •debisto betofe they
could enter into possession of dial property. 'rids,
it. had beet urged, would be a greet lierdship. It
thit were really the ease, he would agree with thtt
opponent, -of the Measure, and consitlet t h e.
jeetion insurmountable; but no such coutiop-,eoeyi
COLIN. Occur. Jr WIIS impossible that it shoeld
produce sorb en evil. Neither could tiny person,
who gave due attention 'to the 1111, ,uppo,e noels
a hardship to exist. ,• Its ttjeet IA 7* only to
put Sintple contract debts 'to the Up,:
600 as bonded debts: In the cage of the
latter, - persons inheriting property were at
perfect liberty ' to, • rafting. lin Inediatts laWO
biun and disposing of the estates. it would thervl
fora he the, smit, were those estates !endue('
)i;ble to thtpayment of simpb: cantract
had already been pint), -throe by the tVct
1807, as rar as traders and bankers were concerned.
that time litany persons of :that descripthos
hod certainly died in the situation. 'Which' the Ilftlo,
sure contemplated, and there was noinstance of a
Decree of a tout t of Eptity,having been required
to give their heirs immediate possession.' Another
vhjection was, that the Bill did not go far enough;
and that nut only freehold but feopyboid estates
shoeld.be .rendered liable. lie. heal QC'. 13aitatiO.in
ngwletiging that this Would be just buteopyhold
coati's et ere at preseot entirely free front liability to
debt* of any lil;a1, and it would 'be a very, bolt!
innovationtw render them liable after: the death Of
the posstAiors. This Would lead tcs, much greAter
limalter of objections of snore. weight than those
urged against the measure in its present torm.,Tliere
was'Aliother objection which it was only neql-
sal`y, to state, and it would be. Setisfactorily nit
sweeed to all,those Who took the least eonsidera-
lion'or the subjeet, • It wes shill, ,thel tbe
would have•the effect of estehlishing,egainst real
privet ty a 'demand to be suppqrtid only ins parole,
evidence; Was not this the casetigailist'personal,
property ? Bat it was 4,.tnercichinittrical eyil,
and if the. objection,were44, , It would Only
prove that grtiattir' refOrnr in our: !Joys
.wasme-
eessnry tb re,uove: the practice in.hoth caseteel-.
together. y,very day demands- on 144-40,n0 pro-
perty were establishttt :1311. parole- -e itti itet;,..„—,
y party boa only to bring sits ection, told
prove his claim by verbal, evidetice, to twos cr.
.Brothel` objection was.. that -to
,511bieCt frce-
luultt
estates to the payment Con-
tract 'debts, would bar: guys. _young men
landed eXpActatioos, a greater facility r4f credit
than they would otherwise •have. Bet . this was
eir Any ottfotrtiderl, for who, could; think that
trades ntaat.,woold Wait .10 $01)04+4044 tour clutut
Suplinst thel;eir; Oil, the, dttislll.9.l tha.holder of
the property. Would-he nut,ion.the eootruey,
hreketeetwiti,himself, by previously Arresting his
creditor, and procuringn,,,jtulginent ,tisat„weuld
*puree as A liCti ou the estate ? Watgetually

the courseparstred, the1 proposca ennelnlent •
would not increase the security ref ttie credkor.--
It Wits also Oitittett,:d, that the remedy granted by
the measure svonid be in a Court of _Equity, and
not byf a. trial by Jury. Ile bad. a great respect
tar Juries, but in that case his intention had been
to shorten the. proceedings and diminish the ex
pease. As the hot, unw stood, a suit in Equity
as generally jollowed by an iiCtion, withou►.
which, iu ciouplicated eases, mirop;ete relief cold&
spot always be obtained. Ite thmight it better to
simPlifrthe proceedings,: hitt should haVe, do
etb-
jectiYY it it 'was Ateemed necessary, to ltitrodlye
aclaitse, for itliowlug the rteditor to obtain• re.-
71ief•by uction us well as equity. It had also been
sapid by-some,-Imit-not professional men, that this
not meruly a..tneasure, but a system, and that
• beinter,ded to proceed much farther in the altera-
tion of the lie should .certainly be. gist( to
see Yfurflier improvement made in the laws be-
ween debtor and creditor for nin'wittistiouling
ail that had been said, they had been most, tie-
girded.. It would be desirable that those delays,
by writs of i..tror., sham pleas and injimctions,
of- ;chid* debtors .too often unjustly. availed
thent‘elves, should be obviated. i ist.all he meant
topopose was,the single Bill now
,before file
It would certainty he more desira-ble to
remove those abuses no,v, on account a the-ex-
distresses, and becaose a most important
alteration had been unidti.itt.the kW for the be.
nefit-of the debtor. Ile had been, anti was still J
of opinion,•thin the bite Instilvent Act • was ,very
beneficial, but jostice was due to the creditor us
well as, to the-net/tor, ,and that justice had not
becodone. lie had hoped, when the In•oilvent
Act hail been bronght .forward,. and still Ii it
k. was the'intention'Of its anther to propose a.rnea..
sure iu favour of the other side. lie then con-
chided, by asking leave to bring in a kill, to
rebiler Freehold Estates, liable tothe_payment of
simple Contract Leave er,inted.
• ANNUITY (HUNTS. •
Mr. PaesToN nioved, agreeably to notice, for
leave to bring iu a Bill to prevent the grant of
Animitie3 subject to repurchase, the adoption of
which lie thought. necessary, in order to put ati•
ind to -improvident contracts and usurious' in.
terest, : •
SojeantOt.:st.ow expressed his conviction'
that. the measure proposed would rather tend to
aggravate the evils deprecated by
,the Learned
Gentleman.- For persons tinder 'the presstire. etf
distress would 'naturally seek to bort ow money
upon any terms.; and the effect of the Learned
Gentiernati'l proposition
.would 'be to prevent
them. stoat ever redeeming the property .pledged
for such loans.
Mr,' Lobtinaltr thought that e, better Made
might be devised of answering, the Learned Gen-
tleman!s, intention ; btu still he would not oppose
the Motion,
,
Upyn.the ,81,taxitn's putting rue question, se,
" Noes" wury heard ; bilk the Speaker.de-
eoled • that the " Ayes" were the majority, and
the motion WO agreed ti.; without a divisitiri,