Star.
London, England, 1807-07-10 00:00:00

TRADERS ASSETS BILL.

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Sir SAMUEL ROMILL Y having moved that the Report of
the Ccanmittee on the Traders Affets Bill be now taken into far-
ther confideration,
Mr. HER BF RT, after expreffing his regret at being under the
nectffity of differing from the Hon. and Learned Perkin who had
introduced the Bill, declared that he cone•ived the tenure by
which landed property was held, to he fo affeeted by the prefent
Bill, that lie could not give it his iupport. He thought, there
mould be a great difference between contraCts entered into for
' any triflmg debt, and that in which landed fecurity was ftipulated
for. He was, at the fame time, anxious, however, that all (rands
on the part of traders Mould be prevented, and therefore he mould
propoft an amendment, which, in his opMion, would died this
oil:a, and, at the fame time, avoid viola& g any thing of the
Randing laws of the land.
he SPEAKER informed the Hon Member, that this was not
the proper time for moving an amendment to the Bill.
The former Amendments were agreed to, and

Mr. HERBERT then brought fu'iward his Amendment, which
limited the liability of all fuch landed eftates to the payment of
debts that had become or were jultly due, before fuch elates or
freeholds were by fuch trader acquired
After a few words from Mr. stmeon in fupport of the Bill, the
Houfe dividt d on the Amendment.

Ayes, 3—Noes, 44—Majority in favour o tin Bill, 4t.
The Bill was then read a third time.

ACCnUNT CF PUBLIC F XPFIMDITURE.

Mr. MARTIN moved, purluant to notice," that there be laid I
before .he Ifoufe, au account of all Sums of Money, which have I
been iffued flute the aft of January t 79 t, either Irons the Trea-
fury, or by the Paymatter of the Forces. without account, or with ,
fuch account only, as wat made to his Mjefly, or the Conimif-
fioners of the Treafury, fpecifying the perfons to whom, the times
when, and the fervices fur which all fuch turns had been Med—
tcgetlaer with a Lilt of the Perfons who had given in Ac-
counts to the Commiffioners of the Treafury—the times when
fuch Accounts had been delivered in, and when any of them bad
Lahr, d."
After a few words from Mr HIJSKISSON and the CHAN•
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who did not °Ned to the mo-
tion, but fuggefted that it would be datable, in order to expedite
the return, to narrow the time to which it wa. to extend--and
front Mr Ilar.kes, to requett the Honourable Gentleman to defer
his motion tin to mortow, in order that he might thew hint in the
mean time, a fitnilar account which had been called for by the Fi-
nance Commis tee tor one year—tae account was ordered from the
tlt of January, ',Sol, to the prtfent tan..
Ilse American Treaty Intemnity I W. w:s read a third time, on
the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX..:111.Q1/ER, and
paired.

INDIA ACcOUNTS.
Ordered on the motion of Mr DUNDAS. that theufual An
r.ual Accounts of the haft InJia 0 mp-ny s Reyes ue, Expendl-
suit:, and charges, f.,r the Yekrs 18oz 1833 4, and 1804-5.
together with Estimates for the Yr-r 18-3 6, be laid before the
Houle.

Mr. DUNDAS brought op the Bill for the better Regulation of
the Governments 4 Fort St. George and I•ombay,an.l for thebetter
Regulation of Banks in the Ealt It die*. R al a firft time, and
ordered to be read a fecond time uu :•:onday next.