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London, England, 1801-06-19 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS DILL.

The Order of the day for the third reading of
the Infolvent Debtors Bill being read, a Petition
was prefented from a perfon now confined for debt
in Ireland, who is excepted by name in the Bill
from any of its benefits, dating his cafe, and pray-
ing, that he may not be exempted from receiving 1
the benefits of the Bill.
Mr. O'Hsaa Paid a few words in favour of the
prayer of the Petition.
Mr. TIIIRNLY could fee no reafon why any of
thofe who are excepted by name in the Bill fliould
be excepted, and utiles Tome caufe fhould yet be
Rated for there exceptions being made, he fhould
move for expunging this Claufe altogether.
The Petition, in the mean time, on the fuggef-
tion of the Speaker, was brought up, and ordered
to lie on the Table. _ _

Several other Petitions from perfons arrefied
fince the firl of March, to -which time only the
benefit of the Bill extends, were prefented, in which
the feveral cafes of the Petitioners were fiated, and
in which they prayed to be included in the Bill.—
They were all brought up, read, and ordered to
lie on the Table.

The queftion being then put for the third read.
ing of the Bill,
Mr. BRAGG! brought up a Clanfe which was
adopted for extending the benefits of the, Bill to all
perfons who having been in confinement before the
firft of March, have been liberated without their
content, and to proteft them from being again
confined at the fuit of die Came Plaintiffs.
A Claufe was next prefented by Mr. Thayer,.
and 31fo agreed to by the Hour*, for proteaing
all perfons who were in confinement for Debt be-
fore the first of March, and were liberated with or''
without their content, from being again aliened
before the paffing of this Aft, at the Suit of the
fame Plaintiff.
Mr. Jones took occafion to obferve, that he un-
derftood that a great number of the Tradefmen
and Shopkeepers in London and Wellminfter would
be very much injured by the latetiefs of the period
to which the influence of this Bill extends, and
that many of thofe indebted to them, who are able
to pay, took advantage of the expeftation of this
Bill being paffed, to throw themfelves into eon-,
finement, in order to evade payment altogether.
With every with, therefore, for the relief. of the
unfortunate Debtor, he feeling that the interefts of
the fair creditor ought as much to be confidered
as the relief of the Debtor, meant to move an
Amendment, to fubftitute in the Bill inftead of the
firft of March, the firft of January laft, and if
this alteration thould be made in the Bill, it mull
alto be made in this Claufe. He then moved ac-
cordingly.
After a few obfervations from Mr. BRAGGI,the
Amendment was negatived, and the Claufe as ori-
ginally moved, agreed to.
Another Claufe was moved by Mr.BRAOGI, and
agreed to, to extend the proteaion of the Bill to
Bankrupts, who by fome neglea in conforming to
the flria forms of the Bankrupt Laws, have failed
in procuring their Certificates.
Mr.l'isaway next moved to expunge the Claufe
which exempts four perfons by name, from the be-
nefit of the Bill. He thought it abfurd and unjull
for the Houfe to pars furl a Claufe, becaufe no
caufe had been !hewn to it, nor evidence laid be-
fore it, why tech an exception Ihould be made.
Mr. CORRY obferved that be could not agree to
expunge this Claufe. All there four perfons were
excepted from the benefit of a former Bill of this
kind, paffed by the Parliament of Ireland, on good
and Infficient grounds laid before it, he had no
doubt. One of rem, he underftood from a friend,
was the perfon who committed a groti fraud upon
General Conway, the nature of which Mr. Corry
Rated to the Houk. This he believed to have
been the caufe of his being excepted from the be-
nefit paffed by the Parliament of Irehiad, and to
be a fufficieat mule why lie should be excepted
from the benefit of this Claufe. The grounds on
which the other three had been excepted he did
not recollea, but be was convinced that they were,,
good and fufficient, and he thought it but a decent
mark of refpea to that Parliament which had en-
quired into the circurnftances, not to depart from
its decifion when nothing is oppofed to it but a
with of the Hon. Gentleman to have evidence laid
before himfeif.

Mr. Timm, fpoke in reply.
Mr. Marrtn (of Galway) obferved, that the
Right Hon. Gentleman, Mr. Corry, was mitlaken
in ruppofing that any of the four perfons, excepted
by name in the Bill from its benefits, is the perfon
who committed the fraud to which he alluded.
The name of that perfon was different from any of
thefe fpecified in the Claufe. He was of opinion
that the Claufe ought to be expunged, becaufe,
though circtindlances laid before the Irilh Parlia-
ment might jullify it in excepting them from the
Infolvent Debtors Bill, patted by it, no circum-
Ranee' are now laid before the Houle to junify it
in excepting them from the benefits of this Bill.
It was the duty of thole who wilhed fuch an ex-
ception tc be made, to lay before the Houle the
grounds on which it aught to be made, and it was
not resuitite that thefe men lhould lime grounds
to the Houle why they Oiould not he excepted.
The Sr;AK,x laggefled that the heft method of
proceeding on this lubjcf! would be to adjourn the

furtter conficteraiftut onWe'Mding of the Bill,
till it could be re,gularlyiitown by the 1-loufe on
what grottos's the Houfe of Lords hare paired
this Cl.tufe.
This fuggeflion wal coincided in. and the far-
ther confideration of the third reading of the Bill
deferred till to-morrow.,