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London, England, 1801-04-28 00:00:00

lIIIIOLVERT DEBTORS' BILL.

Earl MOIMA role and moved the Order of the
Day for the fecoml reading of the Infolvent Debt-
ors Bills his Loidruip raid, he did not mean to
enter into any debate upon it in that *age, unlefs
other Noble Lords Ibould think it necelrary ; but
that in the Committee he meant to move kveral
new claures and amendments, to render it as free
from objection a. poiflble. He therefore moved,
that it be read a second .time. It was read a fe-
coed time accordingly, and committed for Friday.

SEDITIOUS eItETISG BILL.

The Earl of Rossi:re preiented the Report of
the Secret Committee to whom the Pealed bags of
treatomible Papers, lately prefental at the Bar
from the other Houfe, were referred. The Re-
port was read at length, and contained 'many
lt rang and alarming. proofs of feditious and trea-
Conal4e proceedings in refpea to the inftitotion of
Committees for general purpofes, the appointment
of cooduaors, fuperhatenlants, &c. Ste.
The Earl of SUFFOLK defiled that the names
uf the Lords eleaed b7ballot, on the Secret Com-
mittee, might be read. The fame warmed.
• The Duke of BFDFORD aid, that after the Re-
pprt had been read, Noble Lords could not be
tappofed to becompetent to go immediately into
a dcbAte ou a Bill Of (itch great importance, with-
out having been afforded an• opportunity of ma-
Ptrely conlidering the weight and bearing of the
faa. Rated in the Report, whi.:ll had onlyjuft been
laid on' the table. • _ • _ _ _

The Earl of Rossi:es laid, be agreed perfealy
with the noble !Duke, that it would be more fatif-
-I"Aetory to the floor.: not to be called npon to de-
:, :;• the without having an opportunity If-
-I.,rded to noble Lord* to examir.e and to weigh
matter contained in the. Report. But he did
a•thrc the nehle I)uhe, tint from the information'
berm- Committee, it gas evident that not a
. ay v...., zo ix loft in puffer.; the Bill, and even',
iince be had come into the Honfe he had eeeei% ed
inEwmati tn, fin- the truth of which he would rea-
till./ ruge I, the t loufe, and which, if it
I-1J come ite time, witeili hare been aated in the I
Report, that an orn nieetivg of difaffedcd per-1
id r...7ently 1;7C11 lid, for the pnrpofe of
tax.. huntedi.itz matures before the Bill could
pafu, t.. effes.thc moll *treafonuble purpolcs, and
that Bills of a eizciara.mry nature, explicitly bid-
ding inilant defiance to Government, and threat.'
eying the overturn of i:, and every po(Gble
ibid. era? could. reCult from atta:chy and difonion,
were pniled up azaina er;:ry tree and place= the

Common on which the meeting was held. There
was, therefore, no time to be loft ; but that never-
thelefs he did not with to pals a tingle Rage of the
Bill, he Ihould hope they might r into the Com-
rr.ittee that evening, and debate in a third reading
to-morrow.
The Earl of MOIRA fitid, that after the folemn
pledge the noble and km ned Lord had given in
proof of the preffing neceffity of the Bill's paling
without delay. his opinion was, that. all the credit
ought to be given to the exigency of the occafion,
that could be granted confillently with the avoid.
ance of any improper dereliaion of their duties as
Peers of Parliament : he therefore fhould not for
the prelent oppofe the Bill, fo far as to refill its
going into a Committee.
The Earl of SUFFOLK Paid, the reafon why he
had moved to have the names of the noble Lords
on the Committee read was, that he did not really
know who they were. He now knew, and he
could not but complain that they were all Lords
of the fame way of thinking, and exprefs his
furprize that no noble Lord had beenfele&ed from
the fide of the Houle on which he fat. What ob.
jedlion was there to any of his frismds that they
Ihould be to a man excluded 1 Their fortunes
were as large, and their charaaers as refpeeable.
A call of gird/ion, ritifie:n.
The Duke of BEDFORD role, and laid that when
they came to debate the Bill, they would in fait
have to debate tr.m Bills---the former Seditious
Meeting Bill and the prefent. To meafkres fo
extremely ftrong and violent he, for one, Inver
could be brought to agree without the fulleft
proof of the extremeftmeceffity. He oersted that
the Report juft read did not contain 'evidence
(irons enough to fatisfy him that the Bill ought to
pals; and, if he had been prefEnt, thinking as be
did upon the fubjea, he would not have contented
to its paffing a tingle Rage. The Sfobk and Learn-
ed Lord, he underftood to have (fated two points,
the one, that the Committee had more and ftronger
information before them than the Report Rated.--
If that were the fat, the Committee were cenfur-
able for not having made it part of the Report.—
The other point of the Noble Lord's was, that he
hail received intelligence that day, fubfequent to
the drawing up of the Report, of a particular open
Meeting being held, at which treafonable declara-
tions were publicly polled up. Giving for the
moment full credit to the Noble Lord's fiatement,
he would barely fay, fuch a fa& required the
proof. His Grace laid, he would not then tire the
Houle with entering into detail, but would referee
himfelf to (peak to the principle and merits of the
Bill on the third reading; but thinking as he did
refpeaing it, he Ihould certainly give his negative
to the going into the Committee.
Lord }roamer explained that his Noble and
Learned Friend had not raid that the Committee
had ftrongir proof before them than was contain-
ed in the Report, but from the general tendency
of the information contained in the haled bags of
papers, it was evident that not an hour was to be
loft in paling the Bill, and that he was further
urged to preys the going through the Committee,
as fince he came into the Houle, he had received
undoubted information of an important fat cor-
roborating in the molt undeniable manner the ab-
folutc necellity of paffing the Bill with all poffible
chi-patch.
The Duke of Blaroen Paid a few words in ex-
planation.
The Bill, with the Duke's Not-Content alone,
paired the Committee without amendment. Or-
dered to be read a third time this day.-
Other bufinefs that remained on the Table was
gone through.—Adjourned.