Star.
London, England, 1812-06-03 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS.

Lord REDESDALE moved the Order of Vie
My for going into a Committee on the Insolvent
Debtors' Bill.
Earl MOIRA said, that he must retract his for-
mer opinion respecting, this Bill, and say that the
delay of it had been most fortunate, in enabling much
useful information to be obtained on this subject,
and tending ultimately to second the benevolent views
of the Noble and Learned Lord. He felt the oblige.
dolt the country lay under to that noble person ; but
as be bud a number of clauses to add to the Bill,
aitictliatiog to pearly as much 4s the Bill itself now

does, and as those amendmeets could not be consi-
dered well at this late period of the Session, he hoped
some Noble Lord would bring forward a temporary
Act to relieve those many persons whom they knew
to be confined in prison, not for any crirxinal act of
their own, but in 'consequence of that general pres-
sure which is now known to exist in the country.—
He should therefore move, that the Order nt the
Day be discharged, without fixing any slay for its
revival.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH was not rrern-ed to
say how far the resrio bonorum would or would tint be
beneficial in this country. But he wished the adop-
tion of a permanent measure on this subject to be
chopped, to see whether it might not be made so as
to meet the objects they all bad in view. For ibis
purpose he was prepared to agree to a templrary
measure. The principal object to he attained in a
permanent measure of this kind, would be the relief
of the fair debtor, and the secur;ty of the honest cre-
ditor.

The LORD CHANCELLOR did not think that
any good could result from such a Bill as that of his
Noble and Learned VI lend ( Redesd de) ; at the same
time he was of opinion, that a temporary Bill should
pass this Session.
Lord REDESDALE agreed to pestpnne the fur
ther consideration of his Bill tine die; hut defended
the principle of the curio bonoront on which it was
kunded, from the example of Holland and Scot-
land, where it prevails. And he considered it as a
mercy which they owed both to the Debtor and Cre:
ditor to come to some early and permanent arrange-
ment on this subject.
Lord HOLLAND said, that the only reason
which could induce him to agree with the motion
of his Noble Friend (Moira) was the knowledge which
that Noble Lord posiesses, and the anxiety he has al.
ways manifested on this subject. For 20 years the
House had allowed that the law on this subject
detective, yet had been going on as it were stulti-
fying itseit still more and more. We had the:e-
tore little hopes, even from the exertions of chi s.•
whom h- stw around him, that any ‘lll could be
brought in which would be free from the little lam(
objections whici, had proved fatal to the others.
Lord LAUDERDALE gave notice, that on Fri-
day next he sh-utd bring in a Bill for the temporary
relief of the insolvent Debtors in Engl.tnd and Ire-
land.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was with-
in a tew days of having ilettl his ple,ent situation f
ten years, and diving that time, he had known but
three or fi:ur instances wherein the cettitica4 of a
bankrupt had been retosed to be signed by his credi-
tors. He said thus m..ch for the humane and pile-
rous ch iracter of the country, and he was consit:iLed
that it every maa, whether a trader or not, could Le
made a bankrupt, there would be mgrs who woul,
pay their just debts than there now ere.
Lad STANHOPE said, that the re...ts^n uf the few
certificates being unsigned, was, Oat there were a
number of persons called Flying Kiter," who, when
ever they saw a man's name in the Gtzette4, woul I
go to him, and by his signing anted ttol bills which
he delivered to them, they would take care to sitn
his certificate.

Atur a few ohs, rvations from the Lott n CHANCEL-
LOR, Lords MoIRA, ELLENBoROCCII, attd HOLLAND,
the motion of Lord MOIRA was agreed. t:), nem. di,.
The House then went into a Committee on th;
Orders in Council, and examined witn•:sses.—Ad
journed.