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Amendment was carried without a diyiann.
IKIREION iNLIsTSIESI*
CASTLEREAGH moved the Order of the
taking into further consideration the Report
:oreign Enlistment Bill.
a few remarks From Sir It. WILSON, *ho
mcd his detestation of the Bill, as ingendered
irit inimical to liberty, the Amendments were
second time, and the Bill appointed to be
'bird time on Monday next.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS ACT.
-louse having, upon the motion of Lord AL-
?, resolved itself into a Committee on the In-
Debtors Act, the Bill was discussed, clause
and several added.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the
co confine all Debtors within the walls of the
kle said -this was dealing out punishment in-
!lately, and that persons were as safe in the
the Fleet or King's Bench as in prison.
to this, the prisons were not large enough to
the prisoners for debt.
rrertn WOOD took the opposite line of argu-
Lnd supported the original clause. He called
Commtuce to recollect the fact that had
At in evidence, namely, that debtors often paid
guineas a week , for .their lo Agin within the
that wine kept carriages, lived in luxury, fre-
' the Opera, and, after squandering, in every
extravagance, the property of their creditors,
led to be brought up to swear they were not
ten pounds. Let there be more jails built, .it
e had were not sufficient to hold the debtors.
ATTORNEY GENERAL said in cases of
it would be cruelty to deprive debtors of

iefit.
SOCICITOR GENERAL said that persons
tight act in the manner described by the
Alderman were not entitled to indulgence,
mild not be discharged by the Court, if the facts
,tablished against them.
LAMB said, that it wis nut unusual for
confined within the Rules of the Fleet to ge
Liles of the King's Bench, in order to have
%linage of a good summer res'dence, and in
er they returned to the Rules of the Fleet.—
oef of the expenses intendant on persons liv-
'lin the Rules of the. King's Bench, he might
one living there on £3OO a year was
idered by .he Marshal as a poor person.
CItOKER said, that as it appeared to him
11 was one of indulgence to Debtors, and that
House had the power to restrain the indul••
persons living within the Rules ought to have
strictly enforced. A strict enforcement of the
light cause the gaols to be filled, but it would
lace a good effect for the honest creditor.
ABERCROMBY thought, that as this clause,
as the whole of the Bill, proceeded on the
iple of giving an indulgence to Debtors, they
to have a bona fide imprisonment before the
igence was extended to them.
Motion was then put and carried, that the
should stand part of the Bill.
variety of other Clauses were afterwards pro-
` and agreed to.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL proposed a Clause
exempt persons, who should be indebted to the
from the operation of the Act.
ALTI-IORY could see no reason why Crown
should be imprisoned fur a longer time than
, Ile thought the clause would be an infringe-
on the liberty of the subject, and was averse to
introduction into the Bill.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he considered

lause was necessary, and felt confident that no
proper use would be made of it.
Mr. SCARLETT could not see why the same
rct was not to be pursued with regard to the
iwa debtor as with regard to any other.
. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob-
A, that the greater part of the debtors to the
in were such as had become so by commission
:.:auds. The Crown would be exposed to great
eAse if obliged to oppose their discharge. It
therefore prove a means of encouraging the'
ission of fraud, if it was not prevented by
re-
ig the possibility of escape after its commission.l
power would be used with lenity.
SCARLETT conceived that this power ought
be vested in the hands of the creditor.
to CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
power would be, not of imprisoning, but of re-
g the debtor, and none could be so well ac-
Iced with the nature of the case as the persons
lorn the power would be entrusted.
:. G. LAMB thought that there ought to be no
Inction made between debtors io the Crown and
te subject.
Lord .9.LTHORP said, that though he was averse
';e clause, he should not object more to it. The
ise was then agreed to.
.ord ALTHORP proposed a new Clause, pro.
ig that a part of the pay of such Naval or Mili-
Officers, or Officers in the service of the India
ipany, as well as a part of the revenue of such
:ficed Clergymen as might avail themselves of the
posed Act, should be appropriated to the payment
tick debts.
.ord PALMERSTON thought the clause neces•
79 to prevent persons in the Army from spending
ley which they would receive from the Public.
,Ir. G. LAMB proposed a clause to allow a Trial
airy, in disputed cases, under certain limitations.
ALLEN opposed the clause, as tendieg to pro.
ig imprisonment of the debtor, for none but a rich
fitor could have the power f taking advantage

(hear, hear.)
Lord ALTHORP highly valued the Trial by Jury,
could net see what utility it would prove to the
.ent Bill. The clause was then rejected.
CIIOKER said, that it was his intention to
>pose a clause, by way of rider to the Bill, for the
Tote of legalizing the payment to the officers,
ich had hitherto been made by an order from
Irca.ury.
.11derman WOOD proposed a Clause for ob•
r•; A•signees, in a summary way, under the autho-
of 1112 Insolvents' Court, to pay into a Banker's,
banefit of the creditors of Insolvents, any sums
;vi,iends paid into them on account of the insol-
estate ; and also a Clause for hearing within
• f London the cases of Insolvents imprisoned
- tate ; both of which Clauses were adopted,

r.:Oña the:l3ol twang pi* thrOtigh, die Chairman left
the Cbair, dad was ordered to report on Fridays
In anti:v*4o a snggession frhln Mr. CROKR94
that, this .BiR should be extended to Ireland,
Mr. LESLIE FOSTER said, that it was requisite
to bring in a separate Bill for that purpose, but he
pledged himself that there should be as few Altera-
dolts as possible. The House then resumed, and the
Report was received.

The Report of the Irish Distilleries' Bill, after a few words
frail) Mr. SitAw Mr. C. Htrrenutsost, and Mt. V. FITUIELALD,
was postponed till Friday.
The Report of the Silk Manufacturers' Bill was brought up
and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on
Friday.
The Assessed Taxes Composition Bill went through a Com-
mittee, the Report of which was ordered to be received on
Frit:l;y next.
The Pembroke Doek-rnarket Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed on Tuesday neat.
Mr. BILOGDER brought ug the Report of the Lottery Bill;
which was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third
time on Friday.
The llouse.went into a Committee on the Glass Duties Bill,
in which certain Resolutions were agreed to, the Report of
which Was ordered to be received on Friday.
Mr. LYTTLETON presented a Petition from the Solicitors
of Bristol, praying that persons not professional, might not be
allowed to practice as Cooverancers.—Laid on the table.
Mr. BROODEN brought up the Report of the Settlement
Laws Amendment Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill or-
dered to be read a third time on Friday.
The Bermuda Trade Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Report of the Navy Prize Money' Bill was brought up
and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on
Friday.
In a Committee, certain Resolutions were agreed to, for sit-
ing compensation for Fees abolished in the Irish Court of
Chancery..
The Salt Duties Bill went through a Committee, the Report
of which was ordered to be received on Friday.
Mr. SHAW moved that the sum of £4,000 should be sub-
stituted for £2,000, which was originally proposed. After a'
conversation, in which Mr. L FOSTER, Mr. C. HUTCHINSON, Mr.
SHAW Mr. Daooori, Mr. BROUGHAM, and Mr. W. SMITH, par-
ticipated, the original Resolution was agreed to,
The House resumed, and the Report of the Committee was
ordered to be received on Friday. . .

Mr. SI lAW gave notice, that if, on Monday, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer should not be prepared to go on with the Still
Fine Bill, he would move that the further consideration of it
should be postponed till that day six months.
Mr. LUSH INGTON brought bra Bill to allow the Impor-
tation of Tobacco from the East Indies; a Bill to impose au ad-
ditional Excise Duty on Tobacco in Ireland; a Bill to make
further regulations with respect to Packets proceeding to the
King's Plantations ; a Bill for suffering recoveries from Estates
held in ancient demesne ; a Bill to regulate the Bask Advances,
and also the purchase of Public Securities by the Bank : and a
Bill for the regulation of the right of voting in 'Parish Vestries :
these were severally read a first, and ordered to be read a second
time on Friday.—Adjourned at Half-past Twelve till Friday,

THE EVENING' STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1819.
THE FUNDS.
PRICY OD STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O.CLCCK I
Bank Stock 2191 219
3 per Cent. Reduced 671 681 68
S per Cent. Consols shut
31 per Cent. 751 761-4 per Cent. 8611
5 per Cent. Navy shut
Bank Long Annuities 171 15-16
India Bonds 2 4 dis.
Exchequer Bills (2d.) 1 2 dis.
Omnium 1 Of 1 discount
Consols for Acct. 680 69 681.

Business has been very brisk this morning. Con-
sols have risen to 69i, and Omnium is I I discount.
The Commissioners were served in Reduced at 68f,
by the Jobbers generally.

In the House of Commons last night, Mr. PEEL
obtained leave to bring in a Bill of a most important
description—namely, to regulate the advances of the
Bank to Government. The provisions of the pro-
posed measure are—that a specific Act of Pasha-
' meat shall be required to authorize any advance of
the Bank to Government—that a written application
from the FIRST LORD of the TREASURY and CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to the Bank shall be made
relative to the particular terms of the advance—that

the conditions of such intended advance shall be sub-
mitted to Parliament—and that within fourteen days
after the commencement of each Session of Parlia-
ment, an account should be laid before it of all Go-
vernment securities in the hands of the Batik.

The Newspaper Reporter who on the preceding
evening was ordered into the custody of the Serjeant
at Arms, for a breach of the privileges of the House,
was discharged, after being reprimanded by the
SPEAKER, and paying his fees.

The intelligence of the capture of Portobello ap-
pears to have produced very unfavourable impres-
sions at Jamaica. The merchants of that island are
said to look upon it as an event which must, ulti-
mately, prove a death-blow to its commercial inte-
rests. How this can happen, however, they are not
pleased to inform us ; and for ourselves, we entertain
no apprehensions of the kind. The eaterprize of Sir
GREGOR MACGREGOR may, certainly, whilst in pro-
gress, occasion a suspension of the traffic in use to
be carried on by way of the isthmus of Darien, be-
tween the Spanish ports in the Pacific and Jamaica ;
but the complete success of the enter prize will, we
are persuaded, abundantly compensate for this evil,
by putting an end to Spanish monopoly and man-
sion, and giving a wider range and increased acti-
vity to the commerce of this region of the globe.
The fact however is, that since the route by Cape
Born has become familiar to navigators, the trade
across the Isthmus has been greatly on the decline,
land is now nothing to what it once was.
The Governor of Carthagena had been solicited
by the Commander at Portobello to send him a rein-
forcement of ..iOO men; but the troops at Carthagena

mere in so mutinous a state, that the application
could not be complied with.

The garrison of Portobello consisted of 466 men,
whites, .mulatoes, and blacks. After the evacuation,
a number of them are said td have returned and
joined General MAcortiecon.

It does dot appear that there were any killed on
either side. The Royalists kept at too respectable a
distance for musketry to have any effect.. After firing
one volley, General MACORBOOR'S party charged ;
but before they could give the Dons a taste of the
bayonet, the latter took to their heels and got by
a bye-road into the fort of St. Juan, whence they af-
terwards made their escape to Panama.
It is stated in, private communications, that all the
specie and more valuable articles contained in Porto-
hello were embarked on.board his Britannic Majesty's
ship PARTHIAN, then lying off the town, on the night
previous to General MACGRP.GOR'S taking possession.
The military stores captured were, however, very
considerable. The following Return is said to exhibit
only a part of them :

113 Guns, different calibre, (from 24 to 6 pounders,) a con-
siderable proportion of which are brass, also three brass ten-
inch mortars.

1,460 Barrels of Gunpontdet.
19,626 hound Shot, different Bizet; besides a quantity of
Grape, Bar, Landgrage, and DoUble-headed.

' 2,640 Shah-2E1,760 Ball Cartridges-360 Muskets. •
An immense quantity of Spunges, Hammers, &c. and En-
trenching Tools, and various Stores.

The vessels and other seizable property left had
not, at the time the accounts came away, been
brought to adjudication, and no conjecture is offered
as to their amount.

On the 12th of April, two days after the capture,
an Officer of the PARTIIIAN was sent to Porto Bello.
He found all quiet, and the inhabitants were return-
ing in great numbers, no instance of plunder having
been permitted. A Mr. LOPEZ, a native of Cartha-
gena, had been appointed Governor, and the Mer-
chants appeared not dissatisfied with the change
which had taken place.
Sir GREGOR MACGREGOR did not intend, it is said,
to proceed to Panama until he had communicated
with Lord COCIIRANE from the South Sea, whose
force consisted of nearly forty armed vessels of diffe-
rent descriptions. A considerable reinforcement, un-
der Commodore AURY, was daily expected.

Accounts were yesterday received at LLOYD'S, of
several valuable Captures having been made by the
Independent Cruizers in the South Seas.

A Gentleman has, We understand, arrived in Lon-
don, with a commission from Lord COCHRANE, to

raise an aid of four hundred seamen. In this we are

persuaded he will find no difficulty. The Foreign
Enlistment Bill, even if passed, is not to take effect

till the Ist of August; so that there will be time
enough to complete the levy without coming under

its operation.
We have received this morning, Boston Papers to
the 25th of May.

The following are some additional particulars of
the Negro Conspiracy, which, we mentioned a few
days ago, had been detected in Georgia :