The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-02 00:00:00

11flddlara. As a PC-mber of the Coosa, at Pair/. lar whaM,
p„•.. a Ns Ma cot Ins sr MN. aWO of WM. gamey C.,a.
the it, of Lualuo .huuld bho.ll hue hey hag applied Meer

The l'etitiote wa. orttorrd in 1u on the toile.
MOCK AVCTIONK.
Am her P►tilinn oat presemed from dot City of tondos
sultiret of Mork Aoctioese.
Mr. V. MINS! AN dot thie Petition was of Barn,' i

priance. Tee seihket had her before the Hoe; Lea 44.soina. ,
hod sine • thriller Sev-inia— it hod undergone discussion to a
CUIDOWiIIe? et etre flame, awl he Mikan, the alseeeerss-Med Is
this Promos sere telly established. 'lke Committee bad re-
commended a Bill to he bro. Oa in, but there were dillesitleu
in the was of it. lining a blowy 1:111, it coa, mils be rowed
is with. he con. ut of his Majesty's Hi:sestets. Ile thotight it
wueld be proper to refer the religion to a Commitere, e me.
ratio( of the Members of the City of London. of series, soil
ethers more primarily Intended is the wader. In Ilw mean
time be meted that the Petits/its her ir table —Ordered.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL.
A Pet db. was perseated from the City of London Karst the
trews' Wire bravest Driers' Bill.
tar. 11V AITHMAN mid, the Petitiss they had just heard
Ns not km lmportaot than env Petition prnenied duri• the
✓esent Me sien—rt Imo Minoru:tat thas the Petition presented
the war day for • resisiao of the Criminal Lairs. 1 t nal a Vet i.
nue Weir the (Hj of Leaden. maybe, the first wit 1.. r. nee
the I eielvelo Dekttre Bill. Herbed had many oppottasitie• of
witnessing the reader efthe Clines. at I tendon. altdrollait
an opinion respecting their character, tend des he rue ...fel%
say, that op far from being deficient in humanity. they would
he r rely as the inbiletants of soy ;diet of the K Wieder to
agree to any unwire for the relief of imolvent and detreined
pr lowers. 1i lth reaper I. this tarosote, however, gowl might
he the reedier of these by when it was iterodred, he would
say that re Kr over pored this Hoar, which none so ear.
Delete as tonal an trade, and which opened a deer to weeds
'tee. It sliced e•en the Comaitestion. became it inn 'seal
I jai by Ceder this Act, nue encli
/31 I WI the incontreuirn rawer of jeerer's( respeceireg •
resin easemet of proper,. than the Lard l'hisci.ellor and all
the Jr get together Difereiet l'ape rs had been presented to
the Howse, sh...sing the member of persons who had taken the
twaellt et the .ci„ Need the amour of their der I bet Gentle-
men who wereemenecied with trail . could hardly be reppiesed
tale the trouble to leek lane she.. Papers. It would
sesinnesa owl Members os learn. that after the Bilt hail bees in
errors three yesers,aa rearm ep Is Nlar. to 1815, whereby It
appeared ilia upward. of sit million of pefteertt had then We.
d-eide ocotod that all she ditkienisastier ntwIteni••••••1"
only 111 above half. refitting per pone. At that lime they were
told Mat sentral r. go &tier would he entrodured to remedy the
evil.. and !hot they prorerded is a great measure from Ma
(relearn* of the resul•turs, to Pet 10-king after vie property
of tierir del tors. Another as-cooed was revered up to the lot
of March 1.117. The persons who tiers bad taken the Ararat of
t..e Act settee the former account, emerged te sewerthing men
than 9,110; and the w hole property derided on, amosated to
upward. of eight milliners. Ihe money recovered mooned to
a portion more :lira farthing in the pound. lie had made a
mthaithe iw waling the dividend on the farmer prieperia at half
a farthing in the pond—it was only nutofonrth a a robing t ,
to that the improvement bad produced an increase of from a
quarter a a furring is half a farfliing in the pried. The
toweiber of persons who hod taken the (wank of the Art was
Dearly (garter thousand, and ihe properly woo Deadly Afters
minnow. Herr then a tax to a moot eseem-its senores was
!Pried -a tax exceeding ea amount that of the Property Tax—
here seas 'flees millions of property, all taken from the profits
of the mut hearse, industrious. and mast mural part of hi, Ma-
jo.ty's sablects.—C Bear. hear y—lle did not wean this in an
-Invidious •ftsse—hu- bet eve. ors these who, like the pertness
he alluded tee. had their whole timer rhea up in presiding a de.
real maiinearre for their (*willies, were more likely Waren
the Any 'pima he had given, them these who were retied with
waist, so these, whit from their isalianier, were eat exposed to
the sane cheeks with the treed* part of the erwasnity.— .
Complaints against this Bill were made. wet only on the part of I
the en-dhows, hut aka oh the li.rt of rider. aboos It derbeed
of she nestle which was necessary to time ie their raises
Oar eit• l of rats Act ma, that the debtor,, (lona lON tbat so
dniiminm was made between the ',vivid's. sod 'be hoprovi.
deal. note tit the lad eWemity lartare they had reeonne to the
imitate/see of he /an sad spent the Ins farthing before they
made • raw of tit serderlog the. prepett. to their cteditors.—
He could appeal to as Dom-urittile G otlemaa la the Flour
who wr la the habit of actin as a Commis-loner or Ilinikrupt,
whether credains were sot in Ice habit of acting with the
greatest keinsca In these deLliwe who had been arLertenate.—
Bid of the persehi aM bud takes advionago of this Act could
Ilse onions, be rid hi he risen err? Could it he will•Pb•
see.foriune in the tosmeroat cases in which the property was
w 'wed to the last lorry, berm,- the ttebturs applied fire ea*
diediruie ? Were trans. lindo tor sebservedt Herring
that matey of those wit* had been discharged wader ibis Act a
insolvent Debtor. bad hew Its the sitnation totcrediturs, till, by
the prettier% Of lkom who bad vbrlterr.l therein, ender this
law, they had been themselves in tarn rimed to apply fee re-
lint He had teen a pape, ciwanooge Int of prunes. %Milked
applied to particular Sherdi Officers with the win. in that
bands under which they were its he takes into reeled.. ple
debt• of which they hod pot got rid ansiented to ittu,oolo. lie
sanold now rise that the Prnieu be laid upna tb- t ode, after
%loch he resell o eve for souse Return. nn the subject ; giving
Meld", that it is a • re Modred dowers, the rtriewal of the Act,
to mese foe a Committer to enquire lots the elfeca, of it.—
Etiesr,lrmr
Mr 1.1.7 TLETDN 181C:the ho petfee ly rearmed wile the
'Worthy Aldermen ais the effects of the taw. Vie .nientioas
which had weinssad thole who ortginated the law were. be be.
honed. mod hom..ge. It was a laudaele attempt to rodearnar
to inns.* between the areal mote mid the ftitedshost &taw.
Met the efi.ct bad or corresponded. Mthiem. of property bad
bees copeu•il of, of which the crettnor. had tint received a tar.
Haag ; had he was convinced. than for every inesnee in which I
jestice had been dose to a debtor, amen mere injuttice be
hen dune to Co editor..
Mr. Bill/W.4IA it agreed with hi, friend the B'iirthy
Al-
drnnhe (Mr. Valais/mt. that .lie subject was se. le My of ate.
tare foetid', ilea. li was id immense importance to the com-
mercial world sod le the adatinieita you et yudice. and he ens'
watailling terticirde the ilionssioe to solitets. without doohr,
it wield he submitted ; bat he rouid not help trek iag it
Unfair to safer the Nairn. In. winch had been made to rev
fern iv Wood crintieg at lease stns part at them. Ihe aro-
/meals which had hems nektons and eeucrull. meanest the
*ante aserare• trough the A 5 orate Aide/eerie had guarded
himself *gains. heing 'twinned to disapprove of it altogetber s
and what he ohjerled an war Mir; that the spraken had act
tenoned as the enoiport•on of the star et the lac before and
after the praise of din Act, but on the centre won of the ver-
se... sloe of the law .v-th some ideal atandad which never had
any rant ace—(hear. bear") -to she comma wiLi which Ike
present lan teemed fell of faults. It would have been found per-
haps is harder lash le serge rower. the premise law, which was
at any rate fair, pro., et live, and well underitood, and tbe
lair ri-pest jade. temporary teettlyrut Ans, which the
. tore had berm (rum time to time in the hotelier papaisg. The Act.
he road nberve, had nut, at it had hero asserted, wigimited hi
that -II had b.,' breaglit do•• from the llama of
Leeds, it was Lord itrdeelaie • Bill aids a few and not ha-
poi taut alter miens. Tar Act weight be liable to roe objee-
twos, thank many at them. he hoped, ward be free, I capa-
ble, of bring melee. d, but w hat tar premised agni,..l ass, as
being compared h ith a state el law which hod went had ex-
-1-I
ice. As all Instance hew rad!, • elsinielir inigbi be rained
01.1 in subjsit. themes he acluitteil the Wendy Ald,reente of
ni in 'WWI, of producing an unfair inserts...nu. he .build re-
f. r us the slaw...reit of properly ilispiead of onder eels Art,
which e• n. capable Mr toeing perverted I,i such a purpose. 'op.
pose-no laselsew Art had prod would the conlitues have bad
he eho:e tt'e 15 millions T—(ilear, hear!) Was ti nue 'nor.,
prohnnte i.iat wnslii or have had eve. Ibe4this portal the
furtii.ng per paw" 1, 'sleek It saw said they had actonlly re-
Client, he et !) ?
`l v.. 16 Lod on the table, suet ordered lobe printed.
Tilt Alderman ti Al MASAN nested for an Acceieut of the
Persons Bischarged under the Insolent Act, rp to Febio.urv.
'petit) iog the Ammon of 'hoc debts, rod the sums their
creditor. hail received,—Ordered.
!r. Ct)ttttl,vAy suggested that au Accoent alies lie-
raided, with rite erasers ea which they were R.:m.1.44d,
we.tldales be useful.