The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-27 00:00:00

?rioter ; sod the Comovittre II out hi that its the Dill
.
0 ej.then pr.ptseti to tl err should be. a
• -,orostsitot to pr..trut the proper,' of the ileb..4 from
b. i•sg d. stroyeti its trison Iwiore he oslitaiitied his slis-
ch.::i,e; anti float i, thou's] lw at the option of the
deb•or to itts'.:.• applict,tieu to the Court fur the per-
-1147e of toldug I.e.:t lit uf the Act. after Ltiog
► sys in prison. He should pr, pose situ:Aar provisions
it& the tresent Hitt. with this addition, that the too
tmott the ,tehoir's u .5% sent in..,
2,:ignee •,Lodiii he Jitru:nted Iv 'A..: plow-
titan and :hare of his . co.. A guat gilo•Lanov was
t.....t0d It. exist in mend 1.. agents the lour! ; anal
hr ita.l 1•e.5pp,...1 that mere Lot attorneys thoohl
t•ts• is 140 time!. Hot then it was ronsider..i that
th: pearlier aright fa:l into lire-ha:As of %re:: low
•'t:: and therefore that proposition was :stianilamed.
' hr ..hjeet now w.a.„ iu give the l'onotiti...ioner a tower
t ..peqirt t!.e aeries. Another tit:Aerial Walt. to
.0;.! 1... creditor a power to compel the dri,tor. after
%Atte in prisms tesonths, to gite tip his property, and
i..-.1.e Lists tale the heuelit of lie ;let. It was also Ise-
re .•.try to mate -owe pro% in the 8..11 respecting
th.• ficure property which the th loot Ih i h.t acquire
• hy !citing power to the Consinissioner, oft on ayplica-
beinl made to Wait, to arrest the property ,itbse
ttnent:y possessed by the deloor. With respret to the
orter of t onmoksioners. of whims the Conti n. 64 to
• he. ootnizht the business w.s lihe4 its: e lwttet
• hy three Colloids ho.ers, than ht n.• ; •tweanse,
if there ras lint one Coustai:ssioner, atol he liamited
• to retire from toßre, no husier.• could flirt' h, dom.;
ttn.i hesil a, it sunlit hi- to nary to hare a Cumutis,
s'.ontr to in' cstirat.• this affairs of a dettur presiott, to
hi, coming lerfore the Court.
Mr. MACON /NA I.ltsaill. he strongly objected to that
part of the Bill which teem to itterease the number of
lb. diblert from one to three. If the groomd for sorb
Be appointment was that of its Moo neressary to have!
a pre' ions inrestitat• into the affairs of the debtor.
such act inveitii4a,lon might he ;node as it was in thr
other Loomis of I:yoi,y, ht responsihis officers, like the
At tiers in Chancery. I;.• load, besides, a great nnag-
seance to the an...rotor,: nett JUllel•S: and as to there;
toeing toshorlilo ..ipply iltr place of the Jotter. in rase oil
I's renting. or !...;ioc• prrrented from attemlino to the I
cones of his olive. the test sante ofifeetion might bet
r•:;tie to Lord tiro visitor, or to Liner ft:tron of the Es-
t quer. when he sat in the Etptity
• A MEII BER, whose nano we coal nut learn, spoke
Ito, AIM the principle of the Eill,as a ete.ature of tyranny
"Prr°loll to all the orthofartnriogilistriets.
Mr. ii'ffllllll' wished a rlanse to h.. introdneed into
the Kill. to this et feet—that when a del for rot... Mufti a I
tram{ on any one creditor, lie should be irlll3lldell as 101
t!i the other creditors. There might also to he a clause
to enable the creditors to rot at the proper!). of theic!
er! tors the otroneut they be,•ator insolvent. Ile thonght
e.yresboul.l Itr three Jittlptrs. a* one of them might he a .
• town or Arrrat as to !Mori of the two other.. Beside,.
ori reason why a Jegrr shoal, not Fr chosen
pUtictilir occasions to ire 'fitful& toeittion...
Sir E. 031:11A XXV said a tew words, which we meld
. to: olistitwtle hear.
• ;qr. 7YT i•Lmos ari.rov...l of thr
Lord ALTltilltP spoke is. re;.ly. Ile said. that with
recall to Crown debtors, hr certain:y considered that
intr.risonment was ;t punishment whirls onght not I
in hit itothrteof on a poor innowtist man ; too the pawn I
Lr .}id into iv:l-whore a clause in their filmset in the hsloi
was tl.e ohjection mad. to it by she Attornec-
C. rent; all he tail reasuo to fear, that it he insists:al
4... *hit chinse. hr should risk the safety of the Bill k-
eel With regard to the /olive' of the Coat to romped
plaremen to Rise ap the:r salaries to their creditors. no
sorb power hitherto Bahia it ',mild remain to he
icier:rimed. ahem the Rill ram, into the Committee.
• ssisetiscr some proviiiins might not be made on that sub-
) •ct. An lion. neatens,' load spoken of the tircessity
t•f an appeal from one Commissioner to 'wailer ; but
there wves.alreaily a ri..er of appealing to the Coact it•
self. As to isu'roilueing Juries into the Court, they
could nut be ilospannelleil within't mat expel's,. which
insolvent persons were unable to pay, and the Court
night appoil.l runlet ton frequently from a natural wish
to get rid of responaibility. liesisks. they were t!etteral 1
c.irsts of equity. anti nut of fact. w bids were generally
ti'srussell it this Court ; therefote, Ise Jid not think the
ir•ratintlion of a Jury in any reget necessary. I 1,4141
m
ttiek that the a"poitnent of three Judges wool! he '
advantageous : it would he analorons to the pearliest in '
r: sea of bankruptcy, and necessary to thr examination ,

•' accounts. • •
't be sras read a serond time, and ordered to be
co-! milted 0.1 Wednesdav nest.
rut:?It;:~• et:Firma:4.
Lord Mt! TON, lord 11. S.l,sir; err, and Mr. P. cif •
mit?, each presented a petition from set eralurettpiers of
is-d, ratio.: for relief.
maid 5i11:10.7% presented petitions from Wakefield,
Ira:value, arid neerral other plares in Vol kshire„ praying
for the repeal of the Wool Tax. One of three ii as from
0:0 toe.!, of Leetin.— I .!L.l on the table.
ntn•rn; 4 .tt Nor Milli or.
IIFN3I AN presented a petition from 9010 ;oho-
hi•antn of the town of Nottingham, complaining of
severe distresses. and proving find sortie nu usnres might
be adopted for their relief. There was one 'mint of.
(-relit importance tt hide the petitioners had introduced
int'ss this petition. They prayed that the House might
retteal the late law for regulating the importation of
corn ; hot this request did not in the slightest degree
proceed front improper motives. They laboured nutlet.
tie greatest distresses, and they thought that this law
v.e.s a set ere hardship. They would not love said any
tl.,ng ;shout it. had it nut keen for the numerous
agricultural petitions of an opposite nature that had
been lately presented to the Ila•use; atop tvLieh impressed
arm with an idea that there has al intention of in-
creasing the presort protecting duties. For his own
part, he 'Soot:int that as the removal of the Rank Re-
strietion .trt had given a greater value to money, the
asi4imura price Of outs. adopted year. ago, might now
be reduced to fills. ur „);:s.
Mr. Mittll bore testimony to the severe distresses
suffered the manufacturers of tIo- errantry, which it
ems absofutelv uccessary to relieve. The great load of
taxation was the main came of general distress; and
tee unir way to reduce that load of tar.ation was to re-
Ottse the expenditure.
The petition was ordered to be printed.
Rrpr.m. OF THE WOOL. TAX.
I ord MILTON ri•ses. in pursuance of notice, to MOTs rot
It eye to bring in a Bill to repeal the duty rn Foreign Wool.
It had been the principle most therished by thiseountry. that
sr;• shouts iStrodore the raw materials of Owyhee growth
ttltb as little expellee as possible. :loom rentlemen regarded
the duty on um.' as it •as coat weird with the revenue.
~!bets spin sweated to eonsider it in the li,yht of* protection
dot). In his opinion it *mild mit be both at the name time.
To show that it WWI Inoperative as a source of renting,.
he thooid refer to the utmost' on the table. from which
it *add appear that the diminution of the quantity im-
ported &rim' period when the tat was u operation
had a rernarbable diqproportion to the quantity top ortrd
hobos Mai floe. Jn Iho eight woes pinions to the
caihnsooroslot of the opoistime nf the duty. the amount
of the tmattalty of (orgies wool Imported into this costlier)