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From the alarming and unprecedented decay of the Tr:de of this Town and Neighbourhood ; from the great and rapid increafe of our Poor Rates, and of our Taxes; from the la mentable circumitancc of great numbers of the Work People who were lately engaged in our various branches of Manufac ture being now totally deftitute of employment ; and from the high price of every fort of Grain, and of other neeeffaries of We; that this part of the kingdom it reduced to a fituation molt ferloufly dittrersful; and which imperioufly calls for prompt and effeCtual relief. 11. That the War is the principal caufe of there evils. IIL That we are convinced that an immediate Peace is the only evert which can effeetnally remove there general and In man calamities ; that Peace can alone give adi Mr to our ftagnant Commerce, by opening to us More continental Marti from which we are excluded ; that Peace ran aknc reftore that confidence at borne and abroad, which is fo effentbd to the exifienee and advancement of our Commertlal Profperity. IV. That impreffed with a conviClion of there truths, we will hum*, Petition his Alm t s re to make every porfible ex ertion to reftore Peace to our fugering Country. Refolved nnanimourly, V. That the Petition now read and propofed, (hall be adopt ed by this Meeting. " TO TII7. XING'S MOST ET7ELLENT MAJESTY. Sgat—We, your Majetty's molt dut:tel and loyal tub jets, the Merchants, Woolttaplers. Mill-Owner', Manufac turers, and' others, conneeted with the Woollen Maniitaetures of Bradford, in and its Neighianurbood, with hearts full of aff.dinn and loyalty to your Majetty's Paton and Go vernment, <l., humbly a pproach the Throne iu the language of fuppliants, fuTerisr; G yue .iiiirefs, and apps h. sill ve of ever, conceivable additi,st arm, If your Majelly's wird :m and benign regard for the into A. of your People do not intervene to - relieve us from our deplorable ellate. " We do tberefore humblg Petition your Ma3,.11.y to exert your high pr. roi:atiye In re.t..:nieg to to the bI.ITI“g4 of Paler ; and in Vingiug to a fperdy period a War, %chid. now at 1,.11, threatens cvary calaniity to our Country, and which, what ev:r was :ts charadler at it. commeoc,irwor, cal from this mentent be pre . .nant oily with increasing ruin. " Put with ta. folkst confidence in your Mal,ny's wifd,tr, we addrefs You uuij wish that modetty of fuppliants, &clines the fuggeltion fanny means; hut with the full and un doub•ed comielion that we !Peals the winds of truth and " And we farther beg leave molt hur.•bly to rerrcfert to your Majelty, that in our prcf.nt elhaufted flute, def. rted by ahnott all our .Alin, the half of Europe confederating to oar ruin or ileprelion, wa (cc no probability of obtaining that fus refs, which was r.at earned in our highcit vigour; And that no fuccefs can compenfatc the Nation for the additional evils which the profccution of the Vat. :nuft inevitably °cc anon. " And we further hvmb:y prefutne to rrprefent to pine Ma jetty thole particular gi iv...races Whitt' which your titioncrs fu Ter : _ " We are opireffed with burdens which reduce wealth to mediocrity, mediocrity to poverty, arid which trace Ott poor man deltitute : our manufactures are daily grist numbers of our artizsna are without employment oar com merce is nearly fulliendcd: and Almon every pun in Europe Ant to our exports. There mils, combined with an ctiormaufly high price of grain, and all other neccflitries of litc, which. if captioned, threatens famine and death, form indtrd an awful groupe of calamities which juftify the molt melancholy snits henflots. Deeplyimprelfed with a fee fe of thtfe genera) and increafing evils, and convinced that in wittily or in part. they have been the relish of this Manton:. War ; that Peace may much bright • est, irk cannot wholly i ••e, rf this gloomy fr. tie; but that War mutt cvcry day blacken more and loPITe; tee have prefumed to arproach your Mai: fly's Royal pr.. fence, with thk our hum. ble Petislon. Our Prayer is num. but comprefienfive. That your Majelly will be pkafcd in putfue fuels meafures, as to your hlajisfly wifilont and goudnefs (hall appear soft likely, to genre tu s ts, the Ilk 10ncs of Peace." VI. '1 hat WILLIASI WILDRItrORCE,_Efq. and the flow s; IT LASC..LLEi be requi:fted to pre lent this our Petition to the KING. Refolved ❑nanimnnflr, VII. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to thole Trams who convened it. Refoivcd unsnimoufly, VIII. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. GEORGE WALKF.R, for his able lemon on this occarson. Refo'red nnairnoully, IL That tar Thinks of this Meeting be given to the CHAIRMAN for his impartial, manly, and proper condos% in the Chair. _ . BENJAMIN KAYE, Chuirtnan. Cr The Petition wM remain fo; Signatures at the principal Inns in Bradford and its Neighbourhood. PARI.I.IMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, FEB. 3. The Marquis of Causal:tar (Lord Chamberlain) acquaint ed the Houle, that his Ma*Lity had fignlfled his pleafure to be waited on with their Addrefs at the ufual hour to morrow at St. Tame; s. Several arrangements were made with terra to the hearing of Appeal% and other private btalkisefs tranfaEted: A Bill wa, prefented, and read' a firft time, to Woke - the marriage of George Taylor, E(q. with Catherine his now wife, and for other yurpmfes therein mentioned; and the proper ()f -ilar from Doelors Cirnmoris having prektited to the Houfe an studied copy of the yrireedings In .he Courts upon the cafe, the 1141 was ordereal to be read a fecond time that day fortnight. The Earl of Le novels!), one of the fries Reprefratative Peers, was (worn, and took his fear—Adjourned till tomorrow. liOtSE OF COMMONS. A Petition from the Dsb-ors in the Gaol of Leicefter was peen:reed, and ordered to be laid upon the Table. Sir W. Dots' a moved that a new Writ be Ilford in the room of P. Goldfworthy, Efq. derailed. Mr. Tit antic moved that there be laid before the Haute an Edisnate of the total amount of the Taxes and Income of the country to the sth of April, dot ; alto an account of the Charges upon the Confohdated Fund from the sth Jan. tgoo, to the stis Jan. rit:t ; alto an account of the number of Dank of England Note, In cireubtlon on an average of every month, from the sth of Oetober, r 800, diftinguthing the number of fuels Notes under the amount of 51.—Whkh were ordered ac cordingly. Mr. HOINOV42 moved that an account be laid before the Houfe, dieerlag what lncreak or diminution has taken place of all the Salaries, Emoluments, ate. of the Public Officers, for the year 1500. The Committees of dellgion, Indict, Trade, Privileges, Sta were appointed, as is ultial at the commencement of a new Par- The time for queltioning the Returns of Member% for Great Britain was appointed to Lott within fourteen days next, and fo within fourteen days after feel returns have been made; and that all &idiot's being returned for two places, Alin make their Ekdtion within three weeks from the day of 1114 return. The Bra then proceeded to end the 001 Rending Order,that itwas shish breach orate of the C omm ons of Gust Britain for any Lord of t, or Lord mans Ida count7,to interfere In the Mediae of Mendien to reeve In the Laid Houk of Commons. The Apeaker fuggefied, that In confequence of the Union, it would be proper, steer the word * Commons," to add " of the United Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland," which Amendment was moved and agreed to. It was afterwards propofsd, that after the words Lord Lieutenant of a County in Great Brit.iin," &mild be added, as Governor of a County in Ireland. Baws• objeded to the Clank entirely, including I .or.ls Linguae*, of Counties," and rr.oved, that theft. wrr.".. omitted. •nia brorght on a ilt fultory convention, in w Lois I Mr. Bagwell ' an , Irifh Member), Mr. Pierrepoint, Mafter of the Rolls, hlr. Pelham, and Mr. Nicholls feverally (poke, alter which lt was moved and agreed to, that the debate be ad journed to Criday next. The other ulual Rending orders were then read and agreed to. Mr. Deanna moved, that a Committee Ise appointed to take into confederation what additional orders and neceffary resole tions it may be proper to make relative to the proceedings of this Heufe in confequence of the Union betwixt Great Britain and Ireland, and that they report their opinion from time to time to the Houfe. A Committee was appointed accordingly, con filling of about an equal number of Basil& and kith Members. REPORT OF THE ADDRESS. Sir W. W. WYNNE brought up the Report of the Addrefs, which 'being read by the Clerk, and on the Motion that the Paid Addrefs be read a fecund time, Mr. Jotiss raid, that he had lart night given a filent vote for the Amendment ; be hoped there fore that it would not be deemed improper if he offered a few obfervations on an Addrefs proofed to his Ms; tars, in this hour of peril. With re fpeet to the Union with Ireland, however inimical he had been to that meafure, there was no one who more wifhed than he did, that it might conduce to the confolidated interefts of the Empire ; but he could not help entertaining doubts upon the rub jeft.—He was afraid that it might occafton divi lions in more ways than .one. It report fpoke true; it had been whirpered that there had been already a di vition of featiment in the Cabinet Council with refpeCt to the Emancipation of the Irith Catholics. On that part of the Addrefs which related to the difpute v.ith the Northern Powers, on the filbjea of the Maritime Law, he agreed with the Honour able Mover of the Amendment; that we ought fiat preeikly to afcertain that right, as well as the expediency of going to war upon that queftion:— With refpeet to the additional burdens to be im pon..l oat the people, he would only fay that the pen; ie could not hear them much longer. They Lai obtained no effeCtual redudlion of the increafed pi ke of Provifions, and in fuper-addition to this, they were now reduced to eat what has not hither to been the common food of the country. He alfo objeaed to this addrefs, becaufe it bt culled de fiance, and war to be carried on in a more extended manner than ever. In its tendency, it would fervc to re-create the French marine, and increafe the growing calamities of the country. Colonel MARTIN (an kith Member) laid, that he agreed with the Hon. Gentleman in wifhing that the Irith Union might promote the confab dated interefts of the Empire ; but he thought that, with this exception, all that the. Hun. Gentle man had laid on this part of the liibjcxri, was but little calculated to that end. He begged to know upon what ground the Hon. Gentleman prophe lied that this Union would not tend to the interelts of the two Countries ?—Prophecies were generally uttered with an expeitation of their fulfilment.— With rerpeCt to the Roman Catholics of Ir&and, he would allure the Hon. Gentleman, that what ever invitation might be held out to that Body, by thole on the oppofite fide of the houfe, they would feel but little induced to attend to any fuels invi tation. He knew that the bills Catholics were de termined to abide by whatever the Government of the Country thought fit to grant them. Ile hoped that when the Hon. Gentleman, in future, pro nounced a panegyric upon the Union, it would be accompanie,: with fomething mos..: relevant to his prole !lions. Mr. JONES role to explain r and he added, is I hope, now the Union has paired, it may tend to promote the welfare and intereft of the two court. tries ; and, Sir, if the Union is to be confidered as a marriage, I hope we !hall hear of no criminal con verivinv." Mr. BANICES did not Co much objea to what the Addles contained as to what it omitted; and, as to the Amendment propofed to it, he thought ira molt extraordinary one, efpecially when he con fidered the character of the Honourable Gentle man by whom it was moved. That Amendment lb-angel) , mifunderftood the effential interefts of the country : but on that topic he was not now difpofcd to enlarge—he would only fay, that who ever confulted the belt writers on the Law of Na tions ant the exifting Treaties refpeEting our mari time relations, mull be convinced that right was on our fide. The omiaion which he lamented to obferve in the Addrefs (an omiffion at which he felt equal difappointment and regret) was, that ro defire was intimated to renew the negotiation that was carried on in Oilober laft. The Ron. Gentleman here took a view • of the manner in which that negotiation had been carried on, and the manner in which it terminated. Mr. Otto, in . 1 the dote of that negotiation, afrured Mr. Ham mond that it was the invincible defire of the Fiat Confnl to favour a negotiation ; and that the time of reaming it would be left to. the difpofal of his Majefty. To this we anfwered only in general terms of civility. Our obit &ion then was, that to enter into a feparate negotiation Veduld be a viola tion of our engagements with the Dmperot of Germany—did that engagement now eiiit ? Has Rot the Emperor been compelled, firß to fign ar miflices, and then agree to a feparate negotiation? Seeing this PO be the fallen fituatioa of our prin cipal Ally, and that we ourfelves mutt, fooner or later, content to a feparate negotiation, why net have feized the irk opportunity to ezprefs our anxiety or readinefs to open it ? This he the more lamented, as he had with pain obferved, that our expeditioos against the enemy had continued to , fail, while we had a new hole of enemies juft riling againft us. When we had new enemies thus to encounter, was it not prudent at leak to ender your to get rid of the old ? The mifcitriiages and `misfortunes we had lately incurred, he did not mean to impute to Minifters. Sordething of them might indeed. be owing to mifmanagement ; nothing, he was lure, to ill intentions. His doubts rerpeding the propriety of their conduet, regarded only their omitting an endeavour to renew the ne gotiation ; but he did not think theft doubts fuf ficient to jut . % him in oppoflng the Addrefs. Mr. Witionam, in reply, profeffed his refolu tion not to enter at all into the general mealbres purfued by Nliniiters, fine the Honourable Gen tleman had not viewed them as fabjcits of cettfure, but to confine hinifelf folely to the particular topics on which he had Co fully enlarged. To illitisfy the Honourable Gentleman's fcrnples, he did not conceive it tel be neceffary to enter into detail, becaufe thefe fcruples had their origin in the imperfeft information, which not unfrequently leads to error, without ever condu&ing to cer. tainty. The Honourable Gentleman was anxious to be informed by Minifters, what reafons had induced them to forbear all attempts at nego. tiation, and thus to difappoint the fanguine ex peflations which had been indulged that they would, ere this time, have made overtures for die reloration of peace. But nothing could be left reafonably expefted than any fuch detailed infor nation as would be neceffary to fatisfy his mind. For there was nothing more nice or delicate, nothing which demanded more ferious and deep reflation, nothing calling for a greater exertion of abilities than the power of determining the pro per time and place to snake overtures for nep tiation. If there was any one thing more than another on which thole vefted with ,the manag,:- ment of public affairs were entitled to confidenc e without particular explanations of their concluft ; if there was any thing on which _it was in many cafes incompetent •for others to judge with accuracy • of the • conduft Minifters might prr. fue, it was on a fubjeCt of this nature, neceffarily impofed filence and a concealmen. ~1 cireumflances, the difclofure of which might r.::a the end in view. While the Honourable Gen:1•:• man, therefore, was ignorant of the circuinfla:l- • ces which might have, guided Minifters, and whi!, it was inconliftent . with the very nature 01 th . e • thing that Minifters fkould Ago& there cirnitr.. fiances, however his expefyions ' might L: been difappointed, he ocas nut entitled to infer criminality. All that the I loneu. • Gentleman could conclude from the heigna, ; • the papers prereated l.ut Sedian to the was, that the couatry is now releafed from ziaZ: engagements by which it was !Len prevented!: engaging in Separate negociations, but not 11:i. no circunillanc.: , row exult to tender a propoilh overrui es our part at piLfent was allowed by the France was ar to ahet, u. every mein:- i:; her power. kr:twat - m:l,d ,: teniions of the Nortiiern Pcvve:s. and it was ,•::: ly not a very favourable nu.ntent to open, uc ciations for Peace wit!, • Potver which was t deavourirg to give ,:lea to A Confederacy velivie objeft was the annihilation of our Maritime loci+ nets. It Purely would not be very digmbed ..e: very prudent to propofe overtures to a Gover i ment at this moment bufy in plotting our de itrmtian. But it A% AS contended that loch ode) would tend to fatisfy the peOple, by difplaving :a an unequivocal point of view the fince.re defire of Peace with which Minifters were animated. 'llii., however, was often a very illufory and unfauf &dory proof of fmcerity, when it was yielded to merely in compliance with popular clamour, when they who acre thus compelled to adopt it, were themfelves convinced that they addreffed their propofals to thole who were determined to receive them without favour. But the Honour able Gentleman had farther Rated his difappoint ment at the events which had diftinguifhed the progrefs of the war, and' had argued that, by prolecuting the conteft, there was little room to hope that our condition would be improved. For his own part he had never expelled that fiii- i ? f. neli would Joon be *oda, he had never indulged a hope that the war would be ihort. AU that he had profeffed, all that he had hoped, all that he had afted upon was, that more evil was to be dreaded from peace than war, and in this view had thought that it ought fooner to have been de clared. After all the reverfes of the prefent con. teft, he had no hefitation yet in Rating that all that is ruinous in the war is preferable to an un certain peace. The queDion now was, not re fpeding the melioration of our. condition, but regaletng the • means of preventing it from becoming worfe. The extention of the war with the Northern Powers was neceffary to the fupport of our Maritime fuperiority, a point conneacd .not with partial advantages, but with all that is valuable to us as a great and independent Nation. Mr. Ifictiotts expreffed himfelf with much warmth on the emancipation of the hint Catholici. He had fupported the mature of the Union. , be. cattle he had trolled that it would be the means oC giving to that numerous clafi of Britilli eubjeas the equality of rights and privileges which had been denied them under a more contracted fyftem if policy. From a hope that fo beneficial and im ru rtant a revolution would be the refolt of it, he ad endeavoured to call ; voil over the enormities d corruption by which it had been accomplilh ed, and in proportion to his warmth of expecta tion was his difappointMent to find that no prof it was held out of their emancipation from the (hackles of the moll degrading fyitem of tyranny. e next direlted his attention to the Rate of our difpute with the Northern Powers; and though he profelfed to give no decißvk opinion on the lab e%O. he maintained that even the decree of one of the wifeft and . ableft Judges of this country (Sir William Scott) led to the inference that the right which was difputed, was not fo clear and un doubted in the general unlimited view of the af fair as was commonly fuppofed. At all events it was a Tobjett to be maturely weighed before the nation was plunged, in the defence of it, in the horrors of a war of more extended operation, and which might involve More fad difaftexs. In con elution, he took occafina to pats many compli ments on the fpeech - of an Honourable Member (Mr. Bankes), and argued that peace alone could fare the country—that Peace was the with of every one anxious for the fupport of our belt rights, anxious to rave us from chore evils Which have convulfed furroundiations. He had formerly hoped that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would have beets able to have fecund this advantage to the country; but now he was coo• vinced that this was impoUlble. He trufkd that Peace was now' ithin the reach of this Country, it its Adrniniftration were out into other hands ; and it was therefore necrair. for the belt inters/la of the Britills Empire, this• be prefent party &add be driven from ths Lelta _ . .ffairs. Mr. Hozaattts s',. of oprtion that the Ad ..alref. breatl - ,rd a I ale (pita and from this coo.