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of the children mist be maul t. That they hail e eight to wink, and to work hard for their steliskener, wits what he did not meats to deny. That a large proportion of society must 'urn their bread by the sweat of their brow, was what might appear hard to the philanthropist, though the philosopher most think it necessary ; yet ise. ressary us it was iii the state and condition of sot:arty, it was yet incumbent 011 the Legis lature to see that that system of over-working was not applied to the lama race, which para- I►sed their future exertions, and deprived them of all fair and useful recreation. to the evidence before the Comm►ttee. Mr. Send ford lied quoted the Returns from the Sunday School', for the purpose of c►►nt►asting the superior appearance of the children employed nn the factories with those in other em ployments; they attended more regularly than the other children. were cleaner sod move orderly. But then came the part of the explanation to which lir (Mr. Peel) begged to direct the attention of the House—" the children of the cotton factories were in as good health► as the others, though they d:d nut look as well"--(/ lour, latur.)—lt was also said, •• they came us early to school as the other children, except in sonic of the evenings of the winter months." This explanation afforded room for much consi deration. Was it not disgusting to Nee that *du. cation, which was calculated us the greatest of bless. hags, was converted iuto a curse by this mode of c yelling the children to try and avail themselves of at, after the exercise of thirteen hours end • half of close labour, whets throughout the day labour had drained from them every 'piing of action► that coulii refresh► their faculties, and bet►umbed that elasticity of mind which could excite them an the pursuit of study ?—was it not disgusting to see them thus transferred, after 13 or 15 hours labour, to close the day under the hands of a writing-master ? Of these children► who► worked fifteen hours, possi bly not one resided iu the mills; many of them were obliged to come from the distance of a mile, and the time so taken up was to be added to that of their employment in themill.--( Hear./—He would *pixel to the common sense and feeling of every 111411 to admit—he wanted no evidence to prove—it was impossible that it was requisite to the prospe. ray of this great and flourishing country that such enormous labour ►hould be exacted. of near twelve thomeind children in one town. But having been asked fur evidence, he would refer to the Petition, signed by 30 medical gentlemen and 2 t clergymen. In answer to the allegations of, and inferences from this Petition, the Noble Lord said he would grant it was signed by one gentleman of great respectabo. lity, but of so easy a disposition, and over-comoas *innate temper, that he might readily be prevailed upon to lend the sanction of his name to any docu. latent of the description. It was in this manner the Noble Lord endeavoured to shake the testimony of a name so elevated and respected. The Noble Lord was compelled to acknowledge that the Legislature had street's' acted on the principle of interference with bee labour, as it is called, iii the instance of the chimney-sweepers. He had indeed afterwards la boured to establish a distinction, by which that case would he taken ont of the general principle ; but lie hail failed—he was mistakeu in his opinion— his opposition was too late. The Chimney Sweeper's Act, amid the Noble Lord, altogether abolished, this Bill gees to regulate, a certain species of labour fur children. But surely the Noble Lord must confess that an Act which ab solutely prohibits the employing of children in any ocicupation it a far more violent interference with free labour sbauone which only limits it to a limited petiod—eleven hours, for example. —(Hear./ The Noble Lord had expatiated on the wholesome. ress of atmosphere, and mildness of temperature, that prevailed in cotton mills—//tear)—and if he was to be believed, of all the fragr int spots on the globe. a coitus' mall carried away the palm—aud if the evideoce on which the Noble Lord relied were true, lie sl Id not have stopped where he did— he ought to have moved aeon amendment that cotton mils should be erected on every spot in the kingdom. A principal part of that evidence was, that in the establishment at Glasgow, in which au Hon. Gen tleman opposite (Mr. Finley) had a share. the aver- MZE number of labourers fur each of three years, Ist I, 12, and 13, amounted to about 804, while th t of the .ick belonging to the establishment, dur ing the same portions of time, was but two. But this showy statement was unluckily very much shaken by most respectable evidence of a contrary natore—that of Dr. Blane. His remark on it was, that he had paid particular attention to the usual proportion of the ►ick to the rest of the community. to Englasid lie had calculated it to be on tke aver nil tote to tifty-four, and was quite surprised find a place exempted from the mortality ;neva ient iu ull other places in the country. On this it Lad been observed, that certain places might be more cio.iitivive to health than others. Sir Gilbert lone replied, that in Cardiganshire, consider ed the most healthful situation in the kingdom, the aterage was 1 iu 74 ; and l►e could not recon i i;e it to himself, that, in a cotton factory, the ratio o,is aa low as I to 404. Ouse of our Ports had 5aid...... In what mountain's ersgey cell Dilseits the goddess Health to dwell?" Where she dwelt wee now no longer a secret. — Another, a Litireati bad In what dim retreat The ray N)inph firma her latfoui'd mat '" _ and he dial think he would have heard with tura tar that she had fixed it in the cottnn-mill of Shrews. Fit.lay and Co. ut Glasgrv.—(/hear, hear, wool wads leughicr.)— Abundance of etidence to Wirer the necessity of the measure had been already in the numerous petiitouis presented. If more nos required, he would refer the House ihe prod, (hugs (of erhich lie had in his hinds a 6 1).41) of Olio siwrtiligi held by the musters of eatal4:.shasitiitt., nt ANlituti-under-Line: at the tir.t of these, it hall herui unanimously resolved, " tl,ut it is the °pluton of this nierting, that it is l'ecniur highly sat tr....att . to limit the hours of Idiotic in cotton I other snails;'—and in the s"'' I. it load bre' an unanimous resolution, :"it the Burr sl Id be rethiced to twelve hours." ' l, lr were piriverdlogs on the pate of the coasters atsrlvrs odusitting the propriety of interference I 4 . 1 * Irgisl;iture, and the geOttlill alleged for the had caste to was, that they did not ' that the limitation of labour by the masters l'e'l produced the lad riTrets num apprehended 'MA si—llwt thew they added, that they alone could 114 do this, because the !minas, and some of the children themselves, would prefer factories where the time of working was fourteen hours, on account of the additional wages; but if the House would make the regulation general. ea far from objecting to it, they would hail it with joy as au important boon. The evidence of the interested end disin terested led to the conclusion, that Parliament might wifely apply the principle of limiting the period of labour to cotton mills. Mr. PHILLIPS mid that great pains had been übed out of doors to excite prejudices on the subject ender discussion. Great mid unreasonable pre judices had been raised against the masters ; but the same might be done against the managers of any trade or business if the same arts were had recourse to. The favourers of the Bill said that regulations were neglected in cotton factories, but no evidence to support that had been adduced. They spoke also of the had state of morals ; but, in his opiniou, the natural tendency of such establishments was to produce habits of order, re gularity, temperance. and general morality. The statements regarding the health of the labourers were equally unsupported. Here the Honourable Gentleman referred to the written opinions and testitnouy of Messrs. Harding, 'Fortier, Bardsley, and other medical Gentlemen, all Foing to establish the fa c t. that in Man c hest e r, reston, and all through Lancashire, the number of patients of every class iu the ho-pitals of late years, was less in proportion from cotton than any other factories, and that they had in some instances contributed liberally from such factories to the wants of the more distressed part of the popu lation. The Right Honourable Gentleman had also referred to the opinions of Gentlemen of the faculty; but there was this difference between the opinions of the latter and those he had quoted, that the former were derived from general reusuning. the latter from fuels—he held too in his hand a errs Winne front two Gentlemen, who professed their sorrow fur having been induced to sign a Petition in favour of the Bill. having since, on accurate inves tigation, discovered that there was no necessity whatever for legislative interference. It was subscribed by Messrs. Henry Harding and David Hamilton. He would himself assert most delibe rately mid conscientiously, that the poor employed in cotton factories in Lancashire were in a better condition than the poor labourers in any other manu facture or occupation. lii the former, the labour and wages were regular and uniform—in the latter, both were fluctuating. The consequence was. that the workers in cotton factories were best fed, best clothed, and most healthy. The condition of chil dren was superior to that of apprentices ; sppren tires were totally under the authority of their roos ters—children under the authority of their parents. He conceived it most dangerous to adopt any mea sure tending to derange the system of the free exchange of labour and wages ; and deprecated the legislating in compliance with the feelings of huma nity alone. without a regard to the great princio:er of national policy. Experience had invariably proved the attempt of such interference most mis chievous. The consequence of generally reducing the hours would be, to cause a necessary increase of buildings and hands—and till the enlargement of the buildings an advance in wages. But the enlargement of buildings would produce an addition of population; in the mean time we must export less, and the deficiency of the markets would be supplied front the Continent, where no restriction existed ; and when, iii the end, the la bouring population was increased, the wages of the individual must be diminished : so that the mate tendency of the measure was to inflict the severest injury on the poor moo. Ile de fended the conduct and management of the fac tory its which himself had an interest. The po pulation of Lancashire were not inferior, as had ' been alleged, to that of any other part of Eng land. Less parochial relief was there afforded, in proportion to numbers. than its any county, ex cept Cumberland. No occupation was exempt from hardships and evils.—/ Hear, hear.)—High temperature was not required its cotton factories. Mr. Holdsworth declared that severity-four was the highest degree ever necessary, mud in the sort of armoring to which that wu adapted, not more than 600 or 700 men were employed in all England. The Bill had tended, and if carried into a law would tend to encourager practice most prejudicial to the best interests of the country—the practice of combination among workmen—a practice directly at variance with the murals, tranquillity, sod hap.. pions of themselves. He could see no rea►on why the Legislature should interfere more in the cotton than in the woollen manufactures, except, indeed. that cotton-yarn was exported, while woollen.. yarn was slot. Ile prayed the House to pause be fore they sanctioned the principle of interfering between masters and their labourers, and reject the lion. Baronet's Bill. Mr. BOOTLE 11'tt.ua•H1M expressed his unwil bogiess to trespass upon the House, but there were one or two points to which he should beg leave to direct their attention. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Phillips) had endeavoured to snake an iinpres. sion upon the House, by seeming to insinuate that the Petitions in favour of this Bill proceeded from some discontented manufacturers, or from the rivalry of the woollen manufacturers. This, however, could not have been the case with respect to the Petition from Minichester. for it was signed by the clergy and by the medical men of the town, all of whom concurred in representing the length of tune employed in labour as inconsistent with the health of the children. The sincerity of the 1,500 gentle men who signed it could nut be better proved than by the circumstance that if, as had been stated, all person. under Id yeas should by this Bill be thrown not of employment, these Gentlemen were in fact promoting a measure winch would throw a very great additional burden upon the poor laws, to be defrayed by the petstiossr►s. lie remarked, that the principle of legislative interference between la bowers and their employers, had already been sanctioned by the Chimney Sweepers' Bill, which had passed the House by acclamation ; and he en treated the limigr, having adopted a I 'ride in one case, wherein the objects of it were under their immediate inspection, not in obandon it in another case, merely because the objects of it were at a dis tance 01 2 or 300 miles. Mr. W. SMITH agrred with his Hon. Friend (Mr. P 1111419, in. the I prornriy and thinger of giv ing the blighttri countenanve to combine' ion* among the tabtamug duties; but the brat and tutget live way of preventing such combination; was to re medy th e ir just complaints. He also assent e d g e . ornate to the danger of interfering between labour. ersaira their employers; but he could not extend that principle to two points. which were perfectly lime= 4 Me and distinct. monely, the age of the worker§ and the time of employment; and he thought the House ceuld with stfety and propriety prevent elnlifrra - tinder the age of ten yenta from bring employed at work fur mare than eleven hours. Ile was willing VI concur with Ins Ilou. Friend on the advantage of giving childreu, even of tender years, a certain occupation, but he could tint consent to have them confined to labour for a greater time than was OP. signed to adults in any trade, or even in agri culture, the most healthful employment of any. The evil now complained of, it had been said, might be remedied by the parents of the childreil ; but to disprove this assertioii, lie read an extract from the evidence before the House, shewing that the masters had in this respect combined so strongly against their work-people, that it was im possible for them to correct the evil. He then al luded to the siiihealtlifuluess of such extended oc cupation. and said, that the theories entertained by physicians upon that ',Hint, which had been exposed to so much ridicule, were ouch as had been fOunded upon the expetience of centime-, and held by all physicians, from Machaon to Dr. Solomon.—(4 laugh./—.They were formed on the plain prior:tide that air and exercise were ne cessary for the enjoyment of health. The manu facturers of Manchester had. however. to prove the healthfulness of their employment, stated that out of a working populatioit, amounting to surly 1%000 people, the average annual deaths were not more than eo. But what credit could be attached to such a statement, when it was known that in the Pays de Vaud, reputed the moat salu brious country in the world, the deaths ore averaged at seven per annum iu every thousand He conclud ed by praying the Hour to sanction the measure. Mr. FI N LAY said, that if the Goddess of Health alluded to by the Right Hon. Gentlemen (Mr. Peel) were to cast her eyes over the Report on the table, he would make bold to say that the divinity would make choice of no place for her residence in preference to certain of the cotton manufactories,. He was indeed ready to admit that the slumber of hours consumed by children in labour was too great (Hear, hear)—sad he would even acknow ledge that it was tulle competent for the Legisla ture to interfere in correcting the evil ; but lie fear ed that the remedy proposed would not be attend ed with that salutary effect. He was convinced that if the Bill were pelted into a law, it would have the effect of driving children from a state of comparative eerie and happiness to one of severity and hardship. The measure had been supported by some petitions, and these were in favour of it— in particular from the workpeople in Mr. Owen's manufactory. Mr. Owen, it appears, had, probe bly with a good view to his own interest, consented to reduce the hours of labour to ten and a half.— ft was very natural that the labourers in diet ma nufactory should desire that their brethren else• where should share an equal advantage, and no leas so, that Mr. Owen should desire to have other manufacturers equally limited; but if the hours of labour were thus abridged, he could uanre the Haase, that this country could uo longer enjoy leer present superiority in manufactures in the foreign markets. He hoped they would not, by meting on a principle of mistaken huastinity, and without having sufficiently investigated the subject, endanger the national prosperity. Ou such a principle the Poor Laws were originally founded, and the results have heeu distress and confusion wholly unparalleled.— There was one consideration which appeared to him as au inconsistency in the Hon. Baronet's conduct, which was, that in limiting the time of labour fur free children, he made no provision for apprentices, whom he still left, wider the provisions of his own former Act, to work 12 hours a day ; so that while the present measure was endeavouring to limit the time of work for free children to 11 bouts, the I matters or parrots had only to bind them as appren tices, and they coold then, under the Apprentice Act, compel them to work for twelve hours a•day. He could not conceive the motive of the present Bill, unless, indeed, the Hon. Baronet's own maim factories were all worked by apprentices. Alter having given the subject his fullest consideration, and being convinced that the measure not only would not produce any advantage, but would ab solutely create a great mischief, he should vote I for the Noble Lord's motion. Mr..l. SMITH said, be bad a right to doubt the justice of the arguments adduced by the opponents of this Bill, since precisely the mime objections were made against one of the meal important measures ever submitted to Parliament, the Abolition of the Slave Trade.—(f/ear./—His Hon. Friend had alluded to a Petition presented by the only body of manufacturers who appeared to bare considered this subject. He referred to the Petition from New La nark. That Petition was put into his baud, by the iultltviduals who had drawn at up—and a more modest or respectabk body of men he never saw. With respect to some of the allegations contained in it, he should like, if it were possible, that those Gentlemen who opposed the present measure, should give an answer to them. it was there stated, that the hours of labour had been decreased by the kindness of their master—but that they nevertheless did a greater quantity of work in the shorter ' this, they used to perform in the longer periud.—(Hear,hear.)—He quired into the cause of this, and was informed, that the workmen, having no more labour allotted to theirs than they could conveniently execute, they went through it with cheerfulness and spirit.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. Flu LAY explained. The Hun. E. Rostrums observed, that every feeling of humanity was necessarily enlisted in favour of this measure. The wily doubt he bid tan the subject was, that if they passed the present Hill, they would be obliged to extend the mune principle to every branch of trade. Hut, boweier unwilling lie might be to sanction legislative interference, generally, in mailers of this kind, yet he conceived such a case had been niaile out in this instance, as called for the in terposition of the House. Of course, tliatssse depended more or less ou the correctness of the statements that had berm made with respect to t h e effect of !Axon- on the children. Hut, lie contrived, it could scarcely be supposed, that children could work fur so many hours, without hex tilling their health. What struck !um, as a most pregnant fact, was, that, ou looking at the hat of those who were em ploycd iu cut son factories, nut one appeared above rutty years of age. How could t h is circumstance he accounted foe, except by soppusisig that their strength was exhausted by their youthful labours ?—(llear.,/—Trie Right HOlll. Gent. concluded by stating, that he would vote for the measure. The House then diviik hen there appeared— Fur gulag iutu the Commit tee Against it..... Majority OA' The Homo. thee •eut unto the Comeau nee. Mr. 1124 LAS . , on account of the LtirJlC3l of the hour, . . . • . • • , . • , • i,::::: hoped the Hon. Baronet (Si r R. Pe e l), w o uld u t o press the Chathher of Peers, and the further coil ratiott 1114:1114Ift.. Mr. Lame moved. " Time the Chairman do report pro. . uf l it adjourited to Saturday. gees, and •.k foe leave to lit again." I The fullowitig ii au extract front these ed e rrs : Nir R Parr. hoped the !louse would nut belay the pro-' • • • Plum, •?att. 21. gees of the Bill any longer, as it was a iumssede of the M. . . —. . . • , • . moat importance. • . ghe 11, mg :interday t r ow e l e d D ul lness with the 31 1111 U lt l e . ... • ' a Finance, of Foreign Affairs, and Justice. liir J. tin/miss: trusted thee Row r InierT wou ld nu t itrll4 I the Itlil forward to-ssiglat.• ea, ill all peubability, unwind. I • The Duke of Riclietima, on leavimulls.M..iesty, went to the ments avoid he offered to t•very dative. ‘. ! hotel of the Duke of Wellington, olio mierwarclii held .. 311'. LAMBTONI 111UI•011 the ,opprosi 1011 In kiting the Rill t . it . . ; urirere ee oath crucia l Members of the Difitosnatte Rodi ED through the Cortoititiet.canie With a bed grace from the enemies of the mrastire, who coMplamed of the lateiterai o f i goionx riselil see noticed tl:e Austrian, Spasiiiih, aad Saudi. the borer, and yet shut aid tare to *hat orsisenannahle litotral ! dimwit Allittagswastom • . . . those unfortunate Children were out led in the cottou fee- ! , The Ate per Cl'lli Coma:. yesterday Were , ie 1 fr.—BooA to lea. i • Actium 1,611 fr. Sir J. NrIVPORT euticei . ved that they might conailt r one or two of the clauses to-night--and, it' Ilwy foetid il•e I' I t ' growing isiemieenieistly late, they could postpone the t (insi der/Ilion of the remainder.. Sir C. Hausa war airaiisim that the Coosinitlee should he put oir, as the measure Was infinitely too rinFortaiit to Le disposed of at such all hour. Sir F. Buttner" conceived she Bill should now proceed through the Committee, av it involved a ,t important re gulation—mid the num Baronet who brought it in luad - . 81 - ready repeatedly givers way, even at the hazard of losiog the mepattre altozether. After a 'ma further ohnervaiiiiiis. fium Mr. Perl, I.•§141 Stanley. Air James Mackiutush, Mr. Finlay, Mr. Lamb, and Mr. Itabinitin Sir IL Pam rose and stated that he would not 4,140t0 the thoe—but he hoped, whest the tttttt ttee met this day, nu opporittutt would he given to the further 1110g1".. of the 8.11. The lllnime then resurned--Ind Nr Rrozden reported rro gs erg end obtained leave 19 lot ovum au. de). The SlVllie Rinke Bill was re-committed.—The Report ordereJ to be received un Monday to .t LOAN BILL On the motion for the vCcoud reading ..f the Loan Bill— Mr. tintArru. observed, that. by a 4 . llllfic of this NM it was provided, that the Bank should recetvelool. per for their trouble in receiving the deposits of the luau to he raised by converting 3 per Vents, into per CCIII%. and 4001. par otilliou un the flouting of Eselwquer hills This 41 , 1 , 1 so utiftic • Chllffe, that he should. when tine 801 l *rut too the Committee, niove to have that chose omitted. The CHANCI.I.II,IIR of Ilw ExcitequEß want, if the clause In question were struck out, it would destroy the Bill alto gether. Mr. Gar Fn. Inquired, whether the subscribers to the loan hail the option of depositing the whole of their atib seription, or mot part of it, in Exchequer hills! The CitAxust.i.ou of the ERCUILWJER %Aitl, they hail the option of depositing the anionitt of the whole, or any pail Or I heir subscription, in Exch. qui r hills. The Rill was then read a secoutl time. To be committed to-into row. General HART moved for certain Returns relative to all Sums of Money paid to °dicers of Excise, in Ireland, fur their exertions in repressing illicit distillation, (ruin June, 1816, to March, DlM—Ordered. General HART *btu moved fur an Account of all Informa tions given to 31;1(41141es i 0 Ireland, from the year 1145 to the present wile, int the subject of illicit distillation— but, at the request of Mr. Peel, Ito withdrew his motion. Mr. Peri. mitred fir a series of accounts relative to illi cit distillation in Ireland, from the year 10114 to the priest time.—Grtlered. Mr. GRESIVELL wished to ask a quest' on a suhjeCt that hail this day created great agitation in the City. It was un derstood that the flank of England had thrown a ditcally in the way of the operation of the Right Honourable Gen tleman's plan of &miler. Those who had subscribed to the Mau, and to-morrow or Wedoesilay bad 15 per cent. to deposit an. the luau now raising by comic' tiug the 3 per cents. into 3.1 per cents. were itifsemetl, he understood, that the transfer most be made in the identical name of the per son who had subscribed. This was very ineutiventent-4or many persona bad gone to the country, testing their cies posits with their hankers, so that it was impossible they could motion) to the regulation of the Dank. The Cuoticousta of the Rocuogusa said, it woo trove ouch a regulation had been made. It was correct, in point of law and principle, though inconvettieut, that the stock should only be accepted from the permits who subserilicel, or who had a power of attorney autilorisitic the transfer, and wet by a third person. It was a matter of form, and the in convenience could be cured by a clause, when the Bill ass in a Committee, or by some means. In answer to a question from General THORNtON the Cuasert.t.uß of the EICHIQUEN. ataad, that be Mil not intend to apply any part of the Parliasnentery Kraut, re cently made for iocreasing the number of churches, to the purpose of enlarging chnrchas of a small !lie. That must be done by the respell ive parishes. Adjourned at HALV-PAST OINK O'CLOCK. PUBLIC MONUMENt TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE LAMENTED PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AND SAXE CoItURG. The Cenotaph Committee, after maturely considering the various cuniniiiiiieations they have received, and in confor mity with what they have reason to believe is the wish of be beg leave to slate that it is their intention, should their fonds he Ovulate, to construct the proposed Temple of the Cenotaph on a mate sufficiently extensi►e to admit of its tieing appropriated to the purposes of Divine Worship, and constituted a Free Church. (Fur the Committee) BENJ. BOTCH, Jon. . , . •, A I)nteh Mail arrived lota night with Papers to the irith isotaid. The luilowitig are etitracts.:-,- iistre Tim iIIt.SCH eIIONTILII.S. 17c Ira a f,um Canthray that serest Ut the Duke or: Wellington% Aides-de.Cantp are .n!iraily gone to lAbld4ll k . and that the Luke was expartrd to go dime berate the reed of the month. It was of Cuit the is,:ue of the new,- illations will he euintrunisoittik to the Chamber, haute the end of the Srssiun, and it was hoped tlia.t ti.e cun:muuiea• tin" would not be long .h4ay,d. ruity.uf the cautuntrentri of lbr treiiiis of the rtgitt Wing of the Army of Occupsti ~, 1%41 is, of Ike Hi iUsh troops, e been changeJ, fur the rellef of the ittliithi of the cutiii try, e . ea ., lre f or % lo c i, th•y :ur iii2lll ) stoletilu.l to the Duke ul %Seth:igloo,. hum tie centre, maw/ &Add:limits of Pros. sian irooph have ft:timed Lou', l ut tF.y Live been diatrly seplaccit bi an equal eitinticr ut troop:: flow the Prisseteu prurtnrec on the Rhine. , i'KusrEtq, ArArr. 2?. . - 1 persons who have contracted for the exerntion of various winks to the fortifications of Namur. Charleroi, Mons, Atli, Touring, and Ypres, are engaging norneroue woikineti, iu order to execute these caulks with the greatest diligence. We hint' that the Duke of Wellington, after his visit to England, will iiisiiert tile whole inie. People are mod sod more persuaded, that the whole Army of Occupation will evacuate Fiance in the course of neat anttn4o, and it is thought to be of importance to have the southern frontier of our kingdom in a sufficient state ad.:fence by that time; this is presumed to be the cause of the extraarifivary acti. vity with which the works are carried on. The correspondence between Paris cud the Hague moth% nun to be very frequent. It is stated to relate, in a great , to the inquiry whethe► the to tempt upon the Dub of Wellington was planned in the Netherlands. The Attor uey-General has caused several persoits iii this city to be minutely interrogated. The Frenchmen who have hero pot Tutu close coufinenieut are rot yet released, and nothing seems to be yet decided upon respecting them. Faiiel . lon; who is accused at purls of having fired the pistol, helointrei some time ago to a company 'rctith players here, who per. formed a few times in the Park, but were soon oblited to Cease, by order from superior authority. ( For Miscellaneous Intelligence see last page., German Papers to the 19th instant have arrived. They contradict, on the aatitority of the 'levy:licit Gazette, the reports of sittmertius roldwrics in the Roman States, indostriourly propagated in several of the Continental Vrints, and add, that the lets outrages which have beets committed took ['tact." on the Neapolitan fiontier. As to the interior of Naples, the reads are rendered perfectly secure by military posts. The operations undertetten in rommoti by the Austrian and Sicilian General S aft' al.mg tile coast of the Adriatic, from the titer F to to Cave Leuca, a distance of abetv 400 utiles, for the purpose of laying doate r maritime chart, are now nearly terminated. The sotnaliogs to he taken out the points of direction on the coast, front the tante of from ten to thirty rhitei out at sea, which ccill Accompany the snap. BRITI S i t PRESS. 797 /ft LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, mg. The Paris Papers of the 241 h instant arrived last night. They contain r full report tl the sitting on the 16th, on the trial for the murder of FLIALDEL it Wll4 rendered particularly interesting by the at tendance of M. Ft; I.DES, the son of the deceinied, who closed the evidence on the part of the pro•ecu tiou with a vptech of great ene;gy and feeling, in which l►e contended that Jinators must have been the murderer of his father, as he had benefited by his death in possessing hin►self of his property. The four Conumasioners then itroCeided to make their report, which uppedred little satisfactory to Jaustort. They expected to finipli it its the next Sitting, andon Saturday the Court would proceed to essrOitie witnesses on the part of the prisoners. The pleadings would probsbly commence on Mon ibty or Tuesday, and the trial inlay be coustqueutly expected to conclude in the preient week. The Chamber of Deputies was occupied on the tficl with the ttttttt of the law relative to the or ganization of the Bank of Frnsice, and some mat ter 4 of Flu:nice. The proiret of the law respecting bAily arrest, on the same day discussed in the Yesterday the Duke of YORK !Tentacled military business with the PRINCE EC: ENT. The Dukes of YORK soil CLARLNCE visited the PRINCE REGENT %esterday. Last erriiiiig PRINCE REGENT had a &eve party at Carlton House. at which t .e QUEEN and most of the Royal Family, with a numeiiius as semblage of persons of distinction, were pre•riit. Yetterday the Prince of lit;s-u Hoitnounu vi sited the Duchess of Cutinuti.ritiei, the Prince and Princess SCH AUNBURG LIPPE, the Duchess of Wawactoa, tkc. attended. by Baron ONaniit.s TEN. Hit& Serene Highness afterwards rode out ou horseback, att.:tided by Baron (YllacritTaw. Y es t er d a y the Duchess of CEIIIRERLAND rode out in her carriage and four, The Duchess of GLOUCESTER left town yester: day morning, on a visit to the Princess !..iortti A. Her Royal Highness rettirued to Oltrucester House in the tinting. Yesterday the bake of SOSSEX visited the QUEEN and PRINCESSES. The Dowager Princess of LINENGN, whom re• port has assigned for the intended bide r.f the Duke Of RENT, is MARIA Louts• VICTORIA, sister of his Royal Highness Mince Lecrotn of SAXE•CORURO. The Loan MAYOR called at Carlton House yesterday, to pay his reipects to the PRINCE EGENT. , The Flon. l'l r twArk and EDYtARD LAti:et.t.ns were presented to the WEN!, ut the Drawl..s-riuton. Ly Viegiuutit Lmscm.t.s:s; as was Lady SYKES, the Ludy of Sir MARK SYKEs. Yesterday evening the infant son of the rarl and Countess of MA Rol was baptised by the Rev. Alt. GituvEs, at the Duke mid Duchess of Ancyr.teii residence in Upper Brook-street. The Sponsuis were, his Grace the Duke of RicusioND, the Mar quis of A riGLESE':, snit the Duchess of ARGYLE. After the ceremony their Grace, gave s most sump tuous entertainment to a party of distinction, in cluding the Duchess of RICASIOND, Lord and the buttes LENNOX. Mr. BAIIINGTOV'S speed' at the late meeting of the Country 11:.uktra bas been inaccurately reported in one point.--Mr. BABIN GTON stated, that, even if the Bill now before Parliamera should be with drawn as Impracticable, we had no security against the CIIANCILLOR of the Excht(lusts past:lon:l4 the measure under smite stew form. In the case of Sir W. LEWES v. 11101110 AV, re-; ported in our Paper of yesterd.sy, It i•hould hove been observed that Mr. DAUNCET. Colmarl lor the Defendant MORGAN, stated the value of the estates and coal-mines to be, vie. the mates at 10,0001. per annum, and the Mint, 4% 14,000/. per and that there is due to Sir W. LLWiti about 65,0004 ' .4 L ti r- 'KO fir; * rill 1110 nu• ! .1• ~i ~+ ILi