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no Act of Parliament. ne did not hold ti the par. ticular wards of his amendment. but would not . w i t hdraw it without something similar was pro posed. The Earl af Haaaowev spoke in explanation. sod recommended it to the Noble Lord (Holland) to withdraw his amendment. The Earl of LIYIRIDOOL said. he rose for the purpose of giving his optuion on the amendments of the two Noble Baron's. On a former night. lie was told that some definition might be given to the class of libel which was to come under the severer p u ui>hmeut, He was ready to admit that a libel against himself. in his official capacity, or seainst soy td . his Noble Colleagues, although it might be a .. r e wicked publication, yet it would not be se. ifiliuus against the State. There was no doubt bet a publication tending to bring iuto contempt the Crown, the State, or the two Houses of Parlia ment. would be a malicious and seditious libel. The Noble Lords opposite were mistaken, for the Bill did not go to create any new law of libel. it a „, ife „,, c i e d a new 1 brava fur • second offence. If a book was published which went to bring Par liament i n to disrepute, it would be liable to pro.. secution. The question was, whether, after • con viction fur a second offence, the Court should nut have the power of superadding the greater punish. ineut ? The Ent of LAUDERDALE allowed that the Noble Earl had put the question on the proper a round. Then suppose he was to say (+aid the N o ble Earl), that the manlier of their conductir.g Nosiness in the House of Commons only tended to load their Lordship: table with useless papers at the earl of the Session, he was to understand it would be a libel. Lord HOLLAND said he must have been under • mistake during the discussion, for if the word is se ditious" was to stand in the Bill for every class of libel, the word had better be out altogether. Lord ERSKINE and Lord ELbsosoaouou seve rally extilained. Clio I.ORD CHANCELLOR said. he was placed in sinwular situation, for after being told there war ',Wiling so dangerous as to leave the word " sedi tious" out of the Bill, he was their told it was better to have it out altogether. If it stood, and lie was charging jury fora publication that tended to bring either House of Parliament into con tempt, lie would tell them that it was a seditious He had heard a great deol about the case of the Duke of Richmond, and it was not necessary for him to say that any thing said in that House was Hot • libel. He recollected when the trial came on at the Old Bailey, for the publication of the pamphlet, he tendered the pamphlet in evidence, and the Chief Justice acid, now can you tender me in evidence a book to prove a libel which contains high treason, and the defendant was srquitted. He w.s sure his Noble arid Learned Friend must recollect the cir cumstance, es lie was opposed to him ; and alter the trial was over, when he (the Lord Chancellor) was -obliged to snake his way home as well as lie could, they took the horses from his Noble and Learned Friend's carriage, and drew him home, and he never afterwards saw his horses. Lord HOLLAND contended, if the Bill wan al lowed I. eland as it then was, no man would be *ere flota the effects of it—Mr. Burke would not, if he was living, for there was the following pas sage•its firs works : All kings are natural lovers of lov.- company." He would ask, did this not tend to bring the monarchy into contempt, which was a seditious libel ? After some conversation, in which the Earl of tivEntionb, Earl of DARNLEY, and Lord Hot.- LAND took a part, Lord HOLLAND', amendment was pot and negatived. Lord ELLS:I , 4I3OEOIIGB' , amendment was then put and carried. The Earl of CARNARYON moved, as an amend ment, that the term of banishment should be limited to seven year., which was negatived. The Bill was then ordered to be engrossed, and to he read the third time on Friday. The End of CARNARYON said, it was his inlets lion to have introduced a clause into the Bill, by way of amendiurot—that the duration of it should be limited to a certain period. The I.ORD CHANGst.t.oa observed, that the N o ble Eel would have the opportunity of pro posing it on the third reading of the 8111. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The Earl of STILATHMOILE said, that he had postponed a statement which he had to make to their Lordships, relative to that part of the country where he was Inure immediately interested, until that hour, in hopes of seeing a Noble Earl (Grey) in his place, who It.id promised him, if he was nut prevented he indiqursition, that he would be in his place, and read a letter he bad received from his brother, the lion. and Rev. Mr. Grey, in contradiction of the statement that he had made to their Lordships Aim a former night, relative to the state of the coun try in the neighbourhood of Newcastle. He had also received u letter front the . Honourable and Reverend Mr. Grey, and also from another Rev. Gentleman and a Magistrate, the chaplain of the the Noble Earl, which he had received that morn ing, denying that they were obliged to take re fuge in the town of Newcastle or account of the part of the country where they resided being in a state of disturbance, as he had stated to their Lord ships on a former night, from information he had rectived..-.Adjouraed. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TituasDAT, DRUMMER 9. A great number of Petitions for leave to bring in private Bills were presented. UNION SOCIETIES. Mr. L. FOsTEIL gave police, that after the recess he should wove fur leave to bring in a Bill fur the Regulation of Union Societies iu Ireland. W ESTM INST ER PETITION. Sir FIANCIT 13 UIDETT rose to present the Petit tiou agreed upon yesterday by the inhabitant house holders of Westminster, against the • new coercive Bills now iu progress through Parliament. Helmic, that it was adopted at la very numerous, very or derly, and very well-conducted meeting. composed of persons of the above description. assembled to gether fur the purpose or giviitg expression to those sentiments which were common to all moderate pommy attached to the British Constitution through out the country. on the Bills now pending in l'aultainent. The Petition .expressed as strongly that at a meeting of reformers held on the Moor of Newcastle, *mu hundred men had attended from two villages three or four moles distant, with arms concealed under their clothes. He had received • letter front both three place,, of which it would be sufficient to read the first three paragraphs. The Honourable Gentleman then read the extract, importing that the inhabitants of the 'daces in question had seen with extreme surprise that the Mayor of Newcastle, in • letter to Lord Sidmouth, had accused them of attending • the meeting with arms concealed; that the charge was wholly without .foutidAtiou, and that they deemed it their duty to contradict the assertion, which they did, without any qualification. That so fir front carrying arms to the place of meeting, they had not with them so much us a walking stick. Were it nut for the ins poriance of the occasion, and the circumstances of the times, they would have treated the iruputatton with the contempt it deserved. He had also received, the Hon. Member proceeded to say, a letter from an individual residing in Newcastle, with whom he was on terms of persoual intimacy, whose name, should he mention it, would commatid universal attention and credit.—(Cries of Hear, hear./ This individual affirmed, that the statement made by the Mayor respecting the state of the country between Newcastle and Durham, was most , lous, and a perfect rhorionontade. He also stated snottier fact, which it would have been as well the Noble Lord had communicated with hi s o th e r hi telligence to the House. The Hon. Gentleman then read another extract, stating, that all ranks of people in the county of Durham seemed to be hurt at the libel on them, contained in the repro- agitations made a few nights before in both Houses of Parliament; and that in consequence the De puty Lieutenant of the county had been appointed by a great number of persons to communicate with Goserumeut on the subject, and represent to it the quiet and peaceable state in which it really• was. Now he hoped the Noble Lord *mild set him right as to the fact, whether the Admittistration had re ceived such a coinmunication, or not. Fur his part, he (Mr. Lainbton) thought that the represen tation directed to be given in it was the true one, and he believed that the House would be convinced of it by what would take place in the other House On night. He had received a third communica. Lion from an Hon. and Reverend relative of his, who it was alleged had been compelled, by his ap. prehensions from the dispositions of the people in his neighbourhood, to take refuge in the town of New. castle. He had observed in his letter that lie had hearth the statement reopectiug himself with the greatest surprise—that no ground existed for it—and that, so far from considering the dispositions of his pa. rishioners dangerous, he had the most perfect con fidence in their loyalty and obedience to the law, as well as in their good will towards himself—and that he had gone into Newcastle, nut by any means in consequence of alarm at the state of the coun try, which he did not feel, but to accommodate the convenience of his family.—(Hear, hear.)—For himself, hr (Mr. Lanibton) had left his wife and family its the midst of these people, to whom dis- affection and treason were imputed, and he cosi fessed that he dreaded any thing proceeding from them much less titan he did the measures of this House.—(Hear.)—lt was his conviction, that the allegations against the inhabitants were unjust ca lumnies—and in consequence of that conviction. when the Bill against drilling and training should be its the Committee, he nitwit to move that the county of Durham should be exempt from •its operation. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that with respect to the doctainerit referred to by the Hon. Member, all he could say was, that he had out seen any such paper, and lie believed that nothing of the kind had been received by his Majesty's Minister'. With respect to the state of the county in question, all that the Hon. Gentleman had produced was the assertion of individuate,' to which' he did not see that greater weight ought to be attached thaw to those of an opposite nature. On this head, he (Lord Castlereagh) recurred to the fact, which had not been denied by the Hon. Gentleman; that forty thousand men bad attended one meeting at New. castle, and that seven thousand of these had come in military array. But, it seemed, the Hon. Mem ber apprehended great danger from the measures of the Houae. but none in the world from assemblies of this nature.—(Hear./—lt was his opinion, that a stronger proof could not be given than the observations of the HOD. Member, how necessary it was that the measure to which he had referred should be made general in its operation. Not. withstanding the alarming nature of the intelli• gence from the county of Durham, lie yet looked upon the state of it to be so tranquil as to expresa a deter 11l i l ration of taking it out of the operation of the Bill, which its condition especially required. Should it be once limited, other Honourable Mem bers would claim a similar indulgence for their own couutirs. • Sir M. W. RIDLEY said, he did not know the individual from whom the Hon. Member (.1 1 :r. Lamhton) had derived Ins soforination. The writer had declared that the letter written by the Mayor of Newcastle was perfect rhadomoutude. Now knowing and sincerely • respecting as he did, she gentleman of whose communication such a meter was given, he felt himself called upon to my, that he believed tio sudividual was less likely to have committed himself in that way titan the Mayor.--( Hear, hear, hear.)—He was a very ine telligent, a very useful, and it very active 'Magi. strate; and as oa the one hand he would not readily .lead his attention to rash and udounchid was. that • Gemleman iu . . stated ' to a friend, Unit he lord heard the Radicals practis. ing firer% at two o'clock iu the mooning. HK friend doubted the fact. and afterward* convinced him, that the noise which had terrified him so much proceeded (ruin sonic gas month—(Hear, sued havAter., Mr. LAMBTON disavowed any intention of re flecting on the Mayor of Newcastle. The Hon. G. LAMB said, that the Westminster Petition had been agreed on by persons Omer re spectability and stake in the country entitled their complaints to be heard with all attention by the House. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN said, that the Smith field meeting of yesterday was the moat despicable in point of numbers and appearance of any he had ever heard of. The Petition was then brought up, read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Lord MILTON presented • Petition from three individuals of the name of Dawsmr, similur to that !presented by Earl Cormirvon in the House of Lords Oar which see Lords' Report), which, eller some observati from the Noble Lord, was read, laid ou the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Come Of Norfolk) rose to read • letter which he had received on the subject of the trans actions on which the conversation took place in the House between that Hon. Member and Mr. Wude house on Tuesday evening. The letter, which was written by Sir Martin Fulkes. and stated in sub. stance, that having seen in THE GLOBE News. paper an account of whit had passed in the House the night before, he took the earliest opportunity of saying, diet he had accompanied him on the occa sion referred to, to the Lord Chencellor's Chaim. ber.—/Cries of Hear.) • • 1 This gave rise to a short conversation between Lord CASTLEREAGH, Mr. Cows, Mr. WODE. HOUSE, mud Mr. TIERNEY. PENSIONERS. Lord PALMERSTON seeing a Noble Lord (Nu gent) in his place, wished to ask him a question re lative to the doubt expressed by him on ei former . sight. with respect to the late proclerna.ioo regard. tug Chelsea Pensioners. Lord NUGENT then stated, .thai . be thought a certain part of the proclamation of October 25, 1819, ir, contravention of sections 3 and 5, of the 43d Geo. ill., commonly called Windhain's Art. A conversation then ensued at some length. between Lord Nugent, Lord Palmerston, and . Mr. C. Long, in the course of which the two letter Hon. Member. contended, that the proclamation Wes conformable to his Majesty's regulations, arid Mr. Wuradham's Act, from which Lord Nugent dissented. The SPEAKER interfered, as there was no qua. tion before the House, sod Lord NUGENT gave notice, that on this day sennight lie should move for an }recount of the number of persons who had been struck off the pension list, in consequence of the late proclama tion, specifying those among the same who had enlisted for the term of seven years. SEDITIOUS MEETINGS (IRELAND). Mr. HUTCHINSON gave mince that he should. on Monday nexi, on the third reading of the above Bill, move that Ireland should be . exempted from its operation. STATE OF THE fillANUFACTinifilld DISTRICTS. Mr. BENNET:. rose to bring forward his prontierd motion fur an inquiry into the present state of the manufacturing districts. He assured the House, that lie meant to abstain front the introduction of all topics not strictly connected with the subject of his notice. Tile parts of tire country he considered as coming within the above description were, Lao. cadiire, the West Ridinv of Yorkshire, and Scot. land. The Hon. Member then entered into a con sideration of the causes which had led to the die. tress in these districts, and into • variety of state. silents to shrew the very great defalcation that had been made since the conclusion of peace from the wages of the weavers. He was sure the House would feel a great degree of compassion and charity ' for the errors of men reduced to such a situetinn.— A lie said, of importance had been egi. toted throughout the enlightened nations of the world, respecting the nature of representative go. vernments, and Scotland was too distressed and too enlightened a country not to have considered that question, particularly when the people felt that much of their distress proceeded from the abuses •of that system. • Yorkshire was another great manufacturisig district greatly distressed; where the public and parish taxes, levied without mercy, had made the proprietors of one day the paupers of the next, It was easy to trace the discontent of the -people to their distress, siet• to their evil inclitiatious. Such Was the state of the country, that the manufacturers represented that if priors were not lowered,.ll)ey should. araree whilst the agriculturalist said., that if prices were riot increased they should -be - ruined. Another great manufucturing district was the hundred of Salford, includrog three large toiaia, with many villages, and cootaiiiAig oti. enormous population. lu Laticashire the distr era. of the people was aggrits sated by party animosity. lf.there were Radicals on the one side; there were Oferigenteli on the other. He could State a fact wllich lie had from eta eye witness, end indeed. a Judge at The last Assizes, in the admintstration of justice. •found it necessary to pass a %eerie censure au the conduct of a house connected with one of the Magistrates; for having administered an unlawful oath. On. the last sinuiversari of the battle 4 4 the IhYl'ev the Oriturnien celebrated what be would call tbeit . . _ . . 6!. woiking fifteen hours; in another, 7s. Bd. . flawing Mated this—having stated the extent of die trete and usisiirirtune, was it possible, be asked, to expect that the people should remain contented Accordingly, in the course of last summer, [Mahe meetiaga were held throughout the country, the proceedings of which he lamented. Ho would state to thy House, collected front - the best sources, what the belief of the people was with respect to the meeting of the 16th of August, and the transsc nuns which followed. Here the Hon. Member seem into a lung statement of the opinions of the people of Lancashire on this subject. The Hon. 'Gentlemen' then proceeded to say, that though in forinotioni was received of the people being armed, so disposition to arm themselves was evinced pre eViUill tea 16111 of August. He next censured, with eauch severity, (tie system of spies. which pre vailed since 1812, sod alluded to a Petition pre. wilted by an Hunoumble Friend of his, pray big fur an inquiry into the practices of some Ma gistrates; but that inquiry was refused. and a Bill of ludemuily was palmed. He next alluded to the state of the municipal regulations of Mooches ter. to which hr begged the attention of the Go. vernment. He condemned the laws which pie vented emigration as bailar roua and impolitic, mid recommended the format t of public works for the employment of the people The Hon. Member, after a very 'Dimmed appeal to the House, con cluded by moving for a Committee to inquire into the present state of the manufacturing districts. Lord CASTLEREACIII said, he would not follow the Hon. Member Into the extensive field which he lead taken; anxious as he felt when he went down to that House to concur *ith the Halle Member, yet his speech embraced such a variety of topics, that the inquiry he so evidently wished for went °illy to produce irritation and mischief. The lion. Member sought to apply 'medics to things which were beyond the power of Parliament to control. If a great portion of the people, by the circuits. stances of the country and the course of trade, were thrown out of food and employment, it was not in the power of may government to relieve them; they could not take from the pockets of any i.art•of the community to supply another part. The Honourable Member had embraced every circumsiince of angry discussion, every local 'hostility, and every party question—there was no question of political argument, nothing reganling the administration of justice, and even of the coo duct of Parliament itself, that would tint be mixed up with Isis inquiry. Such an inquiry never was, and never. ought to be, instituted by that Houle. He could nut therefore give his sonciiuts to a pro. position of that sweeping nature ; it would only iiidatne the spirit of party, and turn then' aside from the great question of common safety. He could not fancy a more complete receipt for mis chief, and he felt 110 hesitation in giving the pro. position Isis negative. Mr. BARING raid, that nothing certainly would be more incotivement or more unwise than the sp. pointmeut of a Committee fur objects such as described by the Noble Lord ; but lie could wit understand that these objects were contemplated by his Han. Friend—no such object could he col. lected from the words of the motion; from those words he could not perceive any intention of his Hon. .Friend to go into an inquiry on local, party, and political questions.; he stated, on the contrary, (list ' she object was to obtain an inquiry into the com l. ' Inercial question, and into the causes of the present unparalleled distress. If any thing more than aii other could render that inquiry abortive, it would be un attempt to go forth into other subjects, and, above all, an attempt to embrace the endless ques tion of the Manchester transaction. His Honour able Fluod at the Nance time, under the in. Horace of that zeal and benevolence which shone through his public life, could net state his motion without touching on circumstances which no one could think of with indifference, and the importance of which could not be underrated; yet in touching on those circumstances it surely was not to be understood that his Hon. Friend pressed for a political inquiry —(Hear)—He would put it to the House, that—after they had already refused all political inquiry, after they had refused all inquiry into the circutustaticei 'connected with the lamentable transactions of Manchester, after they had passed, or were about to pass, five or six Bills, which, however necessary they might appear to some, must appear to all as important restric tions on the liberties and conatitution of their country; if, after doing ill this, they separated without any inquiry into that owe of poverty and distress which was acknowledged, which was affirmed by every Gentleman from the manu facturing districts-:-they would entice a total dis regard for the public good, and even a waist of that decent 'attention which was.due to the feelings of the country, and they would give too much Teas • sou to say that they had not the least Conaideratiois fur the hardships and privatiomi of the wretched ' people of the manufacturing districts. fie would therefore hope tbot•ou further reflection- tne Noble Lord would alter hits view of the subject, and that he would let them have a Committee s mid her would not think it a fatal objection to inquiry because nit tion..Fffivid had not r - ~the • se set philters w)nch. he would wish, the Lord would prefer other words, • object, tie would ' Neter was there inquiry. How was bees so loyal and r hove Wen into :,.-- • • , .. . . • • . , ... atijisstly, the dissatisfaction of than who signed it, ; =dims, or too easily Ishe 'dorm without resew; rarrid ides -atztbey get opeoimitatife Of Else ihiitiAt . 41repkgroblo.?: kV the cobs* •1" tied' aebeits lifor et such entraordivary measurer, mod -eeprrased a se , on the ether heed , when times were really da m- 7 , Itlf eke Catholic retikiele.. Taer L ig et •op a teeth tieteassolitobt bra ovisjimi,ot ipipertaate•se the . tope, that the m m House • of - Coous would allow Kyoga. uelliteg *weld cause hint to shrink fr o m i ' Pope; .and sifter curious 14 ill *eat trininplt, they eohjeet, botilleselt dsiortbai tgesid hear Yield Yelp . , time f or th e nation to give utterance to their opt- , the ferules, pelformarice of his duty,-r(//toy. I%ll,brok o ff the robes, sod e Clergyman bes, of the a I stp4 ehereii•litemeor light the pometitrifau itspiirpeo . .. Mons on laws, admitted un all hands to be of a very ' -Altar.)—So much woe dne to an old f r i e nd. I. 11+13sbrd. Church vies foetid. so.ietterly lose tee his imearesiaritetAteatioat'ef theyearestrpepsisa the causes , important n ature, particularly when it did nut ' As far as he could discover, the „statement c.rutaiss-• , ellootion.aa to have pmehed at sermon en the oiliest ,sitoistido. From the cosiederotiori he hot , ,* appear the' there existed Coy s.eceuity for urging ' rd in the Mayor'e letter was perfectly correct. But .oecasion.—(We noderstood the Hen. Member to , gives it, itAppeered to him that the preseirt die. ~ these forward with such precipitaiii.7 es to like ', with refereuce to lb. general alarming state of that titre • meant u muck serMen.)—This ctiuduct lie tress of the, caintry 'was fixed tip with argot ..... Sway 'the m e a n s Of ascerrai ll i l i g the sense of the ° county. he entreated the House not to believe all' trensidired aims • sable—he, considered it to be many cirevuostances...thet it *rose from a .disi.. ~,, toss sstry upon them, The Hots. Baronet then they had heard. He thought lie had Abet morning..: little short of 'edition against the law, end hiss- nislied oseeneepliou of our ruaisefactiree bethest .. 'moved that the Petition be brought up. • ` found out the individual whu had given the.intelle. , • plieiny against religion--it wes an act which he home -mid abroad. As to the theinautitio of the . Mr..Latawron said. he rose for the purpose of ' geuce to Govertuaent. but from sill the quarters to -earth' •iitit -contemplate without horror. He held cousumptton of oar manufactures at house, ,it was . ill his hand e itatement of wages in • s,sace of .sullicient. to elate that all other chafes of wiry ., s-cmidiug the mono's; but he widied to take that `which be had excess, he Ives led to think that the opportunity of stating that he bad recently received , danger. had been greatly exaggerated.. Some flan- cou n try comprising nearly the entire of the maim. had fallen into distress—that the agriculterall • cumniunication from certain parts of the country. ger lie agreed existed; but unquestionably it was ' :factoring districts, by which it appeared that the classes were greatly embarrassed—owl, is face. where disturbance and danger were alleged to exiat. ' sou near so greet as the Government appeared to wages were front 6s. to Ins. • week. In one plice I there was uo use class c o mpletely Gar from toe to which he particularly requested the atteutimi or ' musk, and Is. believed that the disaffection was i the wages were 7.r. per week, working lifteeu hours general premiere. • Frees the highest landlord tia the Noble Secretary fur Foreign Allaira. The ' rapidly sub.irting. One fact which would she* each day ;in another, (is. working fiftetti hours; I the lowest weaver, ell men were more or less statement had been made and repeated in the House. ' how the reality of the danger hail heen magnified, ,in soother, 7s, working fourteen hours; in soother, Visited by the prevailing disarms, That di.tresa. . .. . _ . that iieighbourhood -' as a mailer of course, reduced the commosp ties of manufactures, the diminution of morass created a diasinutiou of consumption. The same might be said with respect to the redaction of oar manufactures abroad—.the same distress pre. wiled iu America, and operated iu the same way:. tbe.questiou of currency, winch crested so Medi confusion in Eagland, operated in the same mast. oar, though ors a limited scale, in America. The agricultural productioiss of America, rice, costae, tobacco, was reduced one half in ealue, and fee duced the Customs by tom half. It was, he keno. offensive to many, to state whist was $. oftaa Hated before, namely, that the alteration in oar situation was occasioned by a change from wit td peace, but that wee literally the case. Ariotisor cause, one of the most important muses, was the discontent of the people—that wail a cause, which. if not removed, would lead to absolute rubs; if peace, order, and tranquillity were nut restored iu the manufacturing districts, they' would fill luta a state of anarchy and ruin, and it would be itopos. aible for business to go on. fie felt this so strongly, that it was his opinion; that if the present state of things was not ;rut an end to by some MOMS or other, there would be sums asi rod N the manufactures of the country. What means should be employed, whether coerciou or coo ciliation, was quite another question ; of this he was sure, that the worst cocotte or the people were those friends, who, under the mask of patriot ism, would ruin the industry and overturn the in• siitutious of their couutry.—(Hear, Iseett.)-e.When he said this, he avowed himself a moderate re. former, that reform which would be setae and prac. licit: it was not to be denied but that a great par. tiosi of the people of England expected some change in the formation of that House; but when he heard it said that the state of the representation of that House was the cause of the public distress, he could only suppose that a misrepresentation so gross proceeded from a contempt of the under standings of those to whom they were addressed. Under what system did their manufactures arise ? Under what system did their wealth and resources increase, which had no parallel in any state in the world? Was it not under the same parliamentary system to which modern agitators impute all the extent of distress and misfortune ? Such was she extent of the miserable delusion under which the people laboured, that in their cottages the picture of Mr. Hunt was hung op, us the only person who could assist or advise them. He merely stated this as lie passed, to she. the state of delusion under which the people laboured. He had heard it said, that the manufactures of this country could not return to a state of prosperity. Ile did not see on what foundation that opinioie rested. if they looked to the state of the foreign markets. to the extent of country supplied by the maunfactories of Great Britain, they could entertain little op. prehension of the decline of those manufacture=, There was scarcely s man from Cape Hama to Bal. fin's Bay that was not clothed by the. manufactures of Great Britain ; there was scarcely a home in that extent that was not furnished by English munufac. tires. There was also a very considerable combusts's.. Lion of our manufactures on the continent of Eutupe. So that the consumption ofour manufactures was err. fain to every reasonable extent, mud to as great au extent us soy country could wish. It was true that the country could not look to that degree of cont. merce which she possessed when she had the moon. poly of all the commerce of the world, but lie did not at all apprehend that trade would not re vice to a very great degree, if the country returned to those habits of industry and peace, au long che. rished by the people of Eugland, and which were the springs of national greatoeea, and of individual happiness. If that improvement did not take place, the country would decline; the rivals of Eugletal would turn out her manufactures, and the people would then appear very wise legislators, without bread in their mouths. No roan of fortune wouid intrust his life and property in a country so agitated mid disturbed—it was impossible to expect it; and he understood that a number of persons were fast removing from the mannfactuling districts. carry. ing with them their capital and their talents; this was an evil of the greatest magnitude, hut it was an evil which every day would augment; he did think, he did hope, that those 111811116 were uu. founded, but the alarm at present was very green. For the last Tour years English capital had been vested in foreign countries, but for the last, four weeks capital was sent out of the country to a great amount. if tranquillity was not iu some 'day re stored, if tire labourers were not rteiniciliel to their situation, and if • the capitalist did not feel snore security, there was no calculating the extent of puulie calamity which would follow. There were a variety of eircurristencee, which would he fur the atom to consider, with a view to the restoration• of public order' and ireciiity. Ile would not say what were the pirticuliir . ipeasurea which Parliament ought .to adopt.. The 'senor,. even the moat &laded aostrogst theus.•akesereed. consideration. He' was oatisfird Sort they were I misled by honest feelings iuto a behiefnf the illleacy' . of many absurd projects. If inythinjr co4g.ke donstfor their immediate relief, in tint simte. of i I,‘ II 01.1jeutiuti• to 11191.17 WC,5•411% In. • w• w - not o l owd . tile weenie get ph rafts contribution. he would maid, ; Wai• amok •. • Noah. If .the Noble Lord tumid million •or twit millions.. divided iiikertie-ttbere .:• •. • . r. will keeping in view the mem mold piodbee *atilt!: t ' • Kerr objection to adopt them. atmadinic the extent of Atianciakdaymii;. 1ar1441' . : ; •. • wester came for Parliamentary be tbs kilt mar Ili the wo4W rue it that people who had ease feet. • Them wets uses ufAiumit a impkventama .. • jto peaceable. g i gai w all at nude whets die House 'hewed a disruillosio pom p'' tumult and . What • 'lllOOB7 aid, At the same fi aiitlisflireAd this. . • • ad a treasitios as Geddes end as ad a hated .the 'Men of =4441)640a 41. ~~ ~'