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f ~' F ~ ~, t DIPERML P,4RLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, TUESDAY, MAY ,18. 01.71,r5,71, were heard at considerable length rela_ to the Scotch - Appt-LII, .1-Lillidav- {a pauper) 'v. iVics. Agnes M,oiw.ell,.and others ; namely, Messrs. Rovant.r and Mooit E. for the. Appellant, and Mr. on the part of the Respondents. The further was deferred ta.morrow. The BillsbefOie the House were forwarded in respea.ve.s.i3ges. The Annual Indemnity Bill, the Mutiny Bill, the 13,1.nk Note Felony: Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, and the Subalterns' Ai,lowance* Bill were brought up from the •Commons by Mr. AL EXA'R- D::R ; the Temple Bar Bill by Mr; Alderman Cut:l.'s—and a number of Private Bills by Lord G. L. Gown:, Mr. :17,1ER, and other Gentlemen, vwlicli were severally read a first time. On the Motion of the Marquis of SLIGO, the Peciian Of FREI:ERIC Lo:d ASETOL'N, an Irish Peer,. stating his claims to vote at the eleCtion of Peers to sit as Representatives on the part of Ire_ land, &c. was taken into consideration, when the Parent of his Lordship's Peerage was put in and read. A few words were exchanged b-itween Lord AUCKLAND, the Noble Marquis, and the LORD CHACELLOR relative to some other formal proof re quired by the Resolutions of the House, respeaing which the observations of the Marquis of SLIOO seem ed to satisfy t4leir Lordships. He concluded by mov ing a Resolution in effeCl, that FREDERIC Lord A3wrou . N had made good his claim of Right to vote at the Eletlion of Peers to sit as Representa, tires of . the Peerage of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, &c.—Which was voted accordingly. The Petitions of the Earl of FARNHAM, Lord CLONEROC., and other Irish Peers were, on the Motion of the Marquis of St.roo, ordered to be re ferred to the Committee of Privileges on Thursday next. The Order of the Thy for the second reading of the Ddtion''Frea:ing sill, on which their Lordships were summoned, was on the Motion of Lord AL- V ANLEI pOStpolled till Thursday. Some private business was then disposed of—af. ter whichTtheir Lordships-adjourned till to.morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, i'WESDAY, MAY 18. A Petition was presfrited ftom the Grand Junction Canal Company against the Petition pre sented by the City of London against the markets for Horned Cattle in the neighbourhood of the City, The Petition was referred.to the Committee, and Counsel ordered to be.heard thereon. Sir W:Lt.tAfl SCOTT moved that the Report of the Committee on the Clergy Non-residence Bill be received on Monday. The Mutiny, Marine, and Militia Subalterns' Bills were read a third time and passed The Report on the Scotch Militia Biilwas or dered to be received on Thursday. The Bull-baiting Bill was ordered to be read a second time on Monday. On the Report of . a Committee, leave was given to bring in a Bill to amend the existing Poor Laws in certain particulars. On the Motion of Mr. LEE, the Bill for re. gulating Irish Controverted Eleaions was with drawn. Mr. LE,E then moved, that leave be given to bring in another Bill for the same purpose, which, after some conversation between Sir GEORGE HILL, Mr. DAWSON, SCtjeant MORDXUNT, and Mr. STEWART, was agreed to. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Cotton Manufactory Apprentice Bill. Lord BELG RA VE said, that so far from ob_ jeding to the principle of this Bill, he rose only to urge that its eifeas might be more widely extended. This Bill, he said, was intended to make provi sion for the preservation of health and morality among .the children employed in the Cotton Manu factures. The latter objet: he said, was provided for among the Apprentices, but the children em ployed as free labourers were not comprehended in the provision. With regard to health, it was pro vided for by ventilation, cleanliness, and prohibi tion of night-work. The two first of these arti.' cies could only be obtained by enforcing the latter ; and it was evident that this could not be done, if the provisions of the Bill were confined to Appren tices, as the Man'ufaaurers would have it in their power to employ free labourers in their room; a pr.ittice already very general. He therefore hoped the Mon. B.ltOret (Sir ROBERT PEEL), who moved the• Bili would consent to have the Bill extended to these frce labourers likewise. Sir "ROBERT PEEL said, that after the very gener..l approba;ion v., - hich had been bestowed on the Bill in its formes stages, he was not a little sur prised- t 6 hear objeCtions started to it at present. Humanity had been the original motive which in ,tioced him and his friends to introduce the present bnt the House onght not to be guided 'solely by the atomentary iqtpulses of Humanity, but also to I.vhether those measures which Humanity ditlated would not be attained more effcaually by gr.:dual improvements fuuiNled on experience, than by• ;dl at once introducing theoretical reformaticms. Dem:miry, it had been said, required an extension c,fdie Bill ; tu_t did Qentlernen consider, how much this Bill at once effected in the cause of Humanity ? Was it a .sm:111 matter that twenty thousand Chil dren, who Willett° had been abandoned to ignorance, were now to be in,struaed I that so many Children, before kgletted, naked, and given up to all manner of.proiligacy, should now be instrueted in F.eligion • ,and -Morality., made good members of the Christian Church, and good spbjefth of the Government ?----:-- Whethe.these. important objeas were not attained by the ffil, as it pow stood, he would Leave to the judg - -silent of flit House. SOflle Amendments, he said, had been prbposed, which encroached on the secrecy of Trade, and went - to violate the freedom of individuals tQ their eonirnet Le. With regard to free la- bourern should verb happy, if posstblc, to meet the .idca,•, of the Nol)!!: Lord ; but he vies convinced • 1)4 ;hey cogld co?. bt! e;cp4Oon, oat the most prejudicial eons , cquentes to trade.--a Most of the Flee Labourers carijed on their work at their own liotr;es ; and in that case, it would be impossible to prevent them from employing them selves at night_work. It was the privilege of every Cottager, in this Free Country, to work where and when he chose, by night or by day. With regard to the Cotton Mills, such a regulation must htex tiemelv prejudicial to them, as it would interfere with the manner of employing their machinery. • In many places, it was found absolutely necessary to keep the machinery in motion by night as well as by day, and for this purpose, a different sec of Labourers was employed for these different periods. It was right, he said, that Apprentices, who were compelled to labour, should have the periods of work and relaxation regulated by law ; but with regard to Free Labourers, there could be no reason why the Legislature should interfere in their voluntary tasks. These Gentlemen, he said, who now were 30 loud in the cause of Humanity, had never before been heard to utter a word on the present subje6t. It was very hard, therefore, that when the Mann lafturers came forward, and, aEtuated by motives of Humanity, voluntarily moved for restriaions on themselves, these Gentlemen should now startup, and demand to have these restrictions extended, Mr. WILBERFORCE regretted that the provi sions of the Bill should only be extended to Appren, tices, as he had the best information that in many places, where there are many Mills, Free Labourers were alone employed. The ATTORNEY CENERAL said, that it was his opinion, that unless the provisions of the 'Bill were extended, it would do more harm than good. The very faCt of the Extension being opposed by Manufalurers on the ground that it would be pre judicial to their interests, was, with him, a reason why it should be extended. It was a proof that they possessed powers over the Free Labourers, which ought to he restriEted. He said, he would refer it to the House, whether it was not more con ducive to the welfare of the Children, that they should be regular Apprentices, than hired by the month: and if this was the case, was not the direa tendency of the present Bill to destroy Apprentice ships altogether ? Would not the Manufacturers employ Children as Free Labourers, in place of Ap prentices,. in order to evade the law ? These ob_ jet!lions were convincing to his mind : however he submitted his opinion to the judgment of those who were better informed. • Sir ROBERT PEEL, in reply, said, that Ma. nufaCtures carried on by Mills, were more beneficial to the Revenue, than any other mode of performing the labour ; and not only to the Revenue, but also to the persons employed. They could work there with much morecomfort and advantage than at their own houses ; bur the effed of the present Bill would be to oblige the Free Labourers to do their night_ work at home, without the opportunity of taking advantage of the machinery. He deprecated the idea of aling from the impulse of feeling, and going beyond what experience warranted. If the provisions of the Bill were more extended, they would be going forward entirely in the dark. He concluded by acquainting those who opposed the Bill in its present form, that if its provisions were found insufficient, he should next Session again bring it before the House, and such amendments might then be made, as experience would justify. Lord BELGRAVE said, that after this declara. tion, he should no longer oppose the Bill at pre_ sent. The Bill was then read, and after various re_ marks and amendments, mostly verbal, on the se_ veral clauses, passed the Committee. The House having resumed, the Report was re. ceived, and ordered to be taken into furthercon sideration on Thursday, and the Bill to be printed as amended. The second reading of the Irish Courts of Law Bill was postponed till Thursday. The Committee on the Irish Mariners Encourage_ ment Bill was deferred till to-morrow, and also the Committee on the Irish Sugar Drawback Bill. The Committee on the Arts respelling Legacies reported progress, and asked leave to sit again on Thursday. The Report of the Lottery Bill was ordered to be received re-morrow. Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report of the Committee relative to the Sinking Fund, which was read and agreed to,, and a Bill ordered. Mr. N. VANSITTART brought up a Bill to re peal the Stamp Duties on Medicines, and impose other Duties iu lieu thereof, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to morrow. The House in a Committee to consider of the Ads relative to Duties on Audions, canie to a Re_ solution to exempt Goods and Merchandizes im ported from the British Colonies in America from the Duty on Au Lions on the first sale thereof.— Report to-morrow. Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply, which was read and agreed to. Mr. WICKHAM gave notice of his intention to move on Friday nest for leave to bring in a Bill to enable His Majesty to accept of the services of certain Volunteer Corps in Ireland. Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report of• the Committee relative to Refined Sugar, which was read and agreed to, and an instruCtion ordered to the Gentlemen appointed to bring in the Bill re lativc to the Bounties on Refined Sugar, to make provision accordingly. The Committee on the Franking Bill was post--. poned till to-morrow. The Committee on the Irish Linen Bill was de ferrediill Friday. Adjourned at half pas eight till to-morrow. l'R ICE; t Y EST Eit STOCKS. DAY. India Stock Excheq. ISilis s. s. prem. Ftinttable ditto prem. Cxcliegtter Bills par New S: S. Stock I m per. / per Lent. 72 • Ditto Alin. t 2 1-16 tank fbr opening India fur opening (;'..tiLC'iS ICH Account Sank `Star.}: 1901 r9Oll, 5 pcf L.cht. roz,il i per Cciit. F, 71 .1'. 1, 4 3 : 414i• rbh 5 per .-11 t. 4 per (few:. (`.tin. 9oi 89; 90 ; per Cent. PENT. ; per Cent. Con. 74fAi Ditto Sc'sip L.Ann. 244 ();tto Short Aral. - Dint> Sqip M a t s. • ARAIVED, Frarnburgh - o Lisbon - - i DVS. PRICE,OF STOCKS, T:IIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. bOnSOIS. - 741 a Onmitun t w a I Prem THE SUN. SOLEM QPIS DICF.RE EALSUM AUnEAT LONDON, MAY 19, 18oz. LAST night we received the Paris Papers of the vb.—They contain no news of importance ; the Deputations' from the Legislative Body and the . Tribunate waited on the Chief Consul on the r 4.rb. The speech of CHABOT, who spoke for the Deputa tion from the latter Body, contains some very wholesome advice in the shape of a predi4ion : The whole of the Answer of the Chief Consul is not given in the Monitcur. The French Funds are at s6l. So c. This day His MAJESTY held a Levee at St. James's Palace, and in the evening Hutt NU- J ESTY gives a grand Ball and Supper to the Royal Family, and a numerous party of Nobility,,&c. at Buckingham House. The DUTCH ESS of YORK is returned from Bath, in order to be present at the QUEEN'S Fete, to be given this evening. The PR INC ESS Of WALES, and all tha Branches of the ROYAL FAMILI will also be pre sent. His Royal Highness the DUKE of CUMBERLAND on Thursday evening gave another Ball to about three hundred persons. It wa, opened a quarter before ten o'clock, with Master Sitwell. The partners were : Lord Charles Beritinck, Lady A. M. Stanhope, Captain Upton,. - . Miss Irby. - Mr. Pierrepont, - Lady C. Durham. Lord Templetown, - Lady C. Bligh. Lord OssulstOn, . Lady Thynne. Mr. Pierrepont, Lady C. lenkinson. Major Pigot, • - Miss Carter. Mr. T, /lope - Miss Earner. . Colonel Bligh, - Miss Pierrepont. Captain Durham, - Miss C. Irby. The second dance was, Sir David Hunter Blair. At one o'clock the company adjourned to - the sup . _ per rooms. The tables were laid out with peculiar elegance ; abundance of frame . -work was introduced. One hundred supped in the dining-parlour, forty in the Duke's bed-chamber, thirty in the library, and the same .number-in the vestibule. Additional tables were placed in the ball-room and the gallery for one hundred more. The dances recommenced at two o'clock' with a medley, and concluded at a quarter past four with reels and Strathspeys. Lady HYDE PA!tisIRR gives a Route this evening in Cumberland_place. _ , _ This day the two Regiments of City Militia delivered their arms at Head Quarters, previous to their being disembodied on Saturday next. It i's customary, we believe, for the person hold ing the office of Lord Mayor at the conclusion 'of a Peace, to be created A Baronet. HALL PLUMER, Esq. of Belton Hall, means to offer himself a Candidate for the City of York. Yesterday the Lord Mayor ordered. the Bread to continue at ninepence farthing the quartern loaf wheaten, and sevenpence three farthings household. Monday the Admiralty was crowded with several hundred Navy Officers' . Widows, who attended to be sworn as to their being widows, previous to their receiving their pensions the ensuing pay day : and what has been so long talked of is at length to take place, namely, an augmentation of their pension of 201. a year, to 301. It is supposed that an obscure Canon of Bastia, named FE CE, the brother of Bo si AP ARTE 's mother, will be m4de.: a Cardinal, by the interest of the Chief Consul. • Some important changes have suddenly taken place at Paris amongst the Military. The real cause seems wrapped in a mystery, not easily gene. trated. General DELMAS was last week dismissed the Army. Colonel FouRNIER was arrested, and several other Officers were ordered to quit Paris.— It is said Gen. DELMAS was banished to Montreuil sur Mer, but that he had disappeared previous to the Mandate reaching his house. There can be little doubt of the French acqui sitions in America having the effect of drawing ,closer the bonds of amity between the United States and this country. It will become the obvious policy of. those States to cultivate the friendship of Great Britain, nor will the temporary influence of Jaco_ binism in that country prevent this policy from taking its proper effect. If the French reinforcements for St. Dombtgo.are delayed till the Autumn; we presume they will find very few of their precursors alive, and they will just have the business to begin anew. It is now the general belief in Paris that the im mediate success of the St. Domingo Expedition is hopeless. The gloomy silence of the Government, with respect to the transadions in that Colony, is certainly calculated to inspire no very satisfadory speculations respecting the result. Entrance into the Ports of France has been for bidden to all vessels coming from Oran and places adjacent. The plague has suddenly manifested itself in that part of Africa, and With such malignity that it carries off in a few hours those attacked by it. The Batavian Government are colleuing work men of all profes'sions, for the purpose of sending them to the Cape of Good Hope. They are going to erect hoth a Printing Press and a Theatre there. Several Players have alreatry offered themselves ; a proof that the profession of the Drama cannot be a. very good one in Holland. After the example of the Emperor, the Direaors and Stockholders of the Russian Arnerican Company have• ; given to the Poor on; anti a half per Ceiit, of heir profits, NiLVA L NEW S. FALMOUTH, MAY . i 6. ARRIVED the /Fa/this-barn Packet, KoE' lltls " twenty-one days passage, with Mail from 'L is ' bon. She sailed from thence five days prior £0 the King George Packet, which arrived here on the rr th inst. The latter Packet will sail in a day °t two with Mail of the trth inst. fist Lisbon. Also arrived, His M a j es ty' s Brig hunter, o f the guns, Capt. JONES ; the Venturer, of r gu ns ; Industry Cutter, of Dover, RICHARDSON, fro m a Cruize; and the American Brig Maria, LZIWG' TON, 49 days from Norfolk-, with flour. Sailed yesterday, the American Brig Curr;tr' M'CoNNALL, for Norfolk ; His Majesty's S hi P Chatham, of so guns , , La Suffisante, of r 4 g uns va i and the Brig Pl ymout h, L EE , w i t h all the N a Stores from this Port, for Plymouth. Sailed this day the Brig I.'''arren, of Lond ° ' l ' Capt. BO TI ET, with flour, for Barcelona; tbG Speedwell Lugger, and the Gatcombe, CFL AI(4 . for Swansea. The Townshena' Packet, DODD, will sail 0 0 Sul'e day next, with Mail of the 19th inst. for the L ee ' ward Islands. The Princess Elizabeth, from Leeward Islands' and Prifice Adolphus (Packets) from Lisbon) 1114 Y 1)° hourly expeeted. PLYMOUTH, MAIAr 17. , 1 ARRIVED the Alligator sirrans of L°11"c31.77 port, hp rci JOHN GIBSON master, from Malta, having 00 " hi a cs , part of the Regiment of Ancient Irish F enei i - st which left Alexandria the i9th of Novciabet '4 they are all perfealy. healthy. . - Arrived the Chath am , o f so guns, ' f rora Fa h l ; mouth, where she has' b een s t at i on ed during .the War as a Guard and Hospital Ship ; shlywas a cc°6l' panied to this Port by the Suffisani4 4 StOop of Wars a Sailed the Immartalite Frigate:„. with dis charge Seamen for Ireland. PORTSMOUTH, MAY IS.- ARRIV#D the Alo7;aniZ Sloop of War', f - r l 5 Martinique ;, and the Sea Nymph, ZlhJ r° Arepttrar, from Jersey s with Troops. DEAL, MAY xB. CAmr down last night, the East India COP Ship Admiral Allin, for Bengal, and reit oiPs. iC) The Iris Frigate came down, and procee (lett. - the Westward. Sailed on a Cruize, the At:acre:la Brig. bol der Admiral Sir THOMAS PASL Bari". has his Flag, as Admiral of - the Blue, and Co ollll3 o . n o ns, at Plymouth, on board the Relleisle, of 84 ' ( .7 5 5. 1 Captain RICKETS j and Rear-Admiral P -A- t i . t t lie as second in command, has hoisted 1 - 11. Flag mizen of the Achille, of 84. guns; Capt. The Lords of the Admiralty have aPP - f l l-10 Captain . W. •H. FAU LKNOP. to the cot:lsol'd ° Majesty's Ship Alonzo, vice Captain STAQIcr°- ' 1g • lic • or _ Lord HAWK ES BURY'S Speech on TharsdaY - n r ot last, in the House of Commons, is the g e ll - 03 0' theme of panegyric. His argnmcnts . We re ,4 7 -el o ' sweiable, and they Wett — urged Ili Sfrain v" quence that delighted all who heard him. f i l e The Noble Person who took his Seat in g lie the House of Peers last Thursday, previous wilt, Debate, was Lord Viscount CHARLE V LLEf vote, was lately returned with but one dissen tieut cw a to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death 01 ir RossmoßE, olt ossmoßE, in the representation of th e Peerage. rar l ' The researches at Herculaneum, saYs t ° Paper, are, at last, likely to be of some ut,lootag Literature and the Sciences. M. HAITER, e%Pe sent to Naples by the PRINCE of \VAL Es , t ?, 5 01. mine the manuscripts found amidst the tu:c1:051, Herculaneum, has discovered theTrea tisc 14:1310 entitled "De Natura Return." Th e existCs,Lages this work was only known from a few a e i t b° in ancient authors. It appears that it fr,.',FiUss grounwork of the celebrated Poem or Lucofflis d- M. HATTER, encouraged by the protcaioutioy SICILIAN MAJ employs ten persons `.. fit end . searching for additional manuscripts. H e t o il l° to publish such as shall appear import"t oe nce s branches of history, poetry, the arts and c log . p ot The Treatise of Epicurus is to be immediately to the press. a o' 4 '; GEORCE Rose, Esq. narrowly escape", od fog core of ing on Monday last. Between three J, e o po 'c s l e oc o k i: chreoslesifntgtitlielePTaitilairleles,nt-house, for , orbou of the Palace, in Lambeth, w t h o er t e he hi: waiting for him. With that view, Ile v bot the . Wooden-wharf, where he took a boa r.;,1 pcip 1 '; it pushed off, and before he sat down, he le ov wards into the river. The boat shot a teo f be him, the tide was high, the water "' s .• as biJol , ' deep, and from the incumbrance sg v , le was the more unable to make any exertiT 0. at himself. Fortunately a barge w as of 111 ' time,. and one of the barYetnen sciiet • - i .natl'• a leg, and extricated him from this perilous s He was very much exhausted ; an d, minute longer fatal. gerin the water, th e have proved aeailj"i 111'4 li c (ejc t 11t Saturday the Bth inst. in conduit,-,stsraefTy the a e li; tecl Hon. Lady F R RANC ES M OE TON 1N.... of a Son and Heir,