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: - .., ~,*... , g" - •• -:-.4 . ""-' i'x,': 4 . l t,;') ' , ' • .. • ' t 'if '9 . .. , ' 7 , - • ` ' ' ' . . - ~,,,,,4 a '''' ' '.* • - - -.- ~ ...,,,' i. - • - ',•-' - - ...-I':•'.4.- i r 0 - •*----r 1 ,- . ,;, 1,44t ct. ~.,71. ~ 114 1 : 4 : : . ~-=-. ' ;"? ..t• '`-":".-,- • ' , ~.s, ~.. i,.. d.....-- , . - .) ',./. 4 . pi -e. .. •4---` ii.-2 ....... NumBER. 9605. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1423. PRICE SEVENPENCE. REDUCED FARES, and UNEQUALLED TRAVELLING, To DOVER, DEAL, RAMSGATE, MARGATE, AND ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET PLACE. THE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL'ACA , :. DEMY is NOW OPEN. of the political economy of the Bill. The principles upon which it was (Minded might be just, but, just or otherwise, they Could not affect the motion which he was about to submit--.that the petitioners should be allowed to prove their case by evidence, before the measure Was carried farther. It was stated, that the Bill did not rest upon disputed facts, that it rested upon admit ted principles of politica! economy. It was hard to say to those poor people, that they should lose their bread by prin ciples of political economy. They !ofew nothing of those prin ciples; but if they did, they might 'submit to the House, that itself had not been over-consistent in its observance of those principles. It was hard to sav to the petitioners, that the laws for the conti nuance o f which they prayed, had been founded upon principles of political economy, and that this new measure, which was td erase them from the statute book, was also founded on the same principles. Certain principles of political economy were acted upon some fifty years ago, which . Adam Smith got great credit for upset ting; but the House had seen that many of the principles of Adam Smith himself hail been completely refuted by his lion. Friend the Menther for Portarlington (Mr. Ricardo) ; and the petitioners might naturally obj ec t t h at t h ese , i n their turn, might be overthrown by some new principles. His main ground of objection was, that the petitioners had not been heard ; and they respectfully submitted, that if allowed to produce evidence, they Would be enabled to establish a case sufficient to chew that the prernt laws ought to be allowed to remain.. The COMlTltt tee'whlei had satin 1818 wait an the silk trade of Coventry— nth on that of Spitaltields. The very first question asked of the town clerk of Coventry, by the Committee, was—as to the amount of poor-rates in that city. He answered 19s. in the pound. A similar question was asked of the treasurer of Spi talfields, as to their amount there; and be answered that they did not exceed six. Ilere, then, was the visible erect of the difference of prices in the two placvsa and the measure now before the House would have the effect of throwing the wea vers of Spitalfields upon the parish, for part of their subsistence, and, of course, of raising the poor-rates to an enormous amount: The Committee inquired what was the amount of a weaver's earnings per week in Coventry ? They were told, it was between 5 and 6 shillings, while the same kind of work produced 15s. or His. per week to the weaver in London ; and yet it was assert ed, that the Bill which would deprive them of these earnings, and place them on a scale with the COventry .weavers, would be a benefit to them. He begged of th e House to consider what would be the moral , effect of this measure. It would tend to pauperize' the working population of Spitalfields. It was proved before the Committee in 1318, that the weavers of Coventry received half their support from. their employers, and the other half from the parish. In Spitalfields they received no parochial relief while in employment. The low wages in Co ventry introduced what was called half-pay apprenticeships, which gave -rise to the greatest pmfligacy among the young persons thus employed. The r e verse of this was seen in the condnct of the weavers in Spitalfields, than whom a more moral set of people were not to be found among the, working classes. So convinced did the Committee of 1818 seem of the evils at tending the system adopted in Coventry, that they recom mended the .extension of the Spitalfields' act to that place, as the only reniedy which could be devised. The Honourable Member proceeded to enforce the justice of, hearing what the petitioners had to offer in evidence, and concluded by moving, as an amendment, that the Bill be sent to a Special Committee up stairs. CANTEREttRY.. FOUR INSIDE COACHES, AND KEEP GOOD TIME, which he had 'alluded. rhey complained generally of distress, depreciation in the value of Westindict prbduee, and the hard ship of being obliged , to pay the four anti a half per cent. duty. NVlien he had formerly brought this matter before Par liament, he had'intrely contended for applying the produce of the tax in que s ti on t o publieputposes, instead of giving it away in pensions ; but, on consideration of the petitions which he-hltd just read to the House ; he now proposed to move for the :shal t-ion of the tiro altogether.' 'lle thought it hard 'upon these five inlands that tkiey should be saddled with the maintenance of so many Ladies and Gentletten'of condition in L'itglatid. , He wished that the petitions of the islanders totdd b e h ear d b y those parties who did them the favour to be rich at "their ex pence. Ile was quite sure'that much good would result from such a constitnmation. The female, tiensionetteWbuld faint away to a certainty, 'seeing what mischief they were commit ting ; and even the gentlemen would probably not feel easy In consuming their yea r ly le v y o f sugar and rum. Ile•(Mr. C'ree vey) was the farthest in the world front desiring ant inter ference with the private arrangements of . the Royal ; but the King had granted pensions to two of his sisters still at the expence of the unlucky Leeward Islende. Ile repeated, that in what he said he meant nothing offensive; but lie could not understand upon what principle these pen s i ons sh ou ld have been grant e d. The Princesses were already amply pro vided fur hr the nation. If the King wished' to give theM Lopot a year more, he might have done so out of iris civil list. But why the Leeward Islands were to have the honour of contri buting to the subsistence of the Du ke of G locestc r cn- of the Priuce of Hesse Hombourg, he could not conceive. Then there were five pensions oftloo/. each to the Miss FitAelarences.Consideringwhat the country had done for the Duke of Clarence; his Royal High ness really ought to maintain his childien himself, anti not charge them upon the Colonies. There were' Gentlemen tooelligh in office—one whom he (Mr. Creerey) saw in his place, and one whom be did not 'see—who m were pleased to allow the Leew a rd Islands to make provisions for their "fainilies; an honour of which the islands were by no means desiriouS, and* principle to which lie (Mr. CreeVey) decidedly objected. 'Right Hon. Gentlemen could not say that they were ignorant of the dis tress of the Colonies their own acts proved their knowledge of the fact. They could support the Colonies fast enough, and urge their distress in a particular way. They could support the Colonies by taxing East India sugar, or by taxing the con siner of West India sugar in England; but it never occurred to them to abate that tax out of which their own pensions were derived. There was another proof, too—and one very intimate ly connected with the subject of the present motion—that lion. Gentlenten were ignorant of the depressed state of the Colonial interests I there was a charge of no less than 13,001; upon the droits of the Admiralty for deficiencies (as to pensions payable) of the 4i per cent. fund., The fact was, that the duty being 4. par cent. upon the rum and sugar itself, its results, at the pre sent low price of produce, did not meet the amount of pensions charged upon it. And here he (Mr. Creevey) decidedly had to complain again: The Ledies and Gentlemen had certain. ly no right of claim for deficiencies. They were pensioned upon the Islanile, and were bound to take their pensions in kind. They were to have so much rum and sugar— notso much money ; and if they could not get all they wanted, they were bound to be contented with what they could get. Like Shylock in the play, the ladies and gentlemen were to have their bond, and nothing (As he contentlecl) but their bond f they had no right, he hoped, to take all they could get in one place, and then to come for mote to another. Ile should take no further notice at present ; the lion. Member continued, of the grant In question from the (Wits of Admiralty, but should on some future occa shin move for papers connected With that transaction. If the House would not take a case like the present into its considera tion, he hoped at least, after its refusal, to hear no more jokes about Parliamentary Refo r m— Reform -- no more witty remarks in the Red Lion and King of Holten& style from the Right Hon. Gentleuato r. Canning) opposite. If the House. did not turn its back upon'the case, might not - the country fairly *ay, that nominally, indeed, it was a representation of tlte people of Eng land, but in reality a private corporation enriching its non meMbers from all means within its reach, whether abroad or at borne ? After observing that he had preferred bringing for ward the present question as a grievance before the business of supply, to bringing it on as a separate order, that course having been constantly pursued in the days of our ancestors, • and the question of supply being truly the proper introduction to the mention of grievances of every description, the .11011. Member sat down by moving the following resolutions, in which he had crtdearoured, be said, to embody the petitions of the persons on whose behalf he proceeded Iteeolved—" That it appears to this 'louse, by petitions pre sented to it this session, from th e Colonial Assemblies of each of the Leeward Islands, that the Planters and Proprietors in those Colonies are, from various causes, reduced to a situation of din. tress and misery, which, if not relieved, met shortly terminate ih their utter ruin. By S. A. MOUNTAIN'and Co. ' SARACEN'S: HEAD INN, SKINNER -STREET, SNOW HILL. LONDON. AdMission (from Eight o'Clock :tilt Seven), is. Catalogue, Is. HENRY HOWARD, R.A. ;Sec. PRE following LIGHT POST-COACHES, and MAILS, &c. set out fruml he above Inn:— • The," Telegraph," DOVER, Deal, Ramsiate Margate, Urriadstairs, Canterbury, - Fevershaut , and Sandwich. new Post-CoaCh—every Morning at a quarter past 7 o'Clock. In consequence of the decided preference given to the Telegraph Coach, the Proprietors are determined no expence shall he spared to render it the first conveyance on the Kent road. Ii".ONIPTON, Chatham, Rochester,..Gravesend, Stroud, gittighourne Bainham, and' Ospringe, Morning, Quarter past 7, a t Reduced Fares. The:" :loyal Eclipse," FALMOUTH, Plymouth, Exeter, Truro, Bodmin, Peuryn, Ashburton, Tottteits, Dartmoinh, Wcy<ootitti, Dorchester, and Salisbury, every morning at Seven,: through Honiton, Axminster, Bridport, Blandford, `Stoethridce, Soi•on, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black 'water, and Day Coach to WEYMOUTH, (driven through Coachmen only), through Bigshot, Blackwater, 1i:) , 1•:g , :‘,:a - , Cream', Whitchurch, Andover, Woodyeats. ri,re, Salisbury, Blandford, and Dorchester, at a Quer.' ter e , a:t Fireo'plock in the Morning, at reduced Fates. •• Union,"SOUTHAMPTON; Lymnigton, Lyndhurst. Wintheter, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, and Bagsbot, New Four Inside Coach, every Morning at 8 o'Clock; arrives at the Coach •nd Horses and Vi tie lon, Soul hampton, try Fire. This is a most delightful Coo veyanet-to' the Isle of Jersey, Guernsey, St. Maloes, Havre de Grace, Cher • botrrgh, &c.—The Proprietors of the above Coach hopo to receive a continuance - of that support which has hitherto been experienced since the commencement of the " Union." " Champion," a New tight Day Coach to DOR CHESTER, in 13 hours only, through Bagsbot, Blaekwa ler, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Salis bury, Wood3eats, Cashenore, and Blandford, at a Quarter past Five o'clock in the morning. The Proprietors of the Champion Coach are determined uo expence shall be spared to render it the first Lonveyance on the Western Road. BATH and BRISTOL Post-Coaches, through Chippen ham, Caine, Marlborough, Newbury, and Reading, every Afternoon at one; arrive at the Greyhound Inn, Bath, the London Tavern, Thomas-street, and Swan, Bristol, early. the next Morning.—Coaches to Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Plymouth, at reduced Fares. The " Umpire," a - New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only one Night on the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets out Daily At One ; arrives at Liverpool next afternoon at Five, thiough Woburn, Lathbury, Northampton, Welford, Lutterwort h. Hinckley, Atherstone, Litchfield, Stone, Newcastle, Knots lord, ‘Varriagton, and Prescot. SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shilfnal, Light Post- Coach, ever' Afternoon.—Guarded. The "Champion," WEYMOUTH; through Dorchester, illandford, Salisbury. Andover, Overton, Basingstoke, Hart ford Bridge, Illackwater, and Bagshot, new light Day Coach, nt - reduced Fares.—Packets from Weymouth to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherbourg, St. Malin's, &c. every 11'ednesday and Saturday afternoon, at Two o'clock, BARNSTAPLE and Suuthmoltoo New Light Post Coach every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Mornings, at Seven o'Clock. The " Rockingham," LEEDS light Post Coach, sets out every Afternoon at Two; and pitSSCS through Baldock, Big gleswade, Eaton, Buckdeu, Stilton, Wansford, Stamford, Greetharn, Grantham, Newark, Tux fot Mat kham Moor, Itet ford, Ilawiry, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, Arrives at the Golden Lion Inn, - Leeds, next. Afternoon at Three o'Clock, in time for the Bradford, Halifax, Skipton, and Rudders field. Coaches, at Reduced Fares (driven through with Four Coachmen only).--Luggage and Packages only id per lb,— Notwithstanding the UnCOllllllOll Expedition of this Coach, It r allowed to be the - most rteeable and complete Public Conveyance on the North Koad, being unequalled by any other. ROYAL-EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Mar. 14, 1t23. Prim COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give NoptiCr; that their iIItANSVER BOOKS, *IR he shut,' from MONDAY, the iGth of June next, to THURSDAY, the 10th of July following, and that a GENERAL COUR of the said Corporation will be holden at their Office. on WE the 15th of June next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, to consider of a Dividend. • SAMUEL FENNING, Jun. Secretary. • • •The Chair will be taken arrwrlte o'Cluck Attendante . is given, daily, at the said OfHee, and at their Office in Pall Mall, for. the. Assurance of Buildings, Goods, Merchandises, and Ships,- in Harbour, in Duck, or while Building, froM Loss or Damage by Fite ; anti also for the,Assurance of, and granting Annuities on, Lives. Just published, price ss. in boards, lir EN and THINGS in 18'23 ; a Poeticai IV,IL Sketch in Three Epistles to the Right HonoUratile GEORGE CANNING. With Copious Notes... By JA ►IES SHERGOCI) BOONF., M.A. Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly. IMPERIAL TWINE CLOTH. BY HIS MAJESTY'S LETTERS PATENT. Se contenent pas de hn, mail en pots2dent les agr2mens. E above desirable. CLOTH for wear in bothjhe Indies, on the Continent, and in the cold Climates, is Sold exclusively at the Patentees, MILLARD and SONS, Foreign and British Linen Warehouse, No. IC, CHEAPSIDE, stamped with the name, numher of the house, &c., by the single Piece, and i►i entire Cases for Exportation, and nowhere else whatever. Families from India will find it the best to adopt on change of climate, as well us for its economy. as it possesses all the advantages of the India Ma dras Cloth with that. of Linen, and where they can exchange any superfluous number of India Shawls to the greatest ad vantage for every description of the choicest Foreign and British Linens. Damask Table Linen, Mnslins, Shawls, French Cambrics, the various articles for fashionable even ing and morning dress, and Bed and Drawing-room Furni lures, by the Piece, Dewy, &c. at the wholesale prices. BILIOUS AND 'LIVER COMPLAINTS. AS a mild and effectual Remedy for all thole Disorders which originate in a vitiated action of the Lir&r and Biliary Organs, namely. Indigestion, L►As of Appe' tile, Headache, Ilcarthtuti, Flattilencies, Spas►us, Costive ness, Affections of •the Liver, &c. &c. DIXON'S ANTIBILL MIS PILLS hare met with ►nnre general approval than any other' Medicine whatsoever. They unite every recommenda flour of mild operation with, successful effect ; and require no restraint or confinement whatever during their tutu. In tro pical climates, where the consiquences of redundant and vi tiated Bile are so prevalent and alarming, they are - an invalu able and efficient protection. They are likewise peculiarly calculated to correct disorders arising from excesses of the Table—to restore the Tone of the Sin►uach—and to remove most Complaints occasioned by Irregularity of the Bow e ls. Sold in Boxes, at 2s. Pd., Gs., I Is., and Us., by Butlers, Chemists, No. 4, Cheapside, and 270, Itel;ent•street, (near the Argyle Rooms), London; • Waterloo-place,• Edinburgh; Saekville-street, Dublin; and by the principal Aledicint venders thronghout the Vnited Kingdom. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF'LOItDS, JUNE 9. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the further con sideration of the Report on the Marriage Law Bill be post p.Oned till to-morrow, as, in consequence of some misapprelien. mon, several Noble Lords who wish to take part in the discus sion had conceived that the' further consideration of the .Report stood fin. that slay.--A greed to. Earl • BATHURST presented returns -relative to places granted in reversion in the Colonies. The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a petition from Knaresborough, in Yorkshire, praying for the abolition of negro slavery in the Colonies.—Ordered to lie on the table. The Noble Marquis then , moved the second reading of the Irish Grand Jury Presentments' Bill. Ile would not on the present occasion trouble their Lordships at any length, as a• Noble Friend of his (the Earl of Donoughmore), Who intended to oppose the Bill, would not be able to attend. Ile therefore now moved that the Bill be read pro forma a second time, as his Noble Friend would have the opportunity of urging .his objections in the subsequent stage of the measure.—The-Bill • was accordingly read the seCond time, and, ordered to be com mitted on Thursday next. IRISH JOINT TENANCY BILL. HARROWGATE and Ripon new Light Post Coaches, every Afternoon at Two, and Eight in the Morning. GLASGOW, Longtown, Gret na-p - een, Annan, Dumfries, Orownhill, Thornhill, Saittiliar-K In, Catimuck, Kings well, and all Parts of Scotland, a light Four inside Post Coach daily. The " Express," to YORK, Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, Newcastle, and Edinburgh, a New light Four inside Post • Coach, with a Guard throughout t sets out every Mornint; i by way of Newark, Retford, Doncaster, Ferrybridgc,ladcaster, Darlington, Northallerton, Durham, Mut pall. and Berwick, and arrives at York the next Morn ing at Twelve o'Clock, at reduced Fares. Passengers find ing themselves fatigued on the journey, may rest what time they please, and then proceed without any idditional Fare. MARLBOROUGH and Swindon, four. inside Day Coach, through Aldbourn, Reading, Lambourn, Parton, Lydington Pewsey, Wootton Basset, Ranobbury. Hungerford, Newbury and 'Maidenhead. IittiDGE'NORTH, Walsal, Shrewsbury, Salop, and IJoly heatl'New Light Coach, ecety Afternoon, at reduced Fares. The New Royal Patent Mail, BOSTON and Louth, through Royston, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Stilton, Peterborough. Deeping. Spalding, Spilsby, Alford,, imsby, and Hull, evening, at, Half past Seven o'Cluck, Sunday, at a Quarter before Seven. "'What in the petition from the island of Ilarbadoes, the petitioners state, • that were they to gointo a detail of their dis tresses, they could furnish ample and melancholy proofs thereof in ruined families and individuals, Multiplied • sales of estates, and the straitened and unhappy condition of all who'are solely dependeni upon West Indian resources, and that, fluctua ating as the prosperity of thotie Colonies has undoubtedly been, yet the present calamitous depression is beyond all trotter pre cedent, and much greater than on those oecasionti when Parlia- Ment did not hesitate to investigate the eireurnstances which pro thieed the evil.' The 111 ariuI;;FLAK4DOW N then moVed the Second read - ing of the Irish Joint Tenancy Bill : the object of which his Lordship stated to be the putting an end to a practice which had become very common—namely, the granting of small quantities of land to a number of joint-tenants for electiOneer ing purposes. The Bill did not interfere with any existing leases to tenants in common ; but denied prospectively the re gistration of any lease for a less number of acres than 20. The Earl of LIMERICK expressed his approbation of the Bill, and was only sorry that it did not go much farther. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday next.—AdjOurna till tomorrow (this day). --.; llfe " Express," a New Light Four-inside Post Conch to CARLISLE, Penrith, and Whitehaven, with a Guard all the way, passes through Appleby 'trough Bowes, Greta .bridge, Richmond, Catterick, Borouglibridge, Ferryb ridge, 'oncaster, Newark, Bawtry, Grantham. Stamford, Gree tlxam, Stilton ' Biggleswade, and Baldock. Sets out in the Morning, and performs the journey `With the greatest faci lity; at re:lucid Faris. Passengers detained on the Road by business or pleasure, have the pvculiar advantage of their Neati being secured in the next Corich.—The only direct Coach toCarlisle. The New Royal Patent Mail, CAMBRIDGE, through Were, Runtingford, Rockland, and Royiton, Evening, at Half past Seven o'Cloek, Sunday, at a Quarter before Seven. KENDAL, Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Lonssiale, Bolton, Charley, Otmskirk, and Garstang Light Post Coaches, cvery Afternoon. The " Royal Express," New Light Four Inside Post Coach, to LIVERPOOL, in is hours only, through Warrington, Prescot, Congleton, Lawton, Newcastle, itodgly, Elmsford, Stone, Stafford, and Litchfield,. (only Ono Night on the Road), every Afternoon ; arrives at the Saracen's thud Inn, lialeottreet, ,Liverpool, next Evening, at Seven, at reduced Fates. iVAKEFfELD Four inside Post-Conches, every Morning and Afternoon, at reduced Fares. CHESTER, Newport, Whitechurch, Tarporley, Nowt wich, Northwich, and Nliddiewich Light rost-Coach, every Afternoon. - SUNDF.RLAND, Stockton, and Yam . Light Post Coach, every Morning, to the George Inn, Sunderland, at reduced Fares. Mountain's " Express," to MANCHESTER., Winslow, Congleton, Newcastle, 14 - also!, Wolverhampton, and Knots ford, new Four Inside Post-Coach ' every Aftertwon.—Only One Night on the !Load, at reduced Fares. SHEFFIELD and Rotherham New Four inside Post Coact e; every Morning, " The Express," and also "The Rockingham," refry Afternoon, at reduced Fares. The " Royal Exprvis ' " New IIIIMINOHA.;11 Light Post Coach,sets out every Afternonn, four Inside only; passes through Warwick, Leamington, Southall), Weedon, Daventry, Stoney-Stratford, and Towcester, tie the Saracen's Hem', Bull-street, Birmingham, early t hortext Morning, at reduced Fares. -- The " Express; a New Light Post Coach, to HULL, Lin coln, Northcave, Howden, and DOncititer, every Morning at Eight &Clock, to the Cross Keys, Market-place, Hull; and also the " Rockingham" in the Afternoon at Two o'Clock. HERTFORD, Ware, Hoddesdon; and Cheshunt Coach, at reduced Fares. TOTTENHAM and Edmtmton Coaches daily, at Eleven, Half-past Two, Five, and Eighto'c!oeL. *0 - At Reduced Fares to Leech, irtirk, and 'Doncaster, Luggage and Packages at only id per pound. S. A. MOUNTAIN and 'Co`. respectfully acquaint their Friends and the Public, that they Will not he accountable f u r ally Parcel's, Passenger's Luggage, Writings, Plate, &c. of arm Oats Fire Pounds Value; if lost, stolen, or damaged, unleis entered ,as such, and the Insurance paid accord intlN Ist the Sonscou's Head Inn, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, treedon. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The expected discussion of the Bill for repealing the exist ing laws which regulate the labour of the Spitaltields silk weavers had attracted a large number of those individuals to the House. Those who were not able to enter the gal lery, ranged themselves on each side of the avenues through which the Members passed, perhaps with the intention of showing that they felt considerable interest in the pending measure. Mr. S. 'WORTLEY presented a petition from the woollen manufacturers of Halifax, in the county of York, praying that the Bill fur regulating the wages of workmen might not pass into a law. Mr. S. IVORTLEY newt presented petitions ll'om the mer chants of Leeds and Manchester, against the Linen Stamping Repeal Bill. , MARRIAtiE ACT. On the motion of Dr. PifiLustonii, the 3farriag? Act Amendment Bill was ordered to be read a iccond time on this day six months, SCOTCH AND IRISH DISTILLERY ACTS. The House having resolved itself into a Committee on the above Acts, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCH EQUE lt said, he would at the present moment content himself with moving certain resolutions, which would be the foundation of a Bill to be hereafter introduced. When this Bill should be brought in, he, would give any explanation which might be re quired. He concluded by moving some resolutions, which were agreed to. The House then resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. _ _ • . _ Mr. llllMEpresented a petition from the Royal borough of Montrose, praying for the. repeal of the Duty on Worts, Ale, and Beer, and praying that it (the duty) might be imposed upon Malt alone. _ - fhe Becognizances Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. F. BUXTON presented a petition from certain master silk manufacturers of London and Westminster, against the Silk Manufacture Bill. Lord A. HAMILTON presented a petition from the candle makers of Glasgow, praying for a repeal ofthe Duty on Candles. SILK MANUFACTURE Upon the motion of Mr. H usgissort, the Report of the Committee on the above Bill was brought up. According to order, Counsel (Messrs. Adams and Wilde) for the petitioners against the Bill,. were then called its and heard at the bar. As soon as they had concluded, Mr. HUSKISSON moved; that the Report of the Committee ton the BIM_ be agreed to. Mr.. F. BUXTON. said, be would not follow the Learned Counsel who had just been heard, by going into the question • Mr.'HUSKISSON said, that in opposing the amendment, he might admit the whole of the facts stated 13y the Hon. Gen tleman, and also by the Learned Counsel at the bar. It was . saki that the bill would have the effect of increasing the poor. rates, by throwing the weavers upon them for part of their sub sidence. Now, if the poor-rates had not been increased much in Spitalfields, , it should be recollected that the weavers there, in periods of distress, had received very considerable assistance from the public purse, which was not the case in other parts of the country ; but he was prepared to contend, that if the pre sent regutationawere continued, instead of rendering the weavers partly dependent-on the poor -rates, they would make them entirely so, by depriving their of all employment. 'lt could not he denied that if there existed a competition in any part of the. country, by which the work could be done for half the pries paid in London, the effect would be to deprive the masters in London of all business, and of course the workmen of employ. ment.—(llear, hear !)—They would therefore be in a worse situation than the weavers in the country ; for undoubtedly the business Would be transferred to that part of the country where it could be done cheapest. This had been already the case fn several branches of the trade in which competition was raised in other parts of the country. As soon as it was known that such competition exilited, a dispute arose between the masters and the journeymen; it was then referred to the Magistrates, who would not Interfere, but suirered the book of rates to con tinue according to the regulations of the act; the consequence generally was, the particular branch of business in which the competition arose, was lost to the metropo li s , a nd transferred to that place where it could be done cheaper; and so it would ultimately be with the entire of the silk trade, if the present regulations were allowed to remain.—( Dear !)—The Right lion. Gentleman went on to Contend, that if regulations fixing the rate of wages higher in the metropolis than in othetparts of the country, were allowed to continue the result would be, the introduction of evils to the workmen themselves, which n o V lG°r laws could remedy. If the rate were to be fixel in London, why not extend it all over the country ? But for such a gene ral • extension, he was satisfied no person Would contend.— Under these circumstances, he would object to going into Committnee, when he admitted all the facts which would be likely to be proved there, but which could not affect the prin. - ciple of the bill. lir. ELLICE would not go into inquiry i nt o the principle of the bill, but he thought 'there were some facts connected with it, upon which the House,ought to have information before it proceeded farther. lie Would admit it was an unwise ininci sie to regulate the price of labour , but Parliament had regu. ated the price or bread, and Other articles ; and if one such re • gulation was to be done away 'wi t h, . 10 4 ou ght all. lie was n o advocate for restrictions upon trade in general ; but he thought that the House should make art inquiry into the circumstances of them generally. If the 44 11 160 N Acts were to be repealed, many others ought to be repealed also.• On all accounts, if it Were only to obtain the peaceable assent of the artisans in the Metropolis, who were by no me ans t h e unthinking uneducated people the Right lion. Gentleman imagined them to be, he implored the, Right lion. 0-cutl et/lan to reconsider his objec tions to the amendment, and to allow the whole matter to be again brought under consideration in the ensuing Session. Colonel WOOD wished that this measure might be post: ported till the next Session. After declaring at some length his reasons for entertaining such a wish, he said that he had stated them to the House by the desire and et the request of the weavers themselves. It had been his fortune to command for a number of years a regiment of militia, which wa s supp li e d with recruits from Spitaltields. Now, several of the men who had served under him had come to him and had requested him to say a few words in their behalf. lie had, therefore, great pleasure in stating, that as far as his knowledge of them ex. tended, a more honest, respectable, well conducted set of men could not exist. _ . 1.4,.` P. MOORE complained of the manner in which It WAS attempted to hurry this Bill through the House. Indeed, he had not had time toned over the evidence which had formerly been collected upon this subject, neither, be believed, had the Right lion.- Gentleman. He trusted That the Right lion. Gentleman would allow the 1401 to be fully deliberated in the Committee next year, He vindicated the character of the pe. titloners at some length, stating that in the last 34 years there had been only , two quarrels between the weavers and their masters, which had required adJudication before the Nagle. trates. In one of them the weavers, in the other the masters, were decided to be in the right. ' Ile likewise a dd e d, t h at for the last 25 years, not one of them had ever applied to th e p ar i s h for relief except from circumstances of family affliction. • Mr. T. WILSON wits of opinion that t h e repeal of the Spitaltields' Acts would be beneficial to the weavers and arts. mum generally. Still he thought that, under all the circum stances of the case, it would be advisable for his Right /lon. Friend to allow the Bill to go to a Committee above stair.__ petitioners, an ct d ab g i a ll t (near, hear 4—The silk.trade was a growing trade; and lie Itt f t tilillepoint of for. was convinced that It:would grow inure rapidly than it had ever hitherto done, if it were 1e unshackled for the future. In en wh n os ci r i p m eti s til e he hats I k ta e d i t i o re t s h e e nted res , P ' e tune he could only wish that he himself was . on a par with hem. Mr. lIUME said, that if he could persuade himself that any fresh information could be anbrded to the !louse upon this sub. ject he would haVe no objection to go into the propo se j u tm _ lint what information could they expect to get by $lW ] a proceeding, which they were not already in prmsession lie was convinced that it would only be a waste of tirne to take the evidence oldie weevers themselves ; 141141 0 to the evidence of the waster manufacturers, the Haase bad it already, Anti I could not fail to observe, that one and all of 'themcall r the repeal of these impolitic Acts. With regard to the argus. ment raised upen the statem e n t th at the WeaVers had neverap plied to the poor -rates fdr relief, he should merely obC..iveohat the evidence attached to the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Poor Laws. distined/provtd. that statement to have no foundation whatever in fay. - Ile therefore contended that the argument, which had been derived from the state of the'Poor Laws, was not so much in favour of the continuance as of the repeal of; the restrictions. He agreed With the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, that these Acts had not promoted the manufacurres of Spitalfields. Mr. BRIGHT was of opinion that 'inquiry was never more called for. It ought to be recollected, that what was asked, was merely inqui r y ; an d ought the H l to refuse it merely because some persons talked largely about the principles of po litical economy ? The lion. Gentleman entered into male do tails to show the disturbances that has prevailed at Coventry, and formerly in Spitalfields, before these Acts thr the protection of the workmen were passed. Distress, confusiors s and discon tent would be the result if these Acts were repealed—She trade of Coventry and Macclesfield would be removed to London, and it would be easy for a few dissolute and idle men to breed disorders even in the metropolis. Whether there were not some regulations in these statute* requiring alteration he would not decide; but if it *ere wanted, that was an additio na l mot i ve for investigating the whole subject. Mr. 1 1 IANSFIELD stated that he should vote for the Com mittee. Mr. RICARDO was as anxious for inquiry as any Memo ber, in cases where it was at all needed ; but admitting all that the opponent s of thi s Bill stated they could prove, it would not change his opinion, if th ese acts were i ndeed so beneficial, they ought to be adopted all over the country, anti applied to every branch of manufacture ; but the question was, whether labour should or should not be free. The quantity of work must depend upon the extent of demand ; anti if the demand were great, the number of persons employed would be in pro.. portion. If the Spitalfiehis Acts were repealed, no doubt the number of weavers employ e d i n L on d on would be greater than at present. They might not, indeed, receive such high wages, but it was highly improper that those wages should he arti ficially kept up by the interference of a Magistrate. If' a mas uufacturer were obliged to use a certain quantity of labour, he ought to obtain it at a fair price. It had been said th at t h e weavers of Spitalfields received very little from the poor -rates. True, and why ? Because there was so little to be distributed among them : very little could be raised in the parish, and sometimes, when great distress prevail e d, re s ort had, been actually had to Government for large sums for the relief of the poor. The Hon. Member for Brecon had broached a most mischievous principle in what he had said about half work. Colonel IVOOD begged leave to restate wh a t b e h a d said— viz. that the elpitaltield's Acts secured a fair price to the work men, and the masters gave the men only half work, in order to give them only half pay. 'Mr. RICARDO maintained that it was both cruel and un just that a Magistrate should be allowed to interfere firr such a purpose. The price of labour ought to take its Chance ; and if any men were thrown out of employ, the effect would be that the rust would get full work. The Hon: Member for Bristol had talked about political economy, but political economy were, of late, become terms used to ridicule and reproach ; they Were always used as a substitute for an argument, anti this had been precisely the case also with the lion. Member for Wey mouth. Ile (Mr. Ricardo) was for repealing all laws in part materia by degrees. Those to preVent artisans from leaving the country ought to be abolished, and those also, he was in clined to think, which respected combinations. It ivas an eX+ traordinary fact, that the wages of the weaves remained the same as when bread was much higher than at present. With regard to the number of weavers employed in London, he be lieved the statements to be greatly exaggerated. Air. G. PHILIPS supp or t e d t h e Bill , ant i oppose d the in gutty. Mr. BROUGHAM did not wish to give a silent vote, lest it should be misinterpreted both within and without deers. He agreed with those who approved most highly of the principle of the Bill before the House, and he thotight that the repeal of the Spitalfields A ets would be advantageous as well lei the work man as to his employer • but the question was, wheth e r, a f ter having supported a b a d 'system for half a century—after parties had adapted their concerns anti dealings to that system--it ought . to be abolished suddenly and without inquiry in point of policy —he slid not say ofjustice—and for the sake of the sound prin elides supported by this Bill thems e l ve s, lie wished the new scheme of political economy to be promulgated In a way as little repulsive to the community as possible. In practical legislation, a greater error could not be committed than to re trace steps and adopt measures which did not early along with them hearty and unanimous concurrence. Even if the foetal() be proved could not alter his opinion, if a large Class of petis tioners were alarmed at this measure, if they had imbibed ills thunded prejudices against it, it — tvaa not that the House should reject the claim for mere inquiry. To refuse it, was to do justice neither to the weavers, to the masters, to the public, nor to the sound principles upon Which the' proposed repeal was grounded. lie was not for a lon delay for this purpo s e—f or no delay that could defeat th e Bill this session; but he under stood that a week or ten days only would be wanted for the in vestigation. If the petitioners did not go away convinced, they. would be dismissed Much better satisfied than at present. If the intliry endangered the Bill h e should hesitate before he granted it. Mr. IV. SMITII concurred entirely with all that bad fallen front the last speaker. 4 Mr. Alderman BRIDGES also supported inquiry. Mr. MONCK, though f r i e ndly-to - the principle of the'Bill, thought it ought n o t to pass unless accompanied by th e re p ea l of the Combination and Emigration Acts. At present, be should vote against it. Mr. BING supported the going into a Committee, which course, lie apprehended; need not occasion a week's delay. Mr. CHARLES GRANT thought that going into a Com- Mittee would be tantamount to postponing the Bill race die. Fora Committee—taking into its consideration the variety of subjects said to be connected with the question—for a Corn. mittee to cite this, and get through within the session, was im possible. The Hon. Member proceeded to quote the resolution of the Lords' Committee, in order to show that . that Com mittee had recommended the repeal of the wasting Acts ; and sat down by citing an advertisement from the Spitalfiehla Be nevolent Society, dated in the year 18111, showing that 24,900 Spitalfields weavers were tit that time out of employ. When it was remembered that these 24,900 persons were operative tradesmen, most of them with families to maintain, it would be a little too much to contend, in favour of , the existing laws,: that they had kept the Spi ta lfi e ld s weavers above the pressure of distress. Sir J. MACKINTOSH was content to vote for a Com. mittee, provided that the Inquiries of that Committee did not postpone the Bill beyond The present session. He of course wished for no delay; and he wanted no information ; but he would vote for the Committee with a view to conciliation, and in the hope to overcome the prejudices of a considerable body of persons who were unquestionably entitled to the attention of the House. If a Committee were judiciously chosen, and in: strueted to confine its inquiries within proper limits, there would be ample time within the session to go through with the lilll ; for himself, he would by no means consent, howevel, to defer it until next year, as such a delay might give rise to expectations which, with his consent, could never be fulfilled. Mr. lIRIGHT explained. The House then divided, when the numbers were For the original motion . gu Against it g o Majority - • . —8 The Report was then received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday next sligLf:' On the motion that theflouseao resolve itself into a COM• mittee of Supply, illr. S.-RICE (as we understood) wished to put off the sup ply, in order to bring forward his minion relative to the Chief Baron of Ireland. F:ventually, the Hon. Alember postponed Idti motion to Friday. Mr. O'GRADY hoped that the motion would come on, on Friday without fail. LEEWARD ISLANDS—A.'OUR AND A RALF PER CENT. DUTY. Mr. CR EEVEY rose to call the attention of the House to a heavy grievance of the Leeward Islands, known by the name of the Four and a half per Cent. Duty. He held Petitions in Ida hand front the live islands alrected by this impost; . for it up plied only to certain islands; rind was not it general tax upon the colonies; and the Assemblies of Ilarhatioes, Antigua, St. glut's, Nevis, anti Montserrat, (not aWare, probably, that they were petitioning some of their own, pensioners), stated their inability to bear the tax, and threvi theinselves upon the liberality of the noose. The Huns Membei then resit the five Petitions to " That in the Petition from the Island of Antigua the Pet'. tioners state that they were reducedlo such tin extremity of distress that, actuated by the unconcroulable impulse of self preservation, they can no longer refrain from throwing them selves on the wisdom, liberality, and enlightened feeling of this House, and they pray for such relief as to such magnani mous Counsels may seem expedient and Troper.' " That in the Petition from the Island of Montserrat, the Petitioners state, that, ' unable any longer to contend with their difficultit-s, or toward off unassisted, the ruin with which they arc threatened., they feel themselves under the imperious necessity of appealing to this Hone& to take into its &Inside ' ration the miserable condition of that once flourishing but now declining Colony ; that they have with the utmost concern re ceived intelligence of the unavailing representations made by their friends and connexions in the Mother country to his Mu ' jestfe Ministers, and whilst they express their regret on the rejection of the proposed modes of relief, beg to refer the House . to them as the only efficient means of rescuing km inevitable destruction that valuable part of his Majesty's dominions.' " That in the petition front the Island of Nevis, the peti tioners state that the period has si length arrived when a silent subinissiim to the unprecedented distresses which now over whelin that unfortunate colony would become a crime in any class of oubjectl enjoying the rights and privileges of the Bri tish Constitution; end that as a respectful appeal to this House is still open to them, they eagerly avail themselves of this lust effort for the preservatton of all that is most dear to them in this world ; that the petitioners have not failed to submit to his Majesty's Ministers a statement of their grievances under which they labour ; but that disappointurent has been their Only reward for every such representation, and they have now only to implore the benevolent Interpositkus of this House.' That m the petition from the Island vif St.. Christopher's the petitioners state, that the distress to- obieb that Colony is reducer} bath reached that extreme point wizen silence is impos sible, anti when a respectful representatirt to this House is be come the ultimate means of self-preserien, that the progres sive states by which this desolatiOn has ovf.'rsheltned them have, front time to time, been laid at the fin; of the throne of nor gracious Monarch, and been made known to his Majesty's Go_ vernment, and that the interfbrence of ti4s House can alone ex tricate the petitioners from the most some pressure of tit: &Ili ctiltiettylnch beset them.' "It' it ttrPeitr 3 to this nom', o+o one grievance antongy,t others complained of in each of the foregoing Petitions, is tite tribute or duty which is exacted *cm these islands, of tour hug shell& and a half out of every hundred hogsheads of the=ir ga • r, with the same proportion-I . :0m:- their runt and all other pro ductions of the islands, and that ,such tribute or duties being exacted exclusively from these t *voted' islands (as they at,. termed by the Petitioners from St.t Christopher's), whilst all the other colonies, old as well us new - , are free tivin it, is most partial and oppressive. That it further appear, to this tritim, that this partial and oppresive tribute from- the sugar and runt of the Lecwurd Islands, is convertml, for the most part, into pensions for ptr., sons Of the higitcr orders in the moittl7.`ountry,locintlinst even mord - writ of the Royal- Family, litini4is of the Crown . , li en - I _ hers of 'both Houses of 'Parliartzerit,', their flonilies or (=rec.. bons; and that tinder the present deplorable candition of ti it Leeward Islands, the further exaction of the tribute from thm is a scandal Tryon the mother country, and an intolerable grievance ilium these colonies, which this IlOttse, appealed to as it has been, is alike hound in honour and jusitce to see re. moved forthwith." . :Ali: Secretary CANNING said the mode in which the