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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Sir Vieary Gibbs and the. Hon. Augustus Dillon,
took the oaths and their seats.

The Folkestone Harbour improre..ent Bill was
react a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted.

Lnrd Porchester presented a Report front the
Westminster Committee, stating, that they bad
met this dap, pursuant to adjournment, hut had
been under the necessity of again adjourning, on
account of the absence, through indisposition, of
John Colclough, Esq.
Dr. Willows verified the circumstance of Mr.
Colclough's indisposition, and said, that he thought
the state of his health was such as to require the
use of the Bath waters.

Mr. Ciikh ugh WAS accordingly excused from
further attendance nn said Comtuttee.

A tlittiaion tool place on the2d reading, of the
Barnwell limlostne Bill. which aided in favour of

he Master of the Roils ptesented a R titirn from

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Endsle then% to tiorclasse tlio Lansdowaflak,
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On the rttltioa of the CHANCELLOR of 11,:
EXCHEQUER, it was ordered to be referred
Commititie.
Mr. PARNELL postponed his Irish Floancial
Resolutions to this day se'nnight.
A new Writ was ordered for the County of
in the roorri nt John Foster. Esq. w!.o, liner hit
eleetion. has accepted the dice of Chancellor of
the Lechequir for Ireland.
Mr. Bankei; postponed the Committal of the Rt.
version Bill till to-morrow.

toraisitait.
Mr. LIPIHINGTON rose to pot a queu,' .c
a Noble Lord opposite, as to the adiral ore of rr,'.
Presidency of Madras. In consequence of some if:
telligenee from that quarter, rumours had been sir.
culated as to there having been a general disturbance
throughout our Madras FOtablishment, the foonth.
lion of which reports he wished to hear stated; as
he thought it was proper, that if no such chum-h-
ence had existe they should he contraditeel
publicly as possible, in order that no ueurce....;
alarm might be excited
Lord CASTLEREAGH assured the Homo,.
able Gentleman, that re, disturbance had exist .
treat the State of the !'residency, elthreigh the.
h.td been rumours of some commte.:.oes :c
Son/loin pert of the Peniroula.
. The Reports ot the Committees of Supply, ;let
\trays and Means, were severally brought sip, read,
agreed to, and Bills ordered to be brought ;Logo
cordingli.
The Committal of the Smuggling Bill was pogo
paned till to-morrow.
Mr.BANK ES moved, ^ That there be laid before
the House a Copy of all such Regulations as have
been made for the better arrangement and preserva-
tion of the lb ;till Museurri, and for the better 'sem
tion of the duties ot persons therein employed, and
for Riving mole ready admission to strangers, leerae
ed pet sons, arid musts, together With an account of
the number of persons admitted to visit the ii:eish
Mus..um, since the 9th of February, leos (tee date
of the last reurn), to the present tine."—Ordr.cd.
General Fl W.PA FRICK brought up a fro
the better regulation of Otti:ers upon the Commis.
lariat List. This Bill met with the unqualified tap.
port of the present Secretary at War; was reed
first, and ordered to be read a second time this day
se'nnight, and to be printed.
On the motion of Mr. HOBHOUSE. the House
went into a Committee on the A@ relative to Salt ;
and in the Committee he moved a Resolution, ;he
a further allowance of 2s. per il,t.hel be made ?TA
Salt used for making mursatic acid, in S.-mislaid.
This was agreed to ; and on the House resuanup,
the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
The Customs Ball was postponed to this day
nigh t.
CALICO PRINTERS' BILL.
Mr. SliEltll)AN moved the second reading of
this Loll.
Sir R. PEELE objedled to it strongly. He saiet.
it was of a most mischievous tendency ; and in of _:I
jefling to its passing, he professed himself to be
much a friend of the journeymen calico-printers S,
any man could be. He himself, and other mast:'
printers, had done much in their behalf; and 1i
thought the Right Honourable Gentleman bad bee
mile)? Weird. to ever having taken up this business
The journeymen printers had, ot all other inen.k.
most reasirn to be satisfied. It wool/ tend to excite
illegal combinations, and would induce masters to
withdraw themselves to other toutories, where their
business could be carried on without restraint, and
their capital protefted. Ile moved, as an amend.
mot, " That it be read this day three months."
Mr. JACOB spoke also very strongly against
the Bill. He said that manufeelicres and commerce
were the great supports of this country, and that
the prosperity of the former would tend to be
greatly injured. The export of our manufatbures
amounted, some years ago, to one million annually,
but now exceeded 9,7.50,0001 being one-third of the
whole export trade of the country. The Journey-
men Printers at present received on an average i 5
shillings per week, which he thought very ample
payment.
Isle. PETER MOORE supported the Bill in his
usual style of eloquence. He thought that it ought to
be one of the first considerations in every country.
that all classes of subjeds should have employment
given them. The Journeymen Calico Printers.
stood in a very different situation, on accoutre or
the great numbers of apprentices, who, when they
had finished their apprenticeships, did not acquire
those rights.
The Hon. Mr. ERSKINE, with a considerable
deal of wit, deprecated the Bill; as he was con-
vinced it would have a most mischievous tendency.
There could be no combination but what the Law
could already reach. The Bill seemed to have its
wrong end foremost. Was the House to segment
the wages of journeymen, merely because they had
become so numerous? or were they to exclude all
others from entering into the trade, in order to
prevent such numbers ? The same thing might be
said of the profession of the law, to which such
numbers belonged.
Mr. SHERIDAN, with his wonted bosom
supported the Bill he bad brought in, and replied to
all the arguments which had been used against it.
and particularly those of the Right Honoetosle
Learned Gentleman who spoke last. lie win!-
him to know, that the law could not be prarftised
boys and girls ; but, it it could be so, be VG" 5U.'
there would be a terrible clamour amongst tb.-
grown.up barristers. The first duty of any country
was to provide employment for its vigorous popula-
tion. Was it just that those who had served long
apprenticeships to a trade, and who, perhaps. tinder'
stood nothing else, should be told, that they could se:
9.. a week as day labourers. It was ruining el.
lower population of the country, and it was turnia.;
them loose upon the country. In one house ir.
Lancashire. he knew that there were no less thal
O: apprentices employed, and only one journeyman
They had applied for redress so long ago as ISO.
but had never yet got redress. He should wish th'.
House to allow the Bill to go into a Committee, one ,
to see what ohjedions really existed to it, as Ii
thought they did not sufficiently understand it.-
The Right Hon. Gentleman neat alluded to ft
length of time the apprentices were obliged to set`
le • •

:k (a circumstance which frequently
,hey were still obligci to continue ; so
sonaetinees
ye th e apprenticeihip extended to eight,
ars, instead of their being able to
Ave journeymen's wages, which, in
ought to have. He wished the House
ider the proportion of apprentice/ to the
• and, in conclusion, said, that he
the friend of the weak against the
inv.-ever he was averse to soy thing like
yet he would support the journeymen
naazten, who, by the labours of these
had attained the n:o;t priac,:ly tot-

some farther conversation between Mr.
and Mr. DEN I', who were adverse to
mutual explanations by Mr. GIDDY
Amendment for postponing the second read-
;till, until this day three months, was put
without a division.
was accordingly lost.
orders of the day were then disposed
House adjourned.

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'oseign Intelligence, an peen in the last page.

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