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hands, instead of eliollYsitt those who had been
bred to the I, ..1.4,4f, lie a vilgd it, his edvenhiget
to wise 140 a H 11,101141 milliner of apprentices; sod
thus the workmen were left destitute of employ-
ment.
Me. Wirtfet4iiii flown; thought Ifie lion.
Oentleman's °nervation deity opplicable to cotton-
printer'', iiiet nut tuhe cottott.weavers.
Mr.. Berittgp 1111.1.1itit In entertaiu the Petitioo,
for the 'pepsine Of regulating the apprenticed, Would
only lie deluding these poor rople ; the prayer of
the Petition bum that oil the very face of it, which
must prevent its being heard.
111 r. lil.AetitSLMAr.• Said, that, when he was ra
. quested- to present the Petition; he infra-mod the
delegates, itint the principle of a atheism* .tuttkl
nut be listened to.
Mr. W 1111W.t.AD fluid, that when the delegate*
of these,hisformunte people waited o't him to suit.
tat his advice soil support, as he supposedtbey had
on several other lien. Mewthrrs, he told them, that
principle was destructive of their viewe. botihey
did notknow what else& plhotseee, and they wished
it unght be. referred to it Committee, whore they,
apprehended wiser hVadti, es thee expvessit I'4l
might suggest something better. He did mint Mean
to argue upon the propriety of this sugeestion; or''
the fitness of the Petition, but thought if this Pe..
tition were referred to a Committee, they might,
lii their Report, from the terms in which they
could couch it, say something which would tend to
appease the feelings of the Petitioners. He there-
fore proposed, that it should 'se referred to a Cm*.
wittee.
Mr. Rolm said, lie had had cotiversotiorts on ite
subject with the Petitioners, and had pointed out
the objections ; they, however, had thought lit to
present their petition. He coincided with what had
liallen from the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread).
After a few words front Mr. BOOTLE. the tines-
tion was put that the Petition he referred to a
Conitnittee; who shall report their opinion upon
the saute, to the I liuse," which was agreed to.
IRISH :WHIFF LAHS.
Mr. I:01mM inured, *. That the I louse yes Mee it-
self into aCornulittee of the whole Home, to eretted,,
the laws respecting Irish spirits." 'lke House then
we' t into stool Committee, when, MI%
"'Thew it is expcdicul, dunuic h is Prohibition of distil!ise
from Cur. I/1 G1,1;11 iu Irelaud, tai Ilse Duty so Sups
launitst be luvcoAl."
TDia was Olgrefd to, and the Chairman obtained
leave to report the same to the Howse.
IRISH FLAX-SEED nouNTY BILL
On the motim of 'Mr Foirrit, the Ilouse re-
solved itilelf into ti Committee of the whole House
upon this Bill.
Ms. Reetoo objeet4 to the principles open
which thig Bill hail been introduced.- It had been
defended as 14 ttrpporarx measure, on which
grounds lie courleiesieil it; it could not possibly do
say good, as the seed could not be prodeted in
tune for the porposi,s required. It heel been said
the measure should he pursued, even were a free
'intercourse intniediately opened with Americo ; if
it were hitended as a general measure, us a gene-
ral encouragement fur growing seed iu Ireland,
tint- was not the proper mode ; they should not
,give u bounty to the grower, but elitAild lay a
duty mu the importer.
Me. FniTTR, in reply,' "wished to ssy that lie
had wirer talked of it as a temporary measure,.
Lint as the first etep, the ground-sot kof a general
system to-reinter 'lreland independent of toreiest
emintriee. If the people of Ireland had caught
the alarm from the present elate of affairs, and
were uppreheusive fur their usual SO pply of seed,
tills would operate us ii stimulus; and induce then
to co-operati.., and thus their apprehension would
be produrtive of grind, war, would avert the evil
which they hail apprehended. This measure was
the beiMiiiing of ii system which 'would tay the
foundation fur the general improvement of that
country ; it would prohahly 'miner them to drain
their lands, and he should have conceived bimsslf
reprehensible. had lie been giddy enough m WOO to
have priinnse,lat tax.

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Sir JOHN N%WPORT giive hie sanction to the
Bill, with is view of giving Ireland a fair trial. Ile
however hoped, whim the measure was carried, that
care would lie taken how the stun granted was ex-
penaled. He thought this cautiou the more neces-
sary, as the Irish Linen Cowpony had seesawed
money under the Appropriation Act, for distinct
purposes, which they had applied to other oh-
jects ; they bud laid on. part of the money its
building, in violation of that Act. This he in-
tended to prove,'lty -moving the papers, where it
would be found, in the architect's account, that
money had brim laid out, not by order of the
Board, but by the order of two or three individuate.
As to the measure before the Cunuuittee, be
thought it should be adopted for the reasons winch
hr hail stated lest night, and also became Ireland
could no longer expect seed front Sicily or Greece.
That they were cxyluded from America, the pen-
plc had to *batik those whn laid introduced the
Orders in C cil. as it was owing to those Orders
Ireland was mow placed in the situation she is with
Mr. FOiTER said, the lion. Gentleman lad
asserted that no flat-seed Wllll to be expected from
Sieityor Greece ; he Inn re%er email state, that flax-
seed huJ actually been received from Sicily, and
parts adjacent, and that it was good, and And it
was liked, and that flute was expected. • As to the
oppropriation of the money, to which the Honour-
able baronet hail he could.oaly racy, that
it was agreeable to toe provisions of the Act.
Sta. dons NIA'. ruin r reply: tl, that if dux-seal
had tarn td, he dial not know it, which hr ;aught
have done, had the inform:4M' lie bad sought been
allowed him.
Mr. PLitt EVAL void, that the Honntiralile. Ila-
ronet should be careful how he made ussertious,
as they tended to delude, and considered it urn ex-
cure dor his being ignorant un thii subject, because
what be had wished hod not been allowed him.—
The Hoimurablr Baronet bad also sad, what was
commonly . bear.l from that side of the House,
•thut the embargo ems to be attributed to the Or-
ders in Canned, which they were not able to
prove. This was what he should always deny ; lie
would always utaintaiirthe rootrury ; the embargo
was laid on antecedent to the Orders in Council.
the Americans had adopted that measure, wilier.
putting the acid which billowed ; they knew that
if a spark of spirit renniiiial in the !math!:., His
Majesty's Minist. rs would do Ids ttl.s list! June.--