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. . HOUSE OF LORDS.
FRIDAY, JULY 1.
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Mr. Sterjeant Lens and Mr. Jekyll were heard on
the part`of the Plaintiff, on the writ of error from
thea,King'i Bench, Askew v. Sir Robert Mackreth ;
awl Mr. Gibbs on behalf of the Defendantin part ;
after which, the Rattler hearing was adjourned till
*ma:ly next.
!Two-returned Rills were brought up from the
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Ho ' 'of Commons by Sir John Frederick, and
resented hythe &eretary at War, Mr.Graharn,
Gascoive,LOrd Folkstone, and others, and
r , a firet time.
„Ate liiikm_ the table passed a stage each.
I Airti O‘..LHAAI laid au Order ut Council on the
tabii.

ARMY OF RESEliti: BILL.

Lord 110.111.R.T moved, that this Bill be read
a fist time ; it Was read accordingly ; after which,
his Lordship moved that it be read a second time
104/ sorrow. •
Lord RAWDON, (Earl of Moira) suggested,
that it would add much to the convenience of the
Hcluse,..i.f it Avere understood generally, that- the
debate upon thV principle of the Bill was not to take
place tomorrow, hut that the principle was to be
discussed on the Report, and that the Noble Lords
in the Committee would merely move such amend-
ments, as the detail of the Bill and its various ramifi-
cations might suggest to them as necessary, without
touching at all upon the principle of the Bill.
Loscl-MULGRAVE thought, that in passing a
Bill of so much importance, not a moment was to
be toasted tsnnecssarily, and therefore, perhaps, it
would he better to take the debate on the principle
se-morrow, and by that means avoid the having the
double debate, that in the Committee, and that on
':theßeport, in one and the same day. If the I titer
e.pdtse were Ica more convenient, it would be rw.
=miry for some Noble Lord to move, what had
beep often moved in cases of emergency. that the
taturiqg Order, forbidding that the Noble Lord on
the woulsack, tor the time being, should put more
than one question on any stage of a Bill :n one day.
litwished to hear from the authority of the Noble
and Learned Lord on the woolsack, what would be
fibt most advisab e mode of proceeding.
1101IAR z rose to explain that it was the
wish of His Majesty's M nisters to read the Bill a
secoodtime to-morrow, to go into the Committee
upoa it- on Monday, report it the same day, and
read it a third time on Tuesday.
The LORD CHANCELLOR left the woolsack
. to remind their Lordships, that they ought not to
/alts theasselves quite sure, that they should be
able to read the Bill a third time on Tuesday. If,
as bad been time iota bite instance (the Clergy Re-
sidence Bill) Noble Lords should chuse to stay
away from the Committee, and afterwards, on the
Report, clothe down, and debate the amendments,
which might (as was the case there) have undergone
a most elaborate and minute discussion, give the
House the trouble to debate them over again, one
by one, no man knew when the Bill might reach a
third reading.. There were two obvious courses to
pursue, in the present instance—the Standing Order,
that no Bills thottld pass two stages on 'Jne day,
was imperative upon him, or the person whoetter be
might be, who sat on the woolsack. He couldnot
disobey it, without an absolute dereliction af his
duty. To remove this difficulty, any Noble Lord
might move the suspension of the Standing Order,
but there must be two days notice given, before the
suspension could be moved. The other course of
proceeding was what would be most disgraceful to
the House, viz. to order him to put a question, on a
second stage of the Bill, in defiance of their own
'Standing Order, the same being suffered to remain
on the page of their Order-book.
Lord RAWDON (Earl of Moira) said, what he
had suggested arose from a sense cl general conve-
nience to the House. As Saturday was not a day
on which . the _Muse generally sat, many Noble
Lords might not be present, and, it the debate on
the principle took place to-morrow, might atler-
wards think they were slighted, or complain of
being taken by surprise.
Lord PELHAM said a few words in support of
the 'Noble Lord's argument, sheaving that it e ould
be extremely convenient to wave the discussion of
the principle of the Bill till the Report.
Lord MULGRAVE, after a little explanation,
gave notice, that he should on Monday move, that
the two Standing Orders, which refer to the progress
of Bills through the House, be suspended.
Adjourned till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
FRIDAY, .11ILY 1.
Mr. FONBLANQUE presented a Petition, on
the part of Sir 1 homas Turton, against the return of
George Tierney, Esq. for the Borough of Southwark.
The Petition stated, that the Sitting Member had
committed several ads of bribery aiul corruption,
and had, by undue influence, prevented votes being
polled that ought to have been received ; and that,
upon the scrutiny, he had induced the parish clerks to
wi.hhold the parish books, by which many of his
ba.: votes would have been deteded. The Petition
WAS ordered to be taken into consideration the 24th
of August.
A new writ was ordered for Tiverton, in Devon-
shire, in the room of the Right Honourable Dudley
ttyder, now Lord Harrowby.
The Report of the Bell Rock Light House was re-
ceived, and ordered to be printed.
A Message from the Lords informed the House,
their Lordships had agreed to the Irish Parsonage
douse Bill.
Toe Order of the Day was moved for the further
consideration of the Clergy Residence Bill.
Sir WILLIAM SCOTT stated, that, in conse-
quence of the lite Bill having been lost, a number.
of penal aaions had been broug,ht upon the Stature
u Haul MI. fur hou-residence ; it was therefore

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of the utmost importance that the present Bill shoted
be forwarded with as much expedition as possible.
The Bill was re-committed. The Report was re-
ceived, and the Bill was ordered to be reid a thud
time to-morrow.
WOOLLEN CLOTITIEM,S' RILL.
Mr. DICKENSON moved, that the Woollen
Clothiers' Bill should be now read a thirdtime.
Mr. BROOKES moved, that the words " three
months" should be substituted for the word " no."
Mr. I URST expressed h'mself friendly to the
prestA Bill. It was founded on the free spirit of
trade and commerce, that the old Statutes from Ri-
chard 11. to George H.. should be repealed. They
had been ena6ted upon the then existing state of the
trade, and were totally unnecessary at present. He
observed, that one year's apprenticeship was suffi-
cient for a lad who was capa!)le of learning his bu-
siness. There were sufficien. hands already to work •
the machinery, and the numbers ought not to be in.
creased while soldiers were wanted for the army,
and sailors for the navy. Surely if these could be
spared for any purpose of industry, those employed
in agriculture were mist in request He thought'
the Statute-books had been well cleared of the rub-
bish with which they had been filled upon this sub-
jeet ; they w're of no service, but to give praftice to
attornies, who were but too ready to take advantag4:
.of them. He wa? duidedly in fa -our of the 811. '
Mr. PETER MOORE said, h.! opposed the Bill
for the same reasons the Honourable Gentleman sup-
ported it. It seemed to be considered, that three
were only two parties concerned in the measure, but
he conceived there was a third, whose interests were
material. He referred to that period of the six-
teenth century at which the woollen trade had been
introduced into this country, and contended that it
had been owing to the system of apprenticeship we
owed its prosperity. He supported his opinion by
to the sentiments of Dr. Adam Smith. It
was, he said, a pioduetive system,. that y;elded
24,000,0001. to the country. He objescled to the
repeal of the old laws, unless better ones were sub-
st.tuted for them. He though-. it was a subject of
great importance to the State.
Mr. BROOKES said, he hoped the soldiers and
salon that were wanted, would be provided by
more constitutional means than taking them from
our manufatures.

Mr. ISAAC HAWKINS BROWN proposed
that this should be merely a Bill of experiment, and
that 'it should be limited .to two years; if this was
agreed to, he should give his vote for the measure.
Mr. WILBERFORCE also wished for some•
compromise ;- he had not brought his mind to a
conclusion, but he was rather inclined to its being a
Bill of expieriment.
Admiral BERKELEY supported 'ha measure.;
he entreated the House to pus the Bill, observing,
that if it was not passed, thay might besuaded
mr
from what had been said relative to the C.rgy Bill.
how merciful the attornies would be, there waald -
no doubt be an hundred aelions. With regard to
regulations, the workmen should find him as zealous
m supporting those for their benefit, as for their:
masters. He did not find that any regulations
whatever were introduced, consequently lie was for
the Bill going on.
Dr. LAWRENCE contended, that the Bill was
necessary upon the evidence of the petitioners them-
selves. He argued, that in a commercial country,
the use of machinery was necessary. Their own
evidence proved, that the use of machinery ren-
dered the manufa&ures cheaper. It was by the
adoption of such machines the woollen manufacture
of this country had arrived at its present height. It
was necessary the state of enmity and irritation
which pervaded this branch of our matmfaCtutes
should be put an end to, by the Legislature putting
an end to the laws n hich referred to a period
when it was in its infancy. He referred to a pam-
phlet and a letter, which had been transmitted to
him by the petitioners, the contents of which he
conceived disrespeCtful towards the House, and ge-
nerally supported the Bill.
Mr. SHERIDAN sail, he did net rise to enter
into the merits of the question, such arguments had
been used on both sides. Something had fallen
Irvin the Learned Gentleman, which was rather in-
Inrious to the petitioners. He had stated, that his
int.!ntion had been first called to the subjea by a
pamphlet and a letter. Now the petitioners had
'also sent him the same pamphlet ; it was a common
pradice for persons concerned in Bills before the
House to do so, and was perfeCtly right. The
latter cont tined nothing more than a complaint that
the House was going to pass the Bill vit ,ut
knowing precisely the question. The evidence taken
before the Committee had been ordered to be print-
ed, and before a man in the House had seen a page
of it, the Bill was proposed to pass. These peti-
tioners had a right to state their disapprobation of a
proceeding they considered precipitate. The Learn-
ed Gentleman had said, that all he knew of the
subjed was from the evidence, consequently if he
had not had an opportunity of seeing the eviderfce
before the Bill ;seised, the House would have 'Loa
the benefit of his speech.
Mr. BRAGGE said, there was no occasion to add
arguments to those which had not been answered ;
nor was it necessaryto enter into details ofthat which
lay in a narrow compass. This sill did no more
than repeal the Statute of Henry VI. relating. to a
machine, which was supposed no longer to exist—
he meant the gig-mill, to which that Statute refer-
red. It had been proved before a +Jurrat Salisbu-
ry, and a very abltJudge, that the gig-mill meant
by that Statute was out of use—a had bee
indiaed for using a gig-n and rarer bees
betel acquit-
ted. The Statute did no, relate to machines in ge-
ueral. The gig-machine was scarcely used in Glour
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