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London, England, 1819-06-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL .PARLIAMEN r,

110VS2 OF LORDS, WZDIMDAT, Jtivz 22.

The Royal etaaent was this slay given hy Commiseion In
the Barn►tapte E.l"ction Witne.aes RI4I, the Court of Session
the Grand Junction Canal Bill, null the Wager of Battle

Abolition
The Commissioners were, the LORD rfIVIC?1.1.011, the
Nargitia of WI annalist-a, and the E.irl of Sti at° cranunv.
The Carl of IllAnowicsts presented a Petition (tout the
owners and oecupocs of land in the county of Cambridge,
I•'iat *inn protection may be afforded to the agrit ul-
.

;to; of the Val ilsy
Pdr.Spiller lo...seeded a Report fiom ih• Commissioners of
Wools and Fnrrsts, in pretsitancr of no Act of P3rlinmeut.
A person from tare Cowl of lischemser Chamber in lee.
land, pr. smite.' certain l'a:rers w the Appeal Cause of lied.
zingion and Wood.
NORTH' All rroN.
Earl Smlcen gave nosier. sisal be womb' to-morrow mote
The serooA re adinr of the Norttismoton Small !tin.
The Lunt) CuANcELLom rigprE.sed hi, wish sisit a men-
sure of is vneral nature slorold be enacted to supersede the

etetessity nt Weil nvasures.
mrssuw. FROM THE COMMONS.
The Am. rieatt Cuoventi iiii bull, the Foretris rraistraent
rill, the Silt Motor.. fillt, and the Itt,otrenl Debtors
et ere l•rnitcht sql 1... m the lioW•e of Coin mina, anti severally

rend a first too-
-1 lie Earl of 1.../Unrlll/Al.ll gave notice, that he wont.'
tri•moi row mule the,. cowl seeding of Dove ce Dill.
COTTON WINNERS
The Earl of Snatesrst:Calt mnetJ the third reading of
Cet•on Brooms' (utast 0000
fail GuererE,FOß eXpeell64•ll (14/91111,1111 belief that the
resent Pill would poi e deb enisa v mischievous
in ins npW.
l'3lll/11 1.1:16 measure would, if pissed, affix an indelible
rogue apron the master manure° uri re of the could. y, s• if
they were deficient of liumanii y, and even in common sense.
This was the more to he deprecated at the present moment,
when the manufacturers wire io general very much cum
villaied in irousegniroce of their extreme diernies, and when te
tetir,rl the C•41114/11r11•111 wire shoat to add to those 41:11,116111
I.y the imp mition of new lien 116 the miion, of 3,040,000/.
At tools a time, It was Very 11+111/CIOW 10 d'sgu the pain.
cipal manufacturers of the kingdom, by passing a Bill so
muds to their t!;•cretlit, if nut to their ~.jury. Nulde
Lord tin is smirked upon the several objcetiont which hail
TWIG urged to the employment of ehlifirell ill cotton.
spinning matiofietories. Ile it flied that the plate of the
general temperature of those plac was of a nature to injure
the bralth of those esti:az. J in them, and slit weal, by refer-
cute Ci the evidence taken before the C.ummlttee, that
Where thildreo spin-arra with I.ndir il.etorted ar.l other per-
aortal sletects, Ito se aff..etions wet r, for the mail 11/1:1,1he IT6IIII
or hereditary complaints, which would have burst into action
is any other ciuploynatut in life. Inromaiiity was • charge
which he Itch. ted wss name kr rpiently weed In every coon.
try Asa merited, hat he was einivine.d that in ne country
ought it iii be thrown out against nay (Mee of people leas
than in flmat Britain; in no oiler counity was buinani-y
to our fellow-creatures brit. r more prams.
sod be entertained very lei ions •ppit hen.ionr, that by the
invert., swessuer, the cause of humanity would be Mimed.
The !ulster manelbeturers were out in ;tonal willing to
employ children, tiny fnmid it x ilieldeantaxe to diem,
rand be feared that may of them wool.' be slept ivid of the
esesas of stibaistesige if this measure war enacted.
Tlat Bill was read the third time mid passed.
The Mike of Brairt•ranD moved the second reading of the
isms-emit Knitters Bill. 'the Noble Duke said, that this
,ensure was one oldie almost importance. The frame. work.
knitters arc extremely willing to support themselves and
their familuse by thi it suavest basins, but they were now um.
fort isoatrl y thrown into a state which rendered all their rare-
-1;1/116 fir Ibis papist utterly 1, uitless Not man) 'seri ago
they wire able lu cavil front 201. to :ot. a week, wlitle now,
nest withelatiolin: that they wrrkul rustic-en boors a day,
they wet e unable to 11VVIlte 10Seiller above seven shillings a
k. Thisrwufurluneanscaused altogether, or in •r. eit
Ineasnre, Inv Ste tutrorluetioa into the trade of a spurious
Article, Which was wrought fur the market with less'
eurptinve and ishuur than were formerly veinier& If
this were the only coniequctice of the intro'luctiou of the
inenrione article; it would nut justify an appliesticit to the
Iseislstnre, but this 'purism. article was one of a vi ry in.
ferior quality, widely injured the character of the manufac•
lairs el the couutry. The measure, Itouo.ver, was nut to
cousidriail as penman. nl, or our of precedmit, bet merely
as mitrede to meet tlwexistiose evil. Never was a measure
iermiglii before Parliament which mrrite d soi.re the atten-
tion of the House, he should. thin elms', content limn. If
with moving the se I re:Winged the Bell
The red of Launsttuat.e felt erg. giant pain in rising to
oppose this measure, for he Was cone inerd the Noble Duke
Edifierd that the present nvoisitre was well calculated to re-
medy the • k 'sting evil, which 'to one could deplore more
Item he did It was a melancholy fart, that there were at
tureneet in the country many thousand nialinfictnrer• who
hail rut sa muds e niploy meta as flu y could wish; but if
their Lordsh.po were to pl. a earl' a measnre as this, wills
respect to ens-up trade whtell welt rob srtassment, 'hey
Tools! contrive 110 scheme by which silty would sot &dually
root them all. It app sated fr the iiidencr Satin hi fore
tlts Ci mmittee of the House of Commons, that there were
11,000 %tacking manufacturers, of alomi 3.000 were wholly
out of mph:lntent ; it appealed also, that there werel,ooo
persons eir:sloaed in in inufactui ing this cheap article—and
did their Lordship' cainceiveeit to be a good plan to tike
tinny t mpluyinent from 3,000 persons, for the chatter of re-
retiring s mployment to 3,000 others ?—(f/ear, hear.}—He
then the general objects of the Bull, which pre.
sentril more than any other be had ever seen • ',MIAMI, of
alienist leery principle on which trade and commeice lad
Isith,rto beta coo lied mt. H. was convinced the incasuie
em meld prose highly injntious even to the interred, of those
It alT•etel to score; he therefore fill it impossible not to
take the sense of the Douse upon it.
T he Emil of lltuston spoke a few words in favour of the
Bill. Previous to the introduction of the spurious article,
0,0041 men, who were nun out of employment, had wink;
awl he had no doubt, if this Bill were adopted, they would
again find employment.
Earl Graorkru OR rose to oppose the Bill. The nem-inter-
fere ore of free Ishunr was, he believed, it favourite pin.
eiple of their Lni dships--not withstanding that they had
just passed the Cotton al Regulation Bill, which seem-
ed to be a direct violation of that principle. That Bill,
imam r, aas ',assert, on what he conceived to Ire a mis-
apprilonsioa of Its nature—eisildren not being thought to
be for laleitirers, as their parents were a iid to be compelkJ
to s mpluy their 011/4111 111 Mr c01t,.,, fact...ins. The ge-
neral principle, lunacy... of out interfering with fire labour,
remains mot ouch. el, and on that feeliag he did not doubt
the pees, ut Bill would be ri jected. Ils skidded out, unless
1.111611 ermine influence load been ekere iscd wit the tradee-
iieople in general, they %wild have petitioned agaiast this

•the Eat! of WESTMOILLAND PIA, that measures if this
saline hatl frrqiiently been adopted by the Pailiament of
this country, mid ought nut so much to be consideitd as
an inteifereuce with fire labour, a* a means of protecting
the trade of the country from the opertition of such frauds
ins must, if continued, degrade its chap atter anti affect -sea
interest*. It was Idle to say, shot this Bill would throw
;4,000 presents out of employmei.t; on the contrary, it would
give them more constant, more reputable, and snore Kohl.
utile work.
Lail of ROIOLVN rood not imagine on what genuuds
this manufactory &small to he &ingested as fraudulent.
thie willow., a Mocking manufacturer, *llll was examined
hetes. the Committee, being asked, wheilor this cheap or-
ride could be readily distiegeieheil by a tortilla& from the
either Lind? an*weied, a Yes, instantly." If such writ the
4 as,, the idea of fraud was out of the eluestion.
The !louse then divided, when there appeared—
A yea
Pima

Majority..

The lull wasiben tea:: a seeuud
Oo the re-admission of mangers below ibe bee, we found
Lard Itou.e nubbin seise remarks upon the iulenitou
of deroloig the follow/leg eauraiag le Mt bearing of en-