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to those which occurred when this city was formerly visited by a plague.
At that distaessing period, ace °lbile tv t hiatory of the times, msn were
seen frautiely t unnieg out of their boluses front their dying families, and
asking advice of my one whom they might chance to meet, eagerly de -
taining the passetager, as if by coninioni. min to him the infection, tliev
could hope to revive the dyi tie or the dead at home, and cure themselves.
As at that day all circumetatices tended to murk the public calamity,
at this all went to spew the sl king stet.: of el:e coutory , and the magni•
tude of the ide spreadir a evil. One !omitted v.itnesaes had been re -
amined, and they all agreed, with the exception ef one, in the same stol y,
namely, that the districta tow Men they belonged were reduced to com-
parative beggary. Birmingham, a little while ago the hive of industry,
was now reduced to itilenesa ; vast mullitudes were already distnitsed
from their work, and those who remained looked to that House for a
decision, whether they should undergo the same dreadful fate, or be re-
lieved from the apprehensions of starvation. After many other forcible
arguments, Mr. brougham concluded an eloquent and able speech, by
moving. that
46 An humble Adlress be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince
Regent, stating, that the House had inquired into the distressed state
of the manufactures of the country, that the result ot their inquiry
had induced them to believe that it was chiefly owing to the Orders its
Council of 1807 and 1809, that at the same time that they assure his
Royal Highness of their desire that the Maritime Rights of the country
should he maintained unimpaired, they recommended the revocation of
those Orders, as iejurious to the country, and an unjust inftin,:ement of
the right cf neutral Powers."
Mr. ROSk replied to many of the statements made by Mr. Brougham,
and argued at considerable length in favour of the Orders in Council, so
far as they operated in distressing France. It the O; dens were repealed,
and the Berlin and Milan Decrees left to stand, America would have the
advantage of the carrying trade to the North of Europe, and France
would be enabled to export her Iron-work, her linen, silks, cloths, Ike.
and to bring back in return the raw materials, a circumstance which
would conduce strongly to assist her in rivalling our manufacturee We
should in fact by such a step assist to the utmost of our power in giving
complete effect to the measures and the policy of France.
Mr. A. BARING ridiculed the idea of the Frenclqivalling us in trade,
and thought we had much more to fear from America if the Orders were
not repealed, for it had been declared by a respectable witness at the bar,
that, in his opinion, if the Non-intercourse Act continued for three years,
the trade in cotton goods would never be renewed, the Americans now
manufacturing for themselves. After urgieg many other forcible argu-
ments, Mr. Daring concluded by strongly :upporting the mothee
Lord Ceseexacaou regretted that so very short a time had been al-
lowed by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Brougham) for the conside-
ration of this most important question. He deprecated the discussion
of a subject involving not only the tradina interest, but also the marl-
tio:e rights of this country, pending a very delicate mgeciatien. He ad-
mitted that a strong case of distress had been made out ; bat he begged
the House nut to consider that the whole commerce of this great empire
was on that account lost. America had not acted a friendly part to-
wards us. We had only adonied throe measures in retaliation for the
destructive commercial hostilities of France. towards us. Theo: mea-
sures wet e never adopted by us as commercial regulations, and yet Awe-
riea had joined France in ci)Millerzial h t.iittes against us. His A':ejea-
ty's Government were, however; prepared to make an effort to remeve,
or at least, inatigate, the distress ot the country as tar as possible, by pro-
posing to America, that if she would suspend her Non-intercour-e Acr,
we would suspend our Orders in Council for a time; bet as the Address
propost d by the Hon. Member would inferiere •Nith the Executive Go-
vernment in the negotiations at present peraling, he could not agree to it;
and, in order to get rid of it, should propose, as an amendment, that the
Order of the Day be row read.
MiS. Whitbread, Mr. Ponsouby, and Mr. Wilberforce, were of opi-
Man the proposal of the Noble Lord could net prove beneficial ro the
country, inasmuch as there would be great delay in ascertaining how far
the American Government would accede to the proposal. They were
of opinion the Orders should, instead of being suspended, be revoked
for a time.

Lord CASTLEREAGII said, the Amsriclin Govemmcnt had pledzed
itself to suspend its Non-Inter..ourse Law, if we suspended out Orders
in Council.
Mr. CANT:,tING spike shortly in favour of the motion, after orblji
Mr.ilirougliam replied. gallery was then clearod for a
but none took place, as both the motion of Mt. 13rotighani, :tad the
amendment of Lord Castlereagh were withdrawn, upon an n-nderstand-
ing that a declara,ion on the subject should appear on the part of Go-
vernment in the nest Gazette. :I,l.l:Aimed at liirce o'clock.

V.DNE?•I:O lY JUNK 17.
BREACH OF PRIVII4:C.-IF.
Mr. MAR rtYarr soncillah:ed to the House of beinz ntisrepresenteA
in The 1:1:y news; :per, as t evidene!. given the Orders in
Council. He inbtead of anct.htx \N iintiS, had tt,t been nam-
ed Obad been made to say, that the -nlanufaienrers had more than
they had a right to—that oatmeal and water was suffichnt for
them—that if the knirneyrnen manufacturn6 were isa the receipt
of full wage:, they would receive th7e;! times mare than tht y
caught to have ; for it they could ohtin better foo,l 01:11.1 ontn.c,l and

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