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London, England, 1820-05-04 00:00:00

WATERFORD HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.

Sir JOHN NIMPORT presented a Petition frogs the Guyer.
wore of the House of lorloatry in Waterford, liming forth
that the sums which the Grand Jury are mum by law em.
powered to preaeut, are wholly inadequate to auppwt ihrt
establishment, wad prayiat relief.—eTbis Petition watt laid
ea the table.

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SCOTCH BURGHS.
Mr. Downs preseutad three religious from certain
Burghs in Scotland, the subject of which he sientioDed in a
tone quite Inaudible in the pine. y. They were laid on the
table aher a fe* words from Lord A. Hamilton.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
Mr. Causer* brought up the Report of the Committee
on the Pontos to alter sod unwed the Bill for landing
Drury-lass Thisaig—Leave was man to bear is • Bill
leF:
pursuant so Art r of the said Petition, and • Coasting*
appointed hi- Ilse same.
''c' LECTION PETITION.
Mr. LINORNOTint iiewseattel r Peikloa from Sir Horses
SI. Past, against the retina made et Owlet, election fur as
Borough sfigSdport...Ordsged to be takes iul cosmiders.
lion on Tbentday, the hi day of June next.

COLONIAL APPOINTMENT.
Lord MILTON ifinved fora copy of the appoint.
moot of Henry Ellis, Erg. to the office of Deputy
Colonial Seertiary at the Cape of Good Hope.
The CIWICSILLOR of the Eictieuuth mid he
was not aware that there could he •uy objection to
the motion, though he thought it ought to be made
when the Colo Secrete, (Mr. Gotrlburn) was
in his place. • •
Lord MILTON said, shot the hour for public
business hid arnved, and it was not his fault ifsthit
Hon. Member was aborts : He really thought the
motion • matter of course.

The magic' was agreed to.
EDWARD/ THE SPT.
Mr. Alderman WOOD Mlle topve a notice which
he considered sof the greatest importune, to the'
public justice-of ►he country.' It irelerrist re the
circumstances he had *Chard last -triebt.'resneciing
a person nem►ed George Ellwordsr Uittlerstawertg
list there was retain • to believe thia-persavi teas
shout to leave' the country, he (the Aldermen) had
written to' the Secretary df Stile`, itpprising
Lordship of the motion he was shout ter make. sod
reqoestiat that iu the interim Edwatrla•wodld opt
be permitted to leave the mostly: "lieu ranee ens,
that so Tuesday nett be'oaold metre lot lease to

DUTY ON THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN
WOOL
Mr. STUART WORTLEY r...e to present is Pie
hints from the Maio:lecturer. of Worsted (Vont,
at Nottingham. against the Act of last Se.sims,
which imposed a tax upon the import•timi of Foreigu
Wool. The Hon. Gentleman said, that upon the
fullest investigation of this subject. he was cou-
vinceJ the tax on the insportistion of the now nosh.-
nal was highly injurious to the masiefacturing io.
tereus of this country. He sincerely hoped that
the subject would amiss be brought lender tlie con..
sideration of the House in a more direct ishape--at
such a time he would be prepared, Hod he trusted
satisfactorily, to chew the onpolitic and very
nous tendency of this teL At pr•sent he 1.9.44
conteut himself with moving, that this Petitiou be
laid on the table.—Agreed to.
Lord MILTOR said he held in Isis baud • similar
"'Ohio° to that just presented by his floonorable
Colleague, end if it were inferred triom the moo
bets who signed this Petition that it did not fttOy
speak the popular feeling. he could assert
each a conclusion was wholly erroneous. Th.
WOW owed to the prudence isuil firm..eas of 11,0,4
who signed the Petition, that large pub;ic ineetiout
had not been celled to take 'the Subject into th-sr
consideration, for they very properly thought that
such a course would. in all probability, add to the
infl•minatiois which unhappily pro/oiled its minty
parts of the menufactoring diatiicts. As they
sought not ferment, but redress of a iteltothle grips.
mice. they preferred the sonde they hail adopted
reepretisag this Peritiou. They compt rind, as,
truly, of a tax impo-ed egaissio :erre prthrti•le of
polorcal economy. aroma the fora) I ),met.ce
the country; cud of its legi,lsitoti, and isi.terd
.grist whet may be cm:sidereal as the plighted.
faith of Parlismeot. They all knew how great •
source of the weal•h and power of this country the
moinsfacturiog interest formed. This Pcitritrs
touched "grim that point, end was worded on terms
most moderete its their import, sod without coy ex.
iserretion whoever of the evil a licensed from
this tax, end the many difficulties which it hash
posed on the country. Astir person sieqoaisiteil prac-
tically with the details of this subject en. 111.1 pre
how unwise it wee to impr Sc a tax use the raw ins.
tench, on the manufacture of which the setwieteura
of the working branches must depeorl. It
an Act trot only of imprudence and fis,ly, but alis.
cruel and unfeeling towards the lower classes cf
this mushy. end OS a matter of teiwouie it was
equally untenable, and ought to be repeoted. Eli
denied that thecoutinuabce of the tax wa.i.f service
to other interesteof the consmanitr. Ass measure
of revenue khalif ceniptetely•failott, while * great
proportion of the Mans of industry for the menu.
lecturer wairrinionsped red harassed by its opera.
tints. 'A late 4moms:chid shewn the great 4mnd:el,
of the tax. The Russian Goveriarnem had offered
a large contract to ass extensivemanufscturer here.
for the clothlog of a part of the Itu.sien error. both
the petterns and priers were erultorer from ituttis,
but the manufacturer was compelled by the exist.
ewe at this tax from entering ep,ssi a enntrar t
which, under other circumstances, would hare been
highly beneficial. He knew to whom she proposi.
lion hod been made, cud he knew also that they
were obliged to dechne accepting the order. Wros
sot that an important fact, to skew the inlpolsey of
the tax ?—(thar, Afar./...:Wh0 would call it a
protection to the home wool grower, when he sew
that in the result so important a foreign moues, 0000
had in the particular instance beets lust to the resin.
try ? He was prepared to contend that the tax was
OS impolitic to the agricultural interests of the
country, wit was inoperative settle reireisee. Had
the home pniee of wool beets ekhificed by it ? The
reault • would chew the contrary to have, been she
feet. • Was not wool now lying a drug on the hoods cf
the grower ? Many Gentlensen who heard hips
had seen the anneal return• of the matntsfuetureit

wool in the Writ Riding of Yorkeittre, ami though
the returns did sot comprehend massy retorts* «hies
would sun add to the•force of the fact in no inc•u.
'inferable degee, yet nevertheless they demoisstroted
that the demand had within the hot year Ministate
ed Bear. hear. I—But •f
these weighty and irresistible facts, he would sok,
even it it were necessary to protect the wool grower,
wise lie insisted received no protection front the
nos, was thin 'the mode or the time for doing it ?
He moved that the Petition which he held in his

hand. sod which woe from the Woollen Ithour's.

towers of Leeds, be' &wig ht op.
The CHAlkill.LcolCof the EXcHIQUER begged
to assure the Noble Lord. that *believer tto sob.
jeut came regularly and fully under the coosidera.
tiosi of the Hour*, it should receive the moot at-
tentive examination. Ile begged. however now
to make a remark or two on what 'needy osetiLd to
hire an apparent inconsistecey in some of the
Noble Lord's argumenta. The Nubk Lord. soya,
that the talc as •a branch of revenne ha► drbelly
tailed. But who expected it to have immediate
operation in that shape? When the is was idt-
lswed, it was not expected to horrors; .Wert owl
the fullowiug year; for there was then is the coun-
try h• very large ~tuck of foreign wool, end until
that 'woe dispored of. the experiineut of She Um
cold Rot he said to have IsAfi it trial. However. au
for as It ildd gone, he certainly thought it hod we-
creded as a 'metier of ft/Pedlar. The Noble Lad
mid. 'that a greet Russian contract totefil am be
taken' owing to this tax. and . yeti, in •the some
breath. he destrOyed the force of hie awe firgu..
Merit, by saying that the'destratid fer wool bed au
ditiiiiiished as to make ,the article a dreg ite the
market. How tlwu did the tux. in smelt ',state of
things, prevent the'acceptance Of the cisaroct. if
the 'row' material had lint amnia 'limo and over.
, stocked the market ? This wes;an appoeutsClogr•-
dietion. -which it was for the Noble Lewd termini..
eila for his own argunient.*-f Hear.) • . •
Lots MILTON—e• 1 cat 004 reconcile it ; fur