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whether.. it was the intsoC Mhin his _ )1%
tees to introduce any nieastires eaten sled to effect
on alteration in the state of the currency. Report',
he said, had been very generally circulated, that it
had beets resolved by Gov..riiment to issue Stock
13ebeinnres upon the credit of property lying in
the+ lei and as such u project must, if carried
into operation, produce a very great alteration in
the circulating medium, it was very desirable that
it should be understood previous to the coosidersi- '
tire, of his,motion. Ile therefore hoped that the
Noble Earl would give tlw !louse some informa-
tion respecting the matter.
The Earl of Liu:11190ot. said, lie too had heard
the reports alluded to by the Noble Lord. and
should warn him not to give easy belief to all the
loose rumours •whieli have been, or might be circu-
lated respecting the intentions of his Majesty's
Minister. This, however, he should say, that what-
ever nosy be the projects of Ministers, he trusted
they should, when submitted to Parliament, be ex-
pl ined to its perfect satisfaction.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE expressed an appre-
hension that some project of the nature he had
mentioned was in contemplation, and begged the
Noble Earl to consider the predicament to which
he would be reduced, were he to submit a motion
to the !louse on the present state of the currency,
when the entire system had been completely altered.
The rumours respecting it, he believed, were not
loose, at least they had beers acted upon, and it was
a topic fur deliberation atom% the mnoird into in
the city, how far it was proper to have their scheme
e•tablislied. He could not avoid remarking, that
from the 111/11111CT its which money transactions had
of late years been carried through Parliament. their
Lordships' [loose had been precluded from con-
sidering the subjects with the attention to which
such important matters were entitled. The Ses-
sion was generally allowed to :Mysore far before
any opportunity was given for expressing an
opinion, and them, if a Member rose to say a word,
flue lateness of the season was urged as a conclusive
argument to silence hiss,. The Government, in all
such mutters, exercised the powers formerly invested
in his country no the Lords of Articles, to deter-
mine previously in private what subjects were fit
for the consideration of Parliament. Ile again
begged the Noble Lord to consider his situation,
with regard to his motion. lie did not require to
know all the details of the project ; all he desired
was, to know whether any such project was in-
tended, that in-case he did bring forward his mo-
, Con, his suggestions and opinions might not be met
with a statement that a plan was in contemplation,
which would obviate a certain inconvenience, or
effect a certain object.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL ensured the Noble
Earl. that if it was intended to bring forward any
it should not be def.-roed to a late period of
the Session. Sufficient time should be granted, to
enable every Member of Parliament to express his
sentiments upon it.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, that it should
be a suhject fur future consideration, whether it
would be proper fur him to 'tress his motion at the
time appointed. It now stood fixed for the 14th of
the month, but it would in wholly nugatory if it
were previously understood that a plan were-con-
templated fur effecting a total clialige in the cur-
rency of the country.
AGRICULTURAL HORSES.

The Agri;7lturalifonie---iiuty Bill was com-
mitted, and ordered to be read the third time.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1.1113115 DAT, Aram 2.

PETITIONS.

Petitions were pr; sei;terl,fiOm Manchester, by
Mr. BLackauituE; from Carlisle, by Sir JAMES
GRAHAM ; and from Skipton, by Lord LASCELLES,
against the Bill pending for regukting the hours
of labour in cotton factories ; which were severally
mud, and ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. DAVENPORT presented a Petition from the
weavers of Macclesfield, against the Bill for regu-
lating the wages of operating weavers.—Read. and
ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. OGLE presented a Petition from the tanners
of Drogheda, praying a repeal of the additional
duties on leather; which, with two similar, one from
the cordweinere company, the other from the tau-
nerb of Dumfries, by Mr. DOUGLAS, was read, and
ordered to lie on the table.
A Petition was prevented from Lestwithiel,
against the existing dillies on Sall.—head, and
ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. W. SMITH, after some previous ob•erva-
tirwis, presented two Petition. from persons em-
ployed at Cotton Factories in Lancashire, praying
that the Bill might ;tans regulating the time of la-
bour.—They were read, and ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr. PanTrixitor. rose to present 2146 Petitions
f Bristol, for I Parliaments and universal
suffrage. He ohserved, that, though he did not
coincide iu opinion with the Petitioners on these
points, he had deemed it his duty to make known
their itentitnents to the Douse.—One of the Peti-
tiotis was read, and they were all ordered to lie on
the table.
11r. J. SMITH rose to present a Petition from the,
working manufacturers of New Lanark, in favour
of the Bill regulating the bourn of labour at such
tatahlisloneoto. lie stated that he had had an op-
portunity of knowing and smug the subscribing
in the absence of the proprietor, amid
he thought it but justice to I • to stile, that lie
had never seen a re rah or exemplary lardy of
men. They complained of the excessive time re-
quited fur work in moue manufactories, and the
shortitess of the intervals allowed for meals. Their
own nominal period of labour was trim hours aial a
Istil they were not actually employed more
ileitt light and it half, as they were allowed two fur
ineels_ourwithstaistling, they were able to mann-
laeture to as great on extent an those employed
longer some—thry were st fated to exer-
tom, by a prose of gratitude for the care and pro-
trt•tion they iective.l. •Fhey particularly approved
of that part of ilw Bill which provided for the ethi-
c- • the lab 000 ring children, and considered it
n deity to their fellow.creaturen to pray that a Ity
of whirls they were con.tantly feeling the
happy sift-els, might be generally extended.
The Petition was avail, and ordered to lie on the
141)1r,
Lord STAN presented several Petitions fur