The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
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nest desire of her ltoy al fiListaand that the should
not sacrifice her own interests to that feeling on the
present occasion, she acceded to the proposed ar-
rangement, Mild with the greater satisfaction. us it
saw one of the ii.iture of • contingency, which could
not be considered as immediately bearing, for her
interests. on the !turd ens of the people of this coon-
try.—(l bor.)
Lord CASTLEREAGH had to confirm the eltirgatia.
tjoit just given or the views of her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Cumberland on the subject of the
dower provided fur her by that (louse. Her Royal
Highness hail explained to him that she yielded
her repugnance to being considered us in any degree
a burden on the people of' this country, to the
earneste;titreltiri3, he may say injunctions, of her
Royal Husband on this occasion. And he had fur-
ther to say, that if the vote had been sine of direct,
instead of eventual advantage to her Royal High-
ness, and subject to a change of situation which
she earnestly hopes may iletrer occur, it might have
been impossible to have induced her to overlook the
view which the at first took of this subject. or to
come to the conclusion she now did of receiving,
with grateful kindness, the provision made for her
by Parliament, its the event of her surviving her
Rapti Huth) nd.—(llear. bear.)
The Resolution was then agreed to.
Mr. %Vista suggested. that accordir4 to the
ancient practice iu cases of this kind, it would be
proper thst these grants should be charged on the
hereditary revenue of the Crown, instead of out
of the Consolidated Fund, us was intended.
Lord CASSIA:REAMS stated, that it proper ar-
rangement would be made on that point, though;
at first, n difficulty arose in consequence of the
number of grants that had been matte chargeable
on the Consolidated Fund.
COTTON MANCrACTURERS.
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Admiral FRANK stated that he had a number
of Petitions to present from persons concerned in the
working department of the Cotton Trade, against
the Bill now before the Douse, fur limiting the num-
ber of working 'word in the manufactories. lie also
corrected a mistutement which had gone forth the
other day ou the subject of a Petition hr bad pre-
sented—it was aguilist the Bill and not fur it. The
Hon. Member then presented Petitions from the
IVorknien employed in 'Manufactories at Mansfield,
ut Lingwithe,at Paisley,isi thecounty of Derby, and
from certain !Mechanics and Labourers in Notting-
against the Bill before the House.—
The Petitioners were confident that the injuries
they would sustain by the reduction of wages,
which must accompany the limitation of Ilse
hours of work, would be far greater than those
against which the Howe meant to provide.
These Petitions were ordered to lie printed.
Lord STAN LET stated, that on a hornier night lie
presented a Petition ou the subject of the Bill
which stood for discussion th's night (Mir It. Peel's),
since that time he understood that a pamphlet had
been carefully circulated among the Members fa-
vourable to the Bill, which contained reflections
on certain individuals connected with the cotton ma-
nufacture. These individuals coinplained of these

injurious statements, and called by a Petition,
which he had olive to prevent, for an inquiry into
the matter thereof. The printer refused to give a
pamphlet to the Gentleman against whose conduct
it was directed, or to give any other explanation,
except that he was desired not to give a copy to
certain persons. He held a Petition from these
,in-
dividuals, and they ent tea the Howie to name u
Committee to inquire o the statements which
h had been so cudeetine circulated against them.
lie hoped the lion. aronet would postpone his
motion until after this inquiry was ivatituted.—The
Petition was brought up.
Sir It. PEEL saw no connection between the sub-
ject Aluded to by the Petitioners and the Bill he
had before the House.—llieur4

Mr. Coaws:is thought the subjects were closely
connected. A statement had gone forth to support
a poi nod:lr question then pending in the House—
it vilified the conduct of certain individuals whose
interests were to he affected by the Bill, mud tended
besides to create a prejudicial view of the question,
so as to influence certain Members. The aggrieved
individuals came forward and offered to repel the
charge by direct evidence ; surely they lead Pi
right to a priority of hearing. The opinions of
medical getillemeo relative to the state of health
in some of these manufactories, had been publish-
ed. The Petitioners sought to have conflicting
opinions of other medical Gentlemen submitted,
and a eonfereuce had with all, so as to get at the
whole merits of the ease. He was persuaded that
the effect of this Bill must be the adoption of a
general system of legislation for every other branch
of trade ; whereas, if Parliament did not interfere,
the manufacturers world, after what lead passed,
remedy any defects that had grown up iu their own
system:

Sir Joust NEWPORT complained of this mode of
anticipating the discussion on a Bill fixed for the
same evening.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that there was nothing in
the prayer of the Petition to justify the !louse in
postponing the consideration of the main question,
which had already gone forth front Seasion to Ses-
sion without the adoption of any detiiiitive regula-
tion. The statement in any particular pamphlet
would not justify this postponement. lie tenant].
tiered when ■n attempt of the same natnre had
been made with Mr. Pitt, in 1804, to induce Ilion
to put ill the measure for the Abolition of the
Slave Trade; but that Minister very properly re-
jected the application, and observed, that the Le.
gislature could never arrange its business, if it were
to await the settlement of particular views pro-
nounced by individuate, or promulgated elsewhere
by pamphlets.—//fear.)
Lord LAscELLes condemned the mode of disse-
minating partial information by pamphlets clandes-
tinely seta forth; and lie thought the parties at-
tacked should be allowed an opportunity of vimli-
eating themselves before the House pronounced
upon their case. On the menu of the case, ha
begged to be understood us not giving any 1111160f1.
Mr. W. SMITH (lid not think the pamphlet al-
lued to,could at all cliat.ge the nature of the sub-
ject. The House had long bud the evidence taken
before the former Committee under examinttion,
and needed no additional information to decide 4,n
their view of the case. Ile, for one, was prepared
to ligislate on the evidence already had, and lie be-
lieved the majority of disinterested Nlerulit if, not
colmected with either of the partief at issue., was

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of ilia same opinio... lie comicial:tell rite
or stigmatizing persons not interested iti the re.oiti
as if they were less pore or honourahle than do--
really were more directly concerned. ut the issue ul
the measure.—(lleir.)
Mr. PHILLIPS hoped his Eton. Ftiend wonla
hear the Net, if he would not the individuals.
here were a set of persons vifified by # psinplikt.
who merely called for au opportunity of delentiong
their own characters from tool nod unjust saner-
pions. He stated the manner in which the pamph-
let had been printed and circulated at Manches-
ter, and honed the Home would let in more fatt4
belore they decided on the case.

Mr. Itowawa was against aratting the merii.
at this moment, when it only tended to produce
warmth perhaps natural, but certainly unfavourable
to calm deliberation.—(Neer, hear.)
Mr. BUTTERWORTH was about to read some es:.
tracts from the pamphlet that had been Glandes.
finely circulated, hut the loud cries of " Question ."
compelled him immediately to desist.
Lord STANLEY rose amid cries of " Question."'
:mil said, that his only object wao to procure for the
Petitioners the opportunity of rebutting the impu-
tations which had been cast upon them.
On the motion of Mr. PHILLIPS, the Petition
was then ordered to he printed.

Silt ROBERT PEEL'S COTTON FACTORIES BILL.

Sir ROBERT PEEL. moved. tl►at the House resolve
itself into Committee to re-consider the Bill for re-
aulatii,g Labour iii Cotton Factories.
The House having gone into the said Committee,
Mr. PEEL stated, ►n a few words, the nature of
some improvements be intended to introduce into
this Bill.

Mr. WirbratoacE stated his objection to the
proposed classification of children, and the allot-
intuit of hours of lotionr u appropriate to those
classes, which bud been introduced in the Bull. It
had restricted children between the age of 9 and
16 years, to certain hours of labour. Now it was
cruel to imagine that children of 9 years of age
were able to sustain hibour us long us those or
14 or 16 year?. fir should propose instead, that
there should be two clar:see; one Containing those
from 9 to twelve, the other thrice from I 2 to 16.

Sir R. Pete had, as a person tolerably well ac-
quainted with the stature and interests of the cotton
factories, prepared the Bill in such a way its was
most likely to give free scope to the operation of
the remedial part of the Act, without trespassing
very nviterially on the convenience of the put-
prittors of those concerns in which such consider.
able properties were frequently necessarily
embark-
ed. He hoped the House woo.ld see the expedience
of reconciling the relief of the labouring class to
the interests of the proprietor, and suffer the Bill
to proceed through the present stage, that (he Re-
port might be brought up.
Mr. PHILLIPS had before stated his objection t.
the Bill, and was determined to oppose it in its
details, as well as principle. He regretted that
owing to misrepresentation considerable prejudic,,
had beets excited in and out of doors, respect.
tog the aystem of labour now adopted in thes.r
manufactories, but should content himself with
waiting for an opportunity to deliver his senti-
ments on the principle of the Bill (4n opportunitr
winch lie had unfortunately lost, on the second
reading) upon the bringing up of the Report.
Lord LASCELLES, though he admitted the time
had passed for the discussion of the principle of the
Bill, and although he would have nothing to do
with the Bill as respecting the interest of the mas-
ters, so US to secure to them a profit proportionate
to the abuse of labour, still, unless the House
had a mind to let the Mover carry the Bill, or
rather run away with it, us it were, by acclamation,
the persons interested against the Bill ought to be
heard a 4 to their interests at the bar of the House.
Though lie would not 'pledge himself to any course
upon the future stages of the Bill, he would still
observe, the House should proceed with great deli-
cacy to interfere between the employer and labourer.
It was true, it had been denied this was free labour ;
but though it might be true the children were sub-
ject to the will of their parents, who were themselves
generally employed in the same factories, it would
be rather too much that the House should proceed
to take these children out of the hands of their pa-
rents, who must be considered their natural pro.
tectors.—(lfear.)
Mr. Rom NSON regretted the present awkward
sitnatiou in which the House found itself placed
respecting this Bill, owing to the course which had
been pursued. The Bill had now found it. way
into the Committee, without the House havilig
even debated its principle. Many had gone arse
on the supposition that nothing more than the iiit-
mite parts of the Bill would have been discussed ;
whereas it might be collected that it was the Mkt--
lion of the opposers of the Bill to introduce into it
• chute or clauses which would overturn the object
of the Bill altogether.
Mr. WYNN suggested, the only way to open the
question to the Hon. Members who wished to op-
pose its principle, would be to move, that the
Choireness of the Committee do report progress, sud
ask leave to sit again.
To this Mr. Rontosow assented, and moved,
that the Chairman should report progress, told gook
leave to sit again.
Mr. PEEL regretted it had not been discussed on
principle before, as time must thus inevitably he
lost, and there existed a considerable degree of fer-
ment in the manufacturing districts respecting the
proposed measure of relief.

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Mr. WM. SMSTM, although lie mast say
opposing party had lost their opportunity of chi-
cussing the Bill through their own negligenve, yiss
still willing to let them in to discuss its pnticiple in
any way not inconsistent with ameliorating the guest
object of relief to the parties.
Sir Jnu ts NEWPORT thought there was abundant
ground to suspect the House was proceeding YYtili
rather ton much haste to legislate in. a ca,e of great
delicacy and importance.
Mr. BLACKBURNE holiest the supporters of the
Bill would not, in so thin a House, sliest an unbe-
coming anxiety to proceed to a hasty
great conclusion.
upon a question affecting so a proportion of
property, and so wide a range of interests, in the
county of Lancaster.
Mr. Husittssuß asserted, that there had been al-
ready proved, from the very ferment stated to exit
in the country on the subject, that there were struill
grounds to expedite the Bill. It had already beep