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London, England, 1801-03-12 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE* OF PAERS.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH

THE Earl of STRATHNIORE (one of the Sixteen
Scots Peers) was sworn, and took his Seat.
The,Qaths of Allegiance were administered to
Mrs. AMELIA WE LTJ I E', relcei of the late Louis
WELL!! F, Esq. previoib to the discussion 'of a
Bill for her Naturalization.

Some routine business was then disposed of ;
after which their Lordships adjourned till •to-
morrow,. when, at half past three o'clock, the
LoRD CHANCELLOR comes down w the,House,
and a Commission takes place for signifying the
Ro}•al Assent to certain Bills 'which have passed
both Houses of Parliament.

article. In the Bill he wished to introduce, he
meant to propose a Clause to empower the !Lord
Mayor and Court of Aldermen to exercise that
sort of Jurisclielion
,as might enable the Public
to purchase Coals at the Pool, and he truatiii it
would also appear adviseable that the present
praElice at the Coal ExChange should be altered
by new regulations. There- were at present four
distind Ads against the Combination of Coal
Dealers and Owners ; it was his intention to
move the repeal of those Ads, with a view of
consolidating them, so that Coal Dealers might
see at once what the Law was upon this subject.
It was also his intention to propose a Clause to
prevent the intermixture of Coals in the Port of
London. There were already pretty high penal-
ties against those in the North who •should mix
Coals, but this did not prevent such :praflices
when Coals were brought into the Port of Lon--
don. The next point to which his 'proposed Bill
related was that of Measure. A different prk-
tice now prevailed in the Port of London in
measuring out Coals ; and what he should propose
was, that instead of persons resorting to the
Coal Meter's Office, each waggonload •of Coals
should be accompanied with a measure of three
bushels, and to allow every householder to have
the opportunity, if he chose it, of measuring any
particular sack, at ~his own door, The, Port of
London annually received and - paid for about
900,000 Chaldron of Coals, .which was equal to
360,000 Chaldrons Pool Measure. It might also
be a fit subjed of consideration, what means
could be adopted for bringing other Coal 'into
the London Markets which , were now shut
out of it ; with this view, he should propose
some regulations,
,as to bringing . Coals to
London by the Oxford and other Canals.--
He should only add, that he meaot
,to pro-
pose, if the House should give him: leave to
bring in the Bill, that it be printed, and lie on
the 'fable for two or three weeks, to give Gentle-
men sufficient opportunity of considering its pro-
visions. He then_moved for leave to bring in a
Bill for repealing.several Ads now in force for
preventing combinations amongst Coal owners,
and also for preventing frauds and abuses in the
Coal Trade, in the Port of London.
Mr. BURDON made .some observations on the
general nature of. the Coal Trade, and vindicated
the condu6l .of the Coal-owners in the North.
There were many taxes upon the introduaion of
Coals into the Port of London, and he thought
the Coal owners of the North were entitled to
claim the' protdlion of the House, not to suffer
such arrangements to be introduced with respea •
to Inland Navigation, as would prevent Coal.
owners in the North from-the right of sending
their Coals to a fair Market. The Coal Trade
was the best nursery for the Navy, and on this
account also it'deserved encouragement.
Mr. WALLACE was of opinion, that the
measure propoSed, however useful as one of
regulation, would not -be effedull to "pi.reVent
the recurrence of the evil. The present ystem
of the Coal 'Trade "he :ebnillie.-tet• Ttmda.-
mentally Sad, nor could :the ;labia diva-icy:
security till the monopoly was' drot°3ll".d,' 'Which.was' at present. engrossed _by .of
Durham and Northumberland. eonsider-
ed the limitiltio'n of Vold& in the North as a
great source of evil. - The Coal-u%iners itad en.
tered into combinations for purposes of their own,
tending to facilitate every speculatiOn and fraud,
and leading to all the exorbitarddeinandi,.whieh
had been made upon the Public for the. article of
'Coals. He did net wish to see' the prospetty -of
one part of the Country founded upon the-injury
which was done to another part. No more could
be reasonably desired by the Coal-ownera'of the
North than a fair compensation for the, labour,
expeoce, and risk which they run; •nor :did he
think that• it was doing them an injury; in:grant-
'ing permission to brihg in Coal's into the:Port of
London from other quarters, -when Coals were
raised.to.an exorbitant price.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR OPiecated- a discussion
upon this subject at present, as. it had.no connec-
tion with the Motion . before the House.—ln
answer to what the lion. Member had stated, he
thought he could proVe; at the .proper time,' that
the iimitation,Of the' Nrend,'entegd into by the
Coal7owners, was the most effectual method.:foe
the sieady, regular supply of that article, and for
preventing Coals from being at twice the, price
whibi they at present bore. But th-ough he dis-•
agreed with the 'lion. Gentleman,' it was not his
intention at present to argue the matter.
.'MEMBER remarked on the
,thinness p€ the
House, and moved that the House be 'counted
upon which Strangers-were,ordered.to withdraw:
Upon our re-admission into the Gallery, there
being more than forty Members present, we
found

Mr, MANNING -on his, legs :•te:-moved for
leave tos bring 'in a Bill to. prevent frauds.in the
admeasurement of Coak, &c.
..;

Leave was given to bring, in the Bill, and Mr.
MANNING, Mr.
,BURDON.- and Mr. WAiLicx
were ordered to prepare and bring in the same,
Mr: BRAGGE moved, that several Alls pass!.
ed.last Session of Parliament in Ireland, relative
to the' Duties upon-Wine, &c. should be read.
Mr. BRAGGE then moved; " That this House
to-mOrrow reiolire itself into 'a Commit-
tee, to consider of the said Ads."—Ordered.

Most
.of the othr Orders of the Mifwer:
:lien postponed..

The Circler of 'the Day . being read for the
House to resolve itself into a Committee upon the
Poor Bill, a Motion wks.made• to count the
House, • and • there not •being forty Members pre_
sent, the House adjourned at half past six o'clock
till to-morrow.

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