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London, England, 1830-02-20 00:00:00

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were deterred from itetuin paper, by the peeee end
ence possessed by the Bank of Rugland. In his opinion that
monopoly ought to be abolished ; sod two ter mere Reel,
ought to be established with charters and respor.ibllity.
He (Sir John Wrottesley) had as greet en opportunity of
observing the real condition of affeirs in the countei
.most persona; and so far from obServing, any tend- ney
towards improvement, be looked forward only with the-
pendency. The Hon. Baronet eoncludei by presenting
the petition.
On the motion that it do lie on the table, •
Mr. lIERRIES would entirely disconnect the questien
to which the petition referred from the suiject of the e'er-
rency„ with which the Hon. Baronet liatl-eoeavoureil,
very ingeniously, but not quite avisfactorily, ter connect
it. In .his opinion, the object which the petitioners
had .in view would be - better promoted by disesoe •
ing the matter without reference to any other :Tie
than the grievance complained of. Of the diflictil-
fee which would attend the removal of that griev-
ance without en interference between the employers
and the persona employed ; of the difficulties which would
attend the application of an adequate remedy vrithont the
danger of injuriously increasing on the manufacturer earl
the eapitaliats the price of labour—of these consider:l.6o;T*.
which were of such vital importance, it would net ;.-es
proper for him, on this occasion, to a'temnt to enter ; the
more especially as the Hon. Member for Staffordshire Lail
g:ren notice that it was his intention, at a very early
period, to move for leave to bring in a Bill, by which he
hoped that the evils now complained of might he rernetlie4.
Under these circumstances it would be worse than i•Ile
anticipate the discussions to which the introduction of thet
n etsure would naturally give rise. Bat, as the i!jeet,
hail been mentioned elsewhere, he would merely cbserve
that his llajeaty'a Government had expressed to those who
were deeply intereteed in the subject their perfect dispooi-
tion to inquire into it, without, however, pletigheg thetete
selves to the adoption of any ulterinr•tneasure. woul4
not go into the other question which the lion. 13.1ftliell
had so unsati.factorily ccamected with the present. it'.
reason was, that that was a question which (melt to be'
discussed not incidentally, but on a due notice given.
The sate of the currency, however, had no emmexiot
with the grievance complained of in the petition. Thar,
grievance had been complained of, .and measures adopteil
for its removal at periods when no question existed as to
the state of the currency. It had been complained of eve:,
so fir bask as in the reign of Edward IV. It htel been
the subject of several Afts in the latter pert of the reign
of George 111. ; and it had been complained of in that
year of supposed prosperity-1825.
Mr. R. GORDON thee& that the question was inti-
mately connected with the currency. In some parts of
England- rents were paid in kind,- And families in Lorelon
received their rent in corn and cattle, or in what eratttelled
truck.

Mr. LYTTLETON thought that the goestion had no--
thing to do with the currency. On the 2Sth he would
bring the subject folly before the Honse, and hoptli
able to abolish a system ao pregnant with ruin Al drat
paving labourers by truck.
Mr. BENETT said that the dixtrent-tt were such, that
many manufacturers could only carry on their business by
adding the profits of truck to the gains of their other trades.
Mr. BENSON said that the system had been effectually
aboli.hed by law some years ago, and be thought that it
could now he suppressed by Act of Parliament.
Sir R. WILSON said that the system prevailed through-
out South America under the name of Bepartiemento, and
it occasioned great mischief. and gave rise to numerous
impositions upon the poor, as in the case of the priest'i
making the Indians buy his cargo of apectscles.
Sir J. WROTTESLEY &aid that hia lion. Colleague
(Mr. Lyttleton) must be mistaken with respect to Lis con-
stituents not attributing the distresses to the alteration of
the Currency.
The petition was then ordered to be printed.