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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FaiDAY.

The CHANCELLOR of the• EKCIIECIIJER moved
his Financial Resolutions, counter to those of Sir
Thomas Turton, of yesterday. The- debate on
them was adjourned till Wednesday neat,
lkir BANKER brought up the Thirteenth Report
.of the Finance Committee, which was ordered to,
be printed. . •• •
The Wavehousing Bill, the Manure Carriage
Bill, the Isle of Man Trade Bill, and tbe Conso-
lidated Fund Bill, were read a second time,
and ordered to go through Committees on Mon-
day next. •
The Report of the Com'umittee on the Malt Duty
Regulation Bill, •wfis taken into further con-
sideration, and the Bill was ordered to be read a
third time.
'Mn the motion of Mr. SINCLAIR, an" Account
was ordered to' belaid'. efore the House, of all
the Corn and Grain, of every description, im-
ported into this country, from the year 1792 till
1811; inclusive, with a statement
,of the value of
each species, and annual amount ; and other Ac-
connnts of a similar nature.
Lord JOCELYN Communicated to the Housethat
his. Royal Highness the Prince. Regent, in con-
formity th the requests contained in theAddiesses
of the House to his Royal Highness, had been
gracio4sly' pleased to appoint a Commission to
inquire into the. state of the Jails in the country,,
and particularly into that of -Lincoln Jail. His
Royal Highness had also been graciously pleased
to order the. documents required hi the case of
the reprieve, of- W. Hall, in Ireland, to be laid oa.
the table. _ _

• Mr. GILEs wishes to call the attention of the
House for a few moments to a Petition Aieh he
had presented :to the House early in the present
Session, from the Manufacturers of Plaited Straw,
to prevent French Prisoners being allowed to ma-
nufacture and 'sell plaited straw in their prison, tb
the great • prejudice of the•interests of the Manu-
facturers of that article throughout the kingdom ; ,
this Petition had been ordered by the.Honse to lie
on the table, and there it had remained ; for on
stating to the persons at whose instance the Peti-
tion had been presented, what the expence would
be, to carry the matter further on before the
House, they thought the expence and trouble
would be ';o . great, that they requested that the
affair should be dropped, at least for the present ;
he was induced to trouble the noose With this
explanation, in consequence. of a statement that
had lately appeared in a weekly print, by which
'he was accused of remissness and neglect of duty;
he therefore, of course, wished to make it appear
to the public,:that he bad strictly and properly fol-
filled the duty.-intrusted to him.
Mr. WuiTeriE.An' moved, that an AddresS be
presented to the Prince Regent, praying that
his Royal Highness would be graCiously pleased
to order that a report of the state of his Majesty's
health be laid before the House, from the date.
of the last report up to the present period:—
Agreed to. • r •
IRISH BUTTER BILL.

On the question of the third readingbf this Bill,
Mr. PARNELL rose to oppose the Bill; and after
saying a few words against it, moved, as an amend-
rqent; that the Bill be read a third on that day
three months.

,After some conversation between Mr. W—Pole,
Mr,Prench, and Mr. Herbert of Kerry, the House
divided.on Mr. Parnell's Amendment.

•
?for the X 3711
l'or.the Amendment 35
Majority in favour of the Bill —32

The Bill was then read a third time.and passed.

A Message from the Lords announcea their
Lordships', assent to the Levant Trade Bill, and
several other Bills ; for which see Lords.

AMERICA.

. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the Order of the Day
fox taking the Report of the Secret Committee
into furtherconsideration.•

' Mr. BROUGHAM rose, not to oppose the
.read-,
ing of the Order of the Day, hut to ask a question
of the Noble Lord, respecting the new from
America. lit him elf had no doubt, from priva•te:
information which he had received, that the ac-
count:3, which had appeared in the public 'Papers,
were greatly exaggerated. He wished to, ask if it
was true thateongresS had come to a decision in
favour of a warsi;neasure If there was any thing
in the report which had been circulated, he thought
Government must lave received some official in-
telligence on the subject, from their diplomatic
Agent in America. It was in order to quiet the
extravagant alarms excited by this rumour, that .
lie wished to afford Government the earlie'st op 7,
portunity of- contradicting it. If war were re'2-
solved upon, however easy it might seem to re-
store peace, and however short might be the 'du-
ration of the war, it was a circumstance Which be •
should most sincerely deplore. If it were .so,• the
cause must obviously be the English Declaration.
of April last, and he could not but regret that that
measure had been adopted, as measures too
frequently were by the Government of this
country.
The SPEAKEE called thenonourable and Learn-
ed Gentleman to order. He could not be allowed
to go into this subject, when anotherquestion was
before the House.

Mr..BanuottA:g said' he was merely al4out to ex-
press, his reg.& at .the circumstances under which
that measure had been resorted to.

Lord CASTLERE-AGH was willing to give theilon.
Gentleman all the infonnationin his power ; but
he must at the same time observe, that he did nit
answer for its accuracy ; for as the discuSsioir al-
luded to had ken secret—had been a discussion
with closed doors, the information which Govexu-
Meat had received, was in consequence grounded
on the rumour which had gone abroad. It cer
tainly was understood, *that a war mousure had
passed Congress, and been sent up to the Senate,
who had deferred coining to a decision on it. He
did not wish to enter into this subject at present ;
but he begged to state, in answer. to what had
fallen from the .11ora. Gentleman, that as ;.,lich of,
hostility had appeared on the parf of Al:7 ;'0 ca be-
fore the arrival of his Majesty's Declaration, as
after that document had been received. - .

Mr. BROUGHAN• did not underitaud whether or
not what the Noble Lord had stated was foauded
on official information.

,
140,rd CASTLEREAGH answered, ttit it wa. cer,
tainly ofricial., so far as lie had stated ; but, fvorn
the circumstance before alluded, tos he could noi
vouch for the accuracy of the inform&tion
ceived..

DISTFRALD STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
The Order of the Day fur taking the Report of
the Secret Committee into further considerag‘ion,
.was then read.

Lord CASTLEaEAGH, ill caning the attention of
tlieHouse to the subject now under consideraticas
in proposing to the House_ to found a Bill da the
Report of the Committee, was anxious, on his
own account, and on account of his Colleagues
to explain the reasons which had made them_ feel
it to be necessary to 'call the attention of .the
House to the present disturbed state of the coun•-
try. The-House would perhaps allow him‘to say
that 'nothing, but,a conviction that not to do so,
Would be to omit that which it was their duty to
do, could induce them-now to bring this sub:ieet
before Parliament. It had beer! their wish and
their endeavour tu, preserve the public peace by
the ordinary course of law, and it wits their hope
that they would have been enabled to abstain
from proposing such measures as now appeared
to be necessary, without Iseing guilty of an aban-
donment of duty. The delays which bad taken
place, he 'hoped the House would consider as an
earnest of the wishes of Government that Pasha-
ment,migln.be allowed to separate, after the-ar-
duous labones of a long Session, without being
called upon to give their atteation,to that which
was now brought under their consideration, and
certainly they had had reason to indulge.slich
hope, as several of. the disturbed counties, and
the town of Nottingham in particular, had hem
restored to-a state. of comparative tranquility by
the exercise of the ordinary course of law. Spe-
cial Coinmissioners had been sent down to Lan-
caster and Chester, •and these, with the means
which the Magistrates had it in their power to
,call forth, it was hoped.; would have been suffi-
cient to repress the-evil without any further aid
non) Parliament. Unhappily, the disturbances,
their progress; had assumed a character which
at first they
_did not bear. They had assumed'
more of a military character ; they were more
regular, more formal, and consequently more
formidable latterly, than they had at first -appear-
ed to be. They had been. marked by an:increased
ciesil for arms, and that desire The arms had so
increased, that his Majesty's Government would ,
have failed in their duty
.not to have brought the
circumstances under the consideration of the
House: The communication lately received from
the Lieutenant of the West Riding in Yorkshire,
-and'many other quarters, contained representa-
tions, not only of the progress of a system of a
most, dangerous and alarming nature, but they
set forth, that, unless some additional power
were granted in aid of the law as it at present
stood, they could , not cope with the evil.. He
(Lord 'Castlereagh) bad been anxious, if Go-
vernment could have made up its mind sufficiently
early ,ta interpose, to prevent the Call cf the'
House being discharged ; but at that time Mi-
nisters were waiting for information on the sub-
ject from the Lieutenant of the West Riding in:.
Yorkshire, to enable them to determine on the
line Of conduct proper to be pursued 5- and the
would recollect that on the next ;day but
one after the Call of the House had been dis-
charged, he had given notice that he should have
a communication to make respecting the disturb-
ed
districts. In looking to the nature of the evil
which now pressed on their attention, it appear-
ed to thin more material to look at its present as-
pect, than to trace it to its source. ", With respect
to its causes, a variety of. opinions might be en-
tertained, and though it might be desirable to
- look to its origin, in order, to ascertain the ex-
tent of its 'malignity, yet still to him its present
aspeet appeared of superior importance. ft was,.
his opinion that the evil would not. have existed
to \its present extent,-but for circumstancefewhich
he hoped were but temporary in their nature.—
He considered it as arising in a great degree.
from the distresses of the inanufacturing dis-
tricts, 'aggravated as they were by the high price
of provisions, which had pressed sev cs,ay on
the lower orders. These persons. unit*, in ,
the first instance, without any intention of
carrying their proceedings to the lengths to
which they lad- been carried, had, from Mak-
ing war on their masters, and against machinery,
felt their own power. They had then sought new
enemies, and at last assumed a military character
of so serious a nature, so malignant, and so mark-
ed by conduct and deliberation, that Govern-
Ment ,would be culpable longer to forbear calling
the attention of the House to the subject. Fro
the oaths by which they were bound, it must be
seen, that a combination existed of a most secret
nature, and when it was known that such an as-
. sociation was formed, that oaths were taken to