The Sun.
London, England, 1803-06-16 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15.
ADMIRAL BERICELEy moved that the Wool.
trade Regtilation Bill be read a third time to-
morrow. •
Mr. BROOKE. said, that this Bill went to the
repeal of all the present Laws upon the subjea of
lire Woollen Trade, and be ay idled to reserve
his sentiments upon that subjea until after he had
read the evidence which had been given upon it before
the CoMmittee to whom this Bill had been referred.
Ile did not state this hastily, or with a view of
considering what part he should take ip the.matter,
for he was determined to oppose the principle of the
Bill. He had made,inouiry 'how soon the evidence
given in this case.could be printed,' and he under-
stood it would take at least a week ; he submitted
therefore the propriety of postponing :the third read-
ing of the Bill for a period that. might at least.
enable the House to peruse the evidence on which
it was alledged to, be founded ; he thought the
peiiod for that purpose could nut be earlier than
Friday sennight.
Admiral BERKELEY said, it was absplutely
necessary that the Bill should pass this Session.
This was only the second instance in which the
linuse had ordered .the minutes of a Seleta Corn
mittee to be printed; the fortEr one was. that of
the London Dock Bill, so that it was by no means
of course for -the House to have the minutes of a
Committee'before them. ft; hoWever, these minutes
could be printed in a moderate time, he should have
no objedion to defer the third reading of the Bill
Until they should be printed ; but that was not to
be expeeted in the present case, and as it was essen-
tial that. the Bill should pass M the present Session,
he must persist in his Motion for the third reading
of the, Bill ro.morrow.
• Mr. ItURLAND observed that this was a Bill
of great importance ; the 'Woollen Trade of this
Country depended upon it. The evidence given
t'efore the Committee to whom the was , re-
ferred, had been ordered to be laid before the House
and to be printed, it therefore struck him to be a
very extraordinary circumstance to desire that the
third reading might take place before the House
could have any knowltdge of the fads, on which
the Bill was founded. It would give hiin concern
if the Bill did not pass this year, bur perhaps
another week's time might .bring the evidence be-
fore the HouSe, and therefore he should wish to
postpone the :third reading of, the ten days.
Mr. DICKENSON observed, that the Corn.
mittee to'Which this Bill was referred, Was an open
Couirnittee, and the matter had. been amply inves7
tigated, for which reason he was against any further
delay.
Mr. BROOKE said, that this was a matter of
great importance, and although it was said to be in
danger of being lost for the SessiOn if delayed
,another week in that House, yet so dangerous did
it appear to bun to pass it without a full, perusal of
all she evidence, that if it was put to him as a
stueStion, whether he woulti have the Bill read a
third time tomorrow, or lost, lie had no hesitation
in Saying n lost," .
The question was then put, that this Bill be•read
a third tittle IO4IIOIIOW, 'and the House divided
.For the third reading - i 6
Against it -

Colonel STANLEY brought up the minutes t)f the
evidence taken before the Committee on the Cotton
Manufoaory, which was ordered to be laid .on
the Table.
The Bribery Oath Bill went through a Cont.
mittee of the whole Muse, and the Report was
ordered to be received to-morrow, on the Motion
of Mr. GIL ES.
The Bin for making a Derot or Magazine in
Northamptcmsl.ire, for His Majesty's Ordnance
was read it third time anti passed.
Mr. BROOKE presented a Petition against the
Wool Hitt which had just been ordered to be read a
third time to.motrow, praying to be heard by Coun.
be), &c.
ddmiraj BERKELEY opposed it, saying that
no less than six Counsel had been aireatiir heard upon
this subieo before the Committee to whom -this
bill 114 been referred, and .4 ,whom the subjed
ha xi been fully Aliscussed.-He considered this ap.
plication as mete delay.
DICKENSONopposed the prayer of this
?titian on the same ground. There was no ob.
jeelion to the petition lying o'n the Table until the
Bill should be read a. third time, provided that took
Place to.morrow, and further delay was quite un.
necessary.
Mr. SHERIDAN said, that since he had come
to the HoUse, he had been informed, that the House
had come to an absolutely preposterous proceeding,
that of ordering this Bill to..be read a third time
ta.morrow, although not a word of the evidence
which the House had ordeyd to be printed for the
isaformation of the Members, to enable them to un.
.dcrstand the_ Bill, was yet before the House, nor
coultqe fora week to come. It was contrary to
all ruler°, the House to twind its own Order on,

the. day it was Rude, tut l should rially !lope that
to-morrow the House would alter this order, other.
wise the Bill would be read before the evidence-on-
which iris founded.
After a few words front Mr. BROOK!, the Peti-
tion was ordired to be laid on the Table, until the
Bill he read a third time to-morrow.

The Report of the Militia Transfer Bill was
brought up, amendments read and agreed "tct,' and'
the Bill was ordered to be read a third time manor.
row, if then engrossed.
The Report of the Militia Pay Bill-was put off
till tomorrow.

Mr. DENT rose to make some observations upon
a misrepreseraation in the Public Papers of what lie
had said yesterday respeding the Tax upon Pro-
perty not (venting upon Foreigru not resident
ill Engl nal, but he was called kg order by the
SPEAKtiZ.

Mr., Di: NT then gave' notice, that he would take
the sense of the lionSe on that part pf the measure
when,it came to the proper stage.•
The Order Of. the Day being readfor: going into
a •COMMi t tee a' Supply ,
Mr. H. B-ttoWt2E moved, that the second Report
upon the Survey of the Highlands of Scotland
Should he ref<rred to the said Committee.—Or.
dered.