The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-17 00:00:00

MADHOUSES.

The Marquess of LANSDOWN postpnnetl moving
the second realliog of the Madhouses' Regulation
Bill till Tuesday next.

COTTON FACTORIES.

On the Report of the Cotton Factories' BM
The Earl of LIVERPOOL, in order to meet the
objections of some Noble Lads to this Bill, pro-
posed to substitute twelve hours, instead of eleven,
as the maximum of the labour of the Children per
day, provided they had an actual hour allowed
th, m loge( their dinners.

The Maiquiss at BuTo withdrew an Amend-
ment Le had 'noted on the former discussion, and-
the Eat:. of Rossiya and the Earl of Lauderdale
dittclaied themselves satisfied with the alteration
proposed by the Earl of Liverpool.—The Earl of
Harrowby and Lord Kenyon also acceded to the
alteration.—The Earl Grosvenor was still hostile
to the Bill, on the• ground of its being au inter-
ferenee with free labour.—The Eatl of Liverpool
c‘oltentled that there could be no question as to
frre labour with regArd to children under 16 years
of Ntf,.-The Eail Grosvenor tnaintairred, that
unkss they recognized the principle of parents
acting for the r children as they would for them-
srlves, in which case the labour of the children
«a, quo rid hoc tree labour, they would set up a
thew y tit t tended to rend asunder all the ties of
nat,itc.—The Marquess of Lansdown observed,
that it WaS SbtVP by the evidence, that the pa-
rents of children einplayed in Cotton Factories
must either allow them to work 15 or 16 hours a
day, or withdraw them altogether, .and therefore
it was that this Bill became necessary.—lt was
Olen agreed to re-commit the Bill on Friday.—
Adjourned till Friday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

CANIELEORD ELECTION.

Mr. GORE LANGTON presented a Report (tom
the Committee appointed to take into consideta-
tion the petition complainiug of an undue return
for the Borough of Cainefiord, stating, that it
appealed to them that the Sitting Members, John
Ste‘rart, Esq. and -Wm. Allsop, Esq. were not
duly elected, and ought not to have been return-
ed ; and that the election for the said Borough
was consequently void ;' and that neither the pe-
tition complaining of an undue return, nor the
opposition to the petition, was frivolous or vexa-
tious.

Mr. GORE LANGTON subsequently presented
special Report, stating, that it appeared to the
Committee.that John Stewart, Esq. had at the
las' election for Came!ford, violated theprovisjons
of ill, (knit ut the King, c. 118, and was thereby
it;.!apacitated. for sitting in the present Parliament
for the said Borough ; also that several of the

Burgesses (A-bose names were specilled) had been
guilty of corrupt practices, in order to influence
the return of the said Borough ; one of whou,
IV. Allis, di uggist, of St. ro r y Axe, had wilfully
absconded to avoid giving evidence before the
Committee.

On the motion of Mr. GORR LANGTON, the
Report was ordered to be taken into further con-
sideration on Friday sennight ; the Speaker was
directed not to issue a new -Writ for the Borough
of Cameltord before that day ; the Minutes of the
Evidence heard before the Committee were or.
tiered to be laid before the House, and W. Allis
vas ordered to be taken into the custody of the
Serjeant at Arms.
Lord EBRINGTON presented petitions from
Barnstaple, Eloniton,and another Town in De-
vonshire, against the Foreign Enlistment
Ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. DI./.GDALE presented a petition from the
Rector of the Chamber of Commerce at Binning-
ham, against the Foreign Enlisttnent
tiered to lie on the table.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, it was ordered that, at its rising, the
House should adjourn to Friday.