The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-26 00:00:00

V.O.Visleni of that Bin bad proved ineffectual, tint
boys Of tiie most tender age were loth employed
in the Sweeping of Hues. A Committee on the
Subject had found that there were 206 master
'bwrepers itt London : of thele, 20 used their ap-
Orenti, fs, in the hest manner they conid ther'e
tiere wit conduct lie could not praise ; and
tite—ferna order. were known. to be or the most un-
feeling Ildybru disposition. In some parts Of
the kiagdoin'feiMiles were employed for this Or,
pose ; and, to the horror of the Committee, they
found that smallness of size anti delicacy of make
were recommendatioos ers. Under
these circumstances the Committee recommended

the prevention altogether of sweeping chimneys
,by rov,os. of children. lie %vas sine that the me-
.clittnical skill ;Intl ingenuity of this enlightened
period woold find a, substitute for the employment
of Littman hands. Such a had hr fact
been found ; and the Committee had learned, from
architects of the higbest ant horny, that 03
fides out of 100 might be swept better by inechani.
cal means than otherways. When tkr extreme 11119-
ral degtadation of the wretehed beings employed
in this trade Wal considered, he thought there
sothd be no objection to the introduction of a Bill
lie should now propose, for the abolition of these
-disgrateful cruelties. The Bill left the existing
laws of the subject as they stood : It provided,
that 'tone should take apprentices under the age
of 14 ; and that it should be penal to employ any
thinnivy.sweeper under 21 years of acte.'
IVILBERPOICCE tine to second the motion,
and- stated that the nature Cif the trade was such
w
that the mildest masters ere necessarily ohliged
• to, he cruel tot many occasions ; and the moral de=
pradation of these ttniortonate beings Was beyond
all 6144. Since the matter teas asst taken up,
in 1816, two boys, bad stock fast io chimn!ei,
though belonging to very humane masters. In fact
the masters were obliged to use a great cleat of
• force in the course of instruct tog the apprentice.
t 'When the, House considered that abomination,
that insult on human nature—the employment of
females in this horrid trade—he trusted there
could he no oppositioo to the measure.
Coltivtts :.toted, that means had been found

which rendered the employrneot•of hoyinltoge.
tiler iinitecessary..-Lease wits given to bring in
the Bill.

CATHOLIC DECLARATIONS.
General TfloßN TON rose, pursuant to his notice, to
more for 0 mod of the Law requirin, from Roman Catholics
a decinratiota againit trunsubstalltiution, under the 25:11 of
Charles H.

Mr. RI.AKE seconded the motion.
Lard CASTLER &WV wished the subjeet to be postponed
teXL ge06.1011. anti litiviled the previous
Slat% WIN postponed.
MASTER CUMIN EY-S WEEPERS.
Sir S. ROMILLY presented a Petition from the Master
Cliitrin9NSweepers of London,. stating that they were inost
ready to farther any enactments for the protection and com-
fort of climbing boys, and prayed that their own interests
plight nor be sacrificed: they stated that it would be better
for them if machines' alone could be employed; but that in
some c .ses it was inipossible:—.The Petitiotl was ordered to
lie on the table.

Mr. Is:..tiNETl' thin brought np his fill, which was, rear!
first time, istid ordered to br rcld 611C01111 on Friday
;text. -

CONVF;YANCEIN.

The LORD MAYOR nreSented :,oiintee Petition an the
inideet of Lieen.ed Conveyancers, in answi- to one presented
yesterday from certain Atlurniee in Westruin‘ter.
;me A. $101114.1.,)* lirdowlitoLl a 4.41,, Prtition from two
tctltlamcn >lt CoVetitiv.
N.rviDATurs Laws.

. _
Lord nrNrqusc, after sidling a case of grrat hardtbip."l
VICIVeII that the Ilowo, tihnold resolve itself into a Committee
On tiir Navigation Liwi, niNcting that part of India,
within the of thr Boa Indio Ciimpituy, The House
tesolved itsrlf into SI Committer, qnd loavv %v** given to
bring in ii Bill to ottictitl thy Navigation 1444.14 us tar as 0114
rclote to
H MA3 ES"rrs nitAvviNr;-iinnst.
irn ansiete to a (west:ton from sir C. ill AAR E Lio,
Ttto cilANcio„Lott .of tbe EXCH Eau Ett said, it was
pot intended to allow Otticris of he Royal i;oo4lJuld to st.•• •
oivc, 1141 I.OtlS attcrotiog the. (*watt.
SLAVP., Tit.Al).E. ' ,

efts SMYTH, after ceiling the attention of the
I-lOuse to the Iteport of the Committee on the
African Trade, begged leave to reed a letter from
Sir J. Veo, showing the great, inerease of the
Trade. on the Co4St ttt Arden,' in the hands
of the Spanish and Portuguese. Oise Portuguese
ship bud been captured, of only 120 tons, with
660 slaves on board, 36 of whom died its a short
time ; the muttality, indeed, and scene' on board
were dreadful. It seemed that these two nations
considered themselves vire secure in the trade,
, and, were making the most enormous profits ;
buying a slave for a gitantiy of tobacco worth no
more than 41. 10s, and selling hint tor 400 dollars.
This showed the truth of what bad been often
*aid, that it was to no purpose to abolish the
Blare Trade in one country unless it were abo-
lished hi all. 'rite question, however, was of the ut-
most importance to t his country, hut moreespecially
in oar relations with Africa. The great use and nth
vantage of commerce was to decelerate the civi.
lization of the world, anti in general it hod wear.
ly promoted that object ; bow the commerce carried
on with Africa had always traded in keep that
conwry in a state of barbarity and degradation.
Such being the east, he should state the "Ware of
the nlistraction that prevented: this Country froth
cat ryirig
.into effect its duty towards the negroes.
After rise Slave Trestle had been first abolished here,
so much to the honour of areas Britain, Sweden
and Denntatk, countries by no means neglect fist
of their own interest, followed our example ; then
?Tolland, whole god was gold, hadsucceeded ; am)
Vrance had also abolished !he trade. None wise
icm.tilled to support the traffic bat Soli,' and Por-
tugal.; 010) he said this with indignetion. Spain
Ouch pott„go; Dwelt their Crowns and their
existence to us; whose fields welt fattened with
0111 bietucl—lepeererms oru CrtiOre 710300 i—then
nations rat ried on the trade, not trendy itt'apite of,
but ectlially by the means of, our lawri-; and an
evil added to this was, that under their flag every
other nation curried it on Him. This also proved
tha t the aboht ion Would be fruitless sunless every aa-
slots ittlittql in it : hot the trade,as carried on at pre,.
sent,rts!onned a most perverse complex ion r forPo.r.
tueal by treaty was ftlio”'ell tat Casey on the trade'
smith 01 the line, aoti notitt, north ; to 000 110:
of Africa W'4s texcatpt trout its peruieions influeeee.
Surely there was space and verge enough. tor hot!),
south of the Hoe; anti it was not to be endured'
clod Spain should ertrY.on this traffic to the very
ports csf out own settlements. It tnifilit he said
thin sutbe allow'aoce'tvas-to be matte for Siwitli an
being less coi,ghtened than the test of Borcpri
and seeing this mitter with the same eyes with
which we ourselves vie Wed it fifty years ago :