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intended to n
c,ondition of
regulations til
shipping trade. The Noble Earl thou' lit that'
shipowners of Hull, complaining of thiState-of t: alltilaintwitiheea.
those points which had been urged by the ilefen&
of the present law were without foundati6ol..siiall 11.,ses fo rte
Qcocnttheendleadwtlxivaotult(hi the consequence ntsheaqtuefnp.croeigonf
shipstl]eco ,un:toiun'llijii; which the
tirely supersede the use .of English ones, as soon '44,vith their c:
mina'
,01l done bits
there were enough foreign vessels to . meet the -th`tter ohservi
mand. The petition was then ordered to lie on, f --'4[4% pray'
table. , • Prohibitions t.
ioconsistent ii
• w
Their Lordships then adjourned at half-past Si) „.!les• The
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MOUSE OF COMMONS, Jinx 1. - hM. COI).
The SPEAKER took the Chair at five
tiolis on a fon
after Four o'clock this day. .
Mr. N. CALVERT postponed the further ie
sideration of the report on the East Retfortf Distil sreply' at all.
chisement Bill until the 11th inst. rartment, an
Mr. PALMER presented a petition froM Be' Mr. F. LE
shire, praying for protection to the Wool trade. \1:0old never I
Mr: FYLER presented a. petitionfrorn Covent the Hon. Ge
against the burning of Hindoo Widows.
.•
Sir A. CAMPBELL presertted a petition
pi 111) the priuci
Glasgow, against the abolition of Slavery, with( isting interes
full compensation to the Planters. ,Member dec
Non: Membi
• Colonel SIBTIIORPE presented a petition fi 11114imuul of
Cromer, Lincoln; for an alteration in the. Corn Lail irtiv
ADDITIONAL CHURCrfES BILL
Mr. JOHN WOOD presented a petition figioprrsatet conseqicab
le
Manchester; against the Additional Churches 13i. those who
The •Hon. Member observed,. that if the Bill .„.. to tell them.
pressed an with the same obstinacy as was evino• 44Y Practical
last night, he should• Oppose it in this and every otk Mr. HOB
Session. • -- for
Colchesfc
Mr. HOBHOUSE thought that after the Opf: MY with the
sition list night it would be useless and enen'ing 4,!°tlnd him.
corous to press on the Bill hefOre next Session. "e (Mr. Hob
Mr. DENISON concurred iii•this opielon, it. Gentleman t
that the agrio
was satisfied that if his Majesty's Government ii around him)
sisted in pressing it forward during the present S an his awn
sion, it would, produce more ill-blood in the eouns. The Hon. Al
Were only at
than any measure which had. ever passed that:Hoe, rents occasion
and at the same time completely destroy "that e. other, for he
feeling between the Dissenters' and the Church
England which 'began, from recent events, ‘d preo
that the dist
that the- Bill had been introdueed withonee*plaP
Mr. LITTLETON said, 'that the rnisfoiime 11, keticiempe
atriht,ae;:eulhairputes..t
tion. The Bill had been recommended by
Church CommisSioners, and he was anxioul.that,
tHoearhdadofalTsor,
late
ahe rtaeet e the
the:eys didi
Presider
eciuntry,.—((
should he allowed to go :through a Comtritte` a,
.t s:.
ahilities of the
sreat comfort
assume a perfect forin, and then it might he, allot".
ifinguished, a:
to stand over until next session, to allow the pub:
to be acquainted with its contents. The petie
was ordered to be printed.
On the motion of Mr. J. W. CROKER, 1:
LONGITUDE ACTS .REPEAL RILL: '
Bill went through a Committee, and an amendul that he eine:
was added, reserving. the rights of persons now ej 1,..°) to lean,
gaged in experiments to the North Pole. tton. Gioia
tadthe World
. ~ . FREE TRADE. .
j UPrit
Mr. HARVEY, in presenting a petition from t' f , who
Hand Loom Weavers of Colne, in Laneashit 0 s-snot wart
observed, that the petition was signed by 00• ivtiould only
5,000 persons, but as far as the opinions it express.
theeaon:
nttlye petition swithuoa situation ni
pfivivtoerexte exposed,
millionso-tsieledm,
of
ft i
,thoseM.
esigh t
) yt
cbl,taielsessiearsi diianbt otl, lit Hen.
of those
Member
ought
great
could
He was very well aware of the little attention' will,
petitions from thisSclass of people generally receie. taken up
in that House. Impressed, however, ;with a; JOI Zer ti•ived.—
arising from the declarations of the, Right He whwieehlr' of 1
Gentleman opposite (Mr. Courtenay), that he cid . of • ue sta
to a consideration of .this question unfettered by.' c. r. -the petit
prejudices, and unrestrained by any of the pr(' d(riedase of w
which might induce him to dread a recanting of li he 'Th
declared opinions—impressed; he ' repeated ivi thous, Meml
strong hopes of some relief being -afferded to l''
well founded
those aros
petitioners, and to others, from the applications
the strong powers of inquiry .and singular acuten(
which that Right, Hon. Gentleman possessed, to Mr. D. IN
consideration .of these questions—he,begged: to el tem of prohi
if the f t
his attention to a few of the statements, of the pe', adopted, ree
err
tioners. In. doing so, he would venture (Toil
prophecy with respect to the result of t,
ii‘ Tax laid on i
Right. Honourable Gentleman's inquiries ; manufacturei
plained of ht
that was, that he would, on the next SesSion Member for
Parliament, either feel himself compelled to reti
yil said
ous
at once to that state of restriction and prohir tion_
y ,
be print
tion froM Which we had departed, or ;altogether ef
brace the full extent of the principles of free. to Mr. W. v°
.If free trade was to hesentinued it must, be and morrow °l°
very different circumstances, and under a very site alteration in
ed state of taxation., He did not so Much mewl standing on!
diminished taxation, however desirable that migi' Sir J. NE
be, as
,ti. taxation altogether modified and, altered the beginnin;
its character and degree. He w 0 hi say, let til Establishmel
Right Hon. Gentleman abolish at once all his 10 Mr.semsM,,43l
quitable and painfully fettering taxation by the tnes NY native
of customs, and have recourse at once to a pid lati
wholesome, hold, and unflinching property taxi Wavege•senstety
• •
tax lighting by
:gradual limitations upon,princely el Mr. MAI
cesses, and falling gently upon the gains of the pi dress be pre(
And the industrious. The petitioners stated soo, be laid beton
facts which tended to disprove the assertiOns 'no' ,t 1.9" from th
the other evening, upon the presentation. of tik finishing the
. Spitalfields petitions. It was then said that tl' Mr. -CUT
'wages of the workmen were only 13s. a week. SO If ep, :Plante
Hoe. Gentleman, however, .declared that the wool 'ussgxs again
Men were actually receiving 18s., and they never I'. ing, the Hop
fore enjoyed a state of greater and more gene Mr..CUH
prosperity. The' persons who presented the pef habitants of
lion were so sensible of the effect, prodticed by t 1 Additional (
statement, that they waited upon the Right 110 Mr. H. 0
,Gentleman then, at .the head of the Board of Traci Traders, Mc
.and
_satisfied hire With very little trmible;that 0 against the 'I
assertion as to.the high rate. of wages was ,altogetiv. Mr.llEA'
erroneous. He was indeed confident that if tit inhabitants (
took any period in the history of the country, wit. Of Lincoln,
they ancient or modern, and compared it with 0 notes.
,present, they would find none in which the state of 0 II
artizsn and manufactures, and
,of every person w) • Mr. STA
lived by labour, was more thoroughly depreciate serrations Its
This was the real state of the labouring poor' stated part o
England, as was proved by the petitioners,. altbou; Petition hefts
the political economists of that House, in all 0 bode, a Brit
pride of an untameable philosophy, were content t "der the co
rnment, in
overlook it, in their anxiety to support the prineipi' ve 0
onyentions
for which they contended. It was, indeed, with
little surprise that he heard an Hon. Baronet (Sirl aware, that a
Burdett), remarkable for the general philanthropy' Consequently
his views, contend, in the debate upon the Gloe l'entY milliol
( Trade, that they were not to look at the censequent4 (If a mixed
of a few persons being thrown out of bread by 0 tents of Et
use of Parisian elegancies, but the general ',seal of the .claim
which the furtherance of free trade produced to 0 who had sufl
country. This, however, although strictly in 0 }'reach Goya
cordance with the principles of political eeonore .convention,.
was a most ruinous principle when applied to to( here]ot hp
Hot
e in
who had served their apprenticeships to a particuP
trade,and who, when driven from it, knew no Llnder which °the"
9f February,
The present petitioners pursued a'course very di.
ferent from those connected with the shipping trail'g"vice (in w
eeived seversand others who had complained of the principles' Count Pozza
free trade. They desired no alteration of a depig
m
ture from those .principles ; they .were not dispose •"
of itsad comine a d
to intefere with the decision of Parliament, but the
(pee of
claimed to be included in the policy of that prote
harinces Stu
tion which had been extended to others. It ~s ‘.;
pia the 15th
very well for the- Hon. Bart. (Sir F. Burdett)
fir
receive al
extol the principles of free trade. By the regal
tions with respect to the Corn Bill, the great lan. ~.. r Charles
loners, and
holders, of whom he was one, were able, by the hii
and fictitious price of their production, to riot inl several times
the indulgence of Parisian elegancies, and the intof period; wl'
Prescribed, fi
cation of French wines. They had, in fact, 0
juary that
adyantages under that system. They obtained:.
high price for their corn, and they obtained fore* ti?,'"'ntinii
luxuries at a low price ; so that it: might be sa wae,
their income was actually . doubled. Well,indee anal
etsor comp
might those who enjoyed theseadvantages put theo.: On
the
of tt at e (
), s c
selves forward as- the; enlightened advocates of h9th
e Baron
free trade, of which they enjoyed all the advantag',. marly he
and all the conveniences. The Hon. MeMber thi That, sera
as a pro
proceeded to observe that, after the declaration satisfactory;
the Right Hon. Gentleman on a ; former ciccasis the purport
he did not, seek for anything more than the .perfai, the atii c
ance of the pledge he hail given, to consider ts corli
bt „n11!°"5 "
subject during the recess; but he at the same tit hi nametdi,l
;
gave the Right Hen. Gentleman notice, that he 0 of Frenii
ci
determined not ,to allow him to live in the enje . anteeed ent
ment of all the luxuries and pleasures of office, wit gave
toto
th a
out bearing. its .responsibility and.suffering its ince claimed comp
veniences. He, therefore, now gave trim notit