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London, England, 1819-02-05 00:00:00

COTTON FACTORIES.

The Earl of LAUDERDALE adverted to a notice
given by a Noble Lord (Kenyon); respecting the
' state of children employed in cotton-factories,
and observed upon the inconvenience, in point of
time, in bringing forward the subject now, when
another Committee, upon a subject of the greatest
importance, was about to be appointed, which
might, in some measure, prevent tin attend-
ance upon the Committee proposed by the
Noble' Lord, 'and particularly when it was re-
collected that it was frtquently ''fiery difficult,
in the last Session, to make a Committee up-
on the same' subject. He therefore suggested
-the propriety of postponing the inquiry proposed
by-the Noble-Lord to a later period of the Ses-
sion ; but it the Noble Lord would not consent
to that, be at least hoped the Noble L►►rd would
not object to a delay till Monay; as within the
last 24 boors be (Lord Lauderdale) had received
voluminous documents upon the. subject from
Manchester, which it would be impossible for
him to look: over by to-morrow. Undoubtedly,
great cat-atop:and deliberation were requisite in
going into a consideration of this subject ; for
he verily believed that the exaggerations-and mis-
representations which had -been published respect-
ing it, had been the cause of the riots, not long
since, at Manchester. lie had.no doubt, indeed,
of baing able to prove, that statements had been
circulated which' had been purposely garbled and
intentionally Misrepresented.
. Lord KENYON had no objection to postpone bis
motion till Monday ; but he could not consent to
delay it till• a later period of the Session, the ob-
ject being to get through the inquiry in ,time to
allow a Bill to go through Parliament in the
eoutse of the Session. He was not aware of any
difficulty in forming a Committee, as, accordin^
to his recollection, the Committee in the last
Session on every day of its meeting transacted
business. ,

The Earl of LA.U.DERDALR expressed a wish that
the Noble Lord .would postpone his motion t,.,r a
month.—T9 thiS na-answer was given.

THE LATE -QUEEN'S ESTAELISHMENT.
The Earl of. LIVERPOOL• presented a Message
from the Prince Regent, stating that his Royal
Highness thought • it right to inform the House,
that by the•demise of the late Queen 58,000/.
per annum .became. 'disposable for the purposes of
the Civil List, which his Royal Highness 3daced
at the disposal of Parliament, subject to the
of perscins•.attuched to her Majesty**
Household,, and. which his Royal ighness had
no doubt. the House 'of Lords would attend to, a&
had been the case on all former occasions of a
milady ardicting character.
Oa the motion' of the Eat' of LIVERPOOL, his
Royal Highness's most gracious Message was
ordered to be taken into consideration to-mor.
row.,
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SECRET COMMITTEE RESPECTING CASH PAY-

ENTS, •
The Earl or LIVREPOOL having moved the
Order of the Day, -
. A, Ballot took place for a Secret Committee to
consider the state of the Bank of England, with
reference. to the resumption of cash payments, &e.
The Lords present having put their lists in the
balloting glasses,.a Committee, cousising of the
Earl of Shaftesbury, tl►e Earl of Huntingdon,
the Earl of Limeric, Lord Boston, and other
Lords, was appointed to examine the ballots.
After a short interval, the Committee returned,
and the Earl of Shaftesbc

to have fallen upon the fo
The , Lord President (Earl of
Harrowby),
The Duke of Wellington,
The Marquis of Lansdown, •
The Earl of Graham (Dtrke of I
Montrose),
The Earl of Liverpool,
The Earl of St: Gen►pans,
On the motion of the

my reported the election.
&lowing Lords, viz.:—
Lord Viscount Sidmoutb,
Lord Viscount Gordon (Earl
of Aberdeen),
Lord Viscount Granville,
f LoFd King,
Lord Grenville,
Lora Redesdale,
Lord (Earl of) Lauderdale.
Eati of LIVERPOOL; the
to meet on Saturday, at
till to-morrow (this day).

Committee was ordered

one o'clock.—Adjourned

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

ELECTION PETITIONS.
After a consi•det able number of private Petitions
ad been disposed 91,

- Tie §PEAKBR begged leave to remind the House:
hht te.morrow Wns the last de ion, which private

Petition 3 coul:i he received. Ire there-
lore come down to the House to-morrow at 3
,oclock, and take the Chair as early as possible.
Ile might also mention, that this was the last
evening on which Election Petitions could be re-
-ceived, and that the present was the proper time
-fur presenting them.
Petitions were then presented against the return
for the following places :
Droglirda, Wootton-Bassett, Great Grimsby, Camelford,
Galway, Bristol, Northampton, Taunton,lborne-portt- St;
Tres, Caroarvon, Rye, Ivetchester,,Grampound, and King-
ston-upon-Hull.
They were ordered to be taken itiln„cpmidera.T,
tion by the COmmittee on the 101.1 wi
Drogheda. on Tuesday, March 2; Wootten-Bniset, on
Monday, March 22. Great Grimsby, on Tuesday, Mardi 23;
Camelford, on TbursdaY, March 25 ; Galway., 9n Thor4day,
Mardi la Bristol, on 'Tuesday, March 14;,' Northampton
and Taunton, on Thurstlity.- April I ; Millsorne-port and C.r-
uarvon, on Tuesday, April 6; St: • Ives- anti-' Ry'e. TuesdaY,
April 2; ; !retchester and Grampoittlil„ on Tiorrsday, April
829 ; and Kingston-ul,on-411111, on Tuesday, May 4.
CASE OF DENIS 'SULLIVAN,.
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Mr. BEti,tNEt rose to presenra I'etitinn from
Dr•nis Sullivan, complaining, that he had served
12 ven.to in the Navy, and was dkeharged in
181-I—ti4t he snifens from a severe ,voninl, which.
prevents his -following his profession, .and %rat
oow labouring under the most severe distress ;
rod heeause he wanted only one claim, namely,
e smarrticken; he was refused the usual pension,
Bud vvzis turned out upon the world to siarve.—
This person was in possession of the most ample
eWficates from Officers under whom he had
Fervent. I:e offered to make out hie case to the
satififlrtinn of the Lords of the Admiralty, and
prayed for relief.
A Mcmsen, whose narne could not b 6 learned,
observed, that certain reguktion3 had been estki.
tor nine admissorn of such claims, and in
consequence of these regulations the claim of Sul-
co •Int not he anhnitted.—The Petition was
then ordered to he on the table.

POOR LAWS.

Mr. CunweN, seeing the Noble Lord in his
place, hogged iv know Whether it was intended
by Ministers to propose any measure this Session
re.peeting the Pocr Laws. It was a lamentable
fact that the Poor Rates had increased very much
during the last year ; there was certainly an
anxious desire among all classes that some Legis-
lative remedy should be applied to this tremendous
evil.

Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that he cert.inly.on-
derstoed from his Right Hon. Friend (Mr.-S.
'• Bourne), who bad been Chairman of the Com-
mitte last Session, that he intended to give notice
w a motion on this subject on the first open day.
Any assistance that he himself could give on this
most important-subject, he would- mostrcheerfully
ai-Tord. He understood that a Bill had been framed
last Stssion, which had been approved of by the.
list Committee, and which he therefore presumed
was likely to be brought before the House.
Itr,IEACH OF . •
Sir Rosser WILsoN rose for time purpose Of
presen;ing a Petition on a subject which appearr.
ed to iiiin of the highest importance, not because
it compiaitted of an insult offered to an individual',
but alsO stated some facts which-, it was offered
snould be substantiated by evidence; and- which;
if true, materially concerned the freedom •of
election, and the privileges and dignity of the
House. The person against 'Maly the charges
contained- in -the Petition were made, was a
.111 ember -of this House, and be yell; much la-
mented, that at this time, when the subject
must he brought before the House.,. that Hon.
'Member happened not to be in thekingsloni.—
Tberefore, -the absence of that-Hon. Member,'
lie should not feel himself at -liberty to' state any
thing svith-the -view of aggravating the case; hut
it) what be conceived it to be his duty now to
state to the House, as to the conteots of the Peti-i

t km, he should feel himselt bound to be donbli
impartial. 'rue case, however, was of such im-:

portance as .to demand a short SttiteMent Of 'its,
principal circumstances. The petition stated that.
the lion. Wyndham Qain was, in July last, tip-.
pointed to the office of Custos Rowloam) for the
Countv of Limerick, and that,- inconsecinence of ,
thii appointment, the office of Clerk of the Peace
fell wider hie patronage. The petitioner, 'l'. W.,
Grady, had held the office of Clerk of the Peace:
fr,r 15 years previous to the,appoiottnent of Mr.
Quin, hot had executed the dutiei of tbe office by
Deputy. Some time -after. Mi.-Quin's appoint-
he Have notice:to Mr.:Gradv . that, he must

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wilt the oftice; but at the sstne time offered to
allow him the sum of 2001. a year ,ontof the emo-
loments of it, folder certain conditions. This pro-
Final the Petiiloner rejected.. .lil:tha month of
December, Air. Carew Smith,. thelAgent of the
Petitioner, cAlled on Mr. Wyndham Ruin, by
whom Mr. Smith was informed, that he intended

give the office of Cledi‘Of the Peace to Mr.

Ricnaid of Limerick, but intended that

iVr. Grady (ibe Petitioner). should receive my
annuity of two 1111114 red pounds out of the einoitt--.

mews of the offife, provided lie, Mr. Grady, would
c For Mr. Quin at the County Election. This
Mr. IVyndhau.Quin said he thought :a very: fair
proposal. Of the conversation, vaieh passed Eit;

this interview, Mr. C. Si►ith made a minute,
which, for the sake of accuracy, he showed to Mr.

Quill, 411 d tvi.iled him to sign. But, although Quin
ad Witted the minute. to be accurate, at the advice

of trimly:ln was present, lie did not sign it.
As the evidence or the case rested in a great Ile-

fret-on the authenticity of this minute, he would
-now read a copy of it. It stated " that Richard
Smith is to be appointed to the office of Clerk of
the Peace, iu the room of, Mr. Grady,and on the

iiliderstandiug that N:r. Grady is to receive 200/.8

year, to be paid by Mr. Smith out of the emoluments

of the office. At t►ie same time it nilerstood that

:11r. Grady is to continue politically connected
%c id) Air. Quin. But that Air. Grady, at any

time on 1.-diminishing .this annuity, of 2001. was to
be at liberty to dispose of his influence as he
pleased." The proposal. contained in -these mi-
nutes Mr. Grady rejected with indignation, and
inCiui ted that be would bring the subject before
rathament. A Mr. Gat bets, an agent of Mr.

Qlio, alarmed at this, %vent to Mr. .I'Vynn:4l.l)

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Q.,itl, and tetoonsti-ated,with him on the impru-
dence of bib conduct, advising 10 quas.it the
,trering the an::tlity of 2001. to Mr.

(irailv, utitetivrcii by any cuild!lioii.

On this

Qiitt wrote as tollow,J :—" Mr. Grady may

/oft as be pleases-, and if he votes agaitlsi are, I
shall not deprive him of his place. (Signed),
Wyndham Quin." But the petitioner said he
would have thought himself equally culpable it
.lie
agreed to this after that had passed. He ex-
pressed himself ready to proie all these allega-
tions at the bar of the House, and was ready to
produce all the documents, if the House should
issue a *arrant for that purpose.
The SPEAKER begged that before this Petition
-tries piestifteir,-111-thight iallowed to call the
attention of the House to the last ease which
might be considered a precedent Ott this subject.
Hon. Gentleman who brought forward this
Petition had been kind enough to mention the
subject to him since the meeting of the House this
',lay. Ile trusted, that the shortness ot the notice
would be some excuse for his having been unable
to make so extensive a scald, for precedents as he
could have wished. But he had found one case
on the suhject, which, vtith the le lee ot the
House, lie would now 'Tate. "'he point to which
he wished to direc( tl,e attention of the House
was as to the very first step—namely, w he:her
•Cte reti'ion should be brought up or not.
IS!! o:ere was the knowing entry on the
Jorironis for that Session "On a Petition
heing presented, complaining of certain acts
on• the part of R. M. Phillips, Esq. a It-in-
her oh this Honse—ordered, that lie he di,;
leered to attend in his .place on the 14th of
June next." I u that, case, on a complaint
against a Member, before the Petition was
brought up, the House doer:red that he shonid,at
tend in his place. He hail only to add, th.on if
the case he had mentioned %vas thought a proper
precedent to follow on this occasion, it %vas only
necessary to mention it, to show the propriety
of abstainine from any discussion on the subject
till the Member complained against could appear
in his place. He had only further to say, that
though this was the only case he hail found, he
could not take upon himself to say, that there
were not others on the saute subject, but he trust-
ed the House would excuse his not li;sing tot4id.
any other, and consider the shortness of the no-
tice.—(Hear, hear, hear !)
Lord CasTeßßßaon observed, that after what
had fallen from the Chair, the House would be
naturally desirous of followine,r that course 'lrvineh
had been adopted in the former case, which
might be considered a fit precedent, particularly
as it waa the course most consistent with fairness
to an Hon. Member not then present.
Sir J. NEWPORT hoped as this was the last day.
for'receiviug Election Petitions, that this would
not be considered a bar.to their entertaining this
ease hereafter.
The SPEAKER. said, he understood that the act
'complained of had occurred since the last General
Election.
Sir ROBERT WILSON said, it was subsequent to
the late General Election. He was happy to
concur in what had fallen from the Chair, and

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front the Noble. Lord 'opposite, and therefore
moved that the Hon. ‘Vyndham Quin he Ordered
to attend in his plate this day three weeki.
After a few words from Mr. W. Wynne
.and
Lord Castlereagh, Sir It. Wilson fixed this day
se'nnight as that for Mr. W. Quin's attendance,
which Was agreed to.