The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-17 00:00:00

COTTON MANUFACTORIES.

Lord STANLEY also presented a Petition from divers
persons, tiboi'e the age of lb, employed in
.the Cotton
at arid ne?r Polttin-le-Aloots, statinr, that they were
obliged to work 13. hours a day, and-praying, tiro- is Act
might be passed to restrain their hours of worhio:: to ten
and a bait' in the day.--Read; and otdered• to lie un the
-table.

, Lord STANLEY then presented a petition from some Cot-
' ton Spinners as Manchester, praying that an inquiry might
be instituted into the internal 'regulation of their manufacto-
ries, and the state of the persons therein employed. „
Mr. PHILLIPS observed, that many calumnies' had been
-circulated relative to the treatment of the persons-employes-I
in the manufactories of cotton sjiinpers, awl that the:o6ect
of petitioners was, that a Select Committee should be ap-
pointed to inquire into the treatment and conditiosr.Of the
persons in their employment,
.wit h a view to prove 'that the
statements circulated relative to the harsh treats:stet-It thiey re-
ceived might be. disproved. These injurious reports hid done
much mischief, Zspeeially as there was always a tendency its
extenAive manufactories for the workmen to enter into com-
binations against their mvsters.
The petition was then read, ordered to lie on the tabte., and
to be printed.
Mr. Alderman WOffb presented a Petition from a terson
called Christian Symonds, stating that he had invented a me-
thod.of Hurling the Degree a( Longitude at Sea, and praying
be House to take his case into consideration: • • - -
Read and brdered to lie on the-table.
• 'The Malt Duty Bill was read a'third time and passed,
LOAN 'FROM THE BANK. , •
Mr. GIIEIOEn, adverting to the answer which the Chan-
"cellorof the Exchequer g"ave some -days ago relative to the

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time of repaying the,Lpon, advanced, to Government by the
Bank, wished to know at what rate interest would be paid on
that Loan, incase the time of repayment was protracted be-
yond th.e sth of April. It was prodded by the Act tpf Part.
lianfent, that if the repayment was not =made on the sth of
April, interest wotasthe payalde on the amount froutthat
date till the time of payment ; but na rate of interest was

mentioned in the Act. AS Government. was enabled to hot:.
row money at a rate as low as two per cent. per annuli), he
hoped the interest to be paid. to the Bank on this Loan; be-
yond the sth of April, would be. proportionably low.. '
- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if .the
Money was not paid to the Bank by the sth of April, that the
tat, of interest payable on what would remain due after that
period would probably. be the same as that which had been
during the-time previous to the sth of April. But the time
that would elapse between tin, sth of April and the total' re-
payment was likely to be so 'short that the interest could
only :mount toa very Small. RUM.
The Bill was then read a third time and passer':

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An Amount-was presented of all Exchequer Bills and Bank
Notes deposited,with the Bank by the Exchequer during the
last year..-Ordered to lie on the table.
GRINFELL rose to move that-thisamotint,be printed•
it bad, ht; said, fora long time breorthe daily practice that the
Bank should every ruorning.send• t wo.elerks to the Exchequer,
who took away any sums paid into the 'Exchequer in [sank
Notes during. the preceding day 'on account of the public re-
venue. For the sums .thus received a securitywas remit ed
frOm the Bank. And what was that security? Nothin.y, more
or, less than Exchequer Bills, which were perhaps gurcliaiud
with the very money received from the Exchequer the day
before. The House would be surprised to hear that the stuns
received by the Bank from. the Exchequer in this way,
amounted, during the last year, to no less than 4,500,0001.
Mr. MANNINO could not help thinking that the Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Grentell) iniglit give some notice when he
intended to agitate questions relative to the transactions of
the Bank. As to what the Hon. Gentleman said on this oc-
casion, every one who knew any thing of.the biiiineSs Of the
Exchequer knew what the Hon. .Gentleman had dm scribed
was no recent innovation, but had been the established prac-
tice, for a long period of years. The practice .was a very
Wholesome one; and as to the security which Was given, it
would not be denied that it was .Competent to the Bank
to lay out the money which it received in the putehase of
Exchequer Bills.
Mr-TIERNEY saw
,nothing ottjectionable in what bad.
been stated by his Hon. Friend (Mr: Groafell); bathe Ijon.
Bank Director (Mr. Manning) seemed displeased, and said
the practice was a wliOle-sonte one. It was Vli.ll likelr:the
Gentlemen of the Banle.found the practice a very.wholvsome
One, for it was such a one as Was likely to agree With the don-
stitution of. the Banki The Hon. Gentleman, however, now
admitted that the Bank, in their capacity of Bankers, pur-
chased Exchequer Bills, which was an admission which he
had hitherto in vairriattenipted to obtain.
The Account-was thin ordered to be printed. '
PRISONERS UNDER THE SUSPENSION•ACT.

Mr, BENNET presented a Petition front a person of the
name of Balguy, who, together with his son, had been con-
tined under the authority Of the Bill to suspend the Haheas
Corpus Act: It set forth the hardships'which he was exposed
to during an imprisonment of four months,'and stated that
during that time he bad been kept -heavily loaded with irons.
The Petition prayed that no Bill of indemnity might be al-
lowed to pass. through the House.
When the Petition had been read,
Mr. BROUGHAM remared, that the petition stated lie

had been kept in irnip for four months. :No authority was
given by the 5;::No
Act to put -in irons persons arre,t,•il
under it, or to expose them. to any liacdship .heyoueilife
merely keeping their in safe custody. He hoped that
-the
Hot!. Gentle Men opposite ivriild either tiow, or or* sou,
future day, state whether the allegations in thispetitioit
were true or false. If false, it was an offence against the dig-
nity and privileges of the House,. which ought to be-visited- 'us
the petitioner. If true (anit unless contradicted, he would
Certainly.beflisposed to believe-them),, the attention ,of the
House Ought seriously to be called to the sulifect. •
'Thd Petition was then'orderrd to lie on the table,.
Several Petitions were presented from person's. -arid. places,
the names of which•cohld not be collected, pr,t log, that no
fill of Indemnity to • Ministiers might he allowed to pass.—
They were read, and ordered to lie on the tablci:. •• •
Mr. METHUEN. brought in a fill to amend the.Act•ssth
Geo. IH„ relative to the salaries of Chaplains officiating for
Honks of Correction. .

The Bill wds read a first time, and ordered to 'be read a se-
cond time to-morrow. •

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On the motion of Mr. CALCRMT.. (after some cautionary
economical hints from Mr. Banks)„ the Petition of tlre Con-
stables in attenclake on the House,prayingfor.remuneration,
was referred to a Select Committee. .

On the motion of Sir GEORGE. cLERK, th,.Petitio‘rg.,Eroin
the Convention of .13targlis„ in Scotland,. relative to.ifie erec-
tion of Jails, was referred to si Select .Committee.
Mr. PHILLIPS postponed his motion relative to the Peti-
tions from Manchester, till Monday next„..statirig-, that:it the
Report of the Secret Committee was not 'prefented before
that day, he should further postpone it.—Aajguened. •

THE CATHOLIC CLAIMS.

FOR THE sUN.

ADDRESS AND APPEAL OF THE ROSIAN CATHO-
LICS OF IRELAND TO THEIR PROTESTANT BRE-
THREN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT
BRrIt.IN AND IRELAND.