The Sun.
London, England, 1816-04-22 00:00:00

CH:11111ER OF DEPUTIES, Arlin. 17.

'rite di4cussion On the custinii duties and pro-
bilri'ted articles Was continued,
- The Chauther took into consideration the CI
Art, of the plan of law, which
.enacted that all
spun rotion, stnirci of cotton and %vool, and
,all
other, stutf4 of foreign .prohibited
_manufacture,
should be searched for and seized throughout the
-u hole extent of the kingdoin; hut in order to
the goods manufactured in:France,
.every s; oft of the same matte With that prolikbit-
cd shill bear a !iartic4ihr twaik and number. The
ofg9otls who c3:)not prove them to be ot
French origin, arty;itithof ised to give in a decla-
ration of ihHrn beftoc the Ist July; and 'give se-
cority that they gill re-export them before the
'l.,f.lan, 1817."

This law gave rise to considerable discussion.
It wa 3 re Fob:melt by various membi.re, as 'autho-
rizing doiniciliaiy Visits, and the 1110 St vexations
scarchvs in private holises..„
M. Coti9o (of the- Itlinr,c) spoke• Against the
absolute prohibition of spqa cotton. This, he
said, tvoUld prevent us fro:n manufacturing the
finer muslin's.' The greatcr h tut of the French
spinners' .could not gb beyond No. 130, while the
I.*.nglish spun-to u debree of fineness equal to ISO
or 200.

M. Cornet d'lncotut thought the effect of the
law would be to' permit the owners of immense
entrepots to escape, while the retail trader, Ulld
e'. en private indivithrdls, would not eicape.
M. Pnytuattri n.—Not withstanding the progress
cat the 'an/onto/tin, not t he ells-
toiu-bouse htws of itighind.- In, that country the
prohibitive laws are ,excessively severe': 'articles
of merchandise are.folloteed up fimn ownr en_
trahec into the country, eve!: to the briudoir ,if the
kept mistress. 'Maslitts and: lace in:the piece, or
even iii wear, are equally svizctl. flelald a story
of a lady, to whom it %vas teatarked while gon a
journey, Unit she ran the risk. of being stopped,
because she wore a Hair of French glovei:. on this
site left her carriage, and walked on loot along
the road, lost not Only her git Aves, but her car..
ritige, should be confiscated.. This Deputy SLIT.-
fad in his speech, that the Vatisiatt tailors,carrie4i
cm a considerable trade in-English'cloth.
•M. Morgan, the reporter, defended the law,
arid asserted that the French cottott.spinners hind
reached the highest degree of perfection in point
of fineness. . • ,

The Director General • of the Citsvms also tle.
fended the provisions of the la -w, telticli, he said,
wete conformable: to the - law of the loth ilro-
tutLirer years, 'anti were generally demaruled by
the chambers of commerce and 'manufactures.
The article was then put tollic, vote, and ear-
tiod
; as was another, appointing. that where a
jury of 'trailers and mattufaettners should decide,
in eases Of seizure, that the goods were really of
French manufacture, the owner should be indem-
nified for his expeneet.•
A variety of other -amides Mlle under c0n44.-
derat , 'among which wit ont, nig • the
receivers of stamps to give creditfor Stamps to any
proprietor> .of Journals. This article Witt) inserted
by.the Committee, on the complaint- of several
Journalists, thitt some of their brethren, more
favOureo than the rest, had InCti allot'ved this
eiedit;

'file hist rticle was another Vote of Credit, to
be (I)Cfled at the Excittniner, hithilar itti amon:it
to Coe six willionb of 11.1111W:1CP, iv be outy

plow ill the fat tie, if necessary-,
the extraordinary chiu*s of State.
Tlie Budget wits then lint to the vote ash whole,
and !Wowed, there being, out of 263 voters, 257
white balls, and 6