The Sun.
London, England, 1811-06-22 00:00:00

WEAVERS' PETITION.

The Cti.bitcgt.Lott of the FAtettPOLTCII, adrertini
to the dropped ordi-r tor taking into 'consideration
Ife'pOrt ot the Co.onnitet- On 'the Weavers'
titian (dropprd in cnit,eoe:ler of a House not intv'/
ihg been nnscle on Thor•day), tebserted, that how,.
ever the Ell,,sstr coight (), rendering
oßit:to ihe I)niti.otters, it 01,1.1 not b!.. tre:.t:tig
them with die attend' U to t Ate tne suhjea tlh of
presen!, when, per!) ~re Metritr-rs ab-
sent' who ware .us of tili,eting their semi.
Ments upon it. He proposect, therefore, that the
R: port should be tation into cunsidesation on Mort.
day. next. • •
-Colonel STANLEY (tos'we understood him) acqui.
esced in this proposal.

•
Whotag.,io (who had just' enterbd the
Fionse) remarkL;d, that although it was 'a dropped
Order, yet • au the•pre+ent petiod of .the Session, it'
might be advisable to proceed with it.
• The CH A izciit.Loß el the EXCEIEQURII repeated
the teasers Which •he, had sr:vett. before the en-
trance :pt., the Honourahle 'Gentlentatt, to in:.!tice
the rise to postpone the, consideration of the
stitlea.
,
Mr;•WitrharEAD expresser, nts regret tit it 174-
shoutd.not have it in hts irowertri be present 'o4'
Mon,lay; He still thought that the; question, for
the discussion ol•tVitietr. 'he had preparbt litruself,t
might inimediately be proceetki witlf,:the mt re!
r-F.4wciAlly,- as it was evident , that no measure of
relidl could be, atrotdvd.. ire was about to pro-'
coed with some retuailts., on n .subj(Vi which be'
•,,ated to he lotitnately ,conneaed with Ow present,'".
when •

Tile SPE.AKRII interposed, raid smid, ihrt the'
cinestion before the. first he tlis»
.
posed of.

'lire further consideration of 't
he &Tort then
timxi.tor Monday : •

• ,AII RICA.
Mr. AVlllTl3RE.kareSonteq. his observations, with
rospeelto'tht- Report ot Ab.o C ommittee, on Nib'
P Weavers' et ition. Hi; was qiii'se entranced that that
Report was a Oropvr tirAt `lief inefisble,
vartioularly one of pecut iary aid, could be-adopted'
for the relief of the sutferers. T. attempt welt at
mode a Axiistatice would be to throw •water On a
furnace, the necessary' cons.uptetice of which
would
to.itieteast:t the fiereetieiis tat the Herne, Never.
tireless, fe'teling that tile qeestion not one In
which the weirVers alone werecon,-erced, oat that it
involved the commercial r,
ihatthe tiveto teas %Ver.• but the fiet,d,ts ot the
fiteloo-nts, and it.at
.‘„t,.otri be but,
the' heralds ut the mei .1. jog that 'the
whole tiading interest 01 the country was 't toe ut-
most distaay-t-10v.04 heard that she strongest repre-
Sentations mit he, subject had teceitily beeirmade to
the Hon.
.Geoilcm.tit opposite., by the fuer.
chants of I.kerpo try the metchants Of Loudon, by.
the Wcst India merchants, an I by all ,onneeted with
'hose various branches of cotornerce—ktiowirig the
very unfavovirable state of the Exchange with fOreign
countries—having observed the avidity well which
the public, catching kit a straw, interpreted an accio
dent.4l remik' in a late speech of the Hight Honour-
abh4,Geodeimm opposite into an expectation of art'
approaching accommodation with Bustia, and of a
cousequentvent for British manuleaurcs and produce
in that country—knowing that the expedient resort•
ed to of issuing Exchequer Bibs, as a loan, for she
relief of commerce had tailed, none of those • Bills
having reaoltedllieir destined objeds, the operative
manufacturers, 'lie 'could not conceive it possible
that the House could he blind to the difficulties of
the situation' in which the country was played: The
,Report of the Conimittoe, although if deprecated
any pecuniary aid (its which deprecation he, coin—
pletely concurred); fully acknowledged the extreme
distress of 'the P.litioners. kersuaded, as lie ,Was,
'that all this distress was the.tffeet of the ruinous
comtnerciA policy which .had been pursued by
MiniSters,
_it would have been impossible. for tiini,lna
d'it been in his power; to 'attend on illonday
next, not to enter largely into the consideratiorvof
the subjedt. ft was imrossible for the Heise to
'conceal tram itself that thera was a grow nig die.
position in the -country—a. disposition whien he
confessed his regret, Allot any .Adtriiiiistrationr
should be exposed to—to make that compulsory.
on GovernMent which ongt•t to be optional.—.
Still, however, 'knowing that till the markets for
English comerodifics Were closed agatnst thern--+'
having observed- the-final adjudication of tits cstso.
ot the FoX,: by which adjudieatioa the scabbard
was thrown a say by this country, wit h reit:
r.
ernes to Ainerica—remarking the Inlinile]..
itt
Which the commercial .reltrions 'between 'Great
Britain and Attics-4,a tad tx:cri In: titled by Nlintsters ;'
having in ilia hand thsodocutnents Ministers 'tad'
refused to prodUce, and which ..had since been putt"
lished in America, comprising the diplomatic cor-
trhebei:in.olorotes
itriTgeurgos
iasast
vaLrlivike;
Inei
respondence between the two coantries-staud see,'
ing in that corrietlklisEspeoit;t:idtieectorEt:
ctolanrednLigit iteo-6boel
o
move for the produetiori at all the p titers in ques-
tion. , On the production of those pyers, he wits
convinced it would apPt:ar to the tiou-e that Arne.;
rice, a. country vleserving
,the triliest consideration
and respect, bad been -treated by Great Britain more
as an humble dependant on an illiberal proteelor,
than as an equal State. Indeed; the whole of our
political relations with America had 'been carried on
is 'if war were the uittinate expeciation. How far
tire probability Of such an event was Mere:using, the
recent inteliigence from America might enable the
House to juoge ; although lie allowed it to he pos.i
sible that the occurrence to watch be alluded might
Lave originated' in accident. 'The weavers, toot*
plaining of deep distress, proposed desperate reme-
dies. A Committee of that' House declared it as
their opinion—an opi4ion irr.'wbis.h he coinci:cd—
that nothing.could be done for them. But lei the
House 'recollect some . prior circumstances,
them recolle#, that -bar a few days,befure the ,pre.
Seniations of tt,ese e,ekitions tsar soy tinnier ails a chit!,
of the community. Collll)l3initier

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