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London, England, 1806-03-20 00:00:00

WOOLLEN MANUFACTURERS BILL.

The Houfe having refolved itfelf into a Committee
on the Woollen ManufaCture Bill, and the order of
the day being read for hearing Counfel on the Petition
againft the fame, •
Lord SPENCER obferved, that he feared the
Houle could not, confluent with its ulual
satire the Petition. It was not cuilomary to receive
Petitions againft the principle of a Bill in its prngrefs
through the Houle. He could not account for the
oppofition made to the Bill, which was only a re.
newal of a mealuie which had received the concur-
rence of the Houle for fuccellive feflions. The prin-
ciple of it wss merely a prolongation of the period to
which it bad been found neceftary to fufpend a corn-
plicatedlyftem of laws, applicable to one of the moll
important branches of our national indultry.
'Lord ELLENBOROUGH alto explained the na.
ture of the Bill, and the Bill was committed without
hearing 'Connie].
Lord AUCKLAND prefented a fecond Petition
againft the 'Bill—to which
Lord ELLENBOROUGH objeded, on the
ground of inform:4RJ, and inaccuracy in the prayer
of the Petition.

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Lord SPENCER again took the trouble of ex-
plaining the nature of thd pill, and 4preifed an in-
clination to bear the Petitioners by their Counfel, if
they were of opinion they had any argument• to of-
fer which could Whence their Lorddrips to change
their opinion refpating the neeet4ty of the Bill.
Lord HOLLAND thought it would be bell not
to infilt upon the Brie pradlice of thelloufe, but to
let the Petitioners be beard at the Bit, to which
Lord Ellenborough . -.ceded, and an order was made
accordingly, that Counfel Broad attend on the third
reading to-morrow.
The Bill went through the Committee, and wa.;
reported without amend:iv • ts. •

DICLARA7u.t Y sILL.

On the third reading of e Declaratory Bill, re.
(peeling Witneffes,
Lnrd ELLENBOROUGH Rated, that he had
the perrniffion-cf a Noble and Learned Friend of his
to withdraw the provifoes which he had wifbed to en.
graft upon the Bill. •On his own part, be alto wifbed
to withdraw the claufe which he had fubtaitted to the
Houle, and which he meant fkould have fuperfeded
the provifoes introduced by his Noble Friend. From
the Lett confideration he had been able to give. the
fubjee, Is_ thought the BiU would be more fatisfac.
tory, if it were unaccompanied with either to thnfe
elaufes. - -

'.►he LORD CIIANCELLOR explained the Tea•

Cons which had induced him to introduce the
and to frame it in that particular way, in which it now
appeared before the Houle. It went to declare oo•
thing more than what a great majority of the Judges
bad averred to be the law of the land.
Earl STANHOPE expelled his fatisfatlitik that
the two Noble and Learned Lords had at lafl
difco-
vered the inutility of the daisies they meant to have
I togs afted upon the Bill, both of which would only
have rendered it obfcur e and inexplicable. He wifhed
that means could be found to incorporate the Bill
which he had the honour of propofing into that now
in its progrefs through the Houle.
Lord HOLLAND Rated Come objeAions to the
provilbes, and gave it as his opinion, that the Bill
would be more clear and explicit without them.
Lord ELLENBOROWGH defended his conchre,
in the part which he had taken in the Bill. The
clank which he had prepared was at the retina of
his Noble and Learned Friend, with whom he had
had Tome confultation on the fubjeet.
The Bill wee then read a third time and palled.
Adjourned till to.saurrow.