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London, England, 1825-07-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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COMBINATIONS. •
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a Petition from Messrs.
Curling and Young, complaining of certain allegations of in in-
dividual named Neale, who had attributed to them the having
promoted a Petition from their workmen against the combinatioa
of their fellow-workmen.
The Hon. Member also presented a Petition from the Sawyers
and Shipwrights in the employ of Messrs. Curling and 'coins, de-
' eloping that their Petitions were the spontaneous tensions of their
own minds,repeating their complaints against their fellow-workmen,
who molested and insulted them in their work.
Mr.HUME asked if the Hon. Member was acquainted with the
signatures of the parties?
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said be bad never been asked
such a question since he bad the honour of a seat in that House
-.-(Hear, bear). He had received the Petition from mast re-
spectable persons, and had no hesitation hi presenting •thein to the
House as genuine.
Si,' J. WROTTESLEY took that opportunity of defending the
conduct of the Committee on the Combination Laws, which had
been aspersed by the Measurable Member for Aberdeen. U
there was anything door unfair is that Committee it was by the
Hon.Oentkman, and by him alone—(Hear, beer). The Hon.Ges-
tleman required only a wig and gown to have made him in meg
rispect a teed Cesmed *gains the investigation which the CAlin•
mittee were met to prosecute.
.The Petitions were then read and ordered to be printed.' •
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Mr. LITTLETON postponed to next Session the further cOS-
sideratioe of the quenches' upon the management of private business.
He begged to sly, that be made thin postponement in compliance
with the wishes of many: His. Members.
Mr. BROUGH4M laid that be was one who Ihi,lsed
the postponement• of this sipestion on ocoont of its im-
portance. He doubted we possibiliti of making the
amendment in the manner at present proposed. lie
thought that mode would have the effect-of thtowing
into the hands of the Crown extraordinary power over the private
property of the kingdom. It would probably be found a good
check to admit the public Into these Committees, se, that the pro-
ceedings might be reported in those County Newspapers to which
the busbiess more particularly had reference. This might be the
means of kWh in the light upon the proceedings of Hon. Mem-
ber', *blahs with all deference to them, he thought would be
highly benefielal to their Constituents.
Mr. CROKER thought it would be a good check to oblige the
Clerk. to take down the names of all who belonged to a Cot*
mittee, instead of those merely who made up a sufficient number%
Mr. LITTLETON said, he thought compulsory at rangements
would not be effettual in a case of this kind.

Mr. CALCRAFT contended, that the business of Comis!ftees
on private business was conducted with perfect fairness towards
all parties.
After a few words from Mr. Gamma, the debate oD this sub-
ject was further adjourned to that day three months.
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IRELAND.
Lord PALMERSTON brought up the Report •of the Com.-
mime appointed to Inquire into the causes • of . the • disturbances
ha Ireland.
Mr. ABEILCROMBY explained that the report con-
tained ne detailed consideration of the subject referred
to the investigation of the Committee. The reason.of
this was. that there was no time for a detailed Repeat
in the present S salon. There was, however, nauth va-
luable matter in the Report, especially with rererence
to the Catholic Qlestion. No reflections had been indulged in by
the Cominittee upon this moluentoes topic; but the body of info,.
citation collected was left to the consideration of all parties reading
It. He much doubted If, upon so large a question, a detailed
Report could be made by any Committee; but .it would be mall
worth consideration whether this Committee could not bq renewed
for useful purposes next Session ?
The Report was then ordered toile tin the table-end be prlntid.
Mr.BROUG HA M peeseoted a Petition from an individual con.
fined in Sufaedshire gaol, praying fir an inquiry into the abuses of
that gaAshis which he was confined as a debtor.
Sir J. WROTTESLEY said, this was r.ot the fit* Petition of
this nature presented from this individual. lie and several Magis- •
trates had formerly made a poiat of inquiring into the complaints
put forward, and they had made every amendment which it was
advisable to make. If anything further could be done, he would take
care, when he went into the country, that it should be attended to.
Mr. BROUGHAM presented a Petition from Ri:hard
confined In Dorchester gaol, praying for the remission of his the.
The Honourable Member rt;consateoded attention to the prayer of
the Petitioner. He was a man who, however outrageuos his war
duct, bad suffered more severely, compared with his offence,.thast
any man who ever uttered under the Molina! Law of the country.
The Honourable Member went on to state Mr. C.arlills view of
his own case, making many complaints sedan the law oaken and
aocient law authorities of the kingdom. The Honourable Menthes'
ales declared, that be deprecated as impolitic all prosecutions for
religious or hretigtolfs opinions. If a man was an Atheist it was
his misfortune' and no men ought to be prosecuted for opinions,
however wide they were to those of other persons. •
The Petition was then read, end ordered to be printed;
Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from Limerick, praying that
some provision may be made for the Poor.—Laid on the tattle.

CLU(CAL

Mr. Secretary PEEL stated, with reference pia Petition lately
presented to the House from Mr. blootago -Sager*, complain-
ing of the conduct of *Clergyman id hie parish, that he had made in.
galley into the matter, and found dist the delay in the Ecclesiastical
Court arose from their being obliged to wait the issue of proceed-
ings in the Court of Ling s Beach. Neat year they would be able
to proceed; and be bad ascenained that nothing he could do would
hasten the suit now pendia,. Bat he had no hesitation in saying,
from what he had lesteed, that Vno toe else had prosecuted this
individual, he should cestalnly have advised the Crews to do so.
MACHINERY.
Mr. HUME brought up the Repos% u(the Committee appals/4
to inquire into the effect of the exported,* of machinery. He do-
, dared that he saw no reason why machinery should not be exported.
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CO74IEINATION r, V WOIIKbIF.X BILL.

On the motion of Mr. F. PA 1.:%1ER a return wag ordered of all
plti4tOg or townships which extend into two or more pub.'s's.
Sit F. 'BUR DETT moved that there he laid before the Denise
fii:altl'e decision of the Treasury upon the case of Samuel Fletcher,
whose Petition was pre-at-nit-1 in April last.—(ktiered.
The lion. Baronet also moved for a return of all causes heard
hut not decided by the Lord Chancellor during the last fifteen
years.—Ordered.

Mr. WALLACE moved the third reading of this Dill.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL brought up several
clauses. One of thee was, to limit prosecutions under
the Pill to six months after the commission of the of.
fence. The next WAS. to HMI( the imprisonment of re-
ft actory witnesses to three months, which was the period
t!.e offender could be imptisoned. The third principal
..Iteration was to introduce an appeal clausr, by which
t' e person convicted could appeal to the Quarter Ses-
sions, upon giving stnitivs to the amount of 101. for
himself, and two more in 101. each. Upon conviction
at the Quarter Sessions the offender was to pay the
costs. With these amendments he hoped the House
s. mild see no impedimeat to the passing of the Bill.—
He had taken care to avoid misintetptetation of the
provisions wherever there appeared to him to be any
obscurity in the language—(Hear). With reference to the payment
of oasts, for instance, he had taken care to avoid the interpretation
that the appellant, although sent to the House of Correction until
payment was made, was to be subjected to bard labour.
Mr. W. sviIITMORE e :pressed his concurs-mice in the measure
as amended.
lite Appeal clause, and the cl..use relative to the Commitment of
Offenders instil payment of Costs, were, then severally read three
times and added to the Bill by way of rider.
Mr. HU %Ih then moved the addition of a chase forbidding
Justices of the Peace. who were, likewise. Masters, to act under
this 1181.—This clatter was negatived without a division.
The clause of which the ATrosuee-Ozwzaar. had given notice
having been added to the Bill,
Mr. CA LCII AFT moved the annexation of a new Preamble.
The object of this Preamble was merely to explain more fully the
nature and objects of the Bill. The present Preamble was leo short
for this purpose, and that which he had to propose was more in the
nature of the Preambles anciently in use.—The preamble having
been read.
Sir F. BURDETT thought the preamble did not
truly expre4 the nature of the Bill. He particularly
alluded to the 'word " molestation." which was in the
Bill, but not in the preamble. He thanked the Right
lion. Gentlemen opposite for the candid way in which they bad
acted with this Bill ; but he really thought it a pity they should
retain this obnoxious word. He was sure it would be the cause
of much heart-burning, and would operate as the sting of the
whole measure.
The amended preamble was then put from the chair, and
agreed to. Several verbal amendments were then made.
Mr. HUME then moved the omission of the words "molesting
and obstructinii," in order that the Bill might be conformable in
the body of it to the preamble which they had now affixed to it.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY said, the Hon. Member,
he was sure, was not aware of the true impoit of the
words in question. He thought the workmen had a
perfect right to meet to discuss the rate of their wages; but they
had no right to molest others in their work. Ile had been misre-
presented to have said he wished the Legislature to interfere with
the Combinations in this country. He said no such thing, but wished
the masters and mess were left to settle the matter themselves.
The motion was negatived without a division.
\lr. HUME then made a similar motion relating to the word
" molestation" occurring in another part of the Bill. This motion
met a similar fate.—On the motion that the Bill do pass,
Mr. HUME expressed a wish that the opposition he
had throughout made to this measure, would be viewed
as proceeding from a sincere desire to promote the in-
terests of both masters and men. He wished it to be
understood, that he, in no respect, countenanced the
conduct of those who combined against their fellow
workmen. He considered that the continuance and
prevalence of these combinations arose from a want of
conciliatory feeling on the part of the masters. This
feeling had beets bred by a long support from atbitrary
laws, which, as they were now about to disappear, would seen be
dissipated. lie hoped,, henceforward, the etimplaints of the men
would be listested to by Magistrates.. as well as the complaints of
their masters. lie hoped also the men would cease to exercise
either threat, intimidation, or even molestation, towards those who
did not choose to enter into their plates and wishes. At the same
time, he trusted that feeling of partiality for the interests of the
masters, which had been so often shewn in this Bill, as well as
upon other occasions, would disappear for the future.
Mr. Secretary PEEL—As we are about, Sir, to close
the business of the Session with so much apparent good
humour, it is far from my wish to say anything likely
to prolong the present discussion. At the same time, I
cat.not hear any insinuation thrown out against either
the Committee or his Majesty's Government, of a feel-
ing hostile to that great body of men, the operative
a eatrers and artisans of the kingdom, without rising to
repel it. With respect to this body, Sir, which, after all,
se must regard as the main strength of the commu-
nity, I must declare in justice to all parties, that I have
nowhere witnessed the slightest partiality towards the
interests'of their masters, in opposition to them—(Near,
hear). In this House, or in the Committee, I declare
that I never heard words used against them one half
so strong as those which have been used by the Ho.
pourable Gentleman (Mr. Hume) himself; words,
whi.h at the time they were used, did him great credit,
and which even now, upon reflection, I am suae he
would repeat, although they might be somewhat at
valiance with the language he has lately held. I have
evidence of the language formerly employed by the
Honourable Gentleman upon this subject, in a later
which I hold in my hand. This letter is addressed to
" John Allen,Shipwright,Dondee ;" is dated sth March,
1825, and signed "Joseph Hume"—(Hear, and a lamigh).
And to chew with what good humour ourproceedings,
and the discussions upon this measure in particular, are
likely to be terminated, I will read the contents to the
House. The Right Hon. Gentleman then read as fol-
lows:-" I have further to say, that the plan which you
- have proposed to adopt respecting apprentices at Dun-
dee, and whiCh it is intended to follow at other places,
will not have the result which the operatives expect
from it. And lam quite sure that if the operatives do
not act with mote fairness towards their masters, and
more prudence than many of them now do with refer-
ence to the great interests of trade, especially the sea-
men, shipwrights, and other trades, whose combinations
and proceedings are too often marked with violence,the
Legislature will be obliged to take, some measures to
counteract them, probably to retrace their steps, and re-
enact the Combination Laws which were repealed last
:session'!—(Loud Cheers). Now, Sir, the Legislature
have not been quite so severe as the Hon. Gentleman would in this
letter, and in heart, have them to be. They have not re-enacted
the Combination Statutes—they have not retraced their steps.
But they have done that which, I hope, with the assistance of the
lion. Gentleman's good advice, will have the effect of recalling
those deluded men to a sense of their true interests, and which, on
their own accouuts, I do most sincerely hope will be the means of
putting a stop to those &bombs** combinations amongst workmen
which so materially affect tradt—(lleac, bear).
Mr. ELLICE expressed his hope that. the working classes
would benefit by the lesson
which bad been read to them. If the
operatives continued to combine, and to carry on their schemes
.ili violence, the cost of manufactures must be enhanced, Govern-
ment would be obliged to let 4, foteign artizans, and foreign pro-
th-iit.n■ at an easy rate, ind a scene of distress would arise, of
which they did' nof at prpieni dream.
• Atte: a fes4 writcli from 104 Maxerstao, the Bill was passed.
Mr. Secretary PEEL moved for leave to bring in a. Bill to era-
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'LONI)ON.

FRIDAY, JULY 1, 189.5.

STOCK J.:m.3144(w, TWELVR actor!:
Consols for Accalint opened at 91i, and are now 9?.1
In the Foreign :;11nney Market there is little acting, Spanish
Bonds are 211 2V: and Greek Scrip is quoted at 12 disc. The
South American Securities are tolerably steady at 2 to 1 j di:c. for
Mexican Scrip, 8S for Colombian Bonds' and 3 to 2 disc. for Pe-
ruvian Sctip. In the Continental Ponds there is no material al-
teration, Austrian are 9Si 99, Russian 966 I, and Danish Scrip 3
to 24 disc.

In the Share Market there Is no material variation; the Au,-
tralian Shares are 23 to SS, the Canada 26 to 28, Anglo Mexican
90 to 85 prem. United 27 to 29 preni. and Potosi 7. A new
Mining Company has been announced this morning, tinder the
name of the Guanaxuato Mining Company, and the Shares are
quoted at premium.
Current Prices: New Spanish il3 171, Old Spanish 211 22,
Russian 963/4, Mexican 773/4, Austrian 983/4 993/4, Chilian 813/4 Co-
lombian New Brazilian Scrip disc. Mexican Scrip 21
dins. Danish Scrip Z3/4 ti disc. Grerk Scrip 121 113 disc.
I'aICK 111; STOCKS AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 2311%
per Cent. Red. 901/4 7/8 s/s
31 per Cent. 981/i
3i per Cent. Red. 981/,
£l,OOO Eiclieq. Bills 44 46 45
£5OO ditto 44 46 45
£lOO and £'2oo ditto 44 46 45
Costs, for Acct. 9114 44 3/8
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

Hastauann, Just 24.—Being a Holiday, no List published.—
Done on London, 2 M. 34. 81.
Sr. Prrassauson, Joss 10.—On London, 10 9-32.
Vuonta, Just 15.—0 s London, 9. 37.
Lamm, JUNI 20.—0 n London, s M. 1. IS.
Basuto, Just 21.—0 n London, 3 M. 6. 201.
Cnalsrus.s, JUNE 11.—On London, 4. Sp. Doll. 72 Sch.
FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO &CLOCK.
Austrian Bds 3 p Ct. 99 '3lex. Scrip 1625, 21 2 dis.
Dittos Acct. Mitt° Acct. 2h dis
Brazilian Bonds Neapolitan Bonds, 1824,
Ditto Scrip, S pCt.1825, Peruv. Bonds, 6 prr Ct. 741
Ditto Acct. Ditto Acct.
Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Scrip, 1825, 6 p C.
Ditto Acct. 'Ditto Acct.
Chilean Bonds, 6 p Ct. Portuguese Bonds
Colombian Bds, 6 p C Ditto Acct.
Dittoßonds, 1824, 881 1 / Prussian Bonds 5p C.
Ditto Acc. 881 Do. Bonds, 1829, 991 ex dlr.
Danish Bonds, S per Ct. Russ. 80nd5,1822, 3 p Ct. 961
. Do.Scrip,3 per Ct. 1825,31 dis Ditto for Acc. •
Ditto Acct. Spanish sp. Ct. C. 21/ 1 2
Greek Bonds 451 ex div Ditto Acct. 211 2
Do. Scrip 1895, 121 di, Span.s p. Ct C. 1923,
Ditto Acct.l2l 12 1 dis Ditto Acct.
Mex. Bonds, 5 p Ct. French Renter, 5 p Ct. —f.—c.
Ditto Bonds, Exchange —f. --c.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.

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had invested a peron with the amplest authority
to—call them in, on terms which the most sanguine
would, twelve months ago,`not Lave credited. What-
ever may be the cause that has dictated this step, the
fact is indisputable ; and it will not be the first time, is
the history of nations or individuals, that an exhausted
state of the national trea ury, or the stern necessities of
the moment, have, within no distant time, led to results
of the most favourable and animating tenalency to
every friend of good order, and of sound and enlight-
ened views of Government. We have reason to thick
that one of the chief difficulties to concluding the
terms of the Loan, as agreed upon, was the financial
measures that are now in operation in Paris, in which,
some of our leading capitalists are engaged, and which
of course, are of a temporary nature ; and also the ob-
taining from Spain a sufficient guarantee that no part
of the Loan should be employed in the hopeless effort
of re-establishing Spanish dominion in South America.

This forenoon we received Hamburgh Papers to the
25th ultimo. They are entirely silent as to the affairs
of Greece. Accounts from Berlin state, that the wool
fair there has gone off very satisfactorily to the land.
owners, as it sold at five or ten per cent. more than last
year. The following is an account of a new regulation
in Russia, as to commerce :

ST. PETERSBURGH, JUNE ii.

His Majesty was pleased to order, on the 10th April :
I. As it is known that some Noblemen and Civil Officers, in
moderate circumstances, support themselves by trade, permission
is given to the Minister of Finance, on duly ascettaining their situ-
ation, to grant them admission to the lower Guilds, like the Nobles
in the West Government.

I. On the application of the English Merchants t• allow foreign
gusto for this year, and, till farther orders, to all by wholesale, fo-
reign articles to Merchants of the 3d Guild, and to peasants who
trade according to certificates of the 3d class, fee ready meaty, or cm
a running account, in the places where these guests Mil& ; all
other •rdonnances respecting foreign guests remaining in force.

A Baltimore Paper of the 28th of May, which we
have received, contains some intelligence fawn Chili,
'but not of a later date than that previously received ;
the country appears to be a good deal distracted.—The
persons arrested for attempting to assassinate some of
the Deputies, are stated to have denounced some offi-
cial persons as the instigators, and they also were com-
mitted to prison. The Congress were deliberating
on their own dissolution, and the appointment of a
Dictator, for a limited time, until a new National
Congress could be fleeted.

Last night, in the Dense of Lords, the Customs Du-
ties Consolidation Bill was, on the motion of the Earl
of LavenrooL, read a second time. The Noble Lord
explained the nature of the Bill—the principle of which
is to reduce the prohibitory system, and to introduce a
more liberal policy. One fact stated by his Lordship
is curious: it is, that although the cotton-manufacturer
'in England earns half-a-crown a day, and only two-
pence in India, yet we are enabled to undersell the
natives of that country, and even export cotton articles
for their use.
In the House of Commons, the tew Combination Law
was read a third time and passed. It was then carried
to the House of Lords, where it was read a first time.

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Hall, Leicestershire ; Mr Edward Mostyn, But. at Meares Hotel,
Limo; Brook-street, from the North of England ; Donald Camp.
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.1. Houston, Iraq. and Mrs. Houston, at ditto Lady Sarah and,
Miss Bailey, at ditto.