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tbe Linen .Nanafacturers of, Aberdeen, also ififavour
of the .BM. .0$ tookAhat oppoeturiity of saying, that
lie approved ot the Mips*, as one that would give
dm/Listen Manufacture of Scotland a fair: competi-
timOciih thai of Germany. •
,111,e, puke of ATHOL was apprehensive that cau-
tion was ieqtr_ired when legislating for the alteration
Stotch Linen Trade had
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risen from the value of three milli-41s to .52 millions. I
If proper time were given, he would be bound to lay
upon their Lordships' table a more than correspond-
ing number of names than had been presented by the
Noble Earl (Rosalyn) aninst 003;11. But he pur-
pOsed to snake out a.fuller c se when the Bill got iuto
;the Committee, which hi hoped would satisfy that
!Noble Lis 1, as he admitted the essence of the
'Manufacture, properly so called, wa; almost goner!
but he wished to protect those manufactur .trs who still
wove aad span by the hand only, and who did not
work by water. There was, he must observe, a great
ditrarence in taking away all regulations, and in
making such alteratic:ns as circumstances pointed out.
At this very late period of the Session he hoped so
import-alit a measure would not he pressed too far,
but left for the cooslderation of Parliament in another
Session. The value of manufactures would be altered
if the Bill passed; for at present the name of Maberly
and Co. was sufficient to make linen pass as current
as Bank Notes, but it was not so with other names. '
Lord AUCKLAND presented a Petition, whickwe.
understand, was connected with an appeal now before
the House, from Messrs. M:tberly and Co. as appel-
lants, ;ins the Governor and Company of the Bank
of England as respondents... He wassunwilling, the
Noble Lord observed, Co trouble the House on this
occasion, and he only now wished to add; that the
matter in, litigation was of importance to the mercan-
tile world, as the Bank had refused to pay certain
halves of their notes, occasioned by the usu ii mode
of transmission, on the plea that the other hives
could not be found.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE bore testimony to
the practice of commercial men, whether in this
country or in Scotland, who wished to know whether
they.could.transmit their notes in safety by halves.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the better
way would certainly be to refer the Petition to the
Committee on Appeals. He himself, on every oc-
casion, should, he hoped, be the very last person to
induce their Lordships, so to inter-tete as to take
causes out of their proper course.
Petition referred tp the Committee
T-HE SPITALPIELDS BILL.

Lord BEXLEY now moved the second reading of
the Silk Manufacture Bill.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH—I have not risen my
Lords for the purpose of addressing you at any length
ill,this stage of the Bill; but I earnealy hope, that
between the interval of your referring its considera•
non to a Select Committee, both parties, masters and
manufacturers, will come to an understanding with
each other so desirable for both. lam given to
understand, that there exists no objection on the part
of the workmen, to an alteration in pay respecting
the manufacture of figured articles. Should it so
happen, in the end, that the present Bill fails to pass
into a law, I understand that even in such an event
there would be found every fair disposition in the
journeymen to accommodate all differences with their
employers. It is worthy of ,remark, my Lords, that
all the great capitalists are in favour of the present
Bill ; and also, that in all references to the District
Magistrates on the score of wages, the result war,
Uniformly, that the question of wages was left. as
before. lam persuaded, that your Lordships will,
an this instance, look mainly to the public interest, and
that you will "not be swerved from rectitude of- de-
cision by any sort of bias to individuals. The ques-
tion, in a commercial view, lies between the town
and the country manufacturer t but I do not believe,_
if the Bill were now pai,,ed, that it would make the
difference of a single skein of silk, It is, in reality,
a question which lies between London and Cheihire,
and so far it becomes a question as between the indi-
viduals on either side. But, my Lords, there is a
public interest in this investigation ; and that interest
rat paramount, as it regards the due preservation of
the peace and quiet. of this great metropolis, if your
i.ordships wish to preserve peace and promote
industry, you will, lam convinced, not suffer the
Petitioners to lapse into the.feelings so unhappily felt
in other tarts—witness both Manchester and Coven-
try—hilt that your Lordships will proceed with
promptness and rectitude to both parties.
- The f. 0- CHANCELLOR said that it was
wished to be understood most distinctly, that the
present pfoeeeding did not go to prejudice the ques-
tion. in the result.
The Earl ofROSSLYN was anxious for a full ex-
amination of the sUbjeit.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—I really feel as de-
sirous for full investigation on this subject as any of
your Lordships. I therefore wish it to be understood
that the arrangement now made is expressly at the
desire of both the parties who are interested in it.
After some remarks &our the Earl of LAUDERDALE
and Lord BEXLEY, the Bill was read a second time,
and referred back to their Lordships' Select Corn-
mittee, who will re-assemble on Wednesday.—Ad-
journed to Monday.