Star.
London, England, 1823-06-17 00:00:00

BOUSR.OF LORDS, stttia kftThis . •
morningtheir Lords&*Met about twelve (kink, whoa
Appeali were proCeided
" Lofd O. Loid ficla ibe Cto"*.n;: of . 1111.1-nieily
in Ireland, was.remittfed far the etniddeiatlea bf ahIE ft.
" Sir Jolla Fowler sr; Dom".irpon a Writ of Bttpt freed tile
Court of King's Bench, walk partly.beird. .
- Mr. CaLcita.ii, Mr; S. Rice, M. G. M. Gairtit. and others,
brought up the St. AndieW's(lliillioin) Tithei Extinguishing
Bill, the Limerick (Clef) &Revlon Sill, the 9ciiiih SlieriSs'
I Court Bill, and mane other EMS which, just dri the adjouri-
Imeatof the House, were read a first time.
The Grind Jury (Ireland) Preetitments Bill was postponed
'ill to-morrow, Whet% it Was onleied that Counsel should be
beard against the MI Snort after fire o'clock.
The Earl of DA II NLEY presented a Petition firms cettafn
Inhabitants of hliddk-Sex and Surrey, praying their Lordshipt'
attention to the spite 9f Ireland.—Ordered to lie on tie table.
The Earl of ABIIIIDEENT propoksd to postpone the further
consideration of the ScOteh Entails Bill till Friday next, which,
after I few words from Lord Rossxru and the Earl of Ltenxts-
DALE, was agreed to.
TUE SPITAL,PHILDs ACTS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR spoke in nearly the
following words My Lords, a Petition has re •
cent'p been put into nay• hands, with an expres,,ed
wish that I would undertake to present it to your
Lordships, in the expectation of its being received by
you. With respect to the prayer of the Petitioners,
I confess that I am rather an incompetent judge, as
between one party and the other, in matters of this
kind. The Petition I now hold in my hand, and
which I consider it my duty to present to youf Lord-
ships, is from . the Journeymen Silk Weavers of Spi•
talfields and its vicjnity, also of the Cities of London
and Westminster, the Liberty of the Tower, and the
County of Middlesex; whose united prayer is, that
your Lordships would vouchsafe to them an oppor-
ttmity for laying before you their concern at the pro-
jetted repeal of the Acts commonly called the Spi..
talfields Acts. They further pray, my Lords, that
you will extend to them the privilege of being heard
before a Committee of your Lordships, or by Coun-
sel against the pending Bill. It appears to me, my
Lords, that the Petitioneri, from their loyal and
peaceable and patient course, during the long period
of fifty years since which the Acts in question were
passed, are deserving of serious consideration in. this
House; and I earnestly trust that your Petitioners
will long continue to merit such consideration in the
manner they have hitherto done. I have at present
to move, that your Lordships will allow the Petition
to he fully read."—The above' Petition was immedi-
ately read, and then ordered to be laid upon the
table of the House.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said that he concurred
mlst heartily in the sentiments so well.expressed by
his Noble and Learned Friend ; and the first consi-
deration now was, in what manner their Lordships
were best able to dispose of the Petition just laid
tor their table. There existed a Standing Orderof
their Lordships, - which :originated with a Noble
Friend of his (Lauderdale), whom he was happy to
see present, and which provided for referring all Bills
relating to Trade to a Select Committee; and though
the present Bill did not certainly come within the'
spirit of that order, it might easily. be included in the
letter of it. The pending- Bill, against which the
Petitioners row prayed, bad come before their Lord-
ships with the sanction of Reports from Committets
of both Houses, by whom [he alterations it proposed
were considered as essential to the interests of the
Spitalfields silk wasters, and not only so, but even to
those of the journeymen weavers. But,-notwithstand-
ing these rechminendations, it was evident that the
passing of the present Bill was contemplated with
deep apprehensions by a very large body of his Ma-
jesty's subjects, who had petitioned to be heard
against it; and therefore he doubted not that their
Lordships would give a. patient hearing to the Peti-
tioners. It might be objected, though he apprehended
no such objection, that he was going out of the ordi-
nary Parliamentary course, when lie ventured to
urge to their Lordships, that if any consideration
ought to induce them to listen to the Petitionirs that
consideration was found in the uniform loyalty and
orderly demeanour of that portion of his Majesty's
:objects. When he mentioned this consideration, he
did not advert to the. circumstances.of the present
Bill—during the progresinf which not only some bf
their 'Lordships; lint many Members of the o:her
House, had repeated occasions to observe the Colt
duct of the Petitioners—but he spoke from reflection
On their conduct for a long series of years, when n'o
distresSes, no pressure of poverty, nor even the 'riven-
hag of famine, could induce the Petitioners (ite spoke
of them as .t body of men) to alienate their allegianre
to the Constitution. There was not discoverable in
them any undue impatience, nor even the risings of
irritation ; but, on the contrary, their behaviour wits
always both loyal and patient. Taking this view of
the subject, he should propose, that whether the Stand-
ing Order gid, or did not, comprehend the present
case, the Petitioners be heard in the very first stage,
and'before the second reading of the Bill.
Here the N,•ble Earl moved the new Standing Ol-
der with respect to Trade Bills should be react, when.
upon the consent of the Earl of LAUDERLIALIS, the
Order was amended, so as to permit the hearing (.4.
Counsel in the primary stage of suck Bills.:
It was agreed, at length, that the present Bill, to.
gether with the Petition,. should .be referred to
Select Committee, who were diiected tab, assembled
on Wednesday next.
Lord ELhENSOROUGH was- desirous .to avail
eymen, from
himself this opportunity to present sorrie Petitions
against the. Bid, lit introdUcitig
(is3iegthneijili.gy
these Petitions,. he wished to •AstrttiheikLor4hips
letesno.MlAers afld 10.000 Journeymen,
that he had listened to what had
•frokri it e
Noble Earl (Liverpool). opposite with pest satisfa.,_
tion, but, thought it .was only whim. might. be 'ax.
petted from the candour -and kindnesi• in
pec , •
cudus and hithshorable Itt • that Noble r.ark. vas
impossible for even that NOSIe• Earl to speak fro
highly of the conduct and slain: (if conduct had a:ly
claim) of a numerous bode of men,'who;thiflittotfai

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