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London, England, 1812-05-29 00:00:00

I'diRLMMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 28.
Their Lordships met at two o'clock, and immediately after
prayers proceeded to the examination of witnesses on the Peti-
tions relwi e to the present distressed state of trade.
Messrs. Yates and Thornley of Liverpool, Mr. Kaye of Bury,
Messrs. Kimerley, Fry, and Kindle, of London, Mr. Whyte of
Baltimore, and several other witnesses wore examined.
Those who were oonnected with the American trade spoke
particularly to the great increase of manufactures in that cuud-
try since the year Itio7. The Americans now manufactured iron,
(which they had beets accustomed to import from this country)
in all its varieties ; bar-iron, pig-iron, and cast-iron ; fire-arms,
cannon, steam-engines, and iron machinery of all sorts. Prior
to 1807 there was not more than one or two cotton-manufacto-
ries in the country; since that period, however, they had increa-
sed greatly ; there were no less tharr 76 in the New England
tajes, at.d these, added to the manufactories in other parts of
the Union, made a total of 104. Mr. Whyte spoke particularly
to one manufactory which had beets set on foot withhi nine miles
of his residence: they had 6060 spindles at work, and part of
the yarn had been shipped for' Peter burgh an,! Archangel.
The House having resumed , further proceediggs of the
frid
Committee were postponed to ursday next. .
Viscount M x Ler/. r a press:Ale-el a Petition from ;he Merchants
and Ship isomers of Aberdefti avast the East-ineila Company's,
Thoorpoly,—.Ordered to ft on hie table.
Qn guiltriotion.,of gar' S 1 Au DOPE/ the tliirdlicEing of the
Nevin lclostire.eill was postponed till the rut einh day. 0
Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Sir EDWARD KINATCBIIII4, and other
Memberi 'of 'the House of Colenons, brought up the Cam-
bridge Canal Bill, and gmogl ptivateLMN Which were read a
first time. - . ‘!..
Mr. SUTHERLAND presented an Acysessepf the net Emolu•
mecca of the Gentleman Usher of the Rick !AI for the last ten
yearor—Orshoed to lie on the table.'
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:,,i 1111Chl...VEN T D EATOMILI. Pat; ' 1 •'I f
'Lord- REDESIMILE moitedile Ofiftr of the
'Day fur the coniideittion4 the Report of the above
Bill. • ' .:-.: •
The Earl of MOIRA expressed a wish that the
Order should be postpaeck
Lord REDESDALE said, as a very great anxie-
i ty was felt throughout the country, that some mea-
sure of this description should be resorted to, he
thought the proposed delay would be extremely pre-
judicial.
I The Earl of MOIRA said he was as anxious as
any Noble Lord could possibly be that the measure
-should be completed ; but his reason for wishing that
a short delay should-take place was this:—he had'
drawn tip certain amendments, which he submitted
to the Noble Lord on the Woolsack, and these, on
which he wished to consult several of his Noble
Friends, had not been yet returned to him.
. The LORD CHANCELLOR felt convinced of
the correctness of the motives by which the Noble 11
Earl was actuated. The proposed Amendments
had been certainly handed to him ; but, from pecu-
liar circumstances, he had not been able to pay
them that attention which he otherwise would have
done. Under these circumstances he sudgested to
their Lordships the propriety of putting off the con-
,sideration of the Report till Tuesday next.
I This proposition was agreed to.
GENTLEMAN USHER OF TilE BLACK ROD.

The Earl of GROSVENOR said, he did not
think any opposition could be made to the resolution
he was about to propose to their Lordships j. if he
conceived, there would, he would not have brought
it forward in the .present embarrassed state of the,
country. Their Lordships had already agreed to
take into their consideration the profits and emolu-
ments appertaining to the office of Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod ; and, in consequence of their
feeling on the subject, papers containing In account
of t.;ose emoluments, had been hid on the table.—
As the House appeared to think that the office want-
ed regulation, he thought their Lordships could not
refuse to go one step farther, and say, that, in case
of a vacancy, the office should Lot be filled, till the
necessary regulations were made. If the documents
which had been laid before their Lordships, had also
been placed in the possession of the other House of
Parliament, and a Bill had been there brought in,
founded on those returns, then considerable difficulty
might, arise as to the way. in which the salary, &c.
was to be fixed—but no such difficulty existed. He
undcrstcod that the individual who now held the
office, felt as if some refi%tion were cast on him by
the agitation of the question. For his own past he
repelled any such intention. That Gentleman, he
belkved, had always conducted himself with the ut-
most honour and propriety. He had given up the
idea of proposing au Address to the Prince Regent
on the subject, as the general feeling of their Lord-
ships appeared unfavourable to it. tle should, these-
fore, only move as a resolution,
" That the Hoase are of opinion it would be inexpedient,; in

the event of it money in the once of Gentleman 17.ber of the
Black Rod, to fill it up, until certain inguirks on the subject,
now pending in Parliament, *ball be terminated."
The Earl of 'Avg RFOOL said, under the pre-
sent circumstances, he would feel it his duty to move
the previous question. He could not agree in think-
ing that the office, in case of vacancy,, should not
be filled up, because the Noble Earl supposed, that
Part of its emoluments ought to be differently regu-
lated ; and he believed, by referring to the accounts
on their L,,rdships' table, those emoluments would
be found much less than had been stated. That
source of emolument, however, which arose from
the sale of certain situations, it would, probably, be
found necessary to regulate. He did not think any
ground had been laid to call on the House to agree
to the proposed resolution—and, though be v:ould
not negative it, he felt himself called upon to move
the previous question.
Earl GREY said, as he understood the Noble
Lord (Liverpool) would not oppose any proper and
necessary regulation, he was sure, with this under.
standing, his Noble Friend (Earl Grosvenor) would
not press his motion. He felt quite persuaded, that
no person could so far misapprehend the motives of
his Noble Friend, as to suppose he wished to ra
on the character of the Gentleman at present *pot
the situation, whose conduct had always beena. ctly
correct and proper.
Earl GROSVENOR, after a few word!, with-
drew his motion.

Adjourned at half-past Eight o'clock, dli Tues-
day next.