Star.
London, England, 1828-05-01 00:00:00

WeATZMS-.../111*CCIIUR N.

Mr. HUME presented a Petition troth- the Weavers
of Blackburn, praying that a CoMmittee. be appointed
to inquire int thtit situation. Tittle were tiro modes.
of (haling with tree Petitioners; first. by granting the
prayer of their Petition; or if that mere nut don; to.,
Prove to them to what degree their. demands were un-
4ka enable. The poor should not be made-40 pay for'
the luattrie. of the rich. He trusted that inquity would
take place, for even that soul(' be a source of consola-
tion to the petitioners.
Mt. JOHN WOOD bore testimony to the good con-
duct of the Petitiot.ers. He objected to the Coin Laws,
which was, in effect, a tax upon bread. If the agricul-
turists required protection against foreign_ corn, the
manufacturers were entitled to a bounty against the
*heap labour of the Continent. He believed with the
.Petitioners, that the Corn Laws were the great cause.
of the depression of the pool, and so far he objected to
them. )3ut with other parts of the Petition he could not
agree. He thought that the weavers-would b. better
off by each making his own bargain with his employer,'
than through the medium of any Representative Bodj
whatever. This was a proper season forthe pr
inquiry; there was no strong eacitement out of 70:resitt
the people were in it great degree employed, and he
truso that the prayer of the,Petition would be speedily
taloa:into comideration. •
,rind STANLEY said, that he could also speak to
the good conduct of the Petitioners; but be did not
Mad/ see how all the prayer of the Petitioners, could
itelpelleibli granted, even with a view to their ovru
•
WELL, thought* that if a Co .nnsirtee vore
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prated, it would show the Petitioners that to grant

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their request would be injurious to their own interests.
He sished it sbeuld be steeted, bon ever, in ado' to
satisfy them.
Mr. HUME only wished to give the people an oppat•
tuoity of being fully heard in their own cite.—Ordered
to be printed.
Mr. W. SMITH pretested a Peddon front the Unkns Friendly
Society of Norwich, praying that the Bill now in progress
through that House fur the Regulation of Friendly Societies may
not pus into a law.—Ordered to be referred to the Committee on
the Bill.

MILITIA XSTIMATES.

Lord PALMERSTON rose to state the course which
it Was his intention to propose respecting the Militia
E.tirnates. He would, for the present, move for the
appointment of a Committee in the ordinary way, ta
prepare those Estimates; and, on the bringing up of
the Report, he would move for a vote on account. This
was all he intended for the present to do; and he would
await the proceedings of the Finance Committee, in or-
der to see if they should recommend any change in the
-amount or nature of these Estimates. As this was the
course which he meant to take, he would now briefly
move Ahe appointment of a Committee to prepare the
Estimates for the Disembodied Militia of the United
Kingdom- of Great Britain and Ireland.
Colonel DAVIS. was desirous, before any step what.
ever was—taken on this question, that an inquiry
should be made as to the expediency and usefulness or
keeping up this militia staff at all. In his opinion, the.
*hole establishment of the staff of the militia should be
done away, as it produced nobenefii correspondinf to
the expense which it entailed upon the couwrv. Jhe
annual cost of maintaining it amounted's° 800,0001. and
since the conclusion oi We wet, in 18,15, it had cost the.
nation 4,183,117 t. Yet, he would' 'what benefit`
had the country received from this establishment? It
was true that the militia had sometimes been called, but
nut for the performance of any actu 41 services. Indeed
the practice of calling them out was rather injurious
than beneficial; for the militia consisted chiefly of agti-
cultural labourers, who were called away from their
useful occupations for no other purpcse that he could
see than th 4t orbeing drilled. They were kept out only
for a short time, for about as soon as they were able to'
distinguish their right hands from their left, they were
sent back to that employment from.which they were
needlessly withdrawn. Under these circumstances, he
thought ,that the Report of the. Finance Cotinmittee
'should be taken upon the subject. If they recoinmendet
the continuance of the establishment, he would consent
to its continuance, but the consideration of the question'
hutild lie over until their opinion was known.. •
Lord PALMERSTON wished to explain how the
question becne the House now stood. The last vote
for the support of the militia was up to the 24th of
Match, and stone establishment was still continued, the
Hon. Gentleman would see the necessity of maintaining
it whilst it was kept up. He only'required a vote for
its support until the op.ftion of the• Finance Committee
was made known open it ; if. the Finance Committee,
should make any Report, he would be prepared equally
w us the Hun. Gentleman to attend to itarecommen-
dation.
Mr. W. PEEL raid, that as the subject now before
the House relates,. to a departMent of the Government
with which he was conte:ted, he wished it to be ander..
stood that the present establishment of the militia wet
undergoing the attentive consideration of that
dell •
(rent. He was not then prepared to state the reseltef
that consideration. He wished, however, that it might
be understood, that the present establishment was' as
low as. by Aet of Patti m nt it. could be; in order to
reduce it any lower, it would be necessary to repeal ihe
present Act ot. Parlianreaskupon the subject. Fur his
own pant, he Would be sttObilling to see the militia to'
re4uced, that, in the eventbf a national. etnergencyor 'it
would he necessary :co construct it ;mew. The Mail*
for >I Cumminse to prepare the Militia Estimates wail
then agteei to. 4 .
(In the motion. 4410.. Da.r.so; this Card. and Dice 3111 was
read a third rips; sairi#4l*d.
The aster Orders 04 at bay wave then divissed et, and the
kfouNtkadjutirsied at a Orisears•east Sax o'CLocs.

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EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
AN ACCOfirNT of the Metal Value of British and Irish Product
and filamsfaCtdres, and of Foreign and Colonial Produce. and
Manufacturer% exported from Great Britain, distinguishing the
several Countries; together with the Imports into Great Britain
frown the same Cuunrrim; for the Year ending sth Jan.lB2B.i.

• . Exports •
• Official ir-,----..d.--............-1
COUNTRIES. Value of British & I I
Foreign & Total
• Imports Irish. Colonial. Exports.
- -,.......-....--...........-.....
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EUROPE. - I. .C. .e. I se.
Russia ... ... .. 2,935,94 1,646,051 674,227, 2,220,878
Sweden ... ... .. 114,35:i 44,163 105,753 149,907
Norway ... •4• .6. 63,788 63,350 35,124 92 474
D:nmat k ... .. op, . 455.225 132,413 63,999 196,413
Pt uksia ... .. *4'l .1.007,051 156,286. 411,412 567,701
Germany .. ... ... 1,591 978 6,521,686 2,352,155 8,873,842
NetherLuids- .. ... 1,30499 2, 31, 2,326,092 4,857,891
France ... .. ... 1,2 , , 426,19 656.077 1,082,171
Portugal, &c. .. .. 503,848 2,041,920 104,513 2,146,434
Spain, &c. .. ... 551,218 534,423 229,136 563,660
Gibraltar ... ... .. 40,498 1,376,624 .199,039 • 1,575,663
Italy ... ... ... 625,416 3,222,27 • 965,0 9' 4,187,315
Malta . . .. ... 29.490 550,581 •75,105 ; 425,686
lonian Islands ... ... 93,402 22,451 . , 1,979 • 24,410
Turkey, &c. ... ... 918,516 '1,104,897 . •t 7•, 11,172.486
Guernsey, ikc.... ... 191,236 253,5118 94,643 ; 353,136
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Total ... ... 11,646,947 *., ' ' ,698 8,142,506 29,596,293
ASIA. .
East Indies and China 8,002.736 4,140,424 636,700 4,877,125
New Holland ... ... 83,352 208,297 61,252 . £69,529
AFRICA.
Cape of Good Hops 151,54* 171,82 22,792 194,6151
' Other Parts of Africa 218,904 155,4 r . 138,577 .194,027
A 'ALBRICA. • ,
British Northern I. '_- •
p/4,82.5 1,339,34 310,975 1,659,318
' Colonies ... ... 1
• Dritisla West Indies... 7,782,135 2,538,651 353,716 3,791.403
rForeign West Indies 602.484 867,, :. • 63,178 930,959 ,
United States ... ... 4,984,647 5,114,60. 147,583 5,262,191
Brazil ... ... ... 767,918 1,556,13' ' 37,590 1,593,730'
Megien ... ... ... 101 . 610,15 ' 58,259 668,415
GOlombia ... ... ... 11,504 293,29 ' 17,164 320,560
Pere ~,. ... ... 31,319 190,50 • 90,541 210,867
Chill ... .. ... 75,577 197,884 17,93 315,820
Buenos Area, at& ... 265,629 415,58 ' 6,317 421,100
Whale Fisheries .. 627,656 ... ... • 1,489 1,489
••••••••IMIII
Total ... ... 56,038,951 40,536,654 100643,5 a 50,399,356

Note.—The proportional value of the trade carried on with each
to y doting the year ended Sth Jannaty, 1828, cannot at present
be stated,-aa it b ascertained by applying the official rates indivi-
dually to the numerous &nicks of import and export, of which the
trade may in each case consist; an operation of such extent and
laboui al unavoidably to occupy, a period of several months after
the termination of the year. The Account containing the distinc-
tion of the Trade with each Country is thereforrsubmitted for the
year ended sth January, 1827 ; and an Abstract is subjoined of the
Total Official Value of the Imports and Exports in the year ended
the Sth January, 1828, as the best Return which it is practicable
:to furnish at the present time in relation to the trade dr the last year.
YEAR ENDED JAN. 5, 1828.
Total Official Value of Imports into Great Britain
from Forego Parte • . . . . "3,4137;747
Ittal Official Value. of &ports, viz.— :
jkitish and Irish Produce .. aC51,216,448
Z 31,082,895
Toreign and CeVonial . . 9,800,247
Wit. IRVING. Inapector-13evieral of I and Esparto.
Inspector-Genoiari Owe. 'Ham;
• ' • 1.81143410, April • 14, AIWA •
t We have drdPrd the &Mil tad secs. •

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