Star.
London, England, 1817-07-02 00:00:00

FRAME BREAKING.

The ATTORNLY.GENLIt.II, having called
the attention of the House to the outrages which had
recently been committed in breaking Stocking Frames;
and ha►•ing noticed that by" an Act, the penalties c,t
which had since been repealed, this otence was
punts!,ablc capitaiy, proceeded lo state, that the re-
cent outrages seemed to require a re-enactment ul the
tor mer penalty. It had been noticed, that during die
tune that the former Bill, by-which this hadacct:
made a capital offence, was in progress tl,lJugh !the
House, and while it contiiined u► force, not one
offence of this kind had been committed in the Comity
of Nottingham; some time afterward. the capital
punishment was commuted for transportation, anti
immediately afterwards *the offenders re-commenced•
their outrages, although few of theft; !Lid. been con-
victed. Itrprese►►tations had recently been made by
many of the Gentlemen of the Counties in which
these offences had been committed, -statinp„ that it
was absolutely essential, fur the p►evention of these
offences, that they should be again td capi-
tally. He therefore moved tor leave to 111; in a
•dill to repeal the •pteseot Act, and to :bake whet
provisioni in lieu thtreot.

Mt. ABERCIWAILAL slid cot rite to orro:x the

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motion. lin! tratele to ttly il:at he .1:4 n.,t
House had been f.tAy dealt with in respect vt o:.
measitre. Late when a subject was ut.der d•sens-
sion. which placed the personal liberty nt every m .n
in the country at the disposal of his At-levy% Gl-
vernment, it oup,ht ti) have been stated that a feta.
sure like that n ,w bringht Inrward wet inoende.!;
and the two measures .'tould hire been ennitaire/...
The representations as to theee offences had b.-,•n made
to Lord .S:thociutli three mnntha atm I he could not
but look with p.fruhiar jealotr.y on thE ciretorntanc
of its having been s' Inng kept back. He.should
rote tor the NI, not Is a measure of terror, but in
the expect:l6:in that the penalty would be flint ri.
gi.tly enforced.
Mr. 11/LEY ADDINGTON s.tid, that the Hp.
nourahle and Leirneti Gentleman svl.n !p.m last,
brottAit for w at d two accusations against Governetent,
Ist, That this tn,mstoe hail not !icon biona,ht Gtr aqi•d
lost;! ii?beas Corot.; Sasp,nsion rill had passed:
Anj, 21, Ti--at the information on w:.ich it WAS igettil
et!, it pur2otriy kept back till then. As (9
the ti;:t, he b.rged leave to temind the l'ionourable
Gentleman, th4t in the debate on the Habeas Corpus
SUsprusion 13.11, he (Ai:. Addington) had stated,
that this measure was intended. As to the other ac..
ensalion, he could only say, that lie baiter:4.f it to he
utsteunded.. To. keep bask such information could
SerVe Ito, rill/rice.

Mr. A BE it%:1•05.11111t, in esplanatinn, s3"l, that
lie.haai attended parti.: thrly to the spec c's of the Right
Hoitoursble Gentlentsn to Which he had alluded, and
he did not recollect that it containel any 41111S1011 to
measure now proposed ; and lie had iistraed to it
&taints-shy, in the erpectstisn that it b.tve cor-
tati,ed !tick allusion. 'l he (lily person whose speech
had any• allusion, and even a distant one, was the
Pre%ident of the laid of C,e.tvoul.

Tie motion was then aGrevd tn, the Bill briatglq
in, read a first time, and ordered 11 be read a se,:cnd
tune to-morrow.

EV VV'S% PE2ITI W.

Mr. B ET wi,lied to knout whFther any in.
(lulu It id ben mAde, ur any thing done.. touching
Evatv.', Petition ?. •

. Mt. H. ADDINGTON said, that 'allionelk the
' sfikject bad a:ready been fully explained in ant'h'er
plaeelthe House of Loris). yet' he would -now c,..
plain the didetent complaints made in the Petit'or.
As Coon as he had read the most impoitant of these
complaints, he was convinced it had no lciiindMian
in truth ;he meant-the allegati-n, that the Secretary
i of State had.bren guilty ot such a breach of duty, as
rthat of keeping back a Petition transmitted to him
' by the prisontrs,•tur the purpose of bring forwarded.
Having made strict inquiry ietp all the facts on this
subject, he wksen.:bledto *este, that ofior about the
•`List ot-February Ls:, /.Ir..E.vans did sand it Petition
,:by-rdv..Aokins, the J.!ler ot Cold Bathafiehis Prison,
"Whic'h was attdss reed•tn' the Honourable Baronet and
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4;4.turAle Lord'oprisite. -,;:pli when Oita Petition was
atbout to be for witrAt4il :frgn the Home ll.paitment
NW those to whom it.w.ne addressed, the J tiler was sent
4 wills a nies4ifeelthin":tll6 prafiner, requesting that it
might nat be Seat Vulliltm, (lot be deliv'ered to Mr.
Harmer. the prisoner,' S .I.eitiii Tiiiirequeq. w.is
accordingly: cooplled• wtth,..and Sir: N. Conant. by
insjie•t‘t the S:cret..•tt of ti,...stse, forwarded the Peti.
tic.' to Mu'. flamer. H.• 4Nlr..Acidingtony Lehi
now io hiS hand a bete horn, Mi.•klarmer to Sir N.
Conant, dated the 231 at February. 4:-kitnnli.dhing
the receipt of The Petition: No wirer l'.::,trio wt.;
ever sentaii the Oifice in ishich ii;e:/t4.1 ii... li.:aitlinu 12
be employee. On refer:ing to r!: (stinted caeseand
to the reports ot the pr•ucectii3o--in he • H 3u•-e. he
found by thew th.curnvnts, that ti's 72%:•;:ilts'Ati ds•-
livcred to. Mr. 'Ammer, was tile very retif- -is mu-
..;entec: to the (louse by ine llenouraole Gei.il•tman
(Mr. Bennett). He mist therefore say. that it Was
very strange that. this being the scase, the H lieu:-
able Gentleman should have brought torwatd the
subject in this way. As to the ether &Beg:dice, in
the Petitief., it was not true that EValk bad beta &-
flied the nie of pens, ihk, and piper, as he :Wedged.
It was certainly true that he was put in one iron, but
as soon as this was Liown at the Secietary of State's
()Mee, it. WA'. removed. As to the apartmmt in .xliirli
lie had !seen confined, iastead i f [untie a dungeon.
the followitig wile its dimensions-2:: feet Vag, 11
feet broad, soul I I feet higli. There were two win-
dows in it, whirl: thepritonu.r mipta open at wiit.and
a fireplace. - Tile apaitnielt war situate(! hi 4 it.ll-.-
past of the gaol, a'id commaiided a (Sae e:ew of t':.!
Surrey Hills. At ta the complaint that the triplet?
was not allowed air, or eZer :se, ilie truth wes. the:
! lie was 41Tered iiberty to walk in an arcade :7..7 li.t
ilong, which he refused. it was trite, that Mrs.l.:ea:is
was only allowed to o)mm:silicate with tier hese ?..•al
1 and son through an iron. 'mating, nut it w•is veer
wide. There were letters irons •,tber t.ri.oia-, re-.
fined in the same gaol, who said that they v:i.re, a.
well treated as w.is possiide.
Mr. IIIt.NNET I' wool., nciv say-tut tew secures
on this question. He did preserit a Peition ft.fente!•
from Mf. Evans, 'but bad not Iciiown on krat.u,i 1.4-•.
and did not know how, that it was.tre i&rifir 41 Pr.:
tition with resiatt to which there was a co•npl.,H; rt
its nut havisig bc:o forwmded. As to t!e oda r lai.r.i.
he must say that the Itight:iinn.4.iectLican had .1,:-
Vacated, but Pad buititer:derikd ri,ir,i;:tilaiiied their.
•Sonie .altaraListis"4‘;:te liven as to smite .0 '`e
charger. other were admitted hl weeds. as iyell.es l!.
substance; He.had not known .whether.other p7i,t -
nets tia,if beetfiret-ted'with the salve !eerily ;, i:et I e
"icncli that ?at. Elarts was put, first in C 710att.-
heids•Pris in, irtu tt,e same room and two Ge Oe.;
Ind with .t ilflllll. .The toongir 'Evans ~7.. s put ...Ito
the hospitai.rcom,ewith six unimaithy leicos. Their,
too, with those felon[ was cue contincd *bolo the:
Right Hon. GL;ntrtnian'atiti tte Noble Lent lit:.4 di-
missed list week u ithout 4 iii:4l.4Str.h*tvat the tr.....-
ment of persons acknowledged t9i be innocent *I•
b.:
person was there on the !soh ot April last. He In-d
regornierietzovrtisiithE;ans on Monday lase, bat was Mused
to see the yeintief,7wliti.t:MssatesdgLotabneteal.)l.lulealf.g:Victaort:
the stake he looked Iwo the toefosi be would Ain't
that he did steal a look into tAii:se cungeons; he dia.
ri•it see Mr. Evans. hut he saw Mt. rilkstigicn, in
precisely tlie same kind of tooth as Evans'. tie asked
it it was the saine, and was answered it was precisely.
There be saw this unliAii.. man, thus innocent nob-
vithuil, pacing the morn tip and slow u—(litirs 4ear.)
It was a place tor condemned persons, a place for
colorictsletweon the Lime 44 sentence and tLat of elle-
, Lution. It Was tut 4 place of co.fineminn, but a place

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• •, With the felea's punishment he had
also I!.c felon's fate. Teere was a truckle bed, a pail
or ea.,c., a toile, and a chair. The Right Hnn.
(;:raleniiit had not said that Evans bad any-fire. lie
to tt.:, caininioe principles of humanity,l.i
ai.:•
ther Mt. Evans ( whethai Mr. Pilkington was a *1
I,;aary eersao lie knew not), who was author of the
p,A4):.at on the Soeneean doctrines, should friex-
ceidea free) ad meaus tit ii Crary gratification.
rva vitae doctrines were, it W. 15 evident ate
• 100 rat y fotasvn, as lie WAS proud to say were j
Iva o adestrien in London. It was, then, no smash
1,:J.1,a) lot such a per.ao to be denied the use of a
El.'? !ging hours that lie had to pass in, the
hair.)-Yet how much hirder•
• is he by and bye, sylice the long nights as-well
„;.;:ig days must be so passed, as the Act was now
tae.:.1.a.1 to the 1,.t of Mareli—(Hear, hear.) He.
• the lionalirable G.:titiernen .on the other side
hole e;:peticilea of the dreadful distress of
rr LULU attet hour without a human being to
o..rerse with, and without any means of amusing or
r.J:l.:oling dear minds, that they might learn the
L.i.stian duty of doing to whets as may would be
by—(l.•,d cheering.) Yet such sad experience••
i.ati no doubt but many innocent petsous would
Jounced to feel before the Constitution should be
tr:.crial—(Near, hear.) It was not denied that his
?lac was taken from Mr. EVAllb. Nineaenths, then,
criarges were admitted. As the Right Hon.
o.:.!leinan could not be contradicteJ, he was fotced
ti :liana that pen, ink, and paper had not been re-
e.aal : but now as to the arcade. From the pompous
naiiie:r in which it was mentioned, it might be sup.
raa to lie something like the Piazza in Covent•sar-
tie.. It was in fact a stone passage for cleaning the
Mils, three or tour feet broad, just enough to afford a 1.
pale to the different cells for cleaning them, with
.4 grated window to admit a glimmering of light. It
was nothing more nor less than the necessary passage
to the cells. The Right Hon. Gentleman had made
out nothing like a case for the gaoler, or the Sheriffs,
it Mr Harris. Evans was confined, uot for a crime,
r upon me charge of a crime, but upon suspicion
t. treason. He knt:w nothing of any of the three
6::derma; tie knew nut even the Sberiff's name;
Ma he must say, that it he (Mr. Bennett) had
te:e 'aaeliff, and stiewn such gross ignorance of the
1.0, tie would admit hr should he totally unfit for
mi.. an oilice—(ilear, hear.) lie .would only say,
t..it the 1.11t1:'l was contrary to law.., I'o have been
...laved at by any Sheriff was therefore no justifica-.
ter.. The only pretance for putting timer into Irdni
mutt Labe been to keep' him in safety. The prison
was more like a forties* than a prison. He did not
sty is was absolutely impossible ftir an adveatutous
pr,:io3cr to attempt to escape, but Milli. Evans there
e..:',110: the' least chance of his attempting or effect-
ir,:! his escape. My Lord Chancellor King had said,
%%pen a gaoler applied to be allowed to put a.pricii-
aer in irons for security Ni:,, the law does notpera..,
nit a man to be punished lactose. lie,is,condemned.--
you have no tight to. put WM in
.irons f make your
walls higher if it be necessary, to secure him." Mi.
I:vans then was only suspected of sedition, and yet
le was pet in irons. -Every tact respecting bud was
ueconuadicted. The room was really such. as 4.110
hen represented ; and although Mrs: Evans was per..
mated to see. kWh :tic cireumstatices in which .this
Arai granted only proved the extreme tigour of his
treatment—(Near, hear.) • • • •
Mr. BARHAM-said,' that asite7lsid given notice
if a conditional motion on the subject; if would na-
wally be expected that he should say whether or not
'fie 'was satisfied with the' explanation
.given
wuuld not now enter into reasons i ire would merely
say, that he trusted no man in that House could have
so far misesteemed or mistaken his character as to
axpect he should be satisfied with such an explana-
tien—( Heir, hear.) One or two circumstances were
ilitiarenily stated, but there was still abundance of
cutter tor most setiObie consideration. "They Might
presume they were all true, as die, were not denied.
He-would mike his motion to-morrow.

Mr. PEEL explained. He wished that the Hon.
Baronet would only- call for an account of the Uni-
versiies and public bodies of the manner in which they
had disposed of the books they selected, which could
be done in the way he had mentioned, nithout eleven
separate lists.
Mr. R. SMITH could not see how the Universi-
ties could tell how they disposed ot the books wittioiit
naming, nor how they could name them without
making out a list.
Mr. WILLIAM SMITH thonght, that if the Sta-
tioners' list, properly numbered, were given to the
Universities, they could tell how they disposed of the
books, by marking against each number what had
become of each work. He rose, however, for the
purpose of saying, tnat if the system WAS to be con-
tinued to which he objected, some method should be
devise 4 formaking it imperative on the Universities
td set aide for the use of the public and the promotion
of learning those books which were required trout
authors as atax, and that they should be prevented
trfips allowing them to lie in their cellars till they
were darn I,e .and then selling ti-em for waste paper.
' .Sir •13 RROUGHS thought, likewise, that
.the Untieesities should be reqnired to place books
this obtainecrin their libraries, and not any longer to
commiti:the•disgraceful abuse of.allowing them to be
&sullied- like waste paper. An account should be
demanded of what had been done wig' basks not so
diSpiised of.
Mr. D. GILBERT knew that books were not
sold by the Universities, however they might be
otherwise disposed ot. He suggested that a sewn.
which would envier all the purposes of the Honour-,
able Baronet, alight be obtained by requiring eleven
copies of the same list, to be made out at Stationers'
Hall, and, transmitted to the different public Bodies
: interested and that against each book in the cata-
logue should be mentioned how it was disposed of.
-Ono list might then be printed including the whole.
Sir E. BItYDGES begged leave to amend his
motion, and that it should requiPe a lift of the books
claimed under the Act, whether placed in libraries,
nor how otherwise disposed of. It, therefore, they
'were not s. deposited, their claim ought not to be
admitted.
' Mr. CROKER merely meant to say, that where
those Public Bodies selected certain Works, they
might to providii a proper place to keep them in.
Mr. LOCKHART would not oppose the motion,
but he did not think that it ought to be expected of
the-Universities that they should place in their fibre.
ties ever] book that they claimed under the Act.--
They could not know beforehand the contents of a
book from its title, or front the subject that it, han-
dled, and might thus claim many which, after exa-
mination, might be found either immoral, irreligious,
or orlon wise very unfit for the instruction of youth or
the pomotion of iniprovetuect.—The Motion -was
agreed to. •
The consideration of :he Resolutions on Finance was pnirponed
till Friday. Mr. liAttl%c asked for mum inforawtion tm the
state ot the Unleaded Debt, which the CUANCELLuII ot the LI.
csia2usa sate woul4 be found iu the it esoiutons.
r:suERJES.
Mr. HOLDSWORTH moved for leave to bring
in a Dill to amend the. Acts regulating the Fisheries
on the Coast of Devonshire, on that part of the coast
between the Start and the Straight points.—Leave
granted. . .

Mr. BROUGHAM a*ked the Right Hon. Gentle.
Whether he was to credit the assertion, that Mr.
Erans"was't►•i[hout fire or candle ?

Mr. H. ADDINGTON could only sib, that no
severity ):ad been exercised towards him but what
vas usual in all other cases.

• fflt. BROUGHAM mast then consider the charge
as true, and .would .only therefore say at present that
l:e rejeiced exceedingly at his Honourable Friend's
rciolution t(3 make his promised Motion. The House
rust consider it to be their very highest duty to see
th*t any, the lowest degree, of unnecessary severity
vi:a nut inflicted on pet sons confined, not fur trial,
net for guilt, not for suspicion of guilt, but by an
Act which Parliament had unhappily passed. The
prison in question was a prison for felons. In one
case of a prisoner in aorsemonger.lane, he had occa-
sion to know, that a prisoner after sentence, during
execution of punishment, had books, fire, and candle.
The person who gave his information to the Right
honourable Gentleman, must have intended a wil-
ful deception upon him, and, through him, upon the
.House. He had said there. were no means of allow-
•iag exercise to the, prisoners consistently with their
•secore custody: he, on the contrary, could tell the
•House, that there was a large space, garden,. with
a high wall set with
.spikes, in which they were in
perfect security.' There were too; if there should be
'any attempt made to escape, dogs, he believed, or
the bloodhound breed. No prisoner was usually re-
ined leave t, walk here.
COPY BIGHT.
Sir EGERTON BRYDGES moved that a return

WATCH-MAK6a&
Mr. P. *PORE moved• that the Petition of the
Watch-Inakers be referred to a Select Committee.
The motion was agreed to, and a Committee named
and appointed.

EXPORTATION OF COTTON TARN.
Mr. D. GLLBERT moved that the order for a
Committee to inquire into the policy of restricting or
prohibiting the exportation of Cotton Yarn be dis.
charged, on the ground that it was too late in the
Session to inquire and to report on so extensive .a
subject. The Manufacturers connected with the
Cotton Trade were divided into two great classes—
the Manufacturers of Yarn and of Cloth ; and their
intetests were, trout peculiar circumstances, now sup-
posed to be opposed to each other. The policy of
permitting the exportation of Cotton Twist was sup.
ported by the former, and opposed by the latter.—
The subject bad not yet bees discussed with coolness,
or inquired into with diligence. Only one side had
been heard, and great inconvenieace would result
from the labours of a Committee which could not
institute an inquiry into the relative interests of both
parties concerned. From the circumstance that only
1
1 one class was in attendance with their evidence, no-
thing but mftarte statements could be obtained ; and
nothing, consequently, but an experts report
.could
be tirawq up this Session. The Cumntittee would,
therefore, be exerting a trades& labour to come man
unsatisfactory conclusion. on which no legislative
ele.isure could be grounded. The country would

tLa list of books claimed ender the Copy-right Act
~!ftlf: 54th of the King should be made by the Uni-
versities, stating whether placed in their libraties, or
how otherwise disposed ot. He did not mean to
trouble the House at any length upon the subject.—
'au Act to which he alluded enacted, that a list of
all :he books entered in Stationers' Hall should be
Mule out, and tran.bmitted to the Universities, or
other public institutions entitled to a copy of such
"Jerks, and that they should select.from the best what
books they thought proper. ge only wanted to know
how these public bodies disposed of the literary pro-
PtrtY of which they thus became possessed?
Mr. BANKES thought that the first part of the
I:l'Aior. was unnecessary, as the returns from Sta.
hollers' Hall gave sufficient intormatioo on the list
of books claimed ; 'nor did he think that it was ma-
terial the latter part ot it, as the public bodies could

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l'st :enF^eon ;a ttey rloigilL proper. He la! be ez;.::,,cl kr no pupa% and expectations or fears
nl j,-e!;•.n, however, to the Motion. raiscei which could neither be grainiest r alt
Sir E. 131(YDGES thought that the only mode off He there.dre mt.vcd, that the Order fsir the Com-
attaining his object tsar to move *for the list which mittee be dischare•tds
itattbeli claitned, preparatory to a retur nof how the left.. F. LEWhi corcurred in the motion for the
'books-were disposed of. discharge of the order, and expressed at some length
Mr. PEEL had no' objectioh to the spirit of the his reasons why it should never have been made. A
n ; that its object I gre.dt question, like that into which tbe Committer
'etiuls! ost toii.Ned amore ciimp;ii,diolis form than W4S "ppvinte.d to inquire, should not Lave been dis-
hy rug airing the. Uoiveisitieg And cussed on the partial representations of a l'etit:on from
make out a lisleach'separately.. it was nicely th A one side, and by Members who carne ;irepared for a
ocarli.Ahe.”..me list would
.be riitorna by the elev-n tonna: inquii y Oy their local flo was dis-
diftereqt institutiOnso„apd thus a vreat skal of trautoi limed, therefore, to oppose the progress of die Cam
d rti
-
an soe e*Oi:nses.would tie ; where :nu::,aiittee's labours, not so much from a regard to the
of blth iniglit be saved lay7iviniriolt, a. gene: 1 iist lateness t f the Session as from a consideration of the ,
from Stationers‘ Hail i a COPy.Ot wiii h nigh; be original impolicy of agitating the country by insti-1
sent to all the Univetsniest 'req tht.tn to mat,: toting an inquiry which could end in nothing. The •
h
uirintr
again:: each book how it was.disposed.of. great evil, a remedy for which the House had been
Mr. (21(0 KU?. wits of the some opinion. The endeavouring during a great part of the Session to
Uiniourahle Gentleman, added, coat the public had provide, was that spirit of discontent and disaffection
a right to know Irot.n the Universities bow they used which arese trcm the advantage which turbulent and
the literary works that the Ilw entitled them to— designing individuals were endeavonring to take of
whether •they placed O&M in their libiaries fOr the public dist:en to agitatethe public mind. That dis-
advancement of learning and: the diffusion of infor. tress.was caused by want of employment ; 2nd would
,motion, or allowed them -to be destroyed like waste the House recommend an increase of 61at distress
paper ? oy prohibiting the exportation of a manufacture to
Sir E. BRIDGES bereved, that moire the Mah the extent of A3,00:),000 ii; value, which gave to S 3
of the King, copies of all honks eiliered iii Stationers' many employment and the means of subsistence ? 'Fite
hall hid been claimed by the Universities, except no- public suffering would be by Otis measure incalcula.
vets and books of music, which were (oily. taken by bly increased, and even the public peace endangered.
two. lie wished to know what use they made of His opinion was, that the question should not woe be
them; whether they were sold, torosso away like stirred, whatever might be done in a future Session.—
waste paper, or placed in their libraries for the pub- There were two classes of people in the same trade
lic advantage? The list of Stationers' hail could not opposing each other, and entering into competition
give him that information. nor could he have it with- !tor legislative enactments in their favour. Nothiag
out a return from the Universities themselves.
-- 'could be gained from the inquiry instituted, and he
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was glad that an end was noyolikely to be put to this
impolitic and ill-judged attempt to agitate the public
mind. The law now permitted the exportation of
cotton twist, and all prima facie argument was in LI-
MIT' of its continuance. Whatever idea might be
entertained or the policy of removing existing restric.
irons, he did not think that a case could be mole out
for enacting new laws against tire principles of a free
trade. He would not even vote for ir.quiry into the
policy of preventing the exportation of our yarn, ex-
cept it could previously be proved that, by refusing
to foreigners our yarn, we could force them to take
the cloth into which we ourselves would manufacture
it; for by denying them the former, while we had
no certainty that they would pUrchase the latter, we
should be depriving ourselves of a market for both,
under the idea of promoting the sale of one. We
had permitted the exportation of cotton twist. The
commerce was flaurishing, great capital was embarked
and great industry employed in the trade, and, by i
Any impolitic interference with it. we might be sacri
tieing an imp 'rtant national manufacture, and creat-
ing great additional distress for a very uncertain ad-
vantage to one class, and, perhaps, tor a loss to all.
Mr. CAWTHORNE would agree to the Mows
for a discharge of the order,.on the grounds stAteci.
He had presented the-petition on wisich the Corn- I,
mittee was appointed; and he was supported in his
representations by a' Noble Lord (Stanley), and
other members from the manufacturing district with
which he was connected. He was no manufacturer
himself, and had no personal interest to serve, bet
he thought the distress ot the petitioners should he
inquired into. The Honourable Gentleman stated,
that there were a million of weavers in Lancashire
and Cheshire, who were not earning above four shil-
lings and sixpence zweek for the support ot them-
selves and their fam;lies. They ascribed their dis-
tresses universally to the exportation ot cotton yarn ;
and represented, that the average quantity 'sett in the
country did not furnish employment for more than
MAW persons. It was well knoWn that the in-'
reigner could not carry on his cotton manufacture
without this yarn, and we thus supplied him with
the raw material for producing a rival commodity.
Mr. BARING was averse to the House Pledging
itself to the appointment of a Committee early in the
next Session, as tending to encourage hopes in great
numbers of poor persons which it would be found im.
possible to realize. He had never heard drat foreigners
conk,
.not carry on the Cotton Manufacture, withoot
our Yarn ; indeed he knew the contrary to be true.
Of re2,7e0,000 worth of this materiel that was ex.
ported, France, which had very large Cotton Kuno.
factories, particularly near Rouen, coal: no more than
to the value of £917. Neither ought the House
rashly sc• adopt a Measure, the conseqtrence of which
might be to excite a new Commercial warfare in'
Europe.
Mr. HUSKISSON was also anxious to guard
against any misconceived assurance thet 'slight induce
foreign nations to believe it the Ma:talon of the Bri-
tish Parliament to extend that system of exclusion
which had been already curled too 14r. .
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
was of opinion, ,that-whettever the lull inquiry should
be instituted, the petitioners would have a different
ease to prove in endeavouring to strew that the pecu-
bar circumstances of this trade were such as to out-
, weigh all the general arguments in tavuur of com-
lmercial freedom. He did not deny tlaat there acre
at present many principles in our commercial policy
which, whether wisely introduced or not, might na-
turally lead particular classes of manutacrirers to
apply for protecting regulations—at the same time,
as those principles were now considered to be erro•
neous, the presumption was agarest the propriety of
acceding to such applications, which could only ke
supported by etuaordinary circumstances. Fur ex-
ample, the woollen trade seemed to be that branch
of our manufacturing industry which was int)sz en.
titled to the especial care of the Legisieture, becAtne
the raw matetral was part of our native produce. In
the case before them, the article was imported !tom
abroad, and might be obtained by any other cooi.try.
Tice continental system pursued by BonapArte af-
forded a practical proof of the impossibility of pie-1
venting the existence ot a rival mAnulecturer•by pro-
Whiting the exportation of this article. Nothing
could easily be imagined more mad or vain than his
attempt to taffy on a cotton-coanulecture, . without
any importation of the raw commodity. Yee Bt,na-
parte, although at an expense far beyond the vaine
ot,the undeutaking, did succeed in gettieg cumin
irons Turkey, brought through Dalmatia, into
gals
own deminions, and this strewed what ini;bt be done
try the vigour of a government resolutely bent upon
any object of piss description.
Mr. D. GILBERT said a few words to ksimilar
effect, and the order was thoai di4cliavd.

xtcw com Act. .
The CUANCELLOK of . the EXCHEQUER
expressed his hope, that the House would allow form
to make to motion, of which lie had elven notice fir
the preceding night, but the introduction of steln;.•l
had been suspended by the unhappy accident which
had bef..l:en cue of their mast honnurable and re-
spectahle M. tubers, and which he f'eared would de-
isrive the }ionic of his services tor a consideraine
tim«—(llear, hear).—Ti.e object of Iris mJtion was
tos lix a peri,cl after which the e'rculati at of Banat
cf-ilars andAnkens should be 114 longer permitted.—
tLrAo4ht the convenience of trade and Gf tte
poblic At large had hitherto rendered it inespe,lient to
adopt any proceeding fur this purpasr, and ice had
neva. telt any apprehension that the tew Over cur-
rency wouH be supplanted by ri concarrent circitie••
tion of interior VITTISt2IIIC.s, however, were
now changed, and we stood in a diff..ient
The gene had arrivni, in his opinion, for pu.ting 3''
end to an occasion *1 and temporary resource, whiten
had grcatly contained, b-yoo.l all doubt, to th.:
convenience of the pu';liz ; and the country was m.scb
indelne,' to the B lAA for such an acc.ourundatioo,
at a time when the crwilar silver currency was si
depreciated. That curie:34 bad, hewe7er, leer. re-
stored to itt legititnete valuz ; and tl.e only quest.n^
now was, with tegard to the period fir limiting t:.-e
future circulation of Bank Tc.henc. Tl:is period be
should propose to be the 95th March tm, lervintt.
the Bank still liable to th,! Leld,rs for the nom:nal
slim at which they were otigotally i,sued. lie shon:d
nos? therefore move for leave to itriti7 to for
'ironing the period during which t:.e circuit ion of
the Dollars end Tokens of the Lank of England
s!tould cominue lawful.

Mr. D. GILBERT approved of the proposition
:oade by his Right Honourable Friend, but thou,.!':t
the 25th of /starch rather trio early a petiod. 11-:
agreed that the convenience derived by the puldic
from the use of the Tokens had been very great, Lut
he apprehended that the Bank had likewise found
their interest in supplying them.
Mr. BARING thought there should be some pe.
riod at which the respoosibility of tie B tnk might
cease. It was desirable also that the ltiglit Honour.
able Gentleman should afford the House some infor-
mation on the subject of the intruded gold currency.
He dewed that the Bank had derived any profit front
the circulation of its Tokens, but, on the contrary,
had been put to serious inconvenience by the neces-
sity of purchasing large chi unities of !Over.
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER
observed, in explanation, that he should propose in
the Bill the enactment of a penalty upon the circula-
tion of dollars and tokens after the period limited,
which he conceived would have the effect of prevent.
jig them from being kept back too long by the holder:.
He agreed that it might be descry rig or considera-
tion to appoint a time when the respinsilnlity of the
Bank should cease altogether. No intention existed
at present on the part of Government of patting an
end to the circulation of gitineas of the legal weight;
and with regard to the new colliage, a pi oclaniation
had been that day signed, declaring it to i3C levsl
tender when issued.

The Bia was then ordered to he prepared R7d
brooght in.
On the motion for brinpin7 up the R-pc:rt nf tl.::
Cornmitt;.e.of Supply, Mr. WARNE, Mr. Ktni o, or.l
Mr. W. Smlrit dr.i rn d v :!r t (1 on the or:l;kmii tl:e
last Report of the Finance Committee, of all refereno:
to the ortice ..nd duties of the junior Lords of the Al-
aty.
Alter come farther nhservotions from Mr. W.
SMITH', Sir GElltalt WAttkENDER, S r C. Hoye, and
Mr. CROKER, the Report was brought up, ~n.l the
Resolutions wt re ayrt; d to.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for (rave
to bring in a lidl to reduee Me number to Corporals, Serjearrts,
and Dr .rnmer4, of the Mi:iria of heirs 1, wide d;,ent!ssited.-
I.e.tve wai gr.mted, and the Pill s-as afterwards brought in and
read a tint t me, and ordered to be read a id time tomorrow.
'hie blear Loslam: Bill eta: brought in and read a first tone.
A Bill to present the farther circulatiou.o: Dollars and Tub, re
by the Bank of England, after a limited time, was read a iirbt
ume, and ordered to be read a second time us-morrow.
A Bill for regula ing the Fisheries oo the Coast of Devon 5.7
read a first time, and ordered to be printed.
he Poor Employment Bill passed through a Committee,
the Report Wl* brought up, and ordered to be taken iuto firth, r
consideration on 1 hrirsday next.
The Report of the Coal ao.l Culm Bill was brought h, aid
the Bill orders:Ll to be read a third time to morrow.

After some observations from Sir 3. C.l4lrt ist.er and Serj•ant
Clittiav in favour of a general revision of the Marriage 1.a..v•
the lioa,e went Into a Committee on the Bans of Marriage ;I:d'
Hie R. punt was brought up, and orderLd to be considered
dm/ three weeks.
tslr. Serjeant.ONSLOW gave notice, that early next Smirm
he should moor for leave to bring in a Bill lur the repeal ut the
Law, that regulate the Rate of Interest.
I lie Amendments of the Lords, extending the pravirl•.ns of
th,lli:•ry l'ay Bill to It, land au•l :icotlamt, wen. it jec,.d.
The flute... than Adjourned at tea
CHIMNEY &WEI:VCRS.

The Report of the Clmmittee of the House of
Commons, (43 tlw petition'. against ihe employ iner.t
ul boys in sweeping e:1 iiiii nies, I.t. heun pi 'opted. It
reconimeiwis the pievrotion ol the I a Cier use of
ciimbing•l3,l3 tor th:tt purpose ; and a rs anntmed
It t.;e minutes of the evidence Liken before the C.rn-
"iiiittee, from *lnch the tollowitu is an inn:ie...l93
tatritt
Wili!•1111 Tooke. 17-. q• 1.4141 hi, awl Prat,. rv.w....1,1.
( Ile witness skim-11.4 it. ;)

Abue,g, er iTi the 111u11tII u 1 At,LiaNt, I 14414 1.1/.%.^r,
Of ISurbortun You kAaire, bought a
for the Una of ti,o6!Ctltileat,ttt a bestir W 1111 l 111 :his. hlidt
appeared ,Iobc alum. iutir year, ut itry, w 4%. employed to t we,?
a chimney .11 that town ; Le was taken up la by an eller buy,
who lett blot there, %v..h .1h as Illifht ,h:y esper•cd, lit
tell *town ;by which ascii:l;c lie bruise 1 has terribly agatti.t
the grata: :•Ihs air and tn..; I °v.!. appe.trrd eu alai •re at trout those
of the illitdren who are ltsually enapleyr.l liar thst purpose, th: t
the :14:sp 64.)...•,11, 6... Li mg of t:,„
see him ; Obey wer: ilitich Intel erta.l wit's ham, and so
thai he had het:la they atrial, him 1174.11iv.,itt, than
( 11C cliiiitate y sw: e, orra.g glad Lei part with lam). Soots at., r
ite got to lio)aatui., t!..: seat of tier Gsurge Stricklan 1. a plate with
loimthiiig ro e,o, brutigot bins ; un sceiug a fi.:V. r tok
was quite tlehzhted, and said Papa bat ouch lurks a/ thl,e.'
Heals° - lid, Vie caraict in the dniwing room was like
per rha %eel' him a silver warch-,•he asked what s••••• it
Nei ?—papa's Was a gold 'watch', he then preist.-.1 the hal 'ale„
51,1.-4 Papa's watch thug*, why dues: pot yours ?. :nr
George Stricklat.,!, on being tout of this theeNd
him a g't2d repeater ; the Little boy pres.td the spring, at.,l
it strucl, he jumped about the room, .aytni--- 1 apa's watch
rang. so.' At Light, vetwii lies was gam,: nt he,t, cctill
rI: Ot tu hea aril Le had said lua players; h then relieved tltt

- • If. - _
aAvat D S • rayer, almost vertecily. ate account he eve:. of hits-
wit is, that he wail/minting flower's in hi. Winn:lib gairden, and
thart:ie womau who told' hint, came in and I.lsoirlditt If he
ali.4 riding I lie mid, y,s ; and she told him be *bowls' ride
with hut. She put him on% hur.et atter-arthict.itser But Imo a
veseelvaud the v. 06 wcre trap, • atl,4:a‘‘ ay wt Wert He had no
i‘comiter; it Lt. v• !.• Lc I've.J, Id was Licr young

to think his father had any ether name t.sysis that of papa. He
started whenever he beard a servant hi the family at Boynton
called (i. :rye, and looked as if he expected to %Pe 'ono bodye
h
knew ; on inquiry, he said de had an uncle George, whom he
I,ved .1 •arly. lie says hi. manual it dead ; and it is thought
his father maybe abi girl. From many things he says, he seems is I
lave heel chi, By • id, an uncle an aunt, whom be invariably
rays were caked Mr. and Mr-. Fienibtougb. From various cis-
cumstandis„ it is thought iaspissihie he should be the dilki of the
wallah who sold him, Lit manners being very civilised, quite
those of a child well eduzared ; his dialect is good, and that of
the south of hngland. This liter boy, when Brut diwnvvted,
was cot jec•ured to be about :our years old t and is described as
haring beautiful back eyes moil eye-lakes, nhigh now, aid a de-
licate soft skin." •

ThE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, JULY-2, 1817.
PRICE OP OCKS THIS DAY AT TIP El NE O'CLOCK s
ailltsztd-75“....C0n501s shut—.Casasols fur ()pa. 77i
4 per Crot •.+4j--Nary, shut—Bar k Lore Aiwa.
InZia Dun& 105 pre.—Lsch. 84. 114.

The order for referring the Peritins.oi the Cotton
Wearers to the consideration at a Select Committee,
was last night discharged, on a in,:tion by Mr. Gil.-
WILT; on the gir,..nd 11-. at nr.ly the Weavers were yet
before the hionse,
sand any evidence ci, si,e% a
Committee could at ptinet.t receive would be i:,./orei.r.
That is, by not appearing, the Spinners have gained
at least Aunt tier year :—Against the Weavers, it was
argued:that we could nut prevent the establkhoreiri
of rival manufactures on tt...t Cmitinent. Tl.is is true.
But the question is—Whether, while lure igneis re-
fuse to receive our r iece goods, we should assist there
in establishing their weaving manufactories, by fur.
rishing them with our yams
The system of Commercial prohibition is bad ; but
it commenced with our tivals. We would hail the
day when there should be no restrictions whatever on
the free circulation of all Commercial articles : but
while our rivals pursue a different system, in our
bumble opinion, it is the duty of our Legislature to
meet thiir manctiares by countervailing enactments.
The bread of our own children should not be sent to
foreigners till alter we have fully supplied our own
necessities. Reciprocity should never be lost sight of.
It appears (Tom what passed in the House of Colo.
Mons, last night, that the new Gold Coinage will
speedily be is...ued—not to supersede Guineas, but to
remain in circulation with therm Batik Tokens are
not to circulate, after the it of March nest.

The Paris Papers of Sunday last arrived this
Taos nii.g.
Another person Las•beca condemned and executed,
for tus share in the late insurrection at Lyons, and a
great many others ►emain in course 't trial. The
tri coloured dig, it is said, was hoisted in no less than
thirty Communes ; and the object is stated distinctly
to have Wren the ovexthrow of the reigning di:tasty.
The Kim) is now completely re•establishA in leis
't.zalth, and takes l,ia iralks tegUlarls in the Gardens
at.tit Cloud.
Prip.ce TaLLUSAND has gone to Dzreges, to take
the benefit of the waters.

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