Star.
London, England, 1819-11-29 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, NOVEMBER !7.

At two o'clock this day, the &Liam' took the Chair.
Lord J. IIERESFORD soon after appeared at the Bar, and
informed the House, that his Royal Highness the Prince Regent
had been pleased to appoint three o'clock this day for receiving
the Address of the House in Answer to the Speech..
The &mese, in his State Carriage, attended by several Mem-
bers, immediately afterwards proceeded so Carlton House with
the Address.
PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE INTERNAL' STATE
OF THE COUNTRY.
(Concluded from our Paper of Saturday.)

Lemetuhire to wit.—The Rumination of T. U. taken upon
oath before me, the Reverend Thomas Dunham Whitaker,'
Clerk, Doctor of Laws, one of his Majesty's Justices of the'
Peace in and for the said County, this eleventh day of October,
•
This afternoon, about four o'clock, I went into the smithy of
Ralph Miller, in Mellor, is the said County, to inquire after my
son-in-law who has run away from his master,who is a blacksmith.
1 found lialph Miller and a young man at work at the forge;
there were in the smithy about five or six other men, who ap-
p a vd to be Weavers; they were sitting, and seemed to be watch-
IN the smith's work. I inquired from Ralph Miller, whether
had seen any person answering the description of my son-in-
tsw, whom I described'? he said, he had not ; one of the Weavers
s ci to me, he (meaning my son-in-law) is making pikes like
th..se; at the same time, this person took up an unfinished
ti.te from the ground, under the bellows, and skewed it to me;
(1 had before stated that my son-in-law's master was a black-'1
sniith). Ralph Miller turned his head towards the man who had
tilt= up the pikes, and smiled. I then inquired of Ralph
• it he could make me heels to my shoes ?he said he could not, he
was too busy. One of the Weavers said, he (Ralph Miller) was
too busy making pikes ; another of the Weavers asked me, if
there were any pikes in our neighbourhood? I said, I had not
seen any, but I had heard that there were a good many coming
to the thlton Meeting next Wednesday from Haslingden ; one
of the Weavers answered, We know that. One of the Weavers
elect asked me, if they would come with their pikes? I said I
tt .d heard so ; another of the Weavers said, " and we will too."
One of the Weavers then took up another pike, which was nearly
finished ; I inquired the price of it? one of the Weavers said it
was a shilling ; a young man dressed like a Weaver, who was
using the large hammer for the young smith, said it was four-
teen-pence. I asked the young man who was dressed like a
Weaver, to sell it to me; but he said, I could not have one
then, as they had none finished.
I was in the smithy about an hour and a half, during which
I had a good deal of conversation with the Weavers and the two

smiths, in the course of which one of the Weavers said, there

was no way for them but rising altogether. One eche Weavers
asked the if I thought there would be any thing to do at Bolton
at the Reform .\ reins next Wednesday? I said I could not
toll, but that people were afraid there would be. Another
of t Weavers said, there would be bloody work; another said,
they would not be, as they were at isianchester, unarmed ; that
they had a right to go to tht :Jeering armed. The old man,
Rslph hiller, was present cl.rring tke whole Gf this conversation;
be appeared to be rather dialf, and was busy at work during the
greater part of the time, but he must have heard the whole, or
a part of flit conversation. T. C.
Taken before me, T. D. WHITAKER.