Star.
London, England, 1826-02-24 00:00:00

.ishith the cddtntry
hole A itate.Of pease
qtr;
alluded to.
Mr; Pitt brought
Could be moire pacific
Addressed to Parliament
id a short time .afteee,
withodt any appretettsioti .
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in our commercial trapsactions,
engaged in a long war. I do. sot mo
reflection upon the reputation of
to men respected his tit:
his asrmory. when dead,
show h.* little the country .
transition, that dolse engaged .
have had no foresight of the events 'Which were to
plunge them in disttess, and that the great, sudden, and
unexpected changes and reverses which then took place
'were the result of circumstances totallyilifferent, and'
-gAte rise to claims essentially more imperative upon the
toMpassion and assistance of theGopernment,than those;
however lamentable or extensive they may be,which hate
been created in a time of peace,the Most profound which
the world has witnessed for nearly half a century.—
But 'bete is a wry wide difference in the causes pro-
ducing di.tress, between those periods referred to as
precedents, anJ the present extraordinary measures of
relief.-that might have then been adopted. It might,
to be sore, be more agreeable to yield to the arguments,
or rather the desires of those who recomMend a de-
parture from the line of conduct marked out by Minis-
ten; it might be, perhaps, the road to popnlatity. But
convinced,, as Ministers are, of the wisdom of not..de-
parting from it, they persevere in • it, regardless 'lithe
censures with which they may be visited by some, and
of the admonitions which are so liberally proffered to
them by others, By declining to assent to the proposed
plan, Ministers do net preclude relief. For the prefer-
able means of relief to which they pointed is a power
which exists in the Busk. .It is said, indeed, that 'nee.
chants would • nut go to the Bank. To do so or not is
of Coarse. optional with them. If such were the di:-
position, -it was beyond control. But heir does the
manes stand? Hitherto the Bank discounted Bills,
which -were:the iisibt.e ;4154 of propery. NoW that
that visible sign no ion ;exists, there is a chasm
between the advancing of the money and the pro-
perty on which it is advanced. The money now
is to be lent directly upon the merchandise itself; and
rally. I would ask, should (has be such a shyness its
submitting bills of parcels, which would only be a
substantial foundation for the ;issue of money? Great
facility is now afforded for' stieh a mode of transacting
business. Heretofore prinds were scattesred in various
parts over the whole face radio City; bet at presets, in nine cases
out of ten, they are an under lbek and key is the King's stem,
and ready for inunedlati inspestilem Mt Hon. Gentleman, who
was awe( the'Dank Directors, has eruct that, daring the mama
of distress in November. the hintoots wave eat Ottawa. J can
&mere the lion. blanhor.Wltn.bit 'tire way, was net in 'ewe hits.
self at thp aloe--(t iriegio)-r;hat I ?lei et Right Hen. Friend. the
Chincelfor ót the Esciselitef; and the t of the Beard of
Trade, were Malvin tilvln thriarstrisi the whole of that mists, la-
barriog under intense ansietylsothe odtiptles of the evil. I will
appeal for coehrmatioe of the. matensmit•to these DM* Directors
who remain/din town, and were not lo the country with the lion.
Gentiestan—(a laugh). I also appeal to them te ahether
there was key disposidoo - manifeital es the past Of Government
sei At rendsc the acknowiedgrnesu due teaks. modem of the Bank
. tbseugheut sisebling crisis--(Hearg
He. PEA llS*implained.-011e had alertly seated that w MO was
the opinion pf the Bank, whitest ss?kfq; to esoseso ever thing
Skean air ordittadett towards Ws Hayesty't Geverstriest.
Dlr. 4110BIlItTillOW spike in' favour of Ike immure.
Aldernsau BRIO ORS adstitterithet the tamest the distress .
in tat wirellifferent from them to erbleis the presses paste /night
be attribited vbut yet the %feet was precis* the mese, and he
considered the measure which hid been recommended by a smasher
of Merchants t*t morning was eittulated to do much service.
Mr. CORTM vpb'ee in favour of the Petition.
The motion drat the Petition do lie on the table was then put
and carried. •
A Petition was presented from Coventry against the importation
of foreign dlt.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. THOMAS WILSON gave notice, that ea Tuesday neat
he •weeli.mtent far a West Committee to inquire into the Dia-
mew etthe Country.
MX TRAWL
Air. ILLlC2presented two Pedtlans—ons trans Coventry. and
she suer berg the Silk Dyers of Spimlicids, against the Impera-
tive of,ltorsign Sliki.—ordirsmi to prima.
Mr. IiLLICS, wishing to go immediately ince the subject of
the Potkloss, lisped that precedence would be coscodad to him by
Mr. Hume, whom modes steed for that night in the paper.
After anew eirrotrestien. In whoa Mr. WYNN bore $ past,
Mr. HOMIC acceded I. the request, &daring that he would take
tke* first opportunity at bringing the nbisct of his motion before
tha Home.
Mr. ELLICE then addressed the House..—lt was not
necessary for him, he observed, to miter into a detail of
%hada" distress which had pervaded the lower classes.
Ad who their eyes about them must be aware of
the wretchedness which had spread itself, to an unpre-
cedented extent, among those whose cause he advocated.
ln.principle be was not opposed to the Chancellor of
the Exchequer ; but there were exceptions which, as he
conceived, practical Statesmen were bound to admit in
a coarsest( measures which were designed for the public
good. He felt that it was necessary to conciliate Mi-
nisters to the line of conduct which he would urge, th tt
he Might not appear to have committed a departure
from prociples of which he was still a supporter. At
the period of the peace Ministers had seen our trade ex-
posed to the competition of foreign nations, and still
it was held that it had so grown up mid thriven
that it was in .a state to defy any canspaltioa what..
soviet, and would be sure to pros*,
log :foreign rivalry. Oa. the promised principles ei
Mtnistsrs he Weans* a Member of the Commit*
on Toole, in she hope of seeing what could be ear.
to serve the interests of commerce. Now, admittlet
himself on the side of Ministers, he yet thought, that is
. their measures, they had not begun at the right end.
Thal ought to have commenced with the state of the I
ternmaey. and to have put it on such a footing, that the
Winery' of this country might stand in equal circuit.
staesm with those of his degree in other countrieso—
Tasatiso should have been reduced for the relief of
thoholostrious classes, so as to shift the bonito *Pm
the wee opulent orders of the community, whe would'
be Wee able to bear it. Had Ministers acted so, they
rn;oht have proceeded with less difficulty to tbeopening
of tkado.,Korelieving it from its restrictions, and finally
to the repeal of the Corn Laws. It was true many
pet sons of grille authority differed (non him is the
illittine which be had advanced...they conceived it
tight anti impalas* .te resort at once to original prigs.
eiplott. It ems, bimetal, a question which he wonldi
lot now dismiss with them. He would leave their
?pinions for the resent undisputed; but he was bound
millslige to hinseelf to state what his views bad been.
litui:ba been a Member of aoranatest.and responsible
11
ter ha acts he weals% be caudate net to pus one foot
forward till be bad riseirtained how the other was to
lona,. " lie would OM line k bt taw power of any one
`I" in society to make a charge of. partial 1v:10.1a-ion
upon him, while htt would not dare to press hts melt-

received. and thus much good had followed from their
measures, that manufacturers- had been driven to dis-
cover the state of manufactures on the Continent. The re
stilt of their inquiries had been laid before the Chancellor
of the Exchequer,and he would now state it to the House.
The Silk Trade was divided into four principal branches.
The first of these was what was commonly called. the
thrtroiters. whose duty it was.to prep.,re the raw silk
for the use of the mantifoctutera. The second great
branch was that of the dyers, whO bad a great deal to
complain of in the measures that had been taken by the
Right Hon. Gentlemart,(lllr. Huskisson), and he must
nay, that in his opinion, the dyers bad by no means
been fairly dealtwith. ib'e next st.tat'divistotts of the
silk manufacture were into Whit were commonly called
the bread trade and the purity trade. He should
list beg leave to call the, emotion of the Ikea to thra
r ascot the throwsters. *From all that had been coat=
'tnunicatei to him upon the subject, front various qual.
ters, it did not appear that the throwsteriluad any com-
plaints to make'.about machinery,,nor did they etpeee
any imptoventent to be Made in their present machi '
They had accurate knowledge of what, machinery wail
in use in the principal inanufacioties.upon the Conti-
nent, and they were perfectly satifild that, as far as ma-
chinery was concerned, they could compete with their
foreign rivals without the least fear or apprehension,/
discomfiture. They also knew that their machinery
was in such a state that it admitted of little or no ins-
provement, and, in fact, no improvement was ex-.
peeted. But this branch of the• trade had, how-
ever, made out a case, which entitled them to a sort
of protection from the competition of foreigners.-.
The duty of 75.6 d. in the pound was utterly inconsistent
with a coaspetion as to other branches oldie trade. Two
or three months ago, when this trade had suffered like
all others—when the depression was extreme, and
' distress had arrived at its greatest possible height—
when the manufacturers were throwing their workmen
out of employ, from the fear of the effects which were
likely to ensue from the introduction of foreign silks in
the month of July; at that period the Government,
without having the sanction of the Legislature, or with-
out any communication to Parliament, reduced the
duty upon thrown silk by 2% 6d. in the pound.—
One world not perhaps complain, if the whole duty
had been removed, in order to a foreign competition ;
but what right had Ministers to interfere srlth private
property in the value of the duty ? The throwsters also
alleged, that such a quantity of human labour was
employed in the ermine of their business, that it was
Absolutely necessary to enable them to *compete with
,thikcheaplabour of the Continent. They would other-
,rise lot .aneeitably compelled to throw. great QUM.-
of their opprensices upon- "he• perish for itop-
port. . These foots he only stand- as -they had been put
to him. If true; they ought to have been offered to the
consideration of the II .use by the. Chancellor of the
Eachequer; if exaggerated, no one would be more
happy than himself to discover that the evil did not
equal the representation. Those in the broad silk
wade stated grounds of inquiry wbich, if disproved
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, his case was
at an end. They alleged, that from the expense of
labour in dying, and the duty on thrown silk, they
were under a disadvantage of from 45 to 50 per cent.
in a competition with the Continent. Mr. Doxat had
rated their inferiority at from 55 to 60 per cent. As
to a continental competition they were not so alarmed.
Their chief apprehensions were directed to the manu-
factures of the East Indies and China, which so small a
protecting duty as $5 per cent. would never enable
them to contend with. Indeed so overpowering must
the latter competition be, that it would lirdist warrant
,him in recommending the exclusion of East Indian and
Chinese manufactures altogether. Damask furniture
silk imported from those countries could be purchased
at five shillings a yard, and one shilling and sixpence
duty, which could not be manufactured here for
double the price. By their Act of 1824 they bad
hoped to improve and encourage an export trade;
but it was plainly idle to hope for a sale in their own
markets, while there sere markets abroad, at which
foreign silks could not find a sale. Thus one great
argument was completely removed. He would ask the
Chancellor of. the It echequer whether since the passing
of the Act of 1824 he had heard of any exports in con-
sequence? For his own part, he bad heard of none,
and if such were the fact, it was clear there was no find-
ing a way for our manufactures in India and France...a
They could now judge by facts on a subject of which
they before judged by the words of two Americans,•
who estimated France at cheat 36 per coat. above 11111-0
taro in manufactures. If the House 'granted hie al
Committee he would thew that the weavers' were ilivl
fairly treated with regard to the duty which was sulferildi
to rem sin on the articles employedin their Manufamewa.
Of those articles there was a hag catalogue. BeriOaf
was subject to a severe duty at the suggestion of fieotib
proprietors, who were interested in' the prodoctieS of
the article, and apprehensive of the cheapening *test of
a fossigOcompetition. Soap of thiseountry was little
to a duty of about 28s. foreign soap to a duty °fa WI
Now a free trade ought to be in its nature, and
not confined to particular artictsa,4llseaating others subject
to restriction. The silk dyers bad only to complain, is
' common with the members of the other branehes,of the,
dearness of articles,particularly those employed is dying,
But *on the score of machiney, and of skill in execution,
they. felt themselves scr far from being interim, to.
foreigners, that they were able to instruct the
foreign workmen who had been introduced a
then. He most earnestly invited the attention Of •
House to the concluding paragraph of the Niftiest.
'The Petitioners there stated, that they were not alarmed
unionise compesitien, provided therthey were put on
an equal footing with their competitors in the prices of
articles and previsions. He now came to the case 44.
the narrow, or ribaod weavers. They exclusively foot-
plaitiedof the inferiority of their niachiest ye In firinser-
land one ounce of silk would. be prookired,furiff
which here .would cost le. This, he ,
he understood es applying to the fine: rind 'aloft.,
As to machinery, there were in Coventry 7,500,

4 Other. • Aachiner) applicable .
he niamtlicture of velvet and binding in Geniality,
erhkch would enable a German to execute 48 times•as
much work as an Englishmen. To the argument which
might be raised on the great extent of our capital,
'be would reply that there was more capital embarked
:in the trade in Switzerland than in all England, and
there were no bills there. He would call the attention
of the Chancellor of the Excheiuer to the practice of
'granting patents to persons who were not the inrentots
of machinery, but who, having their eyes about them,
brought models from the Continent to chic country,
and,by the !Authority of a patentoireven,ed others from
adopting similar improvements. If such a practice woe
con-i•tent with laW, it was time to lrok to the state of
the law on the subject. Such was the state-of the Ina.'
inufacturers; but what was the state of the operatives,
-the most imporidnt class of all? Two thitds of them
were out of employment; and the remaining third
would stairaly be in a•timilar situation, if measures
:were not speedily taken to prevent such a eaAmity. Let
-the state of prices before 1797 be comp ared with. the
present, and it would. be found that house rent was then
aboUt 21.10 a. to the I.bouter, which was now 51. or 61.
butchers' meat ss. 4d. now 7s Bd. bread Sp. now 7d.—
He would a-lc the House, would they sueport the most
iiicious of all systems, namely—to feed the poor.• half
by their own labour, and half by the poor-rates? This
was a part r f the question which intimately concerned
the landed interests of the kingdom. The decision of
the House id 1824 was founded on the evidence of Mr.
, Hale, of two foreigners, and of some Manchester ma-
nufacturers. He would ask, if these same persons were
now to come before them, and state at their bar that
their inquiries on the subject since bad convinced them
that ;the information :which they before supplied was
unfottimled in fact, and 'that they bad changed.their
opinions, could they in 'such a case refine the appoint-
ment of a Committee for the purpose of reviewing and
correcting their former decision.
.He was convinced the
system of overtrading was owing to the nets of Go.
vernmeht itself, which, as it raised wages proportion-
ably, led the poorer working classes into a state, not
perhaps of • luxurious indulgence, but certainly of
greater expense, and comparatively greater comfort,
made the transition from ample employment to: scar-
city of employment more deeply and deplOrahly:
felt by these manufacturers, who were now, by the
pressure of the times, throwa-out of employment.—
With all this feeling on his part, he-wished obi to be Mir-
enderstood as if underrating the value of a tied ptin-
ciple. In fact he had all along beet4avouretak to the
abolition,of all monopolies. -This,- howetier, was not
now attempted to be generalli-' sifted open; 'but—it
'appeared the bolt was pectillartfltellid it the ilk
rivers and the silk tredii. .111:04,thelieuse ;1101141
)of de its duty towatils'thir poor sisacufacturen of
Macclesfield, and other towns, who were now pledging.
'dsdr very wearing apparel to support theinse,:jrts, un-
less some teller was held out to them hl4.tittlloUsei
notwithstanding the resniution of his Maiesty,indisterr-
At least there should be given some urea to Vsetroje
to make such representations on the subjeit4s tylVd,
represented to him. it was iii theii powertii,giust. to a.
Committee, if the House slioald acquiesce in the pro-
Meety of the motion which he should now sotidlit.-.....
then waved " Thar a Select Comistitterbe 'appolettletto 'rile.
taro lee aresideradeu the various repreeeMatiehe math' in the INti-
dims et the Silk Weavers sod Manstacuirere, 'lad repeet Meir-
"ideas thereupon to the Sum " '
Mr. J. WILLIAMS rose to second the motion of his
lion. Friend. He said he thought it worthy the con-
Cideration of Ministers whether, at such a moment of
distress pervading, not a single class of individuals, but
the country at large, and the manufacturing dhtriets
mere especially, they wouldunsettla the latter by con-
tinuing to subject them to 'Stele sufferings, and obliging
them to change their occupations to get a. livelihood ?
The town of Macclesfield had been alluded to by. the
Honourable Gentleman. In the year 1780 the whole
population of that town did not exceed 4,000- In 1826
it amounted to 23,000. Out of this number 20,000 acre
employed in the different branches of the silk trade.—
The House would hear with regret that in the course
of half a year, by the operation of these measures,
there were 14,000 persons deprived of emplo)ment.—
To give some idea of the distress occasioned, he would
inform them of the fact that not less than 1,600 fin.
mulles were supported by voluntary contributions.
Their prospect was indeed dreary s all they had at
present to look forward to was the exhaustion of
their funds and the absence of . all work. Ile had
been informed by the Mayor that the Poor Laws, toe,
had beets put in full force. That Gentleman bad
signed eleven orders of removal, and had passed
many to their parishes. The subscription being ex-
hausted, aU. that remained for them were the -Poor
Laws sad the encumbered land. If they referred to Man-
chester. they would find that, in the spring of 1825, ten
thousand six hundred and eighty-eight looms were e .
ployed, Now, in January there were only 4,1001 it w • ,
therefore be seen that there were about 11,1100
played. If they referred to London it would birmeit
imigui j
that in Benhoellreeo alone there were 1.000 sustain,"
• y palish. reliefs they being incompetent to
themselves.. The argument which he established eft*
these statements was-i.toot that .Ministers should fl
persevere—ho did not say *so.. Though the greeter part
of the population' war drives to despair—though some
of the largest staoufasturing towns in the country
should stiffer..-it the measures were calculated to dO
f.nturit goad, let 'them pronged; but let the Ministers
pose tbiel.,aod, if they could. not, he called on,
I thi' so page, to -hesitate, though it might be in op.
position to - she theoretical opinions . which bail Wen'
formed, berose the evils now in existence took a
flaoree,aorinue men, and instead of mere distress, be-
came absolute aria. If those doubtful sneasuses Ante
to- be pursued. in a time of suth gesseral ditteesOte:
,eared the wore couseqoatneesmould on.. . The'lloto..
41Cfniealtees M Wieted, attributed- the, nu ifortuoiss of
this if-iose 1 41314ilti5lhlaill .ire tpotuLedeas and • owni-
ft Wan, -
_He 111111114..5te peat them to be. tdld 'that 'the'
H... OWniellaiin °mild art-coosiseently witirlos drawl
now iuterfere ; that the mischief ought to work its own

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if at were tto tts operagnni
dM* bierfradink amid be eared drift
isk by the maltufacttirer being CbiinPe
.1 it low and ;vinous prices, which operation would
etttually restore the derisand. On the subject of
deaiind he would calf the attention of the House to two
. The persons who had stock on hand wettest islee
housethen and mercers. Now, at ill:: season of the xear
there 'was generally the gleateA demand ; but, naw both
the mercers and watehousemen were gi eatlylelow
What then should be the general result? Upon the
principle of the Hon. Gentleman, there now be
a demand on the manufacturer, but there was no such
thing. Tt.is was one view of the case. The other was,
that they were looking forward to a supply from the
foreign market in the month of July. It was this that
.destroyed any demand upon the home manufacturer.
LThe price of labour *must of course be a gteat dial
dependent on the price of provisions. What chance
was there then of a fair competition whe? at Lyeins
bread was only three sous per pounck while in England
it was two-pence halfpenny, just double? That woutd
render the price of labour two to one in favour of the Preach
manufacture. If Ministers thought of applying any corredlve in
the way of high duty, they would only increase the mewling taste
without benefiting the manufacturer. What he (Mr. Williams)
complained of was, that there was no reciprocity ; all the *beralify
was on the part of this country. Long would it be, if eier,lefore
this country' could be called on a footing with ether natioui. They
must call

" Ye Gods annihilate both space and time,"
and have their prayer complied with, before they could arrive, at
that state. In the meantime he did not want the pevle to be
sacrificed to ;he best rinciplee of polidcal economy. Tbe hart
of e mae who was .so 'Reassured of those priistiples os never to
be, inclined to depart from theta, nano resemble that. whiles was
said by Rork to belong to that of a perfect metaphysician, viz. the
malignity of the devil, with a perfect indiference of the &stream
sod eubschip of humanity. NVas not such the character of the
salhWilfhe could hive moose to, and could persevere In. princi-
ples which Nought distress on so many thousands of his fellow
Creatures. If the motion of his Honourable Friend wats adopted,
It would only defer the Right Honourable Gentleman's measure;
It would not put aside his principle. He merely wished the Mese
to hoar facts which had transpired since the resolution of the tight
Honourable the Chancellor of the Eschesper. The Honourable
, Member concluded by saying, that the Ministry would be tea
'erosible to in extent of which they were not aware; but. be was
oinfident that If them was community of feeling between As
Seen and those out of doors, the resat motion would not be
oppood.--(flear, bur) The question having been put,
. Mr. HUSKISSON.—Sir, The Honourable Member
for Coventry, in the arguments he has just advateed,
may naturally- be 'opposed to be influenced by his ceh-
nection with that city ; and I felt ready to meet that
circumstance. in the annsideratian of his speech, in order
not to retract from the weight of what he has said in
support of his motion. With re/epees...to the lnst Gen-
deepen who has spoken, the seconded di the motion, I
must suppole.ihat he is under the influence of some
conne.tion more receatly formed than that of tht Hoe.
Member for Coventry.-and may possibly be in expecta-
tion of liecoming the Hon. Member's colleague. The
Hon. ad Learned Gent. who just sat down Isis stated.
that be is not authorised to admit this thing nod that
thing. This, however, excited far less astonish menr i n my
Mind. and fell infinitely short of the times. sarcasms,
end' declamation, which that Honotirable and Granted
Csentlernaa has for .the first time to night launched
against the principles under discussion. I leave that
Honourable and Learned Gentlemao in the satisfattory
contemplation and enjoyment nt 41114 new lights that
hoe entered his...mind. I leave bins • with .his
and Learned Fri:eds aneund,sining near hists.attelltt
have claimed their shire of ,merit, if merit 'then'. bqin
the measures which have led to the present- disCuaiioo.
Now, Sir, I brg to say, that. in .whatever, qeteters 'the
statements of the Hon. Member for Coventry mey.have
oriAinated, and more especialiy if. they he. frorriltflfivi.
duals now suffering distiess from the leant of itittilby.
meat, and which' want of employment they nhay-eon-
Aeive may have been caused by the.measnres• of this
Moose, they are intitled to wet, indulgence. I feet:Vr,
the difficulty in which lam placed,-in rtsinglo teddies%
,the. /louse in opprsizion to what it has heard front the
mover and seconder of the motion, lest I may seem In-
sensible of indifferent to the distress which nbw 'bears'
upon so largea plition of the manufacturers, riot only
is this branch, but in others The Honourable and
Learned Gentleman has affirmed that was net ebly
mistaken in my views, but that I am insensible tb the dis-
tresses pi eva,ling a 'tong the manufectm jog. claSse..
[Mr. J WiLt.tasia denied any ii.tention of imputing to
the.ltight H'mourable 'Gentleman insenkibility to-the
safferings• which might be created by his measures
'tweeting she trade of tits et until] —What then' did
the Honourable and Learned Gentkman plea by his
quotation? To whom did. he mean to applTehe terms
insensible and hat cl-Isearted nutaphyskinti?+-IHear).
appeal to the House,.il the lacienagoused br
with reference to. me, sat not such asfwdeld justify
the inference that I was as a man losetoweerr se al-
most of homasity, and indifferent to' evett-Peting
but the establishment of a theorem and AXE Main-
tenance of a general fie nriplii. Such • laagttage
coming from lons I leave him.. to tectiaelle, as
he best may with the Retest tonoutot '.htt anti-
menus on other occasions, and With' ' the avowed
opinions of show with whops he is in the ,habit of act-
ing. A:s to the feelings which they eacitein my breast,
they are those •of utter Km n—( hewing): 801; Sir,
it sits heavily on my mind, that any individual, OVlsudy
of individual% should, in hal' qttexteeltrlssi Niiestsd
with the notion, that I. or any of liiiitiA4ollol64l4l,
Colleagues, should be c Table .of that-:whicli,bio. been
imputed to us and it is bat perfectly oaten, that I
should feel earnestly desirous lb .9beVldtlistill.;ebechtct
and that of my Right ,HOnottrablitAithaeo, ties
,not
t;ten sucb Os in acme quitters it biaberm endeavoured
to make it appear. The Hon. Mombet fot Coventry
(Mr. Ellice) comes forward, as V 'now, file Orr • first
time, an attack were niede.nei thii departs** of
on manbfaCtares. . Can "he opt , recollect that store
than eighteen months ago as Act received the -sane.
tic& 'of Parliaments for the purpose of carrying. Into
execution the . measure now made the, subject of
much 'load and vehement comp fit— (Hear, hear).
This is a measure brought upon no party by tuiprise.
Due notice has been given to all who have any interest
in it. Still In the view which I take of that Honotweble
Member's speech, I do not complain of its tone and
'character ; but of the speech of the Honourable and
Learned Gentleman by whom the motioo lyres seconded,
.1 do' complain. He would have us destria the 'system
which; under the sanction of ParliaMent, has been
previtillag hi this country for three or 'fOur years the
:'object of which was to site untreated facility fo. the
.employatens, sad to encomia the iridnur7 of the
'operative classes. What other View could' be taken
t)f his arguments so Seer on the subleet of race.
-piOeity ? What would 'he kill opals *Parliament to
do, but to retrace all Ws •formar footsteps, tine re-
scind its' lathier measttres ? (/ ocid cheerer.) Ir e
retract in this instsnce, we must' in consistency 1C•

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after the sth eventus
inmost and tilt onolttrt t lowl with little caotioo; mod ilmolossacima • • . ' -:. * p,eatttlg waulil.then bo, pfoper to afford the poor demand
fort without the slightest warning, If it could be- thews this thier.hatl, stator girdy- . liwovrt....tisri, foi lininayjnig the structure of their fact,. T
liettslosi on the part of those engaged forMation but what wit derived from PorsOM:of Nti 0111.Eit ,sa that would _be .his object in the Com- bcHisesb'
1 teapot-6ms, we were os a sudden experience, who thought this country bettir prep 4
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Par. Ido not mean to cast the slightest to meet continental competition than it teeny was; if the met
that FlanOt woild,noi bi 011ie to supply our demands ;
reputation of that great Statesman: should also be found that Government and the Conw but ilia fact was, there were 10,000 looms in Switzer- What tl
us character when living, or venerates Mittee in the other House had proceeded with too much land, and 11,0010 of them would be sufficient to supply priocipl
dead, more than.[ do ; but I wish to celerity, they were surely warranted in reviewing th.lr as. There were 12,000 looms in Lyons, and 3,000 of ade ma
a country was prepared for such a acts, owl attesting the evils to which those acts.usight them would be adequate to the same purpose. There thing.
lose engaged in its commerce could lead. Much and vale ibis information had since been were other. improvements ib machinery applicably to Ibr at!'"
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