Star.
London, England, 1828-07-19 00:00:00

' a ....: ' hich would show drirbellefirt'W.
compensation to the Planters proliasedg.. No ;sn far,' lt,fick..ol)..Willa,el4lo% y 4 .i. ,
the system introshice.! ly tO len -Pod:
fro* ja,Atte fl'isi,”‘y itt:.4tores_was..,pr.onounced to be 1 til atal, fra
vicious iq its Origin. It tits saitttliat no„clair6s to corn. s cep got of Trade. lii.lB26l,'W.i.)4hange in.
pf nsatiatt could belpunded on it, and S.hatauan could ttel ;VI SA kirade took phicetandY hatrbeen *WS
wave no property In snail.
property,
woullienly Say _that if that.agwre.44 t.
they traced the. origin of property, and assailed the and to thehen • 'lljurroiwsinvigouTidradreesuitiltztpltrhttlrlaafdil; i'nlheetrrittli4 1
consumption of raw silk in this country,
foundation of alifroperty, in the acquisition of which .rinn was t
violence had been employed, their was no property that ,ind not
v d Th' 1824 was ofgreat excite-
ao the,deptessH• ion of wages, for that affected
ae, e year , , s one
„serold boa*. ,The title of the British Crown to the
e'le7'lll,s wai one Of sPeCulatioti ;lad 1826 was 'a
WFA Indies might in this way.be disputed. . The Bri
tisb Government had prornnted*Oe growth of, that pe-.: ear of ep
d,
stint .14 1826, the ieWs 'affecting the Silk
culiar kind of property, and he was thereforeeptitled
... yra e passie
mint;
fd res ton
;did not come into operation till 1827,
to say, that, as against the British Gov.ernment, the
to • .8460,0001b1. .1n '1825; to
title of the proprietorswas unquestionable. These dot-' 2,01.0001ba.
inl6 ITI
In 182,1, t?e.cons!!!tititt ,of raw silk amounted to
was
tripes and proposition; werecalculated to ate jadolial' 8,460,0901b5. .1426.).0.0 year .1?f depression it
er 2,000,00011. Isti lb' 182'4'. When the ',' Wn'Silit
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in the West Indies, and to determine. the,Colorsiel.lot ol!id-- ,
islatutes to take no other than the most slow and eau-. *
g. L ws came IWO
• . 101 l
.operrnien.; ilia 'eaat,sti niption
twos steps. The system .pursued by the stbolitiooists
tidin' slitis.'and 800,000 tbs. above
was one of injustice and calumny. -ramounted to 3.760 ,0001bs. ' Ming SOO,COOIbs. beyond
-hey starched the 1 maximum or psi.the Ky,.
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The fact was, that
proceedings of ctimipal courts for instances of cruelty, th consumotioo. 0.., „,,0at.1925
for the express purpose of inflaming the
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people bf England. He would not meet the question peeing , th e
i thetas' cum h rear
passions. or the; 012 consumpliondolmtbr,owin wile. liirdi;nlO4t.',inincielattiled?fctrill-s
of . the right of 'the British Parliament to
Colooial, Legislatures; but this he would say,
tires, thatnotie was' ea!tf:hr, litier.
naofactlitk gibe'
coeilice. the 460.0001,b5. in. 1844 ara.s 0001bs. in Va2113;.50,00(11b5.
at the, and in 1827.. it tell ;gain" to. 4400 ,0061taiiiebt.,iriilht
,regnizrooraio-c.
Colonists could not be coerced .to improve . the moral tides to all who had
.ant,at4l, :11!
,tid
..ett. sdistered
op
condition} of .the slave, and thus. gradually to fit them
foe freed Om. The mild and Conciliatory language of
thaaillOble Duke had afforded him the.bighett, sattsfac- rally, but especially the branch
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in
*don...! Nu differed ..eotkely,f;oln the,Noble Lord as to btslitymesPetrlsltc:bings:lii,ll9s,Th.aspoit
n.th-r,,bwiin‘g I.
:if c,.l4:itlikill...,(ce.i.gd.i.htp:ii.tfi
d u as a separate inantfactute,
.Kraft .1/ Its*.ar.by tuchlaogoage only that the cause
and thew hole trade had exhildted a alfigu r tat ton
of ,eha ncioitOon. could he adayinted.
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to the activity and animation Of rltieflarotish intinafle-'
Jaw CST.I ir
411:4241A4alaraght the
.abolitionists bad rules; there had been do improvement, Mid cofitented
a, all men . op the men to prevent emancipation. The mediocrity was :all Oat k ester attained, without the
al_ ,Oreyeto)d,not,be emanoipated mail they siege quail- display ot.tfoot•geniut and, invention WhlCh tisnally'rie-
hedad become domestic men, and iegular members of companied the enterprise of our tiraders; -lt afforded a
society. ~ • • •.,.,.... . . most remarkable and most humiliating proud of the
''."lbir 41etitIon was then laid upon the table.-Adjourcted. paralysing effect of protecting faa s, that in this depart.
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? HO.IISE OF COMMONS:. nient•we were 'below foreign *nations ; while in' other.
atv,‘,„„BAKK,as inouiht up certain Re,„„lgH•
.ve.- tati„ to the manufactures we feared lest the advantage of OUT &ti-
llers** of•Bascludie Widows, and Infanticide. chinery should be communicated to foreigners, in this
Mr. B. JIARING presented a Petition from W. Grant, of we ostentatiously avowed our, infetiority. It was an
;Portunouthi relative to his claims on the French, overnment.
111n;HUNK presented a Petition from Mr. Clarkson. a Proctor, argument used in and out of Parliament, that in respect
coinatelaine thataspersions had been thrown upon his character in . .
,to the m.achinery employed in the silk trade, it. was im-
thr debate of the preceding evening, and that, but for the forms of possible for Great Britain to compete. teeth France.
the iloose,•the complainant could defend his Character. What then had been the consequence of pursuing that
Dr. LUSHINGTON maintained, that he had said nothing of
course, which it was said at the time would throw the
tisk Petitiosieeithat was not fact, and he read several documents in
support of his previous assertions. nation prostrate at the feet of its rivals?' In proportion.
Air. tHU MB said be would take an early opportunity of giving as the ordinary motives of human action were elhasival,
a differ t vessiets to the statements of the preceding speaker. to operate upon this branch as upon others—in proem!.
. 'Mr. HU MB presented a Petition from a body of Delegates from tion as a spirit of compettion had been discouraged, in
the alanurecosters of Xorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and
Cheshire, against the Corn Laws.
silk trade, and new.imovements bad been adopted of
CONSOLLOATED FUND BILL.
Mr. ISERBlRS•nsovett the. Order of the. Day for die third which there had been pr
oci anticipation. ' p
fhese
reading of rho Consolidated Fundx Appropriation Bill. . that proportion had a new spirit been bteathed into the
were not
his eeptimekta only, bra :those bestqualified to jekolgt
Mr. SPRING RICE said, he wished, before this even of the silk "thrtiiineerf themseiver, silo candidly
'aitin:was agreed to, to make a few observations. He confessed that the measures of Mr. Hy:baton had' not
would not ask an improper ziestion, neither did }mesa so much improved in old as creaitecia seer trade. The
ill
pert any, answer.. the Government as to theirfuture price of throning ;ilk' had'
Iteen:aerlbeed. fro**. and
!'views, He begged, at the outset, to make that obser- : 10s..per pound. to cs3.eod, As. pe*
_pound, • and one
H 'ellen. He acted not from any personal motile--ale throwster in London had lowered it even to Is. 6d. per
wishe,d, if possible, to allay,all animoSity-but Ite,would pound. The effect Of . the changnin the law had been
ill discharge his duty if be allowed. this Session to close to pro4ace,.l spiAt
‘itl'-.'tiettiort,'ota- an economy of
without adverting to the state of Ireland. No man heir labour.. "ftheatheen actinitted 00.41 hinds, that if the
ing could think the conditionof that country watt inch' old machinery were adhered to, it would be impossible
as it ought to'be, or that' it would pe'sife for it to,cona to compete with rivals, and very recently only the
cisme se longer. No man, he thought„ but, must say•,,,spirit of enterprise and imprOvemetit which marked our
the condition.of liciand,ought.tonceupy the serious tat---othcc,nsanufeeadtea,.eieicised its influence upon that of
teatime of his ,Majesty's Government,. The Act for the, ,bilk. New estatilishments had started up in different
SOPPT,saton.cif.:.*a.la*ol4, If at aaoila:goa had 'eipiies), parts of the kingdom, at Cardiff and at Macclesfield;
land no ineaMIXO Was „IPA VI .rfritom.it... • . Ili . did..nut: eel* at'Manchestee they had risen up like exhalations.
object to the conduct of government in so allowing it But the ibrowtogOf silk was only -alabsidiareafid sub.!
to eapiie ;-tan the contain/A; he, had opposed that mea- oidioate department ; it was only a' Means towards in
suie•uptiO the, groond . thaajt would he altogether snot end, and if di limn to choose between the general warm-
optative. That the fact was so, no Man now couldconor facturei of silk and the throwster, it ought to be recole
tradict. the COniiilau.N ut Ireland .at this. moment es-; leited that the one might flourish though the other might
hibited such a picture as never before was seen. She *destroyed.' But the Legislature Wak not reduced to
was now an anomaly in ,llse page of history. Those that,pajpf,plalternetiee,• for the result
.provedslearly,
who bad not the legal power inlielandliad the respon- that the. W-OotPig of *silk 4 atiightlse-per format 'elven
sibility of ber.government, while. those who had not the cheaper alianat had yet beentione; sinie the alteration
power usurped all the authority. The Government of of the law ; the throwing of silk, he might add, was the.
4ulanst now wasaaot a gate pageant; and it could be only remaining .diffienltylaticrifit could be done cheaper.'
proved by the higheat ,eidetic! that .the .pOwee bad there was no, part of the noi)4 'to which Great Be 'Lain
gassed-away front. Government of the country..,:-., might sot tenJ the.anciduitiOni of her lOoms. Attempts,
fbe delirium of excitement lied -destroyed the peace of had been mad/ to rival France in different parts cf the
'the country, and Ili; social .affections of !Sainte 'We. Process, and with what sileiess` Might be seen even by
The gate of .orgainieatiori now prevailing ~in I: eland. the unskillea eye of any Gentleinari who entered the,
was dreadful ,20.. contemplate. It was so lamed by.his tteposinosy at Chaiing.crosi; It would be. found that
;Honourable Frienst(Mr., M. Fitzgerald); and it was so even in colour the comparison was natty ihe disideisn-
atited,_. kr :,i.,tif;
-11'4., tege•of this country.. What did be argue ktitii itliit,l,
al
•cbarklaoU.nl4), I l* respectable party of Proteitante, tact ? 'That if.tbe ca,t ht throwing, silk were reduced,''
favourable.to the • tholio,,,And the moderate party of aisenred.teac Mr.fitsi Asniniti hate." rfeavodtdhe easy for •
CaihOlietritiendly tothe English connection, were now hint to,,Moluplyinitaneei'iqierev4iiiridenceeafliarfors'ol
neirla'Aune arsap, and alley were obliged to take past, tended the measures of his Right Hott-Friend(Mr. Hue-
, with theriorilit ir4o s . which divided and divide that.
,frisson). bat ,(1e .7h4d4”joi.frOnlisli; to prove what a new
dLY.riOltd.494lll4ll-. 'Hi 414 opt, nosh to excite debate Tkiit, ri.uw-iie•sLenc!-,4te ai.aill I.,itritlellia; if ill jLegik-,
on this subject, but, if any man .wished t'ie presentstate la:pre,yicutidibut reletithe ye, *assault ivattieiltiis upon ,
0f..11e, t 3 continues jet him stand up ao& make the this branch. "We now (said Mr. G.) command tbe,hoMe
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aeon:4 .ticsane.rerl,amentary interpostotusamaatuatore ..inistk et ; we might thed Icaries4iy sitter the foreign mar-
place at the.itadieri pcxiod, and -Ma Mao.arnild,saiirliat ke: lit Usithat next Session the Legialeture Will rolikiereo
she future condition„of.lreleod was likely to be.- His, t)ie subjeceiiiinteresis the nap oivinci,t deeblyptfor the
opinion waatiabai,catholiC emancipation woold prove,, eilk mairuf..cusers of Great So 'train do not dread lb-reign
tbo,cjoly pleas/ay -10x4inpxellti:t stat.acittitkwo kt, lompetit ion, bu t' illicit intro
.duction encourage& by high.
land..l Be belieeed -that gssestion.Wes making ritys.imd protecting
,claires. They ask Only fur ittstice ; • they do
Oa! it must ultimate)yassecoad„ .. As an Lid) gondola, not claim .seitrietietts:,,in prohibitions. tor. they dislike
it
„Its Llositstinqt carried by *vast majority of Iriils 'the whole. System; and they, are ready to take their
sneer!,;,, end. IK:filiff pneorred.:With ii Noble ;49t,c1 chance With other manufacturers who multiply pro.
... de et), awl it.l,aaette'd,Gersita,4o.4.ol4,„4.-.4w ductions at home, and carry thefts to Mier*, quarter iif
twheol
), that, aorta emancipation was granted, the the globe. I believetheein. the ItiOnient'l have made,
peoPlii vat Ireland never could be prosperous or con- I have been guilty of no exaggeration lam not con-
tented. MitqUit Wellesley conCorredlnt. the Mine*: ;tennis. that I Mere Made ant, and lam sure it was far
oion; and even as Honottrefole.laationetrlSif T.-Letli- 'tom my intehtion ; but hiving Made this statement, I
fridge} had stated this question was progressing ari) may claim for My Right Hon. Viiiirt; kir his ineasurea'
E psuphl.of England; But then he would say.let sot and policy, not merely a formal acquittal, but a Crutti"
• ~‘theausse iifigouti,reipatioo be delayed too. toog. Thr pletehtsiumphatit; and grateful recognition ofthe starbil
Actof I WO. still remaiued uppertrineSto tote, gook„l'mit pess tf bis principles*—(Hear). •
it produced no good effeets,..and the teasnawas because , I,Ar. r„ lcs,' iER did . -
aa. _I not see any advantage that could
. cahpe ton lat,e'--(Hear).. The permanent refusal to
•thismegsare.yafitil&prO
fv r rove a great turd serious
, . laat-a (mama evia,would be F-9 grant it at a time and
tao
mtvo England should be. so engaged in Continental be derived from the speech of die Right Honourable Gentleman
beyond the impression it was intended to make upon the country,
perhaps upon the mind of the Vice President of the Board of
Trade, who bad promised to give the free-trade
tihusasytehtatenhdet hsuiskdetr.libe-ade
itice "'lip make conepssiors on heepart
.necessary.
tipstial no such pekiod trier would arrive; he hoped
'-o•would meet again rind: WWl{ ,but
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• .. , . the CatllollC rwaatee intinda Illinsbuiraissikeindg conciltrionidunalthouHeghdaensiteinid given
to it, and the manufacturers had endeavoured manfully to struggle
against all the new difficulties to which they were exposed. The
' • - lien would. not atop,.-and. the events Alich took master was obliged to content himself with lower prolits,while the
place'sitice 1825 , must show the fatal impolice of not workia;6anhonouiry.obtained a.scanty pittance'by daily
ilablour of from
*Max cotfaaiiion. at, an earlier period. . An awful re- 1a to
(rune Customs showed gorwoc:tdythwaatstillti:rienllpo„nolus farn nominal,
dedel trhee-
apossibilltp.rexted upon the -- --it.ciOree - The maw-- - had •••••vr tar 'stocks
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:that because they had greeter means of carrying eman-
cipation than any preirlous Ministry singe-the Union.
There were amongst the present Ministers spine persons
',who had only to-will the settlerient of . the question,
nd it could. be, done withoot delay.or clanger. If the
;Duke of Wellington recommended the measure to the
Crown, no man wculd say that lie acted from threats
. irtimidation ; wheceasEy, pacifying Irelandhe wrorld
;do more to signalize himself than be had done. by .the
lories of Salamanca or Waterloo. He apologised for
to) fir detaining the House, but be could not permte
Rho House to separate without Stating this briefly his
pinion. .
wi.
The Fal ow obsoosola ibinl des arid pissed.
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Mr. C. GRANT mat= take ail' lit pkvisity
1 presesias a Petition area do Silk Made, se mks

exports. iufacturers at present _ now hire on
band, and more operatives were out of employ than was at all usual
at this time of the year. The Hon. Member proceeded to show by
same details that the Spits Melds weaver of 25 yards of gros de
Naples, instead of gaining 16s. for his labour, ooly obtained 9s. 64.
and to complain, that to eke out a subsistence many of the looms
were most improperly kept working on Sunday. This was, on all
accounts, objectionable, and, as Mr. Pox had said, " whatever is
morally wrong, catinat be politically tight." Ile did not mean to
fellow the Rids; Hon. pentletuau through his speech ; at tide pa!,
rind of .be Swami u wotd4.bo attended with no advantage, and
' nest yes; it wes,liis *pinion to being the whole subject under the
notice of the Honig; be gitild. then move for a Committee, and
ha bowed that the /light Bon. 9entlecuan would be a member Of
ticip,ordair au; be might receive information upon many points
.with which at present he could not be acquainted. If the princi-
pkis of Ace trade had triumphed, the laurels, in this instance, as in
lima I at, rh were Dot worth the tud and suffering by which they
were obtained.
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The Petition was then laid upon the table.
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Mr. HUMS premted a Petition foes a Durtista galyousidy