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London, England, 1816-02-10 00:00:00

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get to OE -b> int eeneeivecl they
out be eolieitons to enquire into an historie4
~Kb .bad not the least effect up 7
on the Coots.
subsequently entered into, and which pro.,
tne disunioa. The Honourable Gentlemen
r as well call for the volumes of papers in the
4,ned's Office, as for this document, to make
oh for something of which Parliament could
'idly take cognizance of. •
HoRNER-had-no d oubt the Treaty was one
gye against Russia ; and, in certain cases, of-
e. It would be material to have that fact ; or
at, by its productiOn, he might. shew- thitt the
of ,Gentleiont on the opposite side wei4 er-
e&
TIERNEY was anxious to see how the Allies
etts the disposal of Bonaparte. The Noble
bed called the Treaty a matter of history ; so
...but it was a history which bore on the present

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e geese again divided.,-Ayes 25—Noes 92
rity against the productiqn 67.
e House then adjourned till Monday.

CONSIDERATIONS
ri,„ re the Public on the Bill lately ine d
d and the
0 fiCanssios by Sir RoatT Penn " tomnles Att wade in the aid year of hi* pre.ent Majesty, for
..„,,,i‘doo of the health and morals of A pprenuees and
17,7-depterd in Como and other Mills, and Cotton and
• factories •
0 bibit of working early and late in Factories is
• end very generally regretted. It is an evil
Legislature alone can remedy. The prac-
geueral and of long standing, such masters
inclined to shorten the elaily hours of em.
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are deterred from the attempt; kit others
beenabled to undersell them by exacting a
quaky of labour. We must, therefore, al..
;bat the country cannot feel sufficiently-grateful
sir Robert Peel for bringing the subject before
Alm ; and, relying upon the adoption of his
aimulumame pill, numbers beyond calculation,
conaition in cite cannot tail to be greatly im.
Red, will have abundant cause to revere his me.
rye with impressions which can never be effaced.—
' leading object is to prerent the employment of
wren under ten years of d
.4e. to fix a maximum of
it for the daily labour of others who have not at-
ilt(' eighteen years of age, and to provide, in some
re, for their instruction.
the Bill extends to.all Cotton, Woollen, Flax, and
et Mills, Manufactories, or Buildings, in which 2J
more persons shall be employed under the age of

years.
if :Adults only were employed the case would be
Bewhat different, because to prescribe limits to :heir
our might not well accord with the spirit of our
rs; but as children form the greatest proportion of
t individuals employed, and many of them are of
ry tender years, surely the interference of Parlia.
int on their behalf is net less in unison with the
institution of the country, • than with the dictates of
inattity and-sound policy. In protecting the health,
d ptomoting the instruction of so considerable a
rtion of the community, the Legislature wiil eon-
Loteinuch to the welfare and security of the empire.
There are, however, same who think unfavourably
the measure :. and I can readily conceive Sir RO-
. Peel would inquire, how it can operate prejudi.
? Whether cotton yarn, amongst all the va-
ofgoods exported, does not experience the least
An in. foreign markets ? Whether this is
sed by the immense quantity we export ?
,ulistlux it does not manifestly appear that the
on lissafactures abroad, in general, cannot be
Id on without British yarn ? If, therefore, the
poled Act should occasion a slight advance in the
is of yarnsan it materially affec' our trade abroad
the article To these questions the answers are

am I away% that any injury can result to our
sorters of cotton piece goods ; the home con-
psn of them will not be lessened ; and the ex-
, use of British yarn in foreign manufactures is
nt to remove all idea of detriment to our ex-

'trade in the goods I have just mentioned.
flther arguments might be adduced in proof of the
advantage this country holds over all others in
ipinning of cotton, and to show its highly pro-
continuance ;—The abundance of coal and of
ails--the superiority of our machinery—our ca-
r habits of industry,- and of mental exertion
coarse of almost daily improvement, furnishes us
powerful means of lasting security.
' is well there are such cogent reason" to reconcile
are in question to these who (Eel themselves
ly interested ; as we cannof suppose that if
were cause to apprehend any sensible effect
the exportation of yarn, Pailiament would.
• • be influenced by such a coosideration, and
that redress which the case of the younger
(who are by far the most numerous) of thela.
spinners, and others in Factories, throughout
laPc, so, justly and so impressively calls for.
.1 more extended and national point of view,
• argument, of no inconsiderable weight, evi-
y ar:sts from the multiplicity of our canals, as
4fg,l opportunities of establishing, with advan-
spinaing works almost in every situation where
adequate population presents itself.
Oer foreign trade in yarn, it is by some objected,
SOsiender a foundation, on account of the rapid
Cu made in spinning works on the Continent,
di projected Bill may greatly affect it. On this,
mess is laid ; but those who are best acquain-
'th the policy of the Continental States must well
that if they could substitute in their manlifac-
• of piece goods, yarn of their own spinning,
du which they obtain from this country, (though
advance in price greatly exceeding any rise to
aPPrehended from the proposed Act in the value
&Kish yarn) they would at once prohibit the use
latter. We can only expect them to take it so
%%they cannot do without it. ' I presume, there-
it is mot from such wholesome regulations as the
Contains, that a diminution of the trade can rea-
IY be apprehended. But, allowing for a mo-
our foreign trade to be precariously situated, it
41 additional argument in favour of the regulations
!which I contend, as it places, in a more striking
"It of view, the policy of paying due regard to the
!ith of our labouring spinners, ifnd the culture of
rlf minds, that they may be the better prepared to
se up other occupations whenever the change be-
gat* indispensible.
I have endeavoured to inform myself what is the
*l4 is this town and neighbourhood, as to the