The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-06-10 00:00:00

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ernes was acted on. lb indlinfereal vegulationia. it was .
soedealfelty combatted Ist Aden. Berth, wh opinions
prevaited-la the same matinee, until an Hon. Priem! if his.
the Member for Portartlngton, had elderly shows. that.
Tette, itetile his general t priecipflens,:ionte of the theories
M attekdrtitished o
these fae:tswvereeryanalitur:ll3ll; Inquired, Tlm le penthouses
tart swage fete owing!' economist, overturn the psitlide
e writer. whose opinions were now acted spout as he
beetatictoriod ov-r those 'so great an authority u
predeussor Main Smith? The male argereept which
had to loge In behalf of the petitioners was.th't -they
get. go beard!' "Their comforts were to be Illiken away at
ague without being beard at the stole time, g hey had It
Asir pdwer to state futs which would re .he as so, so-
' . thHouse e that this measure ought not to proceeded
; - 11414 10 happen that a Committee oft House sat to et
uire tato the distresses of the weavers of vagry. 0.
Milt oceagou no operative weaver was rattled • tojpire evi-
dence, but several masters were examined, and cedilla fags
were bitched which were extremely worthy the attention of
the Fiona*. Aheost the list question that eru put to the
?own, eft of Coventry was Whit lathe amount of yen
poorratein—Wineu 'MMus 's hi the pound." The
' was pet with respect to tipttaillelds, to soother
oesdistite assewetrwas;•••Sieabilltagela the pasha'. 7.
, therefore, appear veer eamieeemtable to the Wigging'
it Soltaidulda, Met it should be said. that these Acts were
doing them a great deal of hum, slue ft appeared that the
loentributioua to the poor noes werene trifflap,,ps coupe
with those of paces Where thou Acts were wet I. roue.
The next inquiry Was, whit *is the among of wages that
an industrious man might earn a week 1—" From Ss. ed. to
iii,"--et Whit was the amount of wages In Spitalltel.dir'—
•• From lie. to Iffe." Let the House look to the results of this
dlfitence betwou the two places, in the morals of the par,
ties resuctitety. •In Coveatry It appeared that the Weaver
derived hal( 1111.ineSSII of adatistene front the master. mal
Alf frog the parish fund. In Spitalfields, the whale nof
swans of support werpecomed from the meow. Heuer,
. that deterioradtat of morals in Coventry which at-.
to those who weed' compelled to have recourse to
..tta mode. of lislog. Argo, it we. customary io Coven;
i tef hike hilf-pet:aniterniers, and from the system of
slag tiataof-doo,r4fesie eupreattees, it was easy to be-
;Sieve that the lowest profflgsey was kept rap. A character
Of' a very different description applied to the Inhabitants of
Scitaltleids. He could say, from his own experieue, there
was not a mote honest, industrious, and well conducted sag
offpeopla to be found in any part of the kingdom. The
Committee, who carried on the inyairy tato the Distresses
of the Wegvera of Covutry, came to this resolution, ilk
lii111:—" TintAltelhfis umplained of le Coventry did sot
ago amongit thillheaafagurers of tendon and Middlesex;
'that they thought the abluse of those evils way es he leo
eed to the' operation of tbe • thilthillads Acts; that soap
. .egislative interference was nreessary, age that en mg&
ropleity would he atorded-hregendlest tor...emery tie pee-,
;visions of the Spitalfields Acts." The argument then We
sexed this- sha. Ike floes. yea sheet to deprive tight
;persons of an inestible blessing, without a hearing; fla ants:
aegnation appeed teiteve take* place. io which. It .tagg,
flay established theft* situation of the weaver of Spina-
fields was supertor in point of morals, and in the degree of
.regeneration fortis labour, te.that of the weaver of Co.
y.. Whether-the petitioner. were right of wrong hp:
t •• t conelusior on this sglidest, the House ought si .41MM
their eflui- Heti 'a shin( of the old Itornie iiw,
Abet abe JadgembrdeehjeaLwltheet hearing both parles,de-
I'd dual Wi1h0.1011.460.040111a5t a3OUld Ufa Oct 10!
tumults •He thee meemilthat the Bill: be referee** a
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,„tsoilso•to *o3hr issie 7 4.liii question on bets
W eh.Weas noir itefone tim use; and iseaming rhos.
'facto. to he true, he wield flay that this was a system
' 'which ought sot to he umietained... It Walsaid thaftire
poor nem is the parish of-apitalfields were lower tbald
Awe" of Coventry. 'delete the Hour could come to amt
l"sent on this point,,they ought to know ander wings
liidigs
ampanees the e.onsparisen was made. He hetag=
that Soitelfielala stood .preoutitteot•ancongst them
turieg -districts, far Wing received' aseistence• frogadtb
i ergs maw
The argontellt used on that per. ef thyme*,
!ergs most singulsr. Jilua House was called Oa fil de.
tide on facts and apt, omegas's/tuts. Noteile tegentent
litifl been used bet %HMu . show the twepriety of the
, iLmislature's jeterfering get the saute prtatiple. in every
Ippoupketure is the couotry,. • How was it possible that,
id. 411 tiefluefeAfigrot 411*ise price of. previsions sihce the
. ruin ;*;:iet:icawllicyts:
,tbe,rate4 I,theileottwoutre weavers'
expn
the
. Whenever (be eponlifeetarer, involved Is deli*
catty and tlistres., was shag to sell the attic& cheaper,
nod, therefore, sombh rot a rininetion of yegesor die.
. putiearose betwien'Adm gad thejonceeyeseg.
..Tipey.then
•• were obliged to mutt to the Magistrate, who, in meat
cases, dettitned ingesferieg, tied the unsetpurace was, that
the emenfacture was-obliged to eive up making the par-
ticular article, which was transferred to nowother place
frets Spitalfields. Hence the cause, of no change sti the
rate of journeymen's wages. Besides, whenever a regu-
lation concerning wages was made by the-Magistrate,
it was made according to the value pf the article, and
not according to the peke of provisions; tied sow, he
woold ask, could the Magistrate determine the value of
an article which depended to much upon taste and
fashion? Nothing could be more absurd than the law
which gave s ilegistrate nib 'alt authority. Theprin-
MA, if admitted •in one eases moo apply generally, and
ihesigltt he said with equal justness, if it be right in this
[ legatee, it ahoold be exceeded to every other breech of
r
wade, for which- nebodY.wonld attempt to argot, because
it would manifestly lead to great mischief. mid would, hi
, had no doubt, ultimately end 'in distress and pauperism.
It was argued,,
_that :the operation of these laws would
prevut the trade frcts 'becoming too extensive.—that•
while they continued there was no danger of seeing an
overgrown manufacture in- the metropolis. He was
ready to admit the disadvantages of an overgrown trade'
in so large a capital t hot its very extent, and the vast
increase of its populstiou, pt-ored the didiculty of any
trade withimit becomingmergeown, while; if the present
laws remained unrepialed, he contended that su far from
extending the trade, on the very first "marmite of dis-
tress, they would have the,etfect of placing. the metropo-,
'lis ifs . circumstances of difficulty ; sot witnessedwo soy
other orc..sioa. With regard to the introduction of
machinery,. it was quite impossible to attsin.that abject
;while the rate•Of warm always continued the aerie. • If
!they were to defunct.' whet was to be a comfortable
'salmis-rote for an:titles", or a labourer, and What sheait
Ice the price of hit. lab eti,leleit 'task digerati', diffieulty
etnthrtney falose•Ppliti rbeibaetrbi? To him 4 •appriiie.f.
iimlractleibli, any yet if ' tbe Otgottiint was' 'vital at'. an..
its applicatiOd ought to hdmpm..dds -gent4,§l., They were
not ace at fuer opin the facta,,ail of whiclf h„ admit..
4 and beilierefore objected to 4 COLL 41i itoe as mimeo*
ere,.
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Iik..ELLICE said he admitted that they were not noti•
patesinx the Merits of the propelled rapid, the prifiel.fl
of *Miele the argumenta of Counsel entirely sopparted.
r•-lectitill thet wanted informatioti tfideternilde whe:'
.Ibo it would he expeliiiiit"to 'retort iktbli.,miliu-re• ii
preee,nl.raiitt It • eiretherAie Oviii'be,tlinnilit it, Dimes's/v.:.
ej4elitiritie tifroliiii.da •Ciapin ttter, tie admitted that.
itliese,:ts could Out stud unless they became general,,
• i Aboar moll& overlook .the inconvenience which. *rise frees regulating the price of lamer, bat thee
00,k,guitte the rice of provision, ; !oral; long as lamed'
tz posi
st.enti tegnlating the price of ;he lot: -;•, it was not ue•

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