The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-15 00:00:00

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Kill to the effect be stated. was in • A the
House. float the Water Con,
01' propriety of the present menopo
cided with him in thialting .lost it mild be eeti
parties to refer the matter to I comiantatina el a Puha.
memory Committee.
After a hw Words from Mr. W MUM. the Peddle on
brought all. and a Committee was appilated accordingly;
Mr. HOLM E SOU iM Lit hroogla up die PithAtfahaftec
wark Bridge Comm tire. find a Bill was ateeettito hose* ii
aceording to the prayergUALsaae...._
sO5 presenfMint 'Pefttl
favour of the Cut on Mattufartnring Bill
Uposa the mot' of Lord LASCHLL;
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_ ...prin. toe t •Siro ShilleriTstitis.
Ablet.iian ta:,oo I) presented Pollnow frail taa Way,
aseu el)hts ate.te Mapping &oink tbe itotarebigie Rai —7
pm) ng that their eesc may betaken tutees,
bo the table.
Another Petition wis preserited trom the Watermito46o
horegate.otaits, pia), tog that fise Ititilterhlthe wig
Sot pass lama law.--Laid ea he table.
WOOl, LAWS.
Mr. WALTER. BURRELL moved for theep.
Ipoisitmenf of a Select Committee to entittire.intsiha
State of the Laws regulating the Wool 'beide.' Irkg
'Hon. Gentleman endeavoured, at inns* lettithos
"Laowwthei from h uellPid itnieusroui:,
f the
Laws, but and thetee
tone of voice in which he spoke, *0 could only.eo;
leo the general purport of his observetiona.. •
Lord LitSCELLES said no ground whateeel-lie/
been laid for an application to Parliament at them;
sent time. .1 he only ground for calling for thole;
Iterference of the House was the depreciation of Wes.
Bat Wool had been ii•ing ever since 1816. sates*
since last year it had risen considerably. The prise
of Wool war actually now rising in this mreetty;
and our own stipple, and the quantity we geoid.*
tans from abroad. were ivadequate ro the supply...
It would be a gratification to the House to Imre,
after what they hart heard of the distress.. of tier
twontsfacturers, and particularly of the woollen an.
eufactures in Yorkshire, that at no period since tee
establishment of that manefactore, had they bete
itr Li M.iati‘hing a state as they were in last year,
excepting the year 1813. He spoke of the yards of
cloth menufactured. It was said the manufactories
could afford to give this b ion to the growers
of fine Wool; but when Gentlemen Wheel of Pam
couragine the growth of fine Wool, they forgot that
this was at the elpence of long Wool, and that
,though we could get fine Wool from any part
of the world. we could get long Wool from no other
part of the world. That long Wool which we emit
get in its part of the world, was precisely the die
emiption of Wool which would be exported. Butit
would he said, why not refer the matter to a Meet
Committee, who 'eight make due enquiry into the
subject, and report their opi,pion to the House? Bat
in a question which interested so large a proportiew
of our nianufactu ring population in the West of Eli
land,,and in Yorkshire, it was impossible to go late
a Committee without entering into the whole detail
of the woollen manufacture—how near the foreleg
manufacturer came to our own—and what advantsis
our machinery gave us. When a Committee eta
moved far in 1816, foreseing the inctinvenience chid
might trice faire; 'such On itivestigeti he bad pee
posed that the enquiry should be confined to the
price of Wool, and for doing so much censure had
been thrown upon him; but the result showed tle
propriety of what had been dose. The whole of
this case stood on Petitions which had been presented
an' lain dormant some time; and there was only one
Pelitioas on the subject now lying on.their table. Is
1816, w hen a Committee was appointed to empire
into the who of Wool, not one single individual
came before them. But things were much improved
since that lime, as there was now even a want of the
raw material, and our supply frum abroad mesquite
insufficient. lie saw no ground for going into ski
Committee, and he thought it his duty to take thb
arose of the 'louse on the subject.
Mr. CURW EN could not agree with the aft
Mover hint there was now any necessity for a Catesminer.. The price of both long and fine Wool had
considerably risen ; and with respect to the careemb
a sheep of 60 pounds weight, which a short lime igb
sold for 365. 6d. now sold for 561. Was not this h
decent advance ?—Though, generally epeakine,.a
free trade was advantageous, yet when we considered
the extent of the branch of industry that might be
enthogered by throwing the trade in •Wdol °peel
which amounted to nearly 34 millions* a year, he
could not but think the Wool trade ought to be ea
esceptibn to the general rule. 'fbe throwing the
trade open might, perhaps, pot a million a year is
the pockets of the growers of fine Wool; bet would
it not be more advantageous to the gronerl of 6tier
Wool that a branch of industry producing 34 mils
lions to the country should be preserved, then dist
they should obtain an additional million hold a free
trade!—Would not this branch of industry put a
larger sum into the pockets of every farmer, than
could get by the other Measure?—lo his opinion,
therefore, instead of being benefited, agriculture/
would be injured by the freedom sought for. .•
the last time they were before a Cotimittee they WI
sot received outs single Petition from any grower at

long Wool.
Mr. DAVIES GILBERT could not but think
that the House would be acting harshly, if ther
did not acquiesce in the proposition for an Euquifyv
to are whether the monopoly was or was not i$
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furious. •
Mr. SIIIFFNER hoped the House would see the
necessity of giving the growers of Wool the 'video
lion of going into a Committee, to enquire whuiket
their claim was or was not reasonable ?
Mr. RAM' DA VIS maintained, that as fine Wag
was 30 per cent. higher this year‘han it was a 'yew
ago, the landed interest received a return which wo
ill every revert perfectly adequate.
Mr. 11. SUMNER wished to observe, that vio
reason why no one came before the Committee in
iStas as, that their proceedings were so Wrote!,
!holt., To his knowledge a variety of coetplaitei
had been made by individuals that the proceedinpli
the CoMmittee were 110 very summary that they had
no opportunny of stating their case. • With respect
to the observation of a Noble Lord (Lascellen) that
enquiry w ould be attended with inconvenience, lin
hail never known of any investigation taking Ogre
into a subject like the present, from which bereft
was nit derived by the Public.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS contended that a Ii"
esportotion of Wool would affect the woollen mi.
nufacturel as it would occasion a fluctuation is the

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