The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-24 00:00:00

of the coustry, compared with the ezpeediterelfor
last year
ChEa
Tile MASI 1e '4'l/4
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stated, that tit* .f the Memo attest yatir,.
eonspereit with eliterillotiat, lad bass mete 4a-
voisiable ihati was anticipated when en Ben. Irrieed
of bis, at the close of last &sake, asbesitte&Lcartsks
Financial Resolations to he House. Oa wonspaelog
the income end espenditere of the country. in the
mode pointed oat by these Resolatiossi, the surplus
of the income above the espeuditure, leclediag the.
Sinkihß Fund, was three millions.'
EMPLOYSIEN OF CH[LORIIN IN MANUFAC...
TONI K 9.
Sir R. PEEL, its rising to move for the 'nett&
reading of his Bill, adverted to objections made
,against it en a former eight. It could not be Said'
that the Bill would obstruct free labour, for children
leeeld ant be called free !sheerer& Ile hoped the
'Meese would pursue the same course u they did 104
the Sill this time three years. If the House
rseiasent to have the Bill now read a second time, and
dim blanks filled op, be would pledge himself to do
ssetbing more till after Easter. The obleett-of the
Bill were to prevent children from being. employed
ita .the factories before the age of nine; frost Dine to
iisteen to pet them ender the protection of Part*.
moot Os he did not look upon them to be flee agents
till the latter age); to limit the time of siettsai4lehber,l
eleven. hours, which, . with she addition of eti hoot
lea half for meals, would make op twelve hours sad
lior the whole day • sod lastly, to take away
the mischief of .working Children by night," and pro-
hibit all night-work. •
The Order of the Day was theet:pist, thattbe Cot-
ton Factory Bill be read a second time.

lard LASCELLEi did net intend to oppose the
second reading, because of the declaration that the
Bill would lie over till after the recess, and the blanks
in the mean time be filled op, which would afford
better meet* of learning its true nature. Though
not (deadly to the maimends of the measure, there
was one proviaion of it be approved of, that limiting
,the age of entering into employment ; bat he, could
swot
say the same respecting that Hashing the time of
tabour. In former times all mills were woltedby
the force of streams ; the invention and application of
steam engines had
.caused a greet diminution ii Such ;
bet still* greet proportion were kept is action by
water. To ley down particular hoursoflabourfor the
latter was unwise in the last degree, end alsetolafair.
'kills worked by steam could be set going at any
time, but the other class must depend for (hat spring.
of operation on causes beyond human agency. His
opposition to the measure was in a great degree
founded on the circumstance, that it did not spring
from the Report of 1816, but from evidence kept in
'Gentlemen's pockets. This was an underbsatl mode
of legislation.
Mr. PHILLIPS said, that the Petitions 9* ivlsicit
this measure was grounded, were the produce of
idle, factious workmen. Some persons bad bees ex.
tremely active in generating discontent among the
cotton workmen. During the sitting of the Com-
mittee of 1816, he had asked an inditidessit if be
had not caused the publication of an advertisement
of this nature in the manufacturing districts—
" That rem*sieg children would so mach enlarge
the price of labour, that thee the father and terp eldest
son would earn as much as the whole ferally,did
noW." He was at first quite indignant at such an
,imputation, bet efterwerds was obliged to show it
Is be fact, sad say it had escaped his memory.—.-'
Mr. Wood's evidence, the surgeon, bed been,
brought forward to support the necessity of leg's.
luting on the subject; but he has admitted that chit.
then were employed as labouring in other ways.--
In cottoo factories, all that was required of
was, an attention of hand, and directioo of eyet
piece the broken yarn—no great bodily exertion. k
was known that boys of the age of six or seven Werle
employed in building; why interfere with cows*"
factories in particular ? This was a measure foamiest
on loose evidence and rape assertions, for the pur-
pose of throwing reflections oo the beads of factories.
It was very desirable that the subject shooed be con-
sidered very accurately, not on declamatory evidence.
At Manchester there were toeuty.foor thoseand pee-
pie engaged in the cotton trade. From a late Be.
port of the state of an Infirmary there, it appeared,
that of ninety patients which it contained, nineteeen
only belonged to cottoo factories. And from the
Report of the Poor-house at Presto% fromitpril,
1815, to April, 1816, it appeared that out of six he*.
dred and fifteen families receiving assistance, tauten.
was engaged its the cotton trade. In 1817, whon the
men employed in the factory with which he was cons
nected, saw disease and famine around them, without
a nyinci temeut they stepped for wardwith a coatribetion
of 241.f0r one charitable food, a od the same sem for an..
tber. This irresistibily proved the good conditioal
they found themselves in. Dr. Henry in a liter to
the llonosrable Gentleman (Mr. Phillips), beet said,
decidedly, that chronic,' diseases were much Pest
prevalent among persons engaged its, cotton factories
than in other employments. He bad not hosed meow
of that description of labourer', In fever. warili4
than of any other. and lie thought-That 0111111.40
number might be greatly lessened by the eppliesttes,
and improvement of ventilators. If the Homo is.
entered in the cotton factories, they would have,
young people from all other factories assaillog. thee
with Petitions, and telling them truly, that ibis-
selves were in a worse coeditioo, that they worked
longer, and were paid less. The limitation of nine
years was scarcely any innovation in well-coodect-
ed establishments: in such, younger were rarely ad.
milted—it was not the wish of the proprietors. As
to hours, he had no experience of his own ; but be
could not bet listen to the suggestions and advice of
his friends. In no large town of England was there
stronger evidence of good health in any large eats-',
blishosent than in that in which he was engaged. All
be asked was a limitation of the time of labour its ,
other factories, or the imposition of a laic ea the ex-
port of cotton twist. The bad spirit which bad given
birth to the Petitions would be fostered by the at-
tension bestowed on them, and would work. sees
dangerously in better times. He was &soy sew
vinced a proposal more injudicious in all its bearliqp,,
more prejudicial to the interests of the employers and
the employed, and more repugnant to sound dews of
policy, foreign sod domestic, had never been sob.,
milted to Parlisment. In one of its main objects it
was eteleos—for a very small proportion of child:as

THE STATESMAN.

PARLIAMERTARY REFORM.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT presented two Petitiona
from Warringtoo, for Parliamentary Reform. The
Hon. Baronet said he had intended to give police a
a motion on this subject, bat he saw by the notice
book that an lion. Member had already done
A Bill was brought in by Mr. PEEL to give
power to the Commissinoers of Kilmeinham Hospital*
to stop the Pensions of Pensioners committing Frauds.
—Read a firstlfine; to be read a second time to.
rillettOW.
hicounts were presented of the Monies paid front
the Chamber of London, on account of the differ**
Jails. Ordered to be printed.—Adibutned.

FRENGIi PAPERS.

PA.elft F,on. 20.-0 o the 18th inst. the Duke at
Wellington. gain a brilliant concert at his betel.
Madame Grassini was among the amateurs.
Yesterday his Grace had the honour of dieing
'wbh his Majesty and the'Royal Family. -
It appears that the trial of Matherin Branson has
induced another idiot to attempt the some imposture.
Yesterday about siz o'clock, estranger, well-dressed,
of hip stature, Whose age appeared about 30, enter-
-ed the Theilleries, and followed the attendants whei
were engaged in carrying the King's dinner; be pro.
-resided with them to the entrance of the dinhvg.roores
where he was plopped. He called himself Charles
of Navarre, and requested to speak •itb the King.
They took him before the Duke of Hellion, who
'ordered him to be conduCted to the Police.olfice, Ile
wit *soon recognized there to be the Sieur Dufresne,
the nephew of a former broker of that name. He
bad been insane for many.years. He was traasferred
to Charenton.
In the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday the
Project for granting further time to the emigrants
against their creditors was agreed to, 97 to 64, with
an amendment limiting the delay to the Ist of Jane-
ary, .1819. Yesterday the Chamber was occepied
in their Bureau: with the Project respecting the
Customs.
Fourteen Libels have been seised, the Authors,
Printers, or Publishers of which are to be tried by
the Correctional Police. To-morrow ere to coon
on the cause of " Flied," and that of " The Peeks
to the Chambers two seditious pamphlets, without
the name of either Author or Printer, written by
soi-ditant Royalists, sad which were aeized at the
houses of the Skiers Tendron, father and son, aad
the Dame Desgraviers. These three individuals are
in custody.
'!rite trial of .Mathurin Brunette, calling himself
-Louis XVll.'contissed on Tuesday and Wednesday,
and was Adjourned till 'yesterday for judgment.
'She ,Committee on the
,Budget have appointed
three R.oporteri the first for the Expenditure, the
second for the Revenue, and the third for the isits
Bonn's-
Marshal the Duke de Tarente ls.to make the Re-
part to the Chamber sir Peers on the Recruitment
Project.
Minato, Fre. I.—lt is 'hid, that an amnesty Us
favour of Refugees'will shortly be published.
The rspedithtn preparing at Cadis for Sooth Amt•
rice wilt be formidable.. Besides the ship/ comprisieg
the Russian squadron, three Spanish ships of the
line, four large frigates, and twelve transports, are to
form a part of it. The number of troops which are
to be embarked is estimated at 11000 men, perfectly
disciplined and equipped; a proportionable qsaatity
of artillery, ammunition, and 'rm. Ogre reedy. Thie
armeeiest•is espected to sail neat month.
"MICA, Nov. 14.—The ci-decant King of Swedes,
now become a citizen of Basle, has, inconformity with
the findamental laws of the Canton of Basle, formally
renegued all the privileges and all the distinctions
and pverogatives which be heretofore enjoyed. Re
' has declared at the same time, that he does not claim
the right of citizenship for his children.
Pet ZUNIRON, JAN. 2.4 —The Grand Dike Mi-
chael will immediately make a journey in Europe,
and then proceed to England.
MADRID, FEZ "6.—Private Lettere stele, that Mina
will be conveyed teSpeih to be tried; but this coo-
kware does pot 'poser to be well founded.
, Vizatra, Fan. 7.—The plan of the journey of the
Erriperor of Reside is cheated. This Monarch will
proceed from-Meow, Petersbergh, shd frost
theses to Wane', 'wheels ie. has been obliged to
Ldefey the opealeg of. the Diet. From Warsaw the
Emperor will p to Odesialand some say from them
to Astracen.
The Joirney of the King of Prussia to Petersbergbt
to be prises% at Ma aecoucheasent of his daughter, is
indefinitely postponed.
ll awoven, Fas. 6.—The Duke of Cambridge re.
tweed . hare the der before yesterday from Cosset,
with Prince William of Hesse, brother of hiseogest
intended roused. Their Royal Hignesses return to
Cassel on the 11th.
basibidA•cluarEedlialoFre several towns
Pnrisnc ansd o
tow
Greed Dewily of the Rhine, that t beancient rights of
bfdiisltarrideteso ohlrhtghe
the Nobility will not again be re-established ; that
the Liberty of the Press will be maintained.; but that
the Getatertit Diet will take measures to prevent the
abuses of this-liberty, by an absolute law throughoot
Germany ; that tie institution of Juries will be con-
tinued ; and that the same regard will cooties, to be
observed Inwards those French institutions which et•
perience has proved to be so salutary.

FORTUNE - TELLING.-- ASTROLOGY ONSERTIIIG
CREnIT.—The policy of the British Government
prohibits the practice of fortotie.telling—orange ea
this may appear, they bare themselves foretold
dreadful herricane, which is to take place in Mao*
next, when Three Prises of 1'30,000 each, with 97
other Capitals, and Twelve Pipes of Port, will he
blown into the possession of edventerers who dire
to brass the storm. MARTIN and Co. 8, Cornhilir
and IW, Word-street, hare proved escellent pilots
on format occasions; and Ire Brio recommend
thetas • •

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_. . A Petition mute WI: some In 4itlitais
that Gentlemen were of the town of N ,co ICU • ea.
is 28!. Re was sem attachments on the ties d pry
tout a revival of the inn for Ananal Paha nts, and an extends col tho
eedenteed at giving Elective Franchise to all Householders.
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