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House Of Commons.
to a Committee , from whose Report it appeared , that the high price o meat was owing to jobbers , who brought up cattle in the country ; wbiet ! was afterwards jobbed from them , and sometimes passed through three or four hands before thev came to market , ft was given iii evidence , that one of these jobbers , in the Spring of 1795 , gained ho less than rooal . The Carcase Butchers also met the cattle at some miles ' from town ; atid by purchasing half the supply intended for Smithfield , made the market appear thin . These two classes of-men mutually relied upon one another , add each was encouraged to ask an exorbitant
price . Against this offence of regrating laws already existed , but the prosecution was so expensive , dilatory , and trdublesome , that offenders were seldom sued . The Report being then read , Mr . Mainwaring moved for leave to bring in a Bill for more effectually preventing the forestalling ^ engrossing ,, and regrating of hVe Cattle . Mr . Alderman Combe seconded , the Motion . Leave was given , and Mr . Mainwaring and Mr . Alderman Combe were ordered to bring in the Bill .
The Order of the Day being read for the commitment of the Quaker ' s Bill , Mr . Pierrcpoint objected to the Speaker ' s leaving the Chair ; the Bill , which he had maturely considered , being , in his opinion , fraught with dangerous consequences . Mr . Sergeant Adair thought all the objections to the Bill might be removed in the Committee . He then went over his former arguments in defence of it ; iinc ! the Solicitor-General repeated his objections , contending that the Bill went to pick the pocket of one man , to relieve the pretended scruples of another ' s
conscience . The conscientious part of the Quakers , whom he much esteemed } did not desire the Bill . Mr . Jefferys , of Poole , said a few words or the Bill , and Mr . Hofihouse and the Attorney-General opposed it ; after which ( he House divided . —For the Speaker ' s loa-ing the Chair , 12 . —Against it , 28 .-- ^ Majority 16 . On a subsequent motion , the further consideration of the Bill was postponed to that day three months . Tuesday 7 Mr . Bramston brought up the second" Report of the Committee
, . app ' oin ' ed to inquire into the state of the Baiik , and to report their opinion pf the ¦ propriety of confirming and continuing the Order of Council . The Report stated , that it was the opinion of the Committee that means ought to be taken to pro-• vide , for a time to be limited , for the confirmation and continuance of the Order of Council ; and submitted to the wisdom of the House to fix the period of the limitation . —Ordered to lie on the Table .
- Thursday , 9 . Sir William Lowther , Chairman of the Committee for trying the merits of the p .-tition against the Colchester Election , reported that the . Committee had determined that the sitting Members , Lord Muncaster and Mr . Thornton , were duly elected ; that the petition against their return ivas frivolous and vexatious , and that the opposition to the petition , by the sitting Members , was not frivolous or vexatious . This resolution was ordered to be entered upon the Journals . Mr . Alderman Curd ' s presented a petition from the Church-wardens and
Overseers of several parishes in the City of London-against the bill for reforming the Poor Laws , praying they may be exempted from the operation of the Act . Several petitions against the same Bill , from different parishes in the vicinity of the metropolis , and . in different counties , were presented by Mr . Mainwaring , Mr . Grey , and others . Mr . Slieridaii then rose to make some remarks on the situation of the Banki It had been erroneously stated that Government was indebted to that body to the amount of 11 , 000 , 000 ! . but as that sum was lent at 3 percent , and as they had it could be considered aii of
no power of compelling payment , only as annuity 350 , 000 ! . The order of the day , for taking into cons'derafion the Reports of the Committee respecting the state of the Bank being read , Mr . Fox moved , that they be referred to a Committee of the whole House . This motion was acceded to ; upon which the Speaker left the Chair , and Mr . Sylvester Douglas took his seat at the Table . VOL . VIII , 3 H
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House Of Commons.
to a Committee , from whose Report it appeared , that the high price o meat was owing to jobbers , who brought up cattle in the country ; wbiet ! was afterwards jobbed from them , and sometimes passed through three or four hands before thev came to market , ft was given iii evidence , that one of these jobbers , in the Spring of 1795 , gained ho less than rooal . The Carcase Butchers also met the cattle at some miles ' from town ; atid by purchasing half the supply intended for Smithfield , made the market appear thin . These two classes of-men mutually relied upon one another , add each was encouraged to ask an exorbitant
price . Against this offence of regrating laws already existed , but the prosecution was so expensive , dilatory , and trdublesome , that offenders were seldom sued . The Report being then read , Mr . Mainwaring moved for leave to bring in a Bill for more effectually preventing the forestalling ^ engrossing ,, and regrating of hVe Cattle . Mr . Alderman Combe seconded , the Motion . Leave was given , and Mr . Mainwaring and Mr . Alderman Combe were ordered to bring in the Bill .
The Order of the Day being read for the commitment of the Quaker ' s Bill , Mr . Pierrcpoint objected to the Speaker ' s leaving the Chair ; the Bill , which he had maturely considered , being , in his opinion , fraught with dangerous consequences . Mr . Sergeant Adair thought all the objections to the Bill might be removed in the Committee . He then went over his former arguments in defence of it ; iinc ! the Solicitor-General repeated his objections , contending that the Bill went to pick the pocket of one man , to relieve the pretended scruples of another ' s
conscience . The conscientious part of the Quakers , whom he much esteemed } did not desire the Bill . Mr . Jefferys , of Poole , said a few words or the Bill , and Mr . Hofihouse and the Attorney-General opposed it ; after which ( he House divided . —For the Speaker ' s loa-ing the Chair , 12 . —Against it , 28 .-- ^ Majority 16 . On a subsequent motion , the further consideration of the Bill was postponed to that day three months . Tuesday 7 Mr . Bramston brought up the second" Report of the Committee
, . app ' oin ' ed to inquire into the state of the Baiik , and to report their opinion pf the ¦ propriety of confirming and continuing the Order of Council . The Report stated , that it was the opinion of the Committee that means ought to be taken to pro-• vide , for a time to be limited , for the confirmation and continuance of the Order of Council ; and submitted to the wisdom of the House to fix the period of the limitation . —Ordered to lie on the Table .
- Thursday , 9 . Sir William Lowther , Chairman of the Committee for trying the merits of the p .-tition against the Colchester Election , reported that the . Committee had determined that the sitting Members , Lord Muncaster and Mr . Thornton , were duly elected ; that the petition against their return ivas frivolous and vexatious , and that the opposition to the petition , by the sitting Members , was not frivolous or vexatious . This resolution was ordered to be entered upon the Journals . Mr . Alderman Curd ' s presented a petition from the Church-wardens and
Overseers of several parishes in the City of London-against the bill for reforming the Poor Laws , praying they may be exempted from the operation of the Act . Several petitions against the same Bill , from different parishes in the vicinity of the metropolis , and . in different counties , were presented by Mr . Mainwaring , Mr . Grey , and others . Mr . Slieridaii then rose to make some remarks on the situation of the Banki It had been erroneously stated that Government was indebted to that body to the amount of 11 , 000 , 000 ! . but as that sum was lent at 3 percent , and as they had it could be considered aii of
no power of compelling payment , only as annuity 350 , 000 ! . The order of the day , for taking into cons'derafion the Reports of the Committee respecting the state of the Bank being read , Mr . Fox moved , that they be referred to a Committee of the whole House . This motion was acceded to ; upon which the Speaker left the Chair , and Mr . Sylvester Douglas took his seat at the Table . VOL . VIII , 3 H