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A Petition of the Merchants and Manufacturers residing in the Town and neighbourhood of Dudley, in the County of Worcester, was presented to the House, and read, setting forth. —
That the Petitioners have, for a number of years past, employed a great many thousand hands in manufacturing of Nails and other sorts of Iron Wares, the greatest part of which have been exported to North America; and in consequence of the present stagnation of their commerce
A motion was made, and the question being proposed, that the said Petition be referred to the consideration of the Committee of the Whole House, to whom the Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and others, of the City of London, concerned in the commerce of North America, is referred;
An amendment was proposed to be made to the question, by leaving out from the word "whom" to the end of the question, and inserting the words, "it is referred to consider of the several Papers which were presented to the House by the Lord North, upon Thursday last, by his Majesty' s command," instead thereof,
And the question being put, that the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question?
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Then the main question being put,
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the consideration of the Committee of the Whole House, to whom the Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and others, of the City of London, concerned in the commerce of North America, is referred.
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thither, are very much distressed for want of the usual demands; and that in a very short time the many thousands of their hands dependent on the American consumption in those articles, must be out of employ, and thereby totally deprived of the means of subsistence; and that the Petitioners likewise are deeply concerned for the property which some of them, as well as the Merchants and Traders with whom they are connected, have in that country; and therefore praying the House will take the premises into consideration, and adopt such measures as they shall judge most effectual for their relief.