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- A • A • . 4 ! t • 8 • . • • I . • • 4 •• I • I #ll • • 101 i • • % \ 11" 1 (0 • • 0.4 • ;r • ( 1 3 •rif_.- 74. • • •., • citrlii l it . 4 1leeR , :me.t•t-mtutanyan4.7. . . • • • . . • 4sl f. • • LA . i• f a pa t - c.Ab (Peci,a) ,r ,Z tb‘ .• .. , , FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1826. NUMBER 12,249.] CONTRACTS FOR COALS AND CANDLES. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. LPRWE SEVEN-PENCE. TREASURY MUMMERS, Cianonissariat Department, May 3, 1826. UCH Persons as are desirous of Con:racting svi'h the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, to furnish. for "fwelve Months, from the 25th of June next, such quantities of COALS and CANDLES as may from time to time be required, for sundry llarracks anal Stations in the undermentioned Counties and Islands, may receive Particulars of the Contracts on applying at this Once between the Flours of Ten aad Pour ; and to the respective Bar-1 isck Nlasters in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney; and deliver their Tenders at this Office as follows, viz. Tenders for supplying Coals, sealed up, and marked " Tender for Coals," until Twelve o'Clock on WZDINISDA T, 31st May inst. Tenders for supplying Candles, sealed up, and marked" Tenders for Candles," moil Twelve o'Clock on Fatnav, the 2d of June next ; but no Proposal, either for Coils or Candles, will be noticed, unless made on, or annexed tn, a printed Particular, and the prices inserted in words at length ; nor unless a Letter he subjoined to such Proposal, front two Prrsons of known Property engaging to become hound with the Party tendering in the Sum expressed in the Particulars, for the due performance of the Contract. Tenders to be nude in the several Counties, and separate Bar racks and Stations, as specified in the Particular of Contracts. HOUSE OF LORDS, M*v 11. Mr. SAvit.L2 (knelt, anal other Mervivers of the House of Com- MOM, brought up several Private Mils, which were read a first time. Mr. Jonxsou, from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, presented Accounts and Papers, in pursuance of their Lord ships orders. illr. Rosinursox, from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, presented the Third Annual Report of the Commissioners of the Holyhead Road. 'fir. WAmsopresented the Annual Account respecting Shore ham lla rhour. COUNTIRS, ke. Becks Hants Pembroke Brecknotk isle of Man . Suffolk Chester Isle of Wight Somerset Cornwall Kent Surrey Cumberland Lancaster Sussex Devon Ali ddlesex Warwick Dorset Norfolk York Durham Northumberland North Britain Essex Northampton Islands of Guernsey, Gloucester Nottingham Jersey, & Alderney. ARMY CONTRACTS. TREASURY CHAMBERS, Cenimisearial Department, April ite, 1826. VDTICE is hereby given to all Persons desirous of AA contracting to supply the following Articles fur the use of the Army, viz. BREAD. To his Majesty's Land Forces in Can to nm ents , Quarters, and Barracks, in the undermentioned Counties : IVorsvick N. and S. Wales And to the Household Troops in London and its Vicinity. Bucks Dorset Essex dent Lancaster BEE* and To his Majesty's Land Forces Barracks, in the uud Isle of,llan. OATS 'murroN. in Cantonments, Quarters, and 161 and : To Ws Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery-Horses, in Cantostntents and Quarters in the undermentioned Counties: Bedford Hunts Hereford Oaford. FORA E. viz. 'Milk HAY, and STILANI, es Ibis iisjosty's Cavalry and Artillery Horse in Barracks • and Onti-in Cantonments an d Quarters, in the undermentioneJ bounties: Perks Suffolk Norfolk York. Northumberland That the Deßetrace are to commence on and for the Twenty fifth day of June next; that Proposals in Writing, sealed up, and marked " 'fender fur Army Supplies," will be received at this Office, on or before THURf94III'. the Twenty-fifth day of May, but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock on that day. Proposals must be made separately for each County and island, except for•tbe Counties comprising North and South Wales, all of which must be blended in one Tender ; and each Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to the Tender properly hlled up, by two Persons of known Property,engaging to become bound with the Party tendering in the Amount stated in the printed Particulars, for the due Performance of the Contact; and no Proposal will be noticed unless made on a printed TAuler, and the Priers expressed in Words at Length ; and should it so happen, that during the Continuance of the Contract no Troops should be supplied by , virtue of the same, the amount of the Stamps on the Contract and Bond, paid iu the first instance by the Contractor, still be refunded to hint. Particulars of the Contracts may be had upon application at these Chambers between the Hours of Ten and Four; and at the Office of the Barrack-Master, in the Isle of Man. N.B. Samples of the Bread and Meal may be seen at this Office between the hours of Twelve and Two. Os SATURDAY NEXT WILL BE ragman), In ave. with a Chart, 9'. 6d. CAPTAIN AITLAND'S NARRATIVE of the ‘..1 SURRENDER of BUONAPARTE, and of his RESI DENCE on board his Majesty's ship BELLEROPHON, with the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the Bth of August, 18I5—the SECRET CORRES PONDENCE of Captain MAITLAND with the GOVERN MENT, &c. &c. Printed for henry Colburn, 8, New Burlingtou-street. SOCIETY foe the DISCHARGE and RELIEF of PERSONS IMPRISONED for &MALL DEBTS. Craven-street, Strand, May 3,1E26. BENEFACTIONS SINCE THE LAST REPORT, VIZ. x s. d. 'i'►e Hon. Philip Posey, V.P. . . Ann. 5 5 0 Right Hon. Lord De Manumitle, V.P. Two Tears' Benefactions, per Herries and Co. . 20 0 0 Charles Edward Pigott, Esq. Eighth Benefaction 10 0 0 Archibald Hamilton, Est . . . A. 2 2 0 Mn. B. C. Cbarlewood . . . A. 2 2 0 Me•. John Haggett ' • • • . A. 2 2 0 Commissioner Creyke . • • . A. 2 2 0 Mrs. Creyke . • • . . A. 1 1 0 Mrs. G. Alartyn • • . . A. 1 1 0 Wm. Faden, Esq. . • . . A. 2 2 0 Wm. P.ge, Rag. . . . A. 2 2 0 George Hammond, Esq. per Berries aid Co. . 5 5 0 W. It. H. Brown, Esq. . • . A. 2 2 0 'essrs. Cocks. Cocks, and Co. . . A. 3 3 0 Nicholas Brown, Esq. . . . . A. 2 11 0 Miss Brown . • • • . A. 1 1 o Thomas Wyatt, 7441. • • • . A. 2 2 0 Mrs. Shipman . • • • . A. 2 2 0 sbs. Cook . • . . A. 2 2 0 Colonel W. L. Kayo • • • . A. 3 3 0 Mrs. Kaye • . A. 2 2 0 Ilse Knit of Friendly Brothers A. A. Letter Box • • . IL F. M. M. per Harries iusd Co. A. C. Letter Dm . . Found in the Letter Bon Diu*, ditto, (No. 4,271) . A. i 0 0 A. a 0 0 .4 0 0 .2 2 0 .2 0 0 .5 0 0 . I AN i 0 Dlscharged and relieved from various ratline 60 Debtors, fir the man of Considered the Cases of Approved - £478 0 1 77 Petitioaers 40 Reierred for further Enquiry - 4 Rejected - - 15 and Considered Inadmissible . IT. Benefactions are received by John Camden Nrild, Esq. the Treasurer, Cheyne‘walk, Chelsea; also by Messrs. Hades, Far quhar, and Co.. St. James's-street; Messrs. Hoares, Fleet street; Messrs. Whitmore and Co. Lombard -street; Messrs. Cocks, and Co. Charing-cross ; Messrs. Dorrien and Co. Finch lane, Cornhill; Messrs. fiammersleys Pali-mall ; Messrs. V exes and Co. No. 77, Lombard-greet ; mid by Mr. Grasswell, the litcretary, No. 7, Craven -street, Strand, where the Rooks may be sees by those who are inclined to support this Charity, and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in neat Months Mr. Lovers., from the Office of the Inspector-General of Corn prts,tited an Account of the average price of wheat for the week ending the 6th of May. A Gentleman presented a Copy of the evidence taken under the commission regarding the Lovatt Peerage. The Marquis of SA LTSBURY presented a Petition from owners and occupiers in the neighbourhood of Charing-Cross, lo favour of the Charing. Cross Improvement Bill. The Marquis of LA NSW) W N presented Petitions against Sla very from Bradford, in Gloucestershire ; Castletown, ie the North Riding of Yorkshire; from Middleton; frost a Parish in Leicester ; from Yarns, in Yorkshire; from Bishop's Writham, in Durham; and similar Petitions from several Perishes in Durham, and one from HJlsted,'in Essex. Bird DAC It E presented similar Petitions from two Parishes In the County of Bedford. The Earl of ROSKBRRRY presented Petitions to the same ef fect from Melbourn, in Cambridgeshire; from Cheshani. in Buck inghamshire; and several similar Petitions from Parishes in Susses- Lord SUFFIELD presented similar Petitions from Kalahari'; from Milhurst, in Westmoreland; and from several Polishes in Dorsetshire s Lancashire, and Northumberland. Lord DUDLEY and WA RD presented a Petition from Mer-. chants, Manufacturers, and Traders, in Glasgow and its vicinity. expressing their apprehensions at the intended measures For throw ing open the Colonial Markets, and praying that such measures might not be passed into a law. The Petition was signed by 700 persons, and expressed a hope that it would receive due attention from their Lordships. Earl DA RNLEY presented a Petition from the Roman Catho lics of the town of Preston, Lancashire, praying for a removal of the disabilities ender which they laboured.—LaiJ on the table. Earl GREY said that he had a similar Petition to present from a respectable and important portion of the Catholic body. The Petition was signed by the Duke of Norfolk and by other Noble men and Gentlemen of that persuasion, praying fora repeal of the disqualifying laws which affected them as Roman Catholics. Al though concurring with the Noble Earl who had just sat down, in the propriety of abstaining front any discussion of the important question which the Petition involved, particularly at the present period of distress in this country, it was very unfortunate for the Petitioners that all seasons were equally unfavourable to their claims. Year after year had he been presenting similar Petitions, but without effect; and he thought that unless their Lordships granted relief to the Catholics, the consequences, at one time or the other, would be most lamentable. He thought that justice and I policy equally required the concession of th o s e c l a i ms; an d t h at was his opinion in times of prosperity as well as of adversity. He wished to state that at the present period, when distress and difficulty added much to the danger, be hoped that the prayer of the Peri -1 tioners would be acced.-11 to; and :hat thereby the security of this country would be esshed. The Duke of NE WCASTLE presented a Petition from Wood. bridge, in Suffolk, against any alteration in the Corn Laws. _ Lord KENYON pr,sented a similar Petition from a Handrail in F.aex. laird K ING presented a Petition from the Journeymen Cotton spinners of Manchester, praying their Lordships to release the fo- reign corn now in bond, and also to give his dlajesty's Government a discretionary power of admitting foreign grain. Ills Lordship said, that he agreed with the Petitioners in thinking that each mea sures would lower the price of food, and that they would also create a demand in foreign countries for the manufactures of England.-- His Lordship then presented a Petition from the freemen of Wor cester, praying for an alteration in the Corn Laws. Earl GIWSVKNOIt rose for the purpose of stating, that it was not his intention this Session to bring forward his promised measure for the more speedy recovery of Promissory Notes. At that late period of the Session it would not be convenient to enter upon the subject ; brit he had ant altered his intention of bringing it before their Lordships, which he would do at a future period. CORN LAWS. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose for the purpose of moving the resolution of which he had given novice, and in doing so he assured their Lordships, that he bad undertaken the task with great pain and embarrass ment. It was most pAinful for him to differ on that occas;on, from some Noble Friends, with whose opinions he had genet ally coincided, and his embarrassment , arose from the necessity of discussing the important and delicate question if the Corn Laws, at a period such as the present, when distress prevailed in the country. He regretted that the subject had not been taken up by some other Noble L rd of greater abilities: but what encouraged him to undertake the task was, the indul gence which he had experienced on former occasions; but if he should not succeed in the duty which he had undertaken, he hoped the failure would not be attri buted to the cause, which he thought was that of justice., but to the insufficiency of the advocate. By some it might be considered that the course which he was pur suing was an attempt to prejudice the question ; but in his opinion it was best for the House to display its own sentiments on any important measure before it came to it in the shape of a Bill from another place.—Two mea sures were then before the other house of PAriiament, the one to admit bonded corn to be relea'ed, and the other giving a discretion to Government to admit the importa tion of grain, at a fixed duty. If their Lordships were to Make any alteration in the Bill, he understood it must fall to the ground. (.. No, no," from L trd Liverpool). His Lordship then said he would not pursue that branch of the subject, but he would take a short review of what had been done respecting the Corn Laws within the last year. The President of the Board of Trade had, in his speech in March, 1825, when he was opening to Parlia ment a scheme of liberal policy, stated as his opinion, that the existing Corn Laws should be sevi►ed, but that he had no intention of proposing such alteration during that Session. However, in two months after that de claration, shire were two nseasum introduced into Parliament, by ear of which 433,000 quarters of bonded coin were admitted into the market for home consump tion. The second was what was called the Canada Corn Bill, by which the American Colonies would be placed on a footing with the mother country. It was the pleasure of their Lordships to limit the provisions of the latter measure, and without further alteration.— That was the state of the law at the termination of the last Sessions of Parliament. At that time the country was in a state of unexampled prosperity. At the com mencement of the present Sessions it had been annOuu ced that all intention of interfering with the Corn Laws was to be abandoned for the present Sessions, brat; it was intimated that some change would be proposed in the next. In that course he had agreed, because he thought the agitation of the subject would bring into. cornpeti. ion the two great interests of the countrt.—, Aboitt ten days ago, when the distress which prevailed in the country assumed the character of disturbance, a Noble Marquis (Lansdown) bad sugges:ed the pro priety of advancing - a sum of money from the public purse for the purpose of relieving the sufferers, and urged upon his Majesty's Mini.ters to accede to the proposition. The Noble Earl at the head of his Majesty's Treasury stated, in reply, that them were two sources , from which the sufferer. might expect relief. The one was' private subscriptions, which were in themselves a very indifferent source, and the second was the Poor Laws. And upon them he (Lord. Malmesbury) thought that the greatest reliance would be placed, and in reterence to the Poor Laws he did not think he stated too mild, when he said that the seven-tenths of the Poor It rte were paid tb r the landed interest. The -Noble Earl (I iverpool) declined acceding to the advance of pubic l i money; but he had proposed the two measures wl.icl; were then under consideration. The one was similar to one of the measures of the last sear, for admitting bonded corn into the market for home consumption; aid on this point he would wish to ascertain whether such corn was to be admitted at once into the market, or whether a notice was intended to be given of such 'a proceeding? Hir Lordship made no objection to that) measure; bat he thought there Aaoul I be no inconve nience of giving a notice of six sleeks or some such time, before a large quantity of grails would be admit ted into the market. The second had been originally ro give a discretion - to his Malesty's Ministers to admit foreign coin on the payment of a duty of 12.. per go ar ter ; hut that was modified into a 'mewl:, less objec tionable, because more limited. It was not his inten tion to oppose the' first of theie measures; brit to the latter, modified as it Was, his objections applied.— He would now state,, from official returns, how much foreign corn had been introduced into this country since the Ist of last June. The bonded "corn admitted under the Act of the list Session amounted to 433,000 quar ters : and that horn Canada to 95,000, making 528,000 quarters. If to this were to be • added the 300,0.,0 quarters now in bond which were to be released by the present measure, there would be a total of 828,000 quarters in eleven months. Should their Lordships grant the power called for by his Majesty's Ministers to introduce 500,000 additional quarters, the whole importation,in the course of one year, would amount to no less than -1,328,000 quartets. Now the regular importation of foreign cora at former periods had been, about 4.50,08'd quarters a-year, so that even if the House only-passed the Bill for allowing the admission of fo reign corn, there would still have been imported as machia eleven months as in a year and a' half in or dinary time% The next point was the possibility, or the probatriiity, of a scarcity,' and in order to shew that tics suck, danger was..to :be apprehended, he would' compare the averages of former years with those' or the two last, and 'in order that all should he ptifectlY fair, be would' exclude years of war from the "comparison. The average sOrice of corn in the niontiftif November, 1415, was 565. per quarter. In May, 1816, it was 75i. being a rise of nearly 20s. In Novembei; - 1816, it was 98s. and in May, 1817, it reached 1051. and that was a year of scarcity. In May, 1825, the average was only 60s. or 455. less than in 1817. Ortthe 14th of Nov. 1825, two months after the harvest, it was 655. 4d. and in Feb. 1826, five months after the harvest, it was 601.-sd. Now that eight months had elapsed since the corn of last year had been reaped, and when the price might be supposed to have in- Crewed, it was only 60c. per quarter, or five shillings less than immediately after the harvest. He had-learnt, indeed, ndtwithstanding what had been said about the general emptiness of wheat granaries, that in the corm.' ties of L'ecoln, Norfolk, and Sussex, them was an abuts. dart quantity of corn on hand, and no symptoms of a deficiency of stock.. Was there any thing in the view which he had taken to justify any apprehension of an approaching scarcity, or to render the present measure necessary ? The most objectionable points in that mea sure, however, were the manner and time at which it was produced. All parts of the country were joining in the cry that the existing distress was caused by the Corn Laws. If he thought so he would unite with any other Noble Lord in soliciting their repeal; bet before measures wire adopted, the effect of which was to ad mit the charge, he wished for inquiry to shew whether it was founded. 11: learned Inns the master manu facturers' that the present distress was occasioned by Combination; from the workmen that it arsoe from machinery. Old fashioned people like himself thought that it might proceed from the new commercial policy adopted, and the unprincipled speculations to which it had given rise. Others ascribed it-to the state of the currency. Was it not proper, therefore, when there were so many different opinions, to ascertain what was its real cause, instead of fastening at once on the Corn Laws, which he was convinced had nothing whatever to do with it ? And ought not enquiry to be conceded when the measures of his Majesty's Ministers were of a nature to confirm the unfoonded outcry which bad prevailed ? He would pledge himself that in a week, and with only six honest intelligent manufactorers, for that woull be sufficisnt, he would prove that the earn Laws were not the cause of the existing distress,' and that the means adopted for its relief would ultimately tend to its ag gravation, by injuring the Landed Interest, from whom the manufacturing one must receive its greatest support. -Another season for demanding inquiry ; was, that in speaking of that maximum price for the protection of native Corn, the Noble Earl. (Li verpool) bad called it the other-night, a famine price. - ,How came four shbrt years to produce this difference? •In 1822, 80s. per quarter was a proper price, and now it was a famine one.! If. what was't -moderate price in one year was to -become a famines ptice in another, then there could be- no. fixed system, whether on the subj..ct of corn or any other articles, and the.sarne objection would apply to a duty of 12s. whichntthst be increased- or reduced annually, as citcurnstances might require._ It -eras; therefore, important to inquire, whether there had been an alteration in the value of money, apd whether it was not possikaleat once .to establish a fixed syttemaaf -Corn Laws. -.Cern, besides, was .not ijre only article which aporen famine price, it the Noble Earl's view of things WCre adopted, clothing was as •nreessary as -corn,' - and coats, shoes, fuel, tea, ednication.alki sea vinati wages, aU had now reached famine prices. •He WV part:Sal to the education of the lowas.tlases.. ,The • more-they -were rendered able to understand, the more easily did they triumph over prejudices. Education to a great degree they had acquired, and h- was certain dist if an inquiry . took place, and its results were scattered abroad, they would remove that unfounded opinion that the distres cs of the manufacturing districts arose out of the Corn Laws. It would shew the people that the landed in terest was taxed beyond all others, whilst it never could expect the same profits which were gained by manufac tures or trade. All this might he proved in a Committee, and would remove the prejudices which supported the prevailing outcry. With respect to the danger of a scarcity, we possessed a }tea: resource against it in the prodigious progress which Ireland had made in pro dociug e.trn, since its inomrta inn had ben made free to this country. Ile found in M. T •oke's book, that witlrin the first three yeats after Ireland had been al= • lowed to export her corn, that is ti say, in 1806, the whole quantity expo' ted was 63,000 coasters. Within the three )ears end ng in 1822, it had amounted to 184,000 quarters, or nearly as mitch as the yearly int= portation of foreign coin had formerly been.. There WAS also another document before the house which would shew still more clea , ly the, great progress which Ireland had made. The quantity which.she had ex ported in 1815, was 1,600,000 ha:Tel: of wheat, flour, he. In 1825, it was three million seven 'hundred thousandi most extraordinary increase in the short space of ten years. It was evident, therofefe,. that we might now place on Ireland as a source of. supply the same confidence which .we should hive in the strength of a youth grown into a man. He might be asked whether he would not entrust the Noble Earl with the. discretionary power of 'admitting five hundred thousand quarters of foreign- corm.— He was convinced that no man bad more the interest of the couotry• at heart than the Noble Earl, but on a question in which he differed entirely from him, he could not help feeling the want of enquiry. What might not be the consequences of such a cloud as that weigh. ing over the Corp Market, whale all depended on con. fidence between buyers and sellers ? He was convinced that if the Bill were passed no man could sell his corn the day after 'at a fair price ; for the purchaser, would naturally say, I cannot give you what-you ask ; 500,000 quarters of wheat may be thrown to morrow into the marker, and then my coin will have no value. • Let 200,000 pair of shoes he imported from' France and placed at the disposal of the Noble Earl to be given out AS he chose. The next day the shoemakers of London would be in a state of insurrect:on : they might be told t , time quantity was not enough to glut consumption, but they %Intl.! say that it was att its effects on con sumption but its effects. on the m. rket which , would injure them. Eight hundred and twenty eight thousand quarters of corn, would have b-en thrown upon the country since the lst of Juntiain, even if theptesent measure were not passed. IA them p into . the proposed enquiry and they might perhaps ascertain how his objections might be onatated; He hoped that they would accede iiiitiquiry, front a cOsiviettois tiat the land ed interest:had nothing to be ashamedof - : that all it wanted was an open investigation, and that it witild come opt o{ is.triumph intl f . Ile bid heard that particular motives had been imputed to him for having hrnught on this motion.. flii'had.nO'otber.rnotive than the good of the.class to whlih he belonged, wh'lch iisslhat of the community at Is rge. The Nobit: Earl their moved a Resolution .to the following effect :—"Thai thii• shicerely abxious to contribute, to the fulltst' extern of its ' power, - to the re lief of the suffering classes, was neiertheless of opinise t that it was not expedient to pass any measure for the alteratlon.or suspension of the existing system of CortsLaws, without a previous Inquiry into the alleged necessity of such an alteration or suspensiqn, and of the effects which they might prodite on the relative interests; of the Growers and Consumers of British Corn."., Earl BAIHURST did not see how such a. Motion tallied with the general admission that the present was not the proper time for entering into the discuist-m of the Corn Laws. The Noble E irl pledged himself, •if he obtained an inquiry, to.prove his case in such.* man. nor, that whatever doubts might have prevailed oó the subject of the Corn Laws would be removediandto do so, without examining more than six witnesses. But the opinion of six manufacturers would not be sufficient, and if - an investigation were once opened, months and months would not bring it to a close. His Noble Friend wished the House to come to a declarition of its senti ments on the question ; but the declaration which he proposed was nu decl :ration at all, for it was so ambi guous that the public would not understand what their Lordships should engage to do, if they were to'agree to the Noble Earl's proposal.. The state of :the iCorn Laws in 1815 was this. Uutil the price of corn arrived at 80k. there was a complete prhhihitiou of foteigtscorm Bat when the prier reached 80s: fctreign corn came in free of all duty. The inconveniences of this system lhaving been perceived, an alteration took place in 1822. The protecting price was theta made 76s- when foreign corn might be admitted for home consumption, subject to a duty of 17s. per quarter for the first three months, and of 12s. after, till the home price reached BUs. u hen the dui y would be reduced according toa graduated scale. It was enacted, however, that this law' would not come into operation till after British corn should have once arrived at the price of 80s. The effect of this clause had been to suspend the operation of the law altogether, till cot n should reach 801. Naw, if that were not the case, Foreign corn would be admitted on payment of a certain duty, when the home price was 70. Would his Noble Friend have any objection to repeal that part of the Act which required British wheat to ;each 80s. at once, before Foreign corn should be admitted ? —or did be not think that such a proposition might be' made without previtus inquiry ? His Noble Friend was willing to allow an-infraction of the law for permit ting the admission of bonded corn, and- yet he would not agree to what was not a greater infraction, the dis cretionary introdoCtion of 5..t0,000 quarters of wheat under any kind of regulations! What might be the state of the country in the event of a great rise in the • price of corn ? • His Noble Friend said, that though the public granaries were not full, the farm-yards were. -How and where had he gained his information ? He (Earl Bathurst) understood that the crops were in a re markably backward state.—(" No, no; from various f l ia t ters,).....W e ll, it was possible that the harvest should be got in with difficulty, arid then in what a state Might 'sot time country be placed T.' It might become neces sary to summon Parl;tment, and under such Circuns s:ances would that be the Most propitious moment for entering dalcusion of the Corn'Llats s, forahen there must be nti deha . y. He did not think that a period