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have the effect of throwing out of cultivation a large portion of the
poor lands of the emir,.
• The Earl of DARNLEY objected to the manner In which the
measures had been intreduad and thought it would have been
better If the discussion had ban postponed until the whole ques-
tion of the Corn Laws should be brought before their Lordship*.
The Earl of MALMSBURY rose for the purpose of 'newer-
ing one observation which had been made, with reference to that
line of eOO4lllCt which he had felt it his duty to pursue on a former
night, as regarded the question on the Corn Laws. The Noble
Eel (Liverpool), In allusion to the opposition that had been made
to the present measure in the other House, had said that it would
have gone there by acclamation, had it not been for what had
passed in this House. Nnw his (the Earl of Malmsbury's) reply
was, that in introducing the motion which he did on • former
occasion, he was only doing what he felt to be the strict line al his
duty ; and which he would do hie best ever to act up to. Ile knew
that on this occasion he had both popular clamour, and also the
whole strength of his Majesty's Uoveritment, to contend with. Hut
while he felt himulf conscious of performing his duty, he would
excleim—Non [lrian: ardor ;nava jubratium I although he would
rot add con yearns iattanfis laniard, because their Lordships knew
that tyrawarra did not strictly mean a tyrant. but one possessing
ll?wer• Nothing should deter him from pursuing that line which
Ida duty prescribed to him. It had been objected to hint that Ise
was an interested individual. Ile knew he was an interested indi-
vidual; but lie hail the satisfavion of thinking that his interest*
were strictly combined with the interest of one great class of
the community, whose opinions, he believed. coincided with
his own ; and as he ten the prelim measure would be injurious I
to those interests, he had felt it his duty to oppose it. It was also
said that the proposition on his part had led to certain transactions
In the other House. It was nothing to him what they did in the
other House; if they did no, do their they, that was no reason why
he should neglect to perform his. But why should he be blamed
for any alarm that had taken place in the other House* This re.
minded hint of what had occurred when he was at school. He had
seen II boys receive the lash without calling out, but the twelfth
boy, when he felt the lash, cried out very lustily, and disturbed the
whole neighbourhood; but would they say it was the poor unfor.
tunate boy's fault? Certainly not ; it was the Doctor's, who held
the rod over him. (Laughter.) He was ',wisely in the situation
of that twelfth boy. (Much laughter.)
The Duke of SOMERSET wished to state briefly his reasons
why be should oppose the present motion, and why he thought the
House ought at once to enter uprin the consideration of the whole
question of the Corn Trade. In the first place, the present syrem
confined British competition to the foreign markets, and this
tended to reduce the revenue. Agnitt, the policy of the Corn
Laws affected the Pnor's.rates, they being in a great measure re-
gulated by the price of bread, which was necessarily kept at a high
rate by the operation of those laws. The consequence of this
was, that it tended to reduce the character of the British pea.
sentry, by der ing them to the parish for relict. lie objected to
the present measure, because it would tend to continue an uticer-
taM policy with regard to the Corn Trade, which he thought de-
manded a full and fair investigation without delay.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and a division took
place, when there appeared, fete
Contents. 81—Non.Contents, 23 -31siority. 61.
During the abserce of strangers a division also took place on the
Foreign Importation Corn Bill, when there were--
Contents, 78—Non•Contents, 28—Majority for the second
reading, 80.

• Their Lordships then adjourned at TWELVE o'C ince.
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