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confidently expected to take !three by the 6th of July. 1816, the
period to which the Bill now before the House proposes to continue
that mea-nre.
Hottnna and TIERNEY, in very able speeches, urged the
necessity of a preliminary Committee, to impthe into the situation
a the Bank—and forcibly pointed out the propriety of Govtrnment
rcialesing tin m'elves independent of the Bank, let the expense be
%dot it might.
Mr. 11AnING, as a DireCtor of the Bank, declared his conviction,
that the hopes held out by the Chancellor of the Exchequer would
prove fallacious. lie was convinced, that the Bank would not be
able to resume cash payments for several rears.
The motion of Lord A. Hamilton was negatived on a division—
Ayes, 38; Noes, 1:34.
*The Huuse then went into a Committee on the Dank Restriction
Bill; in which
VAN4ITTART proposed to till up the blank, lett for the in-
sertion of the period to which its operation should be limited, with
the worAs " Fifth of July, 1816."
Mr. GnrNvELL moved, that the words "and no longer," should
be added.
On this amendment a division took place, and it was lost by a
majority of to 35. The Bill then passed through the Committee,
and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday.—Anj.

FRIDAY, MARCH 3.

PRIV ATI: PETITION. 4.

The SerAxi.:a deemed it light to inform the Howe that Monday
next would he the last day for receiving Private Petitions, arid that
as such was the case, lie sliduld take the Chair ut a quarter past
three, it' enabled to do so by the attendance of Members.

CORN Lill-S.
Petition.: nninct any alteration in the Corn Laws were presented
from the M'aid of Itillingmgate, Ward of BiAinpsgate ; Parislies of
Spitaltieldi, St. Mary Whitechapel, St. Clement Danes,
si•t Chinch Surrey, and Woolwich ; Tiverton, and several places
in Somersetshire ; Trades House of Glasgow i Connty of Ayr; Co.
ventry ; Reading.
Mr. IrAssrrrsitT moved, that the Corn Trade Rcgtdation Bill be
no ►• read seeolld blur.

Mr. La mirrox moved an amenrlment, that tile Bill he read a se-
colal time this day six months. He did this not only because his
conviction was directly against the principle of this Bill, but
license he never would vote in tilvolir of any measure against whieh
the voice of the people was so decidedly and so unequivocally ex-
pressed as it had been on this subject. (Hear, hear!)
Mr. J. SMITH observed, that this measure seemed to he rather
to provide against a particular failure in our crop, than in come-
query.: of the average produce of the country. The farmer had
been more oppressed by the dispensations than by the extent of any
importations of foreign grain. The harvest of 1813 was uncom-
monly favourable, much more productive than were the average
ears; but if the present year should fortunately he as productive
:is that of 1813, no regulations could keep up the price of emit. eta
to the argnmems of au Hon. Member, nrted on a former evening,
to prove that this country had grown sufficient wheat to supply its
nun wants, he denied that on an average the country had ever done
any thing of the kind. This increased the difficulty of their Aitna-
Coll, of knowing how to act ; for while it might be deemed expe-
dientso to protect our agricuture, as to secure at least the present
glowth of corn, might it nut on the other hand be injurious to us
to check too much the importation of foreign grain ? He seconded
the molar'.

Mr. lI&CINGTON agreed with tln last .pecker, and spoke in fa.
your of our commet cial interests. lie was followed by Sir Jotris
NEWPORT, who re-urged all his arguments in favour of the Irish
igrieulturist.
Sir F. FLOOD followed to the Farms effect.
Mr. Lambert, Lord 11ilton, and Alr. Thompson, severally spoke
in fayonr of the farmers, and presented doleful pictures of the state
of the labouring poor in Yorkshire, where, in sonic towns, one-half
of the population had been thrown von the parish.
Alr. Preston, 111.. Mari vatt, Mr. otheroe, Mr. Wardell, Sir 3.
Shaw, Mr. Robinson, Lord A. Hamilton, Mr. P. Carew, Mr. 13a •
ring. and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, followed..
Mr. WHITBREAD declared that he had listened with the utmost
attention to all that had been been said on both sides of the tpwstion,
and that the result was a dccided conviction in his mind, not only
that it would be improper to legislate on the subject, but that great.
datigir inig:it be the cow-wipe= of legislating on it at all. It he

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nuderstood the thing at all, the origami proposition was not that
rents were too high, but that corn was too low, and that it ought
to be raised to such a price as to enable the tarmer to cultivate his
land with advantage, without reducing the landlord to the necessity
of lowering his rents. As to what had been said of. the Petitions
against the Bill, in his opinion those Petitions deserved notice in
proportion to the lumber of the petitioners. To those who contend-
ed that the people were not tit judges of the subject, he would
reply that they were much more competent judges of it than they
were of theology. As to the popularity which might he obtained in
the one way or the other, those who made popularity their object.
would meet a fate similar to that of the boy who ran to discover the •
ends of the rainbow, and who experienced a ducking for his pet ns,
while the gaudy -vision vanished from his sight. He shouldtra4ie a'
bad opinion of the House of Commons, if he thought that ern a
subject like this they could be swayed by any wish to court palm.
larity. But he would nevertheless advise them to remlin where
they were. If they did not do so they would speedill be called
on to legislate on a subject of still mure difficult handling.—
If they adopted the proposed measure the consequeece should be
Oat in eight months corn should be at a very high price, would not
the manufacturer have a right to come in his turn and require re-
dress? And yet to grant a redress adequate to the necessity would
be impossible. The fact was, that Parliament seemed to him to
be cumulating the philqopher in Rasselas, who tended Clot the see,
the wind, and the rain, were all under his controls!, and that at los
pleasure he could raise a tempest or produce a calm. As for a tees-
porary measure, that seemed to Isim to be the worst plan ofall. He
concurred heartily in the amendment proposed by his Honourable
I'iien!.

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Mr. Ilustel3sosi believed most conscientionsly that the measure
would not !else the price of corn. Its effect would be to keep the
price from fluctuation—perhaps to keep it between 70a. and 80a.
the quarter. Even were it to be kept :It 80s. ‘vhicli he denied it
would be, would not that be much better than the fluctuation which
had been witnessed from the high price of 130 s. down to the low
pi ice of 555.? Would not 80s. be a lower price than the average of
the last ten years? The object he, and those who thought with
him, had in view, certainly was to raise the price of corn above 35..
a quarter, but by no means to render it permanently dear in thi.
country. As to the petitions which had been presented ou the sub-
ject, bud forbid that they should not pay attention to the petitions
of the people. But it was their duty to svci;ll the arguments which
,those petitions contained; and having sifted them to the bottom,
that to judge for theiwelves anti act according tosifie best of their
discretion. It would not appear wonderful that the petitions sbould
contain so much answerable matter, whentit was recollected that
the grounel of many of them was the statement slid to have been
made by the chief Magistrate of the Metropolis ; who declared that
when wheat was NA. a quarter, the quarteiat loaf would be ieick—a
fallacy so obvious that lie would not occupy the time of the House
by repeating its detection.
The House then divided—for the second reading CO, against it
56—Majority 10.
strangers were exeluded we understand that a motion sv;.s
made that the Bill bliould be committed on Monday next; and that
Mr. Baring muted, ao on afilriVilni ut,That it he committed
ore Blonday se'unight. Ou a division the nambers were,
For the commitment on Monday next against it 4.1,—M;-..
jority 171.
The other Orders of the Day were then proceeded in, alter which
the house adjourned at halipast one o'clock, to Monday ue at.

TUESDAY'S LONDON G 4:43TE.

BAN KRUPTS.
J. Lane, of Ai undel, Sussex, corn-mercjiant, to surrender March
7, 11, and April 11, at Guildhall. A ttoriiies, Paltnet and
Prance, Bedford-row.
E. Cock, of Mevagissy, Cornwall, fish curer, March 8,9, at ten,
at the Ship Inn, Mevagb.sy, and April 11, at eleven. At the White
Hart Inn, St. Austell. 'Attorney, Mr. Thompson, Gray%-inn-square.
W. A. Evans, late of Itirmingliain, coal-dealer, March 4, 21. and
April 11, at ten, at Guildhall. .Attorney, 31r. Aspinall, Quality-
court, Chancery Nue.
'l'. Rickman, Isle of Tit'al, coach-master, March 20, at seven, 21.
and April il, at ten, at Guildhall. Attoriiie*, Mestirs. Long and
Austin. (iray*
C. Magee, of Whiteliaven. groeor, March 29, 31, anal April 11, at
e)even, t the Black Liuu inn, Whiteliaven. Attorney, Mr. Lowten
Cements inn.