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London, England, 1820-05-13 00:00:00

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A Petition wu presented from ibt Froth*Mato of Dee.
bats. i assiat lbe Malt Tex.—Laid um Obi 1•41 e.

• FOREIGN WOOL.
Laird IMWrot prelesaseel • Follies from the
of Wakehel4, an she Wes. Riding of Yeekshare, ..... „.,,„.
Ise of She preemies' distress moans the Woollen ilio.utse-
: Isue" fif conotU(rilistoo,the table.
AGRICULTURAL PETITIOM
Mr. PINTS presented a Petition from the.
41111!sits-tmtd OcortMen of Dowd in The cuosatv of
Hereford. praying for an inquiry into the state of
their distrees.,—Laid ai.tha table. • •
. , ! , Animas presented 4 Petition from 0.?
()tapers pr Laud tit „Neither)) in dm nrno4
Berks. praying fot.a eausultratnni of the tleinr.--:1
idato.nf. intriepolt um in that ceiataly.
Lord Tesirrut entse.sted she attention t.fr
Honor to the Prtilion 'nhich. he, held in tr. h..•.,
from the l'roprivrors of Louisa to Backwgimino.ire.
It set forth the heavy tliatrentro under which
laboured, and expresoed their confident bop,' that
the Legislature would take, into its row.,l•fant,„
the prrtlicatorot in whirl. they were placed. The
Noble Lord Oleo presented • similar Petntoafir,o
Newport Pewit', sod two air Iwo more arum other
pics of /lie Courtly of, buck:oghsm.
Mr. If Virg thought else saceenire inimiloction of
those petition/ sheered sus asisiety to proeor• same
esclusive encouragement for one itorneolor e:5011

the commonity—a course which lie convide,ed
highly impolitic wire& all. were alike muttering. Ti..
inquiry to he efficient should be general, and alike
applicable to the state of the general distrom winch
leo unhappily pervstied'evety part of the comma.
arty. He war of opinion that any ;partial enerante
wsnehl only aggravate the general distress.-.411ear.)
Mr. P 1311,111 stated, iind of the Hoo. Measlier
had given himself the troteble to read the rvier
of the ,Petitimi, he would and that it did not ask
ler immediate relief but for iiiqulrep-4fiedr./
All the Petitioner, wanted was inquiry; they did slat
ask, in the first instance, for redress. Their snits-
•tion was critic4l.'and every body knew the gent-
eel effect piton other classes of the communite,
When an many lialtourerr west thrown out of tan-
, ploy. He (Mr. Caromia) woe not• the adrocrle for
Any increase of the price of land, either for the land.
lord or tenant. lie owned, indeed, that he felt
regret at mein swim* stank any "Isere to stlt.
rare the Littlest of the egritaJtural cleat from tint
etc the niNnufactiering.-„-f Veer, hear,. tear./-1.1
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proiperity of the floe woa itioeps,ahle
that of the. other, —(fiecir.)—lje was free io say,
that the loot Cent Mil woe productive of no pito ;
lie lamented that ally neer:oily should ono for my
special protection fur agriculture, but then it eras
not called for in behalf. of any particular iliterett.
it was required for the gectral good of die shot-.
The iofoine. of the country must, he thought, be
kept up.. . Though Ull%llllll to -try *wilier ettlien.
meat. yet he was not sunguine of uitimite sitters..
• The only chance, he thought. fqr the country utast
arise from a diff-rent state of things, that is, from •
diminution of talker, and a reduction of the merest
of the national debt. .13y iro other mews did he
thick this country could compete -CI the foreigd
market.--/Ileue, herr.j.--He regretted thirst 93
there Petitions an lion. Member opposite had no
a former iiight 'mutated the alarm throughout the
Country, .
. • pram! aiscoitsts lamented any premature
agitation of the sinputtaut question referred to in
ibese Petitions. lie denied dirt he was blotc.oo-t•
for having early sounded an alarm, fir be thong .t
that starting such v question as this in the present
'temper of the country, crustal only be productive of
' much harm.—(Hear.)—Nu mats could (troy b it
that the object of these ipetitiumers was. by increas-
ing the importntion price of corii.to Internist to re-
pair. the distressed state of agriculture. •ile
not averse to au inquiry, though the Hun. itemiser
who had just s:mkets may perhaps view an inquiry,
now Oak he was Member for Cumberland. ins a dd.
ferent light from that he would have :taken of it
while Meutber for Cathale. Of Ws (Geakeral Gar-
coyotes) constituenes, who were 110,000 um 'Motto-,
there were rt least 9 out of 10 averse to the illject
the petitiohers contemplated. lie thought such en ►
object ought to be resisted in the roiliest stage.- .
Hear.) :st
Sir Joon NEWPORT was at a lose to see whey It re
tioo.Grocroi should have my more caste to b.
surprised
.at the coarse mikes by the Hon. Mem, per
for Cuinberlond. than the latater.tbould at his o pt.
esionnarioalem`./1.- And it was nut a little extra c
thump that the Hon. General, who how complooh ti
of premature discussion, should have been Manse If
the first who entered at large into the subject, c
the mete presentation of one of 'he first of the P t-
titiorte.—(//ene, ienr.) —All he should say at VP
aria was, that the question of whether any inside I-
dual or set of ;rename, considering himself or Vnen s-
• selves aggrieved, should or should out prirnot a
petition to that'House, praying for an. enq,vary int t
the cause of that alleged grievance, ougity peen to
be discussed wit;iin their walls—(flef.e)—on the
contrary, they. should always, in the repressive btu-
guise of their former Speaker. tooropr their dame
wide open for the irdmission of t'ke petitions of the
people of every class.—(Hear.).-Wheit the manu-
facturers presented petitions on the subject of cot-
ton. no objection to entertain their apeptscation had
ever been made; why shook/ it then to the vti-
tions of the agocultnrel iu'rrest ?—fifear.)-11e
sides, the permits on the part of the latter i
for sin specific redress, they merely aollieiteil I a-
gility; aid why should inquiry be refused by
Legislature to.any set. of perilous iii the etinatou
ty ? lie also condemned the opinion that there ant
nay 'operate tasteresi betweria the manufacturer foal
the itgricultundimi; the iolere.is of boils wet* t ow.•
Hip.)—He earnestly M0ped...164 -raw.
Itrmrut would ever be found ready, to maim Airmth
cahoots*, candour, and temper, -the politic) se
eves-Trine of 'the people, come frotn.whet it. lt tett
ihey.may. Every inhabitant of Om .exipiee
cospritl..re himself aggrieved had an undoubted
to routs with his. petstiois to Parlsomest...-fill aw../
Eat' TEMPLG. begged to state; is Ohm its
what had linen from sit Hon. Member (Mr. H ismr),
that the petitioners prayed for no speptic
they merely solicited inqiney, and lyfttled `tier
wielhaideretian to the collective wisdom of 1 ?Arbil..
iseot.—/litar,hear.j
Grimm' Poscov is and Mr. Cumin au 06,64
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Mr. RICARDO foils agreed that ;Om *hi I
(.Mhs
itaii:e *hamlet ba throws. wide mega for * 'vet
lion froisiiiiie,list stilt die Mink vim id