The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-09 00:00:00

COAL TRADE.

Mr. TENNYSON brought up the Lords' Report of
last Session on the Coal Trade.—To be laid on the Table.

MALT AND BEER.

Mr. DENISON presented a petition from the malt-
sters, and others of the Corn Market in London, praying
First, for the repeal of the Malt 'Fox ;—Secondly, that
the trade in beer should be free;—Thirdly, that there
should be a reduction in the Army, Navy, and Civil List;
and Fourthly that the interest on a debt contracted in one
currency should not be paid in another. The Hon. Mein-
ber for Essex (Mr. Western) had, on the first night of
the Session, called on Members to state the condition in
which they had left their constituents; and he, in obedi.
ence to that call, had, with sorrow, to declare that the
farmers of Surrey were in a moat distressing condition ;
most of them living upon their capital rather than their
profits, and many of them worse off than the very la-
bourers. He was as much disposed as any one to do full
credit to the obligations which the country owed to the
Duke of Wellington; to him they were all indebted for
the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, and for the
Emancipation of the Catholics ; much, however, still re-
mained to be done, and all the country looked for reduc-
tion—not of a few paltry clerks, but of such offices as the
Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, together with every other
useless place and sinecure. . .

Mr. BROUGHAM—Though agreeing in the greater
part of what had fallen from his Hon. Friend, h• could
not but deplore one observation which be had made, and
which certainly must hare escaped hint in the hurry of
speaking. No one felt more strongly than he (Mr.
Brougham) did the gratitude the country owed to the
Duke of Wellington for a great portion of his public ser-
vices, and more especially for the carrying the great
question of Catholic Emancipation. But with respect to
the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, the credit
of that measure was due to his Noble Noble Friend (Lord
J. Russell) ; and he (Mr. Brougham), therefore, could
not sit still and suffer it to be said that the country had
to thank the Noble Duke for that measure. When the
measure was brought forward by his Noble Friend, Go-
vernment opposed it ; bat after a majority of about forty
in favour of it, the Right Hon. Gcntlemsn (Mr. Peel)
withdrew his opposition, and certainly furthered the Bill
through its subsequent stages; and without the support
of the Duke of Wellington in the other House, it was
possible that the Bill might have been there thrown out.
These things were nut immaterial, for in taking away the
credit of carrying a measure, when it had been carried
contrary to the fate which usually attended such measures,
one motive that tended to induce public men to act was
taken away.
Mr. lIUSKISSON complained of the mistake which
had been made in attributing to Mr. Canning a deter-
mined apposition to the repeal of the Test and Corpora-
tion Acts: all that his Right Hon. Friend had contended
against was the passing of this measure by itself, to the
detriment of the Roman Catholic question, which was the
more important one. _ _ _

Mr. W. Salmi and Sir R. WILSON corroborated Mr.
Huskisson's statement. The former added, that, in his
belief, if Mr. Canning's Administration had continued Hp
to the present time, the Dissenters would not yet have
obtained the boon for which they had sought.
Mr. O'CONNELL—The Hon. Member for Surrey
had proposed the abolishment of the Lord Lieutenancy of
Ireland. To this he (Mr. O'Connell) objected. There
were 7,000 persons i❑ Dublin living on the charity of
lid. a day; and if the Duke of Northumberland did not
spend his thirty thousand pounds a year (which he drew
from this country) among them, there would be as many
more in the same condition. If the Hon. Gentleman
wanted reduction, let him begin with the Lords of the
Bedchamber, the Lords of the Admiralty, or the Lords
of the Treasury, and he should have his most cordial
assistance.

Mr. HUME—If the Hon. Member for Clare was right
in his principle, every sinecurist would have a right to say,
" Continue my income, and I will spend it for the good
of the country."—(Hear, hear.)—The only question was
whether the duties of the Lord Lieutenant could not be
dispensed with.
Petition ordered to be printed.
Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice of his intention to
bring in a Bill, on Tuesday, the 3d of Marsh, to alter the
Act of the 59th of the late King, entitled " An Act to
amend the Laws for the Relief of the Poor"—as it regards
the rating of the owners of lodging houses, and to extend
it to all houses, tkic. let ❑nder ten pounds a year.
Mr. WODEHOUSE also gave notice of hie intention,
after Easter, to move for a Committee to inquire into the
Duties and Regulations respecting Sea-borne Coals.