The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-15 00:00:00

EVIINING EDITION

Lad appeared in the newspapers between the Governor. of
New Brunswick and the President of the State of 'l4aT
which were of a most important nature.—(Hear, bear.):
~
Col. SIBTH OR P said he was anxious to pnt questo
to the Chancellor of the Eicbequer, and he thoughti I!
very improper that the Ministers could not be in their places
at five o'clock.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear).
EXECUTIONS IN CANADA.
Mr. O'CONNELL begged to ask the Under-Secretor!
for the Colonies, whether her Majesty's- Government !Ild li
e_
received any account of 34 persons having been liangedTt
Canada recently; and he wished also to know whether I
was their intention to have these executions continued?
Mr. L A BOUCH F.RE said no information had boot
received at the Colonial-office with regard to the aceouet:
which had appeared in the Newspapers of several pers°n4,
having been executed in Upper and Lower Canada to a
dition to those which had already
for wee
been stated
tto
r: the House. From some circumstances,
be was not able to account, the Great Westsrs
steam-ship did not bring any despatches from the GoveraFn
of Upper and Lower Canada, and therefore no inforrnsOd
had reached them. With regard to the Hon. and LonePrho
Gentleman's second question, as to whether it tees o t
intention of her Majesty's Government to take steps t 0
stop these executions, he begged to say that v;
every occasion when that most painful subject had he
adverted to by Lord Norrnanby and himself, in their cool°
munication with the Governors of these coloniese_t;
opportunity had been lost of impressing upon their realot
a strong feeling of the advisableness and propriewtybio
confining the exercise of capital punishment 1.; to
the narrowest possible limits, due regard being hau,
protection of the lives and properties of her Ma:leste ito
subjects.—( Hear, hear.) He felt bound to state,
justice to those Gallant Officers, the Governors of UPP,,
c
t
and Lower Canada who, under circumstances of
of
ordinary description had been charged with the condeetbot
the affairs of these provinces, to state that they thealseete
felt precisely in the same manner as the Que6rd
Government upon the subject.—( Hear.) He was sati!sit
that from the high moral and professional character of
e,
John Colborne and Sir George Arthur, that t°oll,
would carry into effect the painful duty imposed qui
them with a due regard to mercy, and from a consciener4 t
conviction of what was due to the safety and protectionv
these provinces.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") tee
Mr. HUME wished to ask whether it was the intoerot
of Government to:introduce any measure respecting
nada before Easter.
tte'
Mr. L ABOUC HE RE could add nothing to the s
the
ment made by his Noble Friend the Secretary fertro,
Home Department, that it was not their intention to to lye
duce any measure with regard to the settlement 0'
affairs of Canada before Easter•
IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL,
Mr. SHAW wished to ask when it was intended to P
coed with this Bill ?
iolet
Lord MO RPETH replied, very soon after the v ...-
holidays, but he could not state the precise day.
CORN-LAWS—ADJOURNED DEBATE.
e
The Order of the Day, for resuming the debate ea
been read,
goo°
Lord WO RSLE Y said he would not detain the -ere
long, because be felt he had not the ability to to
length into the subject, and also that if he sleflte
detain the House long, they might have another ett he
debate. He was decidedly of opinion that it wool eel
most detrimental to the interests of the country to te et.
the Corn-laws. When Hon. Members talked of the silts
culturists exaggerating the danger that would arise t.'iot
the repeal, lie could not but express his belief
o'ite
the manufacturers exaggerated the benefits they It is.
receive from it.---( Hear, hear.) It had beet' , the
sinuated by the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton thlotboir
agricultural Members were actuated by the fear of olf
constituents. If that were his meaning, it did not °Pio
to him ( Lord Worsley) after the vote which be gaLree,)
one question last Session. (Hear, hear, lip
Upon that question he had felt it to be his duty to
opt
from his constituents, and although the Hon. !dealt,
Wolverhampton had stated that the farmers were 070
rant class, and that they dared not express their Witte
he thought the Hon. Member would not have sela,46o'l)
statement, if he had gone with him among his (Lord
constituents after he had given that vote. Wherseseos
thought his constituents wrong he should adopt the 00
cour3c ; but upon the present most important cluTet ijd
his constituents and himself perfectly coincided. el
been stated in the present debate that the labourers
sufferers. The Noble Lord the Member for Neeted
berland had said that their wages had not been rais
cording to the price of corn. Now he (Lord W.) °el
that he could very shortly prove the reverse, At
that at the time wheat was high the labourer or
receiving better wages. At the time wheat I°olol
tremely low, there was not a labourer in Lt
shire, that was receiving lees than from es. to Ws. vrei-JOl
The difference in the wages between wheat at 355..1,001
80s., at the calculation that the family would reeteie'res
bushels of flour, ought to be eid. Now be coul°,lP per
that the rise had actually been from od. to•
day. The labourers were now receiving from 1g jOO
15s. per week, in place of receiving from 85. Srsboto
The high wages were not paid by a single farmer, thell
all parts of the county of Lincoln; neither were",
any labourers out of employ—even the ;opt
end children were now partially employed.--(p
si'
Even during the whole of last winter, in two Unions',
where he resided, there was not, except in (Mei
night, any labourers out Si employment. He tb 00
that the repeal of the Corn-laws would be most &octet
to all classes, znd most ruinous to those who, at eel Se
expense, brought poor lands into wheat cultivation. ..roe
would grant that wheat would rise abroad in conseVtieg
of the demand from this country; the question ea tee
was to what extent. He rejected the plan of a
repeal. He equally rejected the plan of a fixed duty oes
supposing that the duty was to be made los., that ip
not be enough for protection to the farmer "vet
year of plenty, and in a time of scarcity the 1-1°
ment would be obliged to give up that dati,..00,1
was said that the fluctuation of prices was the male herl
of now altering the present laws. By Returns which bole!t
in his hand, he found that in October, November, and j(0
eember 1837 the price of wheat at Dantzic was 28s. 1/10
it was M., and at Hamburg 295. In the Me!'6od l
January, February, and March, 1839, the er.,,ie''„,bee,,
risen in Dantzic to 575., in Kiel to 539., and in tilaweß
to 555. In this country the fluctuation had 0.1
been 19s. but these returns proved tha",,',llr
fluctuations in foreign countries not only eq`' ft
those in this country, but exceeded them. He O'er
formed by an eminent merchant in this country', 0
wheat could be brought from most of the P° 6d'
the Baltic, and lauded in Hull at from ss',/
to 6s. per quarter. Now it would cost 3s. per, 14,
ter to transmit the produce from Lincoln
He was anxious to come to a proper consideration °,
question, even without reference to the wishes of bight
atituents. He had tried to think the repeal relgfe,
for the benefit of manufacturers, but he had .f, tri
it impossible to do so.—Hear, hear.) But toe
country would suffer by the repeal, what would betel,/
Ireland 2—( Hear, hear.) He found by the racy
the imports of grain from Ireland had been edit!,
rising from 1836. In 1836 the number of quart%) r
ported into Scotland and England was 1,982,98,10/
1837, 2,075,266; in 1838, 2,404,857. In his opios°4:lo
effect of the repeal of the Cora-laws would be tetio.te.;
end to that importation, and so would be extrerteeli,4'o ire
dicial to Ireland. Having only last year passed ae, 011
relieving the poor of Ireland, it became them to e"
cautious in what way they legislated for that countrPeo
Hon. Member the other night had charged the fag lieeS
England with ignorance. He supposed that miguiatier
arisen from the refusal to answer long string 0: ;OS
tions sent to them by the Anti-Corn-law Dve
some had answered the queries, and he would read
...100,
cimen of them in order to show whether the charge 1/7,ire°
or not. The Noble Lord then read several of the 013-00'
to the queries,which have already appeared in our oleo 00
Although much had been said as to the anxiety thsee°
manifested in this country for a free trade in core, 0s
information he had received, he was convinced that
ter
were by no means the number of persons that 09 Tbs
posed, anxious for the repeal of the Corn-lasea• mud
people in the manufacturing districts were very 00,
divided upon the question. Some were in favour/ell
repeal of those laws, and some were in favour of a
at
duty. The Hon. Member for Wolverhampton baduhle
that the farmers were against the present system, ee, O'
(Lord W.) had spoken to farmers who stated to tt
they would rather have a fixed duty, but as they 01(101v,
likely to obtain a fixed duty of 20s. a quarter, he
W.) would, under such circumstances, support the P'
ey
system. Os
Sir. H. VIVIAN was anxious to address the Hs he
eete
upon this question, as a large number of persons itiopit
had the honour of representing had presented pet'llo,,
against the repeal of the Corn-laws. Feeling the"
he could not consistently adopt or support eel
opinions, he was anxious to express the grouts'is., (A
which he dissented from the prayer of then
,'
titions. Nothing surprised him more than the 5'.117
upon which the advocates of the existingiso 0
argued. One would imagine that these laws had
edellet
existence for a very long period, and that the 47„, l
ral interests had been most prosperous under Wienerot
seemed to be forgotten that they had heard agrief.oo4s,
distress discussed year after year in that House, art''
the subject of speeches from the Throne, that / 001
taxes had been got rid of in order to
them ; and last of all one would supec's°4o,',
these laws had been perfectly successful in t'iy, `"
out the object for which they had been framed, ea'coes,
protect the interests of the producers of corn in thsittforei;
try. Was it not known that but for the importation et tioa
corn they would now be suffering distress and Pohli
These laws. have not the desired effect, end
bad
been complained of earsy fter year by the sell° e t°''
He could not understand on what grounds they caillaff
ward and objected to inquiry. If they were net 11-goe'd
lowed to go into Committee, he hoped they Wire'
never hear again of agricultural distress.—( Hear' alai.'
They could hardly ask for a Committee on Agriculter ode
tress after that. He was sorry to bear the remarltotsed
last night about plunging the agriculturists jeS°l,e sgrici
and distress. He spoke not in disparagement of th- v
cultural labourers—he knew the manner in which tee,'
of
conducted themselves, arid the manner in which "ethss
ways would, but the manufacturers bad contributedt lea;
share to the prosperity of the country, and were r:i t
teoffi distress
hcai evnet
botefhewannh
itachnhe
his agriculturalargument
w.
Fr i
elabourers. e 0
wi.Tnpcibiuee
inquiry,
in
bocetc:
for going into
frose et
steps could not be taken to redeem the people int° (I
misery. He was sorry the inquiry was not gen% foe°,
the bar of the House.—( Hear, hear.) When "alio, he
opinions formed so d,fferently from the same preen were
thought it was a sufficient ground for inquire. e peed'
questions which he should like to ask; he should bat! better
ascertain whether the fact was as stated, that.
abesbetb..rs
facturers were in a state of distress, and likewise vibethicr
it had arisen from the high price of corn, and als
the 'Oa
any alteration in the laws would remedyhad aro
had not the least hesitation in saying that be his o_lo
at the opinion which he entertained from tt:lruriehis 004
tention to the subject, in consequence not only,u„b he hs:
interest, but of the interest of the county ne_lernitie was
the honour to represent. The impression on his wen
that protection and prohibition meant the Lakin.

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