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London, England, 1839-03-13 00:00:00

Total Families..

Agriculture
Tr4(le, Scc. ......................
Others ..............

Centesimal Parts.

28.2
42.
29.8

...Porter's pro g Total lOO
_. e engaged in
The apri 1 ress of the Nation, sec. 1, page 5w
thaa ocu tural families in 1831, there ore, were to
manufactures, trade, &c., as 28.2 to
(042 i and the agricultural families were to the non-
9° as j 211.2 to 71.8. But Mr. M'Culloch says
aria '1". P• 410), and I believe correctly, that in England
wh., ',Vales generally, there are 5.6 individuals to a house,
aro" in the great towns there are 6.165 or 6.2 nearly. I
th * therefore (said the Hon. Delegate), justified in stating
?Reno
1831 the agricultural population was only one-third
vii`ne whole population, while the nonagricultural (Noz
Thil ALONE) amounted to two-thirds.
18; Paulpation, however, of Great Britain amounted in
and 1itt0.i116,539,318 ; in 1838 it was at least 18,000,000,
la will be found, upon inquiry, that the population of
la
towns increased at the rate of 23 per ceilnit.b,ewfeheilnedthtoe
he rural Population and that of small towns will
:_ertleader ini.
therefore, of the
per cent., oraboutolpe "'cent. under the
rip tease of large towns.e The balance,
agricultural population in 1831
01;4, gricultural over th
Pr' ao greater in 1838 the.% it was inl 183t1h,aatnidt
ilsaams
nbablY understating the amount when say.
"co
-thirds to one-third of the whole population. The CHAIRMAN said that after this time he hoped therel
Would
be no question raised as to the numbers of the agile?i_
tuA community. The agricultural labourers were rallying
rnatit: them.—( Hear, hear.) He had received a com-
munication from the Highlands of Scotland, which
stated_*, The spirit of the extreme North is up.
Petitions have been adopted in Caithness and Orkney,
Praying for repeal, and in Shetland the poor starving
fishermen were so active throughout every island and
s
Praarish, that I expect in a week or two to have petition
ned by nearly half of the whole population." He was
re
rather surprised that the Irish Members should oppose the
Peal of the Corn-laws. The condition of the Irish was
such, that he thought any change would be for the
better. He wished that some Irish Member present would
favour them withhis views on this subject, for it appeared
to him uraccountable that the Irish Members should uphold
to
monopoly, Ireland having the most miserable popula-
ion of the whole world—(
Hear, hear)—while the agri-
cultural labourers of England, who were much better off,
were continually sending up petitions for the repeal of
bite
Corn- laws, and were supporting them in every possi-
m'
wind
Hear, hear.)
viaa'". O'CONNELL then rose to address the meeting, and
s greeted with vehement applause. He could hardly in
P°lnt of courtesy even resist the appeal that had been made,
and be was not at all inclined to refrain from giving a
statement
tinesivi of his opinions on this subjec . nte last
°lt, 22 Irish Members voted for Mr. Villiers' mo-
i--38 voted against it, and Gentlmen would be
i-, eased to recollect that in Ireland very little trouble had
el taken to enlighten the public mind on the operation
°f
the
mono
Hear, hear.) The monopoly struck
1
fievrery body to be profitable'to a monopolizing class in the
t at instance, and it required a good deal of reasoning
mnd knowledge of detail to demonstrate that that
erireeaattepdohleyd, after all, did nothing but mischief to the.
Y of the people.—( Hear, hear.) Monopolies
a few plunderers, and the result to the great po-
Potation would necessarily be inevitable destruction. Many
nf the Irish county Members voted with Mr. Villiers
one would mention Mr. Roche, a young gentle-
-,;rat;", of large fortune, who represented the county
Cork, and who, against the urgent entreaties of his con-
hetituents, had adopted that line of principle.—( Hear,
ar.) Of course, it had been his duty to consider the
question minutply, and lie had come to the most firm
conviction that Ireland was injured and not served
111 the existing Coru.laws.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.)
• ete t eoo.yul;dandawlmhaotstwou
1 latie° extcnd manufactures there.
they n to be emplco ed ? By manufactures ? How were
inrnearnapalfoay.teadreno w
thatßy ctohmeing‘,ohpelree toef blereTamapdloral
i,to. 1ab0ur......( Hear, hear.) There was not a manufsc-
Iri'V't"gn in this country that was not swarming with an
liked of
They were driven here by the harsh-
i,'"' of their landlord. The truth was, that Ireland, with
%Ouse, looking for juswltdilesbi:e taoditvalnr
teaHlmanufacturing,ar wereadvantageous
uwsfoar ttashomteilri
Ireland
Eli steni
poorg,
d l
industrywpa b 1
001 e(pui -,ul ..1
10 felt hirnself bound, in the first instance, to do
alltstice to England by the Irish people.—(Hear, hear,
aad cheers. ) But the impression on his mid was
latiost strongly favourable to the repeal of the Corn-
wa• dit this agitation continued for some months
10 , an ....
b.ager, as he was afraid it necessarily would, there could
Theo doubt that li•eland would respond.—(Cheers.)
te Was 1 of tri-h Members that would natu-
, tall one class . c ,
tea,' support the Corn.laws, he meant the class that
wile attached to the aristocratic institution, and
oe,„ thought that the good things of this world
soebilel to be in the power alone of a select order of
the„
~Y..--( Hear, hear, and laughter.) He understood
,(,,uttl not talk politics, nor would he talk politics there.
least 'ear, hear.) But the Tory influence in Ireland, at
Cui.Oas entirely bound up with the continuance of the
then, at, ws. The wealthier landlords there lieu' .--env.inc.,ed
la es that they derived a benefit from the exisla.
w'rtii ; they
he very seldom came into the arena of politics
Col. People at large ; but he was glad the
rate n- Iv, agitation had had this advantage at any
Pul; that it had made these landlords court the po-
haifr favour, and for the first time for the last
etwe'eeetury they had attended public meetings, and
In
Aalvoured to direct the public mind.—( Hear, hear. )
hy , act°otn a short time ago a highly aristocratic assem-
Tatihiegleakt Place to petition in favour of the Corn-laws.
aria Y were assisted by gentlemen of considerable talent
Popularity—the Catholic clergyman of the town,
tiei4hab Catholic magistrate, extremely popular in that
old Eirnuthood. The farmers attended the meeting. An
show. met', upwards of seventy years of age, made a speech
col, 'ng that he never derived any benefit from the
Prietawa. He carried the meeting against the
defeat' the parsons, and the aristocracy, and totally
fact atted thcm.---( Hear, hear, hear.) He mentioned this
ought') encourage them to go on, and to show that they
Menlts not to be surprised at the resistance of the Irish
have el's. B..fore next Session he was satisfied they would
( //eaa cry from In land for the repeal of these laws--
N.111,' hear) Ireland was exclusively an agricultural
1 'llo4i"ec,t. interest ii;i noot allowing theia
I Irish alminished, because it would lessen the market for
La facilities and tendencies to production, was much more
‘...,_

suited fur the production of the greener crops than for tL.,
cultivation of wheat. Not that there were not
some very large districts in Ireland which were
perfectly suitable for it, but the landlords forced a culti-
vation, and were forced into the cultivation of wheat
which ought not to ba employed in it, and they were now
extending the farms for that purpos( , driving the population
out of the country int, the towns and villages They were
obliged to resort to the manufactures of England. If
the abolition of the Corn-laws would increase the manu-
factures of England, the probability would be increased
of extending those manufactures to Ireland. The greater
the demand for goods on the continent the greater the
prospect would there be of that amelioration which
was necessary to arrive at one day or other of the
condition of the Irish peasantry.—( Hear, hear.) If ma-
nufactures extended, they would be established in Ireland,
and the people who were now starving, would get health-
ful ymplayment. It was said tauntingly by the Corn-law

. .
lords, that keeping up the price of corn increased the rate
of wages. It was not necessary for him ( Mr. O'Connell)
to show that that was a complete fallacy. The price of
provision entered into wages only when wages were at the
minimum. If there was cornpetitien for labour it then rose
beyond that. But when he contrasted Ireland, which had
the full benefit of tha blessing of the Cori-laws—when
he contrasted the rate of wages there with the wages in
England, what came out? Why, that the labourer worked
in Ireland; with all the benefits of the Corn-laws, for Bd.
a day, generally 6,l.—he worked 12 hours a day for
an hour for a halfpenny—and that was the euthanasia of
the Corn-laws—( Hear, hear)—the immense blessing
that it kept the Irish labourer in the situation of earn-
ing a halfpenny an hour. He therefore claimed no
merit for supporting the abolition of the Corn-laws,
and he came there to-day to make his political faith on the
subject distinctly known.—( Hear, hear.) His belief was,
in the first place, that it was an act of justice to repeal the
Corn-laws—next, that the allegation that wages were
raised by therm was immaterial to the poor renter and the
poor annuitant, who did not earn wages of any kind, but
must consume bread.—( hear, hear.) Next, that these
laws retarded the progress of manufactures throughout the
country, and would ultimately end in the extinguishing of
the manufactures of England, and depriving the people of
Ireland of all chance; and next, that the allegation that
they tended to raise wages, was proved in Ireland
to be the very reverse, as they diminished and threw
them down.—(" Hear," and cheering ) His support and
influence, whatever it was, would most certainly go with
them.--( Loud cheers.) When he used the word
"influence," he must protest against the injustice that had
been done him on a former occasion. He had been blamed
for not using his influence to a greater extent with others,
and in that certainly great injustice had been done him.
Gentlemen would recollect that in the unprepared state of
the Irish mind, the popular Members, as they were called,
received an impulse from their constituencies as to the
cout'se they should adopt, when they would willingly vote
for what was right. The Irish Members who di l not be-
long to the popular party, were almost all supporters of the
Aristocracy, and therefore opposed to the present ques-
tion ; but if they persevered as they were bound to do--
(Hear, and cheers)—for having gone so far they would
not deserve credit for moral integrity if they did not per-
severe—they must ultimately triumph.—( Cheers. )
did not like being supposed to mix any thing of polities in
their discussions, but he was convinced that the influence
of the Aristocracy was adverse to them and to the inte-
rests of the people.—( Hear.) They were all aware that
the House of Commons was substantially composed of
nominees of the Aristocracy. It was necessary that there
should be a little more of popular opinions and popular in-
fluence let into that House—that they should hear less of the
Lords and their influence, and more of the people and their
voice.—(Hear.) In that and every similar improvement
it would be necessary to go to the fountain head in order
that the waeors of life might be made more pure.
The CHAIRNIAN inquired if M:. O'Connell would re-
commend a few lecturers to be sent over to Ireland?

Mr. O'CONNELL said, not at present. In the month of
October or November, after the adjournment, it might be
advisable, and if the Chairman would do him the honour
to communicate with him he would be happy to give him
any information in his power.
Mr. STURGE was just about to put the question which
Mr. O'Connell had already answered. He had intended
to ask what suggestions he would offer as to the best mode
of enlightening the people of Ireland on the subject.
Mr. VIGOR% M. P., as the Representative of an Irish
county, felt bound to aad his testimony to that of Mr.
O'Connell, that the cause of the opposition of the
people of Ireland arose from their ignorance of the
details of the question, and he certa►nly would re-
commend that means would be taken to convey in-
formation to them on the subject, and apprize the
agricultural interest in Ireland how much their prosperity
was bound up with the repeal of these laws. He could
answer for his own county, which although not a large
one contained& population of 80,000—that although every
means had been taken to get up a meeting in favour of,
the Corn-laws, it was a total failure. —( Hear, and cheers.)
After a month had elapsed, a petition was sent over signed
by 370 persons, out of a population of 80,000, and on
analyzing the petition it turned out that nine-tenths of
those who had signed it were persons connected with the
'Aristocracy of the country.—( Hear.) The Tories had made
it a political question, for the purpose of annoying the
Ministers. The Corn-law agitation was in his ( Mr. Vigors)
part of the country merely an anti- Ministerial movement.
The petition was sent to the Liberal Club, and lay there
for a fortnight and received two signatures.—(Cheers. )
At the present moment there was a deputation in town
who had been sent over in order to match their agitation,
and to join in it if it were found to be, as the Irish people
wished to believe, that the repeal of the Corn-laws
would be a benefit to their country. The views of
the people generally were in favour of the repeal;
but there was also a general feeling—he believed, an erro-
neous one—that, if it were immediate, it might injure their
interests. Certainly, and he spoke with certainty upon
that head, the gent ral feeling of the Irish people was in
favour of free trade in its largest sense—they were for free
trade in all things. He would take the liberty of recom-
mending that some knowledge of the principles upon
which the deputation acted should be communicated
to the people of Ireland. If a short explanatory pamphlet,
not entering into details, was sent over and extens►vely cir-
culated, he thought it would be received with pleasure and
do much good.—(Cheers.)
Dr. BowatNo, as one of the Committee appointed
to collect evidence, had to report that they had
regularly met there since the Deputation last
sat. He had since then been deprived of the able
assistance of one of their colleagues, who since that time
had been called to a sphere 0: greater usefulness. (Mr.
E wart, the new. Member for Wigan, was on the evidence
Committee ) The evidence they had received, shelled
them that ruin was staring this country in the face, in even
a more alarming degree than they were prepared before to
state. It was imminent, and was approaching fast, and it
was most important that the public should be put upon
their guard against the evil. The evidence received by
the Committee would spew that the apprehensions en-
tertained by the Delegates was not only not without
foundation, but that the danger was actually more immi-
nent than they had formerly believed it to be, or had
represented it to be to the country.—( Hear, hear.)
Sir H. FLEETWOOD was, as any one connected with
his part of the country would know, entirely a corn-grower,
still he was perfectly satisfied that his own interest
was bound up entirely with that of the manufacturers.
( Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was entirely convinced
that the two interests were bound up together.—( Cheers.)
He was perfectly satisfied that it was for the interest of the
landed proprietors themselves that the Corn-laws should
be repealed, for the acres were limited, but the population
was unlimited ; but, even had he not been convinced of
this, as a repeal of these laws was called for, in accordance
with the principles of free trade, of those principles which
he believed to be true, he should have considered it his duty
to have voted for their repeal, even although it might have
militated against his private interest.—( Hear.) As a
Member exclusively connected with the landed interests,
be had thought it his duty to make these observations. He
assured the meeting no exertion should be wanting on his
part to procure the object they all had in view.
The CHAIRMAN then said that if there was no other bu-
siness to be brought lor w ard , as the time had arrived for
the meeting of the House of Commons, he would propose
that they adjourn till to-morrow
The meeting accordingly adjourned till to-morrow at
three o'clock.
It was announced that a private meeting of the Delegates
would be held to-morrow (this day), at eleven o'clock, and
the public meeting, as usual, at three in the afternoon.

M. De Montalivet, says the Commerce, late
Minister of the Interior, and appointed agent for the Crown
to influence the electors, has certainly bad his full share-in
the troubles which have overwhelmed the Ministry. His
uncle, his brother-in-law, his principal secretary, and
three of his intimate friends have all been rejected by the
electors.
General Lallemand, who was condemned to death
in 1815, for his fidelity to Bonaparte, died at Paris on
Sunday morning, aged 65.
ONE OF THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE.
—Being a compositor on a newspaper, and having to insert
the marriage of a girl you love with a^ old man—old enough
to be her father. He is rich, and you are poor.
A Court of Common Council was held yester-
day, in which a most spirited discussion took place on the
subject of waiting upon the Queen with an Address against
the City Police Bill.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have
t,:21 engaged since Friday last in the consideration of an
appeal ve.7 properly made to them on the part of the job-
bers. It seems t one of the influential brokers came
into the market on that rift, "nd purchased, for the opening
Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Reline, '1
`lock at the price
of 10, the current quotation being at the t;..: 4
only 1011
to S. The jobbers would readily have furnished the su.::
required at alf per cent. lower, and the operation being
consequently out of the regular course of business, it was
suggested to the gentlemen of the Committee that it could
not with propriety be inserted in the authorised lists of the
house, or rather, that being inserted, it should be expunged.
The Committee, contrary to the usual practice in cases
where bargains have beer. concluded at a price notoriously
above or below that which regulates the general business
of the day, and which must be considered a false one, de-
cided that the transaction referred to should be regarded
as legitimate, and that the quotation complained of should
stand. A decision so contrary to common sense, so op-
posed to the ordinary usage of the establishment, and at
the same time so unfair towards the jobbers at large and
the public, has naturally caused great dissatisfaction. An
effort was made to get the objectionable quotation super-
seded on the first issuing by the Committee of their im-
primatur, and the case was accordingly reconsidered, but
the determination originally pronounced upon the matter
has to-day, we understand, been confirmed. If these irre-
gularities are to be permitted we do not, we confess, see
what confidence can in future be placed in the lists which
the public have been hitherto in the habit of consulting and
on
fu m88t,379(0, fobdoouldl
as
ros
which
aaarte-
regarding as authentic.—Morning Post.
The Prussian Government have drawn by lots a
july
s- c .F e to
toS blelptdb off on amountththeelst
next.

IMPEIZIAL PAULIATVIENT.

ROUSE OF CORDS, MARCH 12

The Lord CHANCELLOR took his ;eat on the Woolsack
shortly after Five o'Clock.
Lord LYNDHURST presented petitions, from Col-
chester and other place 3, against any alteration in the
C. rn-laws.

The Marquis of ANG LESE A presented petitions
front Anglesea to the same effect.
Mr. Brown, from the Queen's Rcmembranccr's Office,
presented an account of fees.
Mr Christian presented paper:, from the Court of Chan-
cery (Ireland).
Viscount MELVILLE presented petitions from Dal-
keith and Edinburgh, praying for increased accommo-
dation in the Church of Scotland.
The Earl of GALLOWAY, after presenting several
petitions to the same effect, begged to ask the Noble
Viscount opposite whether it was his intcntion,
after the repeated grants that had been made
to Ireland, to turn a deaf ear to the people of Scot-
land on this most important subject. He wished
to know whether it was the intention of her Majesty's
Government to bring forward any proposition, in answer
to the numerous petitions that had been presented from
Scotland upon this subject?
Lord MELBOURNE said that it was not the intention
of Government to propose any grant.
The Earl of GALLOWAY said that the people of
Scotland would grieve greatly at the answer of the Noble
Viscount, he thought that it was not treating the people of
Scotland with sufficient respect.
Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from Brandon,
in Suffolk, and several other places, praying for free
trade in corn. The Noble Lord also presented a
petition from Bridgwater, signed by 1,100 persons, praying
for a repeal of the Corn-laws. This present petition was
from an entirely agricultural district, and therefore it must
be taken as showing the feeling of the agricultural districts
on the subject.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented 48 petitions from
different parts of Scotland against any repeal of the Corn-
laws. The Noble and Learned Lord who had presented
the last petition appeared to think that that peti-
tion, signed by a few hundred persons, represented
the voice of the agricultural interests generally. Now, in
answer to that lie had only to refer the Noble Lord to
the resolution that had been passed by the Cham-
ber of Commerce at Glasgow. That resolution was
passed in January of the present year, and was to the effect
that the abolition of the Corn-laws would be impolitic and
unwise.
Lord BROUGHAM could not but think that the re-
solution to which the Noble Duke had referred, was ,no-
thing but a hoax. It might be the draft of an intended
resolution, but it never could be said that it was a resolu-

tiun that had been adopted.
The Duke of RICHMOND believed the resolution to
be what he had stated. He did not object to an alteration
in the Corn-laws, provided at the same time other taxes
were removed which would enable the people of this
country to compete with foreigners.
TURKEY AND EGYPT.
Lord BROUGHAM said, the British Government had
interfered to prevent hostilities between the Sultan of Tur-
key and the Governor—the real Monarch—of Egypt,
Mehemet, who had steadily preserved a p- seeable line
of conduct, having directed his whole attention to the
internal administration of his kingdom, established a de-
partment of public instruction—an example which he
(Lord Brougham) wished was followed nearer home—
( Hear)—and abolished the slave trade, which had formerly
prevailed to a great extent in his country. The Porte,
however, from accounts which he (Lord Brougham) had
receiwed, had lately made very extensive military pre-
parations; end he wished to hear what course the
Government intended to adopt to preserve peace in the
East.
Lord MELBOURNE said it was 'the anxious desire of
the Government, in connection with its allies, to prevent
hostilities between the Porte and the present ruler of
Egypt—( H.-ar, hear)—and both powers had till now
complied with that desire.—( Hear.) As to the representa-
tions of the Noble Lord (Brougham) he believed them to be
either wholly untrue or greatly exaggerated. But the
Government would do all in its power to preserve peace
in that part of the East.—( Hear.)
Lord BROUGHAM said the answer was perfectly sa-

tisfactory, and expressed his high opinion of the States-
manlike qualities of Mehemet.
CANADA.--MR. MACKENZIE AND LORD

RIPON.
The Earl of RIPON, in moving for certain communi-
cations which had passed between the Colonial-office, in
1832, (when he was at the head of that Department,) and
Mr. Mackenzie, said he was induced to make this motion
in consequence of various injurious mis-statements which ap-
peared in the 7th Report of the Committee of grievances of
the House of Assembly, Upper Canada. The Noble Earl
entered at some length into a vindication of his conduct
with regard to Mackenzie, stating that he had consented to
receive him as the bearer of petitions from thousands of the
Canadian people ; but had expressly declined to recognize
him in any authorised capacity. The Noble Earl represented
Mackenzie as a very shallow-headed person, and seemed
exceedingly desirous of having it understood that he had
not fostered and encouraged a person who was now an ad-
mitted traitor.
The Marquis of NORM AN B Y had no objection to the
production of the papers, and perfectly believed the Noble
Earl's representations. At the same time the Noble Mar-
quis took that opportunity of protesting most emphatically
against the publication of official documents, relating to the
Department over which he had the honour to preside.
CORN-LAWS.

Petitions were presented by several Noble Lords in
favour of the Corti-laws ; among others, by Lord Redcs-
dale, from the agriculturists of Epsom, Surrey.
Their Lordships Adjourned at HALF-PAST Six, till
Thursday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mixer 12.
The Gallery was opened at the usual hour, Mr. Chris-
topher declining to persevere in his 'notion for a Call of
the House.
Mr. EWART took the oaths and his seat for Wigan.
ARBROATH HARBOUR.
The Arbroath Harbour Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed.
Captain A L SAGER presented petitions in favour of
the Corn-laws.
SMALL DEBT BILLS.
Mr. EVANS having moved the second reading of some
small Debt Court Bill,
Mr. HAWES gave notice that he should oppose the
further proceeding on this or any other Bill until the
Government measure had been brought in.
On the motion of Mr. EATON, the Chick Inclosure
Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed.
On the motion of Mr. PavME, the Cambridge Gaol
Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed.
NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Mr. PEASE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to ex-
tend the time for completing the works of the North of
England Railway.
Mr. L A MBTON wished to know how it had happened
that in the North of England Railway Coaipanies had not
completed the line from the Tees to the Tyne. He
thought that some account should be given by the Hon.
Member of that, as reports had got abroad injurious to the
conduct and character of the Company.
Mr. PE ASE said that a more Hon. Board did not exist
than the Directors of the North of England Railway, but
the truth was, that they had been crippled in ther finances.
The Bill was allowed to be brought up.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
Mr. EGERTON moved the second reading of the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Extension Bill.
Agreed to.
DOVER, DEAL, AND SANDWICH ROAD BILL.
On the motion of Sir E. KNATCHBULL, this Bill
was read a second time
CO.
RN- L A W S.
The SPEAKER said it would perhaps be convenient
that Corn-law petitions be now presented.—( Hear.)
Petitions were then presented in favour of the Corn-
laws, by the Earl of Lincoln ; by Mr. Hodges, East
Kent; Mr. Kemble, from Surrey ; Mr. Eaton. twenty ;
Sir J. Tyrell, seventy-three; Mr. Parker ; Mr. V. Stuart ,
Lord Eastnor; Mr. R. Hill, Salop, thirteen ; Lord Gt
Lennox, three from Sussex ; Mr. Horn, Isle of Wight ; Mr.
Christopher, Lincolnshire ; Mr. Fitzgibbon, Limerick;
Col. Rushbrooke, several ; Mr. W. Benett ; Mr. 0. Gore.
junior ; Mr. Hurt, several ; Lord Hotliam ; Mr. 0.
Gore, from the Central Agricultural Association,
representing above seventy provincial agricultural associa-
tions), Lord Grimston ( Hertfordshire), Colonel Lygon
( Worcester), Mr. Pease (Durham), Earl of Darlington
( Shropshire), Mr. Cripps (several), Sir C. Knightley (30),
Mr. Darby, Lord Worsley, Mr. Palmer (Essex), Mr. W.
Duncombe( North Riding, 20, and Doncaster and neighbour
hood); Sir C. B. Vere (Suffolk, several petitions), Lord
Henniker (Southwold, Suffolk), Mr. Fleming (Hants),
Captain Gordon (Aberdeen, signed by 13,000 persons).
Petitions were presented for the abolition of the Corn-
laws by Mr. Elliot, Mr. Lambtnn, (Gateshead); General
Sharp, Mr. Collier, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. Brotherton,
( Lancashire); Captain Berkeley, (Bristol); Mr. Pease,
(Darlington); Mr. M. Phillips, Mr. D. W. Harvey,
(Essex—representing the Corn-laws as the fru t of
exclusive Legislation); Sir G. Strickland, ( Yorkshire);
Mr. W. Roche, Mr. Hume, (one from the Coffee-
house ;Keepers—one from the county of Berwick).
Petitions were presented against any alteration in the
Corn-laws by Mr. Barnaby from places in the county of
Hereford ; by Mr. Sandford and by Sir Charles Burrell
from various places.
Petitions were presented, praying for a repeal
of the Corn-laws, by Mr. Ewart, from various places
in the West Riding of Yorkshire ; by Lord Mor.
peth from the West Riding of Yorkshire ; by
Mr. T. Duncombe, from the county of Middlesex ; by
Mr. Villiers,
tfwroomotNhoerrthpalrnacpetso;n,bfyronlir.FrGortnoete,, iifiroSmomoexr..
-.ersons. It being Five o'clock,
setshire,
wicthorotl-Ileawpsr_e-
aaked ‘,hether the House would go
forTd,hseigsnie,dEbityKlE,,;k7:l
soenntawtiiotiiii
(Loud cries of " the Corn-iaXg. the Corn-laws."
the regular repgeutiltaiornlosusrieTts'i.,,,,:r
t 0
00 on with
A great number of Members crowded toget.t:fir to the
table, and presented several petitions, but without stating
their prayer.)
LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.
Mr. HUME gave notice that, on Monday next, on the
Order of the Day being read for the House going into
Committee of Supply, it was his intention to bring for-
ward his motion relative to the abolition of the office
of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Sir EDWARD RICE postponed the motion of which
he had given notice, for an inquiry into the state of the
harbours on the South-Eastern Coast, till that d4y week.
Mr. HAWES postponed the motion of which he had
given notice, to call the attention of the House to the pe-
tition of David Jones, till that day fortnight.
ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES.
Sir THOMAS ACL AND suggested to tke Noble
Lord, the Secretary for the Home Department, the
yropriety of postponing the Ecclesiastical afterDu and
Revenues Bill, which stood for Monday nekt, !ill the
Easter recess.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he was most anxious to