The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-11 00:00:00

CORN LAWS.

Lord STANHOPE stated, that he bad two other
Petitions It, present againgt any alteration in the
Coin 14i,vs. The first. Petition was from the pa-
rish of Sr. LAe, hnd prayed that even the Bill
before their. Lordships' House might not pass into
la".. His Lurdsh p then repeated certain obser-
Tations which he ha,! made on a former day. The
dfsonrce of the evil was the National Debt.
prop< r remedy. was to untax the farmers and
lal,wlring ch...stbes, and thns our Own Corn would
be, cheap enough to meet the foreign Corn in the
market, •and the. consumer would have cheap
bread without fliscottraging the growth of Corn
in this country. The secrlnd Petition he statefl
to he a peppering Petition ; and (in reply to a
suggestion of Lord Arden) he said, he was per-
fectly willing that the whole of it should be read ;
for though a peppetingYetition, it was conceived
in respectful language ; but he desired their
Lordships not to take his assertions for this, but
to have it rearm for themselves.—The Petition war
then read, and both of them laid on the Table:-

Lord HARnwICKE, pursuant. to notice, movek
that a' Committee he appointed to investigate the
Corn Laws, -as connected with the interests of
the landed and,commercial palls of the commit-
Lity. To this, he apprehended, there could be no'
objection in any.rpt trter ; and it was the more im-
portant as a great deal of prejudice
.appeared to
prevail-02 the subject. •
• Lord DAtt,,,cLEte stated, that be was clearly of
opinion, teat the alteration which had bet') pro-
posed in the Corn Laws, would have k)een of'
great advantage to the community ; though .he
bad been a little staggered in that opinion for a
moment by the observations of a Noble Friend of
his (Grenville), -.hose authority was deservedly
so high ;. but he wa'si: notwithstanding that -au-
thority, ele•arly convinced tliat•the interest- of the •
piamtyacturcr •and consumer of every- description,
as well as that of the grower of corn and the land.
lord, would be best consulted by the adoption of
Oc alteration; and he refered to tlie fact, that corn
had been comparalively \cheap at the period when
that system had-prevailed, and dear when it had
been abandoned.'

The Duke of ATHOL approved of the motion,
as the best mcans of di)h,g•away the mischievous
misconception on the subject.
Lord LAtIDERDALF: had no objection to a mo-
tion of this-kind, but thought it should, he dif-
I,Tendy worded_ Tijefe was an idea abroad, as
was ilii,strated by his Noble Friend (Stanhope's)
Petitions, that the lauded. interest consisted only
of landholderS'. This was.a gross error, which
had been tne cause of mica of the clamour which
had been .raised. No small part of the popula-
tion ti as cOirhected with agricultural labours aril
pursuit's, and their interests were to be consulted
as,well as those of the landholders and manufac-
turers. But in reality the-interests of all were the
In order to include the whole subject, the
motion ought to be-fora Committees to investigate
thelaws ns far as they were connected with the
growth, commerce, and consumption of grain.
Lord GREY proposed, that the motion should
he worded in this way—("to investigate the Corn
Laws, as connected with the growth, commerce,
consumption of Grain, and all.the laws re..
hit ing :therCtO,"

same.

The LoUD. CHANCELLOR said; that .there was an
order of men who werelielther Corn-growers nor.
eturers, nrers, :but who though t that the interests
°Cali were not only consivent With, bur depen-
dent upon' elicit other---(llear, hear !).—He never
knew a subject on which so
.ninch prejudice and
error 4-xkted as alppezired to exist in this.
rd HA sturxlcxi7 had no objection to the al-
term-4in' tife nortlini; of the motion.

e„,•,inittee• tray then .ordered to be ap-
pointed, :ithd-lo' meet -oh I).ionday.-
".1;:e ghtes;loh buihg. pat for the committal of
ti,e con' Bill;

LH; Py...ppr,s,ti it, on the ground thal,
1)CV!) Ordered, ni)thing,
dill that, investiz,atiou

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ed, Irittstigation tiffilit to precede legistation,
and not to follow.'

Lord Ila,apwittitz said-, that he understood this
Bill to have been on all hands allowed to he ad-
vantageous.. The country, especially Treiand,
would be injured by the delay, and therefore he
saw no reason for not persevering.
Lord LatintarAo; said, that this Bill OroOld
undoubtedly be advantageous, though he admit-
ted that the part which went to repeal the boun-
ties on exportation vva.s one which required inves-
tigation and it would, therefore, he extremely
proper to expunge that part of the Bill.
,The Bill was then committed.
The House resolved itself into a Committee on
the Corn Exii&t Bill.
Lord LAUDERDALE move, as an amendment,
that such part °fit as related to the extinction of
bounties should be omitted. This produced a long
and desultory conversation.
Lord LIMERICK expressed his hope that the
amendment might not be urged, as it would be
fatal to the Bill, which was of the first necessity.
(or Ireland at this moment.

The Marquis of LmcsnowNE was unfriendly to
the whole bounty system.

Lird GALLOWAY - WlShed that it should be SW

Lord :STANITOrr called it taxing the labourer's
bejr to raise the price` of his bread.
•
Lord LAUDERDALE replied.
The Bill then went through. the Committee,
and was ()Hero! to be read a'third tifne on Mon-
day.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
LORD COCHRANE ANT) MR. C.,JoriNsToNc.

Mr. BIIO'ADIIZAII to.ie, and adverting to the late
trial in the Court of King's. Bench, observed, that
the result of -it had attached to two Alembers of
that Hon. -House a charge deeply -involving their
public and personal character and honour. Ile
therefore felt himself induced, from his regard to
the character• of that Hon. House, to. give notice,
that it WAS his intention, at.nodistant day, to call
the attention of the House to this subject, If
.there was any irregularity in the present motion,
he trusted. that some Honourable Member would
point it out, so that the difficulty might be re-
'moved. •t

The AfrORNEY-GENERAL.was glad to find that
the first opportunity had been taken for calling.
the attention of the House to the subect. As to
the renTval of any difficulty that the Hon. Gen-
tleman supposed to he in his. way, -he should sug-
gest, thst perhitps it would be more convenient for
the Hon. Member not to fax his motion before
Tuesday. The reasern of this suggestion was,
that by the regular course of business in the Court
of King's Bench, it was open to the parties with-
in, the first four days of Term to move either for
an arrest of judgment, or for a new •trial. tie
had no particular reason to snppose that such a
motion would be made, as, baying declined, to be
employed on the trial, io consequence of his duties
as a Member of that House, he knew no more of
the particulars of the-case than any other Member
might be supposed to know. For the reason,
however, which he had stated, hie thought that it
would be better not to bring forward the motion
before Tuesday, as by, that time the first four days
of the Term would haVe elapsed.
11RoAnurtkp acquiesced in the suggestion,
and should fix Tuesday next for his motion.
The SPEAKER thought it necessary for him to
stale, that,the regular acrd usual course upon such
occasions was first to lay before the House proof
of the fact, and afterwards to give notice of a mo-
tion at a future day, when notice should be given
to the Members who were implicakd to appear in
.their places, wml:defend themselves, if they thought
proper. The Honourable Member woul,! there-
fore consider what sort of :motion he wotld think
proper to bring forward in the first place.

BRoADHEAD then said, that ise should move
on Tuesday next' for a copy of Ibe colviction.

The ATTORNEY-GENEKAL said, that he ghoul('
take care that there should be no delay in obtain-
ing it. •\
Mr. PAnsToN moved for, and. obtained leave tp
bring in, a Bill respecting the mode of Attestation
and Revocation of Wills.

The Report of the Committee on Captain Man-
by's Claims was received, and ordered to lie on
the table,, after a few observations fi;oin Mr. P.
lkiooßF., who wished the Claim of the Family of
the late Lieutenant Bell to be referred to the
same Committee.

11Ir. FisLay moved for a return of the number
of Licences• granted by the East India Company
since the passing of the last Act, as also of the
Fees imposed by the Court of Directors on Ships
and Passengers going to India.—Ordere4l.