The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-14 00:00:00

CORN EXPORT BILL.

-Upon
.Lord HAttnwicxx7s motionfor the third.
reading of this Bill.
Lord STANHOPE, adverting to the-words in the
Bill allowing the export of Corn " at all times,"
stated his objections to this arrangement, observ-
ing, that as in a year of great scarcity in this
empire, a still greater scarcity might exist in fo-
reign countries, the Allowance of, free export in
such a ease would be obviously prejudicial. He
therefore proposed the omission of these words. -
A hook bad been published by his Noble Friend
(Lot d Lauderdale), in which the author argued
that bounties ought to be granted upon the ex.-
port of Corn, because such bounties served to en-
courage a growth of Corn beyond the quantity
necessary for the ,home consumption, and be-
cause, in years of scarcity, we might, by stopping
the export, litive additional means of csupply for
the home market. From this passage he concluded
that his Noble Friend Would support his amend-
ment—that-the Peer Ivmslil act consistently with
the Author. In fact, it his amendment were not
adopted, there would be no :alternative in such a
case of scarcity as he had just stated, hit the
starvation of the people, or the exercise of a dis-
pensing power by the Crown, in issuing an order
to prohibit the exportation of Corn. That the
Crown could not and ought not to exercise suck a
power as that for which James.ll. was deposed,
the Noble Lord sheaved by referring to the Bill
of Rights. It had been intiinated, that if such an
amendthent as that he proposed were adopted, the
Bill would not psi in the other House, but this
he thought quite- improbable ; for he remembered
another Corn Bill relative to export having been
brought into that House, in which the word &c.
had been so introduced' as actually to include sea-
biscuit, but up6n his proposition the &C• was
omitted, atullth&. House of Commons, with which
the Bill originated, after having lo i• some time
kicked about the Bill Of its own making, adopted
the Bill with his amendment. Here the Noble
Earl observed, that Bills upon the most important
subjects were too often most clumsily drawn up,
and concluded with moving his amendment.
Lord HARDWICKE, after expressing a wish that
this Bill should extend to sea-biscuit, argued
against IL.; Amendtheut, which would, in his opi-
nion, operate against the whole principle and pur-
pose of the Bill.
Lord LAUDERDALE objected to the words a]-
laded to by his Noble Friend, becanse,'lo use
the language of :a Conner Chancellor, he thought
they involved " an act of impertinence."--For
upon what prineifile could the House justify such
a prescription to posterity had beard-much
of the respect doe to the wisdom of our ancestors,
but was no respect due to the wisdom of our pos-
terity ? The world must naturally improve as it
advanced, and why by such a legislative enact-
ment as that to which his Learned Friend re-
ferred, should we undertake so peremptorily to
dictate to our pasterity ?--But with these general
obsr,vations upon the phrase of" at all times,"
he 'still could not agree to the amendment pro-
posed by his Learned Friend.
'llse Amendment was rejected.
Lord LAO DERDALE proposed an Amendment, to
leave out the words "repealing the bounties,"
but this amendment was negatived.,
The Bill was read a third time.—Adjourned till
t o-nt orroW.