The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-04 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL: 3.
The Royal Assent was given by Commission to
the Irish Five per Cents. Reduction Bill, the Malt Duty Repeal
Bill, the Admiralty Quorum Bill, the Attorney and Solicitors'
Regulation Amendment Bill, and to several local and private
Bills.—The Commissioners were the LORD CUANCELLOii,
the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, and Lord MELVILLE.
Lord MELVILLE moved for copies of several of the Re-
ports of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Courts
of Justice in .Scotland.

On the motion of the Earl of LAUDERDALE, a Message
was ordered to be sent to the Commons, to request a copy of
the Agricultural Report.
Mr. BitoGDEN, from the Commons, 'brought up the Inn-
keepers' Rates Bill, which was read a first time.
Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from James
Bladen Ruspini, complaining of his having been improperly
made a bankrupt, and praying that a law might pass to pre-
vent bankruptcies from being sued out by a creditor whose
debt was less than 1001.—The Petition was ordered to be re-
ferred to the Committee on the Bankrupt Laws.
AGRICULTURE.
Lord ERSKINE presented petitions from certain Owners
and Occupiers of Land in Kent, Wiltshire, and Gloucester-
shire. The Noble Lord said, that he had not expected any
benefit from the Committee appointed by the other House, and
had a few days ago in presenting a petition intimated his opi-
nion. He had since looked at the Agricultural Report which
which had been laid on the table of the other House, and found
his opinion confirmed. 'ln that report, however, a cause of dis-
tress was for the first time explicitly stated, and the evil which'
might arise from unlimited importation, with the present glut
which prevails throughout Europe, pointed out. After refer-
ring to the existing law, the Committee say But for the purpose of obviating the dangers in which this
law can hardly fail, sooner or later, to involve the cultivators of
the soil, and in conformity to the reasoning contained in the
Report of the Commitee of the last Session upon the-same sub_
jest, some material change must be contemplated; your Com-
mittee, therefore, cannot avoid suggesting, whether, under a
full view of all the circumstances, it may not be the duty of
Parliament to turn its immediate attention to the ruinous conse-
quences which must follow an unlimited importation and free
sale of the surplus produce of the whole agricultural world,
which is known at this time to be in a state of glut, at least
equal to what prevails within this kingdom, no less impatient
for, and unprovided with a market, with a commodity raised
at much less charge than our own, which the proprietors would
be ready to sell even at a considerable loss, rather than not
dispose of it at all."
After this striking description of the danger of farther dis-
tress from the existing law, he had looked farther into there_
port in the hope of coming at last to a remedy ; but he found
no remedy at all, or worse than none ; for, after describing the
danger to be apprehended from the law by which the ports are
open at 80s. they propose to open them at 70s. He did not
mean to say that he disapproved of that price, if proper regula-
tions were adopted ; but as proposed by the Committee, it af-
forded no protection.- Their Lordships could not do any thing
in the way of relief without the assistance of the other House
of Parliament; but it was in their power to prevent further
mischief, and he therefore hoped they would reject any Bill
which might come to them founded on such absurd prin-
ciples as those contained in the agricultural report of the other
House.

The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that the Noble
Lord had been referring to a document of which the House had
no knowledge. Another Noble Lord (Lauderdale) who had
just gone out as the Noble Lord who presented the Petitions
entered, had moved that a message be sent to the other House
for a copy of the Report, and as it was not yet before the House,
all remarks upon it must be irregular.
The Dublin Fever Hospital 13111, and the Receivers of Stolen
Securities Bill, were read a third time, and passed.—Adjourn-
ed to Thursday, the 18th instant.