The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-02 00:00:00

CORN LAWS.

As the House was resolving itself into a Committee on the
'Corn•lmportation Laws' Amendment Bill, • .
Lord REDESDALE said, that it was unfit that a Bill-a.
this importance should go through a Committee when the Mi-
nisters of the Crown were not present to explain its nature. He
should therefore move that the Committee be postponed till
to-morrow.
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The Earl of WESTMORELAND said, that it had been
settled, when the Bill ..was read a second time, for the-purpose
of accommodathil„, several Noble• Lords, that nothing should be
'said in the Committee, but that the debate should be taken on
the third reading of the Bill, on Friday next.
Lord REDESDALE had, on the contrary, understood the
Noble Earl at the head of the Treasury to say, that he would
open his observations on the principle and nature of the Bill -in
the Committee. , , • •
, Earl of "WESTMORELAND maintained that .the
last understanding was that nothingshould be said in the Corn-
mittee. He was not anxious, however, to press the matter, and,
.as the Noble Lord seemed- to wish it, should -move that the
.Committee be adjourned to Wednesday next.—=•Agreed to.
Lord REDESDALE presented a Petition from the Owners
and Occupiers of Land in some Parish of the County of York
against the Corn Importation Laws Amendment Bill.--Laid
on the.table. . • •

The Duke of PORTI4AND presented a similar Petition,
from the Editor of the Farmer's Journal.--Read and laid on
the table.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House was summoned to attend at the Bar of the
House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given, by Com-
mission; to several Bills, for the particulars of which see the
Lords' Report. ,
Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD presented a Petition from a
Mr. Sampson, Clerk of the Crown for the County of Clare,
praying that the Bill for regulating the Office of the Clerk of
the Crown in Ireland, might be suspended for the present, or
that he might be indemnified in respect of the fees which he
would lose by the passing of the Bril.—Ordered to lie on the
table, and be printed.
The Middlesex County. Treasurer's Regulation Bill was
'read a third time, and passed.
Mr. LUSHINGTON moved the second reading of the Salt
Duties Repeal-Bill.
Mr. CURWEN gave notice that, on' the committal of the
Bill, he should move for the total repeal of the duty after the
expiration of one year.
; The Bill was then ordered to be read a second time to.
morrow. -

Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a Petition from Charles Mad••
docks, now or lately confined in Warwick-Jail, under a sen-
tence of the Court of Ki's Bench upon a conviction obtained
at Warwick through a Special Jury.. The petitioner stated,
that the utmost of his offence was his having attributed the
miseries of the country to the corrupt state of the representa-
tion. The Hon.:Member stated that, in his opinion, the se-
verity of the sentences passed upon political offenders was too
great. There was reason to believe that the Petitioner's sen-
tence had been severer than that of his co-defendant, on ac-.
Count of the mode in which he had conducted his defence.—
iAgainst this , new practical doctrine he entered his protest, and
tie trusted the House would put a stop to it.. •
After a few. words from Mr.-Twlss, and from Mr. HOB.
OUSE, in explanation, the Petition was ordered to lie on the
table. •

Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from an Individual
Against the Irish Coroners' Regulation Bill.—Ordered to be
printed. . .
The Metropolis Police Regulation Bill was read a third
time and passed.
Mr. WODEIIOUSE presented a petition from several
Maltsters of. Norwich,. complaining of a Bill passed this Ses-
sion, imposing additional duties on their Licenses.
After a few words from Mr. Alderman WOOD and Mr.
#luiuE, the Petition was ordered to lie on the table.
Lord Br NNWG presented a Petition from several Subscribers
to the proposed Scotch .National• Monument, stating, that they
Understood the Monument was to include a place of worship,