The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-08 00:00:00

HOAX ON''.l HE STOCK EXCHANGE.

This 'morning the trial of this important Cause
came' on at Guildhall, before Lord ELLENISOII6UG3
and a SpeCial Jury. The case, on the part of the
prosecution, . was opened by aqr. GURNEY, who,
.in an, able and eloquent F.,peech of above two'
hours, detailed the whole of the proceedings.—
The first witness exam;ned was a Mr. MARSH,
who resides opposite the Ship Inn, at Dover he
proved that lie Bel•refiger was the perilon who
.came to that inn, eary in the inoririn:r of the 21st
February ; ordered candles to belglited and
carried over—wt-is the/room with bid for sonic
minutes—descrikid hiS ..dress—it was a scar-
let coat, triwted with gold lace, a pepper
and. salt great.' coat, and a fur cap; apparently
heaver. NV'ifen asked to look round the 'Cont,
and point nut De Berrengcr, he instantly did so,
where hr., sat under Mr. PARK. lie stated, that De
Berenger immediately ordered a sheet of paper to
write a letter, and desired the waiter to order a post,
chaise and :four immediately, as he had brouglit
greater news &out Prance than any that had ar-
rived for these lasi twenty years"... He laid
doubt as to his identit)%-. He was cross-examined
by Mr. PARKE, but nothing came out to invalidate
his testimony.
'The next witness examined was alVir. Gomlory,
a hatter at Dover; he confirmed tbe facts as stat-
ed by Mr. Marsh. Mr. Wm .. :*St Jolt z, n;lto was
a traveller, and happened to beat the Ship Intl
on that morning, was next called; and, after
a long examination by Ml. No; fully
corroborated all the. above particulars, hot ii
of those witnesses were cross-examined by Mr,
gICHARDSON, but they were quite positive as to
De Berenger being the men.--The next witness,
called W4S WM. IRONS`, the post-boy, when oar
Reporter left the Court. •
Lords LAUDEUVALE and MELATILLE,sat•on the
Bench ;
.the former was busily employed in inking
notes.

The Court was crowded to excess ; the tr:al, it
is supposed, will list the whole dui,.

•CnßN,ExcttANag, jUNE B.—There was some fresh arritiili
of Foreiga•Graiti this morning, but so little doiiit, the prwea
of the several kinds of Grain may be Considered nearly tiotui•
nal, at the prices of Montiay, except any few sales Made Nara
on rather I,w-et. terms.

L PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, JUNE 7.

In a Committee of Privilege, witnesses were examined na
the Barnwell Reerfigc•
Petitions azainst the Corn Bill were presented ftoin Abl-
gate. Newbury, and Ware, by Lord Holland ; from Christ
Church, by Lord Erskine; from Bolton, by the Earl of
Bridgewater ; from ,Sr. Leonard, Shorediteh, with 7000 sig-
natures, by Earl Darnley; from Southwark, by Lord Gren-
ville ; from Aylcsford, Jsoneaster, and many other parts of
the kingdom.
The Scotch Ministers' Widows Bill was read •a second think.
A Message from the Commons brousibtup the Excise Duty
and Lottery Bills, which were read a first time.

CORN EXPORTATION BILL.
The Earl of HARD WICKE rose- to. move the se-
cond reading of; the Corn .Exportation Bill. The
cbject of the Bill, he said, was to allow the free
exportation of Corn and Meal without bounty.
'Although in the present state of the price of Corn
in this Country 11 e Bill would have Very httle ef7
feet, its effect on•lreland would be-great and im-
mediate ; for by carrying off the surplus produce,
and thus keeping the market from depression, it
would afford a material protection to the agricul-
turist. He was not aware that this measure could
be objected to, either by those who approved of,
or by those who objected to, the restraints on.ime:
portation, except on account of tbe abolition of
the bounty on exportation. As to this bounty,
which was five shillings per bushel on the.exporta-
tion of wheat when at fOrty-eight shillings the.
quarter or tinder, it. could not be supposed
_dot it
would at any period,
.not very remote, have a prac-
tical effect' as an encouragement to the farmer.
They sho:d.d not, theirefore, refuse an immediate
benefit, because it- ‘v as coupled with asurpoved
evil so remote. His \Lordship thertconcluded by
moving the second reading of the Bill, tliter
ah-
servgg that another House had recently appointed
Committee for the lull • investigation of the
subject of the Corn_ Ita%Ni.s, aad that he thought
their Loadships would nlit miseuiploy their time
in _appointing; a Cominitte for the. same purpose.
(Hear,Thear!)
Lord OnENVILLE rose, and addressed the 'Pulse
at some length. He gave Lis humble support to
the Bill, but not as any_part of that system which
had been proposed and in contemplation upon the
- subject, or with reference to ,the principle of a
particular measure late 4 peiAing, but now hap-
pily postponed, at least for the present Session of
Parliament. ,In the present state of, the subject,

it would not be fit for Parliame.vt to have passed
that Bill into a law, and for this conclusive rea-
son—that the very foundation of it was a scale of
price& and duties,; when in fact. it would' be im-
practicable to fix the scale, without its being ex-
pressed whether the' rates *ere to Int in paper or
in gold ; a consideration which wOuld'be found of •
"very material difference. It was, however, very
difficult, if not impossible, to establish a fixed
scale of prices from the Importation or Exporta-
tion of Corn. That could not be for the interest
of any class of individuals, but most be injurious
to the general interests of the country at large,
sehich tended, in a-considerable degree, to discou-
rage the produce of that which formed the basis
of, its subsistence. The prices could be only re-
-piloted by the demand and the supply'; and if,
measures were, adopted which would make the
supply less, the prices must be augmented of
course., The rational presumption& were against
laws for restraint upon commerce; and a free
trade was, he believed, the principle upon which.
could be placed the serest reliance for a large and
plentiful supply.: The general tendency and effect
of the 130totties was, he thought, only to enable
the poor of sonic foreign countries to procure their
Bread the cheaper, by,means of a tax levied upon
the people of this. A measure proceeding on such
principles must have his decided negative ; and he
trusted it was now impassible, to prootsse such a
BM during the present Session. The Noble Lord
argued some of the above propositions in detail,
and seemed to express his concurrence in the Bill
before their Lordships.
The i ail of LAVDERDALE approved of his
Noble Friend's idea for the appointment of a
Committee of Inquiry. and lie rose, as much as
for any other consideration, to press the Noble
Earl to persevve in his resolution. He hoped .an
early day would, be fixed for going into the in-
quiry. What (trapped from his Noble Friend near
hint (Lortli;.l on the, topic of the currency, he cot.,
dully approvcd„. an 4 that a greater service could
riot be rendered the country, now in the moment
of returning peace, than a thorough investigation,
and some consequent salutary regulations, relative
to that most important' subject. Some of the
principles, howeVer, dowti by his Noble -
Friend, he was from agreeing, to : and upon these
points the Noble Earl entered into' some detailed
discussion.-1-le was of opinito, the high prices of
grain did not proceed from a rise in the rents, but
chiefly from the state of the currenf:y, and the way
in which the financial system of the country had
- been regulated. With his Noble Friend's idea, ,
that the prices most depend upon the demand and
supply, he perfectly agreed ; but his mode of di-.
ntioishing the prices would be to increase the sup-
ply t' as that is by far time most beneficial to the
conununity._ Encouraging the importations would
materially have the effect of discouraging, the de-
mand for home-grown Corn. In the course of
his speech. his Lordship adduced a variety of ar-
guments in sopport of; certain propositions he bad
advanced on a former evening.
The Earl of LTA, ERPOOL said, he should trouble
their Lordships with but -a very few words on the
occasion. Ile would make no observation upon
the Bill lately in its progress through the other
nonse of Parliament, which was considered as
_postponed to another Session. What he should
say he meant to confine simply to the Bill now
before their Lordships. The Bill had his most
entire and cordial approbation ; because he con-
silered 'it as coining back to a general principle :
Ire meant to a ccitain extent of freedom of trade
(h-lear, hear !), which should he always adhered
to, unless some strong and clear grounds of ex-
ception wae made out. There may
.exist many
cases- ; 'and he not only completely agreed as to
some of the e..ct.ptions adverted to by the Noble
Baion opposite, (Lord G.}—nay; with respect
to -sonic,. he went farther. There may be some
' o;es. in which views ofv policy should preponde-
rate ; and the cous'derations referring. to a new
were- very diacrait taxa those systems,

whereon habits were formed and pre, udiets created.
However, the principle of the present Bill, lit•
thought, was completely right, whatever nu-i'y he
detehnined as to the other measure ; though if the
principle of a free import 'wzstrue and just, the
yrinciple of a tree export ought to accompany it.
He saw no reason why the agricultural interests
of the country should not be benefited on the same
principle'with those of any other. They should
be placed on an equal footing, and should not he
borne upon by that which would operate as a dis-
coUragement. The present Bill be considered as
tending to encourage agriculture, and therefore
a most beneficial measure, as increasing the sup-
ply' of the country ; and on these grounds he
would give it his snnport.
Lord GRENVILLE spoke in explanation, chiefly
in reference to what had fallen from, his Noble
Friend near him, and laid it down as a -fixed prin-
ciple with him, that sudden revolutions, in mat-
ters of such importance, were not only impolitic,
but in themselves dangerons.
The 1311 was then read a second time, and or-.
tiered to be committed on Friday.
The Earl of 11.taowict:e 't:ren mentioned his
intention to move for the appointment of a Com-
mittee to inquire into the general
_suhjectbf which
-the Bill formed a part. Ile suggested to-n-1611'0u",
in the first instance ;' but, , after a short explana-
tion, principally with the Earl of Lauderdale, up--
()tithe point, Friday was fixed as the day fur pro-
posing the Motion.
Earl STAxnorg, slightly .adverting to the loss
of the Bill. in the other House of; Parliament, oh-
serred; that- if they wished to protect the poor,
they could not now do it on any, other system
than his owns. •

Several of the Bills. upon the table were then
forwat%led.-,-Adjourned till to-inorrow. ,