The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-26 00:00:00

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LONDON :
WEDNLSDAY, MAY 26, 1841.

Their Lz)rdships wero informed last night that the
adjournment for' Whitsuuti is to be from Friday to
the following Thursday., As the Duke of WELLINGTON
asked the question, we are inclined to infer that his
Grace is disposed to follow the example set by Sir
ROBERT PEEL, and move some vote against the Ministers.

Again their Lordships were haunted by the Corn-laws.
The Earl of Ranson referred to the Earl of RIPON'S
quotations, some nights ago, of the amount of exports,
and delicately hinted that the Noble Earl had insinuated,
by keeping back the last amount of declared value,
the thing that is not. The Earl of Iturcon
showed that while the official value of exports had
risen from 56 to 102 millions in the last twelve years,
tite declared value had only increased from 35 to 51
millions, showing that while the manufacturer had had
to contend against a high price of corn, his own produce
had he',:sxtcontinually falling in price. The Noble Lord
alsO showe,l many examples that no densely peopled
country -had p:ovided for its own population, and that an
exporting country' was always a poor country, and that
our country had made!he most rapid advance since it had
become an importing country. The Noble Lord also
proved, with great clearness, t.'at it was injurious to the
country, injurious to agriculture itself, to depend
wholly on our own produce, which, bad seasons,
slid not suffice to feed the people, and in good
Sft suns could not .be disposed of. In conclusien,
he referred to a misquotation which Lord ASUBCRTON
had made on a previous evening from ADAM SMITH, and
was rebuked by Lord WHARNCLIFFE for violating their
Lordships' order by referring to previous debates.
• The Earl of RIPON did not successfully defend himself,
awl, to conceal his plight, raised a cloud of duSt about re-
uiissio,A of taxes, the currency, improvements of machi-
nery, &c., (cc., which he implored their Lordships to
consider before they said anything about doing justice to
the people. Be complained, too, that he had been held
up as introducing a law to fix the price of corn at 80s.,
but that was the neraimum, not the minimum price, and
rite fact was, that the it".srage of six years after passing this
law, was 695. lid. He said that in the management of his
property he had always. proc&lded on the .assumption
that the price could not reach 80s. He expected, how-
ever, that it wotfld rise considerably from the effect of
lase paw ; but he and other Noble Lords would have us
tstlieve that those expectations had no influence whatever
on their conduct. Would they, did they ever, pass a law
- to lowee the price of sybeat, ?
Lord A milBuRT" &ailed that the distress in the
• manufacturing districts was caused by the Corr.-
laws destroying the markets of the manufacturers,
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Who do not manu,Scture solely exclusively for
the landowners of Engil;od, though the la7v would con-
fine them to that. The Noble Lord qts-sted Mr.
FIELDEN'S speech, which we quoted on Monday, to Zitow
,that all the distress in the manufacturing districts was
Mused by the extended use of machinery. According to
Lord A SHRURTON, to abridge human toil to provide
cheaply for the wants of man, is to cause distress. Poor
Lord AsnnulTos4to find him turned a Luddite in his
old age is a pitiable spectacle. Knowing the foul
source of the change, we can only weep over the polluting
and degrading effects of avarice.
. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE deprecated expressing
Opinions on the subject. He, however, described the
slidiog scale as a delusion, and advocated a fixed duty.
He obt,,erved that those countries which depended on
other countries never suffered from scarcity. The Noble
Marquis referred to the lean cattle of France, which
Lord ASHBORTON had quoted the evening before, and ob-
served that they were objects of protection.
- The Duke of WELLINGTON was for avoiding all irri-
tating topics, but was favourable to the present law.
Prices under it had been more steady in England than
in other countries. He attributed the lowness of prices
to the extended use of machinery, and expressed an
opinion that the lower classes of manufacturers were in
a state of distress. But, looking at the exports, he was
.of opinion . that the manufacturers were not in such a
state of distress as they represented. He recommended,
however, a general discussion on the Corn-laws.
Earl EITZWILLIAM was rejoiced at the recommenda-
tion of the Noble Duke. Fat oxen were prohibited to
be imported into France, which explained why the
French were so badly off for cattle. The prices quoted
by the Noble Duke were medium prices—not the high-
est and lowest—and therefore gave no such information
as that the Duke had drawn from them.
After the presentation of petitions, the Peers ad-
journed, at Half-past Eight, till Thursday.
Mr. T. DUNco3LLE having, presented a number of pe-
titions for the release of political offenders, one of which
was signed by 1,300p0 of the industrious classes, went
on to call the attention of the House to the petitions.
be knew that it was a delicate subject, but there were
and cases when it was necessary to advise the
'Cro*:n in the exercise of its prerogative. He referred
to eves in which the prerogative had been exer-
• ciseeto release political offenders, and said the
persona at present confined were worthy of the favour.
His motion was confined to the home prisoners, exclud-
ing Mr. Frost and his companions. The petitioners par-
ticularly alluded to Atte case of Captain DUFF. Mr.
DUNCOMBE, oft the part of that
gentleman, stated that
he was found guilty because he did not choose to excul-
pate himself at the expense of another person, and that

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