The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-11 00:00:00

CORN LAWS

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L',rd GRENvILLE- presented a Petition from
tif?,:co‘v kir respecting the Corn L tws, praying
the import price inigLt lir reduced front

1.;:q1 Of LAUDEZDAT.P. objected to the Yeti-
receive,l, urging that it was a Petition
k: ii .sr the Corti Bit!, i% Bich. xva not before the
-e, arid` theret4lre, according to their. Lord-
,sraf;lkiwii forms it Hot he received.

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' .I.:OI;IL.ORFNvILLE contended that it was a Peti•
.I,to of tendency to .t hose a great number
beet' laid upon the: table, it
siii!"cifically a Petition' against the Coin
'it'!" the other 1-louse.
, •furtlier .conversation bettveen the
:At NcEr.Lotl, Lora GuENviLLE, the Earl.
07 cilia fit"; to the specific object of
10. it ion, Giu I.LE agreed to withdraw
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I.otf. (7:AI • VILLE then presented a Petition

;toy alteration in the Corn Laws from the
Paris'Aes of St. James and John, Cli4ken-
v, di-(.:it:lied-by 9 ,(100 persons); and Petitions to the
tfi,:ct trout tile Incorporation of Weavers at
!asgow r LI :,ther places ; Earl STANHOPE Peti-
tio,l, to the ...ainc`etrect 'from St. Anne, Lime-
Louse; in Yorkshire, and oziter places ;
1.:,11, together with similar Petttions pt•esented
t.h:• EIJI of SnAFTEsButtY, and. the Earl of
ki*re ordered tit lie on the table.
1:arl-of CA:iLISLE made"some o)servations
t!,e (urn Bill in ailow tone of ‘-oice,'which,
t,s (ti as we et;u!d understand, ins Lordship de-
as an ill digested measure, rich was
li;,ely to :carr'y confusion ..ottgli the coUntry.
.t I also iiiade some obserrati:;as on

( eila (JUL the

Ti)e 1:11-[ Livt:"RpOot. said, that the prepara-
t:•ons iriade to preserve the peace of the metro-,
.had iwco for the general welfare, it being
important that the Legislature should
~,,t - he: Overakved by a 'riotous mob. Ile was at
time of opinion, that they should not
pt (weed at all wore rapidly on that account that
1L1...), should, in short, regulate their conduct in
fie same way as if no such fiotons proceeiings
existed. With regard to the military; he assured
the house that' they had not beet' called out ex-
ceiq whyre ab,olntely necessary. As to the Corn
if lie were sat!sfied that it would benefit one
las, of the community to the prejudice of an-
he would be ainoinzst the first to oppose. it,
and it tit,,Te Were any contlict.' of interests between
ne rieh and the poor, undoubtedly the preference
oilglit to be given to the latter. Still, however,
li, Was convinced that some' measure of this na-
t.,re. tinder pr. perregillations, was necessary to
true imert-sts of the consumer.

1')/$.‘ E:,rl c•t.- CARLIsi.r in explmint;on, disclaimed
tney intention Of throwing an implitation upol the
ow he tOott;tit. It uisite (ag we
nruterNtuod) that something should he known as
to the ;onot.nt to Which this measure would raise
the price alt ttheat. •
The Lail (it LAVDERDALE denied that, the sup-
porters of the measure- were called upon to state
towloit amount it would raise the price of. wheat,
a. the elfect of it niti,!..t be ultimately to lower the
prier, and there ‘vould be-no difficulty whatever
in prhving !hat it would be essentially for the ad-
VtiliAge of The consumer.

M")TION FOR ER INQUIRY RFSPECTING TIDE
CORN LAII S.

Earl GRf:v, adverting to the Corn 23 11. which
would probably shortly he before the House,
ohsetvei that it was, ;t ,subject of peculiar deli-
cacy and difficulty, "acid -he thought their Lord-
s!tips were not possession of sufficient infortna-
tion to-legislate tipoicitr-witli- disc consideration,
Ile therefore gave notice of a motion for further
i:ltriry on this subject for 111unday, for which
tic Lords were ordered to ht....so:mooned.
Earl :3TANHOPE gave notice of a 'notion for
Ti:ursday, for the renewal (with some technical
alterations) of his IteSolittion *of last Session,
with tlit,yiew of reconciling the littcreiits of the
Cirtaer the consumer, for which day the •L'ords
were oruered to be stuninoned.