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I'AIILLCAIRZNU.

HOUSE OF LOltbS, 'FRIDAY, MARCH 17,
The Earl of Derhy presented Petitions from several-places
in the County of Lancaster against the Corn Bill.—The Duke
of Gloucester presented a similar Petition Irons Hackney.—
Lord Grenville presented a similar Petition from Westmin-
ster, signed by 34,900 persons, and Petition; frees several
other places.—Earl Stanhope from liornsty,

AMERICAN TREATY.
• Earl GREY conceiving the papers relating to the
Negociations at Ghent, which he had allUded to
on a former evening, .to be necessary to the dis-
cussion of the Treaty with America, wished to
ask the Noble Earl opposite, if he had any objec-
tion to allowing a motion for the production of
these papers to take precedence of the motion for
the-Address to be moved fmr by the Noble Earl?
The Earl -of LtvEttruoL. conceived the produc-
tion wished for by no means necessary to the con-
sideration of the Treaty ; but be bad no objection
to the postponement of the !notion fur an Address
rill after the recess,

The Marquis of WEI,LESLiCY thought the Papers
absolutely necessary to the forming. a• correct
judgment of .the Treaty; and be wished. the
cussion on this subject to take place on the earli-
est day. He was anx'ous to state his opinion on
this question, and Wednesday next u ould suit
him as well as any day.
After some further conversation between Lord
Liverpool, Lord Grenville, and the Marquis of
Wellesley, it was finally agreed on that the Eno-
tion of Earl Grey for the production of the Papers
should come on on Wednc.sday next, and the mo-
tion for an Address the earliest day after the

recess.

LONDON.PETITION AGAINST THE CORN BILL.
Lord GRENVILLE pursuant to his notice rose,
to move that the prayer of this Petition be taken
into consideration. In the course of a speech of
great length upon the subject, the Noble Lord
expatiated on the numerous, complicated and im-
portant interests connected e.ith the prayer of the
Petition. After the document. was read on the
motion of bis Lordship, he observed, that in the.
interval since he bad originally brought forward
the Petition, he -had endeavoured to ascertain, as.
well as he could, whether there were any general
rules of the House that could be objected against
the general convenience and propriety of hearing
the Petitioners, as prayed for by their Counsel
and evidence. And as far as he could discover,
there were neither any rules, nor any established
practice of proceeding, that militated against a
compliance with the prayer of the Petition. For
his own part, he recollected numerous cases where
counsel and evidence were heard, in matters of
great and serious consideration like the present,
to the interests of all classes of the community.
Here mischief could not be entailed on the mass
of the population, without its being entailed in a
peculiar degree on the City of Laudon. It was
seriously incumbent on the House to hear what the
Petitioners had to allege, before they inflicted so
great and pressiug evil upon them, and upon the ex-
tent to which they were likely to be affected. Much
information had been obtained from past discus-
sions, and much more important information was
likely to be obtained from the communications of
those whose local and immediate interests were di-
rectly implicated. There was no ground of necessity
established from the.introduction of the measure,
whatever may have been urged on the score of.ex-.
pediency. The price of 80s.had been taken at an
averageable guess. A certain number of people
were desired to give an opinion, and an average
was taken upon their Opinions. .As little could
the principle of the prices of the growth of Corn
be applicable as a rule, as even no two fields on
the same farm could produce Corn at the same
rate. They had seen from their own evidence
how much the rates of labour depended on the
prices of. Corn : and they were aware of the se-
rious question that had been raised, as to what
would be the assize price of bread in London un-
der a standard price of 80s. And, on this point,
it was necessary to hear what the City of London
could establish. Among the great points which
they would have to consider in the proposed ex-
amination were—whether the prices of bread
could he raised without, at the same time, raising
the prices of labour ? Whether the prices of la-
bour could be augmented without, at the -same
time, augmenting the prices of all the products of
that labour ? and, thirdly, whether such an aug-
mentation could take place without seriously af-
fecting the export trade of the metropolis ? Iu
every view that could be taken of the subject, the
proposed examination was necessary, and called
for by the peculiar circumstances of the case.—
Neither the Petitioners nor himself had a wish to
interpose any unfair or unreasonable delay to the
progress of. the discussions, they were prepared
and in readiness to come forward in support of
their allegations.. He trusted their Lordships
would condescend to comply with the prayer of
their Petition, and the more especially as the de-
clared opinion of the country was with them.—
His Lordship concluded by moving--
"That this House do comply with the prayer of the Peti-
tion of the City of London, and that the Petitioners lie heard
by their Counsel and Evidence, in support of their zalcga-
Lions at the Bar of the House."

On the question—
The Lou) CHANCELLOR quitted the Woolsack,
and observed, that' from every view which he felt
it his duty to take of the subject, it was certainly
a most important one : either as it respected in-
dividuals or the country, and the interests of all
those, who, living under the protection of its
equ.,l laws; could come to that bar, and claim au
equal degree of attention from their Lordship's
House. And he would tell their Lordships in the
face of the cotmtry, that it was one of the duties
they bad to discharge, to give a respectful, atten-
tive and deliberate consideration to the petitions
of all his IVlajesty's.Subjects ; but on these their
Lordships were exclusively to decide upon their
own judgments, upon their own responsibility.
But God forbid that the moment should ever ar-
rive when the Parliament of this country should
aet upon any other than their own sense and their
own judgment—that moment he would not wish
to savive'.—The measure to which the Petition
referred was -one calculated for the benefit of .the
general interest of his Majesty's subjects. If it
were not so, it ought not so pass. It was cer-
tainly fir the benefit of agriculture, and in that
sense for the benefit of every one in the cum-