The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5. 1840.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 4.
ROYAL ASSENT,
Mr. Speaker reported the floral Asteht to Tithe
Commutation Acts Amendment Bill, Thames Ttinnel
Bill, Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and
Tamworth Approach Bill, Northern and Eastern Rail-
way Bill, Glasgow, Pai
Kilmar-nock, and Ayr Rainway Big, Dartford Navigation Bill, Birmingham Canal
Navierations Bill, Birmingham and Warwick Junction
(Bordcsley) Canal Bill, Portsmouth Floating Bridge
13111, Exeter Waterworks Bill. Faversham Fishery Bill,
Gravesend Improvement Bill, 'York Improvement Bill,
Wear River Watch Bill, TuLstall Market Bill, Green-
hill and Eckiugton Road Bill, Maiden Newton Roads
Bill, Roxburgh and Selkirk Roads Bill, Elginshire
Roads Bill, Forrest's Estate Bill, Great Milton Inclo-
sure Bill, Dronfield Enclosure Bill, Llangerniew Inclo-
sure Bill, Martinez' Naturalization Bill, Cesarint's Na-
turalization Bill, Liehert's Naturalization Bill.
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancel-
lor, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Earl of Shaftesbury.
The LORD CHANCELLOR resumed his seat at Five
o'Clock.
The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from
a place in Sussex against any grant to the College of
Maynooth ; also a number of petitions from places in
Sussex and Essex in favour of Church Extension. He
had also a petition on a subject of some importance,
which he believed had never been brought under their
Lordships' notice before. It was from 1,080 Master Ba-
kers of London praying to put an end to Sunday ba-
king by some legislative enactment. The Right
Reverend Prelate then presented petitions to the
same effect from the congregation of Surrey Chapel,
Blackfriare-road, from the parish of St. James, West-
minster, from the parish of St. Marylebone,
from the congregation of Southwark Chapel,
from the parish of St. Pancras, from the
parish of St. Anne's, Soho, and from the journeymen
bakers of the metropolis, signed by 3,206 persons.
The Earl of CAMPERDOWN presented a petition
from Bath against the present Corn-laws.
The Bishop of ROCHESTER presented a petition
from Southwark, against a repeal of the Corn-laws ;
also a petition from Southampton, and a petition from
Chester, against the opium trade and a war with China.
ROMAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE OF ST.
SULPICE—(LOWER CANADA).
The Bishop of EXETER begged leave to ask the
Noble Viscount (Melbourne), the question of which he
had given notice with respect to the Roman Catholic
College of St. Sulpice, in Lower Canada. He wished
to know what the Special Council had done with re-
spect to the incorporation of that College, of which
notice had been given in the Extraordinary Gazette.
Lord MELBOURNE said that the Government
had received no account of any ordinance on the subject.
The Bishop of EXETER wished to know whether
her Majesty's Ministers had received from the Go-
vernor-General any report of his having carried
into effect, or of his having relinquished his intention of
acting on the project which had been announced by him
in his despatch of the 13th March.
Lord MELBOURNE said that the Government had
received no communication on the subject.
The Bishop of EXETER wished to ask, thirdly,
if the Noble Viscount would have any objection to lay
before the House the instructions given to the Gover-
nor-General, and which he had referred to in his de-
spatch of March 13.
Lord MELBOURNE said that no instructions had
been given to the Governor-General on the subject.
The despatch transmitted to bins merely contained the
opinion of the Law-officers of the Crown with respect
to the legality of the proceeding. No despatch had
since been received on the subject.
The Bishop of EXETER said that if the Go-
vernor-General had received no instructions, though
he himself had alluded to them in his despatch, that of
course settled the question.
CORN-LAWS.
Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from
Long Sutton against Church-rates. Also three peti-
tions from Edinburgh, praying for a repeal of the Corn-
laws.
The Duke of RICHMOND would take that oppor-
tunity of asking his Noble Friend what the terms of
the motion were which he intended to propose. It, in
his opinion, would be convenient if their Lordships were
put in possession of the proposition which they were to
be called upon to negative.—(A laugh.)
Earl FITZWILLIAM said, as his Noble Friend
had made a speech, it would not be out of order
in him to do so vlso.—(Hear, hear.) His Noble
Friend wanted to know the terms of the proposi-
than which they were to be called upon
to negative. Now he presumed a little too much upon
his knowledge of what their Lordships' intention might
be. Their Lordships would have an opportunity of
considering the matter, and there was no occasion for
them to hasten immediately to negative the proposition.
He (Earl F.) hoped that their Lordships would con-
sider the question with all the deliberation due to
one which regulated, not only the importation of
corn, but also the exportation of the produce of
this country, and thereby affected the happiness and
welfare of the great mass of the people. Their Lord-
ships must be aware that it was perfectly impossible for
this country to export the produce of its industry unless
at the same time it imported the produce of the in-
dustry of other countries. Having so far answered his
Noble Friend, he had to state to their Lordships, for
their due and deliberate consideration, " that it is expe-
dient to re-consider the laws which regulate the importa-
tion of foreign corn." The Noble Earl then presented
petitions, praying for the total and immediate repeal of
the Corn-laws, from Southampton, Falkirk, Ormskirk,
Tedmorden, Pontefract, and other places.
The Duke of RICHMOND would take that oppor-
tunity of replying to his Noble Friend, and he could
assure him that the more deliberation the Corn-laws
received in that House, the more he would be satisfied,
for he only wanted that the public should know the
real truths of the case. Their Lordships were aware
that persons were sent about the country to tell
those things which were not true, and were
trying to raise an ill feeling between the labourers, their
employers, and landlords. Of course he did not mean
to accuse his Noble Friend of being a party to the
sending abroad of those emissaries, He had merely
thought it necessary to know the terms of the motion
to be proposed by his Noble Friend ; and lie considered
it would be negatived as a matter of course, because he
knew his Noble Friend would bring forward no motion
inconsistent with the many pamphlets he had published
on the subject. He hoped that his Noble Friend
would not only bring forward his motion, but would
give the House by a vote an opportunity of seeing how
many of their Lordships were hostile, as be called it, to
the interests of the country.
The Earl of FALMOUTH was anxious that the
discussion of the subject should take place, because the
truth would then be brought to light.
Earl FITZWILLIAM quite agreed with the Noble
Earl, that the more the subject was discussed and consi-
dered the better, and, therefore, he did not think that
the Noble Duke (Richmond) had any right to find
fault with those persons who were going about the
country. He thought that both lecturers and anti-lec-
turers were useful in order that the thinking part of the
population might be brought to consider the subject.
lie believed it was a subject which a great number of
persons had very little studied, and he was bound to
express his belief that even amongst_ the highest
ranks, not even excepting members of their
Lordships House, the subject had been very
little considered. These were the grounds which
induced him to bring forward certain points connected
with the subject incidentally. The Noble Earl then
presented petitions from Kettering and Wellingborough
against Church Extension ; and a petition from the fe-
males employed in Rawling's silk manufactory praying
for a repeal of the Corn-laws.
The Marquis of SALISBURY did not think it very
desirable that the question should be discussed on the
presentation of petitions, and without due notice.
The Duke of RICHMOND bad never objected to
lecturers going about the country, but what he objected
to was their stating what was perfectly untrue, in order
to excite the labourers against their employers. He
did not think it came very well from the manufac
turers, who themselves employed large bodies of arti-
sans and workmen, to be infiamiinnsgt
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The Earl of FA LMOUTI- would
rnthstethe Noble
Earl that the organ of the Ati
-Co t
he- awl- pa
i-rty, a very
mischievous publication, called ntCorn-Law
Circular, had termed the landlords blood-suckers, rob-
hers of the:poor, and enemies of the poor.
Earl FITZWILLIAM had seen the paper in
question,
who took in a newspaper was
but any body
not to be held responsible for its language ; indeed there
reprehensible. He thought it was a very indecent mode
was hardly any newspaper that did not contain something
of describing a most respectable class, who were cer-
tainly equally respectable with the fund owners, the
mill-owners, or any other owners.
The Earl of FALMOUTH said that the Noble
Earl would find that these words had been made use
of in the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and
he was rather surprised to find so respectable a body of
merchants sanctioning the use of such terms.
The Earl of WARWICK said that if the Noble
Lord looked at the Anti-Corn-law Circular he would
find that he was recognised as their leader in the House
of Lords, and that all the petitions were recantnended
to be sent to him for Presentation.
Earl FITZWILLIAM said he did not think the
Chamber of Commerce was responsible for the opinions
of every individual of the body.
NON-INTRUSION.
The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice that he
should postpone the second reading of his 8,11, for the
regulation of Ecclesiastical Affairs in Scotland, until
Tuesday, the 16th instant.
The Bishop of EXETER created their Lord-
ships some amusement by a running commentary on
this notice, which he commenced in a loud voice at the
bench of Bishops, and terminated in a whisper in the
ear of the Earl of Aberdeen, on the opposition benches.
The Right Rev. l'relato said he had gi,.en notice of