The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-25 00:00:00

CORN LAWS.

Sir J. Suaw moved for a return of the average
prices of Wheat, Flour, and the Quarters Loaf
within the Bills of Mortality from the years 1804
to 1813 both inclusive.
The CH ANCit LI. 'the Ey:cu eQ:c Ett proposed
to extend the return-to a greater number of year.
it coilld he nia,je later, it would be desirable,
for the purpose of comparing the effect of the Act
of 1801 on the Price of Bread isl L'iudon ; and
propo.ed to carry it hack to 1791..;
•SHAv.- his chief object Was to 5,11C•17.,
that bytlFe meastne which was passed last.nigh.t,
now that peace estabiished, and the pui-,;ic
bad alight to exp,:ct to'cat their bread cteaper,
the inhabitants of London, one-tenth of the po-
Tulation of Engtind, would be paying dearer for
their hread than fityv had done in ten years-of
Wltr. of ;he iyartht!ns on agriculture were
about to cease in the extinetion of the prupe;ty
Tax ; nhouy,.Lintber, anti iron were cheaper, and
vet the liouse wcre :ibont to riss such a Birk riS
i;
..ent.e:nan might hav,.:
o•tiin 01.-jccfs in his extew,ion of the return i• this
was tiff:L(l:lk object for which be moved. Tne
return 'vas then on!ered.

t';ts.

riC -(.:HANcELLoR of th' ENCIIEQUZR moved
the Orjer of ;he lifLy fora Connuit4ee of the ‘vhoi.e
ou the 00111
Ordered.44h4t the Petjtion presented to the
Manse .dav be refereed to thnt Cormnittee.

said,
.that thefotbject having

been gone it\to very mini! at 1t...11v%,
tn, means exhausted, he should not trouble them
that evening, but should fl-t 1 it his'duty, wilco
the lieport should he brought up, to take the
sense of the House on the reduced price which he
ha i prOposed.
SnIFNEE Stiid, lie should hold himself' in
readiness to siipport the amendtue,ut.
The House then %yea into the Comtnittee, and
passed several Resolutions. Upon the question
as to the mode in which the avera&e should be
taken,

Nlr. Alderman ATKINS said,•that it should be
ascertained only on wheat fit forliour. It was
now taken on flour. He.thought the House should
have the return of prices on which the average
was, taken. The weight and price should be
stated.

• Mr. ROBINSON 'said that the Committee had al-
ready voted that the average should be taken in
such manner as by law now required ; and if the
Conimittee were to adopt the Hitt. Alderman's
suggestion,. a ..subsequent ;resolution would -cOn-
tradict a preceding. If he thought'proper to-per-
sist in his proposition,- he had better make it to
the House upon the 'Report of the first Resoht-
tiOn : but it might not he amiss to observe, that
.the proposition would have the effect of keepin
up rather than it lo‘vering the itsual average.. If
the average were • taken •by the best ,vheat, it
would always keep the average at the•hi;;herpricc.
Ordered,,that the Report of the Committee be
received on Monday.'
Lord- A. HANULTON ohjectett'to this, as his illo-
tioo on the Bank Restriction -Bill was fixed for•
that day:.

The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHIMUER proposed
t 0..; adjourn • that to Tuesday, to which day he
would agree also to postpone the very important
linsine...' of finance, sO that the subject of the
Corn i.aws might meet With no delay.
• Ill'.•Tl:r:Nr,:y did not. sec. how thit subject
,pressed, whereas his Noble Friend's motion must
come on before the Bank Restriction Bill trent
to another, St:age, and the Act expired 2301
.March. The nit tion'had already been postponed
from Thursday, last.
Sir .IditxNitwronT urged the importance of the
subject of Corn,: and that:it should not be post--
poned froni•(l,ly. to day, during' which the publie.
mind might be inflamed on a topic of all others
the inost,filiely for misrepresentation to produce a
bad effect. There wood be full-time for delibera-
tion -till Monday; tor though many Might say
Sunday ought to be otherwke occupied, yet few
peopte occupied th At day so entirely- with religion
as:to exclude all temporal thoughts. ,
After some further conversation,' it was at last
fixed; that :the: Report on the Corn Laws shotdd
be brought- upon Monday; that Sir Samuel RO-
milly's motion on the• Militia should stand for
Tuesday : that Mr. Whitbread's, mo!ion on- the •
Subject of Sir Jatnes. Duff .and,-General ••Smith
should stand for Wednesday, and that `Lord A.
Hamilton's motion should have the preference of
all notices on Thursday, and that the Bank Re-
striction Act should-gc into' no further stage in
the mean time.

Sir It; IlEuot,i moved .for leave to bring hi a
Bill to improve the situation .of the pow. by
amending: a fAru►er act, the object of which w•e
could frA catch. Leave was granted,: and the
Bill w.is brought i►t and read a first tinie. Or-
dered t he read a second finie. on Tuesday.
Mr.. W. KEENE presented a Petition from Lud-
low, against the Property Tax.—Adjourned tä
:Monday. •

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c Night.

A meeting of the Shoemakers of Stafford has
beets held, on the subject of precluding front the
exercise of that trade, all those Who have not
served a regular apprenticeship. The expediemcy
of this measure has been determined upon on ac-
count of the great number of men, recently dis-
charged from the army", • who are learning and
practising the art. Some of the manufacturers
have refused to countenance the Meeting, while
others have encouraged it.
On Monday morning, between two and three
o'clock, Mr. Jos. Uilett, miller, of Wilsthorpe,
was 'alarmed by a noise in his house, and, on
s.carching into the catuie,-*-to plntim]
his,servants up at breakfast at that early hour.--
On.learning how the case was, Mrs. Ullett ques-
tioned her females as to the way in which they
had got the.tea, .sugar, &c. with which they bad
been regaling themselves, and receiving only
unsatisfactory answers, sent her servants again
to bed. It seems, however, that the two
instead of going girls,
to their bed, went out of the
house ; and some short time afterwards one of
them Was found drowned in a small rivulet
.flaw the honk, and the other girl was standing
beside her, dropping with wet, and weeping bit-
terly. The two had left the house with the de-
termination of drowning themselves ;. hut the
survivor had either found more difficulty in the
task, or less courage in the execution of it, than
her unfortunate companion.
On Wednesday last the following singular oc-
currence took place at Turkey Mill hare was
Observed by several persons crossing the mill-
ponds supposed to have been agitated by some
boys near at hand;—whilst the little inoffensive
animal was swinnning, i_t was assailed with great
fury by a swan, then it: the pond, and compelled'.
to retreat by the same route wherein it catered.
(Maidstone Journal.)