The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-12 00:00:00

FORGERIES BY A CLERK IN IRELAND.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rose to draw the atten-
tion of their Lord,hips to the conduct of a clerk to a certain
firm in Ireland, who had committed some very extensive for-
geries, yet who had been liberated withoui being brought
to trial for such a procee3it g.
PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE _ _

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A NOBLE LORD presented several petitions from Salop and
other places praying that their Lordships would give protec-
tion to Briti.h agriculture.—( Hear, hear, )
TENANT RIGHT.

The Duke of RiCHMOND gave notice that he would, in
the Committee on the Corn Bill, move fur the insertion
of a clause for the purpose of allowing all tenants to vacate
their leases and to receive compensation for their exhausted
crops. A Noble Lord said that he never had subscribed to the
Cheshire Agricultural Protection Society, but he had the
minutes of the Cheshire Protection Society before him, in
which he found Lord Delamere's name down as having sub-
scribed 25/., and as being an annual subscriber of two guineas.
CORN DIPORTATIOI4 BILL—ADJOURNED
DEhATE.
The Marquis of EXETER then opened the adjourned
debate on the Corn Imrortation Bill, but in so low a tone
atnodfont arR the
n presententsha idiro born
tiio
as to be almost wholly inaudible in the reporter's gallery. He
was understood to implore their Llrdships not lightly to
abandon
litoa
adduced agriculture, and
~anodf asked what,
we'ihna,dt
so
reading of this lull.—(" Hear." from the Duke of Ili:Almond.)
The Noble Lord then referred to the years 1792, 1793, and
1794, when, he stated, the price of wheat was 505.. with a
protective duty of 245., but owing to the extremely low
tone in which he spoke, the tendency of his remarks
were, as we have said, inaudable in the gallery.
The Noble Lord then went into a statistical statement, for the
purpose of showing that the free.trade principle, ar developed in
the late tariff, had not worked so favourably as to justify
the deductions which had been made by the Minister—
that an entire free trade in corn would be beneficial to
the country ; on the contrary. he could show that it
would have a frost disastrous effect, by throwing land out of
egitivatiOn, Which would sot reingnefate the Wiper fur 44 14-

Lour, in consequence of low rate at which corn would be sold.
When the price of con' fell, rents were always found to decline
in proportion ; and thus the landowner and the tenant
would be ritu. ually injured, whilp the country would
lose the benefit of having a revenue which sh,uld
be m•Antained in some sort, and the only way it could be
maintained ou'd be by 'tiyiai2 some heavy tax upon property,
which it u ou,d not be able to pai, urAcr the old system,
agriculture had flourished and the country pro,pered, and he '
did not see what real in they could week to change it, and,
believing that the measure ;vould be hurtful to the country and
injurious to her interests, he would give it his most deeided
opposition.
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Several Noble Lords rose at the conclusion of the Noble
Marquis's speech to address their Lordships, but these lxis.g
loud cries for Earl Delawarr,

Earl DELAWARR accordingly proceeded to address their
Lordships, and said that he rose to perform a paint's' duty
in reference to this question. From the first moment
that these measures were announced to the public, and at the
commencement of the present year, he felt that he should be
called upon, as an humble indivilual, to sty aye or no to +hese
measures in his place in Parliament, and he foresaw that he
should be placed in painful and difficult circumstance. On
the one hat d, the question of revering himself from strong
political attachments presented itself ; and on the other hand,
stern requirements of duty and conscience. He felt that a ques-
tion of t his magnitude and importance, involving fearful changes
according to his opinion, required that he should give, when
called upon to express his opinion on the subject, a solemn and
serious consideration. He had laboured hard and long with
those who had brought forward this measure, and he felt that
it was an honour to be associated with such a name; but he
also felt that great as that honour might be considered, it was
of far inferior importance with the duty of acting according
to his conscience in reference to this Bill. -.( Hear, hear. )
The Noble Lord, who seemed much affected, proceeded to say
that at that protracted period of the debate he would riot enter
into the details of the process which brought him to the con-
cusion to which he had ultimately arrived, suffice it to say, that
with ad the attention he could command, he devoted to the
consideration of the subject, but all the arguments
advanced failed to convince him the there was ought
in the extger.cies of the present time to call for the adoption of
such a measure, or that any irr.s.stible circumstances hail
suddenly come upon us—he would not say to change the cur-
rent of their legislation, for they were told that it was but bil-
lowing in the course of their past legislation, but he held
that nothing had occurred to induce them to draw up the
flood-gates which stemmed its too suntlen impatuosity.
He would not impute any improper motives to the Right Hon.
Baronet (Sir R. Peel), and the Noble Duke (the Duke of
Wellington), or to the other Members of the Government, or
the course they had adopted, had been taken, as on former oc-
casions, becathe they considered it would benefit tne country.
He thought they were mistaken, lint that never-
theles they had carried it out with a single-
ness and sincerity of purpose.—(Hear. hear.) It had been
raid " what was the use of resisting the measure, what would
they obtain by their opposition, public opinion was in its
favour, and if it was not carried this session it would be carried
the next ?" He begged to deny that the public were in favour
of it—( Hear, hear)—if it was well known that a gt: eat number
of Noble Lords in that House and Members of
the other House of Parliament who had supported
it stated that they very much disliked the Bill,
in its present shape, and that a very large number in both
Houses disliked the principle of the Biil altogether; and there-
fore it was riot lair to suppose that the public were in favour
of it, and he believed if their opinion were asked it would be
found tint to be in favour of it. —( Hesr, hear.) He doubted
much whether it would be found that the well disposed
portion of the cern triunity were in favour of any
change in the present state of things-- ( Hear, hear. )
There was one important fact in connaxion with this measure.
that they were not allowed lair play in the expression of their
feelings. It was pushed forward as a party measure. It
Noble Lords did their duty and fearlessly. honestly and manfully
looked at the measure as it was proposed to then), they might
yet escape from the difficultfes by which they were surrounded.
He had endeavoured thus to discharge a painful duty, and to
declare that he could not assist in passing a Bill that would
be so detrimental to the landed interest.

The shop of ST. DAVIDS wishs.tt to be allowed to say a
few words on the measure before their Lord-hi -v, ant. he could
assure them it was not because he intended to en'er into a
discussion of the general merits of this great ques,ion, which
had been already so well done by ether Noble Lords, but
to state the gronnds why he thought it necessary
t add,ess the House. He mu t say that the subject was so
ali . n to his u•u.,l pursuits, that he did not put himself up as an
authoray of the slightest weight, or c .uld t.avauce any new
facts and arguments to those which had been already stated.
It wag from a different motive that he broke silence and claimed
their attendance.

(LEFT SPEARING.)

HOth.4E COMMONS.

The SPKAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
NEWCA STLE- UPON- TYN E IMPROVEMENT BILL.
This Bill wasread a third time and passed.
REPORTS.
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The following reports were brong!it up anal agreed to, and
the Bills ordered to be engrossed :—Ardnosan Municipal,
Police and Improvement—Enfield and Edmonton Railway—
Haleswcrth and Norwich Railway—lpswich and Bury St.
Edmund's Railway (Norwich Extension) - Ipswich, Norwich,
and Yarmouth Railway— Loa estoft and Beccles Railway and
Drainage—Norfolk Railway Extension ( Siownvirket,Wymond-
ham, and Attleborough Branch)—North Wales Mineral Rail.
way— Waveney Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway—West
London Railway Improvement and Extension.
EDINBURGH PAVING BILL.
Mr. GREENE moved that the Edinbuigh Paving Bill,
which stood for the third reading on Wednesday, the loth, be
read a third time on 111unday, the.lsib day of. this ,Mstani
Juhe ; ar..t* that staNdir:g firer. No. MI,- as tar as relates ,to
certain amendments on schedules t Et) and (E), rendered ne-
dessat y by alterations of the numbtirs of the sections, 'be then
made.— 1 he motion was agreed to.
• • AIIDLAND RAILWAY.
Mr. GREENE moved that it be an instruction to the Com-
mittee on. Grinip No. 31, to eidel lain all petitions a,_;ainst the
Alidland Railway (Birmingham and Gh heester Blanches)
Bill, which have been pre,t nted to the House on or • before
Ftinay, the sth day of this instant June..
Ihe motion was agreed to. . .
P.OitISAIDU I H HARBOUR PIER, BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
Sin GEORGE DUNRAR'S ESTATE .'BILL

This 13;11 wai read a third time and passed.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY ACTS
AMENDMENT BILL.
This Bill was also read a thirst time and passed.
LIVERPOOL SANATARY REGULATIONS BILL.
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS moved the third reading of
this Bill, which was agreed to arid pa!sed.
GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND . MONKLAND JUNC-
TION RAILWAY BILL

This Bill was read a third time and passed:-
LEITH PAVING .BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and pas-rd.
SOUTHPORT 11.41PRVEAlh.NT BILL.
The Lords' ameunmtnts on this Bi.l were considered and
agreed to.

. YORK IMPROVEMENT. RILL . .
On the motion of Mr. B. DENISON, this 1111 was re,..d a
third time.

Up to five o'clock the time of the House was occupied in the
reception of petilions on private affairs.

URIC:A.I lON IN WALES.
Mr. WILLIAMS resulted a petition from a place in Rad-
norshire, praying the House to take into consideration the state
of education in Wales.

RAILWAYS.

Capt. POLHILL gave notice ihti on Friday next, he should

move for the appointment of a Select CommAtee to inquire into
and report upon certain railway Bills now before Parliament.

TOBACCO DUTIES. .•
Dr. BQWRING moved tor c•tples•ofmernorials on the sub-
ject ot the tobacco datte9, adda es ted to the Fir 4 Lord of the
_Treasury, on the 9th day of December, 1845,and the 31st day
of January, 14346, which was agreed to.

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Earl of Lincoln).• fle shorld have had great pleasure in lis-
tening to that speech ,characterised as it was by atone and temper
which was entitled to his warmest approval. Hrd he been pre-
sent, he should have fe t it his duty to -ay a few words upon the
subject. He would now, however, take the liberty of saying
th,t his Bili was merely pro•-pective, and was not calculated to
meet the evils which at present existed in that country. Now,
the great object was to produce tranquillity in Ireland,
Ile wished to call the attention of the attention of the Noble
Lord to the tenant.right in Ulster, which was the source of the
great prosperity and tranquillity which existed in that partiof
Ireland. This Mil did nothing for that, and he therefore sub-
mitted to the Noble Lord ihat the law as it at pre-
sent stood required considerable improvements on that head.