The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-08 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Macs 7.

The SPEAKER took the chair about a quarter after
five o'clock.

Mr. O'CALLAGHAN brought in a bill for enclosing
certain commons and waste lands in the county of Tip-
perary.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY gave notice that on the 10th of
April be would move for a Call of the House upon the
consideration of the pension list.
Mr. PRYME put it to the hon. member whether the
day be proposed was not very inconvenient, as being in the
middle of the sessions week.

Mr. HARVEY said he would put it off to any day that
would suit the house, but he could not do so unless
some of those gentlemen who were in possession of the mo-
tion book for the next two months should give way to him.
The hon. member then gave notice, that on the house going
into Committee on theßegistration of Deeds Bill, he would
move the insertion of such clauses as would be necessary
fur the establishment of a general registration of births,
marriages, and deaths. _ _ .

Mr. CARTWRIGHT moved for a return of the ac-
counts of the receipts and payments of a charity in Stoney-
Stratford.—Ordered.

Mr. DUNLOP presented a petition from the borough
of Kilmarnock, praying for the establishment of a gradual
scale of the duties upon the corn laws. The peti-
tion was adopted at a public meeting, presided over by the
chief magistrate, and was signed by 1,100 of the inha-
bitants.

Mr. WILBRAHAM moved for a copy of the corres-
pondence with Sir Wilmot Horton, governor of Ceylon,
respecting the monopoly of salt enjoyed by the East India
Company.
Mr. HALCOMB moved for a return of certain papers
connected with the Warwick election committee.—Ordered.
Mr. W. BROUGHAM moved for a retur❑ of the
amount of the cash standing in the name of the accoun-
tant-general of the Court of Chancery, respecting bank-
rupts' estates, up to the Ist of June, 1834; and also
for a return of the SUMS of money carried over
to the accounts of the dividends of bankrupts' estates. The
hon. member then said that he trusted the motion of the
hon. meraberfor Colchester, respecting a general registration,
would be disposed of by the motion of verich he (Mr. B.) was
about to give notice, namely that on the 22d April lie
would move for leave to bring in a bill to establish a ge-
neral registration of births, marriages, and deaths.
Sir GEORGE PHILLIPS presented a petition from
the coroners of the county of Warwick, praying for an
increase in their fees.

Mr. HUME presented a petition from the mayor and
burgesses of the royal borough of Forfar, in Scotland,
praying for a repeal of the corn laws.

CORN LAWS-ADJOURNED DEBATE.

The SPEAKER having called on Mr. Ewart, and the
order of the day for the adjourned debate on the corn
laws having been read,
Mr. EWART said that he was perfectly convinced
that if there was any mode by which the present
distress could be alleviated, it was by listen-
ing to the claims of justice, and acceding to the
just demands of the people. They had heard it repeated
frequently during the debate of the previous night, both by
the right hon. baronet opposite, in his eloquent speech,
and by others, that agriculture was the foundation of all
the prosperity of the country. He did not expect to find
the exploded doctrine of the economists revived, that the
prosperity of the country must be judged of by the
amount of its agricultural produce, for that could avail little
if they did not extend the trade to other countries.
If the power of exchanging commodities was of such
benefit to other countries, it must be of great advan-
tage to the people of England to have the same means
afforded them of exchanging their produce. It had been
often stated that the vent for manufactures was the home
market. The home consumer was undoubtedly superior to
the foreign one, but when it was known that two-thirds of
the population were engaged in trade and manufactures,
must it not follow, that the home consumer would
be the trader and manufacturer?—(Hear, hear.)
Every day that brings an advance in civilization the more
home consumption would there be. The more the manu-
facturing interest extends, the greater would be :the con-
sumption in the foreign markets. It appeared from the
evidence of a committee during last session that two-thirds
of the cotton of the country were exported. The greatest
of all evils was the foreign consumption. He would pre-
dict that all articles, whether wool, silk, or cotton, would
increase in proportion with foreign consumption. The
right honourable baronet stated that, according to the
report of tlse agricultural committee of the last
session, every interest of the country was in a
flourishing state except the agricultural interest. It ap-
peared by that evidence that there was one evil greater
than any other, from which the agricultural interest was
suffering, and that was the uncertainty caused by the corn
laws. It was the greatest question that could come under
the decision of that house ; it should be decided. He had no
hesitation in saying that an adjustment of the duties should
be adopted. The right hon. baronet said the hon. member
for Middlesex had omitted to state one evil to the agricul-
tural interest, and that was, the land tax. He (Mr.
Ewart) was astonished to hear that. There was no pecu-
liar bargain on the land ; nothing pressed heavily
on it, and consequently there was no claim for
protection to the landed proprietors.—(Hear, hear.)
It had been stated it would be impossible to maintain so
great an unevenness in the price of corn, if a graduated
scale of duty was imposed, as had existed for the last
two or three years.—(Hear, bear.) He was certain,
however, that if any gentleman would take the trouble
to refer to the prices during that short period,
he would find that there had been fluctuations, and al-
though they had not been so great as at some former
periods, yet they were equally destructive of, or,
rather, injurious to, the interests of the landowner, as would
be a graduated scale of duty ; and l:e desired to ask the
right hon. baronet, or any member of the house, whether,
from the evidence taken before the agricultural commit-
tee, that statement was not supported by fact? flow
much better was it to knit nations together by com-
merce, than to attempt to supply the deficiency that
might be caused to consumers by coercive nisasures
How much more natural was it that mankind should be
prevented from going to war by commercial interthairse
than by any other sort of measures? He considered there
was no bond so strong for the security of peace as the e.al-
stunt intercourse of nations. He begged hon. members to
look to our connexions with America. What was the strong
bond of peace between this country and those great coin-
usercial friend'? It might be urged, that it would be better