The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-24 00:00:00

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LONDON, ,
,If7EISNESDAY EVENING, MA Y. 24, 1826

The Second Reading of the Bonded Corn Bill was
carried in. the House of Peers last night, by the large
majority pf .84 to 23 ; and the Bill for allowing a
limited IMportation of Foreign Corn was likewise read
a second time, after a division' of 78 to 28.,

The opinion of the Peers having been thuS decid-
edly shOwn in favour of both these Mils, they may be
considered as passed, and we shall, therefore, offer but
few addithirial remarks upon a subject on which so,
much has been said, anti which has excited the feel-
ings.d all classes of the community in so great a degree,
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reN‘ I>irsons have dotibted the propriety of admit-'
ting iota immediate consumption the -Corn now in
Bond ; and, it is ardently to be hoped, that this mea-
sure, the improved 'prospects of the 'harVest,. and is
actual abundance when gathered,'may prevent any rise
ini the price of Corn, and consequently, that it may
• not be necessary for the GovernMent to'act upon the
discretionary power with which it will' be invested.
If so, the apprehensions Which have been entertained
from the SecOnd Bill, will prove to be visionary: but,
if from the seasons, or other cause, an emergent--
should arise, the Ministers will only possess -the .sanb.
tion of an Act of Parliament to do that which they
Must otherwise do' on their own responsibilitY for the
public good and that discretionary power so nmited
by the statute, a* to' prevent the possibility of await-

portation of Gain sufficient to depress the price 'of it
in this 'Country to an extent which would
.be ruinmis
to the Growers,: the very. circumstances which alone
can, make it necessary. for. the Government to exert its
discretio►nary power, will operate against Any such de-
pression. `lhe argument which:has, been used against
'these,measures, that the agitating them at thistime
has produced an idea that the relief of distress is to
be found only in an alteration of the Corn Laws,
is 'specious, but not, founded in fact. That ()Pinion
has beenuniversally entertained for some year, by
those classes whose. recent distress hes been greater
than at any -former period ; but who ►ave- before co►n
plainea of the. effect of those Laws. The necessity.
of their modification has been generally admitted, and,
the preSent measures can neither hasten .nor retard it.
Approving, therefore,, unequivocally of the
before the House,' we rejoice 1)1,4 termination of the
discus-sion-to which they 'have, in Our op►nion, mine.
eessarily given rise. •

The 1111 l for the Consolidation of the . Turnpike
last night, of the Debtor and Creditor ,Bill on the
Trusts near the Metropolis, had nearly`shared the ,fato
preceding evening. in consequence of its. objects and
provisions not having been explained to the House
by any Noble Peer, and some objection having been
taken against its: being considered .'as _ a public general
act, an attempt was made to get rid of the Bill, and it
was carried by a. majority' of 42 to 34. Only. .'• '
it would have been greatly.to be .laniented, if a Bill.
.o so Much general .''tiiportanee to -the iiihabitants of
this metropolis and its environs, bud: been 'lost 'iri its
jag stage from the want of explanation in the Lipper
. House, or from any technical objection. We have