The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-01 00:00:00

W. Turner, Eq. b.

A Match for 50 guineas each, Mr. Turner's b. h. Prince
aged 1 Ist. 'Abs. beat Mr. Harrison's ch. m. six years old,
10st. One mile.

A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft. with 25 sovs. addrd,
for horses not thorough bred. Rode by gentlemen.
Heats once round and a distance.

Mr. Faulkner's g. h. Greyinalkin 2 1 1
Mr. S. T. Allen's hr. g. Jonathan 1 3 2
J. J. Martin, Esq. b. g. Percinet $ 2 3
J. Codrington, Esq. ch. g. Cyclops
Mr. Wright's ch. g.
A Cup, value 10 guineas, and 40 guineas in specie, given
by Sir Thomas Mostyn, and 10 guineas to the owner of
the second horse ; for horses nut thorough bred. Two
mile, heats.
Mr. Deakin's hr. g. Midnight.. 1 1
Mr. Mansfield's ch. g. Pillager
Mr. Sirett's b. f. Pandara

A Match for 50 saws. each, h. ft. Mr. Harrison's b. c.
4 yrs. old, beat Mr. Peyton's br. c. 4 yrs. old, llst. each.
One mile.
A Match for 50 sovs. Mr. Bacon's Newlight beat Mr.
Holmes's Grimaldi, 12st. each. One mile.

TATTERSALL'S.—Mancit 31.
The Craven Meeting being fixed for Monday the betting
principally referred to the Riddlessvorth, for which Ad-
vance has been backed moderately. Although a great
deal of talking took place the betting, however, was not
brisk. For the Derby the Colonel still holds the first
place, but Navarin had jumped up nearly neck and neck
with him. Druid has gone rock, and both Zealot and
Bugle are taken against him. Prue has been selected and
backed well at 30 to I. Latimer has also jumped into
notice, and bent backed by old hands against Mariner.
Nothing was done on the Oaks, and very little on the St.
Leger, they closed as follows

P.IDDLESWORTH.
5 to 2 agst Duke of Grafton's two
3 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Shoveller colt
3i to 1 agst Mr. Udny's Emily colt
4 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Advance colt
5 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Bratuin
5 to 1 agst Sir John Shelley's Cressida f.
8 to I agst Lord G. IL Cavendish's Ridicule colt

2000 GS. STAKES.
3 to 1 agst Lord Grosvenor's Navarin
5 to I aget Duke of Rutland's Sorcery colt
5 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Omen t
6 to 1 agst Mr. French's Palemon
DERBY.
61s to 1 agst lion. E. Petre's The Colonel
20 to 3 agst Lord Grosvenor's Navarin
11 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sorcery colt
11 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Merchant
14 to 1 agst Mr. Nowell's Giraffe (Amy colt)
IE4 to 1 agst Latimer
113 to 1- agst Mr. 'hornbill's Marinet
22 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Omen
ONCAITIM ST. LEGER.
20 to 1 agst Lord Grosvenor's Navariu

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAaem 31.

The Press were not admitted till Ave minutes before
five o'clock. Several strangers were allowed to enter
before we got in, who, to add to the great inconvenience
reporters are usually under from a crowd behind them,
occupied the front of the Bar.
The Duke of WELLINGTON made his appearance a
few minutes before five o'clock. Ile wore a blue ribaud,
star and garter. He was soon followed by Lord Goderich, the
Duke of Gloucester, Lord Eldon, and a number of others,
there being an uncommon number of Peers present. The
space too below the Throne was crowded with Members
from the 'louse of Commons. Indeed, to have seen the
assemblage of Commoners, one would have supposed that
■ottting of interest was going on in their own House.
Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition from the Broad
Silk Weavers of Spitaltields, praying for a Bill to fix the
minimum of wages.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER presented a petition from
certain Protestant Dissenters of Gloucester, praying for
the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts.
The Duke of MONTROSE presented a petition from
the Provost and Corporation of Glasgow, against the Cor-
poration and Test Acts.

The Duke of k.:-.-Vi;eASTLE presented a petition from
Woodbury, against the repeal of the Corporation and
Test Acts.

The Noble Duke also presented a petition from certain
Woolgrowers, residing near Sherwood Forest, in Notting-
ham, against the importation of Foreign Wool.—The peti-
tion was laid on the table.
CORN LAWS.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said, in rising to move
your Lordships for certain papers, which will tend to show
the operation of the Act passed in the course of last ses-
sion of Parliament, relative to the protection of the Home
consumption of corn from the Ist of July in that year, I
avail myself of this opportunity of stating to the House, the
nature of the measure Government mean to propose to Par-
liament for the reform of the Corn Laws, and the principles
upon which that measure is founded. My Lords, your
Lordships are well aware that there are a variety of opinions
on this subject throughout the country. Some of those opini-
ons reach both the extremes. I have considered it my duty,
and my colleagues have considered it theirs, in the mea-
sure we are about to propose, to endeavour to steer a
course between those two extremes, and to bring for-
ward a measure that will conciliate, if possible, all par-
ties, and be favourable to the public at large. Your
Lordships will recollect that, notwithstanding the extremes
of these opinions, all parties agree generally that corn
ought to be in some measure protected.—( Hear, hear.)
_ .

believe that in Parliament, few, if any, have ex.
pressed an opinion that corn should be imported into this
country entirely free of duty. Seine indeed have expressed
an opinion that the duty ought to be very small. But all
have agreed that some protection ought to be afforded
to the agriculturist of this country. This opinion,
however, is founded .on the great burden of tax-
ation on this country generally, and the peculiar burdens
falling upon the land. Those who favour this opinion
that the duty ought to be but small, hold out a doctrine
that goes to establish a system under which the poorer
lands of this country, which have been brought into culti-
vation by the industry and capital of the country, are again
to be led out of cultivation, and the richer lands are to be
in some degree neglected in order to meet those views.
My Lords, this country has been brought into its present
affordedhigh agriculturist,, stateof cultivation by the protection Parliament has
and which has induced gentlemen
to lay out their capital in bringing into cultivation lands
formerly waste. The effect of the proposition of those
tailioowatrhose
e forj this low rate of duty, would be to
poor lands again out of cultivation—to dis-
courage cultivation generally—and to diminish the pro-
ductive powers of this country. Finally, it would leave
the country dependent on the agriculturists of foreign
parts.—(Hear, Lords, I shall not exaggerate
uleeurc, ea.)—ly
ehofrsuchisas
system as this, but I beg your
Lordships se
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to recollect the consequences that might result,
tifhtheeopowers of the dominions from which our supplies
were to be derived, were to think proper to lay
a heavy tax upon their exports upon their transits
to this country. I entreat your Lordships to con-
sider what would be the consequences of such a measure,
and which I would say, parties might be highly justified
in adopting. But, supposing these to act in moderation,
and not to adopt such a measure as the one proposed,
this country would still find itself as it has previously
found itself, in years of famine, both in the last and the
preeeat century. Thus it would be exposed to the hea-
viest expense: the costs in Poland and elsewhere would
not be increased : the prices here would regulate, not the
prices there, but the profits of all those who would
be concerned in bringing the produce to this country.
Under these circumstances, I am of opinion that the reduc-
tion of the duty would not produce in England a reduction
of pike, but that on the contrary it would produce an
enormously increasing price. Putting the question
aside, as in this sense it regards foreign impor-