The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-31 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

A 'Message from the Lords am-mufti:et! that
their Lordships bad 4greeti'• to the Ameudinfilts
made by this House to the 8140-nlivinolis Libels
and Newspaper Stamp Duties! Bill, and iISO that
they had passrd the !Bakers' Regulation hill.
IRISH LABOURING POOft.

Mr. W. Wieeratus presented a Petition, signed
by certain persons, who described themselves to
be of the Irish Labouring Poor of the Parish of- St.
Giles. They represented themselves to be anxious
to earn an honest livelihood
,by " the stveat of
their brow," but were at present without employ-
ment, and without a prospec6of obtaining any,
from the preference given to Scorch and English
Labourers. Of this, however, they did trot com-
plain, as they felt that " chsrity began at home.')
But they suggested that they might be advan-
tageously employed in draining the bog-lands of
Ireland. The Hon. Member had felt it to be his
duty to present this Petition, as the subject ap-
ptared to him to be one of the highest import-
since, not only to Ireland, but to the British Em-
pire at large. The expediency of tints providing
employment for the poor had been brought he-
. fore the House, in the lieport made by one of its
Coti.mittees in the course of the last Session. The
rtliort to‘ wl;icli he alluded pointed out the cheap
rite at which hog-land in Ireland might be drained.
It was stoe,r n that this e,rhi he done for 21. per
acre, and that there wool] lie a most ample
re-
tort, for the capital emplo) et! in such an under-
taking after the iris( three years. Ile hoped this
would meet with serious attention, as,„in his opi-
nion, no abject could he better entitled to the
cousidt:ration of drat (~ruse. For himself, he had
nnifortnly maintained that 01;3 country pot,:seSsed
withio itself the tner.,to of einidoyiog ail its pco•
ple, and the dr.,inJge of the Irish bog-lands seem-
ed to oder One imvortant source of occupation for
our laboutink; Poor. With this impression on his
mind, lie could riot but hope that lhe prayer of
the presrn! Petitii;n would be taken into the most
serious consideration.
The Petition was then read, in which the Peti-
tioners having described their distress front ;Jaw
of employment, and stated theu+-seives to be very
ready to work, if work could be found for theta to
do, proceeded to set forth, that there were
4,000,000 of acres of hug-land in Ireland that
they might be employed to drain and cultivate.
They t.t4ttretore prayed the (louse to favour this
project which, it adopted, they were of opinion
would find work
,for all the poor of Ireland, and
for a great portion of the labouring poor of Eng-
land also. They had beard in their neighbour-
hood, at public houses, and other places, much
talk of paper and gold. It was their opinion, that
the plan they had suggested, if adopted, would
bring the gold back avin, which many lamented
as lost, anti send all the paper which was so Much
complained of out of the country. They had-also
beard much bother on the subject of !tidied Re-
form, but they felt assured that if more employ-
ment were provided fewer Radicals would lie
found, and they were convinced that the (raider
!bey were worked the better it would be for them
and the worse for those who wished to create this.
content in the country.
Toe Petit;on (svnich excited much risibility)
was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

. MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
Lord CAsTLEREAQH moved, that the House, at
its rising, should adjourn till the 15th day of
February.
Mr. GRENFELL, before the motion was put, felt
it necessary to say a few words on the subject of
an incorrect representation which had gone forth
of what he had Stated on a former night, no the
occasion of a petition being presented to that
House. He had been understood to throw some
improper reflections. on a very respectable body
of men, who had approved of that petition. No•
thing certainly was further from his intention
than to do this, and in point of fact he had not
done it. At that time he had had no opportu-
nity of knowing who the parties were that signed
that petition, nor had he seen the petition itself,
but he had since learned that it was:signed by in•
dividnals of the highest character, some of whoni
were conneeted with three or four of the most
respectable houses in London. He might in.
stance those of Baring and Brothers—Smith, In-
glis, and Co., and Puget, Bainbridge, and Co.
It was utterly impossible that he could mean to
charge houses like these with over-trading or spe-
culation. His observations were directed gene-
rally against the system of over-trading and
speculation, which had been acted upon, and
which he regarded as,connected with the system
of our paper currency.. He now knew the peti-
tion to have been signed by from seventy to eighty
most respectable individuals, than whom it was
impossible to find in the city of London persons
less likely to engage in over-trading or improvi-
dent speculation.

Lord CASTLEREAGH, from the observations
made by the Hon. Gentleman on a former night,
had not underitood him to prefer any accusation
against the individuals signing the Petition, but
considered his statement to grow out of the speech
of another Hon. Gentleman o❑ the subject of the
Bullion question. He had seemed to express
some doubt as to the intentions of Government
with respect to the currency, and this had made
him feel it necessary to assure him that no inter-
ference with the plan of last Session was intend-
ed. He agreed with the Hon. Member in what
he had said of the respectability of the persons