The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-19 00:00:00

CORN LAWS

The F.arl of LAUDERDALE presented a petition front Burford,
in the county of Ostord, asain.t the measures now in progresi for
the admission of Bowled, aria the importation of Forti4n Corn.—
Laid on the table.

Lord TrittatAet pretentEd e similir petition from Milford, in
the County of Kent; and s' undzritood to ttdci hit opinion to
that of the petitionera, that the patting of sucli mealtime would
decide the zite of the Corn Laws.

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Tire Earl of 'LIVERPOOL thdn hlt it neei;.sary,, in reply to
state,lbat,he considered the present niettsulw as perbctly tempo.
nary, an,l not affecting in any manner, the general question of the
Corn Liars. That question. wouti remain ent:i.,4 open ; and
those,wlLl voted for the pretk!nt AVOU :n n o hi:bound to sup-
port any future vropoition which might be tto,lo.
of LAUDERDALE contended, that the ping of
those measures would prejudge the general question. Let the
Noble Earl canvass the country. Let hinvaslc hnth manufacturer*
and agriculturists, and 'he would see whether they did not look
upon the question as prejudged if thosetneasurcs were passed. It
was impossible th.st it should be otherwise. Anti how could ne-
cessity be pleaded in jtcitification of the measure, when the price
of grain at this period last year was IN. higher than it was at
present, and yet -no apprehension of a famine was entertained, and
uo.proporition like the present inNie?
Lord KING said, that if the Iloble'Earl compared the price of
grain last.year with that of money he was right, but if he corn-
pared it with that of every other article, he laboured under a mis-
take. Grain had only fallen one-sixth, whilst all tither things
had fallen one.third, or one-half

The Earl of LAUDIMDALt explained.
The Earl of NIALMESBURY said, that it would have been
more satisfactory if the Noble Zerl who proposed the loc,Jure had
stated that the duty of les. on bonded rani foreign corn was to
have no bearing on the general (pestle:l'llnd' settlement of the
Corn Laws. • ' •

The Earl of LIVERPOOL had 'no obje,tiori to assure the
Noble Earl, that if he supposed that the !wormed duty of 12e.
on boniod i.n,l foreign eorn:Was afterwards to lie 'made a part of
the permanent system of the Corn Laws, he was completely mis-
taken. No such thing was ever meant, and the amnia of the
duty was ptrfatly 101 open question. This, hmvever, was hot
the timo Or entering into discussion. if, as he expected, the
841 should be brought up from the other noun during the pre-
tent week, it was his intention to propose that it should be read
a second tittle on Tuesday next, when the subject might Le
cu.tsed More at large.

Lord REDESIALE objsreted to the. present measures as
means of relief, instead of a grant of public money. A grant
would have been a tax on all claws of the .conunuriity, fer the
exclusive -use ,of the sneering portion. The present measures
had the effect of an exclusive tax
.tin the agricultural interest,
not, for, the benefit of the suffering roanufacturers alone, but for
that of the whole country, by making bread cheap, and for that
of foreign,growers in particular, byprocuring a market for their
.00rn. If they did not interfere with the price of corn, they
would he nugatory, and therefore useless. Why therefore were
they proposed? Was there any scarcity of corn to justify their
introduction?

Tho Earl of LIVERPOOL thought it better not to enter at
large into the question, until the Bill itself should be before the
House. He should therefore only say a few words in answer to
the Noble Lord. lir. Jacob hail Leen scut abroad to procure
information on a subject,, which it was felt must, sooner or later,
come before the consideration of Parliament, and to „am.
your to ascertain which ought to be preferred, a prohibitory
syttem 'altogether, or one of protecting dutitee. Ile the Earl
pi Liverpool) had stated, at the end of last evasion, that there
were those two alternativee, to which a third might also be
added, a system of variable duties. It would be for Parliament
to minina those great questions in all their hearings when the
eubject should be regularly intre,luivd. As to the question
of the Noble. Lord, whether. there was now nwe of corn,
be would answer that be certainly thought, there was not; but
the state of the Corn ,Market might vary considerably in one
next there should
dbehaaypttorenaeutoliwoeeb:qkua:nic::PPiviell..toirlnthrcie: opTntr. ma.amlullloofhan the ‘%lAptremeenigthtto nutbt
taken? .

After a few words from Via ount Curnits, the Earl of LAO
DERDALX. and Lorti.CAISHORTE, the Petition Wag 'Aid on the
table.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Thu r.url of LIVERPOOL moved the *bird reading of the Bill
for improving the Administration of. Criminal .1 ust ice.
The Earl of MALMESBURY approved a the principle of
the Bill, but objected to a practice which wmi attended with much
partiality . Awl injustii.-c. In oaks of felony, ludges -were em-