The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-03 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, TorsnAr, 144 v t
BILLS.
Lard Lowntstst And others from the emulous brought up-.the
Mctropolitun Turnpike Bill, the 15,000,000/. of FachtqU'4.r
Bills Bill, the Irehind Destruction of /Luise* Prevention Bill, tht-!
Criminal Justice Improvement Bill, snit the Charing cross Im-
provement Bill, which were rota a first time;

LIVERPOOL RAii..li AYE
On the motion of Loni'DA.CRE,` the Liverpool Thtil-road nie
was read a third time and passel!. The Noble Lord sta:d that b.:. •
had been asoured. by the Trustees of that undertaking, tLat . three
weeks after the' enactment of the measure thereat...flimsy would
be set at work, and nuMbera of the distreand poor would he em-
ployed.

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DUBLIN CORPORATION.
Earl GREY prinenteil a Petition from John Anderson, corn-
plaining of his not be;ug admitted a Freeteati of the Corporation
,4 Dublin, as by law entitled, beeattie he was a Catholle.—The
Petition was`then Lid on the table.
CORN ,LAWS.

The Earl ofI4IALMESBURY4 in moving for Returns of the
price of Wheat in 1823;1824, 1825, and the first four inooths.of
1826, complained that the important Report of Mr. Jacob' tVas
not before the House, although it had already appeared in seine
of the newspapers. He regretted that none of his Majesty's Mi-
'sisters were present, es he meant to give a sort of notice that in
order to remove the imputation east upon the landed interest, he
should like, before going into the measures propostd by the Go-
vernment, something like inquiry into the causes of Site preient
distrust, which would show it to be no more eenneeted with
the Corn Laws than with the _Motes of the Moon. Be-+
sides this there were mil other. important matters to be taken
into considerat;on, such as the price at which it might be neces-
sary to admit foreign Corn. In order to bring all these before
the House, he should on Monday next, unless stone Noble Peer,
better able to treat the subject, should take it out of his hands,-
propose a Resolution to the following effect That though it
might be necessary to admit foreign Corn in Easel et a duty Ito be
afterwards determined upon by that House, it entild.' not proceed
to the consideration of any farther alteration or Snspension of'the
Corn Laws, without an inquiry into the necessity of such anal-
teration or suspension, and a due investigation of the effects which
they might have on the Landed Interest and the Consumers,"
The Earl of LIMERICK had 'said yesterday; that the price of
Corn in Ireland was forty-six shillings per, quarter ; he had sipee
learned that it was only forty-three' shilling*. Ile felt athiti'' at
the matures proposed by his Majesty's Ministers; and this
alarm was not confined to himself, for no sooner best they lasso
heard of than the price of Wheat in Mark-late: 114+1 fallen ten
shillings per load, or two shillings per quarter.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH feared that the Nohle Earl opposite
,(Earl Malmeibury) would fell into the trap which the eneinteS of
the Corn Laws had laid. Ile alluthsl to the Report of Mr.
I.lacob, which formed a very interesting book of travels`, but to
which the Noble Earl seemed to attach too
It was impossible not to see that the countries bordering eta the
Baltic did not form one ones-lifth of those that would send corn
to this if importation were permitted, and yet inenb's Report
embraced no other, and left out the Netherlands, France, POrtu-
gal, Spain, Italy, Africa, mud America, to treat only of Pin4ra-
nitt and Poland ? lie also feared that to adopt the first mt:inture•
proposed by GoVernmettt would be exhibited to call the lielnd
into operation. For to allow -Bowled Corn to come into tho,iner.
beet would cause a .fall of prices and an increase of eentmterilina,
should the new harvest .theo' prate but seamy, and the Bonded
Corn be exhausted, prices would rise again, and would enable his•
Majesty's Miuisten4 to bring their second measure into action,
The Earl of MALMES4IIISIIY said, the; oat of the atle;te.:
tiosti of the Committee whims lie should propoeir would 180 hat
eMr. Jacob might boAiisitintaL It had'beeti said' thiirthlf.sOrn
in bond wad old, and scarcely fit for the market t
nut be the case, as not less than 274,000 quarters of *held:had
been bonded in 1825.
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Lord TEVNIIAM contended, that. if any thing were (k X w
to
depress the agriculturists, ' who compOSed the most lahorioujOals
of the community, there would soon twti additienal matron*
of men out of employ.

The E.arl of: CAERNARVON Altouid fed • some ohjet'tic;it if
the vote required, to institute an inquiry, were to de-
tided approbation of the first measure__tor he Intl se, non
to prove the necessity of one measure shove, the othy'..
ever inquiry Was conceded, he trusted that it wind,' not Tie ii
MitM to parts of the'question, but should embritee the whole:—
lie should then come to the Committee dispassion:4oy, snircer...
tainly without any bias ou his mind Against the adoption of the
propositions of his Majesty's Government.
On the motnns of the Earl of 4sl,3tltinArtsv • the turticAvere
ordered to be summoned for Monday next.---Adjouttml.

x-toTSE oP COMMONS.
miscELLANEop.S..
•
Mr. Alderman WOOD behttght in a Bata allow 4Stertnep td
ply on Sundays between Grave:tend and 'Wintiser.
Read a first time, awl ordered fern a Second ireaditie'
day next.
DISTRICT ELECTIVE. EIIANCHISIti, 'st •
Mr. SYKES moved the seeond reading of tl,c Elegtiyik ,Fpn.
ehise 11111.
Mr. It. SMITH and others made it few'reniarlts, 'afterWhich
Mr. Sykes withdrew his Bill.'
BOND.EI )1111„
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Lord MILTON presented a Eutitiote! fret an indiiiduul
named John Ifilson, a nweetaeterer of the t,owniet, Manchester,
complaining of the present disfreeatil state orthat emutty.)and
tailing Nein the House to deliberate ak speedily as 'poseibli on
the plan intended to relieve the seffering inhabitants of that
county. s The petitioner perfectlyAigeeed that thelberation'at the-
corn that Nrai at present under bond in this kingdom would be of
infinite service towerds antelinrating the condition. of the thou*
sands who were now in a state of starvation. He: would Low.
ever suggest a plans which might peehaps appear ridiculous to
tunny, hut which he (Lord Milton) thought worthy the attentions
of the I louse, be meant the perndssion of a fret:, wide in.' corn,
which would afford a permanent relief,, which) the: measure that
was likely to come under discussion tosnightesvaa'-not 'calculated
to give. He would not enlarge upon the subject ,ac,presen‘
cause he should, perhaps, have a better omortunity m the course
of the evening of haying something on the subject. •
Mr. BROUGHAfittruated there was. no doubt as to the ad-
vantage which would • he derived frosu the at-huiseime
bonded oorn into the:' market. He thought, however, that
greater deliberation wars .requiaite for the great ,question of the
Corn Laws than': open the preterit tine, He hoped ,whatever
duty was imposed upon- the corn ,liberated (ttecotvlhig' to the in-
tentions of his Majesty* Ministers) during the recess, that it
would be the minimiTt. of any duty that might hereafter
posed on foreign corn.
Mr. Secretary CANNING knew there might he danger in
allowing too free a traffic in corn with foreign parts. The duty
which would he levied on the bonded, Was the lowest duty 'that
could be levied, and to prevent any inference from being drawn
from the expression of the lion. Member, he could assure the
House that it was proposed to allow the ditty to rernaiu at the
sure price that it was at present.
Sir T. LETHBRIDGE said, the Act of Parliament by which
the Right lion. ,Secretary intended to levy the 'ditty, certainly
fixed that duty tat 12s. per quarter, but at the sante time therewas
a clan*: which entitled that after the port had been open for a
.year, a floating duty of five shillings ti quarter shoe to be import!,
lie only wiShed la present to ask the night Hon. Secretary, if
two-duties were to be iiinto,ett at the' sante time, beeausa
there wee a vast ditrerenee between twelve and seyenteen'

Mr. S4Tret.try CANNItiII; 'replied that the duty would off
rd at whic:, E ba(l stated yvaterday.
The I,',ftit:.4twds that brought up, and. ordertx!, Pr4det"

PIIIVILEGE ptioNulmtb-.4 ,oy. PANIC 'S'l.°°l4''
Sir T. ACKLAND prter,ateti '4l I'VtitiOttillna a`Wittaw Ladri,
c-oniplaining that she was ',Ty-voted seeing tile-Power of Attierney
-I"'r I,roperty wax ifireattA tht, fiords 4f flay
Hank of I,;:ry land) had heen iiiiiposid 00' poot'she Arm iatitned t4N
believe feloniomly); repeated, appilleations bad heto matte ft). bet
to see the Power of Attormy, beA:eirratetilY Rho Ilattiatit

mid. The Petitioner prayed the interference of the House in her
ease, in which prayer the lion. Member concurred.
Mr. PEARCE said the Bank had in this :instance done as was
venal between other parties so circumstanced, expressed a willing-
*eta to show the alleged forged Power of Attorney provided the Lady
borrelf gave the Bank a guarantee against an action.--The Peti.'
tiim was read and laid on the table.
SCOTCH ATTAINTS.

Mr. Seeretary PEEL, on introducing the Bills which had
-tome froni the other House, for reversing the attain'lers of Earls
Airlie and' Carnwath, Barons Eleho and Duffus, and Sir Patrick
Murray Thtiephind, of Fingask, observed, that in the cases of
Lords Airlie• and Wemys, the House was merely doing an act of
!justice. He hoped the noose would follow the precedents of Tor-
mer Acts 'Of 'this nature, and to allow them to pass through the
first and second reading this evening.
Lord MILTON said, he felt the task imposed on him was the
most disagreeable possible, because it prevented him doing that
which he felt would be agreeable to his own feeling, on the score
of the personal merits of the claimants to these titles. He con-
irs3ed the selection was unfortunate; had the Right Iron. 'Gen-
tleman moved a Bill for the general removal of attaint, he should
not have opposed it ; hut he would ;not consent to a particular
:measure for relieving these persons from attaint, 'whose ancestors
had lost their titles in consequence of resisting the constitutional
right of that. House, and the 'House of Lords, to settle the suc-
cession.

Mr. C, W. WYNN reminded the Noble Lord, that the exer-
- oh,: of mercy was the most enviable prerogative of the Crown, and
laid reconciled, perhaps, more than anything else, the public to
the occasional severity of the law of forfeiture for attainder.
Sir J. NEWPOIVI' wished the Act' of Grace had not been so
restricted. 'There were many cases of attainder of Irish Peers
which might with greater,propriety have beedinchided in this re-
versa' of attainder.
After a feW words from Mr. Secretary Pars. and Lord Joins
Ressrm., the Bills were tend a first and second time, and ordered
to be committed severally.
FLOGGING IN NEW SOUTII WALES. .
Sir M. W. 'RIDLEY said he did not intend to trespass in his
present motion on the patience of the House, when they were ex-
pecting a indtter coinparatirely of SO much greater importance for
thtir consideration ; lust he must trespass on its patience so far, as to
stile a few facts relative to the sal-atluninistration of justice in the
British setthrment of Parhamat tab, in Ni!NV South Wales. lie allud-
ed to the cast! of l ienry Loraine,.wl,us had hero sentenced to receive
twenty-five lashes each day,, cumfessed,where the money
weal which' be bad
.been aects,,:ed of ctealitig. This prisoner had
been subsequently sent to Fort 3lacquarrie, and the Grand Jury
heal subsequently confessed that :the first part of the punishment
had been inflicted .to compel the confession pf his crime. The
neat cuse was of man named Johnson, necoSed of stealing a pair
of trowaers; siiditarly treated; tool the third wits the case of a
Dutchman, Who bad been a deserter, and haul accused two
persons of harbouring him, merely to escape punishment him-
self, whilskitrendered them liable to the penalties of the law.
The-latter prisoner confessed subsequently these persons were
not the parties who haul concealed Itim. There were also two
eases in which torture haul been administered to-convicted persons
to extort confession and obtain restitution of the property stolen.
In some.of these eases proceedings had beetninstituteul against the
.11agistrates who presided, end to defeat those. actions, au Act of
lodeuinity haul been issued by the Governon:General, Sir.Thonw,
Brisbane. The effect of, this Act of the Government obviously
went to screen the authorities, and the object,of his Inotionwas
to obtain snore satisfactory infirmation ne to 'the whole of these
proceedings. lie then moved for it copy of the ordinance to stay
proceedings against the justices in these cases, signed by Sir Tho-
smurßrisbane, under date of the pith October, 182.54 and also
fur,copies of the indictments sued out against tlus Magistrates in
wird-these cases for cruelty or excess of jurisdiction.

Mr. 'WILMOT HORTON said he was not at all indisposed
to grant all the information on these cases which had us yet
reached the. Colonial Office, He was happy to find the conduct
of:the Gallant Cftleer Thos, Maitland) alluded to without
xny insinuation as to his Icing involved in. the culpability of the
transaction... The error as to. Pectur Pfluglass's. conduct as
Magistrate had eriscu out of a series of precedents which .he
.would not lull not ,progc4ll,oll;,a; • false-,principle. lie
.Loped u,t the infinination would lw 44fferded, that the House would
4v;lhlaold its opinion until Hwy Wen. 11l possession of,thlit evidence.

After it fi w niL trout Mr. Kluwer nut Mr. wiLuoT
Tox, the Itigtion was 4greol to.

~.SIII,I)I4ING4i

• Mr. TIUSKISSeN wiabed to, apprise the House that in eon..
auquenee of the time of tiw Home being. likely.to ha much occupied
wAii a very-important 'topic of (ILK:minim , that ~oveniug, 'alionbi
postpone tie minion of which he hail given notice for that evening
Pi) Friday next.