The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-23 00:00:00

CORN LAWS.

Mr. J. MAXWELL presented a Petition from
certain Freeholders of the County of Renfrew, praying for,aße-
form in Parliament, and a Free Trade-in Corn. The petitioners
ascribed the present distress, in a considerable degree, to the tam-
pering of the Ministers with the currency of the country;iimithey
prayed for an equitable Adjustment of Contracts.
Mr. E. DAVENPORT called the attention of
the House to the manner in which the Ministers had tampeted
with the Currency, and to the very unsatisfacterY state in Which
they had left it, so that they had been obliged to poitpOne the'ion-
sideration of the Corn Question till the present year. He pledged
himself to bring the subject of the Currency again before the
House, if nobody else would do it.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
did not very well understand the object of the Hou. Gentleman'a
observations ; but if the. Hon. Member meant, to say that the cou-
sideraiion of the subject of the Corn Laws had been postponed on
account of the state of the Currency, he begged leave moet.decid.
ediy to deny it.
Mr. MABERLY said, that the currency had been
. .
one of the principal subjects of consideration with the Ministers
in the course of the last Session, and it could not be dettie&that
it was in a very unsatisfactory state. They first knocked dawn
the paper currency of England without previous inquiry. As to
the currency of Scotland, an inquiry was instituted, and the re-
Quit was, that the paper currency of that country was-.left ,tur-
touched : and, indeed, if that paper currency had been.put dnwn,
it would have been the ruin of Scotland. Then-there _waano
legislation on this subject with respect to Ireland. If the Minie-
ters really thought that the distresses of the times were to be in a
great measure ascribed to the former bad state of the currency,
why did they not apply the remedy in Scotland and Ireland as
well as in England? He trusted his Hon. Friend would bring
the subject of the currency before the House.
Lord FOLKESTONE observed, that it was a dia.
grace to leave the question as to the currency in its present situs,
tion. They had completely failed in acting on their own prin-
ciples. If the principle was good for one country, it must be
good for all. It was undoubtedly necessary that measures should
be taken to form some arrangement respecting the currency, we
to place it on a proper footing.
Mr. WESTERN stated that he had a petition in
his hand, which he intended to present to the House from the
Owners and Occupiers of 110,000 acres of land, who thought that
a revision of the currency was necessary.

The petition from Renfrew wa then laid on Out table.
Sir W. GUISE presented two petitions from
Owners and Occupiers of Land in the vicinity of Cheltenham, and
other places, against any alteration in the Corn Laws; and-an-
other petition from certain Owners and OceuPierli of Land in the
county of Gloucester, to the same effect.
Mr. CAMBPELL presented a petition from the
Freeholders and Commissioners of Supply in the County of Argyle,
against any alteration in the Corn Laws.
Mr. DUNCOMBE presented ten petitions from
various parts of Yorkshire, against any alteration in the Corn
Laws.

Mr. MUNDAY presented several petitions from
various parts of the County of Derby, against any alteration in the
Corn Laws.

Mr. G. LAMB remarked that one of these peti-
tions., came from a quarter where there -was a large manufacturing
town, and the petitioners must have been convinced that a proper
protecting duty on the importation of foreign corn would AA be
injurious to the manufacturers.
Mr. BASTARD presented twelve petitions from
various, parts of the County of Devon, against any eiteilitl"
is
the Corn Laws.
Sir THOMAS ACKLAND. presented. a.petition
from the Agriculturists in the neighbourhood of Exeter, graying
for protection to the agricultural interest ; and another ptitioi to
the same effect, from certain Agriculturists in another pFt #r_tho
County of Devon.
Allt
tlese Petitions were laid on the -.Table, and orderedV be
printed.

EMIGRATION.
Captain MENELL presented a Petition from, Se-
veral persons in the County of Antrim, praying for 1110141141ge
to
enable them to Emigrate.—Referred to. the Emigration Com-
mittee.
Mr. It. SMITH moved for a return of the num-
ber of Licenses, issued in the course of the last year, for the
TOunNam presented
p)rlat}e.idng a
for Petition
the
removal fromof
,ttt
Selling of Thread Lace, with the Amount of the Sums paid into
the Exchequer on account of such Licenses.—Ordered.
RomanlL
Lo
CrdatliNio o rrf
bilities.—Laid on the Table.