The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at
half-past four o'clock.
Lord FEVERSHAM presented a petitiou from
agricultural association in the county of York, against
any alteration in the Corn Laws. His Lordship
presented two other petitions to the same effect—
one from a place in the East Riding, and the other
from a place in the West Riding of the same county.

Lord BATHURST addressed the House at con-
siderable length, but his Lordship spoke in so low a
tone of voice, that we could only collect but little
of what lie said. He called their Lordships
attention to the state of the Administration of
.Justice in the West India Islands, and recom-
mended to their Lordships attention the Report
on that subject, prepared by the Commissioners
appointed by his Majesty. There were five Counts
of Common Pleas, each of which had a Chief
Justice, who was arrested by other Judges who
were not professional men. The impoverished
state of the West Indies could not afford to pay in
ad adequate manner Judges of- much professinal
knowledge, and he considered this to be one of the
great cause of the defects -in administering the
law there. They woulduot get professional men to
go out from this country to remain for ten or twelve
years in the West Indies without an adequate
remuneration for themselves and their family. He
concluded by recommending to his Noble Friend
. (Viscount Goderich) to take the subject under con-
sideration during the present recess; and lie hoped
that Noble Lord would bring forward a measure upon
the subject next Session of Parliament. The Noble
Earl concluded by withdrawing his notice of motion
for an alteration in the Criminal Code, and for se-
curing
Judges for the Midland Circuit.
Lord GODERICII remarked, that his Noble
Friend had justly observed, that it was much easier
to point out and discover defects than to discover a
remedy for them, though not possessed of the ad-
vantageous experience of the Noble Earl, he would,
however, do every thing in his power to meet the
complaint. The House, however, must be aware
that any rash attempt to alter it might be produc-
tive of bad results, and ultimately defeat the object
of the motion.
The Earl of WINCHELSEA observed, that be
should be wanting in courtesy to the Noble Lord
who had asked him if he meant to proceed in
the motion of which he gave notice a short time
since, relative to the recent formation of His
Majesty's Government, and their intentions as to
the question of Reform, and several other questions
of great importance to the country. If he suffered
the House to adjourn, without informing their Lord-
ships that it was his intention to withdraw it. The
Noble Lord's conclusion in presenting it was, that
the present was not a Government calculated to
support the country, as the unanimity so necessary
to the support of a Government like our own, must
be procured by some great concessions of principle,
and that the present Ministry must have conceded
some of those opinions, which they had before ad-
vocated so strongly.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN said that it was
not for him to enquire what the motive of the Noble
Lord was in bringing forward the motion, or
what his present motive was for abandoning it.--
It was a motion relevant to the Constitution,
which every Noble Lord had a right to make, if he
considered the Government not calculated to effect
the purposes for which it was intended. The Noble
Marquis attributed the conduct of the Noble Lord, in
now withdrawing his motion, to mature subsequent
reflection on the subject, which convinced him that
there was nothing to complain of ; he had no doubt
that the Noole Earl had sufficient reasons for altering
the course he was proceeding in, and that he does
not now consider the conduct of his Majesty's
Ministers to be the ground of any Parliamentary
proceeding. He (the Noble Marquis) will know,
that if such had not been the Noble Lord's
opinion, and the manliness and courage of
his Parliamentary behaviour, and the great
public duty he owed to the country would
not have allowed him to withdraw his motion.
He could assure the Noble Earl, that for his
own part lie had discovered nothing impeach-
able in the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers.
and he was convinced that the Honourable Mover now
thought so, from the course he had now pursued. He
(Earl Winchilsea) had stated that there must have been
some concession of principle in procuring the unanimity
which now influenced his Majestry's Ministry. He could say
front his own knowledge, that the basis on which
it was grounded, were those of public principle and
honour, only. He heard several Noble Lends speaking
on that subject, and he would esteem it as a favour
if any Noble Lord who, at any time, might think his con-
duct inconsistent with his former principles, would point it
but to the House, make a direct motion and give him an op-

portunity of answering. He should spec.—
subject at present, unlesa any Noble Lord should.,
proper to take it up ; if so, lie should be ready to -
The Earl of CARLISLEh had not forfeited any P'
or public principle ou his part. He thought it nuttece
to say inure.

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MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPO:

The early sown. and forward crops, which
ceived a check from the prevailing easterly .
accompanied in the north with frost and 8°
have recovered, from the succeeding warmer
perature and genial rains, and have now,
generally concurring accounts, a most luolo
and promising appearance. The wheats 00
good lands, or those in good heart, neer•
peared stouter or finer, having advanced raps
within the last two or three weeks ; in them •
time, those on poor light lands have a very n"r
aspect, and some have failed ; no uncomouri
currence, since the " golden crop" is ever °,lle, 0
considerable risk on lands naturally poor and "6-#
or any lands already exhausted by cropping' ;
Scotland, the wheat crop has not so goods
port as in the south. All the grasses, nathoi
and artificial, lucerne, rye, and winter tares'
pushed forward during the present knout"'
°
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the utmost luxuriance, and the expectation 0
good crop of hay is sanguine throughout I
country.