The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-22 00:00:00

early statement, he -(Lord J. Russell) conceived that
by taking votes on account, without going through the
estimates, he might obiatit the necessary votes
to ' enable him to go into Committee of Ways and
Means. Ile (Lord J. Russell) did not say that that
coarse -Might be taken, but he wished to know whether
the Right Honourable Gentleman meant to go formally
the estimates in CoMmittee of Supply.
Sir R. PEEL was experiencing the same difficulty
that the Noble Lord would have expericncett at the corn
mencement of last Session if he had continued in the Go-
vernment. Ile bad called the attentren of the House to the
subjects of the Corn-laws and the Import Duties,
and it had been stated, in the Speech from the
Throne; that it Was - the intention of the Govern-;
ment to bring . those subjects mater the consideration
of the House, therefore the Noble Lord had he continued
in the Govtrnment, would have experienced precisely
the same difficulty which he (air Robert Peel) was ex-
periencing at present. lie (Sir R.-Peel) had thought
it infinitely better to proceed - at once with • the
question 'of the Corn-laws, than to postpone. 'the
consideration' of • that question until he could
bring fern and his geeeral financial statement
He was not an are of any consideration of public interest
which should interfere to prevent explanation on the
part of the Government %illicit they might think it
necessary to make in the Committee of Ways
and Means, and so far as the public interest
was concerned he was prepared to snake his
statement at as early .a period as possible. He had not
expected that the discussion on the Corn-laws would
have been so long. It was desirable that the House
should come to a decision on the question of the Corn-
laws at as eaaly a period as possible.—(Hear, hear.)
That measure affected the duties on corn, and he hoped
that after the House had decided on the measure, those
who were opposed to the sliding scale, and those who
were oppoeed to any duty whatever, would receive the
Government measure as. a great relaxation of the
existing system, and not to be disposed to throw ob-
stacles in the way of its becoming. the law
of the . land • as speedily as - possible. A
soon as he possibly could he would bring in the Bill.
He had not been able as yet even to introduce the Bill,
on account of the. length to which the preliminary dis-
cussions had extended. He did not complain of that,
he had .no right to complain of it, he -merely men-
tioned the fact. He proposed at the earliest oppor-
tunity after the debate on the Corn-lawS should .be
closed, to take'the Army and Navy Estimates in the
Committee of Supply, and if the • House should feel
disposed to vote those estimates, lie woulkat the earliest
possible moment he could, get those votes proposed.
that the House do resolve itself into a Committee of
Ways and Means, when he would explain the whole of
the intentions of her Majesty's Government with regard
to the finances. The moment he had an opportunity of
making that statement, he would avail himself of it.
if they were to interrupt the discussion on the Corn-
laws now going on, they would not elicit my opinion from
the House, while great inconvenience would be offered to
thepublic service.-7--(Hear.) What he proposed measures to
take the.: opinion of the House on the principle of the
law and on the duties, and then to take a vote; after
which, in a Committee of Supply-, he would state his
financial proposals.. •