The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-09 00:00:00

UNDUE ELECTIONS.

The SPEAKER aciu7iinted the House that he had received
a letter front Thomas toucher, Esq. Clerk of Appeals in Ire-
land, complaining of Undus Elections fur the County of Gal-
way, and the town of Drogheda.
A Petition was also presented complaining,. of Undue Elec..
tiwns for Boroughbridge, in England, and Paddington, in
Scotland. The petition from Drogheda was ordered to he
taketi into consideration on Tuesday, the 6111 of June next;
and that from Haddingt on on Thursday, the Bth of.lune.
Mr. HENRY CLIVE brought up certain Papers relative
to the Established Church in Ireland, which had bemordered
on a former day.
The Hon. FIIEDERICK LONG moved, that certain Ac-
eompts relative to Unclaimed Prize-Money, produced un the
3d of May last, should he printed.—Ordered.
COMMERCIAL PETITION.
Mr. BARING I ose to present a Petition, signed
by some of the most eminent manufacturers and
commercial characters in the country. The ob-
ject of the Petition was to set forth the general
stagnation in the great agricultural and commer-
cial interests. He did not think there was a
more important subject to occupy the attention of
Parliament. He thought the general interest
which was at present excited in the country on
this subject, and the uneasiness which resulted to
all minds on contemplating the gradual decline of
the whole system of our trade, required the early
and serious attention of Parliament to be applied
to it, in ©'Her to consider if there was any reme-
dy, and if there was, to apply it. It was neces-
sary to have it determined whether their state
was such that there was no remedy for it, or at
least such that the House could not apply. If it

arose from circumstances which did not admit 0

any Parliamentary remedy, at least a great deal
might be done by rtention. The Petitioners did
not come to that House with any view of attack-
ing the interests of any other branch of industry ;
for it was evident that the commercial part of the

community could have no other wish than for the
generdl prosperity. They must know, that if the
manufacturing interests did not flourish,- com-
merce could not. The whole welfare of the COM.
min& y essentially depended upon the prosperity
of its different branches. instead of any al-
terations for the better in their distresses,
which bad been so frequently promised to them
at the conclusion of the war, they had been great.

lv aggraated.—(llear !) Whilst every other I
place in the world had recovered from the et-
fects of the war, this was the only one %vhich
continued to groan under the increasing weight
ot its distresses. The country was in a state of
absolute decline. Whether they considered
the representwion made to that Mose by the
Agriculturists, by the Manufacturers, or by the
Merchants, they certainly must be most anxious
to discnver whether it were possible to apply a
remedy to their distresses. He dontved tit hen her
for the last r.. 0 years the commerce of the coon-
try had produced any thing at all. He was not
so much puzzled to give a solution to this, as to
suggest a remedy. The situation of the countty
conceived to be that of languor, produced by
the extraordinaty excess of exertion in every
branch ot the mantitactutes, caused by the pro•
ttacted war it had been engaged in. During that
period we bad monopolizetl the commerce of the
world; and from having eninycci the highest state
of prosperity, they were now plunged in adeer.
sity. 'During the extraordinary success which had
crowned all the exertions of industry, a sort ot
tonelessness was engendered, which was now ex-
ercising its effeC:b over the who:, s rC n. L♦ ,ry