The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-22 00:00:00

PENSION LIST OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.

Mr. HUME gave notice, that "he should poitpone
his motion respecting the Scotch and Irish Pension List,and he
could not thatevening fix the day when he 'could bring it forward.

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CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.
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Mr. O'BRIEN • presented
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parishes in the County of Clare, praying or Catholic Emancipation.
Lord PALMERSTON 'presented a pefition from
the Roman Catholics of the County of. Sligo, praying f e r Catholic
Emancipation. His sentiments on this great subject weer well
known, arid he should not be guilty of the had taste, of anticipating
the discussion which would shortly take place upon it. There
was, no portion of his Majesty's Roman Catholic, subjects_schose
claims were more entitled to consideration than the' Catholics of
e'is County of Sligo, for they had never,
,even in tile most dis-
turbed ptriods, allowed' themseplo?tErrssn,CetnoLoitaieblce:ius,d.irawit into
pation
in those outrages which had disgraced other parte' of Ire-
land; but they had uniformly
and loyalty to their King. The petition wait ordered to liei on the
table, and to be printed. • • - -
CORN LAWS.
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lie on the Table, and tei be -Printed. '
Lord FOLKESTONE presented a petition from
the Owners of Land in the Hundred of. Folkestone, in the,Connty
of Kent, against any alteration Of. the Corn Law,. He did not
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concur in the prayer of the petitioners ; but he 'agreed with them
that no alteration of the Corn Laws would avail, Withniika repeal
of taxes.—Ordered to lie on' the Table.
The same NOBLE LORD presented a petition,
signed by Upwards of 3,000 Weavers of Blackburn, praying for a
Free Trade in Corn,, and also. for a Reform :of Parliament, em-
ground. The petition was ordered to lie on the Table.
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Lord MILTON presented petitions from Leeds,
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alteration of the Corn Laws. He had also a petition on the
same 'object from .Perth; the inhabitant* .of which town, he
regretted to say, were compelled, from the present ewe. of the
representation in Scotland, to iutrust: their petition to the hand,
of a stranger. To,the petition from Leeds—one of the wealthiest
and most intelligent manufaCturing" towns' in the country- he
'wished 'particularly to call the attention of the House. Un-
doubtedly, the prosperity of the country depended, in a great
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the introduction of corn
,the manufacturers of other - cuunOikl,
were greater than in WS (Lord
Milton's) individual
opinion it ought to be. Unless the
ti-ade in
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tures, if, the . impost on
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to compete not only in the foreign, ,but in, the home markets with
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existing in this country. There could not be a stronger proof of the mon-
Ministers felt themselves of violating those laws by a temporary
than the necessity under which
abrogation of them, when the approach to famine,waa felt or, ap-
prehended. That system of laws could be little calculated to pro. :
Net any chist of hie Majesty's subjects, which Ministers were
tilraw:l7er, and the taxation far less than

obliged to alnogate,
the individuals a
`7fellkiCer, it came into operation in favour of
~opposed to tic protected,
fioF INATCHBVLL expressed his satisfac-
the temperate tone in which the Noble Lord opposite had
7:4trodueerl t e.present subject, and trusted, that when the dis-
c'
bf the Corn Laws took place, it would be characterized b'
linlitar moderation.
- Mr.- DUN COMBE, while he admitted that the
• Corn Laws might; to a certain extent, be beneficially revived,
would never iive his consent to any measure which would have
the effect of sacrificing the landed interest in order to raise up
Other class of the community.
Lord MILTON explained.
Mr. W. W. IA HITMORE took occasion to ex-
press his pleasure in hearing the Noble Lord state so plainly and
so temperately the objects of difference between the parties in-
terested in the Corn Question.
Mr. MARSHALL (of Leeds) spoke at some
• length, from th. Opposition side of the House ; but from the
noise in the Gallery, we were unable to hear more than a few
detached sentences. We understood him to say, that the persons
who had suffered most from the operation of the Corn Laws had
borne their distresses for a long time with great patience ; and
that they now entertained very strong hopes of being relieved
from the miseries incidental to the continuance of the present
system of restriction—hopes which he earnestly trusted would not
now he disappointed.
A MEMBER (whose name we could not learn)
nude some observations upon the consequences of the Corn Laws,
and declared his conviction of the propriety of the remark of Mr.
M'Culloch, " that the higher the rate of wages paid by the ma-
rufacturer to the workman, the more easily will that manufac-
turer be able to undersell his opponent in a foreign market ; so
that, supposing France and England to be engaged in a contest
Ytn. the supply of manufactures to America, Egland, if she paid
a higher rate of wages to the workmen, must inevitably drive her
competitor out of the field." In these opinions he most cordially
concurred.
Mr, G. PHILLIPS said, the great evil arising
prom the prohibitions of the importation of grain was, that they
prevented manufactures from being carried out of the country in
return for the price at which that grain might be sold.
Sir T. LETHBRIDGE could not allow the dis-
cussion to terminate without complaining of the high tone taken
by the Noble Lord (Lord Milton) in presenting the petition, and
of the insinuations which he had thrown out respecting those
who were supposed to have taken upon themselves the care of
watching over the interests of the landowners. The noble Lord
had made use of several very extraordinary observations, man:, or
which he did not at that moment feel himself able to advert to ;
but there was one in par'e'ilar which struck him very forcibly,
and which he could not avoid recalling to the attention of the
tfouse. 'The Noble Lord said, that the Government had by
their measures interfered between the people and their food. Now
to considered that to lac a very naischiermis statement to go forth
to the world, as he never saw any attempt to interfere, ner there
could not be any attempt to interfere between the people and their
food, unless when it was proposed to take that course which
would have the effect of destroying those who were the true culti-
vators of the soil producing that food.—(A laugh, and hear, hear)
The Honourable Baronet, after some other observations, concluded
by protesting against any attempt to destroy what he must always
consider the most important interest of the State.
After a few words from a MEMBER (whose name
•we could not learn), the Petition was brought up and read at
length. It was from the Merchants, Manufacturers, and Inhabi-
tants of Leeds, praying for an immediate revision of the Corn
Laws, and arguing against the absurdity of continuing so unjust a
'monopoly for the sole benefit of one portion of the Community.
Lord MILTON then presented petitions on the
same subject, and containing the aame prayer, from the Inhabi-
tants of Bradford, in Yodisnire; from the Inhabitants and Ope.
rativss of the town vi Sheffield ; from the Bettor and Manufac-
turers of Keeling; from the Landowners and Inhabitants of Bing-
bey ; Ircon the Merchatts and Manufacturers of Holme Dale ; from
tbe.lnhabittints of e!szldleworth ; from the Woollen Manufacturers
of Pultsev ; trern the Inhabitants of Horbury ; from' the Woollen
Manufaciurers and Inhabitants of the Township of Morley ; from
this Inhabitants of Gomersal ; and from several other Townships
in the West. Riding of York ; a similar petition was also presented
from the Householders and Inhabitants of the town of Perth, in
Scotland-