The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-03 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(LAST NIGHT.)

On the motion of Mr. PLANTA a new writ was
ordered to be made out for the Borough of Cam-
bridge, in the room of Colonel Trench, who has ac-
cepted the office of Principal Store-keeper.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT presented .a pe-
tition from an individual of the name of Henry
Burgess, praying that the question of the expediency
of returning from paper to a gold currency may be
further consi•lered early in the next Session of Par-
liament. He perfectly agreed in the prayer of the
petition, which strongly pointed out the evils of the
present system of currency.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from George
Butler, master-mariner, who stated that he had re-
gularly, for seven years, laid his prayer before this
House, for the abolition of impressment, and
of the tax of sixpence out of every month's
pay for Greenwich Chest, from merchant seamen,
who derived no benefit from it.

Mr. SYKES supported the petition, nhich after
a few words from Mr. W. SMITH, was ordered to
be printed.
Mr. CROMPTON presented a petition from the
inhabitants of Derby, complaining of the distress
of that part of the country, and praying for a Re-
form in the Commons House of Parliament.

Mr. VILLIERS STEWART moved for various
Returns connected with the Colonies.

Sir GEORGE MURRAY presented certain
Reports from the Cape of Good Hope, Mid also
moved that a humble address be presented to his
Majesty, praying that he would be graciously
pleased to order the Report of the Commissioners
for the Manumission of Slaves in the Island of Ber-
bice, dated 13th May, 1829, should be laid before
the House.

Mr. OTWAY CAVE, on presenting two peti-
tions from Leicester for a repeal of the Corn Laws,
stated that they were the petitions of which he had
given notice some days ago, not for the purpose of
creating an irritating discussion on a subject which
had been exhausted on a former night,—when he
must say that the speech of the Member for Mon-
trose had not been answered in any one of its details
or arguments—or for the purpose of long trespassing
himself on the patience or time of the House, but
he thought it his duty, having strong opinions on
this point, to endeavour as far as he could to attract
all possible attention and notice to the petition, at a
time when such deplorable scenes had been taking
place hr many of the manufacturing districts lately,
and when the present scarcity and dearness of bread,
was augmented by the present Corn Laws, which
had caused other nations to cease to produce for our
market. He (Mr. 0. C.) entirely agreed in the
wish of the petitioners for a total repeal of the corn
laws, without any duty whatever. He objected to
the system of averages, as being open to fraud, and
being expensive, and he did not think that it would
be just, or possible, to levy any fixed duties during
a time of scarcity, and this was the only part of his
Honourable Friend's motion of which he disap-
proved. The only arguments used by the land-
owners in favour of what they called a protecting
duty were, that they bore exclusive burdens in the
shape of tidies and poor-rate; but he thought
that the amount of this exclusive taxation, if
any, was not so great as supposed, inasmuch
as the wages of labourers were in many in-
stances paid partly out of the poor-rates, and, iii
consequence of a part of the empire being tithe
free, the tithe became a tax upon produce, and fell
upon the consumer. He was of opinion that the
many advantages of politicalinfluence and power,
both local and . general, peculiarly annexed to the
possession of landed property, were such as to con-
terbalance those supposed exclusive burdens. As,
at all events, landlords themselves were not bene-
fitted by the corn laws to anything like the degree
in which all other classes were injured by it, he
would put it to the good feeling and generosity of
the landlords in that House, whether it would not
be better eventually for them that a tax should be
abrogated, the advantage of which was but pro-
blematical and certainly could only be temporary,
and above all, which caused them to be regarded
with suspicion and jealousy by those who would
otherwise look up to them as their natural friends
and protectors.
Alter a few words from Mi. Monek, Mr. Hume,
Mr, C. Fenian), Sir Charles Hastings, Mr.. Port-

man, and Mr. Bennett, the petition was ordered to
lie upon the table.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY also concurred in the prayer
of the petition.
Mr. KENNEDY postponed the third readinff of
the Tailzies Regulations and the Tailzies Relief
Bills (Scotland), till the twit Session.
Lord OXIVIAN TOWN presented a petition from
Clare, against the application of the Poor Laws to
Ireland.

Mr. 11. TWISS moved for au extract from the
commission, appointing Sir R. Farquhar to the
Governorship of the Mauritius, and certain returns
relative to the said Island.

Mr. HUME begged to ask the Right lion. Gent.
whether it was the intention of Government to in-
troduce shortly a Council into the Island.
Sir G. MURRAY not having received notice of
the Hon. Member's intention to make that en-
quiry was not prepared to give him a definitive
answer.

Mr. HUME said that his intention was to pre-
vent, if possible, any one man having the power of
taxing that island as much as he thought proper.
Mr. D. GILBERT presented a petition from
Waddington, Cornw►►ll, against the importation of
Foreign Wool.
Mr. WHITMORE presented a petition against
the House and Window Tax, from the parish of St.
Luke's, Middlesex.
Mr. SYKES presented a petition from the Mer-
chants and Ship-owners of Kingston-upon-Hull,
praying for a free trade to India.
Mr. HUME also presented a petition from Clon-
tarf, in the County of Dublin, praying for the
Emancipation of the Jews.