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

They had gold and silver coins, but they had no gold and silver
standard. Their standard was wheat and paper. They were
all flattering themselves with the dream that they possessed
a standard of value, while they were really paying 7s. 6d. a
bushel for wheat, paying a proper price, and flattering them-
were giving the real value. How could they
n so unnatural a system of Government ?
eLsexolpovekecsitngtthoaattgtothhenyeo;t upon
ate of that House, could they wonder that the
measure of the Right Hon. Baronet, was so small, that neither
by one party nor by the other could it be told 'whether it were
a good or a bad one? Let them ask themselves how they
could expect, while the relative prices of corn in any country
of Europe was an ounce of silver for a bushel of wheat, to
endeavour to keep the bushel of wheat at two
ounces of silver. The Government were powerful ;
they had a majority of 91 ; but the Right Hon. Baronet
would find that withal he was not so powerful as the laws
of nature. That majority also might not last long, and het
begged to call the attention of the House to the fact, that a
parry once took office with a majority of 200, and where were
they ? Echo answered, Where ? (Cheers and laughter.)
And if the present unnatural principles of the Government
were carried out, echo would answer " where" to them too. If
he persisted is the present measure they would scarcely know
boss to address him. If the Right Hon. Baronet persisted in
maintaining one price of silver and another price of corn, they
must address him in the words used by Gray's bard to Edward
the Third when he invaded Wales
Fond impious man !"—(Cheers and laughter.)—
. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud,
Raised by thy breath can quench the orb of day ?
To-morrow it repairs its golden flood,
And warms the nations with redoubling ray."
The Right Honourable Baronet must understand that if
something were not done to relieve the sufferings of the work-
ing classes, a state of things would be brought about which all
must deplore.—( Hear, hear.) For his part he had no feelings
of party—he had no leader in that House but his own con-
science—( Hear, hear)—and he voted for the motion of the
Hon. Member for Wolverhampton, because he thought it was
the most honest.—( Hear. )
Mr. SHARNI AN CRAWFORD rose amidst loud cries of
" Divide." Having for some time endeavoured le obtain a
hearing, he moved the adjournment of the debate.
Amidst great confusion, the motion was seconded and carried.
The House resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported progress,
and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow ( this day).
LAW OF APPRENTICESHIP.

Sir J. GRAHAM obtained leave to bring in a Bill to ex-
plain the law respecting the superintendence of masters over
apprentices. As the law at present stood, the Magistrates had
power to adjudicate in disputes between masters and appren-
tices, where the premium had been less than 25/. But by a deci-
sion of the Court of Queen's Bench, Magistrates had no jurisdic-
tion in cases where there had been no premium. The object of
the Bill which he proposed to bring in was to give Magis-
trates power in such cases.
DEBTORS' PRISONS.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM also obtained leave to bring in a
Bill to consolidate the Queen's Bench Prison, the Fleet Pri-
son, and the Marshalsea.
DISTRESS AT STOCKPORT. • _ _

Mr. COBDEN moved for. a return of the Report of the
Commissioners appointed to inquire respecting the distress of
the inhabitants of Stockport.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the Report of the Corn-
missiorers had not yet been completed.
Mr. COBDEN then withdrew his motion.
RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS BILL.

In reply to a question from Mr. HAWES.
Sir J. GRAHAM stated it was the intention of her Majes-
ty's Government to bring in a Bill to facilitate the recovery o
small debts under 851.