Star.
London, England, 1815-03-01 00:00:00

,etchr(i Tte, Thai:TRIO, eiiitd lir*lieet=lre‘-Tiitii
pAss with m .vine Itn mnimtviiihntt.
neat wa;, t:l4t the wnid." eigh.y" Anuld be left
out, aiot t'i %•(I'.t 4, vettty" sub ,t owel.
tft PEE E was in tiaVOilr of };.vi;; g the utmost
posohl.• t•nr.. ota,erren, to

Mr. 1i: RI 14:it wtn: I ! mot truth!? Ow I Unise at
.hot late hunt- with .1 :turd upon the .4..**1::!1i wind-.
les, hut simply as to the fitno,s of' laic .. On the
former discir:s•nti, nn
slite:,:jinfohni:l.asridleaTit:c....chnt;:cp.ii:
.)f' iit,: it at /a, ; hit h:s Itizlit lion. Friend (Ml-
en,mtiat tip farmer could not be pro.
IHotjiosksihTutlid)
prhat...tvl
tected under that sum. He (Mr. Baring ) had given
great offence f.r speaking plainly upon the subject of
tent ; but taking a farmer at dlOOO a year, and
lowering it to C5OO, to sly that he could not than
afrord to sell his corn cheaper, was complete sophistry.
he thott,:ht the House should' 'nisch the question of
:rice with as much delicacy as that of rent. There
w.ts no less than four out of the sixteen witnesses that
weleagricuatirists, who stated their op'nien of price
tin kr 80s. TO.tt stun was formed upon the sums.
anion that rent and taps would curium the same ;
but •it those charges were to be reduced, they adrift.
ted that 800. w.ts beyond the price which WAS ogees-
3.ry for the protection of the farmer. He coneluded
will, declaring, that he would °pi:rise the 01 igival pro-
pzaitions in every stage of proceeding.
Mr. HUSIEISSON was satisfied that 80s. was the
lowest protecting price which circumstances demand.
eel ; and that it the price 'were fixed lower, land:-
v:oldd he let out of tillage, and the inaproveniems (la
them stopred. SOUK persons had itividiotoly al.
tuck(' to the increase of rents, but rents bad increased
only in propertion to the rise of price of all tile ar-
ticies of life. The Right Hon. Gentleman c mcluded
with observing, that if tr..e origin'? propositions were
I not adopti.ni, the agriculture of England mikht be
encourayed, but that of Ireland would be checked.
Mr. ROSE entered into a long Staten,- nt of the
opinions of dihrent witnesses, in proof that the
I.l;lirst price ought to be tills. though some ot them
thuisOit that 755. would be a good prot ect.i
~g price
for the farmer. From the whole of their reasoning,
however, he was inclined to contend that a loner
price than SOs. would answer every good rurpos....
Mr. W. SMITH was of opinion that the agrcul.
tnral interest was the great and par 'mount interest
of the country, and t;:c home 'm .rket was the must
important for trade and manufactures Vet the dif-
ficulties with which the country must nee sss ily be
oppressed for some time to come could only be con-
quered by every class ot society particip:iting in the
btu-diens, and the landholders cqoally with the reg.
Being of opinion that fixing the price at t i!ltty sitil-
lings would have the effect a keeping corn op at that
pike, he should vote for the amendment. The
Honourable Member spoke for a con,id-rai4e tim.• in

illustration of this opinion, and combated m Any of
the arguments, that had been urged by different Gen-
tlemen, under a contrlry persuasion.
Mr. POLE CA It 1! iii' pre-fared the original Resn.
lotions, a, being fair and benchcial towards Ireland.
M!. QuIN was of a similar oricion ; and after a
reply fr% Mr. Hug:assort, the Hone divided—For
the Amendment 35—Against it 151—Majority in
favour of 80s. 119.

The orinis):ll Resolutinns were then agreed tn, and
the House adjourned at Half past Three o'Cleck.

71.7.;111LT lA' THE 1J ROUGH.

CHAIRING OF Ma. BARCLAY.

The proposed measures frr restricting the irnpnrta-
tion of foreigi grain into this country, we have at.
ready stateJ, have excited c,n;iderable ferm:nt in the
minds of the inhabitants of this ;zreAt cizy, and the
scene which wars yesterchty ex!iii,ited in the Borough
of Southwark, exemplified, in the strongest manner,
the truth of those observations.

Our Readers may recrllect that Charles Barclay,
Esq. WAS but a few days back returned, by a very
consid..rable majority, to serve in Parliament, as the
Representative of the Borough of Southwark, alter a
fruitless, but spirited, opposition on the part of the
friends of William Jones Burdett, Esq. Subsequent
to this Gentleman's Retort*, the subject of the Corn
Laws has been brought before the House of Com.
mons. and as this is a question in which the interests
of all classes are concerned, tnnsiJerable curiosity
was manifested by the in::abitints of the Borough to
know the course which their new Member would
pursue respecting it, the more especially as they had
yet 'an opportunity of expressing their sentiments
upon his conduct, during the ceremony of chairing,
which was still to take place.
The opponents of Mr. Barclay's election, natural,
looked with.an eye of jealousy upon every step which
he took, and were most rea.ly to adze the first oppor-
tunity which might be afforded them to evince their
disapprobation of his principles. A circumstance
soon occurred which gave food for resentment. mit
event to which we allude, was the first division which
Took place in the House of COMMIOSIS upon the Corn
Laws. The question upon which this division took
place was, as to whether the House should resolve
into a Committee upon Mr. Robinson's Resolutions
or not, for the purpose of deliberately considering
their object, and the policy of their adoption. On
this occasion the great majority of the House voted
for the Committee,•the minority amonnting only
to sirs Members, independent of the Tellers.
Of this minority, Mr. Calvert, the second Repre-
sentative for the Batough, was one ; and, in a letter
which he addressed to Mr. Solomon Davis, one of
his constituents, after adverting to other topics which
gave Ilse to the correspondence, he stated, as a mere
matter of fact, that 4' he had just been lilt in a Mi.
nority of six against the Corn Laws, and that his
colleague, Mr. Barclay, remained in t:,.? 11,use, with
a considerable majority in favour of the question."
l'his communicatien, without further explanation,
was published, and hence a spirit of oppusitioh was
raised against Mr. Barclay.

s:in.ner hlid the friends of Mr. Etrcl.ty heard
if the cAnni:tion which had obtained existence, thAn•
they used every effort to counteract its baneful in-
fluence.

Vestry Meetings were called in edery parish, and
Mr. Barclay, in person, protested against the.ero.
neous conclusions which had been drawn fro n the
Course he had pursued. Unkattun ly, however,
the groat but of the population had not a4ntissil.n to
these racetiligs, and designing persons t..k.n4 advan-
tage of the.' inexperience, and want of tuluatattout