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him was but a consmultion 071,111 t systestrarevasiou
'which had been practised in his absenata4
bation.)—it would be most satisfactory tisheilatre
that the information to be given should come Ipso-
taneoudy from the Noble Lord ; bat if no owns-
nication was to be Glade to that House before the
Eribter holidays, he would certainly move
which he thought necessary. He repeated,howevar,
that it would be best that the Noble Lord should
give what he thought himself at liberty to offer,
and it would then be for the House to determine
whether or not that was sufficiently ample and sgols-

factory.
Lord CASTLEItEAGH replied, whatever com-
munications the Crown might have to make, would
be made at the proper period ; but if the Honourable
Gentleman wished for any information in the present
instance, he was at liberty to call for it, and he might
be enabled in that case to state how the business of
the Congress now stood, and whether that which the
Hon. Gentleman might desire should be produced,
could or could not be given. That which had been
done had not yet received its full ratification. Most
important questions had been decided, and the deter-
minations of the Congress had been reduced to arti-
cles, but these not having yet been ratified, could not
be produced. What had been done, had lion done
(he repeated it) with the concurrence of all the great
Powers, and every thing had been satisfactorily
arranged that regarded the peculiar interests 4 this
country.
Mr. WHITBREAD enquired if he was to nutter-
stand that unless some Member moved tor aornsa-
don, the Noble Lord proposed to remain altogether
silent on these great subjects ?
Lord CASTLEREAGH had not intended to as-
sert this, but in the present state of things his com-
munications must necessarily be limited.
Mr. WHITBREAD wished to know if he was to
understand that at any given time the Noble Lord
would lay any infctrmation ketore the House as a
Minister or as a Member of Parliament ?
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, not as a Minister
certainly.
Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to the question
put to him, said, if the discussion on the Corn Bill
should not take up much of the time of the House,
it was his intention to proceed with it to-day.-11;
however, it should be occupied till a late hour in the
Committee, he was *tog to postpone it to a fu-
ture day.
Mr. WHITBREAD then gave notice, that oa an
early vacant day lie would raise a question on the
subject of the Noble Lord's mission, which would give
him (Lord Castlereagh) an opportunity of laying
before the House such information as he isliest give
consistently with his duty.
Mr. BENNET wished to know if the Order of
the Garter had been given to the King of Spain, and
if a commission were now going out to invest him
with it—perhaps the Chancellor of the Exchequer
might be competent to answer this question.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved, chat the. Speaker should leave the Cuatr.—

(A laugh.)
Sir G. HEATHCOTg opposed the Corn
The high rents, imposed on the grower most ulti-
mately be paid by the consumer. It followed, that
to secure the Landholders their present hip, rents, it
was proposed to, allow them to Oz the nunimps at
which the poptilatina of gßeend should eat their
daily bread. I; was said the lands ;tips in cultiva-
tion would be again thrown out of cultivation if that
Bill did not pass. He denied this. The lands at
present in cultivation had nut been used to raise corn
when it WAS at 80s. the quarter, but wheti it was
likely to sell for 7, by or 49 the quartet ; and. there-
fore, he was of opinion that even if this Bill did pass,
A great portion of that middling land which these
high prices had, caused to he so appropriated would
soon be thrown out of cultivation. A little mode-
ration in the landlords. he thought, would be of in-
finite service to the country. He then read a para-
graph from All Evening Paper, which was under-
stood to be as much under the influence of this Go-
vernment as the Moniieur formerly was under the
Governmea of France, and to the leading article of
which he hid been informed, the talents of a Right
Hon. Gentleman opposite had sometimes been lent.
The paragraph was printed in the paper of the 15th of
February, and was as follows r.... 44 We will not enter
here into the discussion of the situation to which all
the proprietors of land now living on their rents, the
fair profit of their land would be reduced, if with di.
minished incomes they had still to contribute as At
present to the general revenue of the country." On
this paragraphite would leave the Howe to make
their own comments—(a laggh.) He called upon the`!
Government by diminishing as much as possible the
expenditure of the country, and conjured those who
considered themselves interested in the present mea-
sure to refer to the French Itevolutio:s, and to remem-
ber, that those who had been then driven from their;
home, and who had come to this country as refugees
(though he did not mean to say such could ever be
the situation of the landowners of England). had
been driven from their home through their contempt
for, and neglect of, the feelings of the common
Mr. H. ST. PAUL was against the measure—he
thought it was premature in the House to interfere
at all in the Cora Trade till it should have been seen
what effect the return of peace would have on the
state of the country. He regretted much that this
should have been made a Government question. It
was impolitic to have made it so, and he hoped the
Noble turd, recently returned from the Continent,
had told them so. He again urged the propriety
of letting this question rest for the present. Many
favourable events for the agriculturist had already
taken place—man, of the War Taxes bad ceased—
the Property Ta; bid expired—the glut of harem-
Lion arising from the overstocked granaries of the
Continent had ceascl, and could not soon occur
again—and, under all these circumstances, it was
probable that grain would fully find its level without
any interference on the partif the Legislature. The
Hopuurable Gentleman thilp 4tiverted to the great
difference which this *measuve, if adopted, world
make in the profits of the farther; it would, be said,
cause no *a a dibrence than thsg as. 111. per
acre, supporeug the price to be raised 404 944 pm
vihich he pretended it wound be) train Gals. to fps.
and to take the avers
_ge produce st three querteirfpet
acre. He conteoed it was a stieasur calcalittic.t to
enrith thy hymn! 414 the landowsw at the aspc.sice
of ate poverty of di carom.