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PitiILIAMENIIWR PROCEEDINGS.

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in the fcwe Vert et the day tottAil were fully lir-4 resricture
tile Id* Caere or“ Ham! onClerrit."—.!ttdiment d•-•fe• i•td.
Ott thlelet s Cause of " Payne. r Cauldicl," Cent-i w. re
lardisr
y Punta+ beide% to take place the titatr.ht.e dar
after the miss.

Their Leirdshlps them adjourned tin ice o'clock. vr!!,n tLe
I 1 ame redtetted.

Numerous Petition+ from various part: of the country were
received, presented by different Peers, again., II". Cori P
Among these Was a Petition from liackc,l 'presented lay hiS
Highness the Duke of OT.OretaTER ; and one friSrn the City nod
Liberties of Westminster, by Lord Cs tsvit.Lr, and #rh'cls
Lordship said was signed by 31,970 persons.
These documents were sever-11y ecAered to lie on the tabie.

TRFATY WITH ANteittrA.
A abaft conver.aion took place metering the prtsductinis of
the Papal connected with this subject, as afvenea to by a MIAs
Earl (Orey) on a former evening.
After* few Words betvieen the Fatis Glee and litraroox,
jn which the lane.' obterved, that the House M 0414 loci le yiyi4
the subject should come to be discussed, whether armlet this
Papers the Noble Earl may move for, were fit to be produced..
The Marquis WELLESLEY expressed his opielun there
shosid be a distinct discussion on the subject of the Papers, in
order that the House may judge whether the produ, t ors vrlis
absolutely essential or not. For no judgment, he though!, mitt
be sadsfattorily given on the Treaty as it now stood. He ism
lotions that the discussion should be on the earliest pose'hie day,
for he confessed that he was extremely anxious to cite hit opi-
nion epos the subject.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said he had no objectfisn, 'be
diseuseion respecting the production of Papers should rake place
onWednesday, and even with the understanding that it tt te..1114l
run td great length, that the motion for the address upon the
tricky may be pat off to Sabi' the holiday*.
After a few words across the table between the Mlle F.:14
and Lord GIIZNVILLE, it seemed to be understood that the con-
sideration of the treaty Should take place oil the earlie.st partible
day after the recess.

LOEWE PETITION AGAINST THE CORN BILL.
Lord GRENVfLLE pursuant to hi v. notice rose,
to Move that the prayer of this Petition be taken into
consideration. In the course of a stwech of great
length upon the subject, the Noble
LprtanoordtxtPtnattelractsetl
on the numerous, complicated and i m
connected with the prayer of the Petition. After t.ie
document was read on the motion of his Lordship,
he observed, that in the interval since he had origi.
nally brought forward the Petition, he had endeA.
voured to ascertain, as well as he'Could, whether
there were any general rules of the House that could.
be objected against the general convenience anti pro.
priety of hearing the Petitioners, as prayed for by
their Counsel and evidence. And as tares he ciarld
discover, there were neither any rules, nor any ee_a-
blished practice of proceeding, that mil.tated ttg..etst
a compliance with the prayer of the petition. for
his own part, he recollected numerous cases wltere
counsel and evidence were beard, in matters of great
and serious consideration, like the present, to toe in-
terests of all classes of the .community. Here mischief
could not be entail-d on the mass of the pole,Ahttov,),
without its being entailed in a peculiar ckgree on the
City of London. It was seriously incumiwilt on the
House to hear what the Petitioners had to atlege,
before they inflicted so great and pressing evil tipiis
them, and upon the extent to which they were flirty
to be affected. Much information had been obtatovd
from past discussions, and much more import on in-
formation vas likely to be obtained from the com-
munications of those whose local and immediate in-
terests were directly implicated. There na . no
ground of necessity established from the introA'uttiiiii
of the measure, whatever may have been urged on
the score of expediency. The price of Sus. had hf, n
taken at an averageable guess. A cer rain nuroh,t
of people were desired to give an opinion, an.i an
average was taken upon their opinions. A, lit le
could the principle of the prices of the growth ~f
corn be applicable as a rule, as even no tw,, ri,:tos on
the same farm could produce corn at the same r
They bad seen from their own evidence how 'DLL!)
the rates of labour depended on the prices of err
and they were aware of the serious question that had
been raised, as to what would be the asseac .rice of
bread in London under a standard price of Bth. i
And, on this point, it was necessary to hear what the.
City of London could establish. Among the great
points which they would have to consider in the pro.
posed examination were—whether the prices of bread
could be raised without at the same time raisino :he
prices of labour Whether the prices of labour c' old
be augmented without at the same time augmenting
the prices of all the products of that labour ; and
thirdly, whether such an augmentation ci uld take
place without seriously affecting the export tr...de of
the metropolis? In every view that coithi ur t lisen
of the subject, the prepoied examinatioil c,s-
sary, and called for by the peculiar ctrcitntstat:t.-s of
the case. Neither the Petitioners nor hitr4ell hAI a
wish to interpose any unfair or unreasonable dv:,i r
to the progress of the discussions, they were Int...
pared and in readiness to come forward in support
of their allegations. He trusted their I..ordips
would condescend to comply with the prayer
of their Petition, and the more especially as the de-
' clared opinion of the country WAS with clean. His
Lordship concluded by moving, That this !loose do
comply with the Prayer of the Petition of the City of
London, and that the Petitioners be heard by toeir
Counsel and Evidence, in support of their allegAtioas
at the Bar of the House.—On the question—
, The LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the Woo!.
sack, and observed, that from every view wh.cti
felt it his duty to take of the subject, it was cer taioly
a most important one; either as it respected italivr-
duals or the country, and the interests of all th.:;e,
who, living under the protection of its equal laws,„
could come to that bar, and claim an equal degree
of attention from their Lordships' House. Alid he
would tell their Lordships in the face of the con. try,
that it was one of the duties they had to. discharge,
to give a respectful, attentive, and deliberate consi-
deration to the petitions of all his Majesty's white,* ;
but on these their Lordships were txclusivii) it, de-
cide upon their own judgments, upon their own re-
sponsibility. But GOD forbid that the moment shoot.,
ever arrive when the Parliament of this country