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RARLIAitIiNtARY PROCEEDINGS.
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HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mar 4.
Mr. Twit los. from the Treasury. presented an Account 1t the
quantity of Butter exported from Irelsod, during the last year..-..
Laid on the table.
Mr. M. FITZGERALD brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee on the Colonial Steam Naviaatioa Bill.—The BM and
Amendments were ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. BRIG HT paitpotted the--further consideration of the Re-
port of the Debtor and Creditor Silltill to.morrow.
Mr. GOULBU RN presented a Petition from the Chamber of
Commerce of Dublin, praying that the action of the Debtor and
Creditor Bill might be extended to Ireland. Ordered tobcprinied.
Sir G. H I Li presented a Petition from an Agricultural Society
in the North-west of Ireland, praying that the Act for inspecting
Flax Seed might not expire without some other Act to the same
erect was prepared to supply its place.--Laid on the table.
Mr. S. Wt)RTLEY brought up the Report of the Yorkshire
Election Bill.—Ordered for a third reading to-morrow, and the
Bill and Amendments to be engrossed.
Mr. ESTCOU ItT postponed the second reading of the Alehouse
License Bill till tomorrow.
Lord M I LION presented a Petition from an individual, praying
the House to take into their serious consideration the present stag-
nant state of trade.
A Petition from the Catholics of Queen's County, in Ireland,
praying for a Repeal of the Catholic Penal Laws, was presented by
Sir H. Pa anau..—Ordered to be printed.
On the motion of Mr. GOOLSO El, the Irish Benefice Bill was
read a second time aad ordered to be committed to-morrow. •
Sr J. YORKE presented a Petition from George Henry Leo-
Bey, a member of the Royal Union Association, praying the House
to institute a Commission, to inquire, during the recess, into the
necessity of amending the laws of Benefit Societies.
Mr. BEAUMONT presented Petitions from North Shields,
praying for some alteration in the Navigation Laws. He supported
the prayer of the Petition.
Mr. Alderman WOOD moved the second reading of the Thames
Watermen Bill. He wished to know whether the Bill could not
be considered a pubik one? it was intended certainly foe the public
good, and he tbaefore shooed the poor' etitioners (wbo' could
but ill afford the money requisite to pass the Bill) Might have the',
benefit of such a consideration.
The SPEAKER assured the Hon. Member that it was both
private and public, and therefore the House could net allow it to
pass without paying the customary fees.
After a few observations from Mr. M. A. Tavtasa,
Mr. Alderman WOOD postponed the sets f ,reading of the
Bill till Monday next.

CURRZNCY.

Mr. W. GORDON presented a Petition from several parishes
in Scotland, against any alteration of the Currency of that part of
the Kingdont —Referred to the Committee.
Lord FOLkSTONB presented a Petition from the Burgesses
and others of the town of Paisley, in favour of an alteration in the
Currency of Scotland. He wished to know whether his Mattpyel
Ministers intended to do any thing towards an alteration? He
they would pause, for he had no doubt there would be more peti-
tions of the same tenor u the one he had in his hind.

Mr. HUSKISSON deprecated any discussion relative to the
alteration of Currency before the Report of the Committee ap-
pointed to examine into the Ranking Systems of Ireland and San-
- land was before the House.
Lord FOLKSTONE said he had put the question to
the Right Hon. Gentleman because he saw the. Ministers
had come forward with a measure for the relief of the
people of England at a very short notice. The Pet Masers, how-
ever, did not attribute the calamity,• which called for an alteration
of the currency, to the Corn Laws. The Petition had been seal
to London as soon as it was written, under the idea that Parliament
would be very speedily dissolved. but if it had remained a day or
two-at Paisley he was sure it would have been signed by ,thousands.
Ile thought the Petition was worthy the attention of the• House,
as-coming from so respectable a body of men. who were.ußani-
mously opposed to the prayer of several Petitions of a contrary
tendency. Mtlem Ministers adopted some other measure for the
'clip( of the country than the two they had lately proposed, he
thought they would not have dose much towards benefiting it.
Mr. PORTMAN took that opportunity of supporting the first
Resolution on the Corn Laws, proposed by the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman (Mr. Canning), and of condemning the second Resolution.
Colonel JOHNSON supported the Petition.
Mr. BRIGHT maintained the necessity of a repeal of the Corn
Liars. The country deinanded it ;- and he implored Ministers to
persist in their repeal of the prohibitory enactments of the Import-
ation of Foreign Corn. -
Mr. J. I'. GRA NY agreed with his Noble Friend (Lord Folk-
stone) as to the'great importance of the Petition, thotigh he was
convinced the Report of the Committee on the Currency of Scotland
and Ireland would he contradictory to the statements of the Pen.
tisners as to the mischievous tendency of a Paper Currency.
Mr. MONK agreed with the opinions of the Petitioners on the
mischievous tendency of a paper currency. He was an advocate
for a return to our ancient metallic currency.
Sir R. W tIaSON was• anxious for inquiry into the state of the
manufacturers of the country; but he was opposed to partial votes
of money for relief—as contended for by the Hon. Member for
Somersetshire.
General GASCOYNE hoped the House would net conclude
that the silence of the Petitioners on &repeal of the Corn Laws,
proceeded from a respect for those laws on the pan of the Peti-
tioners. That silence was caused by the hopelessness 'of a speedy
repeal ; and by the declaration of Ministers, that the House would
not this Session entertain the subject of the Corn Laws. He cen-
sured the conduct of Ministers ill this respect ; the mere so as he
maintained the feelings of the disturbed districts (he did not concur
with those feelings) that their distress was occasioned by the exist-
• lug system of the Corn Laws.
A BERLY maintained that Scotland and the Government
would regret any change in that fasten&
Sir F. BURDETT could not agree with the importance Mtached
to this Petition by the Noble Lord. its sentiment* were contra-
dictory—it asserted to be anxious for what was problematic ; and ii
came to conclusions unwarranted by experience, or its " own pro-
mises. As to the distress being dependent on the state of the Corn
Laws (as bytteved by the diamond nnumfacturers). he (Sir F.
Burdett) atilotained it did—but not in the sense of the manufac-
turers. It arose from the overstock of goods being debarred a mar-
ket by the Corn Laws.
Lord FOLK ESTONE defended the tone and sentiments of the
Petition.

Colonel JOHNSON said a few words to the same effect. The
Peiltion was ordered to be printed.
CORN LAWS.

Sir T. LETHBRIDGE rose to present a Petition
which had been put int:, his possession by an individual
of whom he knew nothing, who described himself as
Henry Phillip, corn dealer, in the City of Londoner--
Tbe Petitioner prayed the House not to pass the mea-
sure rtcently introduced by-the Government, without
,granting him 'Trims: for losses which he should suffer
thereby. He stated that he had held four thousand
quarters of ('reign wheat in bond from the ISth May,
1822, which he had taken out last year under themea-
sure then passed, upon payment of a duty of 10s.'per
quarter. He had since been keeping his cora in the
hope of getting for it a higher price, and as the importa-
tion of fresh foreign wheat was to be at 12s. he prayed
compensation for the loss he should suffer in consequence
--(/eseghter, mid esprvesions of disapprobation). The
lion. Baronet said he could not deny that it was a
most extraordinary Petition, but it sheaved the situation
in which all corn dealers would be placed by the mea-
sures of Government. The Petition bad been put into
his hands—he had no knowledge of the party from
whom it came—and in presenting it to the House he
had done his duty. • There was one fact he wished to
mention, as proof of the great sensibility of these torn-
dealers, and the quickness with which they saw any thing
that was likely to affect their interests. He w as informed
as a fact, that at Liverpool, on Saturday last, great ac-
tivity had taken place in the business of corn. Whether
they had foreseen the measure which the Government
proposed on Monday, he could not undertake to say.—
But he believed the fact he had stated could be very
well authenticated. He only mentioned the fact ; but
the sensibility of the Corn dealers, and the acuteness
with which they perceived the intentions of Govern-
ance, were certainly greater than any displayed by