Star.
London, England, 1826-11-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARbIAMENT. •

• ITOLISt OF LORDS, NOVIEMBII 27.
The flail et LAUDERDALE ragweed for a Return from the
siteisistrar Of Eton, of the prices of wheat from 4540 to 1826 Web.
iite,in the market of Windsor. The Noble Earl statsl that such
a return mold be made from the aceerints of the establishment,
' and that it would be estremely desirable. The measures differed'
lat various periods,No that *4 would be neiriery to have the prices ,
reduced to the Winchester measure in the Return.' From such a
document their Lordship" would k' able to ascertain the variations
in the price of wheat from a 4esty early period down to this time,
a thing whlch at present their Lordships were enable to do.—Or-

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Sentra took the Chair at the usual hour.
JOLLIFFE obtained leave to bring is a Bill to Incorporate
the 'General Steam Navigation Company.
A Petition was presented from the Freeholders of the County
of Westmeath against the Return for that County.
A Petition was presented from Cavan against the Return of Mr.
Bouthwell for that County. •
Mr. HUMS gave notice of a motion, for Monday next, relating
to t►e retirement of Oaken on Half-pay.
Mr. HUME, seeing the Hon. Secretary for the Colonial De-
partment in his place, wished to ask him a question relative to the
Cape of Good Hope and Sierra Leone. He wished to ask what
condition they were in with respect to the labours of the Commis-
sioners at the Cape of Good Hope. He wished to know when the
Hon. Member would be prepared to lay befor► the . Hoeft the
Report of that Commission. The House had very properly sus-
pended any proceedings in regatd to that Colony until they were in •
pet: session of full information upon the su►jeer. He also desired to
Itatow when they were likely to receive thp espected Report front
Sierra Leone.

Mr. WILMOT-HOR.TON said, that the Ceryitadssioners had
not yet made their general Report, because their attention bad been
directed to a variety of inquiries which had prevented them from
making their Report until a later period than had been anticipated.
He expected, however, to be able to lay that Report on the table of
the House on the first day after the Recess, and that it would corn.,
prise a statement of the isnprovementswhich the Conunissioners
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thought Drees nary in the jeneral administration of the Colony.
Mr. HUME said, he had a Petition to present to the House
similar to many he had presented list Session, and which called
the attention of the House to the state of the Poor Laws of this
country. It was signed ltobtrt Gourley, was respectfully worded,
pd in every respect deserved the attention of the House. It
rayed that a Select Committee might be appointed to examine
into the subject.—Ordered to Ue on the table.
Mr. H U ll fs gave notice, that he should take the earliest oppor-
tunity of submitting& motion to the House gpott a subject to which
he had before called the attention of Parliament.—he meant the
Church Establishment of Ireland.

Mr. HUME gave notice, that he should take an early opportu-
nity of submitting a motion to the House for recalling the. Viceroy
Establishment of Ireland, with a view to complete the union of the
two countries; and also .with respect to the number of Navy O.
curs placed on the Half pay list, Navy Pensions, Ste-

CORN LAWS.,

Mr. HUME held in his hand three Petitions from
three different bodies in the Royal Burgh of Medlin,
one of the places he had the honour to represent. They
stated their full approbation of the conduct of Minis-
ters in opening the ports to foreign Corn, and expressed
their opinion that but for that measure the state of dis-
tress to which the people must have been reduced,
would have been incalculable. The Petitioners went on 1,
to pray that the House would make
.such an alteration
ft the law as to prevent the necessity of any such future
interference on the part of the Government. And from
everything he could learn from that part of the country,
the prayer was unanimous. This as the only instance
in which all classes of the inhabitants of this Burgh had
been unanimous upon anyone subject. He had already
stated his opinion on.the subject to the House ; and he
now begged leave to notice a . circumstance which had
occurred with reference to whit he said on the occasion.
He knew that the House must be-well aware of the in-
veterate malice and rancour with which some portions
of the press had been, feeding the pfiblic with calumnies
respecting certain transactions which he had been
connected, and in regard to which he hoped the time
would not be long before a full explanation would be
made. At the close of the few obser rations which he ad-
dressed to the House at the last sittingof Parliament, he
said that he had heard much of the agricultural in-
terests and the manufacturing interests, but nothing of
the interests of the people at large.. It had been stated
that at that part of his speech he was coughed down.—
It was true, he was aware, that a disposition, bad
been manifested sometimes, by certain persons In that
House, to. hear no more of his opinions upon particular
subjects ; but upon this occasion he begged leave to say,
that the interruption did not occur until he had con-
cluded all he meant to address to the House. He had
at all times experienced the impartial favour of the
Speaker, and the indulgence of the House, in common
with all those who wished to deliver their opinions, and
he trusted that the same treatment would be continued
towards him. What he did then state had been misun-
derstood ; and he would repeat his concluding sentence,
in order to set himself right. He said that the broad
principle on which alone the peace of the country could
be secured, was by setting at rest that question which
could no longer be postponed with safety. The first p.m
of the sentence was given, but not the last ; and he
therefore wished that it nfght now be attended to. So
far was he from having changed that opinion, he was
sorry that the Right Hun. Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs was not now present, that he might warn him
'against the consequences of further delay. If during'
the trials to which the people must be exposed in the
approaching severe season, any mischief should arise'
in the country, it would be attributed to the postpone.'
ment of this question alone. So much was that opinion
confirmed in Lis mind, that if he could persuade thel
House to support him, be would individually undertake to bring in
a Bill on which a discussion of the question might be had. He was
not sure that be should not move fur letue to bring In such a Bill
during the present week, even if he stood alone. He did net tee'
what interest thy/House could have in not going into the subject;
but he would sir that the fears of the country Gentlemen were ex-
aggerated, and that nothing but discussion could satisfy their minds
and relieve them from the delusion under which they laboured.—
Whether the House should adopt this course or not, he should be
satisfied with having done his duty in having now thrown out
(loosely bit admitted) what he conceived to be the course required
by the situation of the **unary. •
Mr. FERGUSON (we understood) said, that, on the
important subject of the Corn Laws, he could assure
the House that the Country Gentlemen, as a body, did
not express that exaggerated alarm, or entertain that
delusion which the Honourable iember for Aber-
deen had attributed to them. They had the greatest
'confidence in the House, •and were convinced that it
would not adopt any measure which went to the de-
struction or injury of any of the great interests of the
' country. He was sure that the Government would not
delay the discussion of the question longer than was
necessary, as the commercial interests were no doubt much agitated
by the unsettled state of the question, and that all business respect-
ing leases and rents were suspended. He had only risen to express
his entire and well grounded confidence in die measures of that
House, and his hope that their proposal by the Ministers would not
be deferred longer than the necessity of the case required.

Mr. HURST said, that the landed interest, as well as
the other interests of the country, bad every reason to
entertain an anxiety u to the satisfactory adjustment of
this question.. He badevery confidence in the wisdom
of Parliament, that the landed interest would be duly
protected In any come that might •be determined, upon. It teas
expedient and desirable also, that it should be men disposed et, aa