Star.
London, England, 1826-12-14 00:00:00

LICENSING SYSTILS.

Sir J. GRAHAM asked the llome Secretary whether lie in.
tended to renew the existing Act regarding the licensing of ale.
houses ?—there was an Act which was for one year.
Mr. PEEL replied, that be had this and many other subjects
under his consideration. lie was by no means satisfied with the
present system ; the existing Act was fur one year at his request ;
and he hoped to be able to pay attention to so important a subject.
Mr. HUME reminded the Home Secretary that he bad pro-
mised the House the opportunity of discussing this subject during
the present Session.
Mr. TUREENS moved for various returns of Corn,34c.—Or-
dered.

He then presented various petitions from the Seamen of South
Shields and Bradford (20 in number), fur a revision of the Corn
Laws.
Mr. R. GRANT moved, that the Arigna Committee have
power to adjourn from time to time.— Agreed to.
Mr. MOORE presented a Pecithn from Alr. Hamilton, of
Hampton Hall, regarding the Dublin Election Petition, praying for
an enlargement of the time to enter the requisite recognizances.
They had been presented, but objected to, on the ground of insuf-
ficiency—to establish their sufficiency was the object for which time

was required.
The SPEAKER said, that this Petition was to provide for what
might occur; and that if any adjournment of the House took place
previously to the time being expired, the counting of the days was
resumed from the day of the re-assembling of the House.
1 Mr. C. W. W YNN said, if the party omitted adequate security,
the fault was the Petitioners ; but there were no reasons for yet
11 presenting this Petition on the subject of time. Petition withdrawn.
The order for extending the time to put in the requisite recog-
nizance' for the Hedon Election Petition, it was moved by Mr.
Villiers, should be discharged, on the understanding, as suggested
by Mr. Petl, that, after the men, it should be without prejudice
to the petitioner's case.
This created an extended conversation, Mr. BROUGUAII and Mr.
CaLcsiarr contendir'g, that it was taijmt thus daily rescinding the
resolution for time on Tuesday, and in reality deciding the seat for
Fiction. The petitioner only desired to question the return ; but
Mr. Vitiates required that the seat should be decided in his favour.
Mr. PEEL said, the matter was one of difficulty, and therefore
he bad made the suggestion.
Alderman WOOD observed, that there was nothing to warrant
the application.
Mr. M A BERLY contended, that no new facts had been adduced
to warrant this application, and to justify the proposition to undo
what was done yesterday.
A long discussion took place, in which Lord FOLIIISTONK, Mr.
C. Wynn, &c. had part. It was strongly resisted as a dangerous
precedent.
Mr. PEEL eventually said, it would be a safer course, under all
the circumstances, to adhere to the resolution already come to by
the House—(Hear!) and not to disturb the order for extending the
time. He hoped the question would be withdrawn.
Mr. VILLIERS withdrew his motion.

Mr. 3. RICE presented a Petition for time to enter into recog-
nizances regarding the Mallow Election Petition. The Agent swore
to the accuracy of the contents of the Petition.—Time granted till
February 13.
Mr. 3. RICE presented a similar Petition regarding the Kerry
htectu.. Padden,.

MESSAGE !ROW HIS MAJESTY.
Mr. Secretary PEEL delivered at the ear, the Answer given by
his MAJISKY to the Address of the House of Commons (for which
:ce Lords). It was received with loud cheers.

ADJOURNMENT OT TIE HOUSE.

Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that the exertions made
by his Right Hon. Friend last night, rendered it impos-
sible for him to come down to-night to propose the
motion of which he had given notice, respecting the
adjournment of that House. It became necessary, there-
fore, for him (Mr. Peel) to become his substitute. He
could not enter upen that motion without expressing an
anxious hope that nothing might occur which would
give the !nit grounds for the supposition that the mea-
sures last night agreed to were not sanctioned by the
unanimous approbation of the Legislature. No one de-
precated more than he did the calamities which must
necessarily attend the progress of war. Experience
told us that there was no human ill which drew so
many evils in its train. It must necessarily check the
progress of civilisation, and contribute to the aggrava-
tion of any previously existing distresses; but then it
should likewise be remembered, that the surest method
by which the peace of nations could be preserved, was
the manifesting, on all occasions, a jealousy of the
national honour. In moving, now, that the House at
its rising do adjourn to the Bth of February next, he
wished to observe that this period was not an unusually
'long one. The propriety of adjournment must depend

on the circumstances of the country at the -time, and
he felt himself sanctioned in this notion by the
usages of former Parliaments, which had been sum-
moned before Christmas. -In 1814 the adjournment
was to the 9th of February ; and in 1819, to the 15th of
February, although in the latter year the death of his
late Majesty rendered an earlier Parliament necessary.
He trusted that he should obviate any other objection
which might be raised, by giving notice now of the
particular day on which it was the intention of his
Right Honourable Friend Mr. Huskisson, to bring
forward that great question, to the discussion and
arrangement of which the country looked with so much
anxiety, namely, the state of the Corn Laws. Business
would be actively commenced on Thursday, the Bth of
February, and on Monday, the 12th of February, his
Majesty's Ministers would deem it the'r duty to call
the attention of the House to that important subject,
and to enter into a detailed explanation of the views of
Government, and the plan they had formed for the ad-
justment of the subject—(C peers). The Right Hon.
Gentleman concluded by moving, that this House at Its rising do
adjourn over to Thursday, the Bth of February next.
Mr. J.WILLI AMS said that it had been his misfortune
to differ from the majority of that House on the ques-
tions agitated during the Session ; but, when the Right
Hon. Gentleman bore in mind the irritation which that
•ery question of the Corn Laws had occasioned—a
question which suspended all transactions between land-
lord and tenant—when he bore in mind that tie only
great subject that had been touched during the Sess'on
had been carried through last night with as little cere-
mony as if it had been a Road Bill—when also the state
of the country was considered, and the number of Pe-
titions which were presented from a large body of its
inhabitants for the means of delivering themselves from
it—when all these things were considered, he (Mr. W.)
thought the cases of precedent quoted by the Rightlion.
Gentleman were quite insufficient to warrant so long a
postponement of the sittings of the House. It could but
be looked on by the distressed population as manifesting
a considerable indifference to their sufferings. There was
another subject, too, the condition of Ireland, which
was totally passed over during the Sets'on. and it was
not without reason. He thought the hest way to redeem the fault
of that neglect, was to have it considered at as early a period as
possible.—The motion was then carried without a division.