Star.
London, England, 1827-05-24 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MBY 23.
The. MAIM of the Roma otkiated as Speaker, In the absence
of the Lord Chancellor.

CATIVO= CLA MS.
The Duke of MONTROSE presented a Petition from the
Sinai of Glasgow and Ayr, against any further concessions to the
Catholics.. • CORN LAWS.
Earl STANHOPE presented a Petition from Owners and Oc•
cuplers of Land in a Parish in the County of Kent, deprecating the
admission of foreign corn, and praying that the njeasure pending
before Parliament, for the attention of the CordjOws, might not
pass into a LAW.

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DIMORTATION Or W•l4
The nista Loan also presintrd a PetitioraliroMin individual in
the county of Cambridge, against the b»poitai-ion of foreign wool.
The Petition drierved the attention pf thsir 'Lordships, for the ease
of this individual was in fact the car of ill other wool powers in
the kingdom. The Petitioner complilnell that he had two'yeare
growth of wool on hand, and that the article was utterly unsaleable.
The measure by which the profits of the wool grower bad Itren re:
duced 50 per 'cent. was an act of gross and intolerable injustice.
The If of DIALMESSUItI held in his hand a Petition,
which was not the less deserving of the attention of 'their Lord..
ships, because it was addressed t• them by an bumble individual:
He feared, however, that in consequence of a trilling informality,
the Petition could not be laid on the Table, the Petitioner having
I named two Noble Lords in his Petition. The Petitioner was an
agricultural labourer, who had been enabled to purchase, under all
Inelosuris Act, nine acres of land, upon the produce of which he
bad hitherto supported himself and a focally)f six children. Tice
Petitioner expressed his apprehension that, if any measure were
adopted which would have the effect of reducing the value of esti-
' natural produce, he would be compelled to seek subsistence from
the parish, or from the produce of 'tie casual labour of his own
hands. The Petition was written with great simplicity, but with
a great deal of good sum; and were not inconsistent with the
farina of the Heetee,he *mild wish it to be read, nontithstanding
the Informality to which be bad alluded. The Petition was read.

The Pirtkiencr, Ralph Gadsby, expressed his hope t• At their
Loedships would " stand up for bin' —(a laugh), and concluded
his Petition wit► the following worts:—" Lastly, I am a ruined
man, If your Lordships Pau this Bill; GOD bless your Lordships."
Lttugh). -
ELLENBOROUGH observed, that lie had seldom beard
a Pctition which was more worthy of their Lordships' attention,
and suggested that there was no objection, M point of form, to re-
ceiving the Petition ; for, altiougb the names of two Noble Lords
were mentioned in the body of the Petition, yet no allusion was
made to anything said or done by those Noble Lords. He was sorry
that k was against the format the House to print this Petition.
The Earl of NIALIidESBU KY was glad that the objection to
receiving the Potidoo was removed; for the Petition of this bumble
individual was Imporpat, as it went to prove that there was ano-
ther clam besides the Landlords who were interested in opposing any
aitsradon d the Corn Laws.—The Petition was laid on the Table.

SAU OP OAMI.

The Marquis of SALISBURY rose for the purpose
of introducing a Bill to kgalise the sale of game under