The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-07 00:00:00

Mr. BARING gave the same assurances to the
House, and repeated his resistance to it. lie re-
joked in his opposition having delayed it. on account
of giving time from the cities of London and West-
minster, the latter not having a single Represent-
tire in the Ilouse.—[Louil laughs.]-11e doubted
not, however, that an Honourable &irony,. (Sir F.'
Burdett) was now on the road. He repeated the
opinion he had already given, that this measure ought
not to he precipitated through Parliament in the
manner it now' bits, without waiting to hear what
%sere the sentiments of the people at large upon it.—
He contended,. that the Petitions Wliich were now
pouring into. that House did most fully convey the
sense of the people. The middling and labouring
classes were deeply interested in this question, and it
was an absurdity to soy they were not. Even the
tenantry of the country did not wish for any mea-
sure to raise the price of corn; what they wished for
was, to have the rents lowered, and that would he
sufficient to relieve the country front the difficulties
in which the agricultural interests were said to be in.
volved.

Mr. Alderman ATKINS followed on the same
sick,; observing, that the signatures to the Petition
vv.( old hove been trebled if there had been time.

Sir SAMUEL 1101111.1.1" in presenting a Petition:
-from IYestbury n gra inst any alteration in• the Cora
.Laws, said be wrii happy he had been selected to pre-
'sent the sante, as it atforde,l him an opportunity to
-express his decided disapprobation of the measure
tow hurrying with so much precipitation through the.
"House.

Lord COMPTON 'presented a Petition from the
Town of Northampton, against the Corn Hill.
Mr. CA ICH A FT presented similar Petitions from
the Towns of Rochester and Gravesend, neither of
'which .Kern manufacturing towns. He wished te.•
obsorve, that he himself fully concurred iii the prayers I
of these Petitions. Two other Petitioutrwere alsfr'
precented from other Memberv.
Mr. M. A. 'FAYI.OII. said, he held in his hand a
Petition from the inhabitants of Poole, -which was I
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not a c.anufactaring town, against the C.,rn
He was himself hostile to the whole of that Bill,
and trusted the House would give every necessary
oppertunity for discussing it. If, however, it pissed
into a law, he hoped the people would submit to it i
goietly. • •
Mr. 11. SUMMER presented a Petition from cer:
Hain inhabitants of the town of Croydon, against the
Corn Bill, and from others of the inhabitants in fa- I
Your of it. • Although he was ready to present any
Petition which any number of Isis constituents should
call on him to lay before that House, he still eon:'
c. teed 'he should he guilty of a dereliction of the
duty which he owed the public if lie did not con
skier the ititere“ of the nation at large as paramount
to all local or partial interests, and, on that g rou tid,
he would support the measure then before the
onse.—[flenr, hear !I
The Petitions were then received.

Mr.i MELLISH. presented a Petition from the
lahablistot of Bethnal-green, against the Corn Bill. .
Mr. LEE KECK:presented seven Petitions to the
same effect, from Leicestershire. lie also presented
two others feed' different places.
• Mr. Alderthan ATKINS presented one from the
inhabitants of Deptford; and expressed his earnest
wish that the House might pursue some middle
course in the business now before it.
Mr. SHAW LP:FEVRE presented a similar Peti-
tion from the town of Newbury.