Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1846-06-03

Repeal Of the English Corn Laws.
The Washington Union of the Goth inst, contains
the following, which it says from one of the
very highest sources in Great Britain, and may be
reed upon
LIVERPOOL, Nay 2, 1876
=" There has been very teasing delay with our
corn-aw repeal bill a mere point OF firm; but the
delay has furlhered the the House of Lords.
Ihey convinced they cannot effscualy oppose
the ,measue. and the b Is considered safe in al as de-
tails. You may .ured Of his as much as II II
passed The only change possible is from gradu Il
to Immediate On Monday the Commons start gam
with il, and week will likely suffice pass
naming ages in that house.
MAY A. Our London this morning represent,
the corn bill as perfectly SAFE
In the same connection. have the following
from the London correspondent of the Y. Y. Journal
of Commerce, under date of London, May 3.
Sir Robert Peel has given hearty proof Of his
sincere attachment TO the principles of free-irade In
the of conversation relative to the slow pro-
gross Of the coercion BILL the premier avaIled himself
of an opportunity to alIude to tie injurious surmise
which had been thrown out relltive 10 tie delay Of
the bill being encouraged by the government He
declared that he fully prepared 10 give whatever
proof may be required of the sincerity of his inten-
tons, and thus emphatlcaly and with great energy
Of manner exclaimed:
1T is sufficient for me now to say that the progress of
the discussion the lapse of time and intervening events,
have strongly increased the feeling with which |
spike when proposed the permanent and fnal settlement
of the question. (Cheers) l will not deny that
during the debates the subject my opinions have UNDER
gone change; but it is hishat restrictions which at
first believed to be mpoIIic, be ieve TO be unjust
Consequently the of their Injustice precludes any
compromise on my part (Cheers)
This is a most creditabe, manly, and important
declaration and which smo:c the monopolist band
with terror. AS soon the words fell from the lips
of the Prime Minister great perturbation evident
on the pro-corn law benches rapid snaches of con-
vcrsation took place; heads were Indignantly shaken
hands vehemently cenc;.ed and lips were observed
quyerlng with any thing but half suppressed bless
ings for the devoted Sir Robert. The organs of the
starvation party seem to know no bounds to their
rage they hurl anathcma after anatlema upon the
head of the Minister, and declare TINT his sole OBJ
is to follow up this by the destruction of the
Established Church The ecclesiastical prints are
most bitter in their denunclalOnS, being full of ex-
gantly absurd and rabid attacks the Cabinet.
We now look forward, however, notwithstanding
all that has be said, TO tie Immediately pro-
cceding with the bill. In the House OF Lords
can perceive evident Improvement, predISposton
to lean towards public feeling the momcntOu>
question, and anxiety particularly praiscworhy.
have the measure before their Ord>hps early as
possible. This disposition evidently shown
through statement made by Lord Brougham the
other night. who. when moving for some corn-law
returns. declared that the delay gendercd in the
Commons had created both in TIL, country and
among foreigners, tie most profound aSiOnlslmCEt.
His lordship went on to remark:
If in any quarter, of whatever kind of party politics
the desperate hope entertained of frustrating the
teniions of Parliament and of the country 10y
delays, of posponng the arrival of that great and
his conscience. he believed saluiay into
thir IOrdsip house. I'LL should be too late discuss
(or without ample discussion. God forbid should be
carrled) this session. then the remedy in their
IorJships hands for they had the power of anlic
pa,ing the discussion and of coming deliberate and
well considered opinion.
This passage will bear maturely weighing LORD
Brougham being, Is well known, in the confidence
of the Duke of Wellington and the Lord Chancellor
In a subsequent paragraph he stated that tie Hous,
would give favorable opinion upon the genera
principle OF that great and important commercial
change" The significant bearings of his lordSlp:
speech WERE If | NAV say, corro5oratcl by the
solemn silence with which they were received ol
their lordshps. This statement of his lordship
therefore be seriously pondered BY American
merchants who VIII not be far wrong If they deduc
from it the success of the corn bill.
+ The other news of Parliament may be told in
sentence The Lord Chancellor has brought in u bil
10 relieve Roman Catholics. Jews, Disorders, &C.
from penalties for not dong and f5r doing, criaii
things In other words these parties are to be ex
empt from host Of liabilities and puniShnent> base
upon statutes passed during the n.0lerant re enS
Bv til, bill, thirty Acts of Parliament imposn.
penalties on religious grounds, VIII be repealed
Mr. Ficden, in the Commons. tried TO pass til
second reading of tie Factory Bill, limiting the hour
Of work of children between thirteen and eighteen
and females above eighteen. to ten hours day. ex
elusive of time for meals from August 1871. Tn
motion was opposed by ministers, and the debat
adjourned. II on this bill. in the last session
Parliament, that Sir Robert Pcel's ministry, on
DIVISION first found themselves in a minority. Nh
Fielden has risen from having been n common opc
ra,ive. to his present position a manufacturer eli
blowing from , coo to 3 1000 hands