Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-06-04
Repeal OF the English Corn Laws.

Repeal OF the English Corn Laws.
The Washington Union of the 26th inst, contains
the following, which it says comes from one of the
very highest in Great Britain, and may be
relied upon:
LIVERPOOL, May 2, 1896
There has been some very teasing delay with our
corn-law repeal bill point Of form but the
delay has furthered the in the House Of Lords
They are now convinced they cannot efectuay oppose
ihesmessure and the bill is considered sa in all IT'S de-
tails You may rest assured Of this much as II
passed The only change possible is from gradual
TO immediate. On Monday the Commons start again
with it, and week will likely suffice pass its
naming stages in that house.
"May a. Our London accounts this morning represent
the corn bill as perfectly safe"
In the same connection, we have the following
from the London correspondent of the N. Y. Journal
of Commerce, under date of London, May 8.
Sir Robert Peel has given hearty proof Of his
sincere attachment to the principles of freetrade. In
the course of relative the slow pro-
gress of the coercion BILL the premier avaled himself
of an opportunity allude to the injurious surmise
which had been thrown out relative to the delay of
the bill being encouraged by the government. He
declared that he fully prepared to give whatever
proof may be required of the sincerity of his inten
tons, and thus emphaticaly and with great energy
of manner exclaimed:
st is sufficient for me say. that the progress
the discussion, the lapse Of tme and intervening events
have more strongly increased the feeling with which
spoke when proposed the permanent and final settlement
of the question. (Cheers,) | will not deny that
during the debates the subject my opinions have under
first believed be impolitic, believe to be unjust
Consequently the Of their injustice precudes any
compromise on my part" (Cheers)
This is a most creditable, manly, and important
declaration and one which smote the monopolst band
with terror. As the words fell from the lips
of the Prime Minister, great perturbation evident
on the procorn law benches rapid snatches of con-
versation took place. heads Indignantly shaken,
hands vehemently clenched, and lips were observed
quivering with any thing but half suppressed bless
ngs for the devoted Sir Robert. The organs of the
starvation party seem to know no bounds to their
rage they hurl anathema after anathema upon the
head of the Minister, and declare that his sole object
is to follow up this measure by the destruction of the
Established Church. The ecclesiastical prints are
most bitter in their denunciations, being full of
travagantly absurd and rabid attacks on the Cabinet.
We now look forward, however, Notwithstanding
all that has be said, to the Immediately pro-
ceeding with the corn bill In the House Of Lords
perceive evident improvement, predispositon
to lean towards public feeling on the momentouS
question, and anxiety particularly praiseworthy
have the before their lordshps early
possible This disposition evidently shown
through statement made by Lord Brougham the
other night, who when moving for some corn-lav'
returns declared that the delay gendered in the
Commons, had created both in this country and
among foreigners, the most profound establishment.
His lordship went on to remark:
II in any quarter of whatever kind of party politics
the desperate hope entertained of usa ting the
tenons Of Parliament and of the country by
delays Of posponng the arrival of that great and in
his conscience he believed, most sautay measure into
their ordshps house. till it should be too late discuss
it or without ample discussion, God forbid should be
carred) this session, then the remedy was in their
ordshps hands for they had the power antici-
pang the discussion, and of coming to deliberate and
well considered opinion
This passage will bear maturely weighing: Lord
Brougham being, as is we'll known, in the confidence
of the Duke of Wellington and the Lord Chancellor
In subsequent paragraph he stated that tile House
would give a favorable opinion upon the general
principle of that great and important commercial
change. The significant bearings of his lordship's
speech were, If | may so say, corroborated by the
solemn silence with which they were received oy
their ordshps This statement of his lordship
therefore be too seriously pondered by American
merchants, who will not be far wrong if they deduce
from it the of the corn bill.
The other news of Parliament may be told in a
sentence. The Lord Chancellor has brought in bill
to relieve Roman Catholics, Jews, Dissenters, &C.,
from penalties for not doing and for doing certain
things In other words, these parties to be ex-
empt from host of liabilities and punishments, based
upon statutes passed during the intolerant reigns
By this bill, thirty Acts of Parliament imposing
penalties on religious grounds, will be repealed.
Mr. Fieden, In the Commons, tried to pass the
second reading of the Factory Bill limiting the hours
of work of children between thirteen and eighteen,
and females above eighteen, to ten hours day. ex-
elusive of time for meals, from August 1S47. The
motion opposed by ministers, and the debate
adjourned 1t was on this BILL in the last session Of
Parliament, that Sir Robert Peels Ministry a
division, first found themselves in minority Mr.
Fielden has risen from having been a common ope
ratve, his present position a manufacturer, en-
ploying from 1000 to 5000 hands.