THE ADMINISTRATION
A great number of petitions against the Corn Laws were presented.
The Earl of MALMESBURY presented petitions against alterations in the Corn Laws, from owners and occupiers of land in the neighbourhood of Petersfield, in the county of Southampton; from the gentlemen, clergy, and owners and occupiers of land in the southern part of the same county; and from the owners and occupiers of land at Banbury, in the county of Oxford. The noble lord said, that the last mentioned petition, also included a prayer against the importation of foreign wool; and that the petitioners stated, that they had already tow or three years stock on hands, and were in apprehension of utter ruin.