Lord Kingsaid, he had a petition to present from Brecon, in the name of the town; but whether it could be received as such, or only as the petition of the individuals who signed it, he did not know. It was a petition against what he called the landlords act—the job of jobs—the Corn laws. The noble earl opposite had expressed a hope that this subject, when it came to be discussed, would be considered dispassionately; and, for his part, he was very desirous to attend to the recommendation, when the day of discussion should come. The question was—when would that be? In the course of last session he had been given to understand, that the great dis- 556 cussion was to take place in this; but now, when the appointed time had arrived, he was given to understand, that there could be no discussion until the next session. That was as much as to say, that the parliament being now on its last legs, or even on its death-bed, the noble earl was unwilling to disturb its last moments, by giving them this viaticum in articula mortis. Knowing how much the noble earl disliked popery, he could not help being surprised at finding that so great an abhorrer of the church of Rome should be guilty of popish practices. There was no doubt, however, that the noble earl had been dealing in auricular confessions, and had thus learned the sentiments of his landed friends; but, on the subject of the Corn laws, he had found their hearts obdurate, and that they were not in a fit state to receive absolution, or the viaticum. He allowed that the present parliament had done some good works; but it appeared at last to be found wanting in faith; and what were good works without faith? He, however, liked this parliament for the good it had done, as much as he detested the bread-taxing, and six-act parliament of 1815, which, thank God, was now dead and gone, and consigned to the execration of posterity.