§ Earl Stanhopepresented a Petition from Mr. John Wright, a coal and iron master, near Nottingham, praying for such a revision of the Cornlaws, as would increase the duties on foreign corn. The petitioner, observed the noble Earl, did not belong to that class of people considered favourable to the landed interest, nevertheless he was well persuaded of the impolicy of the present Corn Laws.
The prayer of the petition was, that foreign wheat should not be allowed to be imported until the average price of English wheat was 72s. a quarter, and that even then a duty of 24s. per quarter should be imposed on foreign wheat so imported.