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Earl (Grosvenor) it would be best anntered when the details of the measure came to be discussed, At present he wished only to coutider the general principle of admission. He Jid not see why the agriculturalst should be alarmed. All that was wished was, that Parliament shottid not separate and leave the country exposed to a famine price of corn. He did not say that the present was a famine price, hut it might grow up to in. The circumstanees of the country as to taxation and everything were so altered s'nce 1815, when the Corn Bill was passed, that if it ought to be adhered to the prices at least must be altered. That bonded corn should he admitted into consumption at a duty, and that tht. - King in Council should be empowered to admit further stipplies, also At a duty, were nut things calculated to create, but to remote alarm, and give con fidence in all quarters. HOUSE OF LORDS. MA• 1. 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Lord KING presented a Petition from• the Weavers and other Inhabitants of Manchester, praying for an alteration its the Corn Laws. Hii Lordship observed, that under the peculiar ci:cumstances of the time, the Petition was entitled to the best consideration of their Lordships, particularly as it was may ked with good sense and moderation. The Petitioners Awed that they entirely disapproved of the outrages which were corn witted in the manufacturing districts, and that they considered the burning of machinery as most unpolitic, as well as mischievous. It was not 'to the improvement in machinery that the present suffering of the country was owing. The Petitioners stated, and hi, Lordship agreed with them, that the present distress of the manu facturers was to be traced to the Corn Laws, and to the consequent high price of food. The tendency of Corn Laws was twofold. In the, first place, in directly preventing the importation of foreign corn, and consequently the supply of food; and in the next place, the Corn Laws prevented the exportation of our manufactures, as foreigners could not purchase them unless torn was received in re turn. His Lordship gave credit to the Noble Earl at the head of the Treasury for his declaration of last year when he said that a revision of those laws was necessary, in which opinion he was sure the Noble Earl was quite sincere. The Marquis or LANSDOWN did not wish to make any observatioa .that would lead to any difference of opinion, nor would he touch upon controversial ground ; but he wished to advert to circumstances which were known to their Lordships ; be meant the present distress and disturbances which prevailed in the coun try. It was p,enerully understood that a dissolution of Parliament wauld shortly Wee pace, and he hoped , they would not separate without taking some step to relieve the distress which existed in the manufac turing dist, icts. He was anxious not to let that op portunity pasi without urging ups n their Lirdslioa . the necessity of adopting some measure not only to relieve the distress, but to. allay the alarm which prevailed. His Lordship would acknow'edge that the subject was one of considerable. difficulty ; but he also thought that the circumstances of the present case took it out of the range of common accidents; it was im possible for Parliament to alleviate all the difficulties that occur in .t commeicial community, or to controul the vicissitudes of supply and demand to which this country must be always subject. During the last year an artificial stimulus was given to trade, which led to speculations beyond the knowledge as well as the con troul of the unfortunate individuals who were now suf fering from a stagnation of that trade, and although much had been done to restrain those irregularities, and his Lordship had approved of those measures, still he must say, that by them a temporary check was given to commerce, which tended to impose an addi tional check upon commerce. Under all circumstances of - the-case, he thought a case was made out to call for the effectual interference of the Government, but he also thought there was a necessity for vigorous and vigilant, if not severe measures, for the protection of property, as well for the sake of the unfortunate indi viduals who were committing the outrages as On ac count of the persons whose property was exposed to danger. At the same time he could not forget a senti ment of Mr. Burke's, that when a man was starving he was taken out of the ordinary rules of commerce as well as of justice, but he then came within the jurisdic tion of mercy. His Lordship was of opinion that Par liament must have recourse to temporary remedy to meet the present distress ; this might be done, either by placing funds at the disposal of the Government, or by an address to the Crown, pledging Parliament to make good any advanc .s which it might be thought necessary to make, for the purpose of relieving the wants of the sufferers. Although a public subscription might be suf ficient to alleviate ordinary distress, and although it was in most instances an adequate as well as the safest mode of administering relief, yet he thought that in the pie sent instance it would be insufficient. His Lordship did not forget that when distress prevailed in Spitalfields, it was alleviated by a public subscription, and by the benevolence of individuals; but when he read the various accounts, and heard the reports from different 'parts of the country, .e was anxious to avoid the great expense which must be incurred by any mode of_quell ing the disturbances in any other way than by relieving the sufferers. It had been said that relief might be derived front a reduction of taxation. Looking at the distressing accounts with which the Newspapers were filled, and the improbability of speedy relief, be was convinced of the necessity which existed for granting some temporary assistance, either by a vote of money, or by some ether means; and he called upon their Lordships to take the cue into their most serious coosideration without delay. The Earl of LIVERPOOL felt himself called upon, not only by the speech of the Noble Marquis, but by the importance of the subject itself, to state his views and those of his Majesty's Ministers to the House. He did not wonder at the appeal of the Noble Lord, but be trusted that that Noble 'Lord would give him credit for feeling, in common with every man in the House, for the unfortunate state in which some of the manufactur ing d•shicts were placed. No one could read the accounts which were received without being appalled at the distress which prevailed, and experiencing the deepest regret as to the course of those sufferings.— With respect to the remedies to be supplied, the subj ct deserved the most serious attention. If Parliament Isere ao interfere, it would be the first instance, excepting she case of Ireland, in which public money choold. have, been voted for relieving such distresses. It might be, more advisable and effective to tike advantage of the l e:is:in:a system of the Poor Laws, for through it relief might be administered without coming . directly out of the public purse. If money were voted in one instance, he conjured their Lordships to consider how often ap plications might be renewed, and how difficult it would be to discriminate between the real and apparent neces sities of the case. They would recollect that when the agricultural interest was suffering ckeply some years [ ago, endeavours had been m ide to obtain relief in the manner now propose ', but on coming to the ApplipAtion of the principle, they had fe and thealsAves compelled to abandon it. With respect to Ireland, the c reit in stances of the case were widely cliff rea. Ireland hod no system of Poor Laws to resort to, and the sta e of the country al'owed of the money raised being employed in public works, roads, and other objects, which were not .wanted inthis country. Belot e P.olia.nent should for the 'first time draw a drat t on dr politic pure, which if once lo• g irri, no one could tell ts'han the practice viopltf end, it' was proper that every other expedient should be tried 7 fie could not but look with moth confidence to the voluntary exertions of individuals in aid of the rates which were raised. In :he case of Ireland, the amount of private contributions exceeded 300,0001. He expected and hoped that a similar effort would now be made to afford relief. This would be far more crw sistent with principle and easy of execution. Relief might be administered by a body like their Lordships, or by a Committee, but could not by the Executive Government, without greater objections than applied to any other mode. It was impossible not to admit that the existing evils rendered a revision of our situa tion with respect to the price of food, even at this late, period of the Session, absolutely necessary. He had said early in the present year, that though he felt the necessity of an alteration in the Corn Laws, yet that was not t'ie period when the subject could be discussed. Independently of the ordinary objections t, such a , discussion, the circumstances of the present moment, furnished additional ones to Parliament taking ir,tei consideration what should be the permanent system of, the Corn Laws. But at the same time Parliament' ought not to separate without releasing the bonded corn at a re tsonahle duty, and throwing it into the general, mass of . public consumption ; or wi.hout investing in the King and Council a power, to last till six weeks after the next meeting of Parliament, of admitting other 'supplies of foreign grain on payment lila certain duty, as necessity might require. Such a power was one with which no Government would 'wish to be invested. lie ap pealed to his own conduct to prove the truth of this assertion.— When the last Corn Bill had been framed, a clause to that effect bad bent introduced, which he had opposed, and which the House Lad rejected, on the ground that such a power ought not to form part or a general system of law. There were special circumstances in which exceptions might be made, and the present was a case iu which it wig the duty of Parliament to malts cage. Lord MA LAI ESBUILY said, no one could feel more for the distressed state of the manulactarers than he did, but whilst lie felt fur them, he regretted' that they should atttibute the:r distress to the Corn Laws. Mr. Jacob's Report, which gave the price of corn for the last three years, stated it to he, upon an average, under the produce of Foreign Countries. He deeply regretted the in fatuation under which the poor people were now acting, in destroy ing machinery. He would ask, then, who it was that bought the reduce of that machinery; why the land-owners, and if they con tinued their present conduct, where there had been one poor man, they would find three. He was convinced that, by encouraging the Landed Interest, the country would obtain a steady supply. Lord GROSVENOIt folly concurred in the expediency of obtaining speedy relief for the suffering classes of the community. It was one of the most urgent caws that ever came before them. •The Earl of LAUDERDALE raid that common' prudence would dictate the propriety of an inquiry into the causes of the present distresses, to ascertain whether they were produced by the high price of corn before that opinion was proclaimed' to the world as that of their Lordships, which must be the case if the proposed measures were adopted. He would inquire further, whether there was or was not a demand from abroad for the ',iodate of our manufactures ? If he were rightly informed there was a demand, but it was hampered by other causes. Ile would ask the manu facturers whether the alarm created by the Banking measures were not the cause of the distress? And he would ask his Majesty's Ministers whether they were not satisfied with the existing sufferings, and whether they would extend the alarm to the Agriculturalists, the only class now in a state or prosperity ? He knew of no more rash proceeding than at the close of a - Session; Mien there was no opportunity for enquiry, for Minis ters of the Crown to come down with a measure sure to create as much alarm, and to inflict as great' calamities amongst the Agricultural labourers, as they had inftcted on the manufacturing ones.— The power which the Ministers claimed was a very serious one, and if they persisted in demanding it, he trusted that they would accompany it with an obligation upon themselves to call Parliament at a certain period to consider the situation of the country. He had no objection to the admission of the Bonded Corn, but as to the faculty of introducing foreign wheat, according to his own judgment, he thought that the Noble Earl bad asked too much of the ecocide:nee of Parliament, when the price of grain had, in reality, I nd Abet whatever on the distresses of the country. Bari HA RDWICKE coincided with the measures proposed by his Majesty's Ministers. The Earl of LIVERPOOL agreed that those who ascribed the present distresses to the Corn Laws must be blind to all that bad taken place in the country during the last tea months. But whether the Cora Laws were right or wrong, he should never shrink from the discussion of the subject. He had already-stated his opinion that some alteration was necessary, and some of the alternatives which it would be necessary to adopt. He should now repeat that circumstances made the pre sent moment most unfit to consider a permanent system of Corn La ws. The Noble Earl opposite (Lauderdale) said, that the existing 'distresses did not arise from a want of demand ; if so, they would be easily cured, and could not continue. . If men wanted coats or shoes, they might put off having them, but they musOhave them, in time. But if overtrading in one year had led to overproduc tion, and cessation of die demand in the next left the warehouses encumbered with goods, distress must ensue. This was the present case. and was that any argumert 'against affording immediate relief ? As to the question of the Noble ' . • ,• fti s e.,•'4 it • , Eat I GREY had been particularly desirous of leaving the discussion to the h inds of tho s e wh o were m ost ` a ble to do justice to the subject. He could not, however, refraio from soliciting the" attention of their ',tonsi l s% for a few minutes. He would not arrogate to hi mse lf &feeling of sympAy tbitatds the 'distresseirmiintifac. tdieri sueibrioitoohat of any otlike, for it sViiiisiposlible to see the sufferings which were every day revtinaled, without a sickening of the heart. A part of 9dr p",pu lation werelitetally dying of hunger, and the first duty of the Hojse was to proffer them succour. It was' said that this population was deluded; and it was Isi4 too true Chit its feelings had been directed to the destruc tion of that property, from which it would. ultimately suffer. That delusion was to be combated by argu ment—that violence to be restrained by the vigourous use of authority and the strength of the I iws ; but whilst punishing excesses, Ministers had an imp- rious duty to perform. They had to relieve that distress which had occasioned those excesses, and they had to relieve it in a prompt and immediate manner. And having performed this duty they had to inquire into the causes of the present state of the country, in order to provide permanent remedies against the teturn of similar sufferings. Indeed, both Houses of Parlia ment would be guilty of a direliction of duty if tkey did not exercise the power which they •pos sessed to enforce upon Ministers the necessity of con tinuing the Session until all dde inquiries had be e n mad-. Parliament could not be allowed to disperse as it 'was reported to be on the eve of doing, at a time which would justify it for declaring its sioings.permanenr. In a situation where acts of violence were committed which were not imputed to disaffection or discontent, - but to absolute famine; when authority was set it nought, and property destroyed, from which the de stroyers would have procured subsistence; in a state of such danger the law had furnished the Kiog wi h power to convene Parliament at a :boa notice. and ye:-this was the time_choseft for dismissing it, nay possibly for dissoleing it! It was the duty of the Ministers to advise the Crown, and if they n-g!ected that duty it was for the House to Address the Torone not to allow Parliament to separate without hav:ng dist provided immediate relief, and by investigation and mole ex tended legislation, having secured the country ao,ainst a renewal of its present calam ties. This oi-;iniou was confirmed by what had fallen from the N ,hle Esti opposite. * Far from hailing with sati-faction the mea sures which had been announced, his alarm was in creased by their proposal. The Noble Earl had depre cated the idea that the- Corn Laws were the cause of the existing distresses. This was a subject so likely to excit e the passions, that it ought to be approrched only with the deliberative wisdom of the Legislature, acting, for the community at large, without attempting to force a parti cular opinion on the House by means of an infl immatory nature. He would ask the N 'isle Earl whether he had ab stained altogether from inflammation ? The Corn Laws might want revision, though looking at the averages for the last three years the price of coin had evidently no thing to do with the present sufferings, but the subject ought to be treated with care and caution. It was not the part of wisdom to denounce a system which bad not operated prejudicially to the country, and the-greatest evil of which would be to be kept in - a state of fluctua tion. Never, therefore, was there a moreimpitident or more ill-advised proceeding' . than when his Majesty's Ministers gave notice last Session of their intention to alter the Corn Laws. From this declaration c f theirs bad all the subsequent clamour arisen. They had taught the country to look at those laws as vicious —they were considered as having pledge,' themselves alter them, and much of the present dissat sfaction proceeded from their refusal to redeem that pledge. The alteeation in the currency was also another cause of confusion, because admitting that foreign corn should be admitted at a fixed duty, it was necessary to know in what currency that duty was to be paid.— A Government seriou•ly attending to its own situation and to what was due to its own character would have abstained from saying anything, till it had made up its mind to what ought to be done and the period at which it ought to he carried into effect. He therefore did not think the Noble Earl quite guiltless of having contributed to aggravate the existing distresses. Hinds had been the result 'of his conduct last Session, what was likely to be that of what he now proposed ? It could have no other effect than to encrease alarm. It was pro posed as a measure of relief which it was the duty of Parliament to pass. How was it a measure of relic ? —by lowering the price of corn. Did it not follow that Ministers must consider the price of corn as the cause of the distress to be relieved ? For if Le high price of corn had nothing to do with that distress, why intro• duce the measure? By this very act Mi; isters increased the clamour and confusion which they wished to coun teract. What would be the effect on the agricultural interest, when land owners should see the Noble Lord aggravating every evil by proposing such a measure as a measure of relief? As to the other measure, it was impossible that it should be adopted without much discussion and inquiry. The Noble Earl said;- that it was not one of immediate relief, but to prevent corn from reaching a famine price. What was the pctuliar necessity of such a precaution at -this moment? What -information had the Noble Earl acquired as to the nature of the supply in the country ? Had he ally reason to fear that corn would reach a famine price, or tt.p