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the reasoning and calculations of Mr. Mushett, bat the data taken by him were not fair, they should not have been taken from 1797 but from an earlier time, even Lefore 1792. Under all considerations he was ready to admit that he did not think himself wrong in the proposition he made in 1819, but in the extent of that proposition—(Hear, hear). Mr. 'NODEHOUSL: read an extract from, the speech of the laze Mr. Horner, expressing an opinion 113 to the propriety of changing the currency when the standard was depreciated. If, therefore, they were in error, such was their authority. Mr. HOLME SUMNER addressed some observa tions to the Chair, in the course of which he con tended that it was not it the power of the House to deeite means for the full relief of the 'Agt icultural Interests. Instead of relief to the Public being afa forded by a compliance with the demands of the Re formers, the evils of corruption would be much more oppressive if the representation of the country fell into their hands. He then alluded to the Petition from Surrey before the House; which, he contended, did not speak the sense of all the Freeholders of the county. Though he was opposed to many of them at the Meeting when it was adopted, he was willing to thank them for the degree of patience with which they had heard liim—( Hear). Mr. GREY BENNET rose, to recall to the House thatthe Requisition for the Meeting, at which the Petition before them was carried, was signed by five Noblemen, and some hundreds of respectable Free holders—(hear).—That Requisition did not merely refer to the distresses of the Agricultural classes, but it embraced a distinct notice on the subject of Reform. The difficulty with which a hearing was procured at some County Meetings, by some speakers, was to be regretted, though it could not excite surprise, as even that House were occasionally unwilling to hear people who were not liked, or who were supposed to talk nonsense—(Hear, /sear).—lt was very unfortunate, but it was so—(Hear, hear). —With regard to what had ' ' fallen from an Hon. Member (Mr. Ricardo), he, would not enter into a long discussion, or pretend to combat his opinions, without unnecessarily taking up the time of the House on a subject not directly be fore it. lie could not, however, avoid expressing astonishment at the trifling effect imputed to the alteration of the Currency by the Hon. Member. As if a change since 1813, which he (Mr. Benner) con tended, was 40 per cent. from a Currency of merely paper, to that of paper on a par with gold, was of no importance, and that in a country where credit was of so much importance to millions—where its trans actions were carried on for more than a quarter of a century in one Currency, and then in another, and when at last the debt contracted in its greatest de preciation was finally paid in gold. All this appeared so unhappy an authority, that he, the Hon. Member who had supported the measures, and led the House into them, could calculate the depreciation at four per cent. and though even now he allowed it to be, as if in repentance, 10 per cent. excited his (Mr. Beane(s) surprise. In his opinion, the depreciation at least amounted to 40 per cent. taking it even at the 10 per teat. thus admitted, did it not add JO per cent. to the revenue of the public creditor; to Place. men, and to a class of persons who were termed public functionaries, fr orn the King upon his Throne to the lowest constable in the land, and 10 per cent. to the pay of die Army and the Navy ? (Hear).—The House went on at that period without consideration, confidingly and unknowingly—(Hear, hear). —They looked to what had taken place in 1797, and in 1812, when that memorable vote was made, which decided in the wisdom of Parliament that things unequal in themselves were equal to each other—(hear, bear) — when they came to a vote which stripped Lord King of his property—(Hear, hear)—when property was They by majorities—(Hear, hear)—and when They voted that a pound might be paid by fourteen shillings—(Hear).—Let it be recollected what Parlia ment then did, ignorantly but not dishonestly— (Hear).—He called upon the House to look back, and then to the distress- around it, arising from these causes, and then he entreated it to take them into consideration—(Hear).. —lt was often implored to do so—Committee upon Committee had sat to take into Consideration the state of Agriculture, and it was extraordinary that-the source of all the evils should have escaped their notice, and they never looked at the effects produced by the change of Curt ency— (Heer)—The House had been implored to look into the origin of these distresses, and to appropriate a remedy, but without effect. It was, therefore, not surprising that the People should themselves express their opinions, and discuss them in places certainly unfit for the proper discussion of such topics—(Hear). —There could not be a more unsuitable place for the proper consideration of them than a public meeting ; but if Parliament neglected to do its duty, the People would do their's—( Hear, hear).—Though Gentlemen might scout the Petitions of the People, he had no doubt but that he could prove the equity of their claims, even against the calculations of Mr. Mu shett ; and he would, for the present, conclude, by hoping that substantial justice would be done them, and that Parliament would take their case into con side' ation—(Hear). • Mr. Sect etary PEEL - said, that if he were in fluenced by the choler which had appeared in the latter part of the Hon. Gentleman's speech, he should enter at large into the question of the Currency, al though the Hon. Gentleman, in a former part of his speech, had said he thought the subject not imme diately within the ciiiestion before the House. He (Mr. Peel) should not now go fully into that question. lHe priocrindly rose to protest against the assumption that his silence was an acquiescence in the opinions and doctrines of the non; Member for Shrewsbury. He could not allow hienself to enter into the discus sion of so moMentrius a subject in a partial way, when the whole cptestion was pending. It was im possible by such partial notices to do justice to such a subject, and therefore the best way was to abstain until the proper time arrived. He would, however, go so far as to observe, that be Could not at all un derstand how it could ever be supposed, looking at the state in which the currency had been for many years treceding 1819, so great a change could be - effected without dui infliction of a. temporary partial pressure ....4Hear,hear).—He should, therefore, consider it no argument against Ow measure, that such temporary pealalines:ore had followed it. With regard to the question Of good faith, he would reserve the consi deration of that topic for the discussion on the gene- . ral . question. So far, however, as the ritndhoWer was concerned,lt was to be recollected that thidebt was contracted in a depreciated currency : but was contracted at a time when an Act was enforced, sti pulating for the return to cash payments on tl:e re turn of hear). —He would admit that it might be possible that they should be mistaken as to the amount of the depreciation; but the principle aod equity of the measure must be always the same, and what was just in 1810 and'lBll must also be jnst in 1819. What then was the Resolution of an au thority to which none could sooner bow, he pre sumed, than the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury—he meant of Mr. Horner ?—(Hear).- r -lt was, that at the expiration of two years from its date, not six months after the peace, cash payments should he resumed (Hear, hear).—What also were his (foal ines as to the equity of the measure? He moved " that the pro. missory notes of the Bank meant that they will pay in sterling cash to the amount of the sum specified on the notes."—lt was obvious, then, that the inten tion of Parliament was, when cash payments were suspended, that whatever should be the intervening depreciation, it should not be deducted from the cte ditor. Would it, under thesescircumstances, be fair toideprirshirn of the estimated amount, ;:s proposed, of the depreciation?, If Parliament had not foreseen that there might be some alteration in the value of the currency in which the promissory note was to be paid, it would not have passed this Resolution.— He would abstain, for the present, from saying any more, further than that he still entertained everyone of the opinions he had formerly expressed when the subject was agitated. He begged the House to sus pend their opinions on the subject till a full and fair discussion had been afforded upon it. In the mean time, he would appeal to the difference in the state of the country in 1823 to what it WAS in 1817, en treating, that when called upon to pronounce a final judgment upon the Act in question, the House would bear that difference in mind—(Hear, hear). Mr. MONCK c-uld not allow the discussion. of this question to go by without animadverting en the tone of levity in which the Hon. Member for Port arlington alluded to the effects of the state of the cur rency in 1816. He differed from the Hon. Member in the view taken by him. He thought that they should be as scrupulous of doing injustice to the pub lic debtor as to the public creditor. But they were about to do him injustice to perpetuity, and not tem porary, as declared. by the Right Hon. Secretary op posite. It should be remembered, that besides these two, there was a third class, whom he, might call neutral—he meant heirs at law, mortgagers, and te nants.—The Petition was then read, and on the ques tion that it be printed, . . Mr.'RICARDO made a few observations in ex planation.—He repelled the charge of his Noble Friend (Lord Folkstone) that he had at one time re presented that the effect of the Bill called " Peel's Bill," was to altetthe prices only five per cent. and then Admitted it to the extent of ten per cent. When he talked of five per cent. it was under the supposi tion that the measure would have been effected in the way specified in the Bill it,elf, viz, by payments in bullion. On the contrary, however, it had been done by means of sovereigns, which they were obliged to have a Bill in that House to enable them to get rid of. He could not admit he had spoken with levity on the subject- of the currency of 1816: he felt as much as any man on the subject: he had only said, that from 1816 to 1819 there had been no change in the currency at all. Lord FOLKSTONE said, his Hon. Friend first de nied, and then, In his explanation, confessed that he had represented him correctly. He said that he was' , not discussing the Bill that had passed, butone which was in the imagination of his Hon. Friend. DRANO* smarms. Mr. BROUGHAM gave notice, in behalf of a Noble Friend who was then absent, that be would bring forward a motion re. lady. to Secret and Illegal Societies in Ireland, on Tuesday next—(Hear, hear). Mr. ROBERT FITZGERALD concurred in the propriety of the minion of which the House bad just received notice; and gate notice himself of a motion on the subject of Unconstitu tional Oaths in Ireland. CORN LAWS. Mr. WOOLRIDGE WHITMORE rose to make his promised motion on this subject. Since he had given notice of his intention to propose an alteration in the existing Corn Laws, he had been addressed by various persons with various objections. Amongst these one very prevalent was, that no practical re sults could be derived from any such attempt; and that the agitation of the subject at present was cal culated to cause the greatest alarm, and increase rather than allay the distrds which it was his object to remedy. He, however, could not give in to this opinion. He did think that practical benefit might be attained, and that the discussion would rather dispel than otherwise the alarm of their situation, by causing them to know that it was to the law they were to at tribute its evils. When they were satisfied that this law was the cause of the distress, they would see that so long as it was in existence, they must continue to labour under the evils they then complained Of. The House, he believed, would concur with him in opi nion, that the main feature of the last Corn Bill was the principle of fluctuation, which it inevitably en tailed—(Hear).—He wished to keep this question se parate from the subject ofcurrency, which would come on at a proper time for discussion ; and he believed the best they - could do for the interests of both sub jects, was to keep them as much separate as possible. In order to put the House in possession of the view which he took of the effect of the laws in force upon this subject, he would entreat them to conceive that a law of a similar nature were passed in some other country—and he would suppose Holland, because that was a great importing. country. The result of such a measure, according to his notions, would be a run of exceedingly high prices for many years.— Capital would be brought to bear upon the culture of corn—the poor soil would be put in requisition, and the pastures of the country broken up; What would follow from this? There would soon be at least a two years accumulation upon hand over and above the consumption. This would, of course, produce a glut in the markets, open which the over production would fall back. The result of this would be cousiderable distress to the farmers—a great destruction of capital—the produce of the soil not paying for the manure employed to raise it, and the poor lands would be forced out of cultivation. Then for two or three years there would be a positive scarcity—the upshot of the introduction of such a measure being either a glut or o,,starsity. Now if' Agriculturist could be persuaded the House would look at what had been the situation price not likely to fluctuate as regard of England, they wiatild. see--thao it - was_ precis ly they would embrace his ptopnsition, what he had shewn *twi t ! -be that of flelland in a .conclude, by asking leave to brag • similar situation. Let them look at the previous high the Corn Laws.--The question hay Mr. CURWEN rose to co nc l ei 1 prices, and the low ow-which bid followed, to be ; convinced that the vie* he took was a correct one.. course which the Honourable Me But he would open to the House what he considered ;the introduction of this que s tio n . a most important view i and this was, that the end ofi confessed that he should not fe e l the low prices Tied awned, and that they were about ijustice to the memory of that g I to have a recurrence to higher. The reason upon Marquis of Londonde r ry) if h e ' which he funneled ihii was, that the low. prices had l opinion, that in the latter period , caused a considerable increase of consumption. The dividual had done all th a t h e col corn had gone from the farmer to the miller for im- protection of the .agricult ui Ist.—H+mediate consumption, and it now happened that there cercly to see the ag r i cu lt ur i s t s re l save a ng ver open , was less in hand than was actually necessary. With not believe that an the permission of the House he would read some ex- general scarcity, w o uld e thi tracts of letters he had received on this part of his 80 : . now. H e w i s h ed f oreign Corn subject from Mr. Cropper, of Liverpool, than whom in certain quan ti t i es , an d not unr ' he begged to say no man, in his opinion, was better ties. He admitted th a t l a b our qualified to elucidate the matter. The Honourable have some effe c t on t h e pr i ce a . Member then read passages relative to the extent of Corn; but that m us t b e re li eve d the growth of corn:—" It appeared that 1820 was taxes pressing mo s t severe ly upoi an abundant year; 1621, though partially injured by manufacture. Th e quant i ty of la the wet, was an average year ; 1622, I believe was since 1818 had near ly d ou bl e d ; b i an average year." He then went on to remark on from the deterio r ati on o f t h e so il, the increased consumption of the manufacturing dis- minished, since 1814, by a m illi on tricts. That increase he stated to be in the ratio of however, deprecat e d an y a l terat i on 7 1 /! per cent. in 1821, over that of 1620, and in the ports at the prese n t mo ment . If 1822, of 27 per cent. over that of the same period. he believed, they w ou ld h ave i t • He also went on to state, that this inordinate con- 555. per quarter to morrow. It woi sumption had fallen chiefly upon fine flour tread. when they did not want it, an d %s l it Where brown bread was formerly used, it was now would be no protectio n at a ll. H i scarcely ever seen—wheat had completely superseded flourishing st a te o f th e revenue the u* of it. With respect to the culture of corn, he the Chancellor of th e E xc h equi had no hesitation in saying that consumption was them relief; for in all p arts t h e going on at a much more rapid rate than the growth culture were g r eatly di m i n i s h e d, of the article, and Mr. Cropper remarked, " that the the great part of the assesse d t . stores will probably be nearly exhausted before we are and horses would be no re li e f to aware." Wages, he observed, had been advanced 15 because they had al rea dy ta k e or 20 per cent. and this had enabled the men to procure reducing their establi s h ments - 1 double what they formerly used. He also was of opi- He hoped that m ore t h an two i nion that there was a great deterioration of the soil.. taken off; and among th ose h e In Nottingham, for instance, the quantity of manure Candles to be take n o ff, so as to had fallen off about one-half. In other places, where to carry on some work a t h ome . lime was used, there was a falling off to the same should be relieved wa s the T ax i amount, and in other ,places of nearly one-tenth.-- duty on leather would no t b e h a l Now he thought it incumbent upon Hon. Gentlemen by reduction. This, sa id th e H on . to consider whether this-change in affairs proceeded improve the moral s of th e p oo p; from this law or not ; and if they found it ,did, he cottager to brew his o wn a l e , an d could not doubt they would feel it to be their duty to drink ardent spirits. Thi s woo l to make an alteration in it. He need not acquaint consumption of barley. He was the House with the state of the Landed Interest, with would never wish to imp ort a s i ng the present poverty and destitution of the Farmers. for none would brin g .i t . h ere w h i Every man who bad been in the country must have make large profits out o f us . Th e seen that it was obvious all this evil proceeded from formerly were the cause of m uc h a system of laws called Protecting Laws. It would distress which now p reva il e d. H, not be misapplied to take a view of the operation of any alteration s w e r e to b e ma d e this law as regarded other interests in the empire.— Laws, it wo u ld h ave t h e most i n ' In a political point of view, he could conceive nothing he was for waiting a more f avor: . more fraught with peril to the country. Either the the remission of taxation. He slim Bill in question did answer or it did not. If it did pose the motion, and wished th e H i not, it was beneath contedipt. If it did, then he would draw it, and join in atte m pti ng to ask the House to consider the effects of its operation tion of taxes, such as p resse d h an k in the event of an increasing population. It was clear If the Chancellor of th e E xc h equer that this 4W D ' if it was intended to enhance the price Assessed Taxes a s h e h a d propose d, of agricaltutal produce, was intended to raise one in- no use. Take off the t axes on com fi t terest to an eminence over others, at once invidious cottage windows, and bee r , an d t b er and dangerous. He was sure. that the Landed Inte. a million of acres put un d er cu l t i v test did not desire to have this pre-eminence assigned being applied to a Sinki ng F un d, to them ; but if they did, it would not be politic to millions to be employed in Bimin i: grant it. All institutions i n tend e d to b e p ermanent , saw evidently an inclination on the must be grounded on the gener a l i n te r e s t s; an d as a not to suffer any l arge p ro p ert y i n I proof that hone others were permanent, he bid.them as the Funds, not to pay its share i look at other countries. He r ef erre d t o Pol an d, which was shown at the N or f e lk M eet i ng , ~ had been the scene of anarchy, blood s hed , an d p ar ti- ence or eloquence of any man w , . boip He referred to France, where the first cry of people there could counteract th+ the evolution was " Guerre aux Chateaux!" He in. would be easy to make it liable top; treated them to consider whethe r thi s was a p er i o d at totes: that ought to b e d one , f or O il which to introduce such invidiou s di s ti nc ti ons , w h en ought not to be the on ly propei ti that great question of Refo r m, w hi c h must sooner or which paid nothing t o th e ex i genc i es later occupy the consideration of Parliament, was er from the spech of the Hon. Mr. BENETT (Wilts) thought, • gaining more ground every day in the minds of the nation. No . principle, he would undertake to say, goo was to ma k e r s th country depen+ nations for a supply of corn. But ' ever was introduced into Legislation more calculated proved that all countries who di to excite hostility and awaken jealousy. Though that might net be the object, it was the effect, of the law. countries for their food had !Intel' On the score of trade, he asked, was it policy to ex- . tend protection to" one interest in prefe r en ce t o ano - istence. The income of l an d, as i ther ? Was it policy to .draw thi s di s ti nc ti on with P eaty Tax, was 48 milli ons; b ut , ii tion of taxation, th e fall of rents respect to the manufactures, whi c h, if no t th e glor, were certainly the riches of the co un t r y ? There ways much felt. Every r ed uc ti on o f r: land no principle of taxation from whi c h the P eo pl e were the pockets of th e holders. Ili more averse than that of the high price of c o rn . He the reductions of taxation on the f cent. though vation of the land. Th e strongest , 4.7 per cent. still rem at entreated them to look at the real state o f the coun t r y, which formerly displayed at ever step the unerring be formed of the g ood t o resu l t f rom marks of wealth and prosperity. y Let them see in .on, when they h a d go t o ff 18 per which pressed up on agricu l ture. H e a time the errors of their course, or exp ec t t o w i tn A s at ion, fulfilment of the Poet's description : Not far removed the date, should have a mu c h l ower pr i ce of " When Commerce proudly nourished through the State: tection than with protection in the-dui At her command the palace learned to rise, had a positive prohibition of imporm Again the long fallen columns sought the skies : - have much lower prices than by layi The canvas glow e d beyond e'en Nature warm; He was astonished the Hon. Member The pregnant quarry teens'd with human form; Till, mere unsteady than the southern gale,. (Whitnilre) w i s h e d t hi s to b e an i nv Commerce on other shores displayed her sail ; at the time that he allowed that cul While nought remained of all that riches gave, coming 'deteriorated. He contendet But towns unmanned, and Lords without a slave : had fallen in proportion to the dimi n l And late the Nation found, with fruitles s s kill, ' Its former strength was but plethoric ill." of corn. Many had been ruined w? l i ir e was well convin ce d, t h at re li e f When the effects of this superabunda n t production, at a reduced pri c e ; b ut t h ey were . a carded to agriculture by raising ' or rather of.lowprices, ceased to be felt ; the n wou ld there be found a considerable f a llin g off i r i a ll t h e kept easily withb e found, he h h i e i i beyond its proper level, which, ' "o . branches of the Revenue. Government did right . was it' m to ig b h e . t not to cut down the Sinking Fund, for they would faith Want it one day to cover the deficit of the Revenue, which would be as much as could -be made of it. • a with the agriculturist, who, at li The purport of his alteration in the Corn Laws was, . reduced to sell his ground to pay hi ... relief would be by reduction of gradually to draw down the importation price to • hoped Ministers would reduce the sixty shillings. He proposed this price because he was satisfied that foreign Corn in this country never directly on agriculture, such as the would be lower than sixty shillings. It was the dUty and beer duties. He therefore end( of the House to give relief to the country, and pre- not to receive any m easure w hi c h at pire for the high prises which he thou g ht were ap - 41, ter tu e Corn Laws, had in principle proaching. 'He considered, when he looked at the Mr. WODEHOUSE hriped, that burdens on the land, that it was entitled to a free other-Alley would receive substanti; trade in Corn. He alluded to die Poor Rates, the a good many of the landholders County Rates, the Land Tax, and the expensive Doctor, so many nostrums were pi Church Establishment. Without this was done, he cure. For himself; he was sincerely was convinced that in times of scarcity no Govern- high prices at present were neither meat would be able to meet the irritation of the desirable. He-contended that we People under the present import price. He was smutty importing country since , aware of the extravagant views of the Aviculturists contrary, we had exported since that upon this subject : but he was also convinced that we bad imported. He voted ago:. .their views were erroneous. No argument would tural Report, because it mainTained ever convince him that it was just to raise the import slime on the subject of the burdens price Of Corn above 60s. and he was sure, if the 'and on the treat que don oldie .dtc , . • l ir - - 4 . , ed that this *as ai tency. Hetoala ;anted foreign Corn, tection tooer **tie ion. He would now Mr. HUSKIS' a g in a 13i11 to amend from this debate. aving been put, . port, as being that !mn the very' unwise been adopted by th ember ha ti orkeii in . into a dr,cussion e "'He (Mr. enrwen) he could not agree I that he was doing ' Candles, would b- ;rent statesman' (the since it was only - did not confess are ' Windows was not ~ of his life, that irt. or less; nor e. as th :ould dev — ise for 4. - - of L 5 a- year rent, He WiShed . MoSt xi* : Ronourable'Memb elievetf ; but he A -.citation of the re,: a year of great it 4 but he. contended, t n the ports . kveiii Ai . tjoned by the Hon )rn to be adoxittej and as directly reli nder protecting deter the Agriculturists. and its •price .truss Members, that they Ind consume:ion or 4of Corn; but h e I by taking *off dies Ahem wish for no i sn agricoloire- am" . limy circumstances. land in cultivation- • 'there was. any than. but the proJ i a c tion, Laws could be disc Interests were too c I, had prehrtbly•'-di- sn of quattors. He, tation, which he ci an in the opening of Ily the (2..noni:.ee Et - they were opened, were convincea that at 455. instead of nor in luld be a erotecion tnt. E i s r n e: g Engl a nd, allie It also :I was aesl t' e a. n ab : lien they did asant it He rejoiced in the the lint den. which hi le ; and he hoped pelt proceeded upot uer would afford -the sanction of the expenses of agri.: , second Committee w I. fhe 'silting off' gating the severity o :axes on carriages. • 9bjections to it were , i the agriculturists, • testing duties high en thei: stand in things as reasons wl -( Hear, hear)!—. attern F t to alter the e millions would be wished the Tax on. • preom e themselves g -unexceptionable natt allow the labourer the o o, st of the low The next tax that " the price ot manufact upon Beer, fur the , Own supply , we mi' ill so advantageous 1 state . fi om which we . Gentleman, AOlild rug the tie by alloy, only weary the attcnt • ;her into the subject, d not obliging him Bon. Member in all ald also increase the the present was the s one of those whe ~ question. A mndera gle quarter of corn, the best regulator of ho did nut wi s h .to :. the motion would be I . Mr. CURWEN, in great importations Of the arriuunt of reli of the agricultu r al le believed that if ' of the Tallow Tax, now in the Corn •.. largely increased to tl ljurious effect, and i amount imposed by't . Mr. BENETT exp ,arable period, and ould, therefore, op- been anxious to ,hew tl l ion. ?.rover to with- i: from diminished taxat a proem e a dirainu- ; prices, hut that the 1 ilest on agriculture. on low ones. Ma. RICARDO sa l Cr only reduced the .. ised, it would be of his. fl.m. F, rend, had motion. Ilis.Hon. F I Ildlei l Cett.L;l•N Ald prevent the fiuctuatio ten they would have . ivation. Instead of _ taken place; but he he wished the five gene far . enough, an ishing taxati-n. He definite i}lea of *fix .1 c e part of the People onstantly, we should a the kingdom, such eof taxation. This high price. He thoug high at 80s. He sho which the system shou c, and sun the infitt- who a. d. t h e not agree with the , C.umberlaad (Mr. Cur the sentiment. k pay taxes a na p oor - itand the calculations 13ClIelt)--those calcul Ire , funded p ropert y wholly • unfounded. !ay in the count e r :ies of the State. , affected: both favour State of ideation. H ,as far as he could not withdraw his moti ii. Mover, his inters-. 'Mutable Moverlad a pendent on l'oreign lion ; and be (Mr. Ric• t Adam Smith had of his Hon. Friend :.,• depended on other ly an ephemer a l ex- an advocate for a pric the grower. . taken on the Pro- • Mr. WODEHOUS if they had a reduc. Tiered to the belief, t would not be so ' would satisfy the land taxation went into • Mr. ATTWOOD s He calculated that . state of Halland by th • farmer were 18 per the state of this coal canned on the culti- ' price of Corn 'had co : expectation might ~ of the Revenue, and ini reduction of tax - pair of the People. I ter cent. out of' 67 been 775. the . ' e contended th a t we - f corn witho u t pro- venue, and the Peopl e duties ;and, if they the greatest di s t ress ; . there would have q uarter , e ' q ve 'tuition, we should . the price had r i sen to 1 ying the ports open. tnmption was great, ler tor Br idgenorth that had been owing t importing country, that was then circulat- a o xe lsC c lC oul w d a b s e i cultivation was be- ed. thri; lour also did not a g re e with the w lin b li e t n i° c n u i r l r i e t n il r e y p u ri ' ce as ' h al a l d C l‘tf o l bee ir l e. on l n e ' .t l he WO re O su D it st o a f t and any attempt to al Mostly . gone;.and State of the country, b e t f h ou"nevergh he could n b , b e r unsettling all that had the price of : rala le had no doubt. If Mr. HUME approv lic creditor, so was himself divide the Ho least, should not be Sir T. LETHBRID his debts. The only tion of th e quest i on at taxation; -and he M r. WHITMORE r lose 'that 411 most house to a di v i s i on hi to candle, lea** Membe r d o so, h e mu ttreated • the Hoare Mr. S. WOK the country, TL i at pre ? ent went to .- of the C or n L aws s h oo EY iple as they w safety for ere. : iat in some way Or under certain regulatio atial relief, or else Mr. LEYCESIER s would die of Of . production, taxation m proposed for their The Howe then divided rely of opirrion•that --. Al'Orit, 55.-v--Adjour• ler practicable nor On Tuesday lAA th were never a eon- when No. 1.467, a Pl44f a 1774; for, on 'ea 45 00, and No. 4,048 a !id hat time more ilia brJ. and J. Smiwax:wr, :a:ost the Agrisak and N.. as ; Haymarket. their Illonef on deloand . .—. I rained a compieti p4lnnaioing Three rrix ens on agriculto A n orseyto begin dravin Iteration cliir Cat* is akW da i ys. •