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e of system was w failed, and no dduced why we - !. To fis an im ed effect, that it up to that price, ,e from the inter' - ould operate as art capital in agiicnl. to be scanty in a • 'e should imntedi ontrarr, we should' we h all recourse . irious to a country id therefore it eras at once, at as sum e grown, without 'lterations rif the.. o 1;70 there were' assed ; froin 177(1 ' ore ; from 1780 to mile subject; from . .. re Acts ; and frOm • OTO Acts, being 3:; • I in . the space of -1 - 3 ion, the 'slight Ho le situation of agri : year 1782, when curing a change in' ' ern to Ireland on ir lwer uf-expoitatfori. was introduced, sire n wants, and soon to the amount of no saying to what . arried under proper now propose would great extension of only have the effect . He concluded by .Iffcct, That ie•was existence should be prohibited when- Mts. per quarter of ✓ and rye ; 50s. per '6l of oats, except - ..:olonies, 8:c. ie EXCHEQUER ytur that the farther subject should -be ' t all eventsfit either tdoient were now to Ise onlffor a time to cinbii opinion, was ing ; it 4 seemed, in lich a sudden transi.. naportation could be , if ank 'thing could ais snhjoct thin free that' no proposition that the enmmer uring interests of the tat all of them, as far lied, ought to be put it Honourable Gen (chequer) treated this :h the House and the e seemed to regard it An, one in which we t speculative ground ; irely A new case.— • treat respect for the .onourable FrieUds on be excused for sayihg,. d to the _evidence of Late system kid beea• century—when that contrary effects were mersystem again act ,equences produced--.. ly followed from the . st the conviction that tween these opposite meld not help saying, Ice happy effects, and iences exactly the con as something mote He could not help bound to shew him, ere were other reasons d had produced, those of this observation, he :rtain considerable pe had alluded to, and contradictory systems .oduced on the price of price of grain prior to return of the price of tate it without making f the first eleven years ear 1620 to 1625 the 3.sths. During the was se2. 10s. sd. being ie following ten years, 3d. being about one xration of the system, Elizabeth and King Then the system was k place in the price of )0 the old system was that period and the one-fourth took place id existed betore this to operation. So that, "50 years, and notwith ion of money within of corn w.'s then ex-, ) years beirire.—Theh, re again abolished, the n the first twenty years for the depreciation of ialf 4s much again as ty years.. So he ( Mr. tilde, from what had od of, and since those tt4t those effects to the necessary Zonse ems'which had at dif. the one of those sfs id by the other our ex ,. and the importation rtionate degree.- The re inexplicable in nay. ay Crige _ acrease and prosper while our agriculture was going )ackieards, or vice terra, could only be accounted for n tiii principle, that equal advantages were not held la to both. No person could be a more sincere riend than lie (Mr. Grant) was to a free trade; but t the same time, he thought that a free trade should .e extended equally to all the objects of industry.- 2o the graduated scale proposed by the Hon. Gentle. an (Mr. Haskisson), he (Mr. Grant) had a strong vbjection, because it did not fix any precise rule, nor point out to the farmer any distinct point to which lie could look for the reg al ulation of his conduct. WAS a great error to s uppose that the vue Of ~ lt land was raised by an increase in the price of Corti. It was raised by the increase of the profit of the far. pier, and that depended not on the increase of the price of corn, but on the increase of the demand for it. It was so in manufactures. The muslin gown worn at present, from its cheapness, by a woman of e inferior classes, was one which a lady of rank, in the days of our grandmothers, could scarcely have liforded to purchase. Yet, was the - muslin menu. fatturer of the present day poorer than the muslin mantifacturer of former days ? No. Because, al 'though the price of his manufacture had so conside rably diminished, yet the demand for it had more than proportionably increased. His profits, like those of the farmers, depended on the quantity which he could prodUce, and that again depended en the capi. tad which he was able, to employ. d e p ended was another error to say that she pries of labour on the price of corn. America, and the Netherlands, as ccaai !Tasted with Holland, afforded .ufficieitt refutations of this assertion. The price of labour, like the price of every thing else, depended on the demand for is—, In times of scarcity, labour was cheaper than the average price, and in times of plenty dearer. Because in times of scarcity the labourer was compelled to I work more, and in times of plenty he was induced to work leas, than %is average allowance. If the Come mime would refer to the enquiry made by the House 61 Lords, in 1812, into the existing distresses of the ~.juanufatturing districts, they would and it establish ' s hed by evidence thaethose distresses arose, not from the pike of torn, but from the want of employment. He was anxious to satiefy.the Committee that t he ques tion.before them had nethin.g to do with the en., joyments of the people, even it the effect of the regu lation were to-raise the average pride of corn, which he was satisfied it would not be. There were two great objects Which the Legislature ought to have in contemplation on this subject—the first, to keep corn at a. steady a price as possible • the second, to sup ply some mud for occasional aeficiencies. He was' tirmly persuaded that this country could depend on itself for its supply, and it ought to do What hazard could result from making it do so ?. A free exportation had been already enacted.►ome— to this were added such A demand in the l. market as would induce the farmer to cultivate more industriously, in the hope of a fair profit, that desirable object-would be obtained. Although he was disposed to go further than the roomed Resolution —although lie would willingly rewrap, those laws, from the pe., Siod of the abando nment of which the decay of the ...Olt country had cominenced, and give a bounty on the exportation o 1 corn--yet even the adoption of this limited measurer be was convinced would render us i an exporting annalgeNteishout being which, we could itever s ufficiently guard against a recurrence of the etas which we had endured, from the enormous va riations that had of late years occurred in the price of grain. On all these grounds, he should give his most Cordial support to the proposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. F. LZWIS was of opinion, that by leaving this subject to itself, they would do nin cli more be nefit to the country than by any untimely interference with it. Mt. L. Y. WELLESLEY supported tke propo titian made by his Right Hon. Friend, convinced as he was that the agriculture of thecountry was brought to such A state of perfection as would, at least, easily enable us to supply our own consumption of grain. Mr. ROSE was of opinion, that if Mr. Foster's • iL a men dment passed, 10 6 s. would very soon be the mi . 4. 1 Pit nimum price of corn. Mn. HUSKISSON defended his Resolution ; but lie by no means thought that it would keep foreign corn from some times coming into the home market. lie was not averse to reconsidering this subject at no very distant period; but lie thought that the time proposed by the Chancellor of -Exchequer was too long for so important a subject. the Mr. D. OIDPY suggested that 100 s. as proposed by Mr. Foster, was considerably too high, and. thlft it would be better axed at tils. ~ Mr. FOSTER ha d no objection to alter the price in his amendment to 61s. Lord MILTON thought that they could not come to a proper conclusion so soon on so important itt sub . j ect. He therefore wished the Chancellor of the Ex chequer to persist in moving that it should be post• poned till next Session. Mr. CANNING spoke in favour of A short post ponement of subject. He thought the graduated scale was the least ob j ectionable measure, as doing _ sp '‘ b least, for he bad considerable doubts whether it was necessary or proper to do any thing but what had been alone. namely, the allowing the free exportation of grain. But as he did not t hink proper to erect his judgment against the Committee, he should agree to the graduated scare , not p recluding himself, nn any future stage, from examining it, if he should then th:nlc proper. He hoped, however, that no legislative cl.asure would be adopted on ally Resolution which t: as not unanimously adopted, without a due time being alloaed to make h koala to the country. — Whatever measure was adopted he hoped it would be merely temporary. The CHANCELL OR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if the Committee were averse to the grada -1 ated scale, it might be proper to postpone the subiect 1 . till next Session. After some observations from Sir H. PARNELL, Sir J. Newroar, and Mr. Witatzatri the House divided, 1 7 0, Mr. FOSTVI I S Amendment 60--Against it 81-- - tt..eity II in favour of Mr. kinsitiseon's graduated al. (l i r x 'The Resolutions were then agreed to, and the Re port ordered 2o be received this day.—Adjourned e port •PAST 1: wo. It it noW more than probable that Cortgtess will nut adjourn before the latter end of the month, per haps not before the Ist of May. The Committee of Foreign RelatiOns, in the House bf Representatives yesterday, repotted two Bills for carrying into effect the immediate object of the Pre. sitiOnt's Message of Thursday. The prolongation of the double duties is not included in the Report.— After a long preamble, in which a view is taken of American Commerce with the European nations, the Bill brought in by Mr. Callion enacts—fro, the Re peal of the Embargo Act at the 13th December , 1813, providing for the recovery of all penalties and forfeitures ; secondly , " th a t so much of any Act or Acts as prohibits the importation of goods, wares, or . meroh.ititii ee, of the growth, produce, or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, or of any of the colonies or deperwencies the, eof, or of any place or country in the actual possession of Great Britain, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. There is a similar reser vation in this clause respecting penalties, &c. Thirdly, it is enacted, that the crews of foreign vessels clearing out from America shall consist entirely of the sub jects of the State to which the vessel belongs. This important Bill *was twice read, and referred to a Committee of the whole House by a large ma jority. A Bill to prevent the Exportation of Bullion went through similar stages. m. m 1 I . •M • " The Troops of the Palace (say: the New Teri EVetaftg Post of the 7th) are not calculated to bear up under. the present pressure of events ; they are infirm and nerveless. Since the news of the 4 revend of their ftiends in France , every breeze that blows, whispers to their distempered imagination political i death and destruction. i• It is, perhaps, owing t o these awful forebodings, 1 that the President has recommended the repeal of the restrictive system. 44 The Leaders of the House are thrown into the utmost contusion ; they are endeavouring to steer the sliip without a helm." ~ We have pledged ourselves (says the Philadelphial True American) that Messrs. Clay and Russel are not instructed to insist; at all events, upon the American doc uine on the subject of imi.ressmeut. We deliberately persist in that pledge. 13y the event we are willing to stand or fall. 46 The self-destructive s y stem is about to be ab an doned for ever. 44 We shall soon see the return of the golden days of peace and commerce." a= --- THE E .'ENING STAR.. lAN DON. 'WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1814. PLUM OF , I OCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Reduced 630. —Cons. 6601—kor ace. GAti 1 per Ct. Sl* Int —5 per Cot. Navy 95.1 94ii—Oniniuna Bank Long Anne.— —lndio Bouda, 4s. Gs. prow. Exchequer Bons ns. dis. 4s. per. .....,...--.. Two Bremen Mails arrived this morning, and the intelligence brought by them is more important than usual. Hamburgh is wow folly restored to its hack ptedence, and what must please all our Readers, something like punishment hangs over the head c,f DAVOUsT. He has been ordered to Paris to answer for bis conduct, and General GIRARD, his successor, has pledged himself that tis master, Louts XVIII. will res tore the money of which the li a mburgli Bank has been robbed. The Itoemen Papers furnish us with a most in- teresting article on the subject of Not way. The re ported abandonment by Prince CHRISTIAN FREDERICK of his intention to maintain his ground in Norway, AS stated in the Paris papers, must have been un founded —nothing can be more firm and determined than the language held y this Prince to the Swe dish E n voy.—We select t he following articles : " BREMEN, MAY s. (Bremen Gazette) " To correct an article which we inserted in No. 97 of our Journal, dated Copenhagen, March 13, the following has been communicated to us by an eye-Fitness: —On the 24th February. Count Axel Rosen appeared at Christiana, commissioned to exe cute the Treaty cf Peace. Prince Christian Frede rick had invited the Chief Officers of the State to be present at the audience. When Count Rosen entered, accompanied by Camel Skeoldebrant, he appeared surprised at the presence of so many witnesses to an audience which he expected to be private. After re turning thanks for the good reception he had hitherto wet with on his journey, he produced a letter from Field-Marshal Von Essen to the Prince, in which Rosen was investe d with full powers to act in his name, and at the same time to bring the Proclama tion of the King of Sweden to the People of Norway: thereupon the Prince said— , In the present situation of affairs, I cannot receive this Proclamation of his Swedish Majesty to the Norwegians, and must, in lieu of all other answer, communicate to you the de claration which I have made in the face of all Eu.' rope, and which I shall not fail to communicate like wise to his Swedish Majesty.' 44 Then the Prince read his declaration of the 19th F e bruary, by which Norway declares itself indepen dent ; and then he added the solemn assura nce 4 That the Norwegian nation considered itself as at Peace with n ations, and would re s gard as enemy only which should violate its rights.' 44 Count °sett After such an u.sexpected de claration as that which I have just heard, nothieg re mains for me to do but to return immediately, and I beg your Royal Highness's permission to do so.' 8 , The Prince--s Before we part. permit me to ask you, not as a Prince, but as a Norwegian speaking to a Swede, this one question; mast we not take it for raten desires thrgood of possess r tedly, your Royal High. riess ; if I had been received in another Manner. would hate shown that I have aluple prdofs in os'y hands.' ‘‘ The Prince—' But bn this suppesitlels must mat the national opinion, the general will be consulted to have what *e consider as happiness r " Count R—' His Majesty 'would hate done this through the medium of his Government.' 66 The Prince—' But first of all the nation should be gained, and what means has the Swedish Governs ment employed ! It had formed the plan &starving the nation it wished to gain.' 46 Count R- 6 I cannot judge of the means which his Majesty and the Crown Prince has thought fit to employ? - f{ The Prince- 6 And what has been the conse quence I—that the national hatred, to call it by its right name, has risen to the highest pitch ; and that the strictest mea lures of the Government can alone 'binder it from breaking out. But since the King of Sweden has sent us so enlightened a man as you, Count, I will request you to convince yourself of the national opinion, and to give a faithful account of it to your King ; this might perhaps make a desir. disk impression on a Sovereign who can desire nothing except the welfare of his people.—l wish nothing so much as peace with Sweden ; and in tended to send Count Schmeltau to Stockholtn for this purpose. Have the g oodness to use your au.. ence to procure a passport for him.' 66 Count Rosen-' Th: King, my master, would certainly not allow me to take a commission from your Royal Highness : you will therefore permit Me to withdraw, and to express to your Royal Highness my regret at not being able to express my respect for your Royal Highness under happier circumstances.' 66 The Prince—' I am sorry, Count, that you must so soon leave us ; and beg you to be convinced, that you shall always be welcome in N•rway, as a Swede who will be our friend Ard will recognise our rights.' 66 Thereupon Count,Rosen left the a udience-room, and did not appear at the Prince's table to dinner." " DREMEN, MAY 12. 66 The day.before.yesterday General Girard, com ing from Paris, passed through this citron his way to VlAmborgh. He has the commission to relieve Marshal Dtvoust, the late Governor, and to order him to repair immediately to Paris. 66 Marshal Davoust causes all the cannon to be brought into the city—to what end is not '.(n )wn. " Yesterday arrived here also General Higeadorf, on his way to Holland. " CI!ITTENBURGH, MAY 10. " The Chief of the Customs at Copenhagen, Baron !quicker, has been arrested fur corresponding witi, the Prince in Norway. His Secretary, Mr. Beck, has ueen sentenced to pass the rernninder of his life in ;he Blue Tower ; several others are w.rehted, and it i, supposed they will share the same fate. Nothing new from Norway. " BLANKENESE, MAY It " Davos* has been dismissed ; General Girard has taken the command of the Army, and promised that the money stolen frem the Bank shall be repaid by Louis XVIII. 1 " Hiroburgh is especte l to be completely evacuat ed by the end of the month. " HANOVE't, MAY 6. " The Duke of C4mbridge, it is s..iti, 14 going back to England, and the Duke of Cumberland coming here. 4 , Four volunteer regiments of Hussars are form ing here—two are complete. 6 , The Landwehr battalions are constantly exer• cised. It is said that such as are inclined are to be at liberty to join au expedition to America. 66 Landau has at length opened its gates to the Allies. Mentz was given up t' the troops of the Duke Of SAIC Cobourg on the 4th May." - ~ HAMBUItGIi, MAY 4. (,ADVLITISILMINT.) 44 The Marshal Prince of Eckmuhl, hereby makes it known, that from to-morrow, the sth of May, 1814, trde shall be free in liamburgh, both by water and a by land. 66 The goods that are imported or exported will be merely subject to the ortrvi (excise), which is levied for the benefit of the city itself, and are liable to the inspection which the Custom-house officers or the ma rine are authorised to make, in order to attest the kind and quality of the goods. 46 By order of the Marshal Duke of Auerstadt, Prince of Eckmuhl, (Signed) C.ESAU DE LA VILLE. " 1 laniburgb, May 4." 14 HAMBURGH, MAY IL CEDER OF THE DAY. Head-quarten, Hainburgb, May 11. g The Marshal Prince of Eckmuhl announces to the troops, that Count Girard, General of Division, is appointed by his Royal Highness Monsieur, Bro ther to the King, Lieutenant-General of the King dom of France, to the command of the 13th Corps, and of the troops which are in flamburgh. • The Civil and Military Authorities will from to morrow, the 12th of this month, receive their orders from General Girard, and send him their Reports. The Generals, Officers, and Soldiers of the 13th Corps will see with pleasure, that the choice of our Government has fallen upon an officer who is equally diatinguished in the French Aral by his excellent character, brilliant courage, and talent. The Marshal, on giving up his command, finds it his Butt, Ednrdrtnablt to justice, to testify to the Generals, Officers, aid Soldiers of the 19th Corps• his entire satisfaction with the bravery and good spi titershich they have shewn since he h is had the honour of cocrunanding them.By the order of the lirinee, (Signed) • CRIAII VIE LA VILLE. * The German ObterVet and Bremen larette con• tale several other documents relating to Harnburgh, among others the corresponCence beteetn General Bennigsen and Marshal Davoust. On the 21st of • April, DAVOUSt, in spite of the communication &tun General Bennigsen, published a notice to b;s troops, Warning them of crediting the Hes published by the enemy, particularly the improbable account of the abdication of Napoleon. On the ...1 - 01h, however, he informed his army of his adhesion, and signified it so • General Bennigsen. We received Pais paper this morning of Sunday. Their contents ate of less itnpottance than usual. A. description of the ceremonials attending the celebra• tion of the funerAl obsequies of the late Rod l Fam;ll of France, almost fills the French Journals. We have 'selected a few articles si PARIS, MAT 19. II Yesterday the whole Court assisted at the funs. ral service, at Notre,Dame, which we announced yes. tetday. The King arrived at the Archbishop% house at halt pest eleven, and mitered the Church by tit* side door. His Majesty took his seat ins Whine, to the right of the Nave. Monsieur, the Due de Berri, and Prince of Cosa, occupied chairs, a little lower, and in front of his Majesty. '!'he seat allotted to the Duchiss of Angonlerne lied a grating of wire-work, and wits beside that of the ling. " The nave hung entirely in black, and having an awning of black clo , h, was ligfib4 by an immense quantity of wax tapers and lamps. Ti3ecasafider. surrounded by th , ee hundred tapers, had, at the font c otters, the emblems of fait h , Hope, and Charity, and the silence of death represented by statues of the natural size. On the cenotaph were the attsik.:tes of royalty. 'The sanctuary, arranged at the upper end of the nave, was occupied by 'b. great number of Ecdesiastics and Military Officers. " After the prayers, Abbe Legris Duval pro. nounced a most exce llent funeral sermon. The most pathetic part of his discourse was that which alluded to the assassination of the Duke d'Enghien. The ceremonials were conducted with the utmost decorum. " Thursday the Emperor of Russia ar.l King of - Prussia witnessed the performances of the Royal Conservators.of Music, and were greatly delighted with the display of musical talents then inhibited. " Bonaparte, in passing through Lyons, caused a herbal to be sought of ter throughout the whole city. He was compelled, a: length, to pay 1100 francs for one, which we: very incomplete." By the accounts from America . given in imetiber co l u mn, it will be seen that the (3.1110- kinetics's fat. tion Are in a state of great trepidation. They beg now to talk of moderatton. Messrs. CLAY R.us.a. are not instructed to insist upon the Antrim's doctrine on the subject of impressment." Host con ciliating! Arwrican doctrine!" not to be insisted on !--JAMSS MADISON did arrogate the power of broaching new doctr . wes —or rather, vamping up, is new, the jacobinical doctrines of 13oNa Pa toe, and dis gracing his country, by calling them " American;" but he has changed his resolution, nor can any one mistake the cause. He will yet be taught that he has much more to give up than he ever centemplateel. The principles against which this country has contended so long in Europe, and so successfully, must not be left to ger minate in the vicinity of 001 American possessions. The United 6tates, before the contest is closed. will be taught to respect the usages of civilized Nations, which are not to be endangered by ismo doariaea and modes of diplomacy fit only for bands of robbers. —The world will not soon forget that JAMES MAID. 90N pledged his official veracity by a Proclamation. dated 2d November, 1810, that the Milan Decrees had been repealed ; that the French repeal, when it did at last appear, was dated eSth April, 1811 ; and that even this was an etc port facie forgery effected by JOEL BARLOW and BONAPARTE in May, 181311! It is very strongly teported on 'Change, that his the fixed determination of our Government, not to suffer the Americans to fish upon the Banks of New foundland ; and that no Ansetican vessel will he per mitted to pass the Cape of Good Hope, so that the whole of the China trade will be takes from them. --- It is understood, in the Ministerial circles, that the Preliminaries of Peace, between all the Powers of Europe, were signed at Paris on Nfonlay. Lord CASTLEREAGH is expected to be the bearer. The Eml perors of Russia. and Austin a, and the King of Paussia will leave Paris for London to-monow. 13is Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON is appointed Ambassador at the Court of Paris. His acceptance of the appointment has been received. Boamo.—Yesterday the match between Oliver and Painter took place at Shepperton Range, when, after a contest of twenty minutes, Oliver was declared the victor. In another battle which followed, Cooper beat Jay easily in eight minutes. Thousands were as- sembled. CORN MAltillT, MAILIE-I.Ala. MAT IS. - We bad bet little finds Wheat of fins quality at market tide morning. Our prices for such &wird.° are full aa WO as we Monday; bet the ardisary description. Dot 'Ding ics tbe Wet de. mand. sre Dossitiel in vain*. Fine Barley fells freely at Mon day's pates& Mon aswery is noted for Oats, but few vales were eltrcted at au/ advance. nape sod Linseed are exceed** heavy elks, baring *sane a bu)er for either. la y. s. pah,,, , sad other tisticks, tilers Is tw.aittratiea. ys".11111111111"5".11.111.1111.111111111.1111 11111.111.111111 1.11tetn was Tountl ' her *ay than as being bousldcred the drects of this • AMER!CIN pApERS. gfauted dint the kittg Of . giArtn2e r sires 1 It was not till i hand of systeth. Why our thAnufaCtiiris should which he wishes to possess ..,1,:t.. ntw agriculture was oing . . WAsHiNdroN, APRIL S. 4 4 Count Rosen—' Undoubtedly, you} II .r i 1.- i 1..... ••••roivott in at other 't Ir t i ‘ , • • , 1 i I I \ I • . t - - 1 . 1 1 « ' I I 1 $ 1 I 1 . . I - • I 1 . ... • : I • 1 . 1