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A N tSSAY on the IMPOLICY of a ROUNTY .2.71 on the EXPORTATION 'of CORN; and on the Prin eiples which ought to regulate the Commerce ofGrain. ••• This Essay is intended to demonstrate to the Public the erroneousness of the preteAts, on which the Corn 1.2 w of the lest Si..ssioti of Parliament was obtained; the absurdity of the dottrine en which it is founded; the evil elle& which it is calculated to produce; and the advantages which may be derived from a different system. The Subieft is divided under the following Heady : Nestor, of the Corn Laws; Influence of the Population on the Cam Trade; Effe:ls of the Bounty on the Rent of Land; on the Profits of the Farmer; on the Va lise of Silver ;—F.xliortacen; lamentation ; Landlords, Farm ers, and Corn-Dealers. Under the above Head; the Author has considered all the arguments which have been adduced by Doom. 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The &alga of the Farmer's Maeatine is to colleft and dis seminate ingenions Theories, important and well-authenticated Farts, and accurate Experiments, which relate to the different branches of Rural Economy It must be well known to every person to the least acquainted with the different parts of the United Kingdom, that discoveries a9d improvements, panicky. /arty in Agriculture, travel very slowly. To remedy this, the Farmer's Magazine was first projeeed ; and the Proprietors are happy to say, that, if they may judge from the almcnt unpre cedented sale of more than 4000 copies of each Number, the canon of this publication is, in a great degree, answered. The Work, in its plan and arrangement, is well calculatedl for the end the Pri,i , iieturs had iu view ; it consists of 1. Miscellanea ous Communications, chiefly of the most important praftical ature.-..9. The Review of Agricultural Publications.-1_ Agri ' " . cultural lotelhgenre front almort every district in Scotland, cad from several 111 Fnpand. The utility and importance of this branch must lie evident to every practical Farmer, who, at the Ilbod^rAle ;me.. of Two Shilling" a quarter, may learn the Mate et the routs, and the mire of gram, cattle, &c. in the different pets of the kinrloni,haeries tieing enable 1 to compare his own ..tice with that in Attic:diaries, and thus t--, correct what is tiumps in deficiout. ../a• l_ • 7.4 L IPARLIAAIENT. HOI7SR OF LORDS...—Turtaseaw, F. 14. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his Seat on the Rio tl sack at a quarter past two o'clock, and aftet.priyers (ls,. the !Slain? of Ktralsie) were read, their Lordshipbieruceeded to forward the Bills upon the Table ; 111711511 g these the Exche quer Bills Bill, rhe At:esited Taxes COTroitsioners, and [lib n mut indemnity Bill, severally went through Committeri of tin whole House. Lord W A LSINGIIA M in the Chair; were after wards .eported, and ordered to be read a thini time to-morrow. The second n-adiog of Lisighaia', Divorce Bill was post poned till Monday, and some pm ate inniinoss disposed of; after which, the Duthie adjourned till tomorrow, and their Lord ships proceeded with their Address to limo M ijepty at Saint Jame. s. _ HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE ADDRESS. This day, at tin o'clock, the , , after some time, was with difficulty enabled to count fortyMernlaers ; when, having taken the t hair, Lord sTOriroeD informed them, that His Majedy had been waited upon with their Address, and womld be pleased to receive it this day, at St. James's, at three &dock. The House then proceeded in the usual form to St. James's, and on their return, at half past four, the Sri sent informed then,, that His Maivit list received their Add es:, upon the Throne, and had made a muss g.toriens Ammer, to the follow ing offal " Gentlemen—l return you my thanks, for your dutiful and loyal Address. I feel the highest satilfsetroir in this proof of your uniform concurrence aid approbation of the measures adopted with regard to Spain ; and trust, that your seal acrd attachment will enable Ina to bong this new contest to a safe and honourable termination." The Corn Factors Indemnity Bill was mad a third time and pasird. Mr. S BOURNE brought up an account of the outstanding Exchequer Bills, to the amount of 2.51/0,0•01...the vote of credit of Last year), unprosided for by Parliament, whicir was ordered to lie on the table. Sir JAMES FITZGERALD moved, that the accounts, ore. ,ended in January List, of the amount and charges in the COll. solid:teed Fund of Ireland, from the sth of January, 1789, to the sth of January, 18114, together with several ether Irish Accounts, be printed ; which was agreed to. Mr. FOSTER brought pp a very numerous list of petitions from the several putthe establishments in Ireland, the Protes• rant Stiltlloli. the Foundling Hospital, the Marine Society, the Hibernian Scho.il for Soldiers Children, arid a varier, of others; which brim; ordered to lie en the Table, lie next moved that estimates of them be laid before the House; which being also agreed to, the Right Hon. Gentleman iinmediately brought there ,•• and :aye notice that i(1•110:10W he should mule that they be lard before a Committee of Supply. Mr. HUSICISSON brought up the report of the Cerrinilttee of Supp'y of yesterday ; which was read a first and second tone, and agreed to. The Loyalty Loan Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time to morrow. IRISH HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION. Sir E. NE PEA N moved the order of the day for the second reading of the Irish Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill, which being agreed to, the Bill was read a second time ; and, on the motion for its being committed, Lord HENRY PET fY said, his duty compelled him to make a few observations on this subjec. lle was well aware that there were nu , nerous precedents for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus, both in this country and in Ireland ; but when he was called upon to vote for such a restraint on the rights and freedom of so many of his fellow-subjefts, without any extraordinary ground being made out for it, and even with a refusal - of all inquiry, he conceived that more was demanded of him, than, as a Member 'of Parliament, he could in duty and honour comply with. He would not assert, that cases may not ec lat, in which such hatsh measures may, and ought, perhaps, to be resorted to, without any previous enquiry ; but these cases could only be justified by a suatoriety of imminent and urgent danger. He would, therefore, ask, whether the Ministers were prepared to state, that there was any pressing dan ger at present in Ireland If there was, what were the symptoms of it ? Was there at pre sent existing in that country any danger of im mediate insurialion, rebellion, ur sedition ? All these should be the subjefts of inquiry, before Parlia ment should agree to adopt so harsh and odious a measure. The bill, however, was proposed, with out the slightest inquiry, and the House strongly called upon to pass it at its peril. But, as that pe ril rather belonged to those Ministers who proposed it without inquiry, the House was exempt from all responsibility, and could not give its assent to it, on any just or equitable grounds. The bill was thrust precipitately upon the I louse, and, with only a no tice of 23 hours, a motion made for suspending the liberties of the people of Ireland. The only argu ment he heard made use of in favour of the mea sure was a personal one, drawn from the charafters of the Lord Lieutenant and his Secretary, and a confidence claimed on their part, that the power would not be abused. With regard to the Noble I .ord in question, and his Secretary, he had the ho nour of knowing both, and had as high a respell for the charther of theone and the other, as could he ea- tertained by any person ; but, without distrusting them, he must distrust the power ; and, to shew how well-founded this distrust of power was, he would remind the House, that, in the first day of the bill's being brought in, an Hon. Member near him (Mr. Fox) instanced a very flagrant abuse of power, by the present Irish Administration, in the unjustifiable treatment which Mr. Todd Jones expe rienced. The Lord Lieutenant and his Secretary might have the best intentions and dispositions in the world ; but how was it possible that two or three persons could minutely attend to the cases of so many thousands of persons, inflamed against each other, some by the prevalence of their passions, many by habitual prejudices, and the greatest num ber by religious animosities ? Even under the mild, lenient, and paternal government of Marquis Corn wallis, the possession of power naturally generated the abuse of it, as was exemplified in many instances, but particularly in the unmerited hardships to which Mr. O'Neil was suhjetted. Great abuses of pow& had been pra&ised in this country in the exe cution of the Alien Bill, but how much mote likely were they to be exercised in many pails of Ireland, remote from the seat of Government? Ile wished it to be understood, that he did not deny the possibili ty of this measure being necessary—but, as the no toriety of the imminent danger was wanting, he should, in the proper stage, .move, AS an amend ment, that the duration of bill should not exceed the expiration of two months. Mt. CARR spoke in so low and inaudible a tune of vcice, that we could not possibly collea much of what he s !id ; but we understood him to have re presented, that the last rebellion, on the 23d of July, broke out almost immediately after the suspension of the Habeas Corpus bill had expired ; a-.. 1 he appre hended, the same effeas might ensue again, if this measure ceased / to operate. To shew that his appre . . '1 hensious were not groundless, be,cappeale3 to an Hon. Bart. (Sir J. Newport), -.ehelier in the county ' of Waterford, which that Hon. Bart. represented, the Magistrates had rot come to a iesolittion; that if the outages committing there did not cease, they should think it necessary to apply for the renewal of the Martial Law in t'-at part of the country ? Sir JOHN NEWPORT, in answer, said, that wha,tever resolutions might he made by the Maf.,tis trates of a single l)istri&, should not, in his opinion, be made a rule for all the people of the nation. — The Magistrates might by sudden, or for the troy proper purpose of intimidation, threaten what may be beyond the necessity of the occasion. Of the three nutrages committed, in the county of Water ford, he had only to say, that the law was perfeelly capable of reaching them ; as a proof of which, the offenders in one of those outrages were now in the gaol of Waterford, and would probably be tried at the ensuing Assizes. 'Flue present measure, for any thing he knew, might be necessary, but it would requite a case of more clear and extreme notoriety than had been stated or attempted to be made out, at present, to reconcile him to a power which was always sure in Ireland, through personal hatred and religious rancour, to be very much and severely strained beyond the intention of the Legislature. Mr. PYTCHES considered this measute, when applied solely to Ireland, as a severity exercised to wards not an united country, but one detached, and even hostile to us. He could not conceive how the Ministers could have the confidence to propose snch a bill, after they had so repeatedly represented the people of Ireland as tranquil, industrious, and loyal. If that was a just charatier of them, this was a mis chievous measure, calculated to excite jealousy, and destroy the tranquillity now reigning amongst them. He should certainly vote Against so harsh a mea sure, unless some sufficient ground was made out for it. At present it did not appear to be necessary, and he was not one of those who would be disposed to calculate on their:ratio,' of conspiracies. The Bill was then ordered to be committed to morrow. Mr. FOX wished to know, as the committal on this Bill was to take place to-morrow, whether it was intended to bring forward the question of the Abolition of the Slave Trade on the same day ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that he believed his Hon. Friend (Mr. IVilberforce) would positively bring his Motion for ward ; and the more so, as it was hardly probable that it could meet with any opposition, or be produc tive of any discussion, at least in the first stage. Mr. FOX said he was satisfied in having it ascer tained that of these two subjens the Slave Trade would come first. Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved that there be laid before the House a list of all the Pensions grant ed on the Irish Establishment, from the Ist of Jan. MS, to the latest period in which they could be made out, which was agreed to. The Greenland Fislon v Bill went through a Com mittee, and was ordored to be read a third time to morrow.—Adjourned. FOREIGN I.VTELtIGENCE. FROM THE ,AttlS PAPERS. LEGISI.kTIVE BODY. SITTING OF THL 15(14 or PLUVOTSL (Ftl. 4.) A Letter was received from His Excellency the Secretary, of State, announcing that the Counsellors or State, Segur, Begonen, and Dessoles, were charg ed by the Emperor to make a communication to the Legislative Body. A moment afterwards the Counsellors of State were introduced, and M. Scone addressed the As sembly in the following words : Us Majesty, since he has been on the throne, has thought that this new situation, and Cie circumstan ces which have placed him its it, right authorise him to conceive hopes of peace. "The enemy, undeceived with respect to the vain hopes which he had founded on the chances of an elective power, finds himself in a situation which ought to dispose him to listen to more moderate counsels. The Emperor has done what General Bonaparte did before the battle of the Drave ; what the First Consul did before he was forced to combat at Marengo. He has written to His Britannic Ma jesty the letter which I am aboutto read you. SIN AND 8110714111 (Monsieur mon Frere), v Called to the Throne of Fraace, by Providence, arid by the suffrages of the people and the army, my first -entiment it a wish for peace. France and England abuse their prosperity ; they may contend for ages; but do their Governments well fulfil the moat wired of their duties ! and will not so much Wood, shed uselesey, and without a view to any end, accuse them In their own consciences ? I consider it AS nu disgrace to make the first step. I have, I hope, sufficieuitly proved to the world, that I fear none of the changes of war : it, be sides, presents nothing that I need to fear. Peace is the wish of my heart—Sin Yiar has never been contrary te my glory. I conjure Your Majesty not to deny yourself the happiness of giving Peace to the NVrirld, nor to leave that sweet satisfanien to your, elirldren—sfor, in hnc, there never was a MOM favourable opportunity, nor a moment more favourable to silence all the passions, and to listen only to the sentiments of humanity and reason. This moment, once lost, what end can be assigned to a war, which all my elf irts will not be ads to terminate Your Majesty has gained more within ten years, both in territory and riches, than the whole extent of Europe. Your natio* is at the highest point of prosperity—what can it hops frost-war? Te form a Coalition of some [Osiers of the Continent! The Continent will remain, tratiqui!arsa Cashion can only increase the preponderance and continental greatness of France. To renew internal troubles? The times are no longer the same. To destroy OUTfinan.:es ? Finances founded on a flourishing culture, can never be destroyed. To take from France her Colonies ? 'lle Colonies are to France only a secondary object, arid does not Tour Majesty already possess more than you know how to presorve ? If Your Majesty would but reflect, yuu most perceive that the war is without an object, without any presurnalsle result to simmer Alas what a melanchol► prospect to cause two nations ri fight for the sake of fighting. The world is sufficiently !ergs for out two nations to iiv- in it, and mamma sufficiently powerful to di4cover meat' of reunciling every thing, when thedrish for reconciliatioa exists on both sides. I have, hnwe-er, asa 'red duty , and one which is precious to a h-art. I truss Your Majesty will believe in the sincerity of my sentiments, and my swish to give him eery proof of it, &c. &e. &c. UM of Nivose, Year Xl.ll. (Jan. t, 1813`.• This letter, Gentlemen, was suit&ble to the dig. nity of a power which relies on its strength, yet will not abuse it ; the charaaer of the Emperor not permitting the suspicion of weakness. T. this letter the British Ministry returned an answer, not suitable to overtures so frank and so pacific ; but an answer, the terms of which, at least, when compared with those employed in the year s, in other circumstances, do not offend against de corum, and permit us to hope for communications of more utility. It is as follows Majesty has received the le:t.r which has been a 4 dressed to him by the head of the French Gove , naleiv, .14 • the of the present month. There is no ii4 l .a which, Majesty his more at heart, than to avail himself of the first op portunity to procure again to hia subjefts the advalitars of a peace, founded on a basis which may not be incompatible with the permanent security and essential interests of his States. Id! Majesty is per4ualed that this end can only be attained by ar. rangements, which may, at the same time, provide for ilia le. tare safety and tranquillity of Europe, and prevent the rec or rence of the dangers and calamities in which it is involved. -.a-Conformably to this sentiment, Mt Majesty feels that it is impassible for him to answer more particularly to the over ture that has bees made him, until he shall have had time to communicate with the Powers of the Continent, with whom he is engaged in confidential connections and relations, and perti• cularly with the Emperor of Russia, who has given the strongest proofs of the wisdom and elevation of the sentiments with which he is animater,, and the lively interest which he takes in the safety and independence of Europe. (Signed) s WI-GRAVE.' " The letter and the answer would have remained among the secrets of Government, like all prelimi nary aets, the objed of which is to lead to effeflive negotiations, if the message (speech) of the King to his Parliament had not called fur its publicity. This message, which announces that pacific communica tions had been made on the part of France, is full of acrimony, accusation., and reproaches. An insult ing pity is feigned for a generous nation, which his been suddenly attacked in the midst of peace, and whose ships, sailing under the proteCtion of the faith of treaties, have been seized, pillaged, and destroyed; yet astonisLment is pretended that she should not have humblediherself by explanations with an enemy, who has treated her as a robber ; and that she has replied to hostilities by a declaration of war. " In it also are announced conneEtions, a corre- spondence, and confidential relations with the Powers of the Continent ;to insinuate the idea of a • coalition which does not exist, and which it will be impossible to'realise. " France is too great to condescend to return in veetives. She owes to an ally, cruelly injured, aot a useless pity, but a constant and faithful support. " France has not an enemy upon the Continent. She has no discussion with any Continental Power which can attach to the war of the British Ministry. Austria, Prussia, the whole of Germany, wish fcr peacz, ani wish it with France; even within there four days, the Emperor has received the most po sitive assonances of their amicable disposition. " The Emperor Alexander would have prevented she war, had England consented to accept his me diation ; he would, perhaps, since have put an earl to it, if his Ministers at London and Paris had fol lowed the intentions he then entertained. " The intervention of Ru,sia, extremely useful to prevent hostilities, cannot be equally so, when it is proposed to terminate them. England has nothing to dread horn that power, and does not conceive herself interested in observing certain measures with har: this is known to all Europe ; the events of the year 9 have demonstrated it, a-td the British r,o vernment has proved it. If England at present wishes to derive advantage from some confidential commu nication, it certainly is not to manifest more pacific intentions, her aim is to gain credit for an apparent coalition, but she has no chance of success ; and her hopes are illusory, for at Petersburgh as well as at Vienna, as well as at Berlin ; the attack of the Spanish ft qtr..' in the midst of peace ; the assasciia tion, in the midst of peace, of 3EIO vietims, immo lated by the cannon of England, or buried in Cie waves ; the capture, in the midst of peace, of a Spanish regiment ; the detention in the Mcditerr. nean of eighty vessels of all mations ; and the per petual violation of the liberty of the seas, the com mon domain of every people, are considered as an attack on the rights of nations, and injurious to ail sovereigns. "This correspondence, these confidential relations. are therefore only so many chimeras, idle pretexts, to avoid negotiations for peace ; such has always been the perfidious system which seeks to sow the seeds of war on the Continent, to eternise the mo nopol) of a single nation, and oppress the commerce of all others. It was this same spirit which, to au thori.e the violation of the treaty of Amiens, created in our ports imaginary armaments, and terrified 11 4 English nation with destrultive projefts. I ) •If an to expo km thi .The' bli!ic l o n in of 1 Air; it my polit An r r y !;:r„.7,1 sesi By Y 2PI very 1 re co Yei /jog h Pitting that year the at T 3 Pai They to Hi ORAII one a rip vern JEST' PArli tion con" Gag Lam [ slant Lice insir und, Bo),