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~? .~~e ).‘;‘ f V . 1~ 4 Twisted fund ? The lion. Member next called Ihr attention of the House to the Bill obich the Batik to take, when the dividends *ere paiii. advances made by that Company out of the accru- Lug quarter's revenue. The Batik would of course he eery "HO' to cortiinee ailvetiees • tttnde in this manner; but suppose the Batik were to !lay iu cash, that • had harvest nofortunately occurred, and the foreign exchanges-termed against dresser's. try, see the state inwltiuti the pecuniary affairs of the eetititty . wouid, be „thrown it the Book re olicietl its ipuer, isbir paying itself out of the totatirr's trailer for the adeances already made in paling the dividends. He conjured the Right Hon, Gentleman to consider what would be the st itisilcui of his finances in suds a state of things. Mr. JOBS Burnt begged to repeat the question pot by his Hon. Friend (Mr. Grenfell), whether it wag intended to issue ether Exchequer bills in the n_ .. 1144 of the millions funded this month% low that the tpuniction was over, he could see no dirnaulle giving a plain answer to this plain goes -14104 seven million, of the Exchequer bills of year were applied to the service of the pre sent, he knew there was a portion of the public who be/lire-4 that the vacuum was filled up by • reissue to an term, amount. He also begged to meal the Right Hun. Gentleman's utteotiou to the decline. tionwhtch he made last year, and which was re peated from authority equally respectable in aii. other place, that no more money would be wattled forfheserrice of the yrar 1820 than to make good del repayment of five millions to the Batik. With trawl to the codusion in trying to make the sub. ectiptionsi Ibis morning at the Batik, he wished they bad lint occurred. lu looking •t the subscriptions be was struck with the circumstance of their bring :ell ) the . Meech of the Bight Hon. Gentleman ; tboile who were acting for others were wholly ea. eluded. He meant, in alluding to tine circum. glance, to make no insinuation whatever that any nitlipie preference was intended by or known to the Hight Hos. Grellirusett. The . CsAirctut.tut of the Exempt:rut assured Ids Hon. Friend, that every pains was taken to nuke the competition general ; notice of the terms of the Loan ass publicly ansiounced sluice Friday last, and of course an equal opportunity was there by xlboded to every person wihhnig to become a .1.4.000,cr. lie visa persuaded that there were nut _spore lionourabblr persons in existence than the Qtrectoth of the Bank, to whom the receiving the .11aturriptione was 'swotted, and that nothing oc 'spired on their part to countenance any preference. :With respect to toe question of the seven millionv •f. Exchequer Bias, lie could not see how the co ecia.ustance of making a certain portion of the liscbequer.Bills of 1819 applicable to the service .4 1820, could at all ;alter the main result of the expenditure. This transfer from the service of one year to soother created no new power of issuing Eschewal's Bells. The Right Hon. Gentleman torn orcispitulated his former cukuhtions, and re asserted that the fismocial operations of this year would create, as compared with the last, a reduction of upwards of ten millions of the unfunded debt. Mr. M ABFRLY said, that still there had been no areswee given to the question put by his Hon. Friend. which lie would now repeat by putting it like a special pleader: He would, therefore, beg leave to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman what was t't 4 amount of Exchequer Bolls voted for the service of lb !9, and whit amount of them remained un sold ou the sth January, 1820 ?—(Hear, hear.) — The scriae, to this question would inform the pas ha upon the subject. The Hon. Member repeated his statement that the amount of the outatauding trod tinfooded debt of this year would eventually vopese to exceed forty-five millions, with the addi tions raven to that sum to which he had before al .lcdtd, and expressed his opinion that it never could li , re been intended that the charge of loans should he thrown upon a fund already distressed, and with out, at the same time, providing the counterpoise of a corresponding income. He still contended Met the result of the accounts fur which he had 'novel would verify his statement, and confute that u!' the Right Hon. Gentleman. After a few words from Mr. MARTIN and Mr. PEA RSON, which we could not distinctly collect-- Mr. J. SMITM did not intend to throw any impu. tenon tin the conduct of the Bank. Ile bad no doubt but that the transactions of which lie had complaitied, though irregular, had fallen out with out any intention or expectation. /Ur. GRENTELL perfectly agreed with his Hon. Ft iend as to the necessity of keeping up the Canso 'dated Fund, Ntid not suffering it to go into aurora •• of petrel, millions arid a half annually. to cover defi cieueies of lowa and Exchequer Kills. He thought that there was something extremely u )))))) riligilite is the Wang of the Itight Hon. Gentleman. All he P9derstood of those plans in effect was, that each quintet there were certain *ums advanced by the Bank, for which they were allowed to take posses sion of the growing produce of the revenue. Mr, FMCS commented, on the disappointment which the country must suffer in consequence of the projected luami. after the understanding that wish three millions of new taxes there would be no neeearity for fresh burdens, • nor any danger of get irig into arrears. Mr. MABERI L Y again p d the qoestion on the Bight Hon. Gentleman, as to what quontity of Eitchecrier Bill. dire unsold in the beginning of 1810, which were applicable to the service of 1819. jie Cbsitcau.ob of the EicllBevut replied, that whatever bills were Ilivt.tild dugs, were in tendeed to replace other whit„ were due, and thus the unfunded debt was left iu the same state us hehire. r x Illosiitur was sorry to press the question, red sittiudered at the reluctance of the Right Hun. IC: indiums to, give • direct answer. TbeStlimcg.t.t.oa of the EXCltrinita said, the c•ory ryasonlw had for not answering directly was, that he did ..not recollect. hdr,,AAftLYG wished to know from any Gentle. mipt.oppttsite, if the new Bank of England glutei. werejejil sspo to be put iii circulatioti, or if any eratAllas 4,laltely to follow/ the investigation of the CollB l lllttee appointed to exatuisee JOU total subject ? . m r ..147. Cogogyadux said, that a plan had been salected by the coaqiittee from among those offer ed. .1s was for tho . Uaok to accept of it, and act toljt. Opt the machinery was cons poled, anti that Abe sell NW, would speedily ittne this, hoarser, eras best known to the Bank, and il;e operant . * whore they had engaged. Mr. PLIVION bald, iil4l carry thing wee ready the tst4re, but it would require time to prepare a sofficient gratuity hi sepleve the old notes, oud to leaky errettg(itient for the time and wanner of is changing them. Mr. BARING did not understand the diffienlty *gusted to. The rooter were iw bre • revisers/ gm. dually, according to demand ; therecuuld be no need of waiting until enough were weltered to ex change the %bole circulation. Mr. AIARTIN And the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained. The Re►olution was then agreed to, the House ' resumed ? the Report was brought up, and ordered to be raTived ou Friday nest. Lord A. ILitsitt.torr wished to ask the Noble Lord. if them were any objections to producing the appointment, reports, and cones! deuce of the Commission appointed to inquire into Scotch Courts of Ju►tice? The papers would, if pro. duced, s!rew•that the Commission had termin ated. If the papers were to be refused, hi would make a motion specifically for that purpose. Lord Camstaxsou said, that the papers were intxpedieut. The Commission had ceased by the demise of the Crown, and it was not intended t• renew N. Lord A. HAMILTON asked if there were not a similar Conimirsiou for Ireland then at work ? Lord CANTIAIRIACIII said that it had termi nated at the some tinie.—(Hear, hear.) Sir J. NawPoaT took upon himself to say. that the COMlrriniOli had been acting since the demise of the Crown. Lord CAITLitgA.OII mid. that in that case it had acted Mew. y.—(Hear, hear.) Lord A. Wiwi LTON then gave notice of his mo tion for the first open day. Lord Joint RUSSELL postpowil the further con sideration of the Grampound Bill till Tuesday next. Sir dAIIITII MACKINTOOI'S Bills for the improve. meat of the Criminal Code were postponed to Fri day next. Lord CASTLE►REAGH moved, that the other Or ders of the Day Should be rend, and they were dis posed of. Mr. TIERNEY wished to know how it was Mi nisters had made no communication to the House respecting the allowances to the Royal Family, who were left by the death of the King in a most unpre cedented state. No doubt their allowances were to be renewed ; but why were they to tie slighted by so much delay The w hole arrangement, it was true, must soon be brought berme the House, as the Queen was near the end of her journey towards home. Lord CASTLEREAGH was surprised that the Right lion. Gentleman could suggest no reasons to his own mind ahy that subject had been delayed. The fact was, the Civil List Bill was in progress throi.gli Parliament, and it would be neresiiary to allow time to the Monarch to see what could be spared fin' them out ails provisions. Mr. TIERNEY said, that itheal always been the plan of the Civil List to keep out the espouses of the family, and now the Noble Lord did not know whether they were included iu it or itot.--(Lenigh ter.)—The Noble Lord should have recollected that the family allowances were all clturged on the Con solidated Fund, ■ud hail nothing whatever to du with the Civil List, Lord CASTLEREAGH explained. Mr. WHITBREAD prritent•d , • lit.tition from George Eon hard, a shop-kin - per, coisfisied in Len caster gaol, who had, while imprisoned under a charge of high treason, been put to hard labour and clothed in the gaol tifrsll. The petition bring reed, Lord STANLEY rose. nut to oppose its lying on the table, but to defend the characters of the coun try Magistrates and gaoler, which were in some measure challenged by the petit . ' . His Lordship went into a considerable defence of the Magistracy and the tcgolariot.s of the prison, some of which lie held in his hand. lie stated that the Petitioner had proved refractory, and bad endangered the disci plitte of the prison. Mr. BENNETT commented with great esrnest ness tor the discipline of she gaol• awl the rep. lotions of hard labour, stinted food, and gaol cloth log. There was a case in the Kent gaol of • Cler gyman committed for a misdemeanor, whovvaded the wearing of she dyes% by preteudiag illness and keeping his bed. A duel, rte. many other circum stances, oughts fling persons of the rank of members even into prison. He must protest against subject tog such persons to a degree of ignominywhicla was co n fined by the 19.11 Geo. 111. to felons only. Dr. LusHiNGTorts expressed his surprise and re gret •t tire defence of has Noble Friend, of • practice so repugnant to just principles. It sop peered that the Alogististre had directed that in case any pripoiler should prove refractory in los Wols, or perform it in a eluvenly manner," the gaoler was directed to put Lint solitary confine merit, arid to withhold his allowance. Aid his Noble Friend's &feller was in a case where • Olen bad breu held in prison under accusation only, surd that too for a puhtical - offeeice ! Did Gristle men imagine that they were so secure that they could never be thrown into prison, even in these suspicions times—(Hear, heal—eye, and that too on the most unjust an I baseless pretences ?— (Hear, bear.)-1f the reverse should happen, they would then be at the mercy of the gaolers, who were directed by the Magistrates to punish him by solitary confinement, want of food, and a gaol dress+ ! Sir E. KNATCHOULL vitae to testify his displeo. sure at the regulations which hod been reed fur the Lancaster, gaol. Ile was not aware of the cir cumstance., however, alluded to by the Honourable Member (Mr. Bennett.) The gaoler of his county wee tl humane mon, end the 11ligistreles were per sons of the highest cousideration. Mr. BENNETT begged pardon. He ought to have stated Hoishain gaol instead of Kent. Lord MILTON deprecated the sort of discipline of which the 1.11110,1 complained, wins it be be. belied could never have taken place in any oilier co un ty li m e 1.1,11;- sstrr, a heir the magistracy Were certainly the moat anomalous body of that deserip lion iu the kingilosn. Mr. 11•Il.att*Na11I BootLE defended the charm.. let of the hlousetrriel. Lord Mr MOO Cif/610[4 Mr. nATIRJAST *aid a few words on the snbject. The Petition was Isid on the table. Oa the tion for printing it— Mr. SCASLETT rose to defend the Magistrates and gaoler of Lant•sster. The latter wa• J. very houses* own. l'he prisoner hod been convicted at the Qearter Seuions of assisting at an armed meet ing at Burleigh. Mr. 13Laossuits, from do- fended the conduct of the Magistrates. - - Lord FOLCSTONG protested against the low lice of ;putting the general character of ',croons in opposition to a direct charge of misconduct. Ile hoped tire House would examine into the subject. The Lancaster Magistrates in this as in several other initaswee, termed anxious to set the laws at dtfiauce. The Petitioner had been kept two months in prison on u charge of high treason. He believed that it was mot lawful fur county Magis trates to commit for treason. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL. was surprised that the Noble Lord should doubt the capability of Magistrates to commit no em charge of treason. lie might hare learnt better from Gr,M s /Mafia. Lord FOLIESTONE did riot believe that that hook would riser soy such thing. He was of opinion that tile highest crime for which Magistrates could commit was felony. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Mr. Mulls SUMNER moved the Order of the Diy for resuming the consideration of this ques tion. lie was elected as the first Member of the Committee. The Right I lotioarrubles J. Foster. G. Canning, F. While.ini, V. Fitzgerald, and W. N0*1606011 were Hort chosen. After them the Lord Mayor, Sir Joan Newport, and Mr. Western were elected. On the name of Mr. C. Dundee being put, Mr. BARING rose. Ile did mint intend to op pose the formation of the Committee. Dist from the mintier or which it was to be convtituted there could he no doubt as to the kind of report which they would make. After the nuijority obtained by the lion. Member List night, pet haps he had a right to form his Committee according to it. He entered his protest, however, agvinst the Committee being considered as one from which airy thing was likely In result good for the country in general. He knew as well what report they would produce as if it were then out the table. A Committee so appointed was calculated to excite the greatest alarm and agitation. Sir J. NEWPORT sail, if he thought as the Honourable Geoiletwou did, lie never would have consented to become sine of the Committee. He would go into that Committee with a determina tion to propose or occeile . ro nothing for the good of agriculture, which could have an injurious effect ou the Interests of the other chose.. Mr. Hor.ate SUMNER thought it unfair to send the Committee to work with a stigma as to the man lier of their selection. They were all fair and ho nourable men, and as little likely to agitate the country us the Hon. Member. He had merely done what was asudl. He had taken Care, of course (it would have been foolish iii him not to have done vim), to secure a majority in his favour.—( Load laughter and deers, alai cries of . 1 Name, Name !") Why, would they base him select • Committee who would be against himself ?—( Larghter.)— He did oat see why he hail excited the risible muscles of Members. He had never known Committee appointed by any Members on his aide or the Horne, wherein the majority was not secured.—( Load cheers and laughter front the Opposition side.)—Well, lie bad never known a Committee appointed by the oilier side which was out selected in the same a uy.—( Bear, hear, from the Ministerial side.) Mr. W. SMITH hail voted for the Committee merely because he could out nuake up his mind to send away so large and respectable a body as this agriculturists, without examining their case, as they requested. But the Hon. Member boasted of haw. ing secured a majority. If lie meant simply that he bad secured • mujority who were for ins airy, it was well ; but if it was meant that the majority of Use Committee were to be of the same opinion as to the distress of agriculture and the mode of re lief, he must protest ageinst such a Committee. Mr. Houtz SUMNER explained. Ile only meant that the trujority were fur iovest,gation. He did not believe there was any thing like a majority who were 'Treed upon any one specific measure of relief. Mr. CA ',CRAFT—When Geutletueit, however re rpeciable, declared that noillin would du by wry of relief, but an increased price fur corn, lie must s considering the present state of the country, refuse eves, investigation. But when the lion. Gentleman had succeeded in getting, us it were, the Govern ment of the country into his hands, by being allow.. rd to appoint his own Committee, lie telt that such • Comnititee must excite the greatest alarm and agitation even by its appuititmesit. There was, no doubt, distress, but they had beard of nu such ex treme distress mail assembled within these walls, There was no Gentlemair who bad given any Or malice of his own experience of trios:its quitting farms, or of rents in urrear. The motion hail beau edeanced, besides. on the most ',.crust grounds. What was the 11.'00(1160u of the stock homers Their case had trot been mentioned. lie could scarcely refuse inquiry. But he must object to such u Committee. Mr. BROUGHAM wished the House to confine itself to the question, because, ou the next mution, the whole matter of debate would be let loose, as if no opportunity had occurred for expressing any opinions on it. He meant to take his found on the question of the instruction which would be moved to the Committee. In the mean time lie would confine himself to the question of miming time Committee, which wow constituted as 'silly as pia. vible. There NOS a very bare majority in favour of any inquiry mat m 14111141 nothing like a majority agree i lug ill ally specific views NOM the subject. Mr. C. DUNDAS made SWIM talibtiVariOnS not amiable in the Ciallery. Mi, Hawn', said, that lie differed so very much from time views mid objects of the lion. Member who brought forward me motion, that be intended to throw lornself on the courtesy of the. House out to be put ou the Committee. That lion. Member bad let out the whole inyatery of the framing of Committee., oval hail taught Iron, being a young member, a lesson which he should out easily lurget. %Vireo los 1111111 C should be called on, he should move thirt hr be excused iron, going on the COOP. Mr. A. BARING spoke to order. • )• • . . , '1 " . 7. • % vs • The %MAKER 'tetra that the 'motion before the Howie was. whether Mr. C. Dundas should b.-. member of the Committee. lion. Members would judge for themselves how far it was proper to agi tate different questions, which did not refer to the nnallinatiou of • particular Member on the Coin• in i Hear.) After a few words from Mr. CA LCRAFT, The SPRAILER observed. that he was anxious net to be miatioderstood in what had fallen from him before. !ie wished to say. and he now said in terms, that any HARI. Gentleman who objected or approved of the a particular Mend'sr on the CO is; o ter, would in expres•iiig his optuion cone fine himself to the fitness or unfitness of that lode. vidaal to perform the duty. Mr. Bonus said, that no one could he better qualified its every respect to serve 011 the Commit. tee than Mr. C. Dundas. and he blsoultl have oat difficulty in voting for his appnintment. Mr. SPOONER conceived that los Hon. Friend, the Member for Taunton tMr. A. Baring) hail nut intended to apply his observations on the Commit tee to any particular Member, but to its whole renew ution.—(4 laugh.)—A nd lie certuttily en. tertaitistl a tuning objection to it, because in lunk• roc over it lie Mil eat observe the names of the Members enameled with the representation of the great susitufacturtng counties, Warwickshire, Star for4teltire, nor, he believed, Lancashire.—(//ear./ —lf any good at all was to result from that Com mittee, it could only be by the public being per suaded that the subject was referred to those indi viduals who would give it a calm, fair, and full in quiry.- Now, lie poked, whether the omission of the Members referred to, would be likely to con vey hat impression to the country or to the !louse ? lii order to *rule the question wfiether the manu facturing interests could bear higher prices imposed on the first necessary of life, sonit"Gentlemen iu— timately connected with the manufacturing dis tucts be included in the list. He thin& out this hint. and trusted it would be acted on. til Mr. MAXWELL said that he should not do jus tice to the Member for Surrey. did lie not declare, that one elfin at least had been made by him to include a Representative of • manufacturing county in the Committee, because lie had ex pressed a wish to place himself (Mr. Maxwell) on it; but conceiving that there were many Gentlemen in the House much better adapted to the duty than hiniself, hr bed requested that hie name might not be turreted. IVith respect to the conastutoon of the Committee, he did venture to say, that if there was any one class of men whose interests were at variance with Omit: of the rest of the community. it was the manufacturers and ship-owners. But lie should he glad to see the names of the Members for Taunton and Portarlingtoo in the hat. The question was then carried in the affirmative. The question was Oleo put ou thee name of Mr. Bright. Mr. H. SUMNER said, that it was a proof of the impartial feelings by which he had been miaowed in selecting the Committee, that though lie bail understood the Hon. Member whose name had been called had voted stigmatise him last night, yet not having beets acquainted with Inns. but knowing that he represented the city of Bristol, and hav ing heard of his talents. he had made choice of hi in for a Member of the Committee.—lt was true that there were no Representatives, of manufacturing counties on Ilse Committee. but it contained the names , of Members of the three groat commercial towns, London, Liverpool, and Bristol. namely, the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. G., Canning, and Mr. Bright. He understood that the Lord Mayor considered the business of the Committee as in sonic degree inconsiatent with the important du ties of his office. and in that case lie had 110 oh to the substitution of another name. He had formed his het with the very best intentiotts, selecting a majority of those who merely believed that the distresses of the ogritiltutists were such as ought so be inquired 11110.—Illear.1 Mr. Bemire stated (as we understood, the cons lesion is the bodj of the !louse being considerable) that whit bed fallen Irmo the 11011. Gelitlemmi (Mr. Sumner) lead produced such a change in Isis sentiments. that lie should no longer decline acting on the Committee. General GMICOYKII expressed his opinion that the objection lay against the whole Committee, •ppointed in the way it had been, and not against individuals; and therefore he rose to inure, that its appoiatment should he by halloo, joist...ad of 'mini nation. —( Cries of !"J—Gentlemen might try •• No!" but lie was resolved to press the motion, and take the arose of the House on it by a division. If the nomination were left to the Member fur Sur rey, however ft* it might be dune, the ',Moho' outside if doors would be, that it was a close C • and to proceed by ballot would be the roily means of ocaloving that prejioslicr. He we, convinced that the feeliosgt of the ;:uhlie should be consulted more than the House was disposed to admit. %Vriters un huhticrl economy generally agreed that its legislatiog public heeling should be a guide as well as resins's. He should certainty move, that the Committee be sopponoted by bal.ot. The Amendment toot having been seconolrd— Sir M. W. RIDLEY twirl, happily iio individual in the House h..d thought proper so second the Amendment.— (Hear .) lie certainly regretted the decision come to last i.ight, but he trusted t h at the alarm which load been expressed in a high courier would soon subside, in consequence of the prudent and moderate manner on which the affair would be followed up.—(lfcar, hear.)—From the statements made by the Honourable Member for Surrey, and as Members for London, Liverpool. and Bristol were Colllpfibrd in the Coin unite, he thought the mattulacturing interest• had little to object on the score of partiality in the composition of it.—(//ear, bear.)—He apprehended that Gen tlemen 111 the House were the cause, though the iimoceot cause, of olds m through the coun try. When the tocsin of alarm was sounded bv the Members fur Taunton. l'ortarlingtooi, sod Yl'arelsem, will it to be wonifereri ut that people of lower education and sense would full tutu that feel ing?. Had he been in the House last night. which he was not slots' the House divided, he should have voted against the motion; but lie could not help tegretting that the effect or the language used by Hun. Members in that House. war to recite feel ings of division and discord between the dolietent chasms and interests of the cosunturoity. Mr. CALCCAFT and Mr. RICARDO irverally dia. • • claimed any intention of exciting alarm by wh a t they had said. Mr. BARING said, that in the beginning of LI observations the night befine, he had expresvly dr. precated the exciting of any alarm; but he n state his belief, that tf they went into the (;vomit. tee on the grounds and with the objects stated Lv the Hon. Member for Surrey, riot only would alarm be excited, but that there would be solid ground fur it, and that be would pull the tocsin of elm, with all his might. He hoped the whole country mould take the alarm; bat he trusted that no Gm, tlesnan could suppose that he tliouglit ail gee, could be effected by disorderly or toMnllll..ll, ea:. duct. What he meant was taut the country o us t, [ to feel that in the decisin of this questom in greatest interests were at stake. To quoit the kr:. garage of Mr. Burke—" The alarm hell at .o.d. aright might disturb your repose, but it w.,,i o re. 'rot you from being murdered in your btu. - • Sir M. %V. RIDLEY explained. Mr. Bitouumiu affirmed that his Hon. Eire,; (.Ir. Baring) in deprecating alarm, soil thriate i .. t.ig to sound the tocsin of olefin. had beets loco', siseent with himself. Mr. BARING explained. The 'question was then carried, and the Comae. ere completed by the addiiiiiii of the fi•lloniii; T. Aclsred, Mr. John Payne, %Ir. Ilaiikes; Mr. Brougham, Mr. John Bruen, M. Nlr. Coke, Mr. Gooch, Ms. F. Leal,, and the Lord Mayans Instead of the list name Mr. H. Scsrmart pro. posed that that of Mr. T. Vl'ilsoa should be iuiro duced. Mr. WILSON (*Woe undrivorml) declined rimier. taking th•etlety. wad the Lord Miiyer'd same re mained. ~ •, Mr. lii . nOtkutfON lansenteil al l !spelt a 4 any mill 1 1. the dte.yettimetitr i u winch hail men cunt to the lire cedar% staklit. lie Irk il i .tu . lte perfectly cootistela 4:101 4 4he ott:istettairo be had offerer] to the ;mown, , 4111115k411troad out *rillty of titaarffiee Ist filed, t o ..,,.. draw t tt di if Viva utirrovt.tc group ilia. wa y wily Irbiorlig conducted Oil • at pl/011 it cuuld 64 , 1 to ..• tpterail or practical rviult. lie 111.11 stinv,l— -.... . . That it he au instrurtion to the Catontinee to amuse their inquiries to the touJe of &see. mating, calcalath.g, returning the averages in the 'wave maritinte cousitos, u,,. der the provisions of the f sating Coru 11.4*11; and wh.ther in those operations any frauds were practical in violation ~; the prima ttttt s of those tars; slid to report their upiniou and observations Sties cuu to th e House. I I Toe question harts% been put. Mr. WODEHOUSE expressed his opinion that the present tuudeufdtarting the averages was subject to great •Intsati and that great improvenient• might be made tn. the law rut the purpose of ciao...nog them, soil utieckisig that Irigii , f4l.ltem of .: 111 '.• Idiog. Winch prevailed the mimeo ;Woos iii the corn trade. The only Act to whichf; the Magiss trate' could have recourse for directions ea the subject was the 3151 Geo. I 11. and the• law eutter it ass involved in considerable atnbigudy. Wiled received iuformatiou from respectahle qui a nders of the existence of fraud in the adnitrostratiots or tic Corn Laws. The averages were sometimes struck very unfairly. At the purl of Lynn. to Norfolk. on the 7th of Noventher. ISIS. two 1, 11.4 , 4;1 a wheat strived room Nlotd, nr Denbighshire. arid one thousaud quarters from another place ; atisl striking the average price, the tau hu•iteli weighed Si much as the thousand quarters.. Nobody could mountain that this was a fair mode of cilculatism.-- (Hear, hear.) Mr. BY l • at RUELL Said, it was the plain - o f his Al.jtsty's fritter away to nuttsing the itutjutries sod objects of the Committee. tunes were such, tnat it was hest to speak out, and the fact was, the taxes could not be 1)..tt1, unless the toices of agricultural produce were kept up. He theta moved the follow:itg amendment, to leave out all the word* of the motor' after the word CoM 'Mitre, in order to introduce the following : " Whether the pres,iit 'node of taking the aver ages ascertains the actual market priers of grain throughout the united kingdom whether ."7 better method could be adopted to carry iota effect the iittesstion of the Legislature." Mr. S. WoitTLEY contended that die turtsts *ere nut suffering near so much ths:res as other classes. Had he beret preseut whet' the &- vision took place the night hefure lie would have opposed the loolsOil fur ally Committee. lk,;,tw he should support the motion of the President of the Board of Trade. A Member, with whose name we were onac. quansted, yaiil , that lie Pltuultl br very i ;hal to pro. cure *..rite suboitrite for the preariit Coin 13:11. But without some protection lam; would be eri.e. rally thrown out of cultivation, and the ft . ..M(11011 be such as to produce corona ))))) .ly nigh pricey, starve twit. and a surplus of pupultniou. The price of wheat was now, taking ludo cominleratiou the price of labour, double what it 'mid hero six year,' ogo. Ile had no rtraire to greeter prunctioo iliatt had Leen intended by the Leg ...haute in the year 1815; but he hoped the Cum:loiter would litgilaw a due attention tu all the Pentium and their allugstions. Mr. Nlottcß. said, tli;:t the grea!rst evil of the Coro Law was, that it caused the greuttA tlicpro. portimi between the reivard of labour hail the price of the treces.aries of life, and the euovequeirce was, that a great body of the people were reduced to toe dreadful alternative of 'derivation la pauperism.— I - le wee Motile to a Committee, became lie twine hetaled that if it was attended with any practical tooth it would be the rei-1.1 4 of the priced. Earl Tmsput was g 1.31 tl.At the Comouttee 104 hero granted, but lie hoped that its inquiries would be conducted with calmness and impartiality. lie should certaiely oppme uny measure for siffiostg the price of bread at the txperioe of the lower orders.— This 'l.a 114118 time to tamper with the frelisigituf the 14117"ilLMheumbhell:pidrevsoled vote for the original ‘ pus rttailution to vote for the rrsirictive proposition of the Right nom President or the Board of Trade. the considered the protection granted in 1815 to be nece aaaa y, but he could not see any further remedy fur the di.. tireeee of ogricelturtsta except a remisslon of rents, when the coutiacts between the ownerssial occupier , permitted it. lie agreed in the abstract principles laid down by the Metnber for l'ortarlingtuti (Mr. Ricardo), but he brlitved that they could D ot be strictly pushed into practice, and that they bbould be looked even es the beacon to be kept is view is our necessary _aberrations from them. 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