The Sun. — London, England, 1815-02-18 00:00:00

a: ig 01 Ii L 0 1!1 s 1 ~.., .ately impossibl e f or ae l otv p r i ce of rabonr to ee e ,iYine adequate encourageinent :111 . (ist • P"'l . lllanell.tly Will; a iliLch ptice of prmisions. Celt...ire, its ••effect won's! he to reieler bread glaiec e e s souls t a bl es a eouiparisou' bet meen . c cheaper and more etteely in Free ; end it he ould 'ages and th e p r i ce o f prov i s i ons, w hi c h h e h e ld not maintain its expediency in this' puha of vir•v, be would be conteet ti)i'7l)4ll(l , im the intelea e aim his hand, would ill ustrate t h ese f act s .• Th e Hon.' gaiter: In tills View he woule caicithele that tee ent.•ltere r ea e severel assages, from which it profits of agriculture must nearly come up to tee PPeared tha t t h e price p for - weevil - mg muslies at s 'lasgoiy, on air average for the last 25 years, was profits of industry • in the other mode of con:- Odeper ell, evhile the aver a e e p r i c e o f Corn was meree and manufactures: He seid nearly, be-= cause it would be admitted that the probes of ca l. is• Bd. The Member for Glaseow had told him ca •sat this was at . fair price for labour, when such pital and industry expended on agricelture were not generally equal eo those of commerce and 'as the price of grain. ' r(), the Weaving of jac.• manufactures, though ;the superior conifoles end onots they got only 7d. a n e ll, when the price of security which attended the pursuits of agrico al lai" was 41 . ii• 81. Let us now consider what cure might be supposed to make up for the deli "eel the iocreesing of the price of grain • will ciency. It was evident, however, that. in every 'aye altinmeimmFaetut•es. :Altitotieh it must be case agriculturists must have a fair semmiermaitig s (itnitt e d t h at b y means of terantl mach i nery an d price for their skill and their • capital ; and it .11. g establishments we had brought certain ma le itl faCtllrt,•,s to the b e nrht o f perfection, yet we the policy was to encourage importation from Ngla to b e awire that a per i o d was arriving. whatever quarter, what then was to become of the home agriculturist ; ana dot not thereby render. `Bert a mei er i a l c h enge w ill b e b rou ght a bout in 'eir circulation. He had had opportunities of ourselves dependent for subsistence On the caprice ,`' ski n" with a Gentleman who bad or the policy dottier nations ? The wealth and.the .euti on to the Manufactures of Trance, • and whol population of a country, as compared to others; 'vas astoeished at the very u er tht them to in that eat success end hue' were the natural limits of the export of grain. There P ru vement th ey h a d h ro ; were also other causes avising from the policy or : l i?ltetry, I t was well known, that .not on ly i n ; impolicy of different Administrations. In this country, for instance, up to the ye a r .1764, we th r3 nee, hut in man y ot h er coun tries of Europe, : in the habit of exporting to the a m o unt of h ; greatest d es ir e w a s s h ewn to ' rival us in our were i l ' Aci ll'a me nufactures. The Hon. Gentleman ' 600,000 qtitieters of grain - annu a lly : b u t t h e p o licy 'en enter e d i nto a ser i es o f ar i t h me ti ca l calcu- of this country then underwent a change, which lations, to ehow the superiority whiCh the foreign encouraged other countries we heti been in the artisans bell over tine British manufacturer, in habit of supplying to raise sufficient for their own wants ; : and in the year 1774, the export was stop c°''scfpience of the cheap and regnlar price of the fleet ped altogether, and foreign Corn was admitted "'tries of life on the Continent; and the infe evhet) the price was forty shillines per quarter. hh !ere -he drew was, that the dieadvantage ender The effect of this was, that the scale was com iniclethe latter labotired would rendeis the maim-. „„ e. If, pletely ttirned against us, and we had . beeim anent 4elltrilne CoineetitiOn a. most severe % aid he, \'Ott eeise the price of provisions, you porting country for tl•le last 20 years. If eye con- It tl ec e."atily raise . theprice of - labour : if you raise, tinned to depend on foreign - countries for •-so lie pric e o tel e h o ur, you necessarihr injure .your large a portion of our supplies, what .was to hinder France from sluing as she did in 1764, Z ar nmfactnring interests. Bat the whole argu- ; that all her Corn exported shall fit might be said to . centre in .this itnportant e ana saYing be introduced - in French shippitig ? What was to Ivz e i tm that do what )7(s:a will, time price of labour ; i hinder other countries from saying•the same thing? 'fuel u lalways he higher here than on time Continent; Thus should we be placed in a state of double de thiS is"the strOngest ar...rn men t that can be pendence, both as to the export of our manu ls).rftathetl against increasing' ftme rice of provie •" )I 's• crb, Hon. Gentleman here read some pa- l factures to those countries, and.to the import of It' i t f rs from )1 Pamphlet by Mr. Malthus, in mnll)urts their corn. He contended dint the price of bread would he rendered cheaper and more equable, on snare opinion.) He thought Gentleine» must be s ubject that time effects of this measure inust• be to time whole, by a proper encouragement of our own ag li Teet the Helaine. ‘titre we to become, for the richest country in the world • to time eZ ilitY of being actually starved, if it does not ' sake of telnputahvt4eapness, dependent on lo e • ail • the i : : You e at ". reign core ; was its:•not evident that any alarm as Otovismons it consumes. tt• provisi ons f rom a b roa d wh e n you, wanted to the supply—as to the arrival of the Baltic fleet e n fit4' ants alnie prevents you front getting them fur instance, would exorbitantly enhance the s e e " 1 ". 1 The.situation of this country is, that price of grain, and thus produce •the greatest ("k -it_ stands in the midst of all other countries who tress ? (Hear l) The price of corn must neces: time s watoing to supply leer. We might, on sarily be high in this country, from the extent of asu ' the principle,:be alarmed!' .est we should want . taxation with which it was burtheue4 : but - this we ae ll e H Y_ ( ?f hemp for the use of our Nay ye .but need not edam] the manufacturers with the fear of .wittl he t i h at we are and have alway :been supplied b e i ng driven out of foreign markets ; for he would ,•np, tho u .', ~,' •not oduee Our assert, that the average price to which it was now geo ereohieli __, , edo l et es not .• t.totuation has made us commanding : proposed to raise gtain, was not higher in pro not 1 tu ake eeperiments to change tile 'co'to- portion to that of France than it was 50: years : e thraet • ago. In illustration of this, the Hon. Member. aglocultened• . et•.oi the coitntry, for the sake of our en wealth . 'This' 'has' been the; result of ; quoted some of the statements in the speech with ennercial wealth . which the Ahls'•;• - . . introduced othe • ; Icirsthe produce of -cow- 1 . e noatcsToeu melte fost ers a tur e , while, h nd eidarges time prodece of agricul- 1 fthmeet on the eorn trade to the FrenCh Legislae arrest the er0,Y..9-lakine. such a change, we ne y a ture. in this prolet, the Abbe stated . the average le en. Ge 1 e tess o f our national wealth. Th e price of corn in France, front the year 1756 to l e „ th ,11t.telltan continued: to descant •at some 178 S, at 255. 6d. Ditriag 'the seine v r iod the tended Illustratiou of .this principle, and cone aVev;!ge price ill Legland was 465. Nov the to t ed .. that if -things were lett to their own na- avcrage price in France was 455.: nod if the pre ter_ au Peretion, There -ounid be 90 &mint of the sent plopoiitio n _ Rasse d i nto a l aw , l ie _ wou ld take in ent prosperity of the country. lie was the average price at 80s. Here, then, there was are vi that in agriculture as. well as in cons- little variation in the proportions ; and if our metr e . and .. ea sodd en c hanges sometimes took place, manufactures flourished aseney did during the for that they might be attended with injury.-- mei' period, what was therein the ecmmparison to e ar _ ; 7°re, if any temporary measure were adopted induce any alarm as to theicefrosperity now ? e '`• neneficiel mu •it [rye la - sup- Ire ne e . should e is (hear !) Time Abbe also exited that he proposed siert 1, • • 'la it seemed h'l that ' - 'I H G etiti _ nia . to a n theprice a' . 1 • • • • should toe Root Ilona ; le es would aim at making this e perruanient 50 shillinge. This, Lie stated,. the French nmanu ase One ofAr , - - fit • : .•.. . c . • eia , ns . , t the cesets to IS, t.u.ii oilmen fact trier could hear sif it rose higher, the work ,"° . have mistaken the restrictions for a cause ; enan wool 1 feel tlic effect:of-it; a moderate price, ` (n' wo . • , ti I sPulty. It behoves etas to sleety them ; exempted from great vicissitudes, was best for lat the ease i. r ,.. , mGet-ent, and that it is by time that class of society who were not usually pel t" ineinle of fr • • • jest . (1 t t et trade that our interests trill be sessed of Aufticielit proridence to guard against its .for the I 'l e el. It would he. utterly impossible effects. Should the, price (O . grain fall greatly, he .e.ea, . geneeal wealth of this country to he in-. added, they might indeed he enabled to maim .ie ed, With:nit the general healthof l lel f• • •-.i . e oe but .p • •,• or 1 ,it .. t i , : e e li, ere =4l particular being increased along with agriculteirist would eet be able to purchase' their e a I voutrl therefore sa to tit H 'by -• • I- His Bonoureble Friend (Mr. Phillips) y e euse, pem- goo( e. e t verine in this e course, and. not . in the wrong• seemed to think that the poorer districts of this f are;o ▪ e ,,:s )(teheepereuing, you will consult the wet- conutrei which had been brought into cultivation t the .nation tit large ; and upon alls ho u ld C' the be abandoned, and give way to the rich g t. nunds he had • ~,,e,t..,R.,,_stated, fie deemed it- necessary to and fertile districts of Flenders end France. He "( e tht 1.1 eie assent from the measure. (Mr. W.) thought very differently.; Was not the lllr. AVESTErN set out with CO .s li ' : g erit , ra „ . . " ntinc. ng, that borne - market fdr our own neeenfactures better _b e faa h utility to the agricultural ( interests would than theforeign ?—(Hear!)---flight we not at arty en _,'• ny Iro!lC•lnere than by• the manufacturing time be depriyed la I the former, though we should u wnrkineclosesthe * A t te „ jut ~ of community. He thought ,at all times be secure of the latter ? lii this, as its tin ge Ise did well last year it) postponing for a ; many timings, we might sacrifice something of ex :ttt: e consiot•ration of this question, because ' tent to secueh:v. A great deal had been sma about ~ , j ait: :s gotwas more importeet than to convince the ' landholders reducing their rents ; but suppose they li rat t ee , the people et large of the necessity of : did I t .l.', welt_ would be the coesequence ? If his' rents fit t, the agricelture of the country. It was, ; were redOced one half, he would he apt to say to (the Prevention extremely elitlicult to - satisfy them, that ! the 'tradesmen, " you - must strike off ybur s tee diryention of . the importation of grain under ledger the half of Your charges against me ;" •'' e trcemest• : •= eenf ... r .. aneeS was necessary to the general ' and the tradesthan, in his turn, would probably be e a "e of the country ; for all modes .. Calculated - obliged • off halfof his ••k 'Ti to win r ;ot men. ne resider food 1 ; f or pi . anti clouting as cheap as possible • manufacturer of - coarse wanted cheap . labour, e tar :"e esent appeared eligible' to the nianufac- ; but his workmen would look very strangely if told ; •I', Sr themeef` 1 • 1 1 , t rydifie t.), t hey ling it re tee tong run Iteve a • that ; they were ouly to have alf sveges. He rent effect T 1 • • .ge of . • • , It pi oposition which had ; would assert, also, - that at time price of 80s. per e k iee net night submitted to the House by a Right i quarter, I ' II I •• sclasses t the menu acturnme ant a )outine e . f 0 1. Gentleo •01 • 'o s • lan 1. r. Robinson) was not new in i of this .country had enjoyed, and would enjoy, Prin c i p l e .: • • • . , r eade e _,, e , it was only following up 4 system al- ! More of the comforts of life than the people did iu ed ef ti s ie l. bbshed.in this Country. By the laws enact- those countries whence we drew corn ;—than in reign of T.,SI r William,• I deed, w , - - Ine elle principle, in- , Poland, for instance, were the people fed on the le as ,. as cerried•to I much =i.e. t•••t • t ; the• of the grain.ll• 1 t the English I. bourer aaer (x til refuse: me lc no. a a tnanment of that Pendtime, to render thecountry inde- he would ask, command more of time comforts of • e al of for he - et esee _ , ct e u supply, encouraged the export life, than in France, Poland, ►Pruseia, and other uo ytho hy hountie- S, 41Ltheir duties on thesitn- ! countries whence Corn was imported ? The Hon. . r "ahem!' o f ~., • p rehibie wain were in fact equivalent to a ; Member next proceeded to assert, that rent torm ' fe re . t une The Right Hon. Gentleman, there- ; ed only a small portion of the price of grain. He . ,in DrollOSi, lhg i n t c_ ,- , -.mg his resolution, was wily tread- i entered into several calculations to spew, that 'Aid eat :_':_ Path of experience, and his measure ' in a rotation of four crops, including ,turnips, a lvhi e h i t t a ) any thing like so far as those laws under ; &c. the average value of the produce : would be yeti /ere c elnanulacture s and the industry of the' , equal to three quarters of o heat per acre en y tlil'ov. 4 • - on more than half a century— • ttally. Supposing, therefore, rents to be com • ta (heart)---Th., e ler,. his was not, therefore; a novelty in pletely abolished, this would only reduce the price a(t a .h'slation o f 1 pt in „ . t h e country ; .1C was • merely i of the quarter about lOs. which even then woohl te tte e principles and i , i t 'try ha(' 0► • maws under which the ; not brine us to an equality, with Lime prices of lo ,t, Was et • , ' ""tiriSlied, to the situation in which , eeign C or n. Even the ct:niplete iennihilation of .l at the present placed. His Hon. Friend - Sant, rent, -therefore, tvould not- enable the farmer to 1141)ee the Present measure, if adopted, would ade. !: compete with grain of foreign growth. :So norch %oa e . Price of the necessaries .of late—. .fur the effeCt of relit on time orice of graiin. , lie ` ll t co " • twine, would conteed, that by - would toritend•that the proposition ietrociticechby , tilt Right Him. Gentleman was old.; follip.v.ing the po;ity of our ancestors with cautious steps, The average price ot wheat for'the hst.2o years - c>ur, ne farmer MIS 11 itt 1 p )or's rate iserc. calculated on the price of breun. . The various articles and utensils required b!,--,the farmer wits.: fall in price like other things; iron, puriiculari, had taller' conside . rabl'y since the peace. As to the effect of the taxes on the larwer:Afe.,\Venii %%la's . 80s. alum -ter ; for tte first 19 'vearii of dint I . l..Tititi, the average rive was 7:35. ilTheat !raiment was tmld for ; hut taking the iucrease u taxatinu anti every Clin else into a'ccount, he tliought SU,, the in;vest at w'nich the import price should he fixed. It did not follow, however, that the Price of grain would be regulated by that amount : on .the contrary, 're should find, on looking back to former periods, that. the' market pi ice was sometimes only 305. when the im port price was 625. Ile! ti,!so adverted to the great crop of 1813, as a stifficient proof of the capacity of the country to supply itself. In Februaty 'of that year, flour was, delivered by con tract or Deptford, at . 120 s. per sack ; but ill the November following, it was uelivered at the same place at the low F lee or 60s„ while at the same time the country was exporting to a considenible extent, - This 'sufficiently proved, that by proper encouragement to our ()ten agriculture, we bad the means of snpplyilig ourselves without foreign corn. It was true that Olt! itnnort of foreign grain was at all times Meonsi , lera . ble, when compared with the consumption of the country ; but there was this material inconvenience from leaving im port free, that it damped the spirit of enter- prize iu the British farmer, inasmuch as the ex tent to which foreign corn could come into com petition with him in the home .Imo - I:et was al ways unknown.-- (Hear ). Unrestricted im port would injure and depress the British agricul turist, while at a time when you most needed it, it might not be in your power to procure it. It was at present in the contemplation of the awl - - culturists of France and Flanders, to derive a new stimilus from the market of this country, but who could look with complacency to such a sup ply ? This country, with all its blirthellS, was the admiration and envy of foreign nations, and least of all should ,we render ourselves dependent on France—(l-Icar, bear !) nor would this endan our manufactures. There were other markets to which they might look—those of South America for instance; and the approaching emancipation of that country would afford ample scope for British manufacturing industry. Sir FLiF.Dr,RICK FLOOD felt deeply interested, as be trusted the whole country must, in the pro motion Of domestic industry. As the country of Ire land increased in agriculture, so would Ireland to the inOependenee of England, and •of the Eat pire. Be thought the rate proposed a moderate one ; anti that it was not the interest of the , ma nufacturers to have the agricultural interest cut do , .r o. stated respecting arable land, that, exelasive the Psoperty Taxs the increase on a farm of 50if/. a-year was front 15,1. to 251. ; and he enumeraqd a . variety of. particulars : and this statement gave t!) the fanner a livery servant and his-horse., •Ild wished to know to what extent the expeuses of the farmer could be greater efts!r reduction of the price of Corn than now Mr. Maxwell thoueht 80s. would be enough, and Crabtr& rho i4lat 725. a !saving price. Several thought 7 . 2, 73, •oe 755.: but the outside was 80s. supposing all rents and charges the same. All, however, .agreed that • many charges must fall. The breakbas ap of the army bad certainly poured a considerable pOpalaS tion on the country, which deranged iiiiindiate calculations. The present state of lab inter therefore, made this the most improper time for a permanent regulation. Change in rent was of,high importance. Listen to some, awl it was no thiug but taxes ; .but• they made a small addi tion, when rents were, in factoloobleds . Take off that immense increased rent,- and. see if that would not operate a great relief to the far mer. Bents on the average' were double'd ; and the present,object was to continue exorbitant rents but if Gentlemen read the evid r ence, they would sec the fallacy of the proposition. It was said that we could produce ellough for ourselves, and that we could produce a great deal more than we do. He did not disbelieve this. Through the privileges the landholders have had for years piist, they have cultivated 'faults which ,in his opinion should not have been cultivated ; furzes., and heaths', and rocks, the cultivation of which cost so much as to make bread too dear, and make it at is. 6d. instead of Is. But ‘'as it worth while to try an experiment on the great and general iir terests of the community for the sake of compen sating individual undertakings ? Should' the mans pay a great _price for-bread on that account It would derange other beneficial parts of the ge neral system. Woods were •in consequenc'e grolitsed up, and thence timber was increased in price., anti thus shipping and building of all sorts were awed. A premium was given for forcing Corn, to torn out timber. So, again, ploughing up fine pastures made butcher's meat the dearer. It was much better to leave industry to its own efforts,' and not press systems. Such was the system of the most respected writers oft the subject. As to supplies from foreigo emml tries, and- the, strong objections to them, he thought that the dispensations of PrOvideThae were of the greatest bensifit to maokind, by the ex change of the different prodders of ditr,:rnit coun tries. The• object with each lhottld ;to cOtt suit what is suitable to its respecti‘e soil. As to the probability of other nations Shutting thebs doors againit us, that most be looked at on sthe ground of experience. The country most tipen to such fears was Holland, yet there the price of cons was merely the averioee of Eurojie. France was much dwelt upon Holt. Members, -yet Aee had received little Isom thenee except this last year, when England had a bad harvest, and France a good one. Otte supply was generally from the Baltic, anti front various other quarters. iaking our experieOcie from our suppliesfrom Foreign Powers, was it likely 'to see ourselves again soon in such a state as we were in-during -the asceodancy tsf Buonaparte, whose•whole object was to restrict our trade, but - Nrhich would be found iii this point quite ineffec tual ? . During 20 years of French - domination, we imported three times as moch graiu as we bad front the year 1697. The facts spewed the grotandlessuess of fret's on:this • subject. If •we could send money, we were sure to have Corn.— This was clearly proved in the most trying cir camst.aneei., lie looked not to mob popularity ; but he believed all classes of society best. consi dered liy a careful review of the subject. The present endeavour was to prop and bolster up the artificial state of things which exists, and which it would he contrary to the interest of the country to agree to. He was rather inclined to. propose the rate of 75 shillings for twelve months, and to let that rate fail back two shillings per annum till it should descend to the present price. Pt ilapa the Committee might. sit pro forma on Monday, and then he should propose counter resolutions to that effect. Mr. itowsaid„ that all that he had beard or learned on the sunject onfy confirmed his opinion. That . he had not spoken, allow ed of no inference as to his sentiments. He should be sorry if any thing prevented a full and free discussion of the subject ; and he should lie ready on a future op portunity to deliver his opinions fully. Mr. 13 RAND had, listened with all ddigence. The argument on the diminution of the farmer's charges was an erroneous one. A yast.number of the po pulation were concerned in this measure, particu larlylin Ireland. What was the fartnet's situation when he could not employ them ? The Overseer sent them to him, and they were paid half by the farmer, and half by the poor's rate. To tvliont did the land belong ? To the poor, mho ,must be distressed, from the want of means of employing them. As to the authority of Mr. Malthus,' who had been quoted, that Gentleman had published a book within ten days, which he was sorry he-had not put in his pocket, ao'd in which he Stated that it ,:was now his opinion that sonic ,restrctions ougsht to he imposed on importation. If the oh ject of the pleasure was not to make pricey low, it certainly was to prevent them from ever being excessively high, and from leaving the country at the risk of foreign supply it was to make our own agriculture independent. Foreigners might not be able to supply us. The, Honourable Member mentioned several, peculiarities, in the mode of raising Corn s such as top dressings, which occasioned .an increase of one-fifth in the produce of Corn in some counties ; bat how could it be supposed that foreigners would raise a superfluity qt Corn to supply us, no less they knew that •we gave up Eagland to necessity of such a supply- ) The tpleatiOn ought to be argued with temper, captions, and in,- partiality : it was of the highest importatice to the dearest interests of the country, and deserved the most sel•ious and deliberate consideratioN. his opinion, 80s. would he the proper sum to fix on 5 - Mr. BARING said, that on qtiestions of various descriptions, there seceard to be diiierent and dis tinct interests in the llottse and the country ; though truly understood, such questions ought to be considered reply as to ho ' w they bore upon the real wdfate of the country at large. The prac tice., however, was, for each side Co take a narrow view of the question ; whether by the agricultu rists, or mantilactitrers, or commercial people. It was no wonder that some _took a particitlar 'line, since the chic' right of sitting in that House de pended :flpon individuals being, to a certain ex tent.; lauded proprietors. It Was now stated that the public opinion had considerably changed; but he could, not see on what grounds. Last year there was an abundance of petitions on the sub jeet,against, any alteration of the Corn Laws. That they were not now repeated, lie ascribed to the people's not thinking the repetition of them necessary : the City of London had indeed peti tioned ; - but he trusted that the former petitions would lose none of their diect. In country towns, two attempts had been made at counter petitions— at Watuninster anal Maidstone ; but those who:pro prpied there had been hooted Out of the public places of meeting, and had been obliged to with draw to taVerns. No Gentleman who duly re- Elected - on' the subject could think, that the ob ject of the nreastiee was ty produce low prices.. On the contrai - 7, the intention cleanly was, to produce steady prices, or rather steadier prices than ,those which now exist.. The object, in fact,' was hig:i pike. Ile had recommended, ' that ill bringing on this subject, Parliament should not be culled on for a decision on the sudden. In the present situation of affairs, it Was quite premature to call on Parliament, on the sudden to , fix any thing like a permaneut system. The country was as yet in an unsettled state, which made it impossible to say what price was necessary,and suitable. One particular feature of the moment was to be found in the extent of paper circulation, 'and the number and Credit of country banks, to which the people in the country attached much coosideratioo in these matters. One of the most Sensible of the Witnesses examined before the Committee, Mr. Webb, of Selisbury, said, that the rise in the prise of eol'll was more owing to paper circulation than to taxes, of which the pressure cook( not tiow be immediately reme died ; and therefore the prices could not be lime diately regulated. At the same time he was per fectly aware that the agricultural interest la boured under very great difficulties, and that it was the duty of that House to consider them fully, and to remedy them if possible. But a dis tinction must be drawn between those difficulties which were temporiiry and those which required a permanent core. The remedy at present wanted was a temporary one. Agricultural persons were certainly as well entitled to relief as those en gaged iu manufactures and merchandize :abut how were 411cy to obtain it % It might be done by setting the import price at a certain rate, to de cline annually. Suppose it was taken at 755. and then to fall back at the rate of 2s. a year, till it fell to the presEnt price ; or supposing that mode qualified, by taking it at SOs. 0r755.; and if at the latter, tharit should be kept so for a year before it fell ? Would not much be done towards the desired relief by such means, aided 'by the di minution or termination of paper curreocy, the i lowering of tents, and'the decrease of taxation ? There existed now' a considerable alarm from per sons not knowing / what was to, come upon them. Mr. Webb's evideuce stated, that,if Wheat fell to what it 11' a S in 1792,' all the attendaet expenses Might he -expected to fall in proportion, excepting the taxes. There could be no doubt that the in crease of prices had ineicased greatly from the increased price of land. One great expense of In .