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Admittance, Is.—Ca talogue, ls. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. PUBLICATIONS. This day was published in two vols. small Bvo, 145., boards, . WALLENSTEIN, a Dramatic Poem, from the German of SCHILLER. Printed for Cadell and Co. Edinburgh ; and Simpkin and Mar shall, London. By whom there has just been published, 1.--The WOLFE of BADENOCH, a Historical Romance of the Fourteenth Century; by the Author of Lochandhu." .3 vols. 12m0., 11. 4s. boards. " There are few qualities of mind necessary for the Novelist Which the author of the Wolfe does not possess."—Atlas. " The Author has evidently given his attention to, and made himself well master of, the times and manners which his story depicts, —and these are well wrought into an interesting plot"— Literary Gazette. " The Author of 'Lochandhu' is _greatly more of a rival than an imitator of his sane time ' unknown' countryman. In vivacity of conception, in geAerating a belief of the real presence of his C haracter, in his relish for the grotesque and humorous, and in the invention of incident, we would" almost say he is equal. Scotsman. 2 . The COOK'S ORACLE, a new Edition ; Complete System of Cookery for Catholic Families. 78. 6d. boards. " We venture to prophesy, that the Cook's Oracle will be con °ldered as the English Institute of Cookery."--Eginburgh Re 'leer, March, 1821. containing a I-2mo. * * * No better proof can be given of the justice of.the.opinion Dow quoted than the simple statement of the fact, - that, since it Was written, 30,000 copies of the Cook's Oracle have been printed. Now publishing in Single Plays, price 6d., or in volumes Is. each, CUMBERLAND'S BRITISH THEATRE ; a Cheap, Elegant, and Correct Edition of the ACTING DRAMA, including nearly all the Standard aid Popular New TRAGEDIES, COMEDIES, OPERAS, FARCES, MELO DRAMES, and INTERLUDES, as they are produced on the Metropolitan Boards ; with Remarks, BIOGRAPHICAL and CRITICAL. • • The Work is accurately printed front the Prompter's Copy, and faithfully marked with the Exits and Entrances, the Rel.ttiv6 Positions of the Performers, and the whole of the Stage buSiness, a nd is embellished with fine full-length Portraits of celebrated Performers, and upwards of One Hundred Engravings of the most intereeting Scenes. LIST of the ACTING PLAYS, Ike. Already Published. VOL. 1. 53. Know your O wn Mi nd 1 . Romeo and Juliet 51. Mayor of Garrett 2 . She Stoops to Conquer 55. A Woman Never Vext 3. Macbeth 46. The Maid of the Mill. 4. Pizarro VOL. IX. 6. Richard ILL 57. The Barber of Saville 6. Douglas 58. Isabella Suspicious Husband. 59. (.:harles the Second TOL. n. 60. The Fair Penitent 41. Othello The Due nna 61. George Barnwell 10. Th e Ri vals 62. The Fall of Algiers 11. Th e Belle's Stratagein 63. Der Freischutz 1112. Cymb e li ne VOL. t. 13. Ve n i ce P reserved 64. The Fatal Dowry6s. The Sh e ph er d o f Derwent 14. Th e W est Indian Vale VOL. an. 1 5. Much Ado about N 66. Father an d S on g 1 othin 67. Wi ves as t h ey W ere 17 0. The Hypo cr it e 68. Lofty P ro j ects 18. . As You Like It 69. Every M an i n hi s Humour The Provoked Husband 70. The Two Galley Slaves. 19 . The Beggars' Opera 20 . The W a y t o Ke e p Hi m VOL. XI. 2 1. The Padlock. VOL. IV. • 2 x. King John 23 . King HenrylV. Part I. 24 . Th e W on d er 25.2 Zmilet 2 6 7 : Trip to Scarborough 28 ham Road to Ruin 40 . The Gam to VOL. V. 20 : The Winter's Tele Th e M an of the World 5 The Inc onstant 33 22 : 1.1:: Vilhtge Shor e 34" Juliu s C e p VIII. 35. Julius Caesar. i 6. Marci a a OL . vi. nt 71. Brutus 72. Ali Pacha. 73. Twelfth Night 74. Henry the Fifth 75. Love in Humble Life 76. Child of Nature 77. The Sleep-Walker VOL. XII. 78. Orestes in Argos 79. Hide and Seek 80. Tribulation 81. The Rival Valets 82. Roses and Thorns SS. Midas 84. Rule &Wife and Hare aWife VOL. Yip. 85. A Bold Stroke for a Wife 86. The Good-natured Man 87. Oberon of Venice 37. Alerry Wivea of Windsor 38. Virginias 30. Caine Gracehua 41• King All in th e W rong 42. Cat Lear Cato 88. The Lord of the Manor 89. The honey-Moon 90. Doctor Bolus 91. High Life Below Stairs. VOL. XIV. 92. Disagreeable Surprise v ol . . vi, 93. The Stranger 45. N at , / W ay to p . 94. The Village Lawyer 14. M easure for Alaeas":44 Debts 95. School for Scandal 45. Th e Jealous Wifeuri 96. The Spoiled Child 441. The T empest 97 . An i mal Magnetism 47. Clandestine Marri age 98. 'Wh ee l o f F or t une . 4 , 9. C or i clanus VOL. ay. 49. Every 0,„ ha s . 99. The C r iti c vo L , ui 100. The D ea f an d D um b 150. The Alcaid •his Fault. 1 1 0 0 2 1 . . R Ca e s v t e l n e g S e pe Spectre 51. The Bu s y B ody 52. A Tale of Mystery N. B. Centin u i 103. Midnight Hour 101. Speed the Plough CRITIQtiEs o ~. N once a fortnight. 3, 18,26c.ute and pertinent " Each Play is prefaced with a " w°111 " Literary Chronicle, June Ileinark s ."-- " We know not of any Series of P as Cumberland's British Theatre. lajzsa so a deservin g of patronage th teaP, excellent , and correct edition of Dramatic Literature, rival." — Li terary Ch ron i c l e , S ept. 9, 18 26. work is without a ucti" (.‘ It is an extremely cheap and extremely neat p ro d on. Literary Gazette, Sept. SO, 1826. - "Eicli Play is preceded by some remarks, evident] from th e p e n of an individual we l l versed in thedramatre Coming of his country. This edition must be considered is a valusteobrly addenda e theatrical part of any library."—.British Press, IS, 826. , Oct" The o ' School for Scandal' is a good specimen of this very cheep and P re tt y ca bi net t h eatre. " — E gan ' s Lif e i n London, Oct. 9, 1826. " The palm of correctness and utility must be awarded to the volumes before us." " It may fairly be pronounced the cheapest and most useful work extant."—Literary Magnet, Nov. 1, 1826. to C ont y Booksellers supplied with Sh ow Bills on application holesale Houses in Town, or to the Publisher. _ London : Published by John Cumberland, 19, Ludgate-hill. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1827. No. 10,757. PUBLICATIONS. This day was-published, price 7s. 6d. THE PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW, for the Sesiion of 1826. In a few days,price 30s. PARLIAMENTARY ABSTRACTS for the Session of 18g6 Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown,-and Green, London. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. LXX, will be published on MONDAY the 12th of March. 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A JUDICIOUS CRITIC.—On the first representa tion of Kenny's Word for the Ladies, some years ago, the com pany in th e pit were not a littl e anno y e d at healing a fat, sturdy grazie r -l oo ki ng personage hissing most voc if erous l y, an d this too long before the first act - was half over; at length one of his !!eighbours desirous of putting an end to the disturbance, took the liberty o f remonstrating. Among other good arguments, the in terposer observed, " If you must hiss, at least wait till you can i , o o rn , some jud gment o f t h e p i ece : what ' s the good of hiss i ng be itere the play has made any progress ?—Let's see what it 6 / , ‘ , all Phoo, phoo," replied the hisser,— only comeee noth to inga L to do with th e success o f th e p i ece . I've same town for th ree n i g ht s , an d i t w ill never d o to h ave til)Ley. m piece run every n i ght that I shall have for going to the The Opera Glass. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER, EXCHEtAIaR BILLS. An Account of the Amount of xchequer Bills or Treasury Bills,,' and other Government SecuritW;:which. have been purchased by the Governor and Company of the Bank - of .England,. or on which any Sum or Sums have been lent andk :advanced for the Public Service by the Governor and Company of the said Bank, in the Year ending the, sth day of January, 1827; showing,What Amount of such Bills, before the making up, of this Account, has been paid off or discharged, and. the Amount of such Exchequer Bills or Treasury Bias, or other GO.: vernment Securiticg; Which was At the hands of, the, Gcvernor and Company of the said Bank, on the . sth of January - 1827 iforeSaid. ?I o'o 0 . 0 0 o 0 .-••!1?„ Zl.s.s*Vft s'43tggge4 Abu 5c,,Ptc. , 7g " r." 3 F%§OggßPJ"...;ffg.T! 0 S 0 z ..;'2,..-• V 3 vp .4pEa- ..a• 5, I, 2 rag.6 7 11. 9,-I ZPV oi " ~, 1 0•1• , ,,.. 5 g g 5 :n . P4 0,1 8.1 , kg.75'5 igg ' St g? 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Similar petitions were presented by the Earl of Rosslyn, in the absence of a Noble Friend of his, from. the Roman Catholic Inha bitants of the Parish of St. Andrew's, Dublin ; from a Parish in the County of Galway ;- and by Earl SPENCER, from the Inhabitants of North ampton. This Petition, the Noble Eat' said, was signed by 578, Ter 3ol 2 6 4leVect4bility, and it gave him great pleasure to present It/amuse he was persuaded that fifty years ago, so many persons could not be found in the whole town, who would not join in what was now, he thanked God, generally regarded there as the sense less cry of " No Popery." _ _ Lord ROLL - E presented a petition from Great Tor rington, Devon, praying that their Lordships would grant no fur ther concessions to the Catholics ; and several other similar 'peti tions from different parishes in the same County. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented similar petitions from Newcastle-under-Lyne, and from a parish in South ampton ; as the Bishop of Exeter did also, from the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Diocese of Exeter; from the parish of Saint Paul's Exeter ; and from the Parish of Allhallows within the Wall, Exeter. CORN LAWS. The Earl of MALMESBURY offered a petition to their Lordships, praying for protection to agriculture, should their Lordships make any alteration in the Corn Laws ; but, on the'petition being presented, it was found to contain no names signed to the first sheet, and was therefore withdrawn. His Lordship presented similar petitions from Banbury, Oxfordshire, and from a Hundred in Norfolk. Similar petitions were also presented by Lord Gower from Newport, Shropshire ; by Lord Yarborough, from the landowners and occupiers of land in different districts around the city of Lin coln, to the number of fiver by Lord Gwydyr, from Cargill, in the county of Perth ; by Lord Maynard, from the hundred of Dunmow, Essex. The Earl of ROSSLYN, in the absence of a severeNo b l Noble i r sn i ho e e isnfpsd, landpo said,fr presented his, uedl differentvi h ao o nsliym was itl a rae rtsrunableeocfeivE petitiont oe England. g a a slf t ar t io e ledm n ; d e t petitionho Te n h oiaccounts,npeeotr of t i o ato f ninl de a , h is occupiers Lor individuals who signed it, but it was well worthy of their Lord. ships' attention, because the gentlemen who signed it had been deputed by the agriculturists throughout England to watch over their interests, and therefore spoke the sentiments of the great body of landowners and land occupiers. His Lordship also pre sented similar petitions from the farmers attending the market of Romford, Essex ; from the hundreds in Suffolk ; and from the labourers in husbandry of several hundreds in Buckinghamshire. Similar petitions were presented .by the Marquis of Tweedale from the Commissioners of Supply, Justices of the Peace, and Landowners of the County of Haddingtou, and from the Farmers of East Lothian; by Earl De La Warr, from several parishes in the County inthe of Sussex ; andfL icoln. b n yEarl Brownlow, from the Hundred of Ness, Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, presented at the Bar an Ac count-of all the Corn imported from Ist of January, 1826, up to the present time.—Adjourned. • HOUSE . OF COMMONS. • THE CORN LAWS. A vast number of petitio ns were presented from a l most every par. . he kingdom, for a n d aga i nst any change in the Co rn Laws. THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. Some Petitions also were presented in favour of the Catholic Claims. Mr. PLUNKETT said it was his intention that evening to have presented a petition from the Roman Catholic Prelates of Ireland, praying for the repeal of the laws affecting persons of their religious opinions. He felt that he should not be doing justice to this petition, if, when he presented it, he did not particularly call the attention of the House to it ; and as he could not act with any degree of fairness towards it, he would give notice of his intention to bring it forward to-morrow (this day.) AMENDMENT. OF. THE CORN LAWS, Mr. Secretary CANNING, at half -past six o'clock, moved that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, for the consideration of the Laws relating to the Importation of Foreign Cot n• Sir E. KNATCHBUIL made some observations, which were nearly inaudible-in the Gallery. We understood the Hon. Baronet to say, that by agreeing to the Committee for the sake of hearing the Proposition@ of Government, he trusted it would not be inferred that he conceded any point against the pre sent system of Corn Laws. Mr. CANNING explained.. The motion being agreed to, the House resolved itself into a Committee, Sir Alexander Grant in the Chair. Mr. Secretary CANNING then addressed the House to the following effect:—Before I submit the Propositions which it is my duty to lay before the Committee, I trust they will permit me to detain them a few minutes, while I express my grateful, acknowledgments for the indulgence they have lately shown me. Ido assure them, that I should neither have called for that indulgence, nor been disposed to avail myself of it for any consideration of a personal nature, because I am perfeitly PRY - CE 7D. eonv,inced that there are •those in whose hands the opening of • - this 'question might With' 'greater advantage have been com :misted. But under the very partlculai cieenmstances that are premed:ed. with this question, much as it has been agitated in this House and oiled doors, and great as ; has been the inflamma lion of mail!, of those diseiieSions, it was thought right, that when the propositions of his Majesty's Government were to be brought forward, it should be done in that manner which should indicate most clearly that they were the propositions-of his Majesty's Go vernment, and not an emanation from any individual Member, or particular portion of it. I say this the.rather in the absence of 'my Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Huskisson), the President of the Board of Trade, because, in his. absence, I can more briefly state, that to his 'hands this subject would have been much better com itted, ikthee Nurse Would not have involved coveiderations which ° it was deSlrable to :avoid, and which, therefore, induced me to undertake the task myself. If these considerations were felt strongly at the beginning of the present Session of Parliamen', when this House was first solicited to allow 'these propositions to be postponed, and • kindly aci•eded to the request, undoubtedly, thoae,coosiderations have received additional s t reng th f rom t h at " afflicting dispensation of Providence, of which we are still watch ing the issue with trembling anxiety, 'and which has deprived my Noble Friend (the ,Earl of Liverpool), at the head of the Go ssernmeht, of the "opportunity of opening these propositions in the other House of Parliament, and of vindicating himself measures, the paternity of which he might claim, and which I know he was anxious to vindicate, and on the success of which he staked more than on any act of his long and honourable public life. —(Hear, hear, hear !)—Therefore, it is not less as the represen tative of my Noble Friend, than it is as the organ of his Majesty's Government in this House, that I bring forward these Resolutions. I hope I -shall be enabled to communicate them to this House in the sense'and spirit with which he would have expressed himself, as a faithful expositor of sentiments de rived from him, and of measures of which he was the author.— (Cheers.)—Among the disqualifications that certainly belonged to me in opening this question, I have some negative qualifications to which I can lay claim. It has been chiefly the work of acci dent, that during the many and long discussions on this subject that have occurred in Parliament, I have never once happened to have addressed the House. In 1815, I was absent from illness. In 1822, it happened so that I took little part in public business, and did nothing in regard to the Corn Bill of that year, with the single exception of moving a c l ause , t o w hi c h I was l e d b y my situation then, as a Member.for a commercial port, and which, I well remember, gave the House great deal of trouble; but I took no share myself in the discussion. Since that time I have had oc casion to bring forward a number of measures, which have net with the concurrence of the House ; ,but in discharging that duty, by common consent I entirely abstained from any allusions to the general question of the Corn Laws.—(Hear, bear, hear. )—I how come to the considerations that belong to the present occasion ; and I have certainly the advantage of standing before you to-day without any pledge—without any prejudice—without any pre viously declared opinion, that can involve me in difficulty as to my consistency—without any feeling of anger or acrimony towards any party. I confess it does. surprise me, that into this discus ' sion, so much hostile feeling should enter. In the first place, in result, the differences between the parties are infinitely less wide than they are stated to be in argument ; and secondly,, because, various as.the opinions are on the different sides, I never yet met with in reading, or heard in conversation, the extreme opinion on either side. broadly and unequivocally displayed. The question is, as to the introduction of Foreign Corn into this' country. The extreme opinion on one side, would be in favour of perpetual and complete exclusion of it. The extreme opinion on the other side would be, for a perpetual and unrestricted importation. Now, I believe no man, either by writing or speaking, has ever maintained either of these extreme opinions. All that are between these two points of extremity, however distant the intermediate stages may be, differ only in mode and degree. Surely it shall not be said there can be no possibility of approximation amongst them ? The warmest advocates of free trade will not deny that some protec tion is due to the agriculturist. On' the other hand, there are none that value the agricultural doctrines so highly as to advise us to risk all the consequences that might follow a perfect and constant exclusiou of foreign corn. As to the mode, amount, or degree of protection, many questions may arise ; but to the prin ciple that some protection is due, I have never heard an objection stated. Those who press for protection the most strongly, qualify their claims by contending that, however peremptory the law may be, there will always remain in Parliament—and, if Parliament should not be sitting, in the executive Government--the power of coming to the aid oldie country in cases of extreme emergency. We have it admitted, that the Agriculturist should be protected, while, on the other hand, it is allowed that a system of unbending exclusion'eannot be adopted. Having these admissions, all the rest of the question is of mode and degree; namely, in what mode and to what degree, we shall extend the protection to which it is admitted on all hands the Agriculturist is entitled. The last two or three years have produced several plans for giving this kind of protection to the Agriculturist. Mr. Ricardo was the author of one of these plans. Another was produced by a Noble Lord in the ether House. The third, which has been published more lately, is founded on - the doctrines of the' severe economists. It appeared in a work familiar to every body—l mean that ably written periodical The Edinburgh Review. In each of these three plans, though the authors are all favourable to what is called free trade, they admit the necessity of protection to the Agricul turist, and they state exactly the mode and degree in which, ac cording to their notions, it should be extended. By the first of these plans, it is proposed that a duty of 20s. per quarter should be im posed upon all foreign corn imported into this country. When, in the course of this argument, 1 say corn, I speak of wheat. The duties on the other species of grain follow, of course, in due proportion. Without any refererce to the current prices, the author then pby roposes that this protec as t t i o n r g tedennu t di ty natt s oc h .a ou nia l T d h.r b ei e mplu d am i n mi oo n ff is fi h tv e he d e y oNr e o a teb rl ln y e shillings,o n esh which h ti i l t it was Lord differed from this chiefly in this respect, that, beginning with a duty of sixteen shillings, he proposed to reduce it gradually to ten shillings, which should be final. The last plan, which was of more recent origin, recommended a duty once for all, of five or six shillings, without any reference to price, and to be permanent in its duration, but with the addition that in cases of extreme emer gency, it was doubtful whether even that duty sluiuld continue. My objection to these three plans is, that when the pressure came, they would each prove equally delusive to the agriculturist. It is quite impossible to suppose that with a country in a state of ex treme want of food, with famine in the streets, in the workshops, and in the cottages, any Government could insist ttronolfevioirnelgna duty of ten or even five shillings upon the importationlegislate pressure of the emergency, and susend the tl rc u i t s y e , corn. Either Parliament, if sitting, would the power, tive Government, in its discretion, would e h x a e nds, , objection and un fortunately, for its own sake, lodged in its r orsteehek underE‘i:se Execu tive !)—My—le l ar ve ' u l l i d ea answer , its purpose.' therefore eefoirne is, that th A a c t t ne o i f th l e n , d o e mf theseni y. plans principle o o t f he pr r o han tectzn, but neither o f On the what sort of se curity i mitigation of this principl e '? Nothing, t E h a e c n h l c o doan .themtie sthey yit i g admits for tl effect.t s o o n l . o telßy But t i li a i n n i g ; w l i t ii s in te g ps to a t t a o k n e ce th f a r t om s te l i egi vt s v l a h t i i c o h n , d h o o vez m ay sometimes be taken un d er t h e pressure o f a e t l o v d a r y , i a c l r etbi admit, necessity which is .acknowledged to be at all times probable. I would throw on Parliament the duty which they would impose upon the Executive Government —namely, that of suspending in practice a prohibition, which, in theory, they say ought never to be suspended—e(Cheers.)—True to this principle, let us inquire what is the degree of protection which ought to be extended to the agriculturist. The question is, then—Do the laws afford that precise degree of protection which they ought to give ? Do they afford it in the best manner? Do they do so to any unnecessary extent ? The law of 1815, introduced for the first time into the legislation of this country on corn, the principle of absolute prohi bition—l say, for the first time, with, as far as I know, only one qualification. Some e antiquarian, I b e li eve , h as discovered, that about three centuries and a half ago, a law was passed in this country, the substance of which was, that not only the importation of foreign wheat should be prohibited, but also the transmission of wheat grown in ' the neighbourhood of one town to that of another, when a certain difference of price existed. (A laugh.) I cite the law now, only to sail in point of strict correctness. In 1815, the , principle of absolute prohibition up to a certain point was; I may repeat, for the first time adopted ; qualified,' however, in a most extraordinary manner, by the opposite prin ciple of unlimited importation. On a calm review of that law, and I do not pretend to be one jot wiser than those who took part in its preparation, but I do say, that looking back on that law and sits operation, if I were desired to try how the most opposite vices could be combined in the same act of legielatios, ,I would refer to that law as the model of such an experiment. (Cheers.) That law gave protection to the agriculturist tip to eighty shillings ; but the moment that point wag turned, an. limited importation ensued. These two principles did not go on amicably. together, but as might have been expected, each pre vailed in its turn with its own peeuliar mischiefs. Duriej seven years the country suffered every evil that could deter men of any experience or attention from again attempting eithee to unite twit such opposite principles or adopt either of them at the basis of legielatiou. What was the result of this law of 1815? Thu` harvest of 1816 was one of the most unfavourable this csanitry ever had. It was known to be so as early as August- (1 41 the 15th of that month the averages were struck which governed the exclusion or importation of foreign corn ; but the average had not then gone beyond the price that would open the pert:, sad they remained classed, consequently, till the 15th - of Norem ber. The harvest of 1817, having been nearly or quite as bad as that of 1816, was followed by a winter of suffering, which the opening of the ports did not relieve. The porta continued Open for a certain time. The harvest of 1818 was ribundaiat not nnly :n this country, but in all the neighbouring counties of Eu rope; and it was as much for the interest'of this country that the ports should then close, as it was before for -its interest that they should be open What followed ? A fraction old twopence above SOs. in this instance turned the smile theretkeieWay ; the ports opened, and continued open in consequent'', of ;that frec tional excess ; the market was deluged with corin - iihen it was eet required, and a depression in price wet produced, which,ocena tinned till the year 1820. Such was the consequence of setting these two extreme principles in conflict with each ether, Each class in its turn became a sufferer, and the'agriculturiste applied to this House for relief. We all remember the depressed state of the agricultural interest at this period. If any gentleman will take the trouble to turn hack to the Journals of the House, he will_ art what hundreds of petitions loaded this table le 'the a yeere 18.10 i •1820, and 1821, complaining of the distresses Under which the agricultural interest laboured. The amount of fluctuation in 64 price of corn, between the years 1921 and 1822, may be estia; seated from the two extreme prices. Wheat in one year, :lt817; being 112 s. a quarter, and in another year, 1822, 85s. makin;.Y fluctuation of 745. The House listened to the prayers of the agriculturists, and, in the year 1822, the law of 1815 was re vived. Of this law it may almost be said, that it has never been brought into operation. It is true, that the law itielf called duty to its aid ; it recognised a price at which Corn might, be admitted at a duty ; but a clause was annexed or prefixed .to It, as a sort of outwork, which prevented this provision of the Act from ever coming into operation. The clause in effect, enacted; that the law itself should not come into operation until the pried of wheat reached 80s.1 and the consequence of this, practically, is that we are under a prohibition up to 80s., as much as if there had been no recognition of the principle of duty. The provi sion to which I. allude is perfectly nugatory ; it is a inert dead letter ; it is a barren recognition of a principle upon which not the smallest practical benefit has been derived. Why them Sir, if prohibition, if absolute and unlimited importation, do not afford the protection desired, and if it be admitted in the law of 1822 that a duty is a fit mode of protection, I am willing to beta row from that law a principle, which can never, under 'the ;sting provisions, be carried into effect. And first, Sir, as to the mode of duty. Can a fixed duty ever be effectual to its pirpose ? Take, if you will, the proposition of Mr. Ricardo, or the pro positions of the other two persons ; take either a dot,' of 125 i or a duty of se. ; let it be fixed and invariable, and see howit gill operate. Wheat, in one year, was 112 e. a quarter; in such a yes& what an aggravation of suffering would a duty of 12s. a-quar-; ter produce ! In another year, wheat was 38s. a-quarter ; in such a year, if there were a fixed duty of 12s. a quarter, how great would be the benefit to the foreigner--bow small the' re muneration to the grower. It seems clear that no duty'eati effect its object of giving protection to the agriculturist, except 'a duty yielding to the fluctuations of the' market; 'and' tending 'to settle and equalise the price of corn. I have said, Sir, with respect to the question of price, that I was, in no degree; disposed to find fault with that assumed in the year 1815; and I am equally ready to say, that I find no fault with the price assumed under the circumstances in the year 1822. The average price of Wheat for twelve years preceding 1815 was 85s. a quarter, and the aver rage price of the six years immediately preceding 1815 was 995. 6d. The price assumed ha 1815 was 80s.-.a price which, considering that the war was at an end, and calculating for the immediate influence of war upon our expenditure,' and its colla teral influence on the price of Corn, was, I think, fairly taken. The average price of Corn from the year 1815 to the year 1820 was 755. l Id. In the year 1822 a new price was to be itssutn ed ; and I cannot say that the price was not fairly taken; thetigh it is to be observed that there was a considerable difference in the state of the country, from the reduction of taxation and expendi ture. The average price from the yeir'lBls to the end of last year is 655. 10d., and the average price of the last six years is 551. 6d. Taking a medium between the average priceftir the last twelve years_and the average price : for the last six years, it seems to me that at the present period 60e. cannot be objected to as an average price. The average price of the last. four years does not exceed 535. ed. In proposing an aVerage.pvitea ";at 6t to the principles which have been adopted - byallarlliment on former occasions, I am able to state, that my Noble ; Friend, whose researches and opportunities 'of acquiring information In this subject have been far greater than mine, has met with' few persons interested in this question who were not content to con sider -60 s. as a fair average price, at which the agriculturist was entitled to protection. With respect to the mode of duty, I hiv e stated the reasons which induce his Majesty's Ministers to think that a fixed duty would not effect the object of affording protection to the agriculturist. A fixed duty, without reference to the variation of prices, would be at one time too high, at annther time too low, and tend to perpetuate the existing evils ; while a scale of duties, which should vary according to the price of corn, would correct excesses, make up for deficiencies, and tend to general equalization of prices.---The adoption of such a steak of duties will carry into the laws a principle of steadiness which is of more im portance even than occasional cheapness, in legislating en this p d a e r t t a i i c l u t la h r an du it ty is subject. In affixing an average price, I have 'stated the grounds upon which the price of 6be. has been stemmed. The grm n t matter upon wohfi which il an greatery the present occasion, when it is my object rather to convey to the can' . in b t e en l rio House a general notion of the course which his 7. 3 0 1 0:2;: Government have deemed it expedient ' to- ,: take. it will at just conclusions in considering :this ques t ions of the prices un doubtedly he necessary to -inquiet , into the stat l e which cannot in foreign markets, 'and ether -matters of d e etai be Ft consideration now be conveniently discussed. Upon th u n m t :d go , ar ki e ta -4 7 0 " *1 n ct be was satis which my Noble Friend could give to this su at , h vas 605., was as muc as fied That a deity of 205., when the price than ' as reasonable, to propose. it was reasonable, and not more t i h t e w average price, the duty It is proposed that, taking 60s. as shilling of increase for every should be diminished two shillings f s for every shill ing o f diminution and increased rive in the prices d i m i nu tion in the p rice. The effect of this scale of duties would the duty would be 20s. ; from 611 be, that at the p rice of 60s. 62s. to .63 s. the duty would be 18 s. ; from the duty t o 625. would • be 16s • from 635. to 645. the duty would be 12e. ; f rom 645. to 655. the duty would be 10s. ; so that when the price rose to 70s. the duty would cease, or amount only to the no minal duty of ls., payable at the Custom-House, and impor tation be in effect perfectly free. On the other hand, there would be an increase of two shillings duty in the descending scale, so that when the price fell to fifty-five shillings, the duty would be thirty shillings, which would in effect be a pro _ hibitory duty. It is the earnest desire of his Majesty's Govern.. ment, to hold the scales even between the agriculturiiit and the importer, casting, I admit, the balance in point of prin ciple, in favour of the open 'trade ; but casting, it, I ani alio ready to admit, in point of price, in favour of the agriculturist. I cannot anticipate any objection to this proposition from those who have insisted on unlimited importation; b u t it may, I am aware, b e urged by the advocates for prohibiticsn, that there be any point at which we are ready to give them duty, why not concede to them at that p oin t a prohibitory an absolute Pro hibition. In the first place it i s no light a subject which has been not o n l y for matter with reference to years, but for ages," under the consideration of Parliament, that there is no instance of pro hibition having ever been a d m i tted upon the Corn Laws. Even during as a principle in legisleting from 1670 to 1774, ashen Y.e . eres rim Pak en it was the object of Parliament, pot only to discourage importation,but'to encourage the exportation of British corn, that discouragement of importation was manifested not by prohibition but h • [- desirable that if y duty. It is besides there is to be a trade in corn at all; 'it should'be conducted, as far as possible, on the principles of other trades; .4, a ' her ' regular course, and not by perpetual jirks and impulses. arising out of ex traordinary emergencies.-(Hear, hear.)_..4 a m persuaded, that if importation be always free, taking s ufficient securitalaagainst an inundati on o f the home market, it w ill flow in a regular, equal current, supplyin g th e rea l wants of the country, without ever flowing it ; instead of rendering the trade as it now does, and must continue to do, if the principle of proldbition were ad 'pitted, a perpetual series of alterations= between a drought and a deluge.-(Hear, hear.)-I think this project will tend to equalize the prices, and keep that equalization of prices steady. 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