The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-04-14 00:00:00

REPEAL Or THE MALT TAX.

. A psi& umeding oft this quakes erst held at the
Towntiall cia Saturday shames, for the parpom of
Oleg stpressioft to the opinions of go publlc on this
quon menus to the conference of the deputation
with the Chasidim of, the Exelasquer on Tuesday.
There was • very large speadance, manating
for the most part of the learned farmers and
weatherises in the county, amount whom were
Neewra Jamie Hardie', John Rayne, R. DIIIIIWM, John
a Homer, John Cheek, jam. K Pops, W. Mangold,
Ma.,. Deviedele, G. J. Andrew., John Gelt6rCi
Hawkins,liartiostown e C. Hawkins, Alton ;
Duna, George W. HoMftr, Themes If. ileuegere,
Thomas C. Saunders, W. Mayo, jaw 11. gWo,_ 9,
floutt, Ines., R. Gouge, W. H. Hawkins, &MC,
Jun., W. Mayo, jun. Frank Pope L Groves, W.
Groves, W. lacy, Joh; Scutt, Jecosi Saunders, J. H.
&waders, Thomas A. Homer, J. A. Pope, H. Pope,
D. Symonds, C. WerneboV/m....f=in., 8. Symes,
ohn Tiwd,
thatair2 tteiMy, F. Ocesna, O. delpin, I
hi, fiteconer, Beethaempesu ; W. =
rtbrielper;•Joluisaft, F. Look, Joke Hoge, Beelde,
Mork, Hamosube, remises Chick, W. Cie*, Put, Beg,
W. Dunning, John Gale, Wltite,Wette, W. Hawkins,.
J. Bow W. iwasiga, WM, gParip.,, ;Opel Heger.
Josiah Hill, Cam.; Rev. R. Miles, Jaw AL &Mt&
H. G. Start, Req., M.P., was voted to the 'shale,
and was supported by W. Beach. Req., IL P., P. 8.
Punned, &q., liajor-Oloseral Sir John Miehel, 4. R.
Foster, Req., G. T. Bullock, gm.. and G. J. Wood, Rm.
H. G. gruel, Esq., who oa riskier was warmly re-
seived, said before he preamded es it was his duty as
shairman of this mostaalio make a few obeerratiose,
and be would practise they should be wen low.
upon the subject upon w • they ware mumbled, they
woald allow him, In til4) first place, to fender his tribute
of thanks to those who hod ease from loop distances
to attend this meeting, sod had attesded at great
personal 'smarmiest* to iklikekell. Now he pre-
sumed there was not one man in that room who was not
well await why get were Mumbled together that
night. They had meet Wither to take into coasidention
the imperative neeeseitt of Mese epee Perlieznest to
repeal the duty upon malt. (Hear hoer.) He main.
tallied that whilst every one of tgoss was at pmfeet
liberty to give *streams and ventilatice to their own
individual holism the total and net the partial repeal,
because, in his nOftioa, if the slightest rotated tax was
left upon malt,the defect they bag is view would be from
mated, the total remission to the farmer wed
labourer of the Mx. (Applause) Their OM required
neither bag speeches nor elaborate arguments. They
took their stand upon mowed which be &lied the pre-
test or any Cheneallor of Ruhequer to refute—upon
that of fitness and oinimon justice. (Hear, bear.)
WU it, or has it not, a fad that ths ebief esomodity
of the farmer was toted over BD per aent ? Was It, or
was it not, a fare that one of the prime sesearities of
life was very largely and very leimv4 taxed, and under
eireumelesese whisk greatly impeded Hu privileges ?
Was it not a fast that whilst their eon markees were
throws open to the whole world they were denied and
debarred fro. malting Choir own barley Was mot this
tying the buds of the British farmer, aod throwing
him redo the Atleatie of free trade, and telling hiss to
be roved or drowsed as beet he maid ? &VIA be would
I. by his own Wielded energy. Was it not end, aye
.ems, In debar sod deny him the %SISSONd pro-
due of his owe growth (Hear, hear.) It mew& was
well aware, net advisable purally to admit 'myth'ng
whisk was likely to injure the OW they had in view,
but be might tell damn that in seeds of law. among*
those wily vogues the lawyers, Mr. Leaman would
mend him if he was armee, it was not reamed a very
good move to admit all that was admissible. But the
be would admit gat any au tax that proclaim' Ave
milhices steeling was in the int blush, prime facie, •
good tax for the revenue. Bat It was quite possible, as
it was fess le some mem, that the mid tax might be
unjust and hilarious to the *twists of these whose in-
terests be begged leave tofu Parliament bad not \sidle
ever somoblered, but mover mme we/leaved. ( Apothem )
It was sot his provinces to say what tee ought to take
the place al the malt tax. He left that to the fertile
imagination and lively intellect of the Chesoellor of
the Richequer. But this he might my, that the
malts of Otelitiee taxatioie ham been is many andel
productive of gnat Moreau to the TIMMS& He dare
my there were may geetienese present who reeellested
the alarm that was felt, and the eve' forgoellep that
alds.whes the peellY Peter Weems arm entrodneed to
fish& nodes. Maley mid that there would be • great
lon amine to the revue* flan the measure, but what
had been the resell? Why the mange le age. Plw&e-
lar breath hod more than &sided. He mold quote
Instances of the repeal of duty es other wineneochties,
whisk instead of taking musty out had pad mosey in
the eastiuser. (Applause.) estekl, he might el/ that
from ull these amtesehe the lam to the menu se-
crets, from the repeal cif the mole tax would ad be
half au great ao was astieipateel. He believed Mae that
It wm • fact that this tax seeded materially to cheek the
WPWWWIBrake of mei of the grit meseuries of life. He
believed it to be • fad that the ammemption of malt
this year had been three indigos of Imitheis len thee In
as, Preeeigg year. Barely this was not a healthy Bilk
of again for the rearectes, and here be would observe
that when taus failed to meet their anticipeesel returns
the sooner the remission of those tame were brought
ander the eoeskleriges of Parlianiset the better.
(Appluse.) He had hoes told that Mr. Gierietonve had
seated that if it mem omit he proved to his lebideelien.....d_h.
that malt Gosh" be emed--aeore ex
farmers for fatteraleg their eagle, that that taut
materially dime his decieles is the repeal of the duty.
With regard to the remimilme of part of the tax, he
would tail than, mig It aree ce vest good angerity, and
that on me lees than that of Hr. Fisher Helga, who had
employed barley for fatessiu his cattle, that notwith-
stmelinethe 'meshes of the tex he had soalgued fat-
tening his esethe with barley. If that WY the sass, if
this tax was repealed, farmers guars* would sae melt
rood extensively *wards fetteniag their besets. But,
=.6after all, is was not for the sake of the
. that he advosaMd the repeal of the malt duty.
He leaked !mom gimp be a Imw light Ought they
not to Oaaledalt the Mate of the 'abeam? Was sot the
labourer to get at as reasonable a rate as he easM what
he hien was see ef the get luxuries of We. (Animas.)
If Mr. Gladateme relieved the lareigner2 tie the
fluty et wine, he gig go upon the prinei that rug
Ise of Wagon would increase rionown . That was
pettedly gee, but be (Mr. Start) said, as be had always
said, that the vested part of the ereasamp-
then besegged the rich and middle grew
Mr. Gladstose's idea of providing • Poor man
with asap wine hiseeed of beer was • villemoy selieme.
(Hosr,
_bear.) He (Mr. Omni resellested last year Mier-
hag a Mower a glue of light gird, and them asked
him what he theeight at it. He answered, with the
besieg of his Mau "Well, Sir, B
,yoft WWII to
ask me what I thosght of it, I should my it was
hal elder mid half ale:. Peed and leeghter.) He
evemimeseled that the doh men's haweries eaglet to he Mud
as aid as pomade" bet they ought to give the labourer
every abases to get, as ressessMe as possible, time
elderel beverega of his sell. Far Meat after MI *as
their wealth bet his Mallet tail (fillnle) Before
sea down he wee going ho give SM • ligle hit el
advise. end he us net tow paled to us thee it wee
berftweed advise. Be had deism it frim se ids
am ladivideal than the Pins Miedeser of the
Crews. He seeelleakel maw • "meek ma&
AY lard Ilikkakil IMO • kW Furs ego

liameismiet, triseiildalgi Wien" e law pathos
el his fellowneantepasil *MO eten,theth tedium is
Ills. H. said that sash was the if. plodsatatattd, und
early of Englishmen. that it any class hit
and If Mt,' had rightne their side, such was their permed:
aim and enefif till !bey were ears to succeed. Int
them follow the inkier Minieter of the
CIOWII,IIIOI apply it to the Chen di bi thy :chequer.
(Applause.) They must not delude theinselneeilk the
rlea that leresure they held inestlup in Dorchester and
elsewhere, thly were going to MOM • repeal of Om
malt duty. They ware ceastoisircbried we slight draggle,
het oh the telethery em flZ:itialitio atter
prise. Thy ssibe rebel se they would
perhaps
Iteyth dspulahloll
l:new fast Ibsen heettalligeapil!.
My, sad faint heart would never obtain a &Mal el
Lb. melt tax. They mast units, embiae, agitate, said
moot this question in their fanners' slab sad aid.
ealtural,,dinaere, and keep their imethers "up to
thratelle,"sn4 Una be believed meows would attend
their drone, and Whei they had seceeedd by their
individual enterprise and 4o thelljne oR ibem
simelthe which have so impeded and retaken Math in-
dnetrythey would receive not Only theeongratalstlithe of
farmers* hut of every t person in this.
malm, beisthe the threw of the road would meth
• hose apes the podsf deem el Melt fellownreathree
(Applause.) Thil hoe. gentlesode theekthajlorti2
area Mr. Beech, MP., to move the Ord
reamed his seat amidst hearty applause
W. W. SUM Em., M.P. for North liampshire.
then addressed ti:e meeting He stated thstpolem
seated the Loudon Society, did bad then by
the °astral lad-Malt Tax Society to mood WM'
Mg UM day, which be did with • great ded Ithesees.
based he very satiefactory tubs. te see the mem
that acids had mei with thrombi.* the ematry. Hs
meld impish to them is the Ant plate hew it mane to
Ipm why this seatty was established An who had hiss
I to, mei latstsso.d In agilealtare wen swan that free
troth bed hem serried years ege,belled ad been tarried
Lb its NEM Went, It was enhdded and Injurious to
&neon. It if.. .00 by foulamt pordiaions at the
, time that that measure id eiteried,. that if tree trade
: was lob. caned to its fulled side it um impossible
to retain the molt tat. However, it was fin etunnient
to retain it It must be mid that this Wag • very great
martian. They had sem of late years that the ex midi-
tare cil the meshy had been very vast aided, and all
who were intended M this gametes and have felt that
house*, meth they might desire • repeal of the malt
Sax, they were esathens Is not thrashing forth their
, dahlt to the Mediae of the Niieletnre until • prosiest
ef • gamins meld reader their shim fair and equitable.
(Hear, hear.) But they saw Mull others wee sot se
guessOus. That, wen matiftuol slalom tot very may
taxes be he reamed from all pule Um email, and
' the Chansolke of losigerser Magid SO many 01 tholl
neresentatioes. The Cheaseller of Fachequer is mile
• andleshi• pros, and be wee apt to liaise te
Mose who wen Med his. meet warmly, sad
anaepthe his. epee somions, and giviag him to
hope But if hie Kiehl widely their claims
he maid get rid el their mammas and obtain
mash poslarlsy. But he had so reams to appose that
he would hems popular if this tex was removed.
There had Men ao MIIMOTNIOS as to the sal of
this tax to the Chaacenor of the Exchequer. had
men that various taxes had been remitted, they
saw that I/ they
_did ad thrust forward their claims
they should be lett considerably far behind. If they
waited until all had put forward their claims, he was
dnid they would be , the lon of the man who
psi out hinting, w until all got over the
they felt that direct
earnest memos, feud a. However syllabi*
load assistance mOt be, without mistirose in Londe"
nothing could be &ne for organisation throughout the
country. They must have central efforts to direct
Wed They mild not hope toss. its result§ sumer
ful in me day or ste year,, but dill they were hoping I
and setting measures ce foot and would see its cue-
ems ultimately. How ineousident wee the free-trade.
What Muhl a man do at present' If Ile feed his cattle
apse malt he lad to pay a heavy excise duty. %tepee-
ing he took his cattle to Prance and took his malt
there he got • drawback. He took the melt untaxed
to Panes, fattened his cattle there, and than
brought them back to romped with cattle in the Eng-
lish mute* who 'saki never be fed upon sulkiest
wait as it was so heavily Meet. Was that fair was that
just ! It was senietizses said that the renthion of
theatien bed • greet minuses upon conaumption. Ha
would Pet give them • few figures connected with the
Mx. The dety was ',Coed in the year 1607, but I
It was only et • y thishel, population
el the cointry at the 4,780,000, and the con-
sumption 13,873,000 brie& Of ineisy. roe upwards
of 50 years the duty railmed at the dine win, but
duruie diet time the comumplim is oonsidarthly,
being 6,487,000 bushels, weld the population had only
intestate 1,000,0011 But the, damn whet bad oc-
curred. fteand had "Mail beta • great many Coo.
Mental wars, and in 176 t! ihrlie was raised to 90.,
and in 1780 to ls. 444. • bushel. But inert the influence
It had upon consumption. The population 1. 1201 was
8,M12,0M, and the consumption was 39333,01:10. In
eitesemenos of so many continental wan taking pled
all manner of
.01%linents wen tried with the malt
duty and every t was taxed. 1830 the beer duty
was as iodised that it hail eta isdpiume upon the con-
sumption. In the first 50 years of the premat century,
Lb. population was 17,922,000, sad the ammunption
Therefore the letter had only Memel
h tl
oo bushels, notwithatanding this incomes in the
af the ematry. If there wee the mate arm
ollioPtith Par as there wee in the beside; of this
cenbery, edO thertiothe the 50 yews of last esathry,
half the infond duty mime bring in would be
more than the preset* amount of the malt tax to the
Winos Was not that apeof uf the injere of the
ten pane the commoptioe. the did not believe a was
ooulif for • aimed think that the mouth el beer per
bead at that Mims was lam than four and a big bear*
and now it was od two. Eves those who did net wish
to see • repeal of the melt tax did not wish to see it
added to. The hoc. gsutlsosan this referred to as
instance where a oertalu pinion had thetegid proper to
produm a book upon the taxation of the onaltry. He
misdated the duty which malt produod, and thud
that it was going on very satisfactorily, but this men
dethelly took no account of the lacrosse of population
whet be made hie calculation. He therefore concluded
his argument by recommeuding that the molt tax
should still be more Mareseed, as be was of opinion that
the burden of the tit:would not fall upon agriculturists
but upon brewers. Was not their taxation so levied
that all must pay towards it. After a few further
othervatioas the bon. gentlemen said be could not lead
them to hope that they would be ruccendul in
obtaining a Mina of the tax this year, but
they would not relax in their efforts, let cm county
join with mother one, sad let them hope that that
stems from uniting would be seeressfuL (Applause)
The has. peadamen expressed his repel that he was
obliged to leme in a few IllinUtell by Sala, sad thanked
the ineepay for the kinds.. with which they had
listened to his remarks. Ha also a:primed his regret
that so other member of the London Society should
ham Mott primmest. but there were other meetings an the
mem subject which willed far their Mesdames. He then
premed the reeled= white had brissleeed in his
--•• heeds : TIM in the opinion of this the exist
tapduty as mall is operative to farmen, iajurions
to the pooh& to possaL"
The resolutim was seumedid by lids}or-Gensral Six
Joon Mom. -

The Camillus then t the reedletioe ho the mod
iag, wises it use settled meeimessly with the B:my-
th's of two diessetieste, Ilirstn. Hawker end Beefed.
Milli teem, which caused mesh emotes.
Mr. Joey HAM. of Ifordingtos, dm proposed the
seeped reedstios :-" That the best dried coedits.
deal teems be immediately taken to obtainftlie mia-
sma total repsel al seas • Ms.* Mr. Hays*, who
wee very t.dlstiaciay heard in the mane of his
remerbs, was undended to say, that aff diadd
be taxed meal to their Imam TIN poor mas
wee taxed epee malt, and was obtiged to died the
They would lied that all the great
creitill""6 were milled In.ded* the sealt-tax he-
wer it affected their iebsred-interest reversed
them all. He wilted that every peer man should have
• barrel of beer in his adage, sod insted of being
axed seem dee the risk mesa was he ought not tw
teed et aIL (Hem, hear.) Mr. Hares esedeled Ids
deerv.tines by remarking that sltha.gh be wee 86
yew* el sp, be was always reedy to NMI the agreed-
endued Mated sod he hoped that by penemrsses
thai mseld be able to do for the malt-tax what they did
far the reveal of the awn-lows. (Applause.)
A. B. Foorm, Soq., in • few obsematices sexeded
the resolution, whisk was serried meninemly.
P. 8. ?rum Sm., of the AMU -Mall Tax Assad-
tea, then addressed the meeting st masiderehle length.
After some prelideary einervades he =premed his
gratilleadeat canny as lame ea sissemb4, sad bow
a wee to the movemeat. nay never
asnM it
• more iniquitous too on the faro of the
earth thee the ma td, and it was time that dem
should he takes te put as sad to it Alluding to the
raped of the pet duty, he said Mem isessfederere
wanted to met off snob a paltry imam as that became
they bed to wisp bran buttons, books sad eyes, and
other wades to paper, they found that It bemuse
• very item in
end istid heir
this =perm They
Mx aust st err tto
esnoot hold your position, sad then off it cease.
ought to teach them to p to work is • like maneer,
and say that they would not stead it say doger. Hs
would not be die to' that this was a just tax, and
if they wait on sgitoisng would be media
(Applause.) They said thir"would aedleavour to
obtain the. ultimate repeal of the malt tax. This
was essentsal, but before they began to set upon
the House of Cammose they should make them-
eaves • larip party, sad have Meese. to tea
them. or it would sot be of say nee to say they
would have this or that tar off, they mud get issue.me to sopped them After mese further Mr.
Plumed mid that they bed to work this muse
hauled, sad V they worked it wellltwatldhasuzelo
seemed. They wind nuke up their minds that it mut
be dope, bet if they did not do die it would net be
,as. (Hear, bear.) Hs wee seaseded with • society
' is Loudon which he delight would he useful in eillostiog
sped rupees. They mad haves. eepaimtios is the
drew el Useemons, • body of sass laded together for
purpose, who would do away. all
haserds,latsire et
anost iaiquitose tax. They asset let
messloste of the House of Commees keine that they
must vote for the repeal of this tax, or they mast not
go to Parlamest say more. Led elosers.) He did
not dares say one with • Is shirk the
maitios, -Imat be believed if the amide we. sot ides
up it would be their own fault They had, it 1404 m,
eedeavoered to ordains • sosisty of Onsileseriptios. He
was en old agitator epee the hop question. They west as
on like those at present. They used to have
lusdlildi awl pet up
lpeations to the House of Com-
to. ;ma the q but they were never deeded
Ist was no use without organisetioa The
Central Society in Leaden would work he the field
where work could only he dosee-amenga the semsbere
of the House of Cemaces. They worked ia the
country b°"&" they were isolated- In Leaden they
where may work scald be useful, sad
si=
the support which they were doily to need%
members Of Millard hed isid to moil
and they bed dead they had pined that attendee
white they bed never Deism sonmemiled. They west
do the mad sad thee they would wasissel He asked
Sass to support the mead in L•111110U, at St Stephen's
Whedee. The work mud are he done to-
day or toderrew, but it would semi see duj, aid Ii
they worked with • systematic pis" of
asset seabed. (Appleton.) Dag,-'-.V-1 is- -duet t

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judgment, rollers"; ingailled but what they MAI he
ever mime if day iltdd leek like men, with a
didenthasisiser Mowry AIWA ker vier, there could
lb his ithe wrath It was a eicie likeiteus tax,
rood eebtd MA _be defeeded upon say cee pest.
...
Afar alai MAW eissielbi, idluding le.
barley for Puirmet sticl7lVt
used steeped barley n of the exam,
bet it• lad bees Oath that be oralaWireialetert_ NO_
IatMOM% se wise Aker, said it &MN be done.
elps aoAstad Parkesest to prevent it
Mr. ruditere emeeelled that it could not be data,
sad POMO bide party maintainag
that it meld bettotriallelaXeset it could not.
Mr. Perinea concluded wpon aft to week
Sairrinthots, Eq., them proposed the Third ramolu.
thres,r---" That the special thanks of this meeting ate des
to the Ifettlitall Astea.the for their exertioas in
bathe ad the thathessirt, and this meeting plasm itself
is and WNW the aorta if the Amosiation by
ad wary moos to their power." Is pro-
ws* the teethilies, Mr. Delta aid ohm the rie
math made by the prinerding weaker. ft would need
, bpi few words frees bin te eulogise the added before them.
nese ems se doubt the Malt Tax was highly Waimea
MI to the egeieultemil lean* arid it was • menetaithe
herd this, rth poet mien A his beer." (Lighter.)
Hr. &bow eatelthed the meetation. He stated
that he belonged to • fernere, thils, who had taken up
the oeideet, aid the/ark:4,V very geed discussions
spat fir- Tie aily ' WWI* his aluis and
o's wad ethernet Bay shooid pin for thy total re-
=the tax A ithly the half ; and althenigh it was 1
by other aka S. have the ffirretigeneent elf it
Si the Claithellet of the Friettequer, Aso; he gad, wield
see the mar arguments as he hod weed as' readying
Abet applisdimes, by oeknowledgior the musdnage of
their AreNesid es forth he (Mt Speeder) fieseght it
bettor to tithe IMO ethemeasent out A his bomb, and
if he would remove alle Bad of the tax, they raid be
abis to ga in the thin pollth ef the wedge.iluilgb.he
found that the explains were Of math to oilmen, aue
part of the tax,that be would take off thetas altogether.
Alluding to the Anti-Malt Tax itaireigelso, Mr. '
Bpoonsrposethisits4ng of were aware that many getrideseas oh-
tooted Sc centered oent,idhstios.
proosedhap which have taken plies
befti. In whisk esertral societies have dote
, esiaraith in this aid other wearies. How
I wee It pordblit that their exertlean said be centered
to set epos useedsta of Pala-seat easel. owes them
pive their voles is hear of the repeal of the tax,
sakes they bad goosetheare of embodying their ex•
grilses. He believed that In the Central AntiMalis
flosiety they were esisrptisg the beat means for earrying
this repeal inbe sera, by asking epos them who have
the power ether to keep as the Mx or take Sloth They
'eosl see de better than support this society 1"11'1*—b1
their fereestef globs mod by their amnions aließsthsr•
(Near, beer.) it was womb to know that this was a
'bed me, basemen Sated a commodity grown in this
country, the tillage of tie soil being dose by British
farmers, the article
ibTelloaseseed ladialso%
and pad for out of the ot Brighthmen. (sr
pause.) When free bad bees eat-led to a certain
mast the peewee was a tut which was ro bed, 00 as-
blushing, that it only ?goateed for them tog, earnestly
La sad not to allow the cylleseas to die out, aid then
I the tax would be removed. (Maar, bear.) Hi woad
ask lAN ad this a tax raised upon Meek ? Whet
became alit? Was there one particle of it rooted
They War title wai wt, as the grain wee used for
hawing settleourl the ageoherine matter was empleffed
In feeding cora. He coeds/died by calling upon them
to this resolution aid the Anti-Malt Tax
Mr. Dann also spoke in support of the resolution.
He mid that arguments had been used thee if the
repeal of the malt ter was granted, the landmasses of
the country would have the benefit of it, to the ex-
clusion of the other dames. He thought this was •
libel upon the landowners, as this would not be the
sue. For, even Aare men were renting without
leases, they west on from generation to generation
without airy themes:in. As • role landowners would
Dot take such an advantage. It was then raid that the
geberaablic would get all the advents's, and that
*ere not more Interested in the tax than
=tparties. If they looked to the consumption of
barley in this country, they would find that the
hummer melt bill was about 10 pet ant and his malt
bill would be £5O • year upon MD. If the farmer
could make his secondary barley into malt, they would
agree with him, that be could save 25 per cent. Wise
was imported into this country at a shilling per gallon
duty. They knew that • bottle ad rine was equal to •
palm of beer, and the poor men paid 30 per cent, once
his beer. He thought if the melt tax was repealed, the
poor etas would be able to buy his bushel of malt at
4a. ed., and with this he could hew 14 gallons of beer.
I He might bay • pound of tee for the earns money, sad,
=", make 14 gallons of tee with it, but in his (Mr.
111;1) ularice, the beer would be better for him.
( Hear, hear.) It was said that the repeal of the malt
duty would cense • large Imported= of foreign barley,
but he had taken the trouble of seeing what the effete
would
likely to be. Although for the lad three years
they had been importing more than half the wheat for
their own consumption, upward' a 10,000,000 of
quarter. a year, dn.lir.g that time they bed in
one and • half ione of quarters °f al:Ay.
mid even that of the most inferior des-
cription. From the Black Sea countries they
bad drawn the largest quantity of wheat, and also
the largest quantity a barley, but only one bushel of
barley came to the markets of this country, as it was
very thin and poor. Therefore, they had no fear of
from that quarter. If they would look to
theen ror:ht name they grew • smell portion of malt-
ing barley there, but it was very limited. The toed
quantity of barley exported from France for the pest
ten men was 575,144 buthele, which was not • fiftieth
pert of the quantity consumed in this country. He
would mow cowl to the country whasev= = the
mooed best quality barley in the no
country could compete with us in barley, as the soil of
Ilegliendirmendeptedforits growth- Butthelvidatere
=1"1In end said it should not be melted. The Chan-
the IL envier would tell them that the prices of
barley were higher tisa they seed to be, bet he hoped
the deputation would ace fall to IA him that it was
oely reperior descriptions. It was oaly the best barley
widish was bought by the peat pals ale brewers that
fetched a prod price. The waredary barley was moth
better Ikea amid he imported from any other emery
weepting that of Deseauk end the North A Femme.
After a few remark from Mr. POEMf. Mr. G. J.
WOOD proposed a vole of thanks to the Chairman for
Ida kiodsces in presiding, and for the eolelenl meaner
Is which be had disobliged his halm
Certuthan is very happy terms acknowledged
the ansplimest paid Ms. sad the swot*