The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-28 00:00:00

J. ELLMAN agreed with the last .peaker as to the
evil streets of the seal: and hop datiee, but contended that
the distress of the laresets was chiefly attributab!, to the
lon of I r)tettlon ; and he 'nova, by way et addition to the
resoles' ion, the following words "but this moths Is of
opinion that if foreign bailey bet allowed to le immortal at
the mere nominal duty of ls. per quarter. the honk which
the British Ismer would o: bawls, rewire tram the repeal
'tithe malt tax would be prier i, ally enjoyed by the ioreign
grower."
Mr. B. WYATT. of Chiclhase, sceseded the mesdesent.
Sir H. Slit FPNER supported the amendment.
J. V. 81111LUIT. Beg .'poke in rapport of the original
copies. He was • landowner, he aid I, sada large occupier ;
awl last year his crop was at the rate of two qaarters
oa
beeley, An queen of oats, and three quartile of *heat per
am. He diould like to know how much protre.ion they
would put ea lihn Sherey to make his fora pay with such
mops as those. lie conceived the greateo enemies of farmers
to be those who lured thrill from M. scent of that which
would really do them good, and caused them to run alter
that the Wisp called protection. What had protec-
tion done for them if it bad not enabled them to stand the
brunt of one bad seaman ? He *dais d the farmers to rue no
more after it, but rather to seek for relief in • fair adjust-
ment with the lacd.ordr, who must no loupe 'spent to have
two rents, • rent for the occupation and • rent for
to Waist upon being freed from old absurd covsoants respect-
ing the 'Rodeo( cultivation, and to be freed likewise from
fiscal reetridiona.
The Earl of MARCH eddreesed the meeting, contending
that if Mr. Dieresis's motion bad been canted, tt would have
does good to the agricultural interest.
It PRIME, Esq., M.P., followed, mewing similar
views. and
A. B. FULLER, Bag , M.P., mid he was in favour of
prestectim, and likewise in favour of the repeal of the malt
and hop duties, sad reeommeeded the mooting to agitate.
The Earl of CHICHESTER deprecated agitation, and
expressed himself oppose d to both the motion and the amend-
ment. He Itched on the malt and bop duties as taws paid
ety the consumer. and he oid not believe that free trade had
been canted by agitation, bat that it wee canted in conse-
quent, of the slow growth of free trade dorrines in the
genatry width lad bora brought about by political writers.
The ameadment was then pit, sad the numbers for and
against appeared to be pretty near equal; if there was •
majority at all, it was in of the menden at.
The HIGH SHERIFF declared the ameadment mated
by a large m. jority. (Loud cries of "No, no.")
Major Curtail, Mr. Shelley, and Mr. W. Coeds/hem
loudly mdented that the amendment was negatived by a
large Majority end required the High Sheriff to put the
gaged= *pia, la order that there might be no dispute.
This, however, the High Sheriff refused to do, and celled on
Mr. Orton to move the neat resolution.
Mr. ORTON essayed to speak, but was met by cries of
"No, no; the High Sheriff bus acted unfairly; the amend-
ment was not anted ;" which were met by counter-cries of
"Yes, it was." In the midet of the confusion the High Sho-
ed,' declared the meeting dissAved.
Ice the course of the pesceedinvi Mr. Shelley read •
cular from an agent of the Protection Society, entreating the
farmers to come tithe meeting and support protectionist reso-
lutions, and offering to pay the:r capons.
REPEAL OF THE MALT TAX.

On Friday het a meeting of the hadownere and
tenant fanners of the hundred of Samford, sod o•hets late-
meted in agriculture, was held at Copdrek, Suffolk, tor the
purpose of tak.og into consideration the present depressed
state and prospects of agriculture, with a stew of petitioning
parasment for a total repeal of the malt tax and the revision
(lithe general sad local taxation. The meeting comprised
the griseipal tenant farmers of the hundred of Samford,
amongst whom were several lasdlords C. Lilliaptoa, Esq.,
was called to the thaw.—Among other reerolas, it was
"That in order fa *MO degree to avert the ruin
which now threatens to overwhelm the larded interest, it
browses our duty to urge span the legislative, by every
seestlt•tiosal means, the =emit, end juetitre of the repeal
of the malt tax, and the more equal distribution of ell im-
posts, whether local or gents!, which press exclusively
upon lead."