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s isid 'We mull keep faith with the Pahl* credi.,
tor, who might be paid now, hut it nee quite im-
possible that he could continue to be paid, while a
great proportion of the people were involved in
rum, and it would be unjust that they should
expect it. the Bill of the R.ght Honourable
Secretary woe et the bottom of this distress, end
he Would my that the tail of that Bill must
be cut off; alreely amasures were talked of
as regarded the county Istigkem, for itids felt to
be impossible to natty it into full effect. Bit
leaving that point, end recurring to the subject
more immediately before the Committee, ell that
be wished for was complete proiection4he wee-
rare, proposed would not afford that, and the pin.
position he should hove the honour to submit would
he thought, effect that object. He begged•the
Committee ant to believe the duty he woelted to
impose would amount to a prohibition ; one of the
witnesses before the Committee stated that he
could under certaiu circumstances inundate the

! country with foreign corn, even if the duty were
1 dies. per quarter. The agriculturists were deserve
, iog of every consideration, they bad always stood
tiraa to their duty, and he believed if sot goaded
to desperation they would continue to do so; but
he must essy, standing there as tistie eelaresen-
-1 tatter., that the tendency of measures had riti
late been to drive them *elite!, to ditaitai!oll
sad drooling should prevent him dirt Mill
sentiments as it regarded their interest. t
..
' Member concluded by cautioning the (.'orts
~
against being ferried aieyy by the apesious %Paters
~muit thilusirm Opet ri nee' pf that abaintuabk paku co I
economy of w hich they heard so mach.).-(Hear, hear,
end a laugh.)—The 'Han. Member then eat dome,
after monng; as an amendment to the 4th fkiteolo-
lion of the Marquis of litondooderri, that the duty
on foreign av,hiet 04-04 s. pi/ tirmiAtt i !lime Ige• per
coif. ; rye gee. per quarters oats IS.. per quarter;
sod duties also pa peeve boine, bolter,. chicle,
Pe,t,n,s,., *PP!". ke., ae 4 tS po,
In
ad'alktifs On
say article (the product of the al) sot opecibtd.
Aker the Clielltlgele had pet the itsestioue:-..
Sir F. Buantvw roar., fle termed' file' ',W.
prise at the tone of the Rai: if/valerian lbw bid
.I,ltll. OSt.rittro. it peened to hirp an if he had ;se-.
urtet meldqpitiky, end he meld odd uti made
ustly, nt
sort of complaint, though every attration was paid
by the House to what-he had said. He (Sir P.
Burdett) agreed with hits ha his eikitipi*bq of the
inutility of the propositiOns, anthesdititight that
let (Sir T, L.etisluidge'4) view wife Clear and iotelli
I gibte. The duties be proposed had • reference to
the taxation and currency of the country, high bf
Winch the •Nohle Lord kept 'studiously Out of trier.
' The HOU. Baronet wished ago to rise to Mr, we
initter•—.(Snag elti.rr,ron of dissent wits gine by
Sir T. Lethbridge.)—He (Sir F. B.) was olopinitan,
that even if coos could be kept up to that price
the country could not be telieved. fie Yoe" not
jrhether he ought to 'Colpt4itUeot-tbe lk(tAle Lord
on being'isore in earnest thin he was last niibt, or
whether he should not repeat the line of the old
song, 4, Cease your feeming." The Noble Lord
now seemed in the best humour possible—le
bed pbseduoed the high tone, and talked 'to
leswer,of not yielding to popular chiasour; Dow
leo would yield to every quarter ; end thoorgh
ihe wits not himself sitisfied with the proposi-
tions of the Committee, end though they were 'in
fact against his own decided opinions, he introduced
them to the notice of the House. He certainly
must have a very high opinion of hie power over.
the House; for though be could not persuade
hitutelf, he thought be could persuade the Houle.
He wished to know whether the Noble Lord would
himself father the present proposition, or, as he did
last evening, 'hoodoo his character of foster-father
or GYM, Med give the progeny up to the real pa-
rent. That unhappy off spring did not even so
ellMeh as tt just catch the vital an and die,", for
it scarcely breathed at all. Though the Noble
Lord spoke for three hours and a half in explains-
tion, as if serious, yet efterwards he turns round,
loud laughing at his owe joke, with the utmost sang
Aoid, called out the real father. The Noble
Lout had to-night said that every body was
, agreed on a duty, and it was only a queetion of
gilliatWa ; but his optoion was, that there ought to
be na duties at all, and therefore all were not
*grad upon that point. He thought that before
till proceeded to remedies, they puck to in-
into the causes of the distress. fhe Noble
had declared himself incompetent to devise
a remedy, and bed thrown himself upon the
Cotahlry gentlemes-eney, even the farmers were
celled tapes to relieve the Minister. It was a bad
reason for yielding to what they had advised that it
could do so harm, for here that which did no good
must do o great deal of harm. The Noble Lord
Inid'referred them to his old doctrine of iitle7--
the 'heading hand of time—though this hialiqg
had 'been in progress 'fors the last seven years.
retttr. from bong a physician, tile' had only
s • d the diocese ; and be -Would vets.
Wee to ,prophecy, that unless Somohing were
dope, titre would only aggrotate the door*. He
regretted that he did not hear *the'spreeti of the
Hoe. Member for Callingtoo ; s but if 'he tinder.
stood what was the main jet of his speech, he per-
kCili agreed with him that the jet of the qtiestiou
pp, the olterolitio of the currency. It Reg a most
extrepttlainity doctrine held by a Noble Lord in
Frosr miller,
.eild echoed by the Noble IHorquis '
fßokudetty) In that Haase, that the cause of the
icwtPA Pist oect-aboudsocr, and that taxation had
It; 41 49 ritb it. On this lust point the NO*
.4410kb , with a boldness of hyperbole (fot :04
was "iii Ju .11 )tat diil) .pecolie, se *sip..
I'll or#9lwf. 11.4.1 If till he seal, 1!c! rent :to;
rspet.woUld b 0 fsli: If Obi rFanyrte. P.! _
minimal toihtessites wood gittc no rem,. to ward a
it44e 1""J . 04,F, lOC tune try. fig 75:1119t
la
isill ' tt. lit! the HOR• . Mak- t Sir T. Lech 'dilti-
'pi -1:1114411 COIIVIII. rit sill ooßitirp. t r
et a eitoeiiici:eriosoi reason and
beuiudiglin:lit:dtolp:ve
Relit of the public. That was ipilitioil eco
' 'AO' filiiiestiabfe. 'Birilin4t' con6i4.e ' tri
dam
bi ' ili:111t1 itotitT;i) ; It! iApoVed' he' i gl.t%
• . beiatitta wits'inot 'tioriiii but bt ' 'Or
eta.
the itinlast ilotlY.froWligrfll'irriivrikg
.
naiad , and of very td.kat,:v. gastilj,• a if also
.‘tilbt"foilie't4tail iVirtitttrilted been
ttlefeatis;ablit:' Itailtiparliiihns were m :du
rill% lbm ',gm: 3..... of war rod high prices ;
tywittily-siii&•tlierr had been no importations.
thadlse ayail leir rites had arisen. Another very