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London, England, 1821-06-23 00:00:00

AORIVULTURAL REPORT..'

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The Report of (he *fleet CtilitOftteee 'the
House of Commons upon the Petition. comorlidsvilit
of the distreased mite of the Agettitftfhre of the
United Kingdom, hM,biess prilira. 'lt occop.irs
tirenty.seven pages. The roiloig the sub.
enlace :—The Committee
.say„ ” It. is with deep re.
vet that they have to cenentence their 'Report tir
-swing• that, in their judgment. the complaiorts7iff
the Pet:tiotiers are founded in fief, oss
*they represent that et the preiwnt peicr.of -cora
the returns to the occupier of an arable' News
after sllewing for the sissereet of his inveateenr,
are by no means adequate to the cletrgeeefilra•
+ to
*togs, of whir comideruble torolieet:o,, Can be
yiiid only nut of the capitals, and not from the
eitate of the tenantry. This pressure towel, the
farmer is shoed by souse of the witncv,es to base
materially aftected the retail lousiness of hemp-
&repent in couutry tewhe -cootiected with the !got-
cultural districts. But notwithstanding tins diatom-
tiou of &mewl in particular parts of the country, it
appears, by official returns, that the trots! consemp-
. bon of the principal article, subject to d oties of anise
and customs have itocressed in the lain year, toe-
Oared with the average order three preceding yea's;
and also, that the quantity of cotton wool used for
home consumption, and of cloth manufactured its
Voillshire, was greater last year than in tile year
preceding, although the export of woollens in litito
apiece'''. to have diminished. Vuur Cutomittee have
not the lame authentic means of ascertaining the
consumption .of iron, but there appears every rea-
son to believe that it has also increased."
" Tine revultion," the Committee state,
the settle nature as an which flare occurra
different periods of our .history, and the pressure ha
in many instances led to a diminution of rents."
The Committee then offer seine observations on tile
effect of the derangement or dr t9rrettcy iu sleeting.
ing the markets, and express sminpinion that
evrr may be the ultimate operation of the rennet:lob
of the currency upon the nominal rental of the
kingdom, ' there is no reason to apprehend that
the diminution can ultimately exceed that propor-
tion of the increase which, during the war, grew
out of the depreciated value of the currency.".—The
Committee are also satisfied, by the re.uit of their
inquiries, that, " in the present year, the price of
corn has been further depressed by the general abun-
dance and good quality of the last Isatvest, in all arti-
cles of groom and pulse ; more particularly in Ireland,
in which part of the 'Jutted Kingdom the preced-
ing harvest of 1819, was also uncommonly produc7
five. Several of the witnesses examined have
stated their belief that the prices of grain have
further been depressed, in the present year, by the
very large importations of foreign corn which took
piece before the ports were closed in the month of
February 1819; but looking to the very high
prices, and to the constant and brisk demand
Which prevailed in our markets so long es the parts
continued open in 1817 and 1818, it may be in-
ferred that the greatest part of those importations
was necessary, and was disposed of during thoM
years. to supply the daily went, of our consuoioptioo,
and that it a therefore only in a remote degree that
the present prices can be influenced by the omit-
mores of that period.
" It can scarcely be necessary for the Committee
to remark, that the growth of wheat has been
greatly eitended and improved of Isle years. id all
poets of the United Kingdom, but principally in
Ireland. since the year 1807."
The Committee then proceed to state, that "in
the earlier find more remote stages or our agricul-
tUre, similar alarm. prevailed, but they were only
temporary, and the retire entertained were dissipated
by the natural course of seasons and events, and it
often happens that these disorders are prolonged,. if
not aggravated, by too much isterrereuce and re-
glilatiou." The staple commodities of other routs.
trio ban fallen in as great a proportion, if not
gmeter,than the fall in the price of grain in this coup-
. That it is their opinion " the animal produce
of torn, the growth of the united Kingdom, is,
lupin an average crop, about equal to our present
annual consumptiou, and that wish such an average
crop the present import price., below which foleigit
eint is by law al together et eluded, are fully sufficient,
mote especially since the change iu the value of our
money, to secure to the British glower the
complete monopoly of the home market."—
" Protection comonst be carried furthit than mo-
nopoly, and this the British grottier bra enjoyed
for the produce of the two
Airiest to Parliament, as a matter highly deserving
or their future consideration, whether a trade n
corn, constantly open to All editions of the world,,
add subject only to such a fitted duty as might
compensate to the grower the lois of that encourage.
merit which he received during the late war front
the obstacles thrown in the way of free import.-
lion, and thereby protect the ca;fitsfi Mil vested'
in egricult ore from an unequal Comitetitiori in the,
home market—is not, as a perineum' system, pre.
ferable to that state of law by which the core trade
is'now regulated; but in suggesting thil change or
system for fotther consideration as 4pinotible itO-
ptovemeiot of the COM Lae. et same future Uwe,
the Committee are fully'atiFire, of the uostititeas of
the present moment for attempting such a change,
when a great aceurarilinion her tekeo• place. in
the shipping porta on the Conlit'inkiii in
the warehouses of foreign .coin' ill this eisutofty."77
" But though Parliament would not tont; deem it err. •
pedient to übliedon entirety the principle of tier es- "
isling lam, the Committee conceive that they
might modify its open*, by inpnine, a fifAir
duty upon corn, whehever upon the opettok of the
ports it *Would beictintiad'ofissible for It .me con..
sumption, in whits ease, however, if soloptril, it
would be necessary that the present importprice. '
should be fixed .it a lower rate, hicense i(''
it obvious thee- the duty would other 4'ise
nit' only check the etidda and oves.whelteing
*Maim of iniport, lint also enhance the prier be-
yoMl what it might reach under the present law; an
effect which the Commttee are 10 far fee* dnirmia
of producing, that they thltikit Swan'," I); probably
expedient to guard additianally. na Aga& it by pro.
viding that af;er corn should ham reached . certain •
high price. the duty should cease altogether." The
Committee further recommend that." every, °flour-
tonity'should bt WLtcfied,, arts every pesciicatelea-
sate artopted.fof'retrut‘ing the amount of the Rubio...
expenditure." The Committee " are desirous.
however, to correct the mireaken opiuitsti that the