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with the war. the allerttpt was Made, and it hat
failed. The Mluieters would, no doubt, still gloilt,
struggle no, Mid strive to maintain the delusiao
that the high prices can he restored, and that 11,‘
preut depression_ is timely momentary ; but the
4r 61m." as Lord' Sberfiei,o remarked, 44 is re.
moved,"oud eve ty
.usust:liow;:t..4.utitty capable. of
direct log haktdliiiiiUitiafa the:subject Men
be conscious Ai; irk!. of corn bt the present
moineet are at the . emerge sate which they are
likely to maintain in yeaniof orribiary fruitfultme,
The prop. rtion whiChlbe retiti: the tithes, and i,.,
taxes bear to the total:inothsee of fire Soil, a. it I
represruted by the itreieot pikes of cora, saris
e.sentielly from what iteres even before the me:
and it missend by Mr. Tiellereee, at the Noilik
meeting, that if the rents and fatten were reduced
to the rate ut which they stood in 17911, the samest
of the taxes is such that the farmers still could not
make their income equal to their eupensliture. IV.
are ant prepared to coincide alit Me. TRIVRTEI:
Itt de. stateinent at its full extent, although it en.
not hut be felt that the predrill tawniness true ;.!
tasatinu must not only pees. heavily upon each e.
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&withinl farmer by the iheie of the hurtles' that it
. thrown directly upon lisabdolders, but that it omit
further affect him very grievously by the Indirect
influence which its its various brunches and to t 4
appiica•iiiii to every object of human 'sectary it
must exercise upon the different ankles of use in.,,
luxury which the wants of himself, his rBlllli-,,
stud lIIS sections. ratty require. The amertion, Is..
ever, is not advanced by Mr. THURTIII.I. slot',
stud coming from the mouths of gentlemen of ell.
petieisee, it deserves a very serious attention, ard
must sti engthen the just demand of the great bout,
of the nation, that the Ministers 'lseultl be roe.
polled to reduce their expenditure ter a stale set -
much raised above that of 17W, in that the iatt•
rests of agriculture may be preserved From derma.
term by au immediate reduction in the amount!
the taxes.
With this subject the merits of Mr. flout: slid
his very useful exertions in the House of Cos.
mons during the last Session of Parliament ire
properly connected. In another part of our Pees
will be found a report of the speeches and prima-
lugs at a tairetiag which was held at , Reedit:gm
Monday .Idat„lur the purpose of con•ideriog fie
propriety of expeessing to this indefatigable Mm.
'her the gratitude of the householders of that tom
fur bin laborious exertions in the last Session. TM
approval of Mr. litroe's labour, in promotiogi
system of economy and retrenchment in the apes.
dilute of the State is equivalent to a distinct wed
on the part Of those who praise him, that in their
opinion such a system as he recommended ought is
lee adopted. Such then was the unanimous span*
4 the assembly at Reading. in this view the
thanks of the sleeting to Mr. Huse t, Inmere t"
well deserved by that Gentleman, and homier
I grateful the act may prove to his feelings, re
but of secondary consideratiou. They are lit
the medium to express the sentimesits of the
persons there assembled upon a subject whirl
has new become one of vital importance to the puts
tic good. In these sentiments the great mujorityl
the nation fully acquiesce.. The Nlitiisters OM to
I longer uphold the reign of delusion, the artifice's!.
their system have suck before the natural forced
ordinary circumstances, the foundation that termed
to justify their extravagance has di.appesred, and
the dazzling but destructive superstructure mind
continue. Commerce and manufactures may in.
deed flourish, because their interests ire hot cots •
fined to the narrow limits of these islands, but step
their strongest and most nutritious aliment in plod
where the influence of our domestic taxation a*
be but slightly fr It. But the agriculture of Greta
Britain can seek no foreign aid ; it can hope for or
better markets than those which &mystic c.e•
surnption tefforda ; the circle of its gains Null loop,
its receipts and expenses, is strictly drtiungi, ind ii
is therefore indefensibly controlled by every mine
particular in our domestic economy. Hut thee
outwit be one scale of taxation for one branch o!
' our system, and a cliff-rent male for another;
there a too close * connexion between the vans•
interests that constitute the social union to :idol a
union that a burden thrown upon one shall Dot hr
felt by sill, trough dill*, rently felt in proportiouti
their r. spec-tire degrees of passive etreegth. '1
necetotary conseqoarece, therefore, is, that iht''!'
tern of taxation tou.t be reduced generally, 411 :.
desired that the agriculture of the country .!,i•ii 'I
feel the benefit, and that it must be erdnytti
quickly, if those who wish well to this impo-iod
interest seriously mean to save it from destructem
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The order adopted by the House of Common(
log Session. requiring the Estimates for the servo
of the year to be laid upon the table within barites
days after the meeting of Parliataeut, will be for"d
particularly advantageous in the ensuing Stwlun.
It is very desirable that the members should h"
apprised as early as possible of the extent to which
the Alinieters propose to carry their intended re-
duction.. Upon this point will, as we think, its'
peed in a great Measure the future conduct or lb'
intlependetit members during the remainder 411(14
. Session. They will have an early oppottantry no
only of proving the ismeenty of die irronnses he'.t
out to the country by the Ministers of the Gatti'
but' they will also be enabled to see, rival). Id "I°
, view, the total amount of the supplies required 4
its
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