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*row trim. it it di' a net repay hien tor hiss
just ilk. he would advise the clothier or inqiefir.
Surer to pursue the saute course ender similar
cirolrustmncef.

The House then went into a Committee.
AGRICVLTVRAI. RELIEF.
The Marquis of Loa Dont:tatter srul, therk was
no man admired Inure then lie did • Maple, 4 p.
lents upon the proper occasion, but if the Holm
did not confine their views to some practical pool,
the interests of this counsel would he sacrificed.
..
He ihould have littened with great 'pleasure to the
Honourable Groderoan oil a seasonable ocessiot,
for installer, when the *notion tit an Honourahlt
Oentlemin opposite (Mr. Western) gra brooghl
forward for repealivi this measure for returning ti
Mob payments. He hoped, however, that Michaud('
escape aniniadversion Tor the narrow view lie
disposed to take of the subject. He never cowl;
dried the present 'tuition es It question of mere re-
lief to agriculture ; but he thou„ ht it affected s me
dr the most important interests of the kroontry,
namely. to lee how far • preciltitiotiety messtirt
should be berried into execution sgainst foreigii Im-
portation. To this view of the subject he begged to
call the attention of the House, and he hoped he
.hook) escape reproach if he declined entering lido
the wider view. By-this means the House would be
emitted on that evening, to arrive at a practical can.
clashes. The House had three questioui to deticle,
which were these—ist, What should he the price of
corn in this Country before it wig tit and proper
that the ports should be thrown open ? qdly,
What rate of duties should be impoied upon
the importation of foreign Corn ? cud, lastly,
IVhether there existed a necessity which called
for some measure ou the sehjeet? Oa the is...
ceseity of some measure they were all agreed,-iud
all *greed upon the propriety of soma import
duty, and upon this subject no less than five plans
were laid upon the table. All were agreed on the
wisdom of some aslutary restraint nputi the impor-
tation of corn. Therefore, upon the necessity of
mime measure, he apprehended it would be tt
itimosehey to detain them. The first pared dni
woe u to the price at which the ports 'build be
thrown open for importation. At present the price
was sot., but without any limitation as tfl quantity.
Some considered this measure ati a protection to
sericulture, but he never coniidered it in diet view.
They had sufficient protection now, bet protection
' dirt not give price ; and the protection which the
' law afforded at present was ample enough. to
thoogitt that even the price of 70a. sextuoted Is •
prohibition, and almost itivolged the principle of
monopoly.. If lie understood the propontiers of
the lion utable Meta* frot Portaellgton. he
proposed to opeq the ports roe the impaititiou
of foreign corn at 70e. end that the foceage corgi
now. wider bond might be taken out for borne
consumption. whenever the average price of wheat
shell'eseeed 65% subject to Isa. a quarter, sod the
import Price to be regulated by • wife of duties
graduating dowograds. His Right Hoinuiraide
Felipe! (Mr. Hookiesoo) proposed that wheat Dow
under bond might be taken out for coasomptioa as
Donn m the overage price exceeded 7Cee., subject to
s duty of 1.5.. • quarter, arid that at the expiration
of theft months from the date of such admission of
warehoused wheat iniiihotne consumptiou or wmuch sooner as the average price shall exceed lat.
quarter, wheat from aheusd might beadatitted
upon the payment of the like duty. Now hr
did not feel soy apprthensioos that either of them
proponitions would be prejudicial; bat, at the sane
time, the House was bound to look to the state of
public opinion, and the circisinstencei upon which
it was founded, if they Meant to effect any prietical
good, and they would trel the uncoil./ of bending
to that view of the subject whiCh sash/aced the
greatest portion of public opinion. It was thus the
opinion of the great mass. of the Committee, that
'the ports should not be opeord until the average
price arrived at 80s. 'He pow came to the quo-
lion of duties, and in the different Roolulious
before the House, different suggestimm had bees
made. An Hoe. Baronet (Sir Thos. Lathbridgvi
bed roomed that a duty of 40s. pee,queiter shoold
be imposed upon the isuportatiou or wheat. But
he ought as well mut t'sere should be no imports-
lion at all, for it would in fact operate to that
effect. and he coed not conceive any delusion
seater than For the House to give encouragement
treater thau For the Hou'e to give eneourageusent
flp that Oro. The proposition or the Hon. Mein-
Ire f‘e Wiltshire (tli. Betted) partook so mall of
that of the Hon. Baronet, that be could sot look at
it without considering that it amounted to almost a
total prohibition. He now came to the question of
• fixed rate of duties. The Hoe. Gentleman. the
Member for Portsrlington had an object in view. of
' bringing fixed ditties pito operation. He believed
that such • problem might be realised when the
eunntry were content with moderite duties, bpi he
hod no conception that we could render a fled
4.17 "Pei jail* 'tp the importation of *tipn p"2_ll+ at
Vtilte• lai4rl.?OeS he differed from ens Right
ols. Friend tblr. Hof'
pose to make
cable to the

nudes 111 circa
of Os. or 24..

lotlefiniitly,
queition. Ht
his Right Honour
idly of opinion
fated wish /Orton,

should be exti

plesity or overages,
stoners he coo!'

one; but even
there was uo

clueing the
country. to

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nose then the

were carried

per quarter
corn, lbat

of bringuig it
the dury Us.
90s. the forltign
should cousider

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sumaturkil

It might be
ter ettutiuent

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Mia,• la ibet.temsect he differed from his Right •
Friend (Ir. Huskieson), for be would pro- ti
o make a fixed duty of ids. a quarter appli.
to the importation of corn at all times and
all circumstances; but as to imposiug R duty
6 or gds, in the first instance. end comicue et
cooly, it was a proposition quite out of the
ou. He could not, therefore. *tree with
fight Honourable Friend, for he was dead.
)1 opinion that the duties must be erg,, •
with reference to the price at home. lie
be extremely glad to get rid of the cow-
/of averages, but under the existioteircum. •
s he could not think the experiment it side
tout even if lie could wake op hi :Mod that
vas uo danger, yet he should depair of Ky-
r the same contomion in the mind, of the
y. to considering the scale of duties, we 1
railways look to the stale of the markets. Sup.
heu the pilau of hi. Right Honourable Frierid 1•
allied Milo execution, and that a ilat). of If'.
tarter were imposed wpm she importation 01
that would be increased Ws. the ekpeine
slicing it to this country. Th.t would les,c
ity gss. Suppose then the actragf 'MIFF bee
re foreign coru would' be 41.. puff Op the!
I courider what quantity of cop might be is-
ad at that price. He bi.lie.4"d the calor of
whelp was very low ft prestut on the tuot,-
At MarL.romil foryiyq cunt Might be h.,1
' Per quartet, bet $4i..," it, gplibeirieeere of
liaturail del/resew:and the owcertsint) ales
In be brought oat fur eowsuinption, owl 0'
inturent a sthall qtuoiti df fbru otighl be
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