The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-20 00:00:00

COMMON HALL.

THE COR?1 LAWS.

Yawllay being die 74, ap Paisiiii 14 The lad karst, rut.
met to requisition, for holding a Common Hall of the Livery and
Immo of Labia, so resider the expediency of petitioning both
Homes of Parliament to cerise the pressot system IA Corn Laws,
and review the national expenditure, the area in front of the
Gaildhall and the avenues leading to It were crowded at en early
bear, sad es 11 o'clock, the hear appoleted for omits' also Hall
do" a sender of tenons had emesubled. About .as idea the
Lord e Mid SIMS snit* is state from the Ilaselesionse,
sad piths Itustings, uotnepftled by=
mitsiVtallia=,tl Thompson, W. Ward,M.P.,
/auk Sr Mao last, Weida, tic.
The asol peedwasleis haring been ssobt,
The LOUD NATO% IMO forward., and was seeds* *ids ap-
plasm He said au In soningessos of too mo re-
gal*** whim had bosh mese** *MK MP* •
nimble gibe asiwy, he Imiljedipd k poem ht convene is
Hole Is seesbbe Ms eft** 160 dd /!of Wilke*" Pow
Beset la as ahead* *lb, pampa hispoNtie system sr Can
!ri lad aleo w seses* du sailesee eipsnditure of theseatatry,
e elm to the Mud* 'Kmilla& When any engem wen
brought sada depes, red siege wmtladarly es4ne lie the
presses, le wee newel m aqua ei IMreoce 01. O/00. and it
could aelt be tee eery *blew suimalt that It vas of as utmost
Immense *at wary swim *NM Ito patiendy beard, however
his mothineeds *Os MON trues a amlNlty of Wee he sildreeeed.
A }Mae Wales of dues that dialed heat se ors as ant of
justiseiseet sap fie dual, tiztlhee optima which .
Otos. Habig nil *es It ere,iisitaneesesarywser. t .
anent p.,...4.., to teed re . and the mama of
whitle.42=taf that should be annoy
bail bus sidinidd Id the Lord Mayor
half* been reed, '
Ilia drowns& addiessed the deloesysur. He said that, gm u
he had oddment lb kee..dippra he ibis Hell, he bad never
done ite
thiswithenhe:
jaws.-711:11011. he Pellatiss the resolutions
which It Wail his =l7=lll sobs*. bo thee this day. Oen-
name ail part pei hat hew ottnealled in
ladadd onsy soma aka tle vim dit *se of
pnrep hest doopeeent Meeting. IS sosadleaWsed biped
that bees nabs of Admits it the
nod bowline it to be. shed Ible nag:
a M Ilnedng—ehat It was adder .
nor ounnercial--bert that all internee mated Mee Vlood of
the autism It Ova .am eseist to andentl thst agAndeate has set
for the geed ef the posies I all the they insisted spot erne
no interest should be allowetee to preponderate as to M. she
Am interests. Upposhispdhcipie they should ales the
of Union, and theressolhoilibe,lallteeer of 0011.11•61."
objets *add leommbsellaides, *bleb : has theme
up* Oda powillmseuso ei Ave**, wad be stippecled. Thole
be had 'is of rbirissibe could net ham been inattentipe
to theits Ai times• which wen truly alarming within the
last t ve seenths. Withha that short period the commersisi
credit of the country bad been shaken us its hem. Large bodies
of the commercial and vamillimifte adiaseuddis bed beat tope
parted wholly by pablbsebseby; ad belmenslnine apply for Minh-
relief. The alai ppinginiimat vas Waft centpiehting. The Ho-
venue had diminished( and they had all hard of the awful in-
creue of eriine. Upon the melees of these evils much different.
of °plains existed. Ile should not enter imams, detailed inquiry
Imo those canoes, because he considered that a num urgent and
important duty suggested itself, in wandering what remedies
might be advantageously applied. If the vessel sprung a leak, it
was better to secure the leak before we sought to discover the cit..
cuiettances uoder which the evil had occurred. (Applause.)
Wei-out meaning to impute all the evils under which the country
'elem.! to the corn taws, he had a right to say that tee Cora
Laws greatly aggravated those evils. The present system of Corn
Lies had been condemned these forty years. They were ent-
hroned by every political economist from the day. of Adam
Smith ; but it was reserved for the present times, and for these who
now lived to to see these impolitic laws condemning thsardus, i
(Hear.) The bonded warehouses were evened during the bat yew, ,
and the mohibttory laws suspended. lie understood that fte '
beaded oats had destroyed many tire hones. This was one of the
toasla of the Com Laws; and another. which was justly and gee 1
r.eral4 complained of, tau the fraudulent manner in which the '
averages were struck. If the prohibitury laws were good, why had
they been =vended? Hut it seemed to be the general opinion, so
a e.l u that of Ministers, that the protecting laws had lately bus
store honoured in the brim* than the observance." (Applease.)
With respect to suspending these prohibitory Acts, he anon be al-
lowed to say a few words. Illsoraters would soon have to ant tie
Representatives of the People in Parliament, and he had as ink
they multi furnish an excuse for the easperisioa ; but he suldheed
1 he disliked) the machisery of those laws, and beams ammo to the
1 nuoutitutional prindple of disperefing any laws. Why not
make good laws, that would not require to be samended ? James
toe errand lust his crown by suspeuding the laws; end though
ate tarn Laws might be bad laws, and ;Properly suspended, yet,
e. filial:spears said, Use doh breed habit," aid it was not cer-
tain that Ministers might not acquire the knack of suspending good
has ge well es bad. (Hair, bear.) Above two centuries ago, in
the time of Edward the Sixth, it wu made penal to deal in corn : '
once then, however, corn was found to have two beneficial user ;
it was used,as food so maintain life, and as an article of commerce.
Do Mega. as 1713 this costatry wax an exporting country, and so '
it amassed such ' link when the present impolitic laws wet.
Pasted.. St dm tliestilsiona of the pear lee had by this time are
rived at Nei arms aid fa n• • in *ippon, of the peek.
tton he bad hid ellowit, that wit confer a great benefit
on the country by the revision alteration of than laws. One
, of these facts was, that dear food was equally oppressive to the sad-
cultural labourer, the manufacturer, and the artisan. Why should
not the peasant at his plough want a cheap loaf as well as the ma-
eufieturer ? (Hear hear.) We had also arrived at another
truth, by the attention of an Honourable Liveryman (hc meant
Dlr. Hunt). That gentleman had satisfactorily proved that the
fanners were not so much benefited by the Corn Laws as they
Imagined; in short, ' that they were no more benefited by dear
bread and high rents than the other climes of society. Ile now
came to the landholders : not being a very good judge of their in-
terest,. he would not trouble the electing with his own opinion as
to the manner in which those laws affected the interest of the land-
holders; but he would mil one witness, a gentleman of great in-
formation and weight, and one whose opinion on this subject wee
certainly ve-y valuable; the gentleman he alluded to was Mr.
it hitn.om, whose pamphlet he (Mr. ravel)) now held in his
-,, hard. 'angers were tond of extracting truth Irons en un-
wiling eri ness. He did not know whether Mr. Whitmore
' was an unwilling witness or not, but he was certainly one of that
, e Clan whose interest was supposed to be more peculiarly Identified
r 1 with the Corn Laws. And they should mark what he said; his
wards were—" Whether I understand my own interest or not I
. shall not take upon myself to decide; but, as a landholder, I affirm
"hat high prices are r.ot good, because they produce a fluctuation,
i .nd raise the value of whatever I want to buy ; so that I am obliged
to pay away with one bend what I have received with the other."
Trip was the opinion of a landowner—of one of the class which, it
' sta said, would suffer all the injury from the repeal of the Corn
laws. Well, we had arrived at another certain print, which was,
- :at the then Laws were a modern innovation ; so that they could
errs be supported upon the grounds of their ancient origin. Now,
Si .0 meeting tame difficulties with which we were surrounded, he
itiew that ours was a pretty, snug, little island, and if we were
thrown on ourselves. and had not a public debt of 800 millions,
tve:ey-one millions of the interest of which was dependent on the
I 'it!OOls, we might do very well with lees foreign trade. We had
editing to bey against the agricultural interest. There was no
iel lien present who had any prejudice against the agriculturists.
II ',at could they have to say against the delightful meadows. the
sereent fields, and waving harvests, which cle a the eye and gladden
the heart ? He was disposed as much as any man could be to
' t'avour agriculture, as far as it was consistent with other branches of
attifzi:i obraLhier,..
ai,otreppivialua.)bleiirCol. vemwerce: too, wras the
t
landowiue, hail admitted that the interests of the coenmuttity were
combined, and made bet one ; and the point now was, whether one
of these intetes.s should continue to oppress the rest ? He would
ask, Gould what was called a remunerative price continue for corn,
anion the other branches of minima industry were in a prosperous
state? If the cruinnfaeturer could not live lit bane he must emi-
grate, and liquid theugriculturista like to he left to pay the na-
eual debt themselves. (Hear, hear.) They had now come to
tte paint s date eras no time for trifling about particular interests.
We were about to call upon a new Parliament to re-consider the
%hole system of the Corn Isaws, and to in an inquiry into
te expenditure and public establishments, with a view, to retrench-
ment and sameeeny. No doubt many of the Members had been
We complainant to their constituents during the late elections, and
te theiimes he obverted slat 'Weft all of them bad
a teed—et ' . allienet." (Laughter.)
et!), Ito* be du .
Y 'lg. soli INT ....ea:, ' , swim - They would
• now put the - "..' i. -"--7, -4I is duvet, for they
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rest to be . ed st ak ;.........
_..,._ - Rime. The
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Alrg, Leeds, and nmeete; were shat . •• • , ditty it woo
n"liquire into the stele or Os nation at hese ODD abroad, aad to
~. *do .e taxation as far as 1111111 eissiment with pabiic emit. Tbey
rid not desire to destroyure credit, but to mouses it no a
tirmn basis, by the ted of taxation. He wan sure that die
wes me Ministers were nes en a bed of reseal 0111 „„
_Os fotn,„l the diou'd look not to them, bat to the constitutinmegmeemens of e 1
St/W..40 Parliament of Ragland. But didlinsemesit where be
' was row speaking ? It was in the Guildhall ; and it a circle wen
drawn within ten miles round, it would include eitiMeenth of the'
' PePaladon of the kingdom, and as it appeared, by is asters of is
etoperty Tax, one-sere:lth of tire whole property of di.
it was true, we had god Members its At'estinussleffs ad 1i
s tuthwark and in Middlesex, and they were bum aff in Surrey
. ,:in they need to be. (A laugh.) In the City ism were four
::en ar Ned and well intentioned, lie believed, es that could
he theme (Hear, hear.) He believed thewire
1 leerelitlealrous to discharge their duty, and ea Ando she coati-
ierice end approbation of their constituents. Butfilwahle as them
gentlemen were, they would be outvoted. T Mg it that those
, Pinter Monists were as good as twelve other Zdeembas, they amnia
, tee overpoirend by the county of Cornwall. As far as regarded
~ amerieel strength, there was DO chance, although he was convinced
-el, tbe ?neh,„,s ii. were ail hearty with them ; and it was a suung
qualm be ihoesr of the measure they were discussing that ail
As toes were unanimous in its favour. They were now
Ming Me thelsorseen, and be Walitentineed tbdp wale willing
'e do by the *f and the people of gagleuL He had
"t apologist to dos Wry her having trapessed so lag cos their at.
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