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evidence. It was perfectly idle to suppose that
we could be seethe in • competition with grain
which, duty included, was not more than 1171.
Their inicra mug &chile to the rate of foreign
matkets. If toms were doubled by the weevil%
low prices, they would then be quadrupled.
Jut why dtd_ not. the Noble Lord provide security
t%e the agricattuviatita regard to their ethir pro.
OM., ? lie aging *stied that the petitioners sought
it-Auction of taxes_Au. the sonouot of V 9 milhous ; 1
they barlO`ver liiiiiiit at it ; all they :Isla( was,
toms a reduction as would enable them to pay the
remainiog taxes and uphold the Government of the
couture.
Lord At:VH.OIP entirely coocurred with his Hon.
Vri.-ird se to rile 'recreant, for reducing taxation,
soil sue no objection to the spirit of the resolution;
but yet he must taiely say that the preselog of it
would be very inconvenient, and he must in that
case out exactly oppose the resolution, but vote for
theAtirsoptiee 'to proceed. He would not then go ,
tote ltigiiiiy if the proposals to he made were
liicely in /Odd effctual relief, though he wait ready '
to 'prima th•t the Cliff, lIW WWI so bed that the
it'll ought to be immedistely inquired 'into.
Mr. Mosel[ would support the motion. on the
ruund that none or•theprojtmeurs pretended that
titers would bei any ilemelnue relief in their plant.
'I hyy treated the patient at the ',Mut of death with
life hope or curing an evil which was only 'noble-
seater& and Coutiogent. Ile would vote for the
VeoHatiiii, befeust it *nut Ito that one only mode
plAT7iil relief—lei immediate and material! redac-
ism 'the taxes. Cieiitleiiieu talked of hie price*.
It iseur eiteeptisip to the issue of reser tiring Cash pay-
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koopris boa ki,., ii,,,tienar Weie tkey higher t Besides,
delfit were they enamored with those of the Conti-
t'?' Breed was Ij. i*M. lb. in France, in Eigland
,4yi
.."110110191iercetit. higher then On the Coutinent ;
asisetyri't libbrd wits thought to be not sufficient.
V' WO 44 gilel or I,gi, Rod the nine pre-
Isieirtiiii ri/' From' the cessation of the Amen-
,r r, ilNoiog or last war the price was 445.
' Ol: `;`antics* war and nine tears before the
Aattf triskilay to 465. The price was hardly
mei% se, high; ii ;It'lsreeeet. Then how came it,
yrith''ll,,---;,. d , tif iiiiiiisT. that the agricultural
1"-* ir ji
illte'tee't 'deed
isegt; p 4 es iis 1792 t That year was one left
,t &Jest prosPerity; there was thenno coull-i'
riusti, Of the went of rents or or prOflts4, ' bet 0160
the relative aiMatiou of the iNonillyAliee thltl
yeast. The whole Charge in 1792 was teei Millie i
now oit vies More than thirty milfiOns—the'rifablielh
i 'nye, tleep.aeireti millions, were liio* eighteen mil.'
~l horr-Illor ittookla ti 1 g 1ima,240,1/001. slog now to
`ki Ifiri:liiillei!s at the loweii-.4the two Millions of
.- .r:irfres. b#l!' become ieven Milliume-the whole
• .
sus •1.1 ....• • cc,
, iamaltes4liptellhel vr, teijoirrs, t;pilatdru igrire°.7TlohesPl:ronbilYe
Tn
tio ~oltaV firitifiii at five per 'rent. ore tie
Nyi*,greta ;
..T4 isiiposition to tlsio;' hr would
„re, Ait"i'hiii of an estate of 1,600 f. iit
1 ,_ rent'altrol..—li year, another quarter fur tithes
en ratite.; leit', Oa for the farmer and his
' labourers with Aar' wives; taxes Va. 61 iii the
Hoeuri,
_left 7001.. a' year clear. If the Lloincellor
Of the Eselierpteegdt hold of 4001. now. instead of
his former 11101.4 w !could leave but 1;2001. The
expenses of cultivation must go 014 Mid the poise,-
rotes most increase. The tents would he withdrawn,
sud thotigh the Exchequer might flaurish, sgricul-
. tiire 1,001 be gradually extinguished. Another evil
14 in this, that what the Ext‘hequei tuck wastakeu
-chair off without any reaiike; whereas the rents
are scattered in a oireside 41 the neighbourhood;
trod couiributed to pat the plough in motion again.
Xsiciurive taxiitioir was artificial stability. he pre- '
feried the Ifesullittiiii, keeaueenil !arid directly to ‘.
She evali it raiidle to tali it' re Acing a milli°,
Or two here or ihere..-u..thisig.shoist of a very mate-
y.. reu re emount would avail. lihirsaid that
,
11 • t -
...use
,alone oimlll nut have produ,t the distress, .
impasse there was the aline distre,o'leilwisetkord,
ifYriel ;here were scarcely any taxes; but it was the
Oat, thing if there were money charges. A mote
pnfortuna'e nuopnce could not he owned. The
, lew of primogroiture did not prevail in Switzer-
_,..itod, but estates descended I.y that snore equal
.apfl josipillar mode of gavel kiticl. Not that small
. jamas were partitioned nit the death of the owner ;
Lite kends were put to sale, and the brother who
~,Tar
wee orsisserebte to his brothers end sister.
their shares of the property. As the families
, owe generally numerous, a great portion of the
Ikeda lay ender mortgage for theie payments; but
Wherever a Sitio, 'peasant was uneucumbered, Ito
ler from bring distressed by elm:dance, it was all
the better for liim' stud his faMils—they all fed
, ketter...so did his horse, his ox, arid his ass. He
I;poteittled that the only remedy, the only &litho-
ROU (or fluor 'Offerings, was the reduction of
,tears, he ratted his teenier arguments to sheer
1 Attie might to 'be a general adjtistrnent of ell
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rpreblevnatt es;
.minadaidrde
.iu
jtsiaserelo,4"atedir:uctaapeyubtloictheandp
....fir K. Litott said that he had abstained from
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teaawiggtto• fiouse while the agricultural ;minima
meter pveleofiteg, hoping that the agriculturists
. would be krotight to see the danger as well as fully
of seeking partied relief, and that they would seize
the opportunity -given them by their distresses to
we're a reasonable reduction of taxes. Seeing
. them advance propositions so monstrous as that of
adveuelog the price of corn, do that in the greatest
eitigtecy of .a }twee season the quotient loaf would
be piiaed to tet. 6d. he protested against any such
gepolutioue. The silence and forbearance of the
auspissfacturing sad commercial classes was not
owing to their indifference to this conduct, but
to, a real respect,
,asid sympathy for the distress
isf agriculture, and o hope that some wire and
e4feenve measures would be adopted. he allow-
ell that the corer laws were imperfect ; but this
Such
the worst period to undertake their regohitiou.
measures as he should propose for that ob-
ject would displease the agriculturists ; their inn-
sores would spread alarm through the conutry, and
that, Its,, of nu artificial character—the greatest
discontent would not only be felt hot expressed
hirussters would have Dew pretessees roe siseinvetion
ors lie liberties of the people. end he had seen
• euough of coercive goteroment—he had himself
brew eimeghits victiie--not to wish to increase the
.ectursi oft,. It had berm said that tlwee 'Omaha-
rpliaitwests 8441(1,4 fielded with the other in-
teaesta as bOotigiug'ltlll'• one tinnily ; hut there
sbn,.ld bell° sdespnige given to cosi
.brother over
the met. ,Hi did set kelkeve that soperaiiendance

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