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SALE OP BREAD.

Mr. CALVIIIT7o•eiu inrstiaiice of a notice he
had given to submit a motion for regulating the
sale of bread is the metropolis. There were two
colones which were opened to the House to adopt,
the one was to regulate the sale by weight, the
other by price. He should prefer the plan of regu-
lating the sole by price, for the sale by weight was
liable to many objections. He could meet with
nobody that knew the weight of bread. Every sine
considered that they were protected by Parliament,
und by this mesus the fraudulent baker had an
opportunity of practising imposition. His object
then was merely to lay down some fixed standard
which would be most advantageous to the public.
He concluded by moving for leave to bring in a
Bill to al,er and amend the law as it at present
mood, relative to the sole of bread.
Sir W. Dlt CIIIISPIGNY thought that the poor of
the metropolis had a right to complain of the pre-
scot Wale of the law and the arrangement of the
market, es they had to pay 16d. for the gallon
loaf, when it ought. according to the price of grain,
to be me more tlmo 1014.
Leave was obtained to bring in the Bill.
EXTRA POST. • I

• Mr. S. WORTI.BT, agreeably to his ootity'of
het eveniog, moved for the Petition of Mr. Henry
fitirgeva, projector of the extra post scheme, to he
referred to a Select Committee to exannne sod re-
port if any and what recausieratioo could in fair-
urn be granted to him fur the low of time and es.
penee which he incurred in making that expe-
riment.
Mr. F. PALMS* raid, that he had takes the ut-
most pawn at the time the subject was before the
House in last Session, and afterwards, to ascertain
whether the project was to be conducted at the ex-
pellee of the public nr the Petition►, and he bed
been assured by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
that the expenses of the experiment would fall on
the projector. He Lad opposed the scheme at the
outset, and in every subsequent stage, and he
would not assent to any plopositiuu for remu-
neration.

CHANCRLLOR of the Rennet's& said,
that the Petitioner had proceeded for some time
tn►der the encouragement held out to him by the
progress of the Bill which was introduced to
legalise his scheme. The. Bill was rejected on the
third reading, and the churn of the Petitioner use
forfeited. flat though he had neither right nor
justice to abet him, the Hou.e might be inclined,
cut of compassion, iu some measure to repair his
loom
kb. P. Meese thought that the proposition of

projoasomaie. Rest t.
the risk and ism on himself. It soda% a=.4.
"ff comelletiaLauM 410wy
were always on foes, to owed smatteeeeftl in-
ventor any compensation.
Mr. S. Wolllllll' explained.
Mr. Damson mid that this projector was not
entitled oa the wore of humanity, Istsrever the
House might compensate him, es be bad killaid ro
small number of horses in the eiperimmit. There
was se ground for the motion.
Sir M. W. MOUT oppaed the amiss:
Mr. W. fission mid that the Petitioem wet with•
out any fair claim to Compensation.
Mr. H. G. BEN m cry spoke to the mese offset.
The Hasse divided—
Pat the swam . •
Assume it 3O
SCOTCH JURIES.
On our return to the gallery we tosotk the bilis
ADVOCATE offbring as.. ohjectiona to sit seder foe
addressing the Crown timt Oland) papers might be
produced, shell/tog the antiber of perms wire hell
been called is the lest tea years• to serve in Series
is the Scotch Justiciary Coons.
Mr. Pact. objected to baying on large a return
of names printed. The. were called (or with a
view, most probably, td she. that the as R parties
had been doing the business of jurymen too fre-
quently. Then why not take one cirtiet, let it he
any she Hon. Member might cheese.• mod tali kr
the names of all the jurymen who hidweeveel iu the
eighteen Assizes of the hut seven Terri; the Hon.
Member would find that quite as repire way in
attain his object.
Mr. H. DRUMMOND recommended that the re-
turn should be lirruted to live years.
Mr. Kniesenc proposed to limit the upturn
three circtlits during the last floe plealt; 'Lien
would satisly him.
Mr. Pgni. said, that the officer who bad to make
the .return was busied in repining for the aesiets.
from which he could not return tiil Mays If tip•
return celled for were too einem*. it ens4l nu!
he made until it would be almost too late so
Session to make any use of it.
After a few words from Mr. Calcmfi,• Mr. Ke.-
nedy, Lord Binning, and Mr. H. Drummond...
Mr. KIIIIIRDIr moved that the. *etc ord. -
should be withdrawn and another sabstitkted fe
similar returns from the Western Scotch Circa.:
for the last ten years, distinguishing the name•„
residence, and occupation of each, thstnurisher
called to serve in each year, the towns or cities
from whence the sonsinoeses issued, sod the piaci*
where they were served.

Mr. C. W. Wean thought that it **aid be
better in bruit the return to tive years.
Mr. Bateau said, thak he did not know how
they were to withdraw an Ord*, for an Address to
the Crown, which might for aught they knew hare
been delivered std the request complied with.
The SPRAIIIII Gad, that lithe address voted bed
sot been presented there was maims( to prevent the
discharge of the order : of that they could only
learn by endeavouring to ascertain what sumer had
been gives to it.
The order was discharged sod the amended orde..
substituted.

Mr. C. Witt■ gave notice that he would mov-

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or the
betzeil

vcut bin . Pinks*, *flick they hail silstesoliseed. its $l,O
. • ? . •:. , 7,• •AI 5.:.• can-t,•!•.• ii. •, • (
11.11sliF Coax c er,4,011. of, thialguseummi stromateg
bin. mutter reply,. that they "mad be allowed tlie
same pension foe that widen :age self they had lust
a limb,
. , Mr. lkotes mid that he was 'limit. to more for
papers to which there would be no objection. At
Ilse Union of Scotland and England . there was pro,
vision, made for encouraging die manufactures isf
Scotland, and the - Scotch Civil List hal bees
!charged with t.OOIOI. a year ever since to reward any
improvements in them. He believed that the whole
.iopto wilts drew* nwq from that object in solarise.
Rimed for atireasits of expenses of salaries sod
litiserjtontieleat expenses whatever whit'
Ifilj
gcafredfor the .establishtnent of the
of Titistees. for encouraging improveineats. is
pc,tch manufactures during the last live years„ dine
tuagaishirig the amount in each year, the perils*,
• , and salaries of each ; also accounts at all
, tee/tient' and rewards given be the same
. , d during the same period, distinguishing the
vri.
persons receiving them.
. JSir H. Fxsousos seconded the motion. •
... The Loin A DVOCATS said that there went
several offices found necessary for the proper
umusgeincot of the meaufactures, the expenseelf
'which- would not be included. There . wisemast
,Ifgcee who was mut by the Board into the counties
Je examine the web manufactured, and to put rile
,proper stamp on it to designate the quality. lie
•iproposed to. odd, after the words " end all cooties
spilt expenses." these words, ~ and fur whet put-`
posts Pau!."
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Mt... Hums adopted the suggestion of the Leisrmil
Lord, and the papers in the amended motion wrap
*dieted. .. . .
i. pr.. Huss moved fur accounts of the expenses,
:incurred by the piquing of Commissioners, Clei ks,•
and Other pelmets. to regulate the herring fisheries
of Scotland, with all comingent expenses ; . toge-
ther. wiih accounts of all bounties pool on exported.
herrings. ereiewd under distiact heisslo..for the 3 ear]
m enditsg Jaary 4, lgritt.
On the
,suggeshou of Alt. 1-3. DRUSLMOID. thel
312".004 w!"' llkeMdae es to inclotie rausilar.returns'
for all the British herring fisheries • dintinguishing
the retursis foe Seutleaut from I Arb; I, Wild I Illier.
Ordered. .
Ns. Hums. understanding that the Hoare would
ad.pneru for fourteeis drys, wished to postpone a
motion of his respirtiug the lonian Isles, which
, aloud for the 36th inst. to May 34.
Mr. WiLmor regretted this delay, on account
of a gallant °Sem, whose conduct required a
jtiatifisvon fuel the attack mode on it by the
Hon. Gcutlemen on his first. meutiou of this
subject. • :

Air. HUHU said. that it was not fur his couve-

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'Wince that the House were to adjorn'o. He had
chosen the fiat open tiny for the rliscoaeion.
Mr. Wst.Lts brought in the Colouial*Trade
Bill, which wino rr.141 the first time,•and iirsekto to
be read a recood time on fix f g!ti April. ": ;" .
ire Lip, Abyoctig postponed the day Ar,;he
cotisgenre oslitthe Bat to regulate the rrsideuce
of leir MIS ''
IlVil.•*1 s , I
r. aim guise "ass se,xplatiatios to a question'
which Iliiritalsel of hint ins tread to the ter -
rteste&p t r Shrri of I,ituark, which was not
etenly uuderstood ru the gallery.

• bS% vdivs gs prorated a Petition from Mr.
G. IL Malin, one of the eiitar►srs mho lied hero

emu:Mold below tha Committre ow the Ophiholiine
HOspiii% comploiiiisitg that • Fat 4V. Adtrits, con-
trary Itrthe unfit's. df tbe,ljoAtf, had made public
tlti vitoNatlata oOlie avtdearce, and taiirepreseoied
Itlio ir shi; 1;t0.• Petitioner to Ow puhrre. tie piused.to
be I p kiuhliob his owes evideewe by way of
j.. 1 gips ilo.elf with the country.
Mr. U. aIMISETT bore witness to the incorrect-
nets of the statement of Sir W. Adams, who load

entssekvslectiveil himself as to the reiurris of the
raisolseek gerstleauau which he had quoted. He'
4•111110orsisortly to [wing the subject belore
Honor, sind he would prove that the whole conduct.
oCSir W. Adams was censorable, and that the
opinion preiumuced on his pretensions by the Duke

ul York was a sound one. He conceived that grewt
'slaty bad been done by wiiisholtisng the evidence
taken before the Committer.

Sir R. FECOUSON thosiglit that it would be
'drawable to 'prim the evideate. •
Mr. W'iLmoT said, that the expense of printings
esideett bit Mephitis woeful he greater than the ob..
jeer' weitiMedP Fit had been of the Committeei
and thopght Sir W. Adams entitled to all the re-,
warsil'WffiEfi hefted rece6ed foe ins long, arduous,
ondfisinffil services. ' -
Mt. Fittre said that the withholding the evidence
wss not noi,ful to rot of the parties.
M. Balms* injected to piloting the evid..ace,
loxsuse he believed that much ill-will had
been stirred up easoog the medical officers ou the
proeeedingi befortothe Committee.
Afters few mot& from Mr. M. G. Bennett, Mr. Meson,
Mr. W. &Oki, 'Alb: o=ol—
Cud ordered to he printed.
Thu Report of the Reeolutiolis of the Commit lie• of Sup-
ply was ;hen brought up, end the itesolntions severally
started to. with the exception of three items, the farther con-

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sideration of which was.prot posed to Monday, the itil April.
The CH ASICELLMS of the RXCHEQUER missed that
there be laid before the Honse a Miaow of the proceedosp of
the Court of Directors of the Bank of Ireland oo the SSId
raid, lam —Orderr.l.
The said 3lsoute was lieu laid on the table, and ordered to
. be pasted.
Me. IT. SMITH gave antics that he would, ow the 17th
April, some frig leveret* bring la a Sill to alter certain parr.
of the Lunen 'ids reference to the marriages of persona of
lb Uottariao aid other diseesuing coegregaiiuns.
The other OrJers of the Day were tben lly disposed
of, and the House adjauered.

In our lint of the olflWlty int the obethin for reducing ILe
noels r of meweugern in the tact of Secretary of Mate. we
wilted MN revue of M. Heanirit..• We aro We MOO
to correct this noWtokr, no the name of Mr. 9411111111 AL
a IS iie Hunted iy twirl obutuiu .for rriluciot the rake bur.
&OA sail &dresses of the ceualiy.

falderal, Br Me Rona ,
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' Cestvideved that among ell the important objects referred
be them, ;one could be more'deservine of their earliest at.
than so inquiry into say ntesturee that could be
hatigesied fair &feeding some temporary relief to the
Trmie,i or which the aiamerous Priiiioners with. so ranch nch
ir
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aw w spear, from the returns of the
• ilia
yikii,*.rices of core tiering the late weeks., to
.be pro-
gressively increasing rather than diminishing.
. Your Committee do sot venture to determine, whether
the present state of tile cote market be owing teen ewers
self production, or to what extent that excess may,reach% be-
yond the ousel sod requisite supply; or whether the seers-
sines of the occupiers of land eases an unprecedented ever-
ting to dlepeae of their produce at almost soy price ; bet it
appears from ao official return, that the quantity of BMWs
wheat aid oats (hut not of barley) sold is Mark-lane, be-
tween the Ist November and Ist March lest, has very torrid-
derahly exceeded the qeautity sold in the correspoodiog
months of the twenty preceding yearn.
Sock an excess of supply beyond demand eau have ter
otber effect than to continue the depression of price, and in-
crease the acerrinulation of the stock upon hand ; while it is
evident, from the present very low rate of price on the Con-
tinent of Europe, u compared with prices la this country,
thaCithere is no rhasce of resorting to the natural rye-
client of relieving the market by exportieg any 'portisu of
our own corn, even with the aide( apy twenty which would
not he excessive.

Two other modes have therefore hers under the consider'.
lien of your Committee; by the first of which it was pro.
'tamed, that oleo million of Eteheqner bills should be up-
lifted to purchasing, through the agency of Government, and
listing up in store • certain portion of wheat grown in the
-thited Kingdom ; and by the second, that facility and en_
couragemeat iliould be offered to individuals to deposit a
part of theilr.ttis in warehouses, on that they might not be
forced to comi itati the market simultaneously, and under
the aliadvatitagel:f excessive competition, but might be en./
laht:d to uaitetik the supply, havipg approached nearer toi
w.sts of 4lellttfissfiltento !licit! affurd, if not aeons's,-
, at least • price, awrthisttotaaa ruinous fur tittju
FOP". . •
With regard to the first of these proposals, the jpgm.l.oo-1
jet-times against making the public, through siselogoaffilloi
Goverameot, • dealer and speculator is sore, the sorpislisi
to which it might give rim., and the eneasiness in the public
feeling, which'it might eventually exeitr, the danger of its
being draws into precedent, the claims which it might be
supposed to give to other important articles of domestic pro.
duce, whenever they might be expowti to similar depression,
and the indwellsl rule of allowiag all articles, as much as
passible, to lied their ono tuners' heel. by leering aroma-
ply to adjust itself to Alpo riamaud, discourage your Com-
mittee from recomareadisyfit, even Nader this extrsorditiagy
ensergeoey, and with ill the guards mid qualifications of a
temporary expedient. But with regard to the second, al-
though mooch Ins efficacious in ila operation, the objection
of Government becoming • purchaser does not apply, as iii•
divided. would is this ease act for themselves, and accord.
lag to their ow discretion, the Government interfering no
irogisenise them by snaking 'devices upon the commodity de.
posited, which would be repaid, with a low rale of lateral
Tlia baba as the articie'shmild be brought to market. -

For effecting 'ibis object, two different modes have beinT
summed; by ond of which it was proposed that when the
weekly average price is under 58a. (the Import scale remain-
ing as at prearui), wheat should be stored, subject to a
monthly allowasee of sixperce per qua. ter, timid the average
price should reach 65e.
Tke whole qoantity not to exceed 600,000 couriers, and
the time for which the allowance should be payable nut to
exceed 12 or 18 mouths.
Not more than a certain number of quarters, nor less then
another specified number of quarters, to be stored ou the
wart alley individual or firm.
'Moaner of the corn so deposited to be at liberty to
withdraw it at any time, waiving his claim to allowance, ur
refunding it.
The other propositiou was, that for the purpose of relic,-
leg the gist which at present presses upon the grain market,
the Goverment, whenever the average price of trivet shall
►e under 60e. should grant advances of mosey upon meth
corn of sloe growth of the United Kingdom. as should he de-
posited in th and proper warehouses upon the river Thome.,
amid iw the ports to be hereafter specified, to es extent sot
evetsdiag two-thirds of the market value of such corn t I.
quality of the corn and the fitness of the warehossea, to be
sppeotred of by officers to be appointed by the Government.
The loan to be at the rate of three percent., and the pe-
riod of deposit nut to exceed twelve months.
The corn to be withdrawn at the will of the depositor,
slew payment of the interest, warehouse resit, and other
charges.
The sum of one million so applied, would probably be
fully adequate to gives temporary check to the excess which
costinually poured into the already overstocked market.
If the House should be inclined to agree with your Com-
mittee in comitenaneing the latter of these proipositloor, it
is evident that It ought to trail to some immediate prutee.l-
- ; and although so very great effect cam be coutemplated
from adopting it, its operation, as far am it may emitted, can
hardly fail to afford some temporary relief.

There is soother m.asare also to which it is fit to roll the
early attention of the House.

The foreign grain and Ebtlf of all sorts in different ware-
houses under the King's luck, appears to have amounted,
on 511,./ y tart, to $97,138 quarters; with repel to
which, although there is little probability that it can moo
come into competition with our bume produce, yet it still
bangs over the market In a formidable mass, ready to he
pouredin airtime, creating no small degree of panic as So Its
future operation, and forested with a sort of claim (which is
of the utmost importance) to be brought out free from duty,
whenever She ports shall be opened under thee:Wing law,
even supposing any duly shall be imposed by Pailiameul,

• 11, ices, 16th Much.... 45. 11.
sib 46. 10 50051 price of ail
gd 46. ear week. is. Uh'it,
234 Februsty .. 47. 7. ." DA. 7d'

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to ail set* Aletibidelinilpihdesie• es are or nsarferms time to
time be imposed *pew suss ing directly from a foreign
port. -
A proposition, which was submitted to your Committee,
fort dwancieg loans to parishes on the credit of the rates,
appeared to he attended with so many difficulties, and to be
so little applicable to the purpose of alleviating the dis-
tresses which are complained of, that they du not deem it
accessary to enter into any nomination of it, nor to lay it
before the House.
Much as your Committee lament that so little proapect of
immediate relief can be held out to the nrgent distresses
whirl, have been submitted to their anxious consideration,
they think It materisi to obviate and counteract any unfound-
ed alarm which may have been, either casually or indus-
triously', circulated, that there was ever the Feast intention
entertained by your Committee, of rendering the present
condition of the British cultivators worse then it is under
the existing law; and they therefore submit, with great iron-
ideate, to th• Howie, that Ike Art of the WO or the late
c. 28, which regulate* She Importation of foreign
corn, might to continue in force until the average price for
wheat shall be hOs. per quarter, and other kinds of grain in
proportion.
It is impossible to carry protection feather than mo-
nopoly ; and it camera he denied that this monopoly the
BritiA grower has possessed for more than three yearn, that
is, ever sines February, 1819, with the exception of the
ill-
timed and nuaecessary importation of somewhat more than
700,006 onarters of oats, which took place daring the sum-
mer of 1820. It must be considered farther that this pro-
tection, in consequence of the jot-reseed value of our cur-
rency, and the present state of the supply acorn, combined
with the prospect of an early harvest, may, in all proba-
bility, remain uninterrupted for a very considerable time to
come.
But for the purpose of obviating the dangers in which
this law can hardly fail, sooner or later, to involve the cul-
tivators of the soil, and in conformity to the reasoning con-
tained in the Report of the Committee of the biat Session
spun the same subject, some material change must be eon•
Juniplated ; your Committee, therefore, cannot avoid ant.
Jamtiog, whether, undera full view of all the circumstances,
*may not be the duty of Parliament to turn its immediate
-gillentiots to the ruinous eenseqaeaces which most follow an
.molinsited importation and free sale of the surplus produce of
be whole agricultural world, which is kuowa at this time to
be in a state of glut, at Inset equal to what prevails within
.Ibis kingdom, no less impatient for, and usiprovided with a
market, with a commodity raised at much leas charge than
our own, whirl, the proprietors wonld be ready to cell even
at a cun;olerable lona, rather than not dispose of it at all.
'The ostensive in ienee and Impolicy of our present
system, have been so fully treated, and so satisfactorily ex•
posed in the Report already alluded to (p. 10 and 12), that
it is unnecessary to du more than refer to it; adding only,
Oat every thing which has happened subsequent to the pre.
erots!ion of that Report, as well as all our experience since
1818, has more and more tended to demonstrate how little
reliance can be placed upon • regulation which contains an
absolute prohibition up to a certain price, and an unlimited
competition beyond that price; which, so far ft orn &Marching
steadiness to our market, may at one time reduce prices
ialrraily too low still lower than they might have been even
-mate a free trade, and at another, easeassarily estimate
_vices already too high; which semis to aggravate the roils '
,tal scarcity, and render more severe the depression of prices
front aboodance.

The mode so which these excesaive inconveniences may
receive sums modification (laying fur the present oat of the
yu scion what permanent basis may be ultimately the fittest
fur our corn trsidr) appears to mum in the imposition of a
duty noels all foreign corn, whenever upon opening our ports
it should be admissible for home consumption. The occu-
pier of the hod would thus obtain, in proportion to the
amount of such duty, a protection, which is withheld from
him under the existing law ; but in return fur such pewee.
Wm, it is no more than reasonable towards the consumer,
that the import pries should be fixed at • rate somewhat
lower than 80,. bcesuae the new duty would otherwise not
only check the sudden and overwhelming amount of import,
but also enhance the price beyond that which it might reach
under the p I system; nor mast it be lost sight of in
any future regulation, that owing to the great alteration in
Our eurreuey, SOL may sod du now represent a iliferent and
considerably higher value than in 1815, as measured by the
price of all articles of consumption.

Should Parliament deride to legislate dories the present
Session, your Committee would recommend. that, after our
wheat shall have reached BOs. whenever cirrumstances, not
new to be foreseen, may have effected so greet a change, a
'lower price may be assumed for the future import, subject
•fe a duty.

When the importers know that their grain can is no ease
come into the market without paying a certain sum as duty,
`besides the charges of importation, warehousing, and other
• incidental expenses, they will be less ready to adventure
rashly than under an entirely free trade: they will also wills-
draw their curls which may be lodge.l in warehouses gradu-
ally, and with more circumspection than they do at presents
sad will naturally endeavour to feed the market rather than
inundate it. It is now their interest to taka their w►ole
stuck, immense as it may be, at once from under the King's
luck; bet when they must pay duty fur every quarter which
is resound, they will prudently calculate the lime that aay
large stock may remain us hand before they can dispose of
it to advantage,

The foundation of any fnture Bill should be the prim yle
of en far modifying the operation of the existing law a. to
obviate, as far as may be, by the imposition of reasonable
ditties upon the admisrion or foreign grain fur home con•
sumption, the Holden and irregular manner in which such
foreign grain may now be iutroduced upon the opening of
the ports under circumstances iuconsistent with the spirit
and intentions of the kw,

Fur carrying Ibis pewee into effect it would be rape.
(beat. after the ports aball bare opened at ens. (subject to a
scale of ditty hereafter to be fixed), to preserve the principle
elan import price at a reA• eomieerbal lower tbs. tie exist.
iog import price of We., and veer Committee are of opinion
that 70s. would sot be an improper limit to amigo to that
price t

That a duty from 12s. to Iss. should be Imposed open

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for heise coasamptioa, trim the wide is from
A 1.., that a dusty of Sr. abeahl be imposed epos each
wheat, whea the price in (am Sas. to 1152. ; after which the
duty should be reduced to Is.

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•••••0101141100,411f41,P-04.601141111 ditty of foe. elitteld
pi* •paw wheat imported or taken out of wereboute for
WM consumption, fur the first three months after the ports
topammod when the price is from 70.. to Sks.

♦ad, fur the purpose of rectifying the scale which governs
tiw4mport, the general proportion which the price of Dols
beers to the price of ...heat, appearing to exceed the pro-
portion which was assumed to exist. whew 27.. was fixed as
the impart price of oats, your Committee suggest, that it
would be expedient to increase that price, so oe to bear a
more eeeurate proportion to the price of wheal.
The scale at which barley is estimated appearing to be
more correct thee that of oats, the same proportion which it
now bears to wheat appears bt to continue, under any future
alteration of the Import prices.

The 6th,7lh, Sib, and 9lb clauses of the Act, which init-
iates the importation of cora, sake prevision for admitting
core, meal, ir Suer, being the growth, produce, or maim.
tenure of soy BMWs Colony or plantation in North Are.
rica, for home consumption, when British w►eat is at a
lower price than 80s.; with regard to which Colonies, it
will be consistent with good filth and sound policy to pre.
serve the same relative preference above foreign corn, in the
event of any (mare alteration being applied to the scale of
prices or of duties.
In compliance with an application made to them by seve-
ral of the winters of the foreign grain now stored in warn
houtes, your Committee have already recommended, that
permission may be granted, under sufficieut and adequate
regulations, to convert it into flour, and export it ire di at
shape, by which means some portion of this large stock will
be airried out of the kingdom, and remove all apprehenitiou
that the quantities so ground down can ever enter into coat-
petition with our home produce; but in the event of a large
portion not being thus disposed of, and still remainieg in
stoat, it appear. practicable to adopt a method which may las -
der this remainder also adviatagrous, rather than determinist
in its effect upon the value of British corn, whenever the
average price of our wheat s►all have risen to 70s. imitate.
tuate between 70s. and Bus.; for if it be then allowed to'.be
taken out fur home consumption, subject to a duty df
per quarter, fur the first three months, and unenvied. to
• duty of 12.. the interest of the proprietors of this grainarell'
he brought strictly into unison with that of the British
agrinalturiat, and Joao direct hostility to that of all other im-
porters of foreign grails ; so that every eodeavonr Bill be re-
sorted to on their part to advance the price to 70..tk0t•
they may liberate their own stock; but to keep it below 11111 s;
that they may exclude ail foreign competitors. The equilabk
claim which the bolder, of the grain already deposited miler
the Act of the 65th of the late King, appear to possess, will
thus be beneficially preset ved to them, nod the danger din
insoranse iatil•x of foreign produce will be mitigated nod de-
ferred, if not wholly prevented.

It must of course be left optional to the proprietors in
question to avail themselves of this permission, ur to snide by
the conditious of Hoe existing law under which they Import-
ed; but in the first case, the payment of a moderate duly
will enable them, at an early period, to enter a market over
which they may exercise some control conjointly with all the
dealersin British corn ; while in the other they can hardly
expert to stern the torrent of foreign produce poured in upon
our existing supply, sod the Immediate depressioa of value
which must unavoidably acrom pasty it.
If thia circumstances of this country should hereafter allow
the trade is corn to be permanently "titled upon a footing
constantly open to ■ll the world, but subject to such a fix. d
aid uniform duty as might compensate to the B ' b grower
the difference of caprice at which his corm can be raised
and brought to market, together with the fair rate of profit
upon the capital employed, compared with the expense of
production, and other charges attending corn growls and im-
ported from abroad, such it Pyres would it many respects be
preferable to any modification of regulatious depending
span average prices, with an ascending and detendisg scale
of duties; because it would t Ila effects of combina-
tion and speculation, in euileavooring to raise or depress
those averages, and render immaterial those inaccuracies
which, from management or negligence, have occasionally
produced, and may again produce such mischievous erects.
upon our market ; but your Committee rather look forward.
to such a system as fit to be kept in view fur the ultimate
tendency of our law, than as practicable within any short or'
definite period. A protecting dirty which might at this day
be hardly sufficient to guard our home market from theassot
overwhelmiu; competition, might, when the eZIMIII4II4II almond-
once on the Cunt meet shall have been absorbed,uperate against
the real wants of this kingdom, and subject the growers as
well ISt he coosurnen to the greatest inconveniences. Years
of dearth may again make it indispensable to have recourse
to foreign product foe a part of oar anpply, although in
seasons of ordinary plenty it may he hoped that our own
agriculture has been so improved sod extended, as to se-
cure this kingdom from a state of depeudatice upon other,
and eventually hastily, territories fur the subsistence of its
population.
Your Committee have felt it their duty, for obvinue rea-
son., to lay without further delay before the House, the re-
sult of their delsberations ; but they would consider that
they bad omitted a most material part of the task iamprerrl
spasm the., if t►ey neglected to inquire into the present ems,
it. upon which foreign coin is warehoused. Vow Coss-
sitter are now engaged in ruefully investigating this im-
portant subject, and they will not fail to report tie result to
lie House as setriy as the nature of their inquiry %sill ?emit.
April 1, 1622.
-
0a Monday last a Meeting of Land Proprietors of Shrop-
shire took place at Shrewsbury, at which a Petition to Oro
House of Commons was adopted, rep:caesium " the intros,
and unparalleled distress which prevails"—ex pressing .• deep
regret and disappointment ft the inadequacy of the
measures proposed by Government fur its ether—and peal.
tug for a further reduction of taxation, and the came,-
meet of rigid economy in every deparienrot of the State."
Ii was at first attempted to bold the meeting iu the Shire-hall,
but such was the concourse of persoos who attended 'bat
they were compelled to adjourn to the Quarry, where the
business was transacted in the urn sir.

The merchants of Halifax, it appears, have ap-
pointed a Committee upon the subject of opehii.g
the trade wills the United Stites. The Report of
this Committee suggests " the prom ivy of immt-
distely representing to the British Government the
injurious effects of the opening of the IVe4 India
Islands to the vessels of the United Slates, and soli-
citing tie imposition of protecting ditties fu favour
of the various articles from the North America,*
Colonies to thew Islands." A Memorial to the
same effect had beets forwarded to Parliament by
the Chamber of Commerce of that city."

FOREIGN mrsLLIGENCE.

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, MARCH 2Q.
7.-_-itlietars.iniant...ll2m,litt az garra private
audience to the Millais 'de Vettichier, Prefect r.t
aud afterwards to Lieuteusin.
Oeuvre! Chulea Ayrne.

At three o'clock his disje.ty rode to Choisy.
A report was in circulation last everting that an
individutl belonging to the baud of General Ber.
ton has been arrested at St. Calais in the depart.
meat of La Sarthe. It is said that it is the Cr.
tiers, hito.elf. Some officers of the staff have been
seut.twteke • mew of him,

Letters from Vienna of the tyth do not swimmer
thsdeparture of M. de Tstii.dieff ; he was await.
isg:the result of the negotiations at Constantino.
plc. The general persuaaion is that pace will be
otaintonied.
L'Asei de la Chores of N.intx announces, that
I,..irktenant-Generd Despinois, commandant of the
lath military division, has left shut place for Re..
chelle. Nothing certain was known at Nato/. re;
Lively. to the Rochelle conspiracy. The roval
sehool,of cavalry at Saumur is broken up.
The Second Section of the Court of Arise tt
day sentenced a person nosed Jean Baptiste Re.
who was fouud guilty Of:having publicly uttered
the seditious cry of," Vies t Empereiir sod of
lierivg violently opposed the authorities in the exer-
cise of their functions;' to be imprisoned for three
months. u.}l to pay a hue of 50 francs. Ile hail
been punished before fur a similar offence.
'• CHAMBER OF PEERS.
BULLETIN OF iciacil 28.
A proposition which wis mode in a farmer sitting
relatively to the execution or the laws against the
Slave Trade was taken into consideration. After
seem' speech, had been delivered, the further (lira
mission of thmaismt was postponed until the pro-
position Inmaglit before the Climber iii
a modified dugui .F2t

MMIM•

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.

In the sitting of Thursday the discussion on the
budget was resumed. which presented another of
those scenes of personal above and violent invective
which are of such frequent recurrence in the Cham-
ber of Deputies.
The Minister at War concluded his speech on
the lit chapter of the septum.* of his department
in the following tettlii
" Discord labonra'iUllte dark, tinder pretence of
defending liberties which tiohoil, dreams of nitwit-
ii.g.—(liiterruption on the left. A voice—' Net
a wind of the Charter.')—Wicked men have cot-
reived horrible expectations, but a wise and revere
iiiag keeps a vigilant eye on their desettahle p:o-
-jeets. The you(ig soldiers erne/el Asyut that stand.
urd which:me:hug all room to defeat. Yesterday
you prophecieg ,en..!appycarsping I .am of
that iiiriuion. tinter be a alseinge; the Whew
shall hr put derv, and the Aftountchy sit tripmoll
over its 'enemies."--!(Several voices on the left,
4` the constitutional Illooarchyy*—Agitation.)
64. Wool wan after rose. and, ill 111.1US1011 to a
coniplaisit wade by one of the Members that the
army were commanded by officers unknown to
them, said that all the old officers were continued
ou tlie army ho without distinction of party.—
(lalermriion )—But neither justice, nor gentio-
sity, nettling could satisfy those proud spirits who
are unwilling to acknowledge the royal clemency.
At those words there was a manifestation of sin-
'' prise 'vs the left side, which was sotto followed by
a movement of vehement indignation. All the
Members of that side simoltananwly addressed the
speaker in the most energetic terms, which were
reiterated every moment.

A member of Voice.—" Insolent ! Renegade !
IVretel) !"

General Lemele rose, and in a loud voice el.
claimed, " You are a contemptible fellow, and it
is I who tell you so."

51. Wont turncd Inwards General Lemele, and
pointed to the door of the Hell.
A number of voices—" Oukr! order! order!"

The tu:nult continued with extraordinary 'in-
letter until M. Foy 'row, the most interesting
portion of *hose speech referred to General Ber-
ton. fie said—" Revolts are• spoken of. Ge-
neral Brno,' is mentioned„—(Alovement on the
right.)—blow has ke been ire.,ted ?_(A voice, ' as
he deserved.")--There w.•s ;milting particului
with respect to hall. 1 ■ppe.il to the dltnis•cr.
Well, Gentlemen, in 1815 he was detained a ye..l
in prison, and since that time lie has been arrested
petioilically—(Question! Question !)—every six
mnnd►s; finally. lie has been deprived of Ins
pay.—(Question! Question !)—I do not assuredly
approve of the hue of conduct to which those ar-
bitrary vexatious have driven him, I have only
b-in anxious to make you percei►e that what is
Illegal is always dangerous, and list iu It inn,:
birth to an arbitrary system there is always danger
of revolt."—(On the right, " Have not Generals
Donnadieu awl Csnuel been persecuted also ?•')
The Brat chapter was then adopted, sud the
Chamber proceeded to discus. the other articles
with more propritty and temper than it displayed
ut the columeucetnetit of the debate.
♦uosruaas MARcli 44.
Lentils Irons Constaniioople, of Feb►uary 11.
stair, that up to that period the French Atabsssa•

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for leave to bring itiii sin to -regulate the elections
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.Tl 5, 9, T, 0714'`' Nesaer as altarstlea of that law, epos all ono hweia"- to
for Yorkshire, of the rune nature with that which be Imported boot foreign ports.
be had introduced last year. Agri .—• . # 1 .
Ilk • To relieve Ilse merket from bells 11t invollnentenCilloi it
is '. ~ .
Mr. F. BUXTON repeated a (location whirh he •- •, may he proper to permit thaliptdllo sorb corn now is
r had put last night, but which, from not heing RE RT Ks-MO* ELT CO>IIMITTER liippOintal warehouses, uoder certain sakiliNu arylasioss and nitric-
welt uniltruseolLbail beensoisrrataboLz..W.lott, ... bliblltptiall lata.tba4Mniandatta..mc.the mug. .-,, :tips., tolsevirtbnimmomtios 611111iter lbs peewee e
iikry;itsitorm -wini-jt—tainreir 0 aid it onscers'—liaaesteititlWllosse is the last and pfee-"t'
.exsoriatons ; ema dm ~. e,
latlexislatise enactment,
i of the sirNtly *nil fiery, who bad the eisfortutit to of Parlisearot, emnplaieing of the disleninot state of Hoe 'thins taleie-rhtliw4;
irme warehoused is this biardoin
bezeinted-iiitajaalmaiffillaraDdharatleauldr - : IaiIIiIaILTVRIL of UM .UNITE . .
oryotlallf . Clltlienn . *kick they 1164 aftpelpignad, in tog from abroad, and Ow falderal, by Me Homo of Contiootti.olat Mfo to all ottolranilitihilineaddaiiim on are or 'waitrons time t t
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' 0641111talmnimairifrisorimpia eahjen
, - WO? ' •:. , 7,.. :sit 1..:.t tatev^toly. e ,_ t ' lot April, Ittilla ' f':' :,' ~ 4 - ...i time be imposed mum dia.......in. directly from a foreign