The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-06-24 00:00:00

' imany years pion. this country had or. is
ed, to a cettam degree, by importation'. Tile tt est
India merchants were now feeling the prtssurc of a
heavy burden, resulting from sugar nut being
brought to market, bOW 4111 g in time
warehouses. Indeed inch was their distr. ,s,
:hat if some relief was not speedily eaten&
ed to them, their affairs would become almost tr.
ecovcroble. But it was not only in tine p.w.st
view he wished to consider this subject ; 1.. r, Ly
preventing the distillation from corn. It woido sn:ar
reader unnecessary importation to the amount r
that quantity which would thereby he itaied to .re
country, which otherwise woulu have ot-co con.
sinned diatiilation ; and Matted in es.oislcf, i.e
prier of imported corn upon foreign t
ticiletit would be enibyed by a pone . m our nail
fellow-subjects, the 11 est India merchassui.
The Earl of SL Lk IRK WWI, that the aite44is e
now lb fore the House, or any thug t.ke that thew
sure, could never inert with his apointetn.,.
was set only in regard to the pcovistaii. o, ibe .
but his oujoction went to tot principle it ell. lltr
considered the consumption of to. as as acct, 4t. ► 0
its prolaction, apd the bill which was shs
dined • for the purpose of pre-vett:L.B, now.. ve,
probably be the means of crest I,g, a scaiessj.
had been couteudeil by all the awe wriest, u,
eouititerce cud agriculture:, that the itt
the Legislature, concerning tine vine and pilAiiie•
tinny of agriculture; bad grim/silty It WU 111.1a1 3, •
a pernicious effect. Some monad wrdeis ts..l
argued there ought to be no write, paiticulatly of
corn. Now, it appeared to hint, at that% olgra:11
plenty, or even ordinary plenty, they might to a,e
some extravagant mode of cointousing it ; that
the growers of earn might not be dissuaded
produting the Same or a greater quantity a...
sequent year; for it was well Istiewo, te .0
the principle hid down by a celeniamn write,, at-
ways referred to on these occasions, 111.4 the -
ply of the market would ever Le in provonio. to
the demand. It was upon these gtomids that I.e
contended fit; :he continteauve of distill:hng flow
corn. lie believed there was no d.uger en aifaf • 7+
ty, for that must always fie discovered b a hia,la.
price, its natural thermometer. he shou.ti tl.auh
it his duty to oppose every Legislative Act akin
interfered with this,- gentle! Priiniples of potenn,
Vpou looking back to the scree last .rats. snetu.
lug I not, wheal there was so Large at. luipir.innna,
he behoved that the of all ti..
imported tato caret Eritmu was Hot wine chats
what might be grown upon hve bute...tti
thousand acres. According to Isle 4an uistaina,
the whole of the gram laud. lie (.14 not iltt late its
waste in this country, WWI about to In limas of at at 4,
and according to the lowest cakulatiou..o ass-ott.e
of acres. Therefore it appealed to tam shat •
thirtieth part of those gross Lino,. it turned
into tilhege, would be suffisiessicates tbit
oecieasity of importation. If discouragematit
was extended by the Legislittme to ,the psis
duction of cont, it must WV! 1 *wheel to
increase the quantity Gristlier land. whit*, baying
been converted from tillage, must be 'isn't..
public interest, because he believed it was sewer-
tamped that one acre of gins' laud 'add pnitleice
one hundred weight of annimil food for mos. winch.
if applied to the purposes of tilla,,e, wnwlu we.
dot-, upwa-ds of noir hundred weight. In t •anix,
under the old Monarchy, restrictions of lids nee
tore In.d Lees resorted to; acid it was ohs. rved try
Mr. Young. in his travels, in respect tutus t4rini lit
of grapes, :hat they were adapted to be cultivated
on very pour and barren laud, nut. thiough cite sus,
terference of the Government, the tanner *ea oi
couraged from cultivating corn ; and, Ole estinine
said fertile plains, Jpdapted for us growth, monies
was to lie seen but the cultivation of awes. 7bm
was • natural coosequeuce, and skewed clearly ;be
injury resulting from legislative interferences mud
these were the reasons that induced him to oppsee
the present Bilk
Lord Hounton concurred with the general
Principles of political economy loot down ui tin
Noble Earl who spoke last, but the was a nirasti e
which recommended itself by the wettish. a Hob
had introduced it. 'I he times and the est of
the war had in his opinion rende,ed tier on ash,*
,avoidable. He thought, that Sal tnr,a.er ova 4
sinus privileges had hero granted to too great tin
extent towards the growers W coru ; hr isetuuttly
was reedy to allow, that every eneouragenteut ought
to be given to agriculture, and he was in. lined et
this nose to take into coat Aeration the diateesses
of the West India Merchants; we could nut haste
the benefit of corn being imported into this mum.
try, in ease there should be any hatentacod
of a scarcity, and therefore it was wise tit prevent
our being driveu to such an estrearity. His Lord.
ship orsoctuilesl a vevy able speech,
a bye represe Iting
the necessity of atteudiug is r West ndia
growers of sugar.
Lord SIDISOCTIrI objected eel the principle of the
Bill, and toought that we might havopaid partici-
ler attention to our Coloinev, by giving them a
snore apeu and free trade. He couteeded that it
waft an midair anode to injure nue class of meth
merely for the purpose of relieving her doss
from their misfortuties. I'rade ought, is all rases,
to be open and free. He considered every restric-
tion which increased or diuhuishisd the price of
rem. as injurious to the community, and he was
Brody persuaded. that the price of every th-ng left
to itself was its best regulation.
The Earl of Atsenaitts said, that this mea-
sure had beers detruded upon two smooth. The
on respect to its peesamtione a scarcity, he
thought would have • tendency to bruit Inman II:At
very object which it was intended to prevent; the
other, in respect to the West India oleic latots, did
not at all meet with his approbation, as it went
to injure the pullers of corn. for the purpose of re-
!levee.; the growers of sugar.

Lord Ds Dt NITA N VI LIZ inlnport.s; the Ine•Sti re ;
ol•berred, that the relief exteadeJ to the Ws

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