The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-01-21 00:00:00

V

CORN LAWS.

The follawinw article is copied from the Miry
.1--;• Edmund's e'r•,er, a respect:34le riot. of wide
in the great agricullinal counties of
No: folk :Intl Nutl't•lk:—
'
We %vere on the 3.1, inst. compelled by the
• •.,1 or matter to curtail our oiewregilraes Oil the
"''inn recommended to the firmers. It is not
t siso motives. of intrigne, hut from s sense of 'lists,
s' we proceed in declaring our objections to tie.
duties. Those who know our toinciples
;output ns or shister intentions, Irian that
ki s wlrsloe ; and the whole iistslic moo fr other
stsossassers :.cknowlesl re our isolepsmileme lit
the sits. Minn, mare farrileldirrly hrlieve the
prosprtity of agriculture depends on such measures
OM are projertvil.
•' T. sh, w that each Ci. 1.9 of the community
intOn the rest, argument is try no Int:111/4
Ir-
were', : any rt golation, therefore, watts seeks to
ls-iseti, One by the injury of another, must ultimate-
1. frail to the ioejitilice or boo. The detrinielit
return, !CV 11011111,1 ri.csive. prohibiting imposts
mom the last re,naiuitt ari ole Of hurter we can re-
ceive on hi.- testis, as writ by the high trite of
bread, whivli insist ensue, Ile 111111 l sitare the impolicy
ut CIV proposition. We cannot awer to the • f•-
vciwals d roan, 1111 l ' I hat the hialiest iiirritectititt dust, %
Winch can be granted. 4%111 never raise the of
corn one jui so tittle arose the natural price or its
which includes the Wages of labour,
taXes. and a seie.onal.le iirotit. which last item
petition revilries at the lowest standard at
which it Cull bt! grown.'---ri. ...nor this it is MIR'
urn -ash y to refer to the currency of the lanobai l'Orll-
- for the last yrtir. These Is, their floetisa-
III!, .11101 Harr itre bra nn 'mane rem dkolde, be-
inoch etirrksel the sossetit Corsi Bill) sl•ess
tbit the nishrblusil sire .more ef each thy 11-
11tietsc • sloe •Ishe demons' for the con ttttt
is never created try the Conaunier ; his want is al watt
OW same, W list, I lito makes the variation ? It can lie
todlnog lost the eagerness or reluctance arise wind...
sale buyer, compared with the amount oldie tsii it.
if there be it scarcity ill the oral ken, the deal, r will
be content to give, fur the grower will naturally sak
sr higher price, without the slightest regard to the
cod of the article. Such a temporary scantly sy
he occasioned by various secret *plugs ; by moms-
poly. speculation, or reports; or sometimes, though
!surly, by the appearance of the ensuing crops; but
sureiy by none snore powerfully than by high im-
port atiou duties, the avowed object of which is so
rp fos vigil grain out of the market. There is
PIO etsMpriitilni n) combat with these: few ssgsicul-
tot ids attempt to undersell the rest ; on the coo-
trary, all ask the highest price they think likely to
be given. It is the establlsliesl, reasonable rule to
do sc. _ . .

•• 'lir weekly return of arrivals in I.ccialon, iip to
the 4th instant, is a sufficient proof of what the ap-
parent scarcity would have been on that day, hut
fur the foreign corn. The ()timidity of wheat was
theta to much less titan expected, as to occasion a
ttriral of the market, at first rather dull ; yet the
I;r.to•la dial not tilhothit to one-fourth tat that /010111
• :aril I his indeed t nearly its usual prolog-
tint, in dark-tare. In the country the markets de-
pend almost -totirely upon the col reliuy , or, we
taught sav,• temper of the thetro!mlit:m corn ex.
clwalge ; theirfore the vntat of thus-fourths of the
'tnas there, which is desired by thibl'etition,
woul.l have raised the price of grain thintighout
the country, iu spite of the abundance of roe last
Crop.
• If prohibition or high taking of importation
will not raise the currency of our market, it must
folow that free admission will taut depress it.—
'With rc pect to the avowed sufficiency of our native
prorluettons for the supply of all our wants, we have
cooly to observe, that at present the reedy rale the
foreigo grain meets with here cos equal term, with
11.1 r 4,00, •10.1111 that either enough is not grown iii
Eoul,conl to supply the hoyers, air that if there be
sufficient, that abundance is kart 111/11F from the
market. For we believe no cultic/ever of British
gtuuml has ever yet been unable 01 dispose of his
prcaloc.e tedl indeed through die last yeti', though
the G r.i,u imports were unusually large, Ito ma-
oc•tial deprica Ilion took pl ace. But supposing for
a inoosesit duties were imposed, Imw, in the want of
a defective crop (and this, ales! 1011 frequently oc-
curs), how would such MlllOllll he consistrort with
slate policy, by which, a few years sauce, premiums
Were paid from the public fund fur all cure im-
ported ?"
" Most earnestly do we desire that universal pros-
perity should increase asith an equal step t'or all
,
classes of the community; hut we cannot consider
the partial plait in cootemplation as at all suitable

to the purpose; our, indeed, do we believe that
sons such measure as the prayer of these ksiwiter,
of the agriculturists has u► contemplation, will
.ever be adopted; and we rather wish to turn
our thoughts to the general security of the farmers
by smite other means, which may benefit the people
at large. With this idea we insert the opinion of a
liberal member of their own profession. who, after
deploring the degraded and oppressed condition of
the pour, thus proceeds :
4" Corn Laws only tend to encourage the needy
and avaricioussipecuiatr.r, or still further to incremie
the hoards of the already ove►grown capitalist, wit n-
-ont producing one atom of real good to those for
whose benefit they were intended ; and who, nevrr-
thrless, labour under all the odium produced by
such laws. Nor do I see any thing impossible to
he accomplished in returning to sock a state of
thongs as 1 wish far. 1 know sacratites moist lie
node, but they will be required of those who are
able to make them. Let lung lenses be granted to
ht. faru►ers; let them be eased iii rent sod assessed
tress; let the support of the poor mill clergy be
converted into a tax of a snore equitable nature
than it now is; let the sums on•esrury fur those
purposes be assessed and raised ►n the shape of
n pooperty suit personal tax, rather than an imposi-
tion conhisiarl to the land and its uceopiers, as at

r•r.arut ; let the able labourers be se-strtoted .411t1
{Pi i wed by 'tomb allotments of loot!, to cultivate
ll•rtr ilWis account, propottetowtl to their homelier,

► !.106 wselsl ;tv.. scow in their issdustry, and sti-
sioshits. sham jwd tivir eleildiess to the exercise
Ito real ; kl them be *Hissed iu vultirstitqc such
.I,llofisseists for a year ni• Iwo Wiry mould weld es.
+141.,1,1-, Hu lunges), and If Gel cot:slowed that massy,
Prey 111 nn dr,l* our &grit:utter:ail diffiealltSea would
yssliaifly diasisiscar'."

MdRAETS.

Frani the " Lowden ,Vereaglils PM" rorrreaf,"of, Tosiday, I
Jamunry IL 10119.

lITSV INDIA AND SPANISH MAIN PRODUCH.
Coverer —The mile hit.iness of importance since oar last
pribli- •sle on Theirsdny; it consisted principally of
middling soh! ;fond middling ls►rhier, which sold at ■ de-
cline of 2s. to :Is. ptr cwt.; the few parcels of Jamaica oh-
Word last week's priers.
Fortrin4 C -11441 hoes of Brazil were pat op at
the ssb. rot Thursday, bat cn offer was Wide. St. Domingo
renimici unstirred. And 11111 °Edmond
The .h,rk of W. I. Putty is now 4,530 ton., being 2,350
II vs than at this time last year, present prices 49.. per cwt.
hi r.
D. P. SVGARa hare hero dull aside during the last wick.
ht I OItEIGN St•G.trts nothing dose.
The stork 111 It l' Sinor as now 5,600 casks less than last
veal'. at 'hi, time, the present prices rite GJ. per cwt. higher,
per 1702i11e ;Iverac
Rusts hove been in better demand, and Id. per gallon ad-
raw e i, required for li ewnrd Island.
'I be last surd stuck of Hum is 18,418 puncheons, and price
proofs 3., per gallon.
Tlw Stuck list year same elate is 19,802 puncheons, and
prier of prim& 311 per gallon.
In th'Ewrions there has been little !easiness dune.
PIMI.N7O is more readily saleable than last week.