The National Register.
London, England, 1820-06-05 00:00:00

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tali of nothing but repaving the country 'sitar. by bore:ins"
the price of corn..
Mr. C. DUNDAS remarked, that into Aid not feel that the
interest, of the agriculturist and the manufacturer were inseps•
rah!). united. and that relief to the one would be relief to the
other, he would.nof have entwined to go into the Committee.
Mr.SPOONER felt a strong dbjection•to the composition of the
Committee. as on looking over the list of names he found t hat
not one Member from the great manufacturing •Counties of
Warwickshire, Staffordshire, or Lancashire, had been included,
If any good were to be derived from the enquitY, which he
greatly .doubted, it must be eccomplished by convey/he to the
public, that it had beep conducted by thoeb who were most corn
twat to give the great 'abject a calm. fait, full, and dispasiionate
Investigation. Two points were to be considered; first if relief
wilts necessary. and next if that relief could be supported
by the manufacturing interest ; and if the Coeurfittee came to
the conclusion .that a high price fur grain would relieve the
manufacturers, be hoped it would not be done without at least
the show of justice by adding some tnembers connected with the
great counties hehld mentioned.
Mr. WODEHOUSE was most anxious that measures should
be taken to dimness that dreadful system of gambling to which
the corn trade at present was so peculiarly liable. He knew that
an honourable gentleman wbo sat near him felt somewhat mere.
dulons a to the flails annunnitted in the corn trade; and he
bad himself, at one time. been nearly as incredulous as• that
Hon. Gent.. for though he certainly believed that frauds were
pdilitised, yet he had, hs certainly, no conception of their
importance, and of their extent. The lion. Member adverted
to the difficulty of procuring, under the existing regulations,
correct returns of the quantity of corn grown in large dietnets;
and in commenting upon the uncertainty of any average price&
founded upon the general returns, stated an instance' which
occurred on the 7th of November'. 1815. when • return was
made from Lynn, in Norfolk. of 1036 quarters a. wheat, which
. cost near 3,0001% avaiiaging a price of #6O per quarter ; while a
return was also m in Derbyshire. bf two buidiels, which cost
• IL Se. averligipg. t erefore, tons. per quarter.
Mr. BENNErf/(Meraber for Wilshire) denied that he had
ever bean cep advocate for high prices, and he looked o 4 the
• appointthene of the Committee as one step to their permanent
reduction. Gould it be supposed, that if the whole land were
thrown out cultivatioi. and we depended on foreign supplies
Surely
that the price acorn irould be low in this country ?
Surely not; and whatever therefore tended to the protection
of our agriculture, and to preserve us from foreign dependence,
must have a tendency to avert the evil of high and fluctuating
prices.
Lord TEMPLE entestained a hope that, as the Committee
was appointed, its enquiries might be productive of advantage;
burst the same time he took this occasion of stating, that be for
due would resist any measure that might be introduced, the
object of which was to raise the ripe of food.
Theaies of" question' becoming at length ince:slat, strangers
were ordered to withdraw. •
When the House divi ed the bumf/ars we:a.:
Foe the original Motion
For the amendment.. • Its.
. Majority 14i
On out nondthiesion into the gallery we found Lord Paramea.
wow postponing thdeonsideration of the Army Estimates ;till
Friday. betemaining Orders of the Day being disposed of,
the Houk adjourned at half past one o'clock.
TklUtil/AV.JUNS I.
On the motion of Mr. H AI:VEY, it was ordered that Mr.
H. Swami should be brought from the King's Bench prison
on the 30th ofJ line to the Bar of the Home, should the said
•Mr. S. so oesire it. .
Mr. M AIM ELL, in presenting a Petition from the Menu-
• facturers or Paisley. complaining of the distres.ed state of
trade, availed himself of tb, opportunity to detail the dint'.
culties which were endured by the Petitioners, and those
similarly circumstanced in their neighbourhood. Ordered
to lie on the table.
Mr. MAR HYATT moved fur various returns of the real
value of Goods exported from Great Britain to Russia, &c.
for the lust twenty years, diatinguishing each year; the
official value of the same; the number of ships engaged in
such trade; the number of masts, die. imported within the last
twenty years; the number of ships that cleared out fur the
colonies during that period, &c.--Severally ordered.
Returns of goods exported to the East ladies since 1816
were laid before the !louse.
Lord C A SIL Lit EAG I l moved for Accounts of the Dover,
Harwich, and other Alien Establishments. Ordered.
Mr. SCARLE VT. moved fur accounts of the num-
. her of causes sit &Mit for trial at the Sittings iu and after
Term for the last ten year.; the itutuben disposed of; the
rules for new trials, etc.—Ordered.
Mr. F. CAB PRELL brosi.sht forward his motion respect-
ing the Judicature of Wales, brings detailing the history of
the legal institutive% of that part of the country, and en-
. arging on the niconveniences arid ex peaces ha t often vaulted
to the inhabitants of the Principelity of Wal.s, is the ae.
lay or ulna iiiii tent of Justice tie was pertittaded that mutt)
of the evil. might be remedied, and a ith the b ices of ascer-
taining that fact he should move that a Cosninitter be apv
pointed to inquire into the state of the Judicature of Wales,
the advantage of the Welsh Judges, the curldtt ttttt tit tat
IVelsh Court, and the propriety of sibohaising the same;
and to stscertuin whether measures could nut be adopted to
blend the udoui tt t trat• (Justice in Wales with the Ammer
Regulations adopted its Eth;latinl.
Mr. Wynn, Mr. Creevey, Mr. Warner, &c. went at much
length into the difficulties that must *itemd the prejected
changes, a hen
Lord CAS I'LEREAGII moved, as ass amendment, that
the Coahuil•r b.• al.p tt itt ted to enquire into Ilse best mode of
anietioristrise the meets• of ad ttttt tisterinz Justice at W sacs.
Alr. CA al PLiELL having replied, the uniendtnetit was
agreed
PA's BIENT oT War:ca.—Mr. LITTLETON rose pursu-
ant to outer to move for leave to toting is a Bill to protect
lahruirrr 1 • rand so for past:resit of his is Ages, to prevent
prettiest' 111 aura. and lu curogrei wowed' iu ttttt ner).
Sir J. M At.l l&)'ht rrrolcurry nerd that the test rem. ds
for the evils complained of would be to abolish:ell restric
He reserved to hisitserf the right of opposing this Dull as It.
future stages.
Mr. W. SM ITII spoke in favour of a Committer.—Leavt.
was given to being in the Bill.
On the inotioo of Ms. PASCO r FELL a number
of :termini:, es. re orderrd lrunr the Bank, and
Lord C AsTL Eft EA(.II lobe so muse, tittrimanee urn
notice a true II 11, had all earl, given, itte the
law now oh curer alum respect to oltel. Toe dor..tsuo 11f
that causi,,asocs e lie ii ie. lied, ar• is. the lust cam., la I tttt
in
the period to two ..ars.
Oh 'hi- tl.l,,tioh exei s.t.iv. ly long del•olr CUstiVd, utl.r
which ..ell' ord, red rim N1111(11.0, ;roil A di"'"'"
took phet, el, r. th...e ..pperered
For its
Lord to ter.% ill tease u
iu a Hai to otholihh mita, olizotion by tire pure tune to
Stock is the Hawk of Scotland. 'file other orders of the
day bring disposed of the house adjoututd.