The National Register.
London, England, 1822-05-06 00:00:00

Lard, who managed shut House and the country single-
handed. The people now called fat reform—they acre de-
sirous of procuring it at a remedy for the evils now WWI.
w helloing use country ; but be ant afraid it would not be ob.
mined through that house, though it would come. Tao
Wilt his opinion, 18:Id hr therefore expressed it.—(ller.)
'that he should feel warmly 0.1 to s subject could hot be as-
a. he had devoted the whole of his life to the
noble sr.ence of agrieuituse; and he now sate agriculture in

a state or noo. -
Mr. WODLHOUSL said, that the report on agriculture
was t ( Hear.) He admitted that 'hoe
was little hope of teller, except there ails a thinuatinat of
the bolder's on the people. (lb or, hear.) some 'chum,
had been given to demands made to ma,irtrates to call
Illt vtisigs. 7•lle tinc,istrould rlllllll 11111 tot get wtlal had Liken
plan e ill other rounties i 'tor could they but recollect a hitt
was OCCllllll%in 1,1.111.111 k. Two men had beet' ear cuttal.
mad up wag ds of 100 were now ill prawn tor transactions in
Norio k —the Inca alas were executed avowed Ihcir object
to be to fl ightt II the rtt mils to raise their wages. Wrath s
this, Lord King had tittered petaled praise of Mr. Cob-
bell, and the spec ch so waking Mr. C had been circulated
in 1141111 hills through Nortelk. Mr. C. wits nu respecter of
prryert and 11C Had bent a good deal io Norfolk, because
there was mace ditarr ss m that county. Was It 'hell won-

dean, that magistrates were 1.01 forward to cad public

meetings?
DENISON mast fl.ttly contradict the hon. member
in what he lerated of Lord Kin A—his Lordship had not
pronounced an unmodified panegyric on Mr. Colitiet
ills LOltteAtii. spoke 10 3lr. C.'s powers in making clear dlr..
tieult questions, and 111 being right to the aiscusinais till the
distresses of the country. lie (Mr. D.) agreed that Mr.
Cobbett was HAM 11111111 e 11111111—that the noble Lind mould
not he able to rll Ire. the present lola s.
Mr.li. BEN NLT spoke to the like elfeet ; also bore ten*
testimony to the ability of MI. Cuubett : and said, that no
had listened to the tiaducing of Lipid Doug,ith thogubt.

r. %VI)ULUOUSE °Loci vett, tI att the' has tome cane
fur alarm wltrit such a roan as Mr. Cobhett was held up 4,1
p lathe, and at the farmers' friend, h hen last 'ear that h aer
denounced the larmets as mean brines.

I'etitll/11 read, and oak red to lee printed.
Me. COK.I. presented nought r I ' from a Hundred
iu Norfolk, which had hero unanimously &weed to. The
petitioners said, if the present ittessines wile pur►ued, they
expected there %mild he unanimous demands for the dis-
mission of ministers, for the desniution of Parli.duriit, and
the term in of that House. lie hoped this petit would be
attended to by the cable Lord.—Petitiou read, and utdcred
to tic printed.
l'esit,ons complaining of agricultural distress Isere ;41M)
presented lions Sussex, Berkshire, Ilolderness, and NOfill,
timberland. Read and utdered to be printed.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY (the house having
gone into a culni;dttee on the Agricultural Repot !nought
Forward, at an advanced hour on the uvening, his pi unused
motion on thus subject. His lordship observed, that his
opinions on this subject temained what he had in the eat ly
past of the session expressed theft to be ; and although
near ten weeks had elapsed shit e he fit st brought the
question under cousidei ation, no time had been lust in
lieVOling to it all possible attention. The original plait,
that of advancing motley to parishes on the security of the
rates, had nut met wills the support which lie had antici-
pated. It was thought that to set apart one million to be
advanced on the scent ity of corn of British growth, would
afford more substantial relief to the farming interests
'1 he money was to be advanced on the corn being Watt-
housed. That plan lie had now to propose fur the adop-
tion of the house. His loldship then went into a satiety
of oilier details connected with the distresses of the coun-
try, as well as relating to its finances and revenues. The
Government had contracted with the Batik for a loan of
4,G00,0001. at the low rate of t per cent. interest. Of
that stnn, 14600,0001. went to pay oft the Five per Cent.
Dissentiet.ts; 1,000,0001. would be appropriated to re-
lieve the farmers, by advancing money on their corn; and
the remaining 1,000,0001. would be placed in the hands of
commissioners, to be advanced fur the promotion of such
public winks as they might deem to merit loans to advance
them. When speaking of the Five per Cent. transfers.
Iris lordship strongly eulogised that proceeding, and said
it was a most gigantic transaction ; that nothing like it
had taken place in the world ; that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had been enabled to adopt measures lOr
"paying off" 130,000,0001. of the public debt. By the
" conversion" of the five into boar per cents. the conntiy
had been saved an annual expence of 1,300,00d1. Butt it
was not the staving alone that was valuable—it was the
great precedent that had been thereby established, by
means of which facilities were afforded for hereafter
making other reductions in the amount of the debt, and in
the burden of its interest. His lordship added, that such
great uteasnie had been accomplished without affecting
public credit, and they could, 110 W contemplate a real
simians uf a,000,010.; and the revenue had gene on
prospering—it had increased 00,0001. a week for the three
necks alter the closing of the last quai tei's accounts.—
His lordship next stated, that by the loan from the Batik,
and which was to be used in the way already deseiibed,
the currency of the conistsy would he relieved to the ex-
tent of 'nitre would be that amount of relict
to the existing pressnee. To enable it to be of still more
10(1111.1111 111 use to the country, the Government were tie-
gociatiog Ishii tile Batik, legardiug cootttty books and
comm., 11,11,k uo:i s. It as .1 intended to permit English
mostly banks to liavrt itioi'e than six partners—to be con-
ducted, in tact, on the Scotch system. There was to be
au extension of the tune lt-latitig to country notes—from
tali to IsdS, the period *lieu the Bank's existing chat ter
icsioinated. But the change in the colistittitiou of country
banks w.is only to affect those that were inure than Go
miles limo Loudon. The Bank charter, it was proposed,
should have a limited extension of ten yea's. (Hear,
hear.) But the Chancellor of the Exchequer would, on
an CAI ly day, submit to the house resolutions on this hob-
ject. His lordship having observed that a reduction of
the country's expenditure, to the atnount of 2,!.100,0001.
bad been effected; Solid, that it was tin contemplation 10
separate what was castled the dead weight on the atm),
navy, and ordnance esdinates, lie meant the pensions,
ate. which amounted atimiali) to:5,000,00cl. 'I hey formed
uu part of the cult cut sets ices ; they made lite estimates
appear to Le upwards of 17,000,0001. a 1111 l when 111"
actual expellee was not more than between twelve Mill
l
tint teen reunions, SuchSuchchat gra oat the country,were in the astute of a debt would heuceturUn wh
be
done. for
A was not Wetly that wt: should apiu he waived tu suck