The National Register.
London, England, 1820-06-18 00:00:00

CORN LAWS

If we wish to know the real amount of the tax raised
upon the country by the Corn Bill, we must ascertain
at what price Coro could be procured from foreign coun-
tries, if importation were always free; for beyond this
price it could not permanently rise. Poland and Ittts:ta
are the countries which export most Curti; and it has
been repeatedly shown, that Corn brought from these
countries, as well as from other parts of the Continent,
could be sold regularly in our markets at 455. or 50a.—
It will be observed, front the debate on the 311th May,
that at present foreign wheat could be bought at 373,
and even so low as 335. aceortaing to some statements.
But asautiting 50s. a the average, and estimdtilig the
ow of each individual who its,S wheaten bread,
at t* WC per autumn, then it results, that according
to WC average price 91 wheat 01 England tar toe last 1i e
)ears, (78s. mi.) a tax is reposed to 35a per annum
on cacti coo.stotter, or 71. rot a fitfully emis.illaikt O. a
111411 with his wile and two children. On the poorer
classes, who consume' oats, barley, and potatoes, the
tax may ammo): to mall thus auto; and such is the sacri-
fice etude by the country for toe proteefion, as it is
called, of the landed interest! TI our whine tol
nits aunt neither gora lino the pocket to the landlord nor
the tanner, It is comely lost to the comitry. If the la-
bour expended in raising two (loaners of wheat were
ettalfloyel in attune specter of manufacture, and the pro-
duct sent abroad, it would exchange tar afore twit three
(loaners. The additional year er of awe.!, therefore,
(or comontalitiet of au equal vain, ), is as intielt lust as
if it were thrown into the sea. lute senseless cla-
mour about rite quantity of waste laud in tile c'tfuntry,
has fostered the lielusluu which II s gii eta sits. pus onerous
tliieetion to so great a poll-101i of the fa,ioual loolUstfr.
It is the true interest of a nalloll 10 eitelboy its Cal lial
and labour in those branches of industry, whhal beim:
hest adapted to its salt, climate, awl avitatloll, are there-
fore moat productite; mid It is no more lor Its advan-
tage to cultivate all its soil, than to quarry' all the s tttt es
tit ,t are tinder it. If we make 111, our inill,ls to encou-
rage Mime cultivation in every article without regarding
expence, there are few commodotes %%Melt may not ow
raised within the rotatory. Ileum) mid flax Imported
from IttlaSlil uiaq, my solliciem forcing, be made to grow,
inflow' of all Ili:cf101 quality. on the Waste lauds of
England. Sugar w gut UC extracted hem the beet root
as in France, at three noes the cost if Wett India
sugar. Each vines, cotton, and rice, inialit be raised
its hot-Imo-es, at tell or twenty dotes the usual expense,
to the great tmei irattement. no doubt, of domestic in-
dustry. lit swirl, by M.lowing up the principle of the
Corn Laws ria,nuosly, and sacrificiiitt nun half our
wealth, we mL ut WOv otirselves to a slate of c ttttt ploy
oidepentleoce .111 511Mrettaii supplies. Sire, a spirits
would be pernicious tat any coutitiy, but its a commer-
cial country it is the climax of bad policy. A nation
e like this, which has got the start•of all its neighbours

in capital and mechanical skill, and possesses so many
advantages in its insular position, its coal fields, and
the superior sccority of property, might increase in
wealth and population almost heysiud any limit, were
its todustry perfectly unshackled. But lithe landholder
steps in and says, " You shall employ no more artisans
and sailors thou I Call feed; and in proportion as you
multiply their !mothers, you shall pay me a higher and
a higher premium upon their subsistence," it is easy to
see that its progress must otitt have an end. Had Lon-
don resolved so take 110 corn but from Middlesex, every
foot of that county, heath, or hill, would have been.
cultivated like a gJnieti. t.ut London would never have
po„,.s.,ed one 6,iiros elf us pt emit wealth or population.
So the landholders of Britain have resulted, that till
every foot of marsh cud rock is brought under the
plough, no more people shall be allowed to live in this
country than they can supply food for. •

TizE Mac Da FRlAS.—Friday a numerous body
of Spanish merchants resident in this country waited
on Lie Duke de Frias, the new Spanish ambassador,
to congratulate him on h's arrival in this country.—
Mr. Bcrnales was the organ of the deputation,and, in
addressing his Excellency, stated, that he felt proud
of having been chosen to convey the sentiments of
his countrymen now in t ondon. It had not been
usual, he observed, fur Spanislt merchants to pay
their respects to their ambassadors collectively ; but
they felt called upon to do so in the present instance,
that they might convey to him their high satisfac-
tion at having a man of his liberal sentiments for
their national representative in this country, and
to pay their just tribute of admiration to one who
had fought the battles of his country both in the
field and in the cabinet
The Duke de Frias replied nearly in the follow-
ing terms:—
` I inn happy to find among my countrymen abroad the
same spirit which animates those at home. 'those few
Spassiai ds who ale not yet become sensible of all the be-
nefits of the Constitution are nevertheless enemies tO
tyranny and oppression. For my own part. I base stet
been the decided friend of a tree government, and that
cause shall never want my support. When the French
first eutsfred Spain, I was of that age when a man begins
to ti.el that his country has a claim upon his services. I
therefore took up arms, and during FiZ years combated
those esiesnies-.4 may say, *fill success. The remaining
six years I passed in retirement, lamenting the misfortunes
of my chnntry ; bin my grief eaists no longer, and all
Spain is rejoicing over the prospect of happiness that
awaits her. It gives me pleasuse in being able to assure
you, that the King is as sincerely attached to the Coma-
tution as ally mat in the counts). Spain, t isnot will now
become the abode and asylum of rational liberty, where
persons from all parts of the world, who seek it, may find
protection."

The Demerara Gaseue of the 27th of March
announces the pleasing fact, that so flourishing is the
state of the whiny, that the Government are enabled
materially to lower the Tax on Revenue, and the
duties on Product. The duty on sugar is reduced
three-fourths ; that on rum two-thirds : on molas-
ses almost four fiths ; on cotton three-fourths ; and
on coffee upwards of one half. Four guilders were
to be paid by the owners of each slave. With res-
pect to the Income Tax, there has been a material
diminution ; all persons are to be exempted whose
incomes for the past year have not exceeded 2,000
guilders. A colonial duty of 66 guilders has been
imposed on each pipe of wine, but a drawback of 50
guilders is to be allowed on exportation from the
Icolony. Al. persons within the colony were sub-
ject to a tax of 50 guilders for each four-wheeled
carriage kept by them, and 22 guilders for each
horse, whether he be employed for business or for
pleasure. The ceremony ut proclaiming his present
Majesty took place on the 25th of March. Tho
taxes of the colony were levied and paid previous to
the Ist of last mouth, in order that his Excellency,

the Governor, might be enabled to meet the expen-
ces of the present year.
After Sandt's sentence was made known to him,
he was allowed to c,,nverse, in the presence of offi-
cers of justice, with his thends and acquaintance.—
In the whole fifteen months of his imprisonment no
access to hint was permitted. As he could not see
his mother without witnesses, he declined it, and
charged somebody to bid his last farewell to her—
his relatives and friends. A superior officer obser-
ving to him, that he had brought the punishment
on himself; he said, "There is the difference between
you and me, that I die for my own particular sen-
timents, and you perish in the field of battle : you
die tOr the opinions of others.