The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-28 00:00:00

MONDAY, SITTEMIIiIt 28, 1818.

parrliztol ere, y etfart of the people, every operation of the
state--the adoption of the hunk rest,ri,ii•uti
til!i ,h.ae(l:4 a
llsiLitipilienuli:tiu.iii
iinfitedinterGeet in every blanch of ia
and laimur were soon doubted in value; for such was the
no 1,1 unded confidence in paper currency, that banks nod
bald( notes sprang tip like mushrooms over the whole empire ;
which eirriabiliull. thollell Ot'ii4itAtill4 S secret ;111+1 :cycler:de
d'seaso. WAS mistaken for some lime a, a eyeat tons of pi nape.
rite. The moment a check Wll3 Rivets to !his system, the
nation adopted a conduct in direct opposition to that which
it had pm stiedfin the previous eighteen yoars —o ecedii),.: trout
utdointided confidence, and adopting gc eclat distrust—pro.
duce tell to pi ices that sr:wetly compereotted for the labour 1
of its production—the retftiction it: the si.dtit of fermidg stuck
was equal to 50 or 6) millions—the come* ceased to be for
price, but for a pnrcimser at :toy talc that aeld be obtained.
The quantity at Wall:et was mistaken ft.r a silierahentlaat
supply.
'fhe csperience of the last two years (observed theP•esi.
dent ) has lamentably proved the fallacy of sacs a sopposit too.
The import:viola of corn in the year 1131:: was equal :t. it ntil..
lion Awl a halt of quart err--that of 1817 to I two analions and a
half, the last six Intottlia creeter Orin any prec,-,tin; pet ;rid ()I'
equal itnrition. Siuce the year 1/dO, with tlie ex( eptiout cf
but one short interval, we have never censed to he dirge in..
porters of 1701111. In the last two years and a half ste have
paid to forrien countries hot if4l4 than ten millions for el wit
and Run r. it has oft tit been contended thilf ail is wail if we
pureita4e these a rtieles of food, by the expurAtion of mot non
niatinfortines. lint how are the purcheiton of fund and the
Lill CI'S Of eloilting and other inalittfaetures,llkcainistaneetiwiiii
respect to each other? The fors,ler oats} perchase• the latter
tray take the goo la or not as it snits his iiktettest and eons,.
nlence—these must lie elteaper or butter, Of he will resort to
other markets—there is no leeirin ity lakiseen the pat lies.
No country can Ire said to be in a state of sermity that de.
pendslaruely on ireigit supplies for the food et its eeeple.
Hence it must be evident that there is no ample field fcr
ay le:littlest exertions, for above a tweilth pat tof the Cull-
igan:ooS is still wantino.
In most p..rts of the kinodore the system of I:rietiltere is
capable of gum, improvement. It is an oferet of the highest
national i.nportatiee to lessen the neet ssity of snrli large
annual iniportatinus of corn snit Hour—ilostriaaise ant only
of national wealth, but injet: ills to the so modal comfort of
the labouring classes, who sutler greatly ...., rot frequeut
It
fluetuating prices tel blood. The most 1 ely, Yls-4014 of ac.
calmslirbiog, in some degree, what it so desieohle in the ge.
meal husbandry of the country, would be the introdnetion
and extension of peen crops ira all parts of the empire. We,
might then hope to see a emelt smaller pitoportion of the
best lands in the kingdom applied to grazing. (321 a fair
review of what may be deemed the probable average price of,
wheat, there scents no likelihood twilit coact* grown with ad.
vantage on soils of inferior quality?".lthlitelki hot be thought
prudent for any farimr to risk a crop of e beat, which in it
tolerably good SCI3OII, was not likely to prodece le enty..t svo
Winchester linsbels per acre.
The corn bill has hat an importanee anti an oblorpty at.
larked to it which it does not merit ; it neither has butane*,
nor is it likely to prove. any protection to the goose's of
grain. Tile ports have hitherto, and will in all probability,
be generally open to importation. This measure was more
calettlated to promote the views of Government, than the in-
terests of agrienitnie—the odium attending the Itill wa• im-
puted to the fanner and landholder—Government lent itself
to the corn bill to serve its one it purposes— to be enabled to
levy the taxes— to suet veil id which, the value ot land must
be kept up. The poilry we ate attetnit'ing is, to reconcile
cwitradictions, to keep up the settle of Intel and its products
at a rate touch above that of every other nation, aid at the
same time to be able to netletfaelitre for them. 'file attempt
is not likely pi rinanently to sneered—it is ',either calculated
to promote aorieultere, nor to support the manefacintes of
Britain. in a short time we shaft lie compelled to ndopt a
o.,..tein of economy and reittiction in espeiebtfire—tiil these
. }hilt meastit es ale resorted to, it %sill be vain to hope
is
,t oat the necessity foi the in
" 11In the last sessions of Parliainent, otijects of great notional
iTtlitottalice saute tinder discussion. The poor laws tesenpleil
merit titivation. it is mod: to be regoibt led that a bill whit+
came ltd lire the House was, front tone to tiara'. sib altered as
to prevent its passing into a law. 1 lie impoi twice ot the
subject—the indispensable nece:i;ty of apply in 4 a remedy,
saes unit ersolly.felt, in (Ind ont o'" Patti:motet i the prioelpal
feature i't which most be, by wise tegulations, to pre ,rot 00-
i verb, inetedeOf I,l•,,,illir.gfor il. It iv int he hoped that at coin-
titclicenwto of etioris will be resit:tied in the next sessions on
this most interesting sittilect. The es il is of *WI litilg slittlil•
leo, and has berisose too inse!erate, to be eorreeteti by stee-
-1 mare proceenings.—time meat be allowed I o introditee hotel
regolatioie,, Alin It. iill•iiiall the alntSet A !itch has, ot en suite-
tiustiol by more limo two centuries. Heavy as tie litir.ien of
poor rates is in this eelinty, it is tight whet. eon:payed wills
the asves•asetiti h: the Hooth, where the whole rural papal:A-
:ma is patiroised by the narrow, selfish, illiberal, and unwise
practice of combining the wages of labour with the rates for
the !mar : dila poiey has been adapted for the purpose of
:risk intlilltillg the baclielot foto, the married Mail, coil has
the lanietilame i ifect uf depriving the former of !lose Cat ri-
kitgi %stitch, by doe economy, world enable hint at a proper
' period, tO have made a Itt.)viiirr4 fur the main( 'Metter of a
funtily, and the ersi..y (woo of that state us itielt is cetocroplated
by all as the comuletion uf unman ImpeilleS4. I.llllv is tlir
spirit mid indepewleiley, ss loch hint' the basis of our nia•
eonal eiettoetko—on which our SAIIIIII4I 111'091.'61y tests,
eat's, flezi ed. it, and suite afters% al ills entirely :test rt., ed. On
the I reorrva Imu of individual titileveittleney Mid il el.(141,11 tiu -
ptiVlsut.t* stipci 4,61) user every oilier eflitntry. T. dirt isti
—to pees. rye those inestimable blissitto ought to he Or
stliCly asset aim of (inset wort& -- How little ha•, those no-
flans to boast of Wail:Owl st.rittids or the siaLii,jr, 0. c.,,11
, (.1j1,1;111111131!6o Wlliell de-pent: yo fa: dal y tit sisfitticii?