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net one-half or one-third that amount. Indeed in many
countries of Eti )pe no rent could be obtained, and the
landoener was To'ree-di to cultivte theland.—( Hear, hear.)
There was one point to which ale wished particularly
de-
gree call the attention of the House—the difference of the in which the value of lend had increased beyond the
price of corn. He would state to those who supposed that
the rents of their estates would be lowered by free trade—
mho thought that the price of corn oust add to the valueee.
of their estates—that for the fifty years preceding the
the d
of ;he seventeeth century and the commencement ofo_
eightec.t.4—from 1670 to 1720—the average price of
;ere vas 40,' ad. per quarter. Now in the ten years..e
It uurelred
Pc}
the av .‘age
from 184 to 183' the price was 555. average—that is, i
~°I3IY, 37 per cent., while rem: price of corn had itniecresaasmede
yelled 400 per cent.—( Hearh"cifigerrsased in
thist
But great
squieesst,' In ought not to be decided on e. interests
~ • -
~ - appeal to the
,e_i ~ interests
"list the tepee], because great masses of the woe...
PePleetion had not joked in the agitation. Why was
that ? Were those classes advocates of the Corn-laws ?
---(n I: -'ar, hear. ) Were they indifferent to the Corn-laws?
..,n t,„ . . •
eh ' L"tr,ry, they declared that the first object of a
Hut '`ley
.t, st Perliament would be to do away with these laws.
hell .ley detained to petition this House, because they
, "vd that their petitions would be useless. They re-
fuse; to join the middle classes in this anti-Corn-law
alit 'ion, calling upon the middle classes to join them in
ell) ,ding Universal Suffrage. Ought not the House to
take , Ire, lest, by refusing their prayers, the middle classes
woe ! be forced to make common cause with the working
bits? Never had those classes combined without
Ie• ;El their object.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He
hell ed that the House could prevent that alliance by con-
heeedtti, •,' to the' middle classes their claims, and prevent the
portion of il.'n working classes from the guidance of
s or re_
fanatic inceildiarie -hid revolutionists. It was by their
eotel
this House to
ut't on this question that :he fitness of
.tielt i i Legislators would be decides:.
thee;
aeTceriLslated for the benefit of the list:1:17 proved that.
p t. rieta_n their present legislative fun,"
if the n i tcioemeem. community,
0e.,,Y, !egis.ated for the benefit, or the supposes benefit,
2_e:, . landed Aristocracy, they must prepare. for son
It;
e.lb,
_tootgedelbtyeraatieoennvinnlstihnne, Legislature, which could only
in which not only the Corn-
hlJut the empire might be lost.—( Hear, hear. )
lithersl •quEe.stNiVceno DbyE 1-1 0U S E said the deep interest felt on
that part of the country to which
word clnnged was so great, that he would say a few
DIU • He r•lis dietinetly of opinion that the
:q.l rosed change would not be a protection to
v agricultural interests. But the only ground
4'4, !1211 he desired to see this question argued was, not whe-
te;',";le or were beneficial to the agriculturists merely,
eial weether they were advantageous to all classes—commer-
-0.0, 4aanufaeturing and agricultural; and if it could be
ocrite
tt_.bat tlHy sere not, he would admit that those laws
that th " be rispealed.—f Hear, hear.) Now liF considered
lieu., e law of 1828 had been most unfairly deal with.--7(Hear,
s p 1) It lied been introduced by Mr. Canning distinctly
_es
ttiliiqatZtiiry
ofi't 'he prohibitory law of 1815. And double
corn had been imported under it than was an-
Pr'eP,ted by its none ,ts•—( Hear.) When the
.Right Hon.d
the -'ll' nt of the °Hoard of Trade, quasi a Cabinet Minister, told
idesskies (),nse that he rejoiced- in agitation—(Cheers from both
the ffouse)—and when the
the ~..;.Itad stated his belief that if the laws weraeirc
Noble Lord, the Seeectrienez
Wode-
eee.e_u\olic tranquty would be endangereu,
0,e7311) must say that there was held forth a kbrii
thee. ern for outrage.— _pf.Cabine,t,
(Cheers from the Opposition ,e___ fs,
the I;,(3_l!trages did not take place, it was not in consequens:"`.,
ceeion'suoin that had been displayed by the Cabinet on this oc-
heet—j(Rear, hear.) Perhaps from habit and education he
eti ale what would be called by some a narrow view of
bet tZantag, es of our foreign commerce and manufactures ;
ineree, 3 ne would assert distinctly, that to represent the
the e of foreign manufactures had been owing to
ovieryestrietions en the importation of foreign corn, was
ste„..,l fallacious. The continental system of Napoleon was -
IN '''' for the express object of depressing our manufactures
setet:lnmerce; and the policy of the King of Prussia was to
inaself3ge the manufactures of his countr. The rapidity of the
het° acturing ascendency of this countryy' has no parallel in the
ve brit of
the world, and for this reason, that in the short inter-
cede .en 1794 and the victor of Trafalgar, the sea had be-
trade -„ highway for obr ships, andY under the great facilities to
b,eeteriA"Lng increased activity to every portion of commercial.
ad ae se--the manufactures and the commerceof this country
dry bclllired an ascendency equivalent to the start of half a cen-
It li'eelit tbeY Could not expect to retain theadvantage for ever.
therit been stated by Earl Fitzwilliam—no mean au-
ao4llt. and an authority upon which the House of Lords
LS the,.4eoa to come to a conclusion on this question,
h which,e
lieus:vornmericed to-morrow, they would. do. efored.
cession 1 Commons pronounced its decision, if this
dis-
,o4e„irwent 011 as it had hitherto beets conducte
the
tle: nrirloeerirs
of England, after referring to the statistical
Russia, said, " Let us examine calmly
.how
or natter stands. For several years there has been little
rate import, for
‘ ,eitylantities consumption, of foreign corn.
leave Mod-
es been constantly kept in bond, but.
holt, '
,ot Mall portion of it has been taken out for
i'lsteadll,,24fliption." He wished that that Noble Lord,
wouldwouldconsulting the statistical documents of Russia,
countrvutim consulted the statistical documents of his own
for the.' and especially those published by his own House,
Port,e}l"estead ',f saying "there had been little or no im-
port
ot,
,e would have found, on referring to the Lords' RF-
appoodni,736, all account of the import of foreign gram pweeztreed:teh,atfrforonern 1815 to 1835. By that account it ap-
tlBls to 1824 about 7,000,000 quarters
e 0 bought in, whereas from 1824 to 1835 ,upwards of
tio'n °°ooo of quartershadbeen bought in for consump-
Nre--that was exclusive of 1836, 1837, and 1838. They
e
fairlyPr_erg!red to show that the agriculturists might b
heereunsidere tta one of the great sinews of national,.sh
1•c,,,,e-r ( Heard,hear,
. )--4ind the security which the English
is
o
ins Rey
by r '°w enjoyed might be taken away
brie of a shivery vote—(Laughter)—and with 1. every
of Lorld°ounr institutions. The Hon. Member for the City
Year of had referred to the year 1795, which was a
3;0
areat depression from scarcity ; and PitYed b,;:',IY mitigated by the extraordinary activity dis-
°f Sir 6,-, Government of Mr. Pitt, under the agency
With the or
Scott. Sir George Scott, at that time,u
,nutted e vitecv of relieving the wants of the peopte'sisteCt ttle said 7
cp,.‘,,tr, to the Privy Council, which they. ve
L c'ilviction •
'lll.l C • Alf Lords, if you reject this
.proipeostihtieoncitymoyf
n0d,.,4 ; is that you will have famine
111estio di a fortnight." At Mr.
Privy Pict'sc 0
u eeil suggestionagree
agreed to
4ClOpt
theas re-argued, and the
erred proposal. The next instanceh of scarcity oc-
d4ethbo,l,ll, 1801, which was another
reerfeyrreeadr thatt theHe Hweonn:
.eyed
t-lit,e,ts, the City of London
memorable conduct of the King of Prussia
,Itl;3e4kid; have escaped apethe sagacity of the Hon. Member ; for
" -'l'g. f Prussia- took that opportunity of imposing
.a
re4t3'ehci exports.—(Cries of " Hear, bear.") His
II:: .441 - "eemonstrated against that policy, but
torn-" ' It is your fault, you ought to have sent your
trots; t° blagland before. If the prices in England con-
loe nigh -my duty shall be continued ; but if they are
tlia,red, n; duty shall be lowered." He made no secret of
coy Then , with respect to our depending for foreign.
of ,I°ll. Anil mica, what was the case when the navigation
to the Balti4l fell under the dominion of France from 1806
bt '113—.8, p eriod of not less than eight years? It might
0114hown that the average of those eight years—omitting
V4Sue Year 181 a% when a large import of above 1,000,000
tterg' ‘ was admitted under the special connivance of
dell°naparl:e, ho permitted his Generals to turn contraband
14r1Qrs in whcat.--the whole average did not amount to
fee,),'°°o quarters Now, he would ask, what would have
tet -.' tl'a Condition ,of the cotintry at that period if the heart
4 !riculture had not been protected? He was prepared to
kt"w tbat, for more than eight years, there was no impedi-
at: t° free-te ade. There was also this remarkable circum-
%it ee, that tilt', year 1811 was a year of dearth—not only in
Gast ',4)lletrY, la; at throughout all Europe—a year of great
Cet,„ nt.e,nt, also arising from promulgation of the Ordeal in
bh,l'ek It most be manifest, therefore, to every person
eft,: tlei.clered this subject, that if the moat extraordinary
114;111114 d not been made, the public tranquility could not
gave ,den maintained, and the Government could not
it w peel t carried on. ( Hear, hear, hear.) Yet
netioate ton tended that all idea of dependence upon foreign
'eat lei
'ad ; absolutely chimerical. He had referred to the
laett,k4lll,l,Articularly because that was a year of peculiar cha.
eet,e" om tl, e Orders in Council. A few years ago he had a
!die:. e ',ion with a then Member of the House, of no mean
tett (el ---h a meant Mr. Frankland Lewis—it was on the su -
is user ne p,Nor-Zaw and that gentleman was inquiring how
'
:41r 4,1 )1 .) t bougA it would work? He said it was a good
Noe, oe,;„ 7 light work well, but it would not be well brought
En., "al ion during a tiod of stagnation of employment.
e'q tril_wi s said, who couldp e: sect a stagnation of employment
l'eeeekl hui i within seven years'l-..-there was one within seven
1 linaited
.o.,_.si id in speaking of it on A future occasion, he attn
d 4 st
.-'4t stagnation to the crisis in America. No doubt it
oe ,
,elti at telsieg. same thing. might happen
_anywhere,-
trlk tie, „j_,Roit, i
di at
ei utePerreuesssead,
tenin y.orladnicfe
a,
torthlenliadima, and those
mightt
h ose
e time they
Ott 'caaly , subsistence, along with a stagnation of employ-
:4
?gtrte;let,,t't for these reasons that he opposed this niestien._
ot,
J,!aily.
for
ax,ei perlasesseenst.laWs, because he thought they worked
toot 11 te4l(Pai -te,"' was quite certain that the Honourable
onotudraesbilree
h,o,„0: any these
eAthheosehaldaw;go,st addressed the House, would
from any selfish or sorddui:emteontrioeveets: nor
r
the 4,: telfish aggrann:sement of the landed
411401 ht;
~,
fsoalulnic
jlassssehie
iwnatshefully convinced that theyle w)erenfore
efel;'iatierte Gentleman. had 04c.ountry.—{
„ ground for eoolli,
the;,i 0144 of selfishness and sordia.less which
he' lit th ered upon those who suppH..ear, h ar
been
' " ' hadiainin.
Corn
so la-
g of the
orted the . ,
the .)tt 1 , was an unjust and unfa:r accusation.—r; ts
it e ;itte 'ee, thought those Gentlemen were greatly )
mistaken
in
-laws—he
But
tit , t 'eetzt .y were on the subject.--(eheers.
, ",t1 lot t `Me b pursuing
„.-ee. ,in in ered that for upwards of 200 Year?, .
,q 1,;" `Y Rai '1 rY short eriod, the policy of all pan'Oes.
le;. ' ',.014) proceed uponp the principle of whathebeherea w
the
i _
an this_a was
pi fird'e''' tb'e Protecting of domestic interest. So far
ri, etwhserestrreteinetg‘eernend number-
t;) , to-allnA, ket dated by sordid motives, it was thefrfoainct, as
' which they alone
, the importation of corn, of
present, that they had passe
very
le,e,*, rear, ago
_lt was only a few years
ago—ae nowso
N: in their' that those very persona who w
interest—whoe
ernna.
,with' `ed 6,51,1 r: deond e'on of the landed
"le, na ee ' ' owners with selfishness and
arties
f rY late Period • d i were themselves the .
N or th,jin ee• e , sordidness—until
est. cated , ! own sakes and thete own interests
.maintainedeee,twas
did. air tc:,imilar system. Under these circutesta '
thou at at reproach the landed gentleman of England.
' before
oen . ~o,tice fall into the line of policy which was se,
.4
_,
that they
,11‘i ,h v, hat eyer the iejtistice they might be treated with ou. 0'
5i,41111, t have much much the 'were abused, whatever. reason they
then' , cast "3 complain of the reproaches which had
t ~ .4 .. b N,on them, still he trusted that they would net
d been so 1a-
i1,44, .) e Induced to refuse a fair and impartial consideration.
t,l'! Pe es,ent subject. He was quite sure that the advocates at
OA, laws must feel
be
he, in advocating a change
.1.. n
tile,n wild not be actuated by any feeling hostile
thli
Zielltt.ln• eh' , •., represented a division of Northumberland
a% lel% 'pores v agricultural, few districts so exclusively de-
'lee, eiceue • `o the produce of corn, and he was proud in
it, abl, os"' " 'etin no part of the country had that occu-
-1114 ost a carried. on v.
41to"ri 1,5,5. •c' ' '•a•t# 'et, 'ith more- skill, more prudence, or more
-'illy aware that every representative
to f k le, ,:rhey were all i 'vas generally actuated by a desire
/esslio, '"Ilg in favour, acid • constituents, and being the re-
fet4cir cuP the opinions of his , -v feeling of his must be in
14°14 'ative of such, a district eves e all his personal interests
, 're of the land. In the second plies..• seerity of agricultural
tkkt 10 less deeply concerned in the pro- - e;en Jo be worse
t,t,tt,
..eile
1---( Cheers. ) It would be suppoane ___ - i
...k. Tr
b 4, ..:. was, to suppose that he
judgment,
to the prosperity of the agri.culTu.rtiar inte'res,.. •!:1!,
t, 111 I be deeeived—he might, be wrong in his ' tee, events it could not be from any sinister motive that
the course which he felt to be his duty upon