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London, England, 1841-06-18 00:00:00

by W. Cooper, and was dated April 27, 1841.
lion. Gentleman then presented twelve petitions, signori
by 1,940 persons from various parts of the county of Mid-
-
dlesex, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws, and an al
teration in the tariff.
Mr. WODEHOUST then brought forward his motion,
the Hon. Member forliilkenny having previously entered

the House.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said the information sought for
by the Hon. Member was already. before the House,
having been procured from the Foreign Consuls, for the
use of the Poor-law Commissioners. He was not aware
that any new information could be obtained.
Mr. HUME said he had given notice several days
previously of his intention to move an amendment, which
would have raised a general discussion on this subject,
but in tlril present state of the House it appeared to him
that no vantage would be derived from such a course.
It was his intention to have brought the subject before
the xfousc this Session, and he would suggest to the
President of the Board of Trade that he should do as
was done by the Government of the United States,
where the tariffs were collected, and a copy of
them distributed among the Members of Con-
gress. He thought that it was the business of her
Majesty's Government to collect the tariffs of every
country with which we had commercial intercourse.
We ought to know at what rate our manufactures were
received in every country with which we dealt. This
ought to be the business of some department or of some
individual officer, and he knew no one better qualified for
it than the Board of Trade. When he (Mr. Hume)
was in Holland, he found. they were publishing a
quadruple tariff of the principal nations with which
they dealt, and he did not see why England should be
backward on the subject. Ilis object was that the House
should be put in possession of the tariff of every State
with which we traded, and that authentic copies of them
should be in the possession of every Member of that
House who felt interested in such subjeets.—(Hear.)
Mr. WODEHOUSE felt almost disposed to withdraw
his motion, as the Hon. Member for Kilkenny had made
a statement far beyond it.
Mr. HUME wished to know whether the Hon. Mem-
ber opposite would have any objection to amend his mo-
tion so as to give the tariffs of all States ?
Mr. LABOUCHERE could assure the Hon. Gentle-
man, the Member for Kilkenny, that some of the offi-
cers connected with the Board of Trade had been
employed in collecting information on the present sub-
ject, and as some of their labours were concluded the
result should be laid before the House. If the Hon.
Member thought that any information could be obtained
by acceding to the present motion he should have no
objection to it.
After a few words from Sir JOHN GUEST and Mr.
BAINES,
Mr. VILLIERS said he had never heard of such a
motion in his Parliamentary experience. The House
had as much right to call upon our Ambassadors to in-
quire into the private affairs of foreigners as to call upon
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them to make the inquiries sub in the motion.
After a few words from Sir°C. BURRELL,
Mr. WILLIAMS said it would be desirable to receive
information with respect to the management of the fac-
.ories in the United States. He believed, on inquiry, it
" be found that the working man in the fae-
:ories of the United States did not receive more wages
than the persons employed in the factories of this coun-
try ; but they were in a better condition, because they
could buy provisions nearly by one half cheaper than
could be had in this country.
The motion was then agreed to.
Mr. WODEHOUSE then brought forward the follow-
ing motion of which he had given notice :--" To reprint
Despatch from H. H. Addington, Esq. to Mr. Canning,
dated Washington, the 39th day of May, 1524, pub-
lished in pursuance of au Address the 12th day of July,
1828 (see Papers relative to American Tariffs, and re-
ferred to by J. B. Smith, Esq., President of the Chamber
of Commerce, Manchester in his evidence before the Im-
port Duties Committee, the 27th day of July, 1840, p. 161,
2,043) ; together with an Extract from the Report of W. E.
Hickson, Esq., Commissioner of Inquiry into the state of
the Haudloom Weavers, presented 11th August, 1840,
p. 30, s. 59 ; showing whether any and what expressions
are to be found in the concluding paragraph of the
Despatch of Mr. Addington, different from those which
are cited in the Report of Mr. Hickson relative to Ame-
rican Tariffs, regarding other States of Europe as well
as that of Great Britain." The Hon. Member, after
having complained of the inaccuracy with which the
despatch was quoted in the report of Mr. Hickson, con-
cluded by expressing his determination not to persevere
in the motion.
Mr. LABOUCHERE admitted that .the words had
not been accurately quoted, but the difference was not
very important, and the error was such as any one quot-
ing from memory might easily have fallen into.
Mr. HUME said the Hon. Gentleman in his motion
had alluded to the statements of the Chairman of the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Now he (Mr.
Hume). had investigated the subject, and he could take
upon himself to state that the statements of Mr. Smith
were perfectly correct. The quotations of Mr. Hick-
son were perfectly correct in substance, and to say
that the statements of Mr. Addington referred
to the Berlin decrees, as had been stated,
was perfectly ridiculous, for the despatch of Mr. Ad-
dington had been written 14 or 15 years after the Berlin
and Milan decrees had ceased to be in operation. (The
Hon. Gentleman was here interrupted by loud cries of
" Order, order.")
The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member was clearly
out of order, as there was no question before the House,
the Hon. Member not having proposed his motion.
Mr. HUME said the whole proceeding was irregular.
It was quite as irregular for the Hon. Member to have
made a speech without concluding with a motion, as it
was for him (Mr, Hume) to reply to that speech.
The SPEAKER said that if he had known that the
Hon. Gentleman would not have concluded with a motion,
he certainly should not have allowed him to make a
speech.
The Lords' amendment to the Tinsley and Doncaster
Estate Bill, the Salisbury Small Debts Bill, and the
Kentish Town Paving Bill were then agreed to, and the
Touse Adjourned at a Quarter before Six o'Clock.

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