The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-25 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

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the Thro' le announced the completion of a treaty , state from his own knowledge the distresses of present moment they would see that there would
with sorra
.: great commercial nation. It was on such a large body of themanufacturing population. He could Ibe wanting, a considerable quantity- of- foreign . grain
things thr it he considered the greatneSs of this country to tell the House that in many districts in Manchester persons to meet the demands of the . home consuMP-
uePt-nd, rather than on 'any glory that might be acquired were unable to obtain the very necessaries of life. It tion. In considering What . quantity Might be re-
by feats or deeds 'of arms.—(Hear, hear.) He would had been ascertained that 102 individuals lived each quired, they ought to look to what would be the-con-
propose further, that in the Address to her Majesty they upon Bid. per week, or little more ' than one penny dition of the country, if thepeople, instead of being thrown
should participate in 'the pleasure expressed "in per day.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He was informed out of work, were in the enjoyment of sufficient em-
eonseqraence of the evacuation of Ghorian by the Per- that many of the clergy stated their unwillingness to ployment. Let them not deceive themselves ; they ought
aian trc cops," and in the circumstance that " her Majesty attend the sick, from their inability to' relieve the to consider what would be the healthy consumption
had ord tered her Minister to the Court of Persia, to re- wretchedness and the distress which they were sure to of the people in moderate „circumstances, and not
turn to Teheran." He was sure that he should have the witness. Such was the state of things in Manchester what would be the consumption of paupers. He would
feeling eif the- House completely with him in the expression and the surrounding districts In' Bolton matters direct the attention of the House to the
a_ hiof congr atul: Ilion wherever the good relations which had were, if possible, still worse. It had been stated effects of the reform advanced by Mr. Huskisson. Let
neen tt rru pied had been renewed. He proposed further to him that many families there pawned their them look to the success of that gentleman's policy with
that they she veld express their regret " that the negocia- clothes during the night that they might reference to the opening of the trade of the
lions be twee n her Majesty's Plenipotentiaries in China release their bedding, and pawned their bedding again in East. What were the forebodings with which
and the Chi nese Government have not yet been brought the morning that they might release their clothes. the results of opening that trade_were threatened,
to a sati sfar story conclusion, and that it has been neces- In the shops, transactions instead of being and yet how futile were all those threats ? The
nary to ea a into action the forces which her Majesty carried on in pounds were carried on in ounces people cried that the trade with the East Indies would be
has sent to .'the Chinese seas," but that with her Majesty and other small weights. Such a mode of pro- diminished if it were removed from the channel by which
they stilt" rusted " that the Emperor of China would see seedingnecessarily led to a considerable loss on the it was then connected with this country. It was said
the justic e of the demand which her Majesty's plenipo- part of the unfortunate purchasers. The distress extended that the silk trade would be destroyed. The result
tentiary I sad been instructed to make." With reference to every trade. The number of tailors now employed showed how groundless' was that assertion. He would
to China, perhaps, the House would permit him to offer was less by more than half than it had been a few years particularly address himself to the landed proprietors of
a very few observations, which suggested them- ago. The trade of shoemakers and carpenters had simi- this country with regard to the article of wool.
selves to his mind. He could not but regret and deeply larly declined ; and one of the largest machinists in When the woollen trade was protected by a
ueplore, , in account of British commerce, that the diffi- Manchester informed him, but two days ago, that though duty of 6d. per pound, it declined very much,
eulties w hich had existed with China were not already the rate of wages paid to engineers had not undergone a When that duty was lessened, it rose, and maintained,
brought to a successful termination. But it was reduction, yet that, such was the want of employment, even since that period, a higher price than it ever before
matter, f or congratulation on behalf of this country, that one-half of those emplo.yed in making ma- attained. He mentioned this, that Hon. Members might
that in attempting to vindicate the honour of the shiner y had emigrated during the last year. see how satisfactory in its results was this liberal policy.
Country, they had not been driven into any act With respect to the operation of the Corn-laws on those 'He would tell the landed proprietor, with reference to corn,
.of violet it or bloody hostility against a nation who had classes of the community, it appeared to him, that so that the protection sought by them could not be main-
:been dis anguished for want of faith in their relations long as they were prevented by any laws from finding a tained for any length' of time, because the country was
with En gland. He congratulated the House that in the full scope for their industry—(Cheers)—so long as they languishing under the effect of that monopoly. He be_
attack ' which had been made by the English forces were unduly pressed upon by those laws—(Cheers)— lieved that the best mode of putting this couutry in the
upon C line., the loss of life had been remarkably so long as they were unable in consequence of the nature highest position of commercial prosperity was by at
small, : uid he -trusted they would gain honour in the 'of those laws to earn an honest livelihood by the exer- once increasing the trade, of the country by throwing
eyes of the -civilized world from the fact that, instead of cise of their industry—so long must the country be con-- down all the obstacles which shackled free trade and en.
attemtiti ng to destroy a city, which was in their power, sidered in a state of danger, for the institutions of the terprise. Thereby they would confer the most lastinggood
they hid • actiel with magnanimity, and shown that they country could not be considered as based on a firm footing which it was possible for a Legislature to confer upon
merely m mie ; to demadjustice, and not to retaliate inju- so long as this pressure upon the energies of the people a country.—(Hear, hear.) Finally, he would propose
ries. It ai ,peared to him, that England occupied a existed, so long as the people thought themselves un- that they should assure her Majesty that they fully
Prouder pa. ation than ever from the course which she justly dealt by, and pressed down by the monopolies ,ex- shared in the deep' sympathy which her Majesty felt.
had pursue din her contest with China.—(Hear, hear.) isting in the country.—(Cheers.) It was with, extreme with those of her subjects, who were now suffering
Re trusted • that, although that nation had shown a great disgust that the inhabitants of the manufacturing dis- from distress and want of employment, and
Want of fair Ai, and was so uncivilized as not to pay due re- tricts had, just previous to the late election, seen it that they agreed in her Majesty's prayer that
Bard to trill hin the interchange of communications between stated in certain journals which were the or- all their deliberations might be guided by wisdom
her author ties and the Plenipotentiaries of her Majesty, gans of the party seated on the benches and might conduce to the happiness of her people. He
Yet the fc .rbearance of her Majesty's troops and repre- opposite, that if the manufacturing towns were to be en- could not sit down without recording his honest opinion
sentatives would not fail of a good effect, and that tirely destroyed, and- the ploughshare were to pass over that at the present moment the suffering of the people,
although • the trade of this country was for a time. Manchester, the country would not suffer in consequence deep and great as they were, were borne with a for-
suspended the ultimate result would be beneficial. He of such an iteration, and that it would be better for the titude arid patience which were beyond all
trusted tl sat our trade would be eventually on a country if they had no existence. He hoped that none praise. They were bound to give their best
better....
..fo . otin_g, and that we should be able in that House would be found to respond to such attention to remedy those evils which afflicted the work-
to intatod ace into the system of the Chinese some sentiments.—(Hear, hear.) Yet he must confess ing classes of this country ; and he could assure them
of theAot nmercial usages of civilized nations. A large that it appeared strange to him that such articles should that the eyes of the people were fixed on the House,
Portion 01 . the trade with that country was shared with have appeared, if they did not represent the sentiments seeking relief by sound legislation. He felt assured
Great Bt itain by the United States ; and we should of some of the leaders of that party.—(Cheers.) He that the sympathy of her Majesty would be cordially
have the . co-operation of America to place the trade of would ask the believers in those articles what would be felt by all those distressed people ; but great and sin-
China on a better system; He trusted that such would the condition of the landed interest on the morning after cere as that sympathy was, it would not of itself
be the co nsequence of the negotiations which were at such an occurrence ? How would they provide the ma- create relief. lie would finally propose that they would
Present a sending. It would be equally satisfactory to him, terials for their breakfast tables? How would they provide assure her Majesty that they would take into considerae
who did not stand.up there-to vindicate the trade in opium their tea, their coffee, or their sugar?—(Cheers.) All don the subjects
and broughtth under their
end notice in her Ma-
and the • riolation.Of the
.laws of the Chinese empire, if', these articles were brought from other countries in-jesty's Speech, thatthey wouldendeavour to con-
instead of the traffic; he should see the money expended exchange for our manufactures.—(Cheers.) And if our duce as far as in them lay to the happiness of her Me-
ntion tun t pernicious drug coining to these shores, in ex- manufactures were destroyed, the only article the landed jesty's subjects. The lion. Gentleman concluded by
change for those articles of our manufacture which would interest would have to exchange would be wheat, and if reading the Address which was as usual, an echo of his
furnish the people . of. China with the means of impro- they carried their wheat to foreign markets, he speech.
wing th eir own condition, and promoting their civilize- asked if they would be able to induce the foreigner Mr. J. DUNDAS, in rising to second the mo-
tion, w hereby also the trade would be a source of coin- to give them three times the value of a quarter of tion, felt relieved from going at any length into the sub •
fort an .d happiness to a large portion of our Own people. wheat in exchange? He knew they would not.—(Loud ject by the admirable speech of the Hon. Gentleman who
He a 4: 10 proposed that the House should assure her Ma- cheer§.) He trusted that the trade- in commerce, of had preceded him. In fact, it would be a work of supe-
iesty that they joined :with her Majesty in rejoicing "that agriculture, and manufacture, would never be treated rero.ation for him to go over those topics which had al-
the d ifference which had arisen between Spain and Por- lightly by that House. Manufactures and agriculture ready been treated of with such power, ability, and pre-
tuga I 'about the execution of a treaty concluded between were dovetailed in each other—(Opposition cheers)— cision in the speech which they had just heard.—(Hear.)
thee e
.Powers in 1'335, for regulating the navigation of and whatever was for the interest of one was for the None could rejoice more than himself in the prospect of
the Dburo have be en adjusted amicably and with honour advantage of all.—(Cheers.) They should endeavour to the continuance of peace, and he considered it matter of
to bath parties -o-y the aid of her Majesty's mediation " work together.—(Opposition cheers.) He had seen the good augury that the civilized nations of the world had
An I here he m; ht observe that whenever the mediation disadvantage of protectien in the manufacturing interest, recently adopted the satisfactory method of mediation
of I ter Majesty had the effect of restoring amity amongst and he only asked the landed interest to do that justice for the termination of theirdifferences in preference to the
eat/ anged natic ets, the consequence was to place this coun- which he was prepared to grant. He asked for no pro- ancient and unsatisfactory method of going to war.
try in 'a higher position ;- and he hoped such would be the tection for the manufacturing interests, for he was con- He rejoiced to hear that the estrangement between this
effec tin this : ease also. He proposed also, to thank her vincedthatprotection was altogether useless. If they looked emir-try and France had terminated, and he was sure the
Mak 'sty for I' .er communication " that the ilebt incurred back to the period when the Corn-laws were first House would agree with him in feeling that it was their
by I lie Le gislature of Upper Canadie., for the proposed in 1815, he would direct the attention duty to do their utmost to cement the alliance between
Purpose of public works, was a sericiuS obstacle of the House to a protest against them made two countries whose interests were so identical.—
to fu, rther 'improvements which are essential to by certain Noble Lords in another place. That (Cheers.) It was almost impossible, however, that a
the pr, ssper ri• ty oft the -Titnited Provinces; : and that protest appeared .to • him to have been dictated country, having large colonial possessions and ex-
her 1 ajef't y 14 authOrieed tlib. ', Governor-Ge- 'by sound' Wisdorne and in it he found an anticipation of tensire commercial connections, could boast of
nefal t) n make a communication on - the' subject all the..ill -effects resplting from those laws which at peace in all quarters, of the world: It had
to the (;( suncil and Assembly of Canada." He presentexisted.—(Hear, hear.) 'By perniission- of the :been necessary to
.Previde • , against the contin-
would. fin tiler propose that the House should assure House he would read the first three protests, and when gencies of war, and .exPenses ' had been incurred
her Majes
.ty, that her Majesty might .rely with entire the House heard the names of the noblemen by whom 'which the revenue of the. country was unable to meet.
confidence eon their loyalty and zeal to make adequate they were signed, he was slim that those names No one could be more sorry than himself for the feces-
Provi-sion for the public service, as well as for the would command respect in that House as they sity of calling on the country for
Teasincred supplies, but,
further... ; • application of sums granted . by„ the last had done wherever they had been mentioned. if anything could mitigate that evil, was the fact that,
-t'arliamey tt. He would not doubt butalhat the These parties thus stated the reasons for their protest in consequence her Majesty's Ministers had been pro-
eanadenc, :s which her Majesty reposed in Parliament against-the Corn-bill of 1815. First, because they were pelled into the
adoption of a course of policy, and into
Would be fairly carried out. He would propose, in the averse in principle to all unnecessary restraints on the promulgation of great measures which he firmly be-
next. lilac e, that they express their agreement-•with her commerce, and thought that the public prosperity lieved were for the benefit of the country, and on the adop-
-Majesty relative to the extraordinary expenses which would be best promoted by leaving uncontrolled the free tion of which he thought the very existence of the ma-
the even' es, in Canada, the Mediterranean, and China current of national industry. Secondly, because they nufacturing interest depended. It had been said that, al-
seas ha, ve occasioned, and the necessity of main- thought that the great practical rule, of leaving all though under thepresent system commerce might decline,
taining e: . a force adequate to the protection, of commerce unfettered, applied more peculiarly, and the agricultural interest would prosper. He believed, on
our ex t.- ensive possessions, and the necessity which on still stronger grounds of justice as well as the contrary', that the different interests of this country
arises, 11 "ierefrom of considering the means of increasing of policy, to the corn trade than to any were so united that the distress of one class must be felt
the put -' )lic revenue ; that they fully participated in the other. Irresistible indeed must be the necessity which by all. If the consumer of agricultural produce suf-
anxieta aexpressedhy her Majesty, that that objeet'should could in their opinion authorise the Legislature to tarn- fered distress, the producer must also suffer from a
he effe ;ted m the manner least burdensome to her,people, per with the food of the people, and impede the free diminution of demand. It was his anxious hope that
In pro pisaing that portion of the Address which referred sale of that article, on which depended the existence of the House would ay the utmost attention to
to this , tairt of the subject, he was well aware that some so large a portion of the community- Thirdly, because the measures which 1 Hon. Friend had proposed for
differ. !nee rof opinion existed in the House with they thought that the expectations a benefit the alleviation of that istress, and which, he was sure,
regar. 1 to,the mode of relieving the people ; but inasmuch from this measure were false and delusive. They could might be adopted without injury to any class. But he
as th ey were called • upon by her Majesty to gyve not think that the law would ever produce either plenty, or was sure that no such measures could be effectual unless
their - they embraced a large system of liberal improvement in the
,eaitiest consideration to the subject, he felt steadiness of price. Monopoly was the parent of dear
that 1 :le gouse would not refuse to give their attention ness, of scarcity, and uncertainty. To close against commercialinterests of the country. If the manufacturing
totttb e matter, whatever -might be the result at which themselves the cheapest market for their commodities, population suffered distress, the agricultural population
ia*Y m,
igbt finally arrive. With reference *to the would be to enhance the price -at which all thenecessaries must suffer also for the unemployed of the manufactur-
OP. ert duties, perhaps the Holisb would - permit of life could be purchased, and thus to refuse to their ing population would be thrown upon the rural districts,
hits to saYt'that with that portion of the mercantile countrymen the supply which Providence had in- and distress would fill the union workhouses, and create
Ivo: 'ld Withiwhich he was connected the greatest unani- tended for man. This protest was signed by. Fre- disaffection in the agricultural as well as in the manufac-
rah y prevailed in favour of such changes as had been derick Duke of Sussex, William Frederick Duke turing districts.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that this
rec .ommend9d. in the report of the Import Duties' of Gloucester, Wellesley, Essex, Torrington, danger would be averted by the adoption of measures
etc mmittee,
Which ssat in 1840. He was aware that in Chandos Buckingham, Montfort, • King, Carlisle. To for the improvement of the condition of the people. He
41 a last Session of Parliament many objections had been show that the opinions of commercial men were in unison had the greatest confidence in the
measures of his
raised against that Report, and . objections were even with those to which he had referred, he would read an Noble Friend below. As yet they had not had an oppor-
,
a:l tide to the ,description of evidence that' had been. ten- extract from a speech delivered about the same time by tunity of ascertaining the views of the Right Hon. fien-
d !red before„. -ithat Committee. But it had always ap- Sir Robert Peel, the father of the Hon. Mem- tleman opposite.—(Laughter from the Opposition
P eared to him very singular, that notwithstanding the ber opposite. The Honourable Member then read benches, answered by cheers from the Ministerial.) But
43 bjections raised on this subject, those who made the the extract, that the agricultural and commercial in- although they had not had an opp-ortunity of knowing
0 bjection lump never asked for a reconstruction of terests would not be opposed to each other ; they were on what measures of his they might rely, still it had
4,
ai tat Committee, to see whether those allegations in enlightened policy the same, and the success been stated that if the doctor were offered an opportu-
L sat had beq,q, advanced were true or not. He.,eould or ruin of the one was the success or ruin of nity of seeing the condition of the patient, and of ascer-
o lily say that,. ithe Report of that 'Committee had en- the other. Inasmuch as the country generally taining the state of the pulse, a remedy might be found,
g rossed a great portion of public attention. Among the were ' enriched by the sale of the manufactures the and if the remedy which the doctor who might be
a WitlfaCtUringkOMMUllity with which he was cotftiected landholders received their share of ,the benefit. It had called in should prescribe should turn out to be
a - deep sense iewas expressed of the necessity of been the wise policy of former Governments, to keep the the same as the one prescribed by the doctor
s ame such change as was suggested to be a49Pted. price of articles of subsistence as low as Possible. Upon already in attendance, he for one should greatly rejoice.
lle would nob-tenter at large into. the subjeet,. be- this system Mr. Pitt had acted. But if the resolutions On many Previous occasions they had seen the Right
c Oise he knew -he should in that case trespass too upon the table passed in their present shape the
Lordosed ( Lord
yo r dh
his Noble
IN-tuoshsleel 1 below him.
had asuinresstaLroes-
Hon. Baronet subscribing the rescriptions of the Noble
the
eu
manye 1 each upon' thee time of the House. But he should manufacturers . must be destroyed, and corn might be
a.iaserve, thats:,it appeared to him that it had grown, but paupers would be the only customers for it. P
bean truly stetted, in the Speech from the Throne, Still. with respeet to the manufacturers, it could be suffered delay, but after long discussion they had
tht t there wer+Bwere many articles upon whichh ve shown that they were during the two years of apparent obtained the sanction of the Legislature. Sometimes
snit, 11 4.evenue '.vas collected, but which, from the.mode prosperity really approaching to the state of difficulty in with the adoption of tht Right Hon. Baronet, and some-
of cc-libation, oa•ierated most vexatiously upon thee parties which they were now placed by the operation of those times in spite of his opposition, many of them had be.,
who here ca' .led upon to pay ; while at there same laws. It was not a mere qestion of overtrading come the laws of the land. Such he trusted would be
time t:* amoi-Int of the revenue was so triflingas to or the temporary loss of a valuable market. But it the case on the Present occasion, and although now
render'iteettn dl" little importance to the national re- was. a period of alarming risk to all the in- backed by such a formidable phalanx as that opposite,
..... a time ; still he felt that after a few years either
soureei: t),,lit, therefore looked earnestly to a chitige in terests of the country, which it would require the the Right Hon. Baronet might delay those measures for
the mode eif idling the duty upon these articleS: He greatest energy on the part of the Legislature to avert.
was coti:v is: iced., that what the country wanted at (Hear, hear.) In his opinion there had been no by the adoption of the Right Hon. Baronet, or ins pite of
the p I64'a t fah-lent was an extension of its' markets overtrading since 1826. It was true that, in 1834, his opposition—forced on by that popular feeling against
—(Laud ' erig"'of " Hear, hear")—which would re- 1835, and 1836, there had been very extensive credits. the Right Hon. Baronet, which his opposition to those
lieve ~,ii A • disii4ss in which the people were now.a 'in' It was true that in those three years the extension of measures would on discussion be sure to raise—lie should
fortuna ae'ly-- ephinged, which he could not consider as a credit was in some instances improper, but was it to see the great measures-which his Noble Friend had pro-
niere 1 ,ce:iatnit,,ol which he did not look upon as the re- be supposed that the manufacturers who borrowed posed carried triumphantly.—(Cheers.) He would not
suit c f a,pa ;4:..ag pressure. But it appeared told& that money to build mills and increase their works would have detain them further 'than to thank the House for the
there , wasuaanething at the root of our present system' done so had they not believed that there was a population kindness with which they had heard him, and would
whir ;h was'at variance with the prosperity of the 'Country. ready to work them. Could it be supposed that they would be at once second the motion of his Hon. Friend,
(' jeer, 'ware.) He did not entertain et party ii:6W of the so insane as to raise the market against themselves if they did The SPEAKER, having then put the Address from the
aut. Oct, and he did not think that the question;-could be not believe that they would have a full and profitable Chair,
co;' .sidereefil.tAich a light. He trusted the House would employment ?—(Hear, hear.) They had now the same Mr. S. WORTLEY rose and said, that he
Pr• eceed in a •Ideieit of fair inquiry to investigate, the pre • population, but far less means of employment, so that trusted he would not be accused of undue pre-
at sit. state Ot,„'oiir import duties, and he felt persuaded there was a large mass of our people scarcely able sumption in presenting himself to their notice
fnat the inoaegie matter was inquired' into the.stronger to subsist. So degrading was their condition that at that early period after his re-appearance within those
'would be the:i'convictions on the mind of Honourable it was the duty of the House to ascertain by what means walls, in order to suggest to the House a different course
Members, that what he was now advocating the industry of the country could be relieved, whether by from that which had been proposed by the Honourable
Was but -,ii measure of reason an-a
justice those fiscal regulations to which he had referred, or by the Gentleman who had just addressed the House.
towards the community at large. He could not allow adoption of a more liberal system, and the abandonment It would have been more conformable to his own wishes
the oppoi vanity to pass by without 'recording his opi- of monopolies. By the latter they would find if he could have remained a bystander upon that occa-
sion as strongly as words could do in filvour of an markets ready and open to receive their sion, and have kept his place without mixing in
alteration in' some of the leading' colonial articles commodities in exchange. Her Majesty had alluded to the present debate ; but feeling as he did a most
imported info this country. With respe4r to sugar the Corn-laws, and their effect upon the currency. It entire and complete concurrence in the views
lie beggeeeteestate, that from inquiries he had made, he was his own opinion that the Bank of England never which had been professed by those Honourable Gen-
found that iiirl
,ohe quantity of sugar taken ie, home con- could be in security, if all the issues of this country tlemen with whom he had the honour to sit in that
sumption, quid on which the duty'-had .been paid, at were to be regulated by the barometer. When the House, and agreeing as he did in the course
Liverpool' %ince that question had latelykeen discussed bank felt that its bullion was extracted to go abroad which it was proposed by those Hon. Gentlemen
in that' 'ilbuse, h
hod been less - than ' during the for corn in a season of scarcity, its only course to take upon that occasion, he felt he should
corresPott ding period of last year,-
although there had was in self-defence to check the excessive issue, be shrinking, and, however backward he
•
been a f; ell,•14,
in priae, and although .the consumption last and the sympathy spread to -every issuing body might feel personally, he did not wish to avoid the task.
year was:far ber.eath the average.-a(Hear, hear.) Such over the length and breadth of the land—(Hear, hear)— He felt he should be shrinking from his duty if he did
appeared to him distinctly to in- so
.that at the moment when the industry of the country
a circa tnstane anot suggest to the House the adoption of a different
dicate - that the power of the -peopije
.. t 0... purchase required the greatest stimulus and support to enable it course from that which they had been called upon to
the followers of her Majesty's
was ain.4niteeing from year to year, inarend of increasing tor contend against the calamity.of an insufficient crop, take by
Government.—
as it of igha to do with the increase er. popu a ion. .It became paralysed, and such is the unfortunate .e • ppl use ) But if he were liable to anything
appear,t,a to him that unless they made.' some reduction state to which we have now arrived. He apologlsed l‘itke. a.presumption in his own person perhaps he
they_would lose theirfor h •
eying so long occupied their time in discussing
in the.
,dutyupon• foreign sugar;- the might find something of justification in
ortant markets Corn-laws, but he must :till say •
trade _,- with one of the most important . . , in conformity the circumstances under which he had the honour to
when the treaty with with all the views which n
of thi.,:s,country believed that e had - previously
the 1 • - • Heable to renew it expressed, that, notwithstanding time •'_ appear before the House.—(Cheers.) It was not long
3razils expired they would not 1?0. .h it rested. ofprosperity to which - ' periods since her Majestyaby, the advice of her present Ministry,
upoi a the same favourable terms 911_, whic
- • -ousion had been made put it to the country at large to decide upon the
to occupy the so triumphantly, the evil of the system was
—(; frear.) It was not his intendn
policy
of their measures, and asked that country to
Mtn' itiim of the Honse, and he inted out proceeding certainly 'and rapidly alth ht - 1
FierelY P.° . ~ , • oug no so near tle .return her an answer which should serve as a guide in
consideration. He surface as in eaar present unfortunate condition. In 1 4 83
thiiia sit cumstanee as a matter for their and 1835-- those 1 - re working the future government of the country.—(Hear, hear.)
wreild propose, in the next .placeagtat the House shouldher _ a v‘o•fs wh: eis
cn their.pernicious effects
"915 the He (Mr. Wortley) appeared there the bearer of a portion
le stably state to her Majesty, that, ." in obediene to ar _. 't people
~ t untry, ahnd if it were not fer the of that answer ; and he . hoped he might, without too
temporary prosperity, we should ar Ne o ears
3 esjesty's express deSire, they should proceed to consider . ave
.r i-d tw • , much presumption, say that he appeared there not as its
It was said that trade
—( ')
sooner at their present state. was
the law iithich regulated the trade in corn"— least significant i rt. (0 'Con
p i ion— pposi i cheers)—and
i d order to determine whether the law did not eggravate not paralyzed because there had been an increase that b • '
being the case, he trusted he would not be
There n
the natty al fluctuations of i supply ; 'whether it in , some articles of export. had been an out of place, early as it was in their proceedings,
increase in cotton. twist, but that always
did not embarrass trade, ':, derange the currency, in standing before them for the purpose of moving an
and alt oge eller by its operation d;:ininish the comforts appeared to him.. to_ b. e matter of regret amendment upon that occasion ; and he felt satisfied he
rather than of exultation, for it appeared to him a proof
and ins cease the privations N,f. the great body of the might take such a course in strict conformity, not only
lost a valuable branch of' trade—the conversion •
community. : Since the .:.last dissolution of Par- that we had . with the wishes of his own *constituents, but with
doff h H hear, hear.
liament tune question. br'the Corn-laws had been of that twist into cotton ot .—w(
heenar,) those of the great majority of the people of this country
brought, under the specltil consideration of every The time was not far.
also
spin the_ people —(Loud cheers from the Opposition benches)—while
Member . sittine within t 4 walls of that House. It was ot the Continent would
a subje et whil had beelA 'discussed at the late general for themselves, and we should lose that branch of menu- whether it was meet that persons sitting in the position
eked, ,i-I,—(Hear, hear, the Opposition benches.) facture also.—(Hear, hear.) The
_people of the Conti- of her Majesty's Ministers were those whom it wished
it hr d been a subject of discussion among men of all nent justly said to us that we taught them how to encoura:ge to entrust with the future conduct - of affairs.
par' seem and he - believed that there had not been their own manufactures. _y B our system of protection (Ch - ) He (Cheers.) e conceived that in recommending the
a :single election in- which it 'had not en_ k t
we were driven from the mar -e s near at home course which he was about to propose to the House,
Sr led a large portion of public attention.—(Renewed to the remotest parts of the_. IN'otld-7(Hear, hear)— he was liable to -nothing-in the way of blame, or
e• :ies of " Hear, heat'," from the Opposition benches.) where our capital was expended with the greatest risk : imputation, because it had been an ancient practice.
l Since the subject hid been last discussed in that House, 1 and the least profit.—(Hear, hear.) A great part 1 upon various -opinions of a similar kind, to ask that House to
'he regretted to saY that the privations of the people had of our present exports was composed of goods , engraft upon the Address which was prepared by the advisers
' from which
considerably increased—(Cries of " Hear, hear,' . our manufacturers were . p
compelled to send of the Sovereign, an amendment which would declare clittereilt.
the , Ministeriaf 'benches) and that this condition abroad at a loss, to avoid depressing still sentiments from those which that Address might contain. It
was a course which was in itself res ec
had'become materially worse. He had in his possession more the market at home. He had received
~.
.t ._ . _ p tful towards the
in May last a `snfficient number of communications to 1 a letter this very day from one of the largest manufac- te
.nrtoewllini-blie was
da curse
h aeddwaals
()in
that constitutional and
convince him- that the people of this country were .lovers in Lancashire, who had never exported before, ' _ ,
.upon that occasion
H n Gentlemen apposite had no • . right to complain that they
for that reason I ° '
suffering from a state of extraordinary distress ; but had lately been compelled to do so . : (the Opposition) should interfere in order to ask for an l
. and from, all the communications he had since received, 'He wished it had been in his power to have i
i tion of those sentiments. In the first place, he saidsuch a tera-
,
and from the inquiries he had made during the short brought the subject under their consideration in I was respectful towards the Crown, because the Crown having
period • :12e had Spent in the manufacturing dis- ' a manner more, worthy of it. It appeared i put a q
rnuestion formally and deliberately to the country—having-
tricts, he could- tell the House without any to him that, they were compelled ever since the i seat them there to declare its opinion upon the topics Co
*Saggoiatione.-.for he had no need to exaggerate.—that regulation of the laws respecting the importation 'prised in that question, it could not be otherwise than respect-
the utmost amount of distress and misery was now felt of corn from the • year 1828, during each year ml to the Crown, that they should take the earliest opportunity
- in - the borough with which he was connected, to import some quantity of foreign grain. If they of informing the Crown what was the anster which the, had
and its entire vicinity —(Hear hear.) He could ; looked to the condition of the people at the been commissioned to give by their constituents. (ftear,