The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-22 00:00:00

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Which u° rnight be suffering under the severest calamity.
that tikecoul be inflicted on the country. He truste.d.
par . be
with which they had acted on this
ocular , - •1 it dance of -a-
retisfie„ gcamon wonld carry wad :-, -
m__'''un canon
would tend to alleviate that misery, to
irve which they had acted.
The ' EWARr rose, but was for some time inaudible.
oho eDliduct of the commercial Minister of France in
irpension of the navigation laws had been worthy
bees sPrasisee and yet, altheugh the example had long
f,„„-. fore the eyes of the Government, they did not
haduTw it until three or four months after the necessity
be Occurred. He had been one of those Mem-
i " Who had supportedthe principles of free
N. .
s from the first in that House, and he was
eleotrdatily
pleased to find that the Hon. Member fur Dohre-
ta shire had voted for a temperary suspension of t
, navigation laws. As an advocate for a total repeal of
..,,,olniataprtioerracriyal restrictions, he preferred that plan to a
Muni He only regretted that her
Jest Y's Ministers had not come to a resolutionseforr.
that.. total repeal ; and he thought the. same obaws.
lilnti,;34 , might be ap-lied to the navigation 1
5.,
the total oowever, the Government would not consent
t°4l repeal, however much he regretted it,ewould
associations
to the temporary measure. There were
. innr woatsand
ss°eiations to justify the retention cf the naval
laws.
They only took their rise. in tecrieign of I enry
se, and were confirmed in the time of iarles IL, and,..
rhaetlibeerlievaettlh' seimxp.ly.in consequence of our conneettorr\N ith
the Dutel at that time. lie repeated that he would much
substituted that tnistry had for temporary suspension
Hu did
debate.
temporary suspension of those laws, yet
not wish to disturb the unanimity of the .
this
(~:` he could not help observing that labour in
t-s-'llllrY could never be sufficiently rewarded until,e
'aeY did away with the restrictions ~n external commera .
Ile should vote for the measure before the Houe.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER saidhe
that, however sensible of the force of the position of e
Hee. Member who had just sat down, he trusted that
the
L nature of the circumstances which were to he
brought under review of the Committee proposed,
and which had led to the motion for that Cemtnite e,
wo 1
u•el prevent anything like dissension in
the debate.
In October last the belief was, that corn had been raised
price in -ce from being kept back tor speculative purposes.
As soon as the determination of the Government. wee
known not to suseetal the corn-laws prices fell, aid
about the latter end of October large arrivals of grain
look place from foreign parts. We
were then told, on
O
rd authority, by gentlemen intimately acquainted
with the corn trade, that there was every probability of
large arrivals in a short time. Even at a more recent
date •
it was stated to us that the number of vessels in
America taking in grain as cargoes was very
large indeed. He . held in his hand a letter from
11, gentleman in Liverpool,
which stated, that according to the last arrivals from
the United States there were at New York, loading with
Vain for Great Britain and Ireland, thirty-seven vessels
of 25,000 tons burden. There was loading at the same
time at New Orleans 33 vessels of 19,000 tons; and in
addition to this, there ha
ofd Icleared out
from
h
Liverpool twenty-nine vessels
general cargoes for Ameries, which would no doubt
d
ula
return to this country with corn. These amount
nearly to 70 vessels, whiacah
nwnourledastnalehalestapbprirneghecnobrinet:
and at that time there w
that large supplies for the ceoinnaruemtphte navigation oviftthieon closed.countr
Would not be forthcoming h
But it would appear that themerchahnatds hanadtiebiepeanteddi.sapft
Pointed in the supplies which they . .
would appear, however, that within the last two or three.
weeks the imports have considerably increased, but this
vie' the time when the spring trade fell
the off',
ratndefwltiehtei
there was a greater demand
shipowners for freights. The suspoth•nisi,onefef
all
ie nue:6i
gona's
!ion laws would enable the 8
Is° enter into the business of importingpTsfohoed fnoarvitghaisticeonunoi
"1 as soon as the navigation opened..
9scle'saopened in
.March ; the navigation oafsviime:ri:l. oepneanuerel.
about the same time; and it was with
big early supplies as soon as the trade is opened that
tha Go
It vernment proposed to suspend the navigation laws.
ist must be remembered that the • had received as yet
the crop of 1846, and he
rne of the Indian corn o
berhaved that he whole of tfhte crop of 1845 had been
t
ought
and he be-
to this country. The crop of 1846 was
ii'dY for exportation till List Decem er,
time some of it
eyed that in a very short
*Mild From New
ode be on its way to this country.
s ails he expected come ships to fewarriveinalittleweeoenklsd.
out from the northern states he feared that
When this
he expected till the navigation be open.
Period arrived the measures which were now proposed
that
greatly accelerate the supplies. He conslderad
at the information which the Government re-
ceived quite sufficient
to up to October last was
warrant them in takin such a course. He was very
arisli°4ll to take that opportunity of' stating the course.
which the Government pursued with regard. to
.sending
pension
to Ireland—there had been so much misappre-
e naloo prevailing in the House, and there had
%len so many mis-statements made last night
Points with respect
to which it was so essential i 1
that there should be
no mistake. He hoped the
11°11se would excuse hits if he briefly detailed the course
I.)lrsued on that occasion. It would be rememberedwas
Lnat at the close of last session an announcement
riikscle in reply to questions put to the Government,
with
trade should not undertake to interfere . :tan.
in Ireland. This was the answer in rattily
a" given to the queries made on that subject.
iin•-. while he adopted such a course, he did not mean to
aiiisa,,,,Pr,°ve of the course which the late Government
\V(hrie'l under different circumstances last year.
Merckn the question had been put to them from
:tieants in different parts of the country, this was
tnacirePlY returned, and he continued to believe in the
G('', enee of such a course, as a partial interference by
tv‘vernin,nt
would hav'o completely paralysed the
lar'retions of individuals. Private. enterprise afforded a
P 441 supply than any exertion it , was
ever' ' that a Government could snake. Vi he"'
could A was likely that any private
Went not provide a supply of corn, theenGteervperr.ietsi:
kr as far as they were able, established depots
and sale of corn, and they had come into the market,
piglie only limit they put upon the merchants em-
appear Was that they should not allow the Government to
would as purchasers ; for if they had done so, an injury
eNtstrn ha
been inflicted upon the poor of the
els,,,Y, for they should remember that distress existed_
tietoere than in Ireland; for it' the Government had
of foor unwisely, they would have raised the price
Th - uPon those who were maintaining themselves.
B,6oe,sestUoUn.t of corn imported was sufficient to feed
a
htif.oo2l.o of persons for a period of four months and t
dolt,
fOtr°tatYc'ntahnetrrefore that private enterprise had no
In all Seriously to underraY a the:, efforts attended
ll.that could be expecqed, would be
te the success which had
r,
Nee.
~. pe r psaoui
nr
of
fa.s e a which had betehneuahaidgebebts):
r' .ern:nen't
117.0 v -
Market ; • A waYs been made at
lit4s beenh a eihbepel: e s!,
which iraerick, hiid alwo's the name of Russell, who,
as the agent of the Government
had n.titY of corn given the eigliest
gi inv
any n in
preceding i e English Spurs.
Thee sa.,purrTioacgtel
ees
exported front Ireland to England
threeso:if:(v,beaeratelrs. than
), the years precedin the last had bean 3,000, 00
In the last git had only amounted tos
1,300'2°0 quarters, being less than the preceding b;
Leatod ,egiCsanqduazatesreanifyhesoronotoityquoafrfoterresig;ntchoartn.
geri
nh,:ladi:olo,nu,artely, represented the quantity sent friohn:;Pw.°Eerr
fine ' English and foreign corn. Great quantities of
had been kept for home consumption,
;"orser had been sent to Ireland, the quantity of whichte
!Q 17 consid,•rable. In the beginning whila.
eeftved a letter
re were thirty-threfrom a person at LiovferSpcopotle,msbt'artiing
e vessels waiting at Liverpool.
Iti4tereceiee cargoes for Ireland. One great evil was
trie citeft eielley of mill-power in Ireland. The Govern-
aecill'. "ad left all the mills in Ireland for private use,
1,)„, had employed mills at Plymouth, at Portsmouth, at
-nvenPort, and at Rotherhithe; they had been kept
eet3-stantlY at work, and their produce in Indian
I.,.•lasseal and barley-meal had been sent to 1re-
e7,.,.' Depots had also been established in the
st-4rh districts of Ireland. There were nine
ii:Pets eetablished last year. In the
whichpresnt were
ell' nUmber amounted to 26, some of
er
hern
-hosted to the east of the Shannon, the mosthn t
There.
Fart
of Ireland, and Kinsale, on the so
i'ere soma of them in Sligo, in Mayo, south,
Galway,
places.
]wn Limerick, and in numerous
ithh regard to other supplies o t foo d , other
b y the °stab-
d other measures, it did not appear,
suclinsern.. ofo
ft depots
stalenmen would have the House to sup-
0, that the poorer population. of Irelanddthhandt
mieessaiLetines
'tire!,
es , e neglected; he thought it appeare
sufficient at least
tPbeen taken, at the r 0 '4t am, e 4 .a, as uate,
s Prove that the supply of food had eat been thaue'l
'jut tt was undoubteal true that those dePt44 I-144 uni?.:
recently been opened. When they had a larger mese e!
People to supply with food consideFahise reserve was re
quired in the furni.hing of those suppilea, Oit)Mf.? of those
depots had never been opened, others had been partial's
opened in the course of the autumn, a=, for instance, the
depots in Galway, in Weatuseath, and in Sligo,
+Hid other places. They found, in many
eases, in pronoralion as the Government gave ex-
Peciatiene of relief, that the persons in the loaality
relied no longer on their owe resources. Ile
1 ' ' band an extract from a journal published
held •n iies
in re - Castletown, • which stated that distress had greatly
- a •
tea siovernment intended to place a
I,llo'eaaed, because ..
the people were willing to depend
%ad there, and ,I e • it. 'rho Government cal-
uPoii the relief atforl44 LiY
D visions in the ountry
ealated upon * *upPIY c', sro repared to afford,
WI Clue d then Uwe' )6'are p
with cerstatalin'irgZictions, relief f.r,9o3,_r..nadep4si.jd
hA4it,eluetee
was ceasing when the people
or,. ,i4t,„:„7"n by 41,41;101;1.g,
sustain themselves with (90(1 n l'
het purchased by dealers,
ei to facilitate tit:"
endg
:.therefoes aeeere-
ellt had been particularly aunts
the country,
eittqablishment of small dealers throuehou:
tot Many places, hc,wever, they could n.eetresiltt;(ll)4ll°
ablishing these small dealers ; nnd h
bet
compelled to open deputy to supply
with food
Qr of teen engaged on the relief works 0
___,__
the large nue,
-suvernaseet heel been told that they had taLenetylkhgoe4ls:
Stever4 to relieve the aged infirm out of
tie
w afforded
(~11.1 at all events that the relief must have been .
lereeeLlitli, for that within the last few days they were. in
N I"
had heard nothing of it. Thie Codinip loaini ta,
u'ever, was unfounded, and it would be found r
and
ael4.lrt that had just been received from Ireland,
that
4"`blch would shortly tie laid before the house,
etanat"le 131%144 had been fists:Miles' to the relief
t ..veittees to enable them Ivo supply "be
it,° the aged and joartil who °aid not
e:erarnoclated in the avorkhouses. It
leat 'u'eta too, that the relief
such
racted each committee to confine a'aeir supplies to
„it's_ Mode 04 relief until the
coml.:s:lldt
pressuee became saesere in
tt.'" quartere. One of these reports was dated no less=;
.4taa. bee. 3. while &nether from Skibbereen,
pee
pe
out Aimed that a large was:ass/re of relief had beet, dealt
The b.
.to the aged and intenseisaos* of that district.
°Vat boil. Gentleman alai Yee,l4 .911 lo PO Ms