The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-27 00:00:00

flax was geld at 19s. 6d. per stone, and in additioh. to ttort.. y
t
enormous price, it was of a beauty and quality that could not
equalled in Belgium. The wages there did not exceed 61e ,Ze
given in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Hampshire• e
regard to the manufacture of sax, he had In
r ietesc4
in what state the trade was during the e ion
of protection on linen and on the raw material. The ce,,ere
of industry in that trade, at the present time was in las etr
of Ireland, where no less a capital than h,ietesd
barked in it, and 500,000 persons derived their
(6,0001.
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str
from it. The wages paid yearly amounted to 300,44'1'. boo
yet it was only during the last twelve years that this tiltir sot is
to develop itself. 60,000 new spindles had been 1811 s
operation. With regard to the linen itself, it. waSsi',#oe
years ago at 2s. 7d. per yard • bet it was now sold
,h 7,010
yard, and the linen now sold' was of a finer quality tnitroot
formerly be got for 2s. 7d. He (the Hon. hiember .olr
lected perfectly well having had an interview witbawor fittd
shire farmer, who came to Belfast to witness one e
exhibitions, and who stated that though he was in !escort°
raising lax himself, he did not knew what use to ‘"i$010
straw to. He would look at another article, butter fet;_nd
There were 6,000 firkins of butter imported from Hen: ooes
week—scarcely a steamer arrived at London from
ere tit°
without being partially laden with this article. Nresortsil
farmers of Limerick or Tipperary injured
of butter? He aid consider they were. fle COn;eets geo
with the natural resources of Ireland, and the on, efe
stimulus which would be given to the native populaw: wee
country, they would be able to compete with thein 700;
fully as in the former article of flax they had (inn% oat
countries. They were told by the opponents of t'oo of
this iVrws:i otto
1
that they would be overwhelmed by the importstiest ofe?!
foreign markets, and that the land would be throw state
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tivation by such a result. Now he was preparede, tee 0,
the land would not be thrown out of cultivation f Ott et
of the Government measure. It was said, that core,..! ale
pended on foreign countries for a supply
td
event of war they would be reduced to the greatest sieve if
did not believe, however, that such a result would tu ste
if that day should come when the hair sbito,
, would take place, the country would if
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n coe off as gloriously and as successful 10 oil,
As long a: this novel supremacy existed—as long nog ;sir
and civilisation was cherished among thentenee.t, eed74o.
sceptre of the kingdom was wielded with ecitunitidtur
licence, se long would the country 'maintain its We- 40,
rity. they
the-
Mr. B. DENISON regeetted very mail'
sse'sew
se,
Member for Knasbormagh vies not in hie P T
iree apeei
epeach a few reeling: since he indulged in atneweet
Lion: a: to the souse which the Right H3ll. PB7OO
to aot with respect to the commereial obeliwodo
and char ged G Gee rn men t with hawing deceived those-toe er et!
fided in them. The Right Hon. Baronet, bewe,o. 001,.51e
last to deceive any one (Cheers)—and he woo— tly ;et.
that in no way whatever, whether directly or itotableerj
deceived. him (Mr. Denison).—(Cheers.) Genlu
leave to say further, that he joined with other
who had addressed the House in expressing 8 ",,1101V
Right Honourable Friend the Member for got ~..10a101
( Cries of " Honourable Friend")—he begged Patloth ele"
Friend would be more cautious in future, ono)
addreses to the public, and his letters to private
( Hear, hear.) If he did take that caution, he ,(Abe spri
had no doubt that his conduct and language weueil:fo6oetil,
tisfactory to the House and to the country. "A". one'
of that part of the question, and he hoped he he", at Ole el
would be satisfactory to the Right Hon. Baronet
to 04
of the Government—.( Hear, hear)—he would P,triete eepeG
that when he had the honour of seconding the les, Pr
Throne, he certainly did expect that the Right., i 10.1140
from what he had communicated to him, Tlo4l;desen,llll,
forward a measure of the same character and the herd:
those which the Government, of which he, was a' c fen' if
the ornament—( Cheers)—had propounded to thtio,
for the last three or four years, and which, at the oe d"Or
him, he thought he had acted in so successfully. .01:140,
did think, from all that he had heard from liaerab:e.- OP
vernment, that they did expect that a diseuel, ol-
place on the subject of corn, but he would fro IV
he was not at all prepared to expect that the R'g ewe
hs ",
ronet would propose the total abolition of oth,eh
even accompanied with a new sliding-scale, viul siti, r
forward three years ago. And he would frank 1000
bringing forward his proposal the Right Onnetted es 01
made a great mistake—(Cheers)—and coven! reed
which he was quite sure many people wouletbs
(Mr. Denison) confessed that he hoped
,it b 1X
able Baronet might not live to regret be(ee F."
And now that he had propounded his ineasure,e'bt lifos
nison) hoped that the Right Hon. Baronet niche oc(e
it act successfully, and promote the interests of
ed.
P
the way in which the Right Hon. Baronet lic,,Pst I,OIP
Denison) must say, that he did not expect wbs
Hoe. Baronet would have brought forward ohet 0110
He imagined that it was the duty of Paellas:l'le to 0,
vernment to exert themselves as much as On° owl °Ai
the employment of those living around thew, ope 4
them with an abundance of food. Now, in s ower,
corn-laws, as he (Mr. Denison) had done for Pesti,
he had done so without regarding the interestsoo brio"
owners in the first instance.—(Hear, he the teigird,„J
advocated the cern-laws for the defence of ifTworhe
( Hear, hear.) He had advocated these latest esfLe
the tenantry of the kingdom, who were the meeho t'Oess,
men in the kingdom. But he did say this, oto 0704
would not, in his opinion, be benefited by tel.slo otr
It ow be
( Hear, hear.) He therefore confessed that be ceed otej
the repeal of the corn-laws. Until he was cellos et I'l
measure would benefit the working classes of t sofeerf,
was determined to adhere to his original oeinileortbriostlio;o
now, witb the permission of the House, gives eresseWspee
the corn-laws, since the commencement of the riot Wilnirr,
At the present time, though there is a much lerleiredth!ft
in the kingdom, there was no more foreign co this per/ot
the commencement of the century, and during f $ rola
has existed, in one shape or other, corn-law' °„ted,n
is
character. The laws have, however, °Pe,ted d0`,.0
the landed interest, though professedly vie-foto or
favour. He would now read a few extracts
itooll
meat whch he had in his hand, giving the
imported into this country from the years
Quarters.
1791 to 1800 inclusive, 470,00
1001 ... 1810
1811 ... 1820
• 1821 1830 1121,000
1831 1840 • OOB,O ,411
1841 1845
But during several of the years included inioter
periods importation had been very small in foe', ty
more then 100,000 quarters. So able etaeia rere/01,0
sufficient support for its pepalation. He woe seereol
last two years, especially in the year 1844, thel:;obwoo.,o
quarters imported, and in the year 1845, on:, ieiFfol!oS
the clamour which had been raised, the quantl'itld ` sltoei
been only 136,000 quarters, and werAt
necessary to abolish the corn-laws, in order th , of io
of this country may e ave foreign corn inaporteaos„
deficiency. He. maintained that if ever there, esso`telt'o
which had been hard-driven and hard-spurred' so/ri#3:i!°
cultural interest. In the year 1815 there to jo Ini,io
duty on the importation of corn, when the ricos. ,0111101
e
the year 1822 the prohibition was lowered is ;ea, rots ;1
new corn-law, with the sliding scale, was 841°Pt wei6lonttote
altered the duty. Between the years lb" sr I
sliding-scale remained in force, and in the Yethe,i'osist4
was then actually down fifty per cent. „r Ls 1
after the operation of the law for 10'"ditleyt?e,/,
the total repeal of the duty was proposed, buthefeeiewe is?
that they had made out any case. The imPre te"4 4
culture had been going on at the same tete let" stied
in the population. He had no doubt that alftroe
still improve. lie believed that agriculture we sew*
infancy, and he had no doubt of the power of ut IPOO.';
to maintain an increase in the population. 11,1 y bi 094
time, they ought to deal fairly and fret' egrlts ove
culturists, and they ought to give the Or
te4g. e
lease of the Bill of the year s,eat welw4
President of the Board of Trade had stated e'onv" oh"
the importation of foreign corn had been t° ht,
sielIPPl
nithiilelimontstsat ybeear.
an. He
e o(rlV.lr.HDeentiruso
ant)e,dh°o"'aer
itirheif !J:o°h "it
Jo
never lose sight that one general rule prove $ a,top
vantage was ever obtained by the country bitcolenfor
the agricultural classes, and that whatever on to
Feselsoff',
those classes tended st in. the same prePeriest tbeeret,lo;'
power of the nation,_ and-to introduce arnerr tlieorge
ease, poverty, and distress. He had voted for twoeff oj
ation effected by the Right Hon. Baronet into the t'oP, see
end he had supported that tariff in opposition in thsoiotros
ber for Soniersetshire (Mr. Miles) beetle" t%, oo rie etie
Right Hon. Baronet had taken off the du ot a'"eot r
meat. He did so because he found that hest elleeeePtilee
the market. Now the rise in the price 01 io COlitbst
sioned by the extent of the consumption, bu at lstoio
the scarcity which had been existiogjori ioroe
An analogy was attempted to be
in
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gentlemen between the duty upon core in holt:, itelo
upon orther articles, such as sugar ; bu•tweosdiodee,lept
logy existed, for the duty on sugar was. I—nly iio ria ti
poles ; whereas the duty on corn was sires ",,,sr,orros,
object of protection, and there was, goretoefe'ei eT, tew,
the case. In the course of his journeys it hi-00 40;4
country, during the last year, he bad mad
p,' of tbebiett
inquire into the position of small tradesteeweree obj'enlr
and he did so because he knew that ibex ore,
dent upon agriculture for their chief suPrs enoworiso ml 9 s, p
to test the assertion that high prices were love.
e hyf
panied by high wages, and low prices t the ;o 'herbe
~
could confidently affirm that such wee n- rein meneei
found that, although the prices were
, Dore l4, o_l
harvests, that the farmers brought wier ew''
naY ti As'
de
from market, were enabled to iheir ait t o'4;
and give a higher price for so
_,Olhei
But if ther reversed this order of thh hkeeper
•eit Wote'rr
were bad harvests, let them ask sulYobelPcstinet oesseli ste,oo
state of business, and he would Poef deinabibktilosi
the harvests have been bad." He t
did
sot pot ,ice!,
to impress on the House the great;enald sot het Tool",
thing to encourage a,gricultare. `" need toe do' 04 t,y
he did not want high prices, but he 'easy, tter '
should be encouraged in every pay" wig be_ fele!, sr".se'
gine that any Member in that HOUg,% of thC, 1541, oorst
the Noble Lord the Member for Lolinvil;4o, tten, 00'4 ',"t
harvest. The bad harvests of districts' le'to
panied by distress in the manufactur%rd,, Gbe't teststoPoo
shake the confidence in the Noble
Lod would r cane° ere Ili o°'‘
anything else. The Noble Lor e wrests °ors we
1834, and 1835,
when
tildistricts L.,e in fe,
good, the manufacturing Doc bad, fell
er tbebsel'olo,,
PleYed ; but as the harvests beca
d stricts t fle toy
I flirt oios de 00
proportion, the manufacturing .0
ers
_ep
of distress. He would eYetinfZrers s*cl 7oefid LI?
in 1824, 1825, and 1826 the Tar react coalleor the 06 eslic4;
ing, and in, point of fact, and
wtoeeseetnhoitmeirgihgth,t,biuft ai
fbtaititeyhaadesiti
gilol,otntierisehevereelquithetheol:
etobecti
mediately. He would not tresp
butto wthhiee
hNTeI
eb 1(e Lordi‘ie..
Bh. ) eau that re ,st
gratl3:l7' vefribnociollP
alni7ds:n-aults
that the cue was a most
difficult ttltiV t;-0- onn.eropoiseroileit;se
had written upon the subject, oi. (gr.
_fable
the ii
, efe
tteoetiliaffincdulYs..ailie tlonone_ent the. otohsi,sto
Would ee'trir tu`
sahowwaythenuNtobolfe
to get out of the dime e ult • lle go
h could net corn' ost tOoll
to act as their pilot, but e abolition, er the erifurril GO go of
with them, for the total sheets ono was ,01; 300 to ir,,
the measure were right, th
nt i'l can
tc)hfieiet 71;#
ipnr present evr lett.
y a
desired to k
new '" VG° v"
their consciences, if
coursektteafrdthpeosGigoveurns.
would vets against the Government Govl, to in
to go in opposition thtoeytheitr7cvoeentistbteiutiouserdeoce,,,,:t,,hipodes,erituleese: ;tetol:e;tstr'o,y,of
—it was the only consistent Course
was another reason ho would :forward !brier:l M°l•lll):47esseeit
grecing theeehl;ln tire
loos
se
in
1841 he was induced to ,
the most popular men in thO aZ.hpotosots_tatw/A4
late LordsMilten. He (• the Presse, 0417;- pet
West Riding of York, alottl to egg-We?, b.i.IS sash
OD the principle of Prot" tesiod agate vi nag oe
that *califs* the cry Ww„ cheap her "of h'sa•
„gar.. cheap timber,. "'mei/ember
it; ens/07 114,0
—and the Honourable
hed , he /0110,
that the •Censervativeatidate
_ca:.___,, horses/100.0r 00
turned. He (Mr. B. De 30"1
their success, and they
singleeven hY the,: ;gricnitu opi I dewpe
were electedreon retreeres
ref
change .being advanced f otteetion eft it' is elle-4;OU
1846, without a
self, this abrogation jle jUPP now is fob
satisfactoryofrbt
rs 400, 0
. w, emcee was ter
bow vied he Ob. dwo
olpezi?it.....io(nto"trl:rebtolhie,b)ls iforo, did