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London, England, 1846-03-14 00:00:00

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ti"°llEl did not say the gentlemen of Ireland;
Poor of Ireland.
4:'(.1!;ILI:IL118--"A.l1, then, the poer of Leland.
144ety 17'111,10 did not . see that the poverty or
netioof Ireland could be at all coon( cted with that
ke 4,1' and he asked whether it would not ho neces-
qete auee case to have a poor-law for Ireland ? The
Neitn,oPposed to that question admitted the ne•
%'it tnat law. If there was a Legislature embrace
444'115e Commons and a House of Lords sitting
"eile at that moment would not the first law which
`4. Poor
'
e`;93o their attention be a tax for the relief of
tre; erred e' The other great argument shich was
`lealThe
the Hon. Member for Limerick for the
Nrer' the union, was the absence of the landed
4et'i?'''• Absenteeism he would admit might operate
keeel'inrieuely on the inter:sts of Ireland, but ab-
(ttl,jllleould not be laid to the fault of the Legislature
t'o chi Ile would call the attention of Hon. -Mem-
'let, that the estates of some gentlemen who
t(114/114sntiltee were better managed than. those of the
wno resided in I- nd —(Hear, hear.)
'1..1)8(311tOPE explained.'ea He begged to assure the
aeloefinber and the House that he did not wish for a
frit 41 the union ; he merely said that if he were a
kilttia2n thine in Ireland, and subjected to those
kw; id,o,4ader which that country' laboured, he would be
to 'ate for the repeal of the union. He did not
et° llnerlerstood however as being himself favor-
e,er'Peal of the union.
,lheilr'WßE ;ATE said it appeared that the ideas
Member for Wolverhampton (Mr. Villiers)
eNa-tleti,°'oentrated upon one subject—that of free-
6lteill" he could not hear of any circumstances that
4.11 e ate against that doctrine; for instance, the
twee pher stated that the exportation of agricultural
treat Ireland to this country was a grievous eve
asytkidokh
all ti
, pressed upon Ireland, and he suggested
eoe:11, 13, finding elsewhere the means of supply to
Oa 4'3', that Ireland might be relieved of that
led eek
ke, 4ad retain to herself her own agriculturalm_
liee,e would not condescend to stoop to circu
Oe'd'eu leas his ardour in the cause of free-trade.
4413etruilZamtisnthfe advantagetres that Ireland would de-
u established in that country,
ta4t444r:talll.ingaheur manufactures
produce, all of which
irtl4,‘,rould, as it had been said, be obtained by the
tail le Union. But if the repeal of the union were
el" ill Iltel)?n Ireland the loss of a market for her pro-
f e country, it would only involve greater
teatPttl the people ; and he (Mr. Newdegate) must__
der his opinion the repeal in that sense would
L'aeiadeantane either upon England or Ireland.
eZhe re-e°ll, amidst cries of " Oh, oh," rose to say
ef teeielY wished to observe that the great griev-
ekkßricaituld was not that she exported so much _of
ipd f produce to this country, but that the
a'''. labour was so little.—(Hear, hear.) In fact,
li•ewe greatest curses which cuteld be inflicted upon
e7riete ')uld be the importation of the produce
.t
.teatty Prussian labour into the markets of this
e",ieh would naturally cause the demand for
etir4e-re'and to be even less than it was at present.
e,:t re'ear.) And such would be the result of the
o,tlitrastere of her Majesty's Government. He
ak,eat her Majesty's Government were, however,
kiltihgrns: steps to- remedy this evil in Ireland by
tia" seems of money for the execution of public
alolettae 11 must say that, differing from them as he
our other occasions, in this,- at least, he was
i‘the wn that they, deserved the thanks of the country
jlc)frileasures wlchtheyhad introduced for the par-
e‘llPntn if possible, to the distress and
htl 16, Fan end, „re \
Sp:' a. present prevailed in Ire.ano.—e Aar.,
C'liEtt then put the question, that leave be
'tee
arulg in the Bill.
ps granted, and the Bill was read a first time.
e:),Pft-LAW AMENDMENT BILTe.
kfer.e,-"Altaill then moved for leave, to bring in a
vletephi e``e amendment of the present law relating
enamt of the poor in England, the main ei.antgurteos
‘tkfttr fie" to give the poor a claim to parochial re-
-444444- w, e Years' industrial residence in the country
the e given to bring in the Bill, and it was then
ern time.
rIl• TIMBER DUTIES.
lte%•'B -INDE presented a petition from the ship-
Wee4alseelation, in which the petitioners stated that
gtie,lePereleared to give their assent to all the
`email -the
in the Customs' and Corn Importation
nlah -thle exception of that portion which proposed
e duty on timber.
1, CORN-LAWS.
-eLLICE, in the absence of the Noble Lord
ie4titiol7 for London (Lord John Russell), presented
thethe
a number if silk manufacturers, who
is the silk trade was paralysed
r ate suspense in the measures now
Pre r, Consideration of Parliament, and
abletl that the house would as speedily as
pee
be the Bill into a law, in order that activityiie
at' W.l.l.,'9ll:aeti to the trade of this country.--(maataru).
k4l‘ers oe r ICE presented a petition from the
.198TONte'undon to the same effect.
G )pae,ealkNO CORN IMPORTATION BILL
ease '4'l'4l: ha • brought up the report on the
Rsjeselutionsving
t714,(-)e"ER rose to move that the report be re:
the • " day six months—(Laughter)—and in pries.
Ss'. Indulgence of the House he would state as briefly
eislble the reasons which induced him to propose that
eltieent. By adopting the resolutions now under
eliteert!ttion, the House would abandon those principles
Ltt(,„,." thotwht were calculated to advance the
it - all classes of society—(Hear, hear)—he
lit4:l4r,il`e principles of protection to native industry-
-I,ear)—be that industry agricultural or mann-
iellee policyny had ever been protected.
lel,
tty a ":e on which we had. ever acted, and it
he eteee adhesion to that
.policy that the country
e° raised to that pitch of commercial greatness
kliptaa`ufacturine• renown, which it now so justly
len4i(i),"-e(llear, "hear.) It was also raised in his
elee-e'ett,rlder the blessings of Providence, to that station
;'4l Ftejun which it at a past period occupied, by
4,,,i0-tuitt principle, and by it they were enabled to
teeee'ainst the effects of revolutionary wars. It was
CLt,.4 t Principle that the colonies had pros
1-,„ hear.) It was their commerce that
'lll' " envy and admiration of Napoleon, and
3 Leh h
P'ed that if they abandoned the principles of protec-
a,' `tale -','Yeindustry, they. would
.destroy the interest
lipping trade, their colonies, and their com-
be-ssee"4enr, hear.) And. what were the reasons that
j"tv"n for abandoning this principle to native
Oprtj Why they had been told that past experi
I,Nred that a protected article was not damaged by
Oea eProtection, but that the price of it after the pro
Ole hlatl been taken away universally inc.reased
14'11 a%Etr.) That was the statement of the Right Hon.
4.l'..'4steds,t.he head of the Government.—(Sir R. Peel
his dissent.) He most undoubtedly con-
!kL)llQt at that was the view of the Right Hon.
„. The Right Hon. Baronet had referred to the
L4l -4 of the last three years.—(fltar.) And what
t tell
tt them ? He told them in. the first place to
the • .
rea importation of cattle since the duties had
11;tletrefl. That ground had been shown to be un-
tJ the unanswered and unanswerable speech of
Lord the Member for Lynn—(elear)—
v‘e4:itille?ois (Mr. Spooner's) opinion, was, of all Mem-
a,leet."4 House, the most able to speak upon that
111.11 t t.i.-I(enears-,:hei:r.) Food. was too scarce to feed the
Vele nut time—(Opposition cheers)—and that was
e'a Why they could not be kept. That fact
ep the prices, and those low prices brought a panic
t
Gtitalbj;t'4lners, and the natural consequence was that
lk.st.-.(1, supply of cattle produced an increase in the
pr, ttp 'ear, hear.) But they were told that from ex-
(l),ltitt-reetheY -had othing to fear from the abolition of
) -to native industry. As a case in point he
iststeaellote the trade. Before the abolition of
upon glove
there were in this country the
Itll4ecaanguliflaveetso'ries in Europe • but out of the
11:ornel;llfactories that then existed there were
ti re 40; and in his own immediate neighbourhood
eakhl`re now 800 houses uninhabited,Ewhich before
te`kia-"ti'en of the duty on gloves were inhabited by
engaged in the glove manufacture.—(Protec;
iagefee;'eers.) He knew a great number of glov
taw'llrers, who at the time alluded to were opulent,
et'ae ' consequence of the great importation of
t
it, ti es, they could scarcely maintain their families.
t,:4Atir 'l°3, e they contribed large sums to the no,otitiotnoalf
tt4l' 44 now, in consequence of the carrying
toile trade principles, they were consigned to drag
e;4oetemainder of their days in comparative poverty
ektertlrity (ll ar, hear.) He knew also that the
•-- e
el• the country had been very greatly. in-
ippt eh? that experiment. And the only capital of
the labourer was possessed, namely, his skill,
tjh knowledge of the trade in which he had
e!ltnught up- was decreased.—(Hear, hear.) A
Oteitenrit np to a particular trade finds it almost bea-
,' "teen abandon that trade and enter upon afore
vat tame fact that it was almost impossible e a
:"1, Stake up other trades than those to which he hal
iPeeeeTettomed • most ably and powerfully prove
Aem'4 elule Lord Member for the city of London,
Rat
work upon the British Constitudtatone
.
tktlkitleis't other things, the Noble Lord had showe
hish
411-"-that when -o man was forced to abandon
L'ale%e''uld take up another; he told us, in ct, that
the-,?t, be done ; and he clearly made out this
t.
tte-‘11e.,7"t was not safe to be guided explicitly by g
c thou' Plea in measures like the present, but that
44,1.41 w look to the practical effect of proposals which
th"td t ect the industry of this country. Now, wi_th,
le4 the silk trade. It had been clearly shown
to :et.Lord, the Member for Lynn, that with re-
(ittatta article, the principle of buying in the cheap-
-1-'lll.lg. in the dearest was merely clap-trap.-
-\,er.) (mr. Spooner) was prepared tho bear
th nie•rehle Lord in the able statements whic
°l' that Noble Lord, and he would requesthat
.11); Sour
portion of the Hon. Members of
to stpdy the interest of the silk trade sincetth' e
'9pettiv,°,, its protection, before, they came forward
kQetaaaa-ete support to the present measure, whichof~Qllgit
-I:3•'lQd to undermine the interests not only
coca' ittfe hut of the commerce of this country.
Neleilip:Pet next was the reasoning in favour of the
Ara an 0,11 had been said that the country was blessed
daUarndant harvest in a particular year, and the
(14'1 h,,-,Pster of the day said it was, in fact, too abun-
-4:4e. that a remedy should be applied in eonse-
tlt,'qie 1314 there followed immediately a very wet
th,':tre thatn the same Prime Minister was compelled to
tier► tit the e suffering in consequence ;
Pest e rimay was
tlbh retation wan too abundant, and that emigre-
ao' t b
4tit - encouraged. That was to say, that the
°lit er °I the popalation of the countiy was to be
at4ntey w tt, arid that the blood, bone, and sinew. of the
bay rat time to expend their energies in a foreign
tvi,ly.44(ii.me4tWO Committees were siting—one of which
eaLeeeuleNbeee to ascertain what were tl-o best measures
1)4 adopted for preventing the importation of
4114 e erre this country ; and the other eat for the
ofthe
weed eviling the best means of emigration, or, in
ec'unstr' f()r
devising t ebest mean h s Of sending out
Y the mouths that were to be fed by this