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London, England, 1846-02-20 00:00:00

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it was reckoned at seventy millions, and the Right
teats Gentleman had endeavoured to infer that the value of
LiprifisetosveindisltfiBpe4tr2 was higher than in 1815 by a difference amount-
cent.—( Hear.) Ile (Mr. Alderman Thompson)
ieek_
ans.,
rnsince 1815 land which had lain waste had been
ai.uiesroved to the extent of about 15 per cent. upon
itiß4iiielatci_neottiodvi ,
and at a fallen price.—( Hear.) Did the
arot.et mein to contend that thirty millions the
eithoat
an increase, had been employed between 1815 and 1842
tepitai, Yt,triterest having been received on se large a
4,lo:_asahat it was. included in an additional revenue of
step lust
f If. these items were put together, it would not
steh luar the 'Right H as. Baronet had made out hie case
ekTePaet to the difference of increase. The argument
ualalicei.ght Hon. Baronet wished to prove was, that rents
aaera,r__
ad between the years 1615 and 1842. He ( Mr.
whol'eat, Thompson) had endearoured to show that that
tforread 121 was fallacious, and whether he had suceeeded or nor
bistf,:foreeehefiletrhe House to consider. The Hon. Membet
4awat,ltuadbeawrkin;ll
had ask hy the corn trade should
the Breast,merchant should he restrained
in that trade? He would contend that the
Essen, d,
a as a free trade, nay, it was more than free. it was
.rhe [Leo Id hail always been unembarrassed —( Hear. hear.)
sse it urable Gentleman had ale() exile-.sed a wish to know
lekerlwy"obitilta'itilleadn?d had
labittirnsd a:ihiele a pr;ceeow as 'that!
'lade
ghat entu,os lie .eltaman Thorne-en) had
inquiries Yasi us earters, and had foiind
"%"ri'ZtftsiY laree, estate whatever had been seld at any
Oise,,O heare 01 tie diffisultv of finding a ps'irrloteer
) Perhays some Ilanent7ahla reentie'tnan
th,di
rr other side
or n, of the tinti.e would inferm him
that support
t,_ such was the case. Although he (mulct
.(ei hi. the piesent measare, he was free to semi',
Leal 7 Predilsctiens were in favour of the manufaetnrer.
tea
s_ eneers from the f
tliZeldent ha .
.ree-tralers. ) At a very early pe-
rsoree'red io a To P ac it him a. the head of a very large este-
lhe 'atere.td enufaet tiring, town, and ceneermently he ease
ho Right H In commerce and m .nufactures than in land
Ce (01. Gentleinae had a right to expect to hear frem
wwss trot disposed to stand still, what were hi,
lea oppnedould advance whenever he saw an opportunity
ii7s!de-(ffe_anY improvement in the social condition of the
47isrui in v..- !lie Right Hon. Baronet had been most
,10:11ae af ben,ls uancial eiperati ,ns, and eessessed a surplus
tatted eite`riteale three and four millions. lieu of the
Isoss_Paoti) „htoaern in the corn-laws, he (Mr. Alderman
aTeret eos a advise that the duty upon an article of very
ta4PrePortillottlPtei", viz., upon tea, should be reduced. A
if ",re or the labouring classes engaged in menufac-
ttas Itighteetaseurners of tea and sugar to a great extent, and
ppr IPeneePer Gentleman had reduced the duty upon tea
1014344 d, he P°llad, and the duty on sugar to one penny
the "hoe be:to:Iv:el not only have increased the revenue, but
hotoroaritig ed at the same time a very great boon on
%pea?) to are,m'aes. The duty upon tea amounts to
es` bale see Per cent., and the people of this country Mare toe) tnillions of money for their tea. This expen-
et eMilliotts!e classified in the following manner, viz.—
tittiPeatied to Government for duty, two millions
The 'err,. mote!.
atrteieht, dock charges, profits to importer and
kat eof ou° two millions are paid to the Chinese people..
tilltenable commercial policy with this nation is the
kt, 144 in thew orld. China is the only country that
ititnlef 5
etiel of British manufacture at an ad valorem
tridlq e!nt., and he believed the whole trade of this
hite !WI ea:tilted to receiving tea in return The American
!eel Iraportedna was conducted on adifferent principle. Eng-
Soo.ehitia anPssards of sixty million pounds of tea
R e',„,watte America, which was the next largest
ttso 'pith eon America,
i;ttported twenty millions, and the
ast.s per
eenwas imposed on that quantity did not amount
imht- lie would ask why a duty of 100 to 250 per
tist,74 8 irled by this country on tea, while the Chinese
kpt ieles'aiig° Manufactures at five per cent., and while the- Sbillteeatioalovred tea to be imported into their country at a
‘s was • dutY? His opinion was that our trade with
at 1° a most
eke, stria dangerous position, and required
rte .rat any .gent measures to be immediately adopted
Steleeioe jipsastrous consequences. He wished to express
;04?Posea
.4 all due deference. The Right Hon Baronet
ibi,lo that !_.aeduction in the article of tobacco. With
°lrlhs Rothe Irticle, according to a return which was made
tiot ;74 mae, rn the year 1844, it appeared that 955 persons
144Seeetioigac,ied of "smuggling tobacco, an article of a value
khr4TPriton ‘.. per pound, and had actually been submitted
illadeeY greater,!en of two months, and in some cases to a con-
awe te extent. The Hon. Gentleman having briefly
tith,tht oa Jeductio of duty on soap, expressed a
,4tre;Tellots:atituing he nhad said would give offence to the
t that :armlet. He could assure the Right Hon.
:rosel'Pose'lhi that Mau more highly respected him f r his
le at ast •
~ re% rict sense of duty had compelled him to
glio.4elnkt afoll'uts occasion. During the long per;od he had
%ea ha h 'e, he had ingeneral given the Right Hon.
ast °table
ie thee o nowsupport. lde deeply regretted that tie
s keel anent f;• He had given no pledge, and was under
aed his I, constituency further than that in 1841
tetiforiateritio general support to the Government, and it
bgir wanty eT,ta to have continued it, could he have done so
ate. 0 • 1400 his avowed opisaons.
'gat, eatlee, eaSWORTH said the objections which the
Ikttti,(iii"...ol4lsChlend.had taken to the measure were, that its
N'tl(igh a I"str,lis to the labouring classes ; and he
OOs, cseries of returns, showing that the condition of
use
whene last few years had bsen consider-
avele lien prices were low wages were also low.
igt,Psiotiwlagoes were high so also were prices. Imme-
-504 ieleiwrailliaTo !,,ot he dissolution of the last Parliament
i 31 lege orth ) had given notice of motion
tit:ds he the the differences of the prises of
cep 'faun wages of I b r From the returns the
4 , wer A ou
the waees of 'about- especially of skilled
a t hßeoer •
LP,114,1' eap. „,aby higher when prices were low and when
I„,ats,„t a lap. "'Len food was cheap the labouring classes
tiTlestee'llinita'rer Proportion of their earnings in articles of
sty oCd thilietai manufactures. This caused a greater demani,
ae Y tliere occurred a greater inert ,se, in mender-
:her branches of trade. On ,he contrary.
tilefl'Otapea 's dear the laboering classes were neves-
kte •la 4.4 • • • •
their purchases of articles
aZta or the dear, hear. ) In conseeuence of the dimi-
lttitiltee the taken'and, large stocks accumulated on the
tkilq4l,ellt 0 4,"5• Vanufacturers would decrease their
at_leith dto hi_unar, and the wages must necessarily fall.
titNtillrieet
it"' that there was no connexion between lON
to aft
wages--but the amount of the wages of
.1,11ed1; consist in the demand for it, in the increased
bethe Merl tt'PlY of manufactures. The Hon Gentleman
Det, Ptoposedo the fears of the protectionists of the effects
r'll'°rtu • rneasure, observed that no fitting or more
itt:iftee..oti_fptresl
lianfidtlyne.ceould be found' than the present for the '
, corn-laws. It had been said that tilt-
Oss He rd question. It appeared to him that
2ta
le it
ei ade
owe anY difference in the price of land
lkleetler. B..aeS be the landlord and not the tenant who
be Flotill, 11e anticipated no such bad results from the
abad:littaaT bene.tandlords and tenants would even-
„st
witahtedli by the eessation
.of protection...
on. Gentlemen opposite, that small ,
Ifst.l.tatrtelei b4u4tt skill arid capital would be greatly injured by '
lium.eoY might depend upon it that the advance '
Lel to en],aments in agriculture and manufactures
isaNate.o,l earioe"alanlate, without the aid of free trade,
di a 4(17, 111 whose behalf the Hon. Member for
tla everatia..., made so touching an appeal. For it had
tiaemald ,_!ndeed, it was a well-ascertained fact—that
ti;:t
the
atio-FePet_r_all. arid science production both in agricul-
z! ithel!_es could be carried on with greater ad-
daation
orta them. But it might be imagined that
f Would ealmal and science to the cultivation of
cattle Irraer tend to annihilate the unskilled and •
keths a This' and to diminish the demand for
ifaerhaaereese
o",a‘, however, a mistake, for in proportion
ek-7,1)1e ao}: capital applied to land, the demand for
be 'Le of th_an,eed di;
and it was a well-known fact that
lkit‘dttio More vaa rand of this country were cultivated, it
1,1 of
atia than Ouan sufficient to supply the wants of a larger
latsti her r °wn, and at a price, too, almost as low as
tltei au to acountr oft the world. What, then, might
tal :id he i,a".ecarne the man without skill und capital ?
tlihattatiZ4rkill"lB
wogined, and propel ly too, that the man with o._ uld be enabled to undersell the man who
k.ttt (111alities
101/1,. and at his command. Why, this—the man
'ZS' beeeit,e jefaPttal must abandon his speculation in
yozsere to give him an artificial pro-
i't4Nealt would sttohe
d retard theP roe
raceumulation of capital in the
eetseattaother branch Pof lheasubjelgprovement. He came
t as a landlord himself, he could at
Ittla from the land had never been higher mel the value of
ban the promsrfits
jt,,,tqlent moment. But he denied that thisrr they
mseult had been
tai_et !protection •; and in support of this state
6,7,x ',bat was the correct principle of ascertaininna' heeewa'a' i 1 would
101t1b.7.14,44 Piece of land, comparatively speaking barrens might
Sik.lsetater_alte.e than another piece of land when comparieseek
eattoe senile—.but this anomalous proposition brought hi
po,t ti.7.test of the value of 1 The value of land way
‘11:, an .
NI, ao m uch by its fertility as the amount of its slur-
' news w and when lie considered the vast in-
t.ki°ing. place in the manufactures of the country,
te.'"4l demand which was, every day .41 Ott' .t for
geta ti„ tabour, he could not help thinking that the
4141,y, 41%0 the tubers'eti.letiee, opposite, and the landed. gentry seve-
iotinw taanwf_
.of this me (sure, were quite unfounded.
cieqtv,py souring population of this country was ac, n-
tt LY and to meet the demands for food for this
ti'veatleea tear and capital was being applied with greaser
tem .
I eke to isti
beaet n tile d, thus allowing that the value of land
aer reeoirapotit ttrnount of population, and that rents in-
%sate' ipa, tigh v,4.° to the proaperity of manufactur. s. A
this Nay Prospet 'about to take place in the country. Cam-
tortlilekt, Pa't Of '43, `.nod before long railroads would inter-
IN. d elth das n Ihe resources of the country by
atatara, awe woold
,7 become more developed, and agricul-
ttetaksteee!d Popaiaue hroughi as it wore into close counexion
11:4taiert el weoideua towns. _Now, I,e would ask if these
te, tac laudo not advaime. rather than retaid, the in-
-14. ata"se newners? To whom then would they be in-
attilta:a 'Zest, abletasted advent ages ?—not tothe capital of the
tad he ekly 0 the accumulation of manufacturers.
0%444.4114i:0d te, theos:dna het freedom of trade. would still
„tato,. L 1 he hsa ance of manufacturing ingenuity;
,Nsteity. sashed shown that, the interest of the aqrl-
'‘Ot,;' dt,t; or the: hen manufactures Were in a state of
kat tk it hl -; reasons, if there could be no better, he
ttest,',lla.iLitttghat arnntY to eeve his cordial support to the
41t sith r Bat unet
Itritit: tate er the w'-'ntri throw aside all feeling nf animosity
tktl (I).iPiii,iti,,errirnent or the Hon. Baronet opposite,
tkedals,4 lys atentitilll
kie. should give to the measure before the
Nse% supports aetuated by any party spirit. He
taat„,,deuid „„ tae Right Hon. Baronet as a disinte-
elhe rty colinected with an party, and therefore
tsas esseeti,a" 'airs that the Rieht Hon. Baronet, having
ti'd tij' esthete had e yore h. acted most honourably in change
tic'. 1. opini " own part, however, he still the Thae e
Wohe Ilightn"ltuPin this subject as he did thirty
-,lle be -son. Baronet the Secretary of State
ti..tbleate,tobjeat
ofttartment
had expressed his opinion
• Annmat
of laical economy was to diffuse
h for perf happiness amongst the largest number
of 4141 ectlY r d with a•
tile to gee this opinion, and the
es tett so tae
was, would there be as much hap-
kfforrli or ta‘runout as there was with protection?
iNk,-trof ed the ,lier he should imagine to, the cheapness
iptlte that l'tople ; Rbreatest amount of happiness to the largest
diet
would warn the Government to
ale at dearth yto
• It
nu" not in. cheapening food, commit the
hri el,„d •it severe distress than at present existed
al taatal th ed n„ admitted onh 1e ("int, On the Propallo rtion
wells
theo demandd towihtsetshuepr:
the'lthout leuti action, theywe twoeuelndsni not lessen the
to Biro fro every "mg the supply. Now, he main-
ra a Wailer of h la. Qs rt forei w eat brought into this
eatut he nation would reduce the demand
,;:tksi•
oirosai
of s' onsequently, strongly opposed
tOtt h"at e4rri. If reseeactions placed on the
ease, tat e_ great "eYyernove4 protection, he was con-
zere out ot:reoP.ottion of the land of this country
„t1,,114
ticltere.rabie lianodltavation ; and when they considered
lieeehe nodWas equal to four weeks' labour,
N:hde_ atked, _ two weeks, anti an acre of pastare
t,upe"444l for conld this measure dpotherwise than re-
btr r tits labour w•
14, .) suffer ithout diminishing the supply ?
tstef Pcw, h.ne snide
I:nost grievously, but what cared the
tat tip
.1' ovvn
.t. 10,000/. in, two years.—(Hear,
he %ilia, 1; he he had advocated the property-tax
e 4 ate • did
la
8, el' 41" eek for the repeal of the malt-
' qt°ll "hiEr b `'e was o vte that the taxes of
'4linj 1414(Z the ir
each, torte; the poor was, in
4'it, it j; heers.) If that was Or last time
Power) to address OA 40v.gPs