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tlee"nt for every year should be placed on the table of
ed 11.ouse: fie would read the result as far as it affect-
trade Principal ports, showing that the extension of
dutiee.ilad been coextensive with the repeal of these

In LONDON.
t
1842 the ships from foreign parts that en-
hlle4d the port of London, were
... ... ...
frtio ~ •• • ••• •• • •• •
Iti 184 ..°o3,s entered in 184 ——2 were ... 3

6,379
7,521
484,000

567,000
•
II 184 LIVERPOOL.
—2 the -
a 1845 ships that entered this port were 3,285
3,900
In 'B2
18i4tithe goods that entered were ... ... 188,000
... 226,000

... .. ...
In 1849 NEWCASTLE.
In 1Q1:. the ships. that entered this port were 612
!II ''
•‘4 ••• •• ••• • • • ••• ••• ••• ••• 908
1843- the g O9kl, that entered were ... ... 22,000
30,000

IQ Ito••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
DUBLIN.
14 • the
ships that entered this port were 26
°45 307
14 IR, e goods entered were 21,700
ow be
4e ..„ 30,219
Would go to Scotland:-
4184 a DUNDEE.
Ip the ships that entered here were
... 312
le 845 415
le 10045 - the goods that entered were . ... 7,042
.
••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
9,645
GLASGOW.
°42 ships that entered this port were
Io 184 s the 280
•418
it 42 the goods that entered were ... ... 212,000
his ee, 444 ... 307,000
Itlthe'';'°wesd the .g.reti.t. increase which had, taken place
dace trade of the country in the three years
hat • Passing of the Act in 1842, compared with
4 hal been previ.
Oh. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
4iltCsengers from the Lords brought down certain
0 itkfter some delay,
ThL.STOMS AND CORN INIPORTATION.
e !louse thenproceeded with the further considera-
-1.44'r the report asp to the Customs and Corn. Impor-
ri
the question of the reduction of the duty on hops,
gotI;"LUNIPTRE wished to call the attention of the
,ItseiVe the effect that the measures of the Government
I'ss,"ave upon the hop-growers of Kent, Sussex, and
<4.-`Tore.-` They considered that a protective duty of
t'lliehewt., as proposed, would do the greatest injury
ho wt.,
Those acquainted with the growth
tilii l, r Must know that some time was required to
Plantations: into a proper state for their growth.
e''''ll3' was attended with expense, as buildings had
,000 erected for drying them. Between 20,000 or
acrespt
i were occupi&l in the growth of hops in
L`q wi'.l'orle. He could not speak of the extent
slt iliteh they were grown in other counties,
Pl(lyz4 4 knew that those plantations gave em-
Olso ent to great numbers of men, and their wives and
N T), who were paid on the average tit per acre
h",y those employed on arable lands. But if
is allowed' the importation of foreign hops, great num-
,tat,w`-tuld be thrown- out of employment, and large
Ll'tts-,o' land in Kent and other counties, in which hops
'oin',4(lw grown, would be turned into arable land. The
!asi4,'()ker considered that if the present duty of 45;.
"tswisu.' reduced, that the Excise duties which they
Iptley 12-•"Pelled to pay must be remitted, because, if
ee6 queed the duty to 255. per cwt., and retained the
heirlhiclt e ditty, then they would be compelled to discharge
werkpeople, and the vast sums of money
they had expended in the cultivation of the
%nil wiould be lost. The hop growers of East Kent
mkt, well(' 4 better price for their hops than those of Sus-
th c't would, therefore, be more seriousl affected
laive,ne former. He therefore earnestly entreated
.the
here InPot to give the subject further consideration.
~`4se,,‘vere ten pounds paid on an acre of hops to the
;44,4' alone who worked upon it. If they were to
'4e,..b.N1 to the hop plantations by this reduction of
kee-c.," would throw a great many persons out of em-
e tre rlt who had no other means of gaining a living.
"at was another point to which he would advert. and
14111et„.4, that as the proposed reduction would injure
e;4°,.wEr of hops, her Majesty's Ministers would reduce
Siritent excise duty.
t,IN PEEL did not know that he could add any-
tjt.K Bessehat he had said to the Honourable Member
Via`
„. When the duty on hops was reduced at a
rttriarinfl, it was then said that the reduction would
sY diminish the growth in this country. The
I,'; tiy ot btUee grow hops, and they were an 'article which.
enEfit by a long voyage, and this country would
Zkti"vce,cittoi
.com.pete with America in a very small de-
d aidering the small amount the Americans
let, Port into this country, and the great expense of
101'Y teghvoqage, he did trot consider there was any in-
i4 what h
.;iPprehended. He could add nothing more
Ws .kobl atf been already said, but with great respect for
thH
v,e,Vriend he could not consent to the reduction
frrefsre_du,ty on. hops.
t,41,41 elsleß said that the repeal of the corn-laws
still enough, but to take off the duty on hops wonld
;Ittitrlv"r,-e- The Government ought to repeal the
4i,,LY which pressed on the industrious classes, and
"iett,ehly injurious to the agricultural interest ; but
hi: they did or not, he wholly concurred in the
qat'n that that tax could not endure one single year
Aintthe repeal of the corn-laws.
t7tliqle,l Ata.TEN thought it was unnecessary to put
k.tt:'fop growers competition with the American
,wera. Ile had been informed, by a gentleman
Ote ,44" to the cultivation of hops, that if the Govern
141h,"°,41d allow of a sufficiently low duty to let in
kil:4ops, he would send over his own cultivators,
:,11ort hops froin'that country into England.
zvi,,NIGHr, as a Member for a hop-growing county,
47tw'ilt allow the proposed reduction of the duty to
queut comment. It appeared to him that any
it, "), in the duty would distress the English grower
l of tlela because he P aid the duty before the hops were
feao .
ka, the foreign grower would pay the duty only
elle that were already dried and sorted. He
Oat '(kl that hops imported from Belgium had been
t;!ed4iffl the river at 21.
2s. per cwt., but they were
kie 4/ frum being brought in, owing to the duty
447, 4s. per cwt. If, however, the proposed duty
ft,:t thq 13 force, these hops would have been brought
11!11 ti°l great detriment of the English grower. He
tai at the average price of hops had been 51. 9s. 2d.
k,tip 4f,., 110 t a very high price, but, he would argue,
t(s. di-teign hops could be brought into the river at
eel e addition of the proposed duty making 41. 7s.
yt 11', this price would be far under what the Eng-
tver P•grower had been able to accomplish,
les'ktiee Would be able to accomplish, The con-
-1.t% he would be that a very large proportion
land would be thrown out of cultivation, and
I,S4uourers would be compelled to give up their
lit,Natelliellt• Supposing the hop grounds to be broken
Qltit4uch he was 'assured would be tho case—what
%t'ale senfe of these unfortunate people ? They must
kz%l "alr.lens on their parishes, in the same way as
titelliffe:,lY blanch of trade was suddenly given up in a
''''./ee;tlrring town. In the hop districts the wages of
l 5; Wee e" were generally very good, much superior to
given to any other class of agricultural
ke"he The hop grounds were perfect gardens,
41i44at5144 much in hopes, before the present free-trade
fO'i °FT England,' the Government were introduced, that the
itaswith proper attention, would have
largo garden. He sincerely hoped the
Clluttrah!e Baronet would not reduce the price so.
1,44114,t tjhPrevent the English hop growers from culti-
'gesa,-' Plant. The Right Honourable Gentleman
tlateei the hop trade as a gambling speculation.
4•Allett,o, a certain extent a speculation, because !the
:,11 crops could never be ascertained before-
ital it was perfectly true that none but men of
kr:ttp,"°,,l4ld embark in the trade, so that they could
5t '4l Ceti to bear up against the exigency of a bad
k:111/4j1 the real question was, shall we ruin those men
,hop,ie not ? Another consideration was, that in
keliv,`"tricts upwards of a million and a half yards
41fits -1,8 cloth were consumed for the purpose of
ki'l,:aga, and ten thousand tons of coals were tins
d.,tett;'4l in order to kiln dry, and clean the hops.
Vkiii:ll,lllPtion of canvas and coals must neceassarily
ytieitssued if the hop trade is destroyed. He hoped
N t lion. Baronet would remove altogether the
itl4ll on hops, if foreign hops were to be admitted
!aiN eed duty. If the Right Hon. Gentleman
41111144;5 give the poor man cheap beer, let him take off
:a tnalt, and he would have the power entirely
kitt 4in hands.
i)11 ittletnean HUMPHERY said the hops were
Vat the 11 as they were grown, and the merchant
sst.,lll generally at a hth price before the new
tete 4,7 town. fie did not think there was any
1/4pfeith 'ear that hops grown in America would corn-
th,-1/01Ose that were grown in Kent.
observed that hop growers were not, pro -
N:11 k;''ng, cultivators of the soil; they were traders
‘tet,'llteretlitivators. Generally, the cultivation of hops
itltUuncertain speculation. The same care and
Gre't ti tioA
'lilt procured a good crop one year, would not
'ere isinailar result on the following year. Hop
t 5 ()eked 'to the surplus of a profitable year in
114'1114:liable them to meet the reverses which attended
0),,t1i 'tn. The English growers depended on the
V Ora, at attended their favourable years. Hop
br 'With
tkpi, i)4(1 oat a capital, were not able to stand a
Nci , seasons ; butl,
the hop grower, who had
'kettl,e,,tra able to lay up his harvest in a plentiful
!ell it at a fair price in a scarce one, to enable
ecalstt 4s deficiencies. But, with free trade in hops,
ours°
14 liebe obi be
no longer open to him ; ho
ekvi - iged to sell, no matter at what sacrifice.
el tee _
glit established the ease for protection—
h t)r ti
tti, c.,4 le time being, the peculiar difficulties at-
''s,t4liel.„,tne cultivation of the hop. But when they
klrtke-' that it payed the enormous excise duty of
air Pound, and when they considered tile
I't tlteettlntY of the produce—the grower ever de-
ti:t4'te ki,f. it, Superfluity of one season to enable him to
L of the next—surely they could not
110 Ilk,'" a very great hardship to diminish the pro
teroast:..his plant in the least. particular.—(Hear,
1e,"4 gs, Own part he considered the Excise duty
eltl; arta evil inflicted on the hop cult:
telt tts it
ri thv wished a free trade in hope,
a,ver'te,,(ll-•," remove the duty.—(Loud cheers.) Ile
14 oan h far„ 1a,,4,(..,‘Qat at the very present moment a merchant
te briorder for American hops, which he would
the eZ6O3e icl,o the market at a much cheaper rate
ate
ven ("Ile growth, and he was informed that
tille,s't Or at present at Lloyd's.—(hear, hear.) In
\‘4i4l'4l fe:4,?.eottutry. where he ived lan let at ten
ytlt r was acre, and the price of the agricultural
4 ttill , tWelVe shillings a week all the year round
w in • I d
ood ,or winter they were employed in
It te tie( week,pare for the harvest ; and during the
thater‘ tre that the latter lasted the wages
s• kr at d
Y(11., one plai more, not taking into account
tfa tellgest °' Whole family were employed, from
laoh. to the eldest. Let them take protection
growler, and the result would be that the