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c!aim, and that they sought nothing at the expense of
others.—(Hear, hear.) He for one certainly believed that
the agriculturists and the land, bore a greater portion of
public taxation and of local charges, than any other interest.
With regard to the resolution for withholding the Supplies,
he certainly did not bring that forward, not for want of' the
determination necessary to make and support such a motion,
if it should unhappily ever become requisite, but because all
the best friends of agriculture agreed that it would have
been highly injurious to their cause,-and have given their
enemies just the handle they desired. In the main obje..tt of
the meeting he entirely concurred. He had long thought it
highly desirable that the landed interest should ha% e
repre-
sentative body resident in the metropolis. It
::
of their objects to embrace in brt,3 nould be one
„y
as many Members
of Parliament as possible, SO they might have their,
views sufficiently represent td in the Legislature. It would
be a body of great importance to other interests as well as
the landed ; for, the questions which would necessarily come
under its consideration were' questions of vast importance
to the trader, the capitalist, the manufacturer, and the com-
munity at large. His advice, however was--and he thought
it of the first importance to their success—that they should
not attach themselves to any one particular topic or as-
sumed remedy, but take, on the con'trary, a clear, delibe-
rate, impartial, and comprehensive view of every question
which affected them. Much had been said, and said truly,
that each succeeding Government and each succeeding
Parliament had disappointed them ; but he thought he had
for some time past discovered that both the present Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer and Sir Robert Peel, and those
who acted with them, were at the least more impressed
than before with the fact of the extremity of their distress,
and the necessity of affording them some relief. This,
therefore, should give them hope, and stimulate their exer-
tions. The Hon. Baronet concluded by moving that a
deputation be sent to London to assist the forming the
Central Association.

Mr. WHITE seconded the motion, though he should feel
greater confidence in the association if the name of the
Marquis of Chandos were at the head of it.
Mr. SHAWE explained that the reason why he declined
to be on the other deputation to form this Central Asso-
ciation was, that it had been avowed by some of the parties
instrumental in gettinc, it up, that the depreciation of the
currency was, if not the 'sole, at least their main object.
Mr. BROWN andeothers denied that any such predispo-
sition existed on the part of the. Central Society.
Mr. SHAWE would be happy to find himself mistaken,
but seeing what the private opinions of some gentlemen
were, he should hesitate, lest by joining them he might
be considered as countenancing the illusion respecting
the currency, the pursuit of, which would only lead the
farmers away from their true interest. They might take
Off, but they could not hope to put on again. Much
had been said about the Bank Restriction Act. The
Act of 1797 ordered that the notes of the Bank of
England should be a legal tender, but there Was a second
clause in this Bill which gentlemen on the other side
usually omitted to notice, viz., that there should be a
return to cash payments in six months after signing a
definitive treaty of peace, and Peel's Act was, therefore,
in point of fact, an extension of the period gf the conti-
nuance of .a paper currency, and not as appeared to be
too generally:imagined, axe, Act springing from his own
motion for the purpose of unnaturally forcing back the
money currency in place of the then .existing paper cur
rency. Now, in 1816, paper lose to within 2 pet .cent.
of the price of gold. How, therefore, did Sir Robert
Peel's Act interfere with the price of papCr
Mr. LEWIN—You have mistaken the v'

car : .1816 was

the year of the high price of corn.
Mr. SHAwE—AII the better
for 'my argument.* A.4lepre-
ciation of the currency never i
llad relieved them, nor'' ever
would. It had certainly
ditors before 179? 1.41 ee n said that all who were cre-
Wll,re robbed by the Bill of 1797 ; and
that all who Yve'le debtors between 1797 and the passing of
Peel's Act •
were robbed by that Bill, and now they wanted
to rir:g, the changes, and again rob all who had become
Creditors since that time.—( Hear, hear.) These were his
conscientious opinions, and he could not sacrifice them, even
for the sake of gaining a temporary popularity at the
hustings.
The motion was then agreed to ; and on the motion of
Mr. RANSOM, a deputation of several gentlemen was ap-
pointed to proceed to London for the purpose of represent-
ing them in the General Association. Amongst the deputa-
tion were the Chairman, Lord Henniker, Sir C. Vere, M.P.,
and Sir Edward Kerrison, M.P.
Mr. LILLINSTONE, after praising the exertions of the
Morning &raid and Standard on behalf of the agricultu-
ral interest, particularly for their continual expositions of
the injurious effect of the present currency system, proposed
a vote of thanks to their managers for the course which they
had adopted.

Sir CHARLES VERE, Mr. SHAWE, the Chairman, and
others, expressed their readiness to thank those papers for
their general exertions on behalf of. the agriculturists, but
objected to the wording of the motion, as pledging the
Association to a depreciation of the currency by a side-wind.
Mr. LONG moved, as an amendment, a general vote of
thanks ; and an animated discussion ensued, which termi-
nated in the original motion being carried by a small
majority. -
Mr. Twiss then moved a resolution to the effect that the
change in the currency had been the primary cause of the
agricultural distress, and that a return to a sound paper
currency afforded the only prospect of a remedy, and that
no Government which would not entertain that question
deserved the confidence of the farmers. This, he said, was
the opinion entertained by the Yorkshire Society, by the
Cambridge Society (a deputation from which was then pre-
sent), by the Kentish and Worcestershire Society, and was
in fact . the opinion which was entertained by a large ma
jority of the agriculturists, and one, let their opponents
strive as they might, which they would no longer refrain
from acting on. It was proved clearly by facts that the
contraction of the cerency reduced the value of the pro-
duce of lab Our, and consequently the wages of labour. No-
thing could be plainer than that a man who at one time had
only half as much money as lie had at a former period,
could not afford to pay so much for food as when he had
twice the money to go to market with ; and as corn was a
perishable article, and one which must be sold, they bad at
once the solution of the mystery of low prices. It was
susceptible of clear proof, and lie was now stating not
merely his own opinion, but the opinion of the Cambridge-
shire Association, as recorded in a letter of their Chairman,
that there was now 100,000,0001. less of circulation than
in 1818, the whole of which slim was of course deducted
from the value of the produce of British industry.—( Hear,
hear.) The various remedies which had been alluded to
might, indeed, be productive of some good to them, and
they were reductions to which the farmer was entitled ;
but it would be quite absurd to imagine that they could
fill up this immense vacuum. With the national debt, the
burden of which was so great, and for which, be it remem-
bered, the soil of England was mortgaged---(No, no ; and
Yes, yes)—nothing but an expansion of the currency could
meet the difficulty—an expansion to be effected by an
issue of notes by the Bank of England, and by the coun-
try bankers, and by coining the sovereign at two-thirds of
its present value, so that the ounce of gold should make
six sovereighs, as it ought to do.—(Hear, bear.) This
certainly would bring home the absentees ; but where was
the harm of that ? Millions were now spent abroad which
ought to be spent in this country, and nobody would be
injured by the change but the mere money holder and
money dealer, whose interest it was to reduce the price of
every species of the produce of industry to the lowest pitch.
The shipping, the. manufacturing, and trading interests,
must also receive protection from foreign competition by
the imposition of foreign duties, or if necessary, even by total
prohibition.—(Hear.) The immediate consequences of this
step would be good prices, good profits, and good wages.
—(Hear.)' This was the unanimous opinion of the nume-
rous members of the Cambridgeshire Society, and they
were determined that their opinions should reach the Le-
gislature ; for they were resolved in future to support no
candidates who did not uphold these views ; and if all
other societies would adopt the same course, and follow
the example of the men of Cambridgeshire, the question
would very soon be settled.—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. LILLINSIONE seconded the motion.
Sir CHAILES VERE, M.P., moved an amendment, to the
effect that it would be injudicious to embarrass their db_
putation by any such expression of preconceived opinions.
He feared that, if this resolution were carried, it would de-
feat the object for which they were assembled, and prevent
that general union and.confederacy so essential to their in-
terests. He for one did not assent to the propasitiorl, and
many of the best friends to agriculture were known to en--
tertain directly opposite opinions.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN thought, also, that the adoption of such
a resolution would be prejudicial to them.
Mr SHAWE supported the same view of the case.
,

The question was then put from the Chair. Sir C. VERE's
amendment was lost, and the original motion of Mr. Twiss
carried by a considerable majority.
_The customary complimentary votes of thanks were.then
agreed to, and the meeting, the proceedings of which occu-
pied qearly five hours,' broke up.

PPOINTMENT OF C

SCO

(From the Cat
The Commissioners of Sup
_
ton having been called together by _.... uounty
__ 44 public advertisement,
met on Tuesday, to consider the late Act which gives to
Government the appointment of the collectors of the land..
tax, The Convenor opened the business by reading seve.
ral letters on the subject from other counties, the 'receitlt
of which had led him to feel it to be his duty to call the
attention of the county of Haddington to . the matt 9,,
The letters, especially one from Dumfries-shire, were read*
The Earl of HADDINGToN then rose and stated, that..as
he and the other members o! 'the meeting were not wit- '
ciently informed on the s'Aject, to be enabled prepetly ice
aiscuss it at that tinm, lie should content himself . th ste.
ting that he felt convinced that the gentlemen. bi Scotland
had been very ill-used- by the Government s.'a regard to it,
and therefore he begged lepve now to
the event of I); one else taking up tie
. c matter, he should.
submit 0-- gi':e notice, that in
motion on it to the meetJr,g in January next.
. ---
that much misapprehension had gone abroad about this
atr. FERGusoN of Itaith,./U . P. for the county, stated.
measure. It had been tnagined that the responsFoility of
making good deficie".icies arising from the defalcation of
collectors, was st;j..l left with the counties, but the highest
law officers bi. the Crown had given most distinct opinions
to the contrary.
Mr. STEUART, of Alderston, M.P. fur the Haddingtoa
district of burghs. rose and said, that, connected as he
was with that department of the Government from winch
the Act in question had emanated, he felt that he owed it
to the county and to himself to correct two charges erro-
neously mode against the Government. The Bill had nbt
been smuggled through Parliament in the way described.
by the county of Dumfries, nor had it been read a third.
time before being printed. He had ascertained that it
was printed and in the hands of Members on the 2Gth of
August, and it was not committed till the following day
(the 27th). He must also notice another circumstance
which had been carefully suppressed. An Hon. Member
for a northern county (hostile to the Government) was in
his place, and, upon the motion for the committal of
Bill, asked for and received an explanation from the ,Se-
cretary of the Treasury as to the nature of the measure,
which it may be presumed was satisfactory, as he made
no oppositiOn or farther remark on the subject. The
Bill was introduced immediately after the budget had been
brought forward, and it was well known that the budget
was necessarily delayed until after the West Indian Loan
had been concluded. - The other charge was, that the re-
sponsibility of the counties for deficiencies of Collectors.
remained, after the Commissioners of 'Supply were de-
prived of the right of nominating them. The only answer
necessary to this point was to read the queries put to, and.
the answers given by, the law officers of the Crown.—(Mr.
Steuart then read the questions, which we have before
given.) The Hon. Gentleman then sat down; observing,
that as no charge had been brought against the principle
of the Bill, he did not feel it incumbent upon him to offer
any defence.

Lord HADDINGTON rose again to express the satisfaction
he felt in having had an opportunity of listening to Mr.
Steuart's explanation, but -at the same time he could not
help thinking that the gentlemen n£ Scotland had been
treated discourteously, and with great injustice, and accord-
ingly he should persevere in his promised motion.
Mr. STEUART again rose., and stated that he now felt
called upon to say a few wbrds in reply to his Noble Friend.
He (Lord H.) had sail that the measure was unjust to the
counties of Scotland.. At present the counties were liable
for the whole deP.ciencies of the collectors, and were besides
burdened Ivit the charge of collection. Of this the pre-
sent Bill r'''..ieved them, and therefore they had no right to
com
111a;-.1 on that score ; and although at present a power
of ''"c-assessment, in case of deficiency, existed in law, it had
'never been acted upon, and was virtually a dead letter.
The Noble Lord maintained that 'these taxes had been well
collected. While he should be able-to prove that the con-
trary was the case, he could do so without fear of hurting
the feelings of the Hon. Gentleman who-was collector in
this county, as no such charge could he made against him ;
but throughout Scotland there had been a deficiency of no
less a sum than 62,000/. since' the year 1797, of which a
neighbouring county (where the outcry against this Bill
had first been raised) owed the large proportion of 22,0001.
He did not intend to' say any thing regarding the conduct
of gentlemen not then present, but he could not help re-
marking, that it was strange when this measure was so
violently attacked in the county of Edinburgh, that no
mention had been made of this large arrear against the
counties of Scotland, which had been wiped off by the
Board of Treasury, of which the gentleman most loud in his
censure had been the Secretary. There was another point
which could not have been passed over by his Honourable
and active Friend, at present Chairman of the Board'.of
Stamps and Taxes ; the charge in England was about
41. 17s. per cent., while in this country, where it was now
collected, it cost 71. 17s. per cent. This would no longer
continue, as by employing persons already' receiving remu-
neration for other duties, a great saving would be effected.
Great facilities 'would be afforded to the public by
the new arrangements in the collection of the taxes,
which not could only be paid on particular days, at
stated places ; and unless parties then met the collector,
they subjected themselves to the expense and trouble of
going to the county town to pay their taxes, and of a pro-
secution in case of failure. With regard to the question of
patronage in the appointment of the sub-collectors, he be-
lieved he was justified in saying, that where the present
parties were found efficient, there was no desire on the part
of the Government to make any chancres. Under the old
system the collection was'slow, and the money lung in find-
ing its way'to the Exchequer ; but under the new arrange-
ments this would be completely obviated. He trusted that.
he had been able to answer satisfactorily the charges of the
Noble Earl, and that he had proved to the meeting that the
public service would be greatly benefitted by the late enact-
ment; and that there was no ground for the outcry so un-
justly raised against those who had introduced this mea-
sure, which, before it had been two years in operation, all
parties, he was convinced, would admit to be a great im-
proviemen.; upon the system which at present existed. He
must apologise for this long intrusion, after the Noble Lord
had expressed his desire to avoid discussion, but as he
could not hope to be present in January, he felt it his duty
to offer this explanation.
Sir G. WARRENDER differed entirely from his Noble
Friend Lord Haddington, as to the propriety and expe-
diency of discussing the matter at the present moment.
They had been called together by public advertisement,
expressly announcing that this subject was to be discussed,
and now that they were met, and that the subject bad been
regularly brought before them, was he to be told that it
was not to be discussed, and that they were to come to
no deliverance upon it at all ? For his own part, after
having listened, as he had done, to the very full, clear,
and most satisfactory statement of his Hon. Friend Mr.
Steuart, he had not a shadow of doubt remaining on his
mind as to the expediency of the Act in question ; and
he felt quite persuaded that a more speedy, efficient, and
economical collection of the revenue must necessarily rct—
sult from it. With these views, lie really expected to ste.
the meeting come to some immediate decision on this queP•
tion, which he could not doubt would be that of approval.
Some of the gentleinen present denied that the counties
had ever been liable for deficiencies in the ass'dssed taxes,
and asserted that their liability was only with regard to the
land tax. Lord Haddington urgently supported this opi-
nion, but Mr. Steuart, of Alderston, sent for the Acts of
Parliament, and immediately satisfied his Lordship, andi
those who thought with him, that they had hitherto laboured
under an error. The farther consideration of the matter
was then adjourned till January, and Lord Haddington's
notice of motion was recorded, Mr. Steuart humorously re-
marking, that as the member for the county and himself, and.
most of those who were the natural supporters of the mea-
sure, would be necessarily absent in January, he hoped
that. in fairness the matter would be then again adjourned,,
without any final decision, until those who were friendly to
the Act could be present to defend it.

On the sth of November, a year or two ago, an out.
rageous sparkle of humour broke forth. A poor hard-
working man, while at breakfast in his garret, was enticed.
from it by a message that some one who knew him
wished to speak to him at the street door. 'When he got
there he was shaken hands w;',:n and invited to a chair. Heil
had scarcely said " nay" before " the ayes had him," an -
".
cla in the vrcant seat, tied him there. They thethempai his face. to their liking, put a wig and paper tap
pnpteind„
on his head, c:istened a dark lantern in one of his hands, and
a bundle of matches in the other, and carried lain) about.,
all ,(1",;.y with shouts of laughter and loud buzzas, begging
kr their " Guy." When he was released at night he went
home, and having slept upon his wrongs, he crirried them •
the; next morning to a police office, whither his offenders
were presently brought by warrant before the Magistrates, •
who ordered them to find bail or stanza, committed. It is .
illegal to smug a man for a " Guy."

NEW SOUTH WALES.—S(mne idea of the rapid
progression of the Australian Colonies may be gathered.-
from the fact that in 1827 the. local revenues were esti-
mated to produce—at New South Wales, 62,2294;
Van Diemen's Land, 32,852/. The revenues of recent
years, without any material increase of taxation, have bepi
--at New South Wales„lß3o, 104,602/. ; 1831, 120,204/.;
1832, 135,909/. At. Van Diemen's Land, 1830, 63,586/.
1831, 71,067/. ; 1632,, 91,976/. ; 1833, 85,905/. The ex-
pcnditure had &lien so far short of the receipts, that in the-
Colonial Treasm y of New South Wales nearly 47,0001...."
had accumulated, and at. Van Diemen's Land, 35,000/...i,,,,

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