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THURSDAY, IFEBRUAIIN 22, 1821.

PARMA MEN T,

HOUSE OF LORDS FEB. 21. •
Mr. BaoG DEN and'a Deputation from the Com-
mons returned the Longitude gill, with the ac-
quiescenCe of the •Commons to the amendment
made by their. Lordships therein.
The Earl of THANET presented a Petition from
the Inhabitants of Kendal and . its vicinity, in
the County of Westmorland, praying that the
Queen's name be -restored to, the Liturgy.—
Laid on the table.
The Malt Duty Bill and the Grants Transfer
Bill were committed and reported.
Lord REInSDALE presented VetitionS. from
'Montreal, from the Sawyers and. Proprietors of
Saw-Mills in Canada, from Nes.,„Zrzillsw!cli and
NioNa Scotia, pitying that take
into consideration the state of the 'North A,meri-
can Trade, and particularly that in Timber.—
Laid on the table.

IRELAND.

The Earl of BLESINTON wished, as far as his

humble abilities extended, to assist the object of
the Petition from Limerick, -which was worded
with much moderation and wisdom. He shoidd
therefore more for a List of the Duties on Malt
and Spirits in Ireland, and of those on Irish
Malt and Spirits imported into England ; and
for a Copy of the Order sent to the Outports
respectinc,' the Irish Linens imported into Eng-
land.—Agreed to.

FOREIGN TRADE, &e.

The Marquess of LANSDOWN rose to move" the
revival of the Committee on Foreign Trade ; and
in doing so he felt it unnecessary again to travel
through the vast interests attached to this
question as he had done last year. But it was
necessary for him to notice some Petitions on this
subject which had been laid on the table. He
had been understood to have, supposed that there
was no other remedy for the evils which bore so
hard on the country than the appointment of
Committee to inquire into the-state of Foreign
Trade. This was never his opinion, and he
thought the evils so evident, and they were of
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such a nature, that they might be taken as admit-
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quantity of the capital of this country had been'
drawn from it to the amount of 10, 12, 20, 30,
40, 50, and GO millions, and taken for the exi-
gence of the State. A. large quantity of capital
was also directed to trade, till a time came 'when
it must return to a fixed standard, if this were
true, there was , no necessity for going " farther
for the Canses of the_ evils. of ivic./),As -cgrn.4-
plained.. It was •painful to know that no specific
or speedy remedy could be found for these dis-
tresses. As to the state of the Agiicultural dis-
tress, it was, in his opinion, impossible to connect
it with the state of the Corn Laws. This was true
whether he was correct, or the Noble Earl oppci-
site, in their opinionsl and therefore he would
confidently assert, that any closing of the Ports
to FOreign. Corn, whether 'the depression of our
own markets arose from excessive taxation, or from
an excessive produce of our own Corn, would be of
no effect in remedying the . evils complained
of. It was to be lamented that no. prompt or,
efficacious remedy could be found for these evils:
Without a free distribution of the use of capital
there could however be no effectual remedy ;. and
therefore they should remove all restrictions on
Foreign Trade, in order also to remove, all ob-
stacles to the employment of those'masses of. ea-
• pital which now lie idle up and down the coun-
try. Though such a subject should come More
naturally before the other House,. yet he hoped
their Lordships would never think it foreign or
alien to their views and duties. The restrictions
on Foreign Trade had caused the same effect in the
capital employed in it as the taxes had produced in
the home trade; but he knew that tho' in thesewalls
men of science could be found to determine upon

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such-subjects, yet, when they came to apply the
remedies, new and unforeseen questions and 'diffi-
culties arose. And he knew that out of doors
there were-pamphlets and persons who advocated
-the old and exploded [lotions of making Britain
independent of foreign Powers, and making her'
produce every. thing she herself Wanted. Then
came the conflicting interests of the Agricultu-
rists,' the Ship Owners, and the Traders,; -while
the interests of the unfortunate consumers, ,who
formed nine-tenths of the population, were neg-
lected. He therefore moved the revival of the
Committee on Foreign Trade.
Lord ELLS ,BOROUGH. had heard with sincere
pleasure the speech of the Noble Marquis ; but
it was impossible to reduce our taxes materially
without a strict attention to thb claims of the
public creditor. The only thing that could be
-done was to equalize the taxes so 'as to,giv6 re-
lief to all the difficult and conflicting interests.
The Committee on the Timber. "
"Trade found that
timber in the- log paid higher duty than when-
manufactured. It was als6 discovered that Nor-
way deals paid in. Ireland 141. a load, 'and 20/.
here. 'These- and Other similar facts led to the
conchision'that some • equalization Gf the duties
might be found which would be advantageous tc
all parties.
The motion was _then agreed to, and a Com-
Mittee appointed, consisting of the same Mem-
bers as that of last year. .
The Earl of LlVEnroot, rose to move for the
laying certain accounts before this Committee.
He should not enter into these great branches of
our political economy now ; but his object was
that they should have such facts as would enable
them to form a Correct,judgment.-on these impor-
tant subjects. He had, therefore, obtained all
the information on every branch of our foreign