The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-08 00:00:00

rnous ekpi.adittir4i4;-. 11V, Sh4tlltlT s:COUrilae ,117.014(
that :conduct; that it.. was :. pAtyrattilt !„.,91*
their rents they walltedt--,;(211ear4) hept3,L):-.4lad.
that if timse Vad heett•paid., the..,ll(xtie• should
not hear of a.Cornmittee.of inquiry intp
.: ytieul
tura! I)istr.esses.—(:lfear!).

Goocu rose to .order, antLsaid the J.
Member' had .tio Tight.to impute
.-Lord NUitiViT .his,r lion', tead- •did.,:uot
Ulna .1111I1U.personal motives to the floe :
Members but was contending that the, 0hi.e.c,t.,.9
the motion was to support, the, tandho.l4ers,--,-
(Criesof Chair, Chair-t) .•. • : . J
The •Sii"EAKER. saidlio did not conceive the Ron.
Member to. itnpu tentot i Yes when be. said if certftiq
re Stilt S follow ed g: but •i he AtnderStOod. him to say
if rents were paid there should he no committee)
that -certainly he would consider. disorderly.
_ _

Mr, BENNETT said he sebrnitted to.the correc,
tion of the Chair. The lion.. Member continued
his observations: The estimates. were one -thing
and the. Expn-dit ore another. e-The .expenditure
always exceeded the estimates. The .only gees-
tion for their consideration .was, the reduction of
the expenditure and consequent diminution
the taxes.. Nothing but the reduction of the-
expenditure- by proper retrenchment in every
establishment could save the country. lie 0:o.ul4
be the last. man in the country who would
recommend any attack .on the public creditore
But he would-telll the Right Hon. the Chancellor.
, of the. Excheqtier that he would be driver! out :of
his quackery, step by .stepe-(Hear !)--and shoelst
at length come. down to that House to make.
P such a. proposition as•. at another:time he. would
, startle at. -lie would he obliged to come dowu
• and propose_ to invade the .public creditor. II;
(Mr. B.) would wish to avoid so ierrorninious
condition; and would first reduce their expeedii.
titre. • He begged pardon of the House for hae..-
• in trespassed so long on their indulgence ; but
he could not hear of a Committee being appointed
to raise, unnaturally and forcibly, the prices.
the necessaries of life,without entering his protest
against it.
WESTERN supported the -motion for the
Committee, and said that some protection were
necessary to the agricultural classes. He did uot
think it justifiable to raise the price of bread, oe
the manufacturing poor. But he did noteconceiv.
that effect could follow from affording to tiee
agriculturists .such protection from the importers-
tion of foreign corn as would prevent the fertil
and productive soil of the country from belch;
thrown out of cultivation.. The /lone Member
(Mr. Bennett), said, that lion. Gentlemen wished
to raise-the price of bread ; and to consider their
own interests separate from the lower classes.—
He (Mr. Western) had an opportunity of know-
ing and lamenting the hardships of the peopl.
• H.e was confident, a more industrious or
more laborious peasantry did not exist in .c.r!y
country. If he were to submit the question for
consideration to the lower class, and ask their
opinion, they would answer, that it was not
.th.e
money price of bread, but. the
.quantity of the
necessaries of life-which they could purchase fo,r
their labour, that constituted their prosperity:.
They were not now so able to procure the neces-
saries of life as when bread was at a higher
price. He would -maintain that iu any c0m1..:
try where the price of bread was low, .the pea-
-sentry could not command so much of the ne-
cessaries of life as they could in that country'
where bread was high. Their daily, labour could
command more of those articles necessary to their
comforts when bread was at a high price, because
high wages and high prices for core accompanied
each other, arid were inseparable. Suppose money
depreciateS,and'the. price of bread rises,in the same
proportion 'would wages ;of labour be found
rise. The higher the. price of bread, the•less it
pressed on the industry of the country. The
burthens of the country should be reduced .by -the
reduction of the taxes. He confessed he did riot
anticipate any very great benefit-frorn.the Corn-
mittee, which was proposed to. be: appointed, but
it was the duty of the flouse,• in furtherance of
the prayers contained io. the petitions,, to
in-
quire into the allegations contained -ire them;
and then the petitioners might make one e-cese in
suave way as should enable the House. to-adoet
Some measure for their relief in a manner that-w.4s
not now-thought' of; His opinion.wa's, that hell'
ourpresent grievances arose from the late alteee-
tienethat•tra been enede in the: currency of the
country ;—(Hear,hear !)—and he trustedi.when
the Committee was appointed, that. it wouldcoo-
sider of the• Act for the resumption of cash pay-
ments, which in his opinion was the cause
.o.f till
our present suffei.ings It was his
.convictiou,
and the-conviction of the public out of doors, that
the act in question had- been the theireeause.ef the
present agricultural distress; and it was indis-
pensibly necessary to give protection to Ott...agri-
culture of this country, against the egriCUlture
of foreigners ; amid such a protection 'Would
give vigour to the activity of this kingdom,
particularly, to Irelandefrom which we tnieNticiraw
all theesupPliei We shOuld stand in nee&-bf, if
such, protectiOa were afforded. This .hai. been
the old .pOlicY of our country ; and f:a'd . bnPn
one of the great-causes of our prosperity. N.ct-
, thing could. be mare injurious to the heeele,e,
and the riirale,ora country, than . to be .le.prieed
of that which was their own genitive
the produce" 91 their industry ire ce!ti-
Vating soil.—Mr.
D. BRoWNE Was Or opinion the. Ll:stress of
the-agriculturist arose froin :rant of iidequ,a:e
tection aeriinst •the foreign grower.' He 'eritr-
tained:nolepes.of advantage from the 'leis- thcitie
propOied of- taking the average ; the Vele step
to be • ta-ken could. operate effectnallv,
would be to. prohibit' the importation of foreien
greirte. contended .that the ports had. Olken
beereeeened .by I:rapd;ol.l:Ore'yftrt of certain !cep:-
talists, by which they had been benefite?, .a rd
cemetry-- ruirseek Ji was, of. opielen .there
should_ be an absolute prohibition ,of. foreign tgu.
enem-conceive de: thtrt--if the imperte-
tion ,orcore.:were prohibit4;d.;:-kireign'-conn'ries
not one; Manttfacatres,• and :_eiftert
aripplfrs weresearitedlthev tes" proc:nrid.
:Aftlie same time it'was an alarming -6; think
'Alit:tin& *as •likelye-o be ettirown out of .enliita-
tiod,in,consquence of the,' faVrnirs•not being abl,
to-obtain-the'ialue. 'of- theie -labour. Upoty-the