The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

No. 15,428.

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adopt the measure of the Government. His Lordship's
spirit rises, and his views enlarge US his experience
ripens, and his speech was at once comprehensive in its
principles, and what politicians call practical in the ap-
plication of them. After taking notice of the fact that
all parties had now agreed that the present Corn-law
could not be maintained, he laid down the
broad principle that trade was not a fit and proper sub-
ject of legislation. In the case of corn he qualified this
principle by admitting that if agriculture were subject to
any special burdens, a tax equivalent to these should be
imposed on foreign agricultural produce, and by stating
that when a species of production had been stimulated by •
law, care should be taken not hastily to remove the stimu- •
lus, lest the capital embarked in the production he de-
stroyed, and bodies of men thrown out of employment.
The Noble Lord did not decide what particular taxes -
our agriculture was liable to, but left that question to be
discussed in the Comtnitee. The last qualification we
have quoted he adopted, and concluded that so much
protection as was required from these two causes he was
willing to grant. 'While we admire and praise very
much the general tenor of the Noble Lord's speech, who
spoke as if he had some feeling for the enormous evils
which the law has inflicted on the country, we cannot
pass over his two admissions, adverse to the principles
for which we contend, without stating our reasons for
not agreeing with them.
Admitting, for the. sake of argument, that agriculture
is subject to seine special taxes, which we deny, the re-
medy is not to tax the people's bread, but to remove
those burdens from agriculture. If they must be borne.
by some One, they ought to be equally borne by the
whole community. Taxes equally borne by the whole
community, Lord J. RUSSELL said, are no justification
of a duty on foreign corn ; which is the conclusion he
ought to have come to on his own premises. Can any-
thing be more unjust than to tax the bread of every
man in the country, because the iron masters or the
cotton manufacturers are exempted from some •tax
which the farmers must pay ?
Dr. ADAM SMITH'S remark, which Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL quoted, concerning not hastily withdrawing en-

COURT CIRCULAR.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, left town at nine o'clock yes-
terday morning for Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, to honour
the Duke of Rutland with a visit.

Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London.
A few copies remain of Mr. Buckingham's last new work,
" On the Evils and Remedies of Popular Elections, and on the
Theory and Practiee of Free Trade, not merely in Corn, but in
all the productions of labour. The work may be procured
through any Bookseller in Town or Country.

Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo.,
KAR AH KAPLAN;
Or, THE KOORDISH CHIEF.
A ROMANCE of PERSIA and KOORDISTAN.
By the Hon. CHARLES STUART SAVILLE.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

A very numerous meeting of Members of the House of Com-
mons took place yesterday afternoon at the official residence of
Sir Robert Peel, in Downing-street. Among the members
present were Lords Northland, Mahon, Douro, Chelsea, Bar-
rington, Jermyn, Arthur Lennox, March, and William Paget;
Sirs .1. Chetwode, Rowland Hill, P. Grey Egerton' C. Coote,
W. Heatheote, Robert H. Inglis, C. Broke Vere, C. K nightley,
Howard Douglas, J. Rae Reid, C. Douglas, J. Yarde Buller,
Thomas Arland, R. Lopes, Frederick Pollock, tied W. James';Colonels Hugh Baillie, Darner, Wyndham, and Powelt
Captains Rous and Meynell, R. N. ; Messieurs J. Masterman,
Law, Rashleigh, jun., Corry, W. Praed, John Neeld,
C. Hope, H. Drummond, Shirley, Evelyn Shirley, J. Young,
Abel Smith, Escott, Montague Gore, Tattoo Egerton,
;I Cornwall Legh, R. A. Christopher, E. Conolly, Bell,
Ormsby Gore, Duffield, Borthvvick, W. Martin, Bodkin,
Rice Clayton, 11. B. Hale, Cripps, J. B. Estcourt, eeorge
Bankes, I'. Pusey, G. M. Mundy, H. Liddell, John Round,
Gaily Knight, John Irving, R. Ormsby Gore, Hawkes,
Beckett, C. Russell, H. Broadwood, Neeld, R. Godson, G.
W. Hope, Sturt, D. Maclean, R. Neville, F. Hodgson, G.
Lyall, W. Johnson, P. Christmas, Lockhart, Wilbraham, Car-
negie, Emerson Tennent, Tollemache, Pringle, Whitmore, T.
Greene, Copeland, 0. Morgan, Dupre, Thesiger, Sanderson,
and R. Hodgson.
A Deputation from the British and Foreign School Society
to the Committee of Council on Education, consisting of Wil-
liam Allen, Treasure' ; Rev. George Clayton, Rev. Thorns
Burney, Rev. James Sherman, Rev. John Burnett, Mr. John
Rundle, M.P., Joseph Talwia Foster, Dr. Hodgkin, Robert
Forster, Henry Christy, Henry Tuckett, John Vaizey, and
Henry Dunn. the Secretary to the Society, had an interview
with the Lord President of the Council yesterday afternoon, at
the Council-office.

FASTER N COUNTIES RAILWAY
COMPANY.—NOTICE is hereby given, that a
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of
the Company will be held on TUESDAY, the 221 day of
February in•t., at one o'clock precisely, at the Company's
Station, High-street, Shoreditch, London, for the purpose of
determining upon raising all or any part of the Monies an-
thorised to be raised by an Act passed in the fourth year of
the Reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled "An Act
to amend and enlarge some of the provisions of the Acts relat-
ing to the Eastern Counties Railway, and to authorise the
Company to raise a further sum of Money for the purposes of
the said undertaking ;" and also for the purpose of determining
upon the modes and terms of raising the same by the issue of
Nex Shares; and the said Meeting is made Special for the.
above purposes, and also for the purpose of declaring forfeited
certain Shares of the said Company, and for confirming the
forfeiture which has been made and declared by the Directors
of certain Shares in the said Company.
HENRY BOSANQUET, Chairman.
THEODORE W. RATFIBONE,
Deputy-Chairman.
Offices, High-street, Shoreditch, Feb. 10, 1842.

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THE CORN-LAWS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR.—As a subscriber to your truly valuable paper, and a
Chairman of a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough,
held on Saturday evening, numbering about 2,000, I beg to
transmit you a copy of the resolutions unanimously agreed to.
They were moved, seconded, and supported, with very excel-
lent speeches, and if I may judge from the meeting, they seem
more determined than ever to carry on the glorious work of agi-
taton since the appearance of Sir Robert's nice sliding scale.
I am, Sir, your humble servant,
Rochda!e, Feb. 14, 1842. JAMES LEACH.

1. Resolved, That the proposition of Sir Robert Peel, sub-
mitted to the House of Commons on the subject of the Corn-
laws on Wednesday last, is a document conceived in the true
spirit and genius of that packed assembly which in its essence,
its constitution, and its operation is inimical to civilization, to
commerce, and to the rights of the people. That the present
attempt to perpetuate a tax upon corn is an aggravated
insult to the perishing inhabitants the United Kingdom, a
violation of the most sacred of all rightsof labour, for the benefit
of an aggrandized and rapacious aristocracy, that therefore this
meeting enters its solemn protest against the proposition, and
will resist its adoption by every means in its power.
2. That while this meeting considers the Ministerial plan on
the Corn-law question an insult to the suffering people, they are
further of opinion that there are other bad laws which ought im-
mediately to be effaced. from the statute-book of this country,
and this meeting consider the only remedy to be the enacting
the principles contained io the People's Charter the law of
the land.

3. That a copy of 'the resolutions passed by this meeting be
sent to our Representative, William Sharman Crawford, Esq.,
for him to make such public declaration thereof as he thinks fit.

DOUBLE SPEECH-PEEL'S
AVERAGES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—Sir Robert Feel, under the pretence of having the averages
taken more fairly, proposes to edit more country towns to the list at
present contributing to the averages, the real object of which is to
destroy the influence of London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glouces-
ter, Bristol, &c. Just observe if those five show a return of 50,000
quarters at 605., and the other towns show the like number at 565.,
but if other towns be added, making the
average will be found to be 575. 4d. per
benefit of the addition, will be to swamp the
58a., but
keeping down the averages, and keeping
istlial:iflieanuraetelnrerecr,teattigohrefnuwts.; iiteltlhsl bae6resog.;
up the duty. So much for making the addition of more country
towns, in order to destroy the working upon the averages.
I have no doubt that the addition of the new towns will be equal
to a reduction in the averages of 3s. per quarter, so that Peel might
as well keep to the old list of towns, and propose that wheat shall
not be admitted at Is. per quarter duty, until it reaches the average
of 765.
We have all read of " Single-speech Hamilton," we may now
point out " Double-speech Peel ;'' there is more Jesuitism in the
new proposition for taking the averages than in the whole scheme
besides. I am, Sir, yours, Re.
Ilfracombe, Feb. 14, 1842

IL W. D,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
IVORSHIP-STREE7.
A poor weaver of decent exterior, named Burroughs, who
was accompanied by his wife, an elderly blind woman, applied
to the Magistrate for his signature to' a document, recommending
his wife as a fit person to receive relief from a charitable fund
bequeathed by the late Charles Day, Esq., of the firm of Day
and Martin, to indigent blind persons of good character. The
applicant placed before the Magistrate a memorial, addressed
to the Trustees and Executors of the late Mr. Day, which set
forth that the petitioner had been deprived of sight for four
years, and that her husband, who was a weaver in reduced cir-
cumstances, was lineally descended from William Pitt, Earl of
Chatham. A certificate that the petitioner was a deserving
ohjact of relief, was attached to the memorial, and it was
signed by the Lord Mayor, and the Clergyman and Church-
wardens of St. Leonard's, Shorediteh. The Magistrate asked
the applicant in what degree of relationship he stood towards
the Earl of Chatham, and he replied that his great-grand-
mother was the sister of that nobleman.
Mr. BROUGHTON signed the recommendation ; and the
Chief Usher, by the direction of the Magistrate, presented
the poor people with seven shillings, for which which they ap-
peared sincerely grateful.
UNION-HALL.
James Cox and Henry Searle, who were remanded last week
were brought up for re-examination, on the charge of breaking
into the Waggon and Horses, Newington Butts.
Both the prisoners are well-known housebreakers, and it was
suspected that Searle was connected with a gang who broke
into a house in the Borough last Christmas-day, and stole a
quantity of cheese of the value of 141., besides wearing apparel.
There being no more evidence adduced against the prisoners,
Mr. TRAILL committed Cox for t.ial, and remanded Searle un-
til Friday.
Thomas Godson, the watch-maker, who was remanded on
Friday, was discharged, the parties to whom the watches be-
brig having consented to receive the duplicates; the prisoner's
(laughter, a respectable young woman, has engaged to pay the
amounts advanced by the pawnbrokers.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
SUN.—Public securities were rather flat to-day, in the absence
of much speculative business, and there was a disposition to
sell Stock. Consols for immediate transfer were 89 to 891/4,
and for Account, 89A alternately buyers and sellers. The
New Three•and-a-Half per Cents, were quoted 98% to 98/,
the Reduced, 99 to 99A, and the Three per Cent. is nnuities_
89i to 89%. The Unfunded Debt is now at a higher pre-
mium than for the list year or more, being 21s. to 265., and
this arises as well from a conviction that the surreptitious Bills
will be paid, as from the comparative dullness of trade, and the
want of a temporary, but at the same time a secure investment,
for idle capital. The East India Bonds were also rather batter,
viz. ss. to 7s. premium, and India Stock touched 244 and
245. In Bank Stock there were no buyers.
The account in the Foreign 11arket was adjusted without
any material difficulty to-day, Active Spanish Bonds were
rather better. The current rates were 24i to 25. The
accounts from Lisbon to-day. noticing the rapid progress of the
revolutionary movement in the different provinces, sent down
Portuguese Stock again, viz., to 32i and 32 for the New Five
per Cents. The Three per Cents. were at 19 to 19A. Mexi-
can Bonds rose again, the current rates being 34 to 34id
. Co-
lombian Stock was at 22 to 22A, Chilian at 70 an
Bra-
zilian at 65 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 51', and
the Five per Cents. 101 Z.
In the Share 11arket there was no particular alteration.
Great Western Railway Shares were 19A to 20i ; the New
10A to 10 ; the London and Birmingham 77A to 78,1, and
the New 26i premium, ex dividend. Brighton Shares were
13A, and! Northern and Eastern 5 discount ; Colonial Bank
Shares realised premium.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 15
Will be acted all entirely New Drama, called RABY
RUINS; or, the MOTHER'S STATUE; with new Sce-
nery and the entire Company.
After which, MRS. NORMA, with Bellini's Music —Nor-
ma, Signor Nevilli ; Agelgisa, Signor Waltoni ; Pollio, Sig-
nora Martini.
After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK
FROST AND KING THAW —With gorgeous and charac-
teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint
Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun-
Ding, &c. Hallequin' ;-Patch, Hulihe Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan-
taloon, M. Lehman ;
Flip, Signor Felia Carlo ; Clown, Mr.
Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe.
To conclude with Haines' new and successful Drama, enti-
tled ELIZABETH LAZARUS, THE JEWESS, founded
on Captain Glasscock's " Land Sharks and Sea Gulls.'

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 15,

Will be performed, a Nevv Domestic Drama, in Three Acts,
entitled MARY WRITE ; •r, the MURDER at the OLD
TA BBARD.—Savage Sam, Mr. E. F. Saville; Baynard,
Dale ; Giles, Mr. Gardner ; Mary White, Miss Vin gent, the
acknowledged Heroine of Domeitic Tragedy.
After which, THE WILD IRISH GlRL.—Shelah O'May,
Miss Vincent, in which she will dance her celebrated Donny-
brook Rant, and sing several humourous chaunts, and a new
Medley Epilogue.
To conclude with the Grand Romance of THE LADY OF
THE LAKE.—Roderick Dhu, Mr. Dale; Fitzjames, Mr. E.
F. Saville ; !Malcolm, Mr. Seaman • Blanch of Devon, Miss
Collett.

FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfu to acquaint the Nobility,
Subscribers to the French Plays, and the Public, that as Mons.
PERLET'S engagement is for a limited period, the perform-
ances will be varied nightly, in order to present as numerously
as possible the most popular pieces selected from the Repertoire
of that eminent Comedian.

TO-MORROW EVENING, FEB. 16, (not included in the
Subscription). the performance will commence with L'AM-
BA SS ADEUR, idler which LE COMEDIEN D'ETAMPES,
in both of which Monsieur Perlet will appear.
Adm'ssion by the night, Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphi-
theatre (or Gallery Stalls), 3s. ; Gallery, 2s.
Doors will be opened at Sevn o'Clock, and the perform-
ances commence at half-past Seven.

A detailed Prospectus' of the arrangements for the Season,
and of the Pieces which will be produced, selected from the Re-
pertoires of Mademoiselle Plessy, Mademoiselle Dejazet, Ma:e-
moiselle Forgeot, Monsieur Catigny, Monsieur Perlet, and
Monsieur Bouffe, may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Library,
33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Seguin's Library, 12, Regent-
street ; Mr. Sams's Royal Library, St. James's-street ; Messrs.
Ehers's, Andrews's, Hookham's, and Bailey's Libraries, Bond-
street ; Mr. M'Clary's, St. James's-street ; Mr. Dubourg's,
Haymarket; Mr. Wedge's. Opera Colonnade; Mrs. Fentum's
Music Establishment, 78, Strand; and at the Box Office of
the Theatre, which is open daily from 11 till 5 o'clock.

couragement once given to production, was applied to
manufactures, but was extended by Lord Jolts RUSSELL
to agriculture. We think it was
.erroneously so ex-
tended, for this reason—that the production of manufac-
tures does not necessarily create a market co-extensive
with the production ; but the productions of agriculture

create a market co=extensive with themselves. If by
great legislative encouragement silk stockings were in-
definitely multiplied, that would neither increase the num-
ber of legs nor the means of buying stockings. If, however,
by similar means, an indefinite increase were given to the
amount of food, that increase would be followed by a propor-
tionate increase in the number of mouths. On this great
difference between the production of food and the pro-
duction of any other commodity, we affirm that the
principle which ADAM SMITH applied to manufactures
was erroneously applied by Lord JOHN RUSSELL to

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agriculture.
Though every atom of protection were withdrawn
from agriculture to-morrow, there would be the same
number of-mouths to be fed, and the same or a greater
quantity of food required. Any artificial stimulus given
to agriculttire in fact is so infinitessimal, compared to the
grand stimulus of increasing population, that the former
may safely be.derided when it is employed to increase
agricultural productions, and safely be neglected when
a wiser policy proposes, after encouragement has been'
unjustly given, to remove it.

We will not further criticise the speech of the Noble
Lord, who was extremely happy in exposing the enorm-
ous evils which the sliding scale inflicts on the country.
It cuts up our trade with America, it.. puts the country
to a vast expense, it annually disturbs our monetary
system, and, without securing our independence, ope-
rates as a prohibition, and limits excessively our sup-
plies of food.
Mr. GLADSTONE followed Lord Rtr,ssELL, and we
cannot deny him the merit of great ltuency and great
clearness. He also displayed a great mastery
of all the details of the question, and exposed
with great force the evils of a fixed duty, which he made
out to be greater than those caused by a sliding scale,
The united exertions of the parties will undoubtedly
make the country thoroughly hate both the plans, Here,
however, our praise of Mr. GLADSTONE most end ; and
a speech more worthy of a special pkader seeking to
vindicate a client from a chart, and less worthy of
a statesman endowed with a mind capable of grappling
with the great interests of a nation, and anxious to.
promote them, we never heard.
Mr. GLADSTONE defended the -.Corn-laws, because
Corn-laws have existed for more than a century. To
say nothing of the alarming practice of justifying a pre-
sent wrong by a former wrong, Mr. GLADSTONE ought
to recollect that for more than two-thirds of the period
Great Britain was an exporting country ; and that the
same policy which might not be injurious when our own
resources could more than feed our population, became
actually murderous after our population had out-
run those resources. The whole of his defence of the
Corn-laws on that ground was not worth the expenditure
of breath he wasted on it.

Mr. GLADSTONE, seems to have studied the question
so minutely that he has lost sight wholly of principles.
He defended the sliding scale by comparing the fluctua-
tions in other countries ; but no - other country is like
England, having a commerce with all the world, and
having a water carriage to almost . every part of it, and
no country ought to have such little fluctuations in price
as England. Unless that main feature in England's
condition be taken into consideration, all comparisons aro
absurd. Not only ought fluctuation in prices to be less.
in England than in any other country, but the price of
food, because it is of universal use, and may be drawn
from all quarters, ought to fluctuate less than the price of
any other commodity, notwithstanding the variations in
the seasons, which are never 'barren in the same year
throughout the globe. These are truths, apparently, far
above Mr. GLADSTONE'S comprehension, for he ridiculed
those who have enunciated them.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.

The Gurney affair continues to agitate the sporting circle,
and, as was proved yesterday, not at'all to the improvement
of the Derby betting. The subjoined list of prices will be
found to include very few horses, and not a " select few," as
neither of the favourites was touched up. Between them and
the third favourite there is an immense gap; indeed, it may
be questioned whether the odds ought not to be quoted at 30
to 1, bar two, for although nominally at 25 to 1, we do not
think that anybody would back Auckland under 30 to I. The
Dirce colt was supported at 40 to 1, by two or three parties, the
layers declining to go on at the same figure, although re-
peatedly entreated. The Meteor, the Joanna colt, Lasso, and
one or two others, were also backed, but without showing any
improvement. For the Oaks the only bets laid were 16 to 1,
and afterwards 12 to I, in fifties, against the Adela filly. Some
other mares were inquired after, but there are very few books
on the race, and those who are laying on it appear to be full
against everything exeept Passion. The Chester Cep betting
was in such small sums as scarcely to deserve the quotations we
have submitted.

DERRY.
26 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's two—taken
30 to I agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Hobert de Gorham—offered
41 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dirce colt—taken
45 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna colt—taken
45 to 1 agst Mr. Greenwood's Lasso—taken
50 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Phenix— taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Artful Dodger
THE OAKS.
12 to I agst Lord Jersey's Adela, filly.
CHESTER CUT.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Kirby's Lanercost
12 to I agst Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult
)2 to 1 agst Mr. Holmes' Vulcan
27 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Rhodanthe—taken
28 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Rory O'More—taken
ROMPORD STEEPLE CHASE ENTRY.
Mr. Elmore's Lottery, 13st llb ; Mr. Maddock's Creole,
12st ; Mr, Wood's Oakstick, 11st 131 b ; Mr. Smith's Anony-
mous, Ilst 131 b ; Mr. Elmore's Sam Weller, llst 121 b • Mr.
Quartermain's Negro, 11st 111 b; Mr. Tilbury's Buffoon,
llst 71b.

CHESTER, 1842.
Acceptances for a Free Handicap of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, with
50 added.

Cruiskeen, aged, Bst 31b ; Fat Jack, aged, 7st 91b. ; Com-
pensation, aged, Bst ; Ararat, 6 yrs, ist 91b ; Humming Bird,
5 yrs, ist 21b ; Moonbeam, 4 yrs, 6st 11%; Zelmyra. 5 yrs,
64t slb ; Hudibras, 4 yrs, 6st 81b ; Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs,
sst 101 b; Fenella, 5 yrs, a feather.

BRITISH CORN, &c. EXI
An ACCOUNT of the Quantities of BRIT:
GRAIN, and MEAL and FLOUR, EXP
Year from Great Britain to Foreign Parts,
e!uiive.

CORN AND GRAIN.

3ORTED.
ISH CORN and
'ORTED in each
, 1828 to 1841 in•

Pease
:Years. IWheat. Ba rley.l Oats. Rye.
Band., Mast. I Total.
II I
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Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs.
1823... 26 293 9,593 ... 1,682 138 11,732
1829.. 95 314 5,995 ... 1,534 145 8,083
1830... 38 286 6,109 ... 1,574 225 8,232
1831... 55 584 6,099 ... 1,463 176 8,377
1832... 105 315 6,276 ... 1,326 79 8,101
1833... 68 495 7,157 20 979 251 9,000
1834... i 21 235 6,168 5 889 820 8,147
1835... 432 426 5,073 5 1,114 741 7,791
1836... 92 431 5,960 12 1,652 844 8;991
1837... 639 I 621 6,567 4 1,562 1,626 11,019
1838-, 1,832 i 713 7,311 1 1,583 902 12,342
1 839... ' 1,631 11,547 6,292 5 1,913 557 11,94 b
1840...' 2,348 1,515 12,766 1 1,635 386 18,651
1841...: 1,355 990 12,285 ... 1,570 995 17,195

MEAL AND FLOUR.
Years. Wheat Meal 1 Oatmeal and Other Meal Total.
and Flour. Grits. and Flour.
Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt.
1828 ... 7,002 12,152 55 19,209
1829 ... 9,367 10,155 54 19,576
1830... 9,166 9,983 32 19,181
1831... 10,163 9,890 30 20,083
1832 ... 4,418 9,966 64 14,448
1833 ... 8,517 13,870 141 22.528
1834 ... 4,452 11,377 234 16,033
1835... 5,424 8,273 4,ii 13,742
1836 ... 7,180 10,708 304 18,192
1837 ... 5,266 9,427 83 14,776
1836 ... 4,113 7,499 98 11,710
1 839 ... 7,175 7,545 126 14,846
1840 ... 4,907 10,731 378 16,016
1841 ... 5,189 9,446 80 14,715

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lie borrowed a statement of Mr. IlirsmssoN, too,
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of food had an influence on the price much greater
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lie has no
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