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London, England, 1842-05-25 00:00:00

put
for Ward on that side of the-House-namely, that the
teeer!l'law was founded upon a higher principle of pro-
-41,4011 than the.tariff. The Right Hon. Baronet had
th°ue the valuable admission, that in the resent state of
kedingst__the people of this country were not. provided with
Judging
the extent which they had a right to expect.
alguogitg from the language of the Right Honour-
.uttronet any one would suppose that meat
xtas the stapie• food of the people.—(Hear, hear.)
iehrY argument, however, which had been urged by the
eng t rion. Baronet, in favour of a reduction in the duty
th:attle, would apply with ten-fold force to corn ; and if
the Pr,r,ese,nt Corn-laws should fail to supply the wants of
shame the Government would be compelled in very
Ene t° apply that principle to corn which! with respect
le,attle terd admitted to be absolutely neces-
%for the iests of the people.—(Hear, hear.)
the nai,l'r VIVIAN said that his motion was. rather in
did -41`11re of an appeal to the Right Hon. Baronet. He
it tl:ot N,vish to take up the time of the House in pressing
draw att.tilVision, and he would therefore beg to with-
ord T
Maid ' • -nUSSELL said that before the motion was
lawn he would observe that as the Right Hon.
e...ntleman
had referred to the quantity of corn im-
',uo7lil under the present Corn Bill-law he hoped he
count ha‘e no objection to lay before the House an ac-
quitntint..f the amount of corn taken out of bond, and the
V:4 now in bond, which he understood to 1,000,000
alt-eriers. It was desirable that there should be an accu-
t.staternent made on the matter.
derelar
.11I.TME said that the Colonies ought to be consi-
should ban integral part of the empire, and that there
e no duties imposed on their productions when
into this country.
r ti, ; 1 lISEY said that his views had been called then-
ae,he:al. Ile would then state what a practical farmer,
this rented 200 acres of land at 2001. a-year, told him on
had scltieet• He had stated that he would rather wheat
the -"
Presentextent to which it had between last May and the
time
Sir t
hills, PEEL said that, according to his butcher's
muttontorTi not.
:Eo
farrlthheatilsTobtaikeen place whatever in the price of
Lord referred to the quantity of
tern,atlimbejid. The quantity in bond was 800,000 quar-
aubjec,C "e was ready to give every information on the
Air. p
Art ~.,1-18EY explained.
that th,;‘, WOOD agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet
regartp, should not draw any hasty conclusions with
11,44 ei the
new Corn-law. The Right Hon. Gentle-
leatistit,a''a the advantage of the Carn-law from the
stated of corn admitted within the last two weeks. He
at 15,000 quarters were admitted the week end-
tn e 12th of May, and in the last week 5,000 quarters
Nee. inn -alone. But under the old Corn-law there
1,,0-00 eyed in the corresponding weeks last year,
City
in (Planers in the first, and almost as large a quun-
the second, at a price of 235. Bd., so that very
Lorc.ottld -be drawn from the quantity imported.
_.
rent fr`t SAICDON said that the case of corn waseiffe-
the °ln the case of cattle, for one was imported from
x!ttit,;(3tst extensive market, and' the other from a cornpa-
siti4 circumscribed one.—(Cheers from the Oppo-
°tie They might have an immense crop of corn in
keetetar, Out they would not have a large crop of cattle,
14 aerefore the cases were distinct. The fact was
'dealt subject was a most intricate one, and whoever
°Piei,:ith it had to deal with the most conflicting
r
Sonde 13.---(Cheers ) The Noble Lord the MembFr f
'ore; -and for instance,. would treat the colonies as
woultteountries, while the Hon. Member for
.‘lontrcis
thee
kiegd -444 them treated like an integral portion of
.
et-thieralt.: lie should for his own part prefer the opinion
*Ts ellut(),,n• Member for Montrose, but it was with such
`Rent ',pinions the Right Hon. Baronet had to deal.
who
h,„"kIiOUCHERE agreed with the Noble Lord
tteport7e., just sat down, that very little cattle could be
cornpr.?". into this country, but that a large quantity Qi
Ivas fl,lit ; nd. he had no doubt that that circumstance
keent-e basis of the present, measures of the tieGovern-
etl they ; and if had avowed that, they would not have
Ney trlused, as they had been, of
and inconsistency. A
Ifferent principle had been adopted with respect to
lee Pl to cattle, both of which he contended ought to
aced.
mail st on the same footing. The Right Hon. Gentle-
deeti,,aled, that population was outstripping the pro-
of that of food in this country. There could be no doubt
aethmal, and the assertions of the Right Hon. Gentleman
for; " not be forgotten in the country. Was it not, there-
-411 'atirPrising, that a Minister of the Crown, after such
kw as should have brought forward such a Corn-
tt) tahs the Right Hon. Baronet had done ? With regard
ineliquestion of colonial protection, he wes not
thoit"ed to act upon any abstract principle ; but he
ea.t.r,grhtthe principle of colonial protection had been
14,4' xi to too great, an extent in the original tariff ; he
raj
!therati hoever, glad to find that in the present one seve-
t,) ions were made in that respect. With respect
Lthe manufactures of India, he considered they had not I
Cn placed as yet upon a fair footing, and he was, there-
glad to find in the present tariff, that they were
ely to be more favourably dealt with. He considered
7t;at.
hitherto the greatest injustice had been done to
d
a, and he was glad to see that
something like a re-
‘r4e.. dy for that injustice was proposed in the tariff: At
the same time, he thought the 'lie lit Hon. Gentleman had
~xiided the principle of colonial protection to a mis-
a4levoits extent. In that very article of live cattle, what
41d be the meaning of imposing a differential duty in
hands of colonial cattle, when it was admitted on all
could►et no cattle could come from our colonies? What
. .
4,E,t-e6, the meaning of it except, to assert the principle
-altb„„_tonial protection ought to be universal ? Now,
Vriqh he could not agree with some of his Hon.
if they that our colonies should be treated precisely as
sid,rYthwere foreign countries, yet he could not but con-
ketiat the Right Hon. Gentleman had p.ushed his
exteqt (4. colonial protection to a most mischievous
Mr, c„
aPeeeeh `")EIEN felt astonished at hearing such a
'met the A, that which had been made by the Noble
'reraber for Liverpool emanate from the repre-
nll)", a large commercial community. The Noble
:win;..i.„..ex::::red of the Corn-law, because it prevented us
-ngingollr commodities for the produce of other
thou,h'.l4d he approved of' the provision-law, because,
stuttered that exchange to take place, it was
leh thk' "VII the circumstance of the countries from
te eolseattl6 was to be brought, that it could give
ii;.l*.aehtttnercial transactions to any great extent. In
narking' tett the people agreed with the Noble Lord in
to
take
4t the object of their legislation in that House
t tak:enj importation from. taking place, when it
.1; the Place in large quantities. The Noble Lord
andes
unlitry might be inundated with foreign corn.
I)wii,th ortierthe,n our manufacturers would. be inundated
pr`ltepnt '', to execute, which must give increased em-
,.t.eteet the labouring classes; and it was to
b math ::14t they were legislating. The people looked
,dtiek. °:„eoarse of legislation with anything but appro-
fiereti Lie thought the Right Hon. Baronet, in the
,ld'tofttitarglunents he had addressed to the different
telP,7)°ll, had louse, as he had desired to conciliate their
r`erst 4" Paid anything but a compliment to their
sta ttadi
eRe speck. It reminded him of an actor on another
gas er&r,
agars technically called aside, so that only
eseed should hear him, while in fact he
Nit ;:`,4.11 over the house. It was a mockery of the
x;7lissiegislate in such a manner. In Lancashire
ath extinguished—there was a settled; lasting
4:4rtion,
I)ttt the industrious classes, with no hope or
44,111 to utl. revival. But Englishmen would not lie
te, tit le like dogs ; and while they were legis-
„„rti -
'Spi!.lY 'flat House, haggling over a miserable
rlt th,,, Pound on beef, they were rousing a
4''epitto,'" would bring about changes far more
Ilted ,(than any now contemplated. The people
cluTtattic7„,`',and employment, and they were legislating
%lied them to prevent their having either. They ex-
it, a the_ to from all trade with America, and then they
t 6 dated that from New Orleans this country might be
clete w"" with corn. The, said this at a time when
kOhat ;le-tens of thousands of people starving for want
ii4thkirers3:. !bed—when_ their machinery was rusting,
t )11404 In Ps rotting for want of employment. Such
eitdo was a scan to England—was a scandal to
` 11tR !ants of ,They , had no earthly right to prevent the
st°o
-port from exchanging the produce of
for the corn of the Mississipi valley.
•LPlaveteither raOre nor less than legislative murder,
17° of
their
the.
people from exchanging the Rro-
le,‘l'a4 en-t-etit• labourfor the food of other countries.
447tikkea-t?u 'Price they cared about—a penny a pound
Pay for'l)a - Rive the people employment, and the people
for
n. 114 "nlible the price. What the people. contended.
r..,.„,jAright to exchange the produce of their labour
of other countries. Was it too much for the
j4kltl',ew•-nn the ght to go 3,000 miles for food?
thei,' landed gentlemen give them food in exchange
it-41$1ey ,i'r3tton tnanufactures P—were they prepared to
etilaent .t'ir4ll ? The manufacturers never came to Par-
tit metre °' fix the price of a yard of calico, as the wis
ittey
ehl-tdts who settled the price of corn at 565. No,
491enged competition with the whole world. The
ittNeced
101 l oaterest could not employ them, and yet they
''l-I,ere.irtlhethe right of exchanging the produce of their
Jt fooa of other countries. He could not
citott6f riently to such proceedings. He felt himself
hint as (-°llling from the place he did, seeing so much
ha..ronod him, to take any course that was allowed
fitt,.‘ a 1,
t01d4,20u get a man to join him in that course, to
17in the that which he considered to be a national
ace s country.
tie -tylibtarsisaid, he had represented a large con-
-1193' for
114 tanned
the period of eleven years, and he had always
t 4 hY to toe, G e same principle. The argument used by
man was, that they would destroy ern-
-141 „th eose principles. If the Hon. Members on
to,ke'landon's) side of the House saw the argument
teottl., insight as the Hon. Member, he believed
tt4arad _ u,be willing to adopt the principles ; but they
pe.poli_untirely as to their result, for they believed that
to of the lion. Gentleman would be the means of
Ti
iitii labour. The manufacturers wished to main-
+ay -4.1 protection, and he did not believe they wished
ir ,flge in the Corn-% P. rtataTouß „' wb•
*lily se au he thought the tariff ought
:(Tess into law. 'Whether the tariff was good
outubtrse who promoted it must stand or fall by it.
tlirile Yliveasi.e-atremely desirous that it should b!-
.11a,,I.jun• Ile A t
Team to say that this was not hise
x of the
_tthought it ought to be submitted torth Cselit t:t an try, for them to decide upon it. The
("et a'uvrJrnment was making a great step towards-
bas Ivelkidame, 'and the pro iositiou of the late Government
yet be considered b utnre. generations a great
and tire' The House had been occupied one whole night,
410 .40..
ult.., had made 'no
laade-r- night had arriTerSgrio(a)esiil: and nine o'clock of
ouotofitirther progrFss
attx; •. while millions were.
Plt,,;,,,n_s expectation, and the delay prevehneterdesutlhteNeYlmtl.l
VC" of capital.
t Proposition was then agreed to.
ke
11
eafferent ems' it to swine and hogs exclusive, were
d
e t°'
e item of swine and hogs being proposed,
kt S• 1313RIEN said, he thought it was almost use-
ea° ettempt to induce . the Right Hon. Baronet to
k 41447_ t:1118 Part of the tariff ; he thought it right
ou unereete 'which he represented, not to let the