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the see act7raeY. They all knew the very difficult nature of was not in a prosperous state. . They were told by Hon. Gen-
ethal,a,
scuatipaition of the Reeorters, and it was very desirable that tlemen opposite that the manufacturers were protected, and,
aadr
ar•la lid not do "nything to increase the difficulty. He 'therefore, aid they, the agriculturists ought to be protected.
this
'kin e
,frequently in the public notices a statement of • 111 denied the truth of that statement. How could an export-
and
.541 ' When we returned to the gallery, we found such log country of surplus production be protected by any duty on
that heart
had
rion. Member upon his legs, and we understood similar articles exported from other count., ies ?—( Hear, hear. )
per ~,I, how said so and so.' -- (A lasigh. ) It generally hap .As well might it be said that if the Prussian Goyernment wet-,
elitr,„_ nowever, that what was given in such cases was ver to impose a duty of 10s. a quarter upon the importation of
The atst
Hofforn %hat had actually been uttered.—( Hear, hear.) foreign corn into Danttic, corn at Dantzie would be raised 10#.
!i:,
4_,,l)a.erAsleinber concluded by proposing that at: future a quarter. Every one must ace the fallacy of such a statement,
the ~. 7, of this Hou e neither stranger.; in the ailery nor and this was the fallacy by which it was atttorp'ed to be prove,'
, shall be required to withdraw, exgcepting, by that the manufacturers were protected, The manufacturers
a4,1,1941t0n for that purpose.
wanted nothing but justice—they took nothing from
vary its thought PEEL thought the 'House ought not to the landed proprietors, they wished to give nothing to them.
diet, as asat,se in requiring the withdrawal of strangers when He hoped that in the course of time what the manufacturers
scan
~uusurs were taking place. At all events there should be now claimed would be conceded to them as a matter of justice,
the He tong case of inconvenience shown in order to ind,„ and beca►use it would promote the int crests of the agriculturists
There ws to depart from its ancient and uniform practice. themselves.—( Hear, hear.) He should vote for total and im-
Prosseedtas already precaution taken for the publicity of their mediate repeal of the Corn-laws, because he thought that the
Sit; tol,hee_s`a:ess ;,i tthfreergenfocrne:iiin that respect there was no necessity agriculture of this country required no protection. In the evi-
Inas e Presence of straneers when divisions were taking place • (knee which was given beforethe Committee by Scotch far-
happened the' that art of the House' mers in the year 1836, it was stated that the Corn-laws were
ffiis7as usually occupied by stranger's was p.m the occasion the reverse of advantageous, and th it 565. would he a fair re-
math,
_owns, required by Hon. Members .IT;or, the whole he munerating price for corn If this was true of Scotland, it
rateet;:st see that there was any such pro. ofs of public inconve- must be equally true or this country. Why did not the English
4rasient shown es would justify a departure from the usual and farmers adopt the Scotch system of agriculture ; why did they
a, Practice of the House.
'". 11GL take a system which forced them into larger expenses ? If the
Ostler( , lONBY thought the present practice was most same system as that of Scotland were adapted in England, with
tasealdeTt contraslietory. The rule should, in his opinion, be the same outlay of money and the same rents, it would make a
Nlr. wA , , •
difference of one-fourth in the produce of the land in Ens:land,
Piety ar "•!•a•ACE said he perfectly concurred in the pro- compared to what it was at the present.--( Hear, hear.)
4,04, rescinding the rule, and submitted that the rule The Right Honourable Baronet, the Member for Dor-
se .
°the relaxed.
He was, therefore, determined to eappoat chester, had stated that the manufacturers, notwithstanding
•d'l.t. arta of the lion. Member for Birmingham. the distress, had increased their works; but was it any won-
eatieroviVßlNG also expressed his intention io su rt the der? In 1835 and 1836
and
were very profitable,
te more ridth. e Pon. Member for Birmingb- m. •
.Nothilrg could
regard to.
thamions or absurd than tathere was a good foreign and home trade, and the capitalists
had reason to suppose that it would be a good investment for
af e Que
t, e admission and w: e rules of the House with
their money. He attributed the reaction to the succession of
t.hdr‘awal of strangers.—(Cries Itlr ias,;°",, question." .‘
° bad harvests in 1837, 1533, and 1E39, which operated lain-
bat it. "'lst rZ ar'' • ' h Was im„,,. . ....tressed a few observations to the House, riously oa the Bank
the
England with regard to the currency.
ar and 10,, .1. -esible to catch them owing to the noise at the He had hoped that the Government would have given into the
o Question,
eliattitkliaer'sda7rt" f`` ' question," " Divide," Arc. whole system of their commercial policy, and have seen that
era we_ e then ordered to withdraw, and the House the systems of monopoly and restriction had oppressed the ener-
r ftn there appeared gies of the country. They were reduced to trade with only
an': .the Motion — 5 l sl thirteen millions of people, while they might trade with the
'Against it ...
187 whole world. He thought that this country would not be in-
Sir • —l36 aired by freearade, and he would therefore vote in favour of the
Sir at. atr;TROPOLI TAN IMPROVEMENTS. total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.
tensieers,."oß moved for a Select Committee, to take into Mr. VILLIERS STUART felt that the discussion on the
labia, they any plans for the improvement of the metropolis, he ought not
ohs, present question had run to such a length. that _
IPet4inee eY 'Haar deem worthy of consideration •, and also the to trouble the House with his views upon it, but he thought
iatteha Presented to this House iiiethe last. Parliament for the
avert se °I. the inthe was only conscientiously discharging his duty as the-re-
, and crests of the proprietors of Waterloo, South- presentative
..
of an agricultural county (Waterford), and that
ately 0, Vauxhall-brillges, in order to their being immedi-
hn th(e)ed to th a county in Ireland. in stating his determination to vote -in
e use of the public free from toll ; and to re-
Etaia their °Pinion as to the expediency of adopting any of the (
favour of the motion of the Hon. Member. for. Wolverhampton
ously give a vote
(Mr. Villiers). Before they could conscientiously [fir,
seita °eents and also as to the best means of carrying
Pert, ' into ' for the continuation of the Corn-laws they must. all feel that
es tal ~,.....,.effect; when the following Members were ap- the deepest responsibility rested upon them, of acting under the
,r,y, Air..a.u...eliatthew Wood, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir Win. strenst conviction that practical advantages would arise to
g00dt.,,,,i ealmer, Sir. R. Peel, Mr. Pendarves, Conel the country fromthe continuation of those laws. Ile (Mr.
Stuart) ha I attentively considered the arguments of the Hon.
ah"ley, ai."•as Tufnell, Sir T. Fremantle, Mr. Barnard, Mr.
(• a Willi a Planta, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. B. Wood, Gentlemen‘ who came forward in support of protective laws. The
447aeel d wason, Sir B. Hall, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Hawes,
nailvantass which they sought by protection was the maintenance
the cultivatione of the soil, which they contended would not
p‘,.),'',!,a2ld Mr. Masterrnan. •
rso Ala IatreRATF.S AND COUNTY-RATES. be continued if the Corn-laws were repealed. There were
are?,!tel'a levictlOUSE moved to reprint an " Account of
landlords and the farmers or occupiers. It appeared
tow.o ptahrteiesinterested and concerned in the cultivation of the
.aia'rattonts,
of hEy assessment for poor's rate and county-rate in sell—the
him that those persons would be actuated, like most persons,
atortieas, Itsa'u aah.gland and Wales, in the year hewingt2.sth e
by a sense of self-interest. The best security that the
.CUltl-r
Akp,sn ofam'er!allguishing the amount, and be_prrro-
vation of the soil would go on was the immense production of
alp a"s, on ~.,V, levied in each county on land, on dwellina-
this country at the present moment, which amounted to 45
.
aaaantataa,'"it's and factories, and on manorial '
profits and
'+v.. 14,, millions of quarters of grain. It was a well known fact that if
they were to seek over the whole world they could not get. a
, 'ICE 'OF COMPTROLLER OF THE EX-
e C4lO
It 41 SIB CHEQUER. CHEQUER. supply of ail sorts of grain amounting to that quantity.
The Hon. Baronet, the Member . for Wiltshire, had told them
eh "arts or tha H ORP rose to move, pursuantsito notice, for
were
e4,lg.rolk,
_,,e., number
,of days on which Lord onffit,.a., e,a
.1 as of the prosperity of the country at a period when prices
universally high.- But it should be remembered that the
BPtuf t..'2,1_ the Exchequer, attended at the
.o office of the
Hon. Baronet referred to a time when this country was at war,
aataetnher. Taaaquer, from the date of his appointment, 9th
and ;viten its army and navy were raised to an unprecedented
1,1•710 eihic'dy, to the sth day of January, 1842, being the
scale. Every meet at that period Who was not required for the
ataa'alce has bop return of the appointment and present tenure
rttary •a.made Hof
4 ,laa„ . to the House Commons, dated 19thr service of the country found there was a demand for his
labour; and it was, therefore, no wonder that though the price
it ever,4 --..,.1, also a return of the number and amount o.
of fool was then high, there was no distress in our streets
asts"4)te?e,;le rfachequar bills signed and issued by Lord
But the poor man even at that time lost by the Corn-laws the
isle simentruself, and the periods and . places at
additional amount which he paid for bread, and with which he
ial•cul h„ a, bills have been severally signed and liable ••Y hi bills
(luring the above period." The Ho- might have purchased other comforts. There could be no
Idanitt tad Gallant Member said that he had yesterdaythat under • ta ces cheapness of food was
doubt, but . any circumstances n ,
lota ed to his t..
...
cia ard this mot. 'gilt Hon. Friend his intention of -bringing.. in itself a blessing to a people. He thought that while the
House was constituted as at present, agriculture had no real
bp ,°1 decided ton; and he experienced from him. no egpres-
danger to apprehend either in this country or in Ireland. They
11._ nesita„_ assent upon the subject. He had, in addition,
could afford to be generous, and if they were to be so they had
iretptreseat"ataaveln saying that, though he was partial. to
" rnrnent and though he placed the most M-
it% co • •' • ' the power to place the law on a proper footing. On these
.ke e %alit ,s, in the integrity, the manliness, and the talent grounds he should give his hearty concurrence to the motion
of his Hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton.
chat as a,741,)/1. Baronet at the head of that Gcvernment,
Mr. AGLION BY could not consent to give a silent vote on
las he was .;._‘? say, partial as he was to that Government,
4111 slay he 'nneendent of all Governments.—( Laughter.) this subject. It was not altogether unknown that Members of
a.e ai„,, entered that House he pledged himself that as long that House had occasionally spoken one way and voted another,
`" in ''''' have the honour of a seat in it, he would continue
44.4 l'"dent )1 • ' ' moving for th • • gentlemen
and on this question he believed they would find that that
would be the case to a very great extent. Many
et th as wa, a , ...enaber. His only motive in these
rap e ftliien,
.17:11V that the public might be put in possession who were opposed to the Corn-laws, being alarmed at the pecu-
liar wording of the measure proposed by the Hon. Member for
scl.ant ea.,!`set, rormation on the subject. By the Acts of Par-
a.'', hennea: a for remodelling the office of Comptroller of the
th,•itWolverhampton, felt it their duty either to vote against his
;s7 •ea a4`, namely, the 48th of Geo. 111., sap.
's enacteda the tail and sth of William IV., cap.ls, for though he did not altogether
1, motion, or not to vote
.at all. He (Mr. Aglionby ) had come
it to a different determination ;
he felt it to be his
all Exchequer bills should be pre approve of his Hon. Friend's measure,
had brought
sited la
tteo?eul th numbered at the Exchequer Bill-office, and paramount duty to vote for it. The reason which
_ .
ger. Now by the Comptroller, or Assistant-Comp- him to this conclusion was . the extreme distress at present ''hoistexist-
"cav h
country, for which he had in vain looked for a re-
tail ; of t e (Colonel S.) should suppose that the
ing
in
the
Had a moderate fixed duty been proposed, that would
...oft.
Goose
medy. asl (e, nt• bills in any other place than the Exchequer 1
met his views, and would have received his most unquali-
/a thes anted a violation of those Acts. He would a
nat attention of
Ma•dveassent. In the course of the debate there had been many
a( eagleVt him the House to the evidence of Lord
Bank allegations of distress, which on more than one occasion had
ten s igi" . self on a late occasion in the trial of the been denied. He was surprised to hear the Hon. Member fur
th, the ties's. Tomkins, respecting this matter. He need not
Wiltshire state last night that the operatives in his &strict,
,L,,,,de0,t,,e, that with the met. from which.he would read
so far from being in a state of distress, were in a state
ct.'i , ses, 4, he alluded to, he had no connection in any one way
of comparative comfort, and in proof of this assertion he re-
(l4
.asile,
uf'," lion. and Gallant Colonel then read part of the
si aird al • Iwhich occurred a few
re-
c' •isce at „ onteagle on the trial , . (erred to the Operative Cons . Conservative dinners. He (Mr. Ag-
lionby) did not know how these dinners were got up. He
hat eel in °e
arie Court of Exchequer, stating that bills had been thi ariou,
could only say that the state of the operatives in his district
(th„ 1' Mad parts of the country. He contended that he
s very different. He hld a report in his hand. from the
(-(ali e mat iolation of the Act of Parliament. Ile wa .
(11‘.'" aat
Colonel) E I b'll • his life
Isaac elttera_, never saw .an xc iequer iin . opqratives ot Car is e, l' Iwhich contained so many important
facts that he hoped he should be allowed to make a few ex-
e„,,... e we,,,!, put for the sake of the public, he trusted his
tracts from it, premising in the first place that lie did not be-
him ,(17 be agreed to ; indeed, if it were not. too much
lieve the statements contained therein were at all too highly
ainie-atti(aatittr from a friend in office to a friend out of
(tts,. e reterner)—his Right Hon. Friend might
. have shown coloured. In the Report of the Committee of Operatives in
that town it was stated that the greatest destitution prevailed
the " Sibtl he meant to make, in which case he
lia,„,3atilie , 'oral) would not have troubled the House, or putamongst the working classes • that there were hundreds of
. .,
`me .° "Pelts f• the House article of furniture; that
houses containing scarcely a single
..
at eorio, e. or there was not a man in
re a_
la more than he did.
The
"R te the beds were of the most -wretched description ; that
•
Tien CltaatanallCK seconded the motion. the grates had little and in some instances no fire
dartao4 gar) LL.OR of the EXCHEQUER gave his 'n them ; and that the countenances of the suf-
iferers indicated the greatest w ant and wretchedness.
eat 115 t 1 ant Friend full credit for being actuated in his
1,,, It he cLutat House by independent and honourable motives; There was nothing
exaggerated in that statement, nothing
him h a te in placing it before the
Vi.s.ethe a k Lue Chancellor of the Exchequer) were not die- which would cause
dinto thatest
a that the,e were 6,000
11'}tend w4trtre!° the motion, he trusted his Hon. and Gallant House. It laasipsieearlerhoroi
were Report
receasing only Is. lid. per head
tettt e he
agave him credit for acting in the same manner. people
for their maintenance, He held in his hand a petition which
1 41 aail( he Chancellor of the Exchequer) presented a
taut p • tat t' •
had been traitented to the Hon. Member for Carlisle, and it
he !lend time since, he asked his Honourable and Gal-
tter to look it ' ' whether not had
did proeee, .at and then judge or he. was agreed to at a public.m g meeting held in that town, confirm-
It stated that
in the statement to which he had referred. •
theoaet aceolaith the present motion; but his Hon. Friend
ing consequence of the distress. which existed, a charitable
.
he ha 4id,l4..',sce• .He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer)
mittee was formed, combining all shades of political °pi-
-11, ,d etae_sOt he did not hesitate to repeat now, namely, that
c?ni Toties Conservatives, Whigs, and Radicals—all basing
hqis uo.intEt,ll..s to the production of accounts of this nature, nion— ,
trA t ilon.'Grnend having given notice of his motion, he (thecommon object, that of relieving their distressed
but one . , , reaer.Ge,.,_r entleman)consulted his Noble Friend, the Comp- townsmen.. T . This petition, which was drawn up with great
ai`suitrea, aol al of the Exchequer, as to his power to give such care, contained an important
statistical statement. The faint •
roost east as to his opinion in the case and the Noble Lord lies of the sufferers were there. divided into trades. Amongst the
rs 57a • cotton-spinners,
e t aniio e,d' that, as far as he was concerned he was trades there were of handloom-W cave
eettilt.leinaor `° give the returns. Thus he (the Ri"bt Hon. 39; bleachers and dyers, 20 ;and bricklayer?, 40;
masons• and glaziers, 9;
this ladgm was balanced between two considerations :in his carpenters, joiners, and sawyers, 28,, painters P • tit
• °tit, that itsufferers whose
of tailors, 27 ; shoemakers, 40 s besides other
1, rienti ' , and,
aa , was not advisable to produce returns
occupations. were miscellaneous. The total number of families
ctia and the at° the other baud, the anxiety of his Hon.
ther 'I, ql,ll, atoble Lord concerned in this motion, that the I 1 . than one-fourths of the population; whose
was ,61 ,or more
to more than Is. 2d. per
lie Clare,
he thole
be presented to the House ;hand, and, on the whole, weekly earnings did not amount
The public looked with a great deal
I‘httll4d better( Right Honourable Gentleman) thought head.--(.Hear, hear.)
• that so large a portion of it
relive anrd glae way in this case to the wish of the of suspicion on the House, seeing
They thought this was the
he "ld also' tie (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) consisted of landed proprietors.
ej
on the
lie raatt that • .
d reason they upheld a system that bore so severely
il sae,er eat'at
~if a different course were pursoe ,
Let them do something more
,ear, , -tea [ha, „ the facts might be, an impression might ,
starving people..—(Hear, hear.)
acted' lan
sanere was something to be concealed.—( Hear, to.this impression.He spoke quite disinterestedly on
remove
a tt,,, the h WO he yielded, he begged to say that he consi- this point; for neither he nor any one belonging to him had
is„,4 etaa aamber of attendances'means been connected with manufactures. It was by the 1 :tel he
tql,..'a thi;',utiless or abilitya man gave was by no .
. .
..
lived, and he loved it. But he could not justify a cies s mono
the, it r.f ea,"e,tan. th 1 in aeree-
fur office, and, ceitain certainly, t 0
poly, held by landlords. He would th-refire vote for the. total
leeile tie
time than Noble Lord must have kept a beterfac-
and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws, convinced that this was
ae , state his regret ° °tiler gentlemen did.
Friend,
He had only for..
Ula Bic) uot that his Hon. in making his the only sure mode of relieving the distress of the country.
as„. hurt' refrain from observations on the case as it
• Mr. lIENE AGE reminded the house that there wer.e.sa
"ssteiaen, the mY "me before the :louse in the fullest manner, and, great many landowners amongst the small
eanactltanicikddnleo,,c..lasm-atde,
ee-i,',4hora,etalitirne, persons might be attacked by those who whom this measure would ruin.
IThe nathine fundholde's. The
'weeted th of the details of the uestion he trusted it would be on the landholders was former y made
.. cue
ha IrY • • "at neither 1 q Noble 'Lord shrank from the cry was they were a small body, living at the.
expense of the
a• . ana 1. cr se nor the
to he about
It, Mee,' , Its (the Chancellor ofE b ,r's) reserve people. Au inquiry at the Batik proved thcrn
Lats, a y I,,,ic„cd,,d f tale xc equt • e
the same
7a.,,e ir.calaturttly s;it th •
front an unwillingness to occupy s .
270 000. lie beieved the landlords to be
about
this would
li[44' 11 h a subject that would soon came fully nun .i. , . •
'ler • vat taking their income at 39,000.00014
Thos majority
ea. , alai,
not give more than an average of 1501. to cacti,tbstemiousness.
air ‘rPtitt " O had muchpleasure in finding t' ttl . Right
r th enian . ia is, of these people oily lived by hard work ant a
present Corn-
sehe e ,e, . corisidered it not incen,istent with his duty to Mr. HORSMAN was
. of.
.opinion that the tires
in their effects;
an g w Itured it' . ss. /AI •• ' , 1 laws were unjust and impolitic, andhurtful
ea as, th n ermation. sits k ~r. I aring ss genera
Hon. Member fur
'talt with '1 at the mereand he believed the manner in which. the
a . -rt.i , • frankly the .
Government communi-
t the ember-
ti,,, .ia r Pulite the more go Tal satisfaction would re- Wolveiliampton had worded his motion, added n
i„ ,ell., ellilrk e• . . - •m• phraseo-
, se„ th le wit' , specially applie Ito the present question, rassmeut of the question, because, by unnecessary
hesitates[ 'voting with him. He voted with
'4 ttaaat
e. the Zil so imp arixiet •r i evaile,l • and he was glad logy, many personsm
resent law was
!ea ti.amesel- "able latird, particlullarly concerned, for whom, him on this ground, that he believed theincpple
-i which had
•Ittfor 'le hose a long p ditic tl ais ' h had based on bad grounds, and on apr
It,, aatiezetiest estee, (petulance,. econtras-been
lir the protect-
e' •en u by the Right Hon. Baronet, name .
by thoeid" to the [louse °, was ready to give the hn P
If it had been
h. the anet en. required
) ine of aericulturists as a class.--t Hear, hear.)
and the country.—(Hear, hear. a a
.nsation
It rists had fair claims for compe ,
eve, ataht , eavour to follow the eaample set. before him Proved that the agricu u .
.1
of 1
'louse woula, he was
laint ea that !lila Gentleman. He concurred with him,. he, and every
Member
or.
his
su
c tle
and do justice to the
,iesirid. Ise., tit w°9ltl be more satisfactory to discuss any sure, be ready to consider the matter,
to do justice
the eratte w ten the in ►-t
' . fairly b ht• under the agriculturists, as they now asked the agriculturists
What...said
by the
w. tqc,,_ ti of o,_
0, a ter vs asidbrought .
e& to discus, to the country at large. —( Hear, hear. ) a, it .
salt
Basin questi,)7_ ti . Ise, and they :hots proceed
of the Right
that he Noble Lord the alember for London of theßill
~ _
an .
1, led th‘le but 'IL At the tame time, be thought
uit unsettled es cry thing al
II Barenet was ierfect
'leis i a atte • Justice to his Noale Friend when he • 09• a 1 .
aitht(a.eat,o,l,2a of the House to the fact, that his Noblesettled nothing, and lie didnot state that from what was said
h. Pe of they ouse, but from the declaration of the sup-
alisamaka traas`a`ciciattampting to conceal anythin,g connected
enrteisrs' Of the Riht Hen. Baronet himself.
.The
lise '..a.e flats t ,in his own statement, stated that e haul Po
be for Kritefract said he was sorry the proposition of the Right
1 "sta. 'it the same ether places then th . Comptroller's own r .
dY et' th time it appeared that that was a pray .ice— Hon. Baronetdid
not approach more nearly to more Liberal
Iqp; (if Ih Gallant, Officer
Safi befor.e pramice might consider about m
languagelegs_
to the same. effect ; Honourable Member
but the Ilon
toeratta); ander Le:a:which had obtained in the Exchequer
h 41e p . ottld i„, , 'al Granville and Mr. Bedford. Ile (Mr. or
..
f Norfolk objected to the measure on other grounds, and
44 la, r'elet Ano further, bat he thought it right that his said it nould be t anacio, s. 1 r. • e to the agriculture' interests.
4 an
_.. should cleared from the imputation that there They concurred with the Right .. . Hon. Baronet in what i.e
the liaa. aitern t 0
•. • 1 their
it h a tirtis n his part to conceal anything. proposed, and yet they were apprehensive. lest the price oil )
s'itdat 1 °lad I°RP thought. he Was called on to say concurrence might cost them too mach in the end.—([fear. ear..
if-eneertl a ,`'raftt n° char e & .11, or He objected to the uature of the measure, and the manner in
etit o'ti iii the Node Whatever,l eitherthought
wi)-le had should have brought forward such a measure as they had
.. inttros-
i\.".„, con's,,: aii,„rnak.ing his motion ; it was that Which actu- duced, after so much mystery, and after having givveniirina:
doiso-
i, °ale iaFrned, -'''‘''.l°,!B when the interests of the country much expectation in
.the countrdy. T e pio a
',lila riend ~, ith regard to the hope expressed by his tress WILS now unlversally admit.te ;
but the Right Ironour-
f alleviating that distress.
lettoo:mit hare\ me Chancellor of the Exchequer) that he able Baronet held out nohlp
11411
ie
teuldinade any
l'thoat the first indication they
comments in bringing forward his He (Mr. Horsman) presumed. .
'''t the honour: , "ta say that if hi Hon. Friend had done would have of the intentions of the Government o f r the relief
re
risSos:." aerie s 1° /Jaye made that sreques't before, he should of the national distress would be made in the Chancellor
'at'aliei the Noj.,)i Ile was sure nu chare could be entertained the Exchequer's Budget. lie supposed. that the Government—
that - equally to L"rd, or if 'there was one, it was one which intended to meet the evil by the imposition of new taxes.n. 14111 what tie h his predecessors, because'it had been stated ( Hear, hear. ) On what grounds c ;Wel they justify the '
landedr
'ah Ifs CORN.:4I dab° he hid acted according to precedent. laws? The Right Hon. Baronet had told them that the
sclass
.
/leant Or ler of LMVS.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. interest were not entitled to protection mere'
(atilt,. beets
reolln4
while the Right lion. Gentleman the Paymash Y.= taer aof the
Day for restuning the debtte ah,rattee of th , and the Rowe[laving adjourned
itself into a Forces told them that the Corn-laws were to justified
for t • aanitt,,,, e whole [louse -. resolved.
~ . upon the principle that the landed gentry
e should be
ilia he firs. saTeeN a
sa.eette ,
.alr GREENE in tne cnair,
maintained in their present station of society.—( Hear, hear,
s, all -t time L., as id that in rising to address the House ,
._ r , .
iteett e %Isah the noised they would extend to him that in- `ll. • ) 'tshould be recollected,however, that a tax
.
5ik,bt1"......( [Tear,neY Pod
eases to Members in the same to increase the luxuries of the rich, was a tax.
upoc
the poor
the ,1 4t ihn e„,„ hear) Wl7len h had heard her Ma'est 'sof the
man's bread, and that ever, additional penny on the price
that-4tern, or -an'nenceneent of th •
e. a t
bro °use -class leeislation that
c session, he conceived _b .
Y poor man a loaf might deprive his children of a meal. The
.
Right Hon. Baronet had stated that it was desirable
its that this
I,
,Nit
~ • lee this
„_esocc was about to be abandoned s
- country should be independent of other countries for supply
iti 4.,, . tor lv,rd by the
conceive that measures would be promptly f food.
0.,..,a11ect the een-e But what, in reality, was to be apprehended
from a
e Government which would have for o isi„„,h, .; is
~,1431i.jesty,s
sot.,ie ral prosperity and comfort of all classes ofofthe Committee of 1833,
state 0.
.tp , , c .
_. In the report _
I,llsll(e4aapointedi . ts• Ile deeply regretted to find that he an twist!, was made from the evidence
.of Mr. Jacob, which
i set, osegat force in that expectation, and that the Ministry showed_taenatute_of, the dependence arising out of the present
law iath, e effect cartl a measure which, '• . his • ' state of things. 111 . Jacob, having first been asked as to the
a! • asierne •- 0. perpetulti ln. opinion, would
degree of our dependence on other countries in average years,
il ese a Introduced t ng elass legislation. The Corn- .
cam 4 el,u, e iY the Government would, he believed, again asked Meat he thought itwould be in years below
was The .
ie erea 'teem, the class
atattle a d of iandlords. The interests of g question was put as to what would be the
the averse._
~ 1
11„`all labo 4 the manufacturi
that.
prospect or a sul p y in the recurrence of such a harvest as
Ho' tearetted wring classes, were all ng community, as well as
of 1616? To this he answered that the deficiency "could not
a. ,t,ot the tone assumed in the by the measure.
be supplied from all the world. In 1832 there was on hand a
ei,.4tesswas
calculatel,,uco
the
ether
s course of that debate by
supply for fourteen months, but if in the next year there were
d t side of the House, whose lan- •
,tislirrent interest • o rouse el only eleven months' :supply, there would be a deficiency of one
ass against class, and to array
oitaiieer
with a of the community in o '-' •each which all tilt world d
le could
month,
.not supply."—( Hear hear. )
'eta' that elf to sow dissension pposition to
Thus not enly were we dependent on foreign nations,
it had
t,,,
th extension of popular amiiiing them, in
but by these laws we prevented them from raising the
Llstad bcets sta aeaple of this country,rig
hots m•glit be
means of supplying us, which they can only do when they have
'wailleaste
doetioed that the object of the manufacturers Hear,t hear. )
a certain anticipation of our receiving their produce. The
th4t
~to re,? :) f wages. He denied that they
was to
consumer must be dependent upon some one, and certainly it
than laeeti„lit." e them.—( Hear, hear. )
Ile contended
he the
was better for him to be dependent upon the whole world than
...m, in kh
c:ivrt•ur.Crs were rather interested i i the
ar
3,
Whits}e t wiring of wages, for high w increase
fain 1' te —( Hear, hear.) He thought. the necessary and
~,,, lOw wages proved that the in ages proved high • lit
-C inn ..
• -- -
are daily and licurly experienced from
anufacturing interes inevitable evils which