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London, England, 1842-07-12 00:00:00

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ease's which had given rise to the Learned Judee's tab
forfound that out of 89 offences, 47 of there were
In ass.la •ing food and articles of subsistence.—a Hear, hear. )
He t rY manufacturing district there was ut one complaint.
41 -Lad seee hundreds of letters from those districts, and they
ea.e:Pened by stet ;leg that the multitudes were out of employ-
leep,-tbat the distress w-as increasing—that there were no
stera4arelief—that they keew not how they should escape
deg-that the people were sinking into the lowest depths
Roder these circumstances he called upon the
they ati pa ss-a ef -Cemmons tor relief. The Corn-law whieh
it ed h3d. utterly failed in its professed object -•
under tof made food plentiful—it had raised its price ; and
been a hose citennistanees, and seeing the rdmission that had
lesee"La'ie by the Mini...eters of the Crown since that Bill had
stated : be roiled talon them to repeal that late. The people
fsa *fl "'at tbeY Were in distress, and they also steted that the
L'A the Can-law would he a remedy tor that distress.
"'Peal of the Coin-law would afford them instant relief.
'44l,r,th&se Circumstances he called upon the House of Com-
the ;.,:°,exereise their constitutional right, and not to grant
hto
swtaiii_senaisrtoctelrsetslsesofsapplies they asked until they had first o, -
s:rievanoes by the repeal of this law, which
fare'"Oressing the energies the reople. He should.there-
th,t :10ts titat,the House do resolve itself into a Committee of
t!a • hale House, to take into consideration the laws regulating
tla°°l'ortation of corn, with a view to their-total and insure-
lehreepeal.
having been put,
“r.:LDEN who was heard very indistinctly in the
suhtus after a few introductory observatione proceeded. to
al Y., to the House a statement of the gradual decline of the
4e4 of the hand-loom weavers, from 1815 down to the present
tate BY a Report published by the House of Commons, it
a 11, stated that at the present time the hand-loom
treites".'4 Yorkshire, were not earning more than 3s. per
ar. e s-a„lbe quantity of cloth woven by a single weaver for
lad :'-‘‘t twit be protiuced by the most expensive. machinery,l,cora.
pet, tact the hand-loom weavers were now successfully
thel" wilt machinery. Unless they did something to increase
sot 'rimes of the peep le, or give them bread cheap, they could
tR'S 11.--nt to govein much longer in quiet ; and therefore it
40a "° kaol that they must repeal the Corn-laws.—( Hear,
ta,tsie) he proprietors of one of the largest mills in Man-
saestratistrrissed all their operatives about two years ago, he-
ave, t," to
could not compete with those mills where machinery
111,1;6°4. They then expended 30,0001. in the purchase of
s;ai_est machinery they could obtain, and commenced working
sies° about six months ago. Notwithstanding the former sue-
teeiref the proprietors of this mill, and notwithstanding all
trete 411,'", and effective machinery, such was the state of
tare rt they had now stopped again. The rnanufac-
terrlslad, a late, been paying wages which considerably
tlite,-211d the amount of labour they had received in re-
-I°a had now, however, arrived at such a crisis that
4te not pay such wages any longer, they would not
iltljuzi pay any wages at all, unless therestictions which
eseat eiisied were removed from trade.—( Hear, hear.)
pal " (acne of the war they enacted the Corn-laws, and they
Ite,r'l'cled the Property-tax. Now they had re-imposed the
tkr4., tax, because the revenue was failing. When the Pro-
t.43, was proposed, he supported it, but as Income-tax was
These who thought that the Corn-laws were the
°' the stational embarrassment were justified in taking
irrest,nutiorial steps to secure their repeal.
nhe; IP. HOWARD said he thought an entire repeal of
tairurn-laws would superadd to manufacturing all the
disasters of agrioultural distress. It would car-
of Y 'tad to throwing out of cultivation a large quantity
t,et 11,• The true friends of this country Would be setts-
to a moderate fixed duty, which should give the
dtistz4rY the advantage of a barter, without exposing it to these
daqeft'antages. Thr3 statements of the Hon. hiember for
leeite certainly carried vial' them much weight, and he
aia'r" ,tbe Geveenmeet would give the motion every con-
slta.tion.
.the,s,; .62LIONBY would not allude now to tlse stopping of
theiiPPlies. He could not give his support to the motion of
dsa,s2a Member for Greenock, became it. yens vague and rin-
alw
rasa but the resent motion was a srsecific one. lie had
had
hv
dles been for aPfixed duty, but the unplaialleled state of things
lie are, him that the agrieuiteristetradoutstood their time.
eattses net believe that in the present, State of the country any
adam'ire'short of the repeal of the►. Corn-laws ought to he
ceraic'", our ought they to sepaeate till such a measure was
atnrloe,' He did of believe the's the distress arose from the
°ion eflehour with mach:awry. He did not, however, think
ake col'ar,t Coro-laws were the entire cause of this distress ;on
0444,4, any, he comiderele them only one of the causes. He
should vote in.,/ arour of the motion.
they'w tiANy ES thougut it of some little consequence, whilst
liouseer d'seussing the distrese, to call the attention of the
he 114.
`° ° the groun(.l upon which the Corn-laws were passed.
than mtained that they were Peed for no other purpose
resits mined
up e rents of those times. High prices and high
'arhZetaite,(l, and- it was assigned as a reason by Sir Henry
Tapital
_u. nue 1813, that rt was necessary to pyoteet the
that ‘,‘}'.lol had been invested in tillage. Could it be said
more was a just reason for pahsing a law ? He said that a
a „aaearrowenrindect view could not have been taken in passing
pintst law which affected the trade, the commerce, the lisp-
{(llea's' 'and the commercial prosperity of a great nation—
near)—anct Lord Liverpool clearly attributed the pass-
iClara ts.itidiowttl:tt(l3aw to the necessity for upholding the rents of the
ids, and to allow for the changes incidental upon passing
Peace. The circumstances under which Lord
lesyse,rp" advocated the passing of that law had
theul 3Kav, and he (Mr. Hawes) contended that it
RiS aenow berepealerl.—( Hear, hear.) When the law of 1828
mlu'ataldriced they had a Report from an honest and upright
his P',
Air. Jacob) upon the Corn-laws. Mr. Jacob touched he
he iPort upen the state of reanivactures in Prussia,. and if
sts nar: Hawes) referred to the Report of Dr. Bowring he
'" find a mos IV t- markable contrast between the two. 11.1 r.
ti sin 1826, stated that the people in the Prussian pro-
p, "es, who had not hitherto been manufacture, s, where the
man
inflect were purely agricultural, were commencing to
kr, -'keture a little yarn and wool, but their attempt did not
tr, tt., to b. e et all succeesiel. Now contrast this Report with
the 13°Arring's Report of 1839. He stated that the price of
aerA,rossian woollen clath was lower than ours ; some of the
Ntk, Its wore bad but others could not be surpassed. Here
*sot eis country, now oar greatest rival in the markets of the
wita4?f our woollen manufactures. He thought this was s fact
to -t.i`v,."'elt thtiliouse ought to- be struck ; he did not expect
'''a
-se".--"•-•"-e' hat Majesty's Alinisteii, for he well knew that it
ti'iroOoss ib le to convince them, when they cculd answer him
etseateepost euievincine of all arguments—numerical force. He
11
aaeto!'tlL'is hOweiere7thiat'ilkarael a right to raise his voice in
~,;;; taade'being , freed , from ell restrictions. What. was:ue taasi-rt Vtalpele's .syetem of taxation? It was to divide`'lled antiill,to taxer kif untaxed articles, and amongst the un-
',H."' the aeLes were lobe Placed all those which were necessary
alt
Nom'''lteinatiee iiteTsupport of the, people.—( Hear, hear.)
,a7tt berd,...the -Secretary for the Colonies, had stated
aa'•"lrea, ass of ridicule the different assigned causes of the
Illey had never heard, either from the Noble Lord
. '2ll7'rt,he' 'Government, what was their explanation
ala'se -aastreas ; they were alike silent upon the
made band the remedy.—( Hear ) References had been
"kola Y the Noble Lord to the falling off of the trade with
hetie," He did mot believe that that- falling off would at all
tfie mat for the distress. In his opinion the Corn-laws were
lei ncauset and their removal was the most efficient re-
k's
war iat which could be adopted., There was no part of the
kilee .14 which it would not extend our market ; and, therefore,
;it rea-nn°Yinent to the operatives. He knew the Right Finn.
met ( Sir J. Graham) had deprecated this country becom-
ogaaaeoeered with manufactories that nothing but the factory
tbs s''''"°6•l be heard through the land. But what, in fact, was
a°,°ree of the greatness and prosperity of this country ? It was
titym'autures Inch had given to England her superior prospe-
ref ~t'lrat the revival of manufactures was the only hope of the
sees °f pro•perity. —( Hear, hear.) Most important mea-
'Ls "ere last session, the tendency of which
~E,ti to
sr proposed
r'duee tl•e price of sugar and other articles of consump-
lh was the • It intension, of the late Government to have re-
tressed •
many of the monopolies which added to the people's dis-
ihttia , ':" fie could rest help contrasting this conduct with the con-
% sts the Right Hen. Baronet and the Government of which
°tat i! the head. The country, since the accession of the pre-
'Ott overeineot, had undergone twelve months' distress with-
Sip auSth;ug being proposed for the amelioration of
gaet Eaodit( Hear, hear.) The wtCorn-las might
'best, neess settled a year ago, so also might he sugar
•But they had got an Income-tax, and that tax
'aiitta.`at°_Pose dto relit the poor.—(.
.Hear, hear.) H. e did not
!Nu,: to say, that so fur from relieving the poor, it was cal-
that by diminishing the means of employment, to inthet a
that .."d lasting curse upon them. 1-4 e could not but think
'ise4l'' present state of the country was generally one of
"esat
`tkase old he could not help stating his belief that the middle
shared largely in the general distress. If the Govern-
tieah• tviewed this state of things without proposing an altera-
hitn, tau time would come when the people would desire
Clti; 'Pr political changes ; the time would come when all their
lists 'pasture doctrines would be swept away before the irre-
pe torrent of the people's will.—t Hear, hear.)
;1;i1 artit?. KNIGEIT said the speech.of the Hen. Gentleman
, was not nnly his own speech, but that of the Anti-
eitrso.l3" League, and however high that body might stand in
, 64 in
estimation, he was convinced they did not stand so
t the opinion of the House, that they would submit to
14 --( Hear, hear.) He believed that the repeal
Sad:- orn-laws would increase the distress a hundred fold,
tealllse general stagnation in trade.
of-cultCrtain he was that
isetie), throw a vast quantity of land out ivation. He
Centre asirocate for class legislation, but he desired as much pro-
The n as woeld enable the farmer ta pursue his employment.
I'qt:4'a:el-est advocates tor free trade in corn, admitted that the
ikes k.l'a ~Veorn would not exceed 475. He was sure, at that price,
b•alid could not possibly be kept in cultivation. He thought
is,'lslght Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) had struck the balance
Ita slettween the two great interests, into which this country
tb eiss'ided. The Hon. Member for Lambeth found fault with
Flit for not going far enough, but, at present, they were
4to consider-the actual affairs of the world, and though they
of -4" edged the excellence of the principles, yet they should
tkes:arra them out
.in such a manner as should do moreharm
they lg"d• lie was inclined to hope that the accounts
Pkng`qt heard from the other side of the House had been to
tre.eat, exaggerated, though there could ba no doubt but
red' distvess existed. But as. as ottingham was con-
tioteentirely repudiated the measurender the considera-
trAb Houst;. The Hon. Member for Bolton a short time
et went down there to do a little in the way of agitation,
ofef ti Met hy a feeling by no means unanimous on the part
the Population, as he was unfortunately hooted out
'Nes e. Public hall.—(Laughter.) He traced the dis-
he'eedthe. a great measureover-production, and re-
germ, eonvicrion that the accounts of it were exag-
°lli
.7 lie deprecated the language used in depicting it,
.1"4,0;a way made the people believe that things would be still
• ,''sts'a's awl excited them to deeds of violence which they would
never thought of. He looked forward with confidence
terrtPl)roaching harvest, and expressed his fears that a
t ;dry was out of the power of any Ministry. He thought
tittay"'airs.would mend the sooner when such discussions as
!Ijshould cease.
:to oar' HINDLEY said that the mere fact of such a
• aieres'd men as the Corn-law Conference coming to
.`"ialle cal tw' •
se • "144,4 of the
es '-:ttiesht
, treed ti urgency of the case. 't his very . =cum-
' bread of preventing them from going into discussion,
10slied to an addition.' reason for doing so. He had been
41' "Date IV other night to support the adjournment of the de-
)t,',(l [4,01' and he thought it would have been better for Hon. Gen-
hlieeilPrt uPPosite if they had agreed to it. when, after the do-
sPeech of the Hon. Member fur Bath, lie' saw no less
`4l.'"Aaest.i Members of the Government asleep on the Treasury
eascti-es ; he thought there was no chance of a speech from so
e, 'atiestire a Member as himself being listened to. Now to the
tatted
before the House. The distre,s, he believedrwas ad-
a"d deplored by every party, and he believed that all
41 441kigtie.,' sempathised with shad I
various causes had been as-
e,°s:kri as' for it. Some had said it was machinery, but
teael ,The from machinery having caused an over-production of
theiruP_Ply ef the world, it had failed to provide clothing for
c,o, a"'" land, for never was the wardrcbe of the people in so
Yeees, j'udition• He quoted the price of corn for a series of
, ' show that whet!, food was cheapest the people had more
at• s eat. to dispose of fur other articles. At preseiit they had
~
eu,',tiough to purchase clothes ; all the Machinery of the
• pth ”:''Y had
• I ic,, not been able to supply clothing to their own
ha.t• lie regretted the Right Honourable Ba-
-4r Abera nos acceded to the preposition of the Member
Peet of een, the other evening. Were there a pros-
•• , people obtaining corn at a reasonable price,
1•,..)u‘4,,T.d1(11,be eneouraged to- spend something in clothing.
sio„ t.• at the Right lion. Baronet would net let the SC2.-
p!itel
earS3_without stating that he would endeavour that the
Anew
~..la."°d should nut be so extravagantly high next year as.
s
SCOTT did not think the existing distress attribut.