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, the Ministerial benches.) He freely admitted that he liked
that part of the scheme, and he was hound to say he liked it
much better than the proposition of his Noble Friend (Lord
John Russell) last year—( Loud cheers from the Ministerial
benches, and counter cheers)—because the Noble Lord allowed
t himself to be foiled by the plans so ably and so judiciously
laid for him by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite.-T(Laugh-
: ter and cheers.) The Noble Lord placed himself in
I difficulties, out of which he should now get as well as he
could. He placed himself in a position with respect to that
, question, in which he ( Mr. Ward) begged to state he would
I not stand with the Noble Lord.—( Loud cheers and counter-
cheers.) At the same time he agreed entirely with the
.Noble
Lord upon the general principles which he developed in the
proposition, which he had last year brought forward. In all
those prineiples he (Mr. Ward) begged to state he most cor-
dially concurred—( Cheers from the opposition)—but he con-
ceived that the Right Hon. Baronet's scheme was a bad scheme,
and founded uponhad principles. All sliding scales produced the
same unfavourable results. He thought that if the fixed duty was
not made too high there could be a regulation upon which
corn could be had always at a fair price and never rise too
high. The Right Hon. Gentleman said, that at all events his
scheme would maintain the price of corn at a certain price.
New, he (Mr. Wood) had taken an extract of the duties for
four years, and found that a variable duty was paid. I Is. a
quarter duty was paid on corn in 1833 ; 19s. in 1834 on
263,000 quarters; 14s. in 1636 on 932,0.'0 quarters; and 28s.
in 1837 for 210,000 quarters. Why was that? Because corn
had then become such a drug in all the continental markets,
that they could afford to pay any amount of duty, if
they could only dispose of it—( Hear, hear)—but it was hi 3
opinion, that if this country had a regular supply of corn, it
would never have to pay such a sum as would w. rrant an over-
supply of foreign corn. He would ask the Housa to consider
what the effects of the present system were, and what their
effects had been upon this country ? They all knew the diss
tress that existed ; he considered it impossible totreat that sub-
ject so lightly as the Hon. Member for Knaresboroughhaddone.
—( Hear.) It was admitted upon all sides, that the country
was placed in the greatest misery and distress. The Honour-
able Member for Leeds, who had seconded the address to her
Majesty, had candidly admitted it, and made the most feeling
confession of the fact. That Hon. Gentleman stated that
he had received accounts of the existing state of distress from
all parts of the country, and that he firmly believed there was
no exaggeration in those accounts ; besides, there were many
Members in that House ready to to lift, them, if necessary—
( Hear, hear)—Henourable Members from all parts of the
country, and connected with almost every branch of trade,
and every large manufacturing depot in the country. They
were all aware of the distress prevailing in Leeds, in Glasgow,
Paisley, Bolton, Nottingham, and several other places ; from
all ,branches of industry the same stories of distress had
come.--( Hear, hear.) As to Sheffield, the people we e
better off there than in many rther places. That was
owing to local circumstances, and even there the privations of
the people were so great that it was impossible for them to
contend against the incubus which had been cast apon them by
thepresent Corn laws.—(Hear,- hear.) The lion. Gentleman
then entered into a detail of the privations to which the in-
habitants of Sheffield were subjected, and state 1 that these
privations were entirely attributable to the operation of the
laws with respect to the importation of foreign corn. A an
instance of the deter iorated and impoverished condition of the
people of Sheffield, Mr. Ward stated that there were at pre-
sent no less than 31,000 houses uninhabited in that town,
whereas in 1837 there was not a single house vacant there. That
was a proof of the exemplary patience (as the Right
Hon. Gentleman called it) with which the people had endured
the distress they were suffering under ; the only thing that
placed the people of Sheffield at all in a better position than
their neighbours was, that under the late law there had been
a gradual coming in of American corn into the country, but if
the Right lion. Gentleman's scheme were adopted, it would
totally prohibit the introduction of American corn—( Llear,
hear)—and upon that ground in itself, if there was no other,
he (Mr. Ward) was determined to give it every possible oppo-
sition. His constituents at Sheffield had derived some advan-
tage from their trade with America, and from the introduction
of American corn even in a limited degree ; but against that
trade the present Government appeared determined to close
the doors of this country by imposing a high and prohibitory
duty.—(Cheers from the Oppositiots) The importation of
American corn into Sheffield had formed the basis of trade
there within the last three years, but the measures proposed by
the Government must have the effect of putting a stop to it,
although he would beg leave to ask the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman why he recommended a sliding scale
to be adopted in this country, and why he wished for a fixed
duty in Canada. Why should there not be a sliding scale in
Canada as well as in England ?—(Cheers.) The whole arose
from a mean jealousy on the part of the landed proprietors.—.
( Loud cheers.) He hoped the present measure would not be
persevered with. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Vice-Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade, said that the reduction of Ame-
rica.o,produce would be in proportion with the introthietiori of
foreign wheat, Qo the aontrary,,there.Was
,a. want' of ' erne
ployment in the country, arising from' the iirobibitofy dirties
on foreign corn. It was stated that joint-stock banks and an
over supply of machinery had a great deal to do with the dis-
tress which existed in the country. He believed that the
power of production was the great cause of it The Hon.
Gentleman then went into a detail of the diminution of the
home consumption of cotton, and showed that it was clear
over-production was not the cause of distress ; it
was the want of the power of the population
to consume. The Right Hon. Gentleman had but one choice,
he should give industry fair play; he should release it from all
its shackles, but the scheme he proposed could not assist him
in doing that. If the Right Hon. Gentleman could he shown
.hat his proposition was only a modification of the old measure,
of which he (Mr. Ward) believed it to be a most servile copy—
( Laughter and cheers)—how was it possible he could persevere
with it ?—( Loud cheers.) A better speech against the pr.:posed
measure, he (Mr. Ward) never read than that of the Right
Hon. Baronet in introducing it to the House--( Hear, hear,
hear, and laughter)—he spoke to the last moment with
a manifest consciousness that he could not meet even the
ex, ectatioos of the Hon. Gentlemen on his own side of the
House.—( Hear, and 1 aughter. ) If the Right Hon. Gentle-
man thought his own opinion was better than that of every
Hon. Gentleman who had spoken to the question, he deserved
credit, at all events, for a good deal of self-opinion.—( Laugh-
ter.) But he (Mr. Ward) believed, if a. good and an effec-
tual remedy, was vot applied to the existing distre s, it
would excite the deepest and the bitterest disappointment.
Did they think that those fl msy coverings which they threw
over their proceedings in this House were not seen through
by the p Arlie ? They were.—(Loud cheers, and counter-
cheers.) He repeated it, they were seen through ; and when
the people of this country saw that not one man would vote in
favour of this tax who hail not a personal interest in carrying
it, it explained tall that had taken place lately—it explained
the dissolution—and it was enough to demoralise the country.
—( Cheers, and laughter.) He look. d on the measure pro..
posed by the Right Hon. Baronet as one which would disap-
point every reasonable man in this country. It couldnot give
he slightest relief , yet he had no doubt the Right Hon.
Baronet would carry it.—(" Hear, heir,", from the Toriss.)
But he. knew there was a power beyond this House which had
actuated the framing of this scale ; he believed the Right
Hon. Baronet would have made a Letter scale if they would
have let him, but he had sacrificed his own convictions
for the purpose of kee, ing the psrty together which he had
the misfortune to lead. He believed that he (the Right
Hon. Baronet) had many reluctant (Chewers, and that he
was forced to assume a semblage of union which did not really
exist.—(Hear ) He prevented them from splitting, but he
had better have done so by stating his own conviction, instead
of bringing forward such a measure as this, which had caused
him (Mr. Ward) to give his support to the motion of the
Noble Lord, for if they came to choose between a motion
like this and a total repeal, he thought there could be no doubt
as to which deserved their support ; and he (Mr. Ward) should
vote for the motion of his Noble Friend the Member for
London.—( Hear.)
Sir E. KNATCHBULL then rose, but he spoke in sr low
a tone of voice, and also turned his back to the reporters,
that we were rot able to catch the whole of his remzrks. He
trusted the House would bear with him for a short time, and
he would premise that he should not detain them longer than
was necessary. Gentlemen opposite had accused them of not
having abided by their former opinions ; he would not stop to
inquire whether they were right or not, but he
would say, that if Gentlemen on his side of the House
had receded from those extreme opinions which had been
ascribed to them, those on the other side had been guilty of
the same thing. Did the Hon. Member for. Bolton remember
that he had stated last evening that the people paid 50,000,000.
of what he called a tax upon b -ead.—( Hear.) This night he
had reduced it to 5,000,000/ —( HearOnsar)—and if all the other
statements of the Hon. Member were to be reduced in the
same degree, they would find that the peoi le of this country,
instead of being injured by the proposed law, would be greatly
benefited by it.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman op
posits had alluded in strong terms to the speech made by the
Hon. Member for Knaresborough ; he had no doubt the Hon.
Member would defend that speech and the statements con-
tained in it, nor would he meddle with that speech in order
to defend it ; but he must beg leave to say that the Hon. Gen-
tleman opposite, in accusing the Hon. Member for Knaresbo-
rough in the terms which he had employed, had done more
than one Membee of that House was justified in doing towards
another—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear")—and he (Sir E.
Knatchbull) hoped the Hon. Gentleman opposite would be more
cautious in his future strictures on the speeches which might
proceed from his side of the House.—(Cheers.) Ile would
now revert to the absolute question before the House. They
had entered at some length into the question of the scale. He
thought this should have been deferred till they met in Com-
mittee, because he knew they should have to discuss it over
and over again ; but in reference to the proposition made by
the Noble Lord, whether a sliding scale or any other plan de-
served his preference, he had said few' words on the subject,
and an Hon. Gentleman had observed that the Noble Lord
had never mentioned the Bs. duty. He had ingeniously given
that the go by. But what was the object of the Noble Lord's
speech? He either intended to propose the es. duty, and to
make that the law, or else to have no duty whatever ; but he
had left them in great difficulty to know what was his opinion.
But if the Noble Lord expected that the landed interest
of this country would place any reliance or con-
fidence in him, he would be very greatly mistaken.—
( Hear.) The plan proposed by the Noble Lord could not
be tried with the consent of the interest he (Sir E. Knatch-
bull) represented. He had marvelled greatly what the Noble
Lord would say when he came to the Ss. duty, and when he
had got there he had said, what was very evident was the only
thing he could say,, namely, that they could not retain that
duty. He (Sir E. Knatchbull) would now quote from a very
high authority on the subject. Mr. M'Culloch had said that
a simple fixed duty on corn would be better than anything
they could propose, if it were possible it could be retained.—
( Cheers and loud counter-cheers.) But when it was the fact
that when corn reached a certain point the duty must be re-
moved, they had an entire answer to the 'whole question.--
( Hear, hear.) In a series of twenty years that occurrence
might not take place; but who knew when it might occur? It
might be in the first or second year, and ho would warn the
Gentlemen who represented the landed interest, that when the
time came for the removal of the duty, they might depend upon
it, it would not be easy again to renew it. He must say that
the landed interest had freely received. the proposal made by
the Right Hon. Baronet, and he (Sir E. Knatchbull) should
I never have agreed to it unless it gave to the agriculturists such
ample security for
their property as might enable them to
maintain that station in society which it was their right to
hold.—(Loud cheers from the Opposition benches.) That
statement was met by cheers from the Opposition side of the
House, but if he had not made it he should not have been acting
„consistently for the cause which he advocated. They on the
other side of the House came forward to advocate the cause of
the distressed manufacturers, for that distress he and his pasty
felt as much as they did.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear,")
They (the agriculturists) had, however, themselves some
years back been placed in the same distress as that of which
the manufacturers now complained. What was the course the
agriculturists adopted? They went to the Legislature and
asked for relief ; but did they ask that their interest should be
promoted at the cost of the manufacturers 1 No, they took a
very different course; they relied on the justice and the wisdom
of the Legislature. But what was the course the manufac-
turers now pursued 7 They asked them 0 grant a measure
which would place them in the same position :,s that ip which
the manufacturers were at present placed. —( Cries of " Oh, oh,"
from the Opposition benches.) He did not think these things
should be scouted at ; he thought they should meet a recep-
tion of a very different character ; they (the Ministers) might
be mistaken in the views they held. but they believed they
were right; and if they gave them the measure which
was asked by the Noble Lord, they would fail in relieving
the distress of sshich they complained. Its speaking of dis-
tress, the Hon. Gentleman had especially alitittect to the tom .

which he himself represented. Ile must know. however, th.at'
tt.e principal trade of Sheffield was with the United States (94,4%
America, and that the difficulties which had taken place acrd
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water, must have been at the bottom of that distress. 036
trusted and he believed that those difficulties would soon cease':
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that the distress in Sheffield would cease with them, and that
the commet cial relations between the two countries would u.,0
put on a sound a footing, as he was sure must be the desiret.
every Member of both sides of the House. The Hon. Genaller,
man opposite had said that he coat not perceive
peculiar burthens on the landed interests, or why
should be entitled to any protection at all. Surely • (~
was not the time to tell the country of the many burthens
agriculturists, in the shape of taxes. disqualifications, and'
many disabilities under which the land laboured, among
greatest of which was the prohibition of the cultivation of itoei,
bacco in this country. If they adopted the step of reee°%...
the duty from corn, were they rrepared to answer for the
sequences ?—( Hear, hear, from the Opposition benches.) 11;
(Sir E. Knatchbull) had had dealings with a farmer in
neighbourhood, who was a very cunning man in his way;
farmer said to him one day, " I have been thinking about
Corn-laws, and these new fangled notions, I think I should 11°,ti8o •
'
to have a free trade in corn." This surprised him verY u c
and he said he had never heard him say so befe,e,:.
nor any one else in his situation—( Loud cries of 64 Oh, 07t.,.,
from the Opposition benches)—" Well, but I think I'm rig Ire;
said the farmer, f(I should like to have the Corn-law' hat
pealed, and a free-trade instead, but on one conditions k, •
before they are repealed, 1 should like to sell all my stpciba
sheep, corn, and such like, and to lie by till we can see has.
effect of the change." He (Sir E. Knatchbull) said t,
c mid not be done. " Oh, then," said the farmer, "Ithituit
it would be better to have the laws remain as they are. --Nuo
laagh. ) Now, if the duty were taken off corn, what vf°'
become of all the labourers and occupiers of land in the artio.,
cultural districts? A large number of them would be see ori.
the manufacturing dis ricts, which would only
misery, distress, and destitution than exists at resesns 61,
( Hear, hear.) If there were one part of the speech ma"-10
the Hon. Gentleman opposite, which he (Sir E. K —natchbu.,
regretted more than another, it was that part which itisinuabv;
that their actions were founded or interested motives. Seebs,
statement could leave no impression on the minds of lertiiess
did their duty because it was their duty, and who stood
on different grounds than to promote their own interest. .0,,
(Sir E. Knatchbull) thought it his duty to consider this qu •
else '
tion distinct from the opinions entertained by any one jos,
and he liked it because it would be beneficial in his qt..,
alike to the British farmer and the British manufacture
cause Mc__
( Hear, hear)—and he rejoiced to say that the maier"oJiiib
those whom he had the honour to represent, were well es'„••„at.,
satisfied with the measure proposed by the Right Hon.
It was necessary for the well-being not only of the s;"tliso
turists, but'for the whole interest of the United Empire ~
the protection which now existed should be continued' ths:
Hon. Member for Bolton (Dr. Bowring) in representing,ny.
distress that existed in that town, had said that out of itt,
mills in it thirty were unemployed. Now, certainly if ihe„Yugh:
doted the public to believe that that which was bat ee—R6:j
was worse than it really was, they did those whom they 140%
sentect a very great evil.—(The Right Hon. Baronet thenbs,
ceeded to read an extract from some statement sof Mr. 11.,
k isson, but in so low and indistinct a tone of voice as to he,ba
most inaudible in the gallery. We understood it to be tetiao'
effect that Mr. Huskisson had been in favour of a proteetbas,
duty on corn.) The Right Hon. Baronet went on to 90'04;
though that opinion was expressed by Mr. Huskisson in tbo
yet that, on an abstract question such as the present svte
opinion of se high an authority was as good at any one roues
at another. As for himse fhe would nersevere in the qtiesls
he had taken ; and he trusted the opinions he had enterWid
,and the arguments he had advanced on the subject, Wee'
confirmed by a large majority of that House.
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Dr. BOW RING, amidst cries of " Order, order, soi•
hear," rose to explain.—lt was true that when he (pr' ms 0,
ring) spoke of the state of Bolton, he had in reading 11.- est
doeument which had been put into his hands, said that eesos
fifty mills in that town thirty were unemployed.
down spontaneously the next day to the House, and "niss
that the document from which he had read the previous eve'ixis
had been incorrectly copied—that a part occurring in the 111,
ginal document had been left out by the transcriber.„ar
expression in the original was, that thirty mills were 7,0
played, or working short time. The words, "or working,. di%
time," had been through mistake or carelessness omliglit
the copy from which he had read to the House. If the .figl
Hon. Baronet had been in his place when he (Dr. Btvirhio
had explained, he was certain that the expressions te,taiii
fallen on the present occasion from the Right Hon. Gen"-
would not have been used. ; 01
Mr. LABOUCHERE said, from the time thediscuss•e-,,

lasted, he should have been content to have given a 5d,!..,° gsr
in favour of the motion of his Noble Friead (Lord John sett
sell), perfectly satisfied to rest that vote upon the arfluosa
which had been urged by the Noble Lord ,and those Yib°•,oo
the same side of the House: with. im, if he ;(11Ir. LO liter
feel and. knowwell, that having late.), occapiedan ofic 00
tion under the Crown, connected with the commercial ie_f of
of the country, he could hardly reconcile it to his sensers oe
to those interests, not in a few words, at least to express 1;30t7
Mons upon a question which sa deeply affected them. toe
could assure the House that, in soliciting it for that Pad the
and indulgence wh oh would alone enable him to ell'r,,,e,"tit to
views he entertained on the subject, he should endean'oibie;
repay it by being as brief in his observations as P-itigiii
He had listened attentively to the seeech of the bid
Honourable Baronet who had just sat down.
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long known the Right Hon. Baronet to be in that 11°0utterl5"
unflinching advocate of high protection to the agri‘;, of 111
and he (Mr. Labouchere), must say, that the speech
Right Hon. Baronet, as a Minister of the Crown, nil t., f,r,
degree at variance with those opinions which he 1000,5,
bouchere) had heard from him in other places, sPealist l'
county Member. He (Mr. Labouchere) rejoiced t ot r
Right Hon. Baronet had given them, what they had °a prO?:
hitherto, namely a clear definition of what the object an, , 'Poeo
ciple of the present Bill, were.—(Opposition cheere'fielt et
Right Hon. Baronet had been perfectly plain and eisql,tese!'
that subject. He had told them that the object or I4',eiteill.
Bill was to keep up the value of the estates of the .1 ii,11.,,
terest—(Opposition cheers)—to preserve that interest eiti
station in society—(Renewed cheers from the 10.-411..,,,,,,
benches, answered by cheers from the Ministeriains,..! bf ali.
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was the meaning of the Right Hon. Baronet. Now higil
Labouchere) conceived that the just object of a Corn Plite.
of a totally different nature. He conceived that the ;Ay
which that House, representing all the vat ious classes
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great empire, oupt to have in view in passing a
to arrange the subject on such a basis as should h,,ets'oert
advantage of all classes of the community.—(dl. of
Ile ought not to exclude she interests of so valuabie.s..
munity as the proprietors of the soil—( Hear, hear) , D.`:.;.,,,
his first and paramount duty ought to be to regard anla.gi,i
for interests of incalculably greater importance than ,I 1
terests of the mere proprietors of the soil—the interestairei ,
immense majority of the people of this country."7l 0 I:
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cheering.) 'that was what he (Mr. Labouchere) he'Oft,
the just and legitimate object of a Corn Bill—(CheeF'iliitic
he must say he had much satisfaction in rememberin:Loe ~
those views he was supported by the Right Hon. 0;:i Ort'
high authority.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Labouchere) I" 0.4,r,
ever sorry to say that the principles advocated in softie gt i,,,
the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet were very
the practical details of the measure he brought f°fitbK
(Hear, hear)—but he (Mr. Labouchere) did agree .fla fillt;
Right Hon. Gentleman that it would be unbecoming b-04.4
graceful to have it said that the object of this meaaurece
keep up the rents of the atistocracy, or to enable enesosics
the community to. maintain their stations 1
mars
He (Mr. -Labouchere) would be as sorry as any °tarry
be to see the ruin and impoverishment of theo it
proprietors of the country ; but still he meant that woe
were legislating on a question that concerned tho bre ,
people, it was their duty to regard the interests of t,boettill,,
at large.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet in I rtgri
ing this subject admitted that it was one of awful jive sts
differew
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In truth, in a country such as England—in any countelr'oer,
affecting the food of the inhabitants must be a meatroter;
ea 4 greatest importance. But there were many consilw
in the highly artificial state of society in this nitil
which rendered any law involving the supply of corn 5 10t,
of grave importance indeed.—( Hear, hear.) Before
ceeded with the details of this subject, he would brie:Z(l4s
the attention of the House to the actual state of the_..,.
and to its prospects with regard to the supply of eerri;sitr•of
Right Honourable Baronet acknowledged that. it vval 10tjet
in some years we were obliged to import large qued.oo, f
corn, but he added, that in favourable seasons we 14 or; ,
for our own consumption. But the real questiel.-,- „it,
House was, to see whether, in an average Ail
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we had grown enough for the supply of the peelde*. t. , ea*
hear.) If it was true, that in bad years, we Wend- etialli„
from other countries, but that in good seasons we havt4o"oo
and to spare, and could even export produce, there ! 4
force in the reasoning of the Right Hon. Baronet;Aettos_!o
contrary was the case ; in fact, we had an average ulifali
of supply of corn of home growth, and throughout 0401
i of years we had been importing a large and increasieglolig
of foreign corn. He would show the House return' 44 al 'red
strate this. He had in his hand a ThrtilPitopatAt
average importations of foreign and colonial Wheat tot r
into this country during periods of ten years from
1760 to the present time : li!
From 1760 to 1770 we imported 94,000 (Parte 0
1770 to 1780
1780 to 1790 143,000 "
1790 to 1800 470,0130 ...... •
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1800 to 1810
1810 to 1820
1820 to 1830 -
.. 51,4,000 -+,41,,1,41,,1
1830 to 1840 ... • ..... ... 908,000 the
Thus showing from the experience of the past that,, igit,rj,
of the people had outstripped the means of supply, It4Txti, 1
we must consider ourselves as in a country de5tit16440.1.;40
annually increased supplies of foreign 00rn.,-- ( P.Pnid OW
we should go en increasing at the same rate, we illtr yrkili
during the next ten years 20,500,000 quarters er ''''„,9lltiaml's
more than 2,000,000 quarters of wheat for the e",.'itet rt,
of each year.—( Hear, hear.) Another inaner'ect 04)
leaning on this question was the state and Pr,°,l),,,rdkl
corn trade between this country and Ireland.—li—d intO
The Right Hon. Baronet conceived that lola°
.„„t tbiLloa
inexhaustible granary to this country. mTholia,:lit
far from being the case. Looking to 2.010°...r
actually taken place, we should discover the Ivrea, orn frf 40,
f i°'o ffr aill .
that down to the year 1833, the imports P. ,.,.,stew. tit,
into this country, he spoke of wheat only, had neer st epo,
creasing. In that year, Ireland exported the 1*.r1!,(3 that' fat
we hail ever received, being 844.000 quarters; 011', yeti,'" . io
it had been regularly diminishing, in the next
779,000 quarters; in 1835, 661,000; in 1836, 000 quarbigh
1837, 534,000 • in 1838, 542,000; in 1839, 25!' ules °lllO
and in the two last years, notwithstanding the strutter, 11,71 1
prices, it was in the former, 218,000 ;in the jitter, tit e 5,
quarters. —( Hear, hear.) He was hanktfir`,4lo ilifiq
striking diminntion dicl not proefio Nom anY `''/wing Prirlat'
it was on the contrary, coonected with the g),-.,., u„Of
of that country—( Hear, hear, from Lord Stalldoo; and. , ,:,
now consumed more wheat than she used t° _ facilitol trio''
also explained by the fact that since ttrwo cat Jill
communication by steam between the in,-,fitg irlob*
it had been found more profitable to deVete •''' longer 00
mod no_in .
purposes. It was therefore clear that we ° 1., ar.) 0 th°
to Ireland for supplies as heretofore.—( Hear' ,ti di,tren ;103e
state of thing', and at a pert, d of acknowledge Crewbat, its
Right Hon. Gentleman the First ISl:nistar a -
eoUntrY the L
forward and announced to the House and the ~ fie (It 1103'
his opinion, the Corn. laws ought to be altertho gig
~,,bii
agreed entirely with what he had Wien heard.nu,stiont if 0,
Baronet say, that the Corn-law wae,c°s,lty ; Ilar its'
ought not to'be altered sv'tbout a great lle.;0 I); ilo 6.-0111.,-
, necessity hail arrivpi, the Otefaiioft Ileg,.uctitior off,. foe;
faptory as to be an improvement in th 'I
F ci9ned 114 seal, °f (
—( Cheers ) He (Mr. L.) had P.q•inl)h. ' L.'s) °V deal 4
by the Right HO s. Baronet, and his.(,
e•
__,,,, a great ,„0.
would be given in a few words. 'fuer
a sliding for a iumpiflg IF°;°,' andt ale lug 101
agementtiaapvop:a.rein:tpnrotrieaulina:iH:s,
fo t inthesomeeviapracutieelLo:ilai%sP.4:6llu. rVic.pi
demonstrative. He' believe also
.`tha't the erecting sexist')
white most etheientlYer_,. than ~. L.
tore, would bring more money to the rev_eninu:no, be ( he
r ' the jeercor
ing one. Still, admitting those itlaP-°`: object
noraii--- ° the ope•-'t
cal al"
felt that it would afford any preen n
a_e-ced h9i wig sl:
dition of those classes who had beetbar
therefc itlle impt°l
must say that the more he looked at the ft
tion of the present Corn.laws, ande
~ ,
of 'the Is
Worth while going about.it for the PM