The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-22 00:00:00

lic• Haves) held e• • and, in vshieh ss. ' li''''' ..
• - reoresen oaioil
acne
5f.,,,, •!_tY gosese tn a 'le,. ,AS ~. _ i
~.. 1- 111 1\ 111,,h sl, ~ )....•,..1., •1, quid Isos roo a( a
flaig, GLiel v' 3rcs :t-t- e..i;. 'tir.-:-e's":.:.lio•.V,s.sl in :re..
Pamphlet *din read an co tsact frets: a :pessii,
is'as;tl (I
oceanL 11-usitisson's, the substance of which
admitted:lit:li InDder4tP
for-safe ,t, a stead). home supple was the only foundation
prices. If foreign corn were freely
little , read !night be aohni tted a little, though a very
' eneu•Per than at present, for a seear.or two. But
tbe Mall farmer -. 11 I . •-, • isnrr os meat;
would oh
,1 - Is on t it. I ALB, 1 , 1
~ ,'. l ,
return t,, n' 8611, and impoverished land w;000 .:
r country,
tion,
tens' a state of waste ; home constunp-
')f On h conductel so much to the prosperity
the 8 would iie.e.ssarily decline. To protect
Gent] firmer WaS to protect the eole. Toe lion.
heroin enattn opposite had (riven them details of the num-
at present ot ht
r I 1 1 lied not
stated • I- 0. eurp.oy, tut le • -
...
ellen these mill 11 b .1 -I tl er betore
the existent. ofthe - s lac een bllht--1‘ le -1
uorn-laws or after their enactment.
"Can Ho. ale,fflo o ' '
case, then I ' " said
' " I ' that sere the
til a Isefore. ) t
stroef, , le (Mr. liar ly) thought that was a
• 0 proof that tl • Corn-laws had nothing, to do
with the , .
were i se nulls being unosscupiesl, for these
~.,,
OM in existence when immense sums of money were ett ion the ereet. y 1 , •that had occurred
:belie - ion. et the depression • o. -
kw
‘n• Gentleman was ready to impute to the toot n ,„, si vhen under them these erections had been made,—
ane Hon AI 1. -
had
elle • A sari )er for kiln re iborough said . that he had
to h Ol d
ugh fur hineielf. He (Mr. II.) was really „ a
ll° well
ear that the Honourable alember had gone on
the
a system which had been described in
Such drattdful terlOs a fs v days since at the Criersii
_lnd Anchor.
c.Oillltry ts But so it 'W'-es in all other instances. The
'l4 advanced in general prosperity, as well as in
eninufeetnres s' well as before and
Under that ', since the Corn-laws as
in at
: B,7"teill; we had also been enabled to maintain . security tnat great empire, which was so extensive
pat the Im' brated h a' .1
sof thel •• ' •nt which we lately cele-
happy €ll, .
It wasp el o ;lad probably not vet revelled its confines.
in factthe • •of''speculation that had glut-
The•
te,11:111.1(ots, and thrown the operatives into distress..
of. --'11• Ntern'oer for Oldham
told us that the produce - certein
cotton sticle had advanced so prodigiously,
that the o a'
'so tor that labour
which f Perative had now but -Ls.
as
Well °latterly produced 965., yet the former,
'hat as the latter price, was under the Corn-laws.i
lion
bell 0 • Gentleman hill thought fit to accuse a. ein•
tos , n thatside of the House with adopting a species of tanoauct at which he VMS very much surprised ; and the
thatn.
si‘letriber foir Sheffield had said that Members on 1
(1%.112.'11ic f' the House only came there to vote for their
ate, interets.-
4. , Meat. hear.) The lion. Gentleman had
%Mikes talle- with the g' reafest earnestness, although he
holm t, tbe ti
it ; -le he stated it. For his 01‘1 part, he had
kigh interest
'llitnis q stion • he had no interest in the
of hop
r--
°f corilue. Ile 'had never sold a quarter
large" ill his lifo.' (liver, hear.) lie- employed
ita
afford j?,•l',,aStitY of labourers, and nothing
lotvoti. 1
and looS"',greater satisfaction than to see them app?,-
that obl3'entY Of bread, but he should not like to see
ateri.
:I.lleet atteined at the expense of the country.
_ril 0
charge ember for Sheffield had asked how they liked tt
,sitie
_,Lnat had been made against manufacturers on that
the I'l4
.the - :
21, "".oilse He (Mr. HardY).did not consider
e "-- . ..1
against thatside of the
House.
They bade Wea mace ,
~
%mitt, "" not sent out lecturers to every part of the
a yto agitatequestion, they had not used the
-riot
__, the ques •
have been
iehmiceci.esiastic for that purpose, he should
th s .od if such means had been used by any persons on
aSlue of the, House.' He was willing to admit that
the' fl
ietub -,
had • er of petitions on tile subject of the Corn:lt.v,vs
kut :Increased—he admitted that those petitions
tes,a,teed Upwards of four hundred thousand signs-
' to tii;:(liear, hear.) • Those signatures were entitled
-ilk ""iasideration of the House, but it could not be said that
14:represented the whole manufacturers; he thought it would
• tionilecoreut '0 all that the Corn-laws were not for the protec-
itag,th 4 class but for the benefit of the country generally. That
with el, way in which the question was coesidered
the :lout he had talked upon the subject. It was batedby
N,titrerend
Delegates that the laws were intended only
e
ars benefit of the landlords, and that assertion was ma
they manner not very becoming.—( Hear.) It was true. when
)83t1Pissed the resolutlon which he was about to read, it was
'oil" o'clock, and some allowance might be mad,: for them..
the noea;c,, hear, and a laugh.) The resolution was : that
dit is
' her it'll'on of this meeting, that the measure propose by
• )i.t.Lajesty', Government, so far from holding out the slwhtesfi
,fo or! of any relief of the distress of the etiuntry, is an. inisouokt
tikoatint and suffering people, and that the Deputies. .
key -e Prap,sition as an insinuation that the landed aristoe slaitgere destitute of all sympathy with the poor, and must not
Ifsistr,„,,e Permitted by an outraged people to pursue a policy
sio, hear to the country.--( Hear, hear.) He was sorry
the -;`,"! Members of Parham. nt use in that House
' AkCile language as was indulged in at the Crown anll
field, er---(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Member tor Silas
• arasilt,
of
1%14 , d the landed proprietors of the consequences • Thep Ming the Corn-laws, and reminded them of the fate of
'lot thrse.,,ech nobility.—( Meer, hear.) And the Hon. Member
elekt ' "wet Hamlets, said if the Corn-laws were not fe-
o ed. the rush the aristocracy, which
'-Stoiati re would be a upon
- Iles, idets'"P away not only the Corn-lows, but many thingsdt
' -ooret,„---alear, hear.) Was that the way in which the et-
Vflio-ts of Parliament were to be governed?—Hear, hear.)
, eißirt "ha were to send out agents and lecturersd to lixriotrume
2fla4bLtre3. th petitions for a minimum of wages at;
W• O 066r' he would undertake to attain, no 4a0(7,000 but
i (II )A d would it be decent or
Viet lon hear. n f him to
licsosnary °Olese and threaten the aristocracy
with revolts-
eon if they refused to
sequences
hear, hear.) oss,
~the uf those petitioners ?—( Hear, They_
; ''aeetisfate ,'lng,,ag-e of Cato on their lips, and the spirititt
ii:attf
'e, uth-• -hearts. He (Mr. Hardy) hoped a e g.
rii Ihrettetetr , .
persevering in that policy and In
I es' prin • weel9 g° on ' ' rearly and fully to the
Ilikele elPles which he had state(
4404 ,_colintry in his address to his constituents at Tamvt-orth,
alki,;;..„ "° had been called by his late alajesty to the helm of
"Itstlo If the Right Hon. Baronet did not receive all the
serc,te of the country, he (Mr. Hardy) was sure he de •
Itti.ell Let them burn the Right Hon. Baronet's effigy.l--
and •a laugh.) They all knew that that amounted to
4
tiet hat it was the mere vox populi, which carried execrma-
•kr uith it one day and applause the next. The Right
.11(hts.
~..sietealet would despise such demonstrations, and go on in
, • serspination to do jut tice to the country.
thannel-FOX had great hesitation in venturing. h
to address
onclu-
lien; 'lase on a subject such as the present, on willieiceoacsidet,ett
h his 'ltterlsosite had been come to. However,
the subject.
... • 44_ uty to his ccastituents to say a few words onamendment
of jhe
constituents perfectly concurred in the ,
~: fc.lo.4llletuber for Wolverhampton (Mr. Villiers).
' naval el for
was for total repeal, immediate
but not for
.The
.seek: ' in that alone he differed from his Hon Friend.
ths,,,,ecie which he (Colonel Fox) would support would be any-
., tk--: snort of repeal now—a measure enacting a fixed duty of
s-tatZIW. and reducing every year that duty by 25., until the
:. Oa rePeal way effected. But immediate repeal he could not
tiPPart 1.1
- . He should therefore, not vote on the queation.
' 'colloid , ' • •
'lltaoti erect there were occasions when opposing or voting for
tarot,' was so contrary to one's feelings that one ought not
... AI se on either side.
I'' toot
• 11,,,•,_ H. LINDSAY supported the proposal of Sir 11.
, if &flea heard much in that House of class legislation,
, .'• *0 eleer there was anything that would lower its character,.
iSbolatti'd be this, that in dealing with the great interests of the
polveZ it descended to class legislation, by agreeing to
oth.
'leet „s lion of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton. Its ess . .
lando,
) ~,, 0 inflict injury on the agricultural interest.—i
. ite "°! did they not hear of an aristocracy and a
14,1ererst, Alto had been in the enjoyment of advantages for a
'llottholille, and of which they ought to be deprived? Did they .
W-ar t
811 ,tuis out of the House, and ocean ()tidy echoed within
ticsib-ri'sr This would certainly be class legislation, and he
4:14 tn"
Inn hif it id h • benefit to the manufacturers.
ts nip c
• titis. -a' grounds he himself, and those on his side of the
tur t(i', woked on the proposition of the Honourable Member
Aci,i ,°"erhampton as injurious to agriculture, and not.betoe-
, tided .° Manufactures, and he therefore should give it
.his de-
Ise% übeeative. With respect to a fixed duty, its principle had
?loble'rleoned by the entlemen who had advocated It. The
let - word, th
ii e Member for the City of London, had declared
' 441• tis11411:1“,el of maintainin. the principle of a fixed dut at
_all
titti47- set corn be at what price It might ; yet he hadh det-
,otet, rein that resolution. One authority on t,he su pc
t,
I°Rerer, had !ince that period proposed to give the Governmen
!tee, to relax the fixed duty whenever they might see occa-
,l4 tnedelt the Noble Lord himself had proposed the other even•
""%thi "II away with the fixed duty, so soon as the price of corn
The reach
745. He objected to both these plans.
%tat first
was calculated to hold out an itiaace-
skoed to Popular clamour and agitation, and •the
l'esedt foster gambling speculations ; taerefore he was op-
ufths is°t.llo schem- of a fixed duty. He approved of the plan
ttlim; '.‘ight Hon. -Baronet the -Member for Tamworth, be-
orueq il, his opinion, it carried' out the two objects which
tutheit;'‘''Ys to be kept' in view in legislating on the subject.
5".14 alt. Place it relieved the people from the pressure of. a
' a'reie`„ecs and, in the second, it removed from the trade in
Zeet4„ei°,rh that ambling character by which it had hitherto
as"'ngilishedg It I d been said that censiderable time
hest-I'se 1s ' 'a of •Id be received from
e, aoore a cargo corn could be this 1 He er-
fter having been ordere, .
st,ti,..Y,. agreo
.e,ount3.
hMember, when he said that two
(hitr hs ~t's', wit._ the. Hon.
• ... t 6.0 Lip„ 4 little time as col •Id be expected. Now he
suggestion
110„, IIZeY) would take leave to makewas
i -'ltirsi,"•ei that if worth anything, suare the Right
he -t his. -.le tt - m h for Tamvrorth, would givtoe
eth, eoto,, aronet, the . em en
i -.4 hoth-lueration An objection had been made in. regharfil
r..
sts atsit,s; Ate. •
country.nsequence of the time elapsing e o c
4 'nes -:1 ii, this' inayNow, would it not be better when
c',II stetht-htit gent his order, he should be allowed to enter the
orn
:tOene of shipment, paying the duty payable in this
t-at 6 el"
the date-of the shipment.' In that case, if he found
iletye," had fallen in price during his voyage, a rise in the
. the revenue °lt'd of affect him, although in his case, it would affect
hood ;so on the other hand, if the price of corn
i the eb, anti the duty fallen, his case whould be.ne-
tothe :.nrcvenue, and a falling duty would not be injurious
othe resTene„reheut• Therefore in either case it would not injure
"ould ht-,-.act• nor the agricultural interest, and lie thought it
leallitriet el scuie benefit to the merchant who was sending his
ask
ret urea to
..
merica and wished to obtain a good and
tilt" '4ll. He (Mr. Lindsay) would venture to throw out
dent
tFgestion to the House with all hismility, feeling confi-.
• siaetateat if it was worth anything, it would receive full con-
' he tholee• He apoligised for intruding upon the House, but
s4Y that het is
, his duty to make this suggestion. He would
of triti ,iie felt the greatest interest in the prosperity
lissi beense commerce and manufactures. All his live
AosleaA as in commerce, and he owed all he
cooheequ to in
industry, and all his future prospects were
On
all ed. with the prosperity' of the commerce of the country.
(kr ,objecta which should extend commercial prosperity, he
site ; -c,"ll°,d?ay) should be happy to unite with gentlemen oppo-
terest t_' )1: never could consent to allow the agricultural in-
t.:apt:ab ..neglected.—(llear.)
extended , I-A. YARD solicited that that favour might be
every ne ° him which the House had so unanimously shown to
feh for
the"embr whohacl yet addressed them. Anxious as he
give ~ relief of the sufferines of the people, he could not
Weire7 vote for the motion sisoposed by the Member for
iiltere:, latnPton, because, he did not think it would be for the
Jl,gso.t_ (. the people, or at all tend to alleviate their sutler-
-118.,,,.%47,a; iS, he could not rote for the motion of the Right Hon.
littt he fit 'his intention was not to vote st all on this occasion,
suited to til? Y believed that . a fixed zluty was the only measure.
1.e,a,,, e present exig,eneies.—( Hear.) 'When he (Captain
a„.,_,.!11. ;my the Right Hon. Baronet advance to that box, it
ii.ritZL,' kinds 7 hen like a Pandora's box, for, from it went forth
ilive:_.,o ev.ils, taxes, and such like, flew forth, but there it
Non 7;LI° him ( is
I a ar ') the' simile ceased. for the
. him (lon. Baronet said therY• ci.
shat g ter- ) It had heirleft. ( Cheers and
t was no hop —,
Itt the princi al n stated by Hon. Gentlemen opposite,
s-ooesiso Pburdens on land were the land-tax, and the
tt,,,,._,,,, let them look for themselves, however, and see what
. . , . I:
....ruer,e.......
. Land-tax. Other taxes.
17, ~.e;•,l,,lcitod ............ ... 1,183,5tiw. 51,977,0001.
: • Ir't si,rallu
,F. .............. 23450,000/. 17,500,0001.
lrs Aus!'!" ............ -- 3,994.000/. 00/.
. ~.,(ebeo oil ... . ......... 8,795,000/.
' • that th its') 7.700,000/,0
Ile (Captin a.ard) did not think. therefoo•
laud the and-tax pressed heavier on the in ,
074. than M other countries.—(Hea owners of laud Eng-
tate% they Were be r. hear.)
theen
av
came the
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