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lower,
to ‘ insert, the average price of wheat must be I No trade in corn worth having could be carried on
every
a price
.• 7s. a quarter, country. wass.
reason
hear.) 1% as there any man in the Committee,
than in the old ones.-(Hear, under 60s. a quarter, in this
would trot •
like, b up and say that be believed this was
who ; to believe that certain qualities might be sold at e3s. or 545. a
quant.i : varter, and rising from that to 60s. But the Right Hon.
inetiiere to he tile ettise? It was a mere matter of arith- i entlemenli referreeddttoo
rest
tat had been the case under the former
gottrtei)s,
If the new towns were as two to five; and if the i law. upon the circumstance that in the
t.
,ovfhiecho,risa
assoldahioriitthtehoeldptinonwtnitsywgaisv ofe appear
4,000,000 I coursei last year noTcorn paid
.more than 20s. Bd.
considering beyond
. BARING.-No importation worth
corn ins ‘ en by the ; 4205. Bd.
was to pcctors return,. and if two fifths of that quantity I Mr.- GLADSTONE went on to ask-Would all those Hon.
be added 1•*
the of' Gentlemen who
t„,O . . , arm if the return upon sum these , had told them
so much about the vicious ope-
ie..e lowed that
was 5,600,000 quarters, . then it fol- I ration of the old Corn-law, in inducing merchants to hold, , '4"" (1 that before the average could be lowered 25., back corn to obtain a high price-would they come forward
quarter,
quarter ion the whole, it must be lowered 7s: a I now with the argument that no foreign corn was intro-
and did n the new towns compared with the • old ;)-that be-
= at a point of price less than 60e-( Hear
- vv°llkl b any one in the Committee believe that this cause increase of the consumption of corn took
no ,
lace at a duty over 20s. 84., therefore no considerable in.
e.eiee e the case?-(Hear, hear.) ' This, it should be P
elkobserved ' in crease could take place at a net price to the importer of 40s. ?
the H 11, %as reference to the qualified estimate of If such were the argument of the Right Hon. G&itlernan in-
*.l.l .. apply
0 . Member for Lincolnshire, but how would it stead of denouncing the old corn land, he ought to support it
tc..n
org to the estimate of the late President of the Board strenuously. He (Mr. Gladstone) denied the value as to de-
-1.5-#: low_ ade? Now, if this calculation were true, it fol- , teils or particulars of any estimates which even the most able
• eeE
must
Meet the average price of wheat in the new towns gentlemen, using whatever information they might, could
''''.• et. tbe 10s. or 19s. more than 9ei the old towns-a make as to precise prices and quantities at which importationsHe
he
that convicted iteelf. But now he called upon into this country might be expected to talelplacet.
value
m us
thee Relight Hon. Gentleman, who was so severe upon confess that in matters of this kind he
fwoud put
business morethan upon
te -overnment, to go to the bottom of this matter. upon thee calculationsf
eomf practical
o i, a menai
eon t ,
or Members of the
• a _ calledo_( upon the late Chancellor of the Exchequer as t)
tGoevearnmueanuto,nhaoetver able or well informed the) might be.
•ee:e te
reasonableness
of the art of figures-(Laughter)-to show It could not be denied that there was a general feeling in the.
Oeo ,e7etseasonablenees of the estimate that the averaev
(e country that the trade in corn would be-he should not say
',..". € hi the new towns would be
~7s. less than in the constantly open to the admission of quantities of grain that
present
lit. In looking over the new towns it would • would greatly affect the consumption or price-but that by
markets, that they had not included the largest the present measure of the Government, the trade in
eta, because those towns had already furnished the corn would be open to a very considerable degree.
ofaverages, but they had taken the next greatest, as centres On this subject he might be allowedlass ofto refermen to
thtehemtestimony
a ,013°Pnlation and consumption, and had made, at least, numerousofHaeariar andTii e influentialeerta
certainly
wereely not, as a class, universally
ersd.a
rernelrnarative estimate a their sales. They had made
'iivoura,blee to the prey sent Corn-laws ; and, for several weeks
'it teentre ""
to London and Yorkshire, as The two greatest
Past, they had been sufficiently urgent in their applications to
Nil The„. ,8 of consumptite, population, and speculation, and the Board of Trade, and in those applications, they had p:eaded
le, geh.' luund that in the be Matti of the year 1839, sin- with great ability, and.had displayed an ingenuity he hardly
k. by ItrbY enough, the prices of wheat, as returned ever saw surpassed. Many of these gentlemen had been
toe, et.e "e corn inspectors, were actually less than the leaders in the present movement against the Corn-laws, yet
-Al :1 tterages of the rest of the kingdom ; and that in the they, one and all, held the doctrine that the trade, under the
'sii., eta- Part of that year the London and Yorkshire aver- - new law, would be opened, not permanently, perhaps, but to
The
rose to 6s. 11d. above the rest of the country. such an extent, and at such prices, that the importation would
• et t'3l, II°n• Gentleman then proceeded to read an account be almost constant, and not hampered,te as it hhaedttebreesomtusfindeedr
peels,
prices of corn in the London and Yorkshire mar- the old law; and,
hein should also
'3 as compared with the prices in other parts of the Those gentlemen,haj4 receiv. 4 great support
kingdom d • . . in and countenance from a large body of Members of Parliament,
Wei le ,tiring different weeks the years 1839, 1840,
net exclusively of that side of the House, but of the other,
soillill, showing that the prices were sometimes higher. and from gentlemen who were themselves opposed to the Corn-
were soils dues lower, in one than the other, and sometimes laws. He would not detain the House at further length ; he
Led ti2e same ; from this he argued, that if any man had endeavoured to show that the effect of the new mode of
ever ut:eir so credulous as to believe that the taking the averages, even according to the estimate of the
low age price of wheat was in one set of towns 7s. Member for Lincolnshire, and much more, according to the
ha," than in another set of towns, he hoped he estimate of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, had been
ne' laid enough-before the House to undeceive such a greatly and grievously, exaggerated. He believed he had also
(jr, ; The Right Hon. Gentlemen then went on to allude given some evidence to Me Committtoeethwitoh re!pnegctoftoththeetriaind-e
eerma of great exultation to a proposition that he referredPortatiornabofaseworooll;ashteohthaodse
of entlemeen opinions
meet opposed
in
it_24!adstone) had the honour of stating to the House idniegewnheole system, and had proved,g so far as such a matter was
fori:tung observations relating to the Colonial trade susceptible of proof at the present stage of the discussion, that
. . char Ying a duty of 3s on wheat in. Canada. Of the by the proposed plan the trade would be opened to a cons:der-
the Fes made against him there, however, he was not able degree--to such a degree as would facilitate the commerce
tunede ashamed.-(Hear.) He certainly. was not of the country, and afford relief to sn extent considerably
go in these matters, but he could • conceive nothing below the price non ed by the Right Hon. Gentleman. tzemonstrous in a country like England, as that an Mr. LABOUCHERE said,e asshhoneldhandotshoalvaetelvyenatdudrreedssetdo
et
eriltive having made a proposal should be expected to the House on this question, h
L e to it whether it were right or wrong.referred to by the Hon. Gen-
address it now, had he not been
1„1°_'11 JOHN RUSSELL-That's what you say. • tlernan who had just art down. In the first place, he must
r• GI
ADSTONE that was what they said, complain of the situation in which the House was placed with
sad lieregard to the question of the averages by the conduct of the
(a. laugh) Was not aware that they wished to' deny it.- Government. The Hon. Gentleman said tint it was tha in-
she The• Right Hon. Gentleman had adverted tention of the Government to lay before them information, of
1,,,i4e tilteration he Proposed in the sugar duties, and he which it was in possession, which would enable the House
lei& ato have this considered as an analagous case. to form a judgment as to the manner in which. the averages
41,1,e was no blame attributable to the Right Honour- would be affected by the proposal. He did think that, con-
to: Gentleman for seeing cause for an alteration in the sidering the time during which the Government had the
vasduties, but what he was to blame for was, that it question under their attention, and as itwaseaarltbeatanitd hate
1,117: an alteration of a singular character, and one that
taelsnosttonien whatir iinttosaitteitwouldo, instituted
subject-he dia think ite close
hardxly-
...4oPosed before the House was aware of what it was,
dealing fairlyquy by the House not to have laid en the
ma Cries of " Oh, oh.") It was printed on the very
table that information, before they called on them, as
ooh. lug When the proposed discussion on the resolution
Pile they had done to-ight, to decide on the scale
and , nd the Member for Liverpool was to come on of duties proposed. It was very well for the Honourable
hands
Was laid on the table so late, that it was not in the Gentleman to say, that if they proved that the averages would
• itee„se of Members until a late, hour, and his Noble be affected by the scale in a way he had not intended, then he
wh:?s it actually came into the House without knowing would reconsider the plan. It was not fair to ask the House,
110• s w.„:.
, ee• With regard to this question no one in the to pledge itself to a scale of duty, with the understanding that
.41., he thought, would contend that, with respect to afterwards they should receive such information as should. be
ae.i'ea, any proposition should be brought forward laid on the table. This was not a logical mode of proceeding.
'est w
The Right Honourable Gentleman said it was a very great
thin would raise a barrier between that country and
g at• n, when he (Mr. Labouchere) said, not positively,
nominal f Parliament should choose to lay a purely
exaggeration,
ignetrhemabsence of bet'ter. information, that,' as he now re-
. he 1, duty on the importation from Canada,
peated, practical men were persuaded that' the threefold ope-
woldria not venture to pledge himself that it ration of the Government scale, first adding 150 towns to
dnt , not be thought right to adhere to the the list from which the averages were to be taken, next
1..4 Proposed in his resolution. As questions had been taking the making of these returns out of the hands of the corn temi'd as to the constitutional rights of the House to inspectors, and putting it into the bands of the Excise, and lastly
be a tax on colonial produce, he might say that a preventing, in a very great degree, the practice of speculation
be J upon American flour from Canada was intended to and fraudulent sales (a very great merit indeed), would affect
idepPosed; The Right Hon. Gentleman, after having the advertised averages not less than ss. a week. I.lhisedeanleduvloactaioten
seileci to those collateral merits of the great measure, wgshsetrelngdthereid,by thte andomidsseinleidoftildisrtionhgamity.
of a
ss.
eelee'e on to discuss the merits of the sliding scale. He of
hatn e landed
sauiderehe wbelieved an alterationP to the amount
thie,,,` 511, as the objects of his sarcasm, the rests intro- change,
2gs: would take place. But then those two shillii ge
tearivu) I the Ministerial seek. The Right Hon. Gentle- were attributed to one cause alone. It was riot unreasonable
ie ~`"d not seem to attach much importance to the level to suppose that the other two causes would have an effect of
thi,:,"e first part of that scale ; but he appeared to 3s. more. He was sure the Right Hon. Gentleman would. re-
of '''' that he could make a very strong case out deem the pledge he gave, that he would make
the a proportionate
shoe.level at the other end of the scale. He allowance in his sliding scale if it were proved. to him that the
browed that, at the -very point at which the measure averages would he considerably affected by his plan.-( Hear,
le ill'ased by the Noble Lord and his colleagues hear.) But he (Mr: L. ) was unwilling to go into the details of
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this part of the subject until the House had been in possession
rieni. created a rapid descent in the duty, the present
of
,t,
. sewo
t that had been moved for,
and also the informs-
'. old create a level. But what was the effect of t
. ..e returns urns
papers which the Government had promised to lay
. opiniormer accelerated rate of descent in the general t
biefuoraeuthem In the meantime he would read to the House a
onvic'u. of the country ? It had beent according to the
few figures Which a friend had procured for him from. the
I,eniections of every one, attended with the greatest incon- library, respecting the effect of the London averages on the ge-
N'ertireriees• But was it an unnatural course that the Go- [wet averages' of the county, and he need not repeat that the
nie,ent should attempt to put an end to these inconve- addition of 150 towns, would geatly affect the London averages.
TeGeeps by removing the cause of them ?-(Hear, hear.) On the 25th of June last the general average was 635. ; the
niew tight Hon. Gentleman had asked what was the London average was 68s. 3d ; the average at Bristol was 60s.
in
had When they thus saw the effect of the London average on the
k 10,,, g of the principle which the Government . .
be (;i)el anon this subject. Why, the object must surely general of 150 market
average, he thought the addition
io
the
~,,v us enough. heT object was, when the state of might
,material extent.
affect the general average to a very
~,..'" rkets indicated an approach to rise to inducethe • laverage 725. In London
the 15th of August genera was
' 14'
-"lea • ' the average was 76a. 9d. He thought these figures proved the
,iliin,,,, if possible, to diminish such an inconvenience by
e effect of te London average on the general average
bosom g corn into market which" they might otherwise ofini importantertcaonutntr (
Hoar,
hear.) And how great meet be the
lied ru Pted to keep hack. The Right Hon. Gentleman result, if they: diminished the effect of London, by adding so
eTilid that he aimed at that level as indicating an ap- many towns to the list? He confessed, from the perusal he
' (Iteeti tia a fixed duty. But the Right Honourable gave the towns, it appeared to him the Government acted with
the etnan should have remembered that the Noble Lord great haste and peecipitation in their selection of the towns.-
thatAl
tither for London, had declared his belief (Hear.) He would mention two instances of such haste. In
te an a uxed duty should be abandoned when prices rose thelist thte namef of Nonw
the
whichnotatet naperely a vgdlage.-(Laughter.)
the j., their ears, he (Mr. Gladstone) thought
.that f
The town of New Romney was also set down ; and as it was
fro Light Hon. Gentleman should have abstained
111 the in Kent, the Hon, Member for that place would perhaps or-
tliet 0 sarcasms in which he had indulged on rect him, and inform him if there was such a market at all.-
attbjeet.
F. -t, ( Hear.) When he found such marks of haste on the part of
confidence he
thee'
°lnnieueofthe ?
ere.
„. ement
`tleman that he did n t intend his new mode sh mid affect the
I.6.kiLADSTONE said that at the commencement
but he (Mr. Labouchere) thought that if he consi-
teede'v scale the Right Hon. Gentleman himself had ,averages;derehesubject more, he would agree with him and the Hon.
I'' it very little of the proposed level ; but he referred Member for Lincolnshire that the result would be that the ave-
tient len when he found that he had got an inconve- rages, and consequently the duties, would be mate-
Itteghtnalver in the other case.-(Hear, hear, and rially affected by the manner in which he proposed to
Whieh on the Ministerial Benches.) But the answer take them. The Right Hon. Gentleman the 'N' ice7Presi-
the .h 0 (Mr. Gladstone) would give to the objections of dent of the Board of Trade thought be gave a conclusive an-
of the'gilt mu.
Gentleman to the level at the commencement sorer to his Right Hon. Friend, when he stated the popula-
kin_, !eale was, that if that scale applied rationally to the Lion of the towns, but the population of the small towns was
tke r
.it
~ R , was but right to establish it • and if it were not right, sought.no eans a proof of what the Right Hon. Gentleman
tioti. %et Hon. Gentleman should first have proved that posi- to prove by it. He heard with regret the announce-
Nild The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that foreign corn merit made by the Right Hon. Gentleman with • - reard to the
try; not be imported until the price reached 695. in this coon- intention of Government upon the point they had so long
la,(1::hile the Right Hon. Gentleman stated that his
,(Mr. considered of imposing duties on flour to be imported from the
earrre;"e) Right Hon. Friend hail proposed to secure to the United States into Canada. He would not enter into the
;Ise t a Price not exceeding from 54s to 58s. Now he (Mr. constitutional point, but he heard the Right Hon. Gentleman
'`" • ''''''') w • d findthat. such • h had bsay, I meld understand tina, that while he gave
read . was astonished to a wish beer, as well as Ile c
l▪ ly 10 his Right Hon. Friend, who had before emphiti- his reasons for retaining the duties on the importation of ta hi "ntradicted the assertion that such a wish was entertained flour from America acrossthe borders he considered such a coune
triee:,l,4ll,• His Right Hon. Friend had merely said that if would be a constitutional one.-(" No," from Mr. Gladstone.)
elb 'And be made to range generally between 545. and 585., He thought it a strained construction to say it was compe-
th °u'htthe
satisfied but he • d House of Commons to levy such duty. He
,at 3ts6 farmer would be ; accompanied tent for the - doubted whether they were not violating the spirit of the De-
gee *e Gentlex an •particularprice. According to the Right elaratory Act, in proposing a duty of that kind. He begged to
)
,e,, •
litel theinan opposite they would have no trade in corn ask for what reason, and for whose benefit that duty was pro-
ee e niece reached eas. Now he (Mr. G.) did not know posed? He meant to make the widest distinction between those
4'4 ther he would be justified in detaining the Committee by duties and other colonial duties. He believed the avowed aim
Pen "leculations, vague as they; necessarily must be, and object of the duty was to protect the landowners of Eng-
tpe,ehtliat subject. The Right Hon. Gentleman in his land, and he would say, on the part of the colony, that. though
tae4' the Hari given them a certain set of figures, it might not be beyond the power of the Imperial Legislature,
(ir,t -,.,.-,,n. Member for Lincolnshire had given them another yet, looking at the Declaratory Act, he believed they would be
di,. 'es, each, no doubt, very plausible, but each contra- violating it. He would not follow the Right Hon. Gentleman
44 the
teal._ , other.-( Hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman in all the calculations he had made in answer
Portsmouth
e‘core ,are vn to demonstrate that they could have no trade in •o his Right Honourable Friend the Member for.
e'er fu icrl the price was under 605., while the Hoe. Mem. He found that the papers laid on the table were at variance with
eci'Y 174cobishire had attempted to show that it would go his own statements, and he therefore threw over the whole
1,. bard with the farmers when prices ranged from 50s. to mass of evidence. He stated that he had consulted d..s.tin-
Ts
• ••e ti etv, look briefly into ofthe facts ofthe •h d and he found they were of a contrary opinion,
some
'ef °eine
• he different
le °Ne ents which presented them with the most valuable and that he personas, theigstatements tothose of t
.t
i °le ah_i"n as to the prices at which wheat could be imported Consuls that had been mentioned. He did not think 1 neces-
n te,r'oad were the statements ofthe Consuls, which appeared nary to trouble the Committee at any greater length, but he
kißhti!Pert *of Mr. Meek. According to that summary they could not sit down without expressing his surprise that the
kiplrketetporte-
i: -,200,000 quarters annually from the Continent, at Right Hon. Gentleman should have omitted to address himself
4 viii,b tip in bond of 375. There were three places, however, at all to the question brought before the House by the Hon.
t'ltwere Prices were higher ; namely, Riga, Rotterdam, and Member for Lincolnshire.-( Hear, hear.) lie thought,d
heeocnn-
e•eee pl; 13 ut • the quantity which might be imported from sidering the manner in which the agriculturists had
titt,alers 'Ace!. did not enter into the aggregate of 2,200,000 treated by the Government, they %sere in a sorry plight._
1 e • ',ow they might show thatsuch queu-
e r that ey certainly no . He had the greatest respect fur the Hop. Gentleman, but he
Bill of the
,fttsiteeto,6cnosuld be imported, in all probability, when the price must say that his manifestation of hostilitys(rioos to(ftibeearß,
tear,am..
ee .4 ireporu • , after they bad made a fair allowance for the profit Right Hon.
TBai one was not very
made serious.-(Hear, speech, and s'atis-
„l,4"l,ol. ea importer But small quantities of foreign corn might a laugh.)
.he Hon. Gentleman
• ld
lki.'s f (et ,4- at a much lower price. Let them take the two fled his constituents in a manner which no. doubt. they would
4Cere° pd
and Elsinore, d they would find from the appreciate ; but clearly he had no serious intention of pressing
tii•,ht'rit of an.
166 be .._ Our Consul a' Elsinore, that
.i ,
1-5 000 quarters his motion upon the House, and in that he ex•rcised a very
• • ( Cheers and laughter. )
40200 4,,lmPorted from that port at a price of 335. ; and sound discretion.-(
..
upon the
1 D 7„ 011 e Zrtersl at a price of 265. 6d., might be imported Sir J. TYRRELL wished to explain his own views
r." th s-- 1%1 M -11 t his information, ef course, question before the House, as Hon. Members on his side of
Net, e C,„su, r• eek co critic
ktf, .of dot . .3, and it was ulous to suppose that on the House were taunted with being attached to the silent sys-
e etilibi aii an fto regarded as tern -(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He could not retort the
per e. el y 0 those gentlemen were be
• 'tun t e was firmly persuaded that was about the pro- compliment, for in the seven nights' debate there had been on
Ivothiee °be pai 1 . Bs.
age .4 t° ' for freight. Persons who had everymotive for the other side a great deal of sound and very little argument -
to ipee. ,ii,extendL the foreign trade, agreed that Bs.was a fair aver- (Hear, hear,. and laughter.) Two Hon. Gentlemen had spoken.
elt,° best
_ileY must not forget, that for Bs. the corn was brought on each side of the House this evening, but they had not said
;bpi [tater giarkets in England, whilst out of the price which one word that touched the-proposition of his Hon. Friend, the
4:. °gine ~ clinained for his corn, he had to PaY the cost of Member for Lincolnshire. -( Hear, hear.) But he could
:ee it to market. In this way there was deducted 2s. or say that his prejudices and partiality induced him
lieleler P.r,jsin the profit of the British grower. If they took to hope that these calculations might be correct.
sae., expeonore, and 10s. for Odessa, not as comprsing the He considered that from the peculiar circumstances of the
hi e- t•kpense, but the whole excess of
expense over the aee- great talents, from the high character, the confidence of that
quotan tile to which the British grower was put in bringing House and of the country in the Right Hon. Baronet the
3)s r 3 ee 211arket the result was, that there were 154,000 Member for Tamworth, it would be conceded on both sides of
kin 6d., an'ytett...t brought from Odessa into this country at the House that the Right Hon. Baronet and the Government
pro`e s'i 40, ,115,000 quarters at 38s. That would give a by which he seas supported were in a condition to deal with
te,"'ded ti * for 325,000 quarters of wheat. Now', he had the question more immediately before the House in any manner
Yttan lia.,P°ll the evidence to which the Right Hon. Gen- they might think fit. He had no hesitation in saying that
Ppeetie_o‘:eferred him.-(Cries of "No, no," from the there was but one feeling throughout the country, and that
te...r!-!,,,, t .44 riches) Yes, this was their evidence -(Hear.) was a feeling of contempt for the proposition of the Noble
ti'44lted b a undertone some correction,
but it was evidence Lord on the other side of the House.-(Loud 'cheers fom the
C'"eree,,,e3; Cocsuls who were under the sway of the late Ministerial benches.) He believed that the Hon. Member
bp^:tin.„, 17:8t It appeared, then, upon the authority of the for Lincolnshire was a better friend to the agriculturl
titl4lght into they might have 300,000 quarters. of wheat interest than many of those by whom
.he. was sur-
'•nei. a e(tit ngland at 40s. a quarter, showing,. that rounded. With regard to the large majority of 300
lie lip roar-
03,'. f 16s. it might be sold at 565. in the against the motion of the Hon. Member for rolverhamp.oe,
lieliii.qPed the' '
.z, But what was the fact with respect to Dantzie? he remembered. when last he introduced hi. measure, the
ilhi3,,ard,, ,t4llt Hon. Gentleman would not disown Mr.
.House was in an extraordinary state. There was no person
it hear autnori
kit_ aY, a gentleman of his own choice,
• and one :n the Gallery and only two policemen in the kbby, and lie
, .ear vin the greatest industry and discrimination.- thought that if he had taken a show of hands amongst the cab
write . .
IN,iit at ti, i,. •,-nd that gentleman quoted, the average men in Palace-yard, the decision would have been giver,
e et. fire: ( zie, for ten years as 375. 74.- If they took the against him. lie must confess that placing that great confi-
i'" 014 irght, 8,,, t ,_. , .
I ~ aritzie •., a ab., that would raise the pile'. ' .
to 42a• • deuce in the Right Hon Gentleman which he (lid, which con-
e\sheafco Id
Ito toe Isriti i • u pay a duty of 155.,
and yeet come fidence was felt by the country, that he as an humble individual
;,. n, Ge,,, s I market at 575.-( Hear, hear.) The Rip* should not be doing his duty if he did not vote for the propo
011' to ottoman ''""!rnan had taunted them (the Ministerial side)
„ position to with sition before the House.
itiute pet, _ refer to the information furni•hedbytheagente Mr. HQRSMAN said that the Hon. Member for Lin-
eek. 7tit Governme t
qu'tat• itte Hon n , and particularly to the report of Mr. coinshire camiie forward as the represereative of a great
Ctuene a d h* • • • • '
Ith,. lots 0,.. „, - Gentleman had been careful in his own eons i Gen r is opinion derived importance irr,m 1'41.`!. taid th ' •alr. Meek, when he taunted those Gentlemen the Hon. tleman being one of a large claws wh,
i 11ie ,at corn was no more-. 'tl.l
ti 25 Mee said that the . has} ".Be, at Elsinore ;
..
for entertained the same opinion as the Hon. Gentleman. He
°I Yea" had b average price of coin wheat gt Denim. (Mr. Hors Horeman) was prepared to prove, from the Hon. Gen-
. the tt steadier been 28s. ; but he considered that the prospect tleman's own words, that he had pursued two lines of conduct ;
if 1111"de withrnt".ket for continental corn, by the opening of further, thet h.e had set down statements which he had contra
sot ey took
hati country, would raise the price to 30s. Now dieted; and given positive pledges which he had since broken
te.
(test 0, . ealeulation, and added to it ss. per quarter First, he had stated that he weuld not listen to any proposal for
-.4' iat importationa;b, Dantzic wheat could be landed in Flap guy alteration whatever in the l'orn,law;
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it, --ear h , Paying a duty of 18s., could be sold at 535• he had stated that he would not oppose protection, but that he
•Itean'titieestr He that admitted that this would not be would oppose every attempt to lower that protection. With
would Anaturiall affee British prices. regard to the first statement, he (Mr. Herman) would quote
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