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London, England, 1842-02-24 00:00:00

ss. any length oftime until the question of the Corn-laws was settled.
- ' Whether the state of commerce in this country were prove-
,rtnus or otherwise, still they did their countrymen this jujus-
ice, they prevented them from extending their trade, and they
had n
a more right to prevent the extension of their trade than
the 7 had to prevent its creation ; a prevention of the future
•!ass bad as an usurpation of the past. As long as they laid
rrman„ent
their reetrietions on the intelligence and enterpi ice of their
austrintryrnen, it was imposs'ble they could ever know any real
the
ssyssstteent, arising prosperity It was true they were consoled by
increased night non. Baronet in a statement that their exports had
; but there were two sorts of exports, one a sound
iileipimea'r. from a demand abroad, the other a forced
proceeding from the want of demand at home.
) Nothing had been more clearly proved than
„,,,...
t. this was the fact with respect to the cotton
7:_uldn • If they took the return of the whole amount
,relnl._ tend deducted it from the whole amount exported, the
tutioutna.lttr woeld give the quantity taken for home consump-
eosvot less, ettantity taken for home consumption last year,
....,!.
ki_.enan the year preceding it, the year 1840 ; that show
rdt
• id,,,f_eill rthestate of the exports might be, the home consurne
...7 1 a state of distress and denression. The total weigh-
tee
.'
spun in 1840, was about 406,000,000 lbs. ; the
Vtil7rtity
o„,, exported, was 929,000,000 lbs.. which left
e:I 441 ''''" lbs. for home consumption. By the same
asellisatut,n,ll, the quantity for. home consumption last year,
No. ,r-e-Yee) lbs, being. a diminution of or
i anufac-
-9,000.,0001b5. from
ture this export %you'd still go on, because tie m
we "'finding they hall no chance of a demand in the home market
f re obliged
„ to make consignments—a most dangerous system
- commercial l• ''' • h se uences, they ran
the risk Po ley—but blind to t e con .q .
Ala sell of. selline at the smallest possible profit, rather than
at ail. ' , .
lire destitution of the home consumer was
eiti i occasioned hY their refusing to extend commerce, and give
_ tie P eYment to the industrious cl.isses. They recognized the
very measure
of extending commerce, and cheapening food by the
They
measure which the Government had proposed.
hadl 3Y heti admitted his (Mr. Ewart's) premises, and
adopted theprinciple for which he was contend•
elll•tes, that it
IrieFF • It had been stated in the course of these
~, had been our original commercial policy
, ilelePlece restriction on the supply of the food of the people.
the home that such had been the ease. Up to the year 1771
n of the
ti n --e teliPlY of corn had been sufficient for the consump-
Jm country. In that year a Committee of the House
co sat to consider the cause of the distressed state of the
_llintry,
General Pownall had been the Chairman of that
rirrn.raittee
Berl. * and Mr. Burke had been one of its membersli
Inedall,Tnehad then declared that the most momentous of a
• Cara --g as the meddling with the food of the people. Thath
greatleittee
*tad reported that the cause of the distress was t e
sepui "tension of our commerce, which had rendered the
The of corn inadequate to supply the wants of the people.
Ire: tilt of that recommendation was the establishment of a
Illiti et -"r in corn. For• the thirty years following they had
'thief,. L'ree trade in corn, and the report of the Committee
Itse ~,ed sat in IEOI, a report drawn up by Mr. Hutkisson,
•eo -4e4 that had any period of the history of this
tun, ,s_ never
hetese-4, 71l so marked by prosperity as the thirty those
no
"72 arid 1802, and he would refer all
to the er"„eunced free trade doctrines as being merely tthiceaolrediuis_l
Nth),
urtet of that Committee, as affording a prac .
corn.
Ile el - tbenefits to be derived from a free trade in
''''
much ' another omission in the statements
of th ~,i,surprised at
e --‘er aid came it, he would ask, that the state-
tteleets oiark ,e. How
t Offirefs before the Imports
'nlenetts_v, nY the Governmen d _
note do'''. had been wholly withdrawn from consideration ?s
did ft dha )p that the Right Hon. Baronet, or other
Pi il.„
' Piste is- -opposite, p 't did 'not cite in their favour the
°lttiairle,-s :1 111; floCinioesioer,Mr. Porter, or Mr. M'Gregor, all
tof
Or llaiti "ressed themselves favourable either to the immediate
.
illiry,atte freedem of the trade in corn? re was another .
' we. h and which, with the exception
of Ai
ti le they heard nothing,
bY 11% ‘te'liisso '
these in the ear h d up
1821 and t at rawn
, erd „ n s reof
,raeo,,, siurharn on tate the an ,
C adas was the most
lerVittlt which had been drawn un in the country. He al-
Nt e: the report of the Hand-loom Weavers' Commission.
les %Miss'
see f ion recommended that the duties on corn should
.%tieturttr!' Year to year till there
was no duty at all ; and it
14, ter y !conclusion after the most . extensive and accurate
*eolith,' when they had such authority on .
their side for the
of amistl of the duties OH corn,that systems
who could wonder
belteiti°4should exist in the country, or that they were
„
ed to him to be
le a,,e9e1l anything but reason ? It appear
i. .
In
• ferte"tien of reason and not of force.—(Hear, real.)
4 TeLtirnes they had had the revolutions of a Cade or
of alt,' and not the peaceable, _
reasonable
agitation
He did
hot kest* Aeland and Mr. Sydney Smith.
.t
ti
elver ho
Gentleman could complain of an agi a-
NI
- • vc
ihn*
d not of the pas-
shius. rigid on by the force of reason, a‘n
ofthe--(Hear, hear.) He was convinced that if
the just claims
ef asjeeple were not satisfied, and if they a w
11 edthat sPecies
n ' h the reatest
eau-esation to continue, it would be fraught wit . g
'' not
cep to the social Sibsyem. He had traced the agitatioyn,
k-
Ie 'lithe metro olis ut in Lancashire, Staffordshir.e, orb
' jeete1,,,144 in Scotland; and he was convinced that until the o -
Isseirias attained that agitation never would slumber, never
It -cease• He believed that the miserable apology for a remedy
„utile .. •
Pe Ile,Vee no satisfaction, and never could
It Wit Hon. Baronet brought Emancipation, he
in Catholic
heßight
~ Nils , •.
not e"d It boldly, scorning all minor exceptions. T
any
se atable Baronetwas asked, would he not demand
tenure impose
. .
itroehi 8, or impose any restrictions . . .
7 He answered that he
1 b c use he
I,tne ,11,44- That he would concede the princip e, e a
Ole' 'Net Until it was conceded, there would be no rep.ose.—
ri stelaes' Why did not the Right Hon. Baronet act so in the
es,- ease ?Y Why did he not show the same boldnessld?
eees.'"er, he (Mr. Ewart) was convinced that thehedayawdoromt
ete we
datie „,ell he (Sir R. Peel) would regret that_ h
t. 11,,-",,S He must remind the Right Hon. aron
B et that,
. led ‘e sale, Modification was the resource of aufweak
the
Ilietstledecided mind."—( Hear, hear.) The course . d
h It 1104 B
not only condemned, b y t %lend i „
Ark • aronet, was
the aZtl,!e a a suffering people, but it would.be condetm by
1 111 -isle verdict of a reflecting and impartial postifrtihy;
corn_
• 4eetsrtie. " BERKELEY would vote for the repeal o
•ei le, and 14. ' ' -cause hh f d them to be unjust in rin p d
l'ehiev
e e 'eve
H Members had expresse
titre, sss ens in effect
...Many on. s , .
the ro-
• Fe-eat • , ' e • tuous gnation at p
total te astonistiment an vir
• that those laws
edalestePeal the Corn-laws. Remembering
ee se, Ys been opposed by statesmen of the greatest eminence,
f - %lite , d rstand such expressions. He was
.4 see at a Loss to un e
b use he held"' the
s_ereat rte Peal of the Corn-law s, eca
,uelieGteld).4eileal doctrine, that all commerce , .
should be
~ ensile . , and, because the Corn-laws espscia , lly as
i *si • iolenee to
' '14.4,114'g with the sustenance of the peop.e, di v .
Ss,• -4. Corn-law was proposed in 1815, it
me- When the
aloe lip, used I)3' several great statesmen. The language theni
tret,'• li_l• illustrious Princes of the Blood, and by several po L-
itt ef the first standing in this country was, that the neces-
, taLllaght to be irresistible which could authorise Parliament
the t'Per with the sustenance of the people, an.d to impde d
1.14:ea sale and purchase of that article on which degenhead
tho;tistenee of Sr large a portion of the community.enuinever pro-
' dae:Te authority for saying that those laws..
(Hear, hear.)
'.' ifsii‘entY, cheapness, or steadiness of p •
- rice.—h
the late Lord
Gree--,tas' in error, he shared the error with
with his
' hoy-'le, with the late Duke of Buckingham, and_
'''''ee elitli
sentiments, es. er„, ghness the Duke of Sussex, whose
when-
•e StestlMllgated, would command respect, and arose equally
5' soundness ,anundness of his head and frcm thegoodness of his
had been
ei ,trilto„,-111ear, hear.) Among the petitions which
had had
-"ed, Prayingfor repeal of the Corn-laws, he .
• h,,,_ a
IlltieitOntir to present one from t ,
he city of Bristol,
* 'fan Lad received 25,000 sinatures ; and agreeing with the
••• 'ell; -I"Al:ter for Birmingham, that the petitions presented.,
• .s. 10.,,0
with the attention which was
• gee tr,tl
.use were not received
~
®h their
is importance, he felt himself bound to raise his voice
strongly expressed
' thei„ 4" of those petitioners who had so esn
one
e_._
404 :Pi, ittions on the subject of the Corn-laws. 1 Pti
to present,
3„iiftleilielt he (Mr. F. Berkeley) had the honour t
remark.
elk 7 17,799 individuals, the language
wasmasrespectful it was
.44. tat the s time that it was most
same
4 It
t sorrows felt by the people.
burl , expressed the great
Lleitie"e (Mr. F'. Berkeley) begged to say that
74 f,' Perused the names of the petitionrs, 0 a
ell -"Mai h men as were not only incapable. f
telt e names of sue
It °chi, b
to the meanness of exaggeration.
a, ste,„ but of even stooping
• `mtket'''' tee belief of the petitioners that there was a growing
irk ~
414.)
~,eslon among the people towards that House.—( Hear,
le had been
4tlllee they believed that the prayers of the peop t
it., -sted.
- d the House not o
gle kut.---( Hear, hear. ) They pray e
lects,l urine to despair. —( Hear.) . When
Wh he (fir. F. Berkeley)
kne -,, that the • habitants. of the.eity of Bristol were not so
.114 !ttgy , '"
her parts of the country,
, tti did fe , retched as the peopledeind,
natnd expressing such sen-
' 14,4enta iltathat petitions so wor
t, tisk' ,sltlanded the utmost attention and respect of the
which he
"11/41t4 , whilst on the subject of
.the constituency
be allowed to
refer to "t?_near to represent, he might probablythe Member for Cam-
Oletehiue speech of the Noble Laid,
11 pewee, who alluded to his (Mr. Berkeley's) constituency.
•ttlitll, eing of
political agitations, past and present, the Noble
Bill, inferred
seeloill,. alluding to the agitation of the Reformrotten
klitht,_ef that agitation as connected with. boroughs,
'''ai. le he the folly was proved by the failure of the Reform
d Bristol
iu'lei.bee added that Nottingham Castle was sacked,an
torte Q. 11%, in their agitation against rottenuever
before
boroughs.fore been tit-
,„h_.4 by
.2.alider against a peopleNhohad
Noble Lord in that Honse.
0441,.. li,Y. lion. Gentleman
the. tlttle of tie.rkeley) won or
the Nble Lord to produce
(-e y t timer peg lee of Bristol in
ull le taira.,. evidence, to show tha
h hPi
been actuated by
ksYs seeii`ten against rotten boroughs a
which the Noble Lord
:‘artituse, desire. The effects to
~ 7.a.a4411" ,a, were the ob and were operations of a law .
Lille rheineffi • n ewant of j udgmen tof the Magistracy.
"vliw-te tauntedeLe •e'' an
small minority and an isolated
esitiYl 41 th„ with being a
fat the ,'w House. He was perfect yco 1 ntented to put up
bt,.ordololint, because he knew they were not an isolated body
,loriti,.°ll. Let Hon. Gentlemen reflect that they had had
h ex-
-et "s en form •ons which had fallen before t e
the
peoN 0, i ~, er ocean ,
theme ktVeons of the people. In his humble thinking:.
te kart, "e
,Present moment .e t ,
f 1 the deepest indignation at
fhe felt the uti-
Otei,uoer In which they were treated.
1 by the Right
lote,i'' lie,:tent at the measure brought forwkearryt
and an insult,
illeettlests4,,,t- They felt that it was a mockery
disastrous cease-
;: iv -"eY were conciliated, the most
kr. Ttier‘aid fells w•
is., Protective PINELY took the prevent . .
question to be one of.
64'
48°144% ;114. The Right Hon. Bart. in introducing his
iles-u„..?eeettee ' ,i,e not lay any stress upon them on the score of
be always
s. "u
sea-ePaseti, „et° protective duties, he (Mr. T.) would .
4fl. --.4a 44" Pectin the importation of corn and provisions,
lst,),ithll to th
, Th 'ntou,„--e comfort of the working classes, the extension of
%•'''. -e•• Hire -ref! of the country, and the distress now existing,
Itl ' thate„se ellght to consider the inexpediency of any duty
skt.l;, Zcleatilri.,,i He (Mr. T.) had come to the conclusion, that
vie,. mss 6,s—es ought to be tree from all duty, and he would
41; frieetr`ttilY give his support to the motion of his Hon.
Ile, :iitlins„ and Colleague ( Mr. Villiers). The principle of a
eill' eeta,;ltteate oPerated for the benefit of those countries near us,
silt,' a}l the considerable injury of countries at a distance—he
hear,
Its, lter.y` t 0 the United States of America.—(Hear,
L e*enntet, 4C).r most important trade was with that
t'llge_ ed '4O e•or the last few years our exports to America aye-
)), 'ectin. of
eight millions sterling. They consisted of manu-
Nes, N... es) not in the state of cot'on twist or yarn, but manufae-
,sdse wrieli.o a
~ gut in e, high state *of perfection—woollens, linens,
4tt: they shouldeSuch articles. It was of the utmost importance that
;it -,
..eoiri_rl. afford facility to the United States for exporting
i ,' the: Wasprovisions in exchange for those manufactures.
41,, loniati.„
~ an opinion that America was not an exporting
tast Thati"ti Itlr• M`Culloch, in a work published last year, re-
ties,: fee,
su ,”, every one knew that from the United States very leit'' Ported PPhes of corn could be obtained ; that they even im-
-64 th_ wheat into that country from Dantzic and other ports.
teiui 'Year 1837 five hundrid quarters of wheat were cer-
. . the 3' Imported into America from Dantzic, but that was
iTh °nIY year whe• ' to any extent.
, e hat . et the importations were
nad also•vest in America and there
had been bad that year ;
sill( of ~,..b,e.en an undue expansien of paper currency, the re-
nigh, winch circumstances was that prices were unusually
%arse:ld corn having risen, like' all other articles, 500,000
hthe i. , had been imported rom Dantzic. The Noble Lord
i* 'ember for North Lancashirehadalluded, in a speech to
• constitue t • . .
ie Asse , ri 9la September las,, to the high price of corn
414 rift, and intimated that we could not look for any
eve:: Y „from that country. A paper had, how-
ew '
~eeell laid usion the table of the House a
it a., uaYs ago by the Board of Trade, from which
fur rared that the average exports ft om the United States
rted lase 49 years had amounted to 900,000 barrels of flour,
t
rt:YeA)OOO . quarters of wheat each year. They had also ex-
isselerable quartti6es'of Indian corn, rye, beef, and pork.
5t14.11, Po to be recollected that America was virtually ex'
toutuirnn•om the markets of this country • arid yet notwith-
' very g the exclusion, her exports of grain' and flour had been
arid
ogyee:( ; and although she had to compete with Hamburg,
w`elAtcountries, she had almost exclus'vely supplied the
1ndie5%.,12_4,. . anti South America. The United States were
1,7 N in circumstances of great The
as re aided the
7.rk.ts of this country, in • ' g
kite of the Continerit _ cc,itnuarison with the na-
e held in his ha nti aco of Europe. (Her, hear.)
copy f a memorial addressed to the

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