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London, England, 1820-08-07 00:00:00

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y-Meild,Amlwch, Carnatott, Pwl %di, Conway, Dab, Core
and Dolgelly.
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The 9th district comprises Cardigan, Lampeter, ,4-13'r'slt'
hes'
with, Pembroke, Fisliguard, HaVetfordwest, Caring-
Llandilo, Kidwelly, Swansea, Neath, and COwbridge., y
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The lOth district comprises Gloucester, Cirercoter,,o,
bury, StOw-on-Wold, Tewkesbury, Bristol, Tatintori, ‘`10,9
13ridge-water, Frame, chard, Monmouth, Aherga". )1
Chepstow, an'd Pontypool. , ,000
The llth district comprises Exeter, Barnstaple, P_,lvi'', ies'
Totness, Tavistock, Kingsbrielgo, Truro, Bodoni], Lau"-
ton, Redruth, Helstone, and St. Austell. „eke
The iith district comprises Blandfotd, Bridport, 1:1° er
ter, Sherborne, Shaft eshory, Wareham, Winchester,Ando o,
Basingstoke, Farehmajlavaist, Newport, Is log wood, S°i
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ampton, and Portsmouth. , 01'
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An inspector is appointed for each of these•to
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Magistrates in Sessions; and the dealers in corn, viz. fu'_ ~e
ntaltstcrs, mmehants, factors, agents, &c. are bound to eid
' returns in writing, of the quantity and price of each aod Cl' s!
.sale of corn, and by what measure or weight the..santel'd
bought, to the inspector of the town in which such fitnlcljit,
was made. He is bound to enter all these returns in ab° eI
and transmit weekly an account. thereof to the receire(
corn returns in London. :vifl
The total quantity' of corn sold in each town is cast or' 0,
the total of money for which the same was sold, after e!loi
lining the weights and_ measures (if any variations are Woe
therein); and then dividing the money by the quartcrs,l4
result gives the average price of that town; these- a'eo,
prices of each town being thus found, are added tog-ether, gi
being again divided by the number of towns, give the ar.,.er„;ll
of such district • "and the averages of the districts-thus f'
are added together, and being divided by 12,' give the agig, -
gate average of the whole 12 districts; and the combined. oil
gregate average_ price of the six weeks preceding_ the thi
May, August, November, and February, determines re
opening and shutting of the . ports at those period'
spectively*. • - isr
The country inspectors are bound by oath to the.due s;
cution of their office, and are removable by the Magistratof
they are bound to enter all returns in a book, the inspef ;0(
of which is open to the receiver and to others, by coe
two Magistrates. 110
They are allowed ss. for every return, out of the Cao,
rate, which was reimbursed by the Receiver General of ite,f
toms, formerly out of duties received on the importati°3l
oKe
foreign corn ; but the same having been repealed, the 'hs!
is left upon the custom duties generally. Magistrates tp,
order further rewuneration out of County rates, but ea"
twin no further reimburse
toent. 41!
All dealers are booth' m
wake a declaration that the,' :el
make true and fait hfol returns. s.ccurding to the directioatie,
the Statute, and are liable to a penalty of 101. fur :eve).
glect or 'default, or false return.
The Privy Council have power to change the towns folll'
whence returns are required to he made, upon the rePrc'
tation of Magistrates in Sessions.
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Your Committee having thus detailed the principal P.co,
sinus of the existing law, for collecting the returns of Pricer
and forming the averages, which they think,'with sotoe 'tot
exceptions, are well constructed to accomplish the objec, re
the Legislature, if duly executed, have now to state il';401 -
suit of their inquiry as to its execution, the existence of
frauds, the liability to fraud, and the means of firctie
thin; and in. the first place, with regard to its eseeucor
they feel themselves warranted in saying, upon the.,eg'
current testimony of all the witnesses, that with the o'.ol/
Lion of the returns taken at the Corn Exchange, the gre3fr
neglect and inattention has universally prevailed ; tlig,fsf
turns taken at the -Corn Exchange ,appear to be regif3c,
and correct, and - the persons bound by law, viz, the. Ice
tors, obey the injunction of the Statute. Your Copilu'doc:
remark here, that-the reams are made by factors onIYY nth
is, persons employed to sell Oil commission, and, conseolle. „to
that all purchases made by millers, maltsters, and mereb3dief
of the growers br shippers of corn, or agents or persons; tte(
than factors, do not come inTo thisTeturn. Your Contlec to
are not aware of the reasons that induced the tegislatatoc
determine the price of the first district y.tlte criterion °f ~f 1
Corn Exchange; it appeals to them that it would be alter
consonant to the spirit of the law to take the price fr°"lesti'
'principal towns of Essex, Kent, and Sussex, in urtler t°;?..',
mate file real average price of corn in those three este,' be
maritime counties; the consumption of London I equires
higher quality of grain, and probably does therefore o,Dicil
of the best growth of those counties, to the.plice of 5s
must be added the cost of transport to market. ch.°
In regard to the other districts, your Committee 611 l°
abort.: stated, universal neglect, and they have reaso"titf:
think, that a very inconsiderable proportion of the rfo'lli°
sold weekly is ever returned. Your Committee thin" ,to
an inspection of the paper marked lA.) is sufficient aIOI6
exemplify and prove that opinion.; the House will sec l Pities
weekly average sales in many of the most considerabletece
and towns are so exceedingly small, as to form in itself col'
elusive proof, that tto attention whatever is given to tbei, Os
lection of returns; indeed, it often omit's, particular lop
Manchester, Macclesfield, aid Stockport, retort's are Hiltr
to the receiver uf, 'r None sold:" Front Plymouth thocef
specter returned three quarters of wheat, in one inst3.lll6!
. anti seven, in another, have formed
.the total return f 0 free'
week ; when it is in evidenCe, that a single dealer will oectof
sell 200 quarters in that place on one market day; the iris? re
says, that not one-tenth of the dealers ever make a"l„eprr
turn at-all. At Bristol thirty-nine quarters of wheat "l'i, Ore
_in one instance, to have formed the total return ; tweutl'ltl'-
in another; and, on one occasion; none was retuined•lebli
supposed, nevertheless, by the Inspector, that the ‘`rser',,
sales are front 1,500 to 2,000 quarters ; and although t 001
are about forty factors and dealers in corn iii Bristol, Yeti,cf
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more than six or seven have ever signed the declarati°t i,
ever make any returns. At Liverpool similar negleforir
stated to prevail. Your Committee do not think it nece,'iect:.
therefore, to go further into. this ' part- of the sou•sale••!
many of the witnesses have. produced. statemeuts oft, tL'
of their own, compared with the returns under the .Y. i!'.
show that in many casi. they are wieldy differeuti,igf!'
general they suppose that. the aggregate average i„.,.5 off`
er than their sales; but this does not appear to ~ ci‘:
funnily the case, though there are undoubtedly Inamti!;llt..
cumstaoces that may have a tendency to bring thO„,A,
priced wheats into the return -rather than the low. '''' p(ii:
and bakers, when concerned 13 making the return, tnaY__,Def
an interest in snaking the price (particularly in town' 'd fA,e.
an assize of bread is set) _appear- high. -Merchants a° 011,•',.
tors of foreign corn may have the same inducemeot t°,. is:!.'.
the ports and warehouses. Farmers have a pride iti tlii. II !'
lily of their growth of corn, as proved by the sale, au," ()„,hit,
give large. measure, or make up deficiency of ~,,,ight 0:,.„111.
Ilona! quantity. It is also in evidence, that a very geu`af".
attention prevails in respect to the use of the legal star ,
and that every deviation is au increase upon it. a
I In regard to the practice of any fraud, with a view t",coffefile
to
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an influence on the price which each quarter, ilay is
the opening. and shutting the ports, yam Committee 11.:0,,,ti;
report, that no instance has been actually proved befohral`,,,'
to have succeeded in producing the effect desired; 7e
I or three cases are stated in evidence, in which, actor ode,
! the opinion of the witness, such an attempt- has been "'
! [The remainder of this Report to-morrow.]
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* By the Act 55 Gen. 111. c, 26, s. 5, it is however
,eat,,,05,„
that if -after the opening of, the ports for the imporlid itil,e,:
foreign corn, &c, the price of any such corn, &c. shoo
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Gist six weeks following such opening, fall below ti,lre V°.,o.
! at which foreign corn is, allowed to be imported, ; farqc
shall he shut against the importation -of that sort fro IJI!!
emu, from any place from the Eyder to the-Bid:lo°3'o.e ilr
last °six weeks of that quarter, or until a tint dce°°
be made up and published.
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BIRTHS. -
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At his seat its Devon, on Monday the 31st July, the
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Sir Artll
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,Chichcster,Bart. of a son, still-born. -t
On -the 3d instant, in Great Marlborougb.stree.l
Philip Hardwick, of a son.
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On the Sd instant 4 at Linslade church, the ner:titeroof
Main, Vic-• of I inslade to Eliza 'Jean, South dai";soil
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the late David Fell, Esq , of Caversham-grove, in t
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of Oxford. . .