The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-07 00:00:00

THE TRADE IN CORN.

The following are the papers relative to the trade
in corn, moved for in the House of Commons on
Thursday evening, by Mr. Gladstone :
Address for statements of the titles and dates of
the several Acts which have been passed for regu-
lating the importation and exportation of corn in the
United Kingdom, with summaries of the duties or
prohibitions, &c., imposed by them since the year 1660.
Of the annual average price of wheat per imperial
quarter, at Eton and Oxford, from 1646 to 1770.
Of the annual average price of each kind of grain
in England and Wales, from 1771 to 1841.

Of the decennial fluctuations in the price of wheat,
as'shown in the two preceding accounts, from 1646
to 1815 from 1816 to 1828 ; and from 1829 to

1841 ; exhibiting the highest and lowest annual ave-
rage in each decennial period, and the per centage
amount of difference.

Of the weekly average price, the duty average, and
the rate of duty, with respect to each kind of grain ;
also the quantities of each kind paid duty, and the
amount of duty received therefrom, distinguishing fo-
reign from colonial in each week, from July, 1828, to
December, 1841.
Of the quanties of each kind of grain, distinguish-
ing foreign from colonial, imported, paidduty, and re-
maining in warehouse, in each month, together with
the average monthly price of wheat in England and
Wales, from July, 1828, to December, 1841.
Of the septennial prices of each kind of grain as
prepared for the purposes of the Tithe Commission,
in each year, from 1835 to 1841.
Of the Fair prices of wheat in each county of Scot-
land from 1828 to 1841.

Of the annual average prices of wheat in Dublin, in
*Leh year, from 1828 to 1841.
Of the annual average prices of wheat in Guern-
sey and Jersey, with the quantities imported and ex-
ported, in each year, from 1820 to 1841.
Of the quantities of wheat returned as sold in Eng-
land and Wales by the corn inspectors, in each week
and each year, from July, 1828, to December, 1841.
Of the total quantities of wheat and wheat flour
imported into, and exported from, Great Britain, in
each year, from 1697 to 1841.
Of the quantities of the several kinds of grain and
meal imported from each country, and likewise of the
quantities re-exported from the warehouse to each
country, in each year, from 1828 to 1841.
Of the total amount and average rate of duty re-
ceived on each kind of grain, distinguishing foreign
and colonial, in each year, from July, 1828 to 1841.
Of the quantities of each kind of grain which paid
the several rates of duty during the whole period,
from July, 1828, to December, 1841.
Of the total quantities of each kind of grain, foreign
and colonial, with the total amount of duty paid upon
each kind, and the average rate thereof, during the
whole period, from July, 1828, to December, 1841.
Of the quantities of each kind of grain and of malt
imported into Great Britain from Ireland, in each
year, from 1800 to 1841.

Of the quantities of grain of each kind, distinguish-
ing British, Scottish, Irish, and Foreign, imported into
London, in each year, from 1820 to 1841.

The river presented a most animated appear-
ance, from the great number of individuals passing up
and down the Thames, between London and Woolwich,

in the steamers and craft. The steam-boat wharfs, at the
Adelphi, Hungerford-market, London-bridge, and Wap-
ping, were besieged at, an early hour by the Londoners,
waiting for the steamers, and each vessel left crammed
with bipeds, who were stowed away on deck and in the
cabins. On their arrival at Wo9lwich, all bore towards

,he Common and Arsenal, and the town itself was very
.1111 of visitors. The Waterman's Steam-packet Com-
pany's vessels landed 15,000 passengers during the day
between the Adelphi pier and Woolwich ; and an extra
boat, the Vivid, engaged by the Waterman's Company,
conveyed upwards of 2,000 persons to and from the va-
rious piers, between nine and six o'clock. After the re-
view and embarkation of the King of Prussia the rush of
people towards the Waterman's
pier, at Woolwich, was
tremendous ; and Waterman No 2 actually took away
500 passengers at one trip, and the numbers would have
been increased if the captain had not let go the ropes,
and ordered the engines to go a-head. There was no
material accident during the clay, and the utmost har-
.
mony and good humour prevailed.
THE N
h DUKEBucks
ucks Gazette,
oEBU a paper supposed to he under
CICINGIIAM'S RESIGNA-
TIOthe influence of the Duke of Buckingham, thus explains
the cause of his Grace's resignation:—" The Duke of
Buckingham pledged himself to the agriculturists to
maintain, in or out of office, such an amount of duty on
foreign corn as he considered adequate protection to the
home grower—now, had such an amount been proposed
and carried in the Cabinet as the Noble Lord deemed
protection, he would of course have assented to it, and
remained a Cabinet Minister. The effect of his resigna-
tion suffices to prove that the reduced scale proposed
was not protective in the Duke's estimation, and that
therefore he resigned. The agricultural body have
much to regret in this result, for it augurs no good to
their interest, by which the Duke has stood unflinch-
ngly and consistently since he first commenced his
public career. We shall not speculate on the precise
,objections made by his Grace to the scale proposed, but
we may be sure that with his desire to preserve the unity
and strengthen the plans of a Conservative Administra-
tion; he would have given way had such a course been
consistent with his determination to stand by the farmers.
And we do fear that when the reduced 'sliding scale'
shall be made public, that the agriculturists will soon
detect the on
grounds of the Duke of Buckingham's refusal
to acquiesce in it."
PEACE AND PATIENCE --All are surprised at
the patience of the people under the tremendous pressure
of the times. The truth is, their spirits are broken.
About two years ago they were buoyant with hope in
physical force. That having failed, as was certain, they
seem to have no hope left. To use the observation of a
countryman, " Their pluck is all gone.":— The Struggle.