The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-08 00:00:00

Stittelf opposition to.l344ointsalneanit tbe Ocin-
Victionwas so Litity,erW
. in-
terest diStre sstd Ito- an oktr:ardilel:iry degree,
.that he:llidught it inipoisible flif:lhartiouse to
,yelese.mgiye the sultscot Nose patient nod
delibej ireconsideration. if bet w,e,re,to_sitopose
an'yeljeetitins- would be urged against that course
-Which li•c-should'reComtnentl-, 'he Must conclude
they
,would be. founded ou Ilse supposition that to
slo this might increase the at•triu which already
revailed; or 'that' it could tody tend to excite
hope, whiph would ultimately be disappointed. He
did not think, hoWever, that in either of these t e-
*peen', any ince'revettieneeivits to be apprehended
from the adoption of that course which he_ would
recommend. Whatever might prove the extent
-of 41i-it:tower of the Legislature in this case—
Itowever incapable they might be to afford
sill the necessary relief -Which the case demanded,
they
.ought nor to shriek l•roni the investigation of
its merits—they W:ght to make it known what
these really were, and at least to consider if some-
thing coe: l not he done for the henefit of the
'thousands of itldi.iaaals over whom ruin was at
that -moment impetiding. Since he bad given
notice of his intention to bring forward the pre-'
sent motion, he had been -cell'etf upon, 'and • writ-
teri:t6,by a great number of persons. From the
etiniersitions he had had, and the letters which
lie hattread, hie was able to spew that the coun-
try presented a pic:nre of distress perfectly tin-
es:n.l4lol. He had intended to read some of the
letters in. the course 'of the speech ; but as this
wirr fatiguing to the'Et..Use ; and as it wolihr bit
snore satisfactory that they should learn the facts
which' they contained Won that evidence which
be thought it would be necessary to gti into; be
should flat trespass on their time, by carrying his
first determination' •itito effect on this ocea,iou.
lie had 'endeavoured to collect some documen-
tary informatinn for the-House on this inter-
esting question, but the papers for which lie
had moved hill not yet come in. Front number
source, however, he twill give theta some proofs
cif' the ekiensive distress which prevailed. In the
Comity Of Norfolk, the 1)111111)er of Writs issued
i'q 111 icciursr of ode year, had increased front 510
to 570: 'This inetease had occurred from ISt 4to
1815, while the ExeCiitiOns taken out 'had been
increased at• the sante time front 9G to 174.—
Among similar statenients, he asserted 47 Exche-
nicer Processes to have been issued against the
Parish. Collectors, in consequence of their inabi-
lity to get in ,the Assessed. faxes. The distress
in the Counties of .111:folk and Sussex, and in the
3sle ut Lty, 06,10, 1111,M,1 COmprtrative state-
•ntents, to, be elartningly great. lie would gu no
farther to rove the eXteht Of the calamity: Up
to•the year! 1ti,13, the 'Agriculture of the country
bad beetilii a 'thriving, state; at least it had been
on,n itn.,the other mantila,:teres of the
country. To what was its subsequent depression
to he attributed? Wai it -16-be ascribed. to the
pt'cssrire of -Pints' Rates, which, in,
mount, ainVost eXeeiqled belief'? Was it to
be ieconnttl• for froin the pressure of the
Tithes, from the magniturle of the National
Debr, dr the paper circ
11.4it.ng medium, or
wets it tti 'be explained by ihe ciicumstance of
surplus produce frinn tue soil having hero thrown
on'tne.nnirkCis ppittioU, the present
distressprotectiett trout a combination of, allthese
causes, • Fie `did not believe 'it had been Li-might
- about by the rittini twace.. Time .rapid fall io
the price of grain hind preceded the period at
which the public Were led to anticipate a tetnil-
ttation of the Wheat, wide!, had previously
been at I.2th. theinNOVcipber, 180,
Ltd ilecliued to 70,, was•then no expeCtir-
tifill of pole, fleet the t»,irket, and.therefore
that of which he spoke ,pinst proceed front some
other eattie‘ The return of pt tice; in fact, i( we
might jedge, from the expel tonic of the past, was
not likelyto produee such a change. Thi' wohld
be
seen we 104 ed hack to whet had taken place'
eftee the lieat: O: 1782., and after that of 1.763.
Aft, he.part.: 1'763,' the average price of,wheat
in the siteCceding five yearS, etinipared:with the
average pi ice the five list years the war,
hull
increased from lire to seven', shWi:iga in the
Va tter ; and on..iffiLi,,g. the sain, entiiilsilluo he-
zweit the five years which 'folVwed, !!(.1
yew's' %Oral prectded toe pace 117(Li, it ,-ottid
.0114011t1(1 the peace hid au average increase
am time' price of corn of scv.,i ,:r eight, shilli»g,
-the quatter. 'There had been a surplus produce
in the Mat'ket, and this had in a great ineasnie
tended'to depress'the rice of grain." The market
prier, whenever there tvasa surplus or .a *deficit
'in the stipitly,. varied merely not the ratio of
theotre or the teller, but was ninitiplied ten-fold
either way. Time 'corn grower who took to mar-
' •ket the produce of time soil, could hot correct an
overstocked:market as the manufactnrers of other
asommodities Might." The Ova. toultl he :checked,
but probably thitewonld only be effeeted through
:bite destruct iott ;. for. the mature of ,his cottnnollity:
was such ,that it could, not he withdrawobt plea.
,sore. He considered the price titgrain to have
been raised higher than it would have been by-the
extended end extendiog circulating Ther.liom ; and
•
-itstruek him. it :must nave• been proportionahly
depressed by,the: wiihdruwing of that circulating
medium., The .markets, however, had certainly
been Oterloaded witleprotince.. This refitted those
,AVhO .had ,contended,
.that in Feu gland we ,could
not raise enough- corn to meet the,. demood,
[for its consumption, This, however, .hall-,beet!
.slorie, and he- was satisfied the improvements
' which
.hati,.:talten. place in our agricelture were
teach, that England and Ireland ct,ttld produce
-a sufficient-quantity of grain to sustain a poitait
lion three Omits as numerous as that tvhieb they
the _paper circulating medium he.
. rived to have had the effect of encouraging agri-
*tiltorttl.'eXertiotts'i cud these -it Would be seen,,
thmigh tltfsy ecru tiot carried tr> Ball the: extent to
which. they,. alight be carried, had been sufficient
not only to meet 'the demand Of the country, but'.
to blot" :the' markets. The 'fall in the,.pitec Of
wheit.t4'l,4l.sl3-, front clue httudresi and t tveotyshil-
, rings to seventy shillings the quarter,- had excited,
.qoutridirable'aitirm 24164; the agriculturtil iutttues..t,
Wit is alarm Inyl_beettitmeased by the reject ino.,-ot
:*" the it Cm 4111 cif16,1,4;:.4bil this was stiliturtitur
Aggravated by the. rvjectigq of ti,t,:of 3814, and
to these. repeatell'aigrmy the' full the price of
'wheat; • 'wit/a 3,4t,W rifts(,'-elnit•tiqueiiee of t bent,
4400 one. Tin faraw was not hilly