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'•might het *adores( katittotoui 'to iittourietphi-
.ments.iu the. way oflthehesbandman,lesause labobr
would betronie cheap. Prom this, It was trust 'Ma.
nufactarers might •obtain sothe benefit---but it was
hardly necessary .to sayollat if too many individuals
were devoted tome vials, the whole must be dis.
tressed. And, in the event of a war, what was to
become of these people.? How were they to be em-
pleyed ? They could•obtain no employinent;-,they,
Linnet starve, and starve they 'would, if .means were,
.not taken Ito protect the Garner against the toreigni
agriculturist. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he bergedi
to disclaim any thing like a selfish'view in favour of
the Landed interoet ainne—it was the interests of the
'public at large which he wished toconsult, end thqsel
interests would be best consulted by acceding to the;
ticsolutions which had been sabtnktied to the Houst.i.

Sir FREDERICK "FLOOD ekpressed his stir.'
prise that the Gedtlemen who had spoken ;that night.
h.id ;seen totally silent with respect to Ireland—a;
couriN y whidh, he repeated, was of theUtmosi impot-1
'anise to the welfare of this kingdom. He rose in
consequence of the sentiments declared by a meeting;
of a great county, of which be was the represents-,
tive—a meeting which was highly respectable, ancV
which consisted of lay, spiritual, honourable, and
lather agricultural men. --(Lesrearee.)—These indivi-
duals wished to see the interest of the mandfacturer
identified with that of the agriculturist—they saw no
separate inter,st between these Classes of society, and
he. as a Member 'of the' Inipetial Parlianient, would,
not advocate the one without advocating the caul
of.the.other. • In fact, he:thought be was not the
"filead bf 4114 one,, who Wes not the real friend of the
ether. He thought it right to state, that tbe impor-
tation of corn from Ireland to this country, from re-
founded on the hest authority, had amounted,
in eleven 'earl, to the value of ',lll,ooo,ooo—and
that, In return, the people of Ireland had taken
iftS,ooo,ooo in mattufacturtni which, added to the
other-aids givem by that country to this, he thought,
entitled it to the utmost protection. Ireland and
England, in fact, were united in one common cause,
and the interests of die one were inseparable from
those of the other.—( Near, hear.)
Lord BINNING said, that after the clear midi
able manner in which his Right Hoa. Friend (Mr.,
Robinson) had introduced this question, he did hope!
Gentlemen tcould have abstained from considering
it as a party question.- He was sorry to observe,
that some Gentlemen, however, had used intim)-
, matory language, which was calculated to affect
all the different orders of the community, and to
lead to unfounded and improper conclusions of the
real object of the measure under consideration.—
The Noble Lord then proceeded, at considerable
length. aad with great ability, to contend, that the
interest of the Manufacturers was closely combined
with that of the landholders ; and that if the latter
were not protected, the consequence to the country.
at large would be destrucjive and sJbversive of that
prosperity which, through the medium of the encou- '
ragement heretofore given to the agriculturist, had
crowned the arduous contest in which we bad been
engaged. There was an old saying, descriptive of
the prosperity of the country, to which he could not:
help alluding—he 'swim, " the plough, the loom,,
and the soil." The plough was put first, because iti
was considered the great source of the success of the
others. He would ask, c.va.s it now..flesaut to &gr.*:
Mat plough If it was. he did not hesitate to say,
that the downfall of our manufactures and our com-
merce must follows and with this impression on his
mind, he fully accededlo the Resolutions which had
b...en proposed.

Mr. GEORGE ROSE said, it was impossible for
him, from the state of his health, to trespass lung on
the tit= of the Committee; yet the anxiety which
he felt upon this subject induced him to offer a few
words. An Honourable auttleman, who had ad-
dressed. the House early in the evening, had said,
for the second time, that he (Mr. Rose) had changed
his opinion upon this subject. The truth of this as.
sertion he denied; and whatever were his opinions,
they were unbiassed by any other than the interests of
his country: He could not agree that France of
forded those facilities for the ezpGrtation of coin to
which some Gentlemen bad alluded; nor could he
agree that France would ever become a great ex-
porting count y. The last year had been redundant,
and !mice the supply which had been afforded—but
that such a supply could be procured in future, he
did not think likely. As far as his voice went he
isl,ea to prou:ct Atte grower of corn, but when he
l: ad done that he would give every facility to the
consumer, • All he had heard and read of the opi-
k pions of the Committee upon this subject had not al-
I tered, but coi.firuied the scntiinerits which be had
before delivered. The Right Hontinrahle Gentle.
man:then proceeded to take a review of the evidence
which 114 been given before the last Committee.
tlt Ind been said that the witnesses had, in no in.
below 80s. as a protecting price, but
hid frequently gone-beyond that sum. He did not
meanto accuse Honourable Gentle:nu of
W inten-
rional• inaccuracy, yet he was bound to say that
s statement was not borne out by facts—as,
ttlii•inigliout the whole report, no one of the sur-
.veyors who • had been sent to inquire into the
case, had 'Said the price ought to be above
Sus. but one, and this Gentleman partook of the
mixed character of farmer and surveyor--be meant
hlr.-Eastern, who said the price ought to be 965.;
..but even, he said, if taxes and other charges were re-
;duFed, the price would fall back to 645. The other
witnerses fluctuated between 755. and SOL and were
;not, as had been said, generally in favour of 1305.
Be contended that it was perfectly inconsistent to
talk of Bt;s. He would at the same time admit, that
it the grower was oppressed, agriculture was also re.
pressed ; but from all he had heard, during the exa-
mination, from 7'2s. to 765. would afford full mum-
neration.—(thar, hear).—To shew the unsettled views
on this subject which prevailed, let them refer to an
antecedent period of • only eighteen months, when
,141 s. was stated to be the only price which could pro.
wet the agrkulturist.--(kHearohear).—This price was
then 'received almost with unanimity ; and yet within
a smatl•space the tole was reduced to the present
standard. Tile Right Honourable Gentleman cop.
eluded by painting out the evil consequences which
the constant fluctuation of the markets created during
a cansidaribli. period. The grower was entitled to
protection, and "so was die constimeta—but neither to
an wont incompatible with the public