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London, England, 1814-06-14 00:00:00

CORN EXPORT RILL.

Upon Lcrd RDWICKE's, motion for the
third reading of this Bill,
Lord STANHOPE, adverting to the words in
the Bill allowing the export of Corn " at all time.,"
stated his objections to this arrangement, observing,
that as in a year of great scarcity in this empire.
still greater scarcity might exist in foreign countries,
the allowance of free export in such a case would be
obviously prejudicial. He therefore proposed the
omission of these words. A book had been publish-

ed by his Noble Friend (Lord Lauderdale), in which
the author argued that bounties ought to be granted
upon the export of Corm, because such bounties
served to encourage a gro"wth of Corn beyond :he
quantity necessary for the home consumption, tn.'
because, in years of scarcity, we might, by stopping
•the export, have additional means of supply for the
home market. From this passage he concluded that
his Noble Friend would support his amendment—
that the Peer would act consistently with the Author.
In fact, if his amendment were not adopted, there
would be no alternative in such a case of scarcity as
he had just stated, but the starvation of the people,
or the exercise of a dispensing power by the Crown,
in issuing an order to prohibit the exportation of corn.
That the Crown could not and ought not to exercise
such a power as that for which James 11. was de-
posed, the Noble Lord shewed by referring to the
Bill of Rights. It had been intimated, that if inch
an amendment as that he proposed were adopted, the
Bill would not pass in the other House, but this he
thought quite improbable ; for he remembered ano-
ther Corn Bill relatiVe to export having been brought
into that House, in which the word &c. had been so
introduced as actually to include sea biscuit, but
upon his proposition the &c. was omitted, and the
House of Commons, with which the Bill originated,
atter having for some time kicked about the Bill of
its own making, adopted the Pill with his amend-
ment. Heie the Noble Earl observed,
.that Bills
upon the most important subjects were too often
most di awn up, and concluded with moving
his amendinunt.
Lord HA RDWICKE, after expressing a wish
that this Bill should extend to sea biscuit, argued
against the Amendment, which would, in his opi-
nion, operate avilist the whole principle and purpose
of the Bill.
Lord LAUDZIWALE objected to the words
alluded to by his Noble Friend, because, to use tht
language of a former. Chancellor, he-thought they
involved 44 an act of impertinence." For upon what
principle could the House justify such a prescription
to posterity ? He had heard much of the respect due
to the wisdom of our ancestors, 'cut was 'no respect
due to the wisdom of our posteii:y ? The world
must naturally improve as it advanced, and why by
such a legislative enactment as• that to which his
Learned Friend referred, should we undertake so
peremptorily to dictate to our posterity ? But with
these general observations upon the phrase of " at all
times," he still could not agree to the amendment
proposed by his Learned Friend.
The Amendment was rejected.
Lord LAUDERDALE proposed an Amendment,,
to leave out the words " repfaling the bounties," but
this amendment was negatived.-
The Bill was read a third time.—Adjourned.