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terest of the cottritry- -to look at the *feet of such a
measure in gross, and not in anti& He, for one,
would go the length of giving compensation to those
who might suffer from the change, rather than con-
sent v' the continuance of a system which he con&
dered to he equally injurious to the health and to the'
morals of the People.
Mr. WHITBREAD said, that no complaint had
ever been made against his house with regard to the
licensing system. He would be at all times ready to
co-operate with the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury in
promoting a tree trade,
Mr. C. Satiric and Mr. MONCK spoke a few words
in support of the Petition.
The Petition was then laid upon the table, and
ordered to be printed.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved the Or-
der of the Day for the House resolving itself into a
Committee for the further consideration cf the Re-
port of the Agricultural Committee.
Mr. ELLICE wished to take the opportunity af-
forded by the motion, before the House went into the
Committee, of stating his opinion as to the course re-
commended by his Majesty's Government for re-
lieving the difficulties with which the country was
oppressed. After having seen what the Noble Lord
proposed to do, he felt it his duty to stay the proceed-
ings of the House, until he should have entered his
protest against all the propositions of which he had
heard, as'being calculated not to relieve the agricul-
turist, and at the same time to be injurious to all the
other interests of the country. He should only have
taken this course now, in consequence of not being
able otherwise to avoid the necessity of opposing the
measures in all their progressive stages. After de-
cidedly stating his dissent upon the present occasion,
he should trouble the House no more upon the sub-
ject. The Noble Lord had expressed a wish to take
one proposition only to-nighi, that of the advance of
one million sterling for the purchasing and ware-
housing of corn. He could not see how that propo-
sition was to be debated, without necessarily involving
all the topics connected with the question. When
the Agricultural Committee was first appointed, he
stated that the only object and tendency of their la-
bour must be to raise the price of corn, and to place
the monopoly of corn in the hands of 'the English
grower. When that Committee made their Report,
he was quite convinced that he had formed a right
and a true belief; and the means about to be resorted
to for effecting that object formed a collection of
nostrums and quackeries wholly undeserving of the
consideration of the House. Although so many plans
had been proposed, yet no two of them agreed with
each other. There was one from the Honourable
Member for Somersetshire, another from the Honour-
able Member for Wiltshire, another from the Right
Honourable Gentleman opposite, and one from the
honourable Member for Portarlington (Mr. Ricardo),
besides that of the Noble Marquis (Londonderry).—
He found them all differing, and the conclusions of
most were not warranted by their premises. He was
quite sure that the plans would be highly injurious
to the manufacturing interests, and he should there-
fore oppose them. The principle of shutting out
competi'l in in the supply of corn and creating mo-
nopoly must leai to that result. The Hon.-Member
then alluded to the difference of opinion which exists
as to the necessary amount of protecting duties. He
contended that Gentlemen must understand each
other, and come to some agreement as to the prices'
they expected to obtain by means of these duties.
Suppose then, they were to say fifty-five shillings, as
was the price of corn now. He knew that Gentle-
men would not be satisfied with that, because they
would say they could not meet their expenses and
pay the taxes. He knew that ; and he would sup. I
port them in reducing taxes, so as to put them in a
state to compete with the foreign grower. The Hon.
Member then took a review of the protecting duties
and the coincident prices of corn from the year 1778
downwards. In 1791 the price of corn was forty-nine
shillings, and the duty five shillings and tenpence.
Nov the Noble Lord proposed to protect the price of
seventy shillings by a duty of seventeen shillings. If
agriculture was distressed, the distress was not to be
thrown off upon the community at large by such
means as these. Let Country Gentlemen reduce the
taxes, and compel the Government to reconsider
the question. Everything had decreased in value,
which rendered the taxes so much the more isurthen-
some. In the estimate of the property of the na-
tion, made by Dr. Colquboun in the year 1813, it
was calculated that the rental was £43,000,000.—
Corn was then at 100 s. and the price of gold was
51. 10s. per oz. Now, the price of corn was between
50s. and 60s. and the value of property was reduced
in proportion; yet taxes remained on the same scale.
This was monstrous, and he would ask the House if
it was not morally impossible that things could re-
main in such a state. He agreed in some measure
with the causes laid down by the Hon. Member for
Portarlington ; only the maximum of his Hon. Friend
was his minimum and vice versa. His Hon. Friend
stated that over-production was the greatest cause,
and the alteration of the currency the least; while he
said that the alteration of the currency was the greatest,
and over-production among the least. The Hon.
Member then reverted to former periods, when me-
tallic currencies had been restored, and stated that
all such effects had been followed by a lowering of
the price of corn. In 1809 the first depreciation of
the paper currency took place, owing to the issue of
four millions and a half of additional circulating me-
dium. Mr. Horner then said that the depreciation
amounted to 15 per cent. Mr. Homer also con-
firmed his own opinion with regard to the fallacy of a
gold standard. He contended that the country had
been deceived into measures, all along the late extra-
vagant war, which bad now brought such distress
upon the country. He did not. mein to complain of
the Right Hon. Gentleman's measure opposite, but
of the measure of the year 1797, which was the great
sourced all the evil. In 1816, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer came down with his Budget, and
proposed to borrow a loan of twelve millions, and
to extend the circulation by the issue of paper to
a greater extent than was ever known in the history
of the country. Then came the Right Honourable
Gentleman's measure, and created all the difficulties
which pressed upon the counts y. He supported the
resolution which led to that measure, and he was
slot disposed to shrink from it--( Hear, hear).--
lie should be one of the last to depart from that re-
solution, or to wish for the return of a paper currency.

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the Ay hale, petty, and narrow plaos,whicla,
could not afford relief to the distressed interests..;-.6
They had heard,a.great deal from the Noble Loki
about the prosperity of the commercial interests; but
he believed that no man connected with ennimerciall
pursuits would be found to corroborate the Noble
Lord's statements. With regard to our manufactu-
rers, he believed that our manufactories had of late
been considerably advanced.; indeed they 'hid ad-
vanced to a state of activity never before known in
this country. Yet he contended that this prosperity
arose from unnatural causes, and could not be ex-
pected to last. The increase in the revenue had been
also constantly sounded in their ears, and upon that
ground there was little real cause for congratulation.
He attributed this to the circumstance of wages not
having yet been adjusted to the prices of provisions.
Every Gentleman knew that if he asked his trades-
man why his charges were not lower, in consequence
of the cheapness of the necessaries of life, he would
be told that the high rate of wages prevented it.—
Labour being paid for at this extravagant rate, the
workman had more than sufficient for his want, and
that surplus went to the gin-shop or the ale-house;
and thus had the revenues of the Excise swelled up
in all parts of the kingdom. He intreated the
House to consider what they were about to do.—
They had better leave the Corn Laws as they were,
and wait until circumstances called for interference.
The old laws gave a monopoly to the home grower,
and the new ones would only do the same. But the
fact was, that they were making these laws without
the power of carrying them into effect, should it ever
be necessary to do so. Supposing that when the rate
of wages are brought down, as they must be, to meet
the price of provisions, there should be a reverse in
the manufacturing interests ; would the population
stand quiet and see the artisan of France and of
America supplied with corn at half the price they
were obliged to pay ? It was quite impossible to con-
ceive that they would. An Hon. Friend of his, the
Member for Nottingham, had lately told him that
there never was such a demand for artificers and me-
chanics as at the present moment. It was a cruel
thing at any time, to prevent a man from going to
any foreign country freely and openly ; but to pre-
vent him from carrying his labourto the best market,
was adding injustice to injustice. But if we op-
pressed and injured the working classes of mechanics
by measures intended for the relief of other interests,
we should inevitably drive them to other countries,
and our commerce and manufactures would fall into
decay as those of Holland did from the same cause.
With regard to America, if he had been told ten
years ago that America could become a manufactur-
ing country, he should nut have believed it ; because,
where land might be had for £1 an acre, it was not to
be expected that men would shut themselves up in a
manufactory in preference to living independently
upon their own soil. But the manufactories of Ame-
rica had, nevertheless, grown up in a surprisingdegree.
At Philadelphia the number had considerably in-
creased, and the profits of those previously established
had occasioned the starting of nine manufactories
there in the last year. He was sure that the monstrous
proposition of the Noble Lord relative to the advance
of a million for warehousing corn, must be abandoned.
The question which might then be put to him was,
" What would you do?" And he was ready to grant
Ito the Noble Lord, that he could see no way which*
the Noble Lord or the Government would be bold
enough to adopt, that was likely to afford relief.—
' There were no measures now upon the table, he was
sure, that could have that result. It was impossible
to go on under the present system of taxation. While
everything else had so exceedingly decreased in value,
die taxes had been advanced, at the lowest calcula-
tion, which was that of the Member for Portarlington,
'ten per cent.; and according to himself and others,
forty per cent. or more. Thus, within the last two
years, an additional ten millions of taxes had been
levied upon the country. The only thing they could
do, then, was to reduce taxation. That was the only
way in which they could proceed safely, until they
understood the question ; for he contended that every
thing they now did was done in the dark. The plan
of the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
he considered to be a round-about way of doing what
might much better have been done by the simple
method proposed by his lion. Friend, of empowering
the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to advance a
loan of £2,800,000 annually until the end of the pe-
riod for which they were now to contract. To the
Country Gentlemen he would say, that they had
forced the Government to this reduction of £1,800,000
of taxes, and he took that with satisfaction, glad to
obtain it upon any terms. If they went on they would
obtain double the amount of reduction. What he
should propose was, that Parliament should adjourn
after repealing the taxes, and leave the question open
until the end of the year, when the House might re-
assemble to consider it. He had felt it his duty to
protest against these measures, becauie they would
be injurious to one class of the People, and that with-
out any benefit to the other. He should take the sense
of the House against going into the Committee.
Mr. BENETI" (of Wilts) denied that the Corn Bill
gave any monopoly to the farmers. In the space of
four years the increase of imported corn from Ire-
land had been sevenfold, and that of flour had been
elevenfold, more than formerly. He believed that
part of this had been imported into Ireland. The in-
terests of the consumers were the same as those of the
other members of the community. While the farmers
suffered, the home trade always declined. Much of
the distress was to be ascribed to the alteration in the
circulating medium. But the distress arose from va-
rious causes, and required various remedies. The
only fair protection that agriculture could receive was
from a fixed protecting duty on foreign corn. He
wished for a price that would fix the rents at the ratio
of 1792. At that time, one-third of the gross produce
was regarded as a fair rent for a farm ; but at pre-
sent, on account of the increase of burdeps, the land-
lord received only one-fourth of the prockice. He,
did not ask a higher rent than that of 1792, as he an-
ticipated a still further reduction of taxation. 'The
opinion as to the influence of the landlords ovpr the
rents was a mistaken islea, He knew many farhis in

been always understOocithatthe shbject. should be
discussed in a Committee.
Mr. BROUGHAM had no more respect than the
Member for Coventry for the plans of Ministers. But
no man could oppose the Committee, unless he ap-
proved c.f. the Corn Lawi.
Mr. MONK said, he could not 'tree with thlit
Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had last spokes.
He entertained the opinion of his Hon..iftimed (Mr.-
Ellice). It was to taxation that he attriblsteediepie-
sent national disease ;.and he had beard se mealy
proposed by any of the State physicists' wigs* met
his approbation. He was an enemy, upon principle,
to all Corn Bills—nay, he looked at the present low
prices with satisfaction, and thought they might, in
the end,. prove to be the salvation•of the country. Be
did not admire the practice which was adopted by
Country Gentlemen of imposing heavy taxes upoil
the community, and indemnifying themselves by
legislating so as to ensure high prices for their own
produce. That low prices were an inconvenience
to landholders he very readily admitted ; but he
denied that they were so to farmers—(Hear, hear).
Farmers were not very desirious to pay high rents.
The great body of consumers gained by low prices,
and he therefore approved of them. Dr. Paley thought
that if it were not for the variations of the seasons the
case of the farmer would be most deplorable, as the
landlord would calculate the precise quantity of pro-
duce and exact accordingly from the farmer. He
certainly did not go the full length of Dr. Paley's
doctrine. He thought that scarcity in one county
was generally balanced by abundance in another ; so
that produce was more equal than was at first ima-
gined. He objected also to the proposition of Minis-
, ters because he thought it would fail in operation,
but be objected principally because in, principle it
enabled landlords to double and treble the taxes if
they pleased, and impose artificial prices in order to
protect themselves—(Coughing). He was aware that
he incurred displeasure and probably censure for the
avowal of these his opinions, but that circumstance
would never deter him from expressing them.
Mr. D. BROWNE was unfavourable to the pro-
posed scale of duties.
Mr. ELLICE shortly explained. He had no other
opportunity but the present of stating his opinions;
and it was on that account that he had opposed the I
motion.. He would not, however, press his opposi-
tion, so as to interfere with the discussion of the sub-
ject, especially as he found the general inclination of
the House was for going into the Committee.
Sir W. W. WYNN spoke a few words in favour of
the principle of the Corn Laws.
The motion was then put and carried without a
division.
The SPEAKER left the Chair; and the House being
in a Committee,
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to move
the Resolution for making advances to the holders
of Corn, when the average price of wheat shall be
under 60s. per leaner. The Noble Marquis said
that this Resolution was perfectly distinct from the
general principle of the Corn Laws ; and it would
be an injustice to the Committee, as well as to his own
opinions, were he not to state that it was clearly un-
derstood the proposed measure could not be adopted
or even tolerated upon general principles. In every
respect the proposed measure was a temporal y law ;
and although public credit was to be employed in
aid of the corn market, still it was only for the exigen-
cies of the particular occasion. That a loss might
arise to justify the adoption of such a measure he
had the high authority of the opinion of the Hon.
Member for Taunton (Mr. Baring), who, unfortu-
nately could not at present attend the House. The
Hob. Member he alluded to had admitted the
propriety of advancing three millions to assist the
agricultural interest when produce was in a depressed
state. This shewed that the opinion of the Member
for Taunton was not decidedly against the creation
of artificial prices. The proposed plan had, indeed,
been called by an Hon. and Learned Member (Mr..
Brougham), a pawnbroking arrangement; and he
(the Marquis of Londonderry) himself wished to
be understood as not being a friend to the system of
it—(Hear, hear).—All he contended was, that a
case might occur which would render the sanction
of such a measure politic as well as necessary under
particular circumstances. The present, he thought,
was a pressing case; and such, therefore, as to call
for an extraordinary and particular remedy—(Hear).
In order that the House might clearly see the prin-
ciple they were called upon to consider, it would be
proper to notice the two chief propositions which had
been discussed in the Agricultural Committee. One
was for the purchase of corn by an Agent of Govern.
ment, when it should be at a stated low price; the
other was for encouraging, by bounties, the pur-
chases of private individuals. After much discussion,
the first was laid aside, though he could not but ob-
serve that no reproach could be thrown upon the
proposer of the plan, seeing that the Hon. Member
for Taunton approved of it generally. It was laid
aside. however, after one of the most calm and tem-
perate discussions he had ever witnessed; because it
was considered that the purchaser of corn for the Go-
vernment would not have the exact sort of influence
which was desirable. Individual interest was that
which it was wished to Create; and the Agent who
might be employed by Government, con not be
supposed to- feel that controul over his con uct which
would be occasioned by a sense of his own interest
Looking at the other proposition, the Committee
thought they might adopt it, and afford relief without
violating any general principle.. The whole policy
of this proposed arrangement arose out of the cir-
cumstances noticed by. the Committee respecting
the state of the market. They found that the quail.
tity of corn brought to market in the early months
of the year, doubled the quantity brought within the,
Same months in several preceding years--(Hear,hear).
From this they inferred, and very naturally, that the
market this year displayed a superabundance which
caused a ruinous'ecimpetition among the sellers. The
Jatter could not reduce the interest they were paying
upon mortgages, although their prices had thus fallen;
and measure• of some description was therefore

no Ineatis dekviptiort of the present measure,
to say that it Merely .proposed to rare the-priee•o4
corn : in fact, a convenient•distribution was all that,.
was desired. This would be accomplished by givini:
ran additional degree of facility to purchases. He
'really thought that the idea of a law to taise•prices
Wad been long since exploded •in that House. Thi
ps'esent increase would have the effect of -proteetiut
flsr farmer against too early a market, to whit* ag,.
present he was in many cases compelled to resort.
illistbts, however, had been thrown out as to the ptic-
tiCal operation of this measure, and he himself had.
considered it as laid aside, because it could not be
operative. It had been thought that the difficulty was-
not so much in the absence of capital, as in the Want
of a confidence that it might be employed to advan-
tage. He had last year proposed a monthly allow.
ance, because he thought it would be active in its
opetation. The present, undoubtedly, had other ad..'
vantages, inasmuch as it would give general relief to.
the extent of its operation. Still be confessed that he
preferred the other plan, as it might prove an invita--
tion to enterprize. One advantage, however, of the
proposed measure was, that.if it did no good, it cer-
tainly could do no harm, and this he believed the

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House would consider as no mean advantage whea
they were trying an experiment—(A laugh).—lf corn
should not rise, no one would suffer from the mea-

sure ; and if it should rise, the agricultural interest
would be relieved from the multiplied distress with
which it was at present surrounded. .He certainly had
not voted 'for this plan in the Cominittee ; his oan
proposal had not been adopted ; and he had there-
fore left the whole subject to the consideration of the
Committee; and it was in deference to the judgment
of that CommKee that he brought the proposal
before the House for its favourable opinion.—
After an eulogium on the character and talent of
the Members composing the Committee, the Noble
Marquis proceeded to observe, that he had learnt
from many of those Members, that the measure now
proposed was that which the farmers thought would
afford them the most relief. Whether they were
right or wrong in this conjecture he believed the
.House would be sorry to reject a favourite proposi-
tion which, at all events, was harmless; for the far-
mers, if it were rejected, would, not very unnaturally,
attribute the continuance of their distress to its rejec-
tion. Ile had now briefly stated the grounds upon
which he brought forward a proposal to which, upon
principle, he objected, and which he had not sup- •
ported in the Committee. Should the House admit
the principle there would be little difficulty in de-
ciding upon particulars; and he might be allowed to
express his hope that no other subject would be mixed
op with a discussion of the present. Before he sat
down he would observe, that although the plan might
have been brought forward earlier in the year, yet as
there were many months to elapse before the getting
in of the harvest, there would be ample time for its
operation. If the House should adopt this Resolu-
tion in an early. part of the evening, he should pro-
pose the next, allowing Foreign Corn to be ground
for the purpose of exportation. The Noble Marquis
then moved the Resolution, which has been already
before the. Public, authoiizing the advance of one
million upon corn in warehouse, when the average
price of wheat shall be under 60s. per quarter.
Mr. CPRWEN thought that as a_permanent mea-
!sure, that of the Noble Lord might be advantageous
to the country. It was quite wild to suppose that
this country could become an exporting one. Even
as a temporary measure, he thought with the Noble
Lord, that it could do no harm, and Might be pro.
ductive of.much good. If-any number of individuals
employed in agriculture, should be thrown out of
empleymentoheir labour words( he.wholly lost to the
country. The Parliament that passed the Corn Bill
had proceeded on the experience-of twenty-five years.
He must protest against the opinion that the House
was legislating to increase the rents of 4,,he landlords.
Should any part
_of the country be thrown out of cul-
tivation, the effects would be ruinous.
Mr. LEYCESTER thought it was most unjusti-
fiable to employ the public money to raise the price
of bread against the Public. If the low prices arose
from actual redundancy, this measure would do harm
by pouring corn into the market. In the event of a
bad harvest it would do good ; but there was every
prospect of a good one.
Mr. HUSKISSON would give his reasons for
objecting to this Resolution. He had gathered from
his Noble Friend that this was a temporary, and not
a permanent measure ~and his objection to it mainly
was the time at which it was proposed to be applied.
Many of the most distressed farmers were no longer
sellers of corn, but buyers to support the poor, of their
parishes. This must add to the distress of the'small
farmers, until the nett harvest. Every practical sur-
veyor could tell who was the most distressed farmer
by looking at his stack-yard. He was satisfied that
this assistance by loan would be an injury to the
small farmers. Besides, if it was objectionable to lend
money on any one article more than another, it was
on the deposit of corn. On the —th of September
corn was at 555. and in twenty days more it was at
70s. to 78s. He would agree with his Noble Friend
that kiln-dried damaged corn would not be a safe spe-
culation to lend money on. If we had a good harvest,
and well got in, no one would buy this damaged corn
if they could get sound. Besides, to lend money on
damaged corn, would be an inducement to farmers
to damage their good corn. The prices, as between
landlord and tenant, were fast adjusting themselves;
and be thought they had beater not meddle with a
measure which could do no good, and might do a
great deal of harm.
Sir J. SEBRIG FIT had spoken with many farmers,
who could see no benefit to arise from this measure.
HE perfectly agreed with his Right Hon. Friend.
Sir J. SHELIA' cornplaibed tbat this measure would enhance
the Pour-rates, and consequently do harm.
Mr. WHITMORE found himself obliged to thresh eat his
.cora. a once, and mid it w =edge, or it wouldturn niust4.
His neighbours were obliged to du the same, ntherefore this
measure would do'no goody - ' •
Lord CRAVORNII said eels. rows in ,his i"et of the
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bidets in the value of agricultural prod ice. He ' sell at a redur,ed: ek. —,. - ~• -01 ' competition •nolont the'.fwm-e-. It was thereforst •
meld never consent to abandon the good to be dr.! Sir .I. NEW T thought the sods. proposed by conceived that • if' additional • purchasers. weld, be, -
ived from the Right Hon. Gentleman's measure, for i the Weber. foe Coyest), *mild not be reaps:alai to createJ,it would countevaet the disposition to inundate,:
he sake of any little, petty, and narrow plan,,which 1 the numerous Petitioners before the House: - h had. the market, He must here observe, that it woe by.

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k. proposed by conceived that ' if' additional • purchasers could 'be • -
Mt reepecefol to created,il would monteraet the disposition to inundate,:
Rouse.' It had the market. He must here observe, that it woe by.
jeer should be no Clair delscription of the present measure, .., . 1
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espect than the corn : in fact, a convenieat•distribution was all that.
Ministers. But was desired. This would be accomplished by giving. .
unless he ap- an additional degree of facility to purchases. We ~
really thought that the idea of a law to raise•prices.
agree with the had been long sauce exploded •irt that Houk. Ilse ,11
ad last spoken. present increase would have the effect of Proteennet
on. Friend (Mr. the farmer against too early a market, vs whiste ag,. k
ributed.the pre- present he was in many cases compelled to resat. i 4
trd no remedy Doubts, however, had been thrown out as to the prac- .
isms which met ticil operation of this measure, and he himself had.
upon. principle, considered it as laid aside, because it could not he . i•
the present low operative. It had been thought that the difficulty was- , 1
HT they might, in not so much in the absence of capital, as in the went ' i
the country. He of a confidence that it might be employed to advan- I I' ;
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was adopted by tage. He had last year proposed a monthly allow. 1 4 i
avy taxes upon ante, because he thought it would be active in its i• i
themselves by operation. The presenr,'undoubtedly, had other ad..' I .
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es for their own vantages, inasmuch as it would give general relief to.
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n inconvenience the extent of its operation. Still he confessed that he
nitted ; but he preferred the other plan, as it might prove an invita-- 114; '1
s—(Hear, hear). non to enterprize. One advantage, however, of the •
pay high rents. proposed measure was, that if it did no good, it cor-
dby low prices, tainly could do no harm, and this he believed the
Ir. Paley thought House would consider as no mean advantage when , ..
f the seasons the they were trying an experiment—(A laugh).—lf corn - , ,i
ealnrahle_ ac the clinnld not rice_ nn nne wniihl %it Wer fmm the 1T10.2. • • il'