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London, England, 1818-11-25 00:00:00

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templated without honor.
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pTthhee Corn-Bill
Choard the
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tare
against importation ; and, notwithstanding, as
ready noticed, our late most abundant harvest,
prices have continued so be forced up, by arts
on which we shall not now enter, till ha ' ring mesa
the starvation pint, the provisions cf the Act in faro
of the labourer have opened the Ports for impnrat:
So far we'shall say all was well.--The Agricuit,
ralist was protected against minimum prices be tt.-,
Ports being shut against foreign
ncie7intenica:egire:atheitnst°tfeita:ht
vation point having been reached, the Port‘,
otherwisemattere fr.
ts aonf t course,iuci
np c aotne
dt r haveobuyh btbeen
combinationp Act,e
le
labourer and artizan.
Ought not the Agriculturalists to hare renuireJ
satisfied with this state of things, whatever cause k:
dissatisfaction the other classes might still have found
in the operations of the Corn Bill ? Any rational
will say, looking at the facts as they are, that of all
men the Landholders and farmers should have beet
the last to complain against the effects of the An,
But how does the fact stand?
In consequence of what they are pleased to eon.
sider as the injutious operation of the Corn I;;11, a
general meeting of the Farmers, Lnalholdeis, ar,2
others interested in agricultural produce, far the
counties of Middlesex and Essex, has been held. The
object of the assembly was to petition Parliament to
impose protecting duties on the importation cf Cora
and other provisions, and to open the pc,:ts upon the
payment of those duties. It is intended torpmcure
the co-operation of the agricultural interests in all
the counties of England, and for this I,arpose copies
of the subjoined petition are about to be sent to all,
the principal towns and villages, that the grunt
possible number of signatures ntly be procured, an-
terior to the opening of Parliament.
" To Tie HONOURAILL TOE COMMONS or 1111 LTNITEL Eimsca
Or G agar BRITAIN ash ISILAND, ra PAILIAWIT AaMialtb.
" The Humble Petition of the several Occupiers of Land' in
the County of —, whose namea are hereurta subscrikd,
" SHEWLTH—Thiit the soil of the United Kingdsm is camp
tent and fully adequate to the supply of i:s population, ems ii
it were much more numerous than it ii, with all the production'
of the soil of the United Kingdom ;—that is to say, with Cur.,
Meal, Flour, Rye, Oats, Peas, Beans, Barley, Beer or Sigy,WW,
Flax, Hemp, Hides, Tallow, Seeds, Butter, flume,. Pcal:r7,
Vegetables of all kinds natural to the climate, Apples sea! Pears.
" That your Ps:thinners ith all humility, submit ts the ccr,
sideration and wisdom of this Honourable House—That as the
soil of the United King,lom, and its productions, are the prime
source of National Industry and of Revenue, it is impolitic, i:
this allegation be true, to admit an) productions similar to
of our own soil and climate, into this country, duty fret, :and ate
cultivation of our own soil shall have es:,nded suetf:o its unmet
limits; but whether such allegation be c„,rreet in ell its pert", se
not, it is unjust to the occupiers of the suit to ad: it r:c'a re-
ductions duty free, inasmuch as every such admioista tends en
disable the occupiers of the soil from payment of ;Stir :ett,
tithes, taxes, and wages, while it leaves them subject to di tie
pains and penalties incurred by the omission to make good nay
of these payments.
" " Your Petitioners, thkrefore, humbly pray, that this Fetid=
may be referred to a Committee of their lionouratle Hors"
where evidence may be given in support of the ail,gations k
contains; and if it shall there be made appear to be a just, aid.
table, and necessary measure—then but not otherwise, Mita
the productions of the soil of the United Kingdom, may io ho
tore be protected from the import of similar commodities eitt
free, in as full, ample, and beneficial a manner as the Dimino
and Manufacturers of the United Kingdom are, by the MT*
tin Act, and other Statutes tit the Realm, protected in Joit
shipping and manufactories, from foreign compendia:, duty fat
And that your Petitioners may have such relict' as to the wisdom
of this House may seem fit."
We also understand that Meetings will be held in
most of the County Towns of England and Wales,
for the purpose of more completely effecting the oh-
jeer in view. A similar assembly of the Land-owners,
Farmers, &c. of the counties of Somerset and Glen-
c ester has been held at Bristol, and from the Metro-
polis vat ions instructions have been distributed over
the country with a view to facilitate the circulation'
and signature of the Petitions.
Need we add any more? the question speaks for
itself. These sordid forestallers and monopolists must

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, ISM.
THE FUNDS.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE
per Cent. Reduced 77 771—(1 per Ct. Cons. 77f;
Cons. for Ac. 7711—for Opg. 783 i—Si per Ct. 86
4 per Ct. 94{ 95-5 per Cent. Navy 108 108}
India Bonds 82 84 pre..—Omuium discouut.
Exchequer Bills 17 80 pre.

The alarming accounts received from all parts of
the Continent of the depreciation of Funded property,
has created a great sensation among the monied men
on 'Change. The letters from Vienna and Amster-
dam state, that the distress in both places among the
commercial houses is beyond all precedent. Bills
that were formerly considered equal to Bank security
cannot be discounted at any price, and a general
distrust pervades all classes.—Our own Funds re-
main very steady ; but this may be accounted for in
some measure by the fact that to-morrow is settling
day, and that extraordinary exertions have been
making to_ wind them up at the present prices. In
consequence of the heavy failures abroad, immense
sales of Stock are expected to be made here to assist
those Continental Firms connected with some of the
most respectable Establishments in this country.—
One house in London has £600,000 per month to
pay for eighteen months to come, chiefly from en-
gagements made with Foreign Loans. Consols open-
ed this morning at 77i, and continued pretty steady,
and were served by the jobbers generally.

be opposed by every friend to humanity—by all who
seek the real prosperity and PEACE of the Kingdom.
There is a possibility of carrying experiments too far.
If the experiment related only to a subject on which.
if an error is committed, it would be only needful to
retrace the steps, and thus restore matters to the ;fe-
tus quo, the attempt might be tolerated ; but is the
case before us, if you commit an error you may
break the glass goblet—and, should this take place;
pray remember that you cannot mend it.
Let Manufacturers, and indeed the wen' com-
munity, instantly exert themselves. They have not
a moment to lose. Already the Box of Poulton is
opened, and the Press employed to disseminate the
poison. Take the following insidious par.vgarhi,

We must this day call the attention of the Public
to a question of vital importance to the prosperity and
to THE PEACE of the United Kingdom.
In the STAR of Friday last we announced, exclu-
sively, the very important fact that from the average
prices of English Grain, for the six weeks preceding
the 15th inst. it resulted that Wheat, Rye, Barley,
Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour may he Imported, for
Home Consumption, till the 15th of February, 1819,
when a new average will be taken, unless prices dur-
ing the next immediate six weeks, shall again fall
below the average import rate, in which case, all
importation from the pods between the Eyder and
the Bidassoa will be forthwith interdicted.

Now what was the plain import of the foregoing copied from a contemporary, as a specimen:
statement ? Neither more nor less than this : that, 4We have been favoured with a copy of an Agrieuhur..l Pei
notwithstanding our late most abundant harvest, yet, " tion,which, we are icfonned, is now in acti.ee mgr en 'h'21.5%
arts ' through the of forestallers, middle men, and
:: acct the
avowed oolaulljectt"of fthristhPeetpi from i t
purpose
of olxain
is to obtain 'gl es
be Legisle"le,
hoarders, corn had been artificially raised to prices
" a law which shall secure to the prodections of the wit of ti.e
which rendered it impossible for the labourer,
.on an ~
United Kingdom, a protection from the Import a ,i,:iie
1
average of wages, to buy bread for himself and his i" productions,
duty-free, in as full, ample, and beneficial& rue
family : for, the principle on which the argument fir " uer as the Merchants and Manufacturers of the United Ktit.
the Corn Bill (of evil memory) was conducted was, : •• dont are, by the Navigation Act,,aad other Stat. ate* 7")4(5a..
, " in their shipping and manufactories from foreign cempcuuss
that an average of 80s. for Wheat, and 40s. for Bar- ..
ley, &c. would enable the labourer i; and lower classes 0 and for
, " duty free. The Petition' calls, in the ant Oat', for isquiti,
pernth.ion to establish, before a Committee ei tt/
'to maintain themselves—and, consequently, the ad- .• Horse of Cumulous, such facts u will undevist4y re" dig 1
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_ __--Norwellli