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duty. When he nia.le lis proposition Ire soars/ al o
propose to reduce the scale Is. until it came to Ios.
which he should propose as a permament rat•. Barley
he would fix at 9s. decreasing Is. until it settled at 7s.
These were the principal points of his Resolutions.
Colonel WOOD was Trite sure the propositions fif
the Hon. Member never could be maintained. In years
of•sdarcity neither 10s.nor any other similar duty would'
avail. With respect to the present scale of duties, he
thought them preferable to the scale of last year, and
therefore would support them.
Colonel TRENCH had heard with pleasure the sup:
gestion of the Right Hon. Secretary. He was ret fectir
convinced that the extension of agriculture into Ireland
would tend to insure peace and tranquillity in that
kingdom.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, though he agreed
with much that had been said on both sides of the
House, his opinion was, that a free trade in corn would
be most beneficial to the landed interest and the public
at large. He felt strongly persuaded that the three
Right Honourable Gentlemen who had sprken, were
strongly inclined to that view of the subject. He should
not at present enter into the subject, but would spe-
cifically call the attention of the House to it dump
the Session. He felt confident that the real question•
was mistaken—that it was not so much a question
of Corn as of Currency. All our distress was
.fictitious, and in the midst of substantial wealth, our
agricultural, commercial, manufacturing, and shipping
interests are all depressed, in consequence of the altera-
tions that bad been made its the currency. Nothing
could be more unfounded, or have a worse effect, than
to hold out that the different classes of the community
had divided interests—nothing cnuld be more fal,e, than
that one could flourish and the o hers be depressed ; they
were all one, and gresi out of agriculture as their root—
manufactures were nothing more than the surplus of
age 'cultural produce worked up into other cornm•rditier.
What was said by hi► Hon. Friend below him (Nlr.Hume)
was perfectly true : the importation of corn gave employ-
ment to the manufacturer, and promoted the pros-
perity of the c,ontry. He only offered one observation
at present, because he would not have it supposed that
he acquiesce.; in the present resolut'ons. A permanent
system was greatly to be preferred to fluctuations; but
how the present measure could be permanent he could
not imagine, when the currency was not fixed, the fl lc-
tuations in which had been the cause of all other fluctua-
tions. The currency was formed on 'a system of high
prices; and if the state of the country was to be im-
proved, and the condition of the people raised, it must
be effected through the currency. The manufacturers
had found out, that cheap bread brought them no good;
and if the country was to be relieved, it must be done
by enlarging the currency. He should, however, call
the attention of the House spec fically to the subject.
Mr. WARD (London) said, it any thing could re-
concile him to the Resolutions, it was that the bonding
system was not to be interfered with. The Huse could
not prevent corn being warehoused, it could only de-
ternone whether corn should be warehoused here or on
the other side the water—(Hear.)—lt coin was ware-
housed on the other side, an i a war broke out, it might
be taken by the enemy. The quantity of corn landed
in this•country last year, if warehoused on the Conti-
nent, would require 100;000 tons of shit ping. and
6,000 ►eamen, to bring it to this country, and this at a
time when we might. be using every effort to man a
fleet. In November and December last, the foreign
exchanges were against this country. and it we hid had
the misfortune of having a bad harvest, that required
a large importation of corn ; the con,:equence might be
most calamitous to the country.
Mr. W. WHITMORE said, as he had been called on
to state what his plan of importation was, he would
merely state, that it was precisely the sans he sub-
nutted to the llou•e last Session, When v. heat was at
.555. lie proposed that it should be imported, at a duty of
10s. a quarter.
The Resolutions were then agreed to.
Mr. HUSKISSON said the Resolutions should be -•
printed, and with the approbation of the House, an
early day should be appointed for their further
'consideration. •
Mr. MONCK said he thought it was impossible to
settle the question of corn, a•i• front settling that of cur-
rency. It was currency, and currency alone, that must
determine what was price. He thought the present
measure would be generally mischievous.
It was resolved that the Chairman should report progress, and
ask kave to sit again.
The House resumed, and the Resolutions were ordered to be
taken into further consideration ou Tuesday, the 15th of April.
• The Freeholders in Districts Bill was read a second time,mi the
motion of Mr. Syssa.

On the motion of Lord Joim Russets., the Pentyn Distrait.
chisement Bill was read a thiid time and passed.. -
On the motion of Lord JouN Ilussau., the Corporation and
Test Acts Repeal Bill was read a third time.
On the motion that this Bill do now pass
Mr. JOHN SIIITH said he could not suffer this Bill to pass
without returning his best thanks to the Noble Lord who had se
ably and so zealously exerted himself on this important question.
The Bill was then passed.
On the qoestion for recommitting the Citlei and Boroughs
Polls Bill,

Mr. ISARING objected to the Bill, on the ground
that it would tend to produce mole difficulties than it
affected to remove. Under the law as it at present
stands, the Returning Officer was vested with sufficient
power, nor would the increasing the number of places
for taking undisputed votes remove the impediments
which, it was supposed, exist in taking Polls. The Hon.
Member went through the cl.tusrs of the Bill, and came
to the conclusion that they would be inoperative for
the purposes of inducing a better mode of taking Polls.
He theiefote moved that the House go into the Com-
mittee this day six months.
Mr. ROBERTSON seconded the amendment. He
agreed with the Honourable Member that the Bill was
objectionable in its principle, and in the details of it.
Mr.W. SMITH was quite convinced that the subject
was of the greatest importance, and therefore he was
not disposed to dismiss the Bill altogeth:r ; which, if
the amendment was agreed to, would be the effect. He
instanced the case of the N,rwich Election, in which
no sort of inconvenience was felt during the elections
for taking the polls. The lionoui able Member thought,
that if Members wished to put elections on the tooting
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wich, the cause why Elections were disposed of 'o soon
in that city was, that no objections were raked to the
votes of paupers. With respect to the Bill, some t f
the details were objectionable, but upon the whole, he
thought the Bill Would be beneficial for the object
which the framer had in view, if certain alterations were
made in it. These, however, would go to render ti e
provisions nugatory, and therefore he wouldrecomonend
die Hon. Mensbei to Withdraw it, and subs' itute ano-
ther upon a more simple nature.
Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN adverted to the El. C.
Owls for tlse,City of Londun,which generally terminated
its ii; days. Now, that was not the case at a place
*here a relation of the Noble Lord war a candidate ;