Star.
London, England, 1827-03-10 00:00:00

044 the Amendment proposed I,t night, because.)).
A,
vghly approved of the plan proposed by
that
Majesty's
Ministers; also, because he was desirous no party
shruld be able. to say that the agriculturists wee
nrous to benefit themselves at the cost of the test t.
:he community. He agreed with the fionourable
Member for filidgnorth (Mr. Whitmore), th it the
syne
rn at present in forge requited amendment,
amd that dangerous consequences would result from'
no alteratioo bring made; but it should also be remote-
'heed that the most dangerous consequences might,
;aced must, result from a wild experiment on the 5ub-
....1,3nd he therefore thought it but the duty of the.
'geese to proceed with caution. lie thought it 'right
not to give a silent vote upon the occasion, and as he
bed resisted the Amendment proposed last night, lest
the agriculturists should be accused of greediness. so.
gad he resist the Amendment of to-night, as it sent
'to rob them of a fair protection—(Hear).
Colonel MABERLY defended melt:in. Member for
pridgnorth, and maintained that any Hon.. Member
whellad sat in that House for- two years must agree
with him when he said, that the Resolutions brought
forward by his Majesty's Ministers were founded on the
principles which had been advocated by his Hunomrable
?fiend. For his own part, he was favourable to a fixed
duty. He objected to the principle of the Resolutions
of Ministers, because it went to give a remunerating
price, which he considered as unjust in its operatics
towards other interests. He perfectly agreed with the
arguments of Mr. Ricardo, and trusted the day would
',live when they would be more fully ad. pled. He
should support the amendment of his lion. Ft iend. is .1
because he altogether approved of it, but because it was
more consonant with his views'than was the proposition
of his Majesty's Ministers.
Lord MILTON said, he was grateful to the Govern-
sent for the principle of tilt Resolutions. The speech
of the H tn.. Mover (Mr. Whitmore) of the amended
"cautions, deserved much attention. for as other
Commies advanced in wealth and population, the dan-
ger, to this. Country might be increased. He desired
to me the landed minters great, powerful, rich—but
above all, respected by the Country—(Hear). He
lamented that on the preceding evening the great
aristocracy, led on by a N dale L tClive), had
deserted the Ministers, whom they had so long support-
ed; it was a deplorable sight to behold nem, after
having borne the Ministers along, quitting them at so{
ciitical a crisis, and scrambling for 4s. a qoarter—(Hear,
and a laugh.) He knew that such extra 4s. would be so
many additional four shillings upon the acres. The
amended Resolutions (those of Mr. Whitmore) had his
approbation. The original Resolutions would impose an
extra tali of 6,000,0001: on the people, and that he
thought was rather too much to ask. He supported the
amended Resolutions; and be felt persuaded that sooner
or later they must come to a fr.e trade in corn.
Sir T. S.
.GOOCH said, the Country Gentlemen
did not deserve the taunts thrown upon them, by
the Noble Lord, who came from a manufacturing
part of the country, and was returned by the manu-
facturing interests—(Heer, hear.) The agricultural in-
terests were quite as anxious for the welfare of the
country. As ti scrambling for a few shillings, if there
were nrt an adequate price and protection, there must
'be a redaction of rents, sates, charges, and.wages ; the
Clergyman must be reduced.—(A laugh.) All mast
be reduced.—(Heae!) He was not the blind supporter
of Ministers, be should differ from them when be
thought tf,eos. wren. He was satisfied with the pre.
seat hareinistratioo, and. wished them to continue is
their places; and he was not satisfied with the Noble
lord acd his friends, and he did not wish to see them
in the Administratibn.—(Cheers and laughter.) Be-
came we have such wishes is, I believe, (said Sir T. G.)
the cause ot our being so continually persecuted by the
Noble L- rd, and those who think and act with him.--
(Continued cheers and laughter.)
Mr. ROBINSON expected the least opposition to
the Resolutions would originate with the landed inte-
rest. He rather thought the opposition would be that
of the manufacturers. He was pleased with the pries
eiple of the Resolutions, though he was far from over-
rating the relief which would accrue from them to thm
manufacturing interest. He thought it would be much
more advantageous to the country, to import all the
corn grown at present on poor soils; for the cultiva-
tion of these poor soils only tended to raise the rents on
• the rich lands, and the consequent price of the produce
to the consumers.

Mr. PHILLIPS (of Manchester) contended, that the
average prices at the Ports, which conveyed the pro-
duce of the Rhine and the Vistula, shewed that the fiat
effict of free admissioo of foreign grain into this coun-
try, would be that of raising the price on the Continent,
and by that means lessen the disadvantageous trade of
the home corn grower. He paid little attention to the
auto-praises of .the landed interest. They were alive
to nothing but their own aggrandizement; forgetful
or rather indifferent to the fact, that they were but ona
third of the population of the country. the other two.
thirds being made up. by the Manufacturing interests..
To have high rents, they oppose all importation of cheap
grain ; sod to borrow money at a low rate of interest
they enact Usury Laws. Contrary to the principles el
somnson sense and experience, as maid down by all
writers, limn Sir Dudley Nor* lathe present day, high
prices and monopoly . with the landlords were every
thing 'hat was beneficial to the country; and free trade
every thing that was absurd and injurious. Though he
would have preferred Mr. Ricardo s scheme to the pre.
sew, still he was grateful foe any approximation to it.
Lord CLIVE regretted that any step taken by him
should have led is reproaches against the landed Aria
tocracy of England. He had referred to the letter of
the Right Honourable Gentleman, the President of the
Board of Trade, without any intention of manifesting
disrespect towards him. He was ant opposed to coup
corn—the cheaper the better, so long as it was supplied
by the British grower.
Mr. Alderman WAITH MAN contended, -that the
interests of all classes were united, and that the Landed
Interest had evaded the pressure of taxation by throw.
mg the burden upon others. He had the highest opi-
tion or Gentlemen belonging to the Landed Interest;
they were generally men of high honour and great
intelligence; bat upon this occasion they were in error,
from not being acquainted with the situation of other
classes of the people.
Mr. BARING said the Country Gentlemen ought to,
consider that, while others might desert the country, be
was indissolubly bound to it. England was necessarily
an importing country, and the question was hew that
inVortalion might be best regulated. He had no in-
disposition to such a degree of Protection to the agricul-
turists AS was not essentially hostile to the welfare of
' other clues of the community.
Lord G. CAVENDISH was disposed to bestow his