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London, England, 1829-05-20 00:00:00

stsetw the link that was wanting. This country Was, and
bad beet. for a long time is in artificial state. He would
not enter into all thecae'', assigoed for the peculiar
situation in which the country was placed.
,He wee
not prepared ter say to what proportion la:miens by the
Qoverninent, the restrictions on the currency. or the
eon laws, might have severally tended to produce the
preseq, situation of affairs. :Moat was owing to all
these citeumstances, Bilt the principal part. he firmly
• . believed, was owing to the corn laws. To retrace the
steps which had been taken with septet to the caftan?
w.is. be feared, impossible; but it was the more neces
soft° resort to other measures which were within the
power of the Legislature. The manufacturing popu-
lation was estimated at shoo seven millions, and the
aviculturel population amounted to about the same
number. The manufacturint thus had risen within
the last severity years to a degree of greatness and power
width had been a great means of upholding and sup.
',ding the strength of this country in its difficulties.
doily very 'recently many pada of the world were tri•
lottery to this country for suppl*s of some articles of
general necessity, and. in some degree, for corn. A
great part of our population. therefore. was devoted to
supplying foreigners, and, if that part of the population
was deprived of the employment afforded to it by fo
soigne s.it was thrown back on the rest of the population.
and created dist ess in proportion to the numbers thrown
out of employment. Up to the year 1765, and. forfifty
Mars previous to that period. England was an eiporte
trig nation, exporting on an average. 200.000 quartets
of corn every year. This corn, of cosine, came into
competition with that of Pidand. and Eaglend was;
enabled to undersell the corn of Dantsic. Whilst Eng.
hied was exporting, on an average. 215.000 quarters;
Dantaic never exported a greater qtiautity thin
86.000 quarters. Subsequently to 1765Eirgbiln8
came an impeding country as regarded.corn, natant,
which was to be ascribed to the gradual growth of ma-
usgactures, and the withdrawal 41 the bounty which, as
far es it um, bad forced capital into land. Fronithe
year 1772 there was a gradual rise in the snatiufactutes
of ibis country, and from that period it was found more
bentf.cial that England should import corn to teed her
manufacturers and send their manufactures to other,
civilities to sell. There was virtually a free trade in
corn, arid was. in fact, a continued importatioo, up to
the year 1815, and up to that time there was a gradual
joie/ease in the manufacture's of the cruntry, whilst the
agricultural population was also improving.. Every
article of production was doubled in value. Over ape-'
culistion atd bad harvests occasionally created distress.
bur the prosperity of the country wenton arety tepidly.'
ar.d the restrictions on the importation of corn bad no
pleat effect up to the year 1815. From 1796 to 1815.
th inclusive, being a period Of twenty yeas. the total
9u.ntity of torn imported was 9,622,000 quarters, bee
log air average of 481,135 quarters. Now, these facts.
1.0 conceived, ansuered those who feared 'to allow io-
reigneo, n Po be admitted. When the importation of foreign
corn was permitted a very small quantity was imported.
It might be said that the period to which he referred
wa. a time of war, but, though it wss a time of war,
yet a regular importation of corn did exist: Is the.
year 1810, when the Milan decrees were in force, and
Boor/parte was making the greatest exertions to shut se'
out from the Continent, there was a larger importation
of coos than in any former year. There was nothing
to feat, therefore. from the large importation of tom it I
the traitor was now to be made free. The price that
could be got in thistoontry was the inducement to t' e fo
teigoer. .and the biotite, the price the grease the induce.
meat. From 1816 to 1827 the totalqrsantity of corn
Posted %es4,i/674090qm being an average of 419.000
goalies. Atte/ the passing of the Cute Lilo in tHI3.
it was still loeptinecessary to admit core from the Con-
' Perm by Orders of Council and othermeaus, but the
impotostioa-of cora did sot amount to half a million of
' guarter,b on Of average. •If he showed that the present
systr m was .the paissit tel great evils. it was a sufficient
vomid toe st change of system By the forego trade
of the country rat ICOSITCci were maintained.-but by
abridging .case taped trade in corn, the trade which
this country denied on with she Continent. in Milo°
factusos was also abridged. By the restriction's on its
importation of corn Our manufacturers.wereptelediced,
and our arosaaa.throwo out of employment. The Oro-
defillons of Mar Manufactures' and artisans could not
bw 60111 on the Continent because we could not take
their coca, which was the only commodity In which
they could pay us. There were a million of men now
oat of employment ready to dispose of their labour,
sad they were prevented from being employed solely
adipose the law prevented corn from being impeded in
_return for their labour. There was no use in preducing
Isfiedware. Or cloth, or cotton, !to sale in foreign court-
*); beeatt•e we could not take back the corn of those
ceontries, which tyro the only thing they produced. The
Legislature said that oo corn was so be imported, and
tl4 effect was to raise the price of manufactures, apd
reigns the manufacturers of this countryfrom com-
posing with those of other countries. There was a
vett disparity bete een the price of corn in England
and on the Continea ; and the House had beenotold that
corn could be bought on the Continent for twenty-five
shillings, while it was sold in England for sixty
During the whole century previous to the year 1765
ffilgilltid was enabled to sell corn lower thaniher neigh-
hours; but horn 1765 to 1815. there was' an average
balance of imports to the amount of 215000 quarters. '
116011.11 y. kfoheld in his hand a table of the relative 4
riots of corn for the last hundred Outs ,at anoxic, 4
Is Hau•bul.glia yollaod. Bourdeauxi and Biglind:
6•9 the price, of COCO 'etc ,at Dantsic.• 211 u-to
is "Mho& SS . and in Beglaad the peace I
. • 94. • lA.maw appeated. however. that the face
•
IM P& 09 dm cattlissent• when it was. 60s. ift this.
•. , ja • .HOn. Member 'then peoccedgd to lay.
the HOOP 4 varies' of details, ••for ilie purpose'
will dial. itt the *Ay past ol•sht•List-century,
the tearer. rig" st. Otte is this,. annitey wee sot
higter dust act. aliksCoscusem. fw .tbsei advanced to
- the itsiddle autism, end of the' period. conteading
Osat foolhillSeltot Abe &Aden of an unjust' monopoly
o pro ed rise. of psi!. fres wbilh- mu' menu r ac-
tart suffered. so 51.11/114 andirons which the- landed
pro ots gained so little.. He mould illustrate the
view to toot of two qiiistion by a reference to its effects
tweeteruffefares. Suppose two pieces of sloth
sae gh meinipgfit (ef,Btaail. the one manufactured in EU*.
laod.ohit In France; nothing could be more vita
ot*ia thffftlie price of labour upon the one would
fat tilted t 4 upon the ether; and Abe disadvantage
yeideit wifet.tie itritisb" noeutteetorers: would. come
into No matiod ow too o'svious to holosisted on, and
unite; 'moth eircOmstances the weeder was, not that
foot ominufaatimem. wee in distress, 'but that they were
o'de. alp effect ear sales at. ell. Thocause of the,dis- '
ervs,igeo impartial. man, who had even the most ma.
4esi with the country, could doubt had
46 tete in the dearness of food. The Legislature was
jossototto do all that lay sithin its poser for the pur-
iiirio.4procutiog fir the people.of this country the first.
Ilbelaybf ieb of life. 11,se greater part of our rotoulac-