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factoring as well as the landed or agricultural id.
terest ; and, in his opinion, the whole wisdom of the
case was combined in the few words quoted by hit
Learned Friend below him (Mr. Brougham), from
the work of Sir Josiah Child, who hid been a great
commercial character in this country. He did not mean
now to go into the general subject ; he merely meant
to give an idea of what his individual view was; haw
he would meet the present proposition ; and how, when
the matter came more tangibly before the House, he
would endeavour to discuss it. While he paid due
respect to the liberality which had characterised the
plan of the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite,
and while he fully admitted the acute intelligence
of mind with which he brought forward his pro.
positions, still it appeared to him that he must go
to much greater lengths; although, even then, he
might not go to the extreme point, which he (Sir F.
Burdett) was ready to advocate, whenever the proper
occasion artived. He gave great credit to the Right
Hon. Gentleman for introducing so liberal a modiftea-
tion of the law, but he did not think it went far enough.
He conceived that a more extended system was neces•
sary for the interests of all, and more particularly for
the agricultural and landed interest of the country, in
the welfare of which he must naturally feel a very great
cencern.--(Hear.)—He was not standing up to make
a sacrifice of one great interest for the benefit of any
other, and he would plainly say, that if the landed
interest and the manufacturing Interest were really
opposed to each other, he would do his duty like the
Hon. Baronet below him (Sir T. Lethbridge), in sup.
port of that interest with which he was most nearly
connected. He would, in such a case, boldly and
manfully maintain his opinions, as the Hom Baronet
had done; but be certainly did not view this question
as a struggle between these two interests. H: trusted
that this discussion would be earl ied on, as it bad begun,
without any feeling of acrimony; convinced as lc was,
that the two interests were inseparable, and that it
was quite impossible for the one to flourish while the
other was decaying—(Hear). Of this he was perfectly
convinced, that neither commerce nor manufactures
could succeed, while the landed interest was in a state of
depression.—(Hear, hear.) Whenever the subject came
regularly forward, he should be ready to maintain those
doctrines—doctrines, the exposition of which appeared
to him to be of very great importance. It did appear to
him that a mistaken feeling had gone abroad on this soh-
jest—that a mistake had been made as to the e • use of the
distress which prevailed—and that, therefore, those
measures had not been taken which might have been
adopted for the benefit of the country. It seemed to
him, indeed, to be quite extraordinary, that during the
whole course of this discussion, the price of corn had been
solely dwelt upon, while that which altered and affected
the ptice of corn—namely, the state of the currency—
had not been adverted to—(Hear).—Every Gentleman
had enlarged on the price of corn as the great sourceof
dissatisfaction ; but no one had touched on the other
question. He hoped, however, that on a future occa.
sion they would examine the state of the currency,
which was, in fact, the root of all the evils under which
the country laboured—(Hear).
The House then resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported
progress, and asked leave to sit again on Friday week.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed 06
and the House adjourned at Tax o'Ccoce.

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inguire into the present state of the Shipping and Commerce pi
Great Britain, lu consequence of the relaxation of the Old Nail.
ption Law..