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

thought was only fair, as long as the duty. bhoill4 he
continued. For instance. blamed of leaving the farmer
ruill", as he sometimes was. by a plentiful hat iest. he
should he Tea? tS Ova him a bisanty on exportatifor..
to enable him to Meet his frame' calls. This would have
. thes
u rpeffecte. ofA
he was obliged to sell his .corn, to meet. ionising exi..
eleivnctleilingligelnhte fParrimeelerpre hadtt y
oncef sassily
throughout
him
'jitocies, at Ws. a lower. and before seed time came to'
bay it again at Ms. The Hon. Gentleman then pro.
forded, at considerable length. to refer to the tetarns of
the duty levied upon corn during the lest nine year..
and to contend that under a proper system of regula-
tion a revenue of 1,200,00 W. instead of 256.0001. might
base been raised upon them. to the relief of the mum-
focturer,.whmo razes would then. in a great degrre.ho
paid by the foreign consumers. to his animal tedisci.in
of the day upon corn, he said, lie meaotto proceed tin-
ed the agrfculturist was liable to no other tax than so-
ciety at large. He complained that every article of food
—haat, eggs. bay, se.—was 'Athlete to heavy taxation,
and denied that it was the agriculturist alone aim pro.
doted corn; every artisan and mechanic equally pro-
duced it, by fabricating an article vhi:h was ex-
changed for the corn of foreign States. lithe principle
which he recommended was to be adopted. this land.
.so pregnant with the matetials of productive industry,
would flow with milk and honey—(4 lattAli) It did
indeed, at present, for wealth and luxury could provide
the growth of any (reign land for the table. of the
reds the misfortune under the existing system was,
that the milk and honey did not Sow tray how down.
He then combated the doctrine. that land wa- the source
of nutional‘wealth,- for what was it, he asked, m 'de
States great, but .commerce ? in illustration of which
1 posioon he quoted the Historirs. of. 'Carthage, Genoa.
Venice. and the flans Towns.. He. would have the
I.:crantry Gentletheir toc'onsJer wire.her the law, which:
ithey -maintained tor the eictusion of foreign corn, w..a,
'au equivalent sufficient to compensate them for the
!diminished detain& and pi ice for the viariousother pro.
ducts of their tarots. A Gentleman, who bad a'farm a
short distance from Mantbester, obberireJ, that when-
ever trade was brisk at that place. every article belong.
ins yo his farm brought high price., and added that Le
coold tell without any particular intotasaticm on the
'suliject,bytbe piece which his bailiff obtained for the pro-
duce in the market, what was the' state of trade in Maw.
chaster. Ile thooglit he is as, boo ne out by every proof
and Argument in the principle be had endeavouted to
establish, and that his principle. if adopted and follow• d
up, Would lead tq perfect freedom in commerce wish
respect to every attiele.. He disiied no other tram.
fuels to be imposed upon trade and commerce than such
as might be necessary .fsr raising the revenue. The
strength and prosperity of the country was said to de.
pend upon the flourishing condition of agriculture; be
did not think this was the. case exclusively. Besides,
the agricultural interest depended on the ship owner,
the manufacturers, &c. who were all indissoitrly con
nested. - If you allowed these interests to decay, rive
landed interest would' decay along• with them. He
urged Gentlemen to look back at the times if Charles
the Second, and to examine the state if England at that .
period. England was then thinly peopled, and its '
exports were principally . confined to raw articles.
Let Gentlemen look at the state cf the landed in-
terests then. as contrasted with their subsequent pros.
persty and improvement—let HohourableMembers trace
the prOgress of cultivation, and observe the increased
.vplue of landed property, which had since taken I.lsce
in evict propuitton to the increase of iummercensid
manufactures. birch at weooght to attend to the home
juaihet—and he admitted that was an important con-
sidgratitai—he would not neglect the foreign market.—
,The consumers at home paid the taxes t but if w e eves
admitted the principle sought to be established by Sit
john Sinclair, with regard to the Support of the home
Inarket,independently of the multitude of persons wtorri
we should thus throw out of ettiploYinent, we shoUld
cast the whole weight of .52,000,0004 of taxes (the
amount now levied) on the home. market.. Hr stated
this as a reason why the home market should not-hr.
-held up as the objet of exclusive support and pre-
tesence. By carrying on commercial intercourse with
foreign States, we made fOrtigirets pay a poi tion of our
taxes. There was one objection which he wished to an.
ticipate. It would be said This country is very
heavily taxed, and therefore we cannot enter into corn.
petition with other states not similarly burdened." Now
heavy taxation was a reason why we should endeavour
to extend our commerce. for in that way only could we
get free from the load which oppressed us. It was also
mud " commies where there is cheap torn are very mi.
`Bitable' this was because they had no manutactufes,
as in the capes of Ireland and l'oland, where corn was
cheap for this reason. There the grocers. of the article
could ontAet corn to feed on. A counuy without trade,
is Ireland and Poland, was in the situation of a country
of slaves, where these was plenty of, rum, plenty of
.sugar, plenty of coffee, plenty of cocoa, but the slaves
gat none of them. The slaves in the West Indies weir
[unable to consume the produce of the soil for the same
seasons exact!, as rendered Irishmrn unable toconsunitt
wheat and oats. The litter got potaioes to feed them,
and nothim else ; the wheat and oats went. in payment
Of rent to their landlords. Rear up a portion of Lush..
men as manutacturers, and then they' will be able to
*O4 therr•labour and ingenuity in exchange for a pot.,
ta43 of the wheat and oats. It was necessary to men-
tion one other objection. Some persons say "• it is not fit
that we should trade with other countries, if they will nut
!rid, with us upon equal terms." They add--" unless a
ptiisci,-.le of seciproci y be Acted on by shrift, it is proper •
to prohibit the importation ol foteign corn, so long as
they refuse to take British articles." He denied this.:-
be .admitted reciprncity was a good thing, and that
it: we could pe.suade Frames to give her wine and
Ml: in exchange for our bard• are and cloth, it would
he. all very well; but still if she refused to act thus,.
we should riot on that account decline to accept such
of her commodities as we could advantageously as
opt. We ought to take from France whatever we
could get cheaper there than elsewhere. Russia had
put us under'.'n ban as regarded reciprocity, yet we
good mituredly took her hemp, tallow, &c. Why did
we-do this? We did not send her any manufactured
goods directly, and according to the argument referred
to, she amount et our dealings with Russia must be a
dead loss. But Russia was supplied by France with
brandy, wine, itc. and Portugal sent her wine, olives,
'and other articles to Russia. :Our- hardware and
cloth found their way into France (smuggled or not,
it did not matter); our jackets went to Portugal; and
thus we paid for Russian hemp and . tallow •as if our
Clothing and hardware went direct. to .Russia in ex-
change tor them. The means by which the operation
was effected might be circuitous, but the/ involved
a principle of perfect reciprocity. in. the .end. ltmas
our duty to buy at the cheapest and sell at tbasteatest,
market we could, and by multiplying stir Market• and
mileages. to carry on as much trade as poirsible*Wlth
respect to the position of the Hon. Alderman neiethe
table. he deified that there could be both a thing as over.
production in tints country generally. 11c.admittcei there.

aright be such a thing in one single ankle, bin k itevj
not gain in all. in hie view of theca*, what wisswe
,
nver.proautrion arose fiom inequality of proesset,on:
there was too much of one article shade, that was 4l`
For his part, be wished for a steam-engine ot 100.
power in every villager to manufacture bread and rw,
—(A laugh) Tne object should be to pindUteaStiii-
,,
xchangrable for food in as greet quantities as pokihie,
hot se • rre not allnee4 p free musket lot fond. It oh I
the present state of titeCornLaws which occasioned what
was known by the title of overproduction: le prgditer
is erndy.to exchange his goods for food : fon will 'soon
him have it; if he cannot get it, he will base a sap,,.
/Wry. of commodities; so that it is Government the j
to be blamed. We were all interested in this.- If th.
tresnment altered the corn laws, they w. uld hit% the
population in a state of prosperity; they would hive
every mats employed; they would have the con.whp.
sloe of coninsodities greatly increased, ar;d along with
that an augmented tevenue (vim taxation ; wad the,
would have the means of power and weal it to awl'.
most unlimited event placed in their hands. Btu Where
restrictions were placed on tf e important at ticles:of
food for men, the country serffered, and the reargue
was declining as at present. Remove the cause of he
**O. and the evil will
.Ceke. It was the country
IGentlemen who ruled the Rouse and the toiletry-.
they made the laws; they said, " Let os have a Flinn°.
poly of the supply of scorn it; the fametenweri,*&c,;
th•fsterethe linds in the If ,use of Commons and i% •
the other House of Parham. tit, and they had done this.
• Let as tuppote the matsufacturees .f Sheffield, ”44
...heater. &C. wete movers here, and adopted the co,
oere.of thus juipeipie, how would the landowners hite
rt? cvtir potsCouvitnasent exclusively adopt at tatty .
eithtsool49.itig INA" them ant cramp N/ Ith 114
.1 isinetive law ortit.t, het place the whole CPfTlftllini.7 lg..
a situ itinn;:and cftlif.r on them itlasser, to du throe bs.t;
IThegrwatest stole of freedom ihvnl wed the greatest state
of pe .sketity. He.was not one whet hought that the pat).
lic &111,.hearry as it was, was of much consequence, so
1 HI-ester/ could hive such an eztensi .n of commerce a •
would rendei Ike whole world triliotary to as, and assist feasts).
meat.; Coedit any thine contribute more to the happisteocew
specify of the chatty than that there ahead be Nod .nd employ.
taint sufficient for every man? flow different boa that Noe of
things was the picture which (misted where the OWL:sky, dares.,
and privation. of the lower elasieslAad driven deem to a ataistion
of the lowa (be believed more through necessity than wasoasitas) •
exceedingly to be deplored ? llavi s 1 called the stiatiost of the
!tight litiliarable Gentirnum (t* President of the lJ erd W.Trade)
to the subject.- the Honourable )leather concluded by musing--
•' Titan the House do resolve Itself. into a Committee or the vtloto
lease to consider tbe•Cora Laws (Act 9 Geo. IV. c. 4110.) Wish a
view of sibeiltuting a fra•d euty on the importation of foreign ova
into the Unitid Kingdom, and appointing a bounty on the export
of Britia.arn, lasted of the pre-etpt valuated oak of prices and
oaten.*
FITZGRRALD saidit was not his inicorino
to follow Honoorable Member dirostgb the st.rioas copies *MA •
be bad Introduced into hi. spteelt ; by which he wished, at sorry
..late period of the Session, to get-Parliament to abandon principle,
which they lad lefty laid down. The Honnurabir lieutleava
thought proper to direme thie question as one botenetio the egeteet.
fora! and manufacturini itateressi. This Was an insidious temps.
:Won, even if tree; but it was without fouitdetton. He also cowidertd
it disingenuous to draw any comparison between Venice awl tn.
land; tilers apiculture could not be encouraged, heestoe corn maid
out be grown there. The Hoe Gentleman had stated that the Core
Laws bad net fulfilled I4le.predietions'of those who supported theta
,Now, be ( Mr. Fitzgerald) denied that such was the fact; ea
the contrary, he believed they hal fully inewered the expeetatiou
of the country, neither was it the ewe that greater laminas ex.
lied ender the. *few law than under the old. The fluctuating M
1799 was 435• in every succeeding year it was km; to leer it was
only IT'. pet quarter. With respect to a razed duty, he did not
:Link titter wild be found • Minister to enforce it iu times
trees and icaraty. Hi was corroborated .in this .pales by that of •
Mr. Tooke whew clews as this question were entitled to the own • ••• 11
atienvire etinsfiferation.: The only question which the House had to •
caisider was, whether the operation of the Lie Corn. Bill was colt ;
as should induce Parlianieut to alter it? whether the titan-
stances of tlagiontiy•iesuired such a Chase, without givlok skit
Aq sufileleat Bun to come fully Into operation.;so as to lave jits
alma' proper# Apprviated T. He hoped the Holm would air
consent to any such *ooze, butatt.gatiee she mottoa: • .. • .
11BATHCOTIL:spid, thgtlentikthe present system of Cu, •
Laws was. adopted,' taredne Vas -little eke thee a• speetti •et sr
'gatisbling, for he was.obliged to Witch every turn tithe market*
as assiduously esaity broker'at the Stock Watrissage, Lie was ap-
posed to the minion of tinwjettailentber.
Lord MILTON. that da presem system ofr tora LW*
was bad in petallike,' fofk "ifs calcacted to prodockslisi .of 1
nomintereuvree lortifreetf • tliis country, and other' nation*, Width
must prove defirmiatel te4them
Mc. WpDit,HOUSB *tend themodon Oche Bow: Member. .
for MotrilFsiond contended that the • hopottstion of eon; inford*
of vesting a grinder deemed far our teaaufacturett, bad only Ma
eff,et of draining cis, eortnrynof is gold. •
Mt. W. WalTifOUit said that the President of the Bead of
Trade bad referred to the floessadoes of 1799 and 1901, la =s•.
tradistinetion so those of last year; Out be should have retnerobeisi
that the circumstances of last year were different, for the deficiency
was 'meet in the years 1799 tad 1201,thaa it bad bore eat the ,
'passing of the present Act. •
Me. HOLDSWORTH opposed the modes.
Lord A LTHORP thought, the prose= law deserved a knit
teat' and thefefure he objected to the motion et his Honourabis • .
Friend (Mr. Hume).
Mr. HUSKISSUB thought it extremely lojedician ot this ,
period of the Session, to unsettle maxi minds sod bdu diairpas.
dons Into media spa a subject of this astute. •
Mri HUME replied. aad said that be felt bound to.piese the
:notion toe dm e on, to order to see bow few world vow with him,.
The Moose tbendivided, upon which there appeared.to he—
For the modes ..... .... 12
• Against ...... 124
• Majority ... .. .... ...
Upon oar Mire to the gallery we team'
' Mr. HOISHOUSU upon his lege. wowing for leave eels% It .
a 241 si.antend'ilte Acts seguistiog the hosteler the ihnuoyanat
'ol children ice minas/tacks. • . • ,
Sit 'O:'PHILLI PS seetioded the
• dir:PRIIL reminded the Her. Mamba that as ibis was she
third la ir the subjectrhe hoped this NB woutikbe ao framed ' •:
Abat it.erodld of legislating ate fat all art thrt subject. Theta wee '•
'vertices that ought to be auppravita. .
. Mr, W., ti ITH :upporredthe •• • .
L▪ eave ryas then given to bring in 621 U rot *liana regulsdri
Of PsitiSitis irropittyrig'Citiitheri, ate. • • • •
r.. 1) &CM NSON.obtained leave to Meg is •111 l to Mph" r•
the ilivi•lnp. of Counties. • • • - . - • • ••..14...•
• The en NeunAzit,i)t-itratia2i4 litarnedjell9-:
to bring-fee Bill to allow the g
Mr. Secret 11.1“, movveb bualewilteartit: Xff JIM Idracifi•••••l'
pelts Police liilT •
AfriAENNARD tressed that ea the thiri reeding there would
be an opportunity of discussing it. •
Mr. BRIGHT said this Bill applild to Westminster, aid left
Louden* untouched. Besi.les, the But Weediest a pew printiple4
aced pietas's and Inns of Court, sad lotel.juriedietien. ought to ham
time hilinwilder It. Ought it not to be allowed us steed over tor
a few dagit • • ••. .
ldr,Setretary PEEL observed that the • Bin followed ate se.

commendations of a Committee, and it had long bees lath, Weis •
of Mies rrs —The City wai not iochtded, became Its pa's was
found tb lie much more perfect than that o( Westodnetar".
Crimes• had greatly increased in. the suburbs. • He wished the
Honourable Member would read the Report. It showed that
there were many pariebia in the suburbs whitest any pernel4ll.
watch Whatever—(Hear, bear). In one perish, hi cis work%
eighteen Wirrshories bad bees ..amantitted. 'Mktg dun. wet
/he watch; it was bidly pained. .10 some Wilma% es 'la
Onford.osett pad 'in the ,fisymattet, • the watch meo 'ha& moo
trots! btiopy. Ode of the way sod not on the ether.; While Mesa
disetepihelis continued in the nigltywitels, it would be mitt M
Joist totearvimproved system of police. ,ds to Mt coltroes az"
tbo,tnatlimmt pobee.rate at SJ, iht the panst,% He shop&
ail would agrelithrsesomething mast be dam to attempt to oath
the enorosousipowth• of thine in this put.of osetropelia. is
to the filar* of Court aid miser ptiiliar eisdisdm. stair ass •
would ditgewelousideration. : ::.t ^ " •
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