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•14e, of providing a remedy. The sleek teas therefore., he repeated,
an issue of tact. riot it the fact erovol unfounded-I(,su tat Gum
being tree, the very reverse sheuld be the teal state of the ease--
there would tb. it be no ground for complaint, no ground for an In-
getry ; and the appointment of a (..e ammeter would not be warranted
accept en the view taken by some Gentletnen and particularly
Ott that of the Hon. Wernher for Dover, who made an attempt to
induce the Make to suspect the polkyauf . persevering in a course
which the Government and Parlientenc bad thought proper to
adopt. His Gallant Colleague (Genera. Gatemen.) had atated that
it was not his fault that this question was not brought forward at
an uteri period; he (Mr. ilulkiaeon) thought that it might have
gems a currency to the misreFesentations which heal appeared on
tbiteobject. coesiderine, that the public accounts were not available
before ,larch es contradict those unfounded assertions. He (Mr.
'Huskiasen) would not assert that these accounts when 'produced
arterial nee all the statemehts of the petitioners, but he would say
teat it slows, al they were made at random tough he concluded
the pal ties who 'epee! The petitions supposed that the statements
they contained were well founded. The manner in which Paii-
twits were got up Was Weil known : a certain degree of co.fele:ice
wad eieee lty the petitioners to the person by whom the petition
Was gut tap, and they signed it ender a persuasion that the
*endue nis were correct. He ( 11r. iluskisson; found in some
of the petitions allegations wbich he must Own surprised
him, because they were at variance with what tbe getters up must
base bad under their oven personal knowledge. He would advert
briefly to one or two. The first he should refer to was a petition
from Seat borough, prow i 1 °a the 16;li Feb. which rtated that the
wake of Withal shipping had &creased front 20 to 25 pet cant. since
the year 1825; and expressed regret and alarm at " the great increase
in that entry of foreign, particulirly Baltic vessels, at of the British
ports." Ile (Mr. iluskisson) would just read the official return
of the entry of Britbh and f. reign vessels in this very pert of Scar-
borough. In 1825, the number of 13riiish 'erode which entered
inwards wss 19, their Mullet amounted to 2,421 ; the number
or foreign vessels was 17, their tonnage 998. In 1826, the number
of British yawls was 17, their tonnage ; the number of
(mitten vessels in that year, instead iit 17 was V, and their ton-
nage 149—(Loud cheers). So much for the petition frum Star-
borough—Oka:, bear). The !met petitien was from the port of
Greenock, eltich contained the same allegation., with reference
particular y to Ike British provinces in North America; it stated
that "by the beuent bestowed upon foreign shipping, so decided
preference is givera to foreigners in the timber trade, that the ,petl-
teener, can nu lemger congete successfully with them" How the
fans redly stood he should now proceed to shew. In 1825 the
number of British vessels which entered inwards in this port was
201; their tonnage was 51,000. The number of foreign vessels was
21; their tonnage 6,900. In 1828, the British tontine was 54,000 ;
the foreign 2,2oo—(Heat). If he (Mr. Hu/Aiwa:o were to go into
the other Petitions, centatning the same proposition, the House
would be able to judge of the value of the allegations they
contained. lie should merely advert to another Petition (with
reference to the argument that the poorer classes were de-
prived of employment by the change) front the labourers in
the port of London connected welt the shipping. They
stated that their condition in 1925 was prosperous; but that
in 1646, owing tit the increase of foreign shipping, they bad suf-
fered great distress. Now it aepeareel that in 1823 the tonnage of
foreign vessels entering inwards its the port at London amounted to
502.122 tots; these persons then found 60 want of employment.—
In 182 e, the tonnage of foreign vessels amounted to 21.5,e54 only—
(Cheers). Ile eves awete that the subject was a dry one, but he
Must trespass upon the I louse, in order to vindicate Parliament,
tall show that the country was not deriving
I Injury by pt never.
log in the present measures—(Hear, hear). t was true, that
last year he (Mr. Hueltiesun) made a statement to the House
before the returns had been produced; and now an endeavour
wa. madvesinee the returns were furnished, to accuse him of in.
accuracy. lie bad been charged with garbling the returns in order
suic his own rurpowA, and to mislead the public ; he had been
chereed with the paltry trick of jumbling the foreign trade, and the
coasting trade together, id order to lead to a false result, instead of
skewing ch.' there bid been a very great diminution of the foreign
trade of the country. It became, therefore, his ditty, before he
came to discuss this subject in the present Session, to exhibit the
returns in such a shape se would repel the suspicion of his having
attire' them to suit the. object of a pitiful misrepresentation. He
would 'hew what had been the foreign trade of the country, which,
up to 3813, included the trade with Ireland ; and why? because by
a mistaken policy (which it was fortunate for the interests of
this • miry. as well as Ireland, had been exchanged for a
better system,) we did treat the Irish as a foreign trade, sub-
ject to all the restrictions imposed on that with foreign coun-
tries. Te ett fore, in order to make a fair com partake It was
necessary to continue the statement of the trade with Ireland as
foreign. He now held In his hand an account of shipping since the
restor anon or peace. The result was, that excepting that extravagant
'year, 1825 (and the year 18:-.8 was necessarily itfluenced by that
year of specul3lien), there had been a comparative increase of British
shipping. Even 1826 exhibited a gleaner number of I ritish ships
entering inwards and outwards than any year (except 1845) slime
1614 ( leer). Here, t be re was the first peooe—(Hear). Let
Gentlente n cast their eyes down the column of figures, and they
would see that although the year 1825 was a year of depression,
there was no ye er which stood higher than 1826 since the restora-
tion of peace—( Hear). The tonnage of British vessels entering in-
weeds in 1826 was 9,478,000; iu 1814 it was 1,846 000—(Hear,
hear). But as Ireland was now separated !rum the foreign
tilde, he ( Mt. Iluskisson) had required that Its tonnage should ,
be separated in each year front the accounts of foreign trade,
properly or called, since 1814; and here .the • comparison was
still nto:e favourable. The tonnage of British vessels trading
between Lritato arid foreign parts, excluding Ireland, in the year
11136 exceeded considerably that iu any our year since 1814, except
the year 1825. Then what became of the lamentations of the ruin
of our foreign trade: Ile (Mr. Huskis.on) must stare that 1825 was
a year of tpeculttitio, when he compared that year with 16.26.
'the decrease in British shipping in 1826, compared with the pre-
c.ihng year, was 210 ,o'2o tons. The tonnage in 1825 was 2,027,000
n• ; that in 1326 was 1,796,020 tons. The foreign shipping, mean.
while:heti tenet' off 2L0,000 tons; that of 1829, was 898,000 tons;
• that of 1826, 640,000. Thus there was a less decrease in the
I:flesh than its the fer.ign shipping; and a must triumphant
&ewer herein appeared to the objections as to the relative in-
crease of toreign and British shipping. Then he would say, look
sot the matter as you please, the proportion of increase was on the
side of British shipping. When the system of reciprocity was
;tucked as it had been, he merely desired Gentlemen to read down
the column of fourteen years, and they would see, with reference
to the four years antecedent to the reciprocity system, to what
amount the foreigo shipping had increased last year—( Hear, hear.)
Allowing the reciprocity system to be in'operation, and that fo-
reign shipping occupied a greater pottion of tonnage than last
bear, still the shipping had increased in a greater ratio. He
ad examined the accounts in various ways, by averages
of five years, of ten years, and lastly of three years subs. Tient
to the ten years (excluding 1825); and in whatever way be
looked at the subject,—in whatever mode human ingenuity
might be employed—the result was anti would be, that bash
shipping would be seen to possess very cousiderable advan.
tages over the foreign. Then, its order to exhaust tbe subject
in every possible way, he would notice the objection of some,
that the Colonies and British North America, where there was
nu foteien competition, should be excluded es tell
lie had accordingly called for the following teturnst First of
British shipping carrying on trade with ports nut of foreign
gutope, eacluetve of the Mediterranean ; secondly, of British
shipping entering Ireland front ports out of Europe excluding
the Medi:erranean ; thirdly, of the trade with the East Indies;
fourthly, of the trade with Africa; fittlily, of the trade with
the West Indies; stathly, or the trade who Uritish North Arne-
ittea ; seventily, ot the trade with the fieheriee ; eiebthly, of
the coasting trade (which, he was sorry to say, could be furnished
ouly for three years); and from these accounts Gentlemen would
see whether he had been justly th aged with having jumbled the
foreign and coa•tteg trade together fur the purposes alleged.—
He would go through these returns. Front the acccount of the
tonnage of Wadi vessels anteing from foreign ports, exclualine the
British Colonies in all parts of die world, it was gratifying to find
that the eueutiry its MO exceeded that of any your since 1814, ele-
gem 1823. There was not a single year be,tdes that which was nut
vastly inferier ta IRA& Ile ( Mr. Iluallissent) del not deny that in
the for.lets trade there was a continued tendency to increase; but
If oor amp; log contini.ed nit increase 4150, wet e we to proceed to
measure. ot itostinty lie cause, fineoutli, there had bean an increase
in foreign trade as read as our own ?--(flear, hear). He bad
lookesleitto this subject emotively ; be had been induced to do
aa,becauee lie telt to..e. his else/acme was concerned, and, what we
of more import:dice titan bit own character, the interests of tl e
country. .thre lw.nt be would refer to mare particularly :
one fourth of lee foreign shipping consisted of areeeels under
50 tons, whilst oar shipplug ay. raged 4011 tons. The made between
the opposite ports of trance and Dover, Ramsgate., and other places
In England, employed small vessels bringing eggs, better, vege
tables, puultry, and trait, which were alleekluded in the returns.—
'These vessels came with 011 c tide, and returned with the nest. Was
such a terentnewee as this a nursery fur seamene.-(Near). No; we
sbonid look to dbtant foreign trade, at Owes:Tensity of the world,
which would brio our stamen by tenting them to kardshlps and to
flaapie- Thu was Bet le opel u Witt y, and the 0311.104 of UebUklifli

MU maritime supericeite. tv it sell eerneare a le...Mini-
tel, stage renting to the Ilene ve eth the Edinburgh mail, as
iiken such a commerce with that which was the foundation of the
British naval power. . Yet it was little known to what event this
petty commerce was carried. The number of eggs imported from
Prance in these smell youth in the course of last year amounted Ite
63,000,000, and the duty paid upon them was .e 22,060. It was
the same with a liutidred other articles. Titers vie% another article
la which be felt it necessary to advert. Ir was a as:sleet which had
hens alluded to by his Bight llonottrahle Friend (Sir. C. Grant)
during his unavoidable absence from the House—he meant the im
portation of bones for manure. The annual value of the bones
imported from the continent exceeded one bemired • thousand
pounds. The trade employed 40,000 tons of shippime, which con-
sisted of ntivrable little vessels from all parts of the continent, from
the Scheldt to the Helder. Ile would ask whether it was reason-
able to expect that a gallant isritish vessel should proceed to Hans.
burgh to get one bushel of hones after another trate she made up a
careen?—Glean) It was absutd to suppose such a thing. The
trade in question could not he carried on in any other way than by
these small vessels. lie would now proceed to that part of the sub-
ject which related to the trade with all parts of the world strictly
foreign, out of Europe. In 1814; the amount of British ton•
nage employed in th s trade was 535,000 tons. In 1826, it
was 878,000 tons, being an increase of 3sBths. Had foreign
'levying it:creased in the same proportion? No such thing—
With the settle exception of the United States of America,
the foreign sleppli g in that trade was greater than in any one
re tee slx years pre ccditg tale than it was last year. He now turned
to that portion of our trade which was more immediately under our
own control—slam:ly, the trade with the colonies. He heel been
accused of having gratuitously, unwisely, and unnecessarily opened
the trade of our celonies, which we had the right of retaining ex-
cessively to ourselves, to the shipping of hareem countries. He,
however, had the satisfaction of being able to state, that if be had
so opened the trade to foreign ships, he had not in the slightest
degree injured the British shipping interest engaged in the same
trade. Tee Mesh shipping engaged in the trade with the West
India colones last year was greater in amnuut thaw in any year
since the peace, always excluding 1814 and ISIS. because in tbow
years we possessed colonies which had since been restored to
foreign powers. British shipping, SD far from suffering front the
measure for which lie was tilanted,•bad gained and was gaining
from It. Then came the trade with our North American colonies.
That had hicreased in a neat gigantic degree. Instead of amounting
to only 151,1:00 tuns, at P. did at the peace, it now amounted to
747,000 tons—(blear). it bad more than doubled, and the traders(
last year exceeded that of any tot me r year, always excepting 1216.
With the Rest Indies our trade had increased from 50,000 tons to
72,000 tons. With the coast of Africa it hay increased from 9,000
tons tc 26,000 tons. He was indeed at a loss to find a 'lnk
branch of our foreign trade in which there had not been an in.
crease, with the exception of the trade in oil with France, sod
there the decrease was easily accounted for. In the deep sea fishery
trade there had been a decrease, the tonnage having fallen off from
being 55,000 to between that and 40,000. During the war we bad
exclusive pmsession of the whale fisheries, and supplied every
country with oil. Since the peace foreign powers had prohibited the
importation of oil, with the view of encouraging their (MR fisheries.
In France a bounty was given, most injudiciously he thought,. on
whale fishing. hesitated besides be recollected, that tbe demand
for oil had been considerably diminished, in consequence of the new
mastic of lighting adopted throughout the country. Almost every
i great town in the country was now lighted with gas. It was
ratifying to find that an increase . bad taken place in the
trade of Ireland with all parts of the world, particularly with
the Baltic and British North America. It was, he said, gratifying'
to observe this, not only on account of the interests of navigation,
but because it it appeared that Ireland consumed three or four times :
the quantity of timber which she did four years ago, it was fair to
Ma me that at least a part of the population were advancing in the,,
enjoyment of those comfor:s to which tbe employment of timber
was subsidiary.—(hear, hear). It now only remained for him to
refer to the state of the timber trade with the Baltic. To assist
him on this point he had called for a return of the. state, of the
trade for every year since 1784. If any evidence could be
found more satisfactory than another of the increasing wealth, pro•
sperity, and means ot etijoyntent of this country, it was supplied by
a compeeisun of the state of the timber trade in 1784, and at the
present period. In 1784 we imported from British North America
700 loads of timber, and from the Baltic 108,000 loads. In 1825
we imported from British North America, instead of 700 loads,
407,030 loads, and from the Usltie instead of 108,000 loads, 272,000
luads—(Hear). Here was an increase not in the proportion of tens
and fifties, hut of thousands. It should be recollected that tbr
British North American trade was carried on exclusively in Deis
Bah vessels, and that trade was now greater than we had ever
enjoyed with the Baltic. The Right Honourable Gentleman ihen
proceeded to make a comparative statement at the amount of tim-
ber imported trout the Baltic le British and foreign vessels sines
1809. The average annual aniount imported tor the first five
years in Brides cease!, was 49,000 loads; in foreign vessels,
61,000 loads. In the next five years, front 1814 to 1819, the
average annual amount imported in the ten years, from 1819 to
1826, was, la British vessels, 55,000 loads; in foreign yeast ls,
59,000 loads. In the lest three years, the average annual
amount import...l was,—in British shipping, 100,000 loads; in
foreign, 112,000. elurh of the distress at present experienced
by the shipping interest was very properly ascribed to the excess
of building, not only in this country but in North America.—
The natural result of over trading was a fall in price—( Hear). He
now begged leave to call the attention of the house to a very
material part of the case which he hail very nearly overlooked—he
meant the coasting trade,which we could keep entirely to ourselves.
lie would state the amount of that trade fur the four last years.—
Its 1823 it was 7,899,000 tons; in 1824 it was 3,110,000 tons;
iu 1825 it was 8,500,000; and in 1826 it was 8 368,000
tuns—(Hear, hew). This trade was the best nursery fur seamen,
and it was on: which must Increase with the in • of
manufactures and agriculture, and tier demand from great
towns. .The coasting trade, which included the trade with
Ireland, was better a hundred times for the fot matron of seamen
than the trade with liamburgh and Norway. It seas a trade which
was carried on during all seasons, and prepared our seamen to brave
the dangers either of tbe sea or of the enemy. An Act was passed in
1u25, by which the Crown was enabled, upon certain conditions' to
open the colonial ports to all the powers of the world. He bad been
reproached for that act. lie considered the act necessary, as epo-
litical expedient. It was no longer practicable to treat cur great terri-
tory in North America 'in the rootlet; of a mere sugar plantation,
interdicting it from contmerce with all parts of the world. Vfe
had tried that policy unsuccessfully with our former colonies, now
the United States. We furls id them to make snail for themselves,
or to weave the moat simple fabric, front jealousy of their inci•
pient manufactures. lout it was impossible to pursue the seine
system at the prerent day precisely at the time when all other
countries were abandoning u. It was said, however, that with
respect to our sugar islands, we had it in our power to pre-
scribe any conditions to them. Ile would, bowever, in intuits
that we were boune, for the sake of the intereCll of Great Britain
—for the sake of the interests of navigation—to do what we
had done, in allowing the couiarits of the North of Rorepe to
trade in their own shipping with thaw Colonies. if he understood
anything of the principle of the tuvigation lawiewhieh were so melt
reterred to, one of their chief objects next tirihat uf securing great
econinterci.:l power to ourselves, was that of preventing too great a
share of the carrying trade,whichoe could nor ‘.tirselvss uceupy,froo:
being enjoyed by any one toreieu country. The wants of me West
India Colonies rendered it necessary that they should draw a pert cat
their supplies from lureisti countries. We °peard the trade between
the Colonies and the United States of America, iii 1822. The trade
thus opened with the United States (which, he it remembered, was,
next to this country, tee most growing maritime power on the face
of the earth); bad alt easy b.:eunte of so much uutt•equence, that the
amount of tonnage employed in it was not far short ot half of the
whole of the Britisb tonnage engaged in trade with the same cubes'
lees. To give to Power• as Denmark and Prussia, which
bad nut one hundred gun ship, nee even a sloop of war, and
probably never would hive one, the opportunity of confpeting
with the United State,' of America was therefore in strict fur-
theratice ot the object of the Navigation Laws. In adopting than
measure, it had not been his wish, nor that of his Right Hon.
Friend (Mr. Canning), to prejudice the trade of the Uelted States,
'but only to put other countries on the Lone touting with them.
selves. They had forgone the boon which was within their
power, and which they had enjoyed for some years. The result:
would be, that part of the trade hitherto exclusively enjoyed
by the tonnage of the United States would in future he participated
in by the teenage or rrussia, ilenthurgh, and other Powers, which
would be likely to lead us into a more extet.sive commercial inter-
course with them. lie believed it would soon appear that British
navigation would be greatly benefitted by opening the trade with
Newfoundland. N•iw, with respect to our sugar colonies, the
monopoly of trade with them would not be worth a farthing to us.
Owing to the great eateutiou of our colonies, they produced an.
neatly tioeoo hogsheads of wear more than could be consumed
in this' country. This surplus could only find a vent in the foreign
Itrerket. The question, in fact, was—not whether a few tuns or
shipping, more or less,should be employed, but—whether the interest
and safety of the colonies should be consulted by allowing them
to °retain those supplies which we could not conveniently lei
(MI et the clic-per rate they could get them for from (Melee

4-Ninnies If she ahipplog intoryt were to loktieheLl at fib* expense
albs tolooles, the latter must Inevitably pet wined, and the furrnet
would as surely participate in the distress. It ought to be matter tit
surprise, nut that the shipping interest had suff.:red distress since the.
pease, but that the esteut of that distress had not been much greater.
During the war, the shipping of this country, owing to the mono-
poly we enjoyed, increased amazingly. At the period St the peace,
the Government disntl.srd 400.000 tons of shipping which had been
employed on the transport service, besides selling many ships which
formed part of the Royal Navy. iminadiately a:ter the peace,
Mr. Buckle, who was now Chaitman of the Shipping Interest,
strongly recommended the establishment of an reclusive ware-
housing s7stem. He then said it was necessary to encourage in
every way the bringing of foreign merchandise to this country as
to a sort of storey*. The Right Hun. Gentian= Own proceeded
to defand the reduction which had been made In the rate of harbour
l and light dues. lie stated that the measure was absolutely necessary
Ito induce foreign ships to enter our ports. It Souk', he said, be proved
11 that previous to the reduction of she dues, a number of foreign ships
had every year been wrecked on the inhospitable coasts of this
country, because the masers were onwoling to pay the high
charges demanded from thsm. lie trust.d that the Board of
Trade, which was watching the opportunity, would soon be
able to make a further reduction in those dues. The reciprocity
system, which had been so much abused, did not originate with
him, neither did the warehousing system, nor the renzasion of
the navigation laws. The treaty' w.th Portugal and ikazil in
1810 war lblt first instance in which those principles were adopted,
and in 1815 the same principles were retognised in the treaty with
the United States of America. Ile had the authority of his bit-
terest opponent for saying, that the priiciple having been
applied to any one State, it necessarily followed that it should
be extended to all. All the measures relative to foreign
trade which were introduced in 1821 had the sanction of the
.Noble Lord then at the brad of the Government. 'They
were introduced by his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Wallace),
whose absence caused by indisposition, be much regretted can the
present occasion. He (Mr. Huskiasor) possessed no other merit than
that of having followed op the measures in question to their coo.
sequences.. The country must maintain its rights according to justice
and the law of nations, by which she would be bound to allow
the same rights to other nations. lier interests would, indeed, be
bad 4 guarded had she only to trust to those means which
were furnished by the prohibitory system. lie implored those
Honourable Gentlemen who were so cavalier and indiffzeent to au
interruption of our intercourse with Prussia, to reflect on the con-
sequences to our own interests. The :MSc with tiamburgh and
Holland had been put altogether at 300,0001. or 400.0001. The
paper which he bad laid en the table strewed that the Commo-
dities which found their way into Germany through the ports
and custom-houses of Prussia, amounted,in every way,to7,ooo,Uoof.
The House would recollect that Prussia held that territory an which
were the mouths sod courses of the Eibe, the Weser, the
Oder, the Vistula, and the Nlemzn, and which reached almost
to the western boundary of Asia. In the tariff of the Prussian
States there was not a suttee article prohibited. He hoped
soon to be able to say the Willie of the English tariff.—(Loud
and continued cheers.) And there was not au artic4e from end
to end of the list upon which there was a higher duty than fifteen,
per cent- &tore the Treaty of reciprocity, the Prussian Go-
vernment was assailed on all bands by the representations
of their own subjects, callirg for the absolute prohibition of
Whisk manufactures, and c.adidly avowing that they could
not compete pith them if admitted. The Prussian Govern-
men routed to do so, and in treating with us, only required
fair play in the repeal of the discriminative duties set their
slipping. This country might take au altitude hostile to the
commercial inteeests of Prussia; she might carry bet restraints
and prohibitions to the effect of leading her into a war; but
retaliation would in turn diminish bet trade and resources, and
by the same course her shipping interests. The House
ought to recollect the rivalry of other States; the growth of
manufactures in North America, and of produce hi the South;
the increase in France of cotton manufactures, so that whereas
in 1817 she imported 6,000 bags of cotton, in the last year 16,000
bags. We must t prepared to compete with the nations of Europe
in all those instances which concerned the great resources of our
wealth. The trade of this country could only be increased by ad-
mitting their rights; and if the trade should be diminished by per-
sisting in our former system, the commercial shipping interest
would decrease too, and the naval powsr of the Colllllly be in danger
of being lint. . What system wou.d the shipowners put in the place
of Ids? Ile had a right to ask, as they had not pointed out any.
Would they beet.- the country go back to its ancient probibitloos?
Would tney have' the trade managed by charters, guilds, cm-
, potations, and companies? Would they' have die 60P frorri
which be hid the good fortune 'co induce the House to re.
repeal, re-enacted 7• Those iawq, so absurd and contradictory, that
au astute merchant could not carry on his affairs without a lawyer
at his elbow, nor them without a fee to the Custom•house Officer,
not as a bribe, but to prevent him from falling into those innumera-
ble traps to which the forms wider those exposed hint. It was
vain in those Hon. slembers to hope that we could 11.111 atop its the
course of the civil and contioermai improvement which had cum-
menced. England could not lie still while the nations were advancing
and increasing the means within themselves of power and :njoyment..
So long as they bad a free press, and lice di-etiscoos in Parliament
to influence those principkii of improvement must have a free and
safe count. A temperate gradual progression in that course was
the best preventive of innovation. Toose principles had long
actuated his !Mud, and continued to do so still. lie trusted
to the support and approbation of the louse—(Loud chests).
And as no basis of fact had been laid to induce them to send the
.object to a Cr' inintittee, br must give the motion. a decided nega-
tive. (fhie Right lion. tientieniso sat Maven snudat loud and
general cheers, which continued tor some minutes.,
Lord 311LTON opposed the motion. He joined hit entreaty to
that of the Right Hun. Gentleman who had just sat &wit, ht the
hope that the gallant General would not press his motion. It was
nothing but a question whether they alumni give up liberal opinions
and go back.
Alr. I'EE L thought the subject had been amply discussed. Wav-
ing formerly opposed the appoiutmert of a 12011MM:et, be could not
then ait...rt his opinion, theretwe opposed the 1110i1U1/.

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CUR NN supported the ;notion.
)Ir. A. lIAItING ju,tilied the conduct of the shipowners. He
looked at the question as oar of the great ioteiesta of the
couutry. Ile was convinced the distress among the Shipping
lotetut was great, but upon the taco ni the returns, no cote
had been mane out, that dine the appointment ut a Cuounitwe
would be useless.
Gen. G ASCOY NE thought it a duty he owed to himself to
make a few observations. however strong the statement made by
his Right Hon. Friend might be, he consideted the question one
to be entemined by the blouse. Oa that occasion, as so matey
opinion, had been expressed against his motion, he should consider
the quc►tion postponed—(S4unit Menthcrs exclaimed, •" Nu, no!
Uivide, divider)
General GASLOYNE said be thould not press the question to
a division that iiitht, hut. bring it forward again. H. *scurdingly
withdrew his munuo
The other Orders of the day were disposed of, and the House
adjourned at TIVIIIITT dluuvrs rasp OM dtis Mottltag.

THE EV EN.),i4O STAR.