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not therefore see with what propriety they could vote against
the motion of Lord Howick. It was neither natural nor
right that the people should be famishing in the midst of
•

plenty, and if ih

rejected this motion they must not be

Surprised if they should be told, on their return to their dis-
appointed constituents, that their offence was not the less
grave because " party was the madness of many for the gain

Mr. COLQUHOUN said he approved of the most liberal
policy in trade that could be adopted consistent with the in-
terests of this country. Our manufactures were struck at by
hostile foreign tariffs, which it'was hopeless to get repealed
whatever course we might pursue. A common argument he
had heard used in France during a recent visit was this—" It
is very well for England to propose the adoption of principles
of free trade amongst all nations, because her manufactures
have arrived at such a pitch of perfection that, together with
enormous capital, and her mines of coal and iron, they give
her a facility of producing so cheaply that no other country
can compete with her ; but with us the case is very different,
and we can only sustain our manufactures by the principle of
protection." It was unlikely, therefore, that under any course

however liberal, foreign countries would
The evils of the country, be contended,
were mainly attributable to over production, fictitious capital,
and derangement in foreign markets ; but surely they would
not attempt to remedy all this 1:4 destroying the home mar-

ketalso, by withdrawing all theprotectionwhich for cen-

tunes had been given to the landed interest
Mr. BARING said that he presumed Sir

'amea Graham

had been started by his party on the previous evening be-
cause they were dissatisfied with the defence made for them
by Mr. Gladstone, and they therefore got the right hon.
baronet upon his legs to make what was technically called
" a stout speech," in the course of which speech he had
made some most extraordinary observations. The right
hon. gentleman then contended that Lord Howick's motion
was justified by precedent, and that it was not necessary for
bim to state what remedy he proposed for the evils he com-
plained off—it was not necessary for him to enter into any
details—and his noble friend had done quite as much as he
was called upon to do, in stating his belief that a mitigation
of commercial restrictions might lead to a beneficial result.
The right hon. gentleman then attacked the Government for
unsettling the sugar trade, by bolding out an expectation
that the prohibition of foreign sugars would be repealed, and
now announcing that they had no intention to do anything.
The corn laws were also unsettled—so unsettled that he

would have no objection to place the members of the Go-
vernment in the witness-box and ask them on their oaths if
they themselves thought so. Indeed the universal feeling
amongst the tenantry of this country was that the present
corn law could not stand ; and they further believed, that,
having turned out the whig Government for proposing to
meddle with the former corn law, and having placed Sir It.
Peel in power for the purpose of rendering that Jaw per-
petual, they were not very well treated by the bill of last
session. He admitted that there was some reason in the
declaration of the Government that it would not alter the
corn law of last session until it should have had a further
trial; but still it was a reason which should be overruled by
the distress of the country, and he therefore hoped that the
motion of his noble friend would be agreed to, though he had
no expectation of such a result.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was at a
loss to know the object of the motion, or what course the
4s to pursue in the event of its being carried. He
sumed it would be an immediate proposal for the total
• 4-orn laws, leading to interminable debatinz

house Wa

eat or to the proper amount of duty, should a
xed duty be agreed upon, and leading to no practical result

which he cou

look upon only as an insult to the distress
of the country, which its professed purpose was to alleviate.
In reply to what the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Baring) had

tis to the blgat dtly.e, be would tt.ll MO, ttet the

duties were tempor:lry duties, end 'multi

ape- r than_it_had been whi

Chatirellor of the Exchequer
he had L

carried
Sir

tie course, come

ijournment of the debate,

s of Lans-

Jill was rest