The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-05-25 00:00:00


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don, a 0 tf*n to upbraid the opposeri of the measure
4Weir want of knowledge on the subject.
r. HUSKISSON laineo:eo..that in contradic-
' thin to the acrangv,ent which' bad been made on a
former night, a iliscossi,u as nose gone into. No
measure be thought was less open to the charge of
precipitation than the present Bill. It was a month
since the Report of th6ic ommittee was received, and
it was now intended to postpone to the '6th of June
any further proceeding. The lion. Member fdr
Yorkshire (Mr. Lascelles), had refused to accede to
thi present measure, until distress should have fallen
on the holders of land. When that distress bad ar-
sited, it was too late. In the next year, unless
some protectirsit.arere granted to the farmer, the de-
. cry of agriculture would hnwe began, and irreparable
ndsc 'i.f would have been done.
solptnined, thnt he had not
Moiled 444,0 woaid he necetsary for him to see the
farmer ins state of, cliitrets before he could accede
sw the ineasore; hut .lint he would not give his as-
sent until It seemed probable that sod distress would

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1101 N Elt said, that the complaint was, not
. that tbliaobject bad. not been enough debated, but
*but l.thed not been sufficiently enquired into. In
• . the Report of the Committee there was no informa-
*. doe. Not a single practical corit•dealer had been
.",mined in order to afford such information as Moue
• twoutd be sati,factory to perstets not conversant with
she subject ; that the Report contikined beibg
pome statistical knowledge respecting Ireland. lie
proposition of an Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Band:)
for the appointment of a Committee to enquire into
he subject had been rejected, and the linuae_w_as.
without my information
The Right lion.
Gentleman (Mr. Bose) was the only person who had
stated the •pr;ce (Mr. Rase said across the table
tc conjecturally") ; but that statement as the Right
Hon. Gentleman said, was merely conjectural, and
lie might be allowed to say very erroneous [a laugh],
*tube had .not taken into consideration the exchange.
Ile Right .lion. Bart. (Sir Henry Parnell) who so
violently ,opbrakled the ignorance of the opposers of
the Rill • Was ittcoltsliient iii his remarks, as he said
that the protection of Parliament was necessary to
the farmers, while he asserted that it would not in,
fluence the price of corn. The House, he thought,
should be indulgent to the public feeling, and
though no one should consent to relinquish a mea-
sure which he thought necessary, yet an enquiry
might be entered into, and the measure delayed un-
• dl the people were more reconciled to it.
H. PARNELL explained.
• • The P was :heti received.
r. Alderman .ATli INS wished to know whether
it mai intended to re-commit the Bill on the day for
the consideritiOn of the Report was to be
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IIUSKISSON said, he should not object to
such a recommittal, if any Member wished to intro:.
• duce a • Ocular clause.
• After some farther conversation between Mr.
• Horner. Mr. linskisson, Mr. Alderman Atkins, and
Mr. Bathos*, the farther consideration of the Re-
port of the Committee waa fixed for Monday, thireth

1.1111111 Committees upon the Pensions
to Lords Lytieciock, Ilill, and Beresford were order-
ed to be brought up on Friday.
On the motion of Mr. ROiE the Dutch Trade.
Bill was' committed, and the Report was ordered to
be brought up to-morrow.
Mr. 111JSKISiON brought in a Bill for Repeal.
big and Amending the Act of Wm. 9th and 10th,
with respect to Wool. Read a first, and ordered to
be read a second time on Thursday.
Adjourned.