The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-11 00:00:00

not perhaps be the most agreeable companion in that
House ; but he 'wished to do his duty, even in giving
good advice to those who were not over-desirous to
hear it. lb condemned the precipitation with which
the Bill had been berried through the House.
Mr. BUSKISSON denied there had been any

precipitation. The Bill had been three weeks in the
'louse, almost uninterruptedly in debate; and yet
the lion. Baronet complained of precipitation. As
to the declaration of the Chief Magistrate of Lou.
don, which was that the price of the quarter!' loaf
must be lad, because 80s. was the price of a quar-
ter of ►cheat, it had teen clearly shown that it could
not he more than 13d. except from a most defective
system of assize, which an lion. Friend of his had
offered his endeavours to alter, and had assured the
House he could thereby save to the public at least

three halfpence in the price of the quartern loaf.
Sir. W. CURTIS maintained, that the citizens of
London were well competent to form their own
judgment on this subject, and were not likely to be
Inisled by the statement of any individual. The
Lord Mayor might, in the warmth of discussion,
hale gone somewhat too far in stating that bread
would be sixteen-pence when corn was 80s. a quar-
ter. ft must be recollected, however, that bread
was now near a shilling when the quarter of wheat
was little more than GUs. .

Mr. W. SMITH had enquired this day at the
corn-market about the prices of corn and flour. A
most respectable factor told him, that although the
average of flour last week was 65i. he could not, in
fact, obtain 555. for flour of that quality. As to
the manner in which the price of corn or flour bore
upon the assize price of bread in London, be con-
test that the subject was unintelligible to him.—
'Without, however, pretending to understand the
manner in which the averages were taken, it ap-
peared to him that SOs. was quite too high a price.
Mr. TIERNEY was for the amendment, because
it would lead to further discussion. He was con-
s'emed that the House were by no means in possession
of sufficient Information to enable them to decide cor-
rectly on a subject of such difficulty and at the same
tine of such importance. None of the witnesses
1$ tio hnd heels examined before the Committee were
ei PI) asked what they conceived would be a fair pro.
testing price in time of peace. Surveyors bad said,
that for six or seven years past, they were accustom.
ed to estimate the value of lands on the supposition
thaecorn woild be at lOs. a bushel. This period was,
however, a time of war, and the supposition of that
price could hardly be applied to a state of peace. He
believed that the great farmers of this country, and
a great part of the landed proprietors, by no means
wished for so high a price as 803. As to Ireland, no
man could wish more sincerely than he did for its
agricultural improvement. He was convinced that
sith encouragement, it was capable of becoming the
granary of the United Kingdom. The Irish farmers,
however, did not demand 80s. as a protecting price,
but the evidence was, that about 72 shillings would
ha a s.uffscionv protection for them. If, then, they
only asked 725. why should we As Sosa tie had
hoard no one reason assigned .ss hy it should be at that
price, rather than some of the lower prices mention-
ed by other gentlemen. He conceived the necessity
of this high price to be quite unsupported by evidence
or reasoning.

Mr. BATHURST rose amidst repeated cries for
the question, and replied at pretty considerable length
to the speech of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Tierney).
Mr. BA RING, after some observations on the
general principle of the measure, hoped whatever
opinion might now be entertained, either in or out of
the House, that as soon as the Bill had received the
sanction of Parliament, it would be received with
respect, and that a fair trial would be given to it by
the country : lie hoped an, because he considered the
landed interest of the country as the best protectors
of its interests on nil questions except those which
related to the trade in corn. Ile wished also to re-
mark, that it world be singular, in his opinion, that
the House of Commons should act upon a report
of their own Committee, confessedly defective, and
on a report of the Lords' Committee, equally de-
fective, ii► Legislating a permaneut measure affecting
so many interests of the empire. He had only to
propose, however, at the present period of the ques-
tion, or rather to intimate his intention of pressing,
first, a provision that the Bill, if it became an Act,
might be repealed during the present Session; and,
secondly, that it should he made co-extensive with
the existence of the Bank Restriction Act.
Mr. HALL and Mr. PROTHEROE said a few
words.
The House then dhided—

For the third readirz, 245—Againct it, 77

The gallery was not again opened ; but we Under-
stood au amendment was of by Mr. PORT-
MAN, fixing the foreign price at 763. upon which
another division took place—
. For the amendment, 72—Against it, 213.
Mr. BARING', amendment that the Bill should
be repealable within this present Session, and the
other respecting the co-extensiveness of the Bill with
the Bank Restriction Act, ,ere then carried, the
former in the affirmative, and the latter in the tie.
gative, without a divlsion.—Adjourned.

Information has been received this morning from
Glasgow, that very serious commotions took place
in that city on the night of the 7th. An immense
mob having assembled in the most disorderly manner,
the Magistrates, alarmed for the peace of the r:ty,
called in the aid of the military, and a detachment
of the 2d Dragoon Guards arrived from Hamilton
barracks, but not in time to prevent the destruction
of Mr. FINLAY'S house, which was nearly demolish-
ed. Appearances were so mimes, that the theatre
was shut up, although it was the 2d night of a very
popular performer, Mr. Wm. M'READY'S appearance
The military continue on duty, but the utmost alarm
anti anxiety still prevail.
The first notice of BONAPARTE'S invasion of
France was announced by Mr. Rosscitun, the Ex-
change Broker, who sold stock to the amount of
t 300,0001. on the receipt of the news by express from
France. Mr. ROSSCITILD received the first informa-
tion of this most important event by a Clerk, who
come post frorw Paris, and he is said to have brought
a^rne additional particulars—such as, that BosA.
r .1% r had inset' joined by MAPSENA, and that he had
sum eked on Geneva.