The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-02-22 00:00:00

IMPERML PARLIAMENT..

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HOUSE OF LORDS. WgrowisSAY, irss-01.

Mr. Betteares and a frtatton Item the pilaniont
returne.l the lanigituJe 'll, *With the acquiescence of
the Cons:nous to the imensleteit made by their Lord-
ships therein. •
The Earl of THAYET press oted a petitinefiois the
inhabitants of Kendal and its vicinity, in the county of
Westmoreland, ptaylng, that the 9srein's atiniete se-
stored to the Litorgy -71,aiti on the table.
The Malt Duty itili and the tirlate Tranifet Bill
were committed and repOrtell..
Lord H.FJ)ESDALll,presen:eil petitions from Mon-
treal, fions the Sawrix; and proprietors of Kiar-h3ills
in Canada.' from New Ileitttswieit and Nova Stolle;
praying that the Flonie would, take into consideration
the state of the North American Trade, and Pardee-
lady that'll) tiiiiber.—Laid on the table. •
. IRELAND.
The Earl t•f FILE'SSINOTON wished, as far as Ms.
humble abilities extended, to assist the object of the.
petition front Limerick, which was worded with *midi
moderation and winduni. Ile should therefore mote
fur! list of the &Wes oil Malt and Spirit+ Id lielard,
and °ribose ou Irish Malt and Spirits imported Into
England ; and kir a Copy of the Order "teat to the
Outports respecting the 'lrish !liens imported into
England.—Agrted to. •
FoREIGN TRADE.
The Marcinls of LANSDOWNE rase, in pnratance
of his ;toffee, try move that a Csinimittee be appiintei
by the Hoes: t ) inquire taro the state of our Foreign
Trade. When he recollected the feeling which pre-
vailed amAirt their 14;niships on that st-.l).joct, he did
not. think it necesnary to Carry !Lem throigh there
complicated :mil extensive statemen.s whielt had list
year induced them to consent to the appointment of a
ComMitter. Vet Athosigh he should not make their
Lordships travel throngh those stuleutenta, he tbouteit
it scoutl nut be improper for him to advert to some of
the petitions which hail been presente,l to them upon
the subject of the eiisting distresses. lie kit the
more forcibly upon to do so, as he hail been un-
Holerstood on a former occasion to express an opinioa
which he was far from entertaining, that no onedotv
was cast upon their Lordships hut that of appolain.;
a Commit tve to i lignite into the state of Po -Age trade.
He eras so fir from thinking so, that he appreherriled
the greatest and most important antics were attached
to the liegi-ilature, connected with the general tblititss
in the country ; and he was also of opinhin, Hui in
no hranch bat the present, could the remedying
of that distress be materially advanied by the
appointment of a Committee. To make himself lee!.
ligibie, he wished to retail to the minds of Hot
Lordships the hathre of that distiess ss geserally
complained of by large bodies of men In every
part of the country; beeanse if he were rifest In
the opinion which he enrerthineil of its Wins!'!~, i:s
closes would appear so little connected with abstrnse
matters, as to relieve their Lordships front the ne:es-
sity of appointing a Committee to inquire Hilo them.
He was also the more inured to enter into this ex-
planation, as the Noble Earl opposite had expressed
his intention of communicating some infiltmation on
the same subject. Any person that had kept hit at-
tention fixed on the events which had passed dorlrg
the last 30 rears on the great theatre of the world would
have no difficulty in uttiletatandiug how the present
state of things had been produced. It was evident
that for a long period of years a large portion of the
capital of this country had beta drawn from the 'sub-
ject, and made a part of the annual expenditure. The
rife& t of the capital thus expended was to cause a great
demand, not only on the part of the Hovernalrnt of
the country, but on that of those who lived on smelt
an expenditure ; and the effect °ranch a demand boiter
to create supply, a great supply of manufactured ar-
ticles was produced is the country. Not only wssVhe
capital expended, but it was dour through the meilitent
of a circulation which having no fixed standard; hot
itself with elasticity to all the operations of spew
!atom The time of correcting the evils of such- a die-
calation, and of restoring a fixed stunlard having at
last arrived, there remaiued nothing bin a load of iots
minim taxation on the one side, and a anperabunitibt
supply on the other, whilst the country retnrneknot
only to a fixed standard, lint to one contracted and di-
minished. It would be only deluding the people to fetal
them to believe that any good could he attained latirs
inquiry which would travel out of those great spent.
*tag causes. Whilst they contiuned tool:erste. nu ode-
(pate remedy could be found. Painfial as teas the ads
mission, yet it was certain that DV prompt roomier to
the existing distresses was to be eapeeded ; snore par-
ticularly to that part of the distress which rested
most heavily on agriculture. Whetbes the chief cause
of the sutferiugs of the agricultusists were, op .the
Noble Earl opposite artintained, nn sic n,
ductitm, or as he (Marquess L.) contended. a de-
creased consumption, or whether both ef thstu
were partly right and partly woo:. It trip
.I,l4net
that nu alteration needed to he /nada jar., ilttr
Corn Laws; and that none which coald he /Pia
bare the effect of atfording a remedy to tb‘ dletc
experienced by agriculture. That distress twee* I'enns
the state of the Home market. which iaboaiettp4s.
the pressure either of a snperattnndant stapplp..pe qt
diminished demand. He should therefore only ‘,llokll-
- Lordships, if he led them to believe that atspie.
medy could be usefully angle.* to other
than those which would fortis ilistibjectsia=ai
fur the Committee. Hat "t
could be expected, some might lanai Ita.f4e,gredmik
progress of economy and rottittelliatitat t. a;
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titan to give free gambit to the Woe of sott.re..l
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