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FORElGN-CORN LAWS.


recently sent on a mission to England
10 inform the people Of that country of
the capabllty and willingness of the
United States to supply them with grain,
had made speeches in several large
towns on the subject. The people Of
Manchester had directed him to write
home thai the Corn Laws should be re
pealed How l'ltIe prospect there is of
such an event may be seen by the fol
lowing extracts from the proceedings Of
Parliament The subject will be talked
of until we get our tariff established, as
nearly as possible on The principe of
free trade. Then the idea of repeating
the Corn Laws will be abandoned.
"lntentioa of Ministers in the House
of Commons. Sept. 10th, Sir Robert
Peel said, he intended to adopt, without
exception and without alteration, the es,
Inmates submitted by the Minister'S
With respect to expiring laws, it would
be necessary TO make provision for their
continuance; he proposed to continue
the existing Poor law, with its present
establishment, TO the 3lst of next July.
With reepect TO finance, the Chancellor
Of the EXchequer would take the oppor.
iunity of the earliest committee OF Ways
and Means TO state the details OF the
measure Immediately necessary for the.
public service. The total sum would
be about two and half millions. The
permanent measures Of finance, which
would he necessary for the equalization
Of revenue and expenditure, it was not
the intention Of Ministers 10 the present
session 20 announce, aud he must solicit
a like interval for stating their inen-
tion in regard to other measures Of great
importance. The duty of forming the
new Administration had so occupied his
time, that it has been impossible for him
yet to mature his decisions.
ain the same House. od the following
day, Lord John Russell expressed his
regret at the postponement announced
by Sir Robert Abiding to the Corn
Law question, he said,
"Sir r. had lei his opinions unknown;
for the sliding scale, which was all he
has announced, might work. n larger or
q less protection. If change was in
tended, the state of the country ought
not to be left for five months in uncer
ininty as to its nature; if no change, or
only change in the pivot, there would
be no objection to an immediate decla
ration. He attributed to land holders
no peculiar selfshness; but, like other
producers they had bias against free
trade in their own commodity. He
must look at the present stale of the
manufacturing districts. 1t was true
that no human laws could prevent occa.
s0nal distress; but Parliament should at
least stand clear Of any share in caus.
ing it. The present law was mol justi-
fable by any cogent reason; it was not
necessary for revenue, nor yet for pro.
lection aud you ought surely TO enable
yourse YES to say you have done all in
your power for the prevention OF dis
tress. A important petition was be-
fore the House, praying that it would
not separate until the Corn Law should
have been considered. The capitalists
Of distressed district might (9nd if the
distress were thus continued, they pro.
badly wouid) withdraw their capital from
the country. and large population,
which could not be relieved from the
poor rates, would be left utterly help.
less II it should prove impossible af-
ter due consideration, to prevent those
evils, they must be borne; but al least
that due consideration should first be
tried. ln point Of revenue, too, the
subject was most important one to
England ;and with respect to the world
at large free trade had tendency, by
increasing the intercourse of mankind,
10 preserve The relations Of peace among
ali nations.
"Srr R Peel said in reply
"He woald not leave this question an
open one, for he knew no course so mis-.
chieVous than TO leave important ques-
tions open; bat he would bring forward
his measure as that of united Govern
menr, aud stake the fate of that Govern,
ment on the decision Of Parliament
If the g. duty proposed on the other
side had been adopted by the LegisIa-
ture, the continuance Of bad weather
for anoher month would have required
the assembiaee of Parliament by The
tune to give authority for the remission
OF that duty. 1t was objected that he
bad as yet prepared no measure Of re-
senue. He had been three weeks in
off ie h. bad to form the Governmpn,
ut the counlry--he had to conduct its
foreign a1ars-and now he vas asked
to onng forward measure for the re-.
pair Of finances, which he had inherited