gained to pay. About ten that his boisterous and blackpounds more the first year. That guard execrations against the is to say, nearly sixty pounds, Radicals had been improperly employed? Yet, this is precisely the effect of the laws which have been passed, and the measures which have been adopted, to cause a return to cash payments

If, therefore, you have not completely taken leave of your senses, you will cease to clamour about Corn Bills. You will no

instead of fifty pounds. Nearly twenty pounds the next year, more than the fifty. And so on, till, at this time, he has to pay a hundred a year in place of the fifty; or, which is the same thing, has to sell a hundred and forty bushels of wheat, instead of seventy bushels of wheat, to pay the interest with. Suppose, I say, that a law had been pass-longer be the laughing stock of ed just after he had made the men of sense. You will no lonloan, to compel him to make ger be objects of hatred amongst payments in this encreased way; and suppose, further, that the same law authorised the mortgagee to enter up his

the other classes of the community; but will join with the rest of your countrymen in calling for a remedy which is pointmortgage, and to sell the farm, ed out by common sense. Bewhich farm, observe, will now fore, however, I speak of that sell for only one thousand pounds remedy, it may be necessary, instead of two. Suppose the or, at least, it may be useful to farm to sell for less than a thou-notice, what is going on amongst sand pounds, and the mortgagee you, in the several parts of the to seize the goods of the farmer,country. Time and experience and to take the very bed from do not appear to have had any under his wife to make up the effect upon you. I have, beedeficiency. Suppose a law like fore me, an " Address from the this to be passed, suppose the Huntingdonshire Agricultu law to say that these things "ral Association, to the Occushall take place; what would" piers of Lands." This Adthe farmer; what would the dress appears to have proceeded ruined monopolizer of loyalty from an association of landlords, say? Would the not rail sa bit? who are calling upon the occuWould he not begin to think piers to come forward again

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with petitions; and this they do then make a few remarks upon in the following curious man-it. ner. They put thirteen ques- "The parliament being shorttions to them, which, they say," ly expected to assemble, your must all be answered in the ne- "attention is most seriously callgative; and, then, they most" ed to a few important quesearnestly exhort them to come" tions, which, if answered, as boldly forward and petition." they cannot fail to be, by men They tell them to petition bold-" of plain understandings, you ly and peaceably. They tell" will, no doubt, think it high them that they are the most in-time loudly to call on the Ledustrious and most useful class" gislature to take your grievof the community; and that "ances into their most serious they ought not to suffer them-"consideration, under the presselves to be borne down by the" sure of which, if not speedily senseless cry of the manufacturers, or by the clamour and | violence of a mob. They bid them, in short, to petition away," of agricultural produce pay as gaily as ever, for Corn Bills" the expences of growing it? and Commercial Restrictions; 2. Do you, when at marand this, too, precisely at the "ket, perceive the times are time when commerce and ma-" mending?

redressed, you must soon sink to rise no more.

"1. Will the present prices

nufactures are crying aloud for "3. On passing the last Corn a repeal of the present Corn" Bill, did the Legislature say Bill. They invoke them to "that wheat could be grown to leave violence to their opponents," remunerate the grower, Un- ́ ́ and to rest their cause upon ar-", der ten shillings per bushel? gument. The questions which 4. Are your expences less they put to them, are such as" now than they were when very weak and very greedy per-"the last Corn Bill was passed? sons would naturally put, upon 5. Is it just that foreign nasuch an occasion, and under" tions, who bear no share of the such circumstances. It is alto-"burthens of this country, gether a most contemptible and ridiculous document; but I will insert it just as I find it; and

should be suffered to undersell you in your own markets ? "6. Will you patiently suffer

"If to these questions you an"swer No; surely you must be

-"7. Do the merchants, or ma-" anxious, without delay, boldly "nufacturers, bear their propor- " and respectfully to come for❝tion of supporting the clergy," ward to petition the Legisla"the church, the poor, and the "ture to redress yourgrievances, " roads? "as the only rational method, "8. Have very many of you "of averting the ruin which "experienced much benefit from" will so speedily overwhelm "your rents having been low-" you. If you ask, as you pro"ered within the last four or bably may, what did you get five years? "by your petitions last year? 9. Can you, if the present" the answer is obvious: much "prices continue, occupy your" was gained, by its having as poor lands, rent free? "certained that many, who be

"10. If occupied rent free," fore opposed your claims, af"will the ruin of the landlords" ter reading your petitions, ac"benefit you? Or do you think" knowledged your grievances, "it just they should be so occu" pied?

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"and in the House of Commons "advocated the justice of your

"cause. For what do you peti

11. Can the landed proprietors bear their proportion" tion? You petition only that "of the burthens of the state, if" your grievances may be en"they get nothing for their es-"quired into by the Legislature "tates? "of your country; surely no

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getting worse and worse every ceed, then, as you have hitherday, from your inability to" to done, leave violence to your "support or employ them? opponents, let them sound

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"18. Will you, the most indus-" the tocsin of alarm;' they "trious and useful class of the" have no arguments to oppose

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community, suffer yourselves" to your well-founded com"to be borne down by the "plaints; petition boldly and "senselees cry of the manufac-" peaceably, and you will ulti"turers, or the clamour and "mately find that justice and "violence of a mob? reason will prevail over cla

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"mour, folly, and self inte- They cannot, indeed, pass lawa "rest." to enable an English taxThe first four questions are gather to collect taxes in France childish; purely childish. The or in America; but wise men next two tend to a demand for would know how to pass laws a new Corn Bill. They ask which would make foreign nayou whether it be just that fo- tions contribute, and contribute reign nations, who bear no share largely too, towards the taxes of the burthens of this country, of England. Suppose, for inshould be suffered to undersell stance, a master cutler, with you in your own markets; and, twenty men, employed at Birthen, they say, will you patiently mingham in making knives for suffer yourselves to be undersold the use of the people in Mr. by foreign nations. In answer BIRKBECK'S settlement. Supto this you might say, that, as pose the knives sent out to to suffering patiently, you have amount to two thousand pounds no more patience in your na-a-year, Suppose Mr. BIRKtures than other people; but BECK's settlement to send over that there is no way of showing to Portugal or Spain two thouyour impatience, except that of sand pounds worth of flour, resistance; and, that you would and as much more as would pay be glad to know whether that all expences that would arise be a mode of prevention which from the turning of it into your landlords recommend. Bemoney. By the means of bills cause, if it be, you have got of exchange, this two thousand horses and uniform and swords, pounds finds its way to Bironly you must wait, 'till the mingham, where, after paying landlords come and put them- the twenty men excellent wages, selves at your head. They tell affording the master and his fayou that foreign nations bear no mily the means of excellent livshare of the burthens of this ing, and the means of putting a country. By which, they mean, little by, it circulates in all diI suppose, that foreign nations rections, and the far greater pay no part of the taxes of Eng-part of it finally passes through land. This is not quite so clear the hands of the farmer, in exa point as these jolter-headed change for his flour, meat, and landlords appear to imagine. wool. to imagine. wool. It is clear that this sum

of two thousand pounds would the flour takes back a cargo of enable the parties into whose English goods to America, pockets it would come, to pay amongst which, perhaps, there the more taxes; on account of is another two thousand pounds having received it; and thus, as clearly as that two and two make four, Mr. BIRKBECK's settlement would bear a share of the burthens of this country.

worth of knives. This cargo is bought by an English merchant, who has another cargo to receive by and by, in payment for the cargo which he has here sent away.

However, let us suppose the

This is a very plain and simple case. Such a case is seldom Now, do you not see, in all seen in practice; for, commer-these operations, the means of cial transactions are compli-making America and Portugal cated; and can only be illus-contribute towards English taxtrated, in this sort of way. But, ation, and English prosperity? now, to come closer to your af- If you do not, I would advise fair: suppose the flour to come you to give over thinking about to England under the present the matter. circumstances, instead of going to Portugal or Spain. It is put two thousand pounds worth of into warehouse: it is re-ship-knives to be paid for in part by ped, after a time; and then it American food. That, say you, goes to Portugal or Spain. You is our case. Suppose the whole would prevent this; for you say to be paid for in flour to be conthat the warehousing does you sumed in England. That is not harm. The American ship has your case, nor any thing like it; to pay light-house duty, pilot-but suppose it to be your case. age, wharfage; the flour has Even then, the importation of to pay warehousing. The Eng-foreign produce can do you no lish merchant gains at every harm; but, on the contrary, step. An English ship is em-good; for, after all, the food that ployed to carry away the flour, was brought from America when it goes away. The final would have come in conse

consumer of the flour pays all this to English merchants, ship owners, sailors, and workmen; and the American ship that brought

quence of means, which means would never have existed, if the flour had not been ready to come. The flour would be con