tj(^l. parliament. Corn bill. 333' 



was growing, or the refuse of the root after the sugar was- 

 extracted, which would probably be of' equal vSlue witk 

 the raw root itself as a food for his cattle ; it is enough bare- 

 ly to have fhewn the practicability of obtaining sugar 

 with advantage from our own fields, in abundance to sup- 

 ply our own wants, without having recourse to foreign aid^ 

 or to the labour of slaves for that article. Thus might the 

 slave trade be annihilated, even without the intervention 

 of law 5 and without the convulsive struggle that may be 

 dreaded, (hould that measure be pushed forward in spite 

 of the opposition to be expected from those who believe 

 their interest would be affected by any alteration in the 

 law respecting this article. A struggle of anciher sort 

 might be expected flxould this measure be seriously adopt- 

 ed -, and though it might be pofsible to {how that this op- 

 position also would arise from ignorance, yet it is unne- 

 cefsary now to combat it. " Sufficient to the day is the 

 evil thereof." 



PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 



CORN BILL. 



Continued from p. 1 — 262. 

 The committee again sat on the i6th of March, when' 



Mr Ryder, said, that having moved an instruction to 

 the committee, to provide for the importation of corn from 

 Ireland, from Quebec, and from his majesty's colonies in 

 North America, upon lower duties than from foreign 

 countries, he begged to state, by way of notice, what the re- 

 gulations would be that he meant to propose. The propo- 

 sition would be to admit wheat from Ireland, when the ave- 

 rage price was in this country from 46 to 48 s. the quarter, 

 at a duty of 2s. and 6 d. •, when the average (hould be a- 

 bnVe 48 s. at 6 d. j upon conditions, however, that the 

 Iriili legislature (hould adopt similar measures with re- 

 ject to Britaiu. Several observalious of little impotUace 



