The port n to the Parliimcnf, 



uiuicr tlut statute, was of the firi^i eight 

 ream aflcr it was in force; bv wl.ich it :\p^ 

 pears, on a iiicciiuin of the tigiu ytar^, 

 thn! flurc were imfKrCeci'uMo Kn^lond about 

 ftix hiiiulrcvi ti.'vi^.u.J bushels ut whcat» 

 yearly, mort* than wtrc cxporti Ji —near 60 

 ship h>atN. 



V^l.:nti and Antfrir/t import \^n hrv^tS. 



i-oi want 1;! n is inanulaclurers and 



sailor&, the most useful consumers of bread 

 \vh<i ! • none, tlicv have not a i\< A 

 at home fcr one half of the produce of their 

 lands: they ll ' port gn^t cpian- 



tiiies; jY/frrr/rifiespeciaily^ depending there- 

 on for fi' of clolliing ami other com- 

 forts, uhich she might soon, in a great 

 nv tnrcwit!iinher>t 't. (Vight 

 she not, therefuie, lu prefer it to a depend- 

 i " (T on 1 n co\i: >? 



^unitwiial 1 . been said, in public, of 

 n. : it he 



advisable tu piDn.uu- tiiem \\\ tins eatiy 



, or to de- 



