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who, although he talks of a fixed duty, evidently, 

 from the whole tenour of his sentiments, wants 

 another change in the Corn Laws. He is aware 

 that if the wedge of clamour and importunity 

 make another opening in the protecting barrier, 

 it will be driven home, and the barrier speedily 

 thrown down. The first advantage which he 

 mentions that would result from a change, " would 

 be a more equal price of bread, instead of fluctuat- 

 ing to the extent which we see it at present, we 

 should see an equal range of prices." To say 

 that " we should see an equal range of prices," 

 is opposed to reason and experience ; he may as 

 well say that legislative enactments can controul 

 the seasons. It is the opinion of a very intelligent 

 and extensive Liverpool corn merchant, that the 

 price of wheat never was steadier than it has been 

 of late years, since the present system of Corn 

 Laws has been in operation. Again the Vice- 

 President of the Board of Trade says, " above all, 

 the benefit that I anticipate, is this that, where- 

 as, at present, we draw the large supplies We re- 

 ceive at uncertain times, from the countries which 

 afford them, as there can be no certainty whatever 

 that those supplies will be demanded, or that they 

 will receive the form of a fair and remunerating 

 price, not only is a large amount of the price which 

 we eventually claim, actually lost by charges of 

 every description, by charges of interest by 

 charges of warehouse-rent, and of uncertain freights, 

 raised too much at one time, or depressed too low 



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