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were estreated they also went to the Crown. Was 

 it fair that one should bear all the loss and the 

 other take the profits ? There was not a session 

 that did not throw some additional expense on the 

 land, because the Chancellor of the Exchequer did 

 not care how much the county rates were burdened. 

 His proposition had been brought forward in another 

 place, but it was opposed, on the ground that it 

 would appear to be a want of confidence in the 

 Government. For his part, as far as their agri- 

 cultural measures were concerned, he should be 

 prepared to support a vote of want of confidence in 

 them. He disliked those measures, because he con- 

 sidered them a step towards free-trade, and because 

 they tended to throw many of the meritorious 

 labourers of the country out of employ." 



This forcible speech his Grace concluded by moving 

 that the bill be read that day six months, which 

 amendment was negatived by thirty-three to fifteen. 

 He then moved to admit some of the articles specified 

 for reduction of duty, which proposal was also nega- 

 tived, and the Customs Bill was passed. 



Lord John Eussell, foreseeing the serious conse- 

 quences of the failure of the potato crop in Ireland 

 issued an address to the electors of the city of London, 

 attributing the then existing distress to the Corn 

 Laws, and declaring that his opinions were completely 

 changed on the question. 



