COUNTRY CATTLE AND MEAT MARKETS, &c.

Norwich Castle Meadow, April 23.-The show of Sheep was very considerable here to-day, but there was more dullness in buyers than usual, probably owing to the great quantity at market. The Bullock trade was much brisker than of late. Beef, 64d. to 8d.; Veal, 7d. to 84d.; Mutton, 7d. to 8d.; and Pork, at 74d. to 84d. per lb.

Horncastle, April 23.-Beef, 7s. 6d. to 8s. per stone of 14 lbs.; Mutton, 7d. to 8d.; Pork, 6d. to 71d.; and Veal, 9d. to 10d. per lb.

Malton, April 23.-Meat in the shambles.-Beef, 64d. to 84d.; Mutton, 64d. to 8d.; Pork, 64d. to 74d.; and Veal, 61d. to 8d. per lb. Fresh Butter, 12d. to 13d. per lb. of 18 oz. Bacon Sides, 6s. 9d. to 7s.; Hams, 9s. to 10s. per stone.

At Morpeth Market, on Wednesday, there was a great supply of Cattle, and a good many Sheep; there being many buyers, they sold readily at at last week's prices.—Beef, from 6s. 3d. to 7s.; Mutton, &s. to 9s. 9d, per stone, sinking offal.

Manchester, April 20.-On sale 2,105 Sheep, at 74d. to 9d. per lb. sinking the offal; clipt ditto, 7d. to 7 d., 342 Cattle, at 5дd. to 8d.; 157 Pigs; 38 Lambs.-Total 2,642.

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, sold in the Maritime Counties of England and Wales, for the Week ended April 16, 1825.

Dorsetshire

Hampshire.

North Wales

South Wales

....

69

4....39 6....27 0

.69

9....38 10....27 2

..67 6....38 2....20 8

* The London Average is always that of the Week preceding.

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"This Bill (Mr. Peel's) was grounded on concurrent Reports of both "Houses; it was passed by unanimous votes of both Houses; it was, at the "close of the Session, a subject of high eulogium in the Speaker's Speech to "the Regent, and in the Regent's Speech to the two Houses: now, then, I, "William Cobbett, assert, that, to carry this Bill into effect is impossible; and

I say, that, if this Bill be carried into full effect, I will give Castlereagh "leave to lay me on a Gridiron and broil me alive, while Sidmouth may stir

the coals, and Canning stand by and laugh at my groans."-Taken from Cobbett's Register, written at North Hempstead, Long Island, on the 24th of September, 1819, and published in England in November, 1819.

PEEL'S Bill, together with the laws about Small Notes, which last were in force when Peel's Bill was passed: these laws, all taken together, if they had gone into effect, would have put an end to all Small Notes on the first day of May last: but, to prevent this blowing up of the whole of the Funding System, an Act was passed, in the month of July, 1822, to prevent these laws, and especially that part of Peel's Bill which put an end to Small Bank of England Notes, from going into full effect!—Thus the System received a respite; but, thus did the Parliament fulfil the above Prophecy of September 1819.

CORN, PAPER, GOLD.

SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1325. WHAT efforts, good God! and how ruinous to the country, has Whitehall made to prevent the

fulfilment of the above prophecy!
And, after all, even after ten times
as much ruin as has already been
produced, it must be fulfilled.
Let the THING do what it can,
it cannot save itself; and, if any
man doubt of this after once more
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coming to legal tender again, that | They, therefore, hug the paper, man must be a born idiot. People cling to it, though it bilks their mess; which, besides, they do not clearly see.

Whitehall loves the paper; and well it may; for, without it, Whitehall, as Whitehall now is, cannot exist. Whitehall looks on it just as the sinecure placeman and placewoman do; that is, as a thing which bilks the crib; but, as a thing without which the crib would be destroyed altogether. Half a loaf and half a fish is better than no bread and no fish at all; and, as there would be neither without the paper-money, Whitehall loves the paper-money.

are deceived by their wishes. They wish the paper-money to hold good. There are very few persons who do not think it their interest to carry on the paper bubble; and, indeed, there are very few with whose immediate interests that bubble does not agree. The land-people like the bubble, because it enables them to deduct from what the tax-eaters receive. It gives them high prices, and, as it bilks the crib of the tax-eaters at the same time, Mr. FREDERICK PROSPERITY, whose revenue is increased by the same operation, is enabled to lower taxes. This is quite charming being so generally beloved, and with the land-people: diminished for such cogent reasons, it is no taxes and augmented prices.

This being the case, the paper

wonder, that so large a part of the people are deceived with respect to it, and that they cannot be made to believe, that it will come to an end. But, will they not believe this, if they see another Bank-" restriction"? Perhaps they hardly will; but, no matter what they believe; all the

Tradespeople like the bubble. It makes trade brisk. Bankers like it. It enables them to open shop again, and to augment their rags at a surprising rate. The fundholders, the dead-weight, and other tax-eaters do not like the bilking of their crib; but, they hate gold. They have a sort of natural consequences will follow; instinctive love for the paper- and my triumph will be commoney, "feeling" (to use the plete. slang of the day), that, somehow or other, paper-money is the soul of the system of funding; and that gold is of a revolutionizing nature.

Since my last Register went to the press, new proof has come out of the uneasiness of Whitehall on the score of its paper-money.

More proofs of the same sort may elared, that the country was now, possibly appear, before this Re- (under the present Corn Law;) gister gets out of the press. But, in a most flourishing condition, in at present I shall confine myself all respects, while he contended, to the confession (a most ominous that dreadful ruin would fall upon one) of Mr. HUSKISSON, during us, unless this Corn Law were the debate of Thursday, the 28th altered. I must take the words of of April. The debate was on a two sentences of his speech, as I motion of a Mr. WHITMORE, for find them reported in the Morning the appointment of a Committee to Chronicle. inquire into the state of the CORN LAWS; and, before I come to the paper-money matter, I must make some remarks on this Corn Debate; for, curious as the thing is, we now find the Ministers coupling these two subjects together, and, what is more, preparing to throw the blowing up of the paper (if it take place) on the dealings in corn!

1. "There was no interest at "present violently affected: "the agricultural interest was in a state of renewed

'prosperity, and the manu

facturing interest, notwith"standing the high price of "corn, and the probability of "its continuing to rise, was "in a flourishing condition." 2. "He had a strong and deep

"feeling, that, if Parliament "allowed this law to continue, "we should inflict the most "TREMENDOUS EVIL 66 on this country and on all

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I cannot waste the time of my readers on the speech of Mr. WHITMORE, who while he assured the land-people that the importation of corn was never, and never could be, very great, and that it could never materially affect their prices, represented such importation as absolutely necessary to prevent us from being exposed to the risk of famine! And who, while he knew, that there had been no importation for six years, insisted to support such a motion. My that this kingdom did not grow old friend GAFFER GOOCH (of corn enough for its own consump-whom I really begin to be not a tion. And who, moreover, de- little proud), said, "cannot you

Europe." We dare not laugh. They might banish us for life, if we were to laugh; for that certainly might have a "tendency to bring the House into contempt." Never, however, was such a speech heard

let well enough alone?" But, be beginning with foreign manufac said something more; namely, that tures, they should be able to "we could not, with twelve stone' coat the land-people to come into "on our backs, contend against the "liberal" system. But, these "foreign growers, who had only a latter remembered 1822 and wheat "feather on their backs." Well at 4s. a bushel; and, thus rememsaid, GAFFER. But he went on, and bering, the father of wheedling said: "Let John Bull START himself could not wheedle them “FAIR, and he would back him out of their present prices. "two to one." All which allegori- The Minister of Trade, had, cal language, being interpreted, therefore, a difficult job to exemeaned this: "We cannot con- cute; for he had to maintain, that "tend with the foreign grower of an alteration in the Corn Laws "corn, whose tares are so small was necessary, and yet he had to "in amount, while our taxes are show, why he did not make the "so great in amount. Take off alteration! A puzzler, faith! And, "our taxes, sweep away the Jews if there had been any man in the "and Waterloo, let us start upon House to deal with him as he "an equal footing with those who might have been dealt with, he "have no Jews and no Waterloo; must have been a pretty bold Mi"and then open the ports as soon nister of Trade, if he had ever "as you please." This was a opened his mouth again upon the sensible, a common-sense, a com- subject. plete answer; and, on it, my friend GAFFER, like a true landcock as he is, moved the "previous question," which was finally carried by a majority of four to one! Well done, GAFFER.

As to the FIRST POINT, the necessity of an alteration in the law, he stated, that, unless the law were altered, our capital would go abroad, and that other countries would undersell us in the foreign market for manufactures. It is quite surprising, that, while he was asserting this, he should have overlooked the fact, that the manufactures had been (as he has fifty times asserted) increasing in prosperity from the moment that wheat began to rise in price! If it be true, (and King's speeches and Ministers' speech vouch for the fact,) that the whole country is now prosperous, that

But, Mr. HUSKISSON made a speech upon the occasion; and he is the Trade-Minister. This was a most curious speech; and it is well worthy of our attention, especially as to the close of it, which I shall come to in due time. It is now clear as daylight, that the Ministers, when they brought forward their "liberal" system of trade, intended to include corn in that system; or, at least, to do a something to lower the price of" ALL the great interests are corn. Indeed, this necessarily formed a part of the "liberal' system. Without it, it seems little short of idiocy to reduce so largely the duties on foreign manufactures; and, it is clear, that the Ministers hoped that, by

prospering"; if this be true, what harm can there be, what danger, what mischief of any sort, in the high price of corn? Mr. CANNING said, but a few nights ago, that our "prosperity had outgrown us." And yet, here