Whitmore’s motion to substitute a fixed duty on corn for the alterative duties then in force, Mr. G.
The article first chosen for operation was sugar—Lord John Russell at the same time giving notice that he intended to propose a fixed duty of 8s.
MARCH 27—Colonel Davies voted in a minority of nineteen on an amendment, moved by Mr. Hume, to admit wheat at all times at a fixed duty of 10s.
The changes in the duties on Sugar and Timber,[16] and the announcement made by Lord John Russell of a proposal for a fixed duty on Corn, seemed to surprise and irritate the Opposition.
Footnote 43: The Ministerial proposal of a fixed duty instead of a sliding scale.
A vote of want of confidence was then carried against them by a majority of one, and Parliament was dissolved; the Ministers appealing to the country on the cry of a fixed duty on corn.
As it was impossible to foretell the result of the ensuing harvest, it was proposed, as a measure of precaution, to vest in government during the recess a power of permitting foreign grain to be imported on payment of a fixed duty.
Lord Lansdowne was good, and quoted with effect a speech of Mr. Robinson's in favour of a fixed duty.
The idea of a fixed duty on all foreign grain, however, appears to have grown in favour from about this period.
During the course of the eight days' debate he admitted that the proposal of the Ministry would be a fixed duty of 8s.
Lord John proposed an amendment in favour of a fixed duty of 8s.
I prefer the principle of the ascending and descending scale, to such an amount of fixed duty.
I just here repeat the opinion which I have declared here before, and also in the House of Commons, that I cannot consent to substitute a fixed duty of 8s.
In the spring of 1841 action of some kind grew inevitable, and the Cabinet determined to propose a fixed duty of eight shillings per quarter on wheat, and to reduce the duty on sugar.
Meanwhile the sliding scale was to be abandoned in favour of a fixed duty of ten shillings the quarter on corn, and other concessions for the relief not only of agriculture but of manufactures and commerce were announced.
Finally, Lord John announced his conviction that it was no longer worth while to contend for a fixed duty, and his vigorous attack on the Ministry ended with a call to arms.
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