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taken by Mr. Bramston, one of the members for South Essex, and a deputy-lieutenant of the county, who 'objected to the removal of the duty on grease, as he dreaded that it would lead to a great importation of foreign butter.' Sir George Clerk replied that foreign butter, mixed with tar, and so rendered unfit for human food, was used for smearing sheep, and its free admission was, therefore, a boon to the agricultural interest. The precautions taken at the Custom-house would prevent any fraudulent introduction of foreign butter fit for food. Mr. Ward, as one connected with land, begged to be excused the humiliation of such arguments. There was something grand in a comprehensive monopoly, but these dirty, petty, contemptible monopolies reduced the bold barons and aristocracy of England to a level with 'area sneaks.' The advocates of free trade desired nothing better than the continuance of these discussions. After some remarks from Sir J. Tyrrell, Mr. Bright, and Mr. M. Milnes, Mr. Aglionby said he was aware of the importance of the remission of duty on grease, as in the north it was extensively used by sheep farmers. Mr. Villiers remarked that the protectionists were only agreed when united in one object of plundering the public. But they occasionally quarrelled when one county asked for protection against another. Here it was Northumberland against Essex— one had sheep to smear, the other grease to sell; and while the one asked admission for foreign grease, the other sought protection for the domestic article. Mr. Bramston would not press his opposition to a division. Mr. Cobden thought he should, as k would test, and doubtless satisfy, sundry honourable members. The suggestion was not adopted, and therefore it was resolved that grease should be admitted duty free.

"Mr. Grogan moved the omission of lard, on which a discussion arose, during which Colonel Wyndham said he was sorry to see his agricultural friends imitating the example of the representatives of the manufacturing interest, ever jumping up, like jacks-in-the-box, preferring their claims, to the disgust of the country. The agriculturists would share in the reductions proposed by the government; and he was surprised and sorry at their clamours. Lord A. Lennox, as a constituent of Colonel Wyndham's, did not think that such sentiments were likely to lead to his re-election. Mr. Ward thanked Colonel Wyndham for the good humour, good sense, and impartiality which marked his speech. He repeated his feeling of contempt for the paltry, peddling, opposition of the agriculturists. Mr. Stafford O'Brien treated free trade as a system to reduce commodities to the lowest price its only principle was cheapness. Mr. Cobden replied that they sought abundance, which was not always synonymous with mere cheapness. In the Prayer Book they were used as convertible terms. The monopolists, on the contrary, wished for dearness and scarcity. (Being met by repeated cries of