THE NATIONAL tontionl SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1915. PROHIBITION OF FOREIGN CORN. The petitions presented by the landed interest to Parlia ment have prevailed, and Ministers have suffered themselves to he persuaded that it was necessary to prevent the impor tation of foreign corn, till our's arrived at 80s. per quarter, a price which will enable farmers to pay their present high rents, and will occasion a considerable rise 14 the price of bread. However Mr. Robinson, the mover of the resolutions on this subject, may disclaiM the idea of sacrificing the inte rests of the nation to those of a particular class of men, the Lffect remains the same. His intention undosibtedly is to yield a due protection to native agriculture; but 'the result of his plan will be to leave the country unprotected against the rapacity of the farmers. One of the principles •n which be founds his measure,. is decidedly false. Ile contends that the real mode of making corn ultimately cheap is not by al lowing unrestricted importation, but by extending legislative encouragement to its production, al home. Does be think that farmers no longer dreading the. competition of foreign grain in the market, will grow a larger goantity at holne? —lf he does, he is mistaken. Farmers will not seek to..„enrich themselves (by Use abundance, but the dearness of their produce. Instead% of extending tha*r corn fields, they will limit them, secure that, provided wheat does not pass 795. 11d. per quarter, it must find pur chasers, as no foreign grain will then be importable. tither than suffer the price of corn to become moderate they would prefer destroying part of their crops, for what is a rich harvest for the nation, is always considered a poor one Ly the farmers. .They may now promise much, but when once their object is. g,ained,:wboihall compel them to keep their word A few years ago, when they were less on their guard, and a plentiful harvest loaded the ground, the writer of these remarks happened to congratulate a rich farmer osi the promising state of his crop, "d the crop," was the answer, " it will ruin us, if it turns out as good as it looks, for we must then lower the price of corn.' Let Mr. Robinson, and the majority who on Thursday last supported his mea• sure, be convinced, that, however concealed for the ?resent, the same sentiment lies at the bottom of every farmer's heart, ready to spring up into action as soon as it can do it safely ; that legislative interference, instead of increasing our agri cultural produce, will occasion its decrease, and that " ex treme misery, confusion and distress," among the lower or ders, which they are desirous of preventing. Several Bakers in the metropolis have already informed their customers that the price of the quartern loaf would next week be raised to Is. 4d. So that the statement made in the house on Friday last, that if 80s. was the protectiug price, the average of the wheat used in London must be 100.:., which would raise the quartern loaf to sixteen pence, is already on the eve of proving true. FEB. 26. -; , 5. levy, of Thick lershury, merchant. T. !hipper, ot Wapping-Wall, victualler. . Auhery, llupert•street. Haymarket, victuAer. IV. Dodd; of Chatham, to 1-dealer. 11'. Herbert, ot Sandford, Oxford, cow-dealer. Schlaberr., of Man( hester, merchant. j. White, late of Pitchley, Northampton, victualler. klliott, late of Rotheram, Yorkshire, immongt r. S. Chimer, of Bristol, stationer. M ,nsford, of Lincoln. grocer. L, , ,0e, of M.,l'eroft, Derby, corn-deafer. T . of Oa Isley-Farm, Southampton, farmer. J. N,ostend, of Acle, Norfolk, spirit merchant. C. !fro" it and C. OILY, of George street, Portitioniquare, brewers. S. Dixon, of Bust , n, Lincoln, jeweller.. 'Dm Trit,E, - Immx, and CIIRONOLOCIG AL TABLE of EVENTS for the lot Year, will be ready - Cm delivery on Smithy Next— Price Sixpence. The Police of Buonaparte to be contiii in our I\ext. EGISTER. FRENCH PAPERS. The Paris Papers of Wednesday last sate, that the fate of Saxony having been definitively arranged, an invitation has been sent to the King of Saxony to repair to Vienna. The Congress are now occupied upon the indemnities to be given to Eugene Beauharnois, who is strongly supported by the Court of Munich. The Prussian Ministers have presented to the Congress a Note relative to the affairs of Germany, in which .they urge the propriety of inviting all the German Princes to , send Mi nisters. Lord Castlereagh was not expected to leave Vienna. till after the celebration of the Emperor of Austria's Birth-day on the lath. It is even supposed by some that he would not set out till the 15th; hut be this as it may, there is no. doubt of his Lordship tieing now on his way home, and his. arrival is daily expected by Ministers. The Congress is said to have been lately occupied in endeavouring to persuade Buonaparte to renounce Elba, and .fix himself in Scotlandi "where a magnificent palace and superb surrounding domain is offered him by England." We do not attach much credit to this statement, however imposing it may have become from its frequent repetition. At all events, there is no rea son to suppose that any such project, if ever really intended,. will be carried into effect. Napoleon, we are teld, has re jected every offer of the sort, and makes his stand on the Convention► of Fontainbleau, which Russia being bound to guarantee, declares she will never violate. The French Funds are at 791 A very curious atticle has been received from Vienna. upon the Slave Trade discussions in the Congress. The sub ject was referred to eight Ministers, In the first conference, Spain. France, and Portugal, re cognised the principle of abolition, but insisted on its being carried into execution with precaution; I 4.