SPEECHES

OF THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM HUSKISSON.

VOL. III.

THE

SPEECHES

OF THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM HUSKISSON,

WITH A

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR,

SUPPLIED TO THE EDITOR

FROM

AUTHENTIC SOURCES.

"When he first devoted himself to the Public Service, he considered how he should
"render himself fit for it; and this he did by endeavouring to discover what it was that
"gave this country the rank it holds in the world. He found that its prosperity and dignity
" arose principally, if not solely, from two sources; its Constitution and Commerce. Both
"these he spared no study to understand, and no endeavour to support."

Mr. Burke's Speech at Bristol, in 1774.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

MDCCCXXXI.

CONTENTS.

1826.

May 12.

Mr. Huskisson's Exposition of the State of the

Navigation of the United Kingdom .

Nov. 24. Corn Importation Acts-Order in Council for

opening the Ports.

30. Foreign Goods imported in 1824 and 1825—

Effect of the Customs' Consolidation Act-

Treaty with Portugal

Dec. 1. State of the Currency-Alteration of the Corn

1827.

Laws.

5. State of the Joint-Stock Companies formed

during the years 1824, 1825, and 1826

6. Alteration of the Law prohibiting the Expor-

tation of Machinery

May 7. Mr. Huskisson's Exposition of the State of the

British Commercial Shipping Interest . 77

15. Mr. Whitmore's Motion for a Select Commit-

tee on the State of the Trade between Great

Britain and India.

28. State of the Wool Trade-Petition for a Duty

on the Importation of Foreign Wools

137

. 146

June 14. Mr. Davenport's Motion for a Select Commit-

tee on the Distressed State of the Commer-

cial and Industrious Classes of the Community 152

Corn Duties Bill-the Duke of Wellington's

Amendment-Mr. Huskisson's Explanation 156

1828.

Feb. 14.

Mr. Hobhouse's Motion for a Vote of Thanks

to Sir Edward Codrington, for his gallant

Conduct in the Action with the Turkish

Fleet, in the Bay of Navarin .
. 175

15. Re-appointment of the Finance Committee

18. Mr. Huskisson's Explanation of his Conduct,

in its connection with the Dissolution of the

late, and the Formation of the present Ad-

ministration

192

193