—Porter's Progress of the Nation, 137, 138, second edition.
[27] Porter's Progress of the Nation, second edition, p. 139.
[28] Take as an example the importation into London, from 24th to 29th September 1849: prices being—wheat, 41s. 9d.; barley. 27s.; oats, 17s. 10d.
| Foreign. Qrs. | British. Qrs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 18,023 | All kinds of |
| Barley, | 8,319 | grain. |
| Oats, | 23,408 | 7,129 |
| Beans, | 2,620 | |
| 52,375 | ||
| —Week from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3. | ||
[29] The mortgages of England alone are estimated, by the best authorities, at £400,000,000. Those of Ireland and Scotland are certainly at least half as much more, or £200,000,000. Indeed, out of the rental of £14,000,000 a-year, now in part become nominal in the former country, it is usually reckoned that £10,000,000 go to the holders of mortgages.
[30] Edinburgh Review, October 1848, p. 524.
| British tonnage. | Foreign. | |
|---|---|---|
| British tonnage to British North American colonies, 1846, | 1,076,162 | |
| To United States of America, | 205,123 | 435,399 |
| Total tonnage in British trade to all countries, | 4,294,733 | 1,806,282 |
| Deduct Canadian tonnage, | 1,076,162 | |
| British tonnage after losing Canada, | 3,228,571 | |
| Foreign tonnage after gaining Canada, | 1,076,162 | |
| —Porter's Parliamentary Tables, 1846, p. 52. | 2,882,444 |
The repeal of the Navigation Laws in 1847 gave such an impulse to foreign shipping, that, in the first year after the loss of Canada, the foreign shipping employed in our trade would exceed the British, even supposing we only lost two-thirds of Canadian trade by its independence.