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He then 
mmment from the charges brought 
ainst them by the Spanish authorities, and said it was quite 
absurd to blame the French Consul for anything that had taken 
place at Barcelona, The noble Lord concluded by entering into 
an eloquent exposition of the vast importance of peace between 
Great Britain and France to the interests of the world. 
Earl Auckianp declared that he had entered upon the Affghan 
war because he thought it essential to the safety of our Indian 
empire—because he saw a danger approaching, to avert which 
the war had become absolutely indispensable. He could think 
of nothing more invidious and unseemly than for one Governor- 
of Lanspownge 
would early occupy their Lordships’ 
deliberations, was that of measures calculated to restore pros. 
perity to the country; an rds CoucuesrEr and Minto made 
explanations respecting the sailing of the Chinese expedition. 
Lord Asusurron, in reply to an observation by Lord Clanri- 
earde, deprecating concessions alleged'to have been made by him 
relative to the right of search, explained that no discussion on 
the right of search had taken place in the course of the negotia- 
tions, inasmuch as this country claimed no right to search Ame- 
rican vessels. But on that of the right of visit, he had been 
He apprehended 
no change from the Oregon boundary question, and no cireum- 
The Earl 
prepared state of many of the vessels in comm 
resent Government came into power. 
another explanation from Lord Minto. 
arl Stansopr, who intended to move an amendment on the 
of HarnineTon made a statement relative to the un. 
‘ission, when the 
This again called forth 
United Kingdom, with a view to providing for their profitable 
al 0 the ii of their condition.” 
e address, which was as usual, an echo of the speech, was 
then agreed to, and ordered to be presented to her Majesty, 
The Duke of WeLtineron gave notice that on Tuesday, the 
14th inst., he will move the thanks of the house to the Naval and 
Military o: and men engaged in service in China; and that 
on Thursday, the 16th inst., he will move the thanks of the house 
to the officers an ops concerned in the Military operations in 
the East Indies.—After some routine business, and the reappoint- 
ment of Earl Shaftesbury as Chairman of Committees, the House 
adjourned to Monday. 
HOUSE OF COMMONS. 
The House of Commons, after receiving some notices of mo- 
tions for future days, proceeded to the consideration of the 
speech from the Throne, which was read as usual by the Speaker. 
rd CourTENAY then roseto movean address embodying the 
topics of the speech. He declared his satisfaction at the adjust- 
ment of the differences with America, by reason of her common 
origin, language, and laws, and the influence which must be pro- 
duced on the whole civilised world by the state of the relations 
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The motion was seconded by Mr. P. Mirus 
Eastern events, 
touched with praise upon the arrangements concluded between 
England and America, expressed his regret for the domestic dis- 
turbances of last year, attributing them in greatmeasure to the 
unprincipled endeavours of those who had excited the indigent ; 
a eclared his general approbation of the vigorous measures 
adopted to restore the credit and finance of the country, 
Woop desired to reserve his judgment upon most of 
the points of the speech until the House should be in possession 
of further information. Generally speaking, he believed the 
speech would be satisfactory ; but he lamented that on the sub- 
ject of domestic distress it held out only sympathy, and no prac- 
The late Minis- 
ters, to cure these evils, had attempted measures for the exten- 
sion of trade. A similar disposition had in the last session been 
evinced by the present Ministry; but there was no indication of 
that disposition in the present speech. 
ir Ropert Peer trusted, from the tone of the House, that 
je unanimous. 
was really important in our claims. 
cent message of the President did not give an accurate 
i We had 
ascertaining whether she be really American; which if on that 
visit she should turn out to be, she mu: 
having her flag assumed, should resist a rule the establishment 
f which would be so much for her own advantage. It 
mber, 1841, upon this 
subject been maintained in all its principles, but during the 
14 months since elapsed there had not even been so much as an 
attempt on the part of the American Government to answer it. 
On the subject of finance, he admitted that there was a great de- 
ficiency. He had stated last year that, in addition to the defi- 
ciency which he had found on coming into office, he pro, 
cause a further deficiency still. He had accordingly remitted 
duties on 700 articles ; reductions had all taken effect; but the 
Income-Tax imposed to m ad not yet come into pro- 
ductiveness, Undoubtedly there had been a great falling off in 
the Excise, mainly on the article of malt; but that had arisen in 
from the very unfavourable harvest of 
There still, indeed, existed severe distress; but let not the House 
infer thence thatthere must needs b manent diminution 
of consumption. Another cause of the late falling off had been 
the disturbed state of the manufacturing districts. This was not 
a fit occasion for entering at large upon financial statements ; but 
he did now discern some favourable changes on which he could 
not forbear from founding good hopes. 
the speech announced no new measure with respect to corn. 
He had no such great measures of change to propose as gentle- 
men seemed to expect. Whenever he should make a change, it 
would be a change accordant with the principles he had pro- 
pounded; but he must always remembe: 
the general rule had been protection. 
which had already taken place in the price of the necessaries of 
life had actually verified his prediction that the Income Tax 
would be compensated by the general cheapness of living. 
Lord Joun Russex1, in reference to a notice, given before the 
debate, of a motion of thanks for the services of our officers in 
India, adverted to some Indian topics upon which he deemed it 
requisite that further information should be previously furnished 
—one, the vindictive excesses said to have been committed by 
our troops; the other, the share of Lord E!lenborough in issuing 
the directions which led to our successes. There were a couple 
of proclamations too remarkable to be passed over. One of them 
contained such a misrepresentation of a preceding Governor’s 
policy as was seldom uttered even in eat of party debate ; 
and it breathed, with respect to Affghanistan itself, a spiritrather 
of revenge than of lm and statesmanlike policy. The other 
proclamation was so oddly worded, that many people who had 
ast year been taken in by the clever imitation of a debate in the 
French Chambers, and were therefore mucl their guard 
against asccond deception, were thoroughly persuaded this was 
another hoax. For his o art, he viewed it more seriously ; 
especially in respect of the tone which it took—a strange tone for 
a Christian Governor—of reverence for the objects of idolatrous 
worship. These things, he owned, had raised in him some mis- 
givings as to the judgment of the individual intrusted with the 
grave and almost awful responsibility of governing India. With 
regard to the American treaty, he would say that he did not view 
it with the satisfaction which some seemed to feel; he doubted 
whether any treaty would be really advantageous which on its 
very face was detrimental to the country consenting to it. 
Coming now to domestic affairs, he would declare that the expe- 
rience of the past year had confirmed him in his objection to the 
sliding scale, and in his conviction that a fixed duty was the thing 
required. Under the present scale, the foreign wheat was poured 
in just asthe home harvest was becoming available: the garden 
was watered at the moment when it was beginning to rain, He 
had, however, heard nothing to-night which convinced him tha 
Sir Robert Peel would not yet make much further alteration in 
the Corn-laws. But, on such a question, to withhold alter- 
ations which were really intended was vastly inconvenient 
and injurious, and left everything unsettled, both for the 
grower and for the labourer. The agricultural members were 
now placed by the Government in yery awkward situ- 
i ‘uments on which they were put to defend the 
tariff were arguments which forced them to condemn the Corn- 
law, and vice versd. 
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mn put several cases of hardship and 
yexation in the collection of the tax, which he contended was 
often overcharged, in the expectation that the party called upon 
would pay rather than submit to the annoyance of appealing. 
Sir C. Napier condemned Lord Ashburton’s treaty, and Mr. 
LLACE expressed his belief that the speech would be received 
with dissatisfaction in every quarter of the kingdom, 
ord Stanuuy addressed himself to the speech of Lord John 
Russell, whom he blamed for a premature introduction of the 
questions connected wlth Affghanistan. He would, however, 
now declare, that it was the intention of Ministers, on the ap- 
proaching motion for a vote of thanks, to claim for Lord Ellen. 
borough a share in the honour of our Indian successes. There 
might be faults to be found with the taste of particular phrases, 
but when the whole case, with all its facts, should be before the 
House, the House would judge of it as a whole, and then he 
should not fear their verdict, and he assured the House that 
nothing was further from the mind of the Governor-General than 
to countenance the idolatry of the people under his rule, The 
noble Lord had blamed the Ashburton treaty as though it would 
have been easy more ; but ifthat was 
so easy, why had not the late Government done so in their 10 years 
of Administration? He believed that the territory given up was 
valueless in an agricultural, and valueless in a military point of 
view. 
Lord PatwersTon, as it was his intention to bring the Ash- 
burton treaty by specific motion under the notice of the House, 
Would not now follow Lord Stanley into the details of the sub- 
ject; but considered Lord Ashburton, by reason of his known 
present affairs he treated as of minor importance, he adverted 
to the hardships of the income-tax upon persons of small means, 
Perhaps they were unavoidable; but, if so, the Government 
should not have boasted that persons of small means were ex- 
empt from all the evils of that impost. He concluded by asking 
whether the number of cruisers on the coast of Africa was about 
to be reduced, and whether any change had been made in their 
instructions ? 
Sir R. Pee. answered both questions substantially in the 
negative, 
Sir Roper Iver1s would not condemn the general policy of 
ord Ellenborough, but he must express his deep di vat 
of that passage in one of the proclamations in which a Christian 
Governor, on a subject connected with religi 
to use. It was not, as Lord Stanley had put it, a matter of taste; 
the Government ought not to take that sort of ground, they 
ought to discontinue such an officer. 
; VILLIERS complained that the speech disregarded the suf- 
ferings of the people at home. It would not do to say there 
were no remedies. Remedies there were, and which the people 
expected and desired. They would not be satisfied with what 
had passed this evening. Sir R, Peel had uttered nothing which 
looked like an intention to repeal the Corn Laws, and the people 
were now, therefore, in a hopeless state. Their exci wa 
and Mr. Ferrarp said no good would come till machinery was 
taxed, and that the masters cared nothing for their labourers. 
—After some observations from Mr. Ewart, Mr. M GIBSON, 
Mr. Brorurrron, ANKES, and other Members, the 
Address was carried without a dissentient voice. 
Friday.—Lord Ex1or stated that it is not the intention of 
Government to introduce any measure this session to change the 
mode of assessment for Poor-rates in Ireland.—On Lord CourtE- 
Nay bringing up the report on the Address, Mr. Waurer intro- 
duced the question of the Corn-laws, an: i 
i Vittisrs, stated that 
he did not contemplate at present any alteration in the Corn Bill 
CEDY sp 
Money Market, Friday.—Consols for money and 
the Account left off at 94% 5 Bank Stock, 173 to 174; 
India Stock, 266 to 267 ; Exchequer Bills, 63s. to 65s. 
premium ; ‘Three per Cents. Reduced, 958; Three-and- 
half per Cents. Reduced, 102 to 4, New Three-and- 
half per Cents., 101} to} ;& Long Annui ies, 12 15-16ths. 
SBetropolis and tts Wicinity, 
Funeral of Mr. Drummond.—On Tuesday morning 
the funeral of Mr. Drummond took place in the church- 
yard of Charlton, near Woolwich. In accordance with 
the desire of the deceased’s relatives, it was conducted in 
the most private manner, and the mourners consisted 
solely of members of the family. On reaching the church- 
yard, the body was met by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Bos- 
cawen, Vicar of Wotton, who performed the service. The 
church was fully attended by the most respectable inhabit- 
ants of the neighbourhood, all of whom appeared to he 
much affected by the scene. » The great respect entertained 
‘or Mr. Drummond induced a large number of his friends 
to request permission to pay the last tribute of respect to his 
remains by attending the funeral, which was only prevented 
by the desire of the family to conduct the ceremony in as 
private a manner as possible. ‘Their Royal Highnesses 
the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, the 
Princess Sophia, the Duke of Wellington, and Sir Robert 
and Lady Peel, were among the many individuals who 
were desirous to testify their esteem on this occasion ; but, 
in accordance with the wishes of the deceased gentleman’s 
family, the attendance of their carriages was gratefully 
declined. Mr. Spencer Percival, who was distantly con- 
nected with the Drummond family by marriage, and whose 
untimely death by the hands of an assassin must be well 
known to our readers, is buried in the same church. The 
following account of the death-bed of Mr. Drummond has 
appeared in’ the Morning Post: —Mr. Drummond 
suffered very little pain during his illness; so little, that 
on being pressed on this point by his medical attendants 
on Sunday, he asked them what they called pain—what 
they meant by it? fand after laughing with them about 
it, came to the conclusion that his suffering was from 
oppression. On Monday he complained of shooting pain 
from the wound in the back to the front, but more of the 
i of the opy i check in breathing—than 
of anything else. This came on the first night, and 
although relieved from time to time, and especially by 
the loss of blood, was never entirely removed. On Mo: 
ay evening, at half past six o’clock, a change in the 
manner of breathing was observed, and Mr. Guthrie was 
sent for, who, on his arrival at seven, informed his family 
there was no longer any hope of his recovery, and that 
any restriction he had placed on them was withdrawn. 
At ten, the usual consultation took place, and as Mr. 
Drummond was quite unconscious of his danger, his me- 
dical attendants thought it right to declare their inability 
to be of further use, and to leave his family the duty 
of making him acquainted with his state. At nine o’clock 
on Wednesday morning, when a pulse could be felt 
nowhere, anda slight fluttering of the heart was alone 
perceptible, he retained the power of moving his limbs, 
pressed Mr. Guthrie’s hand, and with that sweet smile on 
is countenance which was so endearing, asked if all hope 
was past? On Mr. Guthrie’s replying that all hope in 
this world was over, and that he must put his trust in 
God, he said, ‘‘ Well, I have endeavoured to live honestly, 
loing as much good asI could, and I place my hope in 
God's mercy for my redemption.” Turning to his sister, 
whose self-devation had been unequalled, and who was 
crying by his side, he said, ‘‘ We have lived long and hap- 
pily together, and my only regret is in parting with you.” 
He then asked if he should live much longer, and on 
being told perhaps an hour or two, he said, “ The sooner 
the better—I don’t feel pain,” and added, with a smile, 
“that ugly French word mai-aise expresses most fully my 
burden.’”” Shortly after he said, ‘“ Willit be presump- 
tuous in a man inmy situation to ask for a little wine 
and water, with soda or potass-water ?”’ and on its being 
given to him, conveyed it to his mouth and drank.—The 
final examination of M‘Naghten at Bow-street took place 
on Monday. ‘The evidence differed in no material point 
from that which has already been before our readers, ex- 
Cept that an inspector of police deposed that the prisoner, 
in a conversation with him in the cell, on being asked if 
he was aware who the gentleman was at whom he fired, 
replied, ‘* Sir Robert Peel, is it not?” After the usual 
depositions had been taken, he was fully committed on the 
charge of Wilful Murder. It is stated, in reference to his 
admission that the shot was intended for Sir R. Peel, that 
on the Queen’s visit to Scotland, Sir Robert invariably 
rode in one of the Royal carriages, while his private car- 
riage was occupied on every public occasion by the de- 
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ing by all minor topics, to apply itself to the subject of the na- 
calle i 
tional distress.—Mr. Hume d on Sir R. Peel to carry out hig 
own principles without reference to the opposition of his friends 
ceased who, from that circumstance, was taken 
for the Premier by the greater part of the spectators. It 
is stated that M‘Naghten was very anxious to see the Pre- 
mier while in Scotland, and Mr, Drummond was pointed 
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