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i from the throne, to apply the true principles | and there was moreover a vast deficiency in the reven' maneoeis and his their approbation. ~The rig! ight lease “Me mber hen aad 
rs "trade the ——e ay as to promote the oes interests of the: _ friend had stated very wore shpat this my = nesonearec 8 he Lord Grey's government — Lay ing ¢ done all that v0 oe 
is lordshi| cured to examine successively the various e to be attributed to the prac opte n F r pledges of peace, 
pennsays bu dget. po eth that pr had himself fret pioaceel, port large charges by “ra on extensiye cea th of Se ona Liemabere As ride my, it was rather the pro. 
about ten years ago, the alte: f the tim ber duties. He next | which no man more approved than he did, but at the e time {| vince of ea yt Sanzthe f Ministers, to control expense: but 
alluded to the sugar duties, me cerobesti to show the necessity | making no due provision for them. His noble friend I therefore Ministers hai — i = a ee in the spirit of momy, 
for an alteration of them; and that such alteration would not | was justified in stating that there was a want of financial fore- | which ey “ses boa = to reforms, they had 
interfere wi measure for the abolition of slavery. His | sight in noble Lords e; and in his opinion the fact wi effected i beeen ae ad no y whatever ; and 
Lordship then came to the recommendation in t Papeeda of their | sufficient to show the incapability of her Majesty’s. present | he looked back an t nr reforms with feelings of unmixed satis. 
attention to the state of the law yespecting the importation of | Ministersto manage the finances of the country. The noble Duke | faction. In ae e fabs aon sie 9 de he said, been but 
foreign corn. The grossest misrepresentations had been spread | then proceeded to animadvert strongly on several measures ofthe ttle of legislative hearin any ministry. He then recapity. 
abroad on this subj one side and the other. He w Government, especially the time ch for the dissolution of | lated the commercia oe iutrodtased by Government last 
himself entirely dependent on agriculture, and he could not be- | Parliament, which he could not but regard as unfortunate con- spring, beginning with the orn agent for = relief of the West rng 
lieve that the price of com would fall im consequence of the pro- | sidering the agitation caused by the question of the Corn-laws, | from the am emotes an - rides : proceeding to the 
posed change so as to throw thousands of acres out of enltiva- | andhe could ue ted bara that it might jonas deemed proper | proposals re a ais : ta : uti ae in th m-laws, 
tion. He had uo hesitation in saying that the present Corn-laws | by the noble Visco avoid advising her Majesty to introduce On this last subject weit essed himself unable to understand 
were not protective to the farmer. Opening the ae would, he | words into her pron ‘aclivered from the throne in June last cal- | the views of those who brought forward the a dment ; but if 
thought, benefit our manufacturers, and would be of great ad- | culated certainly to excite animosity in the country upon this | ever there was a t for revising those laws, he thought it was 
antage to every interestin the country. His Tisrdalgiconsinded subject, at a period when a general election was immediately | the present. For some tim past w nN had annually i por 
by observing, that with most of her Majesty’s Ministers he had | pending, an fitted to convey an opinion to the public that — 1,500,000 quarters of corn; and it was idle, t fore, to talk 
long been in the habit of acting. He felt confidence in them Majesty had a strong feeling upon the subject. The noble bout preserving ourselves in ochre of seers ge sim of forei 
when they came into office; he felt sanguine as to the policy | countoaghtnot, he thought, to have embarked ev iawiestranmne suppl i rts ‘orm from Ireland, too, been fi 
which they would pursue, and he was glad to say that he felt ae ener toes ann done inthe speech from the throne m July, | some years on the decrease. He then commented severely 
every confidence in them still. a Lordship then proposed the | and d still less in that delivered by the Lords Commissioners that | the fraud occasioned by the present mode of taking the ay erages 
pacerhin which was, as usnal, ate of} the speech. He was | day. His Grace, in conclusion, referring to the Corn-law ques- | —afi which he knew of no means to prevent, but by which 
onded by the Marquis of Cia LA who went at great | tion, said that he would most earnestly recommend to their Lord- | the landed interests were deprived of their desired protection for 
length into the question of the patios hece, pe eecid ouring to show | Ships, for the sake of the peace of the country, ay, and for the the benefit, and at the pleasure, of speculators a mbl 
that the present law was of no benefit to agriculture. sake of the lower classes of the community, not to lend them- | Whatever protection, therefore, the I us ight think fit to 
Th Rrron then rose to move an Amendment, ii selves to any project which would lead to the destruction of the | give, ought, in his opinion, to be given iu the shape of a fi dd 
as he explained, was 0! ne ressing simply that the | country’s ultivation—a branch of national industry *h was duty; nor could he comprehend how a sliding scale, which was 
Ministers did not enjoy the confidence of the H . Ther most important to the welfare of all classes. He had in the | applicable to no other commerce, should be good for the trade 
Earl entered on a review of the financial wn of Government, | course of his life been in various countries in different parts of n. The right hon. mber conclu L Ning upon the 
which, he contended, exhibited a mismanagement—a want of ar- | the world, and had opportunities of knowing the circumstances site Jeaders to declare their own view public policy ; 
rangement which was quite unpardonable. With respect to the | of the various classes of their inhabitants, but in his whole ex- | for the country, he said, would not be satisfied if the result of this 
timber duty, he ,ot disposed, in the abstract, to dispute their | perience England was the only country in which he ever found | debate should be a mere recommendation of a change of Ministers, 
propositi ? but h he e f the country to be | that the poor man, if possessed of hone: nd in 5 instead of an undertaking to consider the great questions referred 
benefited by an addi of per cent. upon duty of the | be quite certain of juiring a competence. by her Majesty to the House.—After Mr. D’Israeli had addressed 
articles, he was at a loss to conjecture. The increase of revenue The Duke of Ricumonp followed, and in a long speech de- | the House in support of the amendment, he was followed ed by 
could only be to the extent to which nab = erseded Canada | fended the Corn-Jaws as at present semcipttc baa LANSDOWNE Mr. Bernat, jun., o thought that the Corn-laws ought to haye 
timber - and as a scheme of finance the alteration was a complete | replied to the attacks which had been made upon the policy of | been remodelled before the present -law was passed.—Com. 
fallacy. With respect to the sugar duties, thele Lordships ought | the Ministry.—Lord Coventry stated ‘his motives for snpportipg | modo: e Napier desired the Opposition t nber that the 
not, he considered, to adopt the alteration proposed. On thesub- the amendment er which Lor DU at wars waged by this Government, if they had been little wars, had 
ject of the laws his Lordshi i that it was neith njust | length, stating his intention of voting in favour of the addrgss. | been wars of little expense, and productive of great results ; those 
nor uncharitabie for him to inferthat free tra d no protection | The House then divided, when the n 's were,— For the ad- | wa nment to Spain, and had put down a 
was tl nd of the whol hi ; and added that the question re who for the amendment 158; Majority against Ministers, 72. r Tr rd PoLiinetTo admitted that the 
for their rea consider was, whether they could place y.—The Earl of Errou., as Lord Steward of the Howse- | best part of the Ministerial policy was the foreign; but thought 
confidence in a ment introduci ch ject. His hold, presented a Majesty’s answer to the amended Address. that even as to this there was but too rant tog sure, 
Ee rig rege concluded by proposing as an amendment that an | It was as follows :—*‘ It gives me great satisfaction to find that | He adverted to the composition of the majority on his own side, 
addres: ented to her nero a OG Humbly to represent to | the House of rea are deeply sensible of the importance of the | It was a majority returned a the counties ; whale the Aeichi bo- 
hd. hat we observe with great concern that the public | considerations to which I directed their attention, in reference to | roughs of Malton and Calne were represented on the Ministerial 
expenditure has of late in each of several successive years ex- the commerce of the country and to the |: i ulate the | benches 
ceeded the annual income, and that we are convinced of the ne- | trade in corn ; and that in «eciding on the course which it may uck declared that he should vote in favour of the 
Mr. Ro te 
cessity of adopting measures for the purpose of remedying so be desirable to pursue, it will their earnest desire to co: amendm pers but not for the ie given by those who brought 
i to 
great u 
an evil. To assure her Majesty that we are deeply sensible | the interests and promote the welfare of all classes of my s| it forward ; for his cause of dislike to the Whigs th that they 
ot importance of those considerations, to which her Majesty jects. Being always desirous of attending to the advice pf Saks too much resemb! ed the Tories. he present question would be, 
has been graciously pleased to direct our attention, in reference a I wiji take oe immediate consideration the other | he considered, which party would serve the public best? and, 
to the commerce and revenue of the country, and to the laws | important matters contained in your Address,” order to di e that, he wo k ct of the conduct of 
which regulate the trade in corn. That in deciding HOUSE OF COMMONS. both. were now ; not, however, by the Con- 
which be advisable to pursue with reference to such Monday.—The swearing-in of Mem a servative feeling of the people, bu neir Own misconduct— 
‘tters, it be our earnest desire to consult the interest and 8: again r % 
r and nothing a of the slightest ehiie Gafetest occurred, 
the welfare of all classes of her Majesty’s subjects. That pa 
we feel it, however, to be our duty hambly t tor auntie 40: ber Tuesday.—The Commons were summoned to attend in the 
House of Peers to hear the Queen’s speech read. On their re Lage apreceraad arertsorner inter ype ra bee 
that = ribe: intimidation, for t re 
perm ale tel ra ro hae sede ak won: bli popes eg ied turn, the Speaker read the speech from the chair, when Mr. sateen ceainents eaihia system which t had protected: ' 
her Majest: vs Gow possess Rance asp this Mark Puivirs rose to move the address. As the representative | ing back for the last ten years, he found Sir R. Peel and his party 
House cota the country; and respectfully to represent to her of one of the greatest manufi ing towns pee _ kingdom, he, | opposing reforms. ‘The Conservatives at the late elections 
M jesty that that confidences is hot reposed in moe p hs resent advisers said he should have a preference bah that part of the speech | had, moreover, basely and with every vulgar art endeavoured to 
of ber oy To assure her Majesty that in the gracious ex- which related to the continued ation ot ace. He re- condemning the Poor-law, which oan, Jentie ha 
her Majesty’s esympathy with those of her sub- garded France as the natural ally of E Engiand ; and though he supported, and their leader had not dared to rebu ach 
who are now — ing from distress and want of y= proved of the Fi issod trade, he certainly thought that the | were the merits of the two contending parties. The Tor hes well 
me) n additional proof of her Majesty’s tender moderation which characterised our warlike operations inst @ | now rule, for they represented the majority. It was the majority, 
cant Sltee tt her subjects, and that we Coeatelly join . so destitute of good Fee! as the Chinese, was highly | indeed, of the constituencies, not of the ‘people: but that was 
in the: pra: ng of her gen ian all our deliberations may be ble to the country. Referring to the financial part of the | the fault of the Ministers, who would not invest the people with 
id sch goto aay duce to the happ = * speech, he considered the proposal to revise the protective duties | the elective pow e then reviewed certain parts of the foreign 
people.” = i se ene ‘a bo! mye Regie vase Bare het vets: Specter aphsyt ott though | policy of Ministers.’ He condemned the w: ‘h China, and de 
are that there was a difference of opinion on the subject in the eri- 
Rca f soni ag eee be eesette eo ret hgh @iplet wamilgeet the House, he could unde aye to affirm that great unanimity pre- Cerin ae rd erie berate 4 sae sr yo oy E 
parsons which iokabadell him to divid ide in a of the : poseasamink vailed respecting it in the commercial world. With respect to tered into a long disquisition.— Mr. M unrz said afew words i 
ELBOURNE then rose, and. entered in’ PA Neat Pbelewel that te referred to OE. SORERCT, he | explanation of his own views as to the effect of Corn-laws upon 
his policy. “His Lordship said that ee ‘had listencd to his noble | j,¢y, a ke one of & ae r the present system of pcs aan wi oss and Mr. ae ed ipradhes erm t of debate, 
with San aulesieaie f . f can bo Rg = it prone te roducing a1 mn mae of deta fete ae Ge. Walktekens: the «iousanl debate on id was n 
vesmect ya Linagye orien he must say that seeing ha per- | tleman referred to the forebodings which were entertained re- Stay: nee . “ors chs —- bie obtin a y 
fragile f foidatiog ‘t pe ge pbs ‘bie to? oy peng m8 So eigenen ar penal, pete » and how com- be put of with altos ete admitted that the constituencies 
‘Tie nahak tard eocdeden ts a thatthe Wah basdibicat Hi ca own. | pletely these forebodings had been disproved by the successful ided against. the existing Government, an t it must 
pees apres A absaiiecarear a ras hea fee ne: rama ehahtuine results; and after dwelling on the fortitude with which the peo- | now, therefore, make way for a new Ministry; but he expected 
existed in that House the s: hich the motion seemed = ho ’ *. he House to respond to h that Sir R. Peel, as i ne case of the Catholic question, would 
They all knew, he said, that there were a aaa eaveres, me ein relict....e- Sets 2g ss in if do the very thing he had resisted emainder of the 
Dink solic, in the Tate House of Commoas, aiet con accordance with the speech from the throne. -p4y 7 on. Member’s speech was a lengthened disquisition upon th 
motions of want of confiden there was not the least inti. | S°COding the address, went cursorily through the principal | eneral principles of political ape on which the doctrinesof 
acorn Nepean fae whenee 3 Tehi surcndinitenadee’ topies of the speech, and then expressed his hope that the doctor | free trade are founded.—Cayt. Haminron contended that the 
any such proceeding. Their Lord: ere reposing a tran bout to » who had declined to lose before-hand question before the Hou ‘as not one of free trade, but of con- 
contid im the present Government, when siden oO th pee eeeesy of Heetment, Ooh Wi. ches, Se turin ~ » | fidence in her Majesty’s Ministers e n i 
stated by the noble Lord, unexpectedly, con eo an adopt the prescriptions of his rival practitioners.—After the ad- | terial side Epa might speak agai 
former re 4 noble Lord.-came fo ‘with this distinct | 27°55 bh naniiceerentaee 5 Soe Boe ‘T WORTLEY | ques: the real question was—Do her Majesty’s Minis 
of a mfidence in her Majesty’s. Government. | *°S to propose an amendment. If, he said, he required an apo- possess the confidence of the country >—Mr. Warp admitted that 
His Lordship, es sid og to the Corn question, said that not. | 08¥ fF appearing before the House, he would find it in the cir- | the election of the member who had moved the amendme 
withstanding ul the statements which his noble friend had ie cumstances. under which be Appeared there... Fer Majesty had a great triumph to his party; but thought it also one of the 
Rat wiehitending all the deductions which ‘ew from the | Dee? advised to appeal to 5 wer had been re- | ereatest tiistekes which hasbeen sade by the people. Members 
fluctuations in the price of oth 1 e could not but f + turned; and he might, without egotism, Say that he w: see to have sets of opinions—one for the hustings, and 
certain that the adoption of a. fixed duty would give . Soret bearer of no inconsiderable portion of thatanswer. The course | onefor the House. Th teenen had presented himself to the 
steadiness tothe market incom. It appeared to his cole pticvaard which he now took, in moving an amendment, was not only | West Riding a¢ the champion of the Corn-laws; but in bis 
that such must be its effect. He knew from the negara af the respectful to the Crown, but in accordance with the example which | speech to this House hi hat taken no notice whatever of that 
trade in corn that the prices would alter and fluctuate : bat that bad been set: by Ministers themselves inahom when his predectator | ‘sublect arvest, he said id soon neutralise the efforts 
a fixed duty would produce a grenter. s iness. of ri id ieee pee sentationct thew ext Riding of Yorkshire, Lord Morpeth, | of the new rit ” His accounts ed him to anticipate 4 
more even and regular current of trade it was Aion Sie * | took a similar course in opposition to Sir R. Pee ters had | deficiency, which Seocda be seriously aggravated by a few more 
possible to question. He would fairly state very shortly to thei eee eens Oe tnt Perea occas n, tomix up questions | such days as that which had just closed. Such at least were bis 
Lordships the great detente ich ere Leeie AS, 59 — ae oar orerm ines hep - wpe xt confidence. They accounts ; perhaps they caved with each man's political wishes- 
on this subject. He had certainly been, on former ms, for Pat Siete ees Go ae a beret # and in their conduct | te did not wish to make the weather a party question; b he 
Lom tb off the agitation and digcuasion of this question, which, ms . crm ms ed their pro- be 
whe 
D m, had abandoned i 
mever it came on, he knew must be attended with the circum- mee . sSlaitig = Le phage ond beac porey, ‘3 
stances of excitement whic h his noble friend had deseribed. “ . 2 ; ; 
a 
: ° inst that of a sliding-scale; 
et to be dich he always knew ne it was entirely a question try, having ci ked at the questions brought before them acest are he i home eel pe he looked he al cause 
of time; and he begged of their Lo to consid . hat he | OY, Ministers, had s that eth ae Sn id on both | of alarm ; and whether that alarm came from Ireland, 
had always looked nponas the pinch of this nestion, amie? that | Sides. Whatever w pus aluable in free trade—and he | the continued ee of the * — scale 2” = — ona ition 
th laws ha een { duced and s 4 ited b th Ys h would not say that there was nothing valuable in it—did not de- of es country, he nothing induce him to a his vote 
h direct interest = maintaining en hes ecoe ase : eo Lore S H. There was contradiction between Lord against Mamie. 
by two houses legistaturs 2, 0 of whie h h is @ tirely Melbourne and Lord J. Russell; the one declared that a fixed r, MANNERS Rad stated that his father, Lord Canter- 
of land Setdecs and t the " ee of iheoth - Y | duty was proposed for ‘or protection ; the other professed that by it bury, had felt great pain fiom the indistinct charge brought 
of ‘the same class; and he say that this was pat a sesaggpeneerty secs @ blow at all monopolies. Government had | seainst. him by Lord J. Russell on the recent election of the 
of things which they s should Took hed with eomplacene x i yas | 10st the confidence of the country; and the first duty of the Speaker. He put it to the noble Lord to remove tha’ _ 
not accustomed to speak in the language of dutalions sx pti re Sa We desire that had no regan Lond J. Russzis explained that his reference to eephe the seb 
. bury eviv' 
pana i aa psd a mae not safe for fi porerning under our lords” —Lo cz seconded the amendment. ject. It : rst opener ctgeraathnnet a opposition to 
aur linpetationt of ta Pgs to pr abate a to | He said that t t dissolution could have been justified only | the election of Lord Canterbury, in 1835, to the Speaker's ret 
nature &s that which he described ; and he ared their a Sitky 57 gunn mripeoraep ales wan Go- | was, that he did not represent the opinions of the majority_of je 
Lordships that they would find it z id assi vernment. limisters had tried to engross the public mind with is bh eb ther reason in 1835 e had the 
thas lavrs some dag ond ona to put | the subject of free trade—conveniently for themselves, if atten ipaihes set for the conduct of Lord Canterbury whil€ 
tory foundati re reasonable and satisfac- tion ame —_ es ~ on ent = their various delinquen- | £5, ‘a high authority in the House; but bye 7 
The Duke ae Witt Liwewoa g es a! e public had come to the conclusion ‘that’ their % 7 he Privy Counc 
ous aly. attacked severat of prot os otts length, and vigor- | schemes had neither the caution of Mr. H or the man- se ‘ulted hae De hontger tue Ca orane Tarty - 
he should res ra oh ay Said that | jiness of the ultraschool. For his part, he could a moped to | in Shia dbeclation of the House of Commons, be ‘had felt tha 
: ws: UT no-plan of free trade whic throw. v of his pin" Canterbury had broken through the ae ty and respect 
sellow-subjects irremediably out of employ. a the House in sodoing ; pon res 
r. Lasoucsers said that Ministers wereas glad as their op- hisrecel tion to the aay 
ponents that the ti ae had come od fully expounding their policy, Dr. Bowr1ne enlarged on the jeaiich ee 
and for quitting their position, if that policy should be disap- turing and ascribed it to the Corm-laws. mae represented 
re Spee eee cedar mina | peau erences mearactaa ae 
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eats adebt had accomulated ; ze policy it was. on * the ts alterations ; and warned the House that it 
