The Express. — London, England, 1852-11-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT OPTING OF THE SESSION. HOUSE OF LOltDS.—Tuvitsnty, Nov. 11. The fourth parliament of the present reign, sod the second mission of 1852, were formally inaugurated to-day by the Queen of these realms. The noble earsonages who were to mist at this grind n itional spectacle ',coon to eeriee shortly after 12 o'cloek, and by 2 the splendid ball was crowded, tae Danaher of peen present being slightly linter than usual. Tilsit I rdships excopieil only the craitr.i benches, all the others, eacept those appertaining to the hierarchy, being filled by • brilliant assamhhore of ladies in their es/es:attire. The .. ate usually occupied by the right TVV. pr, fen were appropriated to the corps diplonagegue, who, of townie, appeared in their respective uniterins. The judges sat upon the swages:li, whirls is their accustomed place whe they arc in attendance on the Upper Chamber of the legislature. All the gall.-nes were like wise crowded, acid for the moat pert with ladies. The ge mat effect, :t is needles. to ai'd, woo magnificent; and, indeed, it is only on thew oremions that full insure i. done be Sir Charles Barry's happiest effort ; for • Oothie hall re quires the armour of the mailed baron, or at least the (olio' cf worshipful ritinens, to render Cs occupants in I keeping With the genius of its architecture. The Judges nrewnt were the Lord Chit f Justice, Lord Chief Justin Jervis, the Lord Chief Marro, Mr. Justice Talfourd, Mr. Justice Erie, Mr. Justice l'eunpron, Mr. Justice Massie, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Baron l'latt, and Mr. Baron Alehrson. Amongst the bialeaps preens, (who wore their barons' robes over their ordinary episcopal attire) were the Pri mate, the Bishop of Defend, the litahup of London, and the. Bishop of Norwich. Amongst toe lay peers were the Lord Chancellor, the Doke of Cambridge, the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Iluccleuch. the Duke of Northamher. laud, the Marquis of Winchester. the Marquis of Clanri earde, the Earl of Derily, the Earl of Malmeebury, the Earl of Eitlinton the E ere of Aberdeen, Viscount Strangford, Lord Bedew:llde, Lord Truro, ite. Prayers were read by the B.shop of Nonwiec. At a quarter-past 2 the arrival of the Queen was an senesced by a royal salute. Her Majesty was received at the grand • entr nice under the Victoria Tower by the Lon. Great Chamberlain And the other principal officers of state; and was conducted by them up the grand 'asinine to the rohine-room. The cerrninny of robing having been performed, the royal protsewion then entered the house by the dour sin this right of the throne. Her Majesty waging,- ported by Prince Albert, preceded by the Earl of Deeby, who performed the duty oi long that of the Duke of Wel lington, namely, of bearing the sword of state. 'the cap of malutroance was horse by the Marquis of Winchester, the successor of his Orace in the Lord , Lientenancy of Hemp shire. The crown was carried on a cushion by the Rid of Lonsdale. Her Majesty having taken her seat, Lords Winchester and Derby placed themselves on the fuotpace of the throne, upon the right and left hand of her Majesty respectively. Prince Albert wu seated at her left hand—the Prince of Wales's chair being of course vacant. Lord Lonedale, with the crown, stood at a little distance to the right of the Queen. Her Majesty will re ceived by the noble es.embly standing ; hut as soon as she hail been enthroni d, ehe desired them to be seated ; and directed the Commons to be sent for. A pause of a few minutes ensued. daring which the most profound silence reigned; and during which the Lord Chancellor, who had be, n standing behind the Prince of Wales's chair, advanced and handed to the Queen a copy of the royal speech. Askant as the Gentleman Leber of the Black Rod 'ap peased at the bar with the Speater of the House of Com mons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the ether ministers, and a. many of the members of the lower house as could be accommodated, he: Majesty proceeded to read the speech, which appeared in yesterday R.tpreu. tier Majesty irrati the first sentences relating to the Duke of Wellington in a somewhat low tone, mad with evident kiting; but the rest she pronounced in her usual distinct and emphatic manner. While she was reading it, their lordships were somewhat scandalised by the continual slamming of doom, which lasted during a great part of the tame her Majesty was speaking. Another awkward COTITIV- Imps followed the turning on of the light.. Several of the glass shades Mike one after the other and the tilling frag ments caused no small alarm to the la dies: who were sitting sear them. One of the loudest of these eaplosions, oddly enough, took place just as her Majesty was reading the sentences referring to Ireland. The lighting up of the house added mach to the brilliancy of the scene. and set off admirably the splendid tiara and stomacher of diamonds which were worn by the Queen. Her Majesty's dress was of gold and satin brocade, over which she wore her crimson robe of state. . . . . . . . The speech Winn ended, ler Majesty handed hack her copy to the Lord Chancellor, who received it on his knee, cad the royal train left the house is the order is which it had entered. _ Tli;;;lll7lshipi then adjourned during pleasure. The house resumed at 5 o'clock, when there was a very large a:teodance of peers. The list ministerial bench was sampled by the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Meitnesbury, the Duke of Northumberland, the Earl of Errlinoon, Lord rol.he.se. erd "her members of the calumet. On the front bomb of .he opposition side of the home we observed the Marque of Lasuidowne, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis et'Clauricarde, Earl Granville, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Truro, Lord &miry of Alderly, sad Lord Broughton, all members of lb* late adrenal-stratum. The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Ellenborougb, arid Lord Brougham sat on the besets opposite the bi.bops. [We seed hardly soy that the delimit, of beetioa is still very greed, and that the reporters in Me nous, of Lords here to make a must painful cam W Web an outline of the speeches of those noble/ peers stags set Nis* their voice. to a high pitch, and 'escalate ly , ; but the evil is greatly iiscreased by UN iron pissed es pedestals is frost of the repeehere Oka, slab sallesly impede the mood, bat Mee a desellas peeplesigg West apes the eight; sad or the, molly i.e. sot M M /milked is the body el the Mese, eel or. well be spased lee their onm swami &prosiest,, we tess they will weedily be removed] THE ADDRESS. - -- —.—. The Lord CHANCELLOR read a copy of the speech fro. the throat.. ',loth having bees also read by a dark at the table, The Earl of DON01:011MORE nee le propose that a humble address be presented to her Mejnity in reply to the speech rust the theses. Ti. .able neieseis 'pale ire a low bone of yaw, end tee veep he ntr u j o sed in the =. He woe nadneental le rap he the home salmis ems ihelneorse basic We while he alb iltemsi be dem • her eleueudiene erhishleteingannidithr the 'mart 'swam enniletini id* the inpasrnu wad en. subjects refund to b beir lidenly. the lot of par etaisat a met topeetted omen boa posed, amely the NINO Let. It bed bees that Yet pile of this reallty &odd be plated ra=tiaa M rein Mete Ovoids, eat that midi a calamity was to be symbolled, but it was thought that this gnat country should bele a position to keep ferders from oar shore*. That reeeete bad bees attatied with considerable surer; the of the Waft segitaise deserved peat relit for the roar Is ebb& they had coos forward sad need their ''isms' hi the ergenration of this fore. The population hedge* la alone sal cars rea dily joined the rake of militia. god ia very few instances would it, therefere, be reessery te bar recourse to the ballot. The easeditksa of broke amiss wee very satis factory. Her Majesty said that she motioned to receive asearanses of kindly f Ina all foreign power. He staid not quit this porter the subject without eapreniere ►his opinion that the lempeepe eta pennon of th. proms of this ornatry ea _sultkilie Mr alldipt= was not ugly ieroes bet taisellene. The • with. hearing astir had beau erlierail to rimerited abuse by a large portion of the pees of this 'sentry. It was net Who ernes' of say teasible part of Os people of this mew try to eater as a seams of palled peepapadises. The simnel* of F NMI tie snlinive - whisk she sedernd at the close of the warm Met ea Imes attesee et Prri• hog POW *ernes Amid be • weenie. et es. H. bel ie ve d them eras or heti elite ed the borne, aad In .11 parts of the away • deep Itabig of ateehmern to our eenetitatioa, and • hit t eppresistien of the Maeda which we derive from it; gm& was eel • wars) why we should mideav 111 Own ear who it most oa foreign noises. Ti. newts ptepfi had judged it wise, for tessont beet Minn he thawed's', to organise their government or a dlibeent Fabler, mod he trrhod that the unmerited shine of the ruler of the French nation would cease. (Hear. hoar.) The question of the fishery a on the North Americas toast had excited a great rat of 'street, and, as much misconception prevailed on the subject, he would detail the circumstances in as few *order he could. Oa the 20th of October, 181 e, a con vention of commerce was sign. d between them Britain and America, and one of the articles of that convention re gulated the rights of both parties to the fisheries on the coeds of North America. It stated that, aie difference. had arisen with regard to the right to take, dry, and cure Sob on the coast, the inhabitants of the United States should have the right of fishing on certain parts of E. 141 coast of Newfoundland, Labrador, and Prince E lward's Island, and they renounced for ever any liberty which they had before enjoyed to take, dry, or cure Ash within three ma rine miles of the coast. It was nee awry to state that the conditions of this convention were always nurtaird more or Ire by the authorities of this country, sad a fore, perhaps iaeMeient, but still quite sulkiest to eapress a determination on the part of this country o' en her rights, had been kept on the roast; awl boom Jane, 1421, and October, 104511, thirty-Ave Aeolians Via orls were seised by British cruisers, fur inframirs of the ilehing laws. When the present Secretary of State for the Corsica came lath Ake, complaint, were made by Oaf North American eoloocies, which appeared to be well founded, that gross breaches of thii convention took place daily. A modification was made of the system of marine police fur the assertion of her Britannie Mej sty's rights; ta former years the system had been to send a •niall aws burg large vemels, and this had been altered by sending est a large number of email Creels, which had been found more effectual in preventing contraband fishing. A discr eo then lint arra with the United States government r to the messing of the treaty—whether three miles from corm, bays, creek,, or harbours meant a line draws parallel to the ineleatation of the coast, or from the !maims., which were the promtn-nt ponds of the red. It was ••••orwirt to no into the details of the die. minion, but it turned out that the valuable part of the Ishary was militia there miles of the line froon the indents. tars of the coast ; and If her Majesty's stoveruesent had ever been incliaed to surrender to the AIM rie rovernment tier interpretation of the terry, they woo'. , cell not has. ohlaird the really 'slushier part of the i.o.i (" Hear, her," fru the Earl of Derby.) He was ;Amoy to say th ot then ow yaw reams to hope that the American prima meat wouel entercurolially in.o negotiations on the subject, sad that I .g,• and haven sot c -•amercial advantages might I he obtained :or OM North Am ricers colonies by the settle. gnat of this question. (Hear, hear.) It might ho in the re .ellee,im of their I,rilships that dining the past Melton of prima, ut • noble earl opposite mail a ni - dion with r, fen nee to the opening of the great rivers of South Atm:tics. lie was now happy to he able to congratulate the house and the country on the melting of those rivers to the commerce of the world. Her Idoj.sty bad congratulated their lordships and the country en the prosperous state of the revenue. He fully 'immured uthat at oreinent, and with pleasure he acknowledged that the eoudeohni of the manufacturing population, the indus triers clues,, of the cauntry,was must satisfactory. (.. lieu, hear," from the opposiion bench's.) Differences of opinion might exist as to the policy to which that prosperity was to be attributed. Ile cos disposed to admit that it was in a mermen to be attributed to the elleniening of the food of the people--C' hear, hear," from the opposition benches) — also, perhaps, to the great iufux of gold, which had consi derably eased the motley market, and had to some extent increased the resources of the people. After referring aeriottos to the other prneipal WI ice in tee royal speech, the noble earl went on to say he had thought if better to reserve the most prominent paragraph of the speech for the subject of hie last observations. He believed I I their lordship, in common with the whole nation, felt as one mm with respect to the illustrious soldier and states. man ri ow deceased—that great man who in youth had fought our battles, and who in age had guided our councils. (Cheers.) That chair (said the noble earl, pointing to one at the table) was now vacant, in which they had been accustomed to see the venerable presence of the Duke of Wellington, who had so long fought against the increasing weaknesses of age, and had still con tutu, d at more than foar-score years to perform his public duties. (Cheers.) There was one point which had not been sufficiently dwelt on in the many and able rewires which toad been tu ode upon the noble duke by public writers. The Duke of Wellington was not so much a loss to this eountry as to the whole world. (Cheers.) Asa *oldie r he had restored the equilibrium of Europe, and had made ceder rise out of chaos; and in after years, as a civilian, he had preserved, by his moderation end good couusel, the peace which he had won. (Cheers.) When that great man's ashes should be laid in the cathedral of St. Paul's they would not be followed thither only by Englishmen, bra: there would be deputations from must of the great nations of Europe. (Hear, hear.) He bed left behind him a memorial of his worth which would lire as long as the literature of the country. The despatches of the Doke of Wellington were not remarkable for eloquence or tine writing, but the character of the man was stamped upon them in a manner unmistakeable ; and the PIP* of that book would he read with interest, end with advantage, se long as the nation itself should last. (Cheers.) He bad referred to the public comments which had been made upon the noble duke, but there was one that bad appeared in some English and foreign newspaper', from which he mutt beg to dissent. It was said that if there should again be an European war, now that the duke was gone, there woad be no general to lead our troops, and no one to direct the council* of the nation. That he (the noble earl) could not believe. The Duke of Wellington had lived in vain if his example had not had an effect upon his comrades. Ho (the noble earl) believed that there were many living who had drunk at the same fount, and who burned to emulate, as far as possible, his great deeds. He believed that, should the time come when the country should want • general to fight her battles, one worthy of the emergency would be found; and that if internal strife or foreign ag gres.ion should ever threaten our shores, we should find a new Wellington to command our armies, and • new Wel lington to guide our councils. (Loud cheers) The noble earl concluded by moving the address, which was, of course, • repetition of the speech. The Marquis of BATH, in seconding the motion, be spoke the indulgence of their lordship. while he sd dressed them for the first time. Ho was ours that the seutiments which her Majesty had expressed with reference to the death of the Duke of Wellington would find an echo fro individual of every elan, and from none more than from Their lordships. The character of the Duke of Welliogtun was the very type of the two national virtins—devution to bG sovereign and attachment to hie country. (Loud cheers.) The noble marquis then al luded to some other of the topics contained in the royal speech, lut his remarks did not reach the gallery. There could he no question that the manufacturing interests had received fresh streogth and vigour from the recent legislation, but the agricultural classes had not been equally benefited. These agricultural interests had, in fact, suffered much, and yet they had thrown so obstruction or impediment in the way of the free working of the new system. On the contrary, they were ready to assist, in every way, in carrying it out. Though the great bulk of the industrious claws were enjoying great prosperity, their lordships sboald not forget that there were other Englishmen not less indue- Inoue, and not less loyal, who were suffering from the measures which had proved so beneficial to the rest of the community. He trusted, therefore, that it might be possible to devise some means of alleviating the distress of the landed interests that would not be prejudicial to a system ander which the rest of the country bad been so prosperous. (Cheers.) He would not trouble their lordships with any remarks upon law reform or the university commission, bat he would simply beg to second the address. (Cheers.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would not have presumed to say a word after the smash they had heard from the apse, sod the remarks of the noble lords who had moved and ereemied the Weer., were it sot that the subject whimit toremed dm meet promi nent feature of the royal speech, sod he wash the noble earl had adverted before he sat doom Will an to which he (sit it his duty not to cell the attention et their lerdships, for that was slready feed upon it, en whit* he mobs a few remarks. Although he did sot feel Ymesr eudhorked either upon this or upon any °thereon's' r k the sen timents and feelings of any elm of poem= their lord. =owe, he bat perhaps same claim se es iedividual to them es this seerisiso. ass ism* because of the greet pews rupee le had Sr the noble duke, who was lest he his sod t e this house--sot merely because without WC seenctio• with him whatever, the seas duke hed den hie go sneer at all times to con ies:Ms es his Moed a ma ea ibis very last occasion on wild" be addressed thin IT& ed him in those terms, bat • sere geebsge sir eider members of their lord ble Obi BMW MlNiquis) remembered the time rd l it wheteefthsasbledsrdsmilitary and parliamentary MOM iCketers.) It had sew& him (the noble marquis) that he steed is a senewhat peculiar position in fiellelliehle this upon thti "abject, for it might not 11111 MOUS UP may et their lordships for there woes fel meg Nelms who maid recollect the circumstance— bit Ibetralet at Ihripseven years ago—then a . young men in rsYmil pallemeterr lif•—he wee permitted and au litelesd trylb ISs e e et that time, to call open the elher Item le de le Ike nieessy, and to provide Sr SW On* st oft et Ameduat hirers that ever lived, sad olllk tam thee la gmi eellastriZz r ef this country, Ibe mite Dam maple be lespered. ObeettO as . It w la Mt that, at a immeast agent t eed et • great ends lo the military alias errA aelles—dhe etrestry was endemeed by the strike edit te bee dheeenisse of the greatest admiral that everdiregtd.bedthsilntry. Any men might feel proud, to hem lived with sash seaters perariea to selecting these greet emu as the steep M our age and of our time, he ea set mom to emboli St• fact, that during the sore petted ewe had arisen gnaw ef an ether kind—thee *" sets sod sismess had yob bera dor mant, but that min signet empasity. iefikaray, sod ▪ had smatielly esetribeted le the preoperlty and wealth of the esaatry. Bat let Ora recollect when they were called upon to do boom to the head et the military _ptelhesies, that than prosperity sod that wealth mesh' mem le be snore rem II was pro tected. (Lead them.) for, he it remeraberek that to whatever pitch we height the seemedweadog tad lellalaor cud industry of this errantry might be web* and whatever accumulation of capitol might lad Ne way eer ahem. that capital and that ithereep would disappear et ease, "ad, instead of attrestfog the eye, well agrees the city of the world, if it we he • mwessoil eaggersd to be de ft tittle's. (Loud sheers.) lot *eat be weaned that, in the present state of the world. orod Is that state in which it meat low continue le remain, it was not merely to isslastry, sus and art, or to any thing of • peens Character, that they could long hook fur the glory awl eighty of the crows and of the realm, unless they ask up their minds to protect it effi- Meetly, sod to show the we were not only the most indus trious but one of the meet powerful nations in the world. (Chest.) He had thought it right to say so much, and he 'ilsamiated these observations with the names of men who, he his °Munn, had done more than any men list had done to bring forth and to strengthen the getter and efficacy of our resources. (Cheers.) He was not Milliard to enter upon the various topics which had been enearefully in•rodneed into the royal speech, that he did set suppose the house would have to pronounce any dis- Suet opinion upon them. Ile certainly could have wished there had been • less faltering declaration of the views of her Majesty's government with respect to those great questions of commercial policy which had been alluded to. After the tins which had elapsed, &naafi the experience they bed had, and after all the (seta and the arithmetic whisk had been brought forward since the question had first acme before tho ria, he should have thought that not only the gauntry, but her Majesty's government, might have hiss able to form an opinion on the subject. (Cheers.) Aiding himself in the Construction of the speech by t remarks of Vie noble marquis, he thought th a t h er Naivety's govern ment had at length been satisfied that what they now called the " recent legislation " had had its fair share in producing the prosperity of the country. (Cheers.) Perhaps they did not wish, as the °liken oft he ship, to he the first to Khan ' don her ; and they had the gallant feeling that when the ship was sinking, they ought to be the last seen upon the deck. (Chet re.) He did not see any desire to keep the ship seat; he did not see say desire, either in that house or the country, to encourage them to stand by what was called the good old cause. He was ready to take *amis. iliollll in any way, direct or indirect admissions, admissions by insinuation or admissions by hint; they were all 'Tully valu able, coin ng sa they did in differoot shapes and in different dear. , ..., from most, if not all, of theleading person. in and out of that house, who had for years advocated protection. He hoped be was not mistaken, in supposing that her Majesty's ministers entertained the view not ant that the free trade legislation had h e , ! m en d e d w i t ', the happiest s fleets, but that it was necessary to pur sue that legislation in the same spirit and no the same principle, end then they wild be entitled to the support of every mac in the • country who hal advocated free trade. Lord 111110U0HAII was Ansi , tl4 to hear his testimony to the troui , ; adapt merit. of the Duke of Welliasonn, which h..; ; .u• d for his 5n , ..: ,, ry on unit- r.al tribute of protie fr .lo arms boils at house and abroad. His public •irtue an•.l cotwout abnegation of *elf were even more admirable than kir private vines sad taarvelloge fortase. Gad forbid THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1 that the day should ever arrive when the nation should be more *enable of its irreparable toes than it was at the pre e' itt moment! The most appropriate tribute to the Great Duke would be to strengthen our defences at home, and to maintain our aneient alliances. The E all of DEBBY—Beene I proceed to any other of the topics upon which it may be afterwards necessary for me to trouble your lordship., there is we topic which I am sure all anticipate that it is impossible toe as to avoid touching upon. It is impossible that we should re. , assemble here without remembering and deploring the great loss we have sustained. As I nee to ad dress your lordships my aye instinctively turned to the head of this table; but I miss there the once familiar face, with his band upraised to assist the infirmity of hie hearing as conscientiously and laboriously he sat to Hetes to the observations of the humblest member of your lordship's house. Again I see him rising amid the greatest silence of your lordships, and with faltering stunts, with no studied eloquence, bet with • power that grasped and seised, ea it were intuitively, upon the very marrow of the matter in hand, slowly and deliberately dropping, as it were, sarong yffin lordships the pithy and sententious words of matured sagacity, of matured experience, and matured wisdom. Ilia unparalleled achievements in the field, his possession of all the qualifications which I mark the great militar leader, his sagacity in council, his unswerving loyalty, h is deep and unparalleled devotion to the interests of his country—all these are already written In the undying pages of history—ell thee. are already graven upon the grateful hearts of an unforgettieg people. But, alas! he is gone to another and • better place, and with all reverence be it 'pekoe, there peaceful and happy be his state. In the course of his long life, in the battle field at the head of his troops, in the congress of monarchs, in the councils of his nation, in the cabinet of his colleagues, in the closet of his sovereign, in the assembled parliament, unseduced by the lustre of his own bright name and un dazzled by the splendour of his own trarocendset glory, he steadfastly resisted listening to the aspi rations of any wider ambition, and cast away from him as unworthy of consideration thoughts of personal in terest. My lords, from such • subject I turn with regret to subjects it may be of far lower interest, yet subjects, as the noble marquis has said, of very considerable importuner. (His lordship thee paid • tribute of admiration to the rouble mover and seconder of the address for the ability they had displayed, and thanked the noble marquis (Lansdowne) for the friendly tone in which he had spoken. He proceeded to say]—lt is a source of satisfaction to me that the'sddress is not in the course of the discussion likely to lead to any difference of opinion. It is ',necessary for me now to state to your lordships the views of her Majesty's government. I thank the &obis marquis and my noble and learned friend for the language which they have held with regard to the state of our foreign relation', for I concur with them that while it is our duty to abstain, in the slightest degree, from interfering with the internal affairs of say other nation, while I recognise to the fullest extent the right of every nation to regulate its own affairs, I, looking not to the language alone, but to the acts also of foreign nations, am bound to say that I see no apprehen sion at the present time of the interruption of our friendly relations with any one of those powers, whatever may he their form of government. On the other baud, I cordially concur with the noble marquis, and with my noble and learned friend, that it is nut in the professions, it is not in the friendly acts, it is not in the attitude of any foreign country, that • na tion must trust which desires to be independent and to be respected, bat while she is desirous to maintain the good will of all-foreign nations, and is anxious to avoid all maws of offence, her real permanent security must rest upon her own capacity for internal defence, upon the hearts in the first instance of her own subjects, and in the next upon the organisation of her own foram (Cheers.) And I think it is • subject of congratulation that notwithstand ing the efforts made in various quarters by persons of whom I will only say that I think they have taken a most mistakes part, to prevent the formation of the purely defensive force which wee established by the act of the Last session of parlia ment, and which, as my noble friend has reminded your lordships had the sanction which was given in the last speech of the noble and gallant duke to your lordships, I say, notwithstanding the efforts which have been made by those parties to prevent the formation and the organisation of that tree, it is a matter of congratulation to find there is still throughout the country that strong British feeling of attachment to the institutions of the country, and that attachment demonstrated not by word@ but by actions, which has already, notwithstanding many difficulties, brought into the field, and, to • great extent, to • state of efficiency, as Gas and as able • body of the young men of this country as ever volunteered their services for the de fence of the country. (Hear, hear.) Nor will I deny that there is much to be done for the material defence of the country. That is • topic on which I jam sure your lordships will not expect that 1 should detain you. It will be sufficient if 1 say that the attention of her Majesty's government has been and con tames to be to that most important subject, and no doubt their heads and their means in providing for the defence of the eoentry, without the desire of offence to any foreign power, will be not inconsiderably strengthened by the tone and language which the noble marquis has had the good sense and the good feeling to address to us this evening. (Cheers.) I will not touch on any of the topic. of the speech relating to our foreign relations, or indeed on any topic except we of those to which the noble marquis has adverted, because-- important as they all are, and confident as I feel that her Majesty's govern ment, whenever discussion shall take place upon any of them, will be able to justify the course which they have pursued, and the measures which they intend to recommend to parlia ment—this is not the occasion, uor is it desired on any of these subjects, to pledge your lordships, by agreeing maul measly to this address, to the assertion of any principle as connected with any of these measures. But there is one topic, and that one of paramount importance, upon which I think I shall not din harge my duty to your lordships and the country if I depot say • few words. I advert to that passage of her Majesty's speech in which she congratulates the country, and I believe with very good reason upon the improved condition of the country generally, and more especially of the industrious classes. When I say the improved condition I mean this:—For a course of three or four years, since • period of greatdifficulty, of great misery, and of great national calamity, there has been a gradual, and to my mind a most satisfactory, progress in each year in improvement over the year preceding, until at last in the year 1852, I believe we have returned ia every respect to, and in some we have goat) beyond, the period of 1946, which was a period of great and acknowledged national prosperity. I am sot now speaking of cause*, I am speak ing of facts, sad I will not trouble your lordships with many of them at priest, bat I will refer to some which I consider to be the host tests of the real esadition of the indattrions OWNS of this . I be lieve you ow lobe as biller mMae6ga than, he exam*. the emooot of piped's, oat the mmeomption of difereat amidst,. Ma Ilea, cox, into t mom and all those miser amides which enter into the momemplise of the great b a = the people, and with peer! & whisk them bobs of ouluaively foreiga teeposeihms, we sin memble oat merely of ascertaining the emsoot which boo bon imperted, bat also the amount which has been tionsused, without the possibility of the admixture of any article grown is this eeleStry, the amount of which, of course, greater or tem, would mateeially West the calculation. I find, then, that malt mend to ell them articles, there Is within the last few yam a iteatlaaews and progressively rapid increase of comeemgeloo, from which I think we may fairly argue that the pees mein of :he people, so far as their expenditure w.eli dheelly show itself in the coesemplium of those amide% are in a state of gradual impeommeet. I leek /gala to the coediting of the savings Innim tif Ms mostly. Few eiressiesemses more peculiarly claw he sealisie• of the see ley them the properties between the 111111 NO Ilabtrested hem awl the amount depoeitedhsathems bombs. Mind. I us net now speaking of the irmeahoe of hoc or the amount of de benture the emeset of ft aad the ormehar of do 161111• 1114 esblhit mei alosooe of asstd. Wiens saved. Dot le die mom of the years Ma o 1848, and 1849 there was a slisisadem to the mamma vested in the savings banks of • mese /amiable ohmmeter. I will not trashes your bate** sigh missy figures, but this is • liellinellllllll mishit =oft is every striking manner the made Is whisk the &trees of mime yeas back operated in different plisses in dm opantry, and the period at which the tide began to turn towards prosperity. I hold in my hand • table, which, dividing the various districts of this country into the agricultural district and the manufacturing district, exhibits in each year since 1846 the amount put on and the amount withdrawn, and the balance between these will be an indication of the prosperity of the country. In the agricultural districts, I find this remarkable fact. In the year 1818, towards the close of 1848, there were with 'insets beyond deposits to the amount of 80,4341. In the year 1847, the balance of withdrawals against deposits was 39-5,0001. ; in 1848, it was no less than 782,0001. ; in 1819, it was 379,0001. ; in 1860, it was 642,0001. • in 1851, the adverse-balance diminished to 165,0001. ; an d in the course of the present year, it was within • few hundred pounds, I am happy tosay, of the most prosperous of former years. That is so far satisfactory ; but these statistics show that from 1848 to 1852 great sufferings were inflicted on the agricultural population; for in thou four years alone the balance withdrawn from savings hanks in the agricultural districts nearly amounted to 2,500,0001. The manufacture log districts exhibited in certain of these yam • similar decline. In the years 1848 and 1847 them was a predomi nance of withdrawals over deposits to the amount 01'330,0001. Bet in 18184, 18k, 1841 aed 18.52, in each of those years there has been in favour of the manufacturing districts an increase of deposits varying from 200,0001. to 400,0001. Therefore, from 18.50 to 18/2, there is exhibited with regard to savings banks the same evidence which is ex hibited in the euttsumption of articles of prime necessity— the evidence of • constantly improving state of things and of a recurrence to that condition of national prosperity which was experienced in 1816. I uy again, my lords, in detailing thew things, I am stating facts—l am not giving saw.. But , at the same time, I will no t shrink from expressing my opinion with regard to some at least of the causes to which we are to look in explaining the , facts shown in these returns. And I do not hesitate now in ' making the seknowledgment that, in my view, a great por tion of the prosperity of the agricultural and manufactur ing labourers, more especially of the manufacturing labour en, is to he attributed to that legislation, combined with other causes, which has given to them the advantage of cheap and abundant food, and which, at the same time, other circumstances have prevented from beiag samen. 1 panted by those concomitant evils which we undoubtedly' apprehended. If your lordships ask me what see those' other circumstances to which I refer as having neutralised the injurious effects of, while permitting to come into full n 'oration the advantages to be derived from, that system of i policy which made 'he prinisions of the people cheap end ' eteantlant, I do not hesitate to may tint I concur in a great Imeasure in what fell from my noble friend behind me, and in thinking that two Games hare had a material effect on the resale, via., the 'Rennin discoveries and production of gold iu different parts of the world ; and the emigration which, pertly arising from those discoveries of gold, and from other inducements, has taken place fb an tam mous extent, and to a still increasing extent, in the course of the lest two years. (Cheers.) But it certainly was an apprehensioa which I entertained, and which I am happy to fad horn various causes has not been realised, but which i was until very lately entertained by • great body , of those who are seeing with me,—that • fall in the price of provisions, other thing, being as they were, would lead to • corresponding or to a more than corresponding reduction in the rate of wages. I thiuk that is a proposi t i tt u which may be theoretically made clear, . and which, but for the circumstan ces t o w hi c h I em a ll u d e ' ing, migh t perhaps have been practically proved to demon stration. (lie ir, hear.) And here I may say—though I may have reed an erroneous report--that I read with considerable surprise • statement •ttributed th- • other day to • right hon. gentleman (Mr. Macaulay), whom 1 rejoice zo find in such a mate of health as to be enabled swain to devote his talents to public life. and in whore brilliant capacity I think the new ilinthe et Commons will have made • great imijuniition. The statement of which I speak is in • speech the eloquence of which I greatly admired, although a eonsiderable portion of that speech was directed, and in a manner hardly worthy the' right hon. gentleman's tale..te, against myself, and against those with whom I act ; end I must say that it that speech is correctly reported, I em conspeArd to give the right hue. so ottoman greater credit for the brilliance of his oratory than for the soundness of his judgment. [l'he noble earl here pro ceeded to reply to Mr. hl scam lay 's argument, that inasmuch as wages were high in Ohio, and yet provisions were cheap, tho Protectionist thery was erroneous. bysaying that between a thinly inhabited and virgin soil country like that of Ohio, and a thickly populated highly farmed country like Eng land, there could be no rational comparison. England (added the noble earl) could only be compared with England herself, and in the put circuuistauces of England would be found facts sufficient to ju.tify the former apprelieneions of the protectionist party. Ile then returned to his general argument.] The circumstances of the country, then, have become widely altered by the two important causes, I have enumerated. In the first place, the large production, and the increasing production, of gold must out only have its effect to a certain extent on the money prices of all articles of comineree, but by making money cheap end abundant, and consequently the rate of interest low, it enables the employers of labour to make exertions they otherwise could nut have made, and so to furnish an amount of employment which throws the balance in favour of labour, by oin t i 11l ail ing the spin) ct number of the competitors for employment. But beyond, and independent of this, you must look to the emigration which has been going on during these last two yeses. I hold in my hand a return of that emigration, and I find that, taking England and Ireland together, there have emigrated from this country in 18.50, 220,000 persons ; in 1851, 273,000 persons ; and in 111.52, 30:4000 persons making a total in three years of 830,000 persona, most of them, be it remembered, being in the prime of life, and all of them being competitors in the labour market. Don't suppose that this emigration has taken place exclusively from Ireland. I will show that it Ins not. Of course Liverpool must to • certain extent be left out of the calculation; for though the returns include it as an English port, nine tenths of the emigration proceeding thence is Irish. But assuming that of the emigrants railing from Liverpool only one-tenth are English, that is 18,000 out of 187,000 persons, we (Ind that there has emigrated from England alone in the last year a body of 80,00 persons. It is impossible, then, but that these two circumstances combined—the large amount of gold discovered, mak;ng money cheap, and rendering the means of employment easy,—and on the other hand the concurrent diminution of the number of competitors in the home labour market— must have had the edict of keeping up the rate of wages of the labouring classes, and thereby so altering the state of affairs contemplated i in all parties . calculations as in a great degree to prevent the occurrence of those evils which, but for those mitigating circumstances, would have attended the fall in the prices of provisions. (Cheers.) But, my lords, in reviewing the results of the ne w s y s t em of commercial policy, working, as it does, more advan tageously for the working classes than we had anti cipated, I am bound to look, not so much to the GUMS but to the practical results themselves—to the facts as I find them, produced as those facts have been by a variety of causes, some of which were calculated on by any party. (Cheers.) Aud I am bound to look also to the deliberate expression of the opi nions and of the feelings of the country. (Cheers.) When at the early part of the last session of the last parliament I had, most unexpectedly, the honour of addressing your lordships from the place (the ministerial benches) I now stand at, 1 stated that it would be my desire to be enabled to conduct the business of the country through the session then in progress without any reference to those important ques tions upon which a difference of opinion prevailed with re gird to legislation—that that must be a point referred to the deliberate consideration of the country, am it would be tested by the results of the general elution—that by the results of that general election I and my col leagues were prepared to abide—and that we should abstain, unless we should then have the full sanc tion and support of a large majority of the country, from proposing even those measures which we ourselves in our private judgment might deem the most advantageous for the empire. My lords, that appeal to the country has been made; and 1 have no hesitation in saying to your lordships that with regard to any imposition of any duty on corn, or on other provisions of first necessity, not only is there not that large majority, without which I declared I would submit no such proposition to the consideration of parliament; but that the country, by a very large and very undoubted majority, including • very consi derable number of the representatives of agricultural districts themselves, have declared that whether desirable or not it might have been u a matter of policy, yet that in the present state of the country they are determined not to go back from that system of - legislation which has been established, and that they will not consent to the imposi tion of any tax on the introduction of articles of provision. (Loud cheers.) My lords, I think that question carries with it the whole financial policy of the country. It might have been possible to have adopted the system of free trade as it is commonly called, and to have made these particular articles exceptions from that system ; but it is not possible to lay down a system of policy by which you would have free trade in corn and provision'', and by which you would not follow up as far as possible the same system with regard to the other principal necessities of life. If I understand that which Is intended to be said by the common expression t" free trade," I understand it to mean this that you will not impose • tax for the purpose of the protection of individual or local Lunette , that you will impose a tax for the purpose of revenue and for revenue only • and that in the imposition of taxes for revenue you will have especial nineties to lightening the burdens which may be imposed on those articles which mainly enter into the consump tion of the great mire of the people. (Loud cheers.) Now, my lord., in that system I see much advantage; but 1 do not deuy that I see much difficulty and future em barrassment. I see great present advantages; but I am not sun—and Clod grant that I may be wrung—that that system may not lead to future embarrassment, by the ne eousequences of the complete change in our whole lansial system. But I do not hesitate to say that alter thatmlultia which hu been pronounced by the peeple, whatever any be the views of myself and of my friends as to what would have been • desirable policy, I see that a concurrence of the majority in such a policy is in itself impracticable; and that, if it were practicable, it would still be undesirable to raise such a question for contro versy among large alums of the people. (Loud cheers.) Oa the part, then, of myself and of my colleagues, I say that I bow to the decision of the country. (Loud cheers.) And haring so bowed, I declare, en theii part and on mine, that—while desirous to the utmost of our power to mitigate that inevitable injary which the adoption of the free trade pointy has inflicted on important classes—l du not adopt that policy with any reserve whatever. I adopt it frankly as the decision of the country and honestly and thirty 1 am prepared to carry it out. (Loud cheep.) 1 hope that the aoble marquis and other noble lords will see, after I have said thus much, that there has not been any faltering or hesitation in declaring our intention to the country. It would obviously be improper fur me, on the present occa sion, to enter into any detail of those measures by which we believe the injury to particular classes I have spoken of may be mitigated—mitigated, we believe, without interfer ing with the general policy described as free trade. Into such details it will not be expected that I should now enter. But I have the satisfaction of stating to your lordships that if you and the country can have the patience to wait for the period of one short fortnight—(laughter)— on the part of her Mejesty's government, my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be prepared to ley before the other house of parliament in full detail those financial measures which, in the present state of affeirs. her Majesty's government are prepared to recommend. (Laughter.) Until that period shall arise 1 lordships will abstain from expressing or pronouncing any opinion. I trust that your lordships will at all events hear the views her Majesty's government entertain ; and I trust that you will give • deliberate and dispassionate consideration to the measures we may bring forward. You may—or the other house of parlia ment may—dissent from our views, or they may adopt them. If they dissent, and think fit to act on that dissent, they may—if they can collect among themselves • sufficient number of gentlemen ready to deal with this subject and is a different way, and ready to deal with the other subjects in which the great interests of the country are concerned— they may Sin that ease prevent the adoptiou of the policy which without any difference of opinion among them without any hesitation subsequent to the decision of the last general election—the government deliberately adopted. But I believe there will be that good *ease and that moderation in parliament that they will nut sacrifice the great interests of the nation for the purpose of rsthing personal points or fur the purpose of indulging in personal recriminations or individual accusations. I hope and I believe that on all aides of the house there will pre vail that spirit of which we see so satisfactory and honour able an instance in the speech to-night of the noble marquis --a spirit which will induce members of parlia ment to look at great subjects of national importance—not through the medium of this or that section or party, and not through the medium of private interesle; but that they will look at them as that great man WO have so Istely lost would have looked at them, through the medium of that which would, on the whole, bi for the advantage of the great interests of the country, of those interests of which out • miuiatry stone, hut of which both houses of parliament are the natural repositories. On that point, my lords, I need say no more. With regard to the question on which I have dwelt so tons, I have frankly stated that we will endeavour as honestly to carry out that policy to w loch we . formerly objected as if we had been the authors of that policy ; and, on the other hand, I say as distinctly, that I will abstain from no effort which, in my judgment, and in that of my colleagues, may be calculated to lessen the ine vitable injury inflicted on tl•oee who suffer from the effects of that policy the nation hoe finally adopted. (The noble earl resuined hts ve.it amid general cheering.) The address WAS then adopted. On the motion of the Fast Minister, Lord Redesthile au re-appointed chairman of committees of their lordships,' house. Their lordships then (at a quarter to 8) adjourned. HOUSE OF COM MONS.- 7 -Tor asoAr, Nov. 11. The 8 took the ch.tir at I o'clock, at which hour there was a large attendance of members. The SPEAKER announced that the arrangements trade two seuions ago for regulating the ettentLinco of members of that house in the llouse of P.:ere, could not then tie car ried out at the table ; hut that a jiver lay in the lobby to receive the name. of thou members who wished to accom pany him to the other house. The swearing in was then proceeded with. Amongst those sworn were:—Mr. E. B. Denison, Mr. 1:. Langton, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Hume, Sir 8.11411, Lord llothem, Sir Robert Price, Sir Thos. Frankland Lewi., Mr. Mums, Sir Thee. Winnington. Mr. W. W. Hawkins (the new member for Colchester), Mr. E. W. Pekenham (the new member fur Antrim), Mr. Eliot Yorke, Mr. W. P. Price (the new member for Gloucceter), Mr. 0. Buncombe, Mr. Chas. Ocean Duffy (the new member (or New Rose, Sir James Orahatu, Mr. W. 0. Stanley, Mr. Frederick Lucas (the new member for Meath), Sir (leo. Pechell, Mr. W. Evans, Lord Alfred Hervey. The SI'EAKEIt announeed that the ballot had been taken fur members to proceed to the House of Lords, end that the names would be read over after the summons wee received. Mr. HUMS suggested that precedence should be given to the members of the government even if their mimes were not drawn in the ballot. (Hear, hear.) An lion. Mennen on the ministerial side seconded the suggestion, which wee understood to be agreed to. At 20 minutes after 2 u'el.elt the usher of the black rod appeared at the bar, and summoned the Speaker and the house to attend iu the House of Lords to hear tho royal speech. The house at this time was very full, probably near 400 members being present. Amongst the occupants of the ministerial bench were the Chase, lie of the Ezchtquer, Sir John Pakington, Me. Walpole, Mr. !ferries, Lord John Manners, Mr. F. Mackenzie, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Henley, Mr. Bankes. The Speaker immediately rose to obey the summons, the clerk at the same time calling nut the minus of timee mem. bora who had been balloted to accompany him. They were about 100 in number, and amongat them were the Chine. I. kr of the Ezchiquer, Mr. Walpole, Sir J. Pakinztom Mr. Denies, Lord .1. Mennen, Mr. F. Mackenzie, Mr. W.Miles, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. Apsley l'ellatt, Mr. C. Fonder, Lord 0 iderich, Mr. J. Cheetham Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Whiteside, Captain Senbell , Mr. Macgregor, Mr.Westhead, Sir A. Cockburn, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Dewily, Sir J. V. Shelley, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. A'Court, Mr. Evelyn Den ison, Mr. Alexander Ilastie, Mr. Duffy, Mr. W. Williams, 1)r. Layard, Mr. Lawless, Mr Lawn's, Mr. Cairns, Mr. Danbury, Serjeant Sher, Colonel Dunne, Mr. !hakes, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. A. Wilkinson, &c. Alter an absence of little more than ten minutes the Speaker returned, and the house adjourned until a quarter before four. At the resumed sitting, several more member* were sworn— including Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. W. Jackson, Mr. Keogh, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, and Mr. Fitzgerald. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON moved the usual sessional orJers relating to disputed elections. Agreed to. A bill relating to outlaws was, on the motion of Mr. HAMILTON, read a first time. Amongst the members who wire earliest in their phgos on the opposition benches were Sir James Graham, Mr. Cobden, and Mr. Bright. It was 20 minutes alter four be fore any of the ministers made their appearance. Mr. Walpole then entered the house, and was lullowed at slaw intervals by Lord John Manners, Sir W. Jollitfe, Lord Stanley, Mr. F. Mackenzie, the Attorney-General, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir John Pakington. Lord John Russell entered the house at half-past tone, and took his seat in his usual place, on the front ministerial bench, between Mr. Baines and Mr. Vernon Smith. Lord Lovaine and Mr. E. C. Egerton, the mover and seconder of the address, wearing the uniform of deputy-, lieutenants ' entered the house about 2U minutes after 4, and took their seats on the second ministerial bench. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. RICE, to move, on an early day, to bring is a WI for effecting uniformity in the law on certain points, be tween England and Wales. Ts• Swin.c-nutuaz AVPRAT. —Sir J. F. FITZ GERALD, to move, on Tuesday next, for a copy of the evidence given before the coroner's inquest, at Sizmile bridge, in the county of Clare. TENANT Rlolll%—Serjeant GHEE, to move, on the tith instant, (or leave to bring in a bill to provide better seen. rity, and toregulate tenant right as practised in the pro viuce of Ulster, and to secure compensation to improving tenants, and to limit the power of eviction in certain REPUBLIC OF PERU. The CllANCELLOlrjtheabriglJEß laid on the table a copy of the treaty with the republic of l'cru. THE ADDRESS. The SPEAKER then stated that the house had been to the House of Peers, where her Majesty had been pleased to make a most gracious speech. The right hon. gentleman then read the speech (fur which toe lord: report). Lord LOVAINE then rose, and 'poke as follows:—In rising to move that a humble address be presented to her Majesty in reply to the gracious speech which has just been read from the chair, I confess I wish the task had tallest upon some abler, more experienced, and more talented member of this house, who would have been enabled to give due weight to the many important topics that have been named; but, sir, I feel more embarrasemeut when I think that the first subject of that ape ech is one that will speak to the affectionate regard, the regret of every man that calls himself a native of Great Britain. (Cheers.) 1 allude, of course, to that part of the speech in which, with her usual kind and affectionate regard to the wishes of bee people, her Majesty invites us to join in a provision for the funeral obsequies of the late Duke of Welling ton. Sir, I believe the house will excuse me if I approach with awe the event which has cast • shadow of grief and dismay over this mighty empire—the quenching of that light which, for nearly half • century, has been the beacon to light every Englishman in the path of duty and honour. (Hear, hear.) No obsequies that we can give, no funeral pomp that we con bestow, east be adequate to ex press the love and admiration which this house, this country, bears to that immortal man. And, sir, that love was not founded upon the mere evanescent and vulgar admiration lot vulgar glory. It was not that his brilliant military career in India had already given to England the supremacy of that continent; it was not that, from time to time, he had raised the name and glory of England to the highest rank among the nations; it was not that, among his other victories, he finally became the conqueror of the conqueror of the world ; it was not to this so much as it was that because, not dazzled or blinded by the brightest effulgence of thou glories, and andeafened by the voice of victory, he way able to descry the true end and object of war—an honourable and • luting peace. (Cheers.) When he had brought this country out of the most tremendous struggle that ever nation was engaged in, fur existence, as well as for victory, he turned all the power which his mighty successes had iiiven him ti effect the permanent establislimentof the pacification which his arms had obtained, and that by every means of conci liation, and by every council of moderation, that was con sistent with the honour of this country. (Cheers.) How well he succeeded the history of the last 37 years will tell. Sir, we loved him becarse, though he was the intimate and the counsellor of all the monarchs of Christendom, he used his power for no purposes of selfish aggrandisement ; but ho took his station among us, content to prove himself the most faithful subject of the Crown, and to place his ambition in being the most devoted protector of the rights and welfare of his fellow citizens. (Cheers.) I believe his political opponents will bear me witness that his counsel was always ready in the darkest day of danger and difficulty, and that they could rely upon has honour and integrity, no less than upon his sagacity, to perceive the path of safety which was hidden from less gilled eyes. kCheers.) Ills ' name will descend to posterity as an example, not only of a great statesman—of the greatest war rior but as a colossal example of unswerving obedience to the call of duty, of truth, of fidelity, an: of honour. (Cheers.‘ Sir, 1 thank God that he went down to the grave undinimed in intellect,—eonscious of the love that his country bore him,—conscious how well he d served that love,—couscious also that he had performed his last duty in warning that country against the danger arising from the intoxieation of security into which her very peace and prosperity had plunged her. (Hear.) I thank, sir, when we clues the tomb over his remains, when we have left him in his glory, it will become us to consider his last warnings, to recollect that we have no longer that name which was ever an omen of victory and terror to our enemies, a lion in the path of the boldest which they never I would h ave dared to approach, and so to prepare fur that day of advenity which comes to nations as well as to inch ' viduals. (Hear.) It is time for me to quit this subject. I am well aware that I cannot adequatey represent either the feelings of this house or of the country ; but I do trust that the house will manifest their sympathy with the man ner In which I have endeavoured to pay this last tribute to the memory of so great a man. (Cheers.) Passing to the next topic in the Speech, I perceive that her Majesty graciously acknowledges the readi ness with which the population of this kingdom have come forth as volunteers for the defence of the country. Though I was not a number of the house at that time, I perfectly recollect the evil auguries with which the bill that pa-std at the beginning of last session was received ' • how it was told us that Englishmen, i na pt f or war, were disin clined to undergo the necessary discipline, and would be unwilling to come forward as volunteers. The paper I have here is an answer to all these all, gallons. I believe the total number to be raised is calculated nt 60,00). In the short apace of six weeks—and hardly so much has I elapsed since the beginning of the enrolment of these I volunteers-30,0100 men have been already enrolled for the defence of their country. And I think it but just to read to the house the names of these counties which have furnished their full quota of volunteers, many of whom are now in training. They are—Bedfordshire, _Buckingham shire, Dursetaltire, Ewes, Glonceitershire, Hereferdshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, London, Nottina:tantshire, Oxturds'ire, Denbighshire, anal Mont gomery,laire. I can berali hum personal exptrit tide to the great aptitude and facility, the great good conduct, and the very remarkable efficiency, of those volunteers now iu the field have shown In the use of arms; and t can vat° also from my own experience, that it astonion; thine who, like nie, have paned the first part or their life in the service of the regain ar ms The noble lord proceeded to o b serve t h at, it the tree'': sit y for the defence war to bear any p roport i on to the value of that which was to be defended, there bee". a country which stood au much in used o f defence as thi s For besides the overflowing wealth and immense preseerit; and commerce of the country, there were treasures to la protected which in eateat exceeded almost the wailed dreams of the poet. And when they considered the nu. meow competition which this wino of w slab had given rise to, and the consequent rise in the value of labour which has caused the poorer classes to enjoy a degree of comf ort unknown, he believed, in the history of England—when they remembered these things one was lb, MOSS strut k at the patriotism which could induce aro many men to accept the slender pittance paid for its defence. The noble lord then adverted to the institution of the um,. tie, and congratulated the house upon the seen s of Oat , measure so tar us it has gone. The American fishery g ees . lion end the paragraph relating to Cuba were n est r , v i... d. and both subjects afforded him natter for amisfoctiou. After expressing a hope that Van Dietnen's Lied would won etaw to be • penal colony, hie lordoinp chap to the great qucetion of the comic, rend of the country. •By drawing a disti nct i on Leo, ej; free trade and the abolition of the duties on corn, healers,* believed, mid war ready still to assert his is poet, ti;,, if the returm of the tariff had abolished all I ,,,,h,h dise duties, levying duties only fur the purpose of ',vi m , would have been a judicious and unexceptinuald e But the abolition of the chitty on ern stood 011 an tio r footing—it must be argued on other princifles mid as, r„) on other ground.. When a measure was paned it 1 141 1 .11 Wisen the corn law was repealed he applied to the consideration of the elf, et 01 that repeal e,i th clash. which were inset obnoxious to injury, mid lie 10ui,4 that the repeal of the corn law did ihfitet injury and feting on a most important class, but lie hound cording to the statement of those who, as subsid, wholly by labour, were the best qualified ti judge, they had received its the abolition of Om corn low great atol practical benefit. (Cheers (tom the opporoition.) lh. a— fore, whilst tie came to the conclu•kaa time it wouid he proper, vs wed as impolitic, to retrace the eteps of t i „,, commercial policy, he belt it to he his deity to turn 1,,, teotion to modes of relieving that suffering elass tn.o as many bunko, as possible, and to removing as t o . sy of thine restrictions es possible which had fettered to, at in the arena of competition with foreign eountri• lie did not think the borne ought or indeed would tore S deaf ear to any class of Englishmen whim they lelieved had just cause of complaint. lle believed there were many gentlemen on both sides of the house representing l oad , and important constitueucies who were ready to raise their voice in this direction. Sufferinds suen as 11111011 he was referring to were not alluded to for the first hole in the speech. tram the throne. They had been wectioned whin there were at the head of affairs men w, u Wero th e tn .,, t opposed to the old system. But he lisped that by pursuine a conciliatory policy they might be able t i heal the breach that had been made, and prevent those disoensious betweea claes and class, and interest and interact, which were so in. jonquil to all. (!fear, hear.) Ile conceived th • house would certainly think it to be their duty to hear Minitel the coneilietury policy recommended in her Majesty's spas te. That house was the place in which the wrongs ut Ifirodoi.na were ever redressed. And he hoped it would centime. •o to be. It was so in times of old, twat that period, value tie agricultural interest was most powerlul in this country, sad yet were subject to diving., they 1 1 14 re relived at the u..' gallon of the manufacturing, the commercial, and the ids:;- ping interests. The statute book teemed with motto:lit...a of that kind. Ile had only farther to repress a ho,e t h e.: I punning a conciliatory policy, those differences end diso c . shoos between various claws would cease, and tied ititi l :a u:mai coedit ion of the country bore witi.e.sty they. d tee ..i. ? between elms and clan au its external condition would •, or testimony to the wealth and prosperity of the people. (Heir, hear) With regard to Ireland, it it were possible ti id.ay the evils under which she had been labouring, he thought the minister who could perform that task would .arn the praises which hear.n and earth bestowed anon the pore. maker. Ile would uuw conclude by moving the addles, thanking the house fur the induigenee which had lo,s shown to him, and expressing his grateful sense of the la. tience and attention which it had displayed in listenita this his first attempt to address it. (limn, hear.) Toe noble lord then read the address, which was merely an icon of the royal speech. Mr. EUERTON, in seconding the m o tion, sh ut,d to the principal topics of her Majesty's speedo, dwelliee aim upon that portion relating to the irreparable Imo suatioacd by the country in the death of the Duke of Wellington— a great man who had carried the same ability and coal which had distinguished him as a military commander, into the civil services of his country; and had reached a pitch of greatness unexampled in peace or war. Payne' by some of the topics which hail been touched upon by nis predecessor, he particularly pointed out 11110 which Lad not been noticed—he alluded to the paragraph in the my 4 speech relating to the proposed scheme for' he educationof the labouriug classes. It had been the privilege art two preeediait ministers—one to get cheap food for the people, and tac other to improve their sanitary condition ; and it was the boast of the present government to effect the great goad of educating the laborious classes in the arts by which I:, y lined. In conclusion, the bon. member &lorded with great pleasure, and aelmidst the especial spplause of the opp lion side of the house, to one great fact contained in Gar speech—the undoubted fact of the general prosperity of the country. While, however, it could nit be denied that it was through the present commercial syatem that the t pLo e ple th a a t t l t a h r e g rc e h w a , a i t o e n h e ea p p . through the same causes; and these surely were totolid to relief. r a t n ie d ula u r iti cLs ient w f l7 l 4er it e rthisilego Mr. VILLIERS said he hoped the house would not deem it presumptuous in him that at that early period ante evening lie rose to address to it a few obaervatious on the subject of the address and on what bad fallen Irons the his. gentlemen who moved and seconded it. Ile could assure the house that it wail with great reluctance be rose to address it on this occasion, because he entirely agreed with those who thought that it was desirable on all uCCalautif of receiving messages and speeches tram the throne, that the responses to them should be unanimous. That was the feeling of the house generally, and more especially of late years it seemed to be the practice of parliament. But it depended on the discretion or the decision of ministers what tune might be taken, or what taro might be given, to the discussion en the address, because ministers, being responsible for the speech, having the selection of the topics contained in it, having the eboice of the friends who were to expound the policy of the government, and know. tog the desire of the house to be informed of the news of the goverment respecting the condition of the country, the state of foreign relations, and the policy to be adopted at home, there could be no amendment proposed to the ad dress, or angry discussion take place, Ulll,ll ti.ere was WOW omission of matters on what the house desired to be informed, or some statement cf policy which it might be deem d dc..irahle to oppotc. It was under these circumstances that he rote to romphou somewhat of the address which had been moved that He did not say that he complained of much that was contained in it. There were in it matters which spoke tie themselves, facts on which they all agreed, and in which he rejoiced. First of all he might sp•-uk of the referent made to what he might term the national bereavement: and he was sure that that house would respond to every thing which related to that great man, that great mind. which had left them, with the greatost cordiality and the deepest emotion. (Hear, hear.) But there were me other matters of deep interest to the country at large. and on which it had been anxiously look ithr for same iutorma tion on that occasion. They had met there at a very no usual season ; and there was not a man assembled there. and hardly a man in the country, who had not in quired wherefore they were mumbled. The circum- stances were so notorious under which the last parliament was dissolved, and under which the pre sent one was assembled, that it was hardly uredhil fur him to refer to them; but in order to establish the ground on which he intended to complain of what he considered defective information in the pouch, it Ins necessary just to mention what occurred; and this brought him back to the formation of the present iz oymr meat. It was vrell•known that when the government se ceded to power, there was an avowal on the part et MS new minister that he held opinions which he was not vd• ling to abandon, and which he admitted were at variant with those of the majority of the H ouse of ' (Cheers.) That minister— he alluded to the first wints:er of the crown—admitted the justice of the doctrine, that it was not constitutional for any ministry to lohninhttr the government of this country who., opinions did not crall• ride with the majority in that house. (Cheers.) " he said, ° Without abandoning my opinions, and 'sena' doing violence to the constitution, I am willing id tale a course which I think will be approved by all men viola existing circumstances. I will not interfere with the laci ness which is required to be done in this house ; I will o ut the country to as littler inconvenience vupoo•ilde ; last will dissolve this parliament, I will take the opinioa of the country, I will ascertain with the least possible delay whether or not my opinions coincide with those of the alk joeity of the electors, and whether or not, therefore. I am fit person to govern the country." (Hear, hear.) Noe: these were the facts, and they were met at that %mown season in consequence of a declaration Of the w i nter that he would leave it to the country whether he was tit to bie at the head of affairs. There were two wan in which the difficulties admitted and avowed by the midoto might have been overcome. One was that the supra!' in that house should coincide with the minister; the other that the minister should declare some chaotic of opinion on his own part. (Hear, hear.) They were a ll assembled that evening, and the country generally believed that they met for the purprwe of 'mentioning whether that n on ' cidence existed. They had looked to the Fla.rch, and they , had listened to the mover and seconder of the adi!r e et to ascertain whether there was a coincidence of opinioe u be" tween the majority of that house and the present 11 0 ":" . mutt, and he complained that they had no i n f o rmation on that subject. There was • paragraph which referred to the subject on which a difference of opinion had resisted, namely, the commercial policy of the co untr y ; there was• reference both to recent legi slation I and to the present condition of the people; but I he could not had a clear, diatinrt, iutelligtb,e, avowal on the part of her Majesty's government tint they bad they given no uauranoe that in no way wool they were reconciled to that policy. (Hear, hear.) 11 b y attempt either to reverse or to mu lily it, and that the nun• try might rest assured that it would be permanent ? (Hear bear.) In order to relieve himself from any charge of pre sumption in intruding himself thus early en the hoit.e.7 ask:rig for t xpl in., ions which were not needed, lie li _tried leave to state to the house—a house containing many min bers who were not in the lest perlientent—that, from the ..