Star. — London, England, 1828-02-07 00:00:00

o- ye id CII s of reo he 101 l die .hog pa goy the 1144 Is sus • • . be altogether inoperatire. e opinion of many Who, freedom which is the beat bogs of union between the Aught to know best was, that - the pivot would very little Crowe and the country ' , and the 'best security for the excited ,fitty shillings. He. thought the Corn . Laws maintenance of their respective rights—that constitu. Would. he as well to remain as they were, form a case of don't freedom which gives a piorminence,,te this e m "gent y the' , Minister •might remove thesrestrictios Country :us the councils of civilized Europe, and gives without calling together the overgrown' landlords.-.. us a right to insist that no combination of great Bove. J. - Another sohject he would like to have some isifortna, reigns shall prevent the improvement of mankind-. 'lron regarding was, Whether any retrenchmeats were to (Cheers)-.gives us a right to insist that all institutions, •be made, the necessity of • which was evident, end . the having ,for th eir object , the ,welfare of fellow • tountry bad a right to expect something to b e one to creatures .in Allis and all our other, countries, shall be alleviate its condition? There was another su bject, a respected...that constitutional freedom, which has loCal 'ones which he would just allude to before hccon. enabled this country to maintainahigh character in war, • eluded, and That was a species of blister—(Laughter) . and after the war to maintain the character of the arbiter in the sh`alieof an assessor of. taxes. In his remarks of peace and distribution of happiness to mankind, can - he did not Mean to say anything personal of that ,Gen-• never mare .be beard. .Gentlemen. you, are all aware tleman ;he was only a servant of the Commitsiotters, and of the long political and private friendship ohich sub ...he believed was only doing his duty. If it were found sisted between that highly-gifted and esteemed indivi• necessary to increase the funds of a declining revenue, dual and myself; and you are all awate that the prin.. he would not object to the rigorous exaction of tares ; ciples upon which he conducted himself in public life' but Liverpool had for many years laboured under the havebeen the guide of my political conduct ; and -Lean burden of a partialassessment ; he would not complain only say now, that the public is prepared to de ample; if their net hbOuts were 'subjected to an equal taxation. justice to his memory, and the exertions which he made The Rack Rent was, he doubted not, the .most correct for the benefit of mankind; that if the freemen•of this' fnetholf, as ft leftnothing either to the discretion of the town should think me not determined in the maim. - Commissioners or the favour of the assessor. He . might nonce of those principles, or if they should think those tecal to the recollection of their late, • and he doubted principles wrong, and ought to be no longer adhered hot he would Motfhave to say their present' Member, to, you ought to dismiss me from your service, for • that Lotd Goderith, four years ago, signified a suspicion am no longer fit to be your representative—(Lond that the country was not equally assessed, and said he cheers). But I know, Gentlemen, that the principles to' - would give orders tti that efthct # this declaration was which 'advert are those which animate the great Miss heard of with much pleasuie in Liverpool, but nothing of the population of this country—which are felt by all had since' been heard of it ; he hoped this would not enlightened classes of this enlightened community, and escape the Hon. Gentleman.' As to the duration of the those principles must be the guide to the future cooped' present Ministry, there were considerable doobta—het of this country.if this country wishesto maintain herpre. did not mean as to the Hon. Gentleman's continuing in ' sent station among the nations of the world—(Cheers.) w * it. If that Gentleman bad steed such stipulations at When, by the dispensation of PROVIDZSCII, to which, would allow him to pursue his firmer measures, he however grievous, we must all bow, the Sovereign and might remain with advantage; bat if by an influence the people of this country were deprived of the valuable which he could not withstand, his measures were to be services of my much-lamented friend, 1 was endeavour thwarted.let him retire from their councils; this retire. ing to recruit my impaired health in a distant part of anent would be hallowed by the blessings of a grateful the world; and although I could not witness, I well nation—(Cheers), knew the general sorrow and regret which pervaded The Rev. W. SHISPIVERD, who had hitherto stoodon this countrp—from the highest to the lowest—from the the floor of -the hustings, was now assisted on to 'Monarch on the throne to the peasant in the cottage— platform raised for the convenience of the speakers. at thtt lamentable circumstance. My own personal It was expected that he was going to address - the free- regret it Would be idle and presumptuous in me to .:strut; but- he said a few words to Mr. Huskision, and mention on this occasion; but the necessity imposed immediately gave way to the Right Hon: Gentleman: upon me to return to England grew out of the con - Mr Huseissobr spoke nearly to the following effect ; mends of my Sovereign to come and fill a higher skew. Gentlenren, the Rev. Gentleman who has just attracted tion, at least one of greater weight and responsibility in your notice, has stated to Me his . wish to postpone those, the Councils of the country ; bin I cannot pass over the .chservations, which be is detirmis to address to the melancholy summons without saying, that in the foreign Freemen of Liverpool. • until he has heard from me countries through which I wasnbliged to wend my way, those sentiments whiCh -I am most - anxious to avow the same sympathy, the same regret which was felt in before this Meeting, and' I only trust that in common this country, actuated the bosoms of the untutored pea fairness and justice, if it. should be necessary for me sants of the Continent, as if by accord- mankind felt as to make ane oh:motion, in • reply to what may fall if they had lost an ornament..aod a benefactor (Cheers). from the Reverend Gentlemaisethat I shall be allowed This, Gentlemen,. brings me to' the period of my repro todoariin my. own deknee. But. Gentlemen, allow to England, and! then found that 'it *as the anxious me, before I proceed to advert to the topics so ably desire of the Sovereign, that the Councils of thii touchedup:m by my lion. Frietk[fdr; Currie; aod by my try should be; conducted in the same spirit, and as Thatittrable Fileitd.who..Secitaded. the uosaination, to much as possible by the same men who presided over expolaann.yatofeignaland sincere regret, at finding my. them before the demise of my- lamented friend, and self again .befors--yon a candidate We those honours the illness of his no less lamented predeeesobi, the .aiviich . • you befrtre coof,etted upon mei end that regret Earl of Liverpool. • If, upon that occasfon, I twi ll Certainly More sincere;bmausei was anxious to avoid suited that which' hold no pubile man' h at liberty . to l oiting psi the trout* of stae.election. It was. no fault consult—if I consulted my own cuniftart, or that ease .;.aakatoottaiiwai no , wish,' - no seeking of mine—that I aod comfort whicb.every man in a bad state of health, find myselftleptived of - a seat In Patliament, and'im and which regard for his own life compels him to-seek/ ;pgitait nbffged • the honour of yinir •suffrages. and which the prudeace and admonitions of my . Own; ..e4 . .ths.,Adotiiiistratiou of Lord Liverpool ceased' family • and of others urged upon me, I should then; w exist, by the unfortunate visitation of Paocionumt have retired from public hie. I say it without fear of which befelahat Nobleman during thelast spring. is was contradiction, -that in order to discharge 'my public iiisnat power if t• tanked' to personal gratification or duty I disregarded those (earl which .1 myself enter- - enyersonal ambition, to have asked and obtained from: mined, and which my debilitated *tats of. health gave. Itinatted kited, who was thou authorised good grounds to my family to entertain; and those lean Soveseigatolormonew Adiniuistratioa,abigber were not diminished by the cOnsideratiOir, that within ;situation, at keit - one - higher in public impatience the six previous months I witnessedafte fall of tWoof the enienstiorsibin that which! then held; but I felt greatest men that this country ever produced—at least .Ithit irttliiiithatiOn*hieliiheld.astritsident clam-Board savour time, whaled been prematurely carried.or by OfTrade,thatibad had the goodfortune,by * diligence,hy the anxieties and labour of public life, and that they arssiduity c nndby -a laborious diseharge of the duties tif had. been both' my . juniors, certainly only by a few toy office. to merit soniedegree of approbation-It:Mathis months. Under such eircurnstarices,li certainly would enlightened co m munity, Ind to. afford some satisfaction have been gratifying (nine, some e, having obi - wined credit 'io•Xhi:Oltintaltika-ar• large. -..At the same time that I and approbatioto jritwever little. deserting of it, for anet with theetslooragegtent to which I have adverted, 1 my services to my country,.to haveretired upon the silro mitt wth`taitchobliktity end Oppolition, and I 'was little stack of 1 - eputation which I enjoyed, rather thin Artiionalitaisternyielrand thine measures which I bad have encountered the storms of pnblic, life, with a frame ladooeatedfrerntbeimputatiows which- have been cast enfeebled, and a mind, the energies Of Which mutt have spun meoind . alretn, nod I •waa anxious to repel those been more or less enfeebled, in proportion is 'sop phy ltulputatio ns. stied ferward notonly in stippoit .sical strength declined— (Cheers).. But I.was told from Lef ate measoceiatieMselvtia b nit-in:ippo of any public a quarter aod authority.which made the conclusion irre-. athararaer....-eid -.L. may say ..my personal hollow. I tistible, that if I refused to lend my poor aid older, the' akesefore.deeliaed making-any application to-my much • then circumstances of the country, there. would be no 'lamented Mend- for* a highee'situatittn, and remained possibility of accomplishing that Which was the wish of 'at the post in which I was then placed. Among the the Sovereign. and which, in my judgment, the best inie. other reasons :which inasetked -my conduct in not rests of the country required, that the direction of public: .soliciting snyhigher office. I can assure you that-the affairs should be guided in the same spirit, and as much, reluctance which I fel4 . 'and* feel at all times, to put as possible by the sam e men w ho b a d bef o re p resid e d this town to the ..ioconvenience of, an election, and over them. Such, Gentlemen, being the fact,l did.not ;thereby to interrupt the industry which the people of hesitate a moment to obey the commands of my Sore; Liverpool, with so much benefit to themselves • and reign for I think the man Who 'embarks in public fife; the eotintrrat larp -are habitually engaged in, was not and who receives the assurance of confidence. which the least ; And I therefore hope that no one will doubt the has been conferred upon me by my constituents at .tratkettnyosserrion, because [happened afterwards to Liverpool, and which l may, say has been manifested be called by the occurrence of lamentable events to I by a 'large portion of the country, is bound to hold by higher station. that '1 never sought or foresaw such his Sovereign and the nation, and, except upon totes an occurrence. I; is, I trust s unnecessary for me to tions of principle or personal honour, not to shrink into ?dais* . yoin indulgence upon the present rrecasion s retirement, and to avoid thole 'difficulties ,which a pub brit .1 do ito uoreigned regret ; first, from being lic man must expect to meet. When, by the acceptance aarid state of herilth,.. and pot able in address of office on my part, ivacate4 my seat in Parliament, I arttat 'is fully ' as I - could wish; and secoodly, I can received a requisition, unparalleled. I be li eve, in the re' nasty you, hnweear Much I. moy endeavour to steal spectability and number of signatures, requesting tie myself against the imputations which have been test to continue the servant of those .who- for years I have upon my cbarecter; I feel myself overwhelmed when I boa proud to call my constituents—(Loud cheering): 1 . consider the place from which I address you, and the well-knew, Gentlemen, the satire of the arduous duties elusion on which you are assembled. sod that the I was called upon to perform, and I was also awasenf voiee'whichyeara ago from} this hnitingt aroused you the nature of the ad diti onal ditties which atist.be per eniaertion, was listened to with pleasure and adrisiratiOn formed by any one who. represend so important a part --and, allow me to say, with benefit and instritctiow-.-• of the emu ,as the town of Liverpool ; but when I is now mute for ever; that that heart-stiraing porn'. recollected the kindness whichi have receiirfd at yOur which, in the moment of difficulty that surroud baadliahoPudlkitY with. which - 7 011 haw , overlooked Country, aroused the energies, s uot tole of Liverpool, easy defects, and that you- did. not suffer me to feel the where that power was • more immediately displayed, InUneitausalabs. distance between, My / humble abilities and hut of the whole country, to meet the dangers, and the: selcarrd.raileale of,bita. wbpm. ypu were. in the habit to overcome the difficulties which seemed ready to of bearing—..who superiotended your interests in Podia. overwhelm us—that power which called forth' the inoakud who,4o4o:loCntly commanded your approba. energies of the empire, invigorated the weak, confirmed tion ;;I didnothesisaUtto obey thecae( my constituents tliske Who were hesitating, and, doubting the pool. saidatonce, Isbell add to my official labours the bility of bringing the contest in which we were then additional'. labour of endeavouring to do justice, to the engaged to a seccessful issue.--Which encouraged the interests of lise:Pool—.(,leßd cheers).. Upon 'that timid, and appealed to the good seise of 'the people of occasion. tome of my friends were kind enough to England, against the insidious designs of men who, from espr s a _ Wish that I should not be called .upon to a pressure of her temporary difficulties, wished to place mead during the election; but my friends must do time us in a situation to yield to the threats of one, then con- the justice to admit that I never made such ireqtiest, sidered an irresistible foe; and Ware had yielded to their and I fek that if I should not be prohibited suggestions, we might be Certainly at this hoar in a medical adviser from taking the journey, I Caved . ,m state of security and .peacp, but a state of security a positive duty to attend upon these heating's. Thatk and peace with the loss of national honour...that nothing more, in my opinion, 'than the duty oterety poser is lost to the Coootry for ever ! That persua- wow, .who aspires to the representation . . o,f large. sive eloquence which, when disaffection to the law body, owes to his constituents . • and I think that duel presented jibed in various shapes throughout the more imperative, in proportioans the corortninity which Thad, inculcated reverence to the law, attachment be seeks to represent is enlightened--and a community to constitutional fiefdom as contra.distinguithed to more enlightened, Mote deserving* to be informed' of the licentiousne s s and wild innovation—that constitutional !character and principles of the Representative, cannot eaist, than those to whom I have-now the honour to address myself.' • Circumstances of . recent occurrence rendered it the more necessary that Usbtarld prp,Settl xim_ott F lf i f en y z o u w o h nthis occasion, and I am sure that My has done me the . honour to propose me, and every Gentleman who hearrme, must•feet the. difficulty in which a man is•placed who• stands before you in the double character of Candidate and Minister cf. the Crown. In the latter character, I cannot go far ther than my duty to my Sovereign will permit; but in the -former character you are entitled' to reteive at My' hands U unreserved and explicit communica tions as I can make, and in the statement which I am about to make I shall endeavour to steer such a course as to reconcile those conflicting characters. I have no 'Hesitation in saying,, that when the Ad ministration of Lord Liverpool was hronght. to a close„diffieulties which I shall ever deplore, and which my lamented •friend had not foreseen; difficulties which ougbrnot to have bertithrown in his way, some of which they, peihaps;have .originated in personal considetatioeu aod some from other causes which I do novicflow.difficulties arose to the forneation of the new Government, and my letnetited friend Chats there fort placedunder the necessity,of departing from that which was his first intention, smd which- was 'in fact the command• of his Sovereign, to form a new Govern ment upon the same principles, and, if possible, of the same individuals who served under the Administration of Lord-Liverpool. In the difficulties in which my Right Hon. Friend wits then placed, he found it necessary to apply to a distinguished individual who had been connected, during the whole of his political life, with a party in - the State which differed upon many questions from my Right Honourable Friend, but who, sineethe • restoration of peace—since the abatement of thole dif ferences which a state of war created—had directed their attention to those measures which a state of peace affords leistire to pursue, and to which I have directed my humble attention—to renovate the strength of the country, to husband her resources, and to enable her again to take a proud station in case war should arise. Those differences had in a great degree subsided and disappeared, and the ease of the country allowed them to pass into a state of abeyance-4 my abeyanle, for I shalt not do these Gentlemen the infustice to lay that they Changed their opinions upon Parliamentary Reform and Other questions w h ich have been so frequently,eloquently, 'rind firmly opposed by my Right Hon. Friend. When - y - Right Hon. Friend applied to the individual who was one cftbe earliest friends of his youth, who, in all the vicissitudes of life, Whatever may have been their 'political differences, was his priiate friend, atid highly,. esteen4 by,NM- r I mean the .tarl of Carlisle: a coos asunication was made through him to the Marquis of Lansdown and others. I say it was upon rind. plei -41fstinctlY understood and openly stioircd . ley those Gentlemen, th at their junction with otAißight Honourable .Friend was to take place : on their part; without. any . departure fram those principles Which thty had through life advocated, and with ari uidetstandint alsO that the Government was to be conducted without any. departure from thoseprinciples open which-the-affairvol the country were conducted under, ehpFairkof:yrrerpool. That the CatboliC Ques tion, slioa.to avaiii in the same state as before, free and _ ~ , oleo iIV TDB r'ablitetand that upon all other points those Gentlemen who took office were at liberty to ac cede to the Government; Without any departure from their pr inciples. ' It Was considered thatabose questions upon which a • difference might arise, were either in abeyance, or not- likely -to be :called into action. I hope,l, marls allowed to aay, without contradiction, that, on -Ors part of my. Right Honourable Friend attire heed. of -the A dministration—oo tbe part of my, self, and-of those other Honourable. Gentlemen who had formed a part of Lord Liverpool's Administration, and had continued the services unto. the Administration of my Right Hon. Friend, that-there was not the smallest departure in anyone respect from-any of those principles which we had previously advocated; that there was not the slightest change of views, and that, in the new Ad. 'ministration I found myself in precisely the same situa tion as I was when Lord Liverpool was at the head.— Soon after the accession of these Noble individuals to the counsels of the Sovereign, I was obliged to leave thisaountry, and I returned, after the loss of the lamented individual at the head of it—after the Admini,tra tion was re-constructed; but. still there was no de parture from the policy which regulated the foreign relations of the country; no departure from the mea sures carried on in the Zan of Europe: everything remained the same—and, in shoe:: no part of the system was changed. It would be baseness—it would be injustice—it would be something revolting to my feel ings and disposition, if -I were not explicitly to declare, that from the moment of my return to' this country, I never sat in any Cabinet With more satisfaction to my self; I nfier knew a Cabinet in which there was less of difference--4ess of wrangling ; indeed, wrangling there was none...a Cabinet in which If ound men mote anxious to cultivate aajtirit of cordiality and harmony with my self and those who belonged to the former Administra tion; mid I must say, that men more desirous to cultivate . moderation, and to promote the substantial interests of the country—men - of more spotless integrity, higher honour,' of more loyal principles, of more straight for- Ward policy, than Lord Linsdown, Lord Carlisle, and Mr. Tierney, I have never had the honour to know.— I say this the more willingly now, and I am glad to have the opportunity of making this declaration before I - am called upon to give an- explanation elsewhere ; what ever misconstruction may have been put upon my con• dud ler Others ' whatever-obloquy andanimadversion I may beistikeeted to, no-provocation shall ever attempt me toes/meal the truth, to shrink from the declaration, that while I acted with- my Noble Friends in - the Councils of the countrr,Thad.so reason to feel other. wise toWards them than:is I titivr express tnyielf—. (Loud cheering):' : 'Gentlemen, -I feet strongly the dif ficulties of stating as forcibly-itsk4 aniimpressedawitti -them, thecirconsstantes - whit* 'led to the- unfortunate separation of - the 'late -Cubist*: - -Rims took place - in the course' of the month of Discelaber list, for ',Shia neither my Noble Friends; -to Whom I must necessarily allude, not myself, - are or am in any degree responsible. 4 for which I blame no.one..whith I impute to - no one - -but which had a strong tendency to impair 'the cbnl fidence of the public in the . power of the bead of the Administration to perform the great:trust committed to his charge. Fshall only -state, that in.-the course of December his Majesty had reason to call upon-I Noble Lord who had retired for .years—partly - through ill health; and it was proposed to place him temporarily at the head of affairs; -and it was impossible that the circumstance of his being the 'temporary head should not, in some degree, weaken the character of the Ad . ministration. l l ne ed not' state to any man who has observed the state of this country at that time, that no thing could have been More unfortunate than the event ; and it was desirable that the Government of the country should not, at that moment, exhibit to foreigners -a character of weakness-=and uncertainty--and therefore that' project was abandoned, and Lord Goderichcon- . lined at the tread of the Administration. Notwith It . • _standing, hewers, those.: tinfaeoarable Conting e nc ies, it was my anxious: wish..4llr firm determinatioth. as one charged. with a laboriouk pare &the COunbils of 'hi country, to eederroof to vindicate theareeenroent, and to uphold it in. its thew state f and- Itinethe coda so, I would rather havelallenje ;lit *neap( ' than at such a' moment have withdrtnvn myself- Frew 'ate situasicat in which l. was-';beet placed-41;cent 'Oa's) But there were symptoms of difficulty which reinhinid it necessary that. the Government should-be settled upon a permanent footing, and Lord Goderich deter. mined to retire; and Lord Goderich=.than whom 'a man of more spotless worth and integrity dies not exist .-anxious that the interests of the country should take no detriment in his hands, laid before the King the difficulties and embarrassinents which beset the Administration in its then shape, and upon that occasion a feel perfectly satisfied that that Nobleman acted from n sense of publiccloty ; and none who knows the single. ;less of his heart, the integrity of his mind, the straight. forward views on which- he has acted in his public life, can doubt for a moment that he formed his judg. went without reference to any Motive of a private or personal nature, bat solely with reference to the interest of his country, and the stability of her institutions: What passed between the Sovereign and Lord Godetich upon that occasion is matter which, if I knew, I should not disclose ; but the result was, that his Majesty felt that he owed it to his people—th at he owed it to the great interests of the country, and the preservation of the peace of Europe, not to lose a moment in presenting to the world a Government, possessing a more stable. more permanent, and more vigoroos character; and his Majesty accordingly sent his commands 'to the Truk* of Wellington.- The Duke of Wellington most reluctantly accepted his Majesty's - commands'; and I can say that his earnest wish war impartially to discharge the trust for which he felt himself cOmpe tent by all his previous habits of life ; and I know that no exclusion of any man or men, who before presided over the affairs of this country, was pi opesed on the part of the Sovereign, and the Duke of Welling. ton was at liberty to form an administration of such Materials and such persons as might answer'. the *pur pose. It happened that the Duke of Wellington, after connnanittating with another individual—of whom no iman - who judges him fairly can say otherwise thin 'I do .-a-that by his talents, his industry, and his assiduity, he has rendered great benefit to the. publiv—l-meon Mr. Peel ; the Duke of Wellington, after consulting with that, Right Honourable Gentleman, and offering hint a situation in the new Government, the next person oto whom he sent to •make an offer was. myself, and ,ehall not disguise' from you that "this 'tothmunica- Aims to me was made its the most general terms. I was asked if I entertained any opinions, or if"! had any motives, .which would preclude my taking a part in the new Government. To an application so general I could only say, that if the pew Government were edhstruCted upon such public principles as to satisfy my mind that what I considered the best interests of the-country - would be promoted, and if shch arrangements would. heMad'e as would give me'a pledge and guarantee that the policy of the late Government would not 'be departed from, I stood free from any pertyengagements which would pre vent my taking a pfirt in the new Adminiitration, and that' could not give amore explititetraoler to iheAuer.. tion. Next morning LordLansdoern came" ta town; and I told him what passed bet Ween toe` and the Duke'bf Wellington, and wished him, if any -toMmunicatiens 'were made to him on the part 'Of• the - ilif-Virtl lington, to consider•it well before he give any arlsvier. What passed between Lord Lansdown 'and' hie is . too long-to be made Matter of statement; blitaltitesult was, that he 'stated; that 'if any Offleviefie hiM, he felt insnperable difficulties. to accede to it; and I stated to him, that I felt that, upon. the nature of the application, aod• the • principles upon which the new - Government were detelobot to act, 'Would depend Whether. or not would accede, tit the proposition—and we parted on the tutdersta nding.. that if he were bound by -peculiar circumstanieditot to ac cede to any application. I, on my part, wolifintind by none, and that I should be at liberty *to.join the Mali. nistration, if my public character and perional hUnour were attended to in the-arrangements. As I was 'not charged with any commission from the Noble* Duke, I cannot say to what persons he made any offers, or why I was selected rather than other Members of the liovern. meat; but this I know, that his Grace wished Lord Car. lisle to take a share in the councils of the country, and said he should lament the loss of his services. Lord Carlisle having. from his earliest appearance in ,public life, acted with that party, some of whom had corm:lnto office under the former Administration, and 'having feelings which party creates, and which I should wish to be forgotten, refused to stay in if all those with whom he acted did not continue in the Administration. I wish wercould forget . those - terms Whig and `Tory; but as I never did belonglo the party'Which is called Whig; and as Lord Carlisle had been all his Idea steady adherent of that party, he retired, -because the Whigs retired. That could form no reason for my retirement ; for if I had retired upon the same ground as Lord Carlisle, I should have identified myself with a party to ,which I di.d not belong, and should have separated myself-from men with whom I had acted throughout my political life. Let me not be misunderstood in saying this, thail dd pot feel deep regret that Lord Lansdown and L' rd Carlisle are not. members of the Cabinet—l should have been most happy to have seen them there.' and my mast anxious wish TAO that they should have remained : I I knoike two whte. in their respective spheres oluse filmes% whom lihould be more happy dr proud to co. operateititleftsLithy Cabinet. In the 'progress of my **vides viitlirt a Duke'of Wellington, I felt myself bolted to loehretWo things—first to the measures, and secondly to the ',recanted which the new Administra tion would -gift that those measures would be eirried inureffect ; and ailltd object, which I had as Much at heart as anreifief, was, that nothing should be doneh me whieh-coold be supposed to diminish my respect, attachment, had" fidelity-to those measures and those principles which I had the good fondue to vote for with Mr. Pitt and *Mr..Canning in succession —(Cheers). to the measures, - I was bound firselo ascertain-whether the• foreign policy of this country . wits tcrundergoiny change, df whether it was meant, there . should be any departure_ from, or *condeinoatiott of, thnse measures originsitecby my much lamented.friend; for iilthought that such was in the contemplation of the Government, I should hate sated alt discussion and explanation—hate i ntais• InibOw and recited ; for I was bound by_ tbose opinions 'on which I have acted for years that-no change should. take place which- could, in the' slightest- degrte, have the effeer of mailing those principles of eomnieeeinl 'colonial, and foreign • poricY acted upon by :,my..hite lamented Mend retrograde. If any man btairincha, ratable as to-doubt my sincerity and.tonbistentyiand .infrposeithatk for. the sake of bffice;'would here** ficed my personal hOntur and Chatacter,;l4,ihatAllt can ha think that a Nobleman of such higkbaliaar and character-as Lord Dudley, who has accepted offices I have,.wouldifor the sake of emolument; have forfeited his character and consistency? or that he would have