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the Continent, es if by accord mankind felt they had lost an ornament and a benefactor.—(Cheers) This, gentlemen, brings me to the period of my re turn to England, and I then found that it was the anxious desire of the Sovereign, that the councils of this country should be conducted in the same spirit, and ,t's much as possible by the same men who pre sided over them before the demise of my lamented friend, and the illness of his no less lamented prede cessor, the Earl offtiverpool. If, upon that eccesion, I consulted that which I hold no public man is at liberty to consult—if I consulted my owe comfort, or that ease and comfort which every man in a bad state of liealtie and wisich regard for his own life compels him to sock, and wbielt the prudence and admo nitions of my own faittily and of others urged upon me, I should ;;lien have retired from public life. 1 say it witiw,ut fear of contradiction, that in. order to discharr my public duty I disregarded those fears which i myself entertained, and which my debili tateck state of health crave good grounds to my faraily to entertain, and those fears were not di minished by the consideration that within the six previous months I witnessed the fall of two of the greatest men that this country had ever produced —at least in our time, who had been prematurely carried off by the anxieties end labour of public life, and that they - had been both my juniors, certainly only by a few Monthe.. Under such cier camstances, it c.-rtainly Nvonl.o, have been gratif y i ng to me, having obtained same credit and approbation, however little deservitee of it, for my services to toy country, to have roured upon the tittle stock of repu tation which I enjoyed, rather than have encountered the storms of public life, with a frame enfeebled and a mind, the energies of which must have been more or less enfeebled, in proportion as my physical strength declined , --(Cheers.)—B u t I was told from a quarter and authority which made the conclusion irresistible, that if I refused to lend my poor aid ee der the then circumstances of the country, there would be no possibility of accomplishing that which was the wish of the Sovereign, and which, in my judg ment, the best interests of the country required that the direction of public affairs should be guided in the same spirit, and as much as possible by the same men, who had before presided over t tern. such, gentlemen, being the fact, I did not resitate a mo ment to obey the commands of my sovereign, for 1 think the man who embarks in publ, c life, and who receives the assurance of confidence, which has ben coonferred upon me by my constitutents at Liver pool, and which I may say has been manifested by a large portion of the country, is hotted to hold by his eovereign and the nation, and except upon questions. of principle or personal honour not to shrink into retirement, and to avoid those difficulties which a public man must expect to meet. When, by the acceptance of office oil my pale, I vacated my scat jai Parliament; I received a requisition, unparalleled I believe in the respectability and number of signa tures, requesting me to continue the servant of those who for years I have been proud to call my constituents. (Loud cheering.) I well knew, Gentlemen, the nature of the arduous duties I was called upon to perform, and I was also aweee of the nature of the additional duties which must be performed •by any one who represents so im portant a part of the empire, as the town of Liver pool ; but when I recollected the kindness I have received at your hands, the partiality with which you have overlooked my defects, and that you did not suffer me to feel the i tom easurable distance between m v humble abilities and the splendid talents of him whom you were in the habit of hearing—who, superintended your interests in Parliament, and who so frequently commanded your approbation. 1 did not hesitate to obey te e call of my constituents, and acid at once, i shall add to my official labours the additional' labteur of endeavouring to do justice to the interests Q;iLiverpool.—(Cheers.)—Upcn that occasion some. 1)i my friends were kind . epougit to express a wish • I should not be called upon to attend during the election ; but my friends must do me the .justice to admit that I never made such a request, ant I. felt, that if I should not be prohibited by my medical adviser from taking the journey, that I owed it as a 'positive duty to attend upon these hustings. That is nothing more, in my opinion, than the duty which ' every man, who aspires to the representation of a large bOdy, owes to his. constituents; tied I think, that duty more imperative, in proportion as the corn munity which be seeks to represent is enlightened— and a community more enlightened, more de-e serving to be informed of the character and principles of the Representative, cannot exist, than those to. whom. I have now - the honour to address myself. Circumstances of recent occurrence ren-! tiered it the more necessary that I should present; Myself to you on this occasion, and I am sure that • my Hon. "Friend, who has done me the honour to' propose me, and every gentleman who hears me,; must feel the difficulty in which a man is placed who stands before you in the double character of Can.. ; didate and Minister of the Crown, In the latter character, I cannot go farther than my duty to my Sovereign will permit; but in the former character you are entitled to receive at my hands as unreserv ed and explicit communications 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. airainistration of Lord Liverpool was brought to a close, difficulties which I shall ever deplore, and which my lamented friend had not fore seen ; difficulties which ought not to have been thrown in his way, some of which may, perhaps, have originated in personal considerations, and some from other causes, which I do not know—difficulties arose to the formation of the new Government, and my la mented friend was therefore placed under the ne e,essity of departin g from that which was his first intenti on , an d which was in fact the command of his sovereign to form a new govern went upon the same principles, and, if possible, of the same individuals who served under the Admi nistration of Lord Liverpool. In the difficulties in which my Right Hon. Friend was then placed, he found it necessary to apply to a distinguished in dividual, who had been connected, during the whole of his political life, with a party in the state, which differed upon many questions front my Right Hon. Friend, but who since the restoration of peace, since the abatement of those differences which a state of year created had directed their attention to those measures which a state of peace affords leisure to •oursue, 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 s tation, in case war ehould arise. Those differences had in a great degree subsided and dis appeared, ' and t h e ea se of the country allowed them to ase into a sta te o f abey ance—l say a state o f abeyance, for I shall not do these ge n tl emen the inUstice to say that the y changed their opi n i ons u o j ii Parliament ar y Reform and other questio ns which have been so frequently, eloquently, and f irmly opposed by my Right Hon. Friend. When my Right Hon. Friend applied to the individual who ,3 413 one of t h e earliest friends of his youth, who, ewe been th e ir - in all t h e vicissitudes of life, whate ver ma y ha ve political differences, was his private f r i end and este emed by him—l mean t h e Earl of 'aar- Fele ;—a communication_ was made through him of L.ale-sdod‘ivsitiien a t l l id eth ers . to the Marquis I say, it was upon princp Gentlemen,cyuriderstood. and openly avowed by those that their tune tion with my Right Hou. Friend teas to take place • : on their part, without any departure from those principles which they a ad s that "cated, and with an understanding the Governm en t wa s to be conducted without a ny departure from those principles up on which under the the affairs of the coun t r y w ere conducted Earl of Liverpo o l.—Th a t the Catholic Question, was to remain in th e same state as before, free and open in the Cabinet,—and that upon all other points those Gentlemen who t oo k o ffi ce we re at liberty to accede to the Government, without any departure from their principles. It was considered that those questions upon which a difference might arise, were either in abeyance, or not likely to be called into action. I hope I may he allowed to say, without contradiction, that on the part of my Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Administration—on the part of myself and of those other Honourable Gentlemen who had formed a s part of Lord LivqrPOor administration, an d h a d continued the services unto the administration of my Right Hon. Friend, that there was not the smallest departure in any one respect from any of those principles which we had previously advocated, that there was not 4 .11,' , - 11ghtest change of views, and that in thy. new Administration I found myself in precisely the same situation as I was when Lord Liverpool was at the head. Soon after the acces sion of those Noble indiViduals to the counsels of t h e sovereign, I was obliged to leaVe this katritry, i and I returned, after th e l oss o f t he l am e nte d indivi vidual at the head of it-ss=after the administration was I reconstrucred—diat still there was no departure from the policy Which regulated the foreign relatiana of the country —no, departure from the measures - carried on in 1 the East of Europe —that every thing remained the same, 1 and th a t, in sliest, no part of the system was changed. It would he baseness, it would be injustice. it assan - ili be something revolting to my feelings arse. 'disposition, if I were not explicitly to declare, that from the mo silent of my return to this country, I never sat in ! any Cabinet With snore satisfaction to myself, I never knew Cabinet in which there was lees of differ stee, less of wrangling, indeed. wrangling their_ seas none—a Cabinet in which 1 found men more anxious to cultivate a spitit of cordiality and harmony with myself and thane who belonged to the former Administration ; and I must say that men more desirous to cultivate rnoderion and to promote ;the substantial interests n 47 t'ac country— man of more spotless integrity, isialme honor, of mom loyal principles, of more straight'.forward policy than Lord Lans downe, Lord Carlisle, and Mr. Tierney, I have never had the honour to know.—(Loud cheering.)—l Ea.'s , this tar: more willingly now, and I am glad to have the Opportunity na'xing this declaration before I am called upon to give an explanation elsewhere ; and, tyliatever misconstruction may have been put upon shy conduct by others, and what ever obloquy and atimadversion I may be subjected to, no provocation shall ever tempt toe to conceal the truth, to shrink *mu the declaration, that while I acted srith My Noble Friends in the Councils of the 'cat:arty, I had no reason to feel otherwise towards Meth than as I now ex press myself.—(Loud„elanstring.)—Ge n tl emen , I f ee l strong l y the difficulties of stating as forcibly as I am impressed with them, the circumstances which led to the unfortunate sepa ration of the late Cabinet. Events took place in the course of the month of December last, fur Which neither m y N o bl e Friends, to whom I insist heeesaarily allude, I nor myself, are in any degree reaponsible—for which I blame no one—which t impute ao no one—but which had a strong tendenay to impair the confidence of the public in the rawer of the head ()Nile Administration to perfosin the great trust committed to his charge. I shall only state, that in the course of December his Majesty had rea son to call upon a 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 Mit, isa some degree, weaken the character attic Ad Ministration. I need not state to any loan who hasastaterved the state of this country at that time, that nothing could have been more unfortunate than the event ; and it was desirable that the Government of the country should not, at that moment, exhibit t ) foreigners a character of weakness and uncertainty and therefore that project was abandoned, and Lord Gode rich continued at the head of the Administration. Not• withstanding, `however, those unfavourable contingencies, it was ow anxious wish, my firm determination, as one charged with a laborious part of the councils of the coun try, to endeavour to vindicate the Government, and to up hold it in its then state, and if unable so to do, I would rath e r fall in the attempt than at such a moment have withdrawn invself irons the situation in which I was then Plactal,---{Loud cheers.) But there were symptoms of difficulties which rendered it necessary that the Government should be settled upon a permanent footing, and Lord Gode rich determined to retire, (and Lord Goderich than whom a man of more spotless worth and integrity does not exist) anxious that the interests of the country should take no de triment in his hands, laid before the. King the difficulties and embarrassments which beset the Administration 'in its -then shape, and upon that occasion I feel per fectly satisfied that that nobleman acted from a sense of public duty, and .none who knows the sin gleness of hie 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 judgment without reference to any motive or a v asaate sa re, n........ 1 nature, but solely with reference to the interest of his country, and the stability of her institutions. • What passed between the Sovereign and Lord •Goderich upon that occa sion, is matter which, if I knesi, I should not disclose; but the result was, that his Majesty felt that he•owed it-to his people—that he owed it to the great interests of the c sentry, 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 vigorous character, and his Majesty accordingly sent his commands to the Duke of Wellington. The Duke of Wellington most reluctantly accepted his Majesty's com mands, and I can say ihat his earnest wish was to re main in that situation and the important duties of which he has so impartially discharged for which he felt himself competent by all his previous habits of life; an d I know that no exclusion of any man or mere, who before presided over the affairs of this country, was proposed on the part of the Sovereign, and the Duke of Wellington was at liberty to form an Administration of inch materials, and such persons as might answer the purpose. It happened that the Duke of Wellington, after communicating with another individual, of whom, no man who judges him fairly can say otherwise than I do,—that by his talents, his, industry, and his assiduity, he has rendered greatbenefit to the public—l mean Mr. Peel—the Duke of Welling ton, after consulting with that Right Hon. Gentleman, and offering him a situation in the new Government, the next person to whom he sent to snake an offer was myself, and I shall not disguise from you that this communication to me was made in the most general terms. I was asked if I entertained any opinions, or HI had:any motives, which would preclude my taking a part in the new Government. To an application sa general, I could only say that, if the new Government were constructed upon such public prin ciples as to satisfy my mind that what I considered the best interests of the country would be F rornoted, and if such arrangements would be made as would give me a pledge and guarantee that the policy of the Pate Govern ment would not be departed from, I stood free from any party engagements which would prevent my taking a part in the new Administration, and that I could not give a more explicit answtr to the question. The next morning Lord Lansdowne came to town, and I told him what passed between me and the Duke of Wellington, and asked him if any communications were made to him on the part of the Duke of Wellington to consider it well before he gave any answer. What passel between Lord Lansdowne and me is too long to be made matter of statement; but the result was, that he stated that if any communications were made to him; he felt insuperable difficulties to accede to it ; and I stated to him, that I felt that, upon the nature of the application, and the principles upon which the new Go vernment were determined to act, would depend whether or not I would accede to the proposition—and we parted on the understanding, that if he were bound by pecu liar circumstances not to accede to any application, I, on my part, was bound by none, and that I should be at liberty to join the Administration, if my public character and personal honour 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 any other Member of the Government; but this I do know that his Grace wished Lord Carlisle to take a share in the councils of the coun try, and that he should much lament the loss of his ser vices. Lord Carlisle having from his earliest appearance in public life acted with that party, some of whom had ' come into office under the former Administration, and having feelings which party create, and which I should not wish to be forgotten, refused to stay in if all those with whom lie acted did not continu e in the Administration. I wish adWh eren h t a o v f e th i a d t e p n a ti r fi t:, l eve could forget those terms Whig and Tory, but as I never did ebeepanrtayllliv,liisiclliifeias steady y d laig, and as Lord he retired, because the Whigs retired. That could form C a rlisle uelolgto ha t i h i the no reason for my retirement--- Carlisle, l if s l had ld retired up on If with a which I did party to not belong and should myself te d myself from men with whom I had act e d sanic ground as Lo have separated throughout m y political life. Let rue not be misunder stood in saying feelnot this, that I do deep regret th at Loral Lansdowne and L o r d Carlisle are not members of th e Cabinet —I should have been most happy to have seen them there, and my most anxious Wish was that they should have remained ; for I know no two men in their respective spheres of usefulness, whom I should be more happy or proud to co-operate with in any Cabinet. In the progress of my interviews with the Duke of Wellington, I felt myself bound to lo ok to t w o things—fir s t to t h e measures, and secondly to the guaran tees which the new Administration would give that those ineasureg, would be carried into effect ; and a third object, which I had as much at heart as any other, was, that no • thiaptlald, bt_d9u9 by illsoyhich could in PIPPOW t 9 diminish my respect, attachment, and fidelity to those measures and those principles which I had the good fortune to vete for with Mr. Pitt and Mr. Canning in succession. (Loud cheers.) As to the measures I was bound first to ascertain whether the foreign policy of this country was to undergo any Change, or whether it was meant there should be any departure from, or condemna tion of, those Measures originated by my much lamented friend ; fiet. if thotight that ?::at tiee,S in thie Conteropla tion of the Government, I should have saved all discussion and explanation--have made by bow and retired ; for I was bound by those opinionS upon which I have acted for years, that no change should take place which could, in the slightest degree, haVe the effect of making those principles of cothMercial, cathrliai, and fo'reign policy acted upOn by my rate lamented friend, retrograde. If any min be sci charitable as to doubt my Sincerity and coilisteticy, and to suppOse that I*, for the :saP - e bf oil'lCe, haVre sacrificed thy Ii: -- s6nal honour and character, I ask that man can hetk that a Nobleman of such high honoiir and character as Lord Dudley ; who has accepted office as I have, would, for the sake of emolument, have forfeited his character and ecnsistre'.cy ; or that he would have remai ned a moment in office, if he had reason to suppose that system of foreign policy acted upon by his and my much lamented friend, or that the treaty which bears Lis signature, would not be carried into effect.— Is it possible that Mr. Grtatt,-=lin aMiable and enlightened ma h, cf refined good sense, and frank and bland in all his actlons,—is he, too, a conspirator ? I might go further. I must touch upon that delicate ground, the Administra tion of Ireland, and ask those who slanderously talk of con spiracy, is it likely that Mr. Lamb would consent to con tinuo i the administration of that country, in which he had already acquired such just and deserved reputation, for the fidelity, diligence, and impartiality of his conduct, he were not sure that Government would discotinteeatace party, and maintain dac strictest neutrality, onlytaking l care that strict justice should be done to Catholics as Al as Protestants, and the ascendancy of the law held evenly be tween them ?—(Hear, hear. )—Whatever may be thought of me for my conduct, surely no man can fairly or honestly impugn the conduct of those to whom I haVe alluded. None can be found, I am sure, to chink So badly of human nature as to believe it these slanders; Let the publii: believe it, thin of character will not easily degrade themselves for the mere tenure of office. Let any man who thinks so badly of his species, go through the labour, the anxious cares, the responsibility of office, and if he will not wish to be relieved from its cares and einbarkaseinente, he mitst be differently anititiated from the bulk of his own species, (lleat.)- - -AS to myself, I have no desire to retain it, ex i-ept inasmuch as I may still be useful to the public, in the promotion of measures which they have stamped with their approbation. I say, then, for the security of these I have a guarantee ; they are to be followed up as far as possible, in the manner in which Mr. Canning would have sanc tioned and promoted them.—(Hear.) --I have obtained the best guarantee, I repeat, for these, or I should not ap pear here as a member of the Government..—(Applause. ) Could I, then, with such a pledge, have hesitated to give effect to my own avowed principles? If, indeed, the sys tem were changed—if my measures or those of my friends were vilified, then I should have retired, and happily for lily private feeling and convenience would that retirement have been hailed by those who are dear to me. I could, I hope, have retired into private life, without being embit tered by any recollection of having betrayed any trust, or abused any confidenee which my countrymen may have ge nerously bestowed upon my feeble efforts in their service.— (Cheers.)—But could I with honour have retired, when the option was offered to me of having a guarantee for the due execution of those measures which are associated with the memory of my lamented friend (Mr. Canning), and upon which are built Isis claims upon the honour and re gard of his country? The value of his measures must depend upon the result of their operation on the interests of his country : he was unfortunately snatched away at the critical time when they may be said to have been in terrupted in their progress. Ought I, then, at such a moment, to have fled from seeing justice done to his memory, by deserting my post, when the means were at any disposal of realizing the liberal policy of my lamented friend ?—(Applause.)---I have made my election, I will abide by his principles to sanctify his memory.— (Cheers.) I might, I know, have retired; but without flattering myself too much with any idea of importance which your generous attachment, and that, I believe, of the other enlightened classes of my country, may have led me to believe I possessed, must I not have retired to leave the Government less powerful, and the principles of my lainented friend less in that train of eventual success which I think will and must belong to them? I have, I repeat assurances from the new Government that these princi ples are unchanged; to hesitate with that assurance, world 5.„,- tuac ou.etu ment, and at a moment when most eventful questions were in agitation which seriously involved the peace of Europe; (Hear, hear.) Looking then, at so critical a period, and judging of what might have been the effect of instability in the Government, I felt I could not look either to the right or to the left, but was bound by my principles to maintain them, when I found it in my power to secure their efficacy. These were considerations which every public man was hound to attend to. Ile was not sure, that if the Minister of Foreign Affairs in this country had been changed, the consequences might not have been a general war in Europe. The Right Hon. Gentleman then praised highly the military and political character and general reputation of the Duke of Wellington, and asked if any individual could be found possessing higher advantages, in the opinion of the world at large, for the head of the Government. He now came to the questions which had been put by his Hon. Friend Mr. Currie : and first with regard to the Corn Bill. This was, no doubt, a difficult and complicated question, but it was most assuredly his intention to adhere to the prin ciples of the Corn Bill:oflast year, and to introduce such a Bill as should satisfy the just wishes of the country, and at the game time not prejudice the lawful interests of the land owners. Further than this he could not now in prudence say. In respect to the assessed taxes, he might state that in the year 1824, an attempt was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to introduce one rule for levying those taxes throughout the kingdom. So active an opposition was raises to that proposal, that the measure was abandoned, though the principle was still held to be good, and he (Mr. IL ) should certainly feel it his duty to bring the subject under the consideration of Government, to obtain an equalization of the assessments. In regard to the Finance Committee, it would be one of the first duties which would devolve upon him, if he should have the honour to be returned by them to Parliament, to give his vote for the formation of such a Committee, and to take care, in conjunction with his col leagues, and especially Mr. Peel, that the members of it were selected from all the great parties, looking only to those who had shown the greatest aptitude for business, the greatest attention to the public interest, and the greatest desire to bring down the expenditure of the country to the lowest possible amount.—(Cheers.) His Honourable Friend who had seconded the nomination, had alluded to the two subjects of the renewal of the charters of the two lin ' portant companies, the East India Company and of the Bank of England. To these subjects he should endeavour to apply the general principles which he had long professed, at the same time considering the claims which those great companies fairly had upon the country. He was strongly opposed to monopolies of any kind, and thought it highly proper that institutions which had arisen up under differ ent circumstances, should undergo a change with the ' changing circumstances of the country, and that the sin mense capital, skill, and intelligence of the people should have a fair field for their employment. (Cheers.) He feared he had detained them far too long ; but it was much better that he should trespass on their patience, than that he should labour under a suspicion of having violated his principles. Lie was now in an advanced period of a life spent diligently and laboriously in making himself use ful to the nation to which he belonged. He had en deavoured whenever it was in his power, and especially since the conclnsien of the war, to advance gradually the interests of the country, not by rash innovation, but by steady and sober improvements. There remained still errors to correct, and imperfections to palliate or remove. He should bear in view the principles by which he had hi therto bees governed ; if he were successful, he trusted he should not forfeit their good opinion; if he failed, it was only because failure was in human infirmity. It was his desire not to withdraw from the public service whilst the little lie possessed of political experience, and his long habits of business, might be of any utility; nor should he wish to retire, until his health compelled him to do it, or till he had no longer the power to bear up against the ob loquy and clamour which, from those interested in abuses, improvements never failed to meet. (Cheers.) Ile had only one word more to say to them. He trusted that, amo n g s t th e many public avocations which claimed his tim e and attention, he had not been unnecessarily deficient in attention to their local concerns, and to the great interests wlliac,ihwea.oncitoencsteisdtetnhtewliotc,hel his principles of thi s t o w n with the gen era l i n t erests o f t h e country . He had end eavoure d, as far principles and duty,to follow up the views which they themselves entertained. He should continue so to do if they honoured him with a continuance of their confidence, with the same impartiality he had hitherto endeavoured to preserve : and he trusted, with the diligence, and assiduity, and assistance of his Hon. Friend, Mr. Wainewright, to whom they had committed the task of helping him, he should continue to discharge his duty. Lie had only to thank them for the patience with which they had listened to him. How far his address might be satis factory, he could not anticipate ; but if he had forfeited his claim to their confidence and support, however mortified he might be at the circumstance, he should withdraw from public life, and enjoy, in Peie..! of fl - :oneciettce, the opportu nity of recovering that health which his Hon. triend Currie had been kind enough to wish him. —( Three cheers.) . The Rev. W. SHEPHERD said he had listened with tke most, anxious attention to the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, in the bope,uf eax;itig from him a complete and satisfactory justificati6li of raCept egnduet acid he was sorry to say, that all that the Right fiC'il; C4et , ..tternall had said produced so little of satisfaction to his mind that he could not,. consistently with his sense of the duty lie owed to himself and his brother freemen of Liverpool, re frain froth entering his protest against the re-election of that Right Hon: Gentlettian a by nominating another per- Son a more fit Representative a this ii6rOligli in Parlia ment. 'the Rev. Gentleman their proceeded to addtese Mr. Huskisson and the meeting at some length, appealing to, them against die inconsistency of the former in accepting odice in conjunction With the - I•eviierd of Mr. Canning, and of the latter, in returning to Parliament, as their sentative, a gentleman who had so treated the memory of their late favourite. The Duke of Wellington and his friends, he said, had declared then selves the antipode of Mr. Canning, and had treated his administration as dan gerous to hali Church and state, and yet Mr. Huskisson had united himself with those men. in conclusion, the Reverend Gentleman warned Mr. Huskisson that lie would, when hiS charaCter Was &triaged, be given up by the aristocracy, which hated him; and Warning him of his danger, he said, " Incedis per ignes Suppositos cineri doloso." The Rev. Gentleman then named Lord Molyneux as a candidate. Mr. liusrcissOw hoped he Should not be trespassing upon their patience, if he took ti snort time in a brief reply to two gentlemen whom he must consider as his opponents. The Gallant Colonel (Williams) had told them that he objected to his return as a member for that town, because he did not advocate the same principles as himself; and the Rev. Gentleman (Shepherd) pursued the same course, on the ground that he had joined himself with those who had reviled, and abased Mr. Canning, On these matters be had but little to observe. He found that the latter still re tained his old radical,prineiples.—(No, no)--and that the two gentlemen agreed on the same points. Mr. Canning was at one time the object of their political abuse, just as much as he was now of their praise and admiration. The principle argument of the Gallant Colonel was, that no Minister of the Crown ought to have aplace in the House of Commons, because there was none in a Republic—in a place where there was no crown ! It bad, however, been found highly expedient that Ministers should have a place in the meeting of the representatives of the people, and he challenged his opponents to show bins any country on the face of the globe where there existed equal protection for life, for liberty, and for whatever was dear to man.—(Ap plause.)—lThe doctrine that a placeman should not sit in the House of Commons was monstrous. Colonel WILLIAMS,—It is the language of the Act of Parliamstot. Mr. Husxissore.—l know it is. It says that he must be re-elected. We will read our statutes each in our own way. The Gallant Colonel has alluded to some circum stances which occurred a few years back—(the dispersion of a Meeting at Manchester, in August, 1819)—and to certain Acts of Parliament which were passed at that time, as supporting his position. If any man recollects what the state of the country was in November, 1819, and what it was a few months before, he will at once be convinced of the inutility, for the country was restored to a state of peace, and the people, who had been incited by an incendiary press to acts of treason, and almost rebellion, were: once more restored to their wonted allegiance. The Hon. and Rev. Gentle man he found had placed himself under a new tuition ; he no longer found himself in the ranks of the old, but of the new Whigs; he had said much of Mr. Hyde's surcharges, but if Mr. H. had surcharged the Reverend Gentleman as an apprentice to some of the modern Whigs, and if his case had been sent for the opinion of the twelve Judges, he (Mr. Hutchinson) bad no doubt it would have been confirmed.—(Laughter.)—The Rev. and Hon. Gentleman asked him if he could recollect the opposition which had been made to him in Parliament, when he proposed an alteration in the Silk Laws. 'He did very well remember it—and what was it ? He had been exposed to much vituperation ; but no appeal what ever had been made to the sense of the House. His opponents on that occasion were, Mr. Ellice the member for Coventry, who acted from the instructions of his constituents ; of Mr. peeing the member for Callington ; and of IVrr_ illac member fur (1 , .. Pr...turk or Lincoln.... These gentlemen constituted the whole of the opposition in the House, and they opposed to him, not fair and candid arguments, but mere vituperation against the measure.— The Hon. and Rev. Gentleman had expressed himself anxious to warn him (Mr. H.) of the danger lie was placed by his present connections in the Cabinet ; he hoped however, that he would allow him to take the keeping of his character into his own hands, and not require him to put it into that of himself and his Gallant friend. The Rev. Gentleman read a paper, in which it was stated that Government had interfered in the matter of the editorship of the Courier newspaper ; that, in fact, the editor had been dismissed to suit the purposes of the Administration. He (Mr. H.) most solemnly denied the truth of the allegation, let it proceed from whom it might. Not one member of his Majesty's government had ever attempted an influence of that kind. On the contrary, when the statement was first seen, it was a matter of deep regret. He regretted very much that when the Rev. Gentleman had so repeatedly alluded to the sacred volume, he had failed to imbibe a due share of its wholesome spirit, by alluding far beyond the necessity of the case to the angry contentions of individuals. Did the Rev. Gentleman mean to say that personal diffe rences were to be eternal ?—(Hear hear.)—And when he dwelt upon the personal enemies of Mr. Canning in the present Government, why not state who they were ? for he (Mr. Huskisson) knew if none. Surely the Rev. Gentleman had mis-read the history of the country, when he fancied that points of personal disagreement were for ever to estrange men from acting in the councils of their country, when the questions connected with those points had passed away. From the American war downwards had not men met in the government who had previously contended with warmth at adverse sides? Did the Rev. Gentleman allude to Mr. Peel, because, if he did, he would quote an opinion, to which he was sure he would pay defe rence, namely, that of Mr. Brougham, who had said, that if he and Mr. Peel were separately interrogated upon their respective opinions on fifty questions, he was sure they would be found to agree on forty-nine ofthem.—(llear.) Why should I then, continued Mr. Huskisson, who only differ with Mr. Peel exactly in the same degree, that is, upon one, the Catholic question, who never had a personal difference with him, who believe Mr. Canning never had— why, I say, should I be taunted with a junction with him? —(Hear.)—During the whole time that I have acted in the Cabinet and in Parliament with Mr. Peel, I have uni formly (save upon that one question) had, not his luke warm and cold and reluctant acquiescence, but his ready, warm, and most cordial support upon every measure which it was my lot to originate. I maysay the same of Mr. Peel's connexion with Mr. Calming—where then is this talked • of compromise of principle ?—(Hear.)—l know there was an unfortunate difference of opinion between the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Canning, but I also know it was not upon any point of principle, and had only arisen out of a misunderstanding respecting the construction of a phrase in a letter, and I further know, that so transient was the personal feeling of my lamented friend on the occasion, that he had no hesitation in recommending to hie Majesty the replacing of the illustrious Duke at the head of the army. —(Hear.)—Now that I have named the Duke of Wel lington, I beg permission to say, that I have sat with him for four or five years in the Cabinet, and can safely say, it is not true he ever thwarted any measures of mine or Mr. Canning's.—(Loud cries of " hear.") As to our foreign policy, there never was a difference between the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Canning—that I positively assert. Away then with this language of there being men in the Government who had persecuted my lamented friend unto death. I know and lament the warmth of party feeling in this country, I can speak of it perhaps freer than other public men, for it was my good fortune to be less mixed up with it than others were. I never was tied down to and looked okled to these heredit ary connex i ons o f grea t f am ilies with politics , and the ani mos iti es th a t s prung out of them.—(Hear, havenames n d l i el e u g r a es rde o d ni t y h , e andin o f Whigs and Tories, n p otf irst e ri it n h g er th pa em rt e y o , ug bu h t what I beli eve d to b e f or th e con j o int good of both, and at t not the pa r ti cu l ar aggran di se m e nt the same time the common benefit of our country.—..(Ap plause.) If ever there lived a warm-hearted man, who could overlook private animosities, it was the late Mr. Canning, and I should be unworthy to call myself, as I am proud to do, his friend and sincere admirer, if I were, in his valued name, to perpetuate enmities which I know his heart disdained to cherish.—(Loud cheers.) If the Rev. Gentleman, in allusion to our foreign policy, meant to insinuate there was to be any departure from that laid down by Mr. Canning, he was grievously wrong—the same spirit to support liberal institutions was abroad, and he would be unfit and unworthy to be the Minister of this great country who would not support the cause of liberty. _.(Cheers. )..When Mr, Calming made that master-stroke of policy which preserved the free institutions of the legi timate sovereign of Portugal from the machinations of un principled aggression for purposes of base aggrandizement, the Duke of Wellington was in the Cabinet, and an assent ing party to that measure of conservative interference. — (Hear, hear. )—God forbid that, under such circnmstauces, sly British Minister could permit a weaker ally to be in sidiously Deer-114 .tlate; the settled national policy, on which the peace of tuiop'e rested, disturbed by armed combinations. But then, sei: c e Rev. Gen tleman, why did not the Duke of Wellington interfere to prevent the atrocious treatment of the provinces is Niemes and I.'',footauban ?, I will tell him why—because he knew that the French Government was in itself interposing, and because he likewise knee; thi.i if h'e ventured to interfere in a question so purely domestic, he would leave defeated his own purpose, and raised a spirit of resistance which could not easily have been appeased. Why, the lowest and hum blest country in the scale of nations would not have tole rated Buell an interference, much - less the proudest and most sensitive people in Europe.—(Hear, hear.) I should like to ask the Rev. Gentleman what he thinks the people of England would say if France interfered in the unhappy concerns and feuds which so frequently arise out of the condition of Ireland, and attempted to justify that interfe rence upon the Bound of the oppression of their common religion? Would they not scoff and acotn such meddling? and what reason have we to think that France is less sere. sitive upon similar points of national independence ? (Hear, hear.) This is not the principle upon which Great Britain has interfered in the concerns of foreign states. (Here the Right Hon. Gentleman described the principle upon which Mr. Canning had founded his right of interference in the divisions of other na tions.) It was a principle always sanctioned by inter national law, that where a measure was taken fraught with danger to the interests of other allied states, those likely to be affected by it were empowered to interfere. It was this principle which Mr. Canning had acted upon in Portugal, and also in Greece. In conclusion; he put it to the Rev. Gentleman's good taste and discretion, whether he would persevere in unnecessarily going to a poll for Lord Aloly neux, Who was most probably anaware of such an inten tion, and for Whom he entertained feelings of respect and esteem, which would render it a matter of regret to him that they should meet on those hustings in any ether posi tion but that of concurrence. (Applause.) The Rev. W. SHEretExp consented to the withdrawing of his nomination, and Mr. Huskisson was accordingly de clared to be duly elected. The Right Hon. Gentleman briefly returned thanks, and begged to be allowed to retire without the delay of the ceremony of chairing. The meet ing then dispersed. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Tuesday, Feb. b.) PARIS, FEB. s.—The following is an official copy of the Speech of the King of France, delivered this day, on the opening of the Session of the Chambers': GENTLEZIEW, It is always with the same satisfaction that I see you assembled round the Throne, and that I come to make you acquainted with the situation of France. My relations with the Powers of Europe continue to be amicable and satisfactory. The affairs of the East alone present some difficulties, but the Treaty which I have signed with the King of Rngland, and the Emperor of Russia, has laid the ground-work for the pacification of Greece, and I have in addition reason to hope, that the combined efforts of myself and my Allies will overcome the resistance of the Ottoman Porte, without having recourse to force. The unexpected battle of Navarin has been at once an occasion of glory to our arms, and the most distinguished proof of the union of the three flags. The Peninsula has been for a long space of time a source of sacrifices ; these sacrifices are approach ing to a termination. Spain, secure upon her frontiers, occupies herself with perseverance in stifling in her bosom the germ of civil discord ; and every thing announces that I shall be very shortly able, in conjunction with the King, my nephew, to restore my soldiers to their country, and . to relieve my people from a painful burden. A rigorous blockade, which will terminate only on that day when I shall have received the satisfaction which is due to me, restrains and punishes Algiers, and protects the commerce --- Our flag has been the object of some aggressions in dis tant regions, under the uncertain domination of infant Governments; but I have ordered that just reparation should he required, and I have prescribed measu,res which will shelter hereafter the fortunes of my subjects from all injuries. If thus, Gentlemen, I can look upon external affairs dwoiesthnost offeratisfa mection less satisfaction, the of iorco s n ec d u it r i j o t. n y of my Kingdom You will see by the documents which will be laid before you, that if the produce of the different taxes has suffered some diminution, the sources of public wealth have not sus tained any durable injury. Extraordinary circumstances have occasioned an excess in the expenditl:re for which it will be necessary to provide. I have ordered my Minis ters to make you acquainted with the necessary details, and I have instructed them to found their measures con stantly upon severe and well-judged economy. I have called my son to take a part in the direction of Military Appointments. The Army will find in this new disposition the most certain testimony of my good will towards them. The progressive developement of commerce and enter prise, the glory of pacific States, has increased their wants, and requires more numerous outlets for consumption. I have thought proper that a Minister created for promoting their interests, should receive a special mission to propose to me everything which may second their constantly in- creasing activity. Whatever may be the intimate connexions that ought to exist between the religion and the education of mankind, the direction of public instruction, and ecclesiastical affairs, appear to require to be separated, and I have ordered it to be done accordingly. Wishing to consolidate more aid more in my kingdom the Charter, which was granted by my Brother, and which I have sworn to maintain, I shall take care that every ex ertion is made, with wisdom and deliberation, to make our legislation harmonize in accordance with it. My attention has been directed to some great questions of public Administration. Convinced that the real' strength of thrones, under Divine protection, is in the ob servance of the laws, I have ordered that these questions should be properly sifted, in order, that their discussion should make the truth manifest—the first want of princes and people. Gentlemen,—The happiness of France is the object of all my desires, and of all my thoughts : to insure it I shall know how to maintain the powerful and guardian autho rity which belongs to my Crown. I rely much, Gentlemen, upon the assistance of your wisdom, and upon the harmony of our sentiments. The voice of your King, which calls for the union of men of worth, cannot but find hearts disposed to listen to it and to respond to it. After the King had delivered his speech, the new wade Peers took the oaths. TRIE 6TE, JAN. 22.--We learn from Malta,and t pirate The Russian Ambassador had arrived at Egina, but had immediately left it. It is said that the Americans have destroyed Carabusa. The last letters from Constantinepl e o f t h e 27 t h o f De cember, say that that city was still tranquil, though great military armaments were making. Immense chains were preparing, to close the entrance of the Dardanelles. Thirteen ships of the line and some f r i ga t es were fitting out in the arsena l ; two ships of the line and one frigate are already in the port between Tophana and the Seraglio, and a squadron of large and small vessels is in the Dardanelles. The cargoes of corn of 88 Russian, English, and French vessels have been landed for the account of the Porte, which not only took them at a very low price to the great loss of the owners, but has not even appointed a short period for the payment, so that the captains were obliged to content themselves with mere receipts. The Austrian and Sar dinian veeeele have, indeed, been hitherto allowed to peas the Channel of Constantinople, but have not obtained firmans without difficulty.—Augsburgh Gazette. (raost A LETTER.) " ST. PxTERSBURGH, JAN. 12.—When it was known that M. de Ribeaupierre had sailed for the AreLeipelago, the Emperor, it is said, gave orders to send a courier to Trieste, commanding him immediately to return to Corfu e to join Messrs. Guilleminot and Stratford Carrilng, and in uo case to return to St. Petersburgh before the develope , ment of the events depending on the Greek question. It is inferred from this, that joint declarations are going to be made by these Ministers before the executive measures ate carried into effect." —Augsburgh Gazette. (From the journal des Ilebats of Tuesday, Feb. 5.) LeGnoms - , JAW. 20.-:-We learn from Zante, that part: of the Egyptian vessels which remained at Navarin sailed on the'2oth January for Alekandria, with a great number of Greek families. Il;rahim Paella remains in the Mores, with the greater part of his troops, waiting for his father's. orders. It is added, that a di; ision returning to Alex andria has been attacked on the way by a Greek squadron, but that it repulsed it. Lord Cochrane is preparing - to blockade Patras. Captain Hastings blockades Alissolongki. It is said that he has taken possession of the island of Vassiladi, and that he has put in it a garrison drawn from the troops of General Church, who is to a.:t against Mis solonghi on the land side. The Turks have no longer any naval force in the Mores, for which reason the Greeks hope that the fortresses which they still hold will successively capitulate for want of provisions. M. de Ribeaupierre was expected at Trieste, and at Ancona. It is now known that he has gone to Malta to confer with Admiral Heyden. Mr. Stratford Canning, after performing quarantine at Corfu, has taken up his residence with his family at the Lord High Commissioner's. WARSAW, JAN. 10.—The corps of General Rosen has quitted its camtonments in Volhynia, to enter the kingdom of Poland. All the civil and military authorities are or dered to give the Russian troops a good reception, and punctually to supply them with what they want. (From the Constitutiannel of Tuesday.) (enost A PRIVATE LETTER.) CORFU, JAN. S.—lbrahim Pacha has 'now shown the intentions which he has long cherished. It seems that his secret intentions were to send the inhabitants of the Pelo ponneaus to Egypt. He has collected the Greeks who were in Castel Tornese, those who have been confined since the beginning of the revolution in Coron and Modon, and the others who have fallen into his power, and has em barked the women and children on hoard two vessels, to convey them to Egypt. Thus they are going to end their days in slavery, far from their native land. We are assured that wii;.'n this news reached Malta, the Commanders of the Allied fleets instantly ordered their forces to steer towards Nayari D. FRENCH Ftniriti, FEB. 4.—Five per Cents., 104 f. sc. ; Three per Cents., It,f. ; Bank Stock, 1,911 f. 25c. Ex change on London, one month, 25f. 15c ; two months, 25f. Lettere from Vienna of the 26th say, that M. de llffnllits, belonging to the Russian Embassy, left that city OD the 23d, for Trieste, with despatches from St. Peters burgh for M. de Ribeaupierra.—Note of the Auyaburgh. Gazette. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICE OF MOTION FOR THIS DAY. Mr. Brougham—Motion touching the state of the Law i• this Country, and its administration in the. Courts of Justice, with a view to such Reforms in the same as time may have rendered necessary and experience may have shown to be expedient. ORDER OY THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. Supply—Report. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY• Monday, Feb. 11. Sir George Cockburn—Vote of Seamen. (In Committee of Supply). Thursday, Feb. 9,8. Mr. Spring Rice—Bill to amend the law with riapect to the rights and interests of Executors to the Estates of Testators. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. EXCHEQUER BILLS. 1. An Account of Exchequer Bills iesned, , or authorized' to be issued, by the Act '7 Geo. 4. sees. 2. c. 2, In& 7 and 8 Geo. 4. c. 4. charged on the Supplies, ISTS,, unprovided for. Per Act 7 Geo. 4. sews. 2, c , 2. X10,300,00 60 7 and 8 Geo. 4. C. 41 An Account showing the Amount of fo 2 l:i ' es Baf ir the Exeiequer, and remaining to be received, on the 28th day of-ranuary, 1828, to complete the Aids granted by Parliament, for the service of the year 1827. ' In the Exchequer. To be raii,cd. Money paid by Henry Hase, Esq. on account of the Trustees for thel payment of Military and Naval' Pensions, & c. per Act 3 Geo. 4.1 _ c. 51. Eact India Company, per Act 4 Geo. 4. c 71 To be brought from the Consolidated Fund, per Act 7 and 8 Gee. 1.1 c Z. s. d. 4.05,754 15 0 £. s. d. 15,000 - • 4,994;743 17 t 11.05,754 15 H 15,009,743 17 1 405,754 15 - 15,415,10 i 12 1 3. An Account of a ll E xc h equer Bills issued between sth 3 Geo. 4. C. 86 ; and 5 Ge o . 4. c ., 103, unp JanuarylB2c7 and sth January 1828, und er t h e A c ts 7 G . 34 and 124 ; 58 Geo. 3. c. 45 ; 1 G eo . 4. Amount of Exchequer Bi l l s i ssued for carrying on Public Works and Fi sheries , in the year ended sth January , 1828 £551,900 Amount of Exchequer Bills issued f or B u ildi ng c r . ov 6 e ; tl for. additional Churches, in the year ended sth January, 1828 £734,200 GEO. R. DAWSON. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Jan. 29. A freehold estate, consisting of a farm-house and 103 acres of land, between Boston and Lincoln, at present let on lease for 1801. per annum, fetched the prix of 40501. --Boston Gazette. ANGLO-CIIILIAN MINING COMPANY...-. Yesterday a General Meeting of the Shareholders of the above speculation was held at the London Tavern ; G. RAIKES, Esq. in the chair, when Mr. &Atli moved that the Directors he empowered to take steps to convene 3 special meeting, for the purpose of dissolving the Company, which wa s carr ied unanimously. 1 hanks w ere then vote] to the chairman, and the meeting separated. IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOCIA' TlON.—Yesterday a Special General Meeting of this Asso ciation was held at the London Tavern, pursuant to public advertisement. JOSHUA WALKER, Esq. ,M.P. , in the Chair. The Chairman stated, that the present meeting was con vened for the adoption of certain by-laws, which were made pursuant to the 44th clause of the Deed of Settlement , . - p o st f a r : e t a ,:t p h t e i A ng fter r e s ult tion on the subject of the duties, the Chairman repeated, by-laws were agreed to. After same ebfiverstV The e t nheewentertained the most sanguine expectations that suant to public notice, there would be an equalization of the duties. VIGO-BAY ADVENTURE.—A Meeting Of at the North and South Americas make a further advance of bl• e 4 each the shareholders of this concern took place yesterday, pnr' y ha be reh a o d l vi den sed) te ag l n it t D th i e z c o ri , coc a questions pu f t :Fri b tt y bhee t y he ma i Coffee-house, Threadneedle long a n d warm debate, in which Mr. CHAMBERS, of Union halleach share, or criminal, managers o f the scheme. and M ET ROPOLITAN MINOR THEATRICAL At a meeting' held at the Coburg Theatre, of the Fulin. rt , en gaged at the Minor Theatr es , e w es were shareholders J and lf r . ag C ree LAlL: tuor t: en, a k Performers engaged unanimously ca rr ied, for • ti itted, an submitted, meeting a donation of ten guineas was preffeet° a proc e edin gsV ga great at that c ma u l itb (civil it r inLE JacirsoN, Esq., and Mr. Dayi nGE gran t e d tb! by F use of the Theatre, for the purpose of a Benefit in aid free of its Funds. For the last two weeks we have abstained frog' n oticing the progress of the persons employed by big' WILKS to bore for spring water in this town. The moo* of this silence was a difficulty arising from an instrumen t breaking off the rods, and being wedged in at the extretel s depth, to recover which every possible endeavour We, made, but all in vain; it still rem a i ns an o b stac l e to tb progress. Deeply as we lame n t the ternaination of th" ,P attempt, when the auspices for its favourable completion were so satisfactory, still, it is with pleasure that we i fi e l enabled to state, upon pod auth or it y , t h a t M r . W itss Wi,' not relinquish the project, and thus put an end to lope' of the town, but that the boring will be resumed, i',.: f res h s pot, and carried on i n a v i gorous spirit, with t h e best materials. 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