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44e Speaker having read the speech from the throne,
BYNG moved an address to Her Majesty, which was, as
-it!an echo of the speech.
e motion was 'seconded by Mi. BAXTER, who, while he
bp'essed a strong conviction that the cabinet of St. Peters-
Was sincerely anxious for peace, warned her Majesty's
..nisters that the country would require of them not to abate
4°n Jot of the principles acceded to, not to submit to any delay,
" not to remit during the negotiations preparations for
klother campaign.
Mr. DISRAELI was sure he was only echoing the unanimous
Zi Ilion of the house when he concurred with the mover of the
(tress in expressing satisfaction and gratitude to her Majesty
4, informing them that she had acceded to overtures which
.(lorded a prospect of a safe and honourable peace, and that,
eln conducting the negotiations her Majesty would not lose
ht of the objects for which the war was undertaken." He
„"°„,•Pe(,l the house would, under the circumstances, exercise a
Prudent and high-spirited reserve in refraining from causing
:41 embarrassment to her Majesty's ministers, while, at the
;trie time, they watched their proceedings with the utmost
jgilance. It was impossible, he thought, to resist the con-
2etion that the prospects of peace were most favourable. It
tfas true they might end in disappointment ; but, if the nego-
kia,tio°wis should fail the country would have the satisfaction of
nng that her, Majesty might appeal with confidence to
parliament to support her in the renewed struggle.
b.Lord PA_LKERSTON observed, that it was impossible for
‘'er Majesty's Ministers to enter at that moment into details
Pecting the proposed negotiations. He concurred with
r. Disraeli that it was not the duty of the Government to
urge the country to persevere in the war, if its objects could
he
t obtained by negotiation. Although they felt that the
t_ilture chances of the war were in our favour, yet they would
z!qt be justified in rejecting overtures which held out a pros-
!le:of a safe and honourable peace. The country was in
condition that, if the negotiations failed through no
wtilt of ours, its resources, its spirit, and its determination,
:old accomplish that object. In the negotiations no principle
°llld be abandoned, while, on the other hand, the Govern-
taent would show a spirit of conciliation.
j, 4r. ROEBUCK said, as Lord Palmerston had not told the
j,‘°llie what were the objects for which we engaged iu the war,
Would supply that omission, and would advert to the mode
1411 Which we had conducted the war. We had entered into it,
e said, for the interests of humanity, to stop the dangerous
aggrandisement of Russia, and to prevent her acquiring a pre-
.uderance in Europe. He strongly censured the manner in
(poll the war had been carried on, and denied that the terms
~the peace into which we were about to enter would accom-
-1/41 the objects of the war. If, in another campaign, we
eve Russia out of the Crimea, and erected the Principalities,
nth Bessarabia, into a kingdom, we should obtain a better
sad an effectual guarantee.
h 2ar. STAFFORD bore testimony to the imprve shipstate of our
'c's,,Pitals in the East, and of the transport of
Sir DE .LA.cr EVAIrs insisted that it was not for English
tuJects we had embarked in the war, but for the interests of
eerope and of humanity. France, he contended, was more
ePly interested than England in preventing the aggrandise-
kent of Russia
t... Lord M
itions A.NEERS gave a conditional approval to the Ans..
'lan propos.
!v, After some brief observations from Sir H. WILLoijGJIBY'
,11% MIDFIELD, and Mr. V. SCULLY, the motion was agreed
to seem. con.
The house adjourned at half-past seven o'clock.