The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS., WEDNESDAY: EVENING. FEBRUARY 4. 1852.

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borne, Admixed ests-Icel.
lir sate irked takes • um* • dillaestbsissilej
ensuid exist en the pest of • and thistaSti !Milk
this people of eareatry sewed to this awe.
Ile 1114 oesseweed with moth Mud la saying
that then eight to be no distswinsee etas lewd settle-
ment of the ea et int (" War bear " Sue the Earl
ofDarby.) Re beard with gesaiiiisilisate tlor 414,1•18414
et did diftlds AS wits east !Veda te the
erniww-
wasefers. and he theeellare hoped that his
and that et *en who acted with Ma, might be
foe the meeettm. (Cheers)
The Ds* et RICHMOND said that the foram weeld
hail with delight the speeds of Me noble Mead, Is it
showed that he still held to the opinion that • memo*
duty ought to be laid oar corn fur the purposes of protection.
Lord BROUGHAM entirely agreed in rtimobs4:oo
the incessant attacks that were made by parties in this
country on the existing French government.
Earl GREY wished it to be observed that, whilst dia.
approving of these attack., he had cautiously abstained
trim expressing any opinion on the internal policy of the
President of Franco.
Lord BROUGHAM said ho entirely concurred in the
propriety of this course. Este if he had agreed in the
condemnation that had been expressed of the French
government, he should have strongly disapproved of
the mode in which that opinion had been uttered.
After a few observations from the Earl of Derby, the
Earl of Winchilsea, and the Earl of Yarborough,
The Earl of HAR ROWBY agreed in the importance of
the public press of this country, while discussing foreign
affairs freely, discussing them calmly and moderately.
But he should think himself unworthy of the position he
occupied as a British senator did be not protest against its
being gagged en any question whatever, and &rimiest any
restriction being imposed on the full freedom of debate
which the legislature of this country had always exercised.
(Hear, hear.)
Earl GREY said what be meant to deprecate wee,
discussions on the acts of foreign governments, on which,
after all, they were imperfectly informed, and entering
into the contests of these countries in a degree not the
least called for.

The liar) of lti ALM ESBURY mid no noble lord would
object to the freedom of the press in its widest sense; its
personalities were what they condemned.
The que.tion was then put from the woolsack, and the
address was agreed to.

COUNTY COURTS.

Lord DROUGHFAI Lid on -tie—tail; • bill, whisk he
0,44 was the same as the measure relating to county aeons
which he had brought forward {eat nation, and bees eat•
polled to withdraw.
The bill wee read a first time.

On the motion of the Larl of Metro, Lord itediseiede
was re•appuiuted chairman of committees of the Imo&
'their tunLhipt then adjuarned at a few alitain Aar
nine o'clock meta Thuroday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tummy, Fee. 3.
The doors of the lower chamber were opened at a
few minutes after twelve, and shortly afterwards the
members began to flak in, and ware speedily seen busy-
ing themselves in affixing their names to their favourite
mats.

Luring the recess the chamber has undergone consi-
derable alteration, or rather it has been brought to a per-
fect state of completeness. The temporary houp gas pen-
dants (not unlike these used in the canvas theatres of
country fairs) havesilisa piece to ten beautifully executed
and appropriately isigisedl gothic chandeliers of bronze
dceurAted with, sad gilded ornaments, and sus-
pended by moseho cords. A light and elegant
brass rail has beat laid reand the galleries. The panels
in front of the Wise_ paltry, mil behind the straw's'
gallery, have bees IRMA in -with • similar railing. The
emblazonry of UN IMO of ell the municipalium and
counties of the khigelem ea the panels of the roof and in
(teat of the side gilleriee, and the stained glaw windows,
ham been finished. The fteaker's chairjahie, clerk's chair,
ellelel bozos, which are as longer of the erthodoz scarlet
mbar, but ememid with greet velvet, ad Mead and ores-
mealed with berm gilt ; mid the other delsai of the mai-
&sal terser tam beam prow aid and assuaged in order.
The nib Is ell rift of Iba Irmo see severed with me-
mem of • meet agreeable yam km; awl the Boor with •
cocoa-act ghee matting or curt r ainespund. Alto-
gether the decorations and &MUM b/0/10/A*o singularly
well with the style and proportions id tie aparumest, sal
contribute to give it an appanage d eMgaem end aloha
which those who saw it a year ege weanhomily suppose
could be attained. The acoustic properties of the new
House of Commons, too, are very much improved by the
change which was made last year in the roof, end afford a
most advantageous contrast in this respect to the aristocratic
chamber. _ _ _

At haltpast one the Speaker entered, and prayers being
over, the b Alot for the order in which members should pen-
men to attend her Majesty took place. The members who
were lucky eamegh to obtain the plasm immediately after the
speaker, were Kr. Bennett, Mr. Clements, Captain Bolder°,
Mr. D'Eymeart, Colonel Sibthorp, Lord Arthur Lennox,
and Mr. Sharma Crawford.

itlreelydeTietMiepMt two (by which time at beat
100 member W messeabled, but a* irderlisig any 'Maw
nimbler, the eggseilisa being is the patent anabefej,
Mr. Admen. the Tomes Usher of the Meek Rod, emend
the hew, and peoreilas lip to the /speaker's table. de-
livered the Cheemes esseemmi M the Imre to attend her
Majesty issninilataly is the Mean Milian. The Speaker,
attended by the peat majellt, albs soother present, went
in obeMease to the ammemd, ma w their return the
sitting wee empemled mid • pram to Mee
Shoe* diet the reeramptlea of bedosim Lied Palmer-
ston mimed the Meer, and leek M. tea iipperently un-
noticed an the hentlower bore below the ptgwny which
separates the nimbears from lles
bent. Lord him &men sad Mrl.l=6: smnred at a
few minutes wabsenseatly, and= on to their se
withoat recognising their law

THE QUW(B BPEEOE.—THE ADDRESS.
no SPEAKER reported that ilia house had boss to the
Rosso of Pons, whorl her II bed boss phased lo
stake a sort gracious spsseb, white he pro:coded to
road.

Sir R. F. BULKILZT them rose to move the usual ad-
dress to mower to her Majesty's
_mesh. oribreed to the
various legieletive Mem Mdele hod. Aw hi
me, mend le the madam, rend eroded Lard ing
.=
sell with the thief work of having beim* thAimem Mot.
Thle seneMersties Min, he Minsed him se me`
Abe address. he reseeded Notts primipal petals is
the Ones% speech. Me bdked it wenn be man
esesplabk inimaties totheomelny et large vises thermopile
ti war kedge Matins matimmed friendly, fin k wee
evident, mask the Meld of this emery es it wee the
men with et the peed@ to reseello st peose.
Keno* the him membemaldbiallmation deaaeled
the Medea et Lem* lo An.lea aid melody
; and, es meld thls woo perkily pre-
r. Lomb theeetened to Mt Indimdegeim, and as
wesenTo wen* ;mend hy imbue of the mode es
M
bet via,eisites hem colds emserers that ma given
to eselnin Mimeo. be might be kd to believe that -
asemWog me mbetwatial then &We sympathy valid be
ereeded biere—he (Sir R. Welke's') mold My my
that the ~Mien was meanly preposterous. The
I and mom the s of mastery must be preserved
talViliewa use, iM its own defence. Bet the marked
manna ia wash the Mungarier egitator was remised by
themes of the masufactunscliericte would Iced us to be-
lieve that they disked a war. He (sir It. Betheley) WAS
emaseted vial the lead of the weentry, sad he seated me
wen, see rumens of mi. There was sus elesemeemse, be
coalemed. la the visit of Komuth to this emestry, whist'
appeared is him strange aid imesesietent. It was the
marked atteatioa that wall paid him by ems gentlemen
who were stormily maim obese pease. (Laeghter.)
It was met my insemeleteet sr the Iteg of Madge me kiss
the owls, who hem* him the sews of the temp Odd of
Deeming hale; but be eseM aft mdieseamd bow the gee
dem ef poem oeud be me Mike, thomble to the
dam of am %divided wheels We eldest was woo. Was
it to he undeesseed ism the ettestices Mil by these
lismisdi that • war was just in seder to sets-
Csshamm4amlke ? (ftemewed lereghtee.) It ma est • ems-
stitutieed woomay that Kossuth might to smatabliels ;
it was on tin sertailment of the pietism of an IMF
grown aikeserary —it was to MUM a ropuldhao deem
of government in Hungary that Lamm* might the eselat.
ace of England and Amara,. If Kama Mal waited
but a few mouths longer in Emq\Lereatil have seen
the result, for the read time the leer Aar man,
of the endeavours to establish reps • imitator in •
neighbouring country, the people of which vim set Steed
to receive them. (limo, \me.) He (Sir H. Deikaley)
therefore hoped thee the weals rd 1111dm's
sProchi " That ehe egotism to Meted- the
most friendly relations with Amiga powers," seed met he
without their promo impression. Her Midosty pmeseeded
to state that " she &yds thew which bad unfortunately
bathes sat en the vested bender of the Cope of Good
Mego." He seed set my how greatly Mr *met=
jemopmedthe with her. Frees the szeout et the
the dilleekke of the misery, the ohmmeter of tbr mem ,
it was a war whisk might be preenseted a my
time. It was to be hoped however that the von remoras
Illejesty's government had plead at the essmand of
the new governor would lead to a seedement tithe war
earlier than was expected. sod Mei k we tonnimed, it
was to be hoped that the osimehts might be maned
to do some part of the milker, Mg at the frontier,
that the troops might be withdrawn hem the medhbour-
hood for the protection of the 'anima, and the frontier
left entirely to the settlers—(Heat)—vslio "WV 1111111 willing
and capable to protect their preparties sod dead their
lives. And when this ermagement was made, be hoped
that no false notions of humanity would Influence her Ma-
jesty's government, that se Aborigines' Protection Society
would intrude their twaddle um the government—
(Cheers sad laughter)—bat that the robber and the mur-
derer should be dealt with as Bash. He could well earn
that the taxparrs of this sersatry would ill receive the
news of another Kaffir war. R. was afraid that one of the
worst features of the war lemmatised to be told; he was
afraid that it would sadly imedere with another
statement, which it would be the duty of the
right honourable gentleman the Chancellor of the
Exchequer to make at a later dried of the miss.
(lieu, her.) The home was ialamsg by her IV
that the estimates will shortly be kid WM it.
would prime se mm osal hams; the Millie. of • few
them& te the ammy aod the poems. ef • Lot in the
elmend kering the geomme weed smirk the Burs
sal Tome the p
arement MIMI& It be him me-
r=rthod, a nion, whisk sir onmellesed
lairese of the seem with the Meet mewl hose in
the woad smi • ameseeld manse megnalled he latest
and mobilities, should mew entertain a her that its shores
might mak se easily be invaded by a fume foe. It might
suit the pewees of 'Relit f:al writers and dimappointed ad-
miral= that the emery was is am impostened state.
Lmegb*se. Mar Meartee
emepee& pronsisel • seism of
mensmareen—lt s the realm of the some
snow and equity. The criminal aide of the senstry and
the ahniehtratioe of the trimmed law hail been greatly
issmoved. (Um, hear.) Punishments had hem made
less severe, mod emistiens therefore MOTO sertain. The
country was indebted a tbe Mem of greet Mims and
statesmen, net the last amen who. wee the hem Sir H.
reel—to the peeant Lewd Chief Junin ef
and to the Lord Chiefillltital of the C4IIIIMOS Plem,Barisi
kmdmethis and pertains of the maim of the
added bar. Meer boor.) la the make MIAS there
W hem me Improvers t. R. -see ged the Meaty
Nark ; whisk had beim • great adirentege to the MASK
MM. The Nun of Chesney remised what it was, and
whet it would be until the Meese interfered with that
pkgs. and addlortuns of the semotry. (Laughter.) These
was man new In the Mee, aid them& out of kb who
and Ming and kart main ahem the Coast of
Chemey, whe never Mimi poesseally km the Mem,
monism, sad imposition, but who bought in sad sold salt
of the teak, or who settled their marry in the Ise simple
of lead, end who never trended thenimiess Meat
that saki reareeilem kedmisa. (LIM ghtirea
The !visual the Mrs that It men
elsedlyilitve to ocesidor • mileution for the le.
kaki. When that desument ahead be laid on the
table, be leered it mold be hood to satisfy the wok.
known die ansoists, sod to confine them Ir
their loyal enrolment to the mother esuatry. Her Ides.
jelly's speech this promeded to dwell the miser
easy state of AIM .emery. The et the,
werrestry were ia week, the mattes mese .
peel
t,tbsp wire
ands hem* their mom mightitet
sallisket teem them • gmeiTuthelli4ll
menerke midi et
tithe malty hod imeispotelAy wised gmell leaf, bml
they me limply mused by ever peeinelfm. TM mem
• wee mid of gottlemen but, wkii
eseelmay metal thatthewar
me km. Bre, Mies may y.llll=st birtit
pandeed, he hid elms seethe mdment. add
the restpesitp treatise if Mrdders de m le the aka&
ties of the _,!mete laws they bed biped the me,
_sees.
mine was meld he be decaying, suitweaderfog &Medi
ships rotting,.sellers goisig to Aseeshae. end yet Mee the
seentry was us a Ms of prosperity admeirieMpg be he
greater thee it bed ever been bawds fine lOW 011
mantes la whisk there might be me ditheme of ed.
=km alimild ft the parsgreph in the cleelleo
Meld So a seism is the repre me atetim crpet
Ihriess. T in molds led at the bead of the gemmed
W bees May deeded alt am MAUI Might ta this
memo UM. He had been tea thet the pegs.
laden wow smithies kr IS veal wire in a it nolo M.
realm O. Oseatteluelime bed been des to the mile kid.
It WAS Itegellea lid • Ember et memos ef peat =
tame hid ematimmellg asenpiei the attendees el IMe
mat ; SM them wee the mewl alba *sag en.meemlinn
the was the Monies of themdgelle• he
Mary makes of the peat. solikaaallyb.
_lest Year
atomism dike Mee was &alluded by roughen dimmed.
(Beer, lam) Rea maim, however, have in every wp
obstmeted piddle Mims with Mem of Mien met kr
Mild to pokes • remelt, mow whisk he inlgli.new
Ms the seely eked(
_memo& el the heneneellie
ember tiolialked (Mr. Deethertoo). UMW. ilea
eke men met Me sem Misting ; may
opeeedees
Wkm work neribris them the sasembees of the geom.
sem (. Ever,^ end laughter.) Itempatirs the new ere
km he Muhl he pleased to see may me who did the.
floome toess—mery individual gaping posrbs=aed na
=aworitmen with 601. in the the pm.
of the Modes ; but he =Ppm be se man eme
vela. (Hear, he.. As to the moaner of Mies the
seem he did met hesitate to avow his utter
of the MWt. (" Rear, bear," .end lesghtlier)=
MMus of the perliammitretZ be
to milt paws
=tabat if three yen, je aka=
t learning who wee mthers, the soma
in midis and the third i for the eat
dwtem allser.) A. ere Model he Omaha
they would ham the dint of every poem of aim
tint sad property out ef the hem ; lemma who
mit himself to the trienalal maim of en aleslieerAt
Who was afraid in that home to mod the swam
Ited4tem that within • very short time dime .2 :
were Aft a the t, Paris, Betia, red Vm.
were bends of • that de rim that time thime en.
imesellimmelMwderim ..There mid& `by
make dem in Wen
ThsereMeolle ether IP ct.
was the emilegle=g in
Whet geeennintherzz Zee mid
kid th=e meet the 4111111111eltieo
7WWII et mem in Ireland ►le="Mmielle lebe vested
Irelawarbned gratified with the people end the moan,
as r the natural rammer of the cremegy, bet more
planed Am ever. The late Sir U. Peel me said, that
there ram was a asealsa in which there was set at tar
one IM,M What Maeda Bill. Ministers, however,
I did not seem So apply Ape farther powers this year, but to
trust to the millnary memo of the law. While referring to
Ireland he MO not resist the opportanity of Raying a few
winds on anefer subject It might bo indiscreet, but es
an Englishman and as a representative of the people be
was forced ads so. There sea a station of members in the
house, mat iLisidable from their numbers hut from their
teleolet mks year bound together by the powerful tie it
11=thertfittrruifutejrclithe, ningigcll f lammed:en" al.
the public, would in the present seeders set Irish
Wag Unanimity of purpose on all ocorwisee
im
soder the government. At the voumeassamat

of the session, hu (Sir" It. begged them h. think
well of their line of conduct. Did they think that the
right bun. baronet tho member fur Ripon, it they brought
him in, would assist them to putts, or would of hie own accord
bring in a bill to repeal the enactment of the last session ?
The tight hon. baronet would nut dere. (Cheers.)
But there were ',circumstances taking place at

hems sad is thigkad, ithlelt se Englishman end es pro-
mamas they Midi set be Masashi* to. It might be IN.
&meet see give holleemses ho 011 Witham bid Ole
aliAbe adellthes et folastheift of the peeple...l4=
ment aleliks the miethey fa Issepe—ssmalts.
froths" sa the ewe Moth ath deep In Moe
ether. thespease bed .and 10 lee smoke the pewees ad
the mathitheryst tba esslles tide *eases ea,
teeth thuds, wbkhhalleasepleolthemielesteeMaad gem
lath tbe wok ef amble they mlghthe the whim
at *add blimaitheW mosseabied Itheless
eaVessalr
the pesthils et thasathelet isselieste (as wee
lie was athelled that the mile ash his sallemsei
would ea IstseAse with the mated se relleme,
the MINNS satbils esimesmi* MI he &shad ass that
thaythlght be seethe* es that em a 'WOW* hdrolsoli
thigh added ham Om meestsmaa alkeledis was
sad that Ilia math& hr the math, et midi the Omni
• Itsbumi=thas Wray were
relied Moe threes alai-
raga& a
_peerless othadeasr-sheskt be
Pfestrath_ Othiss.) The hen. &yeast Ira peassededi
read the legal Nth &oast esswom le the aollesse, whlsh he
asossidssel sae a the Met stem w the looked sad,
sad whith se sisal was ea mks at aMsomel_apselth _
Mr. B. WATER ...ad the edirem &WM Weelied
spa the warless slim a the smash Is the same wrath as
that mamba by the Ma. sever, satheadiag that the ass
Aides the ism& am weadeetally Mimosa as impala
the emsatet amplepaset, mamset, she the ..matteby whisk
tboy weft saneweded. Be bedew& that peweemest
et Ws hairybed bees aside, la a pessial der the
gipereereelise et peers, esti irre be hail se thiselty t.
viag them Ms emptiest nem wee laths bat thata
la
their geed isisaless they weal reeelve the demo ef
tthe
Dark, Ms spa* be Athol to the sew baths,
rwhit the them sew for the bet time head itself per-
athilikbed, the solidity of whkto might, he
tresti Mid el typify that et our ieethetiosa.

ogee. The house is aware that her Majesty was pleated to
I appoint him to the office, and until December last he eon-
tinued
to hold it. It was with deep regret that I them
found that circumstances had occurred, each ea in my mind I
rendered it impossible for me any longer to act with my
noble friend in that situation in which he had hitherto
shown hinuelf Ss be so distinguished. Bat, before I enter
on a stotesnest of the causes which led to this result, it
would be as well if I state what I conceive to be
the position of a Secretary of State, as regards both his own
powers and as regards his relations to the mime
minister adds country. With respect to his own powers,
I conceive that when the crown places a oonstitutional
confidence in a minister, be is bound oa the other
hand to afford to the crown a frank and full detail of every
measure for which be desires to obtain the sanction of the
orown, or to leave the crown the full liberty of no kap:
continuing that minister in dike. Such I he'd to be the
general doctrine. But with regard to my noble friend, it
so happened that in August 1850 the precise terms were laid
down me to the transaction of business between the crown
and the Secretary of State. I wait's, organ of a communi-
cation to my noble friend, and I am responsible for a docu-
ment which I am about to rued. I omit the former part,
white refers only to past transudes.. It is ea

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Udi bra to Lord Pararrea.

I sent this comumnication to my noble friend, mad in
reply received from hies • letter, in which he said: "1 have
taken a copy of this memorandum of the Queen, and will
not fall to attend to the directions which it contains."
I conceive that those directions are entirely consistent with
the relations that exist between the Foreign Secretary and
the crown. I will now state what I conceive to be the duty
of the Prime Minister in relation to foreign affairs, and I
will not use my own words, but those of the late Sir It.
Peel, in his evidence before the committee on official sala-
ries. It arose incidentally in a question as to whether
some offices were not less burdened than others. He says :
"Take the case of the Prime Minister. You must pre-
sume that he reads every important despatch from every
fbreign court. Ito cannot consult with the Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs, and exercise the influ-
ence which he ought to have with respect to
the conduct of foreign affairs, unless he be master of every-
thing of real importance passing in that department."
I conceive that Sir R. Peel here lays down the duty of the
Prime Minister, and makes him responsible for the busi- 1
nets of foreign affairs. I may say likewise, that I was in- I
formed by her Majesty and by Sir Robert Peel, that he'
(Sir Robert Peel) on leaving office, advised her Majesty to
consult me on every question relating to foreign
affairs, and to abide by my advice. Such, then,
being the state of the relations which I held with
regard to the crown and my noble friend, I must say I
found it one of great difficulty. When my noble friend
first held the seals of the foreign office he was placed under
Earl Grey, a statesman of age and experience, to whom, he
Lord
young in the office, be no doubt deferred. When
Melbourne was prime minister the strong intimacy
which existed between them gave him an influence over
the conduct of my noble friend. Without either of these
advantages I have found from time to time onr relations
involved in difficulty, while at the same time I felt the full
extent of my responsibility. I now panto the events of the
•iutumn of last year. There was ameeting of the cabinet on 3d
November, and it happens that my memory is more I
im-
pressed with what 1 stated on that occasion in consequence
of having made a note of it. I stated that I thought the
situation of Europe was most critical, and that we were on
the verge of seeing in 1862 (but there I was mistaken, as it
proved) either the triumph of social democracy in rance
and other countries, or the prevalence of absolutism over
the greatest part of the earth. In either case the situation
of England would be one of some peril. I oould not ex-
pect the establishment of the democratic principle ,in
France and elsewhere without its effect* being experienced
in this country ; and, on the other hand, if absolute power
prevailed, some danger might arise to this country on the
question of our affording asylum to refugees and other
similar subjects; and demand. might be made with which
it would not be consistent with the honour of this country
to comply. I stated it to be my opinion that in this critical
position of affairs it was the interest of England to pre-
serve a strict neutrality. I thought that we should beware
of giving great cause of offence to foreign countries, and
that we should use our utmost vigilance to prevent such
cause of offence. I think my colleagues generally, and my
noble friend, concurred in this opinion. There was
no resolution of any, kind agreed upon, but there was
a general concurrence in the desirableness of this
policy. Now, it happened, as I think unfortunately, that a
short time idler that meeting of the cabinet, my noble
friend received at thoForeign-uffiee some delegates from cer-
tain districts at the metropolis, who presented to him ad-
chismere the terms of which were calculated to be offensive
In thesevereigns of Europe. (Rear, hear.) I was fully
penreaded then, sad I am still so persuaded, ;that although
may noble Mead bed net exercised due caution, bad
net takes the greemWea of relay the addressee before they
were perried he Me, or taken the further precaution
wheel retro* delegates in his room at the Foreign-office
of taking tare that his words were duly and faith-
fully seserded, yet I. say I am persuaded that
my noble friend 101 l into this error only by an
oversight, and that great mistepreventation was used with
respect to the words used by him in reply to those ad-
dreamt'. I was ready and at once declared my readiness
to accept the whole of the responsibility of that occasion
although I c"uld not but see that an error had been com-
mitted. But I did hope that my noble friend would have
treated me with that fairness which I deserved, and that
no important step would have been taken or any communi-
cation made to foreign ministers without his giving me
each information as would enable me to form an opinion
on the step about to be taken, and without his having I
secured that concurrence of opinion with me to which Sir
R. Peel bad alluded in the extract which I have read.
The next transaction to which I shall refer—and it is that I
by which the whole of this unfortunate result was pro-
duced—related to the events which occurred in Paris on the
2nd of December. There was a meeting of the cabinet on
the 3rd, and a question was eemaldered with regard to a
request of the Marquis of Nesmiaby miring to be fur-
nished with iastractions with reap* le the erdmsance of
diplomatic relations with Paris and the t of the
President of the French Republic, mid it we. the general
opinion that those relations should ematimes, but with
respect to anything farther, that we had medding to do but
to abstain from any irterferenos in the itemi affairs of
that country. (Hear, hear.) My noble Mud correctly re-
ported to Lord lionnanb the rows wee entertained, sod
which received the ea of her Kijailf 1a the following
despatch
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Pautaszrom.
MI um the solemn deafen of the government, approved
by bee Majesty, conveyed te cur ambassador at Pans, and
porting out the line of emedatet which would be pursued by
the overnment here sad by its representative in Paris—a
drafF if this despatch war sent to the Queen on the 4th, it
came back on the 6th, and was sent to Paris. A few days
after, among the Foreign...Mee despatches which came to
my hands was one dated in Paris on the oth, and which
was received on the Bth, and which wee r Ildlows

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I brae theenht nrewssay means what wee stated Meet N.
Weleinki% awe* berm two of
sobs gum here 'muttony
to an Mat the esprimions precisely to that
tenet. Ind lees ntl:ll=lotrder to aims the J.:Medi:plasm
welsh Mgr/ Ind prearmend.
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It did sit appear to Ine that any serious difficulty arose
from thelimpnteh, but I wrote to my noble friend for an
ea planation, nod I hoped that he would be able to say with-
out denying what he had stated to the French
ambemnden,_ that he had said no more than
that Lord Wormenby might inform his colleague, the dip-
lomatic representatives of the various states of Europe
that the government of England expressed no opinion on
the internal laves of France. I own that this appeared to
me the only right and the only safe course. I had heard
nothing, I hail received no intimation from my noble friend
that he had stated that the government of England had
decisively pronounced in favour of the act of the President.
Let me say that it the government of England, through
their Foreign Secretary, had pronounced such an opinion,
it could not be said that there had been no in-
terference In the internal affairs of Fiance, hut
that at best mural support, mural countenance, had
been given, and moral influence used in favour of the
course pursued by the President. (Hear, hear.)
Some days (domed before 1 heanl anything further on the
subject, and I received no communication of an kind from
toy noble friend relating to this matter ; but being at
Unburn Abbey on the 19th of December, a messenger
arrived bringing me a communication from her Majesty,
containing an enquiry with respect to the despatch in
question, capnvoing incnalulity with regard to ouch an
opinion having bent estimated by my noblu friend, and
salting for an explanation. On the next morning, the
14th of December, 1 sent a uteasenger at an
early hour with a letter requiring an explanation
from my noble friend, but no answer was

•
renamed ea that day. None was seturned oa the 16th.
On the 16th I wrote a note by the early post, expressing an
opinion that this silence was not respectful to her Maise
sad asking for an wwatr. Neither on the lath or 16th l
I receive any senumaaleation ; the same dude afro saws
was pressrvad. The inquiry of her Majesty es to
what was the meaning of an alleged conversation
between , the Foreign Secretary and the ambassa-
dor of a heels* country was left entirely unanswered.
OR ch. of the 17th I received two despatahse.
Owe was Era Lord Normanby to Lord Palms/mon, dated
Pl* the 16th et December, and received the 16th of Dre•
asolow. That dampish was as follows: _

Paris,Vse.ll 1631.
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theme UMW I Meat, with the deference, be penile d to
inerve Wt V year Masa, as Foreign Maier. hoes rem
Sage:age on 'soh adenoma is Diernua. at rs et, without ring
as any LWOW"' yes WI -epreesenbing afterwarus a d Mee
not mem. to um acara/y, the aeeidree et nay appearance of Inter.
femme of any Wed be the lethal affairs or Pr. me, —I am placed
thereby la • we
awareed peetien. If the bosom* Down-
, lag-street la we Wereete le the miming order a thhige to Trams
than the laersetee en whin I em directed to guide mpellepos
the apse,
_le wit be abeam that by that ant d your kedehiphi I be-
come Wien b ndsrepreainitetian acs litigation, tit merely doing my
duty dodoeloglo the aedsl orders no toed through your hiMthip
hum het Majesty. All tide is of more Impure/not' tone, bemuse, se
I mind ewe et ray diet emetic colleague. bad had the &s-
-pates reed la Msm, end bed &do d nom it the conviction=
a variety wend yaw expreelons bed been those ad unq
satiefsenos-1 bawd dia, N• tarter.
Now, slthiregli se answer had been given to me, and al-
though 1 was unable to satisfy the inquiries which were
made at me by the Sovereign, it appears that lard Palmer-
:Mon es the lath, the day on which the despatch I he..e read
was received, wrote in reply a despatch of his own
authority which was sent to Pair, which bad not ob-
tained my concurrence, and which had not obtiined the
sanction of her Majesty. That despatch is to this effect .-
1 Fon Ign-olace, pee. It, tell.
My Lord—l have mosived year Prateliency'e (mown. No. Ms, of
the ISM MM., Westin, no the man earn made to you by the Trench
Minister for Foreign Affairs e • the uentssion at your nenrnunicetlng
to hie Trading:scythe Mortedlims with when you have been furniehed
ibkilater. rieaty's
rance :mem and =
etortatrmasteguoelas
re In many
that
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acts
hate been nothing in the langu.ge aid: I have le M. n r in the mil-
-1 moos which I have at say time misread on the recent mods la
is am. which ties been in any way incomietent with the nistrne-
', tees seir seed to your Eseelkncy, to abeam Irem siejthing which
avid bee the awarance W sae intent mom in the interred
' attains of Frew. The inetructionr meta nit in my deemtch,
I No, moo, or the Sth in•tent, to wheb your has Ilidiey refers, wee
I mat to yea Oct in reidy to go nd. a a. to -hat opinions your !Meet-
imay shoeidespreen bet In reply to a gumbo which I uodentood
to he whether your km:enemy sbeuld cootinue your tonal dipionistl•
retaliate with the Preeideet dune g the interval width as to elapse
between the date of your !emits sae y' gle.eateh, No. VII, 01 the led
aod the eosins by the Freonh nation en the question to be pro-
posed to them by tee Predeleet. A. to reproving or eiredeinuing the
step taken by the Treretteot in distoinne the !Seeable, I contrive It
la for the Trench nations, end no or the Bstieb B emery of Mete, or
mr the British andsusadoe, to pmnoune. judgment on that event; but
if your Eacelleney wishes to know my own opinion on the Menge
which her taken ph..., in Frame, I' is that such a state of antagonism
had &teen between the Preeiclent and the Assembly, that it was cocoa-
lag every day more Ow that their mezetersor could not be of long
duration; and it seemed to me better for the interests of Prawn,
and through them tee the uttered& ot then st of Emote, that
the power of the President mould prevail, iiimmuch as tl e continue
ante of his authority might alt rd a proepect oi the maiotenanea of
metal order in Trance whereas the theitiirase of enticingly and parties
In the eseembly sippe Ind to betoken teat their victory over the Pre-
sident wester bens starting point for dissetrou. civil guise. Whether
nay opinions were right or wrung, they • ern to be shared by penmen
interested in paean, la Frame, s- far at least as the great and std.
den rim in the (undo sad in other ineestment• niay be esumea to be
efficatioes of increasing coodleme In the improved prop et iii ink r-
eal tranquillity to France.—l am. —e.Usiti.roll.
Now, sir, it appeared to me that that despatch in the
first piece was net written in the usual style of my noble
friend, which is a style of great clearness and directness,
but was a despatch altogether avoiding the real ques-
tion at issue. Lord Normanby had asked, and I
think he was entitled to ask, Have you expressed
complete approbation of the act of the President of the 2nd
December, and if so, am Ito guide myself by that opinion,or
am I to act according to the oespatch of the sth Di mother 1".
To that question, it is evident, no answer was given.
Neither, Sir, in that despatch is there a reference to the
opinions of the government. Neither is there any opinion
expressed as with the sanction of the crown. Thus, thin,
the Secretary of State put himself in the face of the crown.
Ile neglected and passed by the crown in order to give his
own opinion with aspect to the state of affairs
in France. Now, sir, it struck me that the Secretary of
State, constitutionally speaking, can only act with the
sanction and by the authority of the crown, in matters of
very great importance. In matters of small importance I
am ready to admit that the Secretary of State must be
allowed to take such a course which to him, himself, may
seem best. But this matter was of the greatest importance
—(cheers)—vis., that et giving the moral influence and sup-
port of England to the recent act of the President
of the French Republic. (Cheers.) It seems to
me that that was a matter so great that the
opinion, not only of the prime minister, but of the
cabinet should be taken ; and no opinion should be ex-
pressed by a Secretary of State without their concurrence
and without the sanction of the crown. (Cheers.) But,
sir, there is a further question. It is a question of the
I utmost delicacy. Bet it is a question on which 1 cannot
refrain from sayings few words. The set of the French
President was not merely that represented in the despatch
—it was an act not limited to dissolving the assembly. It
was an act which in the first place dissolved the as-
sembly, and put an end to the existing constitution.
It was an act which in the nest place anticipated the elec-
tions of 1852, which elections were to take place under
'that constitution, but in respect to which great appmhen-
ideal did test. But in the third place, it wet as
act putting an end to parliamentary government is
' France (cheers) and, u I conceive, together with
parliamentary government, suppressing those rights of
freedom of speech and freedom of the press which
we consider as usually accompanying parliamentary go-
vernment. (Cheers.) Now, air, I am not going to enter
into any dispute ea to whether or nut that was
a fitting thing to be done. (Cheers.) That is
entirely a question for the French people. (Cheers.) The
French people may say—may be justly entitled to say—
what we call in England parliamentary government has pro-
duced such evils in France—it hu so frequently led to con-
sulsions—it is so utterly incompatible with the order acd
peace of society in our country--that it ought to be
abolished, and a new system put in its place. If the
French nation chase to say that who has the
right who has the least pretence of contradict-
ing it t (Cheers.) But it Is another question to
give the moral approbation of England—to place the
broad seal of England on that doctrine with respect to •
great country. (Cheers.) If France should be enslaved I
would, I could, do nothing. I should lament that those
great qualities of human nature which are brought out by
parliatnentary government, by free discussion, and by a
free press—that those great qualities could not henceforth
have their full development and display. But with respect
to our petition: it was to be recollected that during
the existence of the present administration, with
my noble friend as its organ, we had been continually
ying the moral support and the moral sympathies of Eng-
land to constitutional and to parliamentary governments.
(Cheers.) We had done so in Spain, we had done so is
Portugal and we had done so m Piedmont (as our reporter
anderstok). And no one more than another did do more
than my noble blend to lend the moral support of this
country to free constitutional and parliamentsry govern-
ments. (Cheers and conater cheers.) But if we assigned
cur approbation to this act of the French President, however
necessary it might have been, how could we tall any other
government afterwards that we advised them to maintain a
system of parliamentary government? (Cheers.) It would,
therefore, certainly, have appeared to me to be a departure,
a strange, a high departure, from that policy which the
government had hitherto pursued, and which my noble
friend especially &leap supported; to convey an approval of
the act of the-French Provident. (Cheers.) Now when
this was the case, when, as I conceived, the authority of the
crown had been set aside, and set aside in • manner of which
1 could not approve, it appeared to me that I had no
other course open to me than to inform my
noble friend that he, while I held office, could no longer
hold the seals of the Foreign-office. Later in the day, alter
I had formed that resolution, 1 received a long letter from
my noble friend, expressing his reasons why he had ap-
proved of the act of the French President. It appeared to
me that thou reasons did not at all touch the ease ; because
the real question was, whether a recrezary of State was en-
titled, of his own authority, to write a despatch—te put
aide the language which he held to the French am-
bsesador—to write a despatch, as the organ of the
Queen's government, in which his colleagues had never
concurred; and to which the Queen hail never given her
royal sanction. It appeared to me, I own, that without de-
grading the crown, I could not advise her Majesty to re-
tain the minister so acting in the foreign department of the
government. I theretore, sir, informed my noble iriend
that it would be impossible for me to advise her Majesty
otherwise .than as I have stated. 1, at the same time,
informed her Mejesty that a correspondence
gone on between my noble friend and myself in
respect to the proceedings iu question. This was nn the
Wednesday, I think, and I waited till the Saturday, in
order to reconsider—to consider and to reconsider the mat-
ter, before I finally submitted the correspondence to her
Majesty. I think on the third day I agate. communicAdd
with my noble friend, thinking it erosible he would pro-
pose some course, or that ornate course would occur to
me by which our separation Would be prevented.
But nothing of that kiud oCeurred, he being as fully
decided and convinced as I had Non ; and then I wrote, on
the Saturday, the 20th, to her Majesty. conveying the cor-
respondence I refer to. I also 'etiolated my advice to her
Majesty, that Lord Palmerston should bo required to
give up the reels of the Foreign Office. Sir, in corning
to a division so painiul—in Corning to the decision that I
must separate from a colleague with whom 1 had acted so
long, whose abilities I had admired and iu whose polity I
I hail agreed—l felt, whether rightly or wrongly it is
nut fur me now to siy, I We" bound to take
tbli.extuod..ectiosioanvoiadloun.e‘yvhitiow
weihmicsuhltmincinite ot .
hereaftermy col-
have
the appearance of mho!, but to assume the Side and
entire responsibility on myself. (Loud cheers.) IVith
• p et therefore to the story that my hon. friend het
I quoted front n Breslau paper with respect to a letter
written in Vienna, I can assure him, however curious a
coincidvnco that letter may imply, that there is no
proof whatever in the story that there was an attempt
to make fairer terms or create more intimate relations