The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-17 00:00:00

CEST INTELLIGENCE.

, PEEL'S ADDRESS TO THE
ECTORS OF TAMWORTH.

pert Peel has issued an address to his con-
in which he reviews, at length, the measures I
de government, and indicatartbe pokily by
will henceforth be influenced in the discharge
liament duties, if the electors of Tamworth
im as their representative. We consi-
document sufficiently interesting to justify
ittion of the most important portions of its
Having solicited the honour of re-election,
t Peel proceeds as follows :
you last returned me to parliament, I held the
in the government of this great empire. lam
wing you in a private capacity, rejoicing in the re-
eisure and independence, without the intention or
ume either that authority which belongs, or ought
to the possession of office, or that influence which
i by the lead and guidance of a great political
in; to power.
am not, on that account, the lees anxious to vin-
your satisfaction, the motives by which I have
.need, the measures to which I have been a party,
rend course of policy of the administration with
as connected.

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that administration, and the circum-
ich led to its dissolution, must be laminar to your

talc now ample means for judging whether the
the government, in respect to the external re-
his country, was calculated to promote the public
You can contrast the position of affairs is 1841
and can determine whether the stability d ma
pire has been impaired, or whether a ince/Wes
.1 achievements in the field, and the vigour and
nd, above all, the justice and moderation of thole
iireceed the public councils in Indiav bate set
hroughout the East respect for the Bahia setae,
ted willing obedience to British authority.
is I fear some justice in the reprise* that the
the parliament of this country are comparatively
, excepting under circumstances of sadden excite..
le administration of foreign affairs. But it wadi
nu nseect of duty on the part of those whose
rpresentatives will determine the general character
re parliament, to exclude from their serious con-
this great department of the public business.
the h'e government was formed the charge of that
t was committed by the queen to a minister of
ay say with truth, that he succeeded in acquiring
and confidence of every honest man engaged in
atic )..rvice of other states, and he made that
I confidence conducive to the erect object of his
re—the maintenance of honourable peace.
,r you to judge whether Lord Aberdeen acted
disregarding those appeals to national pride and
naibilities, which, if not provocations to war, were
dimenta to the maintenance of peace, and in re-
...

adjust, if possible, by means of imitable arrange-
mutual concession, the petty cliff...ranee* which
occur between powerful nations, and which, if
any other spirit, are rally inflamed into national
ir you to judge, in reviewing our discussion■ with
l States, whether it would have been wise to have
i extreme rights of territory on the north-eastern
the province of Maine, and on the banks of the
Sine, and thee (even if war could ba averted) to
red for another half watery a controversy full of
and irritation; or whether it was not the better
iropose in the spirit of peace conditions perfectly
e with the honour of each country, and not re-
om either any sacrifice, territorial or commercial,
old not be dearly purchased by the cost of a single
stilities. . . . .

gentlemen, however important are the considers-
hich I have been adverting, there are othen in re-
phich, from their relation to our social condition
epic policy, you will probably fell a more immediate
The most prominent at the present time are those
with questions of religion, and with the recent
our financial and commercial legislation.
ewe points I desire to enter into unreserved impis-
h you. I write without concert or communication
other person whatever, and the views and opinions
which I may express are expressed en my own
lusively.
gentlemen, the deepest interest in all that concerns
eof the established church. I feel that interest
.re conviction of the truth of is doctrines, and
'vin belief that the established church is capable
lade, and through the temporal zeal and active
of the highest spiritual authorities, is in the pro-
dug made, the most powerful instrument that exists
istering the consolations of religioa, for spreading
edge of divine truth, and for supplying the limper-
'human laws by the obligations and restraints of
luty.
re resisted, and shall continue to resist, every
or appropriating any portion of the revenues of
3, in any part of the United Kingdom, to other
,enastical purposes in direct connexion with the
e felt it, however, to be quite con.istent with a
iehment to the interests of the church to take a
sot in those measures which had for their object
ion of ecclesiastical sinecures, the curtailment of
emoluments, and the application of such a por-
he revenues of cathedral and collegiate churches
'required for the purposes of those institutions, to
!remedy of great evils in the social and spiritual
of this country.
7 few years since it was publicly declared on the
ithority, that ' a vast proportion of the people of
F.,' were left destitute of the opportunities of pub-
ip and Christian instruction.' Of this fact such
the following were adduced ;—That there were, in
ad its suburbs, four parishes containing an aggro-
-16,000 persons, with church room for 8,200, being
1.20 th of the population ; that there were, in the
riet, 34 parishes with a population of 1,137,000 in-
, and church room for 101,632 persona; that in our
hbourhood, in the diocese of Lichfield and Coventry
re 16 parishes, each having above 10,000 inhabit-
s an agregate population of 235,000 persons, and
em for about 29,000.
Debt it was within the competency of Parliament to
revision for the supply of these alarming deficiencies
ens of religious instruction by large grants of public
rived from general taxation; but I felt persuaded
mild not be for the advantage of religion that such
I should be made until after all the resources of the ,1
which could properly be rendered available for the
had been applied to it. I felt also persuaded that
,priation of those resources, with the willing consent
tied, to such objects as the augmentation of poor
the establishment of new ecclesiastical district.,
entre,' improvement of pastoral superintendence in
dam parishee, would not only increase the local eta-
the establishment, but would tend to confirm its
he respect and attachment of the people.
s for such purposes that, with the willing consent of
b, 1 proposed in the year 1843 a bill, which passed
r, for making better provision for the spiritual care
sea parishes in England and Wales. Under that
lave been constituted, and agreed to be constituted,
nanical districts and new parishes,- and spiritual
re and pastoral superintendence will Thus have been
for a population of above 764,000 souls. I oppose
to the charge of indifference or hostility to the wei-
r! church.

rtsialy—lid not think it inconsistent with the true
of the church, in cases wherein I deemed the claim
e, to protect the rights and to consult the feelings
es of those who dissent from its doctrines.
these impressions, I gave my support to measures
kg the titles to dissenting places of worship, and for
r many penal statutes in matters of religion, Misu-
se u their practical operation is concerned, but k
with the mild spirit of modern legislation, and giw.
sitous offence by implying suspicions and distrust,
offering the 'tightest remedy against any oppre-
[sage?.
a thew impressions also, while cordially appro.:mg
oposal of her Majesty's present Government to ex-
' quern of public instruction in this part of the
nnitdom, I r speared an opinion that it ought to be
ly comprehensive to include the children of Itoman
Patents.

IS the period to which I am referring, the state of
(that fruitful source of constantly recurring and
discuuion) was repeatedly forced upon the consider-
Parliament. I shall, in this address advert only to
connexion with Irish affairs which have ex-
chief interest in this pall of the empire, and in re-
which opinions and pledges are now demanded by
tgituencies from those who are candidates for their
cl.g quoted from the letter of Mr. Burke to
to Which he gives his reasons " for wishing
port of the Church of Ireland, as by law eats-
Lod alluded to the weight and authority of