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conciliate, or, •hat was mo►e essential at that noitoes4
any disposition to support Government amidst cite dan-
gers which threatened society, and which it was the duty
of Ministers to provide for. It was very far otherwise, how-
ever, as was provesiby their speeches, and his Lordship par-
ticularly referred to that of the Right lion. tiensleusais
facing him (Mr. Tierney), who had declared that the maw
try had been lost because the Whir had not enjoyed power.
(Mr. Tierney—" 1 never said any such thine.") Mark,"
said Lotd Castlereagh, " the straights to which Honourable
Mottle/nen reduce themaelves."—(Leud cries Hear, hear,
from one side, reiterated by Me other.)—The Noble Lord
Own went over the points of national adversity pointed not
by the Right Hon. Gentleman la hi. speech, resting nn the
observation with which he (Mr. Tierney) concluded the
statement, that all the while those evil* were increasing. the
Whigs were titcluded from power. The Hein. and Right Hon.
Gentlemen opposite might well believe that office was no
very desirable thing in limes of such tarbnlenee and diffi-
culty. A sense of duty to the country, and a wish to satisfy
soil *enure the loyal (sum the daring pretensions sod seta-
eliinations of the diaaffectrit. itiowlleil them iu their pre-
sent course. The Noble Lind, after some further remarks,
emu-In—A..l by expressing a hope that the►e was virtue, and
ma oboes*, and loyalty enough in the people, to wive the
country tritim, the lilegs —(Loted ekeerisp.)
Mr. TILIINFY .aid, that ha Stever was more surprised in
his life titan in being called up to speak, by the ♦rtrmnrdi-
nrrry roof of the Noble Lord, by s ;speech calculated to pro-
itui e all sorts of 'truly spirit —(Cheers from the Opposi-
tioo.)--He never bail said 'bat the %Whigs were ambitious
of getting into power.—(.4 /nook ) The Tories, indeed,
had been in office for the last fifty year., and what had
bees the Cousequence? Let the House look ■t the ma-
tinicil debt, ■od they would see the expetwes of the
country raised from 15 to 60 minims, annually, the enormous
'await of the pour rates, and the Chancellor of the liitche-
qucr compelled to break faith with the politic creditor, and
be knew it.— ( Load Motes Anis the Opposition)These --were
the effects of Toryism. Rut now the Noble Lord modestly
carne down, and asked them to place confidence in Ministers
could 'do it. Constitutional authority the exist-

--they could sum •.
ing adosini.trasion never could acquire in this country—a
enajoriiy of the Honse might bestow on therm power, and
armed forces, and the means of coercing the people, but
nialsorityr, issfleence, founded use an opinion of talent and wis-
dom, it vie not possible to invest thews with. He contended
that the Noble Lord had made out no case for the introdetc•
tioss of measures which were to chasm, the laws of England
for ever—(l'iOierfne)--asist to punish all England fur the
sins of two counties. He was persuaded that all the disoreless
of the meeting at Maschester originated with the arrest of
Mr. Hunt, ■nd that were it not for that onfortnnate pro-
ceeding, it would have passed over in perfect 'moveably.
He wished to know from the Noble Lord, whether the
letter of Mr. Hay in the Papers was the &women, on which
Ministersa had advised the letter of thanks? If it wan, he
said that m were there mess more branded with guilt
in the face of the country than they were.—(Elee►s)—
But lie could not but persuade himself that it hail been fol.
lowed by some exculpatory or justificatory communication
to Ministers; and until that bad bean laid before the "loose,
he could not, its justice to the country, sanction their plans.
He said that the Manchester business was that which ulti-
mately weight hem investigation in the cosintry.—(Hear )
He contended that in agreeing to the measures proposed,
the Horse was hound to say that a case had been made out
by the papers, fur enacting laws permanently affecting the
condition and impairing the constitutional rights of forty-
seven unoffendiug counties. 'Else Right H able Gee.
Reiman then commented on the severe and impolitic
tendency of the new taxes, !particularly that on wool,
which bad done more than any other thing to alienate
the minds of the manufactiarese in Yorkshire; and when

they had been told in the Speech from the Throne, that
our commerce and manufactures were in • flourishing
condition, he thought that the Noble Lord (I:writes)
coming up from that part of the country must have stared
with astonishment. The Right Hono•rabk Gentleman,

after a variety of other ulmervations on the neotior, and in
reply to Lord Castlereagh, sat down amid warm and lung-
continued cheering from the Opposition.
The Gallery was then cleared, and the House divided—
the numbers were--

Against the Motion
to favour of it ISO

Majority 173
The House thee adjuunied at a quarter before TWO
O'CLOCK.