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TIDE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lontion :
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY io.

That " All things should be judged of by com-
parison" is an old saying to which very few rational
beings will object, and by comparison we would
have calculated the present estimation in which the
Ministers of the Crown are held. In times past it
has been customary for the servile Echo of the
King's Speech, as moved by the parasitites of Mi-
nisters, to be passed nemine contradicente, or if a
division on some particular occasions have been in-
sisted on, the mover and seconder of the amended
Address have usually constituted the minority. On
Tuesday night last, to the eternal honour of every
man wko voted in it, it should be recorded, that the
minorities were, fur adjourning the debate 58, and
for Mr. Hume's amendment 89, leaving, in the
latter division, a majority of only 82 in favour of
those who, unfortunately for their country and for
humanity, are still permitted to hold the helm.
On Thursday night, Mr. Coke presented the
county of Norfolk Agricultural Petition, and sup-
ported it in a speech which will be read with de-
light by every one who would applaud the disse-
mination of truth in all situations, whether in the

presence of a misruled King or a grossly corrupt
House of Commons—but the language of Truth
was, and has long been " unparliamentary," and
the worthy veteran Member for the first agricultu-
ral county in the world very properly called to
order—the other Member for the same county would
perhaps, have been more cautious in his vatnitings,
had his worthy colleague been nearer his own age.
—On the terrific subject of the affairs of Ireland,
the House was next engaged—by the outline of the
measures projected by the Marquis of Londonderry,
we anticipate a renewal of the horrid scenes that
disgraced this country in the administration of the
Government of Ireland, while Lord Castlereagh did
his native land the honour of attending daily at
the exhibition in the Castle Yard. We shall, we
fear, again have a history of cruelties and to tures
inflicted o•t men of honesty, of honour, and of pro-
bity, on account of information given to Government
by spies as infamous as those favoured tools of the
late Secretary fur the Home Department, Castles,

o:iver, Fletcher, and Franklin; but will such
measures conciliate the Irish nation—will the noble
minded people of Ireland ever be rendered really
subject to England by means of the cat-of-nine-tails,
or the other instruments of torture, which were the
intimates of the Castle Yard regulations during the
rebellion P—to these questions we answer no ! and
we defy the most perfect casuist to controvert suc-
cessfully our opinion.—Let a people partake of bene-
fits through its Government and they will respect it
—even let them doubt whether they are most injured
or served by it, and they will be anxious

66 Rather to bear the ills they have
" Than ey to others that they know not of."

But suppose a nation solely, hearing of the laws
they are governed by when those laws are to
be placed in activity fur their injury—a nation
obliged to contribute to a race of clergy, existing
in a state of unbeneficial laziness, or absence,
and whose very Creed they hold as heretical,
and can it be expected that such a people so situate
will " Kiss the hand that's raised to shed its
blood ?" The system may triumph fur a shor
time—hut conciliation, emancipation, and a series of
acts of liberal concession, will be the only means
of securing the loyalty, the esteem, and the love of
the Irish nation. Such means are alien to the
wishes of the present Ministers, and that fact is an
additional incentive to the wish of every honest man
for their speedy removal.

In respect to general news, the French papers of
Wednesday are very barren, but are in no small
degree amusing in their reports of the proceedings
in the Chamber of Deputies. When the President
proceeded, according to form, to put the first pa-
ragraph of the law to the vote, the most extraor-
dinary scene followed. The following extracts will
furnish an example:—
M. Benjamin Constant.—We protest, in the faec of
France of which we are the representatives.
M. Demarcay.—We wilt vote.
M. Corcelles.—lt is an infamous law.
M. Keratry.—We will not be accomplices in the de-
struction of all our liberties.
Here the greatest disorder ensued in the Chamber:—
almost all the exit ern., left, rose wish a menacing air; toe
right, the centre, and the left centre, remaining passive.
M. De Gil al din.—Your majority has covered itself with
disgrace.
Souse members of the left aide addressed violent epos
trophes to the minister,.
M. Cassi 11l ir Perrier.— The ministers do not even deem
to explain.
M. De la Fayette.—We protest and we appeal from
this proceeding to the energy of the Foetid' people.
M De Grannuout —We all make the saine protesta-
tions.
A ft ightful tumult then arose ; the right side at fit at
mingled its cries with those of the left, but some of the
members induced them to become 'bent. The strong
•nice of the President could scarcely make a few accents
understood, amidst the unites sal noise which filled the
hall. The President finally put the question to the vote,
amidst the cries of Vine la Roi by the right side. Ti.e
extreme left, more and more agitated, took no part in the
*proceeding. New cries of Vine la Rui noose as the Pte-
indent announced the adoption of the paragraph.
M. De Granemont.—Proceed as you think proper; there
js nu luni,er a Chamber; vote also the rest of tne lan, if
ogre. able to )ou.
An amendment of M. Bonnet was next put to the vote,
and ass met by exclamations from the left of " We arc no
luau:mit Chamber." . .

Di Kesauy.—The Chamber is no more: the Chaster is
so saor• I

The President having entreated them to preserve sii.toce;
the discussion continued. be principal siwake re were M.
B. Ilart end Cussintir Petrier the later of wltutu closed his
speech with the follow Mg espressions:—'sWe have defends 4
with all our power the 1.5.4 rampart of public liberty, and
now that all our effort.. have failed he fore the vote of the
si 4,1..4, we are reduced to silence, and I. conduct m. rely
passive. We have nut thought raper to vote ; we coos
sidered that it was our duty t.ot to give the assistance of our
Cu-opetatton to • law vs hose only teudeuc) is to put power
into the hands of the Aristucracy."—(Lung shouts of
" Bravo" flow the left.

The discussion was adjourned, but we learn by an
express, that on Wednesday evening, at six o'clock,
the Chamber divided, when there appeared,
For the Low V34
Against it
To which minority are to be added 35 Members
who would not vote at all, which makes its real
number 198.

Her lute Majesty's Will, with three Codicils, was
proved in the Prerogative Court, Doctors' Com-
mons, on the 4:h instant, by Stephen Lushington,
L.L.D. one of the executors ; power being reserved
of making like grant to Thomas Wilde, Ebq. the
other exe':utor. The effects are sworn under 20
thousand pounds.
Some singular reports are in circulation with
respect to jewellery, to no less an amount than
64,0001., furnished by a well-known house, the ac-
count for which was recently submitted to Mr.
Herries, of the Treasury, as part of the Coronation
expencen,