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to the effect that we did not -go to war sufficiently e
that we did not use that language to the Emperor of Ru as
which the right honourable gentleman would have put in • • w
our mouths—l believe the country would disapprove of any
such resolution. (Hear, bear.) lam quite sure that the lan-
guage which the right honourable gentleman would have bad
us use to the Emperor of Russia would have been totally
unsuited to the case. If we bad said to the Emperor of
Russia, " You have proposed to us the partition of Turkey,
but no such proposition will be allowed," he would have re-
plied that he had proposed no such thing ; he had only sug-
gested that there should be made some arrangement in the
case of the downfall of the Turkish empire. To such an an-
swer we could not have made any statement, as it would
have been in accordance with the proposal he had made. I
therefore again submit to this house that we ask them to
agree to this vote on the ground, not that we have taken the
first opportunity of making war, but that we have exhausted
every endeavour to avoid war—(hear)—that we have came
before this house with the wish to restore peace as soon as
peace can be made consistently with the character and the
interests of this country—that we have weighed the great
power of Russia in any contest that we may maintain with
her—that it has been with reluctance that we have engaged
in this contest, but that, having engaged in it, we feel our-
selves bound to give to Turkey every assistance in our power,
and that we will rely on the support of the nation in the
struggle in which we are engaged. (Cheers.)
Colonel SIBTHORP wanted to know who were to be our
allies in this war, as he had no confidence in France. He at-
tributed all the difficulty to the want of decision in the noble
Premier, and regretted that the noble lord the member for
Tiverton had not been at the head of the Foreign Depgrtment
instead of the Home-office, for then he was confident the
Emperor of Russia would not have dared to go the lengths he
had done. No sufficient explanation had been given why the
war had not been avoided ; but as we were at war, even at
his time of life, if her Majesty desired his humble services, he
was quite prepared to aid, as far as he could, in bringing that
war to a successful termination. (Hear, hear.)

The Address was thou put from the chair and agreed to
neat. con.
Lord J. RUSSELL—I have to ask your advice, sir, as to
the next question. I wish to move that this address be car-
ried up to her Majesty by the whole house. (Hear, hear.)
It is usual, I believe, to appoint a committee in such cases to
prepare the address, but I believe that course not to be ab-
solutely necessary, and if we could depart from it I would at
once move that the address be presented to her Majesty by the
whole house. _ _

The SPEAKER—The noble lord has correctly stated the
practice of the house. Whenever an address has been agreed
to by the house in answer to a message from the crown, it
has been usual to appoint a committee to draw up an address
in conformity with the resolution of the house, but when an
address from the house to the Crown has been taken up by a
privy councillor it has not been usual to appoint a committee
to draw it up, though the address presented by a privy coun-
cillor would be in the same form as an address presented by
the whole house. The form of the address, however, can as
Well be drawn up by the whole house as by a committee, and
if the noble lord will move that the address be presented to
her Majesty by the whole house, I am not aware of any objec-
tion to that course. (Hear, hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL--Then, sir, I win now move that the
address be presented to her Majesty by the whole house.
Mr. DISRAELI—I beg to second that motion. (Hear.)
The motion having been put and carried,
Lord J. RUSSELL said—l hope the house will agree to
meet on Monday at half-past two, when I am led to believe
I shall be in a position to convey to the house the command
of her Majesty, that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to
receive the address of this house shortly after that hour, viz.,
about three o'clock. (Hear.)
The motion that the house at its rising should adjourn to
Monday next was agreed to, and. it was ordered that the
house should meet at half-past two o'clock, for the purpose of
taking up the address.
The Registration of Bills of Sale Bill was read a second
time. _ .

The High Treason (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and
passed.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

Lord J. RUSSELL stated that on Monday, he proposed to
take the Bribery Bill, and the bill for the Trial of Election
Petitions, as the first business of the day.
The house then adjourned at one o'clock.

COTJNT.RY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31.

A fair attendance at this day's market. Prices not so
good as on Wednesday, but we were still 3d to 4d per
bushel for wheat, is 6d to 2s per barrel for flour, id per
bushel for oats, and is per load for oatmeal, dearer than
Tuesday; Indian corn is per qr. cheaper.