The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-28 00:00:00

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questionably it would, even though a committee were
appointed, he should feel it to be his duty to press the bill
through their lordships' house. (Hear, hear.) But he
trusted their lordships would not agree to the proposition
of the noble earl. At all events, he, on the part of the
Government, assured their lordships and the country that
they had not the slightest intention of wavering or hesi-
tating an instant with regard to the wisdom, the justice,
or th policy of this tax. (Cheers.)
The Earl of DERBY said that he had no desire to enter
on that occasion upon the subject which had been so ably
brought before their lordships by his noble friend. But
there were some observations of the noble earl opposite
which he could not allow to pass without remark. The
course pursued by the noble earl reminded him of what
Lord Althorp, then a member of Earl Grey's Government,
said on one occasion in reference to a measure then under
discussion. When Lord Althorp was pressed on the sub-
ject he said he would abide by the decision of the Cabinet,
that he knew good reasons for the measure, but he was
unable to state them, and upon that he asked for the sup-
port of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear, and a
laugh.) Whether their lordships had so much confidence
in the noble earl as the noble lord demanded in the
House of Commons, he did not know, but his speech was
of the same kind, for the noble earl did not attempt to
grapple with the manifest injustice and impracticability of
the measure as exposed by his noble friend, but content ed
himself by saying that the Government were satisfied of
the justice of the measure, that they would not waver a
single instant, that they would not allow inquiry or con-
sultation, but that it must be passed right or wrong.
(Hear, hear.) The noble earl said that they might inquire
if they pleased, but that he could not wait for the result
of that inquiry, and that both houses of Parliament might
blindly pass the measure. He (the Earl of Derby) hardly
thought that this was the line of argument which a
Prime Minister of England should adopt. (Hear, hear.)
The noble earl said that this was a subject which pecu-
liarly belonged to the province of the House of Commons.
But he (Lord Derby) had yet to learn that their lordships'
house were bound to register the decrees of the House of
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Earl of Derby) did not know whether he objected to it,
because it was made too early or too late. The noble earl
said that if this was a new Legislative proposition with
which they were unfamiliar, there might be some reason
for an inquiry. But, said the noble earl, this measure had
been fully explained five or six weeks ago in the House of
Commons, and the resolutions had been agreed to without