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the general policy of the Gov. rnment., and it justified one ex-
press on of the amendment, not that the Government had lost
the confidence of the House, for, as his Noble Friend at the
heal of the Government had very good-humouredly said, " the
expression ought to be they never had it. "—(1 aughtcr.) Rut
they hats lost the confidence of the country.—( Cheers from the
Opposition.) His Noble Friends could not say that the voice
of the country was net expressed in the last elections. If they
said that, they must come round to his view of the Reform
Bill, and admit that it did not give a sufficient repreSentation
of the people. Neither should it be said that those observa-
tions of his were formed upon the result of the elections, and
that he was wise after the fact ; for, on the 21st of June last,
at that table, in the place which he then stood, he said that
the result of the elections could not be taken as any test of the
opinions or wishes of the people. He had stated already, that,
in a constitutional point of view, he protested against the
course of those who advised the Crown to the dissolution.—
(Cheers.) He thought that, after that dissolution and the re-
sults of the elections, it was the duty of his Noble Friends to
have no longer remained in office.—( Loud cheers.) He
only attributed to them an error of judgment, for
they only subjected themselves to the imputation of cling-
ing to place when power had departed from them.—( Cheers. )
So it had been two years ago his painful duty to animad-
vert upon their conduct in returning to office, after they had
lost the confidence of the other House, whereby they took
upon themselves responsibility without power : the power re-
siding in their Lordships, and in the majority of the other
House.—( Cheers.) He believed their remaining in office so
long under such circumstances was the main cause of their
losing the confidence of the people.—( Cheers. ) Their doing
so was doubtless an error of judgment, for, not to say his
Noble Friends, but no men in such circumstances, could have felt
office other than a burthen —(Cheers and laughter.) 'I he
course which they chose, led to this important result, that
they had the important duty of advising the Queen, on the
most important acts of the Crown during the Session—the
opening Speech.—(Cheers.) That Speech, however, was the
Speech of the Ministera—,and in this I, differed from his
Noble Friend opposite, who thought that the Speech ought not
to be opposed—ought not to be censured or disrespectfully
commented on ; for he believed the Speech fro:*: the Throne
to be in reality the Speech of the Ministers, and as such to
be dealt with with all the freedom with which any act of
the servants of the Crown is to be dealt with.
It might be such a speech as was fitting to deliver to a Parlia-
ment, and therefore he always had held that it was a thing to
be avoided—the rejection of the Address by either House of
Parliament. Such was the result of the Ministry remaining in
office after the result of the elections had been known. With
a knowledge of that result by which the fate of the Address
might be as absolutely shown as any event which had yet to
take place, they had prepared a speech which they knew must
Le rejected by both Houses of Parliament. If, indeed, it could
be said, as had been good-humouredly remarked by his Noble
Friend, that until men took their seats in Parliament, there
was no knowing how they would vote; but, unhappily " lttera
scrip a manet," and they had from another Noble Lord, a Mem-
ber of the Government, that he had no measure of doubt that
there would be an overwhelming majority against them. It
appeared to him that his Noble Friends could have stated in
their places—have entered on the journals of the House their
opinions upon these matters—certainly in a much more formal
shape than that in which they had chosen to put them.—
( Hear, hear, hear.') He did not wish to allow
the present opportunity to pass without saying a word upon
the elections. It was typainiul subject, which was hardly ever
absent from his mind, the consideration of the unprecedented
extent to which corruption in every form—( Hear, hear)—in
every the most repulsive shape, had been practised all over the
country—( Hear, hear)—bribery without stint, and he believed
to an extent unparalleled, influence and intimidation almost
unprecedented—violence, turbulence, tl reats, actual personal
outrages, by imprisonment, by wounding, by murder, in some
cases—these were the pictures presented to them,
nut merely by the reports of eye-witnesses, and in the
addresses of disappointed candidates ;—not merely by per-
sons who had privately, and with a view to the ends of jus-
tice and the furtherance of sound legislation, made these repre-
sentations, but actually in the records of their courts of justice
they had seen, not only the bribery and intimidation, and actual
violence, amounting to most hideous outrages. but they had seen
that these practices—arid he stated the fact plainly—had been,
without any exception of party, common to both the great par-
ties who had contested these elections. He could state to
their Lordships just as bad cases from one side as the other; but
he would not detain them at that late hour. Of this he was
certain, that unless Parliament interposed—unless inqu ry was
instituted—then both the great parties, who divided the House
and the country, must make up their minds to share in the
blame of protecting and screening by refusing to punish.
Their Lordships had great power, and if they instituted an in-
:juiry into these malpractices, with no view to punish or
unseat Members, but with a view to future legislation,
not only would their character rise high in the country, but
the result. would be some useful and efficacious remedy for
these enormous evils.---( Hear, hear.) One remedy was in
the hands of all; and which without legislation, everyman could
have his share in. Bribery was much too lightly talked of, and
the old practice of paying so much a head was
too much practised, arid by that perjury was encour-
aged and sown, as it were, broadcast over the face
of the electoral body of the country. He begged to apologise
for detaining them so late. The carrying of the amendment,
of which no one could entertain any doubt, would make a
change of course in the Government of the country. He
could only say, that he did Lot join in those taunts which he
was rather surpri ed to hear tnrown out by his Noble Friends
near him, as to the probable course to be held by their succes-
sors. He hoped and trusted they would come over to him
( Lord Brougham.) Ile -would not taunt then, but would be
the first to hail their arrival.—( Cheers.) So far from feeling the
least disinclination, let them adopt these measures in the
smallest degree, and the smallest contribution would be
thankfully received.—( A laugh.) The larger the contri-
bution the greater the thankfulness. Instead of
considering that that would be a triumph over his
party, he would say, "do it and welcome, and you will have
our best support."— ( Hear, hear. )
The House then divided, when the numbers were—

For the Address
For the Amendment l6B
Majority —72.
Their Lordships, then atijourned, at Two &Clock, till Fri
day next.

MONEY and COM fIERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 24.—The business done in
the Cotton Market this day has been to a moderate extent ; the
sales amount to 2,500 bales. For export speculation w•e have had
nothing to report. Prices still remain as on Friday. The market
is rather quiet.

LIVERPOOL SHARE INLIFIKET, AUG. 24.—The following corn.
prise the transactions as reported at the close of the Stock Ex•
change to-da", viz., Eastern Counties Sh ; Grand Junction 201 ;
Shares 1001; Great Western 201 Shares 74 ; Liverpool
and Manchester if Shares 934; Midland Counties New Shares 191 ;
York and North Midland New 22.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Atm. 24.—The demand for
Share property puts on an improved appearance. London and
Birmingham, 156 f ex. div. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 21i ;
Manchester and Leeds, 57; Union Bank of Manchester, 6f ;
Bank of Stockport, 2 ; Union Plate Glass, 8; Manchester Ex.
change, S 6.

Ship letters have been received to.day from Berbice, Nassau
New Providence, New Orleans, Demerara, and Calcutta, bui
they are all of an old date.