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Parliament to measures of an important character arising

under the particular circumstances of the country.
He might depend on the expressions that were
made use of before the last election, that there

was a general desire on the part of Hon. Gentlemen op-
posite to give a fair opportunity of considering those
measures. It was for the public benefit that such an op-
portunity should be given on the earliest possible occa-
sion, when the opinion of her Majsty's Govern-
ment would be stated to Parliament. But, con-

sidering the great importance of the measures
to which he alluded, he was of opinion the interests of
the country would be best taken care of by allowing
a fair time to the new Government to maturely

consider the questions connected with the finan-
cial arrangements of the country. (Hear, hear.)
The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for a
copy of the correspondence between the architects of the
New Houses of Parliament and the Chancellor of the

Exchequer, relating to the ventilation and other arrange-

ments Of said llouses

Lord J. RUSSELL said, that with respect to the im-
mediate purposes for which the Right Hon. Gentle-
man had moved for those papers, he (Lord
J. Russell) was certainly not likely to differ
from any measures which might be proposed agreeably
to them. He had entire confidence in the course which

he conceived that the Right Hon. Baronet might
think fit to adopt on that score. With respect to any 1
apparatus that might be required for the end aimed at,
he had no doubt that the Treasury—especially the
Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, would take care not to leave that
unattended to. Of course, with respect to the estimates,
to the voting of which he as well as the Members of the
late Government were a party, he would not offer any
opposition to the granting of them. He (Lord J. Russell)
should think it his duty to take an opportunity
to-morrow, before the House went into Committee of Sup-
ply, to state the view which he took of the present state of
public affairs. He did not think that it would be conveni-
ent now that he should enter into those considerations. The
1
course whit . proposed to take before the House would
go into C ttee of Supply was consistent with the
practice o House. He regretted the Right Hon.
Gentleman's statement with respect to his intentions
of not proposing any measure of importance in the
present Session of Parliament. He did not say that
during the last ten days, in which the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman was occupied, agreeably to the power vested in
him by her Majesty, in forming an Administration, the
Right Honourable Gentleman could have paid any at-
tention to those important measures; but, considering the
leng.h of time which had elapsed since measures on
those important subjects were proposed by the late Go-
vernment—considering the present state of the country,
he must say, that in his opinion the Government ought at
once to lay before Parliament the measures it intended to
propose. He (Lord J. Russell) inferred from the Right
Hon. Gentleman's statement, that his intention was,
having obtained the necessary supplies—having made
temporary provision for the public credit, and having re-
newed the Poor-law to July next, the House of
Commons should not again meet till the ordinary
time at the commencement of the year.—(Hear.)
He considered that course not advisable in the
present state of the country, and as the Right Hon.
Gentleman had said the House of Commons ought
not to attend to questions of personal convenience
when matters of public- importance were to be
attended to, he would not now enter further into
those matters. He would only say that he would state his
opinions on those two questions to-morrow; and he
might be allowed to add, that it was by no means his
wish to embarrass whatever course the Right Hon. Ba-
ronet might think proper to adopt.
The motion was then agreed to.
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.

Dr. BOWRING said that he had given notice of his
intention to move for certain returns relative
to the commercial regulations of other countries with re-
spect to our own ; but, as he understood that some
progress had been made in preparing those returns,
if the Right Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the
Board of Trade (Mr. Gladstone) would inform him that
they should be presented to the House, he should be
glad to leave the matter in his hands. At the same time
he would suggest a regulation which would be of great
advantage, namely, that, from time to time, the changes
:rade in commercial regulations should be reported to
the House.—(Hear, hear.).. . . _

Mr. GLAbSTONE said that in the month of June
last the Right Hon. Gentleman, the late Vice-Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, had announced to the
House that one of the Secretaries of the Board
had bestowed great labour in collecting information
respecting the tariffs and customs of foreign countries,
and he had also stated that when that information was
obtained it should be laid on the table of the House. The
Noble Lord (Earl Ripon) at the head of the Board of Trade
entirely approved of that intention of his predecessor,
and Mr. M‘Gregor had received instructions to proceed
with the preparation of that inforn ation.—(Cries
of " Hear, hear.") The House must be aware that
this was a work of rery considerable difficulty, and
one requiring great accuracy, but it should be put in
hand immediately, and as soon as it could be pre-
pared it should be laid on the table of the House.
He (Mr. Gladstone) also entirely concurred in
the suggestion which the Hon. Gentleman had
made, that arrangements should be made with Govern-
ments abroad to obtain information respecting the
changes in their commercial regulations.— (Hear.)