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London, England, 1846-01-22 00:00:00

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Do. Half Shares- -- - 3 . - 7 ,
1A IA 0 __74
Do. Exten. to Carlisle 14 34 3%
Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25
Ditto ditto
North Devon
North of Norfolk ..
Northern and Eastern... 50
Do. Scrip
Do. Quarter Shares... 12%
Do. New - ... ...... . 18
N. Kent & Direct Dover 234 — ......
North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 4 p 4 p
North Wales .. 3% — . 3%
North and South Wales
and Worcester . —
Northern and Southern
Connecting
Norwich and Brandon... 18
Ditto New
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham
Nottingham and Boston 2% — •• • • ......••••
Nottingm., Erewsh.Val-
ley, and Manchester... 2%
Nottingham and Mans-
field
Oxford, Gosport, Ports-
mouth, & Southamptn 425.
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham....
Perth and Inverness ... 2%
..... _
Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ~ —
Portsmouth Direct 3% 514 43/
Preston and Wyre
Do. % Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Richmond lO
Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester ..
Rugby and Huntingdon 2
Rugby, Leamington,and
Warwick
Rugby, Warwick. and
Worcester... h.. . ... ...... 8. - -
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 5
Do. Extension N..— ...... .... ...
Sheffield & Manchester 100
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
,
Shrewsbury and Birm... 21,4.... .4% •••• •• • - Ail"
Shropshire Mineral 425.......
Shropshire Union
Shrewsbury & Hereford 2%...... .. • ....... -••—
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
&S. Staffordah. June,. 21
Sligo and Shannon 1
Somersetshire Midland 25
South Devon
South Midland 42s. - 3 p
South & Midlands Juno. 425. - „
South StaffordshireJunc. 21,E
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d...
Do., No. 1
Do., No. 2.
Do~ No. 3
Do., Ne. 4
Soutampton, Manches-
ter. & Oxford Junction 425. .... •
St. Alban's, Hatfield, and
Hertford Junction ... 425.
Staines and Richmond... 1
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 23A
South Wales ..... -•... ... 2% 3% 33/4
Taw Vale Extension ...
Tea.n and Dove Valley 1%
Trent Valley
Trent. Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke
Ulverstone and Furness 21/2..».. .... _
Vale of Neath
Warwick & Cheltenham 1%
Warwick and Worcester 425.
Waterford and Kilkenny 4
Waterford and Limerick 754
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
11, aterford, Wexford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley 2
Welch Midland -
West Cornwall 2 ...
West Yorkshire
WestLondon,Old Shares 20
West End and Southern
Counties
Wexford and Carlow ... 2 h
Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2
Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton
Wilts, Somerset,& Wey-
mouth .. ... ..... 254 33/4 33/4
Worcester,Hereford,Ross,
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. . .. ,
and Gloucester 42s. ~.
Worcester, Tinbury, and
Ludlow 23/4 __
Worcester and S. Wales 425.
Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
Ditto, New 2O
York and Carlisle
York and Lancaster 2 4
-
York and North Midland 50
Ditto 1/2 Shares 25
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Selby 3O
Do. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian 4
Barbadoes 1
Boulogne and Amiens... 10 ...... 121/06.. ...
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux,Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... 2
Do. (Espelete's)
Calais, Dunkrk, and West
Flanders
Calcutta and Diamond

Harbour .... 7s.
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast —
Central of Spain ...
Ceylon
Demerara 2% ...... .... —
Dendre Valley ....... ..
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 ... ..
Dutch Rhenish .. 5
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% — —
Fampoux & Hazebroak 4
Great North. of France
Constituted •
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Paris and Lyons 2
Great Western Bengal... ss. % 1% 1
Great Western Canada... 3 ......
Italian and Austrian 3
Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1
Jamaica North Midland 1
Do. Extension 1
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... .
Lyons and Avignon
Luxembourg.
Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ...
Mauritius
Namur and Liege
North Jamaica... ..... .... 1 - •• •II• .0 ...... ....
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 11%. ll%
Over Yssel
Paris teLyons(Laffitte's) 1
Paris and Lyons (Gan-
neron's)
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ......
Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen
Paris and
.Strasbourg _

(Ganneron's) - 2
Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2
Do (Avmard's) - ••• ••• • • • •••••• -
Paris andSt.Quentin
Rotten and Havre ...... 16
ltoyalNortb. of Spam ... 2 - ... . ,
Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 .... 6 67i 5%
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
St. Laurence & Atlantic
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt....... 4
Tours and Nantes (Mac-
kenzie's) ..•
Do. do. (Lefebvre's' 2
Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 ...... • •••
Trinidad
Verona and Ancona... 2
West Flanders .. 4

that an answer had been . received, which he would I
read. [This merely stated that he (Mr. Parker) could
not attend the meeting.] He went to the office
of the Company, and he then found two other gentlemen
who were ready to enter on their duties. But neither Mr.
Parker or any other member of the Committee was
present. He then wrote to Mr. Parker, stating
that he had attended, and would require to see
all the accounts. [The Learned Chairman continued
to read several letters between him and Mr. Parker, the
substance of which was, that Mr. Parker would not-accede
to his wishes in affording him an opportunity of investigating
the accounts. He now had placed befori them all that passed,
and he thought they must all agree with him that more
unworthy attempts to evade the object of that Committee
were never made, and could scarcely be conceived.]—(Hear,
hear.); To come to the conclusion that, because one member
of the Committee had been called to the office that therefore
the matter was settled, was indeed an appeal to their in
firmity, and was perfectly in unison with the
conviction he had entertained that the affairs of
the Company had been mismanaged. The law on
railways was now clearly elucidated, and that was,
that a committee were answerable to the shareholders.
—(Hear.) The opinion had been also taken of some of the
must eminent law and equity barristers, and that opinion
was not less unequivocal than the opinion of the judge,
delivered recently on a case that involved the question.
They had also given their opinion as regarded allottees of
shares. They said, that persons who applied for shares,
and had agreed to pay their deposits, were liable,
provided that the scheme was a bond fide one.
Moreover, that the provisional committee could not
demand more from the allottees who had paid their
deposits thaw 10 per cent. for expenses. It was also clearly
laid down that when a company had failed, and that when a
great number of the committee had not paid their money,
being more anxious for obtaining premiums for their
shares than for the success of the undertaking, that
they would be liable for the whole amount. That
Company had asked them for 17s. 6d. per share, which
was more than, under the circumstances, they had a right
to demand. He would propose that they. should give their
deposits into the hands of the Protectionist Society, which,
for five shillings a share, would try the matter with the
provisional committee. He would conclude by proposing a
series of resolutions. (These were deprecating the conduct
of the provisional committee, and embodying the views of
the chairman.)
The resolutions were proposed and seconded, and an
amendment also proposed and seconded, which gave rise to
an angry and desultory discussion, -Which terminated in the
Chairman vacating the chair.
The meeting then separated, without either amendment or
resolution being submitted.

sanguinary nature, and one which hasr been characterised
by great barbarities on both sides. The result has
been a great interruption to commerce and trade, and
considerable inconvenience not only to her Ma-
jesty's subjects in this country, but also to merchants
of all the world. It ought, therefore, to become, for
every reason, desirable to terminate it. France, in con-
junction with this country. has determined, and we have
every reason to hope, as the Gosernments of both coun-
tries are perfectly disinterested, and have no ob-
ject of their own, or any desire to interfere with
their internal relations, that their desire to establish
independence clay be successful. I also hope, my Lords,
the freedom of commerce may be restored, and that
there may be no obstacles in establishing it on a firmer
basis. Your Lordships are aware that, in the course of
the last year, a convention was agreed upon between this
country and France to restrain the slave trade, and your
Lordships will be glad to learn that it has been brought
into immediate execution by the active co-operation of
both parties. Feeling
it as I do upon the sub-
ject of the slave trade, may be comparatively easy
for me to dilate upon the horrors attending it ; but, as I
know your Lordships do not require to be roused, and as
I keow every information has been afforded on that
subject, I shall refrain from doing it. Neither do I
feel it necessary to enter into any historical account
of the efforts that have been made by this country to
abolish the slave trade. It was at one time considered
that this country could not devote so much attention to
the subject, and that we ought to assert our own mari-
time rights, but I am glad to hear that so ardent
a desire now prevails to abolish this obnoxious traffic.
But, my Lords, notwithstanding this, the feeling still
exists, and, .therefore, it must be satisfactory to know
that France is now, for the first time. actively co-
operating wi hus for the suppression of this trade. My
Lords, we must all join in that wish which has been ex-
pressed by her Majesty, that the cor-
dial understanding which subsists between her
Majesty and her powerful allies may continue
and we may also hope that the statesmen of both nations
will seek not to rival one another, but be actuated by
no other motive than that of benefiting mankind. It
may be said that we have purchased this co operation
rather dearly by the sacrifice of the right of search,
which has hitherto been held as essential to the real
carrying out any treaty for the suppression of the
slave trade. But when I know that the French Govern-
ment are assailed upon this point for having given way,
and that they are accused of having established a new
right of search, as prejudicial as the former one, the
conclusion I have announced is the only one to which I
could come. For myself, I believe that a
practical method has been discovered for putting
an end to the traffic in slaves. It must be
a subject of congratulation to your Lordships
that the negotiations have been entrusted to the hands
of two men—the Duke de Broglie and Dr. Lushington—
so ably calculated for the purpose. We cannot ,hope
for an immediate suppression of the slave trade, but we
may expect that, by the vigilance of the united
cruisers of France and Great Britain, an effectual
check may be put to this dreadful traffic. My Lords, I
now proceed to that part of her Majesty's speech re-
specting our relations with the United States of
America. Yeur Lordships will, I am sure, cordially
join in the regret expressed by her Majesty that the
conflicting claims which exist remain unsettled, and
I am sure you will cordially approve of the
steps which her Majesty may take to bring
to an amicable conclusion the differences which exist.
Speaking a common language, and of a common origin,
I hope the negotiations will be attended with complete
success. The progress of the negotiations may be at-
tended with disadvantages, but they will be, I have no
doubt, ultimately overcome. My Lords, a Noble Lord
has carried on a successful negotiation on a former occa-
sion, and I have no doubt but a, similar successful
termination will be come to on the subject which
at present threatens the peace of this country. My
Lords, permit me to express my confidence that in his
hands it will be brought to an amicable conclusion. I now
come to that part of her Majesty's Speech which an-
nounces that some increase in the estimates of the army
and navy are necessary ; and in doing so, permit me to
say that it is necessary that such should take place to
protect the increasing and widely extended commerce
of this great country. Such will be necessary for
the protection of our commerce, and will
be required to guard also the interests of the
national honour wherever it may be endangered.
I now come to the next part of her Majesty's Speech, in
which her Majesty calls upon Parliament to take such
measures, in the present state of many districts in Ire-
land, as may be efficient to meet the exigencies of the
case. Her Majesty regrets that she should be compelled
to allude to such a painful subject, but the
state of matters are such as to ask your assistance for
securing a measure to meet the evil complained
of. Your Lordships will have observed in the
public journals, as well as we have learned from
other sources of information, the necessary reports in
reference to this matter, to which it will not be necessary
for me to do more than allude to ; and from those, I am
sure, and feel confident, that you will sympathise with
her Majesty in reference to this state of things ; and I
also feel certain that you will take her Majesty's recom-
mendation into your most serious consideration, with
the object of deciding upon such measure as will effect
a settlement of this state of things, and bring
about the happiness and security of this country, giving
our fellow subjects there an efficient remedy. Her Ma-
jesty has also brought under your notice the disease that
has affected the potato crop ; and on that subject I am
sure your Lordships will share with her in the anxiety
on account of the great failure that has taken
place in that, which has become an important
nece-sary in life. Failures in the potato crops have
been known before, but never one so fatal nor so exten-
sive in its operations. It not only visited this country,
but also other countries; and is not only more destruc-
tive than any former visitation of the kind, but also dif-
ferent in its nature. No part of the country has been
excepted, but England and Scotland are not so far
affected as some other countries of Europe. I must say,
however, that had England and Scotland alone
been visited, perhaps we could have proceeded,
trusting to the known industry and character of
the people—to have met it by ordinary means, but the
state of Ireland was such—the ravages of the disease in
that country had been so great, as shown by the ac-
counts received from there, as to show that some extra-
ordinary remedy was necessary to meet the evil. Your
Lordships knowing these disastrous state of things, will
lam sure feel deeply gratified that her Majesty, with
her usual care for the welfare of her people, has suggested
measures to mitigate the evil, which her Majesty, in the
emergency has gone to the full extent of the powers of
the Crown us order to do so. I feel confident that you
will cheerfully co-operate in carrying forward the good
work, so as to provide a remedy not only to avert the
present evil, but also to provide fur any future seasons of
scarcity that may arise.

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move tbit the oatirof suprAnaey—tliat absurd oath--L-
-should he abolished, so far as it affected her Majesty,
her heirs and successors, as well as her subjects.
The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Gentleman should
be aware that no notice of motion could be given for a
later day than the sth of April.— (Laughter.)
Sir VALENTINE BLAKE—Then I will give notice
for the sth of February.—(More laughter.)
The SPEAKER—That is anoCier motion, and it is
impossible to give two motions on the same subject.
DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUMS.

Sir C.ICAIIEft gave notice that he should on Thurs-
day, the 19th, move for a Committee to inquire into the
subject of district lunatic asylums.
ORT TIME BILL.

..„ . _
Lord ASHLEY gave notice that he should upon some
future day, bring i❑ a Bill to reduce the time of labour
in factories ; also, that upon some future day he should
bring under the consideration of the House the state of
the juvenile population of some parts of London and
Southwark.

THE SIIIP ECLAIR.
'Dr. BOWRING gave notice that to-morrow lie should
move for copies of the correspondence upon the subject of
the epidemic in the .hip Eclair; also for copies of the cor-
respondence relative to the house of Keys, in the Isle of
Man ; also to confirm the resolutions of tl.e Committee
upon colonial matters.

ail ftccident with which merit bad nothing to do, that I
was made the minister for the dispensation of consider-
able wealth among the population of that district.
There was; consequently, a great opportunity afforded
me of largely directing the energies of those around
me, and as the dispenser of the wealth which had been
confided to me, and without any merit of mine,
I became intimately acquainted with their state and
condition, and I observed that when the rumours of a
difference with the United States was spread, and the
commercial relations of the country were likely to be
disturbed, and the employment of the people grew defi-
cient, that the provisions always became dearer,
and the people were more than proportionately
distressed. When trade again revived in the follow-
ing year the people were relieved, the price of
provisions dec-hused, and when the reaction had fully
taken place it terminated invariably in an increase
of the enjoyment and the happiness of all the inhabitants
of the district, and in what might be called their per-
Manent relief. W'hrn changes again occurred, I found
that the difficulty was renewed, and the people again in
distress. After that there were labourers enough to be
had, but the difficulty thee was to find labourers fit to do
the work. I see, then, that this evil can only be recti-
fied by Parliament; and if I were to describe the matter
in the words and on the authority of one far more
competent to form an opinion than I am, and who,
from his residence in Manchester and its neighbourhood,
is far more competent to give and opinion than I am—and
I find from his report that at the end of 1841, when
trade was beginning to revive, the business, as it in-
creased, also produced a beneficial effect cn the state of
the people, and that as it progressed both the labourers
and the manufacturers, and especially the spinners, all im-
proved in their position, and a general plenty prevailei.
But the main cause of this distress, whatever opinions
other people may form upon the subject, has had its
origin in a deficient harvest and the fiti'ure of the
potato crop, and taken in connexion with the circua.-
stance that this catastrophe has been generally
felt abroad, so that it has been almost an impossibility
to obtain any supplies from thence. I ask any person
who is connected with the manufacturing districts,
if their thoughts did not involuntarily recur to
those seasons of high price and distress which, I
hope, will not again return in this country ?
It men's hearts did not fail them for fear of the prospect
of anything like high prices recurring again. But, I
may be told, and fairly told, that the abundance of
which I speak, and which has, in some mea-
sure, contended against the evil of that time—
that these restrictive laws which I propose to con-
sider had no effect in continuing these high prices.
Others again will contend that abundance has been the
consequence of these laws. Now, whatever change of
opinion I may have undergone, I have no right to ques
tion the sagacity, or still less the sincerity of those
who continue to entertain this supposition. But my
observation is, that if you, as a Government, undertake
to control the supply of subsistence for the people—
(Hear, hear)—if you attempt to spread the people's
table with whatever profusion you will, still you will
find it impossible to satisfy the masses of the people, but
rather you will send them away with appetites unsatisfied.
The present abundance; you may call sufficient, but no
man can pronounce it to be excessive, as, after all, it is
only a matter of comparison, and it is an assumption
equally dangerous and hazardous to the landed proprietors
and to the protectionists.—(" Hear," from the Opposition.)
I am not of opinion that we should be so dependent
upon foreign countries, as some Hon. Gentlemen would
imagine. I have no fear that we shall be at the mercy
of foreign states. I am not afraid of any such
danger, nor indeed can I see any grounds for such a
fear. History tells me that no such danger will follow.
History tells me that when Napoleon was in the plenitude
of his power no such danger threatened, though at that
period there was much more grounds for such a result.
—(hear, hear.) In the year 1810 there was a scarcity
of corn, and the quantity imported into this country
was 1,600,000 quarters, and of this amount there
came from France 500,000 quarters. I well know that
a certain Marshal, who was raised to that dignity by
Napoleon, and he was one who benefited largely by the
smuggling of that commodity; and this would be found
to be the case again if anything like a war should arise.
I wish I could rely on you that you would without com-
plaint pay some penalty- for haVing maintained a system
has been so repugnant to public opinion ; but I
am consoled by feeling that there has beet)
a period in this country in which temporary
causes would create so many opportunities and so large
means to absorb the temporary and local superfluity of
labour, as the great public works in progress in this
country represent.—(Hear, hear.) If I look
again to extensions of our foreign relations,
there has seldom been a period which
presented a greater prospect of more extended
intercourse between this and foreign countries. Never
was it more necessary to preserve peaca and good-will,
and prevent the effects of mutual animosities between
this and other countries.—(Hear, hear.) In considera-
tion of these questions, the labouring classes should be
foremost in the minds of the Members of the Legislature,
but if I look higher, I believe there is no class in this
country who will leap greater advantage froui a just
settlement of this much-agitated question than the ma-
nufactures of food.—(Cheers.) Whatever may be the
opinions of Hon. Members, I believe that their remunera
tion would be ample in removal of the dissension which at
present agitate our country.—(Cheers.) I cannot con-
template this subject without the greatest solemnity of
feeling. This brings me to a part of the subject which
it is difficult for me to enter upon without perhaps, in
peculiar circumstances, incurring the suspicion of many
Honourable Members ; and tha; reason alone
would be sufficient to me to induce me to
refrain from originating any difference of opinion in the
House on this occasion, for I hope that the House will
be, at least, unanimous in replying to the Speech from
-the Throne. I hope, I say, that I shall not introduce
any topic which shall degenerate into an angry
discussion. And, fortunately, it is not' ne-
cessary for me to do so on this occasion ;
and I ask, what have you to expect from such proceed.
ings? Think you that they will improve the condition
of the country ?—or do you suppose that bribery and
chicanery will do more for us than imgenuity and expe-
rience? It was a warfare most unwise, from which
nothing but a disastrous result can come, and which,
should it come, as come it will, if this warfare is con-
tinued, will only rend and convulse the country from
one end to the other, and give our common enemies an
opportunity of stepping in and invading the
land. —(heer, hear, and cheers.) These, in my opinion,
are well worthy of the attention of Parliament
and this House, and I trust they will receive
that full, deliberate, and dispassionate investigation
which their importance deserve. Such a step as this
would put an end to the dangerous and useless dis-
cussions which are taking place out of doors—
which, if continued, I must be allowed to say, without
evincing any unbecoming or disrespectful feeling for the
manufacturing body, whose good opinion I am always
desirous of maintaining, will cover the face of the nation
with waters that will ultimately flow back, and leave our
great national landmarks uninjured and untouched.
I doubt whether this would be the case with your
abodes of peaceful industry. There is this difference
between your machinery and that which comes fresh
from its great Creator.—(Cheers.) The trade of agita-
tion is not a very mysterious one—it is not of
difficult acquirement, and unfortunately it re-
' commends itself to the popular taste.—(Cheers.)
I can imagine no' better tutor in that school
' than a man of liberal education, of ruined means, of
no principle, whose senses of real or imaginary wrongs;
whose sense of fallen fortunes makes him a fitting leader
for this agitation in the manufacturing districts. Such a
man choosing his time is certain to become popular.
Such a man choosing his time must create the
greatest confusion throughout the country ; and
I with others dread this system of agitation
It is directly opposed to our whole social system, and if
we look to the views which they inculcate, if we lcok to
the purpose which they are intended to promote, if we
look to the individuals who give their leisure to such
agitation, who move air, earth, and water to compass
their ends, surely we would be performing our duty by
ridding the country of a law which leads to so
much contention.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, it is with these
views that I have endeavoured to express my concurrence
in the propositions contained in her Majesty's Speech,
and thus it is that I have undertaken the office which 1
have so inadequately performed. I will not further
trench on the patience of the House by referring to the
other topics contained in the Speech ; I believe that they
involve nothing which can lead to any serious
discussion in this House, and I believe I will best
discharge my duty by at once moving the Address.
The Noble Lord concluded by moving the Address,
which was, as usual, an echo to the Speech.
Mr. B. DENISON then rose and said—Sir, I hope the
House will not think me guilty of great presumption in
rising to second the Address which has been moved by
the Noble Lord the Member for South Lancashire. The
only apology I can offer for presuming to occupy the
attention of the House on the present occasion is
that, in consequence of the lamented decease of a'
Noble Lord who recently filled the office of
President of the Council, I am the sing
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tuency have evinced the greatest anxiety to have the
nature of the measures which her Majesty's Ministers
intend to propose fur the prosperity of this kingdom,
and that they await with great interest the develope-
ment of those measures.—(Hear, hear.) In
her Majesty's Speech from the throne, she states
that she continues to receive assurances from all
Foreign Powers, of the continuance of friendly and
cordial feelings. With regard to the conduct of the
Emperor of Russia, and the King of the French, I
must say, that this kingdom is under great
obligations to those monarchs for the part
they have taken in preserving the peace of
the world; for I would take the liberty of asking what
could more effeetually arrest the prosperity of this
great nation than a bloody and expensive war ?
—(Hear, hear.) The King of the French has
entered into an alliance with our gracious Sovereign for
the suppression of the horrid slave trade. But not-
withstanding their friendly assurances we cannot have
failed to observe that some danger threatens us from
the western hemisphere. I trust that nothing
will be left undone by this country, to prevent a breach
of the present friendly feeling with America, for no
doubt the whole would suffer by such a breach ; and it
is my opinion, and I trust the opinion of this House,
thet we are bound to use every effort to prevent a bre°-'
with our Western relations.—(Hear, hear.)
taining those views. I think her I+l- • , enter-
( ...A.ajesty'a Ministers