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must give in to opposition, and give in to the means which
would be used instead of argument. His NoVe and
Learned Friend had objected to agitaton, but in the begin-
ning of his speech he had recommended it. :He would ask
how many years should they have been as they were
now if it had not been for agitation?—(Hear.) Agita-
tion had, however, been produced, and the Government
must yield to it, and if they did not do so woe
to them and woe to the country. His Noble and Learned
Friend had said that he did not believe that the
majority of the country was in favour of the
Anti-Corn-law League; but he believed that it was, awl
that the Government would be obliged to
_yield to it.
They would not, as his Noble and Learned Friend had
said, do anything illegal or uncor stitutional ; nor bad
they any intention of doing so.: their agitation was only
with the view of removing a law which was obnoxi
and injurious to them and to the country.
Lord BROUGHAM having offered a few words in
explanation,
The Earl of RADNOR was about to explain also, when
The Earl of SALISBURY rose to order.
The EArl of RADNOR then quoted the opinion of
the Noble Duke opposite in 1829, who had stated
that his views were not changed ; but then it was ne-
cessary to yield to the popular demand at that
time to avoid a civil war, which, he said,
of all wars that was the most horrible.—(Hear.)
He would, however, contend that it was not the object of
the Anti-Corn-law League to make votes for the people
to give in their suffrages expressly for the repeal of the
corn-laws, but in order to give efficacy to the promulga-
tion of their honest opinions.
The Duke of WELLINGTON trusted their Lord-
ships would allow him to explain, in answer to an ob-
servation which had been made by the Noble
Earl with respect to what he (the Noble Earl)
had reported him (the Duke of Wellington)
to have said in a speech delivered 17 years ago. If the
Noble Earl would be so kind as to look at the records of
the House he would see that he had not quoted his
words correctly. The words quoted by the Noble Earl
were neither the words nor the sentiments to which he
(the Duke of Wellington) had given utterance.
The Marquis of SALISBURY said, he always under-
stood that to conspire in any way, by manufacturing
votes, to change the established laws of the country
was an illegal act; but after the high legal opinion
which had been delivered on the subject he should be
silent on that head. The Noble Earl had been pleased

to apply terms to the preseat corn laws which bad cer-
tainly never before been heard in that House. He had
called that system of laws, the accursed corn-laws,
which, to say the least, was very unmeasured language.
The Noble Earl had also in speaking of the pressure from
without coercing the Government to rescind the corn-laws,
said that he himself would contribute to make that
pressure from without felt in the House. This was a
very strange doctrine for the Noble Earl to hold. He
(the Marquis of Salisbury) could not admit that there was
any prospect of famine ; neither could he allow that the
relaxation which had taken place with respect to com
merce had increased in any degree the prosperity of the
country.
The Duke of BEAUFORT observed that he must
protest against the extreme latitude of expression with
respect to commerce which had appeared in the Speech,
from the Throne. He thought that such expressions
would have a most prejudicial effect on the general in-
terests of the state.

THE LATE RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS.
The Duke of RICHMOND said he had no objection
to putting off, at the request of the Duke of
Wellington, the question why her Majesty's Ministers
had resigned office, and shortly afterwards resumed it,
until Monday next—more especially as he would then
have the opportunity of knowing what Sir R. Peel had
said in the other House on the subject
The Duke of WELLINGTON observed that the reason
why he asked the Noble Duke to put off his motion was be-
cause he might not have an opportunity of seeing her Ma-
jesty before then.
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES.
On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, the
Earl of Shaftesbury was for the thirty-third time elected
to fill the office of Chairman of Committees for the en-
suing session.
ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY.

The Earl of DELAWARR announced that her
Majesty would receive the Address of their Lordships'
House at half-past two o'clock on Saturday next.
The House then adjourned till one o'clock on
Saturday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Thursday, Jan. 22.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes to
Two o'clock.
Exactly at a quarter past two, at which time there were
about 150 Members present, the Usher of the Black Rod,
Sir Augustus Clifford, appeared at the bar of the House,
and summoned the Commons to attend the House of
Lords, in order to hear her Majesty's Speech read.
The Speaker, preceded by the mace-bearer, and fol-
lowed by a considerable portion of the Members, imme-
diately left the House, in obedience to her Majesty's
command.
In about ten minutes the Speaker returned, and hay-
icg read the Speech, the House adjourned till a quarter
to Four o'clock.

The House re-assembled at Four o'clock, and the
SPEAKER having taken the chair, the new Members for
Wigan, Windsor, Walsall, Southwark, Warwickshire,
Antrim County (Ireland), Woodstock, Hereford, and
Hertfordshire, took the oaths and their seats.
Upon the motion of Mr. YOUNG, a new writ was
moved for for the boroughs of Selkirk and Newark, and
also for the shire of Bute, in the room of the Hon. James
Stuart Wortley, who had accepted the office of her Ma-
jesty's Judge-Advocate-General,
Mr. TUFNELL moved for the issue of a new writ
for the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the room of the
Hon. Mr. Wortley, now Lord Wharncliffe. The Hon.
Member also moved for the issue of a new writ for the
city of Cork, in the room of Mr. Sergeant Murphy, who
had accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds;
and for the issue of a new writ for the borough of
Cashel; in the room of Dr. Stock, who had accepted the
stewardship of the :Intern Hundreds.
Writs were also moved for thedivision of East Sussex,
in the place of Mr. Darby, who had accepted a com-
raissionership in the service of her Majestyy and for
Midhurst, in the place of Sir Horace Seymour, who had
aeeepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds
Lard 3. RUSSELL gave a notice which was inaudible
Its the gallery.

RAILWAY BILLS.
Sir R. PEEL—I wish to give notice, Sir, that I shall,
on Monday next, move for the appointment of a Corn-
ttiittee of the whole House, with a view to ascertain the
course which the House shall pursue with respect to
the Bills which will be submitted during this session
for the malting of railways.
COMMERCIAL POLICY OF THE COUNTRY.
Sir R. PEEL—I also, Sir, beg to give notice that, on
Tuesday next, I shall move for the appointment of a
Committee to consider what should be the future com-
mercial policy of the country.
LEGACY DUTY.

Mr, MIME gate notice of a motion for a return, on
an early day, of the amount of legacy duty which had
been paid on personal property during the last year.
INTERMENT IN CITIES.
Mr. COLQUHOUN gave notice that be should shortly
more for a Committee of Inquiry, similar to that which
he had endeavoured to obtain during the last session, for
showing the impolicy of making Interthents within the
precincts of certain towns and cities.—(Laughter, and
cries of " Order, order.")
OATH OF SUPREMACY.
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gallmove that the oath of supretrincy—that absurd oath—
should be abolished, so far as it affected her Majesty,
sth of s May h
her heirs and successors, as well as her subjects.
The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Gentleman should
be tvrare that no notice of motion could be given for a
later tidy than the hth of April.— (Laughter.)
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motions(2(l on th February.—(More
laughter.)esame subject.
The SPEAKER—That is another motion, and it is
impossible
DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUMS.

Sir C, NAPIER gave notice that he should, on Thurs-
day, the 2klif move for a Committee to inquire into the
subject of district lunatic asylums.

SHORT TIME BILL

Lord ASHLEY gave notice that he should upon some
future day, bring in 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 SHIP ECLAIR.
Dr. BO WRING gave notice that to-morrow he should
move for copies of the correspondence upon the subject of
the epidemic in the ship 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 the Committee
upon colonial matters.
ABSENTEEISM.
Sir VALENTINE BLAKE gave notice that he would
bring in a Bill on the subject of Irish drainage by ab-
sentee landlords ; also to appropriate the revenues
of the Protestant Church to increasing the pay
of curates and small incumbents ; also for a Bill
to enlarge the elective franchise of Ireland, and also
to make the legislative union of Ireland something more
than a mere parchment union—a legal and proper one.
THE ADDRESS.
The SPEAKER then read her Majesty's Speech
(for which see our report of the House of Lords).
Lord FRANCIS EGERTON rose and said—l rise,
Sir, upon this occasion, for the purpose of pro-
posing an Address to her Majesty in return to the
Speech we have just heard. It is my misfortune
that I cannot offer the ground for your indulgence which
Hon. Members that filled a similar situation have fre-
quently had it in their power to give. Precisely
twenty years have elapsed since, under the
auspices of Mr. Canning, I acted in a
similar situation to that which I now occupy
in the House; but I can truly say that since the lapse of
those twenty years I never rose to address an assembly
with less confidence in my own discretion, or reliance on
any power of mine, to deserve the indulgence or com •
mend the sympathies of this House. I hope, therefore,
that on other grounds—on the grounds of the import-
ance of the juncture which calls us together, and the
difficulty which even the most experienced in this House
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