The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-17 00:00:00

Government would not fulfil the wishes of those who desir

to see a change—that there would, in fact, be no change in the
Government, and yet his Noble Friend took upon himself to
make a most groundless insinuation against him. He took
upon himself to state that no deubt he (Lord Brougham)
showed, by the zeal of his defence,_ that he believed that the
Government would not go out. That statement was cheered
by some Noble Lords, who knew not the facts ; it was cheered
by some profoundly ignorant of the transaction of the leg
seven years with regard to protection. both in and out of Par-
liament ; it was cheered by those who had not the
same means of knowing the facts which his Noble Friend
had or might have.—( Hear.) His Noble Friend had riot a
shadow of a shade of ground for making the imputation, that
his( Lord brougham's )motives in defending the measures o f the
present. Government arose from the knowledge that thew did
not intend to go out of office. He would ask their Lordship'
what he had gained by taking the part he had in aid of the
present Government ? lie called upon Noble Lords wino sa*
upon the Ministerial benches—from his Noble and Gallant
Friend the Noble Duke opposite, who knew to what he (Lord
Brougham) alluded, down to the latent admittkl into the
Cabinet, who knew less —to say whether his
defence of the present Government arose from stoY
intere-ted motives.—( Hear, hear.) He called upon all of
them o come forth and state whether his motives in defending
their conduct were not of the purest kind. It was no faullt of
theirs ; it was his own fault that he was now out of odiceo
although he supported the present Government.—( Ht tart
hear.) The Goverrmerit was no snorter formed than he
declined, but respectfully declined, the most high ;and
brilliant offers of emolument. 1 his should not have born
wrung from him, hut from the imputation which had been o on-
veyed. and he believed unintentionally c tnveyed, in the ata
ments of his Noble Friend. He certainly had che.sen
to be tu connected in office, to hold no office whatever, eit her
judicial or other. under, or in c.,,nr--xton with, the prey cot
Government, for reasons of his own—for reasons applvintg to
his personal convenience, and from no disrespect to the' Mkus•
hers of vie Government. H- deemed it fit that the debate
should not close without making this statement. His
Friend oppt site, doubtless, did not mean to cast any redei !lion
upon his statements, but simply that be had acted
improperly in discharging his humble duty in de-
fence of the government. Now one word more, and
he had done. He had never cast any imputz don
upon the motives of the protection party; he had merely
blamed them for not acting with better party motives in their
attempt to defend this measure. His statement was, t hat
there was not likely to be any change in the Govern= ens'
Nothing could be fairer, more open, and-more welisprincii plea
than the conduct of the protection party with respect to this
measure.—( Hear, hear.) He once more begged to
apologise to their Lordships for not entering 'O P°l_,l
the ss. duty, but he might shortly state that he belieevela
that it would not operate well for the interests of the con ntrYs
for
He also begged to apologise to the Noble Lord
the remarks which he ,ound himself called upen tomake With
respect to the insinuation he had made to him.
The Earl of tiESHOROUGH felt himself called ups, nto
exp:ain that the principal, perhaps the sole object of the to eet-
ing at Lord John Russell's, was to consider what course aht ould
be taken with reference to the Irish Coercion Bill. I ,ord
John Russell distinctly begged of those present at the mee ting
not unnec.ssarily to protract the discussion on that Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM—My inlounant seems to have seta
pretty nearly correct.
Teem Lordships then divided, when there appeared—.
For the amendment
Against it
Majority

The House then resumed.
The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to tit
again on Friday next.
Ihe House then adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock..