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( horst I"elmesrhon) is concerned, does the utmost credit to
his spirit and promptitude. (Hear.) There is oh the part
of the house great willingness to discharge its functions of
supply. -Whatever money is for the public service
is cheerfully granted. If the noble lord, when at war,
wants troops, they are given to him. If he is erigegerl in
negotiations and requires forbearance, it is yieleemt with
equal readiness. Whether he prosecutes war or makes
treaties, he can °aunt upon the support of the house ; but
when you come to the other functions of a Minister in a
legislative assembly, I say that the measures of Govern-
ment, when prepared, are not intrusted to such a confiding
majority as can only exist in Psis house when founded
upon traditional connection or identity of principle. The
noble lord and his colleagues, when they introduce mea-
sures upon these great subjects, are never sure that those
measures will succeed. There are two conseqUances of the
most injurious character which result from that circum-
stance. It is a great evil that Ministers who think it ne-
cessary to legislate upon subjects of paramount importance
should fail in their attempts at legislation ; but, there is
another evil inevitably consequent upon this to which I
attribute much of the present disaster. The moment that
a Government is habituate 1 to defeat, the moment that its
members find that the eh anew are that the measures which
they propose will not succeed, that moment their measures
cease to be prepared with that scrupulous exactitude, that
fineness, that finish and maturity of preperatioa, which
character i,o the measures of a Government which upon the
intro !action of a measure to Parliament feels all the respon-
sibility of legislation. (Hear.) Thus it happens that it ends
in the Mini try so circumstanced obtaining momentary po-
pularity or making a transient reputatioue-if reputation
you can call it—by dealing with a variety of subjects, so
that the country may say, Here is a Government of men
of btisiness ; see whet they deal with ! These are the men
*that we wanted. They are going to construct a court of
appeal. All the questions which 3)0 years have not solved
are about to receive their solution from these practical
men. Tha law of di ,iorce is to be reformed. The law of
matrimony is to be improved. The law of partnership is
to be adapted to an enlightened age and the wants of a
great commercial community. All those great subjects to
which I have adverted at the commencement of my obser-
vations, and with which the thought of the country has
long been engaged, are at last to find a settlement and -a
solution from men of business, who, irrespective of party
consideration, are determined to show what can be done by
, those who are animated only by a desire to pass wise and
satisfactory measures. When Parliament met, it was an-
nounced by a high—although anonymous—authority, that
a new era had set in in the history of the English Parlia-
ment ; that struggles for power and place were to cease,
and that we were to have a body of Ministers who were
essentially practical men—men of business, who were to
deal with the difficult questions which had baffled all pre-
ceding Ministries. We were told that " measures, not
men," was to be, in future, the principle of our political
life ; and very shortly after that we had an illustration of
the new system in the introduction of the Partnership Bill
of the right hon. gentleman. (A. laugh.) But, Sir, in what
does all this end ? After six months of idle phantoms and
of empty visions it i 3 no longer " measures, not men," but,
enfortuoately, men without measures. (Laughter.) If it
be true—and I cannot believe that, when pondered over,
there will be many who will doubt its truth -that this un-
fortunate state of affairs arises from the Government being
unable to command a Parliamentary majority, what is the
remedy which is before us? In the first place, I shall be met
with an objection which is perhaps not much raised in this
house, but which is heard in every part of the country, alike
in the saloon and in the market-place— " this is all the con-
sequence of the Reform Bill." (Hear, hear.) One of my
friends near me says, " Hear, hear," and that shows hoe•
popular and how plausible is this idea. 'Well, is,the Re-
form Bill the cause of this state of affairs, because, when
there is a great difficulty, there aro always many specious
explanations afloat, and the question is, although specious,
aro they true ? It i 3 24 years since the Reform Bill came
into operation, and certainly during 14 years out of those
24 you have had the affairs of this country administered
by Ministries of almost every shade of opinion, who have
commanded large and compact majorities. Lord Grey,
who represented the high Whigs, had not only a large and
commanding majority, but a majority of which the only
fault was that it was too large. Lord Melbourne, who re-
presented what was called " Whig Radicalism," but which
in more courteous parlance we will now call " Liberalism,"
Lord Melbourne for five years carried on the affairs of this
country with a sufficient majority, even in a Parliament
which had been called together by his rival. Certainly the
6th and 7th years of his administration were not distin-
guished by great strength, but that was attributable not
so much to the want of a majority as to a circumstance
which I am sure the friends of Lord Melbourne have now
lived long enough to regret—that he clung to office beyond
the time at which Parliament would tolerate it. When he
left office Sir R. Peel appealed to the country as a Tory
and Conservative Minister. Was there then no command-
ing majority ? There was a considerable and ample majo-
rity, which allowed Sir Robert Peel to carry on affairs ;
and, therefore, it does not appear to me that there is any
truth whatever in the popular statement that the Reform
Bill is the root of all this evil. (Hear, hear.) But,
then, it may ba said that this state of things ie to be
attributed to the fact that parties are broken up. It is a
favourite topic to talk of the "dislocation" of parties.
" Parties," they say, " no longer exist because there are no
longer distinctive principles among public men." That also
is a very current opinion ; but is it true? (Hear.) For
the interest of the country and for our own honour, let us
pause a moment to inquire whether it is true. Sir, I shall
not venture to make any observations on hon. gentlemen
who are members of this house. It is my kappinees to
thick that I have personal friends on both sides of the
house, and the question is of too great importance to de-
pend upon the opinions Of individual members on either
side. But, if I look to the country; if I look to society in
the genuine 801133 of the phrase, I moan to the society of
classes in this country, I do not find that parties aro ex-
tinct- (Hear, hear.) When I listen to men who have
paramount influence with great masses of the community,
I do not find in their conversation anything to lead me to
,the conclusion that distinctive parties have ceased. I find
two-great classes and bodies of opinion which I think I
may fairly represent by epithets which, though not very
happy nor very precise, have yet passed into popular ac-
ceptation—the epithets Conservative and Liberal. I hold
that those are two claSses of opinion which are perfectly
distinct, and in most instances entirely opposed the one to
the other. Let me, that I may the more clearly explain
my meaning, briefly advert to some points in which I think
that that distinction is particularly manifest. I wish to
speak with perfect respect of both classes, fur each is repre-
sents lin this country by numerous bodies of men. Each
is supported by numbers, intelligence, property, and, in a
word, by "respectability" in the true and legitimate mean-
ing of that phra e. Bat the dissimilarity of these opiuions
is very peeceptible. For Example, I hold that to be a con-
servative-principle which regards the Parliainehtary settle-
ment of 1833 as a satisfactory settlement. I hold that to
be a conservative principle which, without any blind or
bigoted adherence to the doctrine on all possible occasions,
believes that tampering with the suffrage is a great evil
to the State. (Irouicarcheersfrom the Aliaisterial benches.)
I believe I am right in maintaining that that is a conser-
vative principle which holds that the due influence of pro-
perty in the exercise of the suffrage is salutary and bene-
ficial. (Ironical cheers from the same quarter.) I
think it is a conservative principle which holds that
in any representative scheme the influence of United
property ought to be sensibly felt. I hold that to be
is conservative principle which would mrisatstiu in-
violate the union between Churca and State—(a deri-
sive cheer from Mr. Redfield), and which would net only
preserve but expand the ecclesiastical institutions of th.s
country.- I hold that to be a conservative principle which
maintains that the establishment of the Church ,hould be
respectel, an 1 that' the Church itself should not be the
stipendiary of the civil power. I hold that to be a conser-
vative principle which would maintain the Esteblidatd-
Church in li' hurl—(ironical cheers from the Min soerial
benches)—believing that it is perfectly reconcileable with
respect for the rights and privileges of all cl asses of her
Majesty's subjects in that kingdom. I hold that to be a
conservative principle which would cherish and protect
all hereditary influences, because they are opposed to a
crude ceutralisation, and because they are the source of a
power at once beneficent and economical. I held that to be
:a conservative principle which would respect venersble
corporations—(laughter from the same quarters)—and up-
hold a free magistracy throughout the country. The ironi-
cal cheers of the hon. gentlemen opposite convince tee that
I am right in this estimate, and that there is a body ,n
this country which, though I had scarcely expected it, is
even represented iu this house, and which holds opiuioes.
exactly the reverse of what I have stated. ("Hear" from
the Mieisterial benches.) The cheers from the Ministeriel
benches reap e that there is in the c,;untry, and even in this
house, is body whe believe that the Parliamentary settle-
' merit of 1832 ought nut to be maintained, seeing that it
arrests the 'progress of a cause in the advancement of which
they feel an interest —a betty who believe that what we
regard as the wholesome influence of property on the sef-
frage ought to be prevented—a body who, instead of che-
rishing a:'d encouraging, would check and repress the netu,
ral influence of landed proportyon Parliamentary tepresen-
titian. I have no fear of inisrepresentiutethe opinions of
ebonageutleinen opposite where I say that there are among
them those who look with suspicioe on the union between
Church and
.`State—who, if they bow toit, dose beca.useitis
edreadyest rbli rhed—who are not in favour of expautiog, and
.
scareely in favoair of Maintaiuing Ourecclesiasticel institu-
tions—who Would b",:e glad to see the Church the sdpendiary
of the ci, it pow it -who are opposed to hereditary influence
-.- who, instead of a free magistracy, would have a e:agistrricy
construelee 1 open principle which they regard as more pre-
cise and rational, but which, in our opinion, are not so
favourable t) the preservation of public liberty ie this
country. Ido not fall out with hon. gentlemen for inter-
tabling these opinions ; but their assent to my exposition of
them shows that I am right in the supposition that in this
country there are two great parties, and that ..those parties
-have distinct principles. (Hear.) And if Igo to Another
great brarrehef public life- to a subject which years ago did
not attract much. ol the attention nt l'Aliatoent, but which
now absorbs it, to the in) nu, .
,as many believe, of those
measures of internal improvement to which her 31,jesty
masie allusion in the Spe,:ch from.the throne—l mean • the
g,•neral question of foreign affairs, I find, if not in this house,
at least throughout the c,untrY, opinions quite oppoSed to
eaeleothere (Rear.) Nor is this en unimportant ceeside-
ration, f,)-,-upon the prevalence of one or other of, thane
clevee of opinion the whole form and aspect of the history
of this country may be sail to depend. I have always
thought with respect to foreign affairs that there wore-three
.
great questions on which it became many man who aspired
to be a statesman ire England, as well as any Parliarepro
Vary party which incurred the responsibdity of supperting
such a man, to have clear- and precise ideas ; and these
three are—the Russian empire, the Austrian empire, and
our relations with the United States of America. There
is, uo doubt, a class of persons who have always lorelted
wiil great je lousy on the existence and policy of
the Itussiau empire, and when we went ha war the object
ec
—the avowed object of that party—which they u..
aa WI energy, el lenience, and earnestness, was the diemern-
berrnent of that empire.' (Hear. hear) For my own parte
I have over been -of opinion that the dismemberment of
the Russian empire
,was not an object which any states-
man ought to propose to himself—that such dismember-
ment, even-supposing it to be attainable, could not he at-
tained otherwise than by- one of those ong wars which
must fatally exhaust the energy and indelialv tarnish the
character of this country, and that, even if such dismem-
berment did take place; wo might find that the ultimate
result would be to disarrange the belance of power in
Europe in a manner prejudicial to our interests. On that
question, howeveret here are manifestly taro of haloes, each.
supports Iby a powerful party. Take again the case of the
Austrian empire. It is a conservative opinion to hold that
the maintenance of the Austrian empire is necessary to the
indopmdence of Europe, and, if so, essential also to the
c
CiVilisatien, and even to the liberty of Europe. But surely,
there is a. ontrary oiriniore. (Neer.) Surely there is in this
country a great party who tol [that, through the disrnem e
bermeet of the Anstriansempire, very. great political a4.l'
vantages might be obtaittert, not far this country only, but
for the world and for mankind. (hear.) . This leods us to
a.queation.whech.haterneeetly.engaged our. attention- -the
courition Of Italy. Just as the dismemberment of the
Russian empir e involves the question of-the restoration of
Poland and Finland, so deers the dismemberment of tho

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t hink it right to answer the frank and fair criticism which six chief clerks, at
sae salary of 1,0001 ego ear each bills six
That was
may offer on the course ho has poi sued. The nobletotd, j tinier cherks, sat elaey of 350'.
tn the first place, cannot say to-night thet it i, his °Limon followed onmediatelv by another with relation to the Court
we have lee slated enough, and that there are no Pooasing a f llentreetcy and Ineolvency in Ireland, which was intro'
questions oef great impentauce which require our atien don, diced on tthe 2e,th of February. It. conatitnted twojud.ges
because the noble lord has voluntarily, In this session of , with saleries of 09.4 a-veer eech, a
.chief registrar wi.th.
Par :lament, introduced to our notiee not only questions GM , a chief clerk with 5 :Oh, two assistant registrars with
off, at the full
of great importance, but, as I think I shall be able to , CV. ; and conferred ,he po weir of petsio
shoo, a greater number of queetione of great importance ' salary of 1,2001., a gentleman who was oncening a member of
than probably any Minister ever introd treed to Parliament. ' this house, and who has liter present office r a space
hich these bi . roduced
(Ha a re) Nor um the noble lord avail himself of the second . only of two years. The effect
plea that this country being involved iu war, and in a was of a startling character. Awt first it was suppposed that
considerable struggle, Parliament had no right to expect they were an ingenious meanh
.of compensating the sister
that any of these regisletive proposals should hive been f country fur the nature of the Tperary Bank. (A laugh.)
mad ato them, because the noble lord at the commence- That was the popular view oft e case, as it was brought
meat of the session. - when the coaatry was in a state of before us. On the 17th of July that bill was Lonabaned.
war, advised her Majesty in her gracious speech, while she But this is not a solitary cline in Irish legislation. bill
thanked her faithful Commons for the devoted menner in with regard to the juries of Ireland was introduced on the
which they had supported her iu the struggle, to recom- sth of February, and on the 27th of Jane it was abau-
mend thorn to give their attentive coesideration to many gored. Again, a bill with respect to juvenile offenders
subjects of internal importance. (Hair ) Nor can the noble in Ireland was introduced on the 4th of February, and on
lord avail himself of the third plea then though the state the 2 'tie of June it was abandoned. The bill to deal with
of war might have terminated, important negotiations for the ruetropeliten police of Dublin was also introduced
peace wore the reason why he could not bring forward on the tett of April, - and on the Ist of July it was
legislative measures of importance, because, besides the abandons 1. - Thus we see that five great measures of
messnres which, in a time of new, the noble lord recom- legal reform in England and an equal number in Ireland
mended her Majesty al call our attention to, and after were introduced by her Majesty's Goverement, and that
those negotiations for peace had commenced, lie added every one of those measures has been abandoned. (Hear.)
other measures, that are not of eacendary importance, on I admit—because I wish to state the case fairly for the
which he solicited the consideretion of Parliament. (Hear, Government—that there were two measures passed with
wear) Therefore I think I nano not argue the question, respect to the reform of Irish law which I think will prove
hether legislation on important questions is necessary or to be highly beneficial ; but I believe that they are both
not, because, so ear as the Ministry are concerned, they founded upon measures which were introduced by my hon.
are my principil witnesses fleet legislation, and legislation ant learnal friend the member for Enniskillen (Mr. White-
on a great so de, is neceesary. (dear, hear.) We nee." not side). ( Hear.) I heve now gone through those four great
appe tt to a Bade of war as an apology for the conduct of sabjects which ere referred to in her Maj..sty's Speech
the Government, nor to negotiations for peace, as an ex- from the throne; and I have placed before the house with,
cuss for their bebavionr, becenee it will be shown to the • I hope, no rhetorical efforts, what has been the result of
house in the course of my observations that, in a time those projected measures of the Government. But her
of war, the noble lord recommended her Majesty to invite Majesty'e Government have introduced many other mea-
our attentive causideratien to nrmy questious of interne' sures which cannot be included in any of the categories men-
improvement, and that when negotiations for peace corn- ti mei' in the Royal Speech. Let us see what has been the
menced he introduced farther and, if possible. still more fde of those measures. First, there is a bill for the super-
important measures. I wish' to guard myself in a state- annuation of the members of the civil service, which is a
meut of this kind from any tungriege that woul 1 savour in very difficult question, and which has been under the con-
the slightest degree of exaggeration. I have stated that sideration of the Executive for more than 20 years, and has
the noble lord has, in the course of this session, introduced taxed the utmost efforts of successive Chancellors of the
to our notice measures of great importance, and perhaps a Exchequer. I had the matter before me, and I proposed
greater number of measures of great importance than pro- to take action upon it ; I know that the right hon. gen-
bably any Minister that over eccupied that bench. I tlemarewho was my immediate successor gave his utmost
think I shall be able to substantiate that statement with attention also to it, and that the present Chancellor of the
out out mentioning any measures the mac nitride of which, Exchequer is a perfect master of the subject; yet so
when I refer to them in detail, will speak for themselves, cult is it that the Government have found themselves un-
but yet, of secondary interest compared to the principal able to grapple with the question. That bill was intro-
features of the legislative scheme of this year. Let me duced on the 15th of February. On the 18th of July it
remind the house now of some of the principal subjects was abandoned, and thee were terminated all the hopes of
that. have been brought under our consideration. We that most meritorious and ill-used body of her Majesty's
have been asked, in thelirst place, to construct a high servants. There is another question with which her lila-
court of appeal. the highest (mutt of appeal in the last in- jesty'a Government determined to deal; and this, again, is
stance. All will acknowledge that this is a question which no nee, question, but one which has long engaged the at-
may be described as the greatest of legal questions. In all tention of Parliament. I mean the reform of the corpora-
countries it may be described as the greatest of legal question of the city of London. That question has been before
tions ; bat in this country it is more than the greatest of Parliament more or less for the last 20 years. There have
legal questions, because it is also the greatest of constitu- been, if I recellect aright; two royal commissions to in-
Urinal questions, because, in having to consider the crea- vestigate the subject, and never were there more ample
tion anti constitution of a high court of appeal, we have, materials ready upon which legislation could be founded.
from the nature of our institutions, not only to feltil that The position of the Government with respect to that quest
great object, but we have incidentally to consider even the tion was unusually favourable and advantageous, because
very elements of a Senate, or rather of an Upper Chamber. a colleague of the noble lord, a Secretary of State, and one
We have been called upon this year to consider anew law of of the most distinguished members of the Cabinet, had
partnership, framed upon new principles and actapted to been one of the Royal Commissioners in the last investiga-
thia advanced age, whom shoul I facilitate the application tion. Her Majesty's Government having resolved at last
of capital to commerce in the most commercial country in to settle this important question, they had the advantage
the world. We have been called upon to consider the whole of possessing in the Cabinet one who was completely mas-
law of divorce and an important change in the law of mar- ter of the subject. They had, therefore, such facilities for
liege. We have been called upon to consider the whole drawing up a measure so completely adequate to the occa-
discipline of the church ; the testamentary jurisdiction of sion, so wall matured, and so perfectly adopted to the dr-
this country ; the police of the country ; a reform of the cumstances of the carnet that the moment it was announced.
most ancient, the most wealthy, and the most powerful that they were about to lay a bill in reference to the sub-
municipality, intimately connected with the history and ject on the table there was a general belief in this house,
liberties of England ; the superannuation of the whole civil in the city, and, I may say, in the country, that at
service of the country ; the criminal appropriation of trust last ,this great reform would take place. But what
property ; the education of a wholekiugdom ; the retirement has been the result of that measure ? It was intro-
of bishops from their sees, and last, but not east, thecorrect duced on the 4th of February, and on the 20th of
means of ascertaining the most important produce of the Juno it was abandoned. I have here another catalogue
empire by a•system of agricultural statistics. Why, Sir, of measures to which I must advert at the risk of wearyiug
these are not light questions. They are not only among the the house, because it is of the utmost importance
most grave that concern a State, but they involve the very t tat we should accurately know the data on which the
principles upon which society itself is base.l. Sir, Ido not conclusions we may arrive at must rest.— A bill for the
know that Ivan place the legislative scheme of the Ministry local management of the metropolis was introduced by the
more fairly before the house than by referring to the Speech President of the Board of Works. He is a man, one would
from the Throne at the commencement of the session, and suppose, who knew what he was about, maid yet this bill
reminding the house of the propositions that then, upon the which was introduced on the 28th of February, on the
highest sanction and an thority,-were submitted to onr con• oth of May was abandoned. I willnow proceed to a depast-
sicleration. There were four measures, or, I would ratheraay meet over which another officer—the President of the
four series of measures, which, in the heat of war, her Ma- Beard of Works—presides. That right hon. gentleman
jestyrecommended toourattentive consideration. Thefirst— was originally a member of the profession of Mars, I be-
which was the simplest —applied to the assimilation of the lieve, anti ho was therefore not to be daunted by the fai-
mercantile law of England and of Scotland. The second lure of his colleagues. He was resolved to show a martial
was that improvement in the law of partnership, founded courage befitting his situation, and when he introduced
altogether upon new principles,and aiming at the increased his bill on public health on the 2tith of May, he would not
. application of capital to commerce, to which I have already abandon it. He demanded battle—and the bill was re-
' referred. The third was a measure which was to relieve the jeittea. (A. laugh.)' But lam sorry to say that after this
mercantile marine of this mercantile country from charges fitful blaze of valour the courage of my hon. and gel-
of groat weight under which it had long laboured, and lent friend seemed to evaporate. On the 26th of May he
against which it had long complained. The fourth series of introduced a burial bill, which on the 12th of July
measures, and perhaps the most important, consisted of he abandoned. He also introduced, on the 7th of
large and extensive reforms, first in. the law of Great Bri- March, a vaccination bill, which on the 10th of
tabu, and next in the law of Ireland. These, Sir, were the July was abandoned. I have referred to the efforts which'
measures which at the cornneencernent of the session—in a were made by the President of the Poor-Law Board to
time of war—were recommended, to use the language of the amend the Poor Law, but I did scant justice to the legise
gracious Speech, to the "` attentive consideration" of the dative enterprise of that right hon: gentleman, for I find
House of Commons. How have we dealt with these- four that, besides the two efforts which I haat) mentioned, the
series of measures? With respect to the first question-athe sight hon. gentleman introduced a bill on no less difficult a
assimilation of the mercantile taw of England and Scotland subject than pauper removal. • That bill was introduced on
—I cheerfully admit that the Government may be coast- the Ist of April, and on the 27th of June it was abandoned.
dared fairly to have redeemed their pledge. A measure There was a bill of the Government whichaimedtodealWith
to change the mercantile law of Scotland has now passed, a difficulty which many Administrations have had to en-
I believe, both houses, and a measure to change the ram-- counter—the claims of the coalwhippers of London. That
centile law of England was introduced in this house. It bill was introduce lon the 28th of April, and on the 4th of
contained, indeed, a principle of the most &Iterate kind, July it was abandoned. I will shed a tear over the fate of
which aimed at termieatine the necessity in commercial the bill which was to settle the site of the National Gal-
transactions of written contracts,a but. the practical sagacity lery, It was introduced on the sth of Jtine, and on the
of the House of Corn none and the protest of the whole 12th of the same mouth it met a fate which I deplore._ It
commercial community saved the country from the dan- was not abandoned, but it was dealt with in a manner
gers of the unfortunate proposition. That portion of the which did not permit us to see more of it this session.
bill was defeated, and the measure so amended was passed. There was a bill intro-hmed with respect to the Dalwich
We may therefore admit that the Government on the charity, which demanded legislation; it was introduced on
whole, have fairly redeemed the pledge they gave with re• the +7th of July, and on the2lst of July it was abandoned.
sped to the first series of measures mentioned in the grad- The men's Colleges in Ireland engaged the attention of
ons Speech. How, sir, did we proteed with regard to the the Government; they introduced a bill on that subject,
improvement of the law of partnership ? What were the and on the 15th of July that was also abandoned. The
fortunes of that great bill which was to be founded upon education of the people of Scotland had long engaged the
new principles, which wee to be adapted to this advaueed attention of the Government, and this year they introduced
and enlightened age, an 1 which is this peculiarly corn- a bill which eierylody thought, from the spirit of the Lord
morcial country was to facilitate the application of A Locate, from the uncompromising tone which seemed to
caital o ? lam beaud admit that there wa animate his interesting rhetoric, was sure to b 3 persevered
every evtidence ofcommerce sincerity on the p art of the Govern.s wish. But no; it was introluced on the 9th of April, and'
went with respect to this second head, for on the first or the 27th of June it was abandoned. - There is another
day we met —the Ist of February—the important measure bill before me, scarcely second to any of these in importt
was introduced by the Vice-President of the Board of ante —I mean the Agricultural Statistics Bill, which met
Trade. After discussion =after being amended and re- the same melancholy fate. It came down from the other
printed on the 23th of February—on the 10th of March house; it was !weer brought on here, but was abandoned.
that measure was abandoned. (Hear, hear.) But her Now, sir, I ask any gentlemen in this house—l care not
Majesty's Government, determined to deal with &question where they sit—whither they be votaries of Conservative
which they believed to be of paramount imp artance, lost progress, as we are, or whether they be disciples of Liberal
no time in profiting by the discussion which had taken movement, as hon. members opposite I suppose are, or
place, and on the 7i,h of the ensuing month a second bill to ought to be--is this a satisfactory st ate of affairs? (Hear.)
amend the law of partnership and to accomplish all those I ask those hon. gentlemen who take a great part in our
great objects which I have enumerated was introduced by business, and who aro habitual attenders here, whether,
the right hon. gentleman. I find that this second bill was before this clear and accurate statement which I have laid
introduced on the 7th of April, And on the 14th of July I before them, they were aware of the extent and import- I
find it was abandoned. Here we have an important sub- aim() of the legislative failures of the present session. Not
ject recommended to our "attentive consideration" in the wishing to understate what the Government had done, I
gracious Speech from the Throne, and not only one bill mentioned that they had passed two measures which did
brought in and abandoned by her Majesty's Ministers, but not come within the group of measures to which I referred
a second bill on the same subject, introduced, and also aban- at the commencement of my observations. One was with
doued. That, Sir, is a very remarkable and unfortunate respect to the retirement of bishops. I regret that that
catastrophe for any department to experience; but I would was a measure which did not deal with the question, and
take the liberty of reminding the house that it is not which, therefore, has settled nothing. It really is not a
p,ftaliar to the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, measure which settles the question of the retirement of
hitherto thought to be so particularly unfortunate in his bishops. It is a private and personal arrangement, ant
legitlative enterprises. (A laugh.) I flag lb it the Presi- setth s only the retirement of two individuals ; and though
dent of the Poor-law Bo ‘rd was not much more successful, the question is ono which raises considerations of the
On the 3d of April I find that functionary introducing a highest interest and importance, none of them are
bill for for the aeudraent of the Poor Law, and on the 23 1 Poeed of in that bill. (Hear, hear.) The County Police
ne
of flay I find that ineasare abandoned. I find the same Bill was also paesed by the Government. That was an ex-
Minister, profiting equally by his experience, on the 23d of ellent measure, and I have no wish to depreciate the merit
May introducing another measure on the same subject, and of the Government in passing it by, reminding them that
on the lOsh of July I find that measure also abandoned. the subject is one which had long engaged their attention;
(A laugh-)- Here we have two Ministers introducing bills and respec ing which a very mature measure was intro-
. won subjects of the higheit moinentaand not only failing aimed by the Government of Lord Aberdeen, when the
in their efforts to carry their measures, but recurring again noble lord opposite was Home Secretary. I make that
to the experiment, and again encountering failure. observation only for the purpose of showing that though
(Cheers.) But, sir, this double fella:a is not peculiar to the measure was importaint the house was prepared for it,
the Vice-President of the .Board of Toole and the President and the discussion of it di I not greatly occupy the time of
of the Poor-law Board. The Irish G wernment, repro- the house We cannot. therefore, be surprised, I think,
seated, I believe, by the Chief Secretary of the Lord-Lien- at the great dis atiefaction and disConteat which had su/
tenant, iutrodnced Ott theltth of April a bill to regulate deny arisen—more I believe out Of doors than here, and
the lunatic asylums in Ireland, and on the 21st of which is, therefore, ruoredangerous—with the manner in
• May I find that measure abandoned. (Hear.) But that which public business has been conducted this session. I
right hon. gentleman also, not losing heart, tsvodays after- frankly admit that the house and the country were per-
Wards introduced another bill on the sane subject, and on fectly prepared to treat the Government with the utmost
the 14th July I find that second measure on the lunatic indulgence in the !wetter of legislation. Inasmuch as they
asylums of INLVDI also abandoned. (eeaers mot laughter.) hid just terminated the war ire which we were engaged,
I Lave inentionen these cases im i legally to illustrate, and aria as a considerable portion of their tine lied been taen
in some degree to soften, the p nition of the Vice-President riP in-the prototet,;tl negotiations for peace, they were i.e
of the Board of Trade ; but the result in that upon three a position 'to appeal to the indulgence and confidence of
subjects of greatenoment three Ministers try their hand at Parliament. It they had said, `• We are'eupged in these-
' legislation, fail in their efforts, not dieheat again
ened'make groat affair', and therefore you meat not expect us to at-
the attempt, ant are again a sif-batiled.-(CieerS.) So lunch, tempt to deal wilh any of these great-questions which
sir, for the taw of partnership. Let us now lie kto the muse ultimately be settled by legislation," no one would
third subject mentioned in the gracious Speech; What was have murmured. But. it is not in the power of the Govern-
the fate of the great ineesure which was to relieve the whole inent now to put forward th it plea. Having duly conei•
mercantile marine of Englend from those local duos and tiered their own position, and having greater advantages
passing toils of which it had so l end cempleiuod ? Here, for ascertaining it than we c uld hey n, they
,resolved to
sir, lam afraid I shell not find any of the colleagues of the .1 raw the attentive consiCer .tion of Parliament to a variety
-
mischance.
_(A. antosh.) On the 4th Feb. the right hon. titre of a L %Mature. They have hold out to• the count
gentle..ntto introduee:l a till to accomplish the purposes tries these expectations, and they cahitidt be surprised
fledmentioned
that measure abandoned. (Hear.) Well, I come a (petition of-transient disippointment I would not have
now to the fourth series of measures 'el " h were refer red made these observations; bet I cannot help feeling that
to in the Royal Speech. 'the first of\ these''c related to the the tiro- hats cone , the - •
improvement of the leer of Great Britain. and it appears -- to consider' w
l,athas
a !liwconti
thelecoutilssee wouldofa s
tdaot
ew well calmlyaftairs
so far as I can ascerteru—that five measures were brought which all must regret, a Lich is most mortifying to us
forward with that praiseworthy object; and when I refer -s a legislative assembly, and which. cannot be
to these details I think that hon. memberboth sides -;•a•iy satisfactory to her Majesty's Ministers. It is to
will agree with me, that 110 Minister ever pet ont
introduced ascertain that cause, and not to make a bill of indictment
to the notice cf the house subjects of such p%
,i,ti
itielrest egsinst the Goverument, that I wish to engage the atten-
there Wee
and such extensive appiicetton. Facet,
entablish a jurisdiction in the matter of \Ville and AdLitdo lion
aud the consideration of the house to night, trnsting
thet, in the course of discussion, suggestions may be made
niettation. That hill was introduced on the 4th of March,'- which may ultimately lead to the devising of some remedy
and on the 10th of July it was abandoned. The next bill for this evil state of affairs. Now, sir,' it cannot he said
thehousse.c
was the great no:aortic, to fontl lan appellate jnrislictiou that i
iitastrophe has been occasioned by the forms of
in the last instance. It was brought from the Lords on loinot:3olieve that even theyouneer memberfor
the 9th of Jane, an ion the 10.1 of-July it was aban- .Lernbetli-.—(
cloned. The third measure related to a subject of no found experi'enacnego laugh)—will rise land sly that, from his pro-
f the forms of the house, he Can state that
less importance than the law of divorce, whirls was intro- they are thereat cause of this great catastrophe. (fear.)
deiced to us on the 4th of July. Let me remind the house Hon. gentlemen who have etudiedtaefrwms of the house
of the eircurnstanceS under which that bill came down to know.very well that, from the yearlB. 48to thP o resent time,
me After great difficulty it. bad pissed through the house there has been an habitual, but gradual and prudent, cur-
of cnnelhelexrpeed riteltio cois subject,
embalmed nnd
of Lords, where it had been subjected to the criticism of tailinent of those forms—so much so, that those who have
who
i n know
our
much
rather p wais --
some of the greatest iutellect-s of the country, and it dealt well
n o i
successfully with most of those great mints which are the -I•n
opprobi ium of our Law of marriage. net bill was intro- erebend that there has been too great a diminution of these
duce,' into our house on the 4th of Jhly, and on the 17th guards egainst precipitate legislation, than believe that we
it wee abandoned.. (Hear.) The .next measure of legal facilitate Pie conduct of public business by the dinainu-
itforrn relat al to a subject which is a disgrace—l hesitate tarn of their number. Nor do I think there is any oat
not to 84Y—to this civilised and enlightened ago—it dealt who will for a
browe that protracted debates or
with the criminal appropriation of trust property. I can log speeches have ht about this result, because since
conceive no subject more deserving of the attention of f have ant in Parliament I never remember a session which
the Government than this. The most ieiquitons has been more remarkable than has the past, session for
consequences have for a lens- series of tilted the absence of debates of great length—(Heat, herni)—or
years MS
from the state of the law upon this subject; and lam in which gentlemen who are in the hubit of addressing the
bound to Hay that, speaking upon the • t' it !rouse at the length to which they aro entitl nd by their
highest au nor ot
without which I should not presume to allude to the
eloquence, their knowledge, and their standing arid their ca-
tion—l believe that what is taking ques-
rience in this house, have trespassed so little*'
almost every day renders it e place in this country upon the at-
still more necessary. that a bill tension of 3.1 r. Spealser. (Heat, hear.) It is not the forma
of this kind should piss. (Hear, h -
'tut e of dra-
t ear.) That bill W3B . .
abandoned on the 21st of July. The next measure—the (suasion then, which hes occasioned this lamentable state of
Church Discipline Bill was not abandOlie I but air *I
What is it.? I will state what I believe to have
trodueed into the other house, and there rejected it
was
in-
I"
Scause, . and I beg that the noble lord and his
on a divi- been the
.
sion oso that none of these aye important projects of law, olleieues will
.not .suppose that ins stating it I mean to
which no one can deny deserved the deep aunt attentive a c ..°anything con seer in . any way persona-to themselves, but
sideration of Parliament, were passed. (Hear, beer. )• I will '-nt• to the., rovere-e. ( A laugh.) I believe that this ,
now allude to the measures proposed with a view to reform- ‘ttill 6 of leeisletion, is • mainly,_ if ' not 'entirely, to '.
ing the law in Ireland, in order to see whether we have te. en.rt inure. t ate the feet Unit the nobleflOrds an" right hon. '
been more fortunate there. Seen after Parliament met e ' •rl a°-
' form the Ministry cannot command a
bill was introduced by the Government forlice
reform and '
i„entymen who nov,.t
e- In the eeneraleondeet.of affairs '
re-construction of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, That araementary major' J. ji ...
en are OCCUPY that position
respect is paid to the gen-dem-- '. a
measure proposed to create twoVice.Chancellers at a saleay —a position which the obtained,tin my opinion, wfth all
of 3,5001, each, to be appeinted by the Lord-Lieutenant honour, and in a mennyeg Which, so far as the noble( lord ,
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Austrian empire include the independeneerof Hungary and
the emancipation of Rely. Are we to her told that upon
these subjects there is no distinct policy in the coientryT. Do
we not know that to-:.sorrow we might ,bp called upon in
this house to give our votes on questions attar as these, and
that upon them depend the-position and influence of the
nation? (Hear.) I het lit to be a conservative opinion
that, if we or any other Power should forcibly interfere-in-
the affairs of Italy with the view' of changing the political
settlement of that country, the result would be one of
those protracted wars which would fatally exhaust this
conntry,and which, even supposing it to besucceredul, would
le Lye Italy, very possibly, not in the possession of Austria,
but under the doinini ,n of someother Poweraslittle national.
Look next to your relations with the United Stites. What
is your policy with respect to that country? There are
those who view with the utmost jealousy, and regard in a
litigious spirit the progress of the United States of America
—who think that any ad vancein their power or any expan-
sion of their territhry is opposed to the commercial inte-
rests, and perhaps also to the:political influence of England.
Sir, I am not of that opinion. I am of a contrary opinion.
(Hear, hear, from an hon. gentleman on the Ministerial
si le.) I don't mean to say that on the question of the
United States there is a division of opinion equally well
defined with that which prevails on other questions. I can
therefore understand the cheer of the hon. member; but
he will hardly deny that there are distinctive principles
hel I by two dill-et-out parties on this importaett subject.
While nothing can be more monstrous than attemptson the
pert of the people of the United States to attack the posses-
cons of ci' ilased Powers—attempts, for example, to appre-
piiate a Canadaor a Cuba. while such violations of interna-
tional law would, in the case of the United States, I do not
doubt bring the same retribution and the same punishment
as would visit infractions of public law by any other coun-
trya-yet I cannot forget that the United States, although
independent, are still colonies, and still influenced by co-
lonial tendencies ; that where they come' in contact with
large tracts of territory either wholly uninhabited or but
sparsely occupied by an indolent and unintelligent race of
mon, it is impossible—and you find it, impossible—to resist
the expansion of those States, and that, moreover, that ex-
pansion is not in any sense injurious to England, but con-
tributes to her wealth—while (le: me say this in a whisper,
lest it shouldcross the Atlantic) it diminishes the power of
the United States. I am, therefore, opposed to the policy
which looks upon the extension of that country, and the
advance of those young communities with an eye of jea-
lousy and distrust. I apprehend, then, that with respect
to these three subjects of foreign policy, on anyone of which
we may at any time be called upon to act, there are dis-
tinctive opinions ; and that it is idle to pretend that parties
have ceased, because on all political subjects men are now
united in their sentiments. When lam told that parties
are broken up, I say that the Conservative party in this
country retains the opinions which ithas always professed,
and is prepared to vindicate those opinions. I take it for
granted that those who hold other opinions are equally
earnest and equally ready. If I may be permitted to refer
for a moment to a personal topic, I don't think that I am
misrepresenting the feelings of hon. gentlemen who sit on
this si le of the house when I state that in the observations
which I have from time to time made, both on our inter-
nal and external affairs, I have generally expressed their
opinions. But if there is such a thing as a Conservative
party—if there are such things as conservative opinions, I
should like to see where and by whom in this house are
liberal opinions represented ? I really don't know whe-
ther her Majesty's Government represent them. (A laugh.)
As far as I can form a judgment of the opinions which
tho noble lord has generally professed—and I take hini
.to be the chief and the- ablest exponent of his political
associates cannot believe that he is not as ready to
stand by the Parliamentary settlement of 1832 as any
member who sits on this side of the house. The noble lord
has frankly and explicitly told you that he does not disap-
prove of the just influence of property on the exercise of
toe franchise—that he would resist any endeavour artifi-
cially to restrict it. He is net opposed to the land having a
sensible influence on our representative system. This very
session he announced his intention to support the Irish
'Church Establishment— he cannot be supposedto be adverse
to our ecclesiteticel institutions—he has never been hostile
to traditionary influences—he has on every occasion che-
rished and promoted them. The noble lord has never joined
in any attempt to pull clown the free magistracy of the
country; on the contrary, he has in several instances upheld
them. But I may be told that, although in domestic politics
the noble lord does not differ from gentlemen on this side of
tee house, it is in his external politics that he is so danger-
ous—that he reserves all his Liberalism for foreign affairs.
(" Hear, hear," from an hon. member on the Ministerial
sole.) lam glad to have my statement borne out by a fol-
lower of the noble lord (A. laugh.) It so happens that
during the present session, if not the opinion, the feeling
of this house had been tested upon the three great cardinal
points on which the foreign policy of England must depend
—the Russian empire, the Austrian empire, and our rela-
tions with the United States. Let me for a moment recall
what was the popular feeling this time last year respecting
'the first of these questions. The dismemberment of the
Russian empire was then regarded as not only a probabi-
lity, but a-necessity by a great party in this country ; and
men high in office, colleagues of the noble lord, sanctioned
those opinions. Gentlemen in office publicly announced
that no peace could be accepted by England which did
not restore the independence of Poland, and at least,
wrest the Crimea from the Emperor of Russia; and no
doubt there was a general impression that, in regard to the
great Power with which we wore lately at war, the noble
lord entertained very extreme convictions. It was, in
fact, with reference to that very subject that T took occa-
sion, in one of our debates, to lay down what I conceived
to be the conservative principles on which peace should be
negotiated. I maintained that the dismemberment of Rus-
sia, if possible, was, perhaps, not desirable, and, if at-
tempted to be attained, would lead to a struggle of a
duration which I could not venture to estimate. I also
indicated what I -deemed were—to use the epithets of
another-the wise and statesman-like conditions on which
a pacification might bo based. The views I then expressed
were snot 'sanctioned by those who surrounded and fol-
lowed the noble lord. But when the hour of practice
arrived, when the &elution of the question had to be
effected, the conduct of the noble lord with respect to the
Russian empire appears to me to have been as conservative
as any conduct that we could have wished to see pursued.
He agreed to a peace which recognised the integrity of the
Russian empire, and the terms of the treaty were framed
very much in accordance with the policy that I had
sketche 1 out. Therefore, as far as his views concerning
the Russian empire formed a test of his opinions, the noble
lord is as little a votary of Liberalism as he is on the wide
range of questions of internal interest to which I have ad-
verted. Then, turn to the Austrian empire. That un-
questionably was a subject on which -notwithstanding
our recent experience of the conservative policy of the
noble lord in regard to Russia—the greatest hopes are en-
t :rtained by the sincere supporters of liberal principles ;
and the protocol of the Paris Conferences cot tainly seemed
to authorise those expectations. What, then, has oc-
curred ? Although but a few weeks tow it was sup foxed
that a violent interference was to take place in Italy, al-
though alteratiens.of the greatest magnitude were antici-
pated which would have totally changed the balance of
power in Europe, yet, as far as I can gather, there is no
chance whatever of these dangerous courses being followed
by the noble lord. On the contrary, in a truly conservative
spirit, he is endeavouring, in conjunction with our great
ally, to obtain those temperate improvenlents in the con-
dition of Italy that all desire, by the aid and influence of
Austrian authority. Let us come to the third case. A
great many persons—and probably in this instance on
more colourable grounds—believed that the noble lord
would never have been content with less than a war with
the United States.. We were told that he was prone to re-
sent an injury or insult without so much as asking or wait-
ing for expl mations—that he was bent on picking a quar-
rel—and a quarrel he .would have. Well, what happened?
A very lamentable ch eemstan e occurred, if, indeed, a very
great insult was not offered to the Government of this
country. I may be permitted to soy that, when Mr.
Cranipton received his letter of departure from the Presi-
dent of the United States, I from the first strove to dis-
courage nay discussion of our relations with the United
States upon the narrow issue of the enlistment dispute. I
thought that if over that grave debate took place it ought
to embrace the main principle on !able% our policy towards
that country ought to be founded. I-was persuaded that,
if that discussion had been held in time, the people of Eng-
lend would have adopted a tone on this subject that would
have relieved the American mind from the only cause
which keeps alive any feeling of jealousy or suspicion to-
wards this country—namely, the mode in which we pre-
' sumo to deal with Rusir appropriation of lands. How did
the noble lord behave when the Minister of the Queen was
may way—rudely expelled from Washington ? It was
expected that this country mielit be involved, if not in war,
at least in a bitter and protracted controversy ; but, on
the contrary, the uaild dignity of Conservatism was never
more adequately represented than it was by the noble lord
on that occasion. After that occurrence who can suppose
that the noble lord is the firebrand the world for some time
assumed him to be? (A.laugh.) Well, Sir, under the cir-
cumstances, I cannot suppose that the Government of
which the noble lord is at the head is the representative of
liberal opinions. Whether I look to subjects of internal in-
terest, or to the great quit lions of foreign policy, the Go-
vernment, seem to me to be pursuing a course which is in
harmony with Conservative policy and. Conservative prin-
ciples. But, because the Government are pursuing such a
coarse, are we justified in saying that parties are broken
up? It ,may be very convenient for some persons to
promulgate this theory. It may be vary convenient for
some persons that each ramours should be circulet 3 I j' but I
protest against their authenticity. If the noble lord and
his colleagues are pursuing a conservative policy, it is an
erroneous assumption that the Conservative party is there•
fore extinct. What party is extinct it is not for use now to
say. I would rather leave it to the country to determine. I
know it may be said that it would be more fair and straight-
forward, and more in accordance with the habits of the
people of this country, that a consei vative policy should, be
cerried out by theme. who are avowedly conservative states-
Mon. That may be so; but I would remind those in the
'country to maintain conservative opinions, and who de--
phi-re the eousequeuces of a Parliamentary session like that
now closing, that they have two sources of consolation in
the present strata of affairs. In the first place, whet I think
should be, and what, I have no doubt will be, the greatest
Consolation to them is tip sea their opinions prevalent in
high places. They may also find COll9 dation in what will
of
re
tttheeirin;ivvaitlzstb, ltehceotnisbe te:aelnpcearyotf.the existing system —the
deleterious is) flOeuce which it will exercise upon the position
The Liberal party can-
notexistwhe i its chief and selected men are in power, and
continue to boll office, net only without carrying liberal
principles into effect., but without even avowiog frankly
their profession. ( Hear, hear) I see before me many gen-
tlemen, 'Member§ of the Government, who have obt Lined
their seats in this house by their protestations to their
constie uents--.-by their liberal engagements with the great
Liberal party, and who, by obtaining seats in this house,
have also obtaineil seats in the Administratien. It is for
them to explain their position to their constituents and to
the groat party in the country with which it is supposed they
are connected ; bas I call up et the C ruservative party not
t ) lose hear I, fur if the present systein continue the Li herd.
party iu this country will be thro an back 50 years. Nbthing
can long resist the dcletheious infleence of the position
in
which this Liberal party ere now placed with reference to
power, and the people will, I hope, upsn reflection, Loon
discover the reason why measures of urgent public neces-
sity are not passed in this house although they are pro-
posed by a Minister. The Conservative Indy will find
upon reflection that from the competitive emulation of
'great political parties lies sprung that as ise and temperate
system of Government which has so long c';aracterised
the hietoreaof this country ; they will cherish with still
great 2r interest; and they Nfill value still more highly the
disitinctive principles which make them a party; and when
they are told that the present lamentable state of public
affairs is occaeiened by thebreak-up of paetieS, they at least
can 8,.,Y) “Thatallegation does not apply to us; vse are a cone
servative party ; a o hold conservative opinions; we are pre-
pared to meiutain them ; anti. Minister. who hes no
opiniatis cannot pees his measures. he has no right—and,
lhereewho defend him have no right—to libel the.constita-
Con of the country, to which weer we all our reputatieu and
our greatness."' (Cheers.) The right lion. grentleuian con-
cluded by movieg for a return of the number of public
bills, and their titles, the orders for which, he any of their

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stages, have., been discharged during the present session, possibly have been acoomplished. Moreover, Sir, th .. el
. three . , • vountry 17.Tartett.
and the detetof the discharge of each of such ender,. (lees out of the 51 wets, giver" to ind,pendent 'Mtm-
Lori PAMIERSTON-The right hon. gentleman, is hers for motions hostile to the Goverement, end three ;
more were taken,. . without leave asked or obtained;for . •
revi•swing the ptoceedings of the session, has, in the latter d.a3-LIVERPOOL-JOEY 25.
similerniooons on going into Committee of Stinneir Ok
part of , his speech, diverging from questions relating to laugh.) There were a few other days unavailable for env A small attendance t -day, and alim business, ex-
Perliaanentary business, called attention to the- coestitu• ' purpn.se of real husit ess, and the whole animistic so . ,dins cept in Indian cotn. Wheat was 2d to Sitedr bushel, and •
flout. 6d to la per barrel and sack lower than on Tuesday.
-Unseal division of parties in this country, and has touched during the course of the'session which the Government had
Innliaei corn was slack in the early part Of the market, but
tepee subjects whi.th affect the general interests, not only . at their disposal for their own measures was 22 days. 1
a dernaed sprung up, and several parcels were taken at
(Hear, hear.) Now, sir, as I have said, Ido not reproach '•
of Europe but of the civilised world. While listening to •about Tuesday's price] ; mixed and yellow 30s to 301 6d,
hon. gentlemen opposite for having, from a sense of duty, I piste white 32s er
article. 48 lbs. No change was made in the
those observations of the right hon. gentleman which re- obstructed measures which we thought, if passed, would.,•
lated to the political tenets of the Conservative party, I have ben of great advantage to the country. We trust
value of any other I
was led for a while to admire, with internal thankfulness, that those measures may succeed in a fettle) session. In- WAKEFIELD---
-JULY 25. n
deed when measures of great importance ate produced,,
what appeared to me the generosity of a poltical opponent,i
which involve a conflict of interests and alterations of The wheat trade has been
who was inculcating upon those who are considered to he • know , .
systoles long established, Ido not that there is any . °flee ed at a of Is per qr from the prices of last
Friniay. Lincolnshire and Yorks • • noted 79e
__ t _ .
decline dull, and a limited business
his followers 'the doctrine, that there was nothing in the disadvantage in allowing them to stand over a time, in hire white ill quot
opinions or conduct of her Majesty's Government which order that they may be well considered by the count. y, ito 81-s, extra 883 • red ditto, 72s to 755, extra 7m, There
should prevent them from giving to that Government their an s that in the recess they may have directed to them the is no change in Carley, beans, oats, ano shelling.
studied attention of those who are competent tnunderstand I Average price. of grain-Wheat, 76s led ; barley, -*
entire support. (Hear, and laughter.) I was looking for-
and app, eate them in all their details. I am rot even '1 Od ; oats, 30s lid ; beaus, 4bs 41.1; peas, 41s.
ward with hopeful expectation to the manner in which in
,sure, if '‘.;Le *had had our choice in regard to some of the -- .
the next session of Parliament we should all go out into ! measures to which the right hon. gentleman has adverted, • .EXETER--JPLY 25
the same lobby-(a laugh)-if, indeed, there could be found that it would not, upon full consideration, have beennhe COO,/c-In our market wheat may be quoted front 9s 9d .
any man who would gire us an opportunity of doing so by better course to subject them tonsideration, more mature deliberation, Ito 13s Od. Malting beztey, 4s 9,1 to 5e 3d ; grinding do., 01
and reproduce theta for discuss on in another. session. ICAto Os Od. Oats, 3e 3•1 to 3s 9d. Beans, Os Od to 0'
a motion adverse to the Government or involving its axis- (Hear, hear.) Well, sir, I -do not stand here simply on Od. Peas, . 00s Od to 00s 01
tents. (Laughter.) Bat, sir, I was soon disabused. There behalf of the Government against an Opposition. An • FLoun. -Fine, Ai Od tto--slltl ; seconds, Ms Od to -1
brilliant prospects were soon converted into darker views, Opposition is so called because it is its function to oppose. Od per sack.
and the. feeling of overflowing gratitude gave place to gen-. , We do not complain of opposition to
ales Government, CATTLE. Fat beef was sold at from lle 01 to s -0.1 Per
espeially when it is founded upon a r onviction, de- score ; fat naives, -d to 6d per lb ; barienners, 6s Od to Os
ti.nents not quite so friendly. The right hon. gentleman,l
• • :rival from constituencies or large bodies of men out of 6d. per score ; cows and calve , 12/. to del, is • butchers'
feeling perhaps confidence in the attachment of his own !• . • .
doors, that the measures proposed are either bad in their calves, 6d to -d per lb., reari calves to: s each.
. .!
supporters -(iromeal cheers and laughter)-knowing that ' ewes and lambs, 1/14s to 21. 5s -s
1 ewes.
lambs, 01
porguepaceii.
rig',
nature, overstrained in their enactments, or difficult in Sheep,
wethers, 6id to -,1;
the incitements ho was holding out to desertion would be their provisions. Ido not complain of that; but standing to Opt;
without effect, and that he was acting with perfect security here-if I may without presumption undertake .a duty large size, 45s to 55, ; second size, 948 to 30s • slips, 2°.„.
which the right hon. gentleman has cast upon me -to do- to 30s ; suckers, 103 to 14s. • Rough fat, '4d. per "
in apparently desiring to transfer to U 3 that allegiance Pork carcases from 10a 6d to lls 6.1 per score.
which hitherto has been deviated to him, proceeded to . find the House of Commons, I say that, in my epinion,
there is nothing in any .of the- stetetnents which the •
adopt what I nivat say was a somewhat more treacherous ' • . -
right hon. gentleman has made that ought in the,
BRISTOL SUGAR-JULY 25. • _
course, by endeavouring to sow disunion in the ranks of slightest degree to weaken the confidence which the
those who sit on this side of the house. (Hear.) lam country has felt, and, I maintain, does feel, in this The market is quiet, and prioes are about 6d per cwt. ~
not afraid of the result of these endeavours. I feel as con- house as a branch of the Legislature. (Cheers.) It is under the highest rates paid a fortnight since, at which
not unnatural that those who sit on the opposite side of the decline several•pareels have been disposed of since our last,
, fident that that part of his speech will not produce schismfl tth fi the e t
house should take advantage of the end a session to re- cle y o ere ners ; grocers appear to bebnyers a ;
on this side as I presume, he felt confident that hie el'' count what theY.term the - failures" of the Government; is decline, but to this reduction theme importerb will not
) parent inducement to desertion would not, on any future , but I must say, sir, that we bear with great c•dmness and submit. The refined market is miserably fiat, indeed there
fortitude those partial disappointments and inconveniences is scarcel,r any business doing either in stove dried or wet
• occasion, thin the ranks upon which he relies: So much,goods. Of sum the market has been cleared, and priod
to which the right. hon. gentleman has alluded, because.e
then, for that part of the right hon. gentleman's speech
I look with some pride and satisfaction at the victories which have advanced about 3d per gallon from the 'lowest point.
which related to internal affairs, upon which, however, we have achieved upon the few occasions on which we have - •
.
. . . • .. 1
a I Will just add one word. While he reproached her Me- been called to do battle 'upon the great field.of action. . COAL MARKET.-JULY 25.
r jesty's Government for abandoning liberal views, in the (Cheers.) We recollect-the country will recollect -thate• I
although good measures have been defeated by determined Prices of Goal per ton at the close of the inarkat
' earlier part of his speech he made it, as it were, an acm-
e • opponents after midnight, although the pertiuscious resist- s. d Wallsend, &O.
station against the Government, that they had devoted all ance of hon. gentlemen ensconced on the heights of the BB;cla s
sd les W.
West
Hartley-
Hartley
s. •
; their attention to the internal interests of the country, . Oppositiou benches may, in a few instances, have been• • 1166 ('C
eosforth l7 3
y and had inundated the house with more measures of im• I successful-(a laugh)-and although we may have sustained Howard's West Hartley
r Netherton Harvey Wylam 14 6
1' provemeut than it was possible to pass in the course Of some checks by having our bills refused to be taken into con 16 ( ihembton l9 6,,,
sideration after such and such an hour, yet we know that,
n the session. • (Hear.) With regard to the right hon. gee- Tanfield Moor
Walker Primrose .. l4 tl4 0 Russell's tietton 19 u
whatever may have been our mortifications and "failures,"
n Bell's Primrose l4 0
tlainann's profession of faith as to foreign affairs, no man 1
. upon the five or six occasions on which there hove been
Grey's West Hartley ....16 0 Evenwood
r- will dispute the accuracy of his statement that our , found gentlemen who have fairly given Us a challenge eta 16 0
it relations with Russia, with Austria, and with the United deadly combat, to fight al' outranee, we have had majorities
CC
T{
e Heatoniioe , 17 3
re States_ of• America are cardinal points upon which'the ' such as it has been the lot of few Governments to enjoy. WHaYsitarnes' Hartley ......1167
We remember that our majorities have grown - °
wallsend, See. lB 9
I. foreign pelicy of this country must turn. I won't discuss . (Cheers.) Nastier 17 9
re . from 1.00 and 101 to, I believe, the unpiecedentee number
with the right hon. gentleman the particular application of !of 101-(cheers) -and therefore, looking to .these great Framwellgate lB 6 aartlepool • • •19 6 - 1
e- Haswell
Le his own peculiar views with regard to those three great achievements, which will not easily be effaced from the
ch Powers; but, as the right hen. gentleman has taken the ! memory, of the country, we think that during the recess we • • Ships at market... 41 (Sold a: ...... .. 22
may console ourselves with the reflection that, in spite of
in opportunity of explaining-from what our cousins on the _
,those partial inconveniences to which the right hon. gentle- •
alto other side of the Atlantic would call a " political plat- !
man has referred, we have enjoyed the confidence LOCAL SHARE MARKETS..
of• form"-not merely to those who happen to listen to hive, lof the House -of Commons. (Renewed cheeting.).
---.....---
rd but, through this house, to the country, the principles I There is no gainsaying the record of divisions upon votes •
p- upon which the political policy of himself and his party is •of • • • ' censure We have had the satisfaction of seeing LIVERPOOL, JULY 25.
that when motions have been made the avowed and clear • h
STOCK Exnumser.- The market continues steady, wit..... i
L2f. in future to be founded, I must say I think his omissions
object' of which was to take from those who now are charged Out much change in prices.
;•ft are more remarkable than his statements. It is somewhat with the Conduct of affairs the power which they wield the !
• - -
singular- somewhat surprising-especially after the events sense of this house was expressed decidedly against such
TyMANCHESTER, JULY 25.-
,sh of the last two or three years, that the right hon. gentle- motions. (Cheers.) I woeld humbly trust that our .
STOOK IgEORANGII.7•This market
.was doing a f lir
future conduct wiil not belie the good faith and good-will
rse man should have had nothing to say with regard to our amount of business to-day, and prices were firm. Lea I,
ile Which the past has evidenced and that when we meet
relations with France. What we are to infer from. the A- •
again neat year we shall not find that anything has hap-' 97i-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34k- London
he- and North-Westerns, 107 i -Blackburn, 8 5-16 -Dover.. ..
lance of the right hon. gentleman on that point I cannot paned in the recess calculated iv any way to weaken the
led 221-Eastern Counties, 10i -Sheffield s; 61. Pref., 11 Po;
the tell ; but one may say of it that which was said of the favourable opinion which large majorities of the house
• -Midlands, 841-Cheshire Junction, 19-Chester Oa
have been kind enough to express. (Cheers.) Sir, it is
eld ststue of Brutus, that its absence was more striking than Birkenhead, 22/. shares, 13. '
true that we have not been able to carry many measures
ice the presence of the others. (Heir, hear,) Certainly her -
of great importance. It is also true that we began this ---
a of
Majesty's present Government have not so imperfect a session having on our hands the conduct of a '
great and an BIRMINGHAM, JULY 24. •. •
:er-
• recollection of a matter so important as the relations arduous war. It is true that our attention was directed STOCK EXCHANGE.-The market has been doing a Yell
as.
France. (Hear, to the vigorous prosecution of that war. It is true that flat business. to-day in railway stocks. There was a felt
vial subsisting between this country and ,
fol- hear.) But I shall now tarn to the practical pert of
soon after the session began we had thrown upon us the demand -for local shares, and prices were firm. Greas
ditlicalt and
ndelicate task of conducting negotiations for Western, 62-Midlands, 84 -London and North Western,
hat the right hon. gentleman's speech. I do not rise for the
ing peace -negotiations to be eared on in concert with allies, I'/B}-South Staffords, 2/ d
•
purpsse of carrying on a party contrdeersy with in which our own opinions were not to be our only guide,
.nal
anti the right hon. gentleman. -I do not, in the first place, and in which, therefore, great delicacy of management wee
COURSE OF EXCHANGR v -.-- RSTERDAT.
elm- admit the correctness of the opinion which he has ox- required if we wished to succeed in bringing them to a
satisfactory termination. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, Sir, emsterdstm........ ••.• il i 8 Gibraltar ............... - .
call pressed, that the public mind of this country is impressed
while, on the one. hand, the right hon. gentleman has dude itotittod, three months l2 0% Leghorn ...... .... •••• li:61 ,i;
'in" with notions adverse to the efficiency of this house-o-(hear, 20%
the us but justice in recounting all those various and impor- 'eer am - •'•"*" - 1 .Genoa
ntwerp .............. 25 57% Milan .......• -
obi- hoar)-and, without meaning to apply to the right hon. taut questions to which the different members of the
Go- Brussels ....•• .. ~.... 25 57%. Venice... .. • • -
and gentleman any charge of want of sympathy with the house, vernment had succeeded in giving their attention in spite Ilamburgh ."......... 13 8% ; Naples ..:.•.• •• -•••• •••44
nned I must say Ido not think it is for one of its members to of many distracting cares, and in acknowledging that no Altona ............... • I Palermo .• -... ..
Government, in the most peaceful and tranquil times, ever. Paris ........ ......... 25 32% ' Messina
iced endeavour to run down the house in the estimation of theDitto, three months .. 25 65 Lisbon .. . 524
did more successfully devoted their attention to a great range - •
country. (Hear, hear.) I shall net be tempted by the and scope of internal improvement, on the other hand, we
- efarseuses ..: ...• ...... 95 65 Oporto ..........." s*4
eastßourdeaux .• .• ........ - Rio Janeiro .....
opportunity which some parts of the right hon. gentleman's may boast of Laving
I nog brought a vast and important Euro- Frankfort-on-Maine -.. 120% Buenos Ayres.4 -._.„
speech afford for entering upon political controversy, but ,
transaction to a good and satisfactory settlement. • Berlin ................ - New York,6o day!' Mai .•-•
n the shall rather endeavour, in a very few words, to vindicate 'las •
ogle (Cheers.) Sir, I trust that nothing I have said will bear, e;?n0ae.......„...........
1500.21 Philadelphia - ' ' ---
the authority and character of this house. The great any more than the speech of the right hon. gentleman, the Petesteum. 7...4. .... 7. :: ... eree 'Fe:err Cl'Ord 11:311:: r lir 9
4in charge which the right hon. gentleman has made isehat a
)cca- large number of measures relating to important aspect of party acrimony as between the different sides of Madrid .......... v.. 49% - Portugal.g Gold Coin.. 0 0
ived the merit of which- he did not dispute, which we have
matters, this house. Ido justice to the motives which led him to .eathe ..• •• .......: • . a 0
... 50 Mexican Dollars .... 0 -
d be his
make statement ; but, at the same time, I think there -tierce:ma ............ -, New Dollars .....• 0.. 00 ,
introduced to Parliament have failed, and he has inquired
Rus-s nothing iu that statem •- trust I have shown there ieviee...... .......... - Silver in bars- 0. 514
statement -I
the cause. I might, if I were disposed to argue the ques-the ch • • * ......
was not-which ought
in
.ai.sy degree to lower
f at- tion in that way,. speak of it as a question of internal dis- ter of this house •
enthe opinion. of the country, or to induce ,
.... • • ' I
of a
sension in this house, "Si ectus:un quteris eircuntspice." (A. • •SEABORNE MAILS,
the nation to thing leas highly than it • hitherto has done, •
. also laugh.) It we ask the cause why so • many of these mea-
ts of sures have failed, I might answer that it was on account
of our powers and functions as a deliberative and legisla- . •
rhich
, of the obstruction they ,net with from gentlemen on the tive assembly. (Loud cheers.) ' • (2i signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-ofthe
"'ea other side of the house. (No, no!) • They
had failed from
Mr. GIBSON said he had a very hazy idea of the di s'
I fol- the resistance
which they met in the house; but Ido not tinction between the two great parties, as he saw Liberals
sake . state that in accusationof those whose obstructionhas
been. supporting Conservative measures and Conservatives Day when made ,:l. Frans stns •-vrese
ere be the cause of the failure; Ido not state this with the view rb 1 • • • • COUNTRIES. in General Post-' Pore dne to
p the i era measures. But what he complained of in the Go- Office, London.* Oispatche.. Ensiasd.
of reproaching thorn for their conduct, because, for the
ratite)
, reasons I have to state, Ido not think there is any just vernrnent was want of earnestness, which produced the -------e- -
Anertea(bystrit.paclON Plvery Friday .... Liverpool ... Weela
'sue°. cause of complaint that good measures are obstructed. If impression that they would not care for being defeated,A
the America (by United Scl3,
we were in an arbitrary country in which the sovereign and would not stand by their measure
s.(Haar.) For in- packet) .. .U.•... st Every Tuesday Southampton Weekly
•amed power had nothing to do but to call round it men convey- stance, as to the Local D Bill, • ties it had actually been given A.tnerlea (by Eitat4,
E had sant with the different matters on which it might be neces- •• packet) ........ ~ N • . ~, - Liverpoo ..
Liver-
;ruing eery that new laws should be passed-if we had nothing to up in the midst of a discussion without a division. He A.istralia (via Liver- II
noblenever remembered such an instance, and the •Secretary of pool) ............ ...;as 4th and 19th .... Liverpool .. Twice 01 , :
do but to collect the cumulative wisdom of different per-1
wide Ditto (via Marseilles) b ~,...,... Dover .... ‘ • .1
sons learned in the matters on which we wished to legis- the Treasury had on that occasion shown extraordinary , .
to ad- late, h •
and airing framed laws in accordance with their timidity Ditto (via Cape of Good
. Then, on the Oaths and Abjuration Bill, a• Rope) ............N •.••••• .. • .
... Uncertain
A mo •
. views at once to issue them ou authority and cause them lock) b 534 0 f tn. rhontl • Plymouit .. 6th et mo,t
member of the Cabinet actually voted against it (the Earl tfi re ixe ,a 113(:. ieas.t. 1, . .
tiding to be carried into effect-then of course a Measure would not ..../t leth* 26th or ;0: Dover •• 60 04 td .4 )9th :
if the be brought forward one day to be withdrawn the next, or of Harrowlay), although 113 Government pretended to sttp• Alexandria.. :::::: „Li 4::h &Itith.of mom.. iouthamptor '4 rte 11 of in '
the menu 3outhampun 16th
re en" abandoned after long and earnest discussion, But we must Peet it, and, as that bill' had failed, members would still gallam!'" •--•• •• ••1°- 17th of
iples ;have to take au oath which, as theEerl of Derby charac. 111„elilhija •-•• '• ":7. Z.l 9)ttilf7t7l;e77-7 ii) . Zootivtelf m• ••: • . ,TAI:lyIl 6•
recollectlhat such is not the constitution of this country,
tamedtensed it, was so blasphemous it could scarcely be taken ictreni,a;;;;;;;;;,; ..ei 9th"^, tilt> mmoonnt, •••• ilrithaamP;tem.r. July 16
and much it is to our advantage that it is not so. (hear.)
is oc-without impiety and a sense of personal indignity. With Cape of Good Hope ;•le Uncertain •
When, however, we are enjoying great advantage from
orosed our constitutional organisation, we must take the rou h
2 regard to votes of public money-there had been a reckless Cape of Good Hope .•.b' " • .
I
Y, al- and the smooth, the good and the had together, and must expenditure, and a dangerous cry was abroad for keeping Case de Vcrda ......b oth o• th .4.,-.:.,1 iouthamptcr 16th of ,re
and 26th, _ Is & 29.01
sutici. not repine at defects which are inherent in our system, up the public establishments. The object of the House of Ceylon (see India) 191 h 4 & wit
ace of from which, on the whole, we realise such great and incai- Commons ought primarily to be to take care Of the purse a . gy1eezigh;.3.............14. 4th., and 20th
3outh pen r Te.est.
)is n° eatable 'advantages. The Government finds on looking and the liberty of their constituents. They ought not to Chill::. ~....::::.. ai eiti4vtr .;a:0-`1,;1- ionthaamms o, iv-and 16
lowed roman-hat in certain departments of the State, in Patti- lay themselves out to keep the army and navy up, but China ....
votive culler portions of the administrative system, affecting, per- down. ( "Hear, hear," from Mr. Williams.) He trusted Constantinople ..,...e .oth and 26th.... never •••• • 2 and, '9
. great haps, our Commerce, our agriculture, and other interests, that the noble lord would next session show himself to be Constantinople
eolith:mom vine 140,
0 COD- abuses and inconveniences have arisen, requiring practical an economist. The noble lord could not adhere too strictly geet.totsEeettoreVsi & 1.3 r vsice daily .. ~.., Dover ...... rwice
lace of
, remedies to be applied. The Government does its pert •it to the old maxim of Lord Grey, " Peace, Retrenchment, e5g55'........ )31 & 1,,, twin 4a,,,,, Twicadaili
50. Ist devises measures calculated, asit thinks, to accomplighlhe and Reform," and hon. members, as they hoped to find Gibraltar ............B1 4,7,17, 20,-2:if in. SouvteLl.... 6' 7 4•26.
;not . .
ice on ends in view, and submitsd,
those measures to Parliament; favour with their constituents, would do well to follow the Greece (see India)
e lord and when they come into this house no one supposes that example. • Greytown ..........M 2rilt & 17th of man. iantharnpo.s i and l*
r with their success or failure is to depend entirely upon their Mr. NAPIER desired to call attention to two or three ilamtargh ........:.F Dail.* . London ...'.. Dal/Y
Eiavannah ..........51 2nd of the monti Soul...imp- t• 2d's MO
) tore- merit or demerit: (Hear.) Measures of great import- measures before the hence separated. Two sessions ago he Holland ............11 Daily . . . Dover . . DallY•
r wait- ance, calculated to produce important reforms in parties- Lad
obtained the appointmentofcommission to Honduras ...... ...1%1 17tii Of ;1(7) ..... . 7h•• iouthair••,•• .. 16th
a inquire ptor
quer- Isr branches of the system into which abuses have crept, into India (viaSontham7pt.)lV 4th ,t. • 0 n•/th of men Plymouth .. rand 21 01
paned? must necessarily meet with great resistance, partly • from the inns of court. Mr. Justice Coleridge, Viee•Chan. Lana (via Marseilles)Si 10'19;26th of moll Dover •• •••• 14 /116 29
a very • prejudice, partly from want of information, and partly cellorWood, and others, were members of that commission, lonian lees (see India) .... .... . Dover...'.'..
of this from interested motive'; because in all abuses there must and they had laboured most assiduously. A great deal of Ireland. . Lf &14 Twice daily Holyhead •
Li5b0n,.,.........77.7777 '7-77777
7 7..
n Mr.
,• be a certain number of men who profit by them, and who evidence
Madeira • • • • •• ......D1 mon i Sonthamptoa 6,16 OC.
Pres'. in our representative system are enabled to bring their re- Madeira ............e 234 of month
to dis- •
, sistance to bear upon this house. (Hear.) Therefore it is
. . thereupon, agreed to, unanimously, and meeting, he be- Malta (see India) 9
Clean" no reflection on a measure that it is opposed, and that lieved, with the general concurrence of the members of Malta ...........".N 4, 10, 20, and 26 Dover.- .2) 16 2
... 1 , ,
Mauritius (see India: .
ute. I when it comes into Parliament it should meet, in the first the profession. Since that report nothing had been done'
n ought •
e instance at least, with such resistance as to cause its and he now rose to express a hope that for the future a 316delxa itr 25
ricitolua .. .. .. .. 1% 20;o of the moan .
owards failure. And so it is with regard to many of those mea-.011 ITO of the mohtl. goatharspt. 1 ist
of
happier result might follow the devotion so much time
Nap1e5.....:.......(..N Da11y...... •
d that, sures to which the right bon. gentleman has adverted. I
of Eng- do not state that as a reproach to those by whose obstruc- and attention as had been bestowed on this subject. (Hear.)
useavwe ranaaa .. .. ...e 2d & 17thof month Southampto, reis 16
Zea1and..,....... Twi :5 a month Various p
would tion these measures have failed. It is the inevitable ac- He earnestly recommended the noble lord to give effect to Papal ;lases ........14 HMV .... •..... :. Dover ...0.".. t week; 'f
e
• caus companiment of free discussion. There is, of course, the the recommendations of the commission. There was an- Peninsula -" - - "Iv Aouthanip,.:
ion to- •Peru ..............e• al & 27th of mot Nouthampt. Ist & 16111
Intercourse of members of Parliament with persons out of other subject which he had beenprevented from b •
. ringing
sec:itytiatat ..........e .1.7. private ship Various per •
we pre- the house whose organs they necessa:ily are, and I may '
to completion, owing to the course which had been pursued N Eve.y Saturday.'. Dover .....• Week
." tit" observe that if all classes of persons out of doors have not Tuscany .......... •7
by the Government --he 'lnuit th.e subject of the depart- Venezuett .77 ': 7 ':;: ?,,T7-'-'4; ".- •*. '; ,over ... , Op
'6," Was organs in this house, then we have an imperfect represen-• cemo: t • . eutbamp• 1.. 160
Lt teas tation of the community. (Hear.) Any men who expects went of public justice. That subject had o • a
ccupieo the at- Van ineniene'den";:o,e '
tention of a venerable friend of his, Lord Brougham, who Australia)
in war• that greet improvements in
but, on be completed on the first attempt, and in one, session, considered that a department of that kind, properly con- West Indies . .. 7: . • :it:- 1000717,1•• , i and le
stitutod, might much tend to prevent many of the failures • •e------.
,s never will be greatly disappointed. It never has been so, it never'
ble lord will be so, and it never cen be so. (Hear.) The best men- which now took place in our legislative measure. The Lord Whenany of these . dates tall on a Sunday, the malls Will be de!
suppose sures under a representative Government cannot be carried Chancellor had stated th.at the Government had a plan in setred n the following day. with the exceptien-of the illOlB . .
contemplation for appointing a person to supervise mea- e.l.l„rwt,r), and the Malta, both of which will be despatch.; the
ne time till they have been well discussed, till prejudices have been
the cir- overcome, and interests silenced. (Hear.) If carried theyn sures of legislation ; but as in his (Mr. Napier s) opinion ''''' ng ay'
moot of' would not work well, unless the countr was convinced not that plan fell short of the. requirements of the case, he . .
ative of only of the abuse, but of the goodne • Y
as of the remedy that •
should reintroduce his proposition next session. These GAME KILLED BY STRYCHNINE.--The week before
veal in- was to be applied. (Hear, hear.) If any roanwill look he thought, whichmightwell '
were questions, deserve the last a large number of pheasant peulte, the property of
the Go- back to the different improvements that have been made by attention of the Government during the recess. With re- James
Dearden, Esq , of Upton House, Poole, were.
Leh is in the Legislature in this country he will see that such has -an to what to the hon.poisoned, but
member for Manchester, as Oath of Abjuration Bill, whether accidentilly or designedly is 11°"
ye grin- been the course of events. And, though this lo• of if the right hon. gentleman would modify the oath accord- known. They were ab ant a month old, and in excellen
g such a progress is mot tifyiog to those who bring in measuresB"7'
t broken - erovetnent -though it is disappointing to that ortio rnof ing to the suggestion of the noble lord the member for Lon- condition. On Thursday week, in the morning,the
rsons to . ,don it might receive his support. (Hear.) were fed, as usual, but about one o'clock, when the
the community out of doors who are anxiously IPoOkinon g for Mr. MOWBRAY complained of the delay which had keeper, went to look at them, -he found many of the
tent
uftoi• th. go improvements, nod though, perhaps, it exposes this
lordl ; t.' house' to censure from those ardent spirits who, not happen- occurred with respect to the Dulwich College and Sher• much-convulsed, and in I,ttle more {bewail hour from the
.. and ing to be here, think thatif they were here their energy and borne liospital.Bills. The select committee of the Lords • time 150 of them (dad, and since then one after another,
isit la an 'eloquence eveuld overcome tell resistance, and carry their hat introduced changes in the latter measure, brit after 'except a few that the keeper was able and keep
to catch
there• • •those changes the Government ought to have repudiated in,: have
views into practice-(Haar, and laueli)--ehOunels Lir • l•also died. Upwards of 200 have keen the
o now toa a • e these ' Ist tion with the billor - ' The bill - -
connection carried it (align. destroyed,Professor
I appointments and mortifications occur, yet the delays that
mine. t nice place must not be
regarded as to the s-ses. , . • I found in the birds sent to him minute quantities of
straight-
country-(hear)-because measures of improvement t - ••-•'' '
roust M;. WILKINSON thought that this latter bill was just "ia ; there is, therefore, no doubt of their having
Le of the fail io . ; •
plot uctng theirutmost effect if they are carried too been. poisoned by this
hould, beone of those which, as the noble lord had said, couldbe held ' is, . alkaloid, or ilux vomits, which
hastily, before the public mind is fairly brought into accord- -
es states- ~. over for another session. (Oh, oh.) . • we believe, note frequently used for d • ''' destroying an]
-
ewith
. the shoo such measurea, and before they are thoroughly Isle. HADFIELD complimented the noble lord for the mats and veimiii,Slitrborne Journal.- , .
se in sifted by ample discussion.' • (Hear.) Therefore I say that, •which
who de-he had
way in lbrought the war with Russia to a • •
though we tenet regret that many of those which
measures ------e•I!
like that ./it it introduce CI so and also for the manner in which he had smoothed - , • - - -
~•, we e our duty to in the course of this session -° ' '
LAIIOO indown our differences with America. . • • i • • _, - BIRTH-S.-
have not passed into ,
A, I think yet a year (Sr a session is but a Mr. BA.INES explained that the changes introduced by '
moment in the history of a people, They are long in the the House of Lords in the Sherburneßospital Bill had OF A SON. . • '.• • ' .:4
.
gcostest -
ardent and ambitious men, but they are not longOn th • - lost.-
lent in cause the Government to delay its progress. '
d.
r 3
in the history of the .e 2 ith ,at Eaton-place west, tha..Wife_of T. 11.
progress of a country, and a country Kent, big,
that will need t •
Mr• 'VANCE, before the session closed, .could not with--
the no suppose that because good measures are not passed ' ' • ' • •
hold comment on the unsatisfactory manner in which Irish ''On , the, 25. th lest.), at 11, Carlton-hill east, St. John*
'en' 7 at once othetmeasures of the kind will not at
;0 some
legislation had been conducted. He instaneed the cases'of wool, the.wife of Mr. Wm. m.Brand.
I position future time pass into a lew. (lln:a‘ , hear.) There has been
arty can- .the Bankruptcy and Insolvent Bills, which had been down ...'
no want of applicatien to their public duties on the pert IOF A DAUGHTER.
war, and
i for second -reading •19 times, on all occasions after one '
_ liberal
ig • o'clock in the morning. The .Burials (Itelend) Bill, put On • the 25th init., .at 2, Ennisrcuere-plaee, :the Lad/
session during which, in the samei number of days, this 1
frankly . bousebes devoted a ereater number of hours by dap and I
y for committee
.26 times . after that, hour ; and the 'Juries : Clarence Paget.
tanggen- by
,uight than in the one now ' ! (Ireland) Bill, called on for second reading also 19 tittles.
, lady .On the 23d test., et Eastbourne-terraee, Hyde-Park, the
obt shied ' about to close. The number ,
midnight after one o'clock. It was impossible for Isiah representa-. of Captain Weller Poley.
to their of days in which this house has tuljournedbefore
tiv.3s to deal with each anal arrangements as these; •
are few, indeed, and divine the greater •t of the session land he t• • . . • ,M A ItlilE-D. - •
the great e par suggested that the noble lord should make arrangements 1
we hay' b- '' • till The
" house, e ten sitting a late hour in the morning- . ,
It is for bon. member for Salford seems to have entirely abdicated • h two er threp days early in each
by whis . sessaion should be On' the 221 joist., at St. George's, .HanOver-squarei
Is and to his post. (A. laugh.) He hai nobly sacrificed his own wishes given up to Irish Wis. . ,
.. ; Lieut.-Colonel H. H. VYse, M.P., .
Mr. L. HEY WORTH bore testimony, to :Ulla, daughter of
Sir W. G. H. JAM, Bart. . , . . ' •
and particular theories for the public good, and has not ; ' from a recent :
oasts they , thought it his duty to interfere of 1-ate with the sittings of • visit to America, to the univerial feeling prevailing on the ' On .the
.22 i inst., a; Ross, Herefordshire, Lieutenant'
peaxiy no the Louse after midnight. Nobod;therefore, that •
y can say .
other side of the Atlniatic to preserve ftiendly relations Colonel S. E. Gordon, R.A., to Margaret Flora, d hter
aug
L bar tl • with tine country. taftXajer P. M'Dougall, late 25th Regiment.-
Nething if measures of importance haven: t passed into law th•ESSOS-
. Mr. LOWE, reverting to some strictures Of the . • I • right DIED.
!sition in sion it is owing to any want of dilieence on the part of the
hen, member fer•Beekinghamahii•e,
members of this house It sr be ''
.d. that •tis on account as to the non fulfilment •. . . - . - .
entree to °rib° ;great loquacity.
whichay said
. 1.
lof the pledge an:ratline iin hor thjety's S. • 1 t , . - .0n the 2th inst., at 26; Easton- 1
P-place, Enstan-s attires
ion, Loon h., t• ere ,b . has-been exhibit©d • and per- ,
' • 1 duce an " enlightened law" on the st 1). peece 0 11:17..170 • Raymond Gasquet, Esq., F.8.C.5., aged 67 q
die siecn:s- - that it would be better n
to Pdi.cusmay e Inclined
tn
think of ' hip, said that the pledge 1 ject of the law of -On the 25th inst., at Old•street St. ' eMiles
• Luke s, Mr.
r are pro- he • simeasuees lose; but still, taking a larger view :partnerslillenl but maintained that the might have been sinful- John Itei 'lly erred 64
will find t .., eau, ,do not think this is a matter of which we have i e
had telbl d 1 Joint-Stock Cempenies • ' 'P' • t Leamington,'*-I
-.
nOn the 2-y1 that.. a the HonoGeorgiant
reason to complaie. As far, Sir, as the Government itself Bill. y amen or ,tbe law of partnership, and placed'
elation of - ornbee -widow, of the late
is concerned, the house ought te beer in mind what portion it in a more enlightened position than the laws of other Rev. G. Hernia's,' rector 0'
;einperateof . • of her states, not omitting Armes,. -
The Partnershi Bill lead • Bury, Lancashire;
•••.-• - • "
ale-Tie-A the tiose.of the sessions has been at the command
not been " abendoilede" but was withd • • ' P I' I Oii the 23d • inste•-, joint' 13.ppleby, Esq. 'of Crescent'
" ' 'ittejesty'e Ministers. The house has I th• ils 104 days;
. sat, II •-rawn in consequence
with still of these-• of an alteration made ' • house. Scarborough,, aged '2 ' ' • ''.
~ • .
in it hy the• house - after- the third
_i
td the disposable ' 51 only, wore Government 1 ( ays. The rest were days
eadine . Nor had th On the .22d test. at Brockl S ey, omersetshire,:Williara
and when by private members. •Of these 51, days 2) were T.
et haebeen withdrawn,(Bed in•deference to the wishesof th '
--° • ' On' theq'2othinst e Brussels. • ' ' ' • -
,•11 Robert Tucker Allawaft
abs' racted from the time
.appliCable to thadiscuesion of 1,-I,tic, ,r.,,,rtras. , 0 , .
S thet the right hon in b f ' • ern er or
ey at least ' ' • Esq., MD. 'F.L.S., &d a d** '
ge 63., -•-•. , • -s•-..
public - measures. There were, I think, only 22 dip in the ee
the el nelit , hire must excet thew three measures from 1:On the• 211. t' *t
• 1
are a Con- . cata egue of measures which .•
s IDS ~ a,Clifton, Bristol „.T. II • ood,
. . ~. . .Winw
the Government we're -- Es q'-,• of T 1 n'A -• • - •
va are pre- bringtvhele of-the erssion•on- which the-Goverement were able to
h 1 ••th I! ' • •
.• . When ars), c arge, n I no. peesing..•.-ek,• The • : Y.g •Y )'Fce:s ".Cardiganshire, Iligh. Sherziff of the
forward and discuss bills of their (evil.
so' has no- "necessarily • - The returns moted f bif Disraeli ' then * '''''!.-.lt)-• .. ••ee . •.. -• = - •
ight_e,,,e -ooti4ider the
,great diversity of opinion Which . .
.. __ _ , , or y. r. - wpra• •et, - . . ......, ,tot e : • ''-- - - : • --- - e
fight-seal,- 'prevailed upon many of those subjects which the right , ordered, and, the subject dropPonl. ;.... ' -•- • '"'''' s -'•-- • ' .:
• - 'I ..-:......:ee.....-..erteeo"
nconstita- • . e - --7-.---.."-- -.---7-7-- -,..:::•"' .. .• . ~... ----,
tation and .hon. gentleman has Mentioned, 'the. numerous and.coinpli- • . -•- - . . ' CRIMI&ALJU,STICEBIht.' - Leesport i Prlnteel' ilia Ptill'l lied • let 0- 1' •
' , ... • ••• e-- ~ a - by • It IC. YOUNO•
alian co__ cited interests involved, and the reeietatee'whezh those The Lords ',,mendruente to this 1111 were agreed to • 'f .
-
" • interests ' unnaturally ' '' liege -I think -POOR e A • •s 1 ' , --. .0. :No. 112! Striad/It'-' 't--- 't
' lfi
7of public. ,•.• - a not offered to our proeo... ..., .. W AMENDMENT. (SCOTLAND )131.L1,, .s• - - •••• !In arise 77. c ,Sot.rs, ( , ta, ea ~ 112
I : Th' ''
sy of weir .we snap not be toltithat on the. 22' days Ist our tdsposa . is-bill, iii
_amended by the Lords, was agreed to; 1 I . 2tt‘'?.ndiitlt the'?,tteti.i.int: ea' the Savoy, 13041,d iiounty 9
..i • •we-have been inattentive to our duty, ox that In Ore could --- And the ho
. ~ . . - . • . 1180-adjourned at ten minutea to
,nine . -7-.1 • lidalef ex, SitiOity-4iii '''. 1856 .
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