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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 17, 1832.

The Duke of WELLINGTON moved for va-
rious papers last night in the House of Lords,
with a view to point out the glaring, fallacious,
and inconsistent character of M. C. PERIER'S
late memorable speech in the Chamber of De-
puties. His Grace made several judicious and
conciliatory remarks on the propriety of continu-
ing to maintain a friendly connection between
England and France, observing that he " hear-
tily rejoiced at the cordial, good understanding
between the two countries ; and admitted it
to be a measure of necessity, second only to the
greater necessity of mantaining the honour and
interests of Great Britain." His Grace pro-
ceeded to contend that the declaration of M.
PERIER, that the French Government since the
revolution of July had always been warmly in
favour of the Belgian revolution, was unsup-
ported by facts, for that down to the
very moment when his Grace quitted office, it
had professed a strenuous wish to contribute
to the restoration of the Nassau dynasty, and
continue the union between Holland and Bel-
gium. Earl GREY, in reply, admitted the cor-
rectness of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S re-

presentations respecting the proceedings of
the Administration of which his Grace formed
a part, and added, that the statement

in the speech of M. PERIER, alluded
to by the Noble Duke, was not correct. The
Noble Earl observed, " to the manlier in which
the Noble Duke had brought forward the sub-
ject, and to the facts he had stated, he (Earl
GREY) had nothing to object ; on the con-
trary, he felt it his duty to confirm those facts,
and it was possible that that confirmation
might supersede the necessity of laying upon

the table the papers which the Noble
Duke was anxious to obtain, and which, he

(Earl GREY) contended, could not be produced
without inconvenience. He had heard the
speech of the Noble Duke with great satisfac-
tion—the principles it enforced met his ready
assent—he acknowledged the importance of
good understanding, and even of a union
with France, and he admitted that the
value of that union must depend upon the
fact, that it was consistent with the honour and

interests of the country. The honour and inte-
rests of Great Britain (as he had stated on a
former occasion) should be the first object of
every Ministry, and if it could be shown that
he (Earl GREY) and his colleagues had ne-
glected them, then, and not till then, should they
be open to condemnation." The Noble Duke
ultimately withdrew his motion.

Despite his declaration made but a few nights
since in the House of Lords, that he would
have nothing more to do with the Church, but
leave it henceforth to fight its own battles,
Lord ELDON came forward again last night in
his old character of its defender. We knew that
this would be the case. We knew that the
venerable Ex-Chancellor could never keep
silence—even despite a thousand declarations
to the contrary—when his idolized Church
Establishment y was attacked. The very
first principles of human nature forbade
us to indulge the supposition for an instant.
Lord ELDON has so many qualities in common
with the Episcopal Bench ; so much sterling
disinterestedness—as he himself has assured us
a thousand times, and surely he must be the
best judge of his own good qualities !—so much
meekness, conscientiousness, and more parti-
cularly such a virtuous, deep-rooted abhor-
rence of any thing that savours of bigotry, in-
tolerance, or a love of filthy lucre, that we
were quite convinced his Lordship could not
find it in his heart to cut all connection
with the Rev. Prelates. No, no, we shall find
him again in a few nights defending their inte-
rests, especially their pluralities, with more zeal
and determination than ever. A divorce between
Lord ELDON and the Church, would be such a
divorce, as would shock his venerable brother,
Lord STOWELL, even to dream of countenanc-