The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-02 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Voles and Procoedtngs-af the House of Csmon,ns.)
THURSDAY, FEE. 1.

THE ADDRESS.-MR: SHARMAN CRAWFORD'S

AMENDMENT.
AIINORITY—A YES, 29.
Barnard, E. G. • .Elphinstone, Howard Trelawny, J. S.
Bernal, Captain Feilden, J Villiers, Charles P•
Blewitt, Reginald Gibson, T. M. Wakley, Thomas •
1 odkin, John James Gisborne, Thomas Warburton, IL •
nowrlng, Dr. Hindle', Charles Ward, H. ti.
Bright, John . Hume, Joseph Williams, W.
Brothel ton, J. . Johnson, General Yotke, IL H.
Cobden, Richard Plumridge, Captain
Collett, John Ricardo, J. L. - TELLERS.
r:urrie, Raikes Roebuck, J. A. • Crawford, W. S. •
Duncombe, T. S. Thornely, Thomas Wallace, Robelt

MAJORITY—NOES, 285.
Ackers, James Evans, W. Miles, W.
Acland, Sir T. D, Fellowes, Edward Alilnes, R. M.
Acland, T. 1). Fitzinaurice, W. Mitchell, T. A.
k'Cotut, Capt. E. Flower, Sir James Mordaunt, Si, J.
Alford, Viscount Follett, Sir W. W. Morgan, Octavius
Allix, John Peter Fox, S. Lane Morgan, C.
Antrobus, Edmund Fuller, A. E. Morris, David
Arbuthnott, Hugh Gaskell, J. M. Mundy, E. Miller
Arkwright, George Gladstone, W. E. Neelit, Joseph
Astell; William Glynne,. Sir S. R. Neville, Ralph
Attwood, M. Godson, Richard Newdegate, C. N
Begot, Hon. W. Gordon, Captain Nicholl, J.
Bailey, J. Gore, Montague Norreys, Lord
Bailey, Joseph, jun, Gore, W. R. 0. Not thland, Lord
Baillie, H. J. Gore, Robert O'Brien, A. Staffbrd
Baird, William Goulburn, Henry Ossuiston, Lout
Balfour, J. M. Graham, -Sir James Oswald, James
Bankes, George Granby, Marquis of Owen, Sir John 1 :
Baring, W. B. tireenall, Peter Packe, C. Wm.
Baring, F..T. ' Greene, 'l'. - Pakington, John S.
Bat neby, John Gregory, W. H. Palmer, Robert •
Barrington, , Viscount Grimsditch, T. Palmer, 0.
Baskerville, T. B. M. Grimston, Lord Palmerston, Visct. •
Beckett. William Halford, Henry Patten, J. W
Bell, Matthew Hamilton, J. Hans Peel, Sir Robert
Bentinck. Lord G. Hamilton, G. A. Pennant, Hon. Col
Beresford,. Major Hamilton, LordClaud Philips, Mark
Berkeley, Hun. C. Hamner, Sir John Pluniptre,:J. P.
Blackburne, John I. .Harcourt, G. G. . Potlington, VLcount
Blakemore, It. Hardinge, Sir H. Pollock, Sir Fred.
Bolder°, H George Hawes, B. Powell, Colonel
Borthwick, Peter Heathcote, Sir W. Pracd, W. T.
Botfield, Beriah Heneage, G. W. Pringle, Alexander
Bradshaw, James Henley, J. W. Pryse, Pryse
Braniston, T. W. Hennikerd Lord Pusey, Philip
Broadley, Henry Hepburn, Sir T. B. Rawdon, J. D.
Browne, Hon. W. Herbert, Hon. S. Reid,fSir J. It.
Brownrigg, J. S. Hervey, Lord A. Repton, George W.
Biuce, Lord Ernest Hillsborough, Earl of Rice, E. It.
Bruen, Colonel Hinde, J. H. Richards, Richard
Buck, Lewis W. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. It se, Sir George
Buckley, Edmund Hodgson, Frederick Round, Charles Gray
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hodgson, Richard Round, John
Burrell, Sir Thomas Holmes, W. A'Court Rumbold, C. K
Busfeild, William Hope, Chart s Rushbrooke, Colonel
Butler, Hon. P. Hope, Alexander Russell, Lord Johan
Campbell, John IL Hope, G. W. Russell, Charles
Cardwell, Edward Hornby, • J ohn Sanderson, Richard
Castlereagh, Viscount Horstnan, F.. Sandon, Lord •
Chapman, H. Hotham, Lord Scarlett, Hon. It. C.
Charteris, Francis Howard, C. W. G. Scott, Hon. F.
Chetwode, Sir John Howard, P. H. Seymour, Sir H. B.
Childers, J. W. Hussey, Thomas Shaw, Frederick
Cholmondeley, H. Ingestre, Lord Sheppard, T.
Christopher, R A James, Sir Walter Shirley, Evelyn J. -
Chute, William L W Jermyn, Earl Seale, Sir John H.
Clayton, R. It. Jocelyn, Viscount Smythe, Hon. G.
Clerk, ir G. Jollitfe, Sir W. Somerset, Lord G.
Clive, Viscount Jones, Captain Stanley, Lord
Cochrane, Alex. Kelly, Fitzroy Staunton, Sir P.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Knatchbull, Sir E. Stewart, John
Collett, W. R. Knight, H. G. Stuart, H.
Compton, H. Langston, J. H. Strutt, Edward
W Co!on Connolly, el Lascelles, W. S.
.... Sturt H C.

Coote, Sir C. H. Law, Han. C. E. Sutton, Hon. H. M.
Copeland, W. Lefroy, Anthony Tennent, J. L.
Corry, Hon. Henry Legh, G. C. Thesiger, F.
Courtenay, Viscount Leslie, C. P. '1 hompson, Ald
Cripps, W. Leveson, Lord 111 rnhill, George
Curteis, H. B. Liddell, H. T. Tollemache, J.
Darby, George Lincoln, Earl of Tomblin, George
Davies, D. A. S. Lindsay, H. H. Trench, Sir F.
Denison,John Evelyn Lockhart, William Trevor, Hon. G. R.
Denison, E. t eckett Long, Walter Trollepe, Sir John
Dickinson, FH. Lowther, Hon. Col. Trotter, J.
Divett, E. Lyall, George" Tufnell, Henry
Dodd, George Lygon, General Tumor, C.
Douglas, Sir H. Macaulay, T. B. Tyre'', Sir J T.
Douglas, Sir C. Mackenzie, Thomas Vane, Lord H.
Douglas, J. D. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Verner, Colonel
Douro, Marquis of Maclean, I),.nsld Waddington, 11. S.
Dowdeswell. W. M'Ncill, Duncan Walsh, Sir John B.
Drummond, H. H. lUainwaring, 'l', Wilbraham, Hon. R. B
Duffield, Thomas Mangles, R.' D. 'Wilde, Sir 'l'.
Dugdale, W. S. Manners, Lord C. Wilshere, W.
Dundas,:Frederick Manners, Lord J. Wodehouse, Hon, E
Dundas, David March, Earl of Wood, Colonel
Du Pre, George Marshall, William Wood, Colonel T.
Eaton, Richard J. Marsham Vscount Wortley, J. Stuart
Ebrington, Viscount Martin, (t W. Wortley, Hon. Jn. S.
Egerton, W. T. Marton, George Wyndham Colonel
Egerton, Sir P. Master, T. W. Yorke, E. T.
Eliot, Lord Masterman, John Young, John
Emlyn, Viscount Maxwell, J. P TELLERS.
Escott, Bickham Meynell, Captain Frernantle
,Sir T.
Estcourt, T. G. B. Miles, P. W. S. Baring, H.'B.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

TI3IES.—The Queen's speech has been composed on a principle
which heti of late years come • into vogue, both in this country and on
the continent—viz., of avoiding the introduction of, topics which

might provoke debate or prevent an unanimous vote-ja principle
which has at least the merit of saving the time of the House from
being unnecessarily squandered • upon premature speeches and. flint-
less dissertation. With this view, therefore. the speech delivered
yesterday by the Queen diligently eschews every subject which could
create diversity of feeling,, and contains only such allusions to public
affairs as could neither give offence nor excite a contest. There
could be but one feeling, either in or out of Parliament, with respect
to the friendly relations between England and France ; no one could
but rejoice at the happy conclusion of the negotiations with China ;
and no one could fail to applaud that unselfish and high-minded
policy which has opened the Chinese trade to every nation
Whateverof difference of opinion might exist
as o
Europe.the justice or expedience of the Sindiaii war,
few would be unwilling to share in the tribute of praise
paid to the valour of our •troops and the genius of their Coin-
mender. There are very opposite and very strong opinions in the
country on the question of commercial restrictions. But the present
state of trade is a notorious and a cheering fact. No mail, whatever
might be his theory of commercial policy, would refuse to join in ex-
pressions of thankfulness for the revival of industrial employment
and the increase of remuneration. And we believe that there will
be found very few persons who will convert the excess of the revenue
over the expenditure into a national grievance. Reference to general
Irish politics is properly deprecated during the judicial inquiry now
pending in Dublin ; and the subjects of county registration and of the
relation between landlord and tenant in that country, as well as the
Bank charter in England, are noticed merely by way of prelude to
future consideration, and so as to avoid the necessity of discussion
or opposition. On the whole, therefore, the speech may be pro-
nounced to be of a negative character; and for this, which to us
appears a virture, we doubt not but that it will be principally cen-
sured. It intimates no plait of Ministerial conduct—it discloses no
scheme of legislation—it is almost wholly retrospective. It tells
people what they know, rather than that which they wish to learn.
It passes over some subjects which might have been reasonably in-
troduced. It says nothing of Wales—nothing of the corn-laws. Yet,
silent as it is on these points—wisely, as we think, avoiding a pre-
mature and prolix debate—it has•given an opportunity to the 3linister
to announce his intention on the corn-law question. He has declared
his resolution not to alter, repeal, or modify the existing law. This decla-
ration will lull, if it does not extinguish, doubt and perplexity. The Mi-
nister has, as we foretold on Wednesday, spoken out on the important
question by which men's minds are now chiefly agitated. His an-
nouncement will reanimate the spirits of one, and stimulate the
exertions of another, party. The battle which hasn been carried on
for months In the provinces will again be fought in Parliament, if not
with decisive results, certainly with desperate energy. There is now
no "via media" left for the adherents of the Cabinet ; no concession
proposed, no conciliation allowed ; their leader tells them that he has
taken his ground ; and those who know him best must feel that he
would not have spoken as he has done, without reckoning the
' strength of his forces, and the chances of immediate success. That
that success will extend beyond the present session, we dare not
anticipate.

11ERALD.-11 will be seen by our Parliamentary report that Sir
Robert Peel has In a single emphatical sentence dissipated all the
direct falsehoods, and all the false surmises of the alarmists of the

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last five months. The Right lion. Baronet took the earliest oppor-
tunity to declare, in terms the most distinct and unequivocal, that
"IT Is NOT THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO. INTERFERE IN
ANY WAY WITH THE EXISTING CORN-LAWS." The announcement
was received with loud cheers by the great majority of the House,
and it will be welcomed with equal cordiality by at least five-sixths
of the people. Why such: a declaration should excite so strong a
feeling must be answered by those, whether Whigs, Radicals, or pro-
fessing Conservatives—there were too many of the last class engaged
in the disgraceful work—who have employed the whole of the recess
in misleading the public mind upon the important question now
set at rest. Their objects were, no doubt, sordid and selfish. Some
wished to swell the funds of "the League " by anticipating
victory—some had their corn jobbing speculations to aid by the mis-
representation—some (and they were of all parties) sought to damage
the Ministry, by creating distrust among its supporters ; but what-
ever the motives of the dealers in falsehood, they have been guilty of a
great crime against the public. It is no light matter to excite fears
which, in many cases of individuals, have led to loss and ruin; and
which, as far as they prevailed, could not but tend to repress the
enterprise and.activity of that class of the community which must
ultimately supply the wealth, as directly it supplies the food of the
people. Sir Robert Peel has acted with his characteristic wisdetn
and promptitude in dispelling these pernicious fears at the earliest
opportunity open to him ; but his early interposition diminishes
nothing of the guilt of those whose profligate contempt of truth made
such interposition necessary. The public, if it consult Its own se-
curity, will mark and remember its late misleaders, and learn how
in future to treat their assertions of the designs of the Government.
POST.—The Prime Minister has made his declaration on the corn-
, laws. Our readers may, perh4s, suppose that he was interrogated
' on the subject by some county Member. This, hoWever, was not the
case—it was in answer to the observations of Mr. JoSeph llume•and
Lord John Russell that Sir Robert Peel twice stated, in his most em-
phatic tones, that her Majesty's Government have not contemplated,
and do not contemplate, any alteration in the present laws which re-
gulate the duties upon the import of foreign grain. So much for the
success of all the agitation, all the speeches, and all the subscriptions
of the Anti-Corn-law League! The Minister did not, on the present
occasion, qualify his statement by restricting it to the existing ses-
sion. lie did, indeed, say that it would be a desertion of their proper
duty to the Crown if Ministert were to say that, at no time, and un-
der no circumstances, would they consent to an alteration of the exist-
hig corn-laws ; but then he returned to his former text, that her Ma-
jesty's Ministers have not contemplated, and do not contemplate, any
alteration of these laws. Mr: Joseph Hume, in a long, tedious,
straggling mass of verbal rubbish, which it would be a misnomer to
call a speech, took notice that, in 1:41, when the late Ministry pro-
posed an alteration of 114 corn-lime, Sir Robert Peel not only ob-
jected that such an important measure should have been brought for-
ward without any previous notice; in her Majesty's -speech at the
Opening of Parlitunent, but argued from that omission that the mea-
sure was all afterthought, and could not have been intended when the
session commenced. The Minister said, that the-Member for Mon-
trose was quite right in the reference ho dreW from the absence of any
mention of . the corn-laws in the Queen's speech, and as to the
other point it is hard to say, added the Right Ron. Baronet,
what it is IstrossiaLE for a man to do. At • this the llou,se
laughed very heartily, the Minister joining in the Merriment, and
presently afterwards stating, in a tone half emphatic and half joct-
litr, that if the majority in the country should conto to the deliberate
opinion that a fixed duty upon foreign torn was the best policy to be
adopted, and if it should become necessary to.proposo such a plan to
the douse, he was rather of opinion that the Noble Lord opposite
(Lad J. Russell), and not himself, would be the proposer of that
plan. What does our potent friend, the " Times," say to
this ? Our readers will not fail to observe ' that, how-
ever satisfactory may have been Sir Robert Peel's declaration
that he does not contemplate any further " concession" to the free-
trade agitators, there was . much hi hit observations, and especially
in Ins agreement with the abstract principles of the Whig leader,
which we cannot regard with approbation. We confess, however,
. that, writing as we do immediately after having listened to the speech
of Sir Robert Peel, •we are unwilling to pronounce a decisive
opinion upon those parts of his address which appeared to us to be of
at least a questionable character. The declaration about the corn-
laws gives us at least a breathing time, of which we shall take ad-
vantage before we offer a deliberete judgment upon the new appear-
ance of affairs.

CHROXICLE.—It cannot be ,said, that the Boy al Speech with
which Parliamenf was opened'yeSterday disappoints expectation. It
is just what we had ventured to anticipate. It tells what everybody
knew before it was spoken, but leaves untold what everybody was
anxious to know,,ldinisters wished, properly enough, to avoid dis-
cussion, andihe spCech was therefore formed with a view not to
provoke it. Topics of discussion are no doubt suggested, but the
necessity of taking tliemtln immediately was obviated by Ministers
indicating an intention of :bringing them, at- an early dny,
omore
formally under consideration.— !rims, notice of a Motion for a_ vunt
_erf
thanks to the Sinde army was given :Or the 12th of Februar.l, d
amendment.
por-
tion of Sinde escaped ll'om being made the subject of an
cover of which the paragraph announcing the annexation of a por-
the frendl' rla:
A confident holm expressett,.touuded alley on