The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-03 00:00:00

fore it reaches Mr. Tlitskisson," if the Noble Duke °II,,
said, " I ant happy to hear it is a mistake," as he (Mr.
knew, that persori expected the Noble Dyke would have
then these sentiments, which (hal; the person who Oaf
tamed them the greatest honour, could never have
quoted by him (Mr. 11.) But 'the Noble-Duke laid it 1'
a formal and absolute resignation. Now these,sentind,
which he quoted in. May,. 1828, were the. :Very %v".
which were used by the Prime Minister,. the Duke of
lington, in May, 1827, when that Noble Duke was
plaining the grounds of his resignation, and regretting
his resignation had been misunderstood: —(Plieereil
low, notwithstanding the congratulations of the. Kier'
Mr. Capping on the removal of Mr. Canning's frienav
notwithstanding the ebullitions of these good gentled
and the overstepping of prudence .which had been wand
in some pf them, who thought that the removal of hire D.•'
his friends was onlyan apology on the part of the Noble 1:0
for ever haying connected himself ,with them, who thoago
it a good mode of doing honour to the. Noble Dukr}t r
suppose that he thought it necessary that they should
in the Government just at first—notwithstanding t1'61,4.
boisterous fits of mirth (for he could • call them notll
else)—these venerable effusions of merriment—VF
cheers)—in a vompany• which congregated tilerniklveefii
ge.ther, once a year, for the purpose, as it wouklBo4,o ,
committing a fraud upon the ignorance of the living',
(Chcers);--and of pronouncing libels on the illostrie
dead—(Loud cheers)—notwithstanding, he ;would Oil
these noisy exultation from quarters in which bur:
few days before all had been deep and bitter wailing 1.4
the progress of civil liberty in this country, and as an ir•
dicationef a wish on the part of that House .to trauquilll?
Ireland--(4oud cheers)—notwithstanding all these:Olt'
ward signs of the times, he, for one, (lid not think that,'
triumph of this party was quite as great and quite it:,
certain as _they anticipated.-..(Lauri .cheers.) He COo)
,
not think that his Right Honourable _Friend, the .Se,IS
tary of State, who, as far as he knew, had never differ'
from him, except upon the unfortunate Catholic question,
he could not believe that his Right- Honourable Friend
abandoned any of the principles he used t• profeavi
He did not think that his Right Honourable Friend he'
lieved, or than: he ever could believe, that this po,c„'
could be more powerful than the Hope of Conunpus,
ed by the people! his Right lion. Friend ©quid, 10"
`think that the first act of the Legislature, ebeilld be teoreo'
strict the progress, of intelligence, or,that could It y
with alarm at tolerance, or that interchange. of*Oa
and of feeling which ought to prevail among
.1.10
different nations of the earth.—(Hear, hear, he'at.) 7„,
.Right hlon.; Friend could not think it a cheap price, P
vided he put down public opinion to see this country r';
dared to a fifth or sixth rank in civilized society,
in league with the Holy Alliance.—(Loud cheering.)/0
If such were the views or policy of any•party, he '4l
sure that his Right Hon. Friend would be the fireeto 00';
them, and trusted that in that arduous task he would OA°-
with the support of the House and the people. For his 67
part, lie (Mr. H.) would continue in spite ofabuse An"'
moor, to stand the friendof 'the Institutions of the oonnrrit;•
satisfied that in spite of the spirit of past ages they would
the best supporters of its greatness. Looking after thee
and revising' them from time to time, and' suitinglheto'l,
the change of the times, he believed they were still*CaPat'o
of- temperate and cautious improvement, carried on
the spirit in which these Institutions were first establiihei
to neglect_ that improvement would be to risk het
ruin, and not secure their existence. He had now
ri
dressed the House at great length; he had trespassed
tbem for the greater part of the time, on a subject w4;"4.
most of all others was painful : lie trusted he had prove.;
.that if he were removed front office, it was not by Nei
of resignation. He regretted he . had so been. remove);
he would not deny it, for why should he not regret lo‘h
the situation which lie.held ? not from any personal ee°.;
sideration of advantages, but from the hope that by brt,
exertions he might have contributed te• improve the 11317,,
distant parts of the empire which came more ituinediat'l;
,under hia.care : he hoped that he would have been able„
improve the condition of .the Colonies, and to. strengthee;
the bond of mutual connexiorthetween them and theinorb
country. He hoped that he would have been, able o
. ,
bring.forward, extend, and improve our commercial pol.irlo;
and the internal wealth of the-country. • In the eeliPse.,
.these hopes—in the loss that power—and iu the 0:
which he hail made of it,—he had the satisfaction of feel
ing that he had not lost his self-approbation, and had
diminished that character which he -Itoped he had su't&v
ed in that House.—(The Right Hon. Gentleman sat.dolrsp i
amid loud cheers from, all parts of the Muse. We reg,r•e„
to say that during the last half hour he' was very ine'r,
tinctly heard in the Galleries.)
114i311)i. t.IILEnE. PEEL
—rieTodhewreliiicshnso4l,prtehvaetnthasfa
me fromln le
pf
fa
the observations which I shall make to the ,House
the expression of my deep and sincere regret
.the circumstances which have rendered these explanatio..,

necessary. In the, early part of this year, when I was ge'
called, without any act or suggestion of mine, iol°
public affairs, I did all thee I caul& to promote the union e'
those with whom I hatiso.operitted. at a former period'
and duripg the period that has elapsed since, I can ass,'"
my Right Hon. Friend that I have always acted. with 'll
desire, of streogthening cud co: Aiming. that union. (Hear'ii
These having been my real feelings, and the .ohject
I was desirous of seeing acconiplished, the. House le',
easily, believe me when I tell them, how much I reg.'',
the necessity for explanations•—(Cheers.) I am sPeau:
of these matters in no tone of animosity, and I wish fr'°:r
carefully to avoid any observation which may ber,"
the slightest appearance of acrimony. My Right 11°"'
Friend's speech referred to two different periods, and to 0;1
descriptions of circumstances perfectly distinct frolliSif„
other. '. The one period alluded to in my Right orb'
Friend's speech referred solely to the occurrences '1"111c
took place previous to the vote which he felt himself
self bound to give upon the question for the disfranchise:,
went of the Borough of East Retford ; and the ot'e",
period included the transactions which took place suhscclue°,
to that vote, and to the correspondence which became "of
of its consequences. In the first part of this divisiop;
periods he referred to me personally, and to she part Wh'ci
I had taken upon the question of the disfranchisement 4'i
the borough. To that period, then, I elialleake tbe hhe,erl
of first eddressingenYself. , The Right Honourable uerli
denten, influenced, very probably, by delicacy tool.;
etMqhvueeee,rs,t
:hovea}:to.hloieeiror
circumstancesai lnnayi this
isbefore
question,t heHoo ru
connecteds einidnwe
ei4ht!ii
nt et xi
eappl ;dui
saor..:::_nr
chisement of East Retford. It is impossible,
other
impertauce, to come to any iger:
judgment of its merits, or of the conduct of those `;;
gaged in it, unless with a full and fair explanation. of eveen
part of the circumstances connected with such que9'"-e.
I feel that my Right Hon. Friend has left those esPyit
Cops incomplete; and although at onetime I little th°4
that such a course would ever be necessary, I have uclsvio
regret to say, no alternative left to me, after what bee
from my Right Honourable Friend, but to eupplY
defects in the narrative of these transactions which .t l
.ed
delicacy of my Right . Honourable Friend has
, reojel
necessary, anti state at once all that has taken plea b's
the Councils ,of the Government upon the subject (co
transfer of the Suffrages of the Boroughsof Pentr a3ciaori.
Retford. Of course, in doing so, relieve my Right Novo
Friend Friend from all secrecy -as to any thing which he loaf "',l,
hitherto thought it necessary, from delicacy, to, ccipet,ii.
and reserving to hint the full right of correcting apli
to
representation of circumstances in which may chap
fall. In the first place, however, must begin by ca..
ip
the attention of the House to the very peculiar situatie.
-which a Minister acting iu my capacity stands. Ai.")),.ria
ing to the established practice. of this House, a IkliniO`ra..
my situation is supposed to speak the sentiments of GOVe ry
meat; and in that situation he is called upon to answerede. a
question proposed to him in this House, not mill l'}':t
sutnahpdern tnaheatattetresn,tiioini otifiethaebLstergaiestl,atupreer.bap::::
the subjects connected with his own peculiar deosi° be
the House, is more painful than the Situs.tellei
but upon every other subject which may haPPe° telj'eg,
broug
thus frequently placed. Almost every 1,110
I can
iu
very were placed before Fe hi* 'S.IrSr
first idtegoes n,tl,4luii
amimportance,e
of simple questions, .occasionally to tte 'extent of tweov
thirty an ,
g ; and 'those questioner involving e° be
dere, ions of principle, upon which, if time seers t°
to 80,1
Government ought not -to come
e°nelmiun, ,without exercising the most
judgmeut: .1 defy, however, any man who ever O'
this louse tceapply to the ettbjects brought under its ,
sideration all that deliberate attention which they desfr:je,
It was Rot merely the details of these questions cvlsicei
el
served consideration, the priociplee which they ja".rvei
were frequently of the very last importance, and reet!lii
the utmost attention of the Government. Having ssi rte
much upon this subject, I may observe diet amongf
many other discussions of this nature in tho,coursc °0'„,.4
present Session, came the question teettecting tine to
e o° .4
to be taken with respect to the transfer of the. suffra,i)a
of Penryn .and East Retford. It toes my tos:s
no step with regard to these Boroughs, nor. to givtt 3A 10
to any measure which shool4 etiti considEr7e,
having the epncurrence of th.e.dovernment. I the! tlie
et a Vey early peiical, suhuiitted to my colleagues la, 61i;
dovernthent the propriety' of coming to some (I!'Cig,
nation upon the subject of those herowelis, cheerers,
the same time, that feeling the immense importao,/:
the 'principles they involved, even amongst other cluetz
of far more pressing importance, I considered it rie`

ld be
e to
bl
t;tsbv} toa.ti f
nooibpratfoLoh
Isoi;ou:yi
Goesrament lute
ear
disfr
na
rised to state t
meat.' I was vv.
some judicial con;
verartlent as to tl
P""ue; 'but 7asi
in
Zerent' and to
*tat
plii
/
any step
"14,1 he del
at a deal
tijrl4,l, that wit'
'l5 opinions c
'lPressed, fron
last, Session
tha.
ti„,* the evulei
„--;-",..ught to a ter
-:`eration of th
the same time,.t
,‘e°,tisent to adopt
Lirta:ytie7ll;o.l:tvlaarniotpchro,
.sGisa 1 :par
nj
art
induced ,to
•
uodreda of (
t"ue, and I e
should give its .a
it(4, rd J. Russel
"mtneheste
" e At open to
e'lleagues ; but
4"lb as the
ks'oellt to such
'elf the right,
relit upon tl
Ore me to
,R 1
Ret ford.
•tlean the ei.ideJ
vittion of its va
re• ~a., the orgai
rill of ascertain
Itpon.
Fink it consit
the. ' 4
Governineu
1..°41,1 t o satisfi,
24a1 in the othei
t 5 the Members
ground
Inc
5t solemnly,
ti.°Posal as to
t's'ng only one
the 13nrottgl
`louse;
three sevet
'otte; ani I I
4'5,18, as a brat
)
▪ Inkrely as it
of hriliery
',tertnined to is
il
'llb)ect, to refe
t 4 the choice rn
of
L'enrys—,a o
one -- cert
the Bill bein
tbkad now that:
:Tr!. Gentletna
4*tc,(l..)lffugl )e,
ote4tt:"•td,
edeo
borough
pl°`4 tioob• ouuvaats:egt
Govern
,„11°'444 of ;,,and I
styfeelings
while t
-`Jectetl, not to
tit !lied for tl
'easnres for th
, the questioi
a Sunday,
that day.l.r
the House at th,
Pity to declare
°1:1 Monday, tl.
division tool: pl
has held, to r,
',as not autho
4t that rneetin
my consent to
F 4 if I had I
, end observe
44
-,.:ll:*rent line of
ich I adopte
Mr. HUSK
Idverteotiv.
Mr. PEEL
1144 this obae
t 1
he had a
the heat of ari
'1 he had only
ant to give if
i'wn, and he
:urn what I s
"Pillions to col
I,he very first-
-14 to be, draw
really must
4 en place of
loch infet once
'le from any a
tit events, t ,t h.
;Uen`thers of thi
.Cl!`"e:kn•ttsineginn
ibjeat(ot't,kwoFfi
Ll4rt from the
my Right I
'lttt upon the
tirlharrass von-
taa
t'W
ry
~ad
he
we
hu;gei• Vosrvi nir
views
teet
aN•ve (fibytPneinalthnrsraiNdiodelorliiry4ynif.erefftrmil.:ll)ll
,
Gentlemanto
the
lod
wi
:4tne to a deci
'a adhere to tl
Srf Nertfordsh
Peet me if I as
.11110 n. Gentle!'
ettuee, Idt bpeil
i.eedtataterhegße dete-dei el
cooche
shad 411
zwie .
a t impreEre
ss
after I In
that
hill would be
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'll • lde•
talletCay:i'nei'M'Gt(4 atct rbegunfenr• vtilliol
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s
n
i
s
s
ote
Boroug
th:te rcpressec:
• gave a r
4,4'1_4 ask, in:
the eyes at a.
tol,4lUestilu F
to, r the cirt
mee4
uv„,,, my
etil: on that
gallsYaNii
trap I
I*.tr of the
would
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e,
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