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was ft that such magistrates should be longer employed
in the administration of justice.
The Loan CHANCELLOR said that if he should find
that the conduct of the magistrates had been such as
had been represented, he should remove them from the
Commission of the Peace.
In answer to the Duke of RICHMOND,
The Noble and Learned Lord also stated that the
parties aggrieved had a remedy against the magistrates
by action.
The Earl of CLARENDON then proceeded to draw the
attention of their Lordships to the Oregon question, and
concluded by saying, that be considered it was the dray
of Government to maintain their rights westward of the
Rocky Mountains ; and if the question could not be
amicably settled, he trusted the Government would take
such steps as might be thought necessary for vindicating
the national honour of the country.

Lord ABERDEEN, if he f ilowed his own inclination,
would at once lay all the papers relating to this matter
on their Lordship's table, and he was sure they
would give satisfaction to their Lordships and
the country. But the time, he thought, had
not yet arrived for adopting that course. He
thought the late PRESIDENT had gone somewhat
too far when he spoke so strongly of the amicable
spirit in which these negotiations had been conducted.
The inaugnral address of the new PRESIDENT had no
official authority, and as the twelve months' notice re-
quired for annulling the existing treaty could not be
given before December, there was no immediate neces•
sity for the production of any papers. The Noble Lord
then proceeded to vindicate himself from the charges of
pusillanimity and neglect which had been brought
against him. He was fully aware of the blessings of
peace, and believed war to be the greatest crime and
the greatest folly that a country could commit. Fortu-
nately for this country we need not be so very sensitive in
the point of honour, as some people appeared to be, but
with regard to Oregon he believed that we had rights
which were clear and indisputable. The Government
were quite ready to make every concession which would
avoid the necessity of any extreme course, but if they
were compelled to take it, they were content to rest upon
these rights, and with the blessing of God and the as-
sistance of their Lordships he believed they were fully
prepared and determined to maintain them.
The Earl of RIPON then moved the third reading of
the Income-tax Bill, and went into a long financial state-
ment, with little more than a repetition of the state-
ments already made in the other House by Sir H. PEEL
in justification of the measure.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE objected to the impo-
sition of an income-tax as a permanent impost.
Lord ASHBURTON regretted that so little attention
was paid to the state of the debt of the country. It was
the duty of every Government to do all they could to
relieve the country from that heavy load. He disliked
the income-tax, because it was a tax upon capital, and
any tax upon capital was a check upon improvement.
Lord STANLEY thought that his Noble Friend (Lord
ASHBURTON) lead scarcely done justice to the efforts
which had been made by the present Government for
the reduction of the debt.
Lord MONTEAGLE objected to the financial policy of
the Government, more especially as regarded the duties
on corn, timber, and sugar.
The Duke of RICHMOND did not object to the income-
tax so much as to the manner in which the surplus reve-
nue derived from it was applied. That surplus should have
been applied in effecting reductions from which the agri-
cultural interests would derive some benefit. The Noble
Duke complained much of the treatment which tke ag -
ricultural interest had received from Sir R. PEEL, and
concluded by moving an amendment to the motion.
The House was also addressed by the Marquis of
NORMANDY and the Earl of RADNOR, after which the
amendment was put and negatived, and their Lord-
ships adjourned.
The House of Commons met at Four o'clock.
Mr. T. DuNcosinn gave notice of a motion for Tues-
day, on the subject of the Railway Department of the
Board of Trade.
In reply to Sir C. NAPIER, Sir J. GRAHAM said that
he did not intend to persevere in the accusation which
he had made against Mr. MAZZINI, on the sulject of the
assassination at RODEZ, and had, therefore, withdrawn it.
Sir R. PEEL fixed Friday next for the second reading
of the May-nooth Bill.
Lord J. RUSSELL then entered into an explanation
relative to his statement on a former night, on the sub-
ject of the instructions he had sent out to Lord SYDEN-
HAM 'elating to the Madawaska settlement, and said
that it was evident that Lord AsnurrltToN had,
in animadverting upon his observations, fallen into
a mistake which he (Lord JOHN RUSSELL) could
hardly understand, for if these instructions had related
to diplomatic negotiations, they would have proceeded
from the Foreign, and not from the Colonial Secretary.
He asked the Government if they would produce copies
of the correspondence between Lord SYDENUAM and
himself on the subject.
After a few words from Mr. HOPE and Mr. Hum:, the
latter of w hom urged the production of all dispatches on
the subject,
Sir R. PEEL consented to produce such documents as
could be produced without detriment to the public ser-
vice, although he considered their production unneces-
sary, as the negotiations on the subject had terminated.
Lord PAL3IERSTON denied the right of Lord- ASH-
BURTON to quote from any dispatches which had not
been laid before Parliament, unless Government had
given permission to- do so, and, if permission had been
granted, it was contrary to Parliamentary rule not to
lay the documents before the House. The question in-
volved an accusation against a Member of Parliament
having made erroneous statements, and, therefore, was
of importance.
Sir R. PEEL replied that, if it were necessary, any
dispatches which had been produced before the other
House might be laid on the table.
In answer to Mr. M. GIBSON, Sir R. PEEL stated that
the Government made a proposal to the Government of
Brazil, for continuing to British subjects in that country
the privileges which they had enjoyed under the late
commercial treaty of disposing of their pro[erty by will,
and of enabling the British Consul to administer to the
effects of British subjects dying in that country.
Lord J. RUSSELL then rose to draw the attention of
the house to the state of the Oregon question. If it
had been left to be settled in the usual manner between
the Executive Government of this country and that of
the United States he should have waited in silence until the
close of the proceedings, but the new PRESIDENT of the
United States had adopted a course entirely new—a
course which, if not met by something decisive on the
part of this country, threatened to overthrow all the
ordinary intercourse which should exist between the
Executive Governments of the two nations, and leave
the decision of questions of great national importance to
be decided, on the one hand by popular addresses from the
Government to the people ; and on the other, by a
course which would put an end to all peace and amity.
The present course pursued by the Government of the
United States tended entirely to its own territorial
aggrandisement, and was a direct contradiction of the
declarations made by Mr. WEBSTER. The Noble Lord
then went into a lengthened detail of the nature of the
rival claims to the Oregon territory, proving that
neither by treaty nor by priority of discovery hed the
United States any right to the possession of it.
He might be told that the Oregon territory
claimed by the United States was not of much
value, and that it did not matter much who
possessed it. " Yes, Sir," (said the Noble Lord),
" but I say it does matter. A large territory
cannot be a matter of indifference, particularly
where our title is better and juster, nor should
it be yielded under such circumstances to what might be
call the blustering announcement on the part of the
PRESIDENT of the United States." He should not have
interfered if the matter had been left to diplomatic ar-
rangement between Lord ABERDEEN and Mr. BUCHANAN,
but he felt that a Minister, from his position, could
not well introduce the matter ; and so he thought it
right to tell the House and the people of this country
what were their rights. With this statement he
would leave the matter in the hands of the Govern-
ment of the country, and he would not express the
smallest doubt that in all their proceedings they would
duly consult the interests of the country and the honour
of the Crown.
The Noble Lord sat down amidst loud cheering from
all parts of the 'louse.
Sir R. PEEL was not surprised at, nor did he regret the
course the Noble Lord had adopted, and he did not
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adjustment of their claims, but if, having exhausted
every effort to effect that, their rights were invaded, that
they were resolved and prepared to maintain them.
This announcement on the part of the Right Hon.
Baronet was received with the loudest cheering from all
prrts of the House.
The House was then briefly addressed by Lord rAL"
MERSTON, after which the subject dropped.
Ou the moticn that the order of the day for the House
resolving itself into a Committee of Supply be read,