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London, England, 1845-02-05 00:00:00

DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 3, 1845.

The Queen has been this day Pleased. to appoint
Puthey Dawson, of llornby castle, Esq., to be Sheriff of
the county palatine of Lancaster for the year tnsuing.
tEII.ALL, FED. 4.

The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert to be her Majesty's
Secretary at War.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 4.
THE ADDRESS.
The Marquis of NORMANBY said if, before he had
heard the spetchts of the two Noble Lords opposite, he
had not intended to address many observations to
the House, nothing- that had fallen from them
had induced . him to alter his intention. The
Noble Lord must be aware that there was a
clan-like affection and loyalty, which made them-receive
the address of her Majesty in a spirit different from that,
which might be applied to the measures of the Ministry.
He would not have thus early troubled their .Lordships
with any remarks, but that in her Majesty's speech there
were one or two allusions to subjects to which he had
himself called their Lordships' attention during.the last
session of Parliament. It seemed now to be conven-
tional, that upon occasions like the present, the address
should be considered as a matter of form, and it would
hardly become anybody to protest against any part of
it, even though they did not acquiesce in the construe
tion put upon it by the Noble Lords who recommended
it for her Al*jesty'S adoption. He thought it would be
well to adopt a practice which prevailed in other coun-
tries, and which was an improvement, he thought, upon
our own—of having some short interval before they
were called upon to pronounce an opinion upon the many
topics which were contained in the address. Such, how-
ever, was not the custom here. It must not be consi-
dered that in agreeing to the address that they were
thereby pledged to support fully those measures which
might subsequently be brought forward. There were
two topics in the address upon which he wished to make
a few observations. The first was, that which related
to the state of Ireland. Ho, alluded to this subject be-
cause,'during the last session, he had announced to their
Lordships that it was his intention to make a motion on
the general state of that country. It was not, however,
his intention now to do so, as he was content for the
present to turn the responsibility of that state upon
Noble Lords opposite, until they had before them
those measures which were so vaguely shadowed
forth, and which, perhaps, might be followed up
by larger measures in the same direction. He did not
intend to call the attention of their Lordships to the
state of Ireland, because he was in hopes that some mea-
sures would be proposed to which he could give his
assent. At the same time he could not agree in the
widest interpretation which had been put on that sen-
tence. of the speech which alluded to the gradual abate-
ment of agitation and excitement. He did not think
that the existing tranquillity was- so secured as had
been anticipated. Still he hoped that the particular
direction which had been given to the agitation in Ire
land, had somewhat checked the feeling on the part of the
Irish people, as to the practicability of the measure
which had been recommended to them—he meant repeal.
But they might depend upon it that until they adopted
something more comprehensive than that which had been
shadowed forth in the address, they would never secure
the affections of that people, and they might never look
for any permanent or well founded tranquillity. He
bo lieved that the mrasures, so far as they went, which
were to be proposed by the Government were likely
to have his support. If those measures should be incon-
sistent with the course which had been taken on that
occasion by Noble Lords opposite, it was not for his
Noble Friends around him, or for himself, to complain
upon that score. That was a queStion which history
would record, and posterity decide. At the same
time he could not avoid making this a subject of 1-elec-
tion, when he considered the slight success that had
hitherto attended the attempts of Noble Lords opposite
to conciliate the people of Ireland. They need
not go farther... back than two years, since when the
Minister of the Crown, charged with the particular con.
duct of Irish affairs, was reported to have said, that con-
cession had reached its utmost limits, .and could, there-
fore, go no farther. When such was the case, the people
of Ireland felt that they had no claim on the Legislature,
and, therefore, it could not be wondered at that. such
small success had hitherto attended the efforts of Noble
Lords opposite. The Bill more particularly . alluded to
in the speech from the throne; was one to vvhieh he had
himself given his most cordial support in the last session
of Parliament—he meant the most important part of it—
that which established a more efficient and impartial
board fur the distribution and management of charities
generally. He gave Noble Lords opposite credit for the
best intentions with respect to. persons professing the
Roman Catholic religion. But he regretted-that some-
thing had not been done to conciliate the Roman Catho.
lic Prelates in Ireland ; but he was happy to say that he
gathered from a statement made by Archbishop Murray
that an amendment was likely to take place in that re.
spuct. Her Majesty stated that that Act had been car-
ried out in the spirit in which it was passed. He gave
Noble Lords opposite great credit for having done so,
and it was not, perhaps, for him to consider the ap-
pointments which had been made •to the Commission,
or to declare their inconsistency with the cause in the
Emancipation :Act, which prohibited Roman Catho-
lic Prelates from assuming the titles of their dioceses.
When he considered that the religion over which
these prelates presided was that .of the majority
of the people of Ireland, he, for one, could not object to
giving them precedence in the ComMissiom But if he
had proposed to do so in the presence of a Noble Earl,
who was not then in the House, the Earl of Donotosh-
more, if he (Lord.Normanby) had proposed to give place