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ic- dented it'.-time :and attention t••- :ea diaias of his
'office,.
.to abstain from any act implying a refit etian en
the person charged with such duties. It was only natural
and generous that there should be a great unwilling-
* .re()• uses . to imply any opinion unfavourable to him.
slid " :The Noble Lord had rested his statement on the aittho-
a_a rity of a private letter. He understood that the aon-i-
Nuiart‘• InUilication was conveyed to Lord Auckland, in a pri-
tate letter from Lord Ellenborough. In reference
,:(ta the Governor of so distant a place as India,
is's-441e- _Noble Lord must concur with him as to
L1",..117a1 course which one government, succeeding another,
."uld pursue. lie was surprised at the reference that
, NI been made to Affghanistan in the debate ;he was
' Prepared for it ; and on any subject at all affecting
Itstia,;7'4•Gavernor of India, so soon about to return to this
Vetintry, he had been desirous of collecting the most cor-
reet information before he offered any conjecture
iaej 48 to the statement. He (Sir R. Peel) certainly did
49t recullect any such communication as that
atit, which the Noble Lord said was conveyed to Lord Auck-
;•4ll,' Ikaud.; buconveyedt, at the same time, as it was stated to have
been Lordship in a private letter from
1"4 re, •LordEllenborough, it was difficult for him to offer any
'contradiction to a letter which he had never even seen.
He could find no record of it, and certainly no
;4'; such communication had been made with the
• Rilowledge or consent of her Majesty's Government.
As he had before said, he could not undertake to an-
' • slyer for a communication which he had not seen, and
t which might have been addressed by Lord Eilenborough
to Lord Auckland, in a spirit corresponding to
' that which marked his public opinions of that
-"•‘' `Wobletnan. Immediately on his (Sir R. Peel's)
Ittlaaa ucceptin office he had made inquiry respecting the Goa
" g , received from the G
isk. era ,r-General of India, and he -
' ternor of the East India Company a minute to the
ed Zecowt that the Governor-General would not abruptly
up the trust which had been confided to him, nor
~61 shrink from the responsibility of his office, so as to cause
i'44Y inconvenience by his resignation. They then found
Da•Lord Auckland continuing in office at the express re.
t, • quest of the Board of Directors. If he (Sir It. Peel)
;4 he that Lord Auckland had, in compliance with
;. .
.. 'the wishes of the public authorities at home, %salved
b4l own personal considerations, in remaining at the head
,;44lje affairs, he (Sir R. Peel) would never, on any
‘.4cco.tint4etaining, however, his own opinions on the
matter--h retaining,
urged the withdrawal of Lord Auckland ;
should in advising the erown to dispense with
tflll43he,c. 4si rd Auckland's servii"-s under such cireure-
`Nis
'• f"csses, have cons.siered himself as aeiing with
us re injustice towards that Noulacnan. That
...t"ter Was wri•aen on the 7th. Lard Auckland ex-
ressed a de ire to return, and therefore he (Sir R. Peel)
the
at liberty to advise the Crown in respect
tll% appointment of a successor On the 24th Sep-
,:aber he received a letter from the Chairman, alluding
;. this letter, in which he said that it was highly impor-
, L,nt a communication should be made between Lord
Auckland and his successor. That was on the 24th
•' •• of September, and on the Bth of October he (Sir Ito-
IV7,t‘ Peel) proposed to Lord Ellenborough to go out,
he accepted the office ; therefore, it was impossible
Roposal at there could be any time to receive Lord Auckland's
io remain in India. These were the facts of the
,77e. Whether Lord Ellenborough might have written
Otter to Lord Auckland, in form similar to that which
Zag been alluded to, he could not'say. That Lord Auck-
-7d had expressed an intention of remaining until a sue-
114.sser arrived, he could readily believe. He (Sir
• • ?eel) considered that he was perfectly at liberty to up-
, toint a successor. Yet, if any such letter as had
• "eon referred to had been written, he could only protest
against its bring considered that it conveyed, directly or
' .• th."'ret tly expressed, or by implication, any approval of
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pursued with respect to Affghanistan. In the
inrstof the debates in that House he had. considered it
be his duty to avoid the expression of any opinion on
7.41 t 801 ihba di ec,
He had his own opinion upon the subject;
tu.pon public considerations, avoided any expres-
r as to the future course of her Majesty's Government.
4! could show, indeed, that by the directions given to Lord
.I.ll4ekland himself, it was consistent for him to remain.
Passed now from that subject, before he moved the
theof
Day, to explain the position of the Go-
. f:rrunimat with respect to the supplies. The estimates
' ale the service of China remained to be voted. It was
aher Y•IL fortnight since that vote was moved for, and
`•
• 4.1 tountr
14y would be placed in great difficulty, un-
theyat sanctioned the vote. It might be said
• call her Majesty's Government ought earlier to have
~•sa., ed the attention of the House to the Votes of Supply.
Mier
to that he would remind the House of the
,7,7 tier in which the House had been occupied with res-
,l7t to the measures relating to the financial and com-
a: ameraia,
policy of that country. The House had then
sin policy
February,
41 and during that period two days in
4•:,;•.1 week had' been at the disposal of her Majesty's Go-
piv.ll4lntAnd during part of that time a third day had been
la—JlP.. to her Ma esty's Government. He believed
ever da thjat her Majesty's Government
' .
ver flare applied to the purposes of the Go-
ntaent had been occupied, and he thought they
to'uuttaistard of fifty-four days. With the general
st eurrence of the House, and upon considerations
~..4,,,__PUblic advantage, every day was devoted to the
7,gress of the three measures he had had introduced
?•lai,V.,e Corn Bill, the Income-tax, and tasty, the Tariff.
• 141 the Corn Bill the House was occupied 16 days.
•
s'4,,,.,.property-tax took 17 days, and the tariff 14 days,
these added, were 47 days out of the 56 which
at.' the disposal of her Majesty's Government.
c was House aware that it was highly
ti 31.tant' that the tariff should he passed. It
4.l.Z9assed last Saturday, and, he hoped, that the returns
441,4414e:Cu5t0m-house would show that it already was a
if-j::1"fit• to:the country. Even if it only removed the sus-
tr•W'the removal of that would be an advantage.
Ow.
ey bad to vote, with the sanction of
ti-"Alsef.the vote for the miscellaneous estimates—the
"as. ei‘2lestiMates. The vote fur Aina was urgent : the
.. •
',:'lto-171.9bleut of India had decided in making no advance
gar far in Afikhanistan. With respect to the
at 5 Th.,,`juina, an Indian loan had been agreed to
',.Ppli4::_eent. The Court, in consequence, had made an
• =4:he n "on to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for 800,000/.
tulika-chrernment of India had advised that they should
41)further advances upon merchants' hypothecated
I until December next. The Court of Directors
.1144 ed that they would abstain from drawing bills on
likt„,sreasury of India for six months. The Government
I‘..,•ggaged to supply the India Company with funds, and
40 fa of the utmost importance to the Hon. Service that
tesDp,o4l,ther delay should take place.—(Cheers.) With
recTLto the miscellaneous estimates, it should be
Jear•
o IL'ted that they were from the 21st of March of one
I.lth 11-) the 21st of March of the next. It was now the
ti, July : he had abstained from proposing
)att:4 estimates before, because he would not
Aaittht4Pt the Government measures then in progress,
healkLhegged to state that many of the votes were ex-
' 'thin-74ai He would mention as an instance the vote for
~gslie.at prosecutions in Ireland. The Government had
elled the payments as far as they could ; but it
kitt "L the utmost importance to the public service
Ivoton° further delay should take place. He
of not take upon himself the responsibility
en Chrtoor delay. He did nut appeal to Hon. Gentlemen
blithe ground of courtesy to her Majesty's Government,
ihno e stated that the public service would be seriously .
.I:::vvnienced if the estimates were any longer delayed.
tkpi 41 PALMERSTON lelt called upon to give some
sltlation, and he hoped he should be able to
feee With the same ealinnesss and absence of party
Thttlt that the Right Honourable Baronet had done,
• 11.1,41',4 Was nothing that could offend him more than
triao,l4,e Should be supposed capable of making; a state-
Th.",til that House tor which he had not good'grounds.
state-
trio _tight Hon'. Baronet had resolved the matter into
Of Questions—a question of inference and a question
°uld t'• With regard to the question of inference, he
'44 r, not agree with the Right Honourable
present ; for he certainly considered that if the
Bone Government had asked Lord Auckland. to. con-
to p Governor-General of India, the inference
(he drawn was that they approved of his policy.—
. "1 itr' hear •) -W th regard to the question of fact, he
tight he 1 •
ttstia was justified in what he had stated by the
' kge from the letter which he had read, and which
Ninl. reported very correctly. What were the cir-
. Aq„-,7,11ces of the. case ? Lord Auckland had continued
A n,;""A the usual time, when, in May 1840, he receiveu
•I•tulakunication from Government requesting him to
'Nut' His reply was that, allowing personally it
Yet if ." matter of inconvenience to him to remain,
4,4 y It were desired, in order that he might complete
~.N4,reat measure, he would remain for a year longer.
;"% Present Government came into office in Sept. 1841,
,'!tb3'aar after Lord Auckland had consented to
;'ton, and when he was expected home in the
EfLof the year, and then Lord Auckland
''
_"‘l_ the letter, ;to which allusion had been made,
'%114,01 -114 cord, Ellenborough, the President of the Board of
41'0, a .of the .new Government. He certainly felt
Kati
the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet,
lialowLitat communication had been made without his
404, ge, but at the same time he hoped the Right
.'"l,aronet would exonerate him (Lord Palmerston)
44ord made the statement without foundation.
llvitho zalenborough might have written that letter
Atte4 'communicating with his colleagues, but Lord
'440 ttie'g Could have looked upon it in no other light than.
gliti 44-official communication. Where persons in office
in the habit of acting together, and when
lebsieen red that the service of an officer abroad should
'ollba
,I%otaktiz,tied, it was always customary to make a private
itsetto,, cation, in order to ascertain whether it would be
ate"etothtt officer so addessed to remain, and that pri-
•! •.cottuu, utequest Was the usual prelude to an official
uusetrilleation. That was the course which he had
"-opted in the case of Lord Heytesbury, when he
St, ituesled that Noble Lord to continue as Ambassador
4e, t b etersburgh. The communication, therefore, would
considered as a confidential one, and he (Lord
Ar tillton) considered that he hau had good grounds
Sirltstatement he had made..
,00luto • zEEL said that he had read to the House ab-
ord tevery thing that had passed between himself and
•-tb.,,ught
_le.nberough on the subject, and from that he
41, bihty that
House would perceive that there was no pos-
-41/ su at he (Sir R. Peel) could have been a party to
Lord.;d.ocatnunication to Lord Auckland.
Nick ALAIERSTON said he had forgotten to re-
u that the
how , letter stated that it was very lucky Lord
`trothad sent in his positive resignation.
,• 41':EL said this t-e
• was datd the 7th of Sep-
of6ettab)erdr. Elleuborough'seti own appointment was the
lai4'44Tl' HOW -
• torti P.lle b ICIs. said it only followed from that that
in l °rough wrote very shortly after he arrived.
ietteinburough wrote by the first mail a most press-
, ; tat to
.I„,rd Auckland, enjoining him in the
hCI terms to remain. He presumed that on the
eeived r,." Auckland's formal resignation had been re-
' to,
Lord Ellenborough. When Lord Ellenbo-
. re-4:4ll'34llt9tter arrived in Calcutta it was received with
uaious on by Lord Auckland's friends, who were
Alr f"r his ret
_ urn.
ai.4%gli to 1.-*ti- said he had only entered the House early
• aa. 4,t'ar the Noble Lord speak of the eourt f