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LONDON?
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1342.

The great expectations which were excited of
the. opening..of Parliament, have scarcely been
answered at present by the results. The Speech
delivered by her MAJESTY, yesterday, has made
us acquainted with little more of deep interest
to the people, than the intention of Ministers to
take the .Corn-laws into consideration, and to
take measures to equalise the revenue and the
expenditure.
On Wednesday, which is very early, Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL is to submit all his views on the
Corn-laws to the House and the country, and till
then we must remain in ignorance, as at pre-
sent, of what he means to propose. We only
know now, that he is a convert to the opinion
that the Corn-laws must be altered.
From the speech of the Earl of MARCH, we
learn that the Ministers are to propose new
taxes, of such a description as to fall on the
rich and not reach the poor. Lord JOHN RUSSELL
hinted at a property-tax, which he intimated he
should be ready to oppose ; and Sir ROBERT
Peat., who spoke after him, did not deny that
he contemplated such a. tax. The country only
known •at present, therefore, with somewhat
more assurance than before the meeting of Par-
liament—for we have announced both facts--
that the Corn-laws are to be taken into consi-
deration by the Tories, and that the price we
are to pay for a PEEL Administration is a pro-
perty-tax.
Whatever expectations might have been formed
in the country, there were none in the House of
Commons after the contents of the Speech were
known. We scarcely ever recollect a first night
which went off more tamely. There is now
complete coincidence in the views of the hitherto
conflicting parties.
Sir ROBERT PEEL avowed that he and his
Colleagues, on principle, had drawn up the
speech so as toTsccure, if possible, a unanimous
vote of the Irosq. Contrary to everything
which the Tories)4 said only a few
. months
Ligo. the Speech te"
.ed With satisfaction. Sud-
denly: ..ort4 mELB"OURNE
the ditteult• playfully remarked,
had vanisheietis that had beset the .country
were the distress'(;the" only, evils mentioned -
the people, which the Whigs

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