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the Archbishop of Caaterbury. He underetoed that that
course had be ii approved of on a former gecation
r Lord KIN N IRD—I never expres eit env app oval of if.
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Ihe „Duke of WELLINGTON had urelers,ood that tnat
ecure.e had been aperoved of on a former occasion, bat rime It .
appeared that that course was not apposed ot, because the aP:,
plication was confined to one class perscns. If the dergl:ll.
the Church Establishment here to be:aeked to use their i!:fel.e
core to induce their congregations to come forward to relieve
the exstir g distress, the appeal must be made in the churce!:.
and to those ever whom they might be supposed to have in_afl
ence in their patishes. The Noble Lord had found r.
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because the application had not been made to other perse'•
He (the Duke of Wellington) dirt not know to whcna the
letter could have been so fittingly addressed as to the
bishop of Canterbury, and her Majesty had come forward and
generously subscribed a large stun herself—(Cheers)—and her
example had been followed by those holding office under Lei
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Government. He (the Duke of Wellington) had stated ba
that the distress had been admitted in both Houses of Par"a
meet, and then the Noble Lord said he desired to have 2 Cw;
mittee. A Committee for what? To inquire into the cause
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of the distress ; and he meant to produce papers before that
Committee. But it was usual for Noble Lords, in rnovicgt.l°l,
such Committees, to state what the object was, arid to w"'
point the Committee was to go. Why, this was to be a C
mittee which, after the examination of the Noble Lord's
culations, was to recommend the repeal of the Corn-law'
( Hear, hear)—which had passed and become law within
short period. If their Lordship wished to repeal the Co -
laws, let a Bill be introduced for that purpose, b.*
don't let them begin by moving for a Cormoilt
which would only have the effect of exciting the country.
they were to have an alteration of the law, let them have it .
ter a full discussion ; but don't let them begin by creating Piet
excitement in the cusery by exaggerated statements of ell'
scriptions, and then come to the discussion of the new C°
law. The Noble Lord then blamed her Majesty's Governmin
for not having attended to the subject in time. Why her
jetty's Government had been in office since the beginning
September, and from that time to the present he would jest r
cite a few of the measures which they had brought forward, a
which had become the law of the land. He would also mice
to the diplomatic and other measures which had been broug
forward, with a view to relieve the distress that existed; a'
having done so, he would then ask whether it was fair to c° ';
down with such a proposition as the present, foundedon such arg,,u
meets as had been used by the Noble Lord, and cast blame or,
Government. The Government first introduced the measure
upon their Lordships' table, and which would be discuss
next week ; a measure which had for its object the resters'
Lion of the income of the country, the permanent income
the country, so that it might be capable of defraying b ,
permanent expenditure. By this measure they hoped t"!'
establish the finances of the country on the old basis, of 1101°
sufficiency of funds to defray the expenses and interest :t
the National Debt. This, he hoped, would . restore '4
finances of the country to the basis on which they oge
always to have steod; end, inasmuch as the commerce of t's
country was, in some degree, dependent upon its eredit, sore -
thing would also be done for the service of commerce.
tides this, they should also be enabled. to repeal the taxes
several articles; among them, taxes on articles of raw
rial used in manufactures, and this would have the eff(
improving their condition. The taxes they should be al
take off on articles of consumption, would also have the
of relieving the distress, and producing a beneficial effect
commerce. According to the declaration of her 1
speech, the GovernMent were engaged in negotiattonsit
ties for the extension of the commerce of the country.
these treaties her Majesty's Government had been ens
various political arrangements, having for their object to
blish peace in the world, and to restore the commerce 0
country. Before the Government came into office peace had
to a certain degree, restored in the Levant; it had been si'
tirely established. It had been restored in- Portugal and
and those parts of Asia which were under the Governs
this country. Efforts were beingemade to restore it in
Asia, in China, and in the United States. He thong
these things would have the effect of improving the sit mit
the manufacturers. He thought the Noble Lord might
waited for the result of these measures before he moved
Committee, which most excise the discontent of one part •
community. The speech of the Noble Lord might have
made on a motion for a repeal of the Corn-laws. He
that their Lordships would meet the. motion with _a nel
leaving it to the Noble Lord to bring forward a speck
tion for the repeal of the Coru-laws.
The Earl of RADNOR thought the Noble Duke h
acted with his usual fairness in attributing words to his'
Friend, which he hid .not used.—(Hear, hear.) The
Lord said the object of his Noble Friend was to get a rel...
the Corn-laws. but there was nothing in his Noble Fr'
speech from which the Noble Duke could draw such a
stun --(Hear, hear.) He had scarcely used .the word
law in the course of his speech. His Noble Friend's ergs
was that the distress of the country ought to be inquired im
(Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend might or might not thin
Corn-law the cause of that distress, but he (Lord itad
certainly thought it was. However, it was not now the
tion. The -Noble Duke also complained of the observatie
his Noble Friend with regard to the Queen's letter, but
Noble Friend in his ( Lord Radnor's) opinion, justly ,f;
fault with it as being inadequate to meet the distress et
country. He also found fault with the advances of
money made to relieve the d.stress of Paisley and other ,
He thought that was a grave matter, and one which shout,
further inquired into.--( Hear, hear. )' He recollected when
made a motion with a similar object to relieve the distress;
Spitalfields, the Noble Lord opposite said that such a mode
proceeding was irregular. But surely if a Committee '
appointed, and it w re proved satisfactorily that the Corn-
were the cause of the tietre,s, the Noble Duke himself
not object to their repeal. Arld could the. Noble Duke it;
Confidence that they were not the cause of the distress
Noble Duke talked 'of the war in Syria, And peace
estahl shed there by the present'Government—
The Duke of WELLINGTON—I said the very contrary
The Earl of RADNOR so understood the Noble DO
The Noble Duke said that peace was more come
established since the advaneesnent to power of the press'
Government.; but he (Lord Radnor) thought that peace
established before that; and still mare, he understood that ti
was greeter distu' hence in the East since the Noble
came into otEce (Laughter.) Seain and Portugal-also
just as, peaceable Lefere the present Government cline
.office, and there .could be no doubt that the distress to
country was not diminished since they came into cffics
( Haar, hear ) The Noble Duke said they should wait to
the effects of the other .measures of the Government.' It
• easy fortheir Lordships to talk of patience but her
people living on Sail a sleek to %%sit ? The object of his
Friend was, that Government should give an car to the
elaints and an eye to the sufferings of the eeople, and
them relief. It was not, therefore, fair to say, that his re
was to set one class against another. His Noble Friend
he was aware of that distress, and had documents to pro'
and he should, therefore, sup; ort themotion if his Noble-Fr
The Duke of WELLINGTON explained. He had
state d that peace had been established to a certain extent
the present Government came into office, and that since it.
been consolidated. He should afro observe, that the object
the' Noble Lord, throughout his who!e.speech, as it are
to him, was to repeal the Corn-laws.
The Duke of RICHMOND said, that after the Noble Lrs
statements relative to the cornmerceof America, it was ea
he could mean nothing but a clap trap fur the repeal of
Core-laws. All great changes only produced alarm is
country, and alarm would serve but to aggravate the dle
that now prevailed. He (the Duke of Richmond) felt tor
suffering countrymen as strongly as the Noble Lord did, lit
they appointed a Committee, without seeing that some
would result from it, they would be but creating excite
among the people, and thereby aggravating their distrett.
did not attack the motives of his Male Friend, but he
tended that he had permitted himself to be made the
the Anti-Cote-law League. The idea that there had bestirs.
late, a less consumption of meat, was purely theoretical.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE was astonished at
concluding:entence of.the speech of his Noble Friend, It
bren stated by all the authorities, including Mr. Porter
Mr. Tooke, that there had beers a great decrease in the '
'irruption of meat. If his Noble I': iend pressed his motinl
a division, he would vote with him ; but he would ream
him net to do so, because it took in too great a range 01
quiry, to be embraced in the Committee.
Lord WESTERN thought it most extraordinary that '
tweuty.sixth }ear of p; ace the revenue of the country shot
such a condition as to render it necessary to resort to..
come tax. He hoped that some inquiry would- be instil'
into the cause of such a state of things.
Lord MONTEAGLE thought the inquiry proposed
be most desirable, because he thought it would he unadve
to give any colour to the statement that they had refused
quiry into the distresses of the people.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the Govern
had, from the moment it came into power, been doing 41
it could to relieve the commerce of the country; and all ~f
wi-hed was that their Lordships would wait to see the effect °it
those measures, and if they did not answer the purpose,
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would then be competent for Noble Lords to introduce a"'
other measure that should be thought necessary.
Lard KIN NAIRD said that as he found this motion
likely to meet with very little support from their Lordships! b:
thought it advisable to withdraw it. On a future occasion i. w i•ee
oule call their attention specially to the subject of the oh'
afforded to certain towns by the Government.
The Duke of RICHMOND said in explanation, that althong
one of his objections to the motion of the Noble Lord W 35 the
it would tend to unsettle the agricultural interests of the
try, he thought there were many other reasons why their Lot;
ships should refuse to grant the proposed Committee. sl
Lord FITZGERALD was not surprised to find that tehe
Noble Duke was anxious that hie motives seould not be 11515`,1-,
presented. The conduct of the Noble Lord was most exts'e(ii'e
(finery, lie had withdrawn his,snotiones and in. re doing beitte
chosen to repeat his attacks on the Government. lie (.Is'ee
Fitzgerald) denied that this Noble Loed had shown any
for his motion in the inconclusive and multifarious speesh b`,
jo
which he had introduced it. The Noble Lord had allude"
,o,
the manner in which the speech of the Noble Duke had
cheered ; those cheers had bet it given because the Noble Pue i,
had shown that, notwithstanding the Noble Lord's statemeue
that he had alluded but once to the ,Corn-law in the ee""e„
his speech, the Coen-law, in fact, had.conetituted the 91,
its
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topic of • the Noble' Lord's address. He (Lot d
Herald) would .net; at that hour, tie-argue that questitt,
He denied the. imputations cast upon the Governsne;ce
and rested the defence of the Government, not or; the see,e,%ee
of any of its Members, but on the facts themselves. '`.`iete
their duty to relieve distress without discussing the princllice
of political economy. He was surprised at the manner in o'"oel
the Noble Lord had alluded tothe Queen's letter, and woodetiel
that he should have been, ignorant that a similar apPe3ll.elt
Lord im
been made to the Church of. Sco land, through the Loal
Commissioner, which had been nobly responded to.—(C hear
He could not congratulate the Noble Lord on the support svi,
.he had received in that House, and he did not think his (itry,„,.
Kiunaird's) opinions would find much favour with the cot' it
Lod KINNAIeD said he never found fent wit''
Queen's letter; what he said was that it proved the Govern,.
went knew the existence of the distress.
A' urn
,The motion was then withdrawn, and the House,ael°
at a Quarter to Nine o'clock.

BIRTHS. f
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On the 16th ult., at Bramshot t House, Liphook, HO"'
lady of William Chaleratt, Esq.. of a daughter. ,soro '
On the 27th ult., at Ramsgate, the wife of Edward D
jun., E,q., surgeon, of a daughter. - T •„„w•
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On'the Ist inst at the Regent's-park, the lady of '''' at,
nant-Colonel C. Mandeville, of the Madras establiik°3= ."
of a son. • OP
On the 2d inst., at Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park' -
Edwin Gower, tf a son. f Cher 1
On the 2d inst., the wiFe of John Richmond, Esq., ° . i
ter-street, Belgrave-square, of a son. • bt, r,
On the 2d inst., at Kew, Lady Mary Hope, of a daug
MARRIED.
On the 31st ult., at. :Valding, the Rev. Thomas 31ilgeg;iiia-
Mary Ann, eldestdaughter of Thomas White, Esq., °lf
ward Yalding, Kent. cbarle
On the Ist inst , at - Tideham, Gloucestershire', „„elia,
Murray, Esq., of St. James's-square, to Franc"
iiirliel
youngest daughter of the late Lieu#onant-Genera.
of
Burr, Hon. East India Cornuany. F4q•,
On the 2d inst., at West Ham, C. W. Tanner, Ada
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