Star.
London, England, 1831-08-10 00:00:00

FOILEION I, 0 LIM-331.01VJG

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY assured their lord-
ships that no individual could feel more inadequate to dis-
charge the important task of inquiry into the state of foreign
policy than he did. His early military education bad not
given him those advantages and qualifications foe addressing
that august h many noble lords possessed.—
Had he not been milled on imperatively, he should not have
ventured to address their lortlehips. Circumstances con-
netted with the diplomatic proceedings of a brother (Lord
Castlereagh) who brought our foreign relations to the 1
' highest, the most illustrious state, made it impossible to
avoid the expression of his feelings. Under these feelings,
for the honour of a brother, and Impressed with proper hu-
mility towards the house his hope was that he might receive
the indulgence of their lordships, which would enable him I
to go through the task he had undertaken. He certainly
did not expect so much courtesy from the noble earl and his
colleagues, because when he lately submitted a question to
the noble earl (Orey)he was told be had discovered a • mare's
nest.' The expression did not become the orator—the Ci-
cero of the day. The noble marquis knew that he was
always liable to be borne away, as it were, by the torrent of
the noble earl's eloquence, and if he escaped that, the no-
bleand learned lord on the woolsack would bear down upon
him with tan and caustic sarcasm. Notwithstanding the
difficulties to which he was esposed, there was in him a
stern stubbornness which would lead him on to the .accom-
plishment of his object. With respect to the present posi.
tion of Belgium, he once thought the noble earl, when he
acceded to office, would have claimed his support in pursuit
of foreign policy, because the noble earl, when he sat on
the other aide of the house, was disposed to follow the policy
adopted by the treaties of 1814 and 1815. The noble mar-
, quis, however, Arend the mask removed by the noble earl's
speech of the 24th June lat. The noble earl on that occa-
sion stated that it was owing to the treaties of Paris anti V-
ienna in 1814 and 1315 that the seed of titufrection and
' change was scattered over Europe. In that he thought
the Noble Earl had not displayed much policy or good taste.
I The Noble Earl was then endeavouring to carry on with the
Ministers of the same Powers the accomplishment of those
treaties. The tame Ministers were, at that thee, in Down-
ing-street reedy to negotiate with the noble Earl. Those
treaties had pn.duc d sixteen or seventeen years of peace,
which would then have been in existence but fur the un-
fortunate affair of Paris in July. He thought he saw sit-
ting by the noble Earl a ci-dettura noble friend (Lord
°Watch), who had defended 'those treaties. The noble
Marquis bad =ever expected to see that Noble Viscount
sitting cantata* in his seat, whilst the Noble Earl.
was uttering his philippic against those measures. lle
rememberW the day when his brother having achieved
/the object of • his diplomacy, was received by a British
House 'sof- Comments with a burst of applause. His
-hope was that the noble earl, after he bad paned his. pee.
eions reform bill might be received in Ile same way. The
noble manpsie these called the attention of their loraphipa to
the affairs of. Belgium. In order to make himself under-
stood he divided his observations under three heads. First,
the negotiation up to Lord Pomonby's letter, in June; se..