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14PERIAL PARLIAMENT.

OUSE OP LORDS--TUESDAY, APRIL 11.
4‘.:23ROrGRAM presented a petition from Liverpool, hiVl the Administration of Bankruptcy Bill.
clap '/•,---Lord BEAUMONT put several questions to
'reklat, enuon respecting the reports which had been
ori,as to the intentions of Austria and Prussia, the
Ltt tCer,Prussian Minister, and the proceedings of the
(ItlesiGZiack Se—Lord CLARENDON replied to the
s•Ztsob2:antilat hetherefore had as yet no oaffinscwialeritnhfeomrmeloonr
eeoly'or'aisrlnct
ativeiy could not
To the latter he replied that
:Lt':iji the Black Sea had sailed to Katannt Bay before
tiled 'pee that the Russians had crossed the Danube
°' acre and that it was now acting in
Vil_n with the Turkish military authorities.
"411,.:,,corrrpri BANKRIJPTCY and Insolvency Bill was
,t4oZa_(l. time and referred to a select committee, on
R..._00r Lord BROUGHAM.
k BILL.—The Earl of ABERDEEN, in reply
%t4lePreutt"'"%lelle, stated that the government, bowing
ler°llllreßoificire3ltlTstanceqd hadt r9satoedn to
however,withdraw
,)
forwardagawl ina full
at a more seasonable opportunity.
gl,f
"131.--lia answer to a question from the Earl of
ke're, the Earl of ABERDEEN said he had no
erlbnent would be able fully to consider the
ik
lh,p;el.lt suggested relative to the college of Mayer
°t
qtie vlatislY to the termination of the recess.
t, il b • ~„ usiness was despatched, and their lordships
MI the 27th, for the Easter recess.
401JSD
OP COMMONS—TUESDAY, APRIL 11.
Ztiti,,c,°'-lowing bills were read a third time and passed .
Gas and Waterworks Bill, Manchester Corpo-
,:uerworks
LIABI )3ili,Yand Manchester said,lmp Bill.
LIT.
—Mr. CARDWELL he had
ra former evening the hope that the report of
04),t ttloners on the Law of Limited Liability would
ctN day, but he had just been informed that
be still another meeting of the commission.
owever, he might promise that the report
teadY by the re-assembling of parliament.

THE REFORM BILL.
tc'illll RUSSELL, making the formal announce-
the Commons that Ministers had determined not
kea: new Reform Bill this session, gave a history
0114.1,,", as his personal honour had been
to in the matter. He acknowledged that
Vte oei ancePted office on the understanding that a
koh,,,Prliamentary Reform should he among the
kNeieluch the government should be formed. Last
ktkere Pressure of financial measures, and the India
')4.4l3ol,4'ellerallY allowed to be a sufficient reason for
%lih„-,ellient But du the recess the measure
Sll/4ast-citalvet hut.
se introducedopri on the 13th of February.
that the negotiations with
o..tthialifilt have been pacifically arranged. Unfortu-
t‘o',,,l'as not the case, and the measure was the 27th 27th of April. Lord John being of opinion,
rufessed, that a'state of war with Russia was
".i't • sufficient reason for the abandonment of the
u°a them that the time of imposition of great. bur-
g bA)cuntry was a fitting time for the admission
Itit,°DitiioT,rin,r4' the burdens to the franchise. From
:he did not recede, bet war being declared,
frs, sary for ministers to consider whether they
`,.;\,?'s
.Particular time, proceed with the second
of e have had, then," he said, -" to look to the
atatZlr being able to carry the Reform Bill in the
4st itksi, °f Public opinion, both in this house and in
'lit tLhrow, I think it will be generally owned
)44i,ers has been an indisposition on tbe part of
418, [IP' „tills house (as far as I could collect their
e Whatever side of the house they sat) to
tiliiqe consideration of this question, there has
k‘teWe ph,euuntry not a disapprobation of the measure
k`4411 Ckse but an indifference as to its being un-
`4.4lkb'f.
Sp of tt, - forward, arising from the absorbing
S,Petit• Lie war, and proved by the fact that only
ktt 111°1u.3 had been presented to the house its
,t,o‘‘, of did not not attribuft:rtliitishaatdail,leeton genrlveddivsi
aifh-
\lttZl),'batiolan,asZerd John could not accept the
government, having considered and ma-
t and nre for amending the representation of the
th dug prepared its details, have thereby
Ntkerlis-e pledge which they made upon accession
.to
k eau uot but think that, under all ordinarfor-
Vaci d such a measure, the govern-
-4'11.4 not only to lay it on the table of the
intot they were bound to do their utmost to
", of %rect. -We could hardly propose the.second
, • .44 bill at this time, without declaring it to be
;4471, if the bill should be defeated, to resign
All" to proceed to the country 'by an immediate
ttti ' Parliament I cannot but think that either
courses would, at the present moment, be
44e " Rreat inconvenience. The ministers of the
to Li;terY lately brought down messages from the
'z
th, hou,ses of parliament, asking parliament to
V'ziie-,,`"rown at the commencement an arduous and,
ittojjrutracted struggle ; and we can hardly sup-
our duty, except under circumstances of the
`eesst it duty,
to shrink from the post which we.
ae turink from the responsibility of the war in
advised her gracious Majesty to em-
k,,, then, being the case as regards the bill for
9rf the representation of the people, may be
-„` tithe
quite ready to answer the question—how
art,l4l,;€4,3tion of reform itself?
_This is now what I

)1\ kti.o to state. The first thing that I should
• I1)1 4t t •
h e government of Lord Aberdeen, when they
itiNtle on the subject of reform, gave that pledge in
kt'Atti3'.--that they are ready to abide by that pledge,
thttiN iY hold
, ,t, 11 „ethemselves as bound to the principles
1,,t404,,;_ representation of the people as they did
it'ttttcrO,,,,.{,i'. Ifltireldlich they entered. into office." He held
ttt
~ 'fit to to bring in a measure of reform at a
Ns-113' te'lltitisl the weight of government to back it :
•ep b.. ,e 8
1141,, md of the measure," he continued, "we
jail 4t ha, oarselves, and the government remains
4,41,4 fe,.! the 'ad on proposals of reform in the repre-
apt "." tomPeOple. Now, sir, may Ibe permitted
ket%„ :1 1.„`.8 in reference, not only to the govern-
01).7rltee'erence to my own tredit as the organ
ctai`ge nt in this house. I know that the course
'LeeilLtiatiPtil.°Posed is exposed 'to all those weapons,
i th;'? fors..;rucrisms, which the right hon. gentleman
to are fa. ekinghamshire 'knows so well how to
t;eti
.1 Iv "0 th LI. weapons of opposition, and I have been
) kiesklaesra; and Itrust that. I should not complain
‘NtistleXtF. •Ivere wielded against me with even more
If (414'1V than has hitherto been the case • but
104,1,1141,Di:41A as regards those Who have been in' the
‘?. ed f„rung the present government, and who
01), the 'rward for a speedy reform in the represen-
"ll tliat Pe'Ple: With. respect to those persons, I
t°tlt while the statement that I have made may
It;,1 \''itTielan, that that suspicion can hardly be en-
itilll4 °tLt Weakeningtllat • •
el„,. my positiori as the organ of
\ ,itill,e " in this'house. (The noble lord at this
‘Vk ell Was deeply * •
ft elle affected, and was immediately
,441ile:ilytiaPnig from all parts of the house.) If I
,k‘tts m ,:11g in the cause of reform, I trust that I ,
~Vititill!l do`lea degree of confidence; but, at all events, I
A'4l;,ero,,„_° possess that confidence, I shall be of
• %t,t Li or to the country, and I can no longer
t'Y • 4
..lA itr, I now occupy. These,-sir, are times of
At ))111trirtanc, and questions arise of the utmost
I,f!'), de, rad endeavour to arrive at those conclusions
'4,)lll,l°tl.,tliebes_ t interests of the crown and of the
~1111.4. :it, s,',4"t that I may meet with support. I
I,:i,t; O'phg to move that the house, at its rising,
hiitkNit4 'Ll'sday, the 27th of April:"
o''l', et, li" thought every one would admit the
\)
,t'lt 48 most in accordance with the voice of
,`1!:;1 41'''s Itj:' a Radical, was satisfied that the cause of
,:.(14,424„1,he jeoespardised. by the measure not being
i`?k,;'tr,llo tr ent crisis. Prudence was the best
~,, Ikt;.'eti,'°, oldest Reformer in the house, he had
Aotthe'll't Lhe noble lord.
1. to ace
,01:t, toy ousted for the indifference to the bill,
h 'lt ' would reap no benefit by it. "He did
k!4t1,_4,10..1).10e lord for the course he had taken on
1 tit"tet-'l4elFlin, and he only hoped the noble lord
.raged from again coming to the consi-
kiNt helled at an earlier and happier time, and
te that est
‘ti 11, t the ,simple, and well-defined bill, so
oetgood.„ people everywhere should acknow-
lkoaltsli (itliln thought the course taken by the
,10,a(iditykated by the soundest policy, and would
'IA?, lacili.)..nal claim to the confidence and respect
till
'oe,!Ltem n 7 iliany years looked on him as their
of ciii.l.„s.. 47(eistions.
Y,114e: knowill4rd A. VANE expressed the highest
tkttlit or peraonef.erlyngofhtehe no
had mbl:AleoLd,ttieldputhbe.
cleathilltt ea.A .
kettliaPobiel-lhe was not disposed to deal in the
ilb: I ani °rd anticipated. " I can assure the
ti .h, little disposed to-night, after the ad-
,,,Y4,,„°1 West, ade, to view in any spirit of acerbity.
t Pit.,',Yfi to bu•i.lesty's Government. Although it is
1%,..,rft1y, that
seated opposite to the noble lord, I
111,14Z.t.tit there is no one in this house who has
I,,'llara,"!€Pet for the noble lord than I have.
vtt ' fit ---,mr and
tt. 1,1,3 coal_ career are precious possessions
1 the Ilse of T.?ns, and lam sure that the mem-
-I\4l
tl/4„'mblioble "
,_
I'd
will always cherish them.
, 01„F ths' the r''''''t sits, lam sure that he will be
%AA at th eaPect of every member of this house,
.i.ixtlitAtlssary.eviciee
ninatiymaier
.in which he has to-night
painful communication to the
'l4 to" ay, of the noble lord's character."
Dperiticise theconduct
,4,!orth gill . . of the ministry in
-s4eivothe discussion at a time when the same objec-
hi_ri .emoting . of the measure as now. As
',', o,' Ride of.'lF to the measure, it had not been
• ),41.thi,),portaa,L the house, which complained of not
t,:i. 7,l3oBitieicY to discuss it, and therefore he
1,(44:e1, \ 44ottd n Caine from the benches behind the
~ .
~eltar,e°,.PPosition cheers.) After recapitu-
NtLlrt 4.Te 8-Zl.Lagainst the government of being
t);,,e!ed..,..47,,ges against the French Emperor,
i:),;ltOrcorns,7 hat is the moral we are to draw
CY tll u)11"--thtulle'eS P I think wo ought to come
iip 11 at, though no one &n question the
c'titt„ellect°ha4l%lorci who has been identified with
i.,,\tNl,,ed • 4 whose name will go down to pos-
it—though no one can doubt his 4,9 (1,1 dewzit„.ll
;11,1 tZothe:‘,.... care for the moment to question
1)1, `'._riatich 3:!‘t that there has been too much
rt's!iganis eb"ain party promises in dealing with
lat litil4itlioleetill°ble lofr.(Cheers from the opposi-
'i it
Diala to purr_ will not persist in the course
iiilite L '' of pa ,`e, by postponing to an indefi-
ith ,ett,l, ic rimmentary reform. I think it
th„aaN:e
.n.
,the noble lord who has made two
. F'l4 did (111est:'44 been sanctioned by the country,
Nlllifi Balf 1%.1°,,11 altogether t d p, an not to
ki:
k'Nll,lieeeia
abnaolautotiher pledoge.roßut the noble
~‘,..ri '''as With a
.styie Ye embarrassed himself and
t get
apouiblev.'ento introduce the subject
,•iliee,a, 11 that has (Cheers on the ministerial
Sil tOrrass „_ s occurred, it would be much
rl/4t41•41't le'. sops government any longer with
lii,t4f4khtllle, ii '',, but to have confidence that,
tth4tNkaterrwardlll,ensivLur9, demanded by necessity,
ki,s het The r?Fever minister may be in
Dreg
Ineraerbainoble lord should learn this
merely
himself with pledges,
Y for party purpos, -,
13 and to