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jesty for the Conti-
would not de-

part from the etablrsbeti precedents for for
cil of regency during the absence of the Soy

a coun-

Sir J. GRAHAM -0

rued, that Lord J. Ru"ssell had
had concluded with a very
--'^-‘ like the pre-

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made a party speech, which he
harmless motion. At the close

Lord .1

to ass
under review the principal events of it. Heßussell had refeipred
to some measures which had been introduced, and to
some which had been abandoned by the government, and
to the abandonment of them as a proof of incompetency
on the part of the administration, more especially of him-
self; fur be had pointed out his want of success in his sit_

medical profe;'sion.
Mr. Warburton and Mr.

e bills for the reform of the
Sir J. Graham) appealed to
lawes, who had had some ex-

perienc

n the subject

it great difficulties did not
red to leaiaate upon naedi.

surround any man, who vent
cal subjects, and could

not conceive t

his duty in not culling his Medical Bill through parlia-
ment, especially as be had every chance of succeeding,
bad be not postponed it for more important measures.
He agreed with everything that Lord J. Russell had said
with respect to our foreign policy, both with regard to

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France and to the United States, for he was desirous of
continuirg with those countries those rela'ions of amity
which were so much for the mutual interests of b)th.
Lord John Russell had adverted to the present adminis-
tration of Irish affairs, and had alluded to a hasty expres-
sion which he had employed some years ago in the heat of
debate, and of which he had long ago expressed his repen-
tance. He assured Lord John Russell that he would not
be precluded from recommending any measures which he
deemed necessary for the good government of Ireland, by
the recollection of any hasty speech whirls he might have
made, or by any prejudice which he might have aban-
doned. He considered the beat rule for the government
of that country was to give it equality of civil rights and
to provide for the equal administration of impartial jus-
tice. Ile defended the preference the Government had
given to the Endowment of Maynooth and the founding
of academical institutions in Ireland, to a reform of the
Municipal Corporation Act, and an extension of the elec-
toral franchise, by quoting the opinions of Lord Montea-
gle, but promised that those subjects should not hereafter
be neglected. He then proceeded to vindicate the con-
duct of the government in not carrying out at once all
the recommendations contained in the report of the com-
missioners upon the landlord and tenant question in Ire-
land, and defended the principle of Lord Stanley's Bill.
Considering that Lord J. Russell had concurred in the
principles of the Maynooth College Bill and of the Irish
Colleges Bill, be was surprised to find him reviving all
the angry recollections connected with the debates on
those two measures. He was somewhat astonished at
Lord John's reference to the appropriation clause, when
be reflseted that the government of which he was the
head had formally and solemnly abandoned that clause.
The noble lord had also said that the government would
be compelled to settle the church question in Ireland,
either by elevating the Roman Catholic church to the
level of the Protestant, or by the aboliti,n of the Protes-
tant church altogether. Now, to the latter alternative
the feelings of the Protestants of England were distinctly
oppcsed, and he, for one, would never give his consent to
such a proposition. As to the other branch of the alter-
native, he would not orgue it now; be would only say
this, that to the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy,
a question which was at present full of difficulty, he had
personally no ohjoction. Lord J. Russell had com-
plained that the policy of the government in Ireland bed
satisfied no one. It was an old remark that you could
not moderate between two conflicting parties without in-
curring the resentment of both. Ile admitted that the
Government had not been as successful as it desired upon
the question of education in England, but still it bad suc-
ceeded in doing much. It had founded during the last
year a number of schools throughout the country ; it had
provided better education for the masters ; it had im-

proved the qmality of education for the people ' • and, by
the Factory Act, had secured education for children in
the manufacturing districts. Lord John Russell blamed
the government for not basing done anything in the pre-
sent session for the health and comfort of the working
classes. The blame was uncalled for. Lord Lincoln had
placed on the tablea well 'digested bill for that purpose,
and he trusted that it would be read and well considered
by the country during the recess. At that expiring hour
of the session he would not revive the memory of former

debates. He would merely say, that with respect to ,the
amount of unties levied on timber, sugar, and corn dur-
ing the lee Administration, they had all been reduced

du-ring the

_Alstence of the present government. Actu-
ated by his fears, Lord J. Russell had stated that this
country, owing to the doubtful state of the harvest, was
now in a position which excited great and almost un-
paralleled anxiety. 'He was surprised to hear it, for there
were now 450,000 quarters of foreign corn in bond; but
on the 6th of August, 1839, there were only in bond
50,000. There were now in the coffers of the bank 16
millions of specie; in August, 1839, there were mily two
millions and a half. Neither then, nor in the following
session, did Lord John Russell pro ose any alteration in
the corn law of that day. What right, then, had he to
call upon the government to do now what he had himself
refused to do then ? Lord John Russell had spoken of
the sliding scale as " small by degrees, and beautifully
less ;" but what had become of the noble lord's own reso-
lution for an Bs. fixed duty ? First it sank down to 65.,
then to 45., and last session Lord John had had some
difficulty in convincing the house that he was for any
fixed duty at all. He then entered into a defence of the
existing corn laws, and showed that at the present mo-
ment the stock of coin -in bond was fast accumulating.
Instead of sharing in the apprehension of Lord J. Russell,
ministers entertained a confident expectation that no
great increase in the price of corn would now take place.
Lord J. Russell had spoken of the possibility of her Ma-
jesty paying a visit to her Irish subjects, and had fancied,
from the speech which had been addressed to the Lord
Mayor of Dublin, that doubts were entertained of the re-
ception which her Majesty would receive in Ireland. He
must either have misconceived or forgotten the nature of
that speech. However torn that country might be by
angry party conflicts, he was.quite sure that the presence
of tier Majesty among her Irish subjects would hush into

oblivion ail tit acrimonious and irritated passions.
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL thanked Lord John Russell
for the mode in which he had brought forward the sub-
ject of Ireland in this debate, and contended that it was
calculated to produce much good in that country. He
then expressed his views generally on the condition of
Ireland.

a conversation, in which Mr. PLUMPTRE repeated
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