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ur deliberation, with the earnest : rayer that you

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i I have directed

to strengthen the feelings of mutual con.
will between different classes of my subjects,

of Divire Provident
Adence end g

condition of my peoL

The address in reply was moved by Marquis CAMDEN,
and seconded by Lord GLENLYON, but their lordships
confined themselves pretty closely on this, their first oc-
cavort of appearing before the house, to a recommenda-
tion or' the v.rious para,:raphs in the speech.
The Marquis of NORMANEY did not intend to move
an amendment cn the address, as he had approved of all
be had yet beard of the me,sures to be proposed by go-

♦ernment

The Duke of RICHMOND cornpl&ned that no mention
had been made of the agricultural body, and asked why
there was nct a Board cf Agricuiture, as there was a
Board of Trade and Commerce?

Lord Ha dwieke, the MBrquis of Lansdowne, and
Loads Aherdeen and Campbell, then said a few words,
and their lurd*hips adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
After the reading of the royal speech, the address was
moved by Mr. CHARTERIS, who went over the various

paragraphs of the speech, as did Mr

BARING in second-

ing the address.
Lord J. RUSSELL could readily concur in the terms of
the address proposed on this occasion ; but there were
topics in the speech of her i‘lajesty, and in the address in
reply to it, which called for remark. That the vsiti of

foreign Sovereigns to this country might be a fresh gua-
rantee for the con.inuance of peace must be the anxious
wish and sanguine expectation of every man that heat('
him ; but it was something singular, that though the

mover and seconder of the addres; were both express:ng
hops of peace, ministers were themselves taking precau-

tions again-t the conting'ncy of war. He congratulated
the house that our amicable relations with France were

not bruken ; but said tbat be could not participate in

those phrases of satisfac►ion which ministers used in their
own praise at the conclusion of th,- last session. They

then thought it right to advise her Majesty to praise the
wisdom and moderation with which they had conducted
the negotiations with Fr:.nce. Ile saw no cause for ad-

miring either their wisdom or their moderation. What
Pritchard had been put under arrest, and

was the cwe

had been committed to solitary confinement by the French
Commandant at Tahiti, on suspit ion of encouraging in-
surrection among the natives ; and it was communicated
to him, that if insurrection took place, he should be held
responsible for all the bloodshed which might ensue.
Another French Commandant arrived, who thought that
there was no ground for such severity, but who also
thought that it was unsafe that Pritchard should remain
at Tahiti, and therefore desired bim to leave the island.
It was impossible not to admit that if Captain Bruat
thought the conduct of Pritchard to be a cause of danger,
he had a right to remove him ; but to place him in solitary
confi nen

nd to say that he should be rear onsible deration of the respective Governments of the two coun-
with his lite fer any insurrection, was a gross outrage, and tries. He rejoiced in the good understanding which now
demanded reparation. He was of opinion that it there existed between the two countries, as there must from
had been that cordial understanding between the two go- their proximity to each other bc a good understanding
verone. tit- of which their partisans boasted so loudly, a or something differing little from downright hostility be-
sai istece ry arrangement might have been made without tween them. There was not one reparation made by
the delay of two months, and without any danger of war. France to us which he wculd not have made to France
He commented at some length upon the correspondence himself if the circumstances had been reversed. He
which had taken place between M. Guizot and the Comte thought it better to refrain from any discussion on the
de Jamie on this subject, and said that those papers made right of search until the papers connected with that sub-
him believe that the two governments of France and Eng- I jest were on the table of the house. The house would
land were both too much influenced by the pressure from I then be able to decide whether the Government had made
without, and that the understanding between them was any compromise in our object—the suppression of the
not cordial and complete. The cloud which menaced the detestable traffic in slaves. Public opinion had been
duration of peace had, hewever, blown acay, and he now raised in France against the right of search; and that
trusted that ministers on both sides of the Channel right was paralyzed when it was exercised against the
would•feel that it was for the interest of their respective good sense of a country. M. Guizot had stated his in-
nations and for the peace of the world, that they should tention to give this country a substitute as efficacious, if
remain united, and that they should not suffer their sub- not more efficacious, than the right of search. The csm-
ordinate officers at a distance of three or four thousand missioners appointed to inquire into the nature of that
leagues to dieturb their common tranquility. The present substitute were on the part of France the Duke de Brog.
state of Spain hid been produced by the cordial under- lie, the Minister who had signed the treaty giving us the
stauding between England and France, two of the most right of search, and on the part of England Dr. Lushing-
free nations of the earth ; and that was a result which no ton, who had devoted his whole life to the suppression of
man could be-proud of. Whilst he hoped that that cor- the slave trade. With regard to the financial arrange-
dial understanding would yet ripen into friendship, be menta of the year, he would only remind the house, that
hoped that it would in future be employed in the promo- an hon. friend of his had given notice that it was his (Sir
tion of commerce, in the propagation of intelligence, in R. Peel's) intention to bring them forward before the
the increase of freedom, in the destruction of slavery, and usual time. He should place at an early period the
not for the substitution of a tyrannical government for general outlines of his plan before the house, as he thought
mild and constitutional sway. He was not satiefied with that when alterations were to be made in our financial
the revival of the commission for the revision of the trea- policy an early declaration of them was best. He wished
tieson the slave-trade; yet, if they thought that the ex- the noble lord would take the sense of the house on the
ercise of the right of search would interrupt peace, minis- question, whether the Government had dishonoured the
tern ought to tell the public what substitute they intended fair fame of their country by their course, either with
to propose for it. He congratulated the house on the im- respect to Mr. Pritchard or to the right of search. He
proved cendition of our commercial relations with China, wished the house to declare whether the conduct of Go-
and rejoiced thatit hadtendedrnuch to increasethecommer- vernment, in accepting a reparation which was honourable
cirri and manufacturing industry in Great Britain. He to both countries, was not a course dictated by wisdom,
referred to the paragraph in the address relating to the and justified by sound policy.
abatement of agitation in Ireland, and said that, never- After addresses from Mr. Shiel, Lord Palmerston, and
theless. the accounts which he had received from that one or two other members the address was carried, and
country referred to many symptoms which were highly the house adjourned.
menacing. No man said that there was fear of insurrec-
tion or increase of agitation ; but no man could say that HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
there was that love and affection for the Imperial Legis- Sir J. GRAHAM stated that he should introduce the
!attire with tech ought to exist in the inhabitants of a free Medical Reform Bill, in which some alterations had been
country. He attributed that want of love and affection to made, on Tueeday, the 11th instant.
the very injudicioes proceedinga which bad been taken During a discussion on the sessional orders, Mr. Wil-
against s veral leading persons in that country. He then hams and Mr. Drincombe objected to those relating to
rieerred at great length to the O'Connell trial, and to the the ieterference of Peers at elections as practically in-
reversal of the judgment in the House of Lords, particu. operative and notoriously violated, but they were defended
larly noticing the judgment of Lord Denman, who de- by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and retained.
clered that the defendants upon the record had not had a I Mr. Wet.t.ACE adverting to the waste of time and ex-
tier tree!, and that if trials were to be conducted in that I pense of the erivate committees, mentioned a case in
vr:q, the trial by jury was a delusion, a mockery, and a which a raileav hill had cost £lOO,OOO, and hoped that
snare. On the question of academical education in Ile- during the session something would be done to amend the
PA, h- old not know whether it was a wise one or not ; sy-tern. He moved the appointment of a committee.
but as it had led Mr. Gladstone, whose talents he eulo. Lord Howick contended that the decisions of the
'sized highly, to leave the ministry of which he was so vs- Board of Tr .de ought not to be final, but merely pre-
'treble a member, he hoped that some explanation would lireinery, and that the effect of the reports of the Board
be elven of a measure which had created such dissension, being enormous on the deposits of millions of money,
and appeared so objectionable to the right hon. gesitleman. such an enormous responsibility shcnld hot be entrusted
Every measure of that kind was calculated to excite ens- to a body so constituted. ll:s lordship concluded by
picion, not only in England, but in Ireland also. He suggesting that, in order to give patties time to consider