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ion of the St. John which we had conceded was
inced by other advantages which we

J. HANMER;

admitting the importance of the
the establishment of a precedent
'inconvenient hereafter.

said that th

government, in the ordinary
dings, would not have established, a new

the thanks of the house to a negoti-
)wev-eisuCcessful he might have bpen ; but the cir-

ioble lord htd been.most

by Lord Palmerston, and this' it was
secured to Lord Ashburton the unprecedented honour
vote of thanks. It had been asserted -by the hon.
suet -muicroutg,ii, u 21Salitift0n-114U oy 11.118
aty cast a stain on "British diplornacy, but, from all that
d passed that evening, it appeared that the treaty was by
► means a bad one after all, and the only objection now
'ged against the vote was,. the want of a precedent. Per-
Ips it would be to point out a treaty which had ever
en concluded in the face of such diffi'culties, or which had
\oroughly removed the probabilities of a war between
• "ountries. Lord Ashburton was successful in con-
v in a few months which Lord Palmerston was
.....essful in protracting for severalirears. Indeed,
.dtter noble lord had so embroiled the two countries that
had left a most difficult task for Lord Ashburton 'to ac-
complish; and yet in less than six months he brought it to a
successful issue. He denied that Lord Ashburton had corn'-
promised the question of the right of search, although the
supercilious style of Lord Palmerston, in addressing a sensi-
tive people, was not imitated by Lord Aberdeen. The United
States had not received the right of search, for they agreed
that it might be exercised, provided that the vessel delayed
might receive compensation for such delay. In fact, in 1839,

ing a treat

erston had himself made a similar proposition to
he now condemned in the treaty of Lord Ashbur-

t whic

ton, and yet he now contended that the noble lord had taken
a step in a wrong direction. The case of M`Leod had been
brought to a successful issue, and the recurrence of a similar
occurrence guarded against, and a better military boundary
for Canada had been obtained than that which was awarded
by the King of the Netherlands. The noble lord concluded

an animated speech by expressing a hope that the house
would mark its sense not only of the merits of Lord Ashbur-
mit also of the party attack to which he had been ex-
greeing to the vote before the house.

posed,

J. RussELL expressed his astonishment that the
Government should not have attempted the defence of Lord
Ashburton until they found it attempted by a gentleman who
cared so little for the honour of Great Britain as to have
been the correspondent of the chief rebel in the insurrection
in Canada. The noble lord had said that the speeches of
Lord Palmerston and Mr. Macaulay bad led to their support-
ing this vote of thanks, from which it appeared that those
speeches were so effective that they could only be counter-

icied by resolutions of thanks passed by both houses of par-
iament without any precedent whatever. The Ashburton
,tv had not settled the question of the right of search.
-flat portion of the treaty which related to the slave
le had caused such an excitement in France, that it re-
red the utmost prudence, on the part of M. Guizot, in
er to allay it. With respect to the boundary question, he
of opinion that the tone adopted by Lord Ashburton in
negotiations tended to lower this country in the estima-
E foreigners. and be firmly believed it had lowered us in
of reign nations, and created an impression
iv ,ced on the part of England bad only to

to enforce concessions

Indeed, the first

Pu treaty

s the passing of a bill, by

.can senate, authorising the seizure of the Or

.esult of the want of dignity of the pro-

I he was relieved from entering fully into
I took

into tr

consequence of the discuss
casion. If the motion before the hou
haracter, it was, to be remembered that

of proceeding, in reference to Lord
11 more unusual and unprecedented.

)f the C

n he v

such attempts justified the aovernment in disregarding
.dent for the purpose of supporting the character of a
A;.interested and honourable man when assailed most

his poht

prejudic

opponents. When the
n of this treaty reached Engia„
_:-.;111, and it was only after that
med down that the attempt was made
at a most• advantageous adjustment

Witli respect

tween. the two c

a trea

believed. that •ere long a settl
on .that subject, which was no

the vah

services of Lord
treaty had not only allayed

n the two countr

e of Lord John RE

re were moved azair

ould feel it his duty to rneeisu

one of -
and yet the right hon. baronet had so far Chang,
supperted a vote of thanks, whit

former occasion, but wot

ms on the jart of Am,

d hoisttAmerican cc
I would hoist Brith
security. A propo

y this vo

)oft Ca

under the peculiar• circumstances in which th

family of Spain were placed, it was not desirable that
ould have unqualified liberty to quit that country. _ _

Mr. ELP HINSTONE moved the second reading of the Mar-
riages and Divorces Bill, which was intended to correct the
expenses and the injustice of the present system,
to the judge of the Ecclesiastical Court the power
divorces a vinculo matrimonii without the inter-

vention of parliament.
Mr. EWAILT seconded the motion.
Dr. Ntcuou. said that the hon. member had not said that
he had applied to any of the judges of either the Law or the
Ecclesiastical Courts. He had, in fact, no authority in favour
of a bill of such importance. The clause giving to the judge
of the Ecclesiastical Court the power of divorce a vinanlo
matrimonii was highly objectionable, and he should there,
fore move that the bill be read a second time that day six
months.

After a few words in reply from Mr. ELPHINSTONE, the
house divided, and the bill was negatived by a majority of
105 to 41.

The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the
house adjourned.

ROYAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
GREAT GEORGE-STREET.
iss M. LEACH respectfully announces to her Friends
—VI- and the Public that she intends giving a CONCERT,
at the above Rooms, on TUESDAY EVENING next,- the 9th
instant.

MISS SWAIN, MISS STOTT, MISS M. SWAIN,
Mdlle. RICHAREAUD, (from Paris, her first appearance
in Public,) MISS M. LEACH.
-CALLS, and Mr. S. LEACH, (from the Southamp-
ton, Portsmouth, and Winchester Concerts.)

Mr. R'Y

Mr. EYTON will preside at the Grand Piano-forte

Tickets—Body of the Room, 4s. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. each ;
may be had at the principal Music Shops, and of Miss M.
LEACH, 137, Field-street, Everton.

Doors to be opened at Half-past Seven, and the Concert
to commence at Jight.

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