The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-06 00:00:00

.1.1I•*1 RIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUbE OF I.ORDS.—Tu AAAAA , Fee. 5, 18311.
The opening of Parliament, this day, by his Ma-
jesty, in person. took place. with a degree of spies-
"lT l'efrrcsPotsdiFtrile the • espeetation which had
been felted on so leppertant an occasion. As it was
the first time of hie Majesty Bleeds/. his Parliament
since his Coramation, tkeeeremouy, it was understood.
would be attended with a tall display of Royal crowd
kept ; nud,'under. this Impress's:hit* unusual crowd
kept ponying in every alifiction, from an early hour of
the revenant, towards the line in which the Royal
preceesieet wait to mere:
• His Majesty entered the House exactly at two
o'clock', 'needed by the n•nal Constitutional Office's.
, He appeared in health, buts omewhat
thesefatigd. He
were a splendid Crown, which, added to richness
• of his Robes, and his dignified carriage, gave the whole
eerinemsy a meet commanding appearance. His Ma-
jesty being tested on the Throne, a musette was ills-
patched to summon the Commons, who shortly aftr-
vrirds appeared at the Bar, headed by the Speakeer.
His Majesty being seated on the Throne read the
.g
Speech:—followin '
" me Walls nstal.aliPlillaritst.
" I have the riblitillui ifielostelog you, that I tour
tinale to receive teem Foreign Powers the strongest as-
Inmates. of their friendly dispoeition toward! this
.conntrY.
"It is Impossible (outlive not to feel deeply intereited
' in any event that may have a tendency ttidisturb tbe
'peace of Owe's. Ell eoduivonrs have thuefore bees
directed, in conjunction with my Allies, to the settle-
ment °Elbe dliereoces which have oefortanatelyy arises
leetwesethe Coact ofBl. Petersburgh and the •
Porte; aid I have restos' to entertain hopes that these
dilaataces till be sktiafactioily adjusted.
" In my late visit to lreillut, I derived the most sin.
Wes gitificadoo from the'loyalty and attachment mad-
11b*edleay -all elsirses4f my subjects. With this Implies-1
‘skitaitimeet be matter of the deepest concern to sae, tbst
sleek of outrage which has led to daring and systema-
tic violations of the law, has arisen and still prevails in
some pirtea that country.
." I ass determined to use all the means in my power
for the prOtettioo of the persons and property of my
loyal and peaceable subjects ' • and it will be for your im-
mediate consideration, whether the existing laws are
indlicient foi this purpose.
"-Notwitlistandieg this serials interruption of public
tropqmillity, I have the satisfaction of believing, that my
presence in be
Ireland has been productive of very ne6-
cis' elects; and all descriptions of my people may con&
tinkly slepou the just and equal administration of the
laws, end upon my paternal solicitude for their welfare.
If IstteeLlisits oe IRS tiOnstor (*MORONS,
" ft is vet gratifying to me to be able to inform von.
that during. the lain year the Revenue has exceeded that
of the precodisg, and appears to be in a course of pro-
gressive improvement.
."111 hive direteed the Estimates of the current year to
ba-laid before yen. , 'They have been framed with every
attention to Koss which ,the eirenmstancre of the
&mitre will permit k sodit will be satisfactory to you to
leant that I have beta al& to *eke a large reduction in
our Runnel Expeaditore. particularly in ear Naval and
Military Rstablistiniekte. -..,.... .. •
"My LORDS atm lesortamzet, .
L.,,itietilers the gush* pleasure in acquainting you that
ble improvement lies taken place, in the
Ouse of the last In the Cva•nsetee and Manche-
• -•, tears ofthe Ijnit , and that I can now state
them" beilh theiflileortast branches, in a very deo-
rishing'cooditima '' • .
" I meet at the sametime deeply regret the depressed
slate of the Agricultull lowest.
• " Tile condition of a* Ithaca so essentially connected
with the prosperity of the.Feantry will; of course,
nee on
attract
rim. early attention; dull ,here the fullest relia
your wisdom in the consideration of this important
sohject.
, t." I am persuaded that in whatever measures you may
adopt, you will bear constantly in mind, that in the
maintenance of our public credit, ell the best interests of
this kingdom are equally involved : and that it is by a
steady adherence to that principle that we have attained,
and ran alone expect to preserve, our high station
amongst the nations ,of the world." - -
His slaterre immediately retired, and the following.
Peers took the oaths and their seats:—The Earl of
Roden, the Earl of Soniere, Earl Stradhrooke, Iltron
Newburgh, Baron Stowe', Raven Maryborough, and the
Marquess of Aylesbury.--The House then adjourned till
#ie o'clock.
, At five o'clock the House re-assembler'; and on the
'batten of the Earl of Liveaeoot, the Select Vestries' Bill
saes read a first time. - •
ADDRESS TO HIS lIAJESTV.
The Elox's Speech having been real fronithe word-1
• seek and at the table by the Clerk of the House,
• •The Earl of RODE rose. He assured their Lord-
ships that it was Ids sincere wish that' the duty which be
-7 tier approached should have been undertaken by an in-
Vviduai. better caie.ulated to move an Address to his Ma-
ty, s, and snore-Cognizant of all the points necessary to
entre into the details of that gracious communication
'which lie armada entleivolir to recal to the House. Al.
though it was the first day that lie bad the honour of a
twat among their Lordships, and he should have desired
to wait for a more &oast opportunity of offerine his
ipiniort on Oldie Subjects, yet he would freely con-
test that he felt cunsiderahie satisfaction tinder the
- circumstances in • *Web lie stood, because he hoped,
from the nature of his motion, and the wording of the
Address, th Ano -individual would be fennd among
their Lordships to oppreie either. It st have been as
gratifying to their Lordships :is to the country at large,
•to have beard- his Ilaje.ty say-that be continued to re-
stive from Foreign Powers assnranres of amity and of
their anxiety to maintain that peace which bad already
subsisted for seven years. It was natural,after that lone
. period of warfare which their Lordships had witnessed,
that every codntry should have availed itself of the peace
which ensued, to cultivate those interests and effect
those internal iinproveidents, whit,' were only practica-
ble at such ti tilet.'• - Tit 'Ms 1116jesty had stated
that netwithstandies the amoranees of 'amity given by
Foreiol•Powers• towards hinsselfoiifferences .had arisen
hetwn the Court of St. Petersbnrch and the Otto-
man ee
Porte. which his Majesty, in conjunction
with his Allies, wee endeasonring to adjust, and
trusted would be satitfiectorily adjusted. Bat whether
these efforts abould.pareceed or not, their Lordships would
ellow the wisdom of the hoe of conduct pursued. by
ult;eh, whatever might happen, the British Empire
remit ibe kept cleaver the home. Iflewbahl fairly own
toe intereat,which lie took in the progress of the events
connected with these negociations. He could not see a
Xnekishtlovertiment imppsial to a Christian Power; with-
get antiouily Waiting the result of the struggle: neither
boold he' tMe..e tbrietcan'Power at war With a Power act- i
Inc onlllkrasttais' pVinciples %Tithing equal anxiety.—'
WTsedier.n..:itssstin °oven' ment stood on thoie grounds •
it Ives not for him to determine. lie should only call;
itpOit ikeli Lordships to thank his Majesty for his 'gra-1
rheas tiithisidnieation on'th At sehlret, dad for the eser-,
LION which be bad made tolitaintain the peace of Eu-
rope.• ;flu timerting to the important fact stated from
• the Throne, that within the last year a considerable in-'
bad taken place in the Helena', add great im-

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Ar - Aps .
dardship.. it was oom of -Parliament tone investigate calmly. bitteltial l•
it could not be removed, be trusted means se found
to alleviate. In doing this. however. Psellszften,t
most always bear in view that public credit wbi•A
had hitherto supported the country through its
difficulties, sad never suffer any condderation to
come into competition with public faith or astiogad
b He was aware that in the opinion of soshe Is
dividnals blame ought to be attached to that Hoven-
meet whose measures had produced the distress. • But
were they revered to say that the colliery might set
have been involved in much greater difficulties if abase
identical measures had not been adopted? Could they
assert that ail would now be peace-and priesperltiiti:4
late war had not been endertaken ? He bad soto .
In his own mind, neither did he adds to press upon
Lordships any estimate of the extent of the e .
isaslielt thecountry • might now be plunged, if s
than that pursued •by the Englith Gpvertlissid
bid been followed. The present agricultural distr."
was the banana consequence of events which were pow
passed. If a remedy were not to be found. Parliamiles.
he repeated. could at least effordoonsiderablealleviedon.
In the course of the present Session it must ealsilyistities
into the causes of distress, sift 'them to the botteillis p,.
endeavour to ascertain and apply a remedy., Hishiseets
had sett alluded to his visit in,l relied doneg thelast yell:
He (the Earl of Rodeo) had had'the satisfactlee, and hid
would call it the privilege of witnessing his llajMtee
reception. and he would appeal to every Noble Plinfta
•
who bad been equally present., whether it was no
scene taltulated to rejoice the heeds of all who were at-
tached to their King and their toiletry, and who knew
howloyalty must leadto the prosperity of Ireland. His
Majesty's visit had keen. and wonid be of incalculable
advantage to that country, notwithstanding the out'
rages with which it bad been afflietel. It had removed',
those lonpstanding differences and deep enmities which I
had been for ages the bane of Ireland: and his Ma-
jestye parting advice, conveyed in a latter from .Lord
Sidmontb, had produced a most salutary impressioo,
which, he trusted, neither time nor distance would eve;
erase. This was a part of his Majesty's speech is which'
he felt himself most deeply interested, as it was ems-
sleeted with the best interests of that country, where,
be lamented to say, a newly sprung system of outrage
bad justly called down his Majesttie animadversion.
But he was unwilling to occupy the House at length 1
with his opinion on the circumstances in which Ireland
was plated, as an opportunity would shortly occur to ie.
instigate the evils which it suffered. ;ad tlas
remedies which might be applied to . them. He
shonld however be guilty of • great dereliction
of duty, if he did oat express the conviction of
his mind as to the root and cause of motto( those evils
and outrages. Those causes were to be Anted in the
absentee landlords, in the want of knowledge mid tint
of coiansunicatioo sod confidence betweeo.the higher
and lower classes in that country. Thoseldwerb. rest
roots *tithe evil, *ad be would call mom Oaf abtentce
possessor of land is Ireland, however @Until,' trAghthe
his situation, to remember the heavy • reWessAillir
which lay upon Mm, and not to tarn hisimeltem abt,ce•
olio
lamities of the country from which befierifr Wake
,ence. He wet:Mean upon him to resent whit blew
rag might eot be denyedfrom his ocelot,- maladies
on his domains ; how it might operate to preaestAbeld
outrages which were °Yea now perhaps
.. „ end
to consider whether his owns Absalom gut
contributed to occasion the 'morally lir per;
existed for the interference of the Isegislatnist lie
(the Earl of Roden) should be guilty of a gross moist
sion if be did not acknowledge the great itorlereasent
which had taken place in 'lreland within the' last ten
years, notwithstpadiot these evils. This was doe tie al
extensive systentild4ion, founded-sore
,piles of rangiest, • ported by private feeds
'llllpslic institution-I hod raised the shailider of
,the people a and the Ribbil Society in Ireland se well as
is Engiandi hal proved a poble insides's& in rehosecon-
oiling different setts Ind parties, and dolpitsaway t
hostile distinctions whieh bad existed Soo long. The
date of Ireland Would soon come before their Lordships,
and he trotted they would see the necessity of Arming
the Executiire• la that country with stronger powers
than the law po allowed touted the present evils. Hut
however necessary those powers might be. and however
great their extent, in order that they should prove effee-
I, tual, he still implored their lordships to consider the re-
medy set only temporary, and to assist in the great
-sehgroellf civilisation now carrying on in Ireland, which
siege wild pet an mid to her internal commotion.. He
knew..thit he had trespassed at great length on the at-
tention-of their Lordships. but Ose subject pressed
leeply upon his mind, and be should not have been con-
tented on his return to Ireland next week, had he not
expressed to their Lordships his conviction respecting
the chief causes of the outrages in that country. The
Noble Earl then concluded by moving an Address to
Ms Majesty, echoing Wick the sentiments of the Speech.
',Ord IVA LSINIIH A H seconded the motion. Fortu-
nately for him, after the able manner in which the Noble
Earl had treated all the points contained in his Mejesty's
Speech, it was unnecessary that he should trouble their
Lordships at any length. Ile then briefly recapitulated
the different topics of the Speech. and expressed his
hearty coincidence in all its sentiments, on which
grounds he was happy to support the present Address.
The Address having been owl from the Woolsack,
The Marquess of LANSDOWNE rose. However anx-
ious toaffer those explanations which he rousidered tie-
tessary before he assented to the' iiropolett Address.-h.
did not think it incumbent on hit to take so early an
opportunity of expressing his opinion, int as no ether
Peer had risen be had not felt it consistent any looger
1 to withhold a few observations on topics so impohart
' in themselves, and pressed in so direst a manner upon
the House, both as connected with the welfare of this
country and that of Ireland—topics which had been ie.
troilueStl into his Majesty's speech, notwithstandino the
natural teldetenee which the King's Alluisters most
have felt at soaking the admissions which were there
hlo
made. The few observations which he should herb to
offer would necesser.ify be divided between the eits 'on
of this country. stod that, of trelap4l, and .it was A . an-
choly cireuindeace that althougli twenty years bad . tv
elapsed since theftjnion. the blessings which ivere.aeti-
cipated at that clout. had Rot up.tothis soonsent Interacts's-
pletely obtained. An eepreasies of rejoicing had been
imerted is Ms Mejesty's-Srfith at the increase of.the re-
Trete:and the dean shi ag co edi Son of the trodisaadsioaso-
factor(' of the country% -He law little geese to rejoice is
this,if the great cause of prosperity to all countriecitgri-
culture, condoned in a depressed slate; and becillselle
looked upon aorieultire as. that .which supported end
vivified all other iotareithlotlihn sotbe tionag,ht be 4.-
spiseeithar trade or masofaidares.. When he saw,
ever. that teach of thatassavaertialprospeeity
the openiegin Northisatttiootik Armies', .he aseste
I nt=
even thaw who had iletierapportunities for .ievaidi-
VEO tion of thestbjeet, disgthea meth of that •
est -depend on thetvilue sod security of e
ns enfered into is that branch of trade, sal' ether
some time must not edges. before, a. decisigo °Ostia .
weld be for DLit& solidity ? ~Tbere was a tic:ilrbich he had heard for the first time in a speech frotni,

eirdet
knew ask t.
tidcl thq- e,ose Of econtimykad--"ei*lteins- dieedretcds•
could nig help recollectiag what Dr. Jolstibin raided,
Littletoe, who wrote a. with called ?• The VI&
nes of the Dead." " How," sold the Doctor. " The.
Noble Lord afjeg fifty rats heti keened 10 tell the
worldirbai fifty years the world has hems
the' Flexberrilyer, Hee Marquess of Lessdowite) fa
sees
new system open which the N
e.
Re-piatoseed to act, erld he hoped it *mild INi:carried
to
the every departateet. Whether any et!
pe4ismigegiChe devised for*/ relief of the Ishirarlug
agriculturists be should twiny; bet if he were at li-
berty to allude to one which had tame to his katnelitile
width, the -last twenty-four boon, be should protest
ageism it as-totally ineffectual. If relief was to be af-
forded by looney. it was not ins (*eery wk.* vot sey11•01
was abundant and seesecurityrare.—(Hear, beer.)-.-
if the money was given as a free Kik it mast rather In-
ittre Rhtio assist the apicaltariste The • Noble Earl
held that the evil arose from a sertsbeadant produce,
which was; be checked. Now, it would surely. be mod-
ales, to increase that sapetabusdant produce. width
of
Most be fhe necessary cootecquesee of five millitsai
money being employed in apicoltare. He 'said thee
much on the sabjesCof articulteral distress, n witli• a
view of anticipating the comes of the Santion.
which would more properly andertheir Lordship,'
consideration at another time, but bream. he *mild not
be oar stood as saoctloniag say resew, which did not
appear to him calculated to elect the object Wended.
The .only effecteal remedy to which their Lordships
could look wai in a diminished espeaditare.—(Hear.
hear.—ln &drifting agate to the unhappy state of Ire'
land, as noticed is the Speech from die Throne, he felt
deeply. upon the subject, for reasons which every 'nail
ought to feel—reasons of shame and sorrow at the out-
rages that disgraced and brutalized so import ant a por-
tion of the united empire. Yet, at the same tim-, hr
felt that,in selecting as sailer Oovernor for Irelan the
Noble Marquess who bad recently been seat °cm* tod tlol.
unhappy country, on choice could have been more wise
jOf more udiefene. That distinguished person was not te
be surpassed for a vigour and reach of mind rap:ble
applying a remedy. to all the evils both lealsiative
political. Yet even from his exertions mm material
vantages could be derived, males% snarls): ,hove the-pre
judices of the past, he provided remedies for the future.—
(Hear, hear.)—Tbe evil originated in, ronsulicatt..n
-.-s
causes, and **cure could only he fmnd in a ro,ol
tion of remedies. The coreliilon of society in Ire
laud was different front that which eviste.l in any other
part of the world. He would :say that the antipodes.
state of society is Ireland, which was the cense of ti•
distresses that had been enumerated. was entirely to hi
traced to the English Maisie Book,—(Hear heir b.)-11.
was ready to 1111.111tbe most pnaMut and edeacious
sores for restoring trosquillity sad order them.' be
he hoped that any new powers with ashwh the Executive
might be investrd. weildich be Coalluesi to penal eaact
melts: llefttelig that puff of hie Majesty's Speed&
sctitalt eolmekeiel. forportantiallerbivi6 political *e-
nure; he felt pi 1 great mehlre. relle m the DKr"
sity of. maklajr.aay olteefretious en ItY the replan'.
don. glee" hR tie NoblifForl who proposed the Address.
De outliely wined with the Noble Earl that in a con.
test betweew Christians and Infidels— between the Greeks
and their toppreeeors, ay. Englishmen of feeling could
be iedilf tto the retalt.—(Hear, bear, hear 1) Yet
the seudpqnts delivered by the Mehl.
Earl, be'• say, 'bat inaietitts'estertions *sour p
arr
ware and it was piffettly Compatible o
ur tbr
strietest mesomlity that Greet* *sold owe men be what
he was illre their Lordship would wish bee to-be—life.
and ladepeodent.—(Hear,itese.) The Nobie
set-down expressing his assent -generally to the aseatifeceit
matter of the Speech, though it contained some state-
ments of which be could not entirely approve. Will
this Impression. on his mind, he should not oppose the
Address. •
The Earl of LIVERPOOL, though be did not think
that the observations of the Noble Marquess required a
general' explanation on his 'part, would still refer to
some points which the Noble Marquess had brought
before their Lordships. The Noble Marquess in alba-
sloe to the redactioos which had been wade in our
naval and military establishments, would fain represent
this year as the first time that such reductions were con-
templated. Dot it would be in their Lordships' recol-
lection, that in the course of the last year, reducti
oons
had been effected to the athount of from 1,0110,0001. t
2,000,0001. and it had been then said by his Majesty's
Government, that the diminution of the public burden,
particularly in the army and navy, was to he gradual.
Whether the reductions which had lately been made
would prove satisfactory to the Noble Marquess, orld to
their Lordships, he (the Earl of Liverpool), cou oot
take upon himself to say, till the necessary explanations
and details were gone igo. lie only wished to guard
his Majesty's tiovernment from the imputation that any
class of persons had been treated with more harshness,
or with tagreater measure of injustice (a more appro-
priate term), than those who, filling high offices, were
willing to deal out to themselves, while they telt it their
duty to advise the reductions in question. Makieg
every allowance for the feeling which called for such
reductions, he could.not say at the same time, that they
were of a nature to afford any material relief to the
Agriculturists. He fully, agreed with the Noble
Marquess in the position he hail laid down, that
no one great in could be served, in the pro--
perky of which all other interests did not participate.
He admitted, however, that the agricultural interest mita
always be the first, however important might be the con-
inertial and manufacturing interests. But if the com-
mercial and manufacturing interests prospered, they
mint necessarily serve the agricultural interest; and
those who woula strike a blow at the two former, would
inevitably louvre the latter.—(Hear, hear!)—The Noble
Marquess: In the course of his speech, a.iverti4l to the
risk which commercial men ran by excessive speculation;
Out they were now touch more cautious than during the
tear. being content with moderate profits. There was
every raison to believe, that commerce and manufactures
rested now ou a much more solid foundation than before.
Coming to the remedy adverted. to by the Noble 3lar-
guess as having been adopted within the last twenty-font
be could assure their Lordships that no fetch pro-
' potation as that stated by the Noble :Marquess had Keep,
mule by Ail ltairstv's tinvernment. They had never
poopesed lea* Of .1;000,0001. as a means of affording
relief to the. agriculturists. It was true that they had,
heal a communication with some persons on the subject
agticultural distress, and a proposition had been made
ellipecting'th, issue of lificlsequer Hills, which
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Hen would yet probably be submitted to the
Ilion oft Parliament. He admitted that this question
e'st aerie on the question of supply and
wand, it could not, be f`orgottop that the vast iin-
/slots of foreign corn which took place in the years
trl6 and IS-17. was the great cause of • the agricultural
iolietrsee irlainhafterwerds was to sensibly felt. It was clear
atdistress would-be*, coneequeoca of over production.
WWithin four years not less than seven 'millions and a ball'
Ad Tortes., of corn had, here imported from Ireland,
white fire millions and a half of quifters had been