Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-01
FROM OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE
LONDON, NOVEMBER 80, ls47.

FRO-u OCR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
LONDON, NOVEMBER 80, Is47
The most important event of this last fortnight
was the meeting of the newly-elected British Par
lament. 1t was expected, very nearly to the last,
that the QUEEN would open the session in person
why she did not is not generally known. The
speech from the Throne Tread by commission) has
certainly two very good qualities it is short and
comprehensive. 1t touches upon all the great sub
jects of public interest The Bank Of England the,
currency and revenue, the state Of Ireland the civil
war in Switzerland, the navigation laws, the health
of the metropolis, the state of the poor in England
and Ireland, and the commercial disresses are all
briefly alluded TO in appropriate terms. Some of
the Opposition journals call il Jerenliad and
Lord STANLEY said of it, there is not single
I point to which her Majesty's Government desire
US to look for congratuation or with hope"
/" There are, he says, " lamentations for the past,
anxieties for the present, and apprehensons Tor
the future His Lordship complains that the
causes Of these difficulties are not set forth in the
Royal Speech He orgets that il is against all usage
TO introduce debaable matter, and that any expo
siton of these causes will occupy many nights Of
debate Lord STANLEY seems ready to strangle
PEEL's Bank restriction bill, although he was sort
! of sponsor 10 IT, But PEEL is the author Of an
approximation free trade and is sufficient that
he is also the father of the Bank restriction bill.
Anti-iree trade meetings have been held at Lord
STANLEY's. His Lordship's arguments against free
trade have little weight, unless he prove that the
removal OF the restrictions upon the importation of
grain the cause Of the bad harvest and the ruin
of the potato crop. Lord GEORGE BENTlNcK, in
the Commons, made furious onslaught upon the
Ministers and their proceedings, with great parade
OF statistics and calculations, which were afterwards
completely overthrown and confuted, and with as
sertions based on better foundation than his own
imagination. Lord JONI RUSSELL, in reply to him,
said That there never was so gloomy an epoch
do not agree to admit | am sure there have been
many periods in the history Of this country much
more gloomy. believe that, by the energy and
spirit of the country, those periods of difficulty
have been surmounted and believe that this diff
Guilty will also be surmounted, by, | will not say
the wisdom Of the Government, but by the energy
and noble conduct of the nation but so far as going
along with it, approving of its efforts and not des-
/ pondng Of its fortunes, will say that the Gov
eminent will not prove itself unworthy of the ma
ton" 1t was gratifying TO hear Lord ]. RUSSELL
state that exports had increased Liverpool Alone in
nine months, than and a half millions sterling
: in amount"
The debate the address upon the Queens speech brought
forward the entire subject of Ireland Mr. RocnE said ss
had been observed that there something Celtic blood
which prone to crime and disorder. But when the Irish
came England to America did they shoot or as
sassnate What was the reason that in every country
the world the rishman quiet and Industrious except in
Ireland Why, because those countries he was treated
with justice " Mr. Roche said there was ssno occasion for
coercion bill all that could be done by an arms BILL
would be TO dsarm all respectable PERSONS and place them
the mercy of every vagabond BY coercion bill disa
fiction would be created among wel-dsposed people,
Sir g. GREr said "he poor laws bill was working well in
great majority Of the unions in ireland there were one
hundred and thirty unions and he believed that in only
twenty-five Of them aid would be required in addition the
rates, meet the exgencies of the people," Mr. JonS
OCoSxLL drew frghtfu picture Of the condition of the
people Hundreds dying Of famine, and the prospects
OF the coming winter dreadful than those Of the
last had proved He against armng Ministers with any
extra powe Mr. II. GRATrAS said that u.s. 929 persons
bad died for Of food in Ireland during the late famine
That IN us parishes, containing 1000 900 persons there
was not single csiden, landlord The only disturbed coun-
ties were lpperay, Clare part Of Kings county, Roscom-
mon, and Limerick. Why did not such Lord PAT
MEnsToN, Lord FzrwLLiAN, and Lord BlSsDowxr reside
in Ireland Sir u. HALL alluded to the speech Of Arch
deacon L,rAN ii which the people Of England were sg-
maised a. "saSnn coundres, who, II men enough would
when suffering the same privations the Irish, stand on
one SIDE aud shoot every who had decent on his
back There four members Of Parliament present
when that speech made Of them Mr. OCoSSELL,
and not one q them had thought fit to make reprovng OBJ
ser'aHon On Sunday morning man was denounced by
The priest from the altar in the evening he shot
MAJOR MAnoS in like denounced Sunday
he was shot on Monday.
According the return Of the Poor Laws Commissioners
the rateabc rental Of Ireland amounted to thirteen millions;
Sr D. Hall believed il amounted twenty, and until that
was fully taxed lie would any further subsidies
from England He for giving additional powers the
Lord Lieutenant He believed tho Roman Catholic Priests
might do great deal 10 prevent crime f they were so ncln
ed Mr. MAUnIcE OCoSSELL said, Gas TO the grant Of
eight o. ten millions made last year from England be could
assure the House that than Of thad reach
ed the people, and even Of that large amount had been alb
sorbed II paying the army Of fifteen thousand officials" Sir
w SoMERviLLE Secretary for reland) said that he regret
ted ne could not state that the picture which had been drawn
Of crime and distress in Ireland had been exaggerated
but as regarded crme in degree satisfactory that
Il was quite local. being confined to FIVE counties The spirit