Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-18
ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.
Three DAYS Later From EurODc.

displayed Ivy the Marquis If Lan>downr
daring his long political career, proce,d d
To say that though the resignation of the
hate Administration had taken him com
plcrrly by surprise. he had deerm' ned no.
10 -hiink again from the responsibility Of
forming "A 90, ernrnent.
With respect To our foreign policy, the
course he meant 10 pursue Was thai which
be was convinced WAS hest calculated To
secure the blessings of peace. and this
coull be best effected by oi,scr, ing to
ward foreign Pow ers IA C aim andr, mperaic
policy, by adhrring To the Letter TO the oh
legations imposed on us ly tre,iies, and ~
respecting IN the ease OF oil nain,iis. great
or small. the rish, 10 manage their own ar
fairs. On tbs head he entirely concurrrd
VII, the oplni"ns expressed on II recent
nrca>Ion ,y Lord Granville that nations
| should net toward one another wiIh digni-
~ and fnrbcrance. an az no STATE. any
more 'hIn any private individual. should
i'e asllarncdto m Ike reparaiion for injuries
With regard to our power Of rrprllng az.
srcssiun, he hcli,Ncd that the navy was
never IA "A more perfect state, and that cf-
ficlency Of our military free. considering
It's number and the artons duties it had 10
pcrlorm, was ,naltcr frr admiration.
II the country we're threatened with in
vasinn, the p, Cpl. Of England. Ireland. and
Scotl md won d rise as one man;but ihonsh
he felt no alarm on tina, sul,jrci, he thought
t nj the prcseat moment. while VIC still
r'Joy the blessings ofpcacr. was favorable
for 50 organizing the undi-ciplined valor
Of The country that they might resist to the
greatest advantage the trained armies OF
nm invader. The noble lord then pissed
on. after waning The cxiIes assembled IN
this Country that the Cover ment wnuld
not tolerate any attempt on their pari
against f1rei.u Powers to The COMMERCIAL
policy hich it was his intention to pur-
sue, and express his approval ofthc prn-
ciple Of lhc American thrid. rather than Of
HE free trade system adopted hy The late
Sir Robert Peel. But though this was his
opinion. he thought the question could only
be satisfactorily solved by reference to
The clearly expressed opinion Of the in,eli
gent portion of The community.
Beng therefore. in minority. certain
~ in one and perhaps in both Houses, on
the policy Of free trade. and not wishing
TO interrupt for any length Of time the de-
liherutonS oi'Ihc Legislature al this critical
period, he should throw himscfon the for
hcarancr of his opponents aud tie indcl-
eercc of his I, lends, and. conicnliny HIM
-eli with humble laburs, such as mcas ures
oflrgal and educational reform, he should
fe!raln from entering for the present on
the question Of duty on corn. unless driven
to depart from the coutse he had pre-
Scrlbrd for himself by fat Iicus Opposition
He would also seize Thai opportunity To
state that il was NOT lis intention 10 adop,
and carry ont the measure Of franchise re-
form proposed by Lord John Russell.
winch he characterized as an indefinite
plan for un,crlling everything and scilin.
nothing, and ~hcl, began hy cxcilins The
country. and finish l., dissatisf my it,
He bad heard indeed that this scheme
of franchise rcirrm was to he combined
with one FIR enormously improving tie
education oirhe country. though he could
not quite see the c"nnr,ion between The
geh distinctly 10 stale that hy educaiiou
lie did nn, mean the mere requirement ot
temporal Knowledge or The .icv. lopmr,t
| ni tie intellectual f,cu'tc@. but thar e,lnca-
ton which was built o. the la>is Of know
cdg,-thc study of the Sculptures. For
the promotion oi such rduraIion lac r.led
with confidence on the cni. Itcncd cxcr-
lions of'hc parocLial clergy Of the Es,ab-
li>hrd Ctuich.
To uphold that Church IN its integrity
was not only the interest bat the duty al
Government, Which. lille it tolerated the
cli..inns faith Of other p,rSua>ionS, MAS
bound To extend the influence Of lie
Church of En-. land and To rud ii every
assistance i:i ,liiu>in. through the land the
know ledge of d',inr truth. The noble
lord llirn concIndrd biz sp, ech hv ,eclar-
ing tina, he had undertake. the task OF
governing the country trusting 10 the bles-
sings and guidance of Providence, and
that he should have attained the highest
object Of his ambition il he advanced in the
slightest degree the great objects of ''peace
ON earth and good will among men," and
If he contributed 10 The safely. honor,
and welfare Of our Sovereign and her do
mnions"
Earl Grey would not attempt to enter
AT length on the various topics discussed
10y Lnrd Derby. bat he could not help en-
tcfing his protest against the infer, nccr
drawn hy the noble earl from a compare
son between the American tariff and our
systrm of lrcctrade. He must also express
his CONSERVATION at hearing that tax upon
The food of the country was contemplated
by the Government.
Afisr some observations from Lord
Derby, who explained that he had dis
lmcily said thai HE question could only
be solved by the intelligent portion of the
community, and that il was not the inten-
ton of the Government 10 make any pro-
position on the subject al present.
Earl Gray expressed himself greatly re,
Iicvcd, but implored the noble earl not TO
keep the country any long time in sus-
pensc on matter concerning which il
had every ris hit to have carly information.
On the same evening. the House Of Com
mons adjourned until the 18th Of March.
Rather exciting scenes seem TO have &C
Cured in the House of Commons during
the carly part ofrhe evening. The mem
hers who hnd previous 10 The accession
of The new Ministry. occupied the minis
rerial hcnchcs.' now Transferred them
selves 10 the "npposilion benches" and
risa rcrsa. None olthe mcmbcra Of the
new Cabinet we're present. neither was
Lord John Russell
Thomas Moore the poet. died on the
! Goth Of February. at his residence. Sloper-
Ton Cottage. He MAS i, his I'D year,
having been horn on the 2Sih May, 1850
Interesting from France.
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