Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-02
AMERICAN AFFAIRS IL PARLIAMENT.
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The Earl of Elgin said he wished to put
question to Lord Panmurc. \ report was
abroad to the effect that large bodies of troops
and great quantity of ammunition were about
to be despatched to Canada. This report had
caused great deal of anxiety to the pubic
mind: and therefore, he desired to know
whether there was any foundation for that re-
port?
Lord Panmurc said it was quite true that
portion Of the troops returning from the Grlmea
would have to be sent on Colonial service, and
it was not impossible that for the due organlza.
ton of the army, some of the brigades would
have to be distributed over the Canndas Bat
the report that government contemplated send
ing n large force there for the purpose OF ag-
erosion was entirely without foundation Llcar.l
| 4 large quantity of ammunition and great num-
bers of troops had been withdrawn from the
North American colonies during the prosecution
of the war. In fact, almost t:lc whole of their
stores of ammunition and material had been cx-
haustcd, and all that the government was about
to do was TO replace all that had been taken
from them Enca".l
THE AxEEfcAS QUESTIONS.
Mr. Baltic. wish to put to the noble lord at
| the head of Her Majesty's Government ques-
ton of which have given him notice, aud upon
his answer will depend the course shall take
this evening with respect to the motion which
have placed upon the paper. wish tn ask
whether the noble lord can give any assurance
to the House that within areasonabe and deli
mite period he viii lay upon the table the papers
relating to recruiting in the Unitela States OF
America as il he is able TO give such an assur-
ancc, Isall not be willing this evening 10 inter
ferc with the progress of SUPPLY
| Lord Palmerston. The documents which
must mutually form the groundwork of thc re-
| ply of Her Majcsty's Government TO tie last
Communication from the government OF the Uni
ted States were only received a short time ago"
and they contain a good deal of detail. My no
! bic friend Lord Clarendon, as is well known, Is
now at Paris, engaged in negotiations ola very
| important character, which occupy great por-
ton ofhis attention every day. Ny noble friends
powers of work arc, however, very remarkable,
/ and. although absent from this country, he is
| transacting the business Of the Foreign office
/ with only that delay which Is necessarily mel
dent to the distance between Paris and the For
eign office The answer to be made to the Uni
tod States Government necessarily requires vc-
ry careful preparations-that, on the one hand,
lit may contain nothing which can at all enyenoni
| the discussion that unfortunately has already
! gone too far, while, on the other hand nothing
may be omitted essential TO the case OF the Brit
iSh Government:
| The absence of my noble friend, the necesSi-
ty of communication with him, and the small,
portion Of time he has been enabled to bcstow
upon matter which requires great deal oil
consideration, have been the causes which have
hitherto prevented the completion Of the answer
of the British Government. That answer Is in
preparation, and We are in communication with
NV noble friend upon the subject. will not I'M
dertake to say that in the course OF tins week
the answer can he so entirely agreed upon as to
! be communicated to Mr.. Dallas Ny noble friend
may probably return to this country at the end
of this week, and / think may venture to say
that at an early period of next week we shall be
in position TO submit to the House the whole
of the correspondence. [iIear, hear.
Sir b. Lytton observed that he had given no.
tice of a motion with reference to the disputes
between Her Maiesty's Government of the Uni
ted states respecting the affairs of Central tmeri-
ca lie could not bring forward that question
until certain papers for which lie had asked, and
which he was told would he laid npon the table
in a few days, had been produced. lie wished
to know if the noble lord could state when those
papers would be in the possession of hon 1neHi'
lbers?
Lord Palmcrston regretted that the papers to
which the hon. barOnet referred had not yet been
presented to the House. Those papers were III
print they were now in course of revision; and
he hoped that in very few days-certainly in
the course of the week they would he laid up
on the table.
Mr.. Baltic said, that after the statement OF the
noble lord he thoughtit his duty to postpone the
motion of which he had given notice. l:lcar.l
civic RECEPTION OF TIE NEW AMERICAS MINISTER
Last night the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
and the Lady SIayorcss entertained his Excel
lcncy Mr.. Dallas, the new American Minister,
at dinner at the Mansion House, in honor of his
arrival in this country as the accredited repre-
/ sentative of the great Transatlantic Republic.
y numerous and distinguished company were
invited on the occasion.
On the removal of the cloth the usual loyal
and constitutional toasts were drank and re-
sponded to, that Of the "LArmy and Navy" by
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lively.
The Lord Mayor then said he rose 10 propose
the health Of one of his honored guests that
evening his Excellency the representative Of
the United States. [Cheers.l AEr. Dallas had
kindly honored him with his company, and he
rgloiced to see him at this table because he was
the representative of the great kindred nation
ION the other side Of the Atlantic Cheers :
Ever since he (thc Lord Mayor had the honor oil
being connected with the corporation Of London
lie had always found the American Minister one
of the most hOnorcd guests at the banquets at
the Mansion House He remembered how often
he had had the pleasure of meeting Mr.. ABBOTT
Lawrence, former American Minister, on such
occasions There the American Minister, who
ever lie might be, was always welcomed, and ii
had invariably afforded the greatest pleasure to
the citizens oil London who were invited to meet
him there, inasmuch rs it afforded them an OPP
portunity of reciprocating those kindly feelings
which II was the interest," as wen rs tuc uuIl ul
Englishmen to cultivate towards their fellow
citizens and national kinsrncn on the opposite
side of the Atlantic. (Cheers
There was no reason whatever why they
should ne Jealous of the Americans; but, on
the contrary, there was every reason why they
should be proud of them. He was sure lie
rightly interpreted the feelings of the people Of
this country when he said that all they desired
with respect to the American people was that
the most intimate social relations should ever
exist between the two countries. [CheCrs.
They spoke the same language, and possessed a
common literature and he could hardly under
stand how any question could arise the settle
ment of which could render it necessary to
have recourse to the dreadful alternative ofwar.
Hear, hear lie presided there OH behalf OF
1 his fellow-ciiizens, who entertained no other
/ feelings than those of the most cordial friend
shin towards the American people, which feel
1 ing theI desired to perpetnnte: and had invi