The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-21
IMPORTANT SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT.

The Queens Speech-The Wharf.-The Peace
Propositi0ns-The Central American Ques-
ton.
The House of Lords took q recess immediately after
hearing the Queens speech, the 31ss of January.
Their Lordships re.assembled at five O'Clock p NJ when
the address to the Throne in reply moved by the Earl
Of Gosford as already announced by telegraph) and
conded by the Earl of Abingdon.
Their observations were replied to by the following:
SPEECH OF THE EARL OF DERBY.
MY Lords, the noble Earl who has Just sat down
cnded the observations which he offered to the House
by expressing his hope that this OCCASION under
cunsances important and CRITICAL there would be
no fe encouragement given to the enemy Of this
prevail that unanimity which concur with him to
be essential at this time; and the noble
Iicnds with whom have the honor and satisfaction 70
act there desire in this evening inter-
ere with that unanmiy to which he has referred to
prevent the to the speech from the Crown from
being carried by the unanimous sanction OF Lord
ships Hear hsar1 Ny, Ny Lords & go along With the
but having said So must Be- permitted to deal with
to deal with IT as the speech Of the Ministers and
rot as the speech Of gracious sovereign and do
make use Of some expression and apply some terms that
would hardly be complimentary or even fitting IL they
wer. addressed to the sovereign (Hesr hear We are
not accustomed to look in documents of this kind for
namens OF STYLE or tor grea: elegance OF dction
language and long expe encs has induced to be per-
the first Minister Of the crown in conveying his inten.
tons to the House. (ear, hsar But must venture to
say that OF all the doom euts Of this kind that
under my obeiva ion never met wi III that could
little pretend to the gracs Of dicion to the
Ineligible conveyance OF information to tha House.
Haogh'er) OF course, / am ignorant by whom the
paragraphs relating TO the may have been framed;
but If they the suggestion of my noble friend
opposite to whose department they principally belong
ii must bave been at the close Of Of those exhaust
ing attacks to which he wen rs ] am unfortunately
suhjec,-(a laugh) under the influence not ex-
o rat wi hch ia
accompaniment "a laugh The speech is redolent OF
water gfuol Great laughter) II reminds me Of
nothing more than those documents which In early
school eayB accustomed to pare and which
went by the name Of 'themes," in the composition OF
which the object to accomplish the allotted task,
and Hl up the six ard thirty lines Of writing, taking
specil not to exceed the allotted limit but within
that LIMIT TO dilute with the largest possible amount OF
feeble and upmeaping language, the smallest ruodcum
OF SENSE (Lsughter) We are not accustomed to
throne should initiate the lopg~iudedness and
dKusiveness of transatan 'ic brethren. {Hesr
heAr) do not cesire--far from t-that the Queen's
spfech should be copy OF the Presidents message;
but we certainly have been accustomed Tor
mer occasions TO see though not at gteat length,
the day. connected with the vel beipg of the
country glanced at and treated of in the speech from ths
hrone(hear hear)some notice taken Of our foreign
reationssome mention made Of the internal affairs OF
the country, Of It's snd Gnsnessoue iudcA-
tions that hsve such thing empire il Inaia,
poets Of thar pire. tuear) We have also been
sopsly reminded in the speech from the throne that we
have colonial possseiops and thai the peopls OF tl
cn-nty not altogether Indifferent 20 wbot bacce
cfthose possessions Hesr, hear1 do not eay thsi
Her Noesgs gSvernmont thoud give us broad refHi