, 1875-02-23

| horo tNriher that attention will hc paid to lro-
Of ffer Majentyfs terrtorien wifi bo received,
Aud that Justice will bo tlono to the pcopo. Thero
Ia only ono other observation TINT would mako
IL this matter, mud II t,sa reference 10 improved
crnmsnt will find that tlios labora Will bo greatly
slmp1iiicd, aud tlat they will asriTo At tho most
ofEcctivc resnlt, II they ma.o Bono fnorenlcnt
taws1s sa,s wi tie great Jeaton Of local
cteerfufly TO admit tl,At tluro can Jo
no 0overnment loster lifted to tloal With
,Snou S sEssa%ss tG9nnfss e., as s IN hS
itnp: and l have no roason to doubt they will
take It up in fair aud liberal Hriet, conaidering
as much tho caHo Of tho lchant Az tho landlord,
Iucer. Nov, having briefly glancc'l at tho aiz-
5ccts on,meratcl It. the speech. shoto Ia QUO
subject omitted from tito speecIi upon which 1
| wisl, TO aay word. There IL no !nontlon Of
Opposition elloersl,-ana / think lilo o.niaaiol,
| OF these anb1tcta and oapocally that Of local
| taxation. Is ono. greatly to bo regretted, par
ttculstty BY Eont'on1en stting on tle opposite
l}ott, by votOs md speeches, IN opposition ana
III Office. tho honorable gentlemen Sitting OPP
posito hnvo certainly ou 10 tits impression that
t!iey intcndod that this was question which
1t least hoy d4i It'd not % ioai US to Goliavo
that tho subject wnuEd bo conspicuous by tta ab-
renee from tho Qucou's speech. tlIoar, hoar1
Are wo to understand chat thes p1aus hAvo bcoti
that, without tho attention OF Parliament being
previously called 10 tho Whole subject. tho course
Of last year - 70 10 again ropoatcd7 lOpposi-
ton checrs.l Ia tlore 70 DO further renlselot,
OF taxation without making any nttempt TO deal
with Tho question, Of tho improvement Of local
administrator [iseeewcd cheers.] I think I
have completed all that think 1t necessary to
sag ln regard to what IL onauaa, or what ia not
nfA
beforo conclude, howovor, persaps the House
will allow mo to make one more general ohBcrra-
ton upon tho Legislative proposals Of Hor
Maesty'h y ho oogsrnTent They appeat t9
> wtac. and salutory, and boneacant charao-
tor. They ars ptopnsals emluontly adapted for
| consideration by tho Legislature OF proupor-
GUS and contohted country in l. time Of peaco,
Gnlctnesu and prosperity but, slf, ia tho best
Of meanurea which ARC presented to our notice
in any dcgroe analogous to that which any enc
would hayo anticipated WHO formed his aniicipa-
tIos aa;Ing tte last two or ttes ysars from the
II We takc tho onse Of an individual 81 unfor-
tunate ns TO be dobarred from aecoss 10 auy in-
! formation sayo thnt which he derives from the
speeches Of Conservative members, what wonll
ho have thought would ho lilo policy Of tho
Conservative pnrty on their return to power
lfc would turn, u tho first place, to lreland and
ho would say, "filat unfortunate country m,tst
! be iu dtundful condition. You have
abolished the Church, religion aud morals
Muat lavs disappeared. crlsno must bo more
ftequout in that country thnt, over. You have
robbed tho landlords Of great part Ut tl.oir
propertS [sauGhterl. and yoa layo encouraged
| tion tliey may easily get tho remainder OF what
they desire: What n Htate tho country must bo
inl 1t mnst DO indeed that Iteland Ia no lousor
(LAughter.1 No doubt tho llrat measure ahat a
Conservative Government will Lavo to propoBo
to the House, will DO ono to double tho garrison
Of ireland aud proclaim ut once martial law"
ll1encwod laughtor.1 IIo would turn from Ire-
iapd TO the stato Of tho army, and ho would
Say, "The late Government have insultcd and
plnnAoted tho officers; tlloy must be In a
state not fnr removed from open nuttny, and,
as for tho hattalions Of tho army, they
muAt 10 altogether. or nearly altogether, empty;
tho first thing tho Conservative Government will
DO will be to ask for nrgo additional catinlatoa
to remedy tho grievances In tllc army" Wc'l,
turning from tie army to the navy, lo woull
| say 'Thero cannot possibly be by this time moro
than two or thraa iron-clRda tEnt will NoAt, aud
these aro OF an ansi1untcu description" Loot-
lug TO the colonies ho woull-say 'Thoso people
who hai ',oen IN Office for five or ei1 years muat
hAy0 nilonatod tllo affections OF all, 80 that no
island In tho Southern Seas would think OF In
yltiug tho British Government to undertake. tho
contgol Of its destluy. Finally. 10 would looA at
homo in tho midst Of all this ruin oflected by tho
Into Government, and hc would ray ''Thero Is
one plcasing prospect whatever happened, whnt-
! evcr .mhy bo tho management going on.
there IL ono consolation, and that iB, tic rate
payers and the tarnegs at last arc going TO got
| something; our frionds, nftcr an abscnrc Of
| Twenty-Five years, ara now In power, aud this
| caunot be longor dclayed.' l submit to the
House that I ha!o drawn picture scarcely OK
agaclatol from tho materials OF my COMMAND
that ts, provided tho materials are confined to
tito speeches Of Conservative mctnbera and
newspaper articles both during tho oxistenco Of
the late Government, and Mt tho timo Of the last
election. lChcors. l commend to tho House
] tue careful consideration Of the difference be-
| tween tho wiBo and temperate policy actually
presented by the Gosornmcnt for tho consdera-
tlon Of this House, aud TINT which think OIL
logical deduction from speeches ard printtugs
auy o1.c would Imagine they would follow.
loud cheefe.
Mr.. Diaraeli, WHO waa received with cheers,
! said Tint tho npblo Lord need make no apology
for assuming tho duties Of leader OF the Opposi-
| ton. llo could assurn him tAat hs looked with
sattslactlon to the bustuoss Of tho Liberal party
being placed In hia hands, and he felt tho rccl-
| procity and conrtesles which WORD Sd DscosBafy
to Tue conduct Of tho business Of tho House.
! and which had 60 long provided hotWoen both
sides of tho 1iouse, would suffer no 1llninutlon.
The right honorable gentleman proceeded: The
! tioble Lord bus eeon somewhat cEiticAl upon Tue
paragraphs p[.t;.e ia nor h!sj,tys gtaeioas speech
especially on tnss referring 10 what
has recently occurred IN tho Kingdom Of
spaiu. copfesa I did not clearly collect
tue 9, e1aes drift et tle o1serSations of the
! In Soma manner OF tho conduct Of tho Qovoru-
ment, but did not clearly obtnin tho exRct point
Which was the foundation Of bis objectton: It
appeared at enc moment that 10 aeemod to think
| Tint wo had bccn !acklug in courtesy to Marshal
bersnnot 10 having insillased shat Wc wero con-
! atdering whether it waH our duty to recpGnizo
the aovo1umont Of Bpain. Aa far az AIN in.
] formed. Marshal acsrano has returned and roc
ognizel tho new Government himself. [Laugh-
ter Tho assumption OF the noble Lord that
tho paragraph has boon drawn up with theub1eot
aud hope Of inducing the House OF Commons to
iadicate 10 Her Ma1osty's uoyesnmont the policy
thoy ought to pnrsno with rsfsroncc 10 tie rec-
ogn!t!on at tho Governments which ID cstAb-
liahca undor tho restoration Of King Alfotso
I all can Hny with regard TO Tint assumption IT,
that tho noble Lord haa givsn IN Interpretation
10 the paragraph which I hAye no donbt IL
sincere one, but which hayo no doubt Is m on
tlrcIy nlssakcn ono. We have no wish wbaseyor
sn 1o o, r. to esss ~
Iaatsor, which Ia OF high Importance and tho
language Of tho speech simply exprsasos tho ex-
act atato Tho question now occIpies with uer
! Majestys GoYofnment. Thny arp iu concert with