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j , jT tor Friends , —There are two old sayings , tlie , ' Happy > ^ wno "P " notmn gt for he shall ° ^ be d ^ ippoiuted ; " the other , " When the steed ? 5 » leo shut the stable door . " I feel assured that ^ o do not feel any disappointment at the Ministers ' k jjcb , delivered by the Queen , as you expected ^ hing trom it . The condemnation , however , which tbe Ministers have passed upon themselves , by lockw > table door when the steed was stolen , is ^ tter worthy of your most serious consideration , vfe must naturally ' presume that the state of
Ireland , and of Scotland , and tbe power of foreign states to contribute towards the relief of distress hi those counties , was early known to those who undertook the task of Government , and are responsible for the discharge of governmental duties . We have hea rd of nothing latterly bu ; tbe universal distress nrevafling in monarchies , and their reliance upon 0 > 'E REI'UiJLIC for the means of alleviating the jjjimity . U mig ht then be , reasonabl y supposed , that a go " - 'd start in the food market should have been
thepolicy . especially of anation commanding so large | 3 am ount of steam navigation . However , instead 0 f taking time by the forelock , all countries are now jaiabled in one general scramble for the means of ponding against landlords' dispensation . And the oily remarkable feature in this year ' s drama , as far j 5 jt ha ? gone , is the powerful lesson that distress roads to -aonarchs , and the astounding and amiable surrender of all political differences , to enable different efts of politicians to protect the remnant of their
social position . > ' or is this curiosUy confined to the House of Commons ; it does not partake of the mere national character , it is embracing and cosmopolite in all its bearings . The rotten potato , which I recommended « punch " to crown , last year , with the motto , WHO IS MONARCH SOW ? his acted as a monarchical salve , healing the differences of Kings , neutralising and nulUfving the effect
of treaties , and establishing a new code of international law , based upon tbe convenience of royalty . Hence , we find the violation of tbe treaty of Utrecht , in the case of the Montnensier marriage with the I-. ifanta of Spain , and the violation of tbe freaty of Vienna , as regards tbe possession of Cracow by the Emperor of Austria , made subservient to the expediency of preserving a cordial understanding between men in arms to reconcile men in rags to aoverly , starvation , and death .
It would be almost premature to offer a conclusive Opinion upon the sermon that is to be preached from the Queen ' s text ; but , taking nature , past and present circumstances , as my text-book , I think 1 may lead you to an interpretation of coming events . Leavin- Diviue Providence wholly out of the question , then , I tell you , that , sooner or later , thin gaunt men , dying of famine , pestilence , and hunger must have been the result of the usurpations of a bloated aristocracy—an over-paid staff of Ministe . rial menials—a well-fed standing arm?—a gorgtd church , over-paid officials , and pensioned paupers
of the libsoq tion of the honey of the factory bee , oy the drone who owns the key ; of a useless police , only rendered necessary to reconcile men to their degradation , of over-grown bankers , merchants , and traders , speculating upon the blood , the misfortunes , and Use distresses of their country ; aud , above all , that such must be the result so long as the rich oppressor monopolises all power over the poor oppressed . He who forewarns men of their inevitable fate , is denounced as an alarmist , while he who sees the monster coming , and would hide its approach till resistance is useless , is looked upon as an amiable philanthropist .
I am not an alarmist ; but I tell you , and through you the aristocracy of this country , that the most perfect surrender of all political differences between the representatives of protected properly will not and cannot , possibly insure the continuance of thills as they are , and the effect of the only measures which government can rely upon in its present emergency , will be to knock the stool from under enthroned and pompous faction . It is impossible that idleness can longer live upon tbe parings from
industry ' s board , and the inevitable effect of trying to patch the system up must lead to its more speedy destruction . Hence , funded property , landed property , church property , and railway property , will all be thrown into a state of confusion ; while that ofthemoitgagees , ' of the church , tbe army , the navy , the Civil List , and over-paid functionaries , will stand on the increase in proportion to its augmented value , consequent upon the depression of all other descri > iinns of property .
Now . my friends , mark me , and mark me well . — "THESE ARE THE TIMES TO TRY MEN'S
SOULS . " la tbe flush of trade , or during the period of comparative dearth , when scarcity is reconciled by the dread of famine , the duty and responsibility of an agitator is simple and harmless , but when universal Chaos j-tares ns in the face , and when all who can read the signs of tbe times must prognosticate convulsion , then the duty and responsibility of an agitator becomes arduous and awful . I am vain enough to believe , that , although a convicted conspirator against a system which my persecutors are now
preparing to level , that , never theless , the working Masses of this country still possess as much confidence in my honest desire to serve them , if not in Qy ability , as ever they bestowed upon any living man , aid it becomes my imperative duty to warn you against artful and designing men , who would lead you from your mature opinions and calm resolve into unless and dangerous excitement . I tell you , that , if the Minister fails to reconcile his opponents to Lis measures , that he will try to make them palatable by the necessity of protecting them against fury and folly engendered b y his local partisans In plain and unmistakeable language , if
opposition threatens defeat , the Whigs will endeavour to force you into revolution , to make their rule palatable to their opponents . I am now in tbe 15 th year of my English agitation , and I would implore you , I would beseech you , above all things to avoid all secret meetings , to abstain from any single violation of the peace or the laws , as out of your wisdom will spring your oppressors' ruin , while , upon your folly , he might repair the temple of abuse . Rely upon it , that we can make ourselves more heeded , more dreaded , and more beard by our stem enunciation of truths and principles , that we wil not relinquish or abandon them by overzeal and "nprudence .
ion recollect how , from 1839 to 1841 , the Whigs propped their tottering cabinet upon violence created by their mercenaries , and never lose sight ° f the fact , that we have never yet heard of the Newport man with a glazed hat , that was the mediator between the Chartists of Wales and Protheroe tad Philli ps ; the man who conveyed the placards jo Lancashire and Yorkshire , but who was unsown to all , and never has been heard of since . Wforget , that Fox Maule was compelled to admit ' , » n the House of Commons , that a part of the duty of «« i government surveyors , sent to Scotland to inspect tod
report upou tlfestate of tha harvest IN WINTER , *« ta Mow Mr . Feargus O'Connor in his tour . and to « port thestate of his mind . Neverforget . tbat , when ^« r a charge of Hi gh Treason , Peddie declared « at he was offered a free pardon and £ 500 a year , te W ° « M put the rope round Feargus O'Connor ' s " h * 5 and ' above * " * before all > never forget tllat > ^ hough in the mids t of the whole bustle , and ** ershrin king from the most dangerous post , that e government was only able to convict me of tWdisliing the speeches of O'Brien and Dean Taylor . to day will come when you choose to sigu the f « rtKn , and when the dying house is compelled to
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dxscuss its merits . Another day will come when the General Election takes place , and when faction will be obliged to bid for favour . I assure you , my friends , that all the power at the disposal of government * cannot mitigate famine without paralysing the monetary system , the great upholder of tyranny and persecution . You are now so wedded , politically and socially , that I cannot conclude my letter without a bit of Land Chartism , and bear what I have to say . In that part of Worcestershire where Lowbands is situated , there are a great number of forty shilling freeholders , who , times gone by , took a slice of common land and built a nest upon it , the cuss its merits . Another dav will enme whfin thp
allotments varying from three-quarters of an acre to two acres , and I mention tbe following circumstance in confirmation of my oft repeated opinion as to the value of thejand in the retail market . An impressiou became very prevalent that I was auxious to purchase up those allotments—the very last thing , however , which I would be inclined to do—but the fact induced many to make the trial ; one man came to offer me an acre with a miserable lath and plaster cottage upon it , and when I asked him tho price , he told me , Two Hundred and Seventy Pound * . I smiled , and asked hits why he wished to sell , he answered , " that there was a mortgage of
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY POUNDS upon it , and that the mortgagee wauted his money . " Another man offered me two acres and a better cottage , but not half as good as yours , for Four Hundred and Sixty Pounds , and there was a mortgage of Three Hundred upon it , and many others demanded a similar price in proportion to tbe quantities , varying from one to three acres , and all of which were proportionately mortgaged . Now you must bear in mind tbat the Two Hundred and Thirty Pounds raised upon the acre that I have
mentioned , was , barring a miserable cottage , all clear gain , a savings bank to the cottager . I trust tbat this circumstance will convince you of the proud position of an occupant holding land under the company , at the wholesale price , and for ever , thus constituting bis allotment his savings bank , and his pocket his banker . I have already opened a splendid road communicating between the two parallel high roads that bound the estate on either
side , and when it was done , the wonder of all was that it had not been done before . We are now at full work , and upon Thursday week last I realised Two Huudred and Seventy-Two Pounds for the Company , and before long I hope to announce tbe purchase of three hundred acres of marrow , so that you see , my friends , that I am determined to beat tbe Whistler and John Bright . Ever your faithful Friend and Bailiff , Feargus O'Connor .
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On Tuesday Parliament was opened by the Queen in person with tbe usual costly and ridiculous formalities . The whole line of tbe procession was much more crowded than is usual on such occasions . At a quarter past two o ' clock the firing of cannon and the heralds' trumpets announced the arrival of the royal cortege at the Houses of Parliament . After a short sojourn in the Robing Room , the Queen and Prince Albert , accompanied by the officers of State and the Houshold , entered in the usual form . Both her Majesty and her Royal Consort appeared in excellent health and spirits . She wore a magnificent tiara and stomacher of diamonds .
: ; Having taken their seats on the Throne , and commanded the assembly to be seated , and tbe Commons having been summoned , the Lord Chancellor presented her Majesty with the speech . Her Majesty then , in a clear and firm voice , read the following speech : — " My Lord * and Gentlemen , ' It is with the deepest concern that , upon your again assembling , I have to call your attention to the dearth ot provisions which prevails in Ireland and in parts of Scotland . '' In Ireland , especially , the loss of the usual food of the people has been the cause of severe sufferings , of disease , and of greatly increased mortality amonp the poorer classes . Outrages haTe become more frequent , chiefly directed against property ; and the transit of provisions has been rendered unsafe in some parts of the country .
"With a view to mitigate these evil 3 , very large numbers ot men have been employed , and have received wages , in pursuance of an Act passed in the last session of Parliament . Some deviations from * hat Act . which had been authorised by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , in order to promote more useful etni'loyment , will , I trust , receive your sanction . Means have been taken to lessen the pressure of want isi districts which are most remote from the ordinary sources of supply . Outrages have been repressed , as far as it was possible , by the military and police . " It is satisfactory to me to observe that in many of the most distressed districts the patience and resignation t'f the people have been most exemplary . "Tbe deficiency of the hsrvest in France and Germany , and other parts of Europe , has added to the difficulty of obtaining adequate supplies of
provisions . " It will be your duty to consider what further measures are required to alleviate the existing distress . 1 recommend to you to take into your serious consideration , whether by increasing for a limited period the facilities for importing corn from foreign countries , and by the admission of sugar more freely into brewries and distilleries , the supply of food may be beneficially augmented . "I have likewise to direct your earnest consideration to the permanent condition of Ireland . You will perceive , in the ab-enceot political excitement ,
an opportunity for taking a dispassionate survey of the social evils which afflict that part of the United Kingdom . Various measures will be laid before you , wbicb , if adopted by | Parliament , may tend to raise the great mass of the people in comfort , to promote agriculture , land to lessen the pressure of that competition Tor the occupation of land which has Ueen tbe fruitful source of crime and misery . " I be marria « eiof tbe Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain to the Duke of Montpensier has given rise to a correspondence between my Government and those of France and Spain .
" The extinction of tbe Free State of Cracow has appear * d to me to be so manifest a violation of the Treaty of Vienna , that I have commanded that a protest asainst that act should be delivered to the Courts of Vienna , Petersburg !) , and Berlin , which were parties to it . Copies of theee several papers will he laid before you . " I entertain confident hopes that the hostilities ia the River Plate , which have so long interrupted coramcrce . raay soon be terminated ; and my efforts , in conjunction with those of the King of the French , will b > - earnestly directed to tbat end . " My relations generally with Foreign Powers inspire me with the fullest confidence in the maintenance of peace . " GentUmen of the Howe of Common * , " 1 have directed the Estimates to be prepared with a view to provide for the efficiency of the public service , with a due regard to economy . " My Lords and Gentlemen .
' * I have ordered every requisite preparation to be made for putting into operation the Act of the lait session ot Parliament , for the establishment of local courts for the recovery of Small Debts . It is my nope that the enforcement ot civil rights in all parts of tbe country to which the Act relates may , by this measure , be materially facilitated . " I recommend to your attention measures which wiii l > e laid before you for improving the health of towns , an object , ) the importance of which jou will not tail to appreciate . " Deeply sensible of the blessings which , after a
season ol calamity , have been so often vouchsafed to this nation by a superintending Providence , 1 con fide these important matter * to your caie , in a full convici ion that your discussions will be guided by an impartial spirit ; and in the hope that the prtseut sufferings of my people may be lightened , and that their future condition may be improved , by your deliberative wisdom . " It was observable that the passages which referred to Irish distress were delivered by Her Majesty in rather a subdued tone , add with an accent of sympathy for the Bufferings described ; but when Her Majesty came to the passage relating to the Spanish
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marriage , and also that which refers to the subject of Cracow , her tone became perceptibly chanced ' ; and , besides tbat she spoke more loudly and emphatically , there was a slight abruptness in the delivery . The aspect fit the interior of the house during the ceremony was more brilliant even than usual , in consequence of tbe placebeing lit up . At all times the scene is splendid and imposing , from the gav array of brilliant uniforms , the beauty of the ladies , and the elegance of their costumes , and , above all , from the presence of so many illu 3 triou 3 persons , distinguished for high rank or for talent , who are seldom or never assembled together , except on such an occasion . Her Majesty ' s dress , particularly the stomacherand tiara , blazed with diamonds , and the jewels of the Duchess of Sunderland also shone with conspicuous splen dour . * nA in
With the reading of the speech the ceremony of opening Parliament was concluded . Her Majesty and the Prince preceded , and a'tended as before , left the h'lhseon their return to Buckingham Palace . The Commons retired from the bar , and the Lords adjonnn-. d during pleasure . At five o ' clock the house re-aasembled There were some changes in the position of tbe leading peers . The Ministers , of course , occupied their usual seats . Lord Melbourne was present , and occupied tbe seat he usually held among his colleagues when he was a Minister . On the Opposition bench there
was a change . Lord Stanley occupied the usual place of the leader of Opposition . By his side wa < the Duke of Richmond , and the principal Protectionist peers were seated near . The Duke of Buckingham occupied a seat next to Lord Brougham , below the gangway , and the Earl of Winchilseasat nexttohim . The Duke of Wellington arrived a few minutes after five o ' clock , and immediately took his seat on the cross-benches . The Earl of St . Germans and one or two other members of the former Government sat below the gangway . The Marquis of Lajssownb moved the first reading of the Select Vestries Regulation Bill . THE ADDRESS . The Lord Chancellor read her Majesty ' s speech , which was afterwards , according to custom , read by the clerk at the table . Lord Hatbgrton rose to move tbe address , and began by describing the pitiablo condition of the people of Ireland owing to the failure of the potato crop , and the ill-success of the measures which had been resorted to for the purpose of alleviating tbat calamity . The Labour Rate Act of last session hnti been almost universally put in operation ; and , though in his opinion no blame was to be attributed to those who introduced it for its failure , yet it had signally failed . The question then arose whether Parliament should be convened , or whether the Government
should invest the Lord Lieutenant with power to act at his discretion , aecerding to the nature of the case . The latter course was adopted ; the useless works ni ' the Labour Rate Act were abandoned , and the application of the public money extended to private and reproductive works . But even the exertion of this discretionary power had been found inadequate to the emergency of the case , and nil were now eager for a better adaptation of the law . Other measures wore therefore neje « sary ; what those measure should be it was not for him to dictate , when there were so many in that house better fitted than he to decide . He only declared his own sentiments , and wished to involve no one else in any responsibility which might attach to them ; but he called on the people of England to
make the ease of Ireland their own , and to consider the difference between England—rich in her landed proprietary , in her vast monied interest , in her manufacturers and merchant * , and in her admirable parochial organization—and Ireland , where rich proprietors were exceptions , where absenteeism abounded , and where there wa < no organization , except for political purposes . This wide difference suggested one or two analogies . Suppose every bag of cotto i imported into England were infested and ruined b y an insect , would it be right to say to the manufacturer : ) , you have congregated a mass of population in large towns for your own benefit , and now you must bear the burden of supporting them ? No doubt there would be much private liberality on such an emergency , but , doubtless , an appeal would also be made
to tbv Imperial Legislature . Or , suppose the crop of wheat and oats had been blighted in England , would it be right for Ireland to say she would send no help f Whatever then might be the result of the present calamity , it would teach us to do our duty liberally by our fellow creatures ; and it wns to be hoped that both England and Ireland wouid be benefited bv the trial . The noble lord then passed in review the * proposed suspension of the Corn Laws and the legalization of the use of sugar in breweries and distilleries , and augured well as to the probable results of these measures ; and after hoping that a bill would be introduced for facilitating the transfer of real property , and denouncing the policy of Austria in the annexation of Cracow , concluded by moving the draught of an address , which was , as usual , an eJtio of the speech . Lord Cabew seconded the address .
Lord Stanley said that , as the Government ha ' abstained from introducing into her Majesty ' s speech any expression which must necessarily lead to discussion , so there was no wish on the part of those who had not reposi d their confidence in that Government to embarrass them by premature opposition . Having attained power by no factious proceedings of their own , but by a combination of circumstances , Her Majesty ' s adviser had peculiar claims to the forbearance of the House , and they might rest as * sured that , so Ion * as they walked in the path of the constitution , and avoided rash and dangerous innovations , they would be met , not only by no factious opposition on that side of the House , but also by a ready and disinterested support .
In tbis -s ) irit and temper he would proceed to luake a few observations , premising that , from the significant omission of any allusion to the financial condition of tbe country in the speech , it might be argued that that cendition was not so satisfactory as it appeared on the face of the last quarterly returns ; in fact , he was afraid lest in the course of the next six months there should be such an increase of imports over exports as seriously to inconvenience the country by reducing the quantity of bullion . In pasiiny then no the topics contained in the speech he was sure all must rejoice in the prospect of continued peace , though his confidence in that prospect was based rather on the general conviction throughout Europe , of the folly of war , than "nthe state of our
foreign relations . Hecould uot look with satisfac ti » n on those relations so long as we were not ou terms , notinierely of amity , but of cordial cooperation with France . It was impossible not to see that the good understanding lately existing between the two countries had been very much altered for the worse during the last few months ; and though he should abstain from an opinion as to tbe comparative merits of the statements on either side respecting the Spanish marriage until the whole correspond dence was before the House , yet he thought tlie country bad received a slight in the manner in which that marriage was brought ab » ut which would not have been passed on it had Lord Aberdeen been at the head of Foreign Affaire .
This unfortunate coolness had been followed by another event , with which he cauld not help thinking it was nearly connected—the annexation of Cracow ; and , though on this point , too , he must reserve his judgmeat until the necessary papers were produced , he regarded the step taken by the three Powers in violation of a treaty entered into under the auspices of England as a discourtesy which could not have happened if England and France had preserved their former cordial understanding . With regard to Ireland , there could be no question that an awful visitation had fallen on that island , and he was convinced that the country would make every sacrifice for its relief , he was not disposed to make captious observations on the
course hitherto pursued for that end , but it was admitted on all hands that great errors had been committed , that the Labour Rate Ac ; was a blunder , and that the plan for its extension was so clogged and fettered as to become a dead letter . In his opinion , however , a greaterrorof tin Government had been a too strict adherence to the abstract doctrines of political economy when they Tesolved not to corapet with private speculation in the supply of food to Ireland . Those doctrines must give way to great emergencies ; and though he did not mean to assert that the Government should ha 7 e undertaken to supply the whole IriHh people with food , they might hav * , doue much by establishing depots of provisions , and selling them at a tail market value , so as to keep downj famine prices . With to
respect the proposed measures of relief , he did not anticipate any serious opposition to the measure for increasing the tonnage applicable to the importation of corn ; but , believing as he did , that the scarcity of corn , both at home and abroad , was very much exaggerated , it ought to be a question whether the temporal y suspension ot the 4 s . duty would answer the humane expectations of the Government , and whether it wouid not put money iuto the pockets of foreigners at the expense of the revenue . After alluding to the injustice of allowing the use of sugar in brewing and distilling while the malt-tax was retained , the noble Lord promised the Ixoverament support injtheirllrish measures , provided they did not yield to exorbitant demands ; and after depicting the hampered position of the Irish landlords , who he thought had . been undeservedly abused ,
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implored the Government not to take any rash steps with regard tojjhem , and to set to work at the social improvement intliat country , in the confident assurance that , if they honestly laboured for that end , no party considerations should defeat their endea . vonr * . ¦ . The M ; i rquis 6 f Lansdownr replied to Lord'Stanley with respect to the conduct pursued in Ireland by the Government . As for the errors whioh they were ? w ? v > / P 0 !? mitt ' 2 » it must be remembered that Trplan ^ M ^ # " > % ° WftS & ^ ^ Wall TtSl ? S ? ° S a 8 CeJt «« e < i when the Labour HfataibaZW' ? nd though the extension of nemntrrve ? ^ h » l ? ^ \ t U f erin 8 8 of the ir ' ^ peasantry , yet lfc had undoubted y mitigated them r&nSA toeob ^ iofthe NobJe Lord to ¦ .
JA pns the proposed measures of " relief ^ e"J £ tta ° ° not into whose pockets the profits of importation would go , Jmt how an addition to the supply of food under a national ca amity was to be obtained . tE Noble Marqnu concluded by vindicating tbe Government from the remaining objections of Lord Stanley and declared that the wisdom nf their policy would be proved ma few days by documents which would oe laid before toe House . Lord Brougham expressed his doubts whether Parliament ought not to have been convened at an earl ier period-doubts which were strengthened by the confessions made of the fruitlessness of the Irish Acts of last session , and of the Lord-Lieutenant ' s efforts t « render them available . As for the Spanish
marriage , the people of England cared nothing about it , and he hoped they should have no debates about tbe matter , which would only tend to prel-ng that lnterrnpttoof thetntenttcordiale whichunfortuna tolyjxirted . On the subject of Cracow , while he agredd with the expressions used in the speech and address , he hoped that all unnecessary harshness and recrimination would bo avoided , as a pood understanding with Austria was of great importance to England . With regard to Ireland , he hoped the House would proceed , in the first place , by resolu . turns , and that a line would be carefully drawn between temporary measures o } momentary expediency and [ permanent measures introducing organiochangea into He policy of the country with respect to the sister kingdom .
Earl Fitzwiluam believe that no small or half measures would do for Ireland . As far as he could torm an opinion of those to be proposed by the Government , he approved of them , though he doubted it they would go far enough . The Marquis of Wesimeaih , as an Irish landlord , expressed his gratitude to England for the sympathy so readily afforded to Irish distress . The E . irl of Roden also expressed his thanks to the people ot this country and to the Government for the sympathy shown to the Irisk people . Earl 11 ardwickb contended that the great difficulty was not »•» much want of food as want of ships to transport it . lie suggested that all her Majesty ' s siuoa and steamers of war Bhould be employed in eonyeying food to Ireland . The Earlot Auckland said there was already between thirty and forty steamers and fourteen or ntteen tailm- vessels employed in carrying provisions . The question was then put , and agreed to nem . con . ; and their Lordships adjourned till Thursday . HOUSE OF COMMONS-T tobdat , Jan . 19 . The Spkakkr , in his robe of office , entered the House about half-past one o ' clock , and took bis seat at the tahJc in the chair usually occupied by the ohief clerk . About one hundred members had assembled , who , after prayers , seated themselves for the most part in the ;> laces beld by them at the close of the last session . A little before two o ' clock Lord J . Russell ei . tered the House , and took his seat on the Treasury bench , after shaking hands with the bpeaker . 1 lie noble lord ( whose features were observed to we . ir a pale and somewhat anxious expression ) was followed by the Earl of Lincoln , who , after cxchangins ? salutations with the Speaker , shook hand , with his lordship , and took ; his place on the trout Opposition bench , in the seat usually filled by Sir R . Peel at the close of last session . Mr . Goulburn shortly afterwards entered the house , and
seated himself next to Lord Lincoln . The benches at this time exhibited an unusual number of those affickes which denote that the seats are taken by hon . members who have heard prayers ; and , from the appearance of the house » t this juncture , there was rcibon to suppose that th « three groat parties of the Ministerialists , the Conservative Oppo--. ition , and the I ' rojectioHiBts intend to preserve the samerelativj position which they assumed after the resignation otthe Government of Sir R . Peel . On the Ministerial b nch were L'ird J . | Ru « sell , Sir J . llobhuuse , Mr . Wyse , and .. i her members of the Goverp . ment . Mr . FcrRimt Oi-oupied the seat held by Lord G . Bentinck diiriiisj last session on the ministerial side of the House , and on the bench below him were Sir R . Inglis , Mr . Stuart , &c . The members ef the late Government sat on the front bench upon the left of the Speaker , in ihe seats so long tenanted by the Whig Opiiosuion .
At twenty-five minutes past two o ' clock , Mr . Pulman , leoman Usher of the Black Rod , summoned the house to attend her Majesty immediately in the House of Peers . The Speaker hereupon rose , and preceded by his mace , and followed by Lord J . RusselJ , Lord Lincoln , and thu great body of the members present , loft the House . U pon hia return , tlio nwmbevs who had remained , wishing to avoid thejfatigue and pressure ol attending in the House of Lords , ranged themselves in their places , uncorered , expecting tbat the right hon . gentleman would take his seat and read her . Miijtst >' s speech . Tho Speaker , however , walked up tlie Hour of the house in his usual manner , and , passing his chair with an air of arch good humour , pvocoeded at once to his private room . A slight laugh followed at the expense of tlio disappointed members , and the house adjourned .
t Ihe Speaker took the chair at ten minutes to four o clock , when a considerable change appeared to have taken place in the position of the parties . The Oppusition benches piesented a very crowded appearance . Sir R . Peei and Sir J . . . Graham were not present , but in their places were Lord G . Benti ' nok and Mr . Disraeli , having on their right Mr . Goulhum , the Earl of Line > ln , Mr . S . Herbert , and other members of the late ministry . On the left of Lord G . Bentinck , we observed Mr . G . Bankes , Mr . Hildyard , Mr Christopher , and Mr . James Stuarc . Ihe last seat of the front Opposition bench was occupied by Mr . W . Smith U'Brien . Oh the benches behind Lord G . Bentinok were Mr . Ferrand , Mr . Hudson , Mr . Finch , and other members of tho
Protectionist party . Sir C . Napier , Sir Do Lacy Evans and other metropolitan members , occupied their former seatB on the Opposition side of the house , below the gangway . The Treasury benches were well nlled . When tho mover of the address rose , tht house was very full ; but it was not until the seconder had advanced half way through his speed ) that Sir J . Graham entered the house , and took hia scat on one of the back benches , a modest movement , which excited some obseivation in the house . Shortly after Sir R . Peel entered and to » k his seat at , one end of the front Opposition bench , at the othii
end ot which sat Lord G . Bentinck . Mr . Tctnell , on the part of Lord John Russell , gave notice that on Thursday his lordship would move a committee of the whole house to consider re-8 olu » ions on the Corn Laws , and on the Navigation Laws ; also , that on Friday he would inovu for " a select committee on the Law of Settlement : and that on Monday next he would bring the state of Ireland under the consideration of the house . Mr . Tumeix , on the part of the Chaneellor of the Exchequer , gave notice tlmt on Friday the right hon . gentleman would propose resolutions on tkc Customs and bxcise Duties Acts
¦ ¦ ,-. iS x lVlAWI - g ^ ve notice for Tuesday to bring in a bill tor shortening the present term of enlistnient . Mr . J . FiKLDBN gave notice of a motion for shortening the hours of factory labour . Mr . Humk gave notice for Tuesday next of certain questions which he would put respecting tueocoupation ot vracow . Mr . P . ScnoPB gave notice for Tuesday week to move a resolution declaring the expediency of extending the n . ain principle of the English Poor Law to Ireland-the right of the poor to relief from their respective parishes .
HIE ADDRESS . The Spka kbr communicated to the house her Majesty ' s speech . Mr . C . W IJowakd moved an address in reply thereto , which he p .-elaecJ by a brief address , touching \/ i i tiie topita . i . enlioiied in the speeoh . Mr . KiCARo .. seconded the address . lie conter . ded that a temporary relaxation of tbe Navigation V . aws was indispensable , and that every facility for tjie admission of forei gn grain had become a necessuj ; anu i ? ^ i . ! 6 hown that a lar 6 quantity of Tain could be liberat ed without great loss to tb ; e revenue , then it would be only fair to admit sugav for u » ein the breweries and distilleries of the Unfted Kingdom . J he hon . member insisted that the ' new Free-trade eommvrcial policy had been eminently successful ; that an increase of Customs duties , and a large con-» umPtion of sugar , timber , &o ., had been the result ; and that they had every encouragement to go on in the same direction .
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Mr . S . 0 'Briknobserved , that hnv »« > » t he might be to disturb the ' unSffi ^ rtr " on tbepresent oceasion , be should & 1 hi mJlf tT wanting in his doty to his country if he " S to ^ mam s&nt with respect to the suffeunea of nf " people of Ireland , which c « m ! d neither Rolbed nor exaggerated . The very last paper which he had received from Dublin contained the report of ei » ht inquests held in tho county of Mayo which had each returned verdicts of " Death by starvation . " If asked , he could not say that the . Government was entirely guiltless of this state of things ; on the contrary , he-was of opinion that if the Government had taken proper measures , not a single individual would have perished in Ireland from starvation
Why had not the Government remitted tho duties on corn thre& months ago- ? Why had it not called Parliament together three months ago , and proposed to it then , as it proposed now , to relax the navigation laws , and to prohibit the use of grain in our breweries and distilleries I Her then proceeded at creat length , to find feult with the Government for the mode m which they had regulated the aupply of food ' and of employment to the people of Ireland H * condemned not only the Labour Rate Aot . butilso the deviations made from it under tke unction of the Irish Government , asserting that a Minister nh .
, nad taken buou a course as Mr . Labouchere deserved impeachment ^ His regulations had thrown the who e country into confusion . He ( Mr . S . O'Brien ) wanted the labour of the peoplo . to be directed to woks of a productive , not of an , unproductive , character . Thousands of men were now employed in destroying roads , while tho fields-remained untilicd He , therefore , rose for the purpose of asking Lord J . Ru ? BelI what were the measures- which he had in contemplation , first for the supply of food , and next for the suppl y of reproductive labour for Ireland lie also wished to know whether his-Lordship considered the calamity a local or a national calamity .
Mr . P . Schope complained that no provision had been made for the-inflrm poor in Ireland , and blamnd the Gevernment for having placed any dependence on voluntary aid . Voluntary contributions had proved wholly inadequate ; and in the workhouses fever was making its appearance , and was destrovivi " the inmates . lle ,. therefore ,. asked the Government to explain what measures they had in contemplation upon this subject . v Mr S O * Rr iT ' hVj Sh 8 d tImt he COuId 8 a > ' that Mr . b . 0 Brien had drawn an overcharijed picture of the miseries oflreland-but he could not Still he must dissent from Mr . S . O'Brien ' s conclusion when he attempted to fasten on the Government the { responsibility of those calamities , and when he said that every death which had occurred from st irvatton ought to weigh heavily on the conscience of every member of the Cabinet . He reminded Mr . S . 0 Brien Of the ordinary condition of Ireland , of which tins population was admitted to be the woist
housed , the worst clothed , and the w orst fed in Lurope ; and asked him to consider the nature of the extraordinary visitation which had just fallen upon ltt rP 1 Tue ruat balk of its too j had been swept away , the total loss in money value which that population had sustained by the failure of the potato crop , and of the oat croo . had been calculated to amount to not less than £ 16 , 960 , 000 . But the loas was not So be considered merely as a loss ot money and food—it must be recollected that tsJe potato cultivation was connected with tlie entire agricultural system of Irela-ad , aud that the failure of it had deranged the interests of every branch of agricultural community . . After showing that the power of Government to reliove-distress was not unlimited , he proceeded to defend himself against thecWe of not having adopted the same system which Sir R Ptel had adopted last vear for supplying tlie twonlfi nF
Ireland with food , oa the ground that the circumstances in which the country was then placed were very different frora those in which it was placed at present . 1 hen we were under a restrictive system now we were under the system of frea trade . Thin the evil was limited in its extent ; now it was almost universal . He aext proceeded to . defend tho employment which he had afforded under the Laboui-Rate Ant , and tl » deviations which he had reennw mended to be made from it , explain- his surprhw that Mr . S . G'Brien should say that in making thiao deviations in compliance with tha-gcneral voice of iV > 3 landowners of Ireland , he deserved impeachment . He believed that whenever Mr ; S . O'Brien brought forward the articles of that impeachment , ha wouid ; not nnd a single Irish membra-to second them , livland had a rigi . t to expei * , assistance from b .. ih Lngland and Scotland ; buj ^ . in return , b , > t ! i . W land and &eotlan . l had a right to call upon the gentry d Ireland
anpeopboi to ^ eava nothing undone intluriV efforts to grapple with its digress , lie « : iw an nnproved spmt springing up in Ireland ; he believed that the landlords of that ooi-ntrv were waliriiin" jo tke conviction that if Ireland was to he saved fivni great disaster , it must be through thea-encv of her own children . To tho -question of Mr . \> . Si-rope lie replied thdt tho imfirmand impotent poor ,, f lrtla ; id had Iwen relieved through the medium of ik > relief committees . He adusitted that the existing l \ , or Law had been found insufficient to compete with the present calamities of Ireland ; hut . he beli . 'vi \ l that any 1 oor Lw—even that which Mr- . P . Scmoe Wul himself pr . inosrd last session—would have b-en eq'ially insufficient for that purpose . It was t tated ntho speech that outrages had been ommiifii flow it was n <» t ;* urpi-ising , with fcuuino iu the liuwl , that the bunds , of society should ; be relaxed ; hm wliile the attention ot ' ihe house w ; i * callud to that fact , it was important that tin : Uou . se should not form
any misconcep tion respecting it . Tlie general cluraeter otthe Mate of crime jr . Ireland amounted to tins : — t hero wns a cruat isweaso in the .-unoHiit oi outrage * , » > ut it was an iucivase in the attacks on ur ,., pmy . I too old agrarian offences bad djsnp-. iured the spirit of combinatii . R had almost disap , " eiuvdthere was no longer any sympathy with the .. ff .-niv or ditneulty in ontm-chy the law ajiftinsttli .-offemW Lie pnivwUhis stat ement by contrastinj ; the amwutt Daoemhcr , 1846 ; and concluded by one .- » .. > , « ealliu " m . on the house to ivu its nssuUnce to the P i > ddIo iii lrelanu , and by cnSlim ; on the Irish members tajusiifv that awistauce l ? > t ™ lin manfully a fii « 8 tthc evils of their country .
Lord G . lksuNCK . asleaderof Hie Protectionists took similar grounds to that of l . i . rd S i . isiev hi the other House , lie . vsured the Goveiwm-hUlm the adv . cans .. f the Protection policy had im intention ot making hvlaud the battle-ground of parly lhey tell that the present Government had succeeded to the administration of Ireland at : i time of extraordinary difficulty , and thiretbro they i ' elt that it was due to the Government to ixam ' iuc its act * with ! iid « l » eiict ' . The miseries of Ireland demand-d sympathy , and it was the resolution ot tho Protection party to giro their calmest Mid host
tonsidevation to any- measures thai mijjlii b © proposed lor thu alleviittiori of the calamity . Ihj emphatically disclaimed all idea of a compact * aa supposed to ' exisl between the Protection party iv . id Parliament , relalive to the existing 4 s . duty on corn ; the Proleetii-n party acknowled ged no suoli compact , and therefore the Government were free to propose the removal of tue 4 s . duty it they thought fit . Should the Governmen t propose the temporary removal of this 4 s . duty the Protection party would not oppose it ; but it nas their firm persuasion that its removal would give no oenent to Me consumer . The Exehequer would lose the duty , but every farthine of it would
go inio the pocket ? , of the cova merchants and forestallew . Should the Government also think fit to propose the admission of sugar for the use of brewerios ana distilleries , the Protection party would loffer it no opposition , y . lthough from such a measure they Had little expectation of benefit . Should a ternporaxy lnterterence with the Navigation Laws be proposed , th'j Protection party would not oppose it , though they Sieved such a remedy came too late . Let the Government , if they wished really to apply a remedy , throw aside the rigid principles of political economy , . ^ urchase corn wherever they could get it , and lot them employ her Majesty ' s ships in carrying these supplies into the ports of Ireland . An
experience d captain had informed him that there were eigh '; ships of the line now available , which in forty-eight hours could be got ready , with which , iu ten wee ' xs , 80 , 000 quarters of grain could bo brought into or , r ports . lie regretted that anything shouid have occurred between the Governments ot France ant ' . England to intmrupt the amity that existed between them . He did uot _ believe the people ol ' England sympathised at all with tho t ' oreigu minist * r on die question that had arisen . The commercial pun , of the country cevUinly would bo better pleased if the Noble Lord had turned his attention to the Spanish carrying ' . trado instead of to the Spanish
marriages . As to the grave charges mado in the royal apeeoh against the great Sovereign wUh whom we fought the battleof European peace , Loid Geo . Bintinck expressed his regret that such condemnation had been thought necessary . Tlie idea of braiding the occupation of Cracow ;\» a manifest violation or we Treaty of Vienna wns preposterous . Uuw m .. ny j timeshad the Treaty of Vienna been vioiuiul ? * Wnat was the severance of Belgium ttni-. i UoiU ' . >< l' / Lord George , for himself , declared l . e tcit im tyv . ipathy tor the people of Cracow , the i e ; jwabie | « rii .. n of whom were themselves deli ^ lucd at tin ; fi , ;' . n .. o On the part of the Protection party , tiio . N ,. b ; i- L .-ra gave notice , that unless the Gomumuiu ' iuiad bu .: y
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£ -T& < - '&' *' * - f t . A ^^ '& ^ &f'&Zd ^ s It * ^ y ^ U ^ i > ^ r tf / AJfrfrM / ksu r /) forward some comprehensive measure of generic - /^* utility for Ireland , he would himself do so . * T ? £ 0 ~ £€ Mr . koibuck made one ofhis usual bitter ' diatribes against the Irish landlords , and the Protectionist reader , and Mr . O'Connell , with reference t . i the and lords he said , a word now about Irish landlords . ( "Oh , oh I' ) Ho had no doubt the term would excite some sort of feeling Inn hon . memher , Mr . B . — V tebnrne , it is belioved , here made some remark !; fS he did not mean an Irish landlord on a sudden \ - ( Iaughter ) -he meant the Irish landlord for whent the British Parliament had been legislating for thft ( astthree centuries ; and , during that time , they hid . * been legislated for , as a body , against the peoplo of « Ireland . They bad wrought always for their per- \ ^ sonal pnrpose , unmindful of the wants of the people 0 *
Ireland , And let him explain in a few words hoff « j this had been done . When an Irish landlord cams ^ into possession of an estate , he built oottages here r and there , intending , by letting tkera , to obtain what to him was a very necessary extra percentage . ^^ He built those cottages for the pauper population , ' ^ S ^ ^ continuing tbe characteristics of that populatien , ^ S ^\ Were there a Poor Law in Ireland that he dare not ^» do . ( Hear , hear . ) Some Irish landlords wonld ^~ pwhap s deny this ; but he ( Mr . Roebuck ) would » mrm that they had in this way ministered to febe ae 8 ire of the people to possess land , and that they had '" Jj eatates a pauper population , for whom they nad done nothing beneficial , because legislated for ana supported in nH sorts of privileges by the I lousefnrf t 2 S V . i . * ofPBrlia » e « thad been carried ™ Yt ™ f i . ? ^ s the landlords had taken ad * Zfef' J ^ S the P » of Ireland were reduced toa state of paunerism nn ; v » .. « il nn . l «)« inl ..
< nl ' j \ ^ Ti T the re 8 ulfc of th ^ Weet . El \ , V \ u a Pr ° P ° rittw » was adverse to the eelings and the common sense of the people of Inland , and , as an English representative he eclared his opinion tlrat it was the duty ot the mperial Government to insist that the land of Ireland should maintain the people of Ireland . I Cheers . ) - he nest Castigation wns administered tuO' ( ... nneil . He hadtoeard it stated : within the last few d . i > s ; of one who called himself tho representative ol" lieland , that all the measures of relief dictaed by the earnest sympathy and overflowing benevolence of the people of bn Sland had procetdt d from an intention on tho part of the English Government to buv I ' m . estauts in Ireland . ( Laughter . ) . lift ( Mr . lUebutk ) had never so olearly perceived and felt the intm-Wit *
of one man who had been pushed into consideration by the pressure of extraneous-circumstances as during the lastsix monlhs . Ireland had wanted a man ' , and , unfortunately , Ireland found no man for her purpose . She had not possessed a man who cou ! d forego personal interests , and resign personal pelf , and in that hour of danger marge himself into the people of Ireland . Such a man ,. so called for , she had Hot met with ; : but , in his place , aman who wa . < able to exacerbate all ; the evil passions existing ami making themselves manifest in that country , —who wmld create , if ho did not find f . hein ,. and it he found them could exaggerate , the prejudices which ignorance of eaeh other only had produced ,, separating the two countries of-England and Ireland . Was such a vn ; m
to be accepted there as a representative of the people" of Ireland ! No , certainly not ; he ( Mr . R"ebuck ) believed the people of L-eiund to be n usvat and an honest people ; and he couW not think that their suntiraents were the sentiments of the man he hud spoken ef . Lord G . Bentick formed the next topic U-criticism ; he regretted ho had not had tho opportunity of expressing an opinion of " the great and comprehensive measure , " as it was termed , which had-been announced by the noble lord ( Bentick ) opposite . His attention * had been aroused and hia curiosity had been excited to discover the mean * , ing of the noble lord ' s hint . ; He had waited to rii . d in the n <> ble lord a regenonwor of hia country and time , as-he was of his party . He had relied uiioa
obtaining from the iwolelord some grand panacea for all evils , somethirg , in a vn <\ -& , thai shou d astonish them like gun-cotton . ( Laughter . ) But a cruel tie . ception had been practised upon him ; tie had hunvi nothing of the Scheme more than its title . The noble lord had talked of hiinsi-ll as : he leader ofhis party ,, hnd spoken of " our iutenti .-ntions , " and wlmt " wo "' would support , ot lt our " resolves on tliis uud on that , but nothing < v .. s proposed , though ewry thing was promU'd , and no one could form an idea asto ) the nature of tlk'im ; a « ure , or could comprelu-nd its-comprehensiveness . ( Laughter . ) llwasanea > y tiling to criticise , but in this case there was no field for-criticism , anil that was annoying ( Lauylntr . ) He ( Mr . Roebuck ) won'd recominend to the noble
lord the next time lie placed himself at the head of a party and criticised-the schemes of others ,, to let those others know what were his measures , aud what , were the Chancellor of the Exchequer , ha would do . ( Hear , he . ii-. ) The p : iitv of thu noWa lord h .-id indeed disappointed him ( Mr . Boebui-k ); he had waited for many lo arise from whom much was expected ; he had lr . oked for groat things , and he had never been ^ nwre deluded . There Lad l . 'Ctn nothing in all that inten .-ity oi extraordinary uestinuliition and woudcrlul emphasis (; i lauuh ); " diere was nothing apparent iu the vxliib tion hut a di . Viike t > somebody that wns not named , aiul who cnuld net itiui would uot ho liked under present c . n'iimstances . ( L > lighter . ) Had iki ; be-. n Migrated
any mpitturi ! iccdHig to ihe benefit ••» the people iif Ireland , hd would havo given to it anxioiis considcratitm . l'ho noble lord led a party in iluit hnusa—not a . * Biy powerful , but cti . il u party—nnd as it asfs ' iNMHtuhe reputation of U-ing an iiitailee tual patty ,. & would only have b ^ u t-ati-f ; -iu ^ tho claims upon , them to li .-ive promised . something . Perh-t ; .. * Urn defieiendes of tin ; n&Ule lord wnmi ho remedied by his ncond , and tli 9 house would then have mii cjipjirturiity ' •* ' fonniiu ; an estimate » l tna coniprelu-usivii measure whicli the future tvns to disclose . The noble lord might think , that . v ho ( Mr . Kccbucli ) was equaliv wiintiiij ; i « briin-iiig forward anj substantial eelieiui-, ho was unfiuw ! to cen-:: « 's- Uio coin-so which had benn taken ; but
he ( . Yfcv Roebuck ) had never spoken of " < . ; v .- " i-o-> . <> iv ; s ; he hail never bei-n Hie of a Government , and ihvo" expected to be one of a d vtii . Micnt ; U « had no expectation of beiiu in the place of tin- iit . ble lii . il . ( lluiiil !) . and tlv » t made all tho diil * vor . ee beiwsun him and the isolilo lord ( Bentinck opyaMtii . ( iwutsjiitir . ) Tiio mil ) pr . cties in the House in . ( v . r . Koebiiok ) lvco ^ niiiMl vfu ru those headed bv Lm " " J . Ru s ^' . l and Sir ll .: U-n Pet- ! , The Ilmi . * Mt-mber iiiKitlmled a review of i ! ie Spanish and Urneow « . ne tiii : i 3 by uiui-enting the Fmvi » u Sccreiaiy to d « lus i-ountry tLc iut-ifcible farour of lemuuniiK quiet-. Mr . Uiuttan iiii . ' . uniantly rejected the u-rin nf ui-s : tjars applied by M ;\ Roebuck to tho Irish lsuidiords . They wi « i- « imt bef ^ ars ; they ouly dtma ded wh .- . t : | iey were just I v entitled to .
Mr . Dillon Uki . tv . ms iaslied Mr . Roebuck for riming itt . wii t , tiie House "to void his waspish : » nil y vsiiei . t « ( im position ou the landlords of ' ire-Isinl . " 'I ' huUuu . Member upheld tlie Ut . vermiK . iit lor not inteitVriug with tiie course of trade . Mr . 1 ) . OsntiiNB vindicated iliu Irish landlords from the chaixw so unjustly pvelered a ^ ain-t tlieui l > y Mr . Kui'bmk . A speech of a moiv chiilin >; nature than the present hatl n « ver lalk-n from the lips of Miijmty . It stated that outrage had been chcclipd —lint how ? By tiie inilifiry and the police . It ou » lit to li'iye been checked by thu free impiirtatinn of it-ad . Why had not government done Innj ; Mwe , by Ui-der in Council , «| , ai ihej were now ^ uiii ^ to U ( i in an act of the LcijisliUiiii' ? lie was » urry to li . ' . il tii . a there was an inclination in tho houte to sneer at the dii-tressts of Ireland ; and , what whs worse , ti . e government was acting in that c . try upon the su ^ cstiuiis vl Mr . Tnvclyan , wlw was inimical t . i its people .
Sir R . Inolu vindicated Mr . Trevlyan fivm the unjust attack made uion him by the List Hieiikvr . LiirdJuiix Manx ns spoke shortl . on the foreign P' -iie ; . jilli : i . ei ! to it : i ! . e -pitch . Loud John Ku » - < M . i , i : 'iiii-: i : ini > il that ifiht > Government had taken the course of riiiisiujkin-the world tor iood , there would have been « n cud ul all private enterprise , and «» erj tiling wmil-i haw be-.-n iefi to the care ot tin p . vermiKi . t . which would htive been so presump-. ous as to i . iu ! e : t ; , kr » , ^ ai . tic a task . Had ltbeenki . o . ui that ii , e .- . ngii-h pi venmu'ntwiietsa buyers n \ tu . -. i « u nuukois , : ); e prices wimicl have risen exorbitantly Shr ' . i . rim >; tiveininetit had established depotH . aiulh . d uMvl . a cd , i lar Se quantity of food
with ut . inieili-riiig wiiii the course of trude , and thouu ' i Iu ; wn > w , 11 aware that abusts and imperfections we- e i . ciilmi lo the application <> l relict . In ; f elt Batn-titil thai i ! ic principle was sound , and would be effective t ; iheealainily had not been So vi-ry <\ i . ia bive . However much the pubiie w » rk > p ' :-i . iin > : nl Kii fc ht \> t critiscd , it c . uid mil be ilenifl iliw . ^ reat benefit was conferred on Ireland bv thei-nii 1 -vnit-lit of 400 , 000 men ; and the desiiu of tm- ^ v v ' .. - meiit t « alleviate tho calamity as much as tinv v « . i , could iiaidly be questioned . But if c-iisur . ' > v a to b" iiassed tor the measures taken , let it tali . >« um govei - nineiit , and not ou their subordinate ; i-mi . < - in
Ireland , who had only obeyed the instruction * -mil to then ! . As to the charge of i , ot having c . ill .-d I ' urliaraent together in Novi-n . ber , he did not ln-lievo that such it omir .-c woultl have had much , if any practical effect in ii : cita » iii » the supply of f-. d muI as to net having ,-, ( .,. | iisc to an Order in C"imt " l , hedid iu : L il . ink Muii ihteit ' mncc with tin-fours . ' of law w ri . inr . d by the ^ inu- of liircusistjiu ..- ! . Ho then a < : veited to Mr . 1 < or buck's str : ivur « -on the Montpeiifiier marriage , and observed ti . ut tV' -m the criticisms whicli that gentleman Lad ; - »> -.-od upon the diplomatic papers , he must luive ic . ui t ! u : n in a translation t ' ri'in the French documents wliieh
gavi'iiVciy iiui-erfVct account of tlio llritisb arjiu . u . eut . Mi . ' t ( h .: «( lint , agree with Mr . Uabuck tli . it a qm-M - on ut tlii > )< i .. il was unworthy the attention of the liriush | . uii ! : c . On the rontraiy , he ir . aintiiucil that the lvt -ciit transantion wan one of . serit-ua impniUiiieu ; soid ¦ ¦¦ «> it * ns emis-ideuil hj Lord ¦ Alu-r «! i eii ai . d tlio iitte Government , lie thouuht ' tli . ii iln- c . \ i > iM : tati < iiis of tho French ( . Jovt-rnnu'iit i mm ti iu all pn > l > al > i _ ity he disappointed ; hut the i > iiu-inp > B < 'f lji-ui » _ JilV . and of Napoleon to "buin ! a \; pi \ n . acy \ n Spain iniuht Im repented again , and I tiie utiitni of Franco ana S ^ aiu , ia one i / olicj woul
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