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TEE SONS OF THE NORTH . Yes ! the day is approaching -when tyrants Trill see Tbe " Lion" come farth from Mb den—^ Then O'Connor , the friend of the people , "will be Restored to tie million * again . Aid "when be comes forth to the bohjj of th » North , May the God of jnstie * speed him ; Eien our b&naen we'll wavs for O'Connor the brs . Te , The friend of truth and freedom . O'Connor ' s a terror to tyrants of hell , VTho seek the destruction of man ; Bat a pra ' . se ud protection to such as do well , The friend of the poor working ttult ) . Asd when he comts forth to the sons of the North , M-y the God of justice speed him ; May God be his guard , and heaven his re-ward , ' . Hong angals in endless freedom . David " Wright . Aberdeen , Aneust 23 rd , 1 S 41 .
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ARTHUR O'CONNOR'S FAREWELL TO HIS COr N TRY . TET clLSs fade in distance , thy shores disnrpear , And fancy alone puinu the forms tb 3 t are cmr ; Farewell , my los : country ! farewell to thy ihcre , "Where the losg-fcxiled Arthur shall T&rcndfT no more— Farewell ! but let Desiiay frown as it will , j Oh , Erin ! remember I live for thee still . ' , ThcTigh thy laws have conJtmned rae an ontcast to ; roam , " I They treal not the links that « tiiJ bind aid to home ; They cmcot efface from my agonised mind The memory of friends that ire lingering behind ; Ifo , never : let tyranny frown as it will , [ Oh , Urin ' . remember I doat on thee still ! ; When I meet with a land -where thy . name bu not fiown , ' i I will teli of thy fame to th .- » se T ^ ions Tinkiowa ; ! And teach the wild na'ior . s to love thee lite rue , ; And r-fitr iheii prsyrra for ihj children and thee : - , : Anj , Erin . ' let Drstiny fro mi as it tri' . l , j Vtbile thy frtedom'a at Kaie I ^ ro ul d fi s ht for thes ! still : '¦
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fkiday , Aug . 27 . The Earl cf EasoL then wme to the table and read her Majesty ' s most gracious answer to the ^ r Lordships ' Address as follows : — " It gives m- > great ?\ v . ? faction to £ nd that the House of Lords is ( U-.-ply stnsilile of the importance cf these circumstauc « a to -which 1 drevr their attention -with reference to the connv . crce and revenue of the country , eipcciilly with regsjd "to tfcs lawi relating to the trade in corn , and that in de-doing on tbe course which their Lordsbi i * rzzy tliisk i : advantageous to pursue , they are a-: usUJ by a desire to promote the interests and welfare of my people . I am always desirous ef attending to the advice of my Parliament , and I -will , therefore , take into my immediate consideration the other important miUers contained in that Address . "
On tbe moaen of the Lord Ch . * * cellos , her 2 Ja-, jesty ' a answer -was ordered to be entered on the Journals . « f tie House , and to be prir . ted . The Marquis of Noexasbt moved the second read- ' ing of the D * ainace of Towns Bill , the Buildings Regu- ; lation Bill , and the Borough ImproTement BiiL Read a second time . , On the motion of the Lord CHi . > "CBH . O 2 ., the Ad- ; ministration of Justice ( Exchequer ; Bill , the County ; Courts Bill , and the BUI to enable the Csunty Courts : to take oognixance of cases cf Bankruptcy and Insol- i Tsncy , were read a first time . Earl ClascaKTT presented a petition from Gal way , on the subject of the C-jrn Laws , which produced some ; discussion , - Lord Cabbehy gave notice that on an early day he : Mhould call the attention of their Lordships to the working of the Poor Law in Ire . and . —Adjourned _ tiD Monday . - ' i
Monday , August 3 O . 'A . The Earl of SHJ » TXXSBrBT took his seat on the ; Woolsack at three o'clook . j Tbe Bishops of Wl > "CHESTEB aod several other i Peers took the oaths and their seats , after which the i House adjourned during pleasure . ; Lord Dv > 'Cj . x > 0 > presented the returns relating to j fttnigraticnto Jamaica , moved for a few evening ago by \ Lord Brougham . j The Bishop of Lo > 'do > - brought in the Incumbents" i Leases'BiiL
BESIGXATIOS 0 ? MIMSTKHS . i LordMzL 3 Oia > iE then rose amidst profound silence and sail : 31 y Lsrds , it is my duty to acquaint your I lordships that in consequence of the vote , which was ' eome to by the other House of Parliament , on Saturday j morning last and which -was precisely similar in terms j to the Tote come to by your Lordships at an earlier J period of the week ; on the part of my colleagues and myself I hare tendered to her Majesty our resignation of tbe cfases we held , which res ignation her Majesty hai been graciously pleased to accept , and we continne ' to hold those c-Ecss only until our successor ! are j appointed . i The declaration of the Xoble Viscount vru received [ with perfect sUtnce .
The Lobd CHji >' C £ LLOB said he considered it his duty to inform the House that a c'rtain >' jble Lord , after he had tnVfcTi the oaths , had been guilty of a most eurions omission . He h 3 d omitted to subscribe to the roll of Parliament , and by so doic ; had subjected himself to certain penaltif * . He proposed , therefor e , to introduce a Bill to iniemnify the Koble Lord from the cotxstqaezces of the omission , and on Monday next he siouid moTe that the standing orders be suspended , in order to enable tbe Bill lo puss forthwith . Cl 2 the motion cf Viscount Du > 'caK'S 0 S their Lordsha ^ tiei acjoexned to Monday next .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Fridat , Arc . 2 ,. JJr . S . CKxV , fobd gzre notice that , on the brivzis ; up of the report on the Address , he should muTe an additlcna ] paragraph to the effect that the state of the representation of the country be taken into immediate eonsxaerati ^ n , with a Tiew to its greater extension an . org the workin ; classes . Cb&ers ., Captain Bebkeley ^ aTe nut-cs that , on ^ b = Slit of September , Le sbtnid call the attention cf the Houseto the intSdent manning of the British nrvy , a y-ractiee which he btlieTed to be detiimental to its h on cur and charactsr . Dr . Bowk ' . 5 u mored for returns of the several taxes leTied on land in tie various states cf Europe , but : h ^ motion being opposed by > ir . D Israeli , the Bon . Member withdrew it till Monday next .
The adjourned debate was ifcsuu ; ed by Mr Mil . ne , who ixxressed a hope that it would not be a :: j longer protracted . He thought the G :-Ternnient had scts .-d most imp-ertLneEtly asa improptrly in bricgi ^ g fcrii ^ rd such a Budget as they bad ' aid before ParliameLt . insuad of connning tteBisclTcs to nieaiuteji whkh vert practicable and beneficial . ilr . Rex MS ascribed the apathy of Hen . M umbers on the other side , and their unwiiiingnef : > to iV : scuss the important question icfcrred to ia her Mrjtity ' s speech , to their anxiety to obtain tbe seals uf the p « = s > tnt GoTern-• mtnt . He belieffed that much of the e-rils of which the English farmers couipUiued -were aUiibutiblt to their not adopting the improved methods of cultivation pursued bv Scotch fsinntrs .
Mr . Wallace said it was Lis intention , if be received stifLcient suppoTt in that House , to move an address to her Majesty , praying that she would not give her sar . ctic-n it uiy Ministry which did not give a g uarantee tLat they w .. u ] " d attend better to the interests of tLe country than their predecessors . Mr . EiMCET had always advocated the caufe of the oppressed anil starriEg ej-erativfs of Etgland , acd if he saw any distinct pledge given by the Ki ^ ht Hon . . Bsrt ., the Member for Taacwyrth , that he would take tbe question of the Corn Law 3 into his consiJerat . oL , he should be induced to give him his support Unti : the Government h&d brought forward the qntslitn cf free trade there had been no intimation of a want of confidence in them , and t >~^ would intimate the quarter from which the opposition came . -. Hear , bear , and ¦ eheers-i
Mr . Wisxet thcught a great deal of tbe time of the House had t * en w&sUd in useless difciiibija , tLe real question being whether the Right Hon . B-rL was to Uke ence or not , and the sooner that was decided the better . Mr . B . Haweo pointed out the effect cf high prices in diminishing tbe article * of ordinary consumption , &s in the case of sugar . When ia 1810 tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed an addition to tbe taxea of tbe ountry , to meet the deficiency in the revenue , he was Rjpponed and encouraged by the Hon . Members opposite , but when he came down to the House with a proposition to relieve some of the most oppressive burdens of the people , be wa » met by a vote of want of confidence . He thought the decision the House was about to come to wa » one based upon delusion and misrepresentation , and would very shoiiiy be revoked by the country . The policy pursued by tbe oj- ; . ^ s : tion on &e present occasion was tbe rnostnie « i asu = ur . u-j that had ever been exhibited to the country , : ur iL-i had
postponed the consideration of these ; : ¦ po ; : a :. quLsdons which vitally aff&cted tk = b-. st ictrr « - oi J ^ eonuBunity to the gratincation cf ottu : *; iii ^ tSI ce . They re ; ii « 1 to discuss the Coin Laws , unri-r -tLe pretence thi i tzej wished to acord protettiun lo tLe agriculturist ? , while the operation of th ^ sc laws would , in
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a my short time , throw nearly a miffion of quarters of foreign wheat into the market at a nominal duty . Capt . Polhill supported the amendment . Mr . M . Johk 0 'Coxnbx . l thought the silence of the Hob . Members opposite on the great questions which excited the country , and which had been brought under their consideration in the speech from the Throne , wa 3 neither just to the couitry nor respectful U the Crown . Mr . Villiebs avowed his intention to take every opportunity in his power to discuss the question of the Corn Laws , which , whatever might be the result of the present discussion , would be ultimately repealed . Be Relieved that the principles promulgated by the present Ministry in their Budget would increase the commercial aod manufacturing prosperity of the country , and he
should resist tie opposite policy as represented by the Amendment . He regretted that that Amendment bad been brought forward , and he regretted the mode in which its discussion bad been conducted , because it appeared to him an attempt to divert public attention from the real question before them to the vulgar intereats of party . ( Cheers . ) He believed tbe success of these measuros had been impaired by the unpopularity which the declaration of tbe Noble Lord ( J . Russell ) as to the finality of the Reform Bill had brought upon the Government He hoped the Right Hon . Batonet would imitate the conduct of Mr . Huskinson , who , although his views were circumscribed by the party with whom he acted , had directed the general current of his opinions tevrards the principles of free trade .
Lord FBAjicis Egebton contended that the Right Hon . the Member for T&mworth had no right to state vrhat policy he intended to pursue , inasmuch as neither he nor any person else could say whether he would be called upon to take office . Mr . O'Coxsell claimed & right to behesxd on the ground of LLs representing an agricultural constituency . Hie election proved that the people of Ireland were in favour of an alteration in the Corn Laws . ( Cheeri ) If any country conld be benefited by the Corn Laws , it was Ireland , which was a purely agricultural country .
and yet wages were lower in Ireland than in any part of the kicgiiom . The Hon , and Learned Member then took a rtview of the policy of the present Ministry wiEh regard to Ireland , aad contended that it was owing to that policy that the tranquillity of that country had been preserved . Ho -would be glad to know what their opponents meant to do—would they by tiieir conciliatory policy appease the cry for a Repeal of the Union * He believed that , if the present Government had been allowed to pnrsue its course , the demand for the Repeal of the Union would be set at rest . i Cheers . ^
Sir Robert Peel consoled himself under Mr . O'Connell's vituperation by the redaction that he had bestowtd infinitely worse upon the ¦ ' base and bloody " "Whirs : the Honourable Gentleman had rendered his praise and blame equally valuable . Sir R-. > bert britfly d ? spatched the e * rlitr portions of ths Address , about which there was no ciifftrsnee of opinion ; regretting by the -way the omission of any allusion to the United Slaves , > ecaus g it aeemei to indicate that there was nothing satisfactory to say . He iu-d alwsys bt ^ n , and still was , friendly to tbe principles of Free Trade , and he had supported Mr . Haskisson iu 1 S 25 : he did iiut object to the recommendation in tbe speech that they should consider the application of the principle of pro-Wt : k-s , bat be objected that it was put forward as a means of solicitation in favour of three particular measures . Now his epposition to those measures was justified by facts—to the Timber-duties by the state of
Canada ; to the Socar-duties , by the remembrance of Caban slavtry and the increasing supply from our own colonies . With respect to the Cam-laws , he still adhered to the sliding-scale ; but rt served to himself the power to alter the details . Had he stated his views on those details , however , a general attempt would have been made to discredit them with the public Sir Robert coEclafced a long speech by admitting the difficulties of Ma position : but he would not add to them by a degrading submission . Upon his own opinions he would act . If , for instance , his retention of office depended upon his deferring to the High Church feelings developed in the work of an Honourable Friend of his , the day on which be gave up that power he should feel ten times happier , ten times prouder , than on the day of taking office . If lie accepted power , it should be with the free exercise of his own opinion : he should relinquish it the moment he- h * d not the confidence of the House and of the people
Lord Jons Rcssell observed , that throughout four Bights' debatu on wsnt of confidence in the Ministry , no cause had been shown for that want of confidence : if Ministers enjoyed the confidence and support of the Sovereign , those who brought forward a niution like tbe present were bouDd to give their reasons for doing so . The present Ministry conld ke charged with no failure in any leading point of their policy ; abroad that policy waa successful ; in Canada rebellion had been suppressed ; at home the people were quiet and loyal . With respect to the Appropriation clause , they had acted for the best in regard " to Ireland herself ; and Mr . O'Connell had said that the people of that country
were not so aaxiouj about it as they had been . He feared that Sir Robert would be obliged to surrender Ireland into the hands of an exasperated minority . Those of great political purity , who cemsured Ministers for not gc : ng far enough , might be asked how they coald act agaioat their conscientious convictions ? He was not bo blind as not to know that they had not conciliated their more ardent supporters of the Conservatives ; but he would cling to his honest opinions , and say , " welcome the consequences . " Lord John defended the fixed Corn duty ; and complained of the misrepresentations with which Ministers had been assailed respecting the Poor Law and the Chnrch . The House then divided ; when the numbers
were—F-jI the Ministerial Address 269 Fur the Amendment 300 Majority against Ministers ... 91 Saturday , August 28 . Tbe Spsj-Xes took the Chair to-day at twelre o'dock . Mr . Stuart Wortlet brought up the Report on the Addre ?? , which having been read . Mr . " T . S . DujiCombe said he wished to know from the High : Hon . Baronet opposite whether it was intended to be admitted that distress exi .-ted in the country . There had certainly been speeches made by Hon . Gentlemen in thtir private capacity , in
which the distress waa admitted . In the original address i ; was stated they deeply sympathized with her Majesty in the distresses of the people and rcca # - n z =-. 1 in her expressions an additional protf of her Majesty ' s tender regard for the vrcl-are of her sub j ^ -cts . Now this was omitted in the Amendment , Ho " wished to know wheiher the omission was inter .-tionai ? I : appeared to him that the p-ira ^ raph in the Amendment was not worded so respectfully to ihe Crown , nor eo as to convey to the people that tae House did reaily sympatlrz ? w ; : h their distresses . If the distress were admitted , he though :
they should take tbe paragraph in the or . t ; iiKn Address proposed by her Majesty ' s Ministers , tie hoped the Ri ^ ht Hon . Baronet would have no objec lion lo do that—stating that that House joined with her Majesty in her expression of deep regret for the distresses of the people . If not , ht ( . Mr . D . ) ivouiu cove the original paragraph be in ^ eritd . Sir B . Peel said he wouivi scat- ? , as an individual M-ember of She House , in which capacity alone ha acted , what waa the position in which the case stoo < - ] In the first place he would say that there was no deliberate intention of evading the words of the Address . Of course the terms of the A < -dre ^ as a-
moved by her Majesty s UoverMnenr , were i . ji known at che ;; me the Amendmu . t was put , therefore t ' rere could hare been no intention v < depxr : from it . With regard to the respect which -. vas paid to her Majesty , he must < -ay thai , wh : k- the original Address was quite respectful , he could not admi : that the amendment fell ? horc of respect , becau-e the Address stated that the House shared with her Majesty in her expression of sympathy , and the amendment stated that m these expressions the House recognised an additional proof of her M 3 jejty ' s tender reg ^ u-d for her subjects . ( Hear . ) Then again , with respect to the adnii-skn vhai dis tress existed , in tbe amendment to him it appeared to be admitted in the fullest manner—it -was stated
m her Majesty ' s Speech , and it was , as a matter of couise , assumed in the amendment . He for one admitted that there were classes in this country suffering great distress and privation , fur which he was sorry ; but itappeared tohim , £ r . » r , that the amendnuxt fully admitted that distress ; and , secondly , iir . it the amendment was even more respectful to the Crown than the address . lie trusted that he ha i satisfied the scruples ol the Hon . Member . Mr . I . S . IJc . NCOiiBE undercrandiDg tLat the cis tres « existing in the country was i ' uDv admitted , aLd that the words of the amendment did not seek vo e \ ade it , and that it was intended to be- perfectlv respectful to the Crown , would withdraw his oppo-< = ii ! ' > n .
The remaining p&ragradu was then agreed to . Mr . S . Crawfobd then rose to move , as an addition to the Addre ?? , " That we farther respectfully represent to your Majesty , that , in c nr opinion , tbe distress which your Majesty deplores is mainly attributable to the circumstance of jour -whole people sot being fully and fairly represented in this House ; and that we feel it -will be our dnty to consider the means of so extending and regulating the Suffrage , and of adopting such improvements in the system oi voting , as will confer on the working classes that just weight in the Representative bod y which ia necessary to secure & due eoDsideratipn of their interests , and which their present patient enduranoe
of suffering gives them the stroDgeet title to claim . ' He wonid have been much pleaeed had tha ' . most important subject been taken np by pome person of greater ability and higher standing . But he stood iu a pecnliar position with respect to the constituency of Rochdale . He was selected by the constituency is a most singular maEcer , without , solicitation , and entirely in coBKqueDce cf the principles oi ' public policy which he entertained , and hetrustsd il : e House would not think it vrorg in him to take every opportunity that presented u-.-eiifor proniorii'i : tiicie principles . He 6 tood there as an independent Member , attacked to no party but that of the people , Ks saw with deep regret that her Majesty ' s Speech
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did not aJlude ia any w » y t # those amendment * of our elective Bystem , which Trere absolutely necessary for improving the condition of the people ; and he thought it was the duty of an independent man not to allow the Address to pass without attempting at leaBt to get an expression of the feeling of the Honse in favour of those measures . He wsuld ask , whether it could be said that there was a fair representation of the people either of England , Ireland , and Scotland under the present law ! By returns which had been laid npon the table of the House , it appeared that the franchise in England was enjoyed by one oat of 18 £ of the male population , or one in four of the heads of families , in Scotland one in thirty , and in Ireland one in sixty . Wa ^ that a fair representation of the people ! Such a system led to class legislation and gross monopolies ,
of which the Corn-law , so much complained of , was novr the most oppressire instance . If the people had been represented in that House , such a monopoly , so grinding to the poor , never could have been put upon the statute book j and let the people now be represented , and the question would not be whether there should be a low fixed duty orja sliding scale , but whether it -waB juFt that such a monopoly shwld exist at all . If there had not been unfair representation in that House , how was it possible that the peopla of England could be reduced to such a state of misery and privation as that under which they were now suffering ? With respect to the suffrage his opinions might go much further than many Hou . Gentlemen present . But ho did not wish to pledge the HoHse to his peculiar opinions . All he wanted was to obtain from the House a manifestation that
they would take into consideration that question and relieve the people . The House ought al .-o to go further and afford some means of protection to the voter against bribery , corruption , intimidation , and undue inSueEce , and that could only be done by the Ballot . It was said that it was dangerous to ^ ive the Suffrage to the working classes , but he denied that proposition . They had as great an interest ia the prosperity of the country as any other class , and they could not expect employment if the country was not tranquil and prosperous , ft was stid that they were liable to corruption , but they would not be so > f there was not a higher class to corrupt them . ( Hear , hear . ) It was said , further , that they would be , if th « franchise was conferred on them , liablo to undue influence ,
but that also he begged leave to deny . He would be glad to know in what other class Hon . Members could show so much devotion to public liberty as among the ranks of the working men ? He contended that the British Constitution was founded on the principle of the whole people being represented , and that was shown by there bcingauother House tortpresest the feelings aud wishes of the aristocracy . The House of Commons ought to be the representative of the feelings and wishc ? of the # r < at mass of the indu-trious classes which at present it was not . . Hn called en Hoa . Gentlemen opposite to support h . s motion . Let them provo by that that they took a :: interest in tho welfare of the great body of the people , and he called on the Hoa . Gentlemen opposite , who were to form pjrt of tho new Administration ,
to estabhsn some degree of popularity with tbe country by not opposing his motion . The party ou his ( Mr . S . Crawford's ) * ide of the House , iu ceasing to advocate the popular rights in the inauner in which they formerly did , had laid themselves opeu to unpopularity . The great power which the party opposite had received in this country was not attributable to the people ' s being favourable to the principles of that party , but that they had become disgusted "sr . th the conduct of those to whom they entrnsted the advocacy and protection of their rights . It was unfortunately but too true that the prx-seii Administration ha > l retused their support on ma : ; y occasions to several imp 5 rtant and salutary measured which had been proposed for their consideration . Ho conceived that if Ministers would rely upon the
power of ihe people , their strength could not be impaired . He conld not refrain from pointing out , on the present occasion , one of the greatest errors which her Majesty's Government had committedan error which was the source of all the evils which had since arises in the career of Minuter * , aud that was the abandonment of the Iri ; h Appropriation Clause . With regard to the working classes , their sufferings were great , and they look for relief from those sufferings to the removal of those restrictions whifh fettered commerce , but they looked for relief with still more anxiety to the extension of the franchise . To the party opposite he would gay , that if they were the trienus of tho people ho gave them now an opportunity of proving it . — ( . Cheers and laughter from tho Opposition benches . ) The Hon . Member concluded by moving the
amendment . General Johnso . y , in seconding the amendment said , that it had bee-n impossible for him to vote for the original Address because that would have implied an approval of all the ineisuros of the Administration ; and he considered that they had been guilty of a wasteful expenditure of the public money , andef an unjust and impoliticiaterferenoe with tho internal affairs of the foreign powers . He had not on the other hand been afele to vote for tho amendment of the Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire , for that would have implied confidence on the other
side . And ou lor . king back to years post , and recollecting iho misconduct of former Tory Governments , he could not say that he could repose any coufidenca whatever iu then . There was nothing in the speech of the Right Hon . Baronet last ni ^ bi but flowing words . Ic was true he had a majority in that House ana in the House of Lords ; but there was one thing wanting , he had not the voice of the people her their good will , and he must alter his conduct before he could obtain it . He would give his cordial support to the present Amendment , because he believed that it pointed out the real causes of the distresses of the people .
Mr . Ward was convinced of the truth of all those principles on which the Hon . Member rested his motion , and he must trespass on the indulgence of the House while he stated his reasons why , on the present occasion , he must decline giving that motion his support . ( Cheers . ) Tho Hon . Member had said that in this question they had nothing to do witb the conveniences or practices ot" Parliament . Now , in his ( Mr . Ward ' f ) opinion , the more important a question was , they more cautious ought they to be in the manner of their discussing it . Hs regarded it ajan iuoult to tho popular interests iD that Houte to bring forward a question of thai nature , when there was in fact no Ministry . ( Loud cheers . ) For the Ministry which had sat on that side of the
House last night is now defunct , and the Members of : he coming Ministry wire not yet fixed upon . ( Hear , hr-ar ) Was that a time-for such a motion as this to be dashed upon the waters without the slightest caution—without the Slightest consideration on which no five men iu the house had been consulted , and with regard to which no teu men were agreed as to what was to br ; d ^ ne in the event of its being carried ? ( Hear , hear . ) He denied that this motion was a test of popular principles ; and , although he would not record his vote agaiust the motionin the principles in which he concurred—yet he should r . ot record his vote in its favour when brought forward iu the questionable manuur in wnich it wa = i brought forward . He would say -that the Right Hon . Uaronet opposite was entitled to afjir consideration of those measures which he intended to bring forward , aud of which he h ^ d las t
ni ^ ht , in his usual manly manner , assumed to himself the entire responsibility . ( Cheers . ) He regarded the R'ght Hon . Baronet as the representative of the majority of the constituency of the country , aud , therefore , he was entitled to a respectful cor . sideration of his measures . He ( Mr . Ward ) had no confidence in I ; : m ; he did not think iiis measi ' . rcs would be good ; but they tvero entitled to his respeeLfui consideration , aud that most cerlaiiily they should have . ( . Loud cheers . ) He thought it but fair to give the Rijiht Hon . Bart , time to consider his measures before he assumed the reins of Government . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought the present lioie ? o unfavourable for bringing forward the motion , that ., aknouth he should not . vote against it , he coi ' . i J not vote for it , but if it were pressed to a division he should feel it his duty to withdraw before the question was put . ( Loud cheer ? . )
Mr . Roebuck entirely concurred in what had fallen from tbe Hod . Member for Sheffield . Few could doubt his ( Mr . Roebuck ' s ) sentiments on the subjects alluded to in the motion ; but ho thought ihe present moment , when there was no responsible Government to deal with those questions , so ill-timed for bringing forward such a motion a 3 the present , that he should most certainly not rote on the question . The Rij ; ht Hon . Boronet opposite undoubtedly represented the majority of the House—( Hear , hear ) —and considering the position in which he was placed by the majority of last night , he thought it but respectful to the majority of the constituency to afford that Right Hon . Baronet a fair opportunity of bringing forward Iiis measures . He
belie ? ed that those measures would disappoint the expectations of the people , but still he felt it his duly to wait uniil the Right Hon . Baronet could be fairly installed in office , and then to give him a fair trial . ( Loud cheers . ) Questions of such magnitude as the present ought not to be brought forward at a time when there was no responsible Ministry in office . ( Loud cheers . ) If it were pressed to a division he would at once retire . He was not afraid of auy consequences to himself . His opinion on all those subjects were well known ; but he thought tho bringing forward inch a motion at such a time waa a want of respect to the country , and therefore he should put on his hat and leave the Housa at onee . ( Hear . )
Mr . Wallace thought the time at which th » motion waa introduced was very appropriate—( on this announcement , Mr . Roebnck , Mr . Ward , Mr . HaweF , and . several other liberal Member ? , walked down the floor , and were met by tremenrions cheers from the Conservative benches , which Mr . Wallace accoMpanied by waving his hat in the direction of the door , accompanied by some expression , which , if we C 3 ughi it rightly , was— " Wo can maintain oar principles perfectly weli without the Leadership of the Hon . Member ^)—and he would avail himselt of that rpportu'iity to give it his most cordial support . He htiow of no Parliamentary rule against making it in the absence of Ministers , or in tne present of their
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BHCcesaors , but if the Speaker informed him there JJf ; ha would at onco bow to the < d « oision of tho Chair . He thought the amendment was a jadictous and timely one .- ( Hear , hear . ) But if they thought that in consequence of the scene which took plaoe , a division would ensue in the Radical raaks , they were much mistaken . No person had » higher opinion of the Hon . Members who had juBt left the House than he ( Mr . Wallace ) had , but he felt they were m error when they considered it ought not to be wtroduoed . His opinions were as well known as those of any of those Hon . Members , and ha defied any man to say that he ever kept back his voice when he had an opportunity . He hoped the present debate would reach her Majestyand that she wouldat
, , any rate , know that there were some of her Commons w " their hearty support to that motion . llr . T . S . DUNCUMBE waa not surprised that Hoa . Gentlemen thought this to be an unprofitable debate . ( Tory cheers . ) He said an unprofitable debate , because not much of hope or comfort , or consolation , was contained in it for the working classes of the country . ( Hear , hoar . ) Tho whole scene that had occurred was worthy of the Housen ? nly 1 T ^ occurred then , but what oocurred for the last iour sights , and er < sn Shis long time past . He considered the Hon . Gentleman had a right to pioposs
any measure ho thought fit at any time he pleased , and especially upon an Addresa to the Crown . He ( Mr . D . ) was but discharging his conscientious duty ; and when Hon . Gentlemen said he had no right to propose his amendment without consalting them , they quitted the House , and left them in tne hands of their enemies . He ( Mr . D . ) liked to see open and manly enemies , and not professing friends . ( Ch « ors and laughter . ) He himself , voted for it , because it was consistent with his former actions . In the year 1839 he proposed a siajiiar amendment upon an address to tha Crown , and he could not but give his vote for the amendment on tho
present occasion . Twenty-six persons voted for the amendment . It was totally impossible that the present state of the representation could continue . He knew tho Right Hon . liaroiii-t considered tho Reform Bill a final settlement , but he would find no contentment until the basis of the representation was extended . He presented last Session a petition signed by 1 , 400 , 000 persons , ami such a manifestation was well-worthy of deep consideration . ( Hear . ) It was a matter of perfect indifference whether two , 20 , or 200 persons voted for the amendment , but he hoped it would be persevered in . He would give it his most cordial support . Dr . BowniNG , amidst loud cries of ' Oh , oh , " said he would support the motion of his Haii . Friend , and he would try , in the midst of the dejection caused by that morning's division , to infuse iu . o it ono drop of aweetnesd . The Hon . Gentleman sat down amidst the laughter and confusion that ensued .
Mr . Williams would support the amendment of tho Hon . Member for Rochdale . What did the amendment propose \ Her Mnjvsty in her speech states that there was distress in iho country , and that proof had been furnished during the course of tho debato that the distress existed to an extent unknown before . What did the Hon . Member state by his amendment ] Why , that the people were not represented in that House , and that that was tho oanse of their distresses . Tko Hon . Member for
Kochuale wished to communicate the fact to her Majesty ; and such being his object , was he to be told that because they had no respouaiblo Minister , they were not to make such a representation 1 Since he had sat in that House he had not been a party man—( Oh , oh . )—and whatever support he had given to Ministers was not to the men , but to their measures . He would give his moat cordial support to every measure that should be brought forward by tho Right Hon . Baronet opposite , if ha thought these measures calculated to benefit the country . —( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Prothkrok thought that the present was a mo :-t inappropriate time to bring forward so important a subject . ? They had at the present time no responsible Government , aad he should therefore follow the examplo of iha Hon . Member for Sheffield , au J decline voting at all upon tho subject . Mr . Turner , although he thought the constiluenoy ought to be enlarged , especially in tho counties , still , tinder tho circumstances of the present time , he could not consistently vote for tho amendment of the Hod . Member for Rochdale . Colonel Rawdoh rose , amidst loud cries of " Oh , oh , " aud " Divide . " He coultl not agree with tho Hon . Member for Sheffield , that this was an improper time for considering the motion of tho Hon . Member . The first act of a new Government would be to ask for supplies . Ti . en , before granting money , they ought to discuss and remedy , at least they ought to make the grievances of the people known .
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw , and the House divided , when there appeared—For the amendment 3 d Against it 283 Majority —244 On our return to the gallery we found Sir R . Pkel on his legs , stating that least any disrespect might be supposed te arise from the present voto , ho should move , acoording to the usual precedents , that her Majesty ' s Speech be taken into consideration on Monday next . —Agreed to . The Hou 3 e then adjourned . Monday , A ugust 30 th . The Speaker having taken the Chair a few minutes bbforo four o'clock , Sir S . Canning took the oaths and his seat
Mr . S . Crawford presented a petition from 132 working people of the vicinity of Newcaatle-upon . Tyne , which stated , " That the Petitioners heard with joy the declaration of Lori John Russell , that it was her Most Gracious Majesty's intention to dissolve her Parliament and appeal to . the people ; that your Petitioners accordingly proceeded to the place of election , but were told they were no part of the people , and had no right to take p 3 rt In the election ; that her Majesty's intention was thus rendered of no effect Petitieneis pray—That you will address the Queen to send you all back
again to the people ; having first enacted that » 11 hor Majesty ' s adult male population of twenty-one years and upwards should he allowed to vote . Petitioners further state , if such a law had existed previous to the lute election , instead of a few only of the late Parliament , of blessed memory , being displaced , the servicea of nearly the -whole would have been dispeuied with . Mr . T . ' Dukcombe presented petitions from Leeds , Nottingham , and Durham , prajing the House to commit political suicide by addressing her Majesty to dissolve the present Parliament after having passed an Universal Suffrage Bill .
Mr . YiLUEits presented a petition from 180 inhabitants of Montreal , in Upper Canada , stating tbat they approved of the proposed changes in the tariff of duties on provisions imported into the West Indies . The petitioners further prayed that that Her . se -would be further pleased to repeal the duties upou beef , pork , butter , wheat , flour , and other articles , the produce of Canada , and allow them to be imported into British porti tree ol duty . Mr . Valentine Blake presented a petition , praying that all Members of Parliament might be exempted from tbe necessity of taking the oath of supremacy , in as full and ample a manner as persons professing tho Koniau C . ttholic religion are exerupted . The SfiUKER having observed that the petition was signed by tbe Hon . Member himself ,
Sir Yale . ntink Blake said ho had already stated that the petition was signed by an Hon . Member of the House . ( Great laughter . ) Mr . Goulbouun objected to the petition being accepted . The Speaker having declared that the petition could not formally be presanted by the Hon . Member himself , The petition was withdrawn amidst the loud laughter of the Housa Mr . Wallace gave notice that he should n 4 pve for a Select Committee to inquire into the management of the Post-office department , with a view to promoting greater economy and efficiency ; also that he should early next Session move for a Bill for abolishing the office of Postmaster-General , and placing the duties of that department in the hands of Commissioners ; also that he would call the attention of the House to the
evidence in , the report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Supreme Court of Scotland , and to the' propriety of reducing the number of the Judges of the Courts of Session , from thirteen to nine .
ANSWER TO TUB ADDRESS . Lord M . Hill appeared at the Bar , and said that her Majesty had been waited upon pursuant to the resolution of that Hon . House , and ha waa desired by her Majesty to read to tho House tho following most gracicus answer to the Address of her faithful Commons : — " It is the greatest satisfaction to mo to find that the House of Common ^ are deeply sensible of the importance of those considerations to which I directed their attention in reference to th 8 commerce and revenue of the country , and the laws which regulate the trade in corn , and that in deciding on the course which it may be desirable to purBue , it will be their earnest desire to consult the welfare of all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects . Evor anxious to listen to the advice of my Parliament , I will take immediate measures for tbe formation of a new Administration . "
KKS 1 GNATI 0 K OF MIMSTBRJ . At a few miuutei past firo o'clock , Lord John Russell rose to address tha Honae , which was then extremely crowded , and the most profound silence instantly prevailed . Tho Noble Lord , -who appeared much affected , and who was at Umea quite inaudible in the gallery , laid—I have now . Sir , to state to the House that after the division of Friday eight her Majesty ' s Ministers thought It their duty at once to advise the answer which has just been communicated to the House , and humbly to tender their resignations to her Majesty , to enable her Majestj to form u new Administration . H < sr Majesty was graciously pleased to accept their resignation ; and we , . therefore , now only hold office until other Ministers Bhall be appointed to the offices which we respectively hold . Perhaps the House will allow me ou this occasion , and before I make the motion with which I intend to conclude , to state some considerations . In s . tying which -I shall as much as possible avoid matters of con-
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troversy and debate—to state the impressions I entertain with respect to late evanta . It was our doty * as we beltered , to propose the measures ¦ which were propssed iu tbe late Parliament In reference to the trade aad commerce of the country , and Which we thought essential to ite interests . Upon being defeated with regard to one of these measures we advised her Majesty as soon as the business of the Session had terminated to resort to a dissolution of Parliament That dissolution having taken plaoe , and the now Parliament being assembled ou the earliest possible opportunity we have advised her Majesty to submit to them the consideration of measures of the same nature , and to ask for the opinion of Parliament in reference to these measures . It has pleased the House of Commons , by a large
majority , to address her Majesty , stating th 3 t her Ministers did not enjoy the confidence of Parliament and the country . This decision left us no other part to perform than that of resigning our offices . I will not use any arguments to shew why we think we were justified in prolonging the struggle until the present day ; but I say that it was our conviction tbat our duty to the Sovereign whose confidence we enjoyed—that our persuasion of the necessity of the measure wbioh -we adviBsd , and our notions of tho interests of the people of this country rendered it incumbent on us to continue that struggle to the present moment I have , on former occasions , justified the course which ve pursued on those particular occasions , and in future debates I shall be ready to justify them agaiu . But 1
am now omy stating the cuuviction -which -we entertain . Sir , it has been our fate now to hold power for a considerable Dumber of years , but I wiil only say that as long as we could use the power , as we believed , for the benefit of the country , that it waa without reluctance -we continued in office ; but this I will say that I do not think the possession of power in this country can be accompanied with satisfaction , unless there are means of carrying into effect the measures whkh Ministers fe « l essential to the welfare of the country . I do not allude now to particular measures of less or minor Importance , but to measures of greater and transcendent moment With regard to such measures , we began , in the commencement of Lord Greys Ail ministration , with the
Reform Act—we ltd ia proposing measures for the freedom of commerce . With large and important measures wo commenced—with , largo and important measures we end . In the pursuance of great objects we triumphed—in the pursuance of great objects we were defeated . ( Loud cries of " Hear , hear , hear . ") Another matter I may allude to , which relates both to Lord Jersey and Lord Melbourne , as first Minister of the Crown . Lord Groy , at the time of the Reform Act , and in the first year ot that measure enjoyed , together with his colleagues , great and almost universal popularity . Lord Melbourne , a 3 being the first Minister of William IV ., became , at tlo accession of the present Queen , tht » adviser of a P . incess who came to ths Throne at the earliest peiiud at which , by law , it was
allowably to exercise the povvt-r of sovereignty ; and therefore it b ^ came las duty to offer that advice , and give that information , which a Quetn , without experience , could not to be supposed to have , and which was received with the confidence and reliance which her Majesty tvo 3 pleased to repose in her Ministers . Now , I will ventura to say that neither of these principles , neither the grea : powers of popularity which wore enjoyed by the Ministry of Earl Groy , not the trust aad favour of the Sovereign enjoyed by the other , owing to the circumstances in which Lord Melbourne was placed , would enable any Minister to conduct the affairs of the country withouE the confidence of tfcis House ; and while ? fault had been found with them for proposing
measures which -were not for the advantage of the country , thoy both : had sbown great forbearance and a great desire to preserve untouched and unimpaired that Constitution of the country , and the prerogatives of tho Crown . Having said this much witk regard to the Ministers under whom I had the honour to serve , and I may add with pride and gratification , I hi ay then perhaps be allowed to add a few words with regard tJ the person who now addresses you . ( Hear . ) I wiJl not pretend t » say that there will not be other persons , holding different opinions , who will bring to the administration of public affairs a larger capacity nnd more competent intelligence of these subjects . All I venture to say is , that while placed in tha situation which I had the honour to hold that no consiciurations
of a private nature—no wish f- > r personal advantage has diverted my attention from my public duties , and I have endeavoured to give every moment I could spare to their discharge . ( Cheers . ) With respect to the measures -which I have proposed , and tho measures which I carried into effect , all I wish to observe is , that I have endeavoured , to tbe best of my power and ability , to exercise that power fur the promotion of tbe best interests ot tho country , and of the Sovereign whom I bad tho honour to serve . This House has decided at the very commencement of the Session that it will take measures for directing the attention of the Government to the measures alluded to in her Majesty ' s Speech , I can only say , that although that decision may call ULon us to give our opposition to measures to which
we cannot give eur approval ; I am sure that in all tbe future consultations of the House , I shall be ever ready to give that advice to the House which will promote its object , and tend to secure to it the affections of the people of the United Kingdom , and will conduce to the welfare aud prosperity of the great empire which this House is said to represent . ( Cheers , f I can assure the Heuse that I shall follow that course , and in whatever circumstances I am placed I shall express to it my conscientious conviction ; and whether they be the acts ef the Minister of tha day , or of those who are opposed to them , I shall be always ready to give such au opinion as I think may tend to the
permanent improvement of our institutions . Never , as I expressed on another occasion—never defending abuses as if they were institutions , and on the other baud never ready te sacrifice institutions as if they were abuses . I have only further to say , with regard to those in this House with whom I have conducted public affairs for many years , whether they have been my supporters or my opponents , I wish personally to express a hope that in all our future relations there may be no peisonal bitterness—( cheers)—and if our resignation tends to tho future welfare and prosperity of the country , I shall always look buck with satisfaction to this day in which tbat event has occurred . I now , Sir , move that the House at its rising do adjourn to Monday next
The Noble Lord resumed his seat anidst loud cheering . Lord Stanlet then rose and said—Sir , after tha announcement that has just been made , and after t ! iy allusions that have been made by the Noble Lord t *> the by-gone transactions , which have involved and ultimately led to the resignation of her Majesty ' s Ministers , I should do injustice to the feelings of the House , and to those who sat on that side of it especially , if did not state that we feel a cordial participation in the sentiments of the Noble Lord . Whatever may have been our political differences , no sentiment of personal preference can have been engendered in any person ' s mind . It was my gooi fortune for sometime to cct with the Noble Lord , and it has been my misfortune .
for Bonw time , conscientiously to differ from the course which tho Noble Lord has thought proper , to pursue , but as I claim for myself and every Gentleman who felt it to be his duty to oppose him conscientiously , so I give him credit for having been influenced by no considerations but the sensoofduty—( hear )—which to a man of his high honour must be paramount to every other . ( Hear , hear . ) The Noble Lord , in tbe discharge of his high duties , was distinguished for his zeal , perseverance , and talent , whether in the discharge of the duties of his own department , or in the management of the particular business of the House . ( Loud Cheers . ) Sir , I will not go back to make any observations on the statement made by the Noble Lord of the course pursued by Parliament , further than to
say that the Nobie Lord has fallen into several inaccuracies , and he must permit me to say , that -with respect to resiguing office , that having in the course of lost session received no very equivocal demonstration that her Majesty ' s Ministers , as a whole , did not possess ths confidence of the House , which the Noble Lord considered bo necessary to carry on the Government , the Noble Lord and hia colleagues propounded certain measures which I will not now enter into , but in which they were defeated , and it \ rv » not until that time that the Noble Lord considered that he hod only two alternatives to pursue—one was to resign , and the other to appeal to the country . The Noble Lord chose the latter alternative , and 1 believe that ho one will deny that it was competent tor the Noble Lord to
resort to either of those alternatlvee . The Noble Lord resorted to the appeal to the people , and that appeal had proved unsuccessful to him . The Noble Lord said that , upon the first day of the session , he had thought it his duty to submit great measures to the House for ita decision , but they had been objected to by the House . 2 iow , I must take the liberty of saying , teat that la not exactly accurate , because by no possible acquiescence could the House assent to the measures which the Noble Lord proposed , nor by refusing to assent to the Address , did the House in any manner determine upon the principle under discussion , if I wanted any illustration of this I need only poiut out tbat whereas one sentence of the Address contained expressions relative to particular parts of tbe Budget that Address was
disapproved of by Honourable Members who agreed in the proposal * of the Government , whil « it was supported by other Members who did not agree in those propsala and who were n * t ready to adopt their recommendations . The Address was supported by some Hon . Membete , who , Uke the Noble Lord , the Member for Lincolnshire , were altogether opposed to the measures of the Government , but who asserted that they did not in any manner , by assenting to the Address , pledge themselves to the recommendation it contained . Tbe feelings of the House mi tbu , that in tbe circumitances in which we were placed , the considerations to which the Crown invited oar attention were
considerations of too great importance to bacoma the subject of incidental deliberation ia tbe House of Commons , which after all could not come to any decision upon the matter , and which did not wish to enter into the disoussion in the absonce of a Government possessing the confidence of the House and tho country . ( Hear , hear . ) It was for these reasons that I had been induced to refuse to absent to the recommendations that have been made , and to assert that this House Lad not that confidence in her Majesty ' s present advisers which could justify them in proposing measures of great importance to the consideration of Parliament . Sir , I wnnot iut take
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this opportunity of expressing my regret that ths Speech was so framed as to b « liable to a misconstraotion to which , I am sure , the Noble Lord , of all men , would least desire tbat it should be subject * ( Hear , hear . ) I cannot bat feel that the advice of the gentleman to consider great questions in Parliament , coupled with the words in which the Speech was couched , was calculated to lead on the public mind to an impression perfectly arroneoua and perfectly unconstitutional , had it been correct that these recommendations were the recommendations of the Crown , and not the recommendations of the Ministers , the constitutional advisers of the Crown . Sir , I do not wish , as I said before , to revive any topics of irritating discussion upon the occasion . I am satisfied
that the Noble L&rd having found it his duty to yield to the decision of the House and ot the country , and having paid that homage to constitutional principle which I trust every Minister of this country will always be ready to pay to those principles by resigning office when be fisds be bo longer possesses the power to carry hia measures with credit to himself or satisfaction to the country . I am satisfied that from that moment every feeling of excitement between tbe Noble Lord and Hon . Gentlemen on this side , if any such had ever existed , will cease—( hear , bear )—aad I am confident that towards him , personally , no other feelicgs axe entertained , but those of respect fur Ma character and admiration of his talents . ( Loud cheers from both sides of the Houaa ) And I give the Noble Lord at the head of the Government , who has had for some time the
delicate and important duty of advising as—the Noble Lord has said a . youngand dutiful Sovereign—I give Mat and his colleagues full credit for having , in the course of their Administration , adopted those measures only which they believed would be for the welfare of the country . I give them credit also , that they have ceased to hold office with a determination not to attempt to disturb those who may be called upon to undertake the business of the country , by any factious epposition , \ bat that while they steadily maintain in Parliament those views in political matters which they conscientiously entertain , the Noble Lord and his colleagues , ia whatever hands power may be placed , will behold with equal satisfaction the progress of measures which may retloand to the welfare and prosperity of the people .
Lord J . Russell—I can only say at present tbat I atu sorry that a misconstruction should exist as that which has been alluded to . I am quite ready to say tbat the Speech from the Throne was mnie by the Ministers , and they alone are responsible for it . Mr . S . Wortlet bogged to engage the attention of the House for a few moments on something said by the Nobie Lord opposite , and under circumstances which he thought would form a justification for him while he trespassed on their indulgence for a few moments . He had no opportunity of doing so before—the House haTing been engaged in an important discussion , which lasted four nights , and only terminated at three o ' clock on Saturday morning , when they were in expectation of the important division tbat took place , Tha No We Lord
bad cast certain imputations on him , which his respect for the House prevented him from calling for an explanation of . ~ On Saturday the Noble Lord was not in his place , and tha present was tbe only opportunity he had of calling on the Noble Lord to perform that duty . — The Noble Lord had in the first place misrepresented certain statements of hia with respect to the Cora Laws ; but into that question he would not at present enter , believing that he would have other opportunities Of so doing . But the Noble Lord had also accused him of having gone down to his constituents and raised tha Poor Law cry . The Noble Lord could know aothimj personally of the facts of tLo case . In the year 1837 , when he was engaged in a similar contest , proposals were made to him by certain parties to make the Poor
Law a party cry . It was stated that if he did so he would have a great accession of supporters . With that ! suggestion he refused to comply , as there were many parts of the BUI of which he decidedly approved ; and in consequence of that refusal he bad four hundred votes less than the Hon . Member for Preston . ( Hear . ) He maintained that the Noble Lord had no right to accuse him of having raised the cry of the Poor Laws , in order to turn out Lord Morpeth . Other , parties on the opposite side had net been innocent of raising similar cries . We had seen the cry raised about the "big" the "little" loaf , and of " cheap bread , " and he bad been represented by these parties as the only obstacle to the starving artizans' obtaining id . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Roebuck rose to order . He wished to ask if the Hon . Gentleman was sp « aking to the question . The Speaker said the question was , " that the answer to the Lords Commissioners' Address be taken into consideration on Monday next" ( Hear , hear . ; Mr . Wobtlbt was about to proceed when Mr . Roebuck again rose to order , and said , in proof of the Hon . Member being out of order , that it was disorderly to refer to the proceeding debate . ( Hear . ) The Speaker said that the statement of tbe Hon . Member for Bath ( Mr . Roebuck ) was correct , bat tbat it was always usual for the Houje to grant the indulgence desired by the Hon . Member . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Roebuck said he did complain that the Hon . Member , while defending himself , should make attacks upon others . " ( Hear . Mr- Wortlet said be had not intended to make any attack on tha Hon . Member for Bath . Mr . Roebuck—" Oh . no ! not on me . "
Mr . Wortlet proceeded—It was only yesterday to bod seen , a placard of an organ on the opposite side , announcing that " the Queen must consider herself a state prisoner . " ( Hear , and laughter . ) He really thought that a party whose organs were guilty of circulating such random assertions and rumours should be restrained from Tenting their spleen against their political adversaries . [ Lord 4 . Russell briefly replied . Sit Valemine Blake , in postponing the motion of which he had given notice for leave to bring in a Bill to exempt all Members of Parliament from the necessity
of taking the Oath of Supremacy as a qualification te sit and vote in Parliament , In as full and as ample a manner as persons professing the Roman Catholic religion are exempted ; said that although he postponed that motion for the present , yet he thought he might congratulate the House on the prospect tbat some such measure would soon become the law of the land . He placed the utmost confidence in the manly declarations of the Right Hon . Member for Tamworth , but he feared that those with whom he was associated would prevent the Right Hon . Baronet from carrying his good intentions into effec t .
Mr . Brotuertox and Dr . Bowrinq , under existing circumstances , postponed the motions of which they had given notice . On the motion of Mr . J . Wood , the following gentlemen Were nominated as the Committee on public petitions : —Mr . George William Wood , Sir Edward Knatchbull , Sir Robert Harry Inglis , Mr . Greene , Mr Edward Buller , Mr . Brotherton , Mr . Owen Stanley , Mr . Pusey Piisey , Mr . C . W . G . Howard , Mr . Villiers Stuart , Captain Jones , Lord Viscount Duncan , Sir Chas . Douglaa , Lord Fitzalan , and Mr . Buckley . The House then adjourned .
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TO THS ZD 1 T 0 K OF TRE SOETHEE-t STAB . Sia , —Some yesrs Fines the following lires appeared in th ° Salional Tribune , a real Radical paper published in Dublin . Yea c . -n , if you think them -worthy of it , give them a local habitation in tbe "bright orb of which you are the conductor . I am , Sir , Yours , it , DiSIEl CASSEDT .
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Reward * p Apostact . —Speaking of Lord Campbell , the Dublin Monitor says— " This learned and lucky individual sailed on Thursday for England ; having sat in the Chancery Court during the protracted period of twenty hours , extending over tha infinite space of three days ! fer which labour and immense exertion this poor country is doomed to pay him £ 4 , 000 per annum during the period of his natural life ! " Lucky John ! Ma . Nixon , the gentleman who forwarded the
return of her Majesty ' s writ of election in an envelope bound with Orange ribbon , and sealed with a seal having for its motto— " The Pope in the pillory of hell , and Ihe Devil pelting priests at him , " has ceased to be the High Sheriff for Fermanagh . Haying been called upon by the Lord Lieutenant to explain his conduct , and having discovered in the course of . the correspondence that ensued , that he was likely to be released from the further discharge of his duties of the office , he very prudently anticipated his dismissal , and resigned !
Death pbom Sea Sickness . —Late on Wednesday evening week , an inquest was held at the residence of Lieuteaant-Celonel Sir John Burgoyne , Bart ., in Upper Brook-street , Grosvenor Square , before Mr . Higgs , on the body of Emma Dance , aged 18 , a nurserymaid in the Hon . Baronet ' s establishment , whose d ^ ath occurred under the following circumstances : —Elisabeth Archer , the head nurse , Btated that deceased was generally healthy , and waa so up to Thursday se'naight , when she complained of sickness . She procured a draught from Mr . Elsepood , a surgeon in the neighbourhood , after which she appeared to get better till Monday morning , when she again complained of sickness , and , objecting to witness sending for tho family ' s medical
attendant ,, she took another draught and a pill obtained from Mr . Elnegood ' s ; these having had no effect up to eight o'clock in the evening , ho was apprised of it , and sent another draught , which deceased took about half-past nine o ' clock , and retired to rest . Witness asked deceased several times if she felt any pain . She answered " No , " add said she was mnch bettor . Tae last draught bad been of no service up to eleven ojclock , when witness went to bed in the same room with the deceased . Heard her move at two o ' clock . Asked her how she felt , and she eaid much better , " but a woman has been leaziug me to take medicine out of a box . " Finding her thus apparently delirious , she alarmed the housemaid , bat before she arrived Ihe deceased made a slight
gargle , a stream of blood Rorred from her nose and mouth , and ih « instantly expired . She came in a steam vessel from Dover to London on Wednesday last , when » hc complained of lieknew , but did not vomit ; 6 c her arrival in the evening she Mid her itomach was out of order . Witaew , after her death . sent for Mr . Dodd , of Bryanston-Btreet , the family apothecary ; his partner , Mr . Hnmp&ge , came , bufc could render np assistance . He was of opinion that she had ruptured a blood Teasel . Ann Lcmtnancoff : the housemaid ,, gave similar testimony , particularly as regards the sea-sickness . Two certificates were read , from Mr . Humpage and Mr . Eisegood , the latter expressing aa opinion that sho had died from spasmodic affection of the heart ; but the general opinion appeared to be that death was wt ? n-fi ¥ fd or"odwfctedbyBea .-8 icknces . Verdict — *• Died from natural eaosss . "
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