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      - " " ""^ TrasDit , Feb . 4 th , 1 S 45 . :: OPESDvG OF THE SESSION . ¦ n , p oDenine of Parliament by her Majesty in per-• Tncrent -which usually attracts a large cou-^ IL ' of her Majcs ^ v ' s "Joyal" subjects to witness f ^^ a ] corteae as it wends its way from tlie Palace ' ^ Z . House of Lords , and on flus occasion the fine-10 nf the weather gave an additional impulse to the ^ rt * of «» ny to testify their "loyalty" to her i ^ r ^ L . j . t a quarter to two o ' clock the report of - * Wa ] Hiouneed that her Majesty and her iilus-*^ Tconsort had entered the state carriage , and $ r ! L afterwards tie Royal cortege -was seen emer » ? ffiU the Palace gates . - At a quarter past two Jflr . ^ e firing of cannon was repeated to announce ff * f » 2 ^* sf *^ ui *« jic vi t iiuu

      -, Ilottsc uuxm : .. . » m ~ wuj ue . se tiety w ^ on ^ P * - - " *? attendance of ladies on ^ occasion to witness the interesting ceremony was zieatcr than usual . The doors of the house were ^| ed at twelve o'clock , and quickly every seat was 2 fl m 5 iHl by those who had been fortunate enough to Si tickets of admission . But few peers were int , audit wasfortunate that the gathering was - ijiiii , as tie benches nsualJy kept vacant for their flaps' aceonimodationwerelaidsiege to bythefair Qua nts wholooked with imploring eyesto the west er to provide them with places . The dresses of * £ jp of them were brilliant ; satin , -velvets , andsilks Y ^ ry hue werein rich profusion : while feathers and SflBonds castarichlustie over the fairforms of those jTmffC them . The corps diplomatiqaevaasiereAm y Pt body , and stars and orders on splendid

      nni--W "littered from the ambassadors' bench . The W « f Wellington entered in his peer ' s robes at Ljjjsst one . His Grace appeared in good health I ^ ipirits , although rather infirm . The Lord Chanjeflor iiext entered . At a quarter to two a flourish jltnanpetsannotmcedtheanTval of Royalty . Again garnish of trumpets was heard , and the appearance tf ' ihe heralds in the portal of the house told to many ex tant eyes that her Majesty was approaching Tie itoyal cortege iben advanced , the Marquis of Winchester holding the cap of maintenance , the Earl jekwarr the * crown , the Duke of Wellington the w < au of state . His Royal Hi g hness Prince Albert iridlier Majesty ' s hand and Jed her to the throne .

      jcr Grace the Duchess of Baccleucli was inattendjjeeon her Majesty as Mistress of the Robes . It jiaJ lecn reported that his Royal Highness the Prince ( S Wales was to occupy-the chair of state on the right Izni of her Majesty ; but his Royal Highness was not preen * - Prince Albert sat in ihe chair on the left jj- the throne . Her Majesty , who looked in perfect «¦« && , wore ttte Royal parple robe over a dress of ^ iite satin , and a tiara of brilliants on her head . gjs Roval Highness Prince Albert -wore the uniform ofik Life Guards . As soon as the Members of the llotifc of Commons appeared at the bar of the house , ihc Lonl Chancellor handed the speech to her Ma-= etr and her 31 aiesty proceeded to read , as follows : 5 fr Lords and Gentlemen ,

      " I rejoice that I am enabled on again meeting you in jsriiament jo congratulate yoaon the improved conuidoa <« the country . « increased activity pervades almost every branch of Buirafecture . Trade and commerce Jiave been extended « lH ) wean < l aljroaa , and among all classes of my people there is generally prevalent a spirit of loyalty and cheerful obedience to the law . ' Icontinue to receive from all Foreign Powers and ' States assurances of their friendly disposition . ' ¦ 1 lave nzi much satisfaction in receiving at my Court lie Sovereigns who , in the course of the last year , visited Tins connuy . " The journev of the Emperor of Russia , undertaken ai a steal sacrifice of private convenience , was a proof of tueftienflsirip of his Imperial Majesty most acceptable to mTirtKoss .

      " The opportunity of personal intercourse thus afforded jomemay , I hope , be the means of still further improving those amicable relations wliich have long existed between Great Britain and Russia . " The visit of the Uing of the Trench was rendered especially welcome to me , inasmuch as it had been preceded by disenssions which might have impaired the good understanding happily established between the two

      coun-. * ' I regard the maintenance of this good understanding i ? essential to the best interests of both , and I rejoice to jtitness that the sentiments so cordially expressed by all classes of my subjects on the occasion of Ms Majesty ' s vial were entirely in unison with my own . " Gr-KTIXME-V OF THE UoOSE OF COMMONS , " The estimates for the ensuing year have been prepared , aud will forthwith be laid before you . " The progress of steam-navigation and the demands for protection to the extended commerce of the country will occasion an increase in the estimates connected -with I tie naval service . - I " M ? Lobbs asb Gehtlehes , I " 1 have observed with sincere satisfaction that the im-I pavement which is manifest in other parts of the country I iw extended to Ireland .

      I " The political agitation and excitement , which I have iai Wetofore occasion tolamentj appear to nave graduaUralilcd , and , as a natul-aJ result , private capital lias I been more freely applied to useful public enterprises ungtnaken through the friendly co-operation of individuals iuteregted in the welfere of Ireland . ¦ i -1 have carried into effect , in the spirit in which it was Bccaccivtsi . tie Act for the more effectual application oi tbaritable Donations and Beguests . li " 1 recommend to your favourable consideration the Uicvof improving and extending the opportunities for B ledeiaical education in Ireland . I \" Tlie report of the c-omniission appointed to inquire io ihc law and practice in respect to the occupation of iai , isnearlyprepared , ana shall be communicated to you H moediately after its presentation .

      ' - Tie state of tlie law in regard to ihc privileges of the krik ef Ireland , and to other banking establishments in H tisi counny and in Scotland , - -refll no doabt occupy yoar H * i « rcon . j -Tie health of the inhabitants of large towns and pi'Uoas ffistricts in this part of the United Kingdom las H t * a jLcsulgectof recent inquiry before a commission , \ t rfjKfrt of whidi shall be immediately laid before you . "InnHl > c liigluy gratifwDg tomeif the information H i id sngr . jsuons contained in that report shall enable yon B' doist the means of promoting the health and comfort Hj » tie puorer classes of mv subjects .

      ¦ ' 3 coBjsatulaie too on ihe success of tUe measures H Eta . lbftjcvears since , were adopted by Parliament for B it jiKrjiose . of supplying the deficiency in the public H ; r « iue , aud arresting the accumulation of debt in the kuf peace . B The Act which -was passed at that time for imposing a H :: cpon income ^ v ^ Il shortly expire . B "It -Rii ! be for you in your tnsdorc to determine B i itther 5 : may not be expedient to continue its operation B j iaiorujcr period , and thus to obtain the means of adeifdy providing for the public service , and at the same Bj 5 m of inating a reduction in other taxation . be the

      ^ m vyhatcver may result of your deliberations in B 'Ui respert , 1 f-d assured that it wfll be your determina-H 3 a to maintain an amount of revenue amply sufficient to B jit iht necessary expenditure of the country , and firmly B } in > ha ! a that public credit , which is indispensable to the | b 33 i > nal wel&re . B 'The prospect of contained peace , and the general B * e of domestic prosperity and tranquillity , afford a amorable ojiporrunity for the consideration oftheimi < pant matters to which I have directed your attention , ^ B ad I eoiuiuit tlian to you r deliberation , with the earnest B jfcer that you may be enaUed , -onder-fije superintending B » eani protection of Divine Providence , to strengthen Bjx feelings of mutual confidence and good-will between Bj ^ Sreat classes of iny subjects , and to improve the con-&bn « f my people . "

      ¦ Icr Majesty having read the speech , returned it to the Bji 5 ( dChanceUor and then descending from the throne , Bj ^ is took the band of Prin ce Albert , and , attended by ¦ ^ great officers of state , proceeded to theBobing-room B-vSoyal eortfgelelt ihehonsein the same manner in B ^ f&it uaaenterea , lier Majesty aSecfionately shaking ¦ ^* with his Royal Highness the Bake of Cambridge as Biased him . We have seldom seen her Majesty on a ^ E * fic occasion in better spirits . The house then admw l ' * Maie ? tyr ^» Z the " soeeeh" ( I ) In an effective ¦ jsaaier . * ller perfect enunciation made every word ¦ ?« c aduress be distinctly heard in the remotest Bffterof the house . The allusions to the income-¦ jf * and to Ireland vrerc listenea to vrith peenliar in-¦ 2 ^ ' ^ ^ * ° ^ ^ P ^ 15 an ^ ^» "o ^<> ners ex " ¦^ igea signncant glanees . Her Majesty read the ¦ Sf ara § ra * ^ zP&xh slowly and most

      empha-¦ jJS ? ^ Peater then bowed and retired with the WSrJ <> f tlie oflier house . Her Majesfy was Isa ? t 0 the l ° ng P ^^ S % ^ offieei > s of state ^ ¦ i" tK ) w eu to tiie peeresses " and peers as she left the | £ Prince Albert also bowed several times . Her icies t ? Wked rcinarkabbr well , and seemed to oe | ^ oijojineni of perfect health . Ifci- > l Oase resumed at five o ' clock , and almost im-¦^ tdyafterwards , Itati i of ^ auxGTos laid upon the table a bill , ^ l ed" An ^ fa better regnlatioD of Select Ves-¦ ^ wWdl was read a first time .

      I . 'U )" SE £ 5 ls ASSWEB TO HEB « AJE 6 Xl ' S SPEECH . I in * e motion of the Duke of WstLJXQtos , l ^ at ! i Ghasce u . oe " reported" the Royal speech , l ^ f *** ^ gnage of the jonmals , or in other wpras ItC , f f S » h , and the same was gubseguently read by I ^ at the table . l i 4 Ju ! ' lreSS ™ ' ^• Sj ¦ «* * according to unvarying ¦ W ^ '"^ a faithful echo of the speech , was moved I ^ of ff Cs 3 a > BS > ^ seconded by lord GtEsiTos , I ^^^ ^ ?^ 61116 " confining iheroselTes nponihis , I ^ vT W : cadon of appearing before the House , pretty I ' " 35 nlrt ! * ° topics suggested in the speech , and con-|> s £ j ! ""^ Selves , as theypassed each paragraph seve-¦ V ? * » ' * Mi ^ wtering 1 heir perfect accoraaheem l ^ yT *!? 161 * 5 ^ pressed , and recommenuing them for I iS ^ f tteir lordships . I' ! i ~ ^ ^ <) f Sokusbt , so far &om moving any rWr . ^ ae auuress , approved of all he had ¦^ xJl- ° 3 neas « rc 6 to be proposedby Government . ¦ ¦ ^ i ^ nased that be , at least , would not tarat Ministers t % , "" insistency of their present proposals with pjjj *? . " I" « fessions . He had always regarded " the I - W 1 «« : li haa been in progress as to the tenure of

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      land in Ireland as an unmixed evil , and he regretted to fand that the result had justified his anticipations . The amount of agrarian outrage was also greater tlian it had been for many years , bathe should not for the present bring forward any motion upon tfie subject . The Duke of Richmond complained tlwt while their Lordships were called upon to express their satisfaction at the national " . prosperity , " uo meutiou had been made of the agricultural body , or of the losses to which it had in the last year been subject . There was a Board of Trado which represented commerce and manufactures . Why was there not also a Board of Agriculture 1 He regretted also fliat no promise was held out of an alleviation of the hardship with which the income-tax bore upon the agricultural tenant . nnrl ?»» " ¥ « .... !*_ 3 . - -- _

      A 5 JOBLE LOUD who followed , expressed his regret that any interference with the Scotch sjstem of banking was contemplated . He earnestly deprecated any ^ hange in a sjstem practically so successful , and thn&Jeiied the unanimous opposition of the Scotch constituencies to such au invasion of their interests . " - ' ' : LordWaiBscwtFE said he could not alldw the objections whichhadfallenfrom the tiv « noble lorctotegcuvithout reply . The Duke of Richmond had complaineu , that in the speech her Majesty ' s Ministers had not rightly stated tlie condition of the country , and then he found fault with them because the state of the fanner was not so flourishing ; as it had been . If his noble Mend would look to the paragraph to wliich his observations referred , he would

      SnQ that the remark respecting the improved state of the country was confined to the condition of the manufacturing-, commercial , and trading part of the community . Then with regard to Ms other noble friend who spoke of the anticipated change in the banking system in Scotland , his noble friend had introduced the word " currency" in what he said , that wordnot Being contained in the speech . The paragraph referred only to the banking establishments of Scotland , and not in the least to the currency . Lord Bkougham , after expressing Ids satisfaction in strong but general terms-with the several paragraphs of the speech , dwelt especially upon the happy effects which had been produced in both countries by the visit of the King of the French , and the improved state of public feeling towards England in that country .

      The Marquis of Iassdowne , after guarding liimself from the impression , that because he moved no amendment be acquiesced in oil the opinions that had been expressed , and remarking especially upon the occurrences connected with the Statetrials of last year , proceeded , in reference to the subjects of difference which had been adjusted between this country and France , to inculcate the necessity in every instance of entering at the earliest period upon a fiill and explicit explanation . Yfithout this , every insignificant island would become a plaguespot , and any unimportant transaction might be sufficient to disturb the peace of Europe . Ho objected altogether to the system of protectorates , which , as now constituted , lie considered to be entirely innovations , and concluded by an energetic protest against the further continuance of the income-tax .

      Lord Aberdeen , in reply to the observations of the noble ilarquis on the subject of mutual explanations , declared that ihe satisfactory adjustment of the questions respecting Tahiti had in this very manner been accomplished . The question of protectorates had riot been in any degree involved . A subordinate officer , without instructions and -without authority , had exceeded his duty ; a representation of ihe circumstances , founded upon justice and urged with moderation , was made to the French Government ; and thus a settlement was arrived at , of which neither party had any reason , or felt any disposition , to complain . He had asked nothiiig which he should not himself , in a similar case , have conceded , and upon this principle tlioViegotiation had throughout proceeded . Lord CAJrPBEii ' said , that as the bill which he

      introduced during the last session of Parliament , for Hie better administration of justice in appeal cases , had been referred to , be wished to say , that unless the Government introduced a measure on the same subject , he should take care to renew the proposition which he had made last year . Again and again be was determined to bring it forward , unless her Majesty ' s Government took the matter up . With Tespect to the better administration of the law , he had no doubt that a variety of measures would be introduced . Doubtless much had been done ; but let it not be forgotten that much remained to be done . Very soou a new Ecclesiastical Courts Bill must be introduced . The Jaw of debtor and creditor was also in an unsatisfactory

      State , and various other questions of a like nature would require an immediate settlement at the hands of the legislature : amongst the earliest to which attention ought to be directed , was the bill for amending-the law of debtor and creditor , for the most serious inconveniences had already arisen from delay on that subject . He knew tnat the subject was one of great difiiculty . He knew that his SoMe and Learned Friend who now sat on the ' edge of tlie woolsack ( Lord Brougham } differed on many points from those by whom that law was administered ; and such a state of things made it only the more necessary that tlie matter should , with as little delay as possible , be taken up by the legislature .

      TheLoBD CniscElios said , with respect to the bill which his noble and learned friend had just mentioned , namely , the bill intended to apply to appeals in criminal cases , he should only say , that if asked whether he intended to support or introduce a bill of that description , he should request tlie House to remember tlie history Of that bill ; it was one intended to meet a particular case , aud to afford relief to a particular individual . Bearing these facts in mind , he had opposed the measure then , because he thought that those circumstances of themselves formed constitutional and legal grounds of objection . But in the present session the case Avas most materially altered , and he should therefore have no objection , under the sanction of the Government , to introduce a bill having that pun ) ose in view .

      Lord Beougham said , as to the law of debtor and Creditor , lie should not now go into that question , tbOUgll he was perfectly ready to vindicate tlie measure of last year—a measure respecting wliich the most extensive attempts had been made to mislead the country , though there was really nothing in the bill to produce the misdecision wliich was sought to be produced . As to the £ 20 clause , they all knew what pains had been taken to show that that clause had npset the retail trade of the country . He was a great friend to that clause ; but he was bound to say that tlie clause was not his , that he was in no respect the author of the clause , for , as many of tbeir

      lordships might remember , it was an addition made in committee . He did not deny the great inconvenience which ' arose from not making salaries and pensions liable to creditors ; for instance , a clerk with £ 200 a-year , living iu furnished apartments , mightcontraet a debt of £ 19 , and set bis creditor at defiance , for the furniture in his lodging could not be seized . Still the £ 20 clause had done great good , and Captain Williams , the Inspector of Prisons , hiid borne testimony to the beneficial effects which it had produced ; and he believed there was not one instauce in which it had diminished the wholesome credit granted by any retailer .

      lord CxsiPBELL staled that the bill bad been drawn up by Mr . ( now Mr . Justice ) Erie ; the clause referred to had been drawn up at thejequest of Jfr . If . O'Perrall . The motion for presenting aa address to her Majesty , in answer to the speech from the throne , was then brought up and agreed to unanimously . The house then adjourned to Thursday .

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      that on the lltli of February he would call the attention <> t the house to the reports of the Select Committee on Hautvays , and the constitution of the Committee of the Board of Tmde intrusted with the transaction of railway busmess , and tlie effect of its decision on the interests of the country . Mr . IVaklei gave notice that , on this day week , lie would move for a return describing the diplomas , licenses , and other testimonials approved of by the Poor Law Lomnussumers as entitling persons to practise as meoi-Sit e ^ °° LaW BUi ° nS in Bn 8 land aml ^ Mv . Mackisnos gave notice that , on this day fortnight he would call the attentoon of the house to the necessity of promotuig the health of towns , by preventing interments within their precincts . POST-OFflCE ESPIONAGE .

      Mi- lddncosbe gave notice that , on this day fortniBnt , he would call attention to the unsatisfactory and evasive character of the report of the committee appointed to inquire into the opening of letters at the Post-office ; and that he would submit a motion on the subject .

      THE ADDBESS The Speaker then reported to the house that he had been to the House of Peers , where he had heard the speech of her most gracious Majesty from the throne , of which , to prevent mistakes , he had got a copy . The address upon the speech was movea by Mr . CiiAETEKIB , who congratulated the house on the general prosperity of . the country , as evinced by the steady improvement of our trade and commerce at home and abroad . He regretted that he could not call this popularity universal , inasmuch as iu the agricultural districts with which he was himself more immediately connected , there existed at present great distress caused by the failure of the cropg , He Congratulated her Majesty on the frienaiy state of our foreign relations , which he considered would

      be much confirmed by the visit of three foreign monarchs , who had all been the guests of her Majesty , to our shores within the last twelve months . He particulai'l y insisted . on the good eonsequences ^ ikely to result from tae visit of his Majesty the King of the French , which he looked upon as a security for peace , and of renewed and prolonged amity between France and England . He hoped that a brighter day was about to dawn upon Ireland , in consequence of the abatement ot ' agitati « n in that country ^ and of the Introduction of measures which , being based on the principles of impartiality and equality between contending sects , were calculated to remove the remnants of national animosity , and to unite all in the love of our common country . Such a measure Avas the Charitable Bequests Act of last session , which he considered as a first instalment ; and he looked forward to the Academical

      Education Bill promised by the Government , and totue contemplated measure for the improvement of the tenure of land in Ireland , as instalments which were to follow . He congratulated the house on the increase of the income derived from the Excise , which he considered as a sound test of national prosperity . He likewise congratulated it on having placea the banking system of England on a sale footing : and hoped that in dealing with the same system in Scotland they would interfere as little as possible with existing interests . He looked forward with confidence to a great amelioration in the moral eouditioa of the poor from the general sympathy which had lately been excited for them In the minds of the higher and middling classes —a sympathy which was testified by the numerous plans which were now daily promulgated and discussed in every quarter .

      Mr . Basing , in seconding the address , insisted on several of the topics which had . been noticed by Mr . Charteris . He , too , was of opinion that the maintenance of peace , of so much importance to the happiness of the world , would be confivined by the recent visit of foreign sovereigns to this country . He hoped that the visit of the Emperor of Russia to this commercial country would iuduce him to agree to some relaxation of t \\ e commercial restrictions on the introduction of the produce of England within his dominions ; and that the visit of the King of the French would remove those feelings of bitternes * which bad grown up in consequence of the events at Morocco and Tahiti . The interests of England and America were both bouud up in the continuance of peace , and he hoped that in spite of newspaper paragraphs in both

      countries , tne good feelings of honest and independent men on both sides of the water would prevent any interruption of it . Indeed , from the mutual interests -which , sprang up under it , the maintenance of peace-was a guarantee for its prolonged continuance . Asa security for peace , England should be always prepared for war ; and if the increase- ' of . our commercial transactions and the introduction of steam navigation had produced new circumstances , which endangered our safety , he was sure that the national spirit would gladly provide funds to meet a necessary expenditure to avert that danger . He spoke in terms of great satisfaction on the flourishing prospects of the iron manufacture , and on the improved condition of the shipping interest . The cotton manufacture , and still

      more the woollen trade—the latter of which indicated an improved condition of the poorer classes—were also prosperous . The same was the case with the manufacturers of flax , hemp , aud silk . Our imports and exports had both increased , as was evident from the Custom-houee returns on tea , conee , sugar , and tobacco . This prosperity had acted on the finances of this country , which now appeared in a very satisfactory condition . . That condition had arisen from the imposition of the income tax , which had changed a deficiency into a surplus of revenue . If the country was to have relief either from a remission of duty in taxation , or from a change in the mode of raising and collecting the revenue , he thought that it would n ^ t be wise to depart from tins source of

      income . Lord J . Russell could readily concur in the terms of the address proposed on this occasion ; but there were topics in the speech of her Majesty , and in the address in reply to it , which called tor remark . That the visits of foreign sovereigns to this country might be a fresh guarantee for the continuance of peace must be the anxious wish and sanguine expectation of every man who heard him ; but it was something singular , that though the mover and seconder of the address were both expressing hopes of peace , Ministers -were themselves taking precautions against the contingency of war . lie congratulated the House that our amicable relations with France

      were not broken ; but said that he could not participate m those phrases of satisfaction which Ministers used in their own praise at the conclusion of the last session . They then thought it right to advise her Majesty to praise the wisdom and moderation with which they had conducted the negotiations with France . He saw no cause for admiring either their wisdom or their moderation . What was the case ? Pritchard had been put under arrest , and had been committed to solitary confinement by the French Commandant at Tahiti , on suspicion of encouraging , insurrection among the natives ; and it was communicated to him , that if insurrection took place , he should be held ™> . »* in , ; ihle for all the Woodshed which micftt ensue . Another French Commandant arrived , who thought that there was uo ground for such severity , but who also

      thought that it was unsafe that Tritchard should remain at Tahiti , and therefore desired him to leave the island . It was impossible not to admit that if Captain Bruat thought the conduct of Pritchard to be a cause of danger , he had a right to remove him ; but to place Mm in solitary confinement , and to say that he should be responsible with his life for any insurrection , was a gross outrage , and demanded reparation . He was of opinion that if there XvsA been that cordial understanding between the two Governments of which their partisans boasted so loudly , a satisfactory arrangement might have been made without the delay of two months and without any danger of war . He commented at some length upon tlie correspondence which had talien place between M . Guteot and the Comte de Jarnac on this

      subject , and said that those papers made him believe that the two Governments of France and England were both too much , influenced by the pressure from without , and that the understanding between Q ^ m yjas l \ 0 t COYCAal ana complete . The cloud which menaced the duration of peace had , however , blown away , and he now trusted that Ministers on both sides of the Chaunel would feel that it was for the interest of their respective nations , and for the peace of the world , that they should , remain united ) and that they should not suffer their subordinate officers , at a distance of three or four thousand leagues , to disturb their common tranquillity . The present stFte of Spain had been produced by the cordial understanding Detween England and France > two of the most free nations of the earth and that was a result which no man conld be

      proud of . Whilst he hoped that that cordial understanding would yet ripen into friendship , lie hoped * that it would in future be employed in the promotion of commerce , in the propagation of intelligence , in the increase of freedom , in the destruction of slavery , and not for the substitution of a tyrannical Government , for mild and constitutional sway . He was not satisfied with the revival of the commission for the revision of the treaties on tlie slave-trade ; yet , if they thought that the exercise of the right of search would interrupt peace , Ministers ought to tell the public what could be substituted for it , He congratulated the house on the improved condition of our commercial relations witii China , and rejoiced that it had tended much to increase commercial and

      manufacturing industry in Great Biitain . He referred to the paragraph in the address niating to the abatement of agitation in Ireland , anil said that , nevertheless , the accounts which he had received from that country referred to many symptoms -which were highly menacing . 2 To man said that there was fear of insurrection or increase of agitation ; but no man could say that there was that love and affection for the imperial legislature which ought to exist in the inhabitants of a free country . He attributed that want of love and affection to the very injudicious proceedings which had been taken against several leading persons in that country . He then referred at great length to the O'Connell trial , and to the reversal of the judgment in the House of Lords / particularly noticing

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      the judgment of Lord Denman , who declared that the defendants upon'the record had not h : id a fair trial , and that if trials weve to be conducted in that way , the trial by jury-was a delusion , a mockery , and a snare . On the question of academical education in Ireland , he did not know whether it-was a wise one or not ; but as it had led Mr . Gladstone , whose talents he eulogized highly , to leave the Ministry of which he was so valuable & member , lie hoped that some explanation would he given of a measure which had created such dissension , ' and appeared so objectionable to , the Right Hon . Gentleman . Every measuve of that kind was calculated to excite suspicion , not onlyin England , but in Ireland also . He quoted the Charitable Requests Bill as a proof of that position , and imputed the unpopularity of its reception in Ireland

      to tlie want of confidence in the sincerity-of the party which proffered it feltby . the population of that country . That party bad inflamed religious prejudices for sears ; and now , when its leaders adopted a better policy , could they wonder that the agitators should throw back upon them the phrases of " surplieed ruffians" and " demon priesthood , " which they themselves once used ? Such was the retribution which always fell on men who , instead of appealing to sound opinion , appealed to popular prejudice , andfounded their power on deluding their countrymen , lie expressed great satisfaction in seeing that the Government ' were now adopting several measures which they had condemned when proposed by their predecessors . He rejoiced in the present gratifying state of commercial and manufacturing : industry , but reminded the house that the prosperity of 1836 had been followed bv the distress of

      1838 , 1839 , 1840 . We might prevent such vicissitudes in future , not by interfering with the dispensations of Providence , but by enabling the manufacturers of this country to exchange their produce for the productions of other nations , H implored the House to endeavour to ward off tlio mischief which other deficient . . liai ^ ests might bring upon us , by giving a freer inlet iff tneprodnctions of other countries . He was convinced that protection was not the support , but the bane of agriculture . That the present duties on foreign com should . be uiminislied , he had no doubt , neither had the Government . He , therefore , insisted that they ought to reduce them , —he would not now say to what amount , —whilst we were as now in a state of calm , and not hastily under popular uproar , When it would he said that we could not refuse what we appeared to grant .

      Mr . Miles wished to know why Lord John had proposed a fixed duty , if he was so convinced that protection was the bane of agriculture ? Had his Lordship found it convenient to make a compact alliance with tlie Corn Law League % If the income tax were continued , he should cl ^ fcn that in the reduction of taxation the agricultural interests should not be forgotten . Mr . Gladstone entered into an explanation of the reasons which had induced him to retire from the Government of which he had been a member . After thanking Lord John Russell for the very kind terms in which he had spoken of his services , he observed that in the statement which he was about to make , he had no blame to cast upon any of his colleagues for any dereliction of their principles ov their professions . His statement , therefore ,

      would not be a controversial statement or a justification of his conduct , but a mere , explanation of circumstances , which if mis-stated or misconceived , might lead to mischievous mistakes . He had not resigned on account of any matter connected with that department of the Government . with which his services had long been connected . He had not resigned on account of any difference of opinion on the intentions , as far as he knew oi ' them , of his late colleagues towards the Church either of England or of Ireland . He had stated to the world formerly , not in haste , but with great deliberation , the relations which a Christian State ought to have with respect to religion . He had a strong impression that those who had once expressed strong opinions on . subjects involving . ' such important

      principles should not he parties to propose' material' departures from them . At the close of last session Sir II . Peel mentioned his , intention to inquire into the state of education in Ireland , aud the spirit with , which that education Mas conducted . He was not in possession of the measures which the Government were about to bring forward ; and as to Maynooth College , he knew of nothing which they were about to do that might not be safely inferred from what they had done . At the same time he must say that the views which her Majesty ' s Go vernmenttookou that subject differed from those which he thought ought to he -taken on such a question . The spirit of their measure with respect to the' endowment of the College of Mayuooth differed much from the spirit of

      that wliich . lie had deliberately ^ recommended , His uniform convictionnvas , that though he was not to fetter hisjudgmentiBy ' reference to abstract theory , yet that it was due to the public to place himself in a position to form an honest and an unsuspected judgment . He had , therefore , taken a course which had eaused him much pain , and which / had separated him from men ' with whom he had acted in public life , and whom he was hound to say he ' continued to regard with . " unaltered sentiments of public regard and private attachment . The discussion of an increased grant to Maynooth was connected with excitable topics in this country ; buthe ' was not prepared to take part in any religious warfare against Sir It . Peel ' s measure—such as he anticipated it miglit be—nor to draw distinctions between the Raman

      Catholics of Ireland and others of his fellow-countrymen , so far as regatded their religious creed . Sir It . Peel commenced his observations by referring to the subject of Mr . Gladstone , for whose talents he felt an admiration which could only be equalled by the attachment lie telt for his private character . His right lion , friend had mentioned his objection to their measure some time ago , and if he had not pressed his resignation it was his ( Sir B .. * Peel ' s ) fault , as he was unwilling to lose liis splendid services as a Minlstor of the Crown , it was not on account of any difference on the commercial policv of the country that his right lion , friend had resigned his office—on such points there was , and always liad been , the most complete unanimity between them— -but it was one of such a subject , which he might be ' permitted to

      mention to the house , though his right hon . friend had declined . On the motion of Mr . "Wyse last year , he , as tlie organ of the Government , had declared that it was their intention during the recess to apply themselves to the question of academical education in Ireland . He had then admitted that there were not tlie same facilities for academical education in that country that there were in Great Britain ; and he was now prepared at an early period of the session to propose an increase of facilities for academical education in Ireland , open to ail classes of her Majesty ' s . subjects . Among ether institutions which would be benefitted by that increased vote , the College of Maynooth ^ 'ould be one . The Government intended to propose a liberal increase in the grant to that college , unaccompanied by any restrictions or

      regulations jis to religious doctrines which would diminish , its grace and favour . The sincerity with which the Government was acting on this subject was evident from the fact that it had persevered in its intention with a full knowledge that it would lead to the resignation of so valuable a colleague as Mr . Gladstone ; and yet the noble lord had taken a party advantage of the liberal policy adopted by the Government , and had condescended to make a little insinuation against it , in order to persuade the peop le of Ireland to reject the proposal , because the Government were the authors of it . He then proceeded to defend the conduct of her Majesty ' s Government in respect to the Charitable Bequests Bill , wliich they had proposed as a matter of justice to Ireland . The noble Lord had thought it decorous to neutralize the benefit of that

      measure by again ripping up phrases which had been used in the heat of party contest ; but who could wonder that the agitators used them , when the noble Lord forgot his dignity and followedthoif bad example ? The words wliich the noble Lord had quoted were not used by him ov by his friends , and he denied that he had ever used words of insult to the people of Ireland . He considered the speech of the noble lord as a bitter party speech , and thought tMt tea equanimity had been disturbed by the contrast Which existed between the speech from the throne this year and those speeches which had been made when he was Minister . Then there was great distress—now there was great prosperity;— -then there was a deficiency . —nOW there was a SUVpluS Of revenue . He then proceeded to justify the proceedings of the Government in the late

      negotiations with France on the subject of the treatment of Mr . Pritchard . ne had never asked more of tlie French Government than that Which he ultimately got—a fair and reasonable reparation . He should have felt that he was pursuing a course inconsistent with good policy if he had asked for a reparation humiliating to France . He denied that Government had complimented itself at the close of last session on account of its wisdom . All that had been Stated was , that the differences had been adjusted by the justice and moderation of the respective Governments of the two countries . He rejoiced in the good understanding wliich now existed between the two countries , as there must from , their proximity to each

      other be a good understanding , or something differing little froiu downright hostility between them . There was not one reparation made by France to us which he would not have made to France himself if the circumstances had been reversed . With regard to the financial arrangements of the year , he would only remind the house , that an Hon . Friend of his had given notice that it was his ( Sir EobertPeel ' s ) intention to bring them forward before the usual time . He should place at an early period the general outlines of his plan before the house , as he thought that when alterations were to . be made in our financial policy an early declaration of them was best . He wished thenoble Lord would t&ka the Reuse of tnenonseon ttie

      question , whether the Government , had . dishonoured the fair fame of their country by their course , either with respect to Mr . Pritchard , or to the right of search . . He wished the house to declare . whether the conduct of . Government , in accepting a reparation' which was honourable to both ^ countries ; was / -hot' a course dictated by wisdom , and justified by sound policy . - : ' ¦ . * ¦ .

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      Sir C . JTapibr complained of tlie conduct of the French officers at Tnliiti , not only towards Mr . lMtchnrd , but also towards the commander of the Cormorant . If an English officer hud behaved hi the same manner towards French subjects he would have been brought to a courtmartial , and would have lost his commission . He thought that sufficient reparation had not been given to this country , lie expressed liis satisfaction at heart , that a considerable addition was going to be made to our naval force . If it had been made some time ago , we should have heard nothing of these outrages towards Mr . Pritchard .

      Mr . Piumptxe did not consider the explanation of Mr . Gladstone to be . very intelligible . He admitted that Sir R . Peel had last session promised to make further concessions to the Roman Catholics . His announcement that he was now prepared to carry that promise into execution \ vbvkM create a' considerable sensation out of doors . He was surprised that Sir B . Peel , after his experience , was hot convinced that conciliation was an inexpedient course . Concession was the fruitful parent of demands , and would ; continue to be so while anything remained to be demauded .

      Mr . 'Wyse observed , that at the close of last session he had not asked for , nor had Sir It . Peel promised to grant , any concession to the Roman Catholics . The grant for education was not to he considered as a mere financial question ; it rested on higher grounds : it was a great moral question . He thought that Sir It . Peel had redeemed the pledges on this subject which ho had given last session . He had promised to take into consideration the means of facilitating the education of the laity and clergy of Ireland—that was . all Sir R . Peel said , and it would he for the house to deal with liis measures , when they , were introduced , as it thought fit . He wished to know whether it was the intention of the Right Hon . Baronet to throw the University of Dublin open 1 On that point he had not said a word .

      Mr . V 11 LIEB 8 said that it was now clear that all the objects of the protective systehi had been defeated , and that in consequence of the relaxation of that system the present prosperity of the country had been produced . It was owing to the blessed intervention of Providence , and not to any merits of Hon . Gentlemen opposite , that this was owing . The commercial interests were flourishing : but the agricultural interest was complaining—labourers , tenants , and landlords . Gentlemen opposite were the partisans of the protective system ; and they were disappointed at its present results . If those results were bad , what reason could they urge for its continuance ? He rejoiced in the declaration of Lord John Russell , that protection was the bane , and not the support of agriculture , and called upon the house to watch with the closest attention tne new financial measures of Government to support them , if they abandoned , and to opposetliem if they were based on , the protective principle .

      Mr . Sheil alluded , in a complimentary strain , to the resignation of Mr . Gladstone . He thought that Sir It . Peel would think it unfortunate that his Right Hon , Friend should have determined to sacrifice the statesman to the author , and would have reason to exclaim , " O , that my friendhad not written a hook V He ( Mr . Sheil ) remembered every word in that book , and he recollected that Mr . Gladstone had stated that " the maintenance of Maynooth was a Hiatter of contract ; that if such eontract ; existed , Maynooth ought to be maintained in a degree of spleudQAM wovtlyy of the donor ; but that if no such contract existed , then Maynooth ought to be suppressed . " Now , there could be no doubt as to the existence of such a contract made at the time of the union , and confirmed since by many grants of tlie Imperial Parliament , and therefore he could not help expressing some surprise that a difference on this point should have induced the Right Hon . Gentleman to retire from liis

      situation in tiie Ministry . He gave Sir R . Peel high praise for making this grant , and for the manner in which he made it . He also wished to know whether the University of Dublin was to be thrown open , as it was a point . of . honour with- every Irish Roman Catholic to have its scholarships and fellowships thrown open , as they were not on an equality with their Protestant subjects so long as they were debarred from them . He showed that it was not a small insinuation which Lord JohnjRussell had made against the present Government in his admirable speech , for it embraced the injustice of all tlieir proceedings in the eelebi-atid O'Connell prosecution , from its first commencement to its close . He then entered into a discussion on the merits of the Charitable Bequests Bill , and after some other observations , asked SirJ ; Grahamif he was still prepared , to'bring in his Irish ! Registration Bill , and to repeat his pledge that . conciliation . had now reached itsutmost limit ?

      . Sir J . Ghauah had no hesitation in stating that it was the determination ' of the Government to propose an Irish Registration Bill this session . As to the period of its introduction , he could not speak so decidedly , as it was clear | tliat a measure of vast importance , of which notice had been given that night , must precede it . The Maynooth question and the Academical Education Bill would also precede it ; but it was undoubtenly the intention of Government to introduce such a measure this session . He could not hold out any hope that Government would alter'the main , principle of the Bequests Bill , relative to the holding of land in perpetuity ; but as it was not the intention of Government to place the regular clergy in n worse position than that they occupied before the bill was introduced , they would have no objection to propose an alteration in it , if it' should be found that the regular clergy were damnified by the ICth clause , and another clause which had relation to it .

      Mr . Shaw said , that the scholarships and fellowships of Trinity College , Dublin , could not be thrown open to Roman Catholics , as they weve part and parcel of the Protestant Church of Ireland . Lord Pauierston concurred iu the satisfaction wliich had been so generally ex ^ vesscA \> y tne house at the late visit of foreign Sovereigns to this country . He was not , however , sanguine in his anticipations as to the real benefits to be derived from it . The effect of a good understanding between two countries was best seen when casual circumstances rose up which were calculated to disturb it . He thought that the cordial understanding so much boasted of last year had failed on the very first occasion on which it might Lave been useful . He denied the position laid down in France , and acquiesced in here ,

      that Mr . Pritchard was not a consul when arrested at Tahiti . He had suspended his functions , quoad the . intrusive French officers , who had seized on the island and deposed Queen Pornare \ but lie was still in the performance of consular functions to all British subjects frequenting that island as merchants . If there had been any charge against Mr . Pritchard for endangering the tranquillity of the island , then he admitted that the French authorities in the island had a right to require him to depart ; bnt . it was incumbent on them , before they called on him to withdraw , to have placed their charge against him clearly under his view . No such charge had been laid before the French Chamber , and there was nothing to just ify his removal from Tahiti , even in the most courteous manner . The French officer removed him , hecause he suspected that Mr . Pritchardhad done something worthy of suspicion . Here then was a gross outrage comm itted ; and it was the fault of the two . Governments that it had been committed , for the protectorship of Tahiti

      never ought to have been .. allowed . That change in the Government of Tahiti could not be made without incurring the risk of a collision , wliich might bring the two Governments into a very awkward condition . If we had had a stout frigate or two on that station things would have passed in a manner more decorous , and less likely to have brought the two nations into collision . He would not say that there was great ground for the country to complain , as things turned out at last ; still he could not say that the result justified those ardent expressions of satisfaction communicated to the French Government , hut not repeated to Parliament at the close of the last session . He maintained that our Government had not acted altogether in- a way satisfactory to this Country . Tile Right lion . Daronet had described the outrage on Mr . Pritchard as a gross outrage , for which he had no doubt that reparation would be given by the French Government , and yet no formal reparation for it had ever been demanded by the British Government .

      Sir li . I . vglis regretted that Lord Falmerston had taken ' the course lie had done on the Tahiti question . For his own part , deeply interested as his feelings were against the Slave trade , he would not say or do anything to disturb the arrangement which had been made and accepted as satisfactory . He warned hit Right Hon . Friend , the member for Tamworth , that he must not espect to pacify Ireland"by the measure which he had just propounded , or by any measure of a similar character . Lord Sandos was not prepared to join with the last speaker in his objection to the iucreased graut to the Cpllege of Maynooth .

      Lord Howick said that nobody had been more anxious than himself to suppress . the slave trade ; but what had been the result of all the efforts made for that purpose by this country ? , Many valuable lives of our officers and seamen had been sacrificed ; and we had not only failed in pur object , but had even aggravated the horrors of the slave trade . We had no right to exercise the police of the sea' unless it were clear that in so doing we were pro-/ noting the interests of humanity . He > was awave that such sentiments would not find favour with the house and the ! Government ; but ho was of opinion that if we abandoned our right of search , other nations would be compelled by a joint feeling of honour and humanity to prohibit the exercise of the slave trade by their subjects . The address was then put from the chair , and carried unanimously . ¦ ' •*

      ; ' INCOME TAX . Mr . Hawes inquired whether the usual trade and navigation accounts would be laid on the table before the 14 th of February , when the Right Hon . Baronet proposed to call their attention to tlie continuance of the income tax . Also , whether any other papers relating to the slate oittve revenue , and the operation of the new tariff , would hepre-

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      $ yt > vftau& b < ShJ ? K ¦ vio ' usly laid on the table , so as'to enable the house to come to a correct decision on the subject ? . , ¦¦¦ : ¦ i » , SirR . PfiEL said he would do all in his . power to expedite the trade and navigation returns , and would , Jf ; - ; s -. uos . silile , lay them on the table fn extenso before tlie -. Mtill ¦ .. . of February . If , however ,-this was impracticable , he would take care that an abstract of them should lie furnished . He had already caused , a paper to be prepared , showing the quantity ol' articles imported two years before and two years subsequent to the tariff , and would lay it on the table . . " The house then adjourned at cluvcn o ' clock . . . Wednesda v , Feb . 3 . The Speaker took the clmir at four o ' clock . '

      Mv . Wallace presented : i petition irom operative bleachers in Lanark , Renfrew , and Stirling , complaining of a protracted detention each day in the rooms in which a great part of their business was carried on . and in which they were exposed to a temperature varying from U 2 to 120 degrees of Fahrenheit . They prayed , the house to adopt some means of . ' ameliorating their condition . The Hon . Member gave notice , that lie would to-morrow move that the petition be printed in tlie votes . Mr . Wakley gave notice that oil Tuesday week he would move for a return showing the number of persons prosecuted under the Game Laws in the years 1 SW , 1843 , and 1814 inclusive , distinguishing the parties , whether men , women , or children , so prosecuted , the naturu of tho charge , and the result in each case ; stating also the cost Of such prosecutions , and also tlie cost to tlie poor-fate Of supporting the children of persons so convicted while the fathers or mothers were in prison . TMKD . CLASS BAfLWAY CARRIAGES .

      Mr . Wallace said , that when he gave notice of his intention " to inquire of the President of the Bci ' . vrt of Trade how many of the railway companies coming within the provisions of the Act of last sessiun Iisit ! complied , with the regulations of the sixth clause , as to having ¦ seats and protection from the weather for the conveyance of third-class passengers , and also how many had tailed so to comply , " it did not occur to him that the late President of the Board of Trade was not now in office , lie did not know whether any other member of the Governinent was prepared" to answer liis question ; if there were .. not any , he was ready to postpone his question to a future , occasion . The CiUNCELLon of the Exchequeb suggested that the Hon . Member might obtain his object by giving notice of a motion for a return of those railway companies which had failed to comply with the regulations of the sixth clause of tlie Act referred to .

      Mr . Gladstone said , thai as the question related to matters which had occurred months ago , he hud no objection to give the Hon . Member an answer . Trom returns made to the Board of Trade , he was enabled to state that all the railway companies , with a Very few exceptions , had complied with the provisions o ? U \ o Act of last session with respect to the conveyance of third-class passengers , and the complaints which had been made to the Board of Trade on the subject were very few indeed . He would not name th ' ose companies which had complied with the Act , for that would be to include them all , with , as lie had said , very few exceptions . The Board of Trade had not proposed any alteration in the form of the third-class carriages , but they had insisted that those carri » ges should be provided with seats , and should be covered in from the weather , as fa * as was consistent with the necessary admission of lisrht aud air .

      That plan had been adopted , and it had proved . 1 great accommodation to the poorer classes , lie would mention one or two instances by way of illustration . From the report of the Grand Junction Railway Company it appeared that the plan had been adopted , and that , without any injury worth mentioning to the receipts of tlis ; company , 2 , 500 passengers per week of the poorer class had gone by the third-class conveyance , wlio could not under the former system have availed themselves of Hut mo 4 e of travelling . On the Birmingham line 48 , 300 poor persons had been conveyed in three mouths , which was at the rate of 198 , 000 per year . The number previously conveyed in a year was 60 , 000 , so that there had beau an in . crease of about threefold in the number of the poorer passengers conveyed by third-class carriages . These facts would show the great extent of accommodation afforded to the poor by this new arrangement .

      Mr . Wallace said , he would adopt the suggestion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and move for a return , of those railway companies which had failed to comply with the regulations of the Board of Trade , aud would fix his motion for to-morrow ( this day ) . Mr . Young ' moved the usual sessional orders . Mr . Wuai ams begged to call the attention of the house to some , of the orders which would be read for its adoption . Amongst these was one which said " That it is a high in . fringement of the liberties and privileges of the ^ Commons of the united kingdom for any lord of Parliament , or other peer or prelate , not being a peer of . Ireland at the time elected , and not having declined to serve for any county , city , or borough of Great Britain , to concern himself in the election of members to serve for the

      Commons in Parliament , except only any peer of Ireland at such elections iu Great Britain respectively where such peer shall appeal 1 as a candidate , or by himself or any others he proposed to he elected ; or for any lord-lieutenant .. or governor of any county to avail himself of . any autho- . rity derived from his commission to influence the election , uf any member to serve for the Commons iu Parliament . ^ . This was one of the resolutions adopted by the house at the commencement of every , session , as one of its " sessional orders . " But how was it acted upon by the house V Was it not notorious that , peers not only did " concern ' themselves in the election of members to serve in th »

      Commons house , hut did actually send members there bj tlieir own direct influence ? and if the act wore proved , as it easily could be , the house had no means of remedying the evil ; or , if it had any such power , it was also well known that it was riot exercised . According to the com . mon law , there was nothing to prevent any peer being duly qualified from registering himself as au elector for returning a member to Parliament , and from voting for that purpose . Where , then , was the use of this " sessional order ? " He hoped the Government would tako this into its serious consideration , and so arrange it that these " sessional orders" should bo in reality what they pretended to be on the books of the house .

      The Chancellor of the Excheqceb . said that her Majesty ' s Ministers were not more interested in the question introduced by the Won . Member than any other members of the house . The question was one relating to its privileges , with which it would not permit the members of the Government or any other body to interfere . The house , and the house only , was the judge of its own privileges , and with that ancient practice he did not think it right to interfere . He did not mean to deny that a peer had a right to vote for ; i Member of Parliament independently of the right of the house to examine and decide whether the person so elected had been duly elected . With respect to the resolution read by the Hon . Member , he ( the Chancellor of the Exchequer ) did not wish . to see any alteration made in it , because he looked upon it as . essential to the maintenance of tueir privileges . . --.. .

      Mr . Williams would beg to put one question to the Right Hon . Gentleman . He would suppose that a peerduly qualified as to property should present himself to the . revising barrister , and claim to have his name inserted in the register . Well , the barrister , seeing all the qualifications quite correct , could not refuse to enter his name . He could know nothing there of the House of Commons , ov of its " sessional orders . " Then ,, the claimant ' s name being on the register , and tlie House of Commons . not wishing to erase the name from it , he was anxious to know in what way the house could vindicate its privileges . Ho would ask the Right Hon . Gentleman how it was to be done 1 The resolutions before the house were then agreed to . On the next resolution ( that wliich Mr . Williams had read ) , being read ,

      Mr . f . Buncombe said that it was his intention to renew the notice he had given last session , of a motionfor the appointment of a select committee to inquire , whether in the returns of members to serve in the reformed Parliament there had been any made through the direct influence of peers . The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that he was anxious that the resolut ' on , then before the house , should continue on its " sessional orders , " because it . was necessary to the maintenance of the privileges . ne ( Mr . Duncombe ) was , he . owned ,- greatly surprised to hear the Right non . Gentleman make this statement- and preserve the gravity of his countenance while he made it . A peer of Parliament must not " concern" himself in any election of a member of Parliament , nor assist him with his influence ! Why the Right Hon . Gentleman

      when he said this must have known that there was scarcely a county member , jand ., very " few borough mem . bers , in front , or behind , or alongside of him , who did not ittiplOV . 0 , alttVOSt O \ V his linees , that some peer of Parliament would " concern "_ liimself in his election in order to secure his return . Was it not then a mockery and a farce to talk of inserting in our " sessional orders" a resolution declaring it to he a breach of privilege that any peer of Parliament or lordJieutemmt of a county should " concern" himself in the election of a member of Pari j liament ? Let the house but give him the committee for which he would move , aiid he would undertake to prove that two-thirds of the peers and half the bishops ( a laugh ) did " concern" themselves and interfere in the election of members returned to that house . Wliy , the

      circumstances wliich passed before their eyes within a few days must have convinced , not alone the members in the house , for they were convinced already , but must have satisfied . every " man who took the trouble of reflecting on them * that peers of Parliament did , and were entreated to " concern" themselves in the return of members ' to that house ... ( near , hear , and a laugh . ) There was the cascyof one gentleman , who , if he did not succeed in persuadiug a certain peer of Parliament to " concern" himself and intor-. ; . fere in I 113 return , might place the house in the unpleasant ' condition of being without the services of a ' Secretary for-Ireland . ( Laughter . ) He would repeat , then ^ that it . was a mockery and a farce to talk of maintaining ouvprivilegcs t » y such a sessional order as that now before

      them , and he was surprised that the Chancellor of tUCExchequer should make the statement and . keep the > gravity of his countenance ; , lie had last year voted against this resolution , and lie would do so again . Forhis own part , he would much rather that peers did openly . - vote ' for members of Parliament . It would bring them iu . contact with the people , from which they ( the peers ) , would derive great benefit . They would rind amongst , them What . they did not always nnd amongst . ' their own body . They would find more candour , moresincerity , more honesty , and patriotism than they could get amongst more , elevated members of . society . If noble lords mixed more than they' did with the working ; classes , they would find few who would give their votes . ( Continued in our eighth page . ) ,

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      HOUSE OP COMMONS—TrasDAT , Feb . 4 . The members of the House of Commons assembled at about balf-past one o ' clock ; but the attendance was thin , not more than seventy members being present when the House was summoned to the bar of tlie Lords . On their return no business was transacted , the Bight Hon . Gentleman immediately quitting the House , and his example being followed by the other members . At five minutes \ wfore four o'clock the Speakeb resumed the chair ; when Mr- Clifton , the tewly-elected member for North Lancashire , and ilr . J . Somes , member for Dartmouth , were , introduced , and respectively took the oaths in the usual form .

      Mr . J . Tocsc mored that a new writ be issued for the election of a knig ht of the shire to serve in Parliament for If orth Wiltshire , in the room of the Hon . » wlnev Herbert who has accepted the appointment of Secretary-at- ' War . —Agreed to . The Hon . Gentleman then moved the issue of writs for the election of a member for the borongh of Buckingham , in the room of Sir T . F . FremanUe , -who has accepted ttieomceof . Secretary for Ireland ; and for the election of a member for Stamford , in the room of Sir G . Clerk , who has accepted the office of Master of her Majesty ' s Mint—Both motions were agreed to . An Hon . Member on the Opposition benches moved that the Speaker issue a writ to the CJerk of the Crown in Ireland for the election of a member to serve in Parliament for Tipperary , in the place of the Hon . B . O . Cavedeceased . —Agreed to . "

      , , __ , __ , „ „„ Xora Ashxet gave notice of bis intention to more , on an early day , for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the labour of children in the calico printworks of Great Britain and Ireland , and also a bill to regulate the labour ofyoung persons in mills and factories . Mr J . TotwG gave notice , on behalf of Sir K . Peel , that it was the intention of tlie Bight Hon . Baronet to make a financial statement on Friday week , the Ufa of February . . ~ _ air . EwABTgavenotice of his intention to move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire -whether the present system of indirect taxation does not press heavily and unjustly on the poor ; also for leave to bring in a mil for the total abolition of the punishment of death .

      Mr "Wallace -ave notice of his intention to move on an early day for tho appointment of a committee to in . < piire how many of the railway companies , liable to tne provisions of the Act of thelastsession , bave complied with tbe regulations of the 6 th clause of that Act , relating to the better accommodation of third-class passengers . Also ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1301/page/1/