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      ^ m H * pc * " * « PawtWh the Chun * . ** f . State , to * Ve f « re 1 woeecd to thw aabjwt , ft * ^ to sdTCst to wc declaratio n ma ^ e by Lnrd ^ ' ^ ssell . in hisaddress to th , electors of the city *? Jab . havc k * ^ min ded of it by the rf&cw » l | lc C i ? Mcellnp « f the Excheqner . «* SrfJ eclarati-nxre have the noble lard sta ! in < r . & the wliok country , thai he thinks itpartieu-^ nrB eoc ^ aT that any pledge should be dels « . i fcspecXJB ? his intention to endow the Caiho-^« thooa ~ - * kit he h » d no intention of btincina W ~ i sBeh a measure , stall events , n « t at v ! iii f * ** , u ( Hear , bear . ) It way te that iiis Lordship * B » t c s- « £ tlj ' ' PpT * ' str . ding representatives ti ? H ^ jgssituouts with the unnouncement of the lasted b shw upin tUeir lips . ( Anwhutfi and jigr . ) There mast hnvc been many of tSie sup . ^ ' '^ Tof & ' "" ^ e * on * w ^* entreated him not te lS * th' ' i : i sn = ^ '"'"kk P «» t '" n- < Ap » lanse . ] r * L js nn 'Inns howcv-T . which the Wings do no ! lisi 3 nin i nnininyi

      * and 'v »»» ao' » . n ° yci > nsanil tell as that it is q ate mmsuessi' -y U do- « j p ! ei ! ics- { sn :: htcr ) -th » tihBjil ; i : ioteiit' : rtain s n »* * n > in 1 nrt sno J - o ' " the « nd < iwnjs ; > t ^ nje youfevnothm ? . geniltmc ! , ' as'ha Irishman : Jj { Lsa KMtT and ] oud cheers . ) 1 ' lav * n « amsbt ¦ ^ j , epriu- * ip ! 8-i which I hold will <> e unpopular in ! a . Iliass « f Carataons , an . i 'rtxibably may be scanted ii ! h derKW * and s = on . ( A v ,,- ce— ' Never reins ! . ' ) : It L > p ** « " t 5 m l " * " ?•» - *» nd our rejected rjnoeefi sr , of th < : ExebMjire . aim *^ < " may give that Jj . jjjcjf ! - lis de'idc-d co : i ^ .--aination , -Mid may speak Sthes'tenptto extend it very mnt : ia the Ian- rtsee lbivwas cloyed \» y Lord Mclnuense seven Jois iigo . ia reference to the quest inn of Frjb Trade ; jet it « s ast ^ nislilns bow fast . entlcmen ripen , and jj ^ heti thpseascsfif maturity co-oes -and the top--jul p « r i * ripe , all the tiany ripens e ! so . ( LauEh-^ The historv T > f tbe conversatLias that look jtee « hen tnc ? stinn of the rejsal of the corn j ^ wa ? brough t forward , induces cs to hope that

      £ CI « *»»' e otaeT conversion ? , u not so redden !; , at *} 1 events eqnaSy sincere By « nlieht * nirg * the < ieople—by in-i ^ ctins the masses , we shall he ab ' e | a bear awav si ! Whig ohstrncti- r and opa-.-sition—if jajsa -uld fes ^ wswrncJ—bef . ire the universal march 0 t that great *; rinc !| . le which has avowed us dciflrrafjsition to emancipate relicioa ir-m the fetters and f » keii : terftTenee of statesmen . Mr Miall resumed his l » af « nid « athnsias ! iccheerine . The Bktcrmxc Offices then c « lltd for the lhow rfhands- Ft-r Sir Charles NVoikj not a hundred sere held 051 for Mr truest 3 « n » & aearly the v : hole tf t $ » ts ; a « rificem . mwlinj . Indeed snea * sight | a » rarely bren witne « cd . For Mr Edwar > U ahont ^

      . aft QVf ^^ . _ ^ a ¦ I ¦ » _ Sre hondnd ( according tn ifoe local Tory pnper , ) and t ' frrMr ^ Ii allth «? Eanu'asMr Jone » . TheRetorning 1 Oficw having declared tae naow of Lands t « \ ie in i fwenrcf Mr Junes and Mr Miall , ( an auannncc- j jnent hailed with thundering acclamatians ) Mr i Stocte demanded a noil on behalf « f Sir Chsrlss 1 WotI , and Mr Sichoi «<( a on behalf of Mr Edwards , s nljicti was granted , and was Cx « d to cuKinencc at ' ejjtt o ' clock the next morning . 1 Sir Ghaf . les WV-8 then propoied a vote of thanks '> tetheRetarninsOScer , for » Ue tsaiaer in ^ hich

      he had diseliar ^ ed his dnty upon that owaaion . < } 1 r E- « Tose 3 seocsded the motion , iu a highly eCTplimrntxrr spe&A , and upon Its being put it iras cirrisii bv actlam * thn . l \ r Alexasbee having briefly actaiowleuVft tlw ' = cfimpliment . the proceedinys connected with the -aominatusn _ tvitniHat « d . and the immense conencrso « fpfBp'o which ii = d assembled disswrsp : ; peaceably . Tb" * proceedings lasted trora ten o'clock till tsn aimtes past thre ^ in the afternosn . An imta ^ nse ' nal-i-udei' ^ carted Mr Jones back ta his r « mmittp =

      100 m , from the window of which be subsequently address-d them . i Thcb ^ dat . —Result of the polk—Edwards . „ ... 511 Wood 507 Miall „ ... 3 iS Jor « 282 which resa : t \ ras cljtainpd by ihs Whig arid Tory coalition , there hsin ;; 3 j 2 Bplits between Wood anil Edwards !! After the poll was declared , Kr Ernest Jop . es a ? ldr «« ea em immense assemblage from the steps of the Odd-Fellsw * ' flail , and was greeted with the utmost enthn * ia 3 i ! . siaca all present- feh defeat was ouly occa-Moaed by tn nnpriccipiod coaii'ian , atid that a moral victory had been obtained by the cbaiapwns 0 the people . the

      Ob ^ EiniT , dcclaratina day , the Piece-Hall Tas titled with numbers scarcely inferior to thc .-e attending the isominatioi . Woo * and Edwards w « e rec' -ivrd with one . eneral groan 5 Jones an « J Miall with appkase that alraest bsffle description . The two members bn-fly thanked the _ meeting for their election . Rra : d continued disapprobation , and then left on the ? i ! ea of attending the funeral of the late lamented Mr Ackrejd . Mr MiaH and Mr Jcnss then ad ^ res . « ed the congregated thousands , nobly encouraged by the warm cheers-of ail present , when Ihsy too left , fully ia time to attend the melancholy eEremosy . ! . 5 \ .

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      TIVERTON . On ToeEday evening , JnU-37 « h , Mr Jalian Ilarcsj , the Cbarii-t candidate , arrived in Tiverton . llr Han ey was met at the entrance of the town by an iraiueaie : iss ? ml » la £ e of his rnecfe . who rscorted him , with lend cfieere , to Fore-street ( the sain sweat of the town ) . Arrived at fae fconse rf Mr Nonnas , tlrjiper , Mr Flarney speedily presetted Mmielf at one of the lirst . fljor windows of that gentltaian ' s h «< c , and his appearance was the uzrial for rentvred bursts of entbesiastie eaeenng

      Mr Itiwciific , an ( -lector , briitly introduced Mr II ., who . after fr-me preliminary observations , proceeded todUeuEs-themerrs of Lord Palmersion ' s address to ihe electors . Mr llarney commented apr . n "his krdshipV declaration that , 33 * he had acted in Par liament daring tbe past twelve years , so would he continue to act if again elected f anil slowed that * hi 3 lord 5 hipVact 3 had been almost kvari . bly opposeJ to the best interests of the people , forth at home and abrcad . At the conclusion of his speech , ilr llarney wasasain « nthnsiastically ottered .

      Oa Wednesday evening Mr llarney again addressed a spieaoi 5 gathering of his frfcads , ai tke « ame place , i-r Harney jtatcd Iris riew 3 at length , on the questions of ' Education . ' the' State Church , ' ' Ireland , ' the 'Sew Poor Law / sind several other subjects . Sir Ilsrnej's addres * produced the best possible effect , and elicited thunders of applatse . Oa Thnra ^ aT afternoon . Mr Wilkiasoiij ex-Mayor of-Eseter , arrived in the town , and continued his stay nntil Sunday evening . At the meeting on Tjmraday evening , which was attended by some thor . « aniJs , he ; d asain ia Fore-street , . Mr Wilkinson

      delivered an excellent and lengthy address , in suy port of the claims of Mr Harney , and was Iouojj « accrei . Mr llaruey followed , taking for hie subject , 1 ^ -nl Palmir-ton a Foreign Policy , and the « t-Terai faints' of the People ' s Charter . The utmost < MtUas : &aa prevailed tiirouahcut the delivery of his addreis . Mr II . concluded au energetic appeal to € k « 0 E 3 . and non-ekctors U da their duty on the narrow , in these words : — "fo-niuht we sleep upun Mr arms - tc-morrow we march to battle and to victerj ! ' Tia effect was electrical ; one mighty rear of apiaasc-showed the deJyht and determination of thesfciple .

      THE NOMINATION . Friday , Js ' y SO , was 1 I 12 day appointed for the nominsJioo . At e ! eveo o ' clsck , tke nsaal preiiminarita were txtoc through at the Gnildliaii , before J . W . T . locker . Eifl u the ilayor , who adjourned the further proceedwgs to tie hustin ? 5 , which bad been erected in frout of that magnificent edsScc , St Peter ' s Church . The tiitee candidates , vho had been seated together—during Jhe preUminary Jormaiiries—inthe Guildfcall , arrived at the hustings , attended by nu-Eieraus bodies of ikeir respective supporters . Mr Healhcoatc and Lord Palmerston took up their posit ions « a the right , and Mr llarney on ths left of the Mayor . The appearance of Mr ilaraey on the hustings was the signal for repogted rounds of cheering After a snort address from the Mayer , ^ Hr Ueathcoate wa 3 pai in nomination by Di Kehie , the proposition iaisg secDndtd by Mr Qa sBis .

      Mr W . IIoK propo = ted , asd Mr W . AxsisrEecsndea . Lord Paldcretoa . Mr& 5 wc « FFE propsaed Sir Jolian naroey . Be commented , ia severe terms , on toe New Poor Law , asfl asked . ' How would Lord Paljnerston like to be separated from Lady Palmerston V He rather nettled 'his Lerdshi ? ' by seme allusions to his salary and his . 'charitable contributions' to tho local nesasities of Tiverton . Mr Koxeliflc ' s addres 3 proj ¦ *^ ^^^ ens impression , and was deservedly and loudly eheercdL Mr Boacfcss briefly seconded Mr Haraej ' 3 noinix&rana .

      * h-l "' T ' . ii ! *?» cordiaUy received i then briefly aodngni Uxe ekctetB , exp ' ressing his aahereece to the pnnciples by which he had been CTided danngtlse time he bad held a seat in rarbjment . He declarod hia aasiety to support &sy measures that he believed would tend to improve ^ wm dition of the Trnrking daases , and also his ( «« ret'j pramote ihe diffusion of education , which ttight pare the waj for an extension of the suftVage . *!• poiutei to the llepes ! of tbe Corn Laws , the ERnt for Ed cation , the Ten Hours * Biil , and the iBsij Poor Law , as meassres which sufliciently diainyeA tbe cluyge of' class legislation' brought by ° » ta ! ii parties against the Parliament as at present constituted .

      Lord Paimeestos . who was received with alight raaria ^ Jrainhis friendi , and very stronc maaifes-« aons of disapprobation from the great body of the ssembl y , a ^ id that he understood hisopponeotrestcd ** claans . n ? t merely upon his own merite . but also IP « w ( Lom Palmeraton ' s ) demerit * - . lie wculd 2 *™ ° re waive il'is right to speak now . lie would $ f kart&e a'taC ^ iutended to bo made bj Mr " ^» Ji and then mike his speech in reply . 0 rtJ ? p confMi onfoUotfed * hisannouncemenr , man v tipl ? r * ' ? 8 fricn < fc wricg him not to forego nia ^ i ^ akjnglast , ue&C'iDgthc candidate prorw ***!»• only wanted fcit' playj fee ffould ,

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      Xhenfore , agree tos ^ k first , and stats faewhoh J hn charges a « ainst Lord Palmewton 52 ffift . ? should then make hia speech in 3 and h ? ii ° Harney ) wonld finally make a sewJd 9 ' J ? fcnh hi , views on the reformTffi bSted A nrressary for » he welfare of the conntrv * ° ^ mewton any other terW ^ than L « , **?' . W aasSitSS ^ aMs saaS ??^ ^ JiasiS ^ ffiTcass-fi nroveofXTh ? % , . P 1 ?' * not because 1 up-£ 5 a I *^ l * a- l » s ^ 8 , but because I think mk * i a s cch indicates bv its . m ,, j ?„«« th * » i 1 :

      o t «I c s W P ! t i 1 < < i ' < , ' twS , ;» * T T"ft * ^^ Pily nTcn ^ ho ca I £ n w V r S ? L v « 7 » Moia eriiiMt libera-« 5 L A ? nM - W th tueexciption of Mr Heath-Wte 1 * cvcr knew wh 0 roved him-*! ' M ** r bv tho work of his bands , was the •* t « ^ e ; . h Strutt of Darby ; a ma whose memory will l'o ;» own to posterity justly honoured tor thepure yis : htpo ^ ne » s of his works . But such Whi ^ s are lite autals visits few and far between . ' ( Laughter . ) I « , > ld that 1 couW meet Lord Palmerstan in the spirit i » . which I meet Mr lleatheote . I have ,. 0 desire to ns : « k « - this a personal contest , but in assailthe policy of which Lwd Paltaerston is the represen tative , it is inipo ? sio ! e to separate the noble lord from that policy . ( At thus moment a slight crash occurred on the hustings occasioned by the breaking of a beam ) You hear that ! that ' s indicative of the

      break-yown of the noble lord . ( LiUghter and cheers . ) Gentlemen , L-ird l ' almerston will no doubt take credit to himself for his long services as a public man . I remember having lately seen an extract from a pamphlet eniitlod ' The Claims » f Intellect . ' in which thetf-veralmemhersol the Whig ministry wore set forth as the purest , wisest , best of statesmen ; : in « l the writer urged , in behalf of Lord Palmerecon , t ' nat h" iiad served in the ministries , and nijiiyedtiwcnnfidence c . f , Perceval , Canning , Weilin-Uon . ami Melbourne . As we may judge a man by the comuany he keeps , wo may come to speedy cenciuskms respecting . Lord Palmerston , who in tho cmiree of unpolitical life has been like St Paul , ' all things toaUtncn . ' ( Ltushter . ) Tocivevnu an idea

      ot I ' ercWal . it will suffice tcsay that the liight he was sh * t fcy BelUnabam in tho lobby of tho House of Commons , that very night he was to have brought forward a measure for the purpose of forming , in the neighbourhood of London , avermanent camp of thirty tfconsand troops . These trnops were to overawe the metropolis , and stifle the just discontent of the people in Wood . ( Uear hrar . ) Tliat scheme died with its projector , but no doubt the noble lord can inform us as to his share its preparation . ( Hew , hear ) Canning was a ciever jester , a brilliant buffoan , a feix-eater almost the entire of his life , and the determined enemy of all reform . Will the neble 1 rd tell us if he was in the hou « e when Canning excited roars Ot hu-hter by his d-SHU-tim : iibaldrv in relation to

      : an unhappy , persecuted victim , whom he denomi-Eated the revered ar . d mpinre ' i OgdeoT Will the noble lord tell us if he joined in that ribald roar ? ( Hear , hear . ) lit- will remember that Canning called tho Reformers ' a ow , degraded crew , ' and that that same CaHaiag declared he would oppose e vcrv scheme of reform to the last hour of his lite . ( Hear , hear . ) As regards Wellington , the duke has unquestionab c merits as a scientific director of war , but his name is everywhere linked with despotism- " Tlie' saviour of the nations' not yet saved , Assd ' EuropeV Liberatoi' still enriavea . "

      ! I As to Melbourne , he superintended that atrocity , j the Calthorpe-street riot , and it was under his rule . that a owsecuiion wa = waged against the press , more ' : viudiciive than at auy prcvioas period . The Whigs have ai ways been great sticklers for the liberty of the . press , their constant sentiment being—' The liberi . > of tho j-resa is like the air we breathe , if we have it not , we politically die . ; ' yet , when in power , they persecuted ihe Sidvocates -ef a cheap and free press , and filled t « e prisons with hundreds of victims . ( Hear , huar ) Finally . Lnrd Melbourne ' s government , -f which Lord ' Palmerston was a . member , passed an act to fetter the press more ' striascnt tbaa anything contaiaed in tho odious six acss of Sidmonth and Castlereauh . I was a sufferer frmn the persecution instituted by Lord Melbourne and Lord Palmerstan . Tho noble lord bciongste the ' second estate . ' hut I belong-to the' fourth estate , ' and I tell the noble lord tliat tbe time is coming when tlu . t estate—like Aaron ' s rod—shall swallow tip the * th ; r 3—

      " Eight , not might , sbal ! be the lord , The pen sball rule , and not the sword , In tbe good time coming I * { Loud cheering . ) Gentlemen , 1 ask you to remember the conduct of these Peace . Reform and Rcirenchncnt Whi £ 3 . Of the ' peace * 1 sisa . il speak presently . Toa got the Reform Bill— 'Thebiil . ihewlmle bill , and nothiog bus the biil . ' ( Hear , hear . ) Nothing in tbe way cf aood , notaina in the way of reformation , though plenty in the way of Reformation . ( Cheers . ) The Ditttr fruits of the Reiorm Bill « ere many , but three stand out prominently ; : — A Coercion Bill for Ireland , and a Rural Police , and a New Poor Law for England . < 5 ent ! emen , far be it from me to attempt t <» tscjta vmtlittive feelings against my noble

      opponent , but 1 cannot refrain from rt-minding ysu that Lord PalmiTStmi has ever been the supporter of « ho execrable law I have last named . ( Groans for 'his lordship . ' ) Since I came to this town I have he . ird something of the _ working of that measure . Men feavecome to me with tears in their eye 3 and detailed the hcrrors they have sofiered in tba abominable bastile . ( Cheers and groans . ) They have tald mo heart-reiidhis'alesofthe cruel separations ofhushand from wife , and parents from their children . I have been told of tha felon dresses the hapless poor are compelled to wear , and the detestable , poisotous skilly allotted to them for food . Those who tare suffered the worse than dungeon discipline of your pnion-bastile , have dcelared to me that rather than

      sg&in encounter its horrors they wonld commH some petty offence aud get themselves committed to thu gaol , where the felon meets with kinder treatment than the honest man whose only crime is his poverty . ( Cries of'trae' and great cheering . ) The . New P « or Law was passed by the Whigs , ehiefly at tho instigation of tbfat political renege Harry Brougham , wlio begged and entreated of the Uouao of Lords te pass the bill that they might save their estates from being eaten op by the poor ! He declared that tmicss that bill was made law he had reason to apprehend that he would become a Westmoreland pauper . But he had already taken care to provide for himself fey jncreasin" the

      sitiary of the Lord Chancellor from four to five thoumd a year . You are insolently tokl that you ought to be thrown upon your own resources , yet these statermeu take good care not to practise what they preach . ( Cheers . ) Aly Lord Paiaierston , when he retires to private life , and the sooner he doss so the toiler— ( cheers )—wili take care to have , in some sii ? . j . e or other , his finger in the public purse as Ions as he lives . It is notorious' that thousands bave perished through the operation of the N » w Poor L * w . Iafantejbave been murdered , and people have committed suicide , or died of starvation , rather than seek the sort of relief offered them under this atrocious law . While I am on this subject 1 may remind you that , recently , when Mr Peter

      Borthwicfc proposed to allow a ^ ed couples , sixty years of age and upwards , to live together in the workhouses , the Whiggo 7 crnnient , toaraan , oppos 5 d that humane provision . It was carried , however , in spite of them . ( Great cheering . ) The J . « rds threw out that amendment . Fit work for such an assembly . Fit work to make the people ask themselves of what "Ee are lords at all ? ( Hear , hear . ) J suppose , my Lord Palmerstone would call that house the noblest assembly in the world , but one of their order , the celebrated Lord Chesterfield , who knew them better than 1 know them , described that house aa 'the Hospital of Hereditary Incurables . ' ( Great laughter and cheers . ) When tbe bill returned to the house of Commons . Loid John Itiisseii , in spite of what he

      had said and done to defeat Mr Bortliwick ' a clause , proposed the reintroduction of that clause . Why ? Not from any sjaipashy with the poor , but because he knew the feeiicg of the House of Commons was against hita , _ and determinedly in favour of the clause . Besides , he bad an eye to the coining elections ! ( Hear , fcesr . ) But the Whigs deserve no credit for the passing t-f th&i clause . J ndecd , in the House of Lord :, Urougbam complimented Lord Palmerston and his colleagues on tbe gaVaat st and they had made against tho clause ! liy the by . it is not often the Whigs get any compliments from their old friend , Brougham . It is the best fun in the world to Bee Harry poking at tlie WhSga . ( Laughter . ) Jla was one of tbem , and so is acquainted with all their artful dodaing ; be knows the way to their sore places , and " he tafceS care there to torment them . ( Lau » htcr . ) You may imagine you see Brougham in ths character of the

      keeper of a menagerie ; there he stands , atirrjug the Whip up with a long pole , and they growland t * um . We ; butthe more they growl , the more Uarry poke * attbem . ( Roan of huhicr . ] GeaUcmeu , I pL to oduai subjects . 1 will not weary you bj detKtg all the extravagance ef the Whigs , by which the ? proved their retrenching propensities ; suffice it to say , that whereas they foand , on coming into o ffice a . surplus of two millions « . f m * ney at their disposal ' they left ofhee with a deficiency of eight miUiots which , bir Robert Peel had to provide for Mr Ueathcoie has given the House of Commons credit for adopting the Income Tax , which , hi haB told yon , was adopted for the purpose of taxing therish and sparing the ponr . 1 will here aay , that the Income Tax is an unjust tax , and ought to be abolished , and a Property Tax substituted . ( Hear hear . ) MrHeathcote is ; mistaken in his view of the reasons for t&e imposition ot the Income Tax . The fact wap , llist tbe old system of indirect taxation bad foiled—failed , at least , in producing sufficient to meet ( be extravagant ezrendituje of

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      « ! JF 1 " 88 ? Hw Lordship-has noi forgotten tte bitter taunt thrown b y Sir Robert Peel in the eetn of poor Franky Baring , whom he described as a pennyless Exchequer Chancellor , seated on nn empty treasury-chest , fishing for a budget in a bottomless sea of deficiency , ' ( Great lauithter and cheering . ) This state of things produced thogeneroi election of 1841 . At that election his lordship indulged in a Joke which many of you will remember Ahorse within etghtof the noble lotd was kicking and rearing , when the noble lord happily remarked that ' s the last kick of the Tories' ( ' True' ar .-l laughter . ) That kick , if last it was . Yras at anv rate

      strong : enough to kick his lordship out . of iiffiw . . Laushtor and cheers . ) I think to-day we shall see the last kick of the Whigs . ( Renewed cheerin-. ) A few words 1 on the doings of tho Whias durinlr the session of Parliament just clraed . As regards Iro land , 1 quarrel not with the expenditure of one penny Ot tbe enormoussum spent by tbe Whigs . My quarr el is with tho manner of its application . llat ; . t . than one human being sh-mld have perished , I would have said double the national debt , it need oe . ( Hear , hear . ) But . centltmsn , wiiile the Whig * doled out charity to the starving Irish , they nl ! i » . * cd tnom to become the victims ot sneculfttorsineraui .

      ana hoarders up ef the people ' sfood . Free trad * - wss togivfl us 'cheap bread , high « agea . and plenty to no . instead of which you have had thus far dear . read , lower wages , and less employment . The land loru is no Isnger permitted to rob the ; mor man of a purtion of his loaf , but the robbery is still carried oh by another pnrty . The corn-dealers have taken the place ot the landlords , and the poor are more plundered thar . ever . This is free trade ! ( Hoar , In'ar . ) His lordship calls himself a free tr . idvr ; but ha i . < out a new convert . It is not . very Ion" since that he was the advocate of an eighuhilliu- ' fix . nl duty ; at the very time , too , that the real duty paid on crn was some shillings l . wer . ( A voiceou the hustings _ llie auty was 5 * . 7 d . ' ) But to return to Ireland .

      1 say it was the duty of the government to have suen tha' wit ni > . ' human being perished for Inck of fw , d . ( uear . ) I say it was the duty of thegovernment to nav ,-. ssabiiMieil depots of food , from which to h « ve supplied the people , independent of the grasping robbers , who trafficking in the staff of life condemn nations to perish that they may become rich . ( Interruption from the Whigs and loud cheering from the people . ) As regards Ireland ' s future , all tiie m ^ ney that the Whi ? s have spent , misjht just as null hnv " - been thrown into the sea . Unless other measures are adopted than they have hitherto brought forward , lruland will still be the desolate land she is . hw standing army of two millions and a half of paupers will continue embodied constantly , pouring out its instalments of wretehedbeings who in thi « country compete with the working men tor labour and for fooderoi j

      , ycardragging the working classes of this c « nutr \ lower and lower , and bringing Englishmen nearer and nearer to the dead level of Irish misery . ( L-nal cheers . ) His lordship has read in the Madrid pupm the taunts flung at him by the Spaniards in answer to his ai ? iy threat of going to warapainat Spain in behalf of the Spanish bondholders . The S-aiuards bid him lo .. k at home , and feel , if he can feel , time the stateol Irelandis a thousandfold more disgraceful to this country than it is for Spain to rtiiise to pay her debts . ( Hear , henr . ) Almoit the oni * par tinlly good measure bnmght forward by tho Whi «» for Ireland . — the Wa 8 te Lands' Lnprovemt-nt Bill—they abandoned as they have abaadom-d i-very other measure containing a particln «> ' unod . Even the Whigs progress . They have progressed from being positively bad to baing the fiien ot

      good intentions . ' But you know that ' good iutentions , " are « aid to form the paving etcmes oS' n nameless place ; and yon may depend upon it that the Whigs have contributed to make good the highways and tho byeways of that unmentionable locality . ( Laughter . ) The Health of Towns' Bill was another of the abandoned measures of th » 8 t 6 sbn . So the consistency of these men ; they appoint camnuMiunervS anii print horrifying reports , in which the \ make it appear Ihftt owing to the noxious influence of filth and stench , owing to the bad drainage and bud vmilation of the hovels , cellari and garrets of tiie poor , more people die frou typhus and other diseases i * one year , and every year , than were slain at Wa terloo . —

      That crowning carnage , Waterloo . On theae representation 1 ) they bring in a bill , and after dawdling with it all through tlie session finally abandon it , though they know that , on their own statements , forty or sixty thousand people will perish before such a measure can be passed and be brought into operation next year . ( Cheers . ) Poor Lord Morpeth . how I pity him ; compelled to cat his « wn words and throw overboard his own bantling . I have some little respect for Lord Morpeth . I think him the best of tho lot . ( Laughter . ) \ remember that six years ago I had the * pleasure of opposing that noble lord at the Wtst Riding Election , and remember the unaffacted courtesy of that nobleman ' s manner throughout

      the contest . I am about to ask Lord Pairaerston a favour , most iikely tho only fovour I shall ever auk of him . It is this . tliat . on his return to town that , lie will be good enongh to give my compliments to Lord Morpetb . [ L . rd Paliner- 'ton here took off his hat and b-iw « <\ in token of his acceptance of the mission confided iu him by Mr II . The people meanwhile laughing and cheerinjf . ] I must now congratulate the Whig * en two thin-slthey did do last session . First , they passed the Manchester Bishopric Bill . Although Duncombe —glorious Duncombe , the people ' s representative—( loud cheers )—did all be could with a small Ound « f others , to defeat that measure , Lord John stuck to it , and fought tooth and nail to give the country the blessing of 'more bishops . ' ( Laushter and croaninc !

      When L-rd John is in earnest he can fltht , net like a mastiff , but like a tnostdelermined little cur—for little he is , little in heart ami soul as well as in body . Peel's a statesman , but Lord John Russell is a nobody . ( Hear , hear . ) The next matter of ennsratuktioni 3 the continuance of the Duke ot Wellington ' s statue on the arch . It is my misfortune to live at the west end of London ; at least-, thore is one nrsfortune atiached to living there . Twice a day I have to pass that monstrosity . tho Duke ' s statua . Do you Ti vertonians see Punch ? ( ' Yeg , yes . ' ) Will , then , you ' ve , seen this celebrated statue , fer I assure you that Punch ' s caricatures hardly exaggerate that hideous deformity . Gentlemen , I will candidly confess that I have no great admiration for warriors whether

      called emperors or dukes , and it iB not to such that I would raise statues . But hsre was a statue , goad or bad , I pretend not to be a jusige of these matters , but men of great repute , as judges ol art , had condemned tho sice chosen for this monsterstatue by that precious squad , the committee ot ' Competent persons . ' Well , the Whips concurred in that condemnation , and declared that down the statue should come . After all , however , the Whiu * as usual , turned round and declared the statue should not come dewn , but should remain upon the arch , I suppose for the purpose of exciting homo disgust and foreign ridicule . I would have had the statue taken down , put into the meltinir pot and tho then wsrth of it sent to Ireland

      to buy toed for the starving poor . ( Great cheering ) Now , gentlemen , 1 come to the real businefK of the d « y . Hitherto I have condemned Lord Palmerston in conjunction with the Whig party generally , for the acts of that party , bnt I Lave now toRpe . sk of matters which more particularly concern th » noble lord personally . I speak of that foreign policy of which the noble lord is the representative . I have said the Whigs came into power in 1 S 30 , pledged to a peace policy . Well , they were hardiy seated in council when they involved the country in what , the Duke of Wellington wonld call * little wars . ' in connection with the troubles in Spain and Portugal rlianka to Lord Palmerston , that system called 'liberalism' triumphed in thoso countries much t ; i

      the disadvantage of tho people . In Spain , for instance , the taxes raised before the ascendancy of ' liberalism * amounted to hut ei ? ht or nine millions annually ; the taxes now amount to thirteen w fourteen millions every year . That is , tho people ar « plundered of the fruits of theirindustrylo the extent of several millions of money more than fcffey ever paid before Lnrd Palmeriton established 'liberalism . ' As regards the liberties of tie people , it is notorious that the most sangoina-. y despotism has been established in Spain by Donna Christina and her confederates in the name of tho liberal Queen Douna Isabella . Another 'little war was the driving of the Dutch out of Antwerp for the purpose of estab ! i . « l > in ? , on the Belgian throne , a minion Of LoUiB Philippe . By the bve . the French nnnnle

      know something of the sweets of 'liberalism . ' They were not content with King Log , they rauit needs have King Stork ; they turned away Charles tbe ienth and set up Lord Palmerston ' s particular friend , Louis Philippe , under whoso reign the taxes have been enormously increased , corruption has been made the organised means of ruling tho country , aided by overwhelming physical force and laws of the most despotic character . Indeed , you may take this for granted , that wherever Lord Falmerston ' s friends , tho 'liberals' are in power , there tho people are moro oppresed and plundered tban they ever were in the worst and the darkest times . ( Cheers ) The Whigs next showed their peace and libsrtyioTing character by goading tho people of Cnuada into rebellion . The Canadians wished to have full

      and entire control over tLcir own taxation ; they wiehed to have perfect representation and , therefore , demanded certain organic reforms which the Whig government refused to concede . The Canadians then stopped the supplies , and on this , theso libertywring Whigs seized upon the taxes and took possession of the public funds , in violation of the then exfeting constitution . These and similar acis drove the Canadians to armed resistance . As the Americans Iwd done before them , they proclaincd the great principle , that 'Taxation without Representation is tyranny send ought to be resisted . ' I also am here to-day to proclaim that principle . ( Cheers . ) You all remember what followed ; a frightful insurrection which was only , quelled by the shedding of much blood , for which these peace-loving Wbigs were whojy responsible / Cheers . ) The noble lord next helped us into that infamous contest tho war with China . Our merchants were anxiona to supply tie Chinese with opium , an article forbidden bj the go-

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      It 2 TV'n Jh - arourd of tue injurious and destruc-¦ « r free iL " T" Tbls « of C 0 Ur 88 « did not auit hi i ™ S f > who 8 evml tirae 8 tooke the law of ' molror a ? H fi 8 Ct aU wa »» D S » ™* & ™ ta of the cKhTnese tn T ' , Their inaolenceat last roused dSv ' 3 S ^ f > 8 ofr ' WtoldP ; which were imme-Tmi ouK-t ° pretexfc on whioh t 0 found a mur vivA mwi * i . , ombaracd , their shippiRi ? deswere imml . «? K , m 6 n . wom «« . and children nirati nTrSt III " V ** ' Wc ^^ P wt of 31 n and I ' , tbroats tomake thc Chinese swallow KJ ' top » C ° 5 t 0 Bt with fchat ' attheconolurfou w as Shm . fc th 0 O » i ° escpay an immense vitin ? Z \\ T . placC !! il " ' lstt > l at tbc heatJ * ^ oSr ? n " ) S ^ ' y "" -Money or . yonr life . ' ( Great Aff hit . mn . W . i , hout havina unVbminmi ttinM > that

      "" J- ^ coaHtry . depowaapopulSmoaMih ; and ^ ta dirt * tool of ou , oWl on the tlvvone-S b-miuh , 1 think , was hia name . If 1 do dot give the Ma e * . Indian pr .. nonnc ! ation of the names of per--vsaml pUom , I hope his lordship will remember that I have not had such an intimate acquaintance with cither as be has had . Some , day I may be ii ins l . tdsh . p ' 8 ,, iaCC , ami then I may know as much .-, bmit them a » ho docs . ( Sneering laughter from Irom the peop o . ) I have said ' we placed ' and rId , A ?!?" t' H ™* I « iW nothing t , do » ithn Lord Palmowfon havin » got D < . st . Mohammed sale as a prisoner , and nut Shah Snm » l , to

      on li « tnrone tbou ^ hi maintain this an-anrremen i . vkeapinea ! arge « riU . v of British troops fn ~ ,-, lu ,, try but behold one d-iy thc Aff ; . hans pbchu > themselves tinker the command of Akhbar Khan " row against the British and destroyed every ono of = hem . Then was seen th-i mournful realisation of Campbell : < lines : — " Few , few Bhall par » wh « re ma « y racot , Tne snow sball bo thuirniniliog-jliett , And evi-r ^ sod hcneatli tlitir fett Shall be a soldier !! s- 'pulehro . " G d knows whiU ' 1 di-test the Wiivriers trade , my heart . bl « cds at the recoilcction of the fate of theae unhappy men , of wlmrn but » ne escaped to tell the tale ot their destruction . Think of the misery that wis bronaht home to hundreds of ' fathers , mothers , sisters , wivca , and others , when tho tiding reached them timt tho bw » of those they loved were whitening tne pusses of Cabul , tlwir flash having been first tht ! piv-y of the ravenous vultures and jaclcits of Ania . I cbavge upon his lordship and his colWacues tho blond of these wretched victims of the noble lord ' s policy . ( These words , and the manner of thespcak « r . who l . tnkina diivotly a I Lord [ V . ! mersron , somed to hurl his accusa" ions ' . 1 ; the ' noble lore ! , ' produced cxtraorditmry sensation and exoiu-. ment in ihe crowd

      Tin' WhiiS were siichucd , and Lo-rl Pidmn ' .-toft bit , his lip , . inil turned whiter even than usual . ) Gentlemen , much as I may deplore the destruction of those unhai . py troi-ps , I am bound by every s-aiti- ' mentnf jusiicc to say , that the act of tho Alf-ihans w « s perfectly jiHtiiiiible . Mr Hsathcnle lias spoken disparagingly of th « Amevicans , antl lam freotoconfesd ihat tliRre a > e many things about the Americans that I < lo not admire . There is just now in that country an utnicious sentiment wrj current-- ' Out * country richt or wrong . ' I aay my country when right , but 'he riulit always , and may the right triumph though m- ' ountry nerisli . ( Enthusiiisfcic cheerinp . ) Tlie AilvhiiBN had not only been deprived of their indep iidencu , but also were S'ihjfcced to numberless insuits and cruel outr . ises . For instancu . it i 3 a well

      ascertained * act , ' hut no man ' s wite or daughter was aafe from tho intrijjufs or violence of men calling ihemfflves British ! offiwrs ; . and this worst of <> u ? . ra 03 . did more than anything eke to excite the inoxtini ! ui 3 liab ! e hatreH of thc Afghans . Under such cir < -nm > tan (( -s , Akhbar Khan was justified in doing as Bruco and Tell had done before him . ( Loud cheers . ) Ssinpnse this country had its monarch ticposed by the French government , and sotna tool of Louis Philippe appointed to rule over us . Suppose a French array lodged in the capital , for the purpose nf overawing the country . Suppose Englishmen subjected to the- insults and outrages that , the Affghans were , should we not be justified induing as thej did ? ( Cheere . ) Well then , does not the risht exist for

      them as well as for us ? ( Cheers . ) They hut did what 1 very nation is justified in doinjj , and what every nation has done , or tried to dp , when assailed by foronni tyrants . ( Great cheering . ) I suppose Lnrd I ' almcs'Ston will attempt to show that his interference in the affairs of Afghanistan , was neces ? ary for the interests of our Indian empire . ' Our Indian empire ! ' Poor fellows ( 3 ;> eakingto tlie working men present ) , what , a farce it 13 to talk to you of our Indian empire , aivi our colonial possession , when you have not one foot of soil in your own country yon enn call your own . llow applicable to your condition are the wordsofLammenais : — 'Gotothecnscandtothewcst , and to the north and to the south , and wherever ye shall Co , ye shall find some one who will drive you

      hence . saying 'this field is mine . ' And when you have gone through the length and breadth of your fatherland , no where « ill you lind a spot i .: f eartu where your wife may bring forth your first born , or your vhilHren bury your bones in a place that may bo yours . ' Yet such men as my Lord . Palmerston have the assurance to tax you fur wars for the maintenance Kit that Indian empire , and those colonial possessions , whLh tnny be 1 heirs , but whicb practically is uono ot yours , ( Great cheating . ) When I say this , I wish it to be understood that 1 am not insensible to Iho greatness of my country . 1 am not one of those reformers who desire to see a separation between this country and the colonies . 1 am for making tint connexion stronger and more certain that ever . 1 nm

      for biudingthe whole to us with the link of justice . I have no desire to seerival enipiresgrowiugup in India , Araeiica and Australia . Lot thc people of tha whole of these dependencies be invested with their natural rishts , let them be relieved from thc witheriti o supremacy of our aristocracy , let them learn to ° Jnvo our government because that gorernraent ' s acts are just , and the world will then seo Anglo-Indians . Anslo-Amcricans , nnd Auglo-Australians , floating with Ub down the stream of time , one happy , one free , one triumphant British nation . ( ImmeKse cheering . ) It lias been said that oui interference in Afghanistan was necessary fur the purpose of erecting a bamer njiairat Russia . It" that was Lord Palmsrston's . design , he showed himself mfoorabl *

      deficient in foresight . Instead of erecting il bari'ijl ' against RusBia , he literally opened the flatus of that country for the admission of the Russians . Lord Palmerston found the Aftghans comparatively indifferent towards us , but he left them in a state of excitement a ^ ah ' -st us , which no iimo enn efface . After one army had been oaerificed , aneiher was sent , not fur tiie purposo of conqtiarina tbe country , but for thc purposo of avenging thc doaradfltioa which had fallen on the English name ; " and this himy went through the country , robbing , spoiling , an ^ destroying both life and property , for thc pitiful purpoae ofrevenge . Armed and unarmed were uns-8 acr « d , cities were fired , and even the crops and fruit trees woro ruthlessly deatroyoJ , trampled downcut

      , dovrn and given to the flime * . that so thorns who escaped the sword might perish of hunger . Alter these Christian acts the British army decamped , with thc curses of the Aff s hftn iieupla following in their train . Sco tho rtsult of Lord Palmcrstun ' s policy . Whenever the struggle comes thai ; must come sorao day between England and Russia , and when Calmuulc honl < H march to ut loast the attempted conquest of India , then , inatcad of finding any bsvrier in tlieir way in AffghanisUn , they will find in tho Affghans enthusiastic allies , inspired by one all-al ^ orbiDg thirst of vengeance , ca ^ er to drench their swords in the b ' . ood of the lirjush , and ready to follow any puwer callable of leading them to tho gratification of thoir

      revenge . Tins will be tho certain consequence of the nobio Lord ' s most wise policy ! ( Groat cheering ) The Sikh war was no doubt mainly attributable to tho noble lord ' s policy iu Afghanistan . The Sikhs had seen tho British driven i , ui of Cabuli and deeming themselves even better sokikis than the Aft ' ihfius , they thought they couW uot foil to beat the British . Gentlemen , I am not a member of the peace society , I dont believe that as yet wc arc very neat 1 that millcnium , when tlie lion and thc lamb- shall lie down together , « md , therefore , aa regards the Sikh war , I don ' t say that our soldiers could do otherwise than defend themselves when attacked . 15 ut I charge Lord Palmer&Um , that by his meddling intrigues , interventions and war . * ,

      followed by disaster and defeat , he excited the Sikhs to the aggression they mado upan IMtUh Ju-Jia . 1 now come , Gentlemen , to the war in Syria . That war was undertaken in assertion of legitimacy ivoil the divine right of the Turkish Sultan . 1 have no great veneration for Mehemet Ali ; he is certainly a wonderful man a man of great mind , but be has done many atrocious things in his time , Iho infamy of which will cling to I 113 name . It U said he tyrannised over Syria , perhaps he did . but there was ut least order in that country under his rule , and persona and property were « afo . But Lord Palmcrston did away with all that . He restored the nominal rule of the Sultan ; but , aBev . ryone knows , there has baen nothing hut anarchr and misery in that land ever since . The most horrible excesses have flowed Irom the ' sanguinory flonlesls of rival

      religious parties , who havo not been' content to employ fire and sword in the usual way between combatants , they must needs torture each other to dsfltli iu the most frightful way . This is the result of my Lord Palmerston ' s policy . ( Oheors ) The noble lord would , if questioned , no doubt profess great ansicty to preserve tho integrity of the Turkish Kmpire ; but in crippling the power of Melicmct Ali he half-disarmed the only man sapable of » allying the Mahommeda » race ' against tiie Radians . Lord Palmeiston ' s policy has rendered the dismemberment of tho Turkish empire more likely than ever . It might have been otherwise had the Egyptian Prince been permitted to march to Coustautiuople . There » a person well known by name to his lordship , a Mr Urquhart . who hna very laboriously tried t * show that ia Lord Palmoreton ' s foreign policy be has constantly done tho work ot Russia , and has been bribed to do that work . For

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      mysolf , I never believed auvthinc of I ' m sort , I ii « not believe a fellow . or . nntryrosii would noil bis , hand with a dirty bribe to do the traitor ' s work for a foreign despot . I trust the n »!»! e ford * lll not be offend « d , beaause I hnvo called hi . 'sj my fellow-countryman . 1 know not if he ia an lmhman . or only nn Irish htrihrA , but hi what he may by birth , 1 call him frilow 4 oiir , ir > -in » n , for I would that all those distineiions r-X Er-iish iiiid Irish wore effaced , and that we eouKi nil bo krI'j broturen of a common country . ( CUcers ) For aiy part , I never believed Lurd PalmorHtim to h « . «> ny ' worae than the rest of his order . Ileovi-vwli * - - . ' '' allies himself with despotism , and dots ths wi . vh " of dcapotif . m , thouah 8 .. mttimes in thu nanw of * Liberalism ; ' but in bo i ! oin » . he dma the wo-k natural to an uristocrat . There is no need to si-ok for Russian influetice to ticcouut tor ihenoWuiw . i ' p .

      conauot ; ho nets neithei bvplor n- ^ r " -orsu t ! j » , » j tUs i restofhiaolass , wko arer . l'vays oppassii 1 . 0 i ^ us \\» berty and the progress of nations . ( G / e .: t t cimci-iv .-. \ i 1 now come to the noble lord ' s poli cy siucd hu ; -etiTvr • 0 ofbco , and passing several quealioiiH , 1 aiu . li con fine myself to three , fern- tima before the nobla teal resiimed his old iJiice , an insnrr . ution hail occuvrcjj a ' ; Cracow , the ancient , capital of Poland . The Ki-i ^ inAi partition of Poland—the foulest wienginhistoowas certainly riot directly shared in by this c-oni ' -- }' . but it 13 also certain that th « desuoiler * nflVcs-ii

      » au very time Jfingiand for an ally ; iho ob- ' ject ot the allianci ! being tho Ktippresssicm ' of lUiarij ! <> n the continent . The intolerable wrona » fofl : im 5 b ' t 1 the Polish people have several times caused rr ) "hr , i " iil j struggles in that unhappy land ; anil one of ' wsu i outbursts took place on tho month of Fehniarv 1840 . I be Russian , Ausrrinn . and Prussian ites-mAa t < w ; v i Dined tlieu- forces , a . > d once more the cauBe bf Polana j was lost , and the insurrection suffbeated in blood . I ! pass by tho horrid crimes committed hv the des ot- I and come at once to the question of Crucnw : a « ' . oording to the treaty of Vienna , Cracow wij ' to & \ state , and 'on no account whatever' was tl , em , u !> 'VZ * , Lrir i ? ? f ' led by foreign troops . TWs part of tlie treaty had several tiraes Ijoen yk-l-ted and alter tlm suppression of the last hm-W s lion , hrafc Russian and Austrian , and then Km-. trion troops only , continued to occupy the city . Lori ! ; Palmcrston was questioned on this in die liniivftn '

      Commons , and . in reply , said that lie believed the i occupation of Cracow by the Austrians wai «;!•• I temporary , at the same time ho delivered himself ov a very vnforo « jwai-ning to the triune despo' . s to tlm t ' fti'Ct that it tnoy did not respect the . treaty oH " Vienna onti ) o banks of the Viitula , other imi-ti-s : mnjhtsbow as little respect for that treaty on the ! Iwnksof the Rhino . Early in November ft . became t-onerally reported that the oonfiscators of Poland had completed the measure of their crimes by annex- ; ing Cracow to Austria . On this , my Lord Pa ! ni 8 ! -.. at « n manufactured a ' protest , ' in whiou he areiiH ' the question on hypothetical grounds , lie had besni i a rumour but couldn't credit it . He put . it . to tbe ' three governments , whether ao small a state as Cv . < - cow con id seriously menace tho security of uvh . powerful empires . He honed that what had h « . ™' .

      Uie work ot ei' . ht powers would not be undone : > v i three , and soon . Now , I havo good reason tohJ-j liove , when Lord Palmcrston wrota this crineip " r ; ibhiBh , he know for certain , that the confiscation of I Oracow was au accomplished fact . Governroer-ii ! knowthflBO matters before we know thorn , nnd I ' strojialy suspect my noble opponent was thoronahlr wd acquainted with tho truth of what he proie ^ t-i I todbbelievo . It so , then , I say , that , instead ot ; calling his argument hypothetical I should call ifc ; hypocritical . ( Chctn ) Well , his lordship senUiisi waste paper to tho tiiree courts , and the despots r > ccived it and grinned contemptuous defiance as their ! i i

      answer ; and Lngl » nd , this mighty England , hovc- man of the ocean , and conqueror of Napoleon . ' crouched before thi-m . ( Hear , hear . ) Oh , shame ! ahame !! But am I asked what w . iuld I have lion" , would I have ^ auctioned a war ? I say' No ' nor . to restore Cracow . Poland , entire , miiRt bft rcstoivd , buttheUmci 3 notyet . ( Ckeere . ) But this I would have done , 1 wo . ldhavo withdrawn ourambnasadors from Berlin , Vienna , and St Petersburg , and said io tl . ose governments , ' We will have no part with crowned faith-breakers and royal perjurers . ' Henceforth there 13 a line of demarcation betwixt you and us . You arc on the sideof injustice , tyranny and falsehood ; we are on tlie side ot justice , frcdoin and truth . ( Great oheerins . ) And this is all

      that the nations want us to do . 1 would dissolve the alliance of this conatry with despotic government * , and seek to establish an alliance with tho people ot tho world . ( Ronoivcd cheering . ) Hitherto our government has acted invariably with tho op . pressure and against tho oppressed . I licw you to remember that horrible treachery brought to light by Mr Ihmcombo , the opening of the letters of Mr Mazzini and Captain Stolzraan . I bee you to remember that in consequence of that net , so dishonourable to tho name ot our country , several Italian patriots were butchered in cold blood . It was well done to make the British lion play lhe part of jackal (• tho blood-lapping wolf of Austria . ( Laud cheer * . ) But Poland will not perisheven

      , though the tyrants shud oceans of blood in addition to those already shed ; even though England suould for a time longer hare tho misfortune to be represented by suoh as t ! se noblo lord . ( Cheers . ) No , tuere is a vitality in Poland , a pain and ueath-dafyinit devotion in her sons that will enBura her restoration to the life of pertcot liberty . The hour is coming when Poland shall again be free . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) How different was the part played by my Lord Palmerstun in the affairs cf lortugal . Donna iMaria b one of the noblo lord ' s liberal pets . Sho swore to abide by the Charter of Dom Pedro , und gf caursc broke her oath ; she win then compelled to accept tho Constitution of 1838 , which she also swore to execute , and of course broke

      licr oath . Dicow' oaths aro of moro value than DantJa Maria ' s . She will swear to any number of Charters or Constitutions under compulsion , and violate every pledge the moment she can safely do bo , Under Costa Cabral ' s administration " Liberaliain" attained its moat perfect triumph , until at last , unprecedented taxation and tyranny drove the people to revolt , and the bold bad minister w » b lorced to fly . Under the new ministry the country was quiet . But although the ministry of tho Duke of Palmella was not good for much , it was too pood for the Queen . A palace plot was formed . Toe Duke oU ' iilmelia , and the military commandant ot the capital , summoned to the palace , found themselves prisoners , and compelled to sign decrees dis .

      missing the ministry of which they were members . This was on the night of tho Oth Oct . last . Tho next morning when tho people of Lisbon rose from thfirbeds , they were apprised of these proceedings by violent proclamations , and the usgemblsige of armed troops in all the principal thoroughfares . To make the counter-revolution secure , decrees were issued forbidding tho election of the Cortes , extinguishing the press , suspending the laws providing lor the personal security of the subject , abolishing trial by jury , and proclaiming nnrtial law . ( Hear , hear . ) Suppo . se sotuo tine morning the English people ware to awake ami find decrees posted » o all public places announcing tho assumption of abjoluto power by the court ; the entire prcsB of

      London and the provinces , with the exception of ihe government Gazette , forcibly suppressed ; the Habeas Corpus Act suspended , and men dragged froth their families and flung into dungeous without any charge buirnr brought against them ; suppoao the right of public meeting and free speech superseded by tfco'rule of the sword ; suppose martial law proclaimed , and the Duko of Wellington , or that other field-marshal , Prince Albert , sent off to Manchester or Glasgow to overawe the people of the North by force , armed with full power to wage a war of extermination against tho people-, should they exhibit any signs of resistance to the despotism of the court ;—suppose this state of things ; what would the English puople do ?

      ( Chesi-s . ) They would do what tlieir fathers did before them when in the days of Charles tho ] ., they taught mankind tho mortality of kings . ( Great cheering ) . Thc natural consequence of Donna Maria ' s doings was , that an insurrection blazed cut from ono esd of tho kingdom t . l to the other . With tho exception of tlie capital , and tha encampments of tho Queen ' s troops , the entire country acknowledged the Junta ; the colonies , with I believe the exception of Madeira , transferred their alegianco to the same authority ; moro than half the army did the same ; the steam navy was equally zealous in joining the Junta , and , in short , only in Lisbon was Donna Maria queen . She was queen there , because the cannon of the English

      fleet pointed against the people kept her on the the throne . Never was there a dearer case of national pronouncement against a bad government . Yet the noble lord interfered to crush the patriots , at a . moment too , wIich , in spite of our fleet in the 'Pagu ? , a last blow by the insurgents would certainly have fiont Donna Maria packing to Windsor Castle . Tho noblo lord will no doubt take credit to himself for having put an end to a civil war without bloodshed . Bui 1 ask if , even though without shedding blood you condemned a nation tn slavery , is that nothing , is that any slight offence ? " 'Tia Liberty alona that gircs the flower Of fleotina life in lUJtre and ptrfutue , Anil wo are weeds without it . "

      ( Cheers . ) Ifc is true Douna . Maria ha « entered into certain condition ! " , tho value of which time will show For tho present only oneof them—the amnesty—hus been carried o \\ t \ I will predict that there will vet bo , and before long , more outbreaks ' ; the Queen will again he in danger , and what wil ! the noblo lor do then ! Arc there to bo repeated interventions at tho expense ot the peoplo of this country , for no better purpose than to prevent another people being goveyngd . ft 5 iky may think tat ? { GpMceriw I come now to mo mi point of LordPalmeistoi' s toreign policy I ahull at present discuss , flelately , in the House of Commons , indulged in something very like a boastful threat , that unless the Spaniards paid up the principal or interest of tho debt owing to tho parties called'Spanish Bondholders , ' this country would go to wav to compol payment . 1 call upon you to protesti against that threat , and to tell

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      --- ¦¦¦ _ 11 1 — — - » ; Lord i ' .- ! H ; icv > v . 'ii thxS yen wiil sanction no 3 i : ch j vr : ; r . ( Ohcorsj Tbcsa Spanish bondholders are K ( i !;! ish liBpita ' twts , who lest aomo millions of money £ . . > .. ;;;< !; c > vo ! -m > Ktit of Spain , not , as has been repra * aofiU'i ] , bsciin'jc { iiey two anxious to help the peapie of i . r- ! ii : itfutiiry to obtain ' Liberal institutions , ' 5 > ut bs-ftausa tbov wore promised a higbor rateol ' iatcrwi uiaii U : ft ? could get at home . That money iii . vl bvni 'Xfifoi ; f .- 'UU tho labour of the ED , fii ; u necmto . Tii-i hoMers of tli ; U money knew that th- re i viqv ' u t , ho :: S !« Rds of iheir own ooun : rym « -n in a state ! ii !' : jt . i . vaiiwi , they knew » Ur . tli . u there were million * ' i ' . i' iwsvi-i of land in this souiHry uncultivated , or capa . i h . io of in- 'f-er ciiJi . i » uJiffB , and ihai tiiousands of arras

      \ Hftiv w ; iiilit . !( employment , nni . v tho capital was wftiiiiii ; :. 'I ' uws wia ' hud the capital , and had they invest , ?! their moucv- nt honi p , they might have lum-ii l ; . i ! vi ,,. i i , ; - j . l j . i . ; . | vra U p , ; n the Span-. iavtlj , f .-ii :, ( c ! u ! isi < : « j iniife <> f their industry , in j iiis Kiiii . pt : o ; inlcrest . : \ v >\ Uii ? they hoped tocontinue j v-si - < 5 vt ; i-, a ? is . i ; - -hv \ wo v ,: 'fi ' ;> hi- rucked and taxed j . " " "' *'' - ; T ;; *? ' - invP Jflfi . -ii . * ' ' v |) unished ; they have , loss . U > . ? i ? ¦»»> . ' , *> -, w , { ! i . < j . ¦ i > a | mEr 8 lon dares to

      ! - . KT ) mi-, u ,-, iifiv .-iiaj - gi , ; , ^ coMwin their behnlf , 1 . uooc vou will do w I wiU in Uietvent of the miUtia ' » »> gcil ! ortoas ) elk . oi , c . Ftrvi-, :. nd let the rich ' . . rot , i ! : t rha r mm i / wrt- ? , ii they will sanction what iaey « m jirawiu-so b ^ hh nnd wicked a war . < . » ni 5 i « : ?! 5 «? .-I :-:: tri :. . } Gcf . tio : ; : pn , 1 have only one « »*?; » a ^« th . jSa . ta « . i tf juo nuble lord in the p » ir . i . a-3 ii . , 3 ti | ji u-awlw . ' . Ok the day of prorogatma M ^ Wanksa cailiii i ' , lf . attention of the house to 5 iie ir- ' -uus tsommifctc j en !;; ,-. , ii ; er i , v Home of th « ^ mUoab » j 5 ers , 8 nd tco » cd for a committee of inquvy , 'J . Lur , oi > loii . nl , li . vv .-ay of defeating the I isuiion , ro «! i : > what , is v ^ yi ' speak against 'ime , ' . iniii iwt-, i js tiia accoatt uf Lis gpetch from the

      lioi-orAtHERgTos sraa . at tl ,, close net only of the cession , hi « i -. 'ftlwPrf . Uoi-. f . f . r . « ould not be icetuly , but wffliM H * , bctho « ii : ht , ' j-i-iiBme « ,, « , this ho »» e , ' . ni » ho .- ! .. r ;« l . ( i ( Mr ]} ttu ^ j pe .- « i ? tcd in pressini ? his niTjiiOfj ioa aitisiois , H ;» h ,-,,. friend proposed to appoiui u coriutiittv-t . > j . . qu ; : ,, t 0 a cotn ,, iiBatea 8 ubjeot \>\ ofiiiiiofjl . JCMi- i . - . iy , co « ut > - ; .,-.. ' . -Mth lbs ordinarj transrnkrn ' . of HfB , I- wiu ru-. iAiuijlj- wrfl lor hU hon . itiimi Vj inski ! suoh a siutum , and todsliv ^ r a sp eech with ' : o vi ; w of , v pri : Bi > iiu- l . ifi opinion upon the subjact t'f poiinoal ecGinmy to wiiicts ire ' motion related ; nut U . - . iiiiMbo ( istiiv ; i ; ke » ski »* , « c ! ioolboj 3 if , wlien tlie Bl £ i : k lloil ajjpaartfi , choy wn > io tke lobby instead of hcin fT KU'ly io nftvnd t \ w . sp-., J ; cr to the other house , lie h-pi !!! , Hiera'c / -.-:, that his iicii . friend would not put im raoiioutft liiatcstofa -. inidion . ( The noble Wd thc-vi vrt-oeiD-lsfl jB .-. m .-n . ner M- liich tlei . rir inilicated that '

      | | I'M v ,:. |; ro ! ot ); . ' ! njr i-. iu sjivc-rh uutil the arrival of th » tumniornto tL « ikuio of L-. iros , to the apparent unnoy-» nre yf id- HnifiR , but to > 1 ip its eat eutertninment ef otljer ui . iiiiiKi-. j . ) Thfti- iia . . ' . h-.--i ( t , indc « d , of a combir . adon Htnooi'Ht < K !< ii : ciu hiviy ( mughtet )—and a cool . mifif . w »* nskoii iur to iriquirf into that subject , » nd n . i » one :. rsu ' . r . i : r . ; fiafl t-ecii urged that would justifj- such - u liiolion , ( Lunginwr , cti-h- oye beiiis turned to the door . ) ' Siiuur-: ri as vc ari-, ' coutlnuml the noble lord , 'instead of fol-Qiriug jou . sir , to anntlier place—( laughter)—if wu so to a iiivUion , « e should , when summoned , t . c oc .-njii-jil w )\ h d' . ors ci . unting us in the lobby and in thc hou ? e ~» «; : ti :. iion in tvhtch tho house would not at such » moiu . n' , hk . ; io lind itsoh placed , ( laughter . Ho usW nppcariiig tho uobio lord went on . ) Now , sir , I wil' . n > n triiuMs tho hiius » by n-ading through the who !? . , > f thU vuli'iim—f . lou . l lunghter ana cries of 'Iteac , roaa ; ' )—Imt Hie Iu ' si pitra « raph is of grwit iniporluiicc ' - ~

      Hsrc Urn SriAKER u :: llc : " i' Order , and the Gentk-moD Usher of the Wank Hod ( Sir a . CliITord ) advanced to the table , Minriil ;) ' > i'er .,. i-viR ^ iii . < gravity amidst the iil-tup . pr . i 8 « od iMirtli <> : '• : ¦ . « hn'ss' .-. ami , a'turcasing thu chair , said , 'Mr Siieakor , ! h . Q ; :.-. n ci . immHiins the attendance of this lion , houM . 'i'i tlwIIiiUM ^ ofP ' Ors . The Speakeu , Winwrrt bj a tumultuous crowd ef raemwets , Un-ii Ic-fr . ihe bouse . Here we nave the nnlile lord creating roars of laughter whan sucU : \ s « i-j « ct vi-ms under discussion as that which concerns every fmor man . The house , too , aeon ™*! biivsi ' . ing with laughter , it was suoh a comical subject ! ft reminds meet au oid Cable : —Some hoys were ix-ltiu , ; » um > s fi-ogs , ami every time they

      knocked the brains out of any one of the poor frogs , they shouted with laughter , it was such good fan . Atk ^ t a wiw oiiJ fr « K addrecsing thc boys , said : — ' ItV all very wo ! l ! V you my Cno follows ; but what is fun to yon ia i ! o ; iMi to us . ' ( Great laughter and cheering ) . Th « noble lord is sure of his bread , and buttered oil buth sides too , but it ' s very diffonrat with many her « ( ch-:. eirs ) , nnd what may ba fun to his lordahip is vibittb loyou . ( Great cheering ) . I now make w ; i y for Lord Palmerston . If the noble lord can auswi-j- my speech , to jour satisfaction , good ; tben elcci him and rcjaet we . If not . snd I know he cannot , thtn I call upon you to bid his lordship make way for n better iiimi , ( Enthusiastic and longoontinacd cheering ) .

      Lord riuiisusivij was received with mingled cheers and uroans . llu evidi-nlly was ill at ease , and foresaw tke result of . Mr Hanicy ' s speech , lie commenced by indignant !} - denouncing theconstructioti put upon his spotali road fr--m the Timet , and explained , that if the cwnmiute uiovtd lor by Me Bankea had lit ; i'n apiiuiniid , it must have dissolved as soon as formed , aa it could rtoS continue to sit after the house bail < lissolr ? d . Ifc then lookup Mr Harney ' s speech , point by pcJnfc . Ue justified the measures of Percival , eulogised the meraory of CaBninjr , lauded tlia Duke o ! ' Wellington , denoiiuced the making of the Nt-w Poi .-v Law a topic to excite agitation , regretted the non-enactment of the Health of Towns' Bill , vindicated the Wellington statue affair , allowed tae blessings of Lib&raliira iu Spain and Portugal , twitted Mr ilarnev with being a

      Tory in disguise , said the peoplo of China were very fond of apium , and that tke war had taught them good manners ; defended the interference with the affairs of Afghanistan , lac conduct of the British oilicers , and Haid that lib was in no way responsible for the catastrophe ' . wluch ensued ; the measures of ! vengeance were adopted by the Conservative party after he left power , but he approved of them ; considered be had done great good in driving Mehemet AH out of Syria ; oonsideved tbat it wa ? undignified tor nations to threaten what they could not perfurra , and more could not have baeu done for Cracow untess by provoking an European war ; oonsideicdiFagt's ^ fachievement to have put an end to the civil war in Portugal , as regards future event ? , the future nin ? 6 take caro of itself ; lastly , he considered thccliUjsa of the Spanish bondholders just ) Ulid should be prepared to enforce theni if need be .

      Mr Julun Hakns ? then again came forward , and delivered a second speech of ncavly an hour ' s dtuation . lie said that the explanation given by Lord Palmerston cfhis ( Lord I " s ) speech on Mr Baiikea ' s motian , did somewhat alter the complexion of tho case , and if he had done the noble lord any injustice , ho apologised . Flo put it , however , to Lord Faliner 8 toB , whether it was in good taste for him to mtk 9 such a speech , or lor t . ' te ' House '' to act as reported in thc Times when such a subject was under discussion . Mr il . next said f . Jiat il Lord Palmcrston was

      satisfied with his own defence of his own policy , ho ( Mr II . ) was satisfied— -he was satisfied that the electors wonld condemn hislordsuiponliis own defence ; he should , therefore , not waste time by saying ona word m reply to the noble lord . Mr llarney thea explained hia views on ' Education , ' the Poor-law , ' tho 'State Church , ' ' Ireland , ' and sevoral other subjects , concluding with iv triumphant defence of tbe principles of tho Charter . His views called iotth the repealed and enthusiastic cheers of the wist majority of theasscmbly .

      Tho Mator then took the . shew tf hands . Po rM Iloathcotc a very kvgc Bumber of hands wa « raised tor Lerd Palmerston thc show v . rs much more select than r . uinerous ; for Mr Julian llarney thoshow was a triumphant one , and called from hia Riipiiorters tremendous cheering . When silenoo waa restored , the Mayor said : — "I declare that tho show of ba »(« s is in favour Of John Ilcathcoto , Esq . nnd Julian liavney , Egq , The most indescribable tumult of cheering immo * diately burst from the people , and was continued for a long time . Lord Palmerstoa immediately demanded a poll , on which Mr Julian llarney read a written paper , addiosscd to-the Mayor , settin * forth his reasons for not , on this occasion eointr tn tho pel ! , * k .

      Mr Julian mran then moved ft T 0 | e o f thanlui " to the Mayor , which was seconded by Lord Fatam . Bton and adopted bjr acclamation ? The M ? S harms acknowledged the compliment ; tho proceedings , winch had continued semi houw . tmSJSd asasftS SWSK W Air « rf C m ^ apparently to tbe Breat delight of himself , lie ridiculous ceremony of chairing' followed , but notwithstanding the attraction of equipage * , batmen , ribbons , bands , * . the muAm , ' eooNI nM raise a solitary cheer !

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      OnMondoy evening Mr Julinn Harney address ** a very large meeting in the very larpe spacu of ground , at the back of tho Wliito Bnll lun . Mr H . ' » speeeh eicitttd the greatest enthusiusm . On Tucsdiiy njorning % x Hsrney quitted the town , accoropanicil by a nurab « r if his committee to the railway station , and follcnW by the Wessings and good . wishes of thousands iu T \ nvton ,

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      fry LoriJ Palmoratfltt ' s spotcli occupied firs eoluma * a { Uonday '* ytaw i wliiIe tb e speech of Mr Ilarney *» o merely ootleeJ . We have not refused to giro Iwrd Palmerston ' sepcfoh through motives of retaliation , al « though Buch retaliation wou ' . a be only justice . W « havo not given' hi » lordsliipV ¦ speech only because we l >» ve not room for it . Had we given his speech we mutt Iimo withheld Mr Haruey ' t , which would not tare plcanft

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      lhe of * t i ^ tS T ^ mr w - __ , THB NOKTMERN ^ tad »

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 7, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1430/page/7/