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New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, Volume I, Issue 22, 3 November 1841, Page 2

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The debate upon Sir Robert Peel's motion of " Want of confidence," terminated at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning, sth June, in the defeat of the Ministry by a majority of ONE. We subjoin such extracts as we think will best convey to our readers, the spitit and tone of the debate. We give, also, extracts from the Standard and the Times, in reference to the exertions of the Government to secure a majority. Our readers will please remember, that these Journals are in violent opposition. The Sydney papers, from which we copy, are equally anti-ministerial, and give a very one-sided report of the debate. The following is the peroration of Lord Stanley's speech— When he first came into Parliament, he recollected that Mr. Tierney, a great Whig authority, used to say, that the duty of an Opposition was veiy simple—lo oppose every thing, and propose nothing. Lord J. Russell—And to turn out the Government. Lord Stanley—Yes, and to turn out the Government, if the Noble Lord will have it so. (Loud cheer*.) Such was the political ere d of Mr. Tierney, in re*erenee to the duty of an Opposition. But if ever there was an Opposition which had gone out of its way to depart from that course if ever there was an Opposition that had hesitated to embarrass the Government on the measures they brought forward—if ever there was an Opposition which not only gave no factious opposition to the Government, but gave their best advice and assistance to suggest alteiations and improvements, and to carry with the concurrence of the Government, " such modihcaiions as wouid insure for their measures legislative sanction here and elsewhere, it was the oppo-ition to Her Majesty's presem Government. (Loud cheers ) But, although they had on some occasions supportedw-although they had not factitiously opposed—although I hey had endeavoured to peiform their duty to the public without reference to Opposition principles, by giving their best assistance and support when they deemed the measures of the Government well founded, there was a time and a limit at which the duty of forbearance and longer patience became a crime against the people of England (loud cheeis) —there was a time when the measures of the iniquity of a Government was fud (Joud cheering)—there was a time when, if they could no longer take the voi. e of friendly warning, or the voice even of gentler hints, the plainest language must be spoken to them, and forbearance must be at an end. (Protracted cheeiing.) To these limits and to that position, with reference to Her Majesty's present advisers, he had every hope tdejesuli of this debate would show, that the House of Comnx n. had come—to thtsa I mds he qad no doubt what, ever, 'he people of England had already arrived. (The noble lord sal down amidst loud and long continued cheering ) Lord John Russell "replied to Lord Stanley, and vindicated the policy of the Government — in the opening of his address, he said— The Noble Lord who spoke last, in one phrase of his speech, in a part of his sentence, said, that the lime was * come when the House should get rid of an Administration which had too long crippled the energies of the country. That was the proper charge to bring against the presc ministiation. If they had brought forward that cl> they could have supported it by argument, thai the f - Administration had crippled the energies of the countr certainly should have been the last to deny that the confidence of the House should be wnhdiawn from them, and that no prerogative of the Crown—no favour of the Sorereign, should protect them from that expression of want of confidence. But where had the energies of the country been crippled? (Hear hear.) Had it been in the Mediterranean ? Had it betnin India? Had it been in any pait of the East'} Had the energies of the country? been crippled when Her Majesty's representative was insulted, and in person confined and outraged in ihe Territories of the Kmperor of China 1 Had the energies of the country v heen ciippled with respect to our Colonial possessions ? Had the energies of the country been crippled in subdumg insurreciion in Canada? Had they been crippled in any pail of the Colonial Empire? On the other hand, were not our Colonies more firmly attached to this country than they were when the present Administration took office ?

The debate was concluded by Sir Robert Peel, in the following strain—

Many persons may think that it would have heen hetler if I had suffered ihe Government to go on with its discu sion on the Corn laws, and if 1 had suffered it to have had three minorities, decreasing each time and numbe. I know the advantages I give you by this form of motion. 1 am contentto give them you, fori feel that I should have abandoned my duty if 1 had not asked the House of Commons to affirm or deny this proposition—that you do not possess the confi-dt-n.-e of the House of Commons ; and that your re-ention of office under such circumstances, was at variance with the spirii of the British constitution. (The right hon. baronet (hen resumed his seat amid cheering that lasted some minutes ) The House then divided, when the numbers were— For (he motion 312 Against it 311 Majority in favour of the motion 1 Loud and prolonged cheeiing followed the announcement of the numbers. Lord John Russell (hen rose and said, that with respect to the comse which the Government meant to pursue, all he had noiv to say was—that he Government proposed to take the estimates on Monday, but only so much of the miscellaneous estimates as it would occasion great inconvenience to he public service at that time to postpone. He would or* Monday state fully what course- the Government would take (hear) ; but he might <is well add, thai the right hon. baronet having thought proper to bring forward a great number of charges against the Government which he (Lord John Russell) had not heard before—he must take till Monday to consider what was the best course he should pursue, in order to have an opportunity to answer ihe right honorable gentleman. Sir Robert Peel observed, that the greater part of the speech of the noble lord was an attaclrupon himself (hear, hear). He should be exceedingly sorry if it were possible for the noble lord to impute to him the having brought forward any charges against the Government, It was entirely contrary to his intention to do so ; for knowing that no opportunity of an answer would be afforded to the noble lord, he had uot touched on the foreign policy, or on any other part of the policy of the Government, except what immediately related to the charges which had been prefeired himself. (Hear.) He supposed he might take f-.r granted, that ihe noble losd would not proceed with the Com laws on Monday. (" Hear," and langhter.) Lord John Russell haviug stated that he should not, Th» House adjourned at half past 3 o'clock until Monday The Standard says—> The exertions of Ministers to obtain a majority against Sir Robert Peel's motion were, we believe, without a paialiell Onj instance we feel bound to notice. Lord O. llailyburlor;

M.P., for Forfarshire, who, we regret lo ztate, still continues in a very feeble and precarious state of health, was actually brought down to record his vote, The noble lord was carried by two of his attendants into the private room of the Speaker's Secretary, where he remained until the bell rang for a division ; he was then wheeled in an easy chair into the house, and thence into the lobby. His lordship's vote having been recorded for Ministers, he was again carried in the arms of his attendants and placed in his carriage. The noble lord was in a state of utter helplessness, and appeared to those who witnessed the scene, unconscious of what was.going forward. Mr. Harland, M.P. for Durham, was in the library during the division, but refused to record his vote. When Sir Robert Peel left the House of Commons this morning, he was followed by several hundred gentlemen, who cheered the right hon. baronet in the most enthusiastic manner possible to be conceived, until his arrival as Whitehall gardens. In Parliament-street, we are informed, the scene was one of the most animated description. Nearly all the inhabitants were aroused from their slumbers, throwing up the windows of their chambers, and responded to the applause of those in the streets. The Times characterises the conduct of the Government, by stating that— During the exclusion of strangers from the gallery on Friday night, and a few minutes prior to the Speaker's announcement of the result of the division, vehement cries 0/ " Shame, shame," were heard to issue from the house. We understand that so utterly hopeless was the situation of the Ministry, that they actually bronght into the house, under the care of two gentlemen, an hon. member who had only a short period previously been attacked by mental derangement. In this melancholy state, he.was led into the house to vote in favour of the Government. When he was seen standing on the floor, apparently unconscious of the scene that sui rounded him, and evidently incapable .of exercising a sane judgment, the Opposition evinced their just indignation of the disgraceful and indefensible conduct of the Government, by loud and long continued cries of "Shame." Such, alas! are the desperate shifts which a desperate ad- ' ministration are obliged to have recourse to, in order to ..obtain a few hours longer lease of offiee! The country was in a state of the greatest excitement in consequence of the impending elections, and the corn-law question was being extensively agitated. Trade continued dull. The house of Cockburn and Co., East Indian and Australian Agents, had failed for a sum estimated at from £150,000 to £200,000. The following is Lord John Russell's address to ihe electors of the city of London, and which although short, is of imp irtance as emanating from the leader of the House of Commons : "TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON." " Gentlemen — I have received a requisition, very numerously signed, requesting me to allow myself to be put in nomination to represent the City of London in the ensuing Parliament. Upon anv ordinary occasion, however much 1 might value such an honor, i should feel that those who have been more conversant wiih your various affairs are better qualified to represent you, and also that other dui;es and obligations would have stood in the way of my acceptance of so ardous a trust. But this is no ordinary occasion. In framing the measures lately announced to Parliament, it has been the wish of the Queen's Government to lighten that kind of taxation which, while it yields nothing to the Exchequer, presses heavily upon the people. They have endeavoured at the same time to give every fair consideration to the protected interest of the country ; but their main object has been to increase the comfort, to promote the trade, and to unchain idustry of the great and pervading interes's of the comThese measures have suffered in our hands a tern, Tpßrary defeat; but I cannot doubt the truth of the principles on which they are founded, nor can I believe that in this great metropolis of commerce these principles will be condemned. Anxious to see your weight thrown into the scale against monopolies injurious to the welfare of the United Kingdom, I cheerfully ask for ymr suffrages, and hope to be sustained by your enlightened approbation.—l have the honor to be, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, "J. RUSSELL,

" Wilton-Crescent, June 12,1841." The Queen was in excellent health and spirits, and her second accouchement was expected to take place about this time. The Prince and the Princess Royal were also in good health. The latter is described as a most lovely infant. On the 7th June Lord John Russell gave official notice of the approaching dissolution of Parliament. The corn law is now the great war cry between the two electioneering parties. Sir David Wilkie, the celebrated painter, died suddenlyat Gibraltar, on the Ist June, on his way home from the East,. Lord John Russell was about to be married to Lady Fanny Elliott, second daughter of the Earl and Countess of Minto. A riot had taken place between the teetotallers and the London mob, in consequence of some opprobious language addressed to the former, and several broken heads had made their appearance at the Mansion House. It is now admitted by the Tories that the postproximate premier must forego the hope of again filling the first post in a Tory cabinet, even . should the calamity of a Tory Government be inflicted for a period, however short, upon the country. The Earl of Aberdeen is now spoken of by the Toreis, in their clubs, as the chief under whom Sir Robert must serve, if he consent to serve at all.— Globe. The preliminaries are arranged for the marriage of Miss Peel, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., with Viscount Villiers, eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Jersey. The solemnization was to take place in July. The marriage of Lady Sarah Villiers to the Prince Nicholas Esterhazy is not to be solemnised until the commencement of next year. The Prince will be obliged to visit his relations abroad previous to his marriage, The President Steamer.—We learn from good aulhdrity, that the underwriters have appointed Thursday next, the 10th instant, on which to pay the losses of this ill-fated vessel, which may betaken as a tolerable proof that, in that interested *fcnd well-informed quarter, all hope of her safety has vanished. — Sun, June 8. The Chartist Petition.—A crowd assembled on Tuesday afternoon at the entrance to the House of Commons, to witness the arrival of the huge Chartist Petition, with 1,300,000 signatures, whictewas borne by the working men in procession. Shortly after four o'clock the procession appeared, headed by some well known Chartist leaders. The petition was carried on the shoulders of eight sturdy men in fustian jackets. Ai rived at the iron gates, a message was sent to Mr 1 homas Duncombe, who had agreed to present it. An answer was sent down analogous to the foimula within doors, «• Please to bring it up." The lobbies were crowded, soveral members running to see the monstrous document. Finally it was received by Mr. Duncombe and ;\Jr. O'Connell, who managed, with some difficulty to roll it in.— • Sun, Junes'.

The Corn Law question was agitated by the trading communities with more force than ever, and meetings were held almost daily in various parts of the country upon this subject. It would, in all probability, be made the test of candidates. The new House of Commons was summoned for the 25th of July. We regret to see that Trade was in a languishing state; but there was a prospect of fair crops i throughout the country. The very important event of her Majesty's accouchemen 4 may be expected at the end of September, or early in th e month of Octoher. The Princess Royal thrives most admirably, and is altogether a most lovely infant. Foreign affairs wear a pacific aspect. The Syrian question had been harmoniously settled between France and England. Darmes, the French Regicide, had suffeed the extreme penalty of the law. There appeared every probability that the M'Leod affair would be so arranged as no war between England and America could be possibly anticipated. The?steamer President cost £BO.OOO ; engines 450-hoise power, 2,100 tons. The Government of Denmark wns about to dispose of its East Ind:a settlements, which it is expected wdl fall into the hands of the East India Company. They consist ol Seram pore, in Bengal, and Tranquebar in the Southern Carnatic ; and are small and unimportant colonies, the management ol which has latterly been very unprofitable and troublesome to the Danish Crown. The monetary affairs of America were beginning to assume a brighter appearance. Colonel Rose had been appointed to succeed Colonel Bridgeman in command of the British troops in India. A dinner was tobegivento Mr. Charles Dickens, on the 25th June, at Edinburgh, Professor Wilson in the chair, bailie admirers of his genius there. The preliminary meeting was attended by most ol the literati ol " modern Athens " It was generally understood that the Tv>rd Lieutenant of' Ireland was aboui to many the Dowager Lady Somervilie, widow of the late Mr Maicu3 Someiviile, ainl step-mother ol Sir William Somervilie, the member lor Drogheda. The bride-elect is young and beautiful and de-enbed by all as remarkable for her accomplishments and fascinating manners. Marriage op Lord John R ssk; t,. — We learn from an unquestionable source that, the Noble Secretory lor ihe Colonies will shortly lead to the hy menial altar Lady Fanny Elliot, second daughter of the Earl and Counters of Minto. The ceremony will be performed at the close of the present season. The noble lord is in his 49th year, and has been previously married in 1835 to Lady Riddesdale, who died in 1838, leading a son and daughter by his lordship. L,tdy Fanny is in her 26th year.- Herald. The Queen lately appeared at the German Opera, for the first time since her accession, with her hair arrayed in ringlets This "event " has caused " curl papeis " in the fashionable ma>ket to " look up " while starch and gum water (•■» Marklane language) are " neglected. " It may be gratifying to the calumniators of Iceland to learn that there are only three prisoners for trial at the next ass'zes lor this county.— Roscommon Journal. Total Dkstruction of Asti.py's Theatre bt Firb Shortly after four o'clyck this morning the southern portion of the metropolis was aroused to a stale of excitement beyond description, by the outbieak of a fire most awful in its ravages, and which will be much deplored by the public—the total destruction of the above favourite p ! aie of amusement. Astley's theatre is now reduced to a heap of ruins, while the destruction of property amounis-To several thousand pounds. There were three watchmen employed in the imerior of the iheatre, besides a fireman j the duty of these men, it is sxid, was to attend to the interior of the theatre. It seems they were first alarmed as to the existence ol the fiie by i,s bieaking in a vast mass into the body of the tlu-a re. Although several engines that were connected with the theatre were brought into play, such hold had the fire obtained that it defied the uimost efforts of human power to slop it. As may be imagined, indescribable confusion took place; messengers were sent in all directions for the fi e engines, which arrived in qnick succession —However, by the time they got to work, the entire budding presented one mass office. At six o'clock the destruction was complete, the bate wills only being left. The flames were still raging, and several of the houses whit h abutted on the theatre had caught fiie. Three of the horses are said to be deployed. By seven o'clock the flames were got under to that extent as to allay all tear of any lurthei sacrifice of p'operty, The loss is stated to be very great.— Tunes, June 8.

Irish Railways.—A p'an had been matured, and has received the sanction of Government, by wliich the ben fi s of the railway system would bo speedily extended to Ireland, on a large and comprehensive scale. One of the Directors of the Liverpool Company was in Constantinople, for the purpose of establishing a line of steamers to ply between that port and England. Dora, the only daughter of Wordsworth, the poet, was married, at Bath, to Mr. Edward Quilhnan, uf CanterburyThe venerable poet has for some time past been residing in the city of Bath, principally for the benefit of his health. Puseyism —Lord John George Beresford, Lord Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of all Ireland—'.he spiritual head of the church as by law established in Ireland—has become a Puseyite. Dublin Evening Post. The Brighton Herald Mates that in the south of England, thirteen out of the sixteen icsident clergymen are l'u^eyiles. Sir Jame 3 Anlerson's steam carriages perambulate the streets of Dublin, and turn with more lacihiy than ordinary vehicles. The Pope was to appoint three Bishops for America, to be consecrated at whiisuniide. The loss sustained by Sir Willi.m Molesworth by the destruction by fire of his beautiful seat at Tetcott, is estimated at nearly £12,000. Orders have been received at the Royal Dock-yard, Pern*, broke, lo launch the Cambrian. 46-gun frigate, on the 3rd of July next, and it is proposed that the Collingwood, 80 gun ship, should also be sent off the stocks in the month of September. The census of the United States is at length officially announced- The number of inhabitants is 17,100,572, included in which are 2,369,553 slaves, and 371,606 coloured people. The population in 1830 was 12,856,407. Execution of Darmes, the Regicide —The execution of Darmes took place onthe3lst of May at 7 o'clock. When urged to denounce his accomplices, if he had arfy, he declared he would carry his secret inio the grave.. When he reached the platform, his head was covered with a black veil and a white shirt enveloped his whole body down to his feet, which were bare. Thesight of the instrument of execution appeaed to strike him with awe; he started, and feeling rather unsteady on His legs, he made a stride in order to maintain his equilibrium, and then looked on with calmness, surrendered himself into the hands of the executioner, and in an instant before the kuife dropped he was heard to exclaim Vive la Fiance. Lord Brougham had arrived from Italy. He was in his place in the House of Lords, on the 7th June, for the hrst time after his return He was cordially reeeived by several Peers, and appeared in excellent health. Russian Emig ration. —A letter from Cracow of the 4th inst., states that the emigration from Russia into Gallicia continues, and that neither Government has yet discovered any efficacious means of checking it. 'lhe Russian cabinet is said to have addressed representations on the subject to the cabinet of Vienna, and to have estimated the number of emigrants from Russia into Gallicia at 3,000.

The Shetland ponies intended for the Lilliputian equipage of the Princess Royal, were erroneously stated in the papers of last week to have been "purchased" for that purpose. They were, with the gracious permission of her Majesty, presented for the use of her Royal Highne&s the Princess Royal by Mrs. Cox, of Lawford, Essex. These little animals, of scarcery larger size than a Newfoundland dog, are beautifully marked, black and white, and of exquisite symmetry. I hey are five years old, and have been brought up a'/ 110 * 1 llke domestic animals, being accustomed to come into the house, and to feed out of the hand. They were received by her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert in the garden of Buckingham Palace, on Saturday, the 10th instant. As an evidence of the distress exislingrin England, it is mentioned 'hat a discharged soldier from the Rifle Brigade was committed at Union Hall for fraudulently obtaining the prison allowances in several of Her Majesty's gaols by repieseuting himself to be a deserter. The piactice of stabbing is still lamentably frequent in Engltnd—they formed the majority of all the criminal cases tried on the Spnng Circuit, at Liverpool. Mr. Justice M.mle, somewhat lamed for judicia' vagaries, presided, and awarded slight punishments tut these detestable ofiVncts. Among the articles lately stolen from Wir.dsor Castle, was part of Tipped Saib's supeAi tent taken at Seringapatam, and presented by Lo.d Co-nwallisto the King massively ornamented with silver; some solid tables (sVid-to tie those presenter! to King Charles bv the City of London ;) and many other articles oi intrinsic" value ami cheiished interest ami antiquity are missing. An underling of the Royal household who has absconded,is the sole suspected party. Modern intelligence his discoveied the danger of heating rooms by hot water conveyed in pipes,the water iiself hav-inj; the power itself of creating ignition where the pipes are contiguous to wood work. Some of Mr. Perkins' experiments exhibited the extraoidinary fact, that watercould be heated red hot. At Liverpool, a man adverthes himself as "manufacturer of milk punch to Her Majtsty."

A handsome phaeton had been built for the King of Aslraniee, which had bee* exhibited to Her Majesty and Prince Albert, who (as the papers most loyally observe,) " were pleased to express their approbation of it. Lord L\n Ihuist had pven, notice in the House of Lords of a petition he was about to present on the subject of an alteration of the law respecting theatrical representations, particularly in the metropolis. The Jews Declaration Bill had passed the House of Commons by a majority of 77. The members of the Jewish persuasion are by this enactment enabled to sit in parliament Captain Drew, the officer who commanded the attack on the American steame' Caroline, had stated, that Mr. M'Leod was not one of the party engaged in the capture of that vessel, and consequently the charge against him must fall to the ground. From the Port Pnillip Htrald, O'ct 5. By the a-rival of the Thomas Arbuthnot, and Agricola, we have -received London Journals down to the 14th Jane, inclusive, from wliich we learn, that r n account of the Whig; Ministry having been left in a minority "of one, as we have already reported, upon Sir Robert Peel's motion of " want of confidence," Lord John Russell announced, in the House'of Commons on the ?th June, that after the decision he had again stated to the Cabinet the opinion previ msly advanced at the time the notice of the motion was given, that he ought not to bring forward the question of the Corn Laws, in which opinion lvs colleagues concurred. His lordship proceeded to state, that an appeal should be made to the country, to decide upon a question so gravely affecting its interests, and should such decision be made in favor of the Tories, he considered it would be unadvisable, on the part of the present Ministers, to commence or continue any struggle for the purpose of their Continuance in the office they then held. The Cabinet, however, in the mean time, proposed to take the civil contingencies and some of the estimates in regard to the service in Canada, and China; and, with regard to the miscellaneous estimates, they would take a sum on that account for six months from the Ist of April last, sufficient to supply immediate wants and prevent inconvenience to private individuals and public officers. Sir Robert Peel, in reply, observed, that he would express no opinion respecting the propriety of a dissolution, the whole responsibility of which he would leave to Her Majesty's Government, but the orerogative, if exercised, should be exercised with the least possible delay, and the New Parliament should be called together without loss of time ; in case Lord John gave him an assurance that this would be done, he should not oppose the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for a vote cf the civil contingencies for six months. His Lordship answered, that the advice which would be given to the Crown would be, that no time should be lost in diss jiving the present parliament and summoning a new one. Sir Robert having expressed liis confidence in the assurance thus given, the House resolved into a committee of supply, and the estimates were voted without opposition.