into the Charges on the

County Rates in England and

Wales

Resolutions of the House of

Commons on Navigation to

India

189 Report from the Select Com-

mittee on Divisions of the

House

282

284

288

290

301

329

332

334

336

339

344

An Account of the principal

Improvements in the manage-

ment of the Post-Office, dur-

ing the last three years

Address of Sir R. Peel to his

Constituents at Tamworth,

on his acceptance of the

Office of First Lord of the

Treasury

II. FOREIGN.-Treaty between

the Queen Regent of Spain,

the King of the French, and

the Regent of Portugal (Dom
Pedro)

Speech of His Majesty the King

of Sweden, on the Opening

of the Diet, Jan 31, 1834. 344

Public Debt of France, on the

1st Jan. 1834

Account of the coinage of Gold

and Silver since the adop-

tion of the Decimal System,

(France)

Statement respecting American

Banks, whose shares are cur-

rent in the London Market . 350

Statement of the United States'

Debt, and of the separate

Debt of each State

The Message of the President

of the United States to the

Congress

HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY,

CHARACTERS.

349

350

351

352

AND

Memoir of Samuel Taylor Cole-

ridge, Esq.

377

Characters of Lord Rosslyn, &c. 388

PATENTS

POETRY

INDEX

ous and more important questions were brought under the consideration of Parliament than during any former period of similar duration.

"Of the measures which have in consequence received the sanction of the Legislature, one of the most difficult and important was the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery. The manner in which that beneficent measure has been received throughout the British colonies, and the progress already made in carrying it into execution by the legislature of the island of Jamaica, afford just grounds for anticipating the happiest results. "Many other important subjects will still call for your attentive consideration.

"The Reports which I will order to be laid before you, from the Commissions appointed to inquire into the state of the municipal corporations, into the administration and effect of the Poor Laws, and into ecclesiastical revenues and patronage in England and Wales, cannot fail to afford you much useful information, by which you will be enabled to judge of the nature and extent of any existing defects and abuses, and in what manner the necessary corrections may, in due season, be safely and beneficially applied.

"It has been the constant aim of my policy to secure to my people the uninterrupted enjoyment of the blessings of peace. In this I have been much assisted by the good understanding which has been so happily established between my government and that of France; and the assurances which I receive of the friendly disposition of the other powers of the continent give me confidence in the continued success of my endeavours.

"I have, however, to regret, that a final settlement between Holland and Belgium has not yet been effected, and that the civil war in Portugal still continues.

"You may be assured that I shall be careful and anxious to avail myself of any opportunities which may afford me the means of assisting the establishment of a state of security and peace in countries, the interests of which are so intimately connected with those of my dominions.

Upon the death of the late king of Spain I did not hesitate to recognise the succession of his infant daughter; and I shall watch with the greatest solicitude the progress of events which may affect a government, the peaceable settlement of which is of the first importance to this country, as well as to the general tranquillity of Europe.

"The peace of Turkey, since the settlement that was made with Mehemet Ali, has not been interrupted; and will not, I trust, be threatened with any new danger.

"It will be my object to prevent any change in the relations of that empire with other Powers which might affect its future stability and independence.

"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

"I have directed the estimates

for the ensuing year to be laid before you. They have been framed with the view to the strictest economy and to such reductions as may not be injurious to the public service.

"I am confident that I may rely on your enlightened patriotism, and on the cheerful acquiescence of my people for supplying the means which may be required

to uphold the honour of my crown and the interest of my dominions. "The accounts which will be laid before you of the state of the revenue, as compared with the expenditure, will be found most satisfactory.

"My Lords and Gentlemen, "I have to lament the continuance of distress amongst the proprietors and occupiers of land; though, in other respects, the state of the country, both as regards its internal tranquillity and its commerce and manufactures, affords the most encouraging prospects of progressive improvement.

"The acts passed in the last session for carrying into effect various salutary and remedial measures in Ireland, are now in operation; and further improvements may be expected to result from the commissions which have been issued for other important objects of inquiry.

"I recommend to you the early consideration of such a final adjustment of the tithes in that part of the United Kingdom, as may extinguish all just causes of complaint, without injury to the rights and property of any class of my subjects, or to any institutions in Church or State.

"The public tranquillity has been generally preserved, and the state of all the provinces of Ireland presents, upon the whole, a much more favourable appearance than at any period during the last year.

"But I have seen, with feelings of deep regret and just indignation, the continuance of attempts to excite the people of that country to demand a Repeal of the Legislative Union.

"This bond of our national strength and safety, I have already declared my fixed and unalterable

resolution, under the blessing of Divine Providence, to maintain inviolate by all the means in my power.

"In support of this determination I cannot doubt the zealous and effectual co-operation of my parliament and my people.

"To the practices which have been used to produce disaffection to the state, and mutual distrust and animosity between the people of the two countries, is chiefly to be attributed the spirit of insubordination which, though for the present in a great degree controlled by the power of the law, has been but too perceptible in many instances.

"To none more than to the deluded instruments of the agitation thus perniciously excited is the continuance of such a spirit productive of the most ruinous consequences; and the united and vigorous exertions of the loyal and well-affected in aid of the government are imperiously required to put an end to a system of excitement and violence which, while it continues, is destructive of the peace of society, and, if successful, must inevitably prove fatal to the power and safety of the United Kingdom."

In the house of Lords the duke of Sutherland moved, and lord Howard of Effingham seconded, an address which was a mere echo of the meagre phraseology of the speech, and was voted without a division, though not without some animated discussion between the duke of Wellington on the one side, and earl Grey on the other.

The duke of Wellington said, that it was impossible for any man to judge from the speech whether it was the intention of the govern