THE

UNIV. OF

CALIFORNIA

SPEECHES

OF THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

GEORGE CANNING.

WITH A

MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE.

BY R. THERRY, ESQ.

OF GRAY'S INN, BARRISTER AT LAW.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. V.

THIRD EDITION.

"He had ambition to prevail in great things. He had, likewise, honour, which hath three things in it: the vantage ground to do good,-the approach to kings and principal persons, and the raising of a man's own fortune."

BACON.

LONDON:

JAMES RIDGWAY & SONS, 169, PICCADILLY.

MDCCCXXXVI.

HENRY MORSE STEPHENS

LONDON:

PRINTED BY T. BRETTELL, RUPERT STREET, HAYMARKET.

Address on the King's Speech at the Opening of the Session

158

Delays and Expenses in the Court of Chancery...

176

Complaint against the Lord Chancellor (Eldon)

183

Amelioration of the Condition of the Slave Population.

Evacuation of Spain by the French Army...

Address on the King's Speech at the Opening of the Session

304

Address on the King's Speech at the opening of the Session.. 432

Bank Charter and Promissory Notes' Acts.....

442

State of the Silk Trade

481

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ERRATUM.

Page, 54, last line, for " hear," read "fear."

UNIV. OF
CALIFORNIA

SPEECHES,
&c. &c.

LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.

JANUARY 25th, 1823.

MR. HUME moved, "That an humble Address be pre-
sented to His Majesty, praying that he would be graciously
pleased to appoint a Commission to inquire whether the
Government of Ireland, under its present form, ought to
be continued, or whether the Lord Lieutenant and other
officers may not, with advantage, be dispensed with."

MR. SECRETARY CANNING* said, that the opinion which
he had formed upon this subject before the debate had
commenced, was fortified beyond all measure by what he
had since heard. Although the testimony was conflicting
upon the subject, the conclusion from general principles
was so obvious, that he thought it could not be mistaken.
Let the House suppose that a few years had passed since
this measure of removing the Government from Ireland
had been adopted. The Secretary of State would, of
necessity, be ignorant of all those local peculiarities which,
under the present system, were so accurately detailed. He
could not conceive any thing more extraordinary than that