THE ANNUAL REGISTER, FOR THE YEAR 1843. HISTORY OF EUROPE. CHAPTER I. State of Public Affairs at the commencement of the Year-Serious decrease of the Revenue-Depression of Manufactures, and Reduction in Agricultural Produce-State of Public Opinion-Parliament opened by Commission on the 2nd of February-Her Majesty's Speech-Earl Powis moves the Address in the House of Peers, seconded by the Earl of Eglintoun-Speeches of Marquess of Lansdowne, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Brougham, Lord Auckland, Lord Ashburton, the Bishop of Exeter, and other Peers-The Address voted nem. con.-In the House of Commons Lord Courtenay moves the Address, which is seconded by Mr. Philip Miles-Important Speech of Sir Robert Peel-Observations on the North American Boundary Question, on the Question of the Right of Search, and on the Defalcation of the Revenue-Speech of Lord John RussellRemarks on the conduct of the Governor General of India; and on the Corn Laws, and Income Tax-Lord Stanley vindicates Lord Ellenborough's conduct-Speeches of Lord Palmerston, Mr. Hume, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Ewart, and other Members-The Address is carried unanimously. HE year 1843 presented at its opening an aspect of public affairs, which if not calculated to alarm, at least afforded cause for serious disquietude, and anxiety. The depression which had been for some time a subject of complaint in almost every branch of trade and industry, and which had pressed so severely on the manufacturing population, still overclouded those important interests, while the reduced value of agricultural produce, by some ascribed to the recent Tariff, by others to a groundless panic occasioned by THE ANNUAL REGISTER, FOR THE YEAR 1843. HISTORY OF EUROPE. CHAPTER I. State of Public Affairs at the commencement of the Year-Serious decrease of the Revenue-Depression of Manufactures, and Reduction in Agricultural Produce-State of Public Opinion-Parliament opened by Commission on the 2nd of February-Her Majesty's Speech-Earl Powis moves the Address in the House of Peers, seconded by the Earl of Eglintoun-Speeches of Marquess of Lansdowne, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Brougham, Lord Auckland, Lord Ashburton, the Bishop of Exeter, and other Peers-The Address voted nem. con.-In the House of Commons Lord Courtenay moves the Address, which is seconded by Mr. Philip Miles-Important Speech of Sir Robert Peel-Observations on the North American Boundary Question, on the Question of the Right of Search, and on the Defalcation of the Revenue-Speech of Lord John RussellRemarks on the conduct of the Governor General of India; and on the Corn Laws, and Income Tax-Lord Stanley vindicates Lord Ellenborough's conduct-Speeches of Lord Palmerston, Mr. Hume, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Ewart, and other Members-The Address is carried unanimously. its opening an aspect of public affairs, which if not calculated to alarm, at least afforded cause for serious disquietude, and anxiety. The depression which had been for some time a subject of complaint in almost every branch of trade and industry, and which had pressed so severely on the manufacturing population, still overclouded those important interests, while the reduced value of agricultural produce, by some ascribed to the recent Tariff, by others to a groundless panic occasioned by |