THIRD EDITION OF THE SPEECH
OF THE
RIGHT HON. AND REV. LORD WARD.
DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ON MONDAY EVENING, April 6th, 1835.
THE MINISTRY.
Lord WARD rose and said: For the first time, and perhaps for the last, I now address your Lordships. I beg to know from his Majesty’s Ministers whether they have advised an Honourable Friend of mine, the member for Dudley (Mr. T. Hawkes), to present an Address from that place to his Majesty, in favour of his Majesty’s present Ministry.
[The Duke of WELLINGTON, and the other Members of the Government who were on the Treasury Bench, appeared for some seconds in consultation; but no answer was given.]
Lord WARD: Am I to infer from the silence of the noble Lords opposite, that such is the case, that the Honourable Member for Dudley has presented such an address to his Majesty? because, if he has, I feel myself called on to say that it was not founded on fact—that that address was got up at a hole-and-corner meeting—that it did not express the opinions of the people of the town of Dudley—that his Majesty has been deceived and cajoled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the first Lord of the Treasury; and I think it high time that his Majesty’s confidence should be disabused, and that he should be informed that such are not the sentiments of my Honourable Friend’s constituents.
The Duke of WELLINGTON: I understand that the Noble Lord has inquired if any Members of his Majesty’s Government in this House have advised the presentation to his Majesty of an address from the town of Dudley in favour of his Majesty’s present Ministers. In reply, I beg to assure the Noble Lord, that I have no knowledge whatsoever of the presentation of any such address.
Morning Chronicle, April 7.