The Lancaster Gazette

The following conversation took place recently in the House of Commons;

Mr. Hume again rose and said—Sir, I wish to ask a question of Ministers in connection with the affairs in France, where a new government has been established. I wish, therefore, to ask Ministers whether it is their intention to withhold altogether from any interference with the people of France, and to leave them at liberty to choose what sort of government they please? I simply ask the question, if there is no objection to answer it.

Lord J. Russell rose amidst breathless silence. I have no objection whatever to answer the question. We have received, of course, the intelligence generally known to the public of the change which has taken place in France; and I can assure the house—indeed, I should hardly have thought it necessary to declare it—that we have no intention whatever to interfere with the form of government which the French nation may choose for themselves, (loud cheers,) or in any way to meddle with the internal affairs of that country. (Renewed cheering from every part of the house.)