§ Order for Committee read.
§ MR. NEWDEGATEsaid, he was anxious, on the part of several most intelligent persons who had communicated with him, to put a question to the noble Lord at the head of the Government, which he was personally convinced would receive a satisfactory answer. On the occasion of the marriage of Her Most Gracious Majesty, the Duke of Wellington insisted on having a public declaration that the Prince Consort was of the Protestant faith. He had been requested to ask the noble Lord at the head of the Government to announce distinctly whether Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra was a Protestant.
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONSir, I am very glad to be able to answer the ques- 790 tion of the hon. Gentleman in a manner that will, I am sure, he satisfactory to him and to the House. When the question arose of selecting a Princess who might be the wife of the Prince of Wales, the following conditions were thought to be requisite: First of all, that she should be young; next, that she should be handsome; further, that she should be agreeable, that she should be amiable in her disposition, that she should be well brought up; and, lastly, that she should be a Protestant. All these conditions, I am happy to say, are united in the Princess Alexandra. I trust, therefore, that the choice will be as satisfactory to the nation as I am sure it will be conducive to the happiness of the Prince of Wales.
§ House in Committee.
§ Bill considered in Committee.
§ House resumed.
§ Bill reported, without Amendment; to be read 3° on Thursday.
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