Lord Broughamhoped their Lordships would allow him to refer to a very great misrepresentation that had been made of what he uttered on a former occasion. He was most unwilling to give the French Government any cause of complaint. He had been accused in the French newspapers of having stated that the French Government precluded the study of history. Now this was not only not true, but he had expressly stated that in the observations he made he did not mean to allude to France. He did not name the Government to which he referred, because it was not a pleasant thing to do that which might be considered invidious. Yet in the French newspapers he had been replied to at great length, and numerous instances were very unnecessarily given, to show that the charge he was supposed to have made was unfounded. Their Lordships would bear him witness, that, as he had before stated, he expressly said he did not refer to the French Government. Such a misrepresentation as this showed that there was no safety in making any statement.