Star. — London, England, 1809-06-13 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ::, PARIS, JUNE 1. Acconnts lately_ received frOm the army of the Duke'of R;ittsa state,. that the Duke marched from . Rein on the . SVib - of Axil, defeated several treats of Austrian ttnops on the left bank of the . Zer-, magna, ' air - ived with tbe•inain body of his army the Bth uh. within 20 Milei 9f Zara, and was ready to put himself in motion, itt order to join the army. S.E*LINI APRIL i 7. • On the Std inst. the Servian armed was asked by the Commander in Chief Czerni Giotge to put , itself in motion. All the corps are now marching is four different directions ; namely, to Drina, Navibavas,. Nissa, and Widdin. The Servian Deputy, Nicholas Dithitronetsch, arri-+ ved yesterday in Belgrade, from Jassy, accompanied by a Russian Colonel, and had immediately a con ference with Mr. Rndofinitain, a Russian. LEIPSIC, MAY et. • According to the last accounts from Ulance, in Gallicia, the Polish army, under the command . of • Prirke Poniatowsky, was, on the 19th, on theriver Sin; where the advanced guard and the cavalry had arrived some days before. In order to take advaii.. thge of the inactivity of the enemy, who had taken a position on the Banta, the Prince thought it neces:.,l siry to make an attack on the bridge head of SAn•, donia, antrat the same time upon the tow+ itself, where the enemy bad foimed strong entrenchMents. These: tteitipts succeeded as well as:could be ex pected.. The bridge head was taken by a detachment of the corps of General Kosuiecki, with fixed bayo-, wets, and the toirn.ol Sandonia surrendered by capi telatiost!in the night of the 18th. !Vieth affairs cost the enemy above 1000 killed, noir 1206-prisoners, 20 pieces of cannon, and con siderable magazines, besides giving the Polish army a position. on the left bank of the Vistula, from ivhich they may advance, to render abortive the plans of the enemy, and prevent him from again crossing the Vistula. Other Polish cavalry extends itself towards Lemberg, and makes movements towards Cracow: We expect soon to hear accounts of the taking of Zamore, to which, place the Prince haslent a small division to ,attack, under the command of General Pelletier. The Polish cavalry have already set at libettp between 9 and 4000 conscripts, and have taken nitipzines. The Officers and soldiers have y,reatly dittkittinthed thbinsilves ; bat the army_ has to lamely the lots of Prince Marcella: Lubomiusky, an excel. lent ycungolEcer. FIAMBURcifi JUNE $. Lientenant-Gerical Blocher was on the 20th of, N. 21)1 4 thnted by hit Scntereign a General of Cayalry. The followinz intelligeece bas -arrived here by estafette Stralsund, where Schill with the wboh of big corps was entrenched, was attacked on .the 31s' of May, at noon, •fy Lieutenant-General .Gratice At two o'clock the Dutch troops were masters of the town. The action was very severe. Sculll was killed. The remains of his troops, consisting °ISO° mounted hussars, and 2(X) infantry, succeeded in escaping; but they afterwards tecniested to he permitted to lay down 1 tie:ir arms. and to be conveyed to the Prussian terri tory. These 560 men will be delivered to the PTII9- siaa General commanding on the frontiers." • . .61FENHACIEN, MAY 4 28.. A report har been published here of an action be tween the gun-boats under the command of Captain Schoen eider and an enemy's frigate, srhfch contains t-e t. lln ing particnlars : 4 4 'The -English fiCet from the North . Sea, consisting of sev, n s,til of the line, five frigates, three brigs, one cutter. toer gun-boats, with a convoy of 76 sail, was obliged by contrary wind to ce.me to anchor in the. Deft, on the 22d inst. In the evening of the 28d two shins of the line appeared moored between Omae and ' Wreese and at 4 short distance a frigate of 40 guns, believed to be the Penelope. On this frigate our gun boats made at. attack in the same night, at half-past 111 • The action 1.157e0 half an hour, when. a breeze sprung up, of which the frigate taking aavantage, cm her cables, and stood towards theships Of the line, v-es fMowed by our gun-boats, and consider ably d .staged.—On the 25th. the enemy attacked ti e Island of Fgholm with 15 sloops and two gun bouts: 'hough the assailants had at least 660 men, the sub officer Ulrich, with only 16 Jagers, withstood their tint ::stack until Captain Gulberg and Lieute nant Benten arrived from Agerso with 56 Jagers and two 6-pounders to his support. The men in the nearest boat attempted to land under a fire of blun derbusses and musketry, but were driven bask by Lieutenant Betzen. The enemy then formed info three divisions, and made anew attempt, but after an. action of half an hour's duiation, were compelled to ratite." HELSINGEURGH, MAY so. The Melpomene ants attacked' Off Nyburg by the Danish gun-boats : the brat them off, but was very, roughly handled, and loSt 7 killed and 18 wetmded. hive beard that the Russian fleet is either out or about to pirocczd to sea ; there are 12 sail . of the lirie. We are to proceed wall ail possible dispatch to meet them, and hope to giire a good ac count of them. ritract of a letter from azntair, dated May 20. « The King of Prussia has never appeared in greater spirits than he has lately on the parade at Konings bu*h. 'The Prussian army is allowed double pay (as in time of war.)" ♦CT a ABDICATION •OP TI!E KING QUSTAVUS ADOL- rues it I n the name of Goa—We, Gustavus Adolphus, by the Grace of (It ii, Ki-e of Sweden, of Garbs and Vandals, &c. Duke o: Schleswic, HolAteht, &e. make known, that having been pro claimed King this ct.ty stye!' years back, and ascended with a bleeding heart a thin to stained with the blood of a belsved and revered Either, we 11 gret r ot b e i ng a b le to promote th< true welfare and houcur or this ancient Realm, ina t p ara bl e front the happiness cif a far and independent people. Now whereas site are convinced that we cannot any Ringer continue our Royal f n intioco, and pres*Tve tranquillity and order in this kingdom ; there f ore we corsidi r it as our sacred duty to abdicate our Royal Diinity and Crown, which we do hereky free and uncon . uou i r d, to pass our remaining days in the fear and worship of that all our subjects and their descendants may' Go!. wighing en j oy more happiness and prosperity ill future, through the mercy " fear Gob, and honour the King." a nd blessing o r Goo Yts, In testimony and confirmation thereof we have personally written .„.1,. ed Ilse ptesent, and corroborated with our Royal Seal. r -- .; r i es boint Castle, the 19th M arc h, i n the year of Nativit P e fartiaiti Saviour haus - Cnanrr, 1809. y Pt - (sigaNt) : is Gerstews irearalivs It. Ir T "r PARLIAIIINTAR r'PAoeZ i ztolNGs. _ , • • Ham OF 1.0R145, RUNE It. • • .gsttYte AipeaLc!'s Groiwne v.,PeentOW," Mr. Wetherall was heard f9r tip A•pgellanti, and the Solicitor,General fur the• Rest pondent. Further hearing on Wedne•day. • The itish Annuittei Bill, Ana the Irish Spirit Duties till, were read :,third time and passed. r. . . The . Iritils Militia Bill was read a secooridlalk and camilOttgil for tomorrow. • • • • The:Aft-leap ,C o effee and the - Irish-Revenue Regidation "Nu; were Ivor rp.from the Commons by • Mr. WIACToN, and other MOM ers, and read a first time. The third reading of the Office Sale Prevention Bill was, after a few words front Earl GaosvoNoß, who wished to make some observations on the Bill, postponed till to-morrow. The 10Solvent Debtors Bill, and the Irish Auction Duties Bill, ..passed through Committees, and were repotted The Priie Money Bill, and the Friendly Societies Bill, passed through Committecs with Atr.en,:nients. To be reported lb mo•Tast:. ' • BERMONDSEY PAROCIIIAL BILL. On the third reading of the Berniondtiey Parochial Regulation Bill, some objections were made by Earl Svat4tioet, who was replied to by Lord WA LSIN GRA M and the I.oal Cuatscii.t.etit. After some conversation,the question was put, and tfle Lute divided, for the third , reading, • Contents 2—Not-Contents I—Majority 24, The Bill was read a third time and passed. STANDING ORDERS. The Earl of BESBOROUGII reported from the Curnmlitet tP whom the Manchester Water-Works Bill had been recommittaiti, that the Standing Orders had ::ot been complied with, an 4 aka+ wards moved that the Bill be read a third time. This motion was opposed by the Earl of WILTON, and a' long conversation ensued, in which those Noble I.ords, the Fads of Hardwicke, Rosslyn, @arts Grosvenor, Stanhope, the Lord' Chancellor, Lordsliarrowby and Redcsdale participated. The result was, that the motion was withdrawn, and an-order' made to take the Standing Orders into considerr.tion to-morrawi fbr the purpose of considering whether they should be auspezalecl with respect - to this Bilt, and also that tV Lords should,* mooed.—Adjourned till tomorrow (this day.) • PROTEST fat sat DOUSE or LORDS AGAINST Tot. PASSING Or THE WAR TAXES EXTENSION BILL, JUNE 12. ... • 21sSENTIrNT, 1. Because this Bill purports to provide for the supply or the present year, by taking one million annually of the War.:l'axes. 2. Because this new and dangerous measure has been intro duced into this House at a period of the Session when itsanttot possibly receive that consideration and attention with which it ught to be examined by every branch of the I,e4islature of our country. 3. ?ecause no information has been laid before us to justify the enormous increase of the public expenditure during the last two years; and the consequent necessity of large and continual increasing loans. 1. Because the present measure is sujversive of the principles I on which the Sinking Funds and War Taxes haie been succes sively established and augmented—principles invariably adhered to under every change of men and mueures dining the last three ald twenty years, and now first abandoned. 5. Because the system, of which this measure is, we fear, the .:ommetic• meet, rapuliy absorb all the extraordinary resour , ces previdt d by he wisdom of Parlietnept to mete the exigineles of war; and wi;hin a very tew years, pit:flair:this bossism* into financial difficult ies, such as have never yet been apprehended even by chow who have thought most unfavoyably of the re sources of the country. 6. Because we consider this Bill not only as a most improvidt nt and injurious financial measure, but also as founded on poEtica! views peculiarly inapplicable to our palest situation. I.l:gagec; in a long and arduous strut le, we arc now adopting a portey, which, in she same instant, diminishes our income, and enor mously increases our expenditure. We are doing thy at a titr.,• when wisdom and justice equally requite a more economic...l and provident policy; which, while it .sacrificed no real prospect o: advantage, and. refused itself to no well-fuu4sled claim for •ar.ce; should look with a much mote jealous rnxietle us tl.t pre sent Inteteste and ultimaite- secutity of our own. country; and estaliiish, instead of delusive,rcmporary, and ruinous expedients, a 64)1:d:basis cf permanent resources--the only fa provision for se contest cif mdefinite duretion, and in the issue of %%hick oar eats.;.l :race le rilved. • smiaarrn, mast. rs, ostas*rsi.a, • catainoTo::, rnasououon. HOUSE OF COM MONS . On diattiotion of Sir CHARLES POLE, the Act%tants pro- Fettted to the House relative to the ;4-aval Asylum, Vire onkred to be printed. The . Conso!Matta fund Bill was read aoliird time and passed. Sir T. FURTON save notice of hit intention, ea. ly us the neat Session, unfess his Majesty's Ministers then‘stlves took uF the point, to submit some proposition on the subject of the sale ' of Ineome, and exemption of the property of toreit o uers tram the Foods. Sir T. TURTON asked of the President of the Board of Con. troul, observing none of the Directors of the Eau-India Company present, if it was the intention of the Ceurt of Directors to perse vere In the Resolution theyhad cornetts for the meal of criain unfortunate persons who bed procured situations under the Com pany in India, by corrupt means.. Mr. DUNDAS stated, that he tuiderstnodlt to be the deter • mination of the Directors, at present, not to depart from the RI:- solo:km they had come to on this subject. Sir TaURTON said, in that case be should gi•-e notice of a merlon at to the opinion of thi Committee on fun India Parrot. nage on this subject, for Wednesday next. . A Message from the Lords stated tht ir Lot dab ips having agreed to the Agent-General's Bill, the Irish Glebe House Bill, the Vote of Credit Bill, the Assize Fees Bill, &c. Mr. Alderman SHAW presented a Petition from the Gover nor of the London Lying-la Hospital, and another front the Small Pox Hospital, praying relief, Ordered to lie on the table. Lord COCHRANE gave notice, that he should early In the next Seulon of Parliament submit a notion to the House,lis te l the more equal and better distribution of Prize Money. Allen motion relative to the Fortifications Cif Portsmouth,. • - Mr. SIMEON abandoned his 'motion' relative tb the appoint.; merit of Masters In Chancery, on the ground that there wit; already sufficient evidence on this 'subject• before the House, in two several Reports of 'inance Cortunitteet JcDGES' SALAUIES. • • The Home went into a Committee on the Judges' Fabrics BW Mr. BANKES provisetl a clause to prevent the sale of the Of-, Gee of Clerk of Assize, ar.d to render it an office during pleasure, Instead of being al at present, during fife. • • - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQI.TER observed - , Mat' this office had not been sold during the time of any of the present Judge,. rer.der r•rieni Itelding the office removable, how ever, at pleasur.., he to subject him to be removed at the discretion of ever' scrim. Judge as he went the Circuit. It was understoo4that this office was not in future to be sold. .The Clause was accordingly whheirawn. ' Mr. BANKES objected to the increase to the salariee of the Chief Justices in Wales. In this he was supported by Mr. Aazacaostar and oppoied by Mr. PERCIVAL and Mr. REDER. The Clause way carried. Mr. BANKES objected to the increase of the salaries of tit., Welsh Judges enerally, on thegroond of the inutility of the coo. tinuanee of the four Circuits in that country, and of its having' beets recommended by one of the Reports of the Finance Com mittee to torn the whale into one. Ihe effect of the prest :it in crease to all the Judges would only be, in the event of an after compliance with this recomawndation of the Finance Committee, to occasion a lavish ezpenditure of the public money hi causing an additional recompence in proportion to the Increased salaries to • be granted. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, the ides of refusing to in crease the salaries of the Welsh Judges might have the Levet of starving them oat• bits: aat, Ise was satisfied wa n rh,t ;he wish of. his Hon:Friend. AS to the idea of abolishingany cart or the Jo• didaLestablishment in Wales, lie hall'never beard that this was deileedloi the people of that country. Sir N. PIG o'r T thought the augmentation essential to the dig nity of the judicial character. The Resolution was then agreed te. • M. BANKES proposed a clause for prohibiting Welsh Judges from Wang seats in Parliament. Me. PEIRCEVAL dissented from any such idea. Those judicial sharaeters front Wales, who had been candidates fix seats in Parliament, had been the most distinguished persons from that. country. Sir S. ROMILLY maintained, that for the last SO years the 4 ~, • 'Nut; 1 , 47' 4 M ihtels Wei With aosenAom l i tvotig Gentlemen of the,. profession Wists-Wtrd 14fenliseni-of thit 1 - t • it. LOCKHART eiw — il l eetiiiiii eiNigh • 1 he-,lause was negat.‘vedo iictithe 4 I t 9 3 111 rAi Mr. HORNER propFd a, simple for preventing, retly z iPalp; Judges if the Principality In Wiles frons practising as a punier clunng the period be ought to.beloitig'the assize. The ATFoRNEY-GUIERAL ohjected to the clause, en the ground of thhe being no necitwity'ror it; and that even a whisper would be sufficient to correct the practice without the aid of so' Act of Parliament. . . After a few additional observations by Mr. lioanta, Mr. PRIMEVAL, and the ATTOILICEj-WRILIA4., the clause was eeta tivcd. 'the other elapses were gone through, and the House resumed, when the Report was ordered to be received to;morFow. • FINANCE. " •-• Mr. VANSITTART brought forward a string of Resolutions. rela:ive to the Finance, as is usual at the end of the session,The first Resolution was read Pao FORMA: They were ordered tolie on the table, and to be taken into consideration on Monday intr. PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. ' Sir C. BUNBI., RY rose to more the second read- ; ' ing 01613 bill. That instances of cruelty, he sAid, to the tower animals were too common, every one must be convinced: from what he saw in our streets. ,and in our roads. Besides the too common pritetites of dociing, cropping, and mutilating that noble ain ,mal the horse, there . were somemen who seemed even to take pleasure in 'tormenting those _animals . that contributed so essentially to the accommodation , of man. He was glad .to see the introduction ot. ' bill, which promised to prevent, in some measure, the carelessness and cruelty of mail colchnaen, post oliaise drivers, and others, who 'drove slap bang along the road, to the peril of the •pltsienger, and the destfic tion of their horses. • `'.'• . Mr. WINDHAM said, that however his senti ments might be represented, he should not vote for -a bill of this sort, which went upon a false-and spuri-, ons kind of humanity, calculated to do more mischief than the very abuses it meant to prevent There was one scandalous defect belonging to the bill, and 'that was the partiality and inequality of its enactments.' It fell foul of one class of offences only, while it left-1 untouched an infinitely larger class, and in which the very-. Members of the Legislature themselves were implicated, such kiinting, fowling, liOrse-racing, &c. It would. open, besides, scenes of infinite vesa doa and injustice, .by•rneans of informers and litiga :ion, much greater, indeed, than those it was framed to prevent. He thought that the case of horses' ears! and tails might be properly left - to their mist:ll, it , yrooms were not fit to be trusted ; and that this' House should aot be called upon to legislate in such rnatters. Besides the obligations which the billenfrceir. *ere all moral duties, of that imperfect okiligitti, r. • which did, noi'dolit of Legislative interference. should take arthtlfei: epf)ortunitjr of opposing the bill more at length. . • . The bill was thete•read a second tithe, and comhfit. ted for to-morrow. • SR)IT3 4 FAR LI A M ENT. Mr. CURWEN moved the third reading of this : Bill. • - Sir T. TURTON delivered Ms opinion at consi derable length on the bill When first brought for- . ward by_ an tlonourable Member, he conceived that was much more efficient. Nov, however, it had been so, mach enervated by the - alterationsiit had un dergone,•that. he expected' little front it ' • hit should vote for it, merely as the ha r bin g e r orsomethi9g .rhore effectual fue - pretopitingan abuse that had been openly . avowed in_ the House, aismely, that upon every General Election„ were ripened for the purchase and' Sale oldie Reirtatiati of the People .of England. . , K . JOHNSTON repeated whathe had maintained on'a Former night with regard. to the superior purity ~f. the present times over doe . past ,periods . of Four . , ConstitutiOn. • He - Viewed bill 'as the fi rst of . a 'eries of dangerous innovations, and as a sort te medy that might prove much more dangerous than I oe *IA it was intended to cure. The practice of-1 seats was foul and. improper ; but by law it was alrea.disa misdemeanor, and this was sufficient to prevent the prnitice from getting to a dangerous head. 1 Mr. AI3ERCROMBIE, reviewing the changes. that had taken place in the bill, found it his duty to 1 vote against it, no: tat o:l a y as inadequate to the exi s tin g evils, twit as calc to do mischief. The bill, as now modified ; *timid increase the influence of the Crown, and give additional power to Miniiters. He had originally considered the oath as indispensible, the transactions being of a confidential nature ; and that provision having been thrown out, the bill he .ciansidered as wholly nugatory. Mt. H,. THORNTON thought the bill of great service as a declaratory measure, and affording a con sicierable check to existing abuses. It would prevent open purchase - and sale, which were admitted coexist with respect to. seats in the House, and would there fore have a tendency to preserve the dignity of the House. It was necessary to prevent corruption inths higher as well.as in the lower Clasies. . • Sind. PULTEN.EY. did not think it necessary in the present times yr . increaie the power of the popular part of st4Con - stltatiod; The voice of the people, 'he - thOught,.was already sufficiently heard, and he was convinced that a greater preponderance of the demo ' critic part of the Constitution would be pernicious.— ' No practieat reforth Was in the present circumstances 'necessary, as they had seen no inconveniencs,arising from the present practice. They were now goil'%.-on 'extremely well, the country prosperous, &c. He should, however, vote for the lau g h. ) Kr. W. - ADAM had expected 'the' best effects from this; Bill; bet . the changes it had undergone, and . the introduction particularly of the word express, with respect to the barter of Office, hadconvinced him that the:Bill, OS tow framed, would lead to no beneficial consequences, He considered utile* as equivalent to motfrt; anif•tha gime conditioni ought to be applied to both. The best thing he could. do for, thecouutty was, thgt 'he giould vote agalt.tet the Bill * . With an understanding that the measure Should Iva hiought, forward in a More perfect shape, it:at:early a period as possible next Session: There was 'a Want of ma chinery in the Bill, a want of legal.analogy; to ren der it effective. The Bill was peculiarly defective, with respect to provisions relative to petitioners, who according to theism Is it now stood, could only be a candidate or 6;a-elector. Such petitioners with re -spect to hurgage tenures, Could not possibly be ex pected. During the recess, a measure might be ar ranged, that would 'meet the wishes of the public, and the best interests of the Hose,but to the 13111, as it now stood, he must certainly give his negative, V.) . • • 1I ;AO' [lir ""1 7 ?/••• *.r • 71. 11:e 4 g6416 . /Vl4o l ttiitArtP • 044 1 )ii;kit. ' • a ' P iiXobjecAii.(4l l4: 1 .0 1 P .. 1 ! ;oar; IrlidliPart • . it , WA,' ROC.. aitgilli t 4 lrYPe t M r 4.:1;1,...46*. 9f r , i . 4 1 .944; . • • km,. y at there. was an ) inst4ne n. o f .444 AoAbuk ers o Act of Charles. 11. Coupled wit 4 direst duos in . respect .to fronds relative to wilfo t ..He wi she d, the o lieleto paseois:de. . cliOig Oe IkPfoo--PilYis?fied.As.lie-w.,#.oat,tho,rao.. tiee, must have erasted.througlt ignorauoe, andahoui4 therefore support the Dill o .:., ,- . .. • ,:- ..., ;and ARCHI -13 4 , P.1 1 04.144,TQL:coRtendect: di* , it. was hieirY Aece . ..,I,e plot a :stop to the • aboseo ollowed o ogd o ... d to east , and to . Itist , generall y, Ah 94 . 4 - •4 1 4-.(4 arred that it - ach = st would be enact of oruelty*lttgolt est:indieriolual.-- . I- hid,bitia OlerefFilltio*lgok 7 la - fax‘ir of the . Bill, but frpm,thq. 41..iLiggs 'tW A had ißdergcnor must now it, as its tendeney, I ts it now stood, was clearly ootlarow the Whole of 4se disposable Bo roughs-into the hands of Ministers. As a mere -sle tiarotoary Aso, he expected nathiog from it, . Mr..DAVIS GIDDY contended, as one forme occasion,. that property and power ought to be con.- , netted, and.at the same time that monied men es well as officers in the army and navy, ought to find thei r • roil itito ß leipose is a owe* proportion, as wo n as the la . interest, strictly'. se palled, He st opto o. : catediny mew ..s that were'calculated to throw slo o country tatco7coaftssioti, as one week of sold, o, stoso;: . would_g w o,psore mischief than all the corruption at led to exist ;` and Wowed ail oitteenpts out of doors to persuade the people, who tould not j u d ge fie. themselves,- that all was :vice and corruptieto . --o 'Being persuaded, howeoer, thotabe 841 was caless.o _listed to do. some good, and to prevent 'the barefecoof, '4Orroption that in some instances existed, he should 'lrote for the Bill., • -! • Sir FRANCIS BUItDtTT, .in every con s id erao : • ,ton he was able to giv . e that Bill, from the moment - of it; original introduction,. and through the various discussions which auended . its,' ftrther progress, de., dared he could arsiee at no other Cepclusion ilea that it was a measure of indemnity for past corrup tions, and of security fer future similar offences. It had been contended by the last speaker, that no im provement or reform was necessary. iroismuch as all the defects of which complaint was made arose from the• legitimate influence of property ; and that, of Course, political power was, and ought to he connect ed with such influence. Without esploirliog gr o , ' grounds upon which such a political propositioa ought to be taken, the argument of the idonouroble Gentleman answered itsela. For if those phSCOO snag that influence, which are the effeets of property, aikid o; from property alone, take their title to intineotatoseilef... to be thus defended: whoa , was the defence. toelbiii; ' continuance of iiifioence amconnectod with propevtati: •wboe emolument was the produce and no dot -thou ..xercifte ? were, he asked, such 4 VeCiell of itulttencia 1: r o draw the same suppoet for political power, : mow. : pert y ? If it wos not, and so hp contended,. then o lay o . would ask, in what the tnility of this /*Attire at sisto, opt! in.what way could its proposed, radoono teges op.r ite ? As an enemy to corruption; \heosk,.. ed, did it dimipish either i a s sources or its inilsoentel . Did it, though professing reform, effect slalom ' measure of advantage, the accomplishment at which • could atone prove the use of Parliamentary Reforral • The Honourable Mover, who originally inisadutot4--. the Bill, could, in its present state, _scarce's , ac ledge' it us hi.. measure. His, indeed, Most/ balk stability of p laical feeling, if, so fnetantorphatied, ' he could recognise it as his own, melted down as, i had been so completely, in the crucible at-fthe Chan , cellor of the Exchequer. By whom tas it supported/ . What influence, under those changes, which •some would affect to .call improvements, now edit the sanction of the House ! Strange to. tell, • this,oneasure of Reform, this remedy for existing _evils, this, which in its operation was to have the t powerfol effect of preventing their - recurrence, was {,now, recommended, fostered, and improved by the very perions who either had committed, were accus4 • ed of committing, or by their votes in that House, ; had sanctioned the very criminal transactiuns and of, . I fences against the principles of . the constitution an 4 the independence of Parliament, which this very bill, i so supported, now went to remedy and redresooo Could the House forget what was the nature of the plea, when such transactions were offered to be proT,- ed at its bar ?--- when the very author of this Bill (foe so changed; so perverted from its original import, that he could not call it any longer the measure tithe : Hon. Gentleman behind him, - Mr. Curwen),' had himself been accused of conniving at such an offebeeo- • = when his Noble Colleague (Castlereagh) near him had from his own lips been selfoonvictedo--whea. in. k deed, from every side of the House, justification and i not corrective, was the tenor of individual senaedt. '. and, or general discussion. osisarko in whatielidtthet justification consist ? It was only: to be found-in the ; extensiveness of this great constitutional °Ghee.. Now, •• it did happen, that in ou r Courtoof:Crianitial litho i prudence, where the ignorant, arid: fee posoassie the; wretched had to answer for their inlittel. gth - Oie - I very crown lawyers who here defended that crime tw on its exiewsiveneis and its freguenCYT - conyerted that very frequency and extensiveness. in the former case, into an aggravation ofdie crime, and intoextaiddicignil A orgiiment for the propriety of conviction and thisoe , • cessity of a severe punishment. Had the House, when such offences were directly chargedlkgainst indi, victuals, heard any such constitutional thateritie fee* those whose situations bound them to deliver it? Nci; no. Neither direct accusation, neither acknowledged frequency and admitted extensiveness, had-produced, any effect, until the evil itself, and the source from whence it emanated, became too evident to be idnger concealed from the people or protected by those iro terested. And what, after ail, was the remedy? A measure in its origin far from being 'effectual, but, under its present modifications, only Whitt lie n.ust repeat, an indemnity for past offences and a security for future corruptions. There has, however, result.: Jed this beneficial consequence—that the countryfeele that this House acknowledges the absolute necessity of eornething being done. You yourselves have now admitted the propriety of the question. You have discussed a species of what you call Reform. What ever reform such a• measure may create in the regular ,ions of your House, I strenuously deny that it tendt ' to any reform in the Representation of the People. , I ' am, Mr. Speaker, and ever have been, ready:to:wow -.• my opinions upon all public subjects, and ,I de pm --; sume my conyiction of the absolute necessity of a tr . !„ form in the constitution is very well- ascertainecr--. Were I then to subscribe to the present measure, as lk ... ,„ . I .~ • 01. • - V d 1 I t