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__ F,... • , • • icet • Pew Cart I .vice on !ii,-,inig;t 10,2.35. • FOR SALE .BY AUCTION, elistorn.l! nu sc, EASI'BOU ENE, oa Trlia^DAY, the 28th tk 11.:rrnber, ISO, at Ell.vcp &Clock in the Foreuotin, Off, GOOT)S UNPEtt-MENTIONED, ,Viltl WITe been xiacd and Irally condemned, viz. -3 Galiolls Brandy, legtl .Strvit7th forlkalers. • sl dn. - bver proof. !: :I do. Genvra do. ; 31 di.. do. order proof. _ Creen Tea, and 48 lbs. Black Tea. Coxis will not be sold for less "thdp the Tmport r.lrly be inspected the precedink day in office bons& N B. A Deposit of 525 Vet CenLwill be required. rc CREDIVAS of krD‘ WARD FREW, late cf raiegeweter, in the . County of Somerset, hrmer, ar.d • Great Sutton-strtet, Clerkemettl, the County . i,lioarer, lately discharged from the Klites Bench ni ..,j3tke.Goenty of Surrey, by virtu: of an Act of Parliament ar d passed in the 53d• year of his 'tweet Majesty ' s reign, " An Act for the Relief of !wales= Debtors in Eng i:e requested to meet at the Dwelling-kouso of , Brigewater, in the said County of Snmerset, rner ••-•, Thursday, the 're/tory-third day of December instant, 01 of the Gott in the hirenoon, to appesint a time and and in such 1113311117 as the Creditors shall approve of, to • ale of the real estate of the said Edward nay was published, in Ivo. price One Shilling, THE REAL POLITICAL/ !]OUSE that JACK BLA LT ; with Twelve Cuts, consisting of several Emble p!ral Allegorical Design+ ; besides faithful Portraits of nu ,.. 5%. Pa:lic Charactels--uf Bonaparte, and some of the lending ::,the Frcach Revolution; of the Prince Regent; tliv late . 7itt; lords Castlereagh, Sidmonth, Liverpool; the Rev. and 1112, &c. Lords Holland, Grey, Erskine, ice. N:essrs. Fieriilan, Tierney, Brougham, &e. Sir Charles Wolseley, :.1.,0r Cartwright ; Messrs. Hunt, Cobbete, Watson, Thistle !, Preston, Carlik, Wociler, /kg. &c. I, : nasr.: Put•islsA by J. Asperne, Cornhill ; and W. Sams, 1 S.. Jamts':i-streat. , - -- FROI LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. reirni!anns in the Durnbartonsbir Troop of Yeomanry Ca. ,f , tezi by the Lord Lieutenant of Duml)artunshirc. Nt:Jull.t Buchanan, jun. to be Lieutenant ; John florrocks, ,J I>e Cornet , vice Buchanan. BANKRUI'TCY ENLARGED. r Francis, Prinee's.atract, Rotherh4e, frith provilion ...achant, from Decerabee4 to January it, at teu, at Guildhall. MANKRVPTS. • • i 7 Lees, 1 1 0:11 Leach, &Alien, cotton-spinner, to surrynder Xeutwr 28, at four, 5:9. Aline, at the Friendship Inn, 1 dam, and January 95, at ten, at the Talbot Inn, Manche , - Attarnies, Ain Shaw, Ely- place, Ilolborn; or Mr. Rat- I :7, (V. '.114111.• 1.11 l'....rptneal, 1 al4l, innkeeper, December t'.9, 23, and , ;I •, ar7 25 a t c le Tt nl, at the Court-house, Leeds. Attor r.l, 111 r. liakeloek, Serjeanis Inn, Fleet-street; or Mr. Leeds; .• S'.l Grant, late surgeon of the Thomas Coutts East India ip, December IS, 2S, and January .5, at ten, at Guild- La. Attorney, Mr. Goidon, Old Broad-street. Ina Evans, B r imscombe Port, Stroud, Gloucestershire, az.:al-eloth-nanufacturer, Dtcember 30, 31, and January t. at eleven, at the Company's Arms Inn, Chalford, Glou •ershire. Attornics, Messrs. Blake and Son, Cook's-court, 'Ai-street; or Mr. Stone; Tetbury, Gloucestershire. [. , :S.2ounity Darter and Ri ckard Cernforth, Liewpool,naals.: January 4,5, and 25, at one, at the George Inn, Attornies, Messrs. Lace and Co. Liverpool; or V...ba. Taylor and Roscoe, King's Bench-walk, Temple. .r.; , ...as Noon, Sbcpr-lieuuchamp, Somersetshite, sail cloth- -c:iacturer, December 30, at five, 31, and January 25, at ittts, at the Mermaid, Yeovil. Atternies, Mr. White, Dail; or Mr. Portent, King's Bench-walk, Temple. Radios, Birchin• lane, merchant, Xliecember 21, 24, and I.:rxy LI, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Ste- 1 tossed Weed, Little St. Thentan Apostle. isai Pat, jun. Hallow, Worcestershire, farmer, January I, Atul t 5, at ekveu, at the Packhthrse Inn, Worcester. 1-.,:rein, Mr. Platt, New Buswelbcourt, Carey -street; et Mr. Wilsor., 'Worcester. ---r! Cons, Docking, Norfolk, grocer, January 3, at As, 4, at ten, at the Lion Inn, Fakt.nham, and January es, at :Src., at the Crown Inn, Fakenham. Attornics, Mr. Llap-' Cannon-street; or Mr. Catton, rikenhatrt. iattktt, late of Topsham, Devon, merchant, January 3,4, and s 3, at eleven, at the Star Inn, Exeter. Attorney, {W.:, Hatton-garden. London. fory, Hunworth, • Norfolk, miller, January 4, at five, 3, at to, and es, at twelve. Attornies, Mr. Bridger, An van, Throgrnorton-street ;or Mr. Withers , Holt , N orfolk. 4,:n &wley, Manchester, tailor, December 111. !a, and . unity 23, at twelve, at G uildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Mutir, LK-e-court. Temple. Lam Pavitt, ('odicote, near Welling, Herts, miller, Decem t.: 10, 28, and January 25, at twelye, at Guildhall, London. Att.mcy, Mr. Harmer, Hatton-garden. r.:i Drury-bone, grocer. December 24, January n and 2.7, at one, at Guildha ll . Attornies, Messrs. White Wo‘dreettc, Lincola's Inn Old-square. it, -vikaJ a / DTS. It le. La 142 DIV( DEN DS to be Slade at GUILDHALL. W. Kent, High Holborn, stationer, at twelve. Jan. • 1 . -.al D. Brodie, Ingram-cnutt, rttichurch-street, mer uri, at twelve. Jan, 4, G. Dawson, Sliver-street, colour acturer, at eleven. Jan. 1, S. Richardson, Nieholas-lave, 4 :thar , t, at twelve. Jan. 4,1). Davis, New Bond-street, 'tell, at eleven. Jan. 4, H. It. Ashby, late of Budge-tow, rr.tr, t eleven. Dec. IS, W. WhitweU, Bithrtal-green, soap .si.eteter, it one. Jan. s, 1.. Slept, Haymarket, jeweller, 1A » Jan. S. I'. Robinson, Salchurst, Sussex, brewer, at J. George, North Audley-street, coach-maker, at :' 1 ."• Jan. 15, J. W. Lange,,Broad-Street, merchant, at ten. --. J. Great Abe-street, ship broker, at eleven. YI me.Nns to be made in the COUNTRY. 49 , W. Middleton, Liverpool, merchant, at one, at the " Live-pouL Jan. 8, J. Knock, Birmingham, brush twel..e, at-the Royal Hotel, Birminghani. Jan. 45. Hereford, grocer, at eleveti, at the Commercial Ilerefwd. Dec. JP, T. Hadley, Birmingham, rarer _ at ten, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Jan. 24, J. .7 , 4. St. Briavels, Gloucestershire, coal-merchant, at eleven, Dead, Gloucester. Dec. 29, W. B. Mason, Ced ters,r, go:err, at ten, at the Red Lion, Colchester. Jan. 6, Twerton, Somerset, clothier, at eleven, at the White } !;.*.h. Jan. 11, T. Wheeldon, Derby, iron-founder, at , • • the Kings Arms, Derby. Dec. 29, C. Prankerd, at.d Jacob, Gloucestershire tanner, at one, at the :•01.r . c.vern, Bristol. Jan. 3, J. Robson, Carlisle, rattle r.eleven, at the King's Arms, Carlisle. Jan. 4, J. lavetpned, stationer, at twelve, at the Office of it: r. Liverpool. J. s, It. Kee, Hull, merchant, a: • Dag and Duck, Hull. Jan. 4, T. and T. Parkin "' . 1 . Loill'-;1, raff-merchants, at eleven, at the Dag ILA Jan. 4, T. Jones, Liverpool, ship-owner, at . • George, Liverpool. Jan. 3, C. T. Baker, late of • draper, at eleven, at the Town-hall, larlborotq:b. Rudd, Neweastlasapon-Tyne, milliner, at eleven, at • Newealaja. Jan. 10, T. Fish, late of Bridport, at eleven, at the Golden taw, Bridport. Jana 8, l'a%bussou, dealer, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Jan. 7. 5. Taylor and 1 Steele, peered!, inert. Azn( , ,et lye, at the (;eorge, Livetronl, Jan. It, John ) and J. ,, crit Gorton; atd William Roberts, '—...nirtiegton, r,vrte i - v . •. a:, At two, at the Star, Manchester. ;I. Toorp, l'oventry, ribbon manufacturer, at at lan. Coventry. Jan. h, T. Stccinsom Ilrll, at at t:l2 1.:02 altd kuvii, Hulls Xtbe W EDNESDAY, PAR:LIAMENTAA Y PROCEEDINGS, HOUSE OF LORDS, DECEMBER 14. "Mr. WALLACE accompanied by some other 'Honourable Members, brought up the Seditious Meetings' Bill from the I louse of Commons. • On the Motion of the Earl of SIT AFTF.SBURY the Malt Duty Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed SEDITIOUS MEETINGS BILL. Ti . . F.arl of LIVE RPM L moved that this Bill be read a first time, which being agreed to, the Noble Earl said, bellow should move that the Bill be priqted immediately, and the second reading fixed fur Thursday next, which appeared to him to be the most convenient dat that could be selected. Lord I lOLLAN U was unwilling to stand in the way of any arrangement, that their Lordships were disposed to agree to, and should not therefore object to Thursday being fixed upon, though it looked like precipitation, for if the measure seemed to be necessary, the sooner hs merits were discussed the hotter. The Islarl of LIVERPOOL observed, that by this arrange. , men their Lordships might be prepared to go into the Com mittee en Friday, and should there not be sufficient time to go through the clauses, the discussion on them might take place bn Monday. The Marquis of LANSDOWN thought, that the interval, between this and Thursday; was entirely too short, to enable their Lordships to give that consideration to the 11U, which it obviously required; and shouid suggest, that the debate b;.: post pcmed till Friday, though the Bill might be read a second time, on the day lied by the Noble Earl. Their Lordships agreed to this arrangement, with:ti under standing that the Committee should be gone. into on Friday, leaving the discussion of the clauses for the en; :in: ?.:orday.— The Bill was ordered to be printed, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OP commoks. Mr. FINLAY brought up the Report on the till to amend the Regulations in Cotton Factories, when the Bill was re-com mitted, and the R2port having been brought up and received, the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. On the motion of Sir C. 13 U ItREI,I, the Pearhyn Bribery bill passed through a Committee, and the Report was brought up and ordered to be received to-morrow. The LORD ADVOCATE gave notice, that he wotrld on Thursday move for leave to introduce a Bill to regulate the pro ceedings in the Court cf Session. Mr. HAIIVF.Y begged to ask the Hon/an - able Secretary of the Treasury whether the Board instituted to enquire into the Abases of die Excise and Customs had yet reported, and whe ther these Reports were to be laid before the House? Mr. LUSII I NGTON said, that the Bused of Enquiry had made considerable progress, 'mil when their examinations were more advarked the result would be laid before Purliazient. Mr. I 4 A Iti`EY expr:!4-.ed a hope, that *hen the time cane to make a motion fur the Papers, it would nut be opposed. Lord CASTLE Ct EA G II ristponed the second reading 9f the Newspaper N!ainp Duties' Bill till this day. Mr. ‘C ALL AG II API obtained leave to bring in a Bill to re:- I real the Irish Bankers Act. He then moved for leave to briar in a Bill to revive and amend certain provisions of the Bid fool regulating Houses of Industry. hlr. L. FO%, fEtt opposed the motion, as ttnding to extend, to Leland the:system of the English Poor Laws. After some observatiOns from Lord Atenostra, Mr: W. Pay : NELL, and Mr. C. Gstaxr, the motion Wits withdraws. Mr. MAXWELL gave notice that on Thursday he should bring under the consideration of the House the state of the Ma nufacturing Districts in Scotland. ARMY ESTIMATES. Lord PALMERSTON laid on the table the Arty Estimates for the year 1820, which were ordered to be printed. The Noble Los dhbserved that they-were' but an abstract, as it was not possible at present to have all the details. On Friday he should move the usual votes, and on the same day the Ordnance Es timates would be presented. Mr. TIERNEY asked if these papers contained the Estimates of the augmented forces? Lord PALMERSTON said, that the expenses up to December were separate, but in the Estimates for the ensuing year, the whole force would be included. In3FEANCIIISEMENT OF GRRMPoUND. Lord JOHN RUSSELL ruse and said, that it was not with feelings of satisfaction, that he Jab* vitae forward to call the attention of tile House tes the mo; don which he intended tolubmit. It was an 'Shwa. cOrne and invidious task to tell an Individual his faults, and he felt that any motion which went to direct the observation of that House to the defects in its constitution, was a duty not less dixtessing than unpleasant. But however great the difficulties were under which the subject laboured at any former pe riod, he could not but be sensible that they had been infinitely increased within the last year, by the ex cessive lengths to which political differences had been carried; the country was now divided between two parties, who regarded .each other with an extreme degree of irritation ; o n e of these patties insisted upon unreasonable demands, the other thought of nothing but giving them a peremptory denial. The former stood up for impossible claims and imaginary rights, the latter were willing to throw into oblivion all those ancient privileges which our ancestors thought they had purchased cheaply with their blood, merely to obtain a momentary security. if he felt that be required the aid of any authority, to prove how ne cessary it was to correct abuses of the nature of that which he had to grokind his motion upon, he could not refer to one of.moie weight with the majority of . that House, than Mr. Pitt, who had, in 1763, pro posed two Resolutions very similar in their principle to those . which he intended to lay before the H ouse. He (Mr. Pitt) had prefaced his proposition by a speech, in which he stated that the great burden tahich had been laid on the People, and the distress which they in consequence endured, had caused them to turn their eyes upon that House, which had sanc tioned the burdens complained of, in order to disco ver if there were not a radical error in its constitu tion—(Hear, hear !)—Thence had, no doubt, origi- . nated wild plans arid visionary theories ; but.he felt it 'his duty, disregarding these altogether, to pro pose some measure which would go equally to repress the dangeroes desires of the People, and the undue iaHaence of the Crown. That was the spirit of his speech, but there were some of the words so sttong that he could not help quoting them. " When an Englishman who witnessed the flourishing state of England twpnq yearn ago, now saw it going tZ, ruin by slow said imperceptible degrees, he could not ar., count fur it but by believing th at there was some-` l thing radically wrong in the constitution of the Ile- 1 presentative Doily, and of the existence of a radical error, no one seemed to have a doubt"—(Hear!)- At this time, indeed, he (Lord J. Russell) was con• einced, that the opposite dispositions of the two par ties in the Nation rendered them inimical to any plait far • lECEIVIInR 15, 1819. of mutual conciliation; or to any measure of Itefornt conducted according to the regular course of Parlia mentary proceedings. The one party were so much at; tach,ed to the very cobwebs of the fabric, that sooner than remove them, they would -allow it to fall to pieces before their eyes, while the other were ready . ' to hurl the firebrand against the temple, and would feel a malignant pleasure in treading into ashes the sanctuary of the COnstitution—(Hear, hear!)—The Noble Lord then proceeded to shew, that his motion was one which might meet the support even of those Who held very different opinions upon Parliamentary Reforin. Those who did not wish to entertain the general proposition might give him their support, as. he only called for it in a particular case; and those who were.advocates of a large and extensive plan of Reform, harl no occasion to deny him their assist.. ante, when they recollected that even Sir Samuel Romilly, who was a very zealous Reformer, had given it ai ,opinion ,' that muck:good might be, done, if oall.two or three Government Boroughs were disfranchised. The Duke of Richmond, also, after his Famous Bill for Parliamentary Reform, had given his support to the measure, which only went to extend the elective franchise in the case of the 13o rough of Cricklade. He would not enter then into the consideration of the abstract question, or that of uniform or - various Suffrage. He believed that va riety of Suffrage was liable to decay with the pro gress of time ; and that an uniform Suffrage, sup pose of £lO6 a-year, if good in the commencement, must be always good: When suffrage was varied, it happened that by the decline of large towns and commercial places, electors came to set up their suffrages to sale, and consequently rendered them selves unfit to exercise so important a privilege. The history of the country shewed many instances of such local alterations and decline. Boroughs which had been once populous had become impoverished and almost deserted, and some had been in consequence disfranchised. This was the case of Malden, in Es sex, which was allowed, instead of sending Mem bers to Parliament, to take care of the repairs of a bridge. On the contrary, when towns which had been obscure grew -into wealth and importance, it became necessary to give them the elective fran chise, which was conferred either by the King's writ or by Act of Parliament ;. of the former mode these were so many instances, that he would not trouble the House wi.h them ; of the latter there were also many .examples. 'Rinke, in his immortal speech on the American Conflict; had pointed out representation as 'the iCizicsiy for Many evils of which the people com plained.. In Chester and Dutham the grievances stated had been redressed by representation.--Here the Noble Lord read the preamble of the Act, which allowed the County Palatine of Chester to send Re preieritatires to Parliament. It was the Aci of the 3.lth Ilea. VIII. and stated, in the form ofpeaiticm, as .twattheii tibial, the various evils, and the loss of rights and privileges which had befallen the inhabitants of that county, by not hiving Representatives to watch ever their interests in Parliament ;“ and (said his Lord ship) if it should be objected to me, that Parliament cannot enfranchise, I would point to that Act which' -proves that it is according to the established law of the realm: and if it be said by any Member that a County or Town suffers no evil by not being repre sented, I would point to that Act which consecrates the principle, that the want of representation is the loss of a great privilege,' and the occasion of many grieiinces, which its existence alone can remedy."— , The Noble Lord then stated the instance of Haver fordwest, and observed, that enfranchisement by the King's writ was not exercised later than the reign of Charles the Second ; as the interference of one estate with the principles Of the existence of another might eventually prOduCe too great a change in its consti tution. This was more Confirmed by the Act of Union, and since then it, was not thought competent for the King's Writ to create the elective franchises Since then, small Boroughs had hecome Very cor; rupt, and in several instances their conduct had called for the piinishment of that Howse. _Large Towns had also grown tip, and Districts had become populous, which -fact not received Representatives—as Chester and Durham ; and, in consequence of these dehcien t ties the House had, ceased 'esactly to represent the People. He then 'stated instances of 13oroughs, with respect to whose elective franchise the House had interfered—such as Shbreharsi, Aylesbury, and Crick lade. He then proceeded to consider the dangers Which. arose to the Conititntion from the Manner in which the electiveTranehise was exercised in small Boroughs. He stated that it Was usual, upon a ge-, neral election for a Borough of that kind, to send deputies to the Secretary of the Treasury, who pointed put Members who were willing to .serve Minis ters, and the expenses of their election were accord ingly defrayed. This was the most respectable mode, because it was still possible that these Members, so Chosen, might act conscientiously. There was ano ther mode, When 'persons, upon speculation, laid out large sums for objects merely personal—either to settle an aecatint with Government, or to ob tain a debt of long - Standing • or it might be to ob. taro an o ffi ce. .and increase their income by patrdn age. The effects Were dieadfhl, for such men exerted the sovereign pdwei of making war, or of lega lizing an aggression that might lay waste all t alive —(icar). Theirs Wai sovereign power, without the small security that protects, in someway, the subjects of a single.desilat.the fear of censurr,, or the sense of shame, They had ne Publicity—rthey did not appear in the debates— (Near) —even their names hardly ever cane before the puidic ell r 'the lists of the majority Were oot puhlished. • then went on to shew, that within a feW yoirs, large Manufacturing Towns had arisen, whose interests end„ commercial relatiOns required - the protection or Re-, presentatives, and to which places the elealVe.fran chise ought to be transferred, from the decayed •and grossly-corrupt liorought. He instanced Manthester, which in the year 1788 had not 23,000 inhabitants, but now contained 110,0001 Leeds, which had but a ,~ ~ - P. RI CS SEVE/ifi r P:ITPTC Psi ; small number. in 1775, but .in 1.811;. Contained 62,000 ; Birmingham, in 1811, 88,000; Halifae, 73,000; and Sheffield 3,5,000., The growth of placet Since the Revolution called loudly for the interference of that House. Where there were great•manufactur ing or cornincreial interests, it was a great consola tion when they were known to be.watched over and protected byrepresentatiies chosen by those whom it most ccncerned.. It might, indeed, be said that such places were, in fact, represented by the County Mems bers; but County Members were persons of very dig: . &rent habits, who had other interests in their county to attend to, and were frequently bet little tonversitot with the t =plicate& relations of commstee. When the questiqn of Reform had been agitated in Parlias naento in 1762, the argument then was, where are the petitions from Manchester—where the petitions frond Sheffield and Leeds ?—but at present he was aware that a different argument would be made use of. kwould nom be said by the enemies of. Reform that the People had•petitioned too clamorously—(Harr): —He then applied the argemerit of the Right Hon: Member for the University of Dublin (4r. Plunkett); upon Irish affairs, to the present case ; in which he had animadverted upon the inconsistency of those who, at one time, would not make concessions tothe Catholics, bc:ause they did not ask for them, and at another time, because they did. Parliament should well reflect upon what it ought to give or withlinl4 and if it were directed by ady motive but a sense of the public good, it must, in the words of Mr. Burke; 0 cease to be the express image Of the Peopl:.‘' The Noble Lord then remarked upon an argument some times used of the dangerous enmities and ill-blood which were said to arise from popular elections. He showed, that, en such occasions, the angry feelings, of the populace g ot vent, and died away. Such wat:• • the case in the last Westminster Election.; the can=t dictate then most odious to the People had, by the attention which he had evinced towards the interest* of the City of Westminster, put an end to those ani mosities, and completely gained their esteem; The . fact was, that on such occasions, a disturbed poll was generally followed by a good humoured trana quality. Moderate Reformers had been condemned' by a Right Hon; Gentleman of the Ministry (Mr.' Canning), upon a former occasion, who had de Glared the doctrines of those who went far beyc.ad 'them, as more honest, at least,. than the plans of mo derate men. But he (Lord John Russell) considered it a mere delusion to attempt, by any change in pee pulves representation, to procure a House of Coma mons which would be averse to wet' or the laying out jof taxes. Taxes resulted from war, and a propensity: to war was one of the prominent faults of a popular* mode of Government; If they looked back• to the 'French war, they would find that in its commences mint it was popular ; the same might be said of the. , American was. But looking back to much earlier periods of history; it would be found that the Enwa • fish Kings,ahe Edwards and the Henrys; sbo weie most given to warlike enterprize, were mosthonoured • in popular. opinion. Looking .to other . States, it would be found that Venice and Genoa, two of the freest, had gone all round Italy to make war upon . each other ; and of the most splendid ancient Re- . publics, one fell by failing in its conquests, and the* other, by obtaining too signal success. The greatest • duty which Parliament bad to perform was to ma nage the expenses of the Public. The house of Commons was the guardian of the public purse, and it should, at all times, take care that, for the support of useless establishments, .the People were not burthened. But Representatives really chosen by the ' People, were most likely to..perforin faithfully Such a west ; and, accordingly, it would be found, on al/ .• snemorable occasions, that the Members for Counties : gave a much greater proportion of their strength to the . interests of the People' than . Representatives of Boroughs. The itesolutiora which had Leen pro ,posed by Mr. Dunning; expressing the unchie iaa (crease of the influeneeof the CrOwn, was curried by , a majority of 18. Of the majority, consisting of 233# 69 were County Members. In the , minority of 215, . there were but 11. Another Resolution, which had afterwards been proposed, in order to follow up the former; was lost; and, as appeared by a letter of Sir • ; G. Saville, the House was divided into classes, and • the County Member's iii the Minority were three to one, the Borough Members in the majority four to , . three. Tice Members returtied from the small Bo roughs oPa certain long County, were nine, or; at : • least, eight to one ; and d-those of the Cinque Portst. ; four to one. In the year 1807, there was a great:: call for economy, and the consequence 'was, that as the financial affairs of the country were in such cies)•. ; cumstances that they could not be inquired into in any other way, a Ccimenittee *as proposed. The nisters tvished to appoint the majority in that : Conta . mittee, and among these:they thought fit that. then/ . sh o uld be five official persons: The House divided , lon the question whlither Lord Binning should beetle? ie Majority for Government wits 176, of which 15 . vide County, Members ; while in the inirierity of . 136,_there 'were 27 County Mentbers. the • sion on the qtiestion of the Lords of the AdiaisallYi the majority was 208, of which 16 were County Members ; while in the Minority of 152, there were . 35, or more than double that number—(Haar, hear !) There were many things which the House might do to render the discovery of corruption more practi.: cable. For instance, after any election in which bri- . bery was presumed to have influence, a greater facia lity Might be liven to peracini prOposing to shew that such influence was practised at Hear, 'hear ). With.respect to . the Borough•Of Grampound ; he pro= posed to "openit to the Hundred, which was more poptilous than the Borough, and was not represented in Parliament—?liear, hear]. if he was asked whe ther this proposition did not lead to a more general • one, and did not involve the eases of all other gio roughs? he would answer, that be was not prepared . to admit any stich,conclusion. May principle which would go to disfianchise all the 13otoughs, would end in a species of Iteform, which, in leis opinion, would . . . . . . • • 3 "0 . T ., / C 0 4 ,•:;%0 0. • , I 5 i ...% -.A...- 7. • - iLI • . ?';':-, 5 ,. ' *Jr7c) 11 • ........,... - '_ . /3 , - , 1e..-4. ..... ~ . , t j .r. ' ! . ! i . • , . . i . 1 1 1 , ( i f i il 1 , i ..; . . 1 ; ~ 1 1 , ,I, 1 ... , . . , . 1 . it . t 1 1 1 • 1 ' o i tEi i Ii 1 1 i I 4