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London, England, 1822-04-26 00:00:00

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the ottestionsdf the goers* on'
sod the sentiments of tbevottai-
lev and unequivocitly owsus,sed Win
on any others. He would therefore proceedtbotate
the result of both calculations pu., th2ae eo tees._
tiona. Fly the calculation of hie ilfribleirrieod, it
appeared, that boo thirty-three boroughs, the
number of whose inhabitants did pot exceed 1,000,
there were twelve members who soled against AR.
Ministers, end forty-four who voted foe them
from 35 boroughs of less limn 2,000 'iambi.
tants in each, 16 Members voted egoism, and 45
for the Ministers; from 76 boroughs with fess than
5,000 inhabitants each, 48 Members voted isiguisist,
and 93 fur the Ministers. Then cense the boroughs
of a lager size, of which there were 25 with from
5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, of the Members from
Which there were 24 who voted ageism the Minis-
tees, and 27 for them ; and in the last place were
31 towns, each containing from 10,000 inhabitants
upwards, of which 38 Members voted agaimit the
Ministers, end only 21 fur them.—(Hear, hear.)—!
fie now came to his owes statement,aapd he famnd
that from places in which the, numher of Wu.
bitants was under 500, one Member only taid
voted fur redaction, and 19 against ;of the
Members from pieces where the number of inlsabi-
tants was above 500, and under 1,000. there-were
twelve who bad voted for reduction. and thiry
three against those from pines of less
than 2,0011 inhabitants. 17 hid voted 14,, and 44
sprits,' reduction —of those from places of whit-h
the inhabitants did not exceed 3,000, the number
of Members who had voted for reduction was 19,
and of those who bed voted alpinist it 46—of the
Members frown places of under 5,000 inhabitonts
25 had voted foe sod 45 spinet reduction—and of
those from places with above; 5,000 inhabitants 66
lied voted for ueduction, anil oily 47 against at.
—(Heir, .hear.)—The general result of this calcu-
Ivitou way, that the proportion of votes changed
against the Ministers as the number of inhabi-
tants in the places returning the Membeta who
voted increased; in this manner, in the class where
the cumber was lonest, there were nineteen to one for
• Moister& ; in the near class, three to one fur
Ahern; and al' -hat they coati to 'be five to
,three ageissA Arms But there ware, tplier in-
-stances ;- iliefe.' titre imeticular enhances of gars-
titan, which had occsrred ',Wats the, Kosent
year, the infemoces from which were ars swims
as could be ' dratta. from any general eilitrlitt
lion. He *Meld take titres great iluestiuna. that ,of
the salt EA that for the reductirUt acme of the
l'ostroasters.Giberal.- In the division ou the Mk
tax, the nierobers were 169 to 165. Of the 165,
there were 49 Members for English and Welsh
counties, stud 55 front great town*, there being only
56 torus of that large size. So that the majority
of the Meagher, Our counties and great towns
voted in that mailer number, while, on the other
hand.• the lOust ',amber contained wily 14 county
Members and 61 placemen—(Hear, hear)—unly 10
of whom could.by possibility be said to represent
either counties-Auricle towns is that House. He
hoped, therefore, tt you sot spin be said, that
M
while on the ath,' 'Ode were to be friosid
nearly all •gm .Mezubers from populous. phiem.
the Opposition was made up of throe from. rot-
Y° ...cmr".lll(Hett's beer, .heer.)-014 _the.tou-
tine for the reduction of one of the Postings.
tens-Cereatial,- the tituhtwrs 'were 159, and 104.
the majority against the reduction heings!s. Of
the MI& there woe 99 6;46:h and Wehti county
Members, and 40 Members from fatly towns;
whift• he the other hand there were but 11 comity
Members, and 23 from Jorge towsis ; that is to say,
that ehe bliiiiuiera. had a majority of 25 of•the whole
number in their favour, on a ouestion where the
medlar representatives were 69 to 34 against thew.
—(Hear, hear hear.)--11 any fact could wake oil
impression in that House, he thought they had
it here. They had here the representatives of
the Crown anti of the House of Lords, overvilielm-
ing the represetnatiitei of the people by their hero-
bets; where the object was entirely to manual, an
office inAbkitatrutione of thW Crown, and coafered
011 i ineinbei of the Hot of Lordv.—(Hear, hear.)
—lee( it ke rgatenibered ,lust, that on (fiat memo
.
rable they bad heard advanced the dowries.,
that the number of useless places should be main-
. tonsedoestentioterponse to the incsessed intelligence
• wt.*, People—(Hear. hear, hear.)--ii doctrine
which the Hobourable Member for Kneresborough
(Nrir .1. Sackiutoth). deeply versed as lie was to
contostutioittl Itartiong,declared to be entirely new;
and .bywritich the member for Cork Castle (Mr.
Balikriq had declared himself to be greatly slurry,-
tel.—•-(cheeis end witch laughter.) —The Ministers
of the CCown ought to posers the confidence
of . Mouse of Commons, and that House
ought fairly to represent and to hove the routl-
denee of 'the people. those were the true con-
stitutional principles of Parli•ment. and a de-
parture from either of them must lead to error and
mischief incalculable.—(Hear.)—ln the time of the
Stuarts the Minister. dad not possess the confidence
of
the House of Conitnoint, and therefore lewd tu-
mults. insurrection. civil wars, and finully revolu-
tion ensued. Io the present times the Miniver,
possessed the confidence of the House of Commons,
but that House did not speak the sense of the
people, and therefore had we seen tumults and
alarmiog dissentioas la the country, and witnessed
the continued efforts of the Goverouteut to repress
them by law. restrictive of the liberty of the sub-
ject, and by enormous standing entice. If he weir
forced to admit that some persona, who were frivida
of his oion, "'wed to passiseg•tliese restrictive 'awe.
tad Paring away the Bill of Rights, he looked on
1019ile leessereswitk the greater regnet and deplored
their consequences the more on that account. They
would not hope to ereet the Legislature of this coma-
"lty into a Venetia') Senate, which, if it ceased to
govern by its possessionujilie esteem of the people,
..00014 terrify sod awe them into submission to its
ideerees. The liberty of England abhorred attend-
ing army, and the people of Blighted could not lie
ioverned by force, nor by terror, by restrairitsaapoa
their freedom. 1101 by curbing the expres,nois of their
opinions. If they had a reformed Parliament, the Ow-
vernment would have nothing more to do than to
submit their measures to its con•ideration.and if they
did pot meet with its sanction, to tiojt.e.LlAth SNP*r
iions as were deemed neceraiery, while if srenelsonvgi
by it. they' would be wore of Me aWsent ipd rattly
compliance of the people. But, at prelims!. file/
were obliged to partite a winding' and a degrading

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