The National Register.
London, England, 1809-05-14 00:00:00

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business he did not feel hhoself authorised to exprcti. lie
trbsted the opportunity would occur of evincing the fal:acv of
the present <barges, should the liouse be pleased to investigate •
his conduct. his edordship then withdrew greeted with cries of
Hear ! Hear !
Mr. Nladocks then moved, " that the House should on Mon.
day next re,olve itself into a Cominittee of the whole !louse, to
consider of the improper manner adopted for returning Mem-
bers to sit in Parliament for the borough of Cashel!. through
the tneans of Lord Castlereagh and the lion. 'leery Wellesley,
contrays to the di. pity, and subversive of the privileges, of the
11 nose of Commons."
Mr. Mattocks then moved, that the matter in charge should be
betiril at the Bar of t he House.
Mr. W hit bread secuituled the ni t ion.
The question being; then put trout the Chair, Mr. Cartwright
-oppose:, the IntotiOn.
M f.eTierney expressed his opinion that the house «as no;
•goin! no proper and co'r'rect priocipies; they were quite in ii,
•dark, or at lea 4 so irregular, that it was ‘utite impossible the,.
:could cone ady fair /decision iii their VON*, from the WIN la
-stanch the sobject was before it:/•m. The it ittoor,.hte Gentle-
man, in the eottn•e s hich ne thonOit lit to ad toid taken ft,r
his•thedel the entry on the .too coat:, in the case of Shephaid ; but
in these (In: s that was not tio;te elloozh, there should soo.-
,theiv: entered no N• upon the books lit,Fore the CI- .k•:, some A
cinneto handed in from the ?';etittet.oin, slating di-tinetl%
.thechr_rge or charges meant to he brought forth. It was the
foulest delusion, practised upon cie iteople to make them
believe, that by any alteration in their representation, that th-y
woutel•he relieved from the/ pie-sure of taxation ; nod hr wool,:
have been much more satisfied, if the of reform had not
been lot-minced ; it had no earthy conive.ion wit It the sohjec
for ihe•imieediate consideration of House. If any i!etolc-
man is olesirous of ealliag the attention of Parlia neat lit
.the question of reform, let him make it the suliito t of ,/
specific motion, and in defeove of a moderate reform he wouti
,support such a motion. lit' never would support such a refone
n wouldtro the leugth of e xciting to tumuli-the public mind ;
.never would go the leo':ah of making a sacriiice at the altar of
vanity, to gratify popnlar let-moo:moo. lie, how ever, had too
bong and grave an experleore 1/17 t he events of Parliament not to
Ilnow,-that without being of some ',art% there oas no such thi„l2.
;is doing one's duty to the country. Ile acknowledged, t here-
iore, that ho the most extensive sense of tiie w.,rd, he was a
Irv( v men. Taking I xurics of the presem age into
.e.ot.iittNratino, he really thooght that there was less eirroption
among pahlir men in Engtaiol than in any cointry in toe wouid.
With .r..spect to the topic before the House, he thought 111
they should ~elect the case, and apply that part of it which
charges undue influence only to the individual accused of it (Lord
Castlereggh) by doing- which they would come to a clear and
comprehensive vote. And Lath respect to the other part of tit-
charge, that, namely, of buying, seats in Parliamem, let them
support that. it will de some good ; hut let them not tarn
short front the sanction which the support t hat Bill h.ts
got, and by virtue of it direct an attack upon two indi-
viduals., st hen hundreds have done the same hei.ore.
wished for a gradual amelioration of the representation; to
such a thing he would he a sincere friend, and he thought it
might •be occomplished. Something- must he done to prevent the
house from beeotning the butt of such repeated atov•ks (a cry
of !fear!! hroughorit ) and he trusted the period was not far din-
taut when.tbat would be attempted. With le-peel to the charge
of corrupt /influence, if the Hon. Member can subttantiate it,
he woitli• support him.
The question being loudly nod universally called for, a division
took place :--Ayes, 85 Noes, 310 f Majority against tile Mo-
tion, 2'15. Attiourtled.