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London, England, 1831-07-23 00:00:00

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t continue every day from five in the ahrtnorin till one the
following morning.
Lord V ALLETORT then proceeded to discuss the ques-
tion of the disfranchisement of Plympton. He said it must
he in the recollection of the House, that yesterday the.
Member for that borough presentel a petition from the
electors, and to that he hoped Hon. Members would tura
their attention. The claims of the borough stood exactly
vidon the same grounds with those of Appleby; it touche I
two parishes; but upon other grounds it ought not to liar
been included in schedule A. It contained 130 brn•poun 1
!muses; ten Magistrates were resident within the parishes,
and they yielded to the revenue, in the form of assesse !
lt,.taxesse observationsupta
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front any
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to dsei de
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to
preserved, but for the purpose of rend-ring apparent th
absurd character of the B:11. He could not sit down
without sa) ing one word as to the manner in which th t
Press thought proper to take up this question.—(Hear.)
The sprit in which this was done was pretty well shown
by the following extract from the Times :—" Lord Al-
tliorp, if he be the leader of the House of Commons,
(night to lead, nut merely the proceedings of the house,
but the sentiments and judgments of the majority. His
Lordship ought, therefore, to keep up a more lively spirit
in his c imp, by not being satisfied with doll defensive war:
he ought to carry the fight into the adverse quarters. He
might never to repulse the boroughmonger crew, without
attacking them in turn. Why not meet at ten o'clock in
tie morning? Why not force the disfranchisement of no-
mination boroughs in the lump, instead of strangling the
reptiles by the tedi :us and troublesome process of succes-
sion ? The majority, if he will but blood them a little,
by closing instead of always skirmishing, are with him to
any constitutional extent he pleaseC The coantry is with
him,—the Press is with hint,—what Goes his Lordship
fear ?"—(The reading of this paragraph was accompanied
with loud cheers from the Opposition. )
Sir C. WETHERELL said, that after the specimen
which hail just been read by the Noble Lord, his only
cut prise was that the Ministers did not have a levy en
masse; especial:), after the experience they must have
learned in the case of one of the Members for the city,
where, because that lion. Gentleman thought proper tti
think that evidence ought to be heard, he was arraigned
bef,re a most unconstitutional tribunal.—(Cress.) lie
really thought that after such an instance, the Noble Lord
could not do better than adopt the suggestion of his friead
of the Press, and have the whole schedule carried at once.
—(Cheers from the Opposition.)

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Mr. HUME was of the same opinion; and, therefore,
begged to propose that they should add the remaining
boroughs in schedule A to Plympton at once.—(A laugh
and cheers.)
Sir G. CLERK thought that it would be at least he-
coining in the Noble Lord to answer the statement of his.
Noble Friend (Lord Valletort.)
A MEaIBEK was not the least surprised that no answer
was given to that Noble Lord, for the Noble Lord had
himself stated that the case of Plympton was similar to
that of Appleby ; and as the later c Ise had been answered
over and over again, there was no necessity for reiterating
the same arguments.—(Hear, hear.) Ti.e N.ible Lord
(Valletort) appeared to be afraid of the power i f the
Press ; hut how had the Press gained the power it pos-
sessed ? It was because the public did not look with con-
fidence at that House.—(Hear, hear.) Let the Reform
Bill paw, and i‘would be found that much of the power of
the Press woultrcease.—(Cheers.)

Lord J. RUSSELL otoerved, that the princip/e upon
which they had proceeded as yet did nut open the door to
the arguments Of the Nuhle Lord in favour of Plympton.
Mr. ROSS thought that Plympton had a perfect right
to call on the Noldr Lord to remove it to schedule B.

Mr. CROKER wished to ask why, as two parishes
were inc'uded in the borough of :Walton, they were not
also to be inclu•led in the borough of Plympton.
Mr. STANLEY said that the question of the Right
Hon. Gentleman put him in mind of the observation of
Fluellen, " There is a river in Macedon, and there is,
moreover, a river at Monmouth—it is called Wye at Mon-
►nnuth."—(A laugh.) The cases of the boroughs of
Malton and Plympton were 'LA at all parallel.
Colonel SII3TIIOIIPE complained that the interesting
debates in the Reform Committee were not properly given
in the public Press.—( Hear.) The fact was, that the
Press was corrupt—it was bought and paid fur by the
Government.—(Cheers from the Opposition.) What the
Ministers and their " follower►► up" said was given in
detail, while all that was said on the other side was cur-
tail, d, misrepresented, misinterpreted, and (he believed, in
his conscience, by the advice of the Mini-ters) suppressed
from the rssblic by the most nefarious practices.—(Cheers
from the Opposition.)

The questi,,n that Plympton stand part of schedule A
was then agreed to.

The liouseresumed, and the Chairman reported progress.

QUEEN'S DOWER.
Lord A LTLIORP moved the Order of the Day for the
third reading of the Queen's Dower Bill.
Mr. lIUME said, that in the Bill bestowing an allow-
ance on Prince George of Cumberland, a clause was intro-
duced requiring him to reside in England. He wished,
therefore, to ask if the allowance or Dower for the Queen
were to be continued should the Queen reside abroad ?

Lord ALTEIORP Maid, that the precedents he had fol-
lowed in proposing this Dower were uniform front the
time of the Revolution, and he could not think in this ease
of departing from those precedents ; to annex a clsuse like
that proposed by the Hon. Member would be derogatory
to the Queen.

Mr. lIUME thought that a clause in the sense of the
question he had a-ked might with propriety be introduced.
Lord EBRINGTON sl.ould be very sorry if any pro..
vision like that proposed by his Hen. Friend should be
introduced. It would give pain in a quarter where alt
the Member, looked with feelings of great satisfaction.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
Lord ALTHORP gave notice that on Monday he would
move for a grant of public mosey for Public Works in
Great Britain.

The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at a Quarter after Two o'clock.

LIVING LITERARY CIIARACTERS...-ThC
series of engraved Portraits, under this designation, in the
.New Monthly Magazine, will be enriched by that of
IR. P. \Vann, Esq., the distinguished author of Tremaine,
which, we understand, will appear in the next number of
the work,

On Monday evening a number of the pea-
santry, to the amount of several thousands, assembled on
the hi 3 Sheeane, and attacked a party of the police, who
were convoying a quantity of meal front We.tport, for the
relief of the inland distressed districts. Serjeant-Major
Anaorr, who commanded the party, drew up his men in
a defensive poltion around the carts, and despatched a nit s-
nug.: to Westport, when a reinforcement of the 34th
toot, an I a party of the 6th Dragoons, were promptly
despatched to their assistance, and the convoy passed on in
safety. The road was literally blocked up by the country
people.,and had it not been for the judicious arrangements
of Serjean•-Major ABBOTT while keeping off an immense
body with his handful of men, it is probable that much
mischief might hive ensued.—Mayo Constitution.

The following advertisement appeared lately
on the cover of the New Sporting Magazine :—" Ma-
triniony.—A gentleman resoling in one of the principal
hunting counties, of middle age, and sportsman-like
manners, is desirous of uniting himself to a lady possess-
ing a p melon for field sports. Fortune or beauty are not
the object of the adve:tiser—the former, if any, may be
settled upon the lady, and as to the latter, though not an
objection, it nevertheless is not api imaty object. Good
humour, a small foot, and an easy set on horseback, are
the principal qualifications required. As this is the adver-
tisement of a fox, and not a fortune, bunter, it is hoptil
that no one will answer it out of i.lle curiosity. Every
respect will be paid to real applications, addressed to
X. Y. Z., 47, Piremoster.rovv, London, and the utmost
secrecy may he relied upon. P. S. None with red hair
need apply." The advertiser must have been Neddy Bray.
FREAKS OF THE BOROUGH ARISTOCRACY.
.....We learn that his Grace the Duke of 14a.tatuoitouriir,
in imita ion of the Duke of NeWCASTLE and other worthy
borough patrons, is also determined to do what he will
with his own ; and has accordingly Ewa messages to Die.
WILKES, a resp.,ctable coach propri*tor at Woodstock—to
Mr. Par.stsa, the principal surgeon th.,re—and to Mr.
Niraits, the glove-manufacturer to his MAJESTY—for-
bidding them or theie families from ever again entering
Blenheim Park, which is open to all the other inhabitants
of the town; the reason assigned being, that the three
gentlemen named took a very prominent part in promoting
the election of the independent candidate, Mr. BUCKING-
tiAm, against his Grace's son, Lord CHARLES SPENCER
CHURCHILL, and his other nominee, Lord STORMONT !
Such are the steps by which some noble personages thinkit tight to maintain the 'rdignity of their oredr.'
The
public may, perhaps, think, that as Illenheloi7.l
phhark
was
given by tile crown to the Duke's anetanttor,
from
the
funds
vicei, and has been sopportedb.y
paregpresenta t
nt G-ace to exclude
of tile country, it if]-becomes
fir their loyalty, and for sup.
e . bi
any of his Majesty'shistted
the KING, a.. well as his Minis-
ptpeorarse,ki porting
Re
openlyfiiri" appealedsy to the nation to fluppor.-Huhl