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them' as the auspicious dawn of liberty upon this country.
His language was as follows :—" Where its power and"
justice are acknowledged, as in Spain, the prospect is
most cheering. We see disaffection instantaneously quelled
—venerahle and rotten abuses reformed, superstition era-
dicated, and the Monarch and the people united under a
C,onstitution, which alike secures the privileges of the one
and the liberties of the other. May I not, then, consis-
tently hail the rising of this star, in what was' once the
most gloomy portion of the European horizon, as a light
to show us the way through all our dangers and difficul-
ties ; as a splendid memorial of the all-conquering power
of public opinion?" Was that star of liberty, he would
ask, which then appeared in Spain, a steady light to show
the people of England the way to an improved etas of
freedom, or was it the periodical return of an eccentric
comet, which sheds disastrous light, and perplexes na-
tions with fear of change?—(Hear, hear.)—Again, with
the events of the French revolution fresh in the recollection
of the country, he bad no hesitation in saying that the same
experiment was again in agitation, and the country was
again expecting that it could improve its own liberty from
the example of what had recently passed in France. "Oh, let
us wait (continued the Right Hon.-Gentleman) until we see
more of the results of that experiment, for it is proper that
we should pause before we make it in our own happy coun-
try:—(Hear.)—Before we venture upon it, let us ft el
assured that the liberty, which now exists in France, if it
be the offspring of a just revolution, is that liberty which
has virtue and justice as its companions, and peace and
prosperity as its attendants.—(Hear, hear.)—l see at pre-
sent no reasons for expecting to see such consequences
emanating from the late revolution in France, and I de-
precate above all things making the revolution in France a
precedent for a revolution in this country; Let us there-
fore remain content with the well-tempered freedom which
we now enjoy, and which we have the means of securing,
if we act with ordinary discretion. I lament exceedingly
that Government should have 'determined to agitate such a
question as that of Reform at this particular crisis ; it
would have been wiser in my opinion to have avoided
these new causes of excitement, for depend upon it
that by this process throughout this land the first seeds
of discontent and disunion are sown.—(Loud cheers from
the Opposition. )—ln every town there will be a c.
nflict—
a mural conflict, I mean—between the possessors of existing
authority, and existing privileges, and those to whom the
existing authority and the existing privileges are to be
transferred. Oh, Sir, I lament, beyond measure, that
Government had not the prudence to adhere to that tem-
perate course of policy which they have pursued elsewhere.

I I tment that if they did •think it necessary to propose a
plan of Reform in this excited state of the public mind,
they did not confine it within those narrow limits which
are Consistent with the safety of the country anti the dig-
nity of their own characters.—(Hear, hear.)--They hive
thought proper, however, to adopt another course;--
they have sent through the land the firebrand of agitation
—(Cheers from the Opposition)—and it is easy so far to
imitate the giant enemy of the Philistines, as to send 300
firebrands through the country, carrying danger and dis-
may in all quarters ; but it is not easy, when the mis-
chief is done, to find a remedy for it. In the present
difficulties of your situation, you should have the powers
of summoning all the energies of life, and should take care
that you do not signalize your own destruction by bowing
down the pillars of the edifice of your liberty, which,
with all its imperfection, still contains the noblest society
of freemen known to the habitable world."—(Great cheer-
ing, and cries of " Adjourn.")
Sir J. SEBRIGHT (we believe) moved the adjourn-
ment of the debate ti!l Five o'clock to-morrow night. It
was carried without discussion.

The House adjourned at Half-past Two o'clock.

SECONI) EDITION.

SUN OFFICE. Seven o' Clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF THIS EVENING.

St. James's Palace, Jan. al, IRII.
The King has been pleased to appoint Colonel Sir James Rey-
nett, K.C.H., one of the Grooms of his Majesty's Bedchamber
in Ordinary, in the room of the Hon. John Townsend resigned.

St. James's Palace, March 2, 15.31.
The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight-
hood on John de Willie, Esq., Bailiff of the island of Jersey.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
ISAAC HELMER, sen., Nelson-House Academy, Wimble-
don, Surrey, schoolmaster..
BANKRUPTS.
RICHARD JOVE, Cambridge, boot-maker, to surrender
March 11, at ten, 18, and April 15, at eleven, at the Conrt of
Commissioners. Robinson and Hine, Charter-house-square.
JOSEPH WILKINSON, Eamont-bridge, Westmorland,
clock-maker, March i 3, 24, and April 15, at eleven, at the George
Penrith. Adison Verulam-bildings, London ; Atkinson;
Penrith.
THOMAS MOSS, Kirkton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, draper,
March 15, at three, 19, and April 15, at eleven, at the George
Inn, Kirton-in-Lindsey. Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow Church-
yard, London ; Thorpe and Smith, Kirton-in-Lindsey.
WILLIAM STEWART, Liverpool, tnerchont, March 24,
25, and April 15, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
Clare, or Ramsbottom and Roberts, Liverpool ; Taylor and Ros.
coe, King's-bench-walk, London.
POLYC ARP A LLCOCK, Redditch, Worcester, needle-
manufacturer, to surrender March 16, 17, and April 15, at
twelve, at the Swan Inn, Alcester, Warwick. Crcsswell, Red-
ditch ; Lowudes and Gatty, Red Lion-square, London.
JOSEPH FARRAR and JAMES FA RR AR, Halifax, com-
mon carriers, March 17, at three, at the Sun Inn, Bradford,
March 17, and April 15, at ten, at the Magistrates' room, Hali-
fax. Jaques and Battve, Coleman-street ; Holroyde, Halifax.
JAMES WILLIAMS, Bath, tea-dealer, March 14, 15, and
April 15, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball, Inn, Bath. M'Ghje,
New Inn, London; Goodhall, St. James's-Parade, Bath.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

THIS EVENING.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAK ER took the Chair precisely at Three o'clock.
The gallery, as on former evenings, was exceedingly
crowded.

CLARE ELECTION.

Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS brought up the Report
of the Committee on the Clare Election, which declari d
Mr. O'Gorman Mahon was not. duly elected ; and that he,
loy his friends and agents, bad been guilty of bribery.
Mr. O'Gorman Mahon was sitting on the Treasury
benches when the report was made. The Speaker beck-
oned to him to leave the House, a hint which he i►nme-
diately took, and retired,
On the motion of Mr. F. LLwis, a new writ was or-
dered for the county of Clare.
HYTHE ELECTION.

Lord STAN LEY presented the report of the Committee
on the Hythe Election, which declared the sitting members
duly elected ; but that the petition against their return
was neither frivolous or vexatious.

Lord DuticAtotott took the oaths and his seat for Kil-
kenny.
The Sheriffs of London presented a petition from the
Laid Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City,
which set forth that the petitioners were unanimously con.
vinced of the necessity of Reform ; that they were una-
nimous in their approbation of the measure introduced by
his Majesty's Ministers, and hoped that it might be carried
into effect.

hie. Alderman WOOD, in moving the petition to be
printed, said there was only one tingle person at the meet-
ing of the Corporation who objected to the measure
introduced by Government, and he was a person who ahviys
o':jected to all Reform. The Corporation of London were con-
vinced of the necessity of Reform. They ;lid not feel at all
alarmed that the then corporate rights would be infringed,
..nd it was their most earnest wish to do all in their power
to assist his Majesty's Ministers to carry the measure.
They not only resolved to petition that House, but they
had also come to a determination to address his Majesty
upon the subject.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAM supported the petition. He
had never witnessed any measure that was carried so cor-
dially. The question of Reform was now firmly advo-
cated by those who had formerly been its greatest
enemies.

Sir JAS. MACKINTOSH regretted the absence at
that moment of the Hon. and Learned Gentlei.nau, who
said that the opinion expressed by the city of London
would be a criterion of the sense of the people en the
subject.--(llear, hear. )—He regretted exceedingly that
that Learned Gentleman was not present to hear the una-
nimous opinion of the city of London. The whole
kingdom would follow the example of the metropolis,
and its opinion would very soon be known. He
rejoiced that be had lived to see the day, whatever might
be the result of this measure in the House of Commons.
If Ministers should be obliged to leave their places from
the, result of the Bill. They had hell office long enough,
and he had lived long enough to see the auspicious measure
introduced.—(Hear, bear.)
Mr. CALCRAFT said he bad never said any thing
about the chartered rights of the city of London. He had
made an appeal in their favour, or in favour of the rights
Possessed by patrons of boroughs, but when it was proposed
to disfranchise. what were called rotten boroughs, it was
sacrificing the privileges of individuals, who, when they
lad
been trading in debt, had a sacred right to their elective
franchise, as those. on whom it was it:tended to bestow
it. There were many Scot and lot payers who had