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London, England, 1831-07-26 00:00:00

the franchise and the division ref counties. We
w,ll not at this period Oehate those points ; suffit
citert for the day is the evil thereof. The destructive
part of the Bill should be wholly supported. It were
better to pass that portion of the Bill in the lump
than to endanger its ultimate success by cavilling at
rdnute parts of it. Under the peculiar circum-
stances of the formation and introduction of the
Bill perfection was impossible, but as a substitute
for the present shameful system of mock represen-
tation nothing can be more excellent. Errors and
imperfections will be amended hereafter. We repeat
therefore, that the real friends of the measure will
stick to Ministers. It was in this spirit that tin
people pronounced f gr" the Bill, the whole Bill,
and nothing but the Mil." It cannot be supposed
that the people are blind to the faults and aristoera-
tical bias of the measure, but they understand the
principle of barter and the bill of exchange. They
are aware that they can obtain adequate and full
representation by means of its instrumentality.
We trust that our remarke will be appreciated,
and that Honourable Members will not torture
their consciences or mistake gnats for came's. Do
they ever see off-sets from the minority join
the ranks of Ministers ? The boroughmongers
know better than to give cross votes, or
split off from the main body into skirmishing
patties. We confess that we are far more disposes:
to impugn the conduct of the freely-chosen repre-
sentatives than the occasional infirmity of purpose it
their Ministerial leaders. We think that, on so cri
tical and vital a question, a daily call of the House
should take place. No excuses should be accepted
but physical inability and certified illness. If per-
manent incapacity, from any cause, prevents the at-
tendance of a representative, his constituents should
in-tantly call upon him to vacate his trust. The
custom of Parliament formerly secured attendance
when wages were refused to defaulters, and a roll
of daily attendance was kept by the Clerk of the
House of Commons. It should be moved that all
divisions of the House or Committee should record
the individual names of Members. This excellent
and effectual mode of insuring attendance should be
substantively arid boldly proposed. It is called for
by the occasion. No rule or privilege of Parliament
forbids it, and desperate diseases require desperate
remedies:. There are considerably upwards of 300
Members, staunch supporters of Ministers; the
country and the Ministry have a right to their hourly
attendance. These decisive measures would uphold
the confidence and spirit of the people, now daily
ebbing ; they would enable Ministers to take a bol-
der position, and would soon vote down and termi-
nate the manceuvres and opposition of the pitiful
minority, which represents a mere handful of indi-
viduals, callous usurpers of the people's rights.
Sr Robert Peel may not relish these sugges-
tions, but if adopted, they would speedily de-
stroy his masked batteries and false redoubts.
Our readers may ask, what will facilitate the Bills
in the House of Lords ? 'We are not come to that
pass yet. Through or over that House the Reform
measures will pass, and all the accounts of public
feeling we read and hear from private sources con-
vince us of that fact. Our present purpose is with
the house of Commons. We trust that the public
will not allow themselves to entertain any unjust
suspicions of a sincere Ministry formed under the
most arduous and perplexing circumstances. On
the other hand, let the Administration place unlimited
confidence in the people. Ministers may rely upon
it that the people are their only safe support, and
that an undisguised and avowed reliance on the
country will alone uphold them, and carry them
safely through all their difficulties. Conciliation is
a self-destructive principle, where enemies are en-
gaged in a war of extermination. Ministers are in-
vading the land of the boroughmongers. Having
entered their countiy, there is no retreat, no sus-
pension of hostilities; they must give and receive
no quarter. Old birds are not caught with chaff.
Here and there a Bishop may be captured by a mitre
in the horizon, but the aggregate are too old and
cunning a body to be blinded by false pretences.
Such tactics deceive neither friend nor foe; and
that which inspires the people with confidence in
Lord Grey is the integrity and singleness of purpose
which has marked the whole course of an hottest
and disinterested public life. We trust that Minis-
ters are aware of the critical sate of the public
feeling, and, with the support of his Majesty, will
man their decks, and break the line of the enemy.
If the people once lose faith in the Administration,
eve forebode the most dreadful evils. In the present
desperate state of the prospects of the reckless be-
rouglimongers, we verily believe that to destroy the
Whigs they would, like Sampson, pull down the
pillars of the Temple, and perish under its ruins.—
Morning Chronicle.
In the House of Lords, last night, the Earl of
Aberdeen intimated that he should this evening
put questions to the Ministers respecting certain
passages in the Speech of the King of the Fre:ich.
It will he seen that inquiries were made in the
Howse of Commons on that subject, and answers
given. The Bishop of Bath and Wells, on present-
ing a petition relative to the Beer Bill, complained
of the demoralizing effects of that measure ; and
said he hoped the Government would propose some
correction of its provisions. The Lord Chancellor
admitted that disadvantages had attended the opera-
tion of the Bill, but contended that it had not been
without its advantages ; and stated that its revision
was under the consideration of the Home Secretaiy,
Lord Melbourne, who, be doubted not, would here-
after be prepared with some remedies for the evils
complained of. In the House of Commons, the
presentation of petitions from Ireland gave rise to a
conversation on the necessity of introducing poor-
laws into that country. Mr. Leader (who pre-
sented the petitions) observed that, without some-
thing in the shape of permanent provision for the
poor, he feared that the most frightful anarchy must
ensue. Colonel Torrens having spoken of the ne-
cessity of remedial measures and an enlarged sys-
tem of emigration, Mr. Grattan said the dis-
cussions on such matters had diverted the
House and the Government from considering
really efficient measures for Ireland. If rents
were not drawn from Ireland by the ab-
sentees—if, in fact, landlords would reside on their
estates, and perform the duties of their stations—
then lie would expect relief to Ireland. Mr.
O'Connell added that no country in the world was
similarly circumstanced—four-fifths of the pro-1
prietors had estates elsewhere, and consequently re-1
sided out of the country. The present state of
Ireland, in consequence of the height of party ani-
mosity, and of nothing having been done for that
country by the present Administration, he deemed
to be most alarming, and he could hold out no hope
—he could promise nothing to his countrymen. Mr,
Crampton replied that the severest distress had been
alleviated—that renewed inquiries had been insti-
tuted in the Newtownbarry affair—that proclama-
tions had been issued forbidding the Orange pro-
cessions—and that where any of the yeomanry,
officers or men, were engaged in them, they had
been dismissed. No Government had strewn greater
anxiety to alleviate the condition of Ireland. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in reply to in-
quiry of the Marquis of Chandos that the Arms
Registration Bill for Ireland Would be pro-
ceeded with, having, however, undergone alterations.
The Marquis of Chandue then inquired whether
there was arty truth in that pert of the Speech of
the Kling of the French which affirmed that certain
fortresses in Belgium were to be destroyed, and, if
So, whether that contemplated destruction had re-
ceived the sanction of the Englieh Government ?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (15oed Palmer-
anon being absent) replieel that it had been agreed,
on certain conditioner that some of those fortresses
should be destroye—because, as they could not all
be properly garriconed the event of a war, a n
nother
Power (France) for instauce, might get pother at-
of them, and stake them the " Igoe" ofi
tacks. It was desirable to have Belgi do um abe ne
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territory; and what would be done wuln
the guarantee of the Great Powers. Lord J. Rut -
sell • übsequently intimated that the proposed dt-