The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-19 00:00:00

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1822.

had preceded him, that there was a growing im-
pression in favour of some alteration in the con-
stitution of Parliament, It was certainly re-
markable that, at such a meeting, an Ad-
dress, recommending Public Retrenchment,
should have been - carried by the unanimous
voice of the county, for all parties united
at the time, in the face of a Resolution
of Parliament to the same effect. It showed
that that confidence was not placed in Parlia-
ment, which Parliament ought to command.—
The belief that Government could procure ma-
jorities to carry their own measures, had been
strengthened by the experience of the last six
years, which proved that those measures were
frequently inconsistent. It was 'not astonishing,
therefore, that Ma& was felt to be inconsistency
by the more friendly and enlightened classes,
should be called, corruption by the others. He
knew that the merits and the politics of his
Noble Friend at the head of the Administration
were duly -appreciated :'but the more men of
property in the county believed him and his
colleagues to be sincere, the more they were
obliged to look for the causes which prevented
Retrenchment, in order to reconcile them with
the feeling of patriotism, which they justly attri-.
buted to his Noble Friend. Those impediments
to retrenchment would, he thought, be found to
consist' in those means of influence which were
considered necessary to carry on the Govern-
-1 ment of the-country. He did not agree with the
Noble Baron in thinking, that deprived of these,
the Administration would be overthrown. He
conceived, on_ the contrary, that the natural in-
fluence which the Administration must command,
when supported by the feeling of approbation
which prevailed among the mass of the well
educated, well affected, and, be would say,
most influential people in the country, would
be more than sufficient to enable it to carry on
the Government of the State in a more effectual
manner than the indecisive course-which had
been pursued. A striking example of this inde-
cision and inconsistency might be found in the
modifications now proposed by a Minister in the
other House to be effected in the Corn Bill.—
Those very modifications had been carried by a
vote of that House the Session before last, but
had been, annulled by the Minister through, a
succeeding vote which- confined the inquiry to
the question of averages. He was, however,
disposed to rejoice at any alteration which might
take place in the Corn Bill.—The- Petition was
then read and laid on the table.

STATE, OF THE COUNTRY.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE wished to ask. the Noble
Earl opposite whether it was his intention to lay on their
Lordships' table certain Estimates moved for elsewhere at the
suggestion of a Minister of the Crown, to show the financial-
state of the country. If the Noble Earl answered in the ne-
gative, he should then think it his duty at some other time
to make a motion on the subject. - -
The Earl of LIVERPOOL did not think the present a pro-
per occasion to be led into the discussion of the important to-
pics to which the Noble Marquis- had alluded. He should_
certainly have no objection to lay the Estimates in question
on their Lordships' table, and he would attend to the sug-
gestions of the House with respect to the mode which had
better be adopted to give the subject the fullest investiga-
tion. If a measure wete brought up from the other Flciuse,_
the Estimates would of course be produced in its support.
But if the Noble Marquis wished for a preliminary discus-
sion on the subject, he had no objection - whatever, and
would leave it to the Noble Marquislo choose the day.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE certainly thought that the
,first step to discuss, with effect, the measures which might
come from the other side, would be to understand their na-
ture; and a motion made On the other side that the Esti-
mates in question be laid on the table, would afford an 'op.:
portunity for asking and forgiving all the explanations which
might be requisite.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL joined issue on this pOint with
the Noble Marquis, and said, that in twenty-four hours he
should be able to inform him whether it would be more con-
vet►ient that he (Lord L.) should lay the Estimates at once be-
fore the House, or that the Noble Marquis should move for
them. There was no objection to their production; the only
question was, whethe► it would be more convenient to enter
into the whole question at the moment of their being produ-
ced, or to wait till some measure came from the other House.
On Thursday next he should • be able to give a definitive an-
swer, and to settle the course of proceedings.
The Earl of DARNLEY thought that it became their Lord-
ships to take up the subject separately and distinctly, without
waiting for the proceedings of any other House.

the full pay'Of the corps fruin the half-pay, during the same
period.
The Hon. Member also moved for similar Returns of the
Promotions in'the Nary during the same period; also a simi-
lar Return from she year.l7B4 to 1790;
The Hon. Nfember also moved for a Return of the number
of persons receiving' Naval half‘pay in Huly'Orders..--Mo-
tions agreed to. -
REOEF OF AGRICULTURISTS..

Lard ALTHOltP•gtive notice, that, on Thursday next, he
terinht submit a Resolution to the House in opposition to the
plan of the Noble Dird'opposite (Lord Londonderrf), for the
relief of the Agricultural Classes.
Sir.l\l. RIDLEY gave notice of .a motion for the 7th March,
relative to the Lords of the Admiralty. -