The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-06 00:00:00

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Opinietis mitoredliVtimetolllP3ratlrOX 107',v1hq
attended „on tessera meetings. He se,oeld else af;k,
whefber l4eeettse we „welt; A:urified.to.ii
tent, we lhatild not go, frkrther if visiii4 tOwardS
purifiCatioill If the whikiwhich was begutl were
to be discontinued, then, indeed, wouldLeorrup-
atm get the better of us. It :was known fortilerly
that several gembersenjoyed,hundredS per aninittt
for the votes which they gave. Ifediclnor, intleed;
believe that ati gross pratliee tithe existed„
was thole *sly person who could Jay his hand on
his boo and Say, that he did not L.tiow of the ex-
isteneeOf corrtiption to a consideratilCeettent ? The
Noble Loid, the Right Hun. 05ntlenniti, aed a ihird
person, were all accused of corrupt prat ices ib pro-
curing representation in that flouse. For the sup+
port of the important privileges of the House, the
accusation should hive been Made as general 85.4
besides the answer which was given to rt
was onlygenerat. A thing may OCetit 10 him, or anY
quarter of an hour before he spoke, whidi
it would be inapniiiblefor hint nOt to mention: The
mutton of the Houourable Gentleman •tvould Serve
the. as a landmark of• its privileges and of its
duties. On the lion, Getitleman rested thel•espon
sibility otbringing forward the motion : 'on the House
that of defending its privileges by deciding on that
motion. :In having made his motion without con.
„salting any thing but; the naked-journals, the Hon:
Gentleman could nut Surely haVe acted improperly.
•Besides, he had stated that he could substantia:e
what he bad.Addeced. if there were ony defect in its
present shape, he should bring it forward in another
almost immediately. The Hououtable !ember re- •
marked tilion, the discussion which took place,
he said, ItisCoight, as to the proof of corrupt
ptaaices existing. How did it happen that hereto.
fore Members of chat House had been sent to New-
gate,or expell'ed Yet two grave men rise up and
say,
,that to insist upon thoexistence of ouch prac-
tices is laying' the foundation of some other edifice
in lieu al the British Con'oitution He would both
deny and defy any insinuation of the'kied. Sot, if
we did nut give la the people the right of eiatninitbv,
into abuses, their will slew us that we did not wish
to overtatiti those ribuscs,and that they clitk•UOt Mcall
to su4vert to theficitishcconstitutiou.
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Sir J. ANSTitOTtittitiO3e • ..„ .
Mr. Yoaxg obiniry that the proceeding noil
inititnted hy the. ilion.r;entlernan was one of the
most extraordinary Ii ever heard of. It would net
be the: coilese adopted evettiihy.alv,ionber wett's
standing, conversant with -history, and particularly
theta dile, own country, dlt had been, id. tho
cooory waned Anider 'oppressions wtiold 0.7
lien; • however, .thst this was -the country of all
otbersl.theimost free, and that the liberty of the
'sul4tatt had at no period of our history exceeded.
*hatAtwot give-sent. With such littio knowe,
ledge of history,' low,, and the forms of Parliament,
be wondered how the kjoti. Gentleman Could have
taken, on himself to violate even the ardioary pro-
ceedings of justice. It .would be. only what was
Proper, lila-. observed, to . mark the measure with
reprehellion, t?), batting it up as a precedent of
ridicule, and to errect this by in4ertiug in the 'notion
an addition Which would show:the ridicule of brings
ing,fer seerd. such a motion enfoerided and, unfair.
lie should give it his absolute negative, and hoped
tan 'shelter would be given it by I:erinitting it to be
withdrawn.
Mt...Uuclott observed, that as to the slur imputed
to.those attending such.public3nuetings as were al-
tc• he 'tvos try no iti,conj,• ,liiih4roe.i.'either out of
doors or In that House, to say that the.spliecises,.ati.
tributed to those -persons on. -such o.ecasion, have"
Pone more mischief by destroying unanimity in, the
country,' than ail their opeethev in Parliament for
ott years would ever be able to retrieve. Where-
ver cerroption was:fobrid to exist, he' would be
teasy to meet the Hon. Members of the opnisite side
Maud and gloved, by endeavoririn&i to' assist them
is
tiete&ing antftleteating its z,,roW 1 • Part he strongly
ohjeeted to tishieg oet abuses Which WertineVerevet
thought of before. To the Ron. Gt.nt. it^brie bibtar,,,lit
forward this motion' he dirt not wish ti attribute tiny
thihg it ptoper motives ;' btat it any public
tuceting 3haultt Vote lion their thanks for his pa.
friotisin, they might with as much justice'sect
its
the same ti ay Lou agels Mrs. Clarke. fur -her
Nothing should deter hint from saying that the sen..
tit-tubas cklivored lily these persons die then) but lit-
tle credit either as men ur as' Erigliiihmeti'.---01-
inriny of those Gentlemen on the opposite benches,
lie could SOS', lie Lelieved they were as regardfi:l of
the public purse, rind, in general, as usofiii men to
the coautry'as any. Members of that House. It was
not against party, but against faiition that he spoke,
against those stied who represent theinselveo_as the
WilCent rated essence of political polity. Of what con- -
S,NinenCo was it that the motives of the Hon. Baronet
opposite should be good or bad, it' his enthusiastic
proceedings were attended with the result which ge‘
nerally accompanied them. Lath in the Hi:Milano
cut of it lie should declare, that he totally clisitenten
trout the HOD. Baronet in the sentiments which he
uttered. 4n his opinion the Hon. Moser of the pro-
tr,,:nt question should have substantiated 'his charges
belOre he proceeded to twists; forward such an:l4l4)n.
Mr. Lei-it's.roN, 841, ehe cemeliment paid to
his side of the House by the last Speaker was but
an illektions one, with reopv..ct to the House in ge-
neral, as it his Majesty's'Mintsters had not as much
guarded respect for Ole punite purse es others.--
t 'or his part, he woilld es soon they shouldpossess
the management tit it as any others, Hew.tia.: own
that he attended that, meeting which was held to
celebrate that glorious ntinority which was 12e34.1 .
,by his Hon. Friend, Colonel Wank He was 'net
ashamed of having attended it, for it' was definite, inits •
objets and regular in its proceedings. He did
not attend the meeting held at the crown and An-
chor on a tato occasion, and for the same reasons eq.'
Were given by his Hon. Friend (Mr. Whitbread.)
XY ryas the consecieenCe of Parliamentary miscon-
duct, ha said, -which gave rise to such meeting.
'resat he (Mr. Lyttleton) bad said may have been
misrepresented through the Pillit;
representations it was knowit were made, troth of
ti ansactioes. in that Hoese, 34 well is those out ref
it, -through the medium of the. Press. would
not wish that every thing imputed to him by that
organ should be considered It 3 really imputable. if
geoAvsnces had not existed, the anituadversious made
on these 'meetings tvenhl iI,,W unteXeSiary, as would
the Meetings themselves. ilpitur a poiut of pri‘iss
legs, he' coda. not convent that the Han. Gretlt6,
Mau should withdraw histuu‘ien. tiny point had